Friday, April 10, 2009

drawing more, working less

I finally have a break from work and stuff. I've been practicing drawing with my tablet and have been sketching/painting in my spare time, to the point where I think I'm ready to tackle some kind of public project. Maybe it's inspiration from the success of the comics show, but I really want to be publishing consistently. It's difficult when my most of my comics lay unfinished or thrown aside, but rather than stagnate, it might be a good challenge to keep it up, and form some sort of work ethic. I can count about five different unfinished projects--three if I break them up into like groups. Maybe by adding to that with a little more lazy of a project (something that doesn't necessarily need 100% artistic integrity) I would be a bit more impassioned or at least be able to juggle back and forth when I get bored/lazy.

I don't know how I feel about a web comic, really. But I've been following a few that are actually enjoyable concepts or story lines. And when I think about marketability of a product/project, I kind of get excited. Like if I had a user base, I could offer a pretty satisfying product.

I've had an idea floating around for a "graphic novel" for a long time, but I'm starting to realize it might be easier to collect a back-catalogue of work and then throw it together as a graphic novel (like any moderately successful webcomic ever). If I were to treat it even as a monthly or bimonthly update, I could easily build a tight comic page by page in my spare time. The keys are: A, making sure I can commit and B, being decisive in my execution. I don't want to start anything half-assed, or underdeveloped. I've followed too many comics online that fall into the cliche of themselves or just peter out of existence.

It's difficult to think decisively about these things, but everyone else on the internet seems to do it. I think it's just a matter of establishing a product, and then supplying that product. I'm not even sure why the idea of a webcomic is taboo to me, but maybe I want to keep this and my other art separate. At least for now... bah.

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