#process is everything

[dream--shrine]

I was writing a post about trying to draw and how all my stupid pencil marks on the page were garbage lines from hell and I was staring at all the previous work I’d done on the draft and those lines (also drawn by me at some unreachable past moment) were heavenly lines that somehow combined to make a beautiful picture just as I envisioned it, and I was just staring at my old work in anguish Ozymandias viewer style. But then I somehow got back into the good zone and made massive progress and now only good pencil lines exist again and I have only 5 minutes left to get ready and leave my house. Writing this post was also important and necessary

[meanderings0ul]

I truly wish that people who sink so much time and effort into writing critiques about a tv show’s writing and characterization could sink half that amount of effort into learning about how the tv show production process works. Because a good 50% of the time at a minimum all these heartfelt complaints come down to real world issues like “they aren’t the ones who make that decision” and “that literally has nothing to do with that person’s job description” and “that is a different person’s job entirely, what do you think all those names in the credits are for?”

Think of all the hostility and heartache that could be prevented if people took five damn minutes to do some research. 

[3lix13]

Posts about panelling written by tyrellcannon

“Otomo is a master of pacing and motion.  He explores methods that constantly direct your eye through the page and control the speed a viewer takes in information.  We all know his ‘big moments’ in Akira (say, the destruction of an entire city… twice), but those only work due to his pacing and panelling on preceding pages.  He can show speed, tension, and motion simply through his panel layouts and framing...”