09/20/2006
		09/20/2006

October 4, 2006 Author: vaz Ok first off, I'm half asleep, as it’s 8 in the AM and I'm sleepy as hell. I've been drawing all night. So I don't know how much sense I'll be making here. I'm going to be babbling a bit about how I work and how I function mentally as an artist, so try to bare with me. First off, a note on today’s sketch filler. It’s not my best piece, and it's very off. I'm not overly fond of how I drew kitten's face. There are other things with it you can nit pick. However I don't think it's too bad, considering 1) I drew it in half an hour 2) I decided to do it in brush 3) I was very sleepy Normally I put up art related to the auctions I'm putting up for that week. Thing is I have all this art I worked up form last week and this weekend, and I’m still inking it and messing with other pieces. so juggling it al and finishing it in time to make sure I can pay the bills, well in short I kind of go a bit bug shit. The type of artist I function as, tends to need allot of faith before hand, I have to psyche myself up to work. Now I can look at the art I drew and think, it’s not bad, I se merit in it, but then I start inking and something sort of dies, and I can't finish the art. The current crop of auction art I like, but I feel I'm partially rushing it, and I'm already looking at one or two pieces and thinking I want to re-ink (i.e. Completely retrace on to new sheets, and then ink) them. Anyone who knows me personally knows I'm a bit of a perfectionist when I work. Now the thing is I need to get this art done, I set up the auctions before hand on eBay to force myself to get work done, hence why you will see blank auctions on eBay. It costs me money; it forces me to get the work done. Sometimes I give myself impossible goals. Like this week, I'm unsure if I can get four pieces done now. The art looks ok, but for some reason it's just not clicking for me, so I may just go and draw up completely new pieces. this has to be the worst aspect of me as an artist, I will spend days drawing up sketches, spend a day drawing up the art, begin inking them, and then just think, no this doesn't work, scrap it all, and then start from scratch. This is what always cost me time. Yes I'm working on correcting this. So no auction related art today. Since I need to get back into the groove of drawing the cast again I went and did todays and Monday’s sketches at the thirteenth hour to post up instead. Also I had someone ask if the regular comic and cast will return, yes they will. Kitten's t-shirt was inspired by a shirt a friend wore one day. Turns out they are sold by thinkgeek. In case you're interested and all that. As for getting auctions up this week, I may just post some sketches. I have to get something done, I just got new glasses and my damn chair broke..... Again... so I have to go buy a new fucking chair to replace the last chair which replaced the one that broke... Fucking target. Fucking plastic My old chair was made of metal and wood. And lasted me for more then ten 10 fucking years. The 50 dollar chair which was all plastic lasted me a month and some change... This is why people say quality and craftsmanship has gone to shit. Oh have I mentioned I got new glasses? Have I also mentioned that I haven't had a new prescription set of glasses since 2000? If you wear glasses, you know just how bad that is. It became dire to replace them finally when I could barely see out of them because of all the scratches, and I had to tighten the screws on them everyday, it was aggravating. So I'm stoked, it means I can actually see what I'm drawing. That’s right I'm the daredevil of web comics! Lame huh? Who wants to be daredevil, seriously? You're girlfriend die constantly, you face the lamest villains, you borderline psycho, you're catholic, and man do you get some of the worst writers. But you do get to be a ninja. Wait.. Has anyone considered that? Daredevil is a catholic ninja lawyer... The hell? That's like something you expect to see on Harvey birdman. That's the problem with comics, you stop to think rationally for one second, and suddenly your Jewish cowboy midget drag queen doesn't seem like a good idea. Sorry, tangent. Anyway please check back Thursday for auction art. I really do appreciate your continued support. Ok folks, I'm out to dream land Later true cynics, Somewhere in Hell, CA 8:43 AM