I've been having that "I want to draw but I don't know what to draw" feeling a lot lately. Actually, I kind of know what I want my subject matter to be, but I don't know about settings and situations. Mainly, I want to draw my OCs interacting with each other, but I don't know what to have them actually do. I've got a new unused set of colored pencils that I want to use, just so I can experiment with OC color schemes. Still, I don't know how to pose my characters. (I know of some sites with poses, but it's deciding on a good pose that's bothering me.)
Despite the things I mentioned, I'm afraid to start anything because of the impending Secret Santa. I've started on the Challenge prizes, and I'm almost done with the first sketch, but as soon as I get my SS recipient, those will be on the back burner. Heck, all my other art will be on the back burner.
Speaking of other art, I'm slowly catching up with the sketch marathon. I'm still about 10 weeks behind, but I'm getting there. I think I might post the whole thing at once. Or, at least, in large chunks at the end of the year.
I'm also working on three other pictures. One's digital and the other two are traditional. I should be inking those traditional ones soon.
Another thing I gotta do is post my wishlist. I'll get that up in a few days.
It just hit me that the year is almost over. I think it has something to do with the snowfall that I was driving in last Friday. And it's true that the entire population of Chicago forgets how to drive on the first snow of the season. I guess that means I have to think of another event for next year. It probably won't start in January, but I'm still brainstorming right now.
I might as well list my ideas. The first is to put a spin on the 30 Days event, like with only OCs or something. The second would be a "manga artist support network" in which we each make a short manga. The third would be writing crossovers with each other's OCs (no drawing required). Of course, these ideas aren't very fleshed out.
If you made it through this entire post, I salute you. Lousy concluding paragraph is lousy. LOL.
Here's a new little thing that I've decided to do: Otaku Discussions. Hopefully this will be the first of many. (Shout-out to TDE for giving me this idea.)
Our first topic involves HOW you like to watch your anime. Would you rather watch an anime as it's currently airing? Or would you prefer to wait to the end and watch it in large chunks?
Personally, I've been trying to catch up on a bunch of older anime (60+ titles), so I guess I'm binge watching by default. In fact, the only currently-airing anime I'm watching (kind of) is Naruto Shippuden, and I'm almost 200 episodes behind. My plan is to do a lot of binge watching on that one once it ends. And it NEEDS to end.
Lately, there haven't been a lot of new shows that I've been interested in, so I haven't simulcasted anything recently. The last anime I simulcasted was Sailor Moon Crystal. Hopefully, once the second Attack on Titan comes out, I'll watch it as it's aired. That is, if I can clear through some of my backlog.
So, now that you've read my answer, how about yours? Feel free to leave comments.
And finally, something I must get off my chest...
Dear Netflix,
YOU SUCK!
~Keba
I don't know where that reference comes from. *Is a dork.*
But it's 5:00pm CST, and I said I'd livestream.
Update: No one came. T^T
That's right, I'm back, b*tches. ♪
My hiatus was shorter than I thought. Now I can catch up on looking at everyone's lovely art. ^_^ I have a bit of art to scan and post, myself.
Now that I have my computer back, I feel like a bundle of sunshine. Sure, I have to reinstall all of my programs, but that's not that bad in the grand scheme of things. This is coming from someone who lost 3.5 of her knitting projects for good and had to go to the ER over the past two weeks. So, despite all that messiness, I'm feeling much better. It's amazing how a little Internet socialization can do that for you.
Oh yeah! And now I can watch Hulu again. I missed that. Stupid, FlashPlayer-less iPad. But I'll save that for later after I install the rest of my programs.
So, how's everyone doing? (No matter how good/bad you are, I'll give a Gift to anyone who comments.)
Remember how my old computer was acting up until it eventually died? Well, as you know, I have a new one now, but this one is also giving me problems. It won't wake up from sleep. Also, when I try to shut it down the proper way, it goes to sleep instead. And, of course, it can't wake up.
After a month's worth of back-and-forth between tech support and me, they finally decided that it would be best for me to ship it off for repair. Good thing the warranty covers it.
I'll be shipping off my computer on Monday. I probably won't get it back until two weeks after that. So, you won't be seeing much of me.
I'd like to do a livestream as a "goodbye party" of sorts. It might be on Sunday.