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a passion that doesn't drag us through frustration is no passion at all
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Speaking of passions I've probably asked this before but anybody have any hot tips on where to find good how to draw nonsense without trawling through the entirety of the internet? I guess I could just go to the library and find a babby's first drawing guide book but I like the non-hassle of just not doing that
I've known how to sort of draw for too long with dreams of being notably better at it that I've almost started to accept it as "this is the best you can do" and I don't want that. that sucks. it's too easy and nonfrustrating especially when I've realized that with putting in the tiniest of effort I can do much better when I want to
I've known how to sort of draw for too long with dreams of being notably better at it that I've almost started to accept it as "this is the best you can do" and I don't want that. that sucks. it's too easy and nonfrustrating especially when I've realized that with putting in the tiniest of effort I can do much better when I want to
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I've pretty much failed at everything I've ever attempted, too. I don't really have the mental fortitude to push through the frustration, and in order to build said fortitude I need some sort of success bolstering my self-esteem. A nasty catch-22.
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I disagree with this self-assessment, because if you’re still here to be posting with us, that in itself is a major success.Perpetual Motion wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 7:58 amI've pretty much failed at everything I've ever attempted, too. I don't really have the mental fortitude to push through the frustration, and in order to build said fortitude I need some sort of success bolstering my self-esteem. A nasty catch-22.
Fortitude isn’t something you just have. It builds up over time, like a mental callus If you tell yourself you need a big success to feel self-esteem, you’ll always be chasing that success and never feeling like you’ve earned it.
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But, like... what do? I have no idea what to even do with myself or what to pursue. I've tried a million things, and nothing has really stuck. Can't really build a talent in something you don't enjoy doing to begin with, right? All I have for motivation is wanting to make something someone else enjoys, which makes everything hollow in the end. As you said, just chasing that success with no appreciation or pride for the process.Madeline wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 8:05 amI disagree with this self-assessment, because if you’re still here to be posting with us, that in itself is a major success.
Fortitude isn’t something you just have. It builds up over time, like a mental callus If you tell yourself you need a big success to feel self-esteem, you’ll always be chasing that success and never feeling like you’ve earned it.
Eh, this isn't RUSP. I probably shouldn't be dragging my insecurities out all over the fun forums. Sorry.
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ManagementPerpetual Motion wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 11:06 pmWhat does being bad at everything make you okay at?
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This is an excellent post. I agree 100%.Madeline wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 8:05 amI disagree with this self-assessment, because if you’re still here to be posting with us, that in itself is a major success.
Fortitude isn’t something you just have. It builds up over time, like a mental callus If you tell yourself you need a big success to feel self-esteem, you’ll always be chasing that success and never feeling like you’ve earned it.
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I'm convinced that I use about a gallon of white-out on every comic I draw
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I just yarr'd Fun With A Pencil by Andrew Loomis. He explains stuff fairly well without being a drag.RIP Syndrome wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 7:56 amSpeaking of passions I've probably asked this before but anybody have any hot tips on where to find good how to draw nonsense without trawling through the entirety of the internet? I guess I could just go to the library and find a babby's first drawing guide book but I like the non-hassle of just not doing that
I've known how to sort of draw for too long with dreams of being notably better at it that I've almost started to accept it as "this is the best you can do" and I don't want that. that sucks. it's too easy and nonfrustrating especially when I've realized that with putting in the tiniest of effort I can do much better when I want to
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You know what's wrong with the world and always has been? Everybody ends up romanticizing the period in which they, personally, were children. Because they were sheltered from the garbage going on in the real world, which wouldn't make it into the history books until they were done with school. It's the one period they'll likely go their whole lives knowing the least about.
Everybody in their 20s-30s needs a remedial class on "Why the decade you grew up in sucked." Maybe someone should start a YouTube series.
And speaking of education, Home Ec classes in high school ought to be mandatory, and should be renamed "Adulting."
Everybody in their 20s-30s needs a remedial class on "Why the decade you grew up in sucked." Maybe someone should start a YouTube series.
And speaking of education, Home Ec classes in high school ought to be mandatory, and should be renamed "Adulting."
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Pocket wrote: ↑Sat Oct 05, 2019 1:37 amYou know what's wrong with the world and always has been? Everybody ends up romanticizing the period in which they, personally, were children. Because they were sheltered from the garbage going on in the real world, which wouldn't make it into the history books until they were done with school. It's the one period they'll likely go their whole lives knowing the least about.
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i mean, for the currently coming-of-age generation it really is going to be true that everything was (relatively) awesome as they were adolescents and started to really go to shit as they entered young adulthood
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the real problem is these damn millennials, killing airline peanuts
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I've never seen airline peanuts so I always imagined they were shaped like packing peanuts
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Gloomy Rube wrote: ↑Sat Oct 05, 2019 2:29 pmI've never seen airline peanuts so I always imagined they were shaped like packing peanuts
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Now you take your seat and they bring you a big bag of Circus Peanuts and make you finish every last one before they take off
thanks millennials
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can you really call it piracy when the first google result is a pdf of the book in questionPrincess Flufflebutt wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 10:20 pmI just yarr'd Fun With A Pencil by Andrew Loomis. He explains stuff fairly well without being a drag.
anyway this looks interesting. I ended up finding another good resource that ought to help too but honestly the realization is kinda hitting me that I should more than ever also stick with just drawing shitty comics and whatnot for fun since I do push myself and I do get better. but having a good theoretical background + forcing myself to learn things like giving drawings proper volume will be a huge boon to that
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It's only stealing when it takes effort to do do.
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I once had to rip the DRM out of an Adobe ebook for a course book because for whatever weird reason the school's ebook library decided that book wasn't available anymore at 9pm on a Sunday. I had coursework due based heavily on that book 8.10am the following Monday.
anyway so luckily I still had the DRM'd ebook on my hard drive, since the Adobe reader apparently only deletes those files when you remove an expired book out of your library. I couldn't read it because it wouldn't let me check it out again, but after a little googling and installing some software I committed the seriously cool crime of circumventing copy protection software, turning the ebook file into a bog standard PDF I could then read and spend the night working from. funnily enough Adobe Reader is much better than their ebook reader in a lot of ways so it was actually better that way
Finished right on time at 8am too after some insanely furious typing to get the last assignment done. got an A from that course. anyway that's my story thank you for reading
anyway so luckily I still had the DRM'd ebook on my hard drive, since the Adobe reader apparently only deletes those files when you remove an expired book out of your library. I couldn't read it because it wouldn't let me check it out again, but after a little googling and installing some software I committed the seriously cool crime of circumventing copy protection software, turning the ebook file into a bog standard PDF I could then read and spend the night working from. funnily enough Adobe Reader is much better than their ebook reader in a lot of ways so it was actually better that way
Finished right on time at 8am too after some insanely furious typing to get the last assignment done. got an A from that course. anyway that's my story thank you for reading
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not bad. I like the Rainbow Dash witchPerrydotto wrote: ↑Fri Aug 23, 2019 12:33 amfor that you will deffo like Little Witch Academia which is basically Friendship is Magic but with witches
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I was talking to another cartoonist about how big comic strip originals can be. She mentioned how hers are tiny, with me bringing up that I used to draw huge, but then shrunk to what is essentially "medium size" original, I guess. I also mentioned some of the sizes from the originals I own, with 1960s and 1970s strips being about 16 inches wide on average.
This made me wonder how big Charles Schulz drew a "Peanuts" strip, so I looked up an auction listing of an original. A 1955 daily is 5.5x27" big.
Yes, TWENTY SEVEN INCHES WIDE
By contrast, I think Bill Watterson's "Calvin and Hobbes" daily was something like 12 inches wide.
This made me wonder how big Charles Schulz drew a "Peanuts" strip, so I looked up an auction listing of an original. A 1955 daily is 5.5x27" big.
Yes, TWENTY SEVEN INCHES WIDE
By contrast, I think Bill Watterson's "Calvin and Hobbes" daily was something like 12 inches wide.
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Watterson mentioned soap opera strips being drawn way bigger than his, but Peanuts is definitely a surprise.
And now I have to wonder how big Pogo was, given how crammed with detail it tended to be.
And now I have to wonder how big Pogo was, given how crammed with detail it tended to be.
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A 1968 daily is 5.5x20", so pretty big.
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I have a Sunday original from a few years ago that's only 14" wide, so you can see just how much the space has shrunk.
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random thought: i Like this tune,. is good, dante is best in game
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random thought: help I can't stop doing the stupid dmc2 shitpost all the time
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Diem situ
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I keep seeing posts from Aria Genisi and going "I don't remember making that post" before remembering I'm not Lady Bow -this- halloween.
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You damn anarchists when will you stop
WHEN WILL YOU STOP
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It really is better to leave things well enough alone, instead of digging up the past and trying and failing to atone for it
I’m a fucking moron, as usual
I’m a fucking moron, as usual
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Lady, please don't beat yourself up over it. You made an honest attempt and it may not have gone as well as you hoped but at least you can go down knowing you gave it your all.
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It’s less about the attempts at apologizing (no one is under any obligation to accept an apology or offer forgiveness) and more that I fucked up so hard to ruin all these friendships and such in the first place.Princess Flufflebutt wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 11:57 amLady, please don't beat yourself up over it. You made an honest attempt and it may not have gone as well as you hoped but at least you can go down knowing you gave it your all.
I hate myself for being such a total piece of shit