Back Again

Well, I'm back after about a month's time. I don't really know why I'm back...I don't have any new "revelations" or "experiences" to share...but I guess I just needed to pour myself out to someone, even if it is myself.

DOODLING AND DRAWING

I have been working on quite a few projects: storyboards, illustrations, comics, designs, and some doodles here and there. I just finished up some illustrations for a USC graduate film called "Unseen". It's about a young boy who is an artistic prodigy, but is ignored by the adults in his life. I got the gig by answering an online ad, and after speaking to the director of the film, I was in. It didn't really pay anything, but it will allow my artwork to be seen (hopefully by a lot of people). I have also continued working on two ongoing projects: "Bwana M'saka" with my friend Vince, and storyboards for a horror film, "Last Stop". Amid both of these projects I have also let my mind wander and have begun doodling and scribbling, doing designs just for myself. That's important, I believe. Every artist needs time to let their mind wander so that they can unlock the creativity in their brain. Often I get so caught up in projects, shackled by the parameters that come with them, that it's good to just get out all the ideas that I have in my head and flesh them out. For a long time, in the recent past, all that I worked on was just projects, and nothing for me. Even though these projects pushed my ingenuity and creativity, I think that in a way they stunted my imagination. Trust me I have no regrets, some of my best work came out of these projects, but they were projects from someone else's imagination. Although I was able to capture what someone else envisioned, it became hard to dream things up on my own. The doodling helps me to release that creativity that's locked inside of me. It also helps to release my frustration and anger as well. Below are a couple of my newest doodles that I did, check them out (like anyone is out there...but I can pretend).

These next pieces are from a the student film "Unseen".

I did some logo work too, but I will save that for my next blog, maybe tomorrow (but knowing myself, maybe more like Friday). I have more work to finish tonight, getting a logo done, an avocado character for produce company, some more boards, comic layouts, and hopefully some more doodling. I love that, it's like masturbating, but with your pants on. I just hold that lead cock in my hand and go to town on the page. Funny, I went to a seminar at comic con this year with an artist named Marshall Vandruff who told us that dooding in a sketchbook was the best way to release ideas, and now I can't get enough of it. This last project "Unseen" also helped me get back into things as well. Can't wait until I'm home tonight...