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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Nov 15, 2020 4:18:00 GMT -5
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Jul 28, 2020 23:53:08 GMT -5
Just finished. Pity I'm so bad, cos Mark Brooks is so good and all that detail messed with me. Glad to see the end of it. Side note, I've been attaching photos straight from my phone and they seem to disappear, what am I doing wrong? Do I need to use one of those file storage sites?
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Jul 28, 2020 23:49:05 GMT -5
I've been feeling really blah about ALL of Marvel and DC outputs of late, except maybe Batman and Thor. Thank goodness for Image and BOOM. Outer Darkness, Once & Future, and Something Is Killing the Children have been shining lights in a vacuum of mediocrity. Dan Mora on Once & Future is a superstar in the waiting. Haven't read Outer Darkness, but both Something is Killing the Children and Once & Future made my list of best comics read in the last year. -M Outer Darkness is kinda like Star Trek meets X-Files or Stranger Things. Get past the quirky art and it's one heck of a ride.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Jul 28, 2020 16:34:17 GMT -5
I've been feeling really blah about ALL of Marvel and DC outputs of late, except maybe Batman and Thor. Thank goodness for Image and BOOM. Outer Darkness, Once & Future, and Something Is Killing the Children have been shining lights in a vacuum of mediocrity. Dan Mora on Once & Future is a superstar in the waiting.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Jun 8, 2020 3:52:25 GMT -5
Mate thank you, this place is so good for level headed advice and support at just the right time. I'm very aware of the "bad pages" idea, Wally Wood's 10000 pages before you do a good one etc. Even remember a series of articles that Dave Sim ran in Cerebus about this and self publishing. My intention from the start,Xmas last year, was to use the swiping as a means to teach myself and try to emulate some work. I had a number of Alex Ross pages I loved, and videos of him working taught me I didn't have to paint like watercolor should be . I've consciously tried to not get too down on individual pictures but see them as a series of small steps to trying my own work. Running out of paint in the lockdown didn't help, as well as an awful case of self doubt that gleefully tried to sabotage the entire thing for me. I'm also trying to juggle free time to workout and lose weight because of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes. So I get sick, stop smoking, the apocalypse happens, eminent redundancy, no more sugar, give up normal beer, and start exercising. Thank goodness we have comics...oh wait...the apocalypse may have killed that too.
Thanks for the kind words, I'm gunna try and figure out how to save.that Cap picture.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Jun 8, 2020 0:41:07 GMT -5
I read some very nice words about my work in the Awards thread, which in all honesty was very humbling. For starters I was never really sure if I should use this thread or start my own, and honestly didn't think anyone saw them anyway. I'm also very aware that my work isn't original, and am in awe of the others here doing their own thing. As I made allusions in an above post I'm struggling with confidence about my work. I only see the bad in the work, the detail I cant get, the painting techniques I just dont have, and lots of little mistakes I continue to make. I feel like I'm just fooling myself to think I can get "good enough". Its nice when friends, family, or fellow-geeks say nice things, but I know how amateurish my work is, and it rattles around in my head until I hear nothing else. I felt for a while it was easier to just stop, that dealing with NOT painting was easier than dealing with the voices. I'm still not sure. Current unfinished Mark Brooks swipe.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Jun 7, 2020 23:56:21 GMT -5
This is actually finished but no photo. I think that went missing when I deleted them all cos I was convinced they were all ugly and I wanted to burn everything
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Jun 7, 2020 23:51:56 GMT -5
Go search Bill Sienkiewicz on Facebook, yes that one. A while back he posted a photo of himself posing for reference for a painting. Of course the internet being the internet he has been swamped with dozens if not hundreds of people borrowing his reference for their own version. My contribution which I'd love for him to see and comment on. O this thing was big enough for Neal Adam's to see and contribute to.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Jun 7, 2020 23:47:25 GMT -5
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Jun 7, 2020 23:44:42 GMT -5
Still W.I.P. It's doing my head in. Definitely bitten off too much. The level of detail in Mark Brook's cover was more than I could ignore, to my consternation.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Jun 7, 2020 23:41:48 GMT -5
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Jun 7, 2020 23:40:29 GMT -5
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on May 4, 2020 16:59:05 GMT -5
"I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: 'I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action'; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a 'more convenient season.' Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection." — Martin Luther King, Jr. You know, as someone who for years blissfully went through life here in NZ completely and utterly oblivious to racism in our society, who (as friends of mine still do)thought it didnt really exist, I find these words to be as profound and relevant as if he had just written the letter. It took me becoming involved with my Oh So Better Half, who is half Rarotongan(Pacific Islander), to see just how overt it still is, and to see how I as the average white Kiwi Male had helped perpetuate much of the above. Seeing people do literal double-takes as you and your partner walk through town(multiple times, I thought I was over-reacting initially), or hearing the way other white people talked to her when unaware we were together disturbed me immensely, though walking into the conversation and putting them in their place is incredibly satisfying. Sorry for the ramble, but thank you so much for the quote.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Mar 28, 2020 2:55:25 GMT -5
Hi folks, thought I'd have a little look-see at how youse are all doing, what with the Apocalypse and all. Its getting so sitting down to the teevee of a night is something you need to brace yourself for.
I worry about some of you guys (of both sexes, sorry Bex) sitting down here on my little island, hiding away from the rest of the world. I havent been as active lately but it doesnt mean I dont care, I still love this place with its conglomeration of nerdity, curmudgeons, and outright weirdos. I see the lack of leadership, and in some cases the poor choices of said leaders (and not just the obvious target) and wonder if all of our community are going to be safe. Gods will I guess...hope...
Its not the greatest of years(he said to no surprise) for me, even putting aside Covid. We found out in November that the factory I work in will be shifting our production to a new plant in Thailand in Dec this year. So hello redundancy in December. With 150 people going into the job market at the same time, in a town without a strong job market, the prospects of 56 year old me getting another job were slim. Now with all the lay offs because of the pandemic they may be impossible. The good news is the American owners have very deep pockets and are honoring our redundancy clause in our employment contract. I was also part of the union wage negotiation this year for which we are getting a 7K payment on top of redundancy at years end. This will enable my lady and I to pay off our mortgage, so the lack of job situation is less stressful, though no less emasculating. We also received the news that we are an "Essential" business(making cat-food pouches of which the majority are exported to Australia). Another good news/bad news thing. Good because unlike most Im working. Bad because Im terrified of this bug and am not convinced EVERYone at work is as committed to not giving it to me as I am. We're fortunate in that the government here have the whole country in lockdown(easy enough, my entire country would probably fit in an American Attic) and have promised they will guarantee 80% wage payments to those locked down. I just wish I was one of them, instead of having to deal with the knuckle-draggers at work breathing their fetid disease-ridden putrescence at me. Also not over the fact that Im so damn essential that I have to work right now, but the shadow of the noose is still hovering.
Well hasnt this turned into a bloody tearjerker, I certainly dont mean it that way, Im ok about the job, and kinda numb about the Covid. We have some good clear leadership guiding us through this so Im confident most Kiwis will be alright(well healthy, probably not rich). Just wanted to check in with a bit on our situation.
Hope you all are well, God Bless, be safe.
Paul
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Feb 15, 2020 21:19:20 GMT -5
The next 3 Harley is my Valentine card to my lovely lady, hoping she likes it. All credit to Artgerm and In-Hyuk Lee , artistic shortcomings are all mine
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