crap drawing

[la_belle_laide]

I figured if I used an eye-catching and funny kind of lj cut some people whould have to click on it out of curiosity.

It started like this:

And then went to this:

And ended up, very crappily, like this:

I dunno, I got kind of bored this weekend and I was sort if just sitting here thinking, "Hey, I don't want to write, actually. I'd rather listen to music." So that's when I start to do crappy drawings. And then I color them, even though I hate that worse than actually drawing.

Again, I like the uncolored version better. I ruined his face when I colored it. Also, notice how I can never draw legs so that they look like legs instead of logs at odd angles. I do like the wall behind him, though, although I cheated on that one. It's just a ton of filters, such as sketch, blur and emboss.

For anyone out there who may have been following this character over the years, I apologize profoundly for the sudden name change. I hate being wanky like that and doing wanky writerly things. For anyone who missed the memo (everyone) and anyone who cares (no one,) this character--Tristan--used to be Hisoka. When I got serious about deciding to publish, I realized I couldn't use the name Hisoka anymore. It's a common Japanese word and also a common name in manga, and it doesn't belong in a fictional world. I'm sorry for that, and for being wanky in that writerly way much of the time.

Anyway, this crappy drawing is based loosely on a scene with Lillia and Tristan (it's hard for me to get used to writing that name,) which was never written, but implied.

I should write, as I'm much better at that than I am at drawing. Or at least I hope I am.



These things look so much darker and muddier on a web page than they do in my painting programs and on my desktop. Why is that?

Comments

curious

[evendeeper.livejournal.com]

what do you listen to when you paint/draw?

Re: curious

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

Anything and everything. I've got hundreds of songs. It depends on which character I'm drawing, because--cheesily enough--they all have songs which I associate with them. As it happens, this particular character has his own folder of songs. How lame is that? A lot of Soundgarden, ("Head Down" in particular for this one,) some old Pearl Jam ("Deep" is kind of a theme,) and lots and lots of NIN. Also I like to listen to things that don't have lyrics, too, and just have a mood. So for this I listened to a lot of cheesy, sexy sounding songs.

Oddly, though, I can't have any sounds at all when I'm writing. So I get a lot of my "sitting on my ever-widening butt and listening to music" fill from drawing crappy things.

Re: curious

[evendeeper.livejournal.com]

yea i can't listen to music when i'm writing poetry etc.

you've constantly made me a ball of curiosity with your posts

Re: curious

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

Really? About what?

Re: curious

[evendeeper.livejournal.com]

your activities. i guess i know too many dull people on long island. i mean your art, dancing, and those beautiful dogs from that other post.

Re: curious

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

Thanks, although I wouldn't call anything I draw art. ^_^ I'm very much into dogs and animals in general and dance... But I am a very simple creature. Honestly, mostly I stay home and scribble. ;D Most of my friends like to go out to clubs and gatherings and social things like that, but on most nights I'm either at Kung Fu or at home just watching Whose Line Is It Anyway and drinking chocolate soy. :D

Re: curious

[evendeeper.livejournal.com]

see, scrabble's good haha

well i just need to meet more people like you on the island

Re: curious

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks. Gosh, I haven't Scrabbled in ages. :)

Re: curious

[evendeeper.livejournal.com]

it's one of the best board games out there

Re: curious

[derumi.livejournal.com]

yea i can't listen to music when i'm writing poetry etc.

I can! Unfortunately, it's all useless writing, as whatever poetry I come up with sounds remarkably like whatever I was listening to. Oops.

Actually, if I just listen to instrumentals, my writing takes on the music's cadence without otherwise being influenced by lyrics.

Re: curious

[evendeeper.livejournal.com]

oh so now i want to see some of those as well ha

Re: curious

[derumi.livejournal.com]

Most of my stuff is here (http://www.kitsune.cx/~derumi/verse.html), and I have some newer stuff at derumi_poetics. I suppose my stuff is okay, but I really don't write as much poetry/lyrics as I used to.

Re: curious

[evendeeper.livejournal.com]

*goes to scour the link*

[derumi.livejournal.com]

So, you taking those lyrics from Pigface's original Suck, or from Nine Inch Nail's more gentle cover? ^_^

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

Here's how lame I am, I thought NIN was the original.

I *heart* Trent. ^_______^

[derumi.livejournal.com]

I think the lyrics are all or partly Trent, though. He's credited on the song for Pigface.

[derumi.livejournal.com]

And the other hidden track, Physical (You're So), is originally by Adam Ant.

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, that I did know. I had a crush on Adam Ant when I was a wee lass.