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Articles, Photoshop, and a Book for Good Measure

Journal Entry: Tue Mar 13, 2012, 7:56 AM



Let's get business out of the way first so that you don't have to stay for all of that nonsensical jibber-jabber.

Finished another article on Sugarfree Critique (since people are still afraid to come forward for reviewing). This one is in regards to time management, and basically the main reason people give up on their projects. It also got featured on Animal-Comics. Whoot.

Let's get objective folks. Right down to the technical. I could list off several reasons why your comic is failing but you could sit there and deny them all because, hey, it's subjective. It's all opinion, right? But today, we're going to focus on the physical and undeniable.

Yup, we're doing some math today. Now I know the majority of you probably aren't math people (I'm an English major myself) but we'll keep this simple. So there are 7 days a week, 4 weeks in a month. Easy to keep track of right? Well how many pages do you produce a week? How many pages do you produce a month?


Want to read the full article or looking for others? Go to: [link]



Anyway, as for the photshop problem. ~xAshleyMx was very nice and helped me with the situation, so I now have a functional version of photshop. It needs some getting used to but it works, unlike my old one (which I can't even open anymore without it freezing)

Oh, if you're looking for a fun and disturbing book, for my YA Lit class we just finished Unwind. It takes place in North America years after the 'Heartland War', a war fought by those Pro-Choice and those Pro-Life. In this world there is no means of birth control, but kids from the ages of 13-18 can be 'unwound', where their parents send them to harvest camps to have them deconstructed. Basically their organs and limbs are taken and used for transplants. The entire thing is rather dark but so engaging. Look it up if you're interested.

  • Mood: Tired
  • Listening to: I Don't Mind
  • Reading: Deadline
  • Watching: Eden of the East
  • Playing: Pokemon White
  • Eating: Eggo cereal
  • Drinking: Water
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~TwelvePM Mar 14, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I love your critiques. :tea:

All these statistics and info make me wonder how competitors in OCTs make such high quality comics yet manage to portray an awesome story within a time limit. This is why I envy people like Unknown person. xD

I've actually been looking into a few science fiction novels. I always seem to run into dark, dystopian ones. |D
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*Songdog-StrayFang Mar 14, 2012  Student Writer
Thank you :tea:

I know D= It's insane. I'm sure they have some sort of secret time saving techniques or something. Why are we not privy to this knowledge?

Science fiction seems quiet married to the dystopian future. It's hard to find science fiction that takes place in the normal world.
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~TwelvePM Mar 16, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Perhaps it involves sacrificing sleep. A lot of sleep. xD
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~Kittysaysmeow-WQ Mar 13, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
That book sounds deliciously tempting.
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*Songdog-StrayFang Mar 14, 2012  Student Writer
Oh so delicious.
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~Kittysaysmeow-WQ Mar 16, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Sounds like the same sort of snarky sort of writing as "A Modest Proposal".
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~LyricalLlamas Mar 13, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Your critique like article was enjoyable to read and informative. Great job. :]
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*Songdog-StrayFang Mar 13, 2012  Student Writer
I am glad that you like them ^^ I try to make them entertaining even for people who aren't interested in making their own comics. A lot of people do write ups but they can be so dry and boring D=

:tea: Thank you!
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~LyricalLlamas Mar 13, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
informative as in telling me why i should NEVER WRITE A COMIC UNLESS I PLAN IT OUT. which i think was your point so.
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~DeadlyDingo Mar 13, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Enjoyed the article, a nice an' healthy sugar-free opinion
Also, i didn't think that book was 'popular', i had seen it once at Borders i think but didn't think much of it. Might just have to take a look after I'm done with my child psychiatrist read.:)
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