2012 Sketch Dump

Sorry, nothing to really say this week. I was going to try to write something vast and significant but nothing really happened. Had a dinner to talk about bridesmaid stuff for my sister's wedding that went well. Otherwise, not too much else. XD Sorry I'm so boring.

2012 Sketch Dump + Nanowrimo: Half Way Mark

Hanging in there. Since I'm using the Reverse Nanowrimo Method it should all be downhill from here....but that won't stop me from writing more than I need to while I'm in the zone!

Whoops! Forgot to add to this! Well I've officially wrote over 40k! I was able to pull off another 20k this week by writing 6k yesterday which happens to be my personal best for my daily word count. The official word count for the personal best is 6,224 which beats out the previous 4,330. I wasn't sure I was going to make the word goal but I'm extremely proud to have done it. :D The current official word count to date right now is 41,248. I'm writing a lot more than I thought I was going to do which I think is a good thing.

When I hit 50k I'm considering whether or not to continue writing or stopping and writing a decent outline before I continue writing...I'm torn because I don't really know where I'm going with the story but I also want to keep writing while I can and am in the spirit. We'll see what happens when I hit 50k which I expect to be some time next week. :D

Random Old Sketches and Junowrimo Update

More old sketches where I wished that I had dated them. XD Most are old but some of them are dated. lol

I've update the comment system with Disqus so that it'll be easier for you guys to post and for me to reply. I'm sorry I don't reply to you guys even though I want to but it's hard to do it through blogger so I usually try to reply through Twitter or some other means. lol I don't think you guys mind. Still it's a bother so I installed this so hopefully this makes it much easier for you guys. :D

Wasn't able to get through reading all my books before they were due but that's ok. I'll return them and get them out again later. That's the beauty of the wonderful library system. ^_~ I really need to read some of the books that I want to read before they are due. lol

Junowrimo is going ok, I was doing great but slacked horribly this past weekend. Right now I'm about 4k behind but lots of things came up this weekend and I just couldn't get into gear with writing. I'm hoping to catch up so I can make my word count this week! :D Still haven't worked on an outline, may need to set aside time sometime this week to actually do that. lol

Old (Before-I-Started-Dating-my-Work) Sketches - 2006-2008

Wow, sorry guys, I keep falling behind on my weekly posts! >_<;; I have to work on that.

The first dated sketch in this post was in 2008 but I think these started in 2006 or 2007 before I thought to learn to date my work. haha I regret it now since it would have been good to see when I started them. I'm the type that takes forever to get through a sketchbook so if you're like me and you're reading this now and you don't date your work, do it now, you'll be happy that you did later in life when you refer back to them! If you start doing that then I've done my artist civil duty today. ^_~

Lately I've been working but I've picked up the writing project for JuNoWriMo which is basically NaNoWriMo in June! I was actually going to do the CampNaNo in July but decided why not start now?! lol That's a good and bad thing. I wanted a good outline before I started writing but that kept getting pushed off so I decided to just start writing and change things later. lol So far so good, I've been able to keep up but I want to stay ahead but I'm running out of material. Pulling things off from the top of my head. haha Still it's good fun, if not crazy illogical, sometimes. Going to attempt the July CampNaNo after June so it's going to be some crazy two months.

Are any of you crazies going to attempt July CampNaNo right after JuNoWrimo? Hope you all are taking care of yourselves. :D

2012 Sketch Dump + Wake Up Call

Life has been a bit off and on lately with comics/writing. Some days I get extremely motivated, and some days I don't feel like doing anything at all. I've been trying to get myself to write or sketch a little everyday but things usually get in the way. Still I'm finally getting wisps of inspiration to get stuff done!

I was planning on taking some classes online for Summer Semester but I ended up dropping them. Mostly because I couldn't see spending money on books I probably won't use again and thought I could learn from books instead. The classes are online and I feel that I pretty much have to teach myself when I take classes online anyways so I might as well do it free from books at the library or something. lol Not that you shouldn't take classes online, I just couldn't get myself motivated to do it, especially since the classes will be during summer.

Just read a fairly entertaining book and when I like a book I flip to the back to read about the author. Unfortunately, it turned out the author lost her battle with cancer in 2011 so the book I read was her first and last book. That made me sad because I would have loved to read more of her books. It wasn't perfect but it had potential and I loved the characters. It made me sad that I will not get to see these characters grow and flourish any more than that. The author wasn't even much older than me.

Finished Sketchbook + 2011 Sketches

Ok, so I meant to have a more substantial post this past week but before I knew it, it was already Tuesday so you guys get a sketch post! I also meant to write up something during the weekend but I got distracted....>_<;; I know, bad excuse. Anyways, still trying to get back into the swing of things.

I was able to focus and on getting a tiny bit of inking for Citlali's story and some toning for Eilam's story. I also was able to write a bit of Blindfolded Love but nothing all remarkable considering the time I had to do it. I spent most of my weekend reading or on the computer browsing, not doing anything as productive as I would like. Hm....still I'm happy to have made myself do something, even if it wasn't much. :D

Eh, I wasn't really able to do Janowrimo at all so I was hoping to catch up during a Nanowrimo in February instead. So far, still not working out the way I wanted. I still lack focus and motivation but I'm getting a bit better. I keep thinking about other stories or projects I have which is probably the most distracting for me. Do any of you have the same problem? I need to learn to focus on one project at a time but I'm really horrible at it. So I focus on 2-3 projects so I don't get bored and I'm making a little practice on at least one of them. lol

Nanowrimo Ends but Janowrimo Begins!

So I was about to erase my dry erase board before I decided to take a picture which is why there is a white space where a line should be between Monday and Tuesday. XD Sorry about that. haha

My first Nanowrimo was a failure for 2012. I was attempting to write my version of Beauty and the Beast called Wildly Charming. I've been procrastinating on this post for far too long. I should have wrote this blog post right after the event. haha It wasn't a complete failure though since I was able to get to 12,477 words. I think I wasn't as ready for it because I didn't have a good outline so I was pulling stuff out of my butt. When I got about several days behind I was torn between continuing or stopping and have a better outline. I settled for stopping. I know, bad. Still I was starting brainstorm and thought about combining some of my stories into one. Then I decided to change the setting and story line which basically makes everything I wrote useless. lol Still it was a good experience. I've decided that I need to have a good solid outline before I'm able to write decently.

Right now I'm sort of attempting the January Nanowrimo which is called on Twitter #Janowrimo and I'm giving it a try but not doing so good at the moment. I really want to get Cryptic Treasures written but I haven't made a good outline for it yet although I have written a screen play which I'm loosely basing the novel on. The novel is going to be more in depth than the screen play. This story I've been plotting for awhile but never got around to actually writing it and it's been sitting for a long time. The characters in this story feel more alive to me than any others but as always the middle is always murky to me. Not going to give up and will try to go write it the best I can for now and edit the crap out of it later. lol

Lessons I've Learned:

• Outlines are good
• Know the characters beforehand
• Have at least one general problem to for the hero/heroine to overcome
• Keep a minimum amount of characters possible that keeps the story going
• Don't get caught up with grammar/spelling
• Have a point in each scene
• Take notes of inspiration when you get it or you'll forget it

Those are the ones I can think of at the moment but I may add some later after I finish the January Nanowrimo. Now I probably was not as dedicated as many other Nanowriters so just take my opinions with a grain of salt. I really hope to get a project finished by the end of the year. I should update my New Year Resolution and Goals. haha Next post I suppose. lol Hope we all have a happy and successful 2013!

Pencil Sketches

Back from Florida! Expect an update on things this Friday. Sorry this is late, I still don't know how to schedule posts. -_-;;

I wanna say this was 2010-2011...lol More old smudgy sketches. I apologize for the quality but you can still see it. XD This is when I still sketched in pencil and before I knew about fixative. >_<;; As most of you who follow me regularly already know that I sketch with pen now-a days (they smudge less and I force myself to make every stroke count :D).

I think around this time I was finally finding my own style and sketching more decently. :D Was also starting to figure out and define my characters some more. I was also practicing filling out my pages instead of one character/element per page. I also went back and filled out all the pages I did that in my sketchbooks so that is also sort of why I'm taking forever to finish them. XD Gotta make every space count, right? :D

Cryptic Treasures Progress

Cryptic Treasures
Synopsis:
About a girl who grew up with her eccentric grandmother who dies and the girl is left on her own with a treasured necklace given to her by her grandmother before she died. She meets a guy and his friends and they turn her world upside down.

A completed screen play that was written for a class but liked the characters and story. However, it's kind of complicated to draw and is the start of another series. Need to finish the character designs and story...Decided this will be a written novel.


Progress...
Character Design: 25%
% Outline Done: 25%
% Script Done: 25%
% Thumbnails Done: ?

Total Page Estimation: ? pages
# Pages Penciled: 0
# Pages Inked: 0
# Pages completed: 0