Well I’m actually meeting a client at 1 to discuss character designs so I thought I’d wear the jacket my sister got me to buy over Christmas.
The only problem is it’s a bit more garish than I usually go for and I sort of feel like I’m obliged to pull faces like Jim Carrey or
Austin Powers or some shit
idk guys I think I need to break it in
I AM HERE AND YES I DID SHOUTY ANON
Sorry for being slow at posting stuff but yes, as you have so astutely deduced I’m back home in the UK for Merry Chrimblemas and having a lovely time with a very weak internet connection hohoho and all of that.
Anon, are you familiar with the term ‘sodomy?’
It may explain a bit.
That said, if you consider the way that human beings actually use swear words, they often completely forgo any particular relation to the origin of the word. It’s a means of expressing distaste or insulting someone, yes, but it’s also a means of venting, much as the way someone stubs their toe and says 'ow’. Ow has no intrinsic value or meaning, it is a sound, a sound that your body and brain produces to distract you from the pain; swearing or screaming is a way of getting rid of or numbing yourself to pain, irritation or anger.
In other words, in the unique case of oaths and curses, the importance of knowing the original meaning of the word is lessened, because the function of swearing is not literal communication but emotive communication. One of the most interesting things about swear words (in my opinion) is that they are so versatile that you can not only use them as adjectives, nouns and pronouns, but you can also use them positively or negatively as freely as you wish. The meaning of swear words lies in context and expression. It is the intent of the speaker or writer that defines the word, not the original meaning of the word.
After all, when was the last time that you said 'motherfucker’ and genuinely meant what you said?
Daw, aren’t you a cutie anon.
Well, ‘cheers’ is basically a chummy way of saying thanks, so the right way to respond would probably be a “you’re welcome” or “come again!” Saying cheers back would be sort of like saying thank you for them saying thank you… which could make sense, but they might just think you’re mimicking them. As loath as I am to say it, there are some British colloquialisms that just don’t carry well with an American accent (one of my American friends tried to say 'bugger’ when she was visiting and caused a bus-load of people to nearly kill themselves laughing).
Wait, wait you mean there are actually people out there think they have to be cool to be friends with me?
Huh, never considered it! I mean partly because my voice is pretty low and she’s such a kawaii motherfucker that I always thought she’d have a fairly high-pitched, maybe slightly gravelly voice, but I guess I could try. Would anyone else want me to try doing this? If so, how about sending me a link to some of her lines or an excerpt; I’m a lazy busy bugger so idk if I can be bothered hunting out sections to read.
Well? Should I have at it?
Yes! They are all mass media and storytelling terms. The ‘hook’ is the thing that you use to grab someone’s attention; a splashy headline or a cryptic advertisement, something to make the audience pay attention and follow you. Rushes, also called dailies, are collections of raw, unedited footage. Soft Focus is a variety of technical flaw but can be used to blur an image on purpose, and Diegesis is a method of exposition. Obviously they all have double meanings and can be interpreted in different ways, and the contents and context of each chapter also affects and reflects the titles (I hope).
Yes it is, and yes there is ;)
FLASH NO LIKE ME. ME NO LIKE FLASH. PENCIL GOOD. MOD SMASH PUNY CRASHY PROGRAM okay well not really but yes I infinitely prefer using traditional pencil animation to any other form, but you can do paperless animation in Flash so I don’t mind doing that once in a while (except I don’t have flash on this computer so…)
Well, firstly thanks for reading! Hope I can keep entertaining you with it. There a few methods to make your characters stand out, but two of the biggest are that of silhouette and colour.
If you can understand what a character is doing by their silhouette, it makes the pose ‘readable’, and the motivation and acting of the character that much clearer. It’s very important to have strong, clear posing in animation, so I try to apply it in my comic as well. It can tell you what a character is doing, but it can also tell you how they feel.
The second is colour; the current backgrounds are predominantly blue. When I shade the characters I use a sepia for the tonal values, but I also designed RGB’s latest outfit with this in mind. Orange and blue are on opposite sides of the colour wheel, so it makes the character stand out. I did the same thing in the previous with Madras; the interior of the House of Paint is a green turquoise, while Madras has a scarlet pink colour scheme.
Also occasionally breaking the frame like this helps to bring the character out, but it’s best to use it sparingly. You also have to be careful that it doesn’t disorientate the reader or break the flow of the page; having character popping out of the frames tends to drag the eye towards it, so I always hesitate before doing it.
haha oh wow anon protip don’t send so many at once so it’s not as blindingly obvious that it’s the same person holy shit
