Falling in love....
Well, I can tell you this much: I'm not improving as an artist. Why? Because at work, I only seem to be working on the script. I'm not complaining...wait. Actually, I am. I want to do something more than just work on the script! What, do I look like a com major? Oh, wait, I AM a com major. Feh. Anyway, I just don't get to draw very much at work. It makes me sad. But I still learn quite a bit over there. One thing I learnt was this: to be a good artist, one must have good materials. Okay, it might not sound like the most profound thing in the world, but it is one of the basic truths of the industry. I mean, you may think: "Okay, if I want to draw I just go out to buy a sketch pad and some pencils". That's fair enough. You would be able to draw, but you would not bloom as an artist very much. First off, what kind of pencils are you using? Are you using just one? A 2B? What's wrong with you!? And what's up with this paper that you bought? It's a pain to use! You have to use twice the effort to put lead down on the paper. And the paper doesn't hold the graphite very nicely. Just look at the horrible GRAIN of the paper. Yikes! Yes, ladies and gents, it seems that animators are a fastidious lot indeed. Right now, nobody in the firm uses proper paper. Proper animation paper. We just use normal 100gm grain paper. The same type that you use for photocopying. It's not a bad paper, but it's not great. We use this sort of paper for our drawings because...we suck. That's right, we suck *boggle boggle*. That's what our boss, Rahman (great guy, uber talented, almost god-like to me) tells us. Well, that's what he says of the artists in the office. He frankly said that none of us were good enough to be using animation paper. Wow. Let me just note that these same artists are about two to three times better than me right now. It really makes you feel small.
Of course, with the way Rahman reverently talks about animation paper it is easy to see how unworthy we are. The paper itself is so soft and smooth, like silk. When you hold it, it almost feels like it would drift out of your hands because it is so light. And once you draw on it...you cannot help but fall in love with the paper. It's almost a religious experience. You can feel yourself get better. Whoa. It's almost like holy samite or something. The type that's described in arthurian texts...not the dictionary. It has almost mythical qualities. Falling in love with paper...I never thought it was possible. But listening to an animator talk about it...you can begin to understand. Rahman is a man in love with the art.
Ah well, it inspires me to become better. But now the summit and goal that I'm reaching for seem so much higher than before. Holy gaipamama!
Rumoku out!
Well, I can tell you this much: I'm not improving as an artist. Why? Because at work, I only seem to be working on the script. I'm not complaining...wait. Actually, I am. I want to do something more than just work on the script! What, do I look like a com major? Oh, wait, I AM a com major. Feh. Anyway, I just don't get to draw very much at work. It makes me sad. But I still learn quite a bit over there. One thing I learnt was this: to be a good artist, one must have good materials. Okay, it might not sound like the most profound thing in the world, but it is one of the basic truths of the industry. I mean, you may think: "Okay, if I want to draw I just go out to buy a sketch pad and some pencils". That's fair enough. You would be able to draw, but you would not bloom as an artist very much. First off, what kind of pencils are you using? Are you using just one? A 2B? What's wrong with you!? And what's up with this paper that you bought? It's a pain to use! You have to use twice the effort to put lead down on the paper. And the paper doesn't hold the graphite very nicely. Just look at the horrible GRAIN of the paper. Yikes! Yes, ladies and gents, it seems that animators are a fastidious lot indeed. Right now, nobody in the firm uses proper paper. Proper animation paper. We just use normal 100gm grain paper. The same type that you use for photocopying. It's not a bad paper, but it's not great. We use this sort of paper for our drawings because...we suck. That's right, we suck *boggle boggle*. That's what our boss, Rahman (great guy, uber talented, almost god-like to me) tells us. Well, that's what he says of the artists in the office. He frankly said that none of us were good enough to be using animation paper. Wow. Let me just note that these same artists are about two to three times better than me right now. It really makes you feel small.
Of course, with the way Rahman reverently talks about animation paper it is easy to see how unworthy we are. The paper itself is so soft and smooth, like silk. When you hold it, it almost feels like it would drift out of your hands because it is so light. And once you draw on it...you cannot help but fall in love with the paper. It's almost a religious experience. You can feel yourself get better. Whoa. It's almost like holy samite or something. The type that's described in arthurian texts...not the dictionary. It has almost mythical qualities. Falling in love with paper...I never thought it was possible. But listening to an animator talk about it...you can begin to understand. Rahman is a man in love with the art.
Ah well, it inspires me to become better. But now the summit and goal that I'm reaching for seem so much higher than before. Holy gaipamama!
Rumoku out!
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