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News & Events / Re: Best of 2009 to go Live December 25th
« on: Dec 26, 2009, 11:24 AM »
Thanks for putting GVSR in all of the banners.

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News & Events / Re: Best of 2009 to go Live December 25th
« on: Dec 04, 2009, 02:34 PM »
Four more if you count the one that's still up for voting right now.

I believe I contributed 10 comics this years.  True a couple were just three panels long, but I think the few 20+ page comics I made make up for that.  ;)

I kind of wonder who was the most prolific by page count.... (how many comics did monday do this year?)

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News & Events / Re: Best of 2009 to go Live December 25th
« on: Dec 02, 2009, 05:41 PM »
You know what's strange?,  most of the comics I thought were really good actually happened last year.

Hum, though I believe these ones did not go up until after last years list was compiled so, I believe they should still be ok:

(I'm not titling any of these, just click on them and see for yourself you lazy bums)

http://entervoid.com/comic/2038

http://entervoid.com/comic/2027

Comics that actually happened this year that should be mentioned:

http://entervoid.com/comic/2053

http://entervoid.com/comic/2060

http://entervoid.com/comic/2316

http://entervoid.com/comic/2394

http://entervoid.com/comic/2555

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spit spat, time to chat / Re: THE GOOD OL PHOTO-THREAT.
« on: Nov 01, 2009, 03:31 PM »
Aw c'mon - I had to grow a real beard for my J-pop costume.  That takes dedication.

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GO FOR BROKE! / Re: michaelharris = artstuffs.
« on: Oct 24, 2009, 07:32 PM »
Everyone on those pages looks really relaxed and not worried or concerned at all. Doop doop doop, gun fight.

Judging by their facial expressions, I believe they are supposed to be mildly retarded.



OH WAO IS LOUD!!! - HURRRR YOU ARE SHOT MEEEE!!!

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Art Jams / Re: BATTLE HYPE JAM!!!!
« on: Sep 23, 2009, 04:22 AM »



nothing gay happens in this battle...                                                                                              ...seriously.....

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Art Jams / Re: Void Fanart JAM! UPDATE 8/20
« on: Aug 07, 2009, 01:45 AM »
For a character who does not get enough fanart love:




Now he has his own shoujo book cover.  ;)

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Art Jams / Re: Totally Unflattering Self Portrait Jam
« on: Jul 13, 2009, 03:10 PM »
I have to draw dickbutt three times before starting a comic to remind me not to waste paper.

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Art Jams / Re: Totally Unflattering Self Portrait Jam
« on: Jul 13, 2009, 03:41 AM »
Pretty much my creative process:


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Art Jams / Re: BATTLE HYPE JAM!!!!
« on: Jul 10, 2009, 07:55 AM »

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Art Jams / Re: BATTLE HYPE JAM!!!!
« on: Jul 07, 2009, 01:27 AM »



......



This has nothing to do with the comic.



.......


enjoy.
...
...
it's only a neck massage. 

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Art Jams / Re: VOID FORUM BANNER ART
« on: Jul 05, 2009, 02:53 AM »
These banners have my blessing. 

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Art Jams / Re: BATTLE HYPE JAM!!!!
« on: Jun 22, 2009, 08:41 PM »


it's coming it's coming it's coming

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Art Jams / Re: BATTLE HYPE JAM!!!!
« on: Jun 12, 2009, 12:43 AM »
CockRockers gunna take you on a journey:


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Art Jams / Re: VOID FORUM BANNER ART
« on: Feb 03, 2009, 04:45 PM »
WHO WOULDN'T? 

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GO FOR BROKE! / Re: TANK IS FIGHT!
« on: Jan 23, 2009, 04:57 PM »
Well on the first page, the lack of hard edges looks a little weird.  If you wanted the forms to look solid you could go back in and add lines with a pen, or just fix them as black with the computer.  If you were trying to make them look soft/out of focus, then your inks aren't diffuse enough for that and you should have gone over them with more water.

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GO FOR BROKE! / Re: TANK IS FIGHT!
« on: Jan 23, 2009, 04:36 PM »
I'm not sure I'm buying your use of wash.  I don't know if it is the texture from your strokes or just where you decide to put gray, but something seems like it's off.

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So I'm going to offer my thoughts on choosing a good topic.

Write about a topic that interests YOU

I read an article on photography that stated that you're more likely to make good photographs of things you want to take pictures of, then just doing work because it is work.  I think this is true, as the article said - if you want to take pictures of kittens - take pictures of kittens.

On that same note, Gary Larson stated that as an artist you should be putting forward your own ideas, if people are sympathetic to your interests they will enjoy your work.
 
You're more likely to spend more time on and do better work if it revolves around themes you are interested in.  Very few people can take a subject they do not like and write about it well.  For example, an ornithologist would write a better article about hummingbirds for National Geographic than they would an article about Diesel Peugeots for Car & Driver.

Of course you also have to write about it in a way that makes the subject interesting so that people will actually read your story.  For instance if you wanted to make a story about collecting stamps, 200 pages of a guy going to antique stores and searching ebay for stamps isn't going to be very interesting.  It'd barely be interesting to fellow stamp collectors. 

Although the subject is stamps, you can try for a broader theme - maybe he is searching for an especially rare legendary stamp - maybe he is putting together a collection to take the grand prize at the international stamp collectors reunion.  Maybe there is somebody competing against him for the title at the reunion and he is also searching for the legendary rare stamp! - In any event doing something like this takes the theme from just stamps to competition - which is something more people are interested in than collecting stamps.

This is just an idea,  I'm not saying you have to take a mundane topic then turn it into a epic quest to find the blood stained stamp on the letter McKinnley had in his vest pocket when he was assassinated in order defeat the Nefarious Collector Steven Jenkins at the biggest stamp collecting competition in history...
Just that if you choose a really arcane topic, you might want to explore ways of making it appealing to a wider audience.

You might have passion for a topic that lots of people can readily appreciate, such as romance or sports (not that these can never be focused on very specific subjects either - just that they are broadly appealing from the get go).

More thoughts later.

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It is not a two step process Pi, it is a checklist - that is it is the two things every good piece of literature has.  It must be interesting and it must make its point.  And those two things are applicable to all art as well.

If you could design a 3000 step process that always delivers an interesting story - then that would be a valid process.  But it's not criteria for looking at all stories.

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I think you all make this way more complex than it needs to be.

There's only one thing all successful writing has: a point to get across.  Your success as a writer - whether you're writing a technical manual, novel, play, or a haiku depends on whether or not you get your point across.   That's the whole point.

Good writing simply makes getting a point interesting.

So really a checklist for good writing looks something like this:

1: Make a Point

2: Make it interesting


I don't really feel like attempting any sort of authoritative guide to writing so I won't.  But I will post some general ideas about how to make writing interesting and choosing good points to make later.


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VOID Characters and Comics / Re: Challenges Thread
« on: Jan 16, 2009, 12:22 AM »
Yeah.  I'm still waiting. 

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VOID Characters and Comics / Re: Challenges Thread
« on: Jan 14, 2009, 08:56 PM »
I thought maybe you changed your mind, and I didn't want drawing time to overlap that of sentai battle.  But if you want to accept, then do so soon.  ;)

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VOID Characters and Comics / Re: Challenges Thread
« on: Jan 12, 2009, 04:47 PM »
I'm itchin' for a fight.

Challenge sent.  ;)

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It might be worth noting, Kuro, awhile back I was thinking about making you for a Think Tank or Approval Committee spot, but your serious lack of communication skills forced me to reconsider.

By the same token, Jack's decline in interpersonal skills has me considering kicking him from the team too.

Also, hitting enter all those times just to type "-J" really diminishes the impact.

If this wasn't meant to be funny, then I actually feel bad for Toast's inability to sense irony.

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spit spat, time to chat / Re: THE GOOD OL PHOTO-THREAT.
« on: Jan 09, 2009, 12:16 PM »


I laugh everytime I see the super dramatic drawing scenes in bakuman, so I had to make this photo.

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