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Members Workshops / Re: SKETCH SURVIVAL!!!!!!!!
« on: Today at 10:48:10 AM »
Day 116: meh, I tried
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Anime Talk / Re: Which Anime series you are watching ?
« on: May 30, 2023, 04:36:42 PM »
Watched Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind for the first time in forever. I think I must have been either a little kid or only seen parts of it in passing because I thought I had seen it before but I didn't recognize any of it. (It's quite similar to Castle in the Sky so I might be crossing my memories perhaps)
I must admit objectively there are a lot of things to complain about such as pacing and dialogue, even the order of scenes etc (IMO), but really this was one of the first of its kind, the earliest film produced by Ghibli (before it even was Ghibli if my Google-fu is correct). So it doesn't sit right judging it by today's standards of writing that have been honed and adjusted with great trial and error over the decades, as well as the current culture of analysis, when it is one of the foundation stones of anime itself.
With that in mind I'm forced to give it a ??/10 because I'm unable to give it a rating I'm happy with. Definitely worth watching but ultimately felt like it was missing a core of sorts. I think there was too much world-building without much plot (such is Ghibli anyway), so I'm basically enjoying watching it but wondering what's going on for a good half of the film before it gets going. It's also super long at 2 hours runtime, partly because of the super slow story pace.
I would have loved to have watched this before watching anything else and see what my thoughts would have been. Had I been there watching it at the cinema when it was first aired I'm sure I would have felt a lot different. So a sort of bittersweet feeling that I never got to experience that.
I'm slowly working through all the Ghibli films at the moment so expect more posts as I watch each one :P
I must admit objectively there are a lot of things to complain about such as pacing and dialogue, even the order of scenes etc (IMO), but really this was one of the first of its kind, the earliest film produced by Ghibli (before it even was Ghibli if my Google-fu is correct). So it doesn't sit right judging it by today's standards of writing that have been honed and adjusted with great trial and error over the decades, as well as the current culture of analysis, when it is one of the foundation stones of anime itself.
With that in mind I'm forced to give it a ??/10 because I'm unable to give it a rating I'm happy with. Definitely worth watching but ultimately felt like it was missing a core of sorts. I think there was too much world-building without much plot (such is Ghibli anyway), so I'm basically enjoying watching it but wondering what's going on for a good half of the film before it gets going. It's also super long at 2 hours runtime, partly because of the super slow story pace.
I would have loved to have watched this before watching anything else and see what my thoughts would have been. Had I been there watching it at the cinema when it was first aired I'm sure I would have felt a lot different. So a sort of bittersweet feeling that I never got to experience that.
I'm slowly working through all the Ghibli films at the moment so expect more posts as I watch each one :P
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Members Workshops / Re: SKETCH SURVIVAL!!!!!!!!
« on: May 30, 2023, 06:37:48 AM »
been a while since my usual daily sketch.
things seem to be sorting themselves out again
hands tho are causing me a lot of trouble, I seem to have either forgotten how to draw them or I'm suddenly noticing how badly I've been drawing them all this time.
Day 115:
things seem to be sorting themselves out again
hands tho are causing me a lot of trouble, I seem to have either forgotten how to draw them or I'm suddenly noticing how badly I've been drawing them all this time.
Day 115:
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Members Workshops / Re: SKETCH SURVIVAL!!!!!!!!
« on: May 29, 2023, 04:00:30 PM »
Day 114: having a bit of a mid-life crisis apparently. but not really. but it feels kinda like that.
wasn't as productive as I'd hoped but tomorrow's another day.
wasn't as productive as I'd hoped but tomorrow's another day.
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Collaboration (Art Exchange) / Suuper's request thread (Closed, will finish pending)
« on: May 29, 2023, 10:36:55 AM »
Well I bet no-one was expecting this today :P
Finally finished Lego's request!!!
Alessa Sola, original request here
I thought I'd render this one in monochrome since I see it a lot and think it looks cool, but I've never done it myself can you believe it. So there you go. Also secretly it's practice for my upcoming manga style which might be similar.
A very big sorry for the delay, I have no excuse really XD
No idea when I'll do the next few but I'm in a productive mood at the moment. The style and composition will be whatever I randomly decide on in the moment, I'm blending my own style more into the pieces now. Maybe that's just because I'm more confident in having an actual style that I can work with.
So only 3 remaining now.
Finally finished Lego's request!!!
Alessa Sola, original request here
I thought I'd render this one in monochrome since I see it a lot and think it looks cool, but I've never done it myself can you believe it. So there you go. Also secretly it's practice for my upcoming manga style which might be similar.
A very big sorry for the delay, I have no excuse really XD
No idea when I'll do the next few but I'm in a productive mood at the moment. The style and composition will be whatever I randomly decide on in the moment, I'm blending my own style more into the pieces now. Maybe that's just because I'm more confident in having an actual style that I can work with.
So only 3 remaining now.
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Members Workshops / Re: SKETCH SURVIVAL!!!!!!!!
« on: May 28, 2023, 03:58:58 PM »
semi stabilized again now
i was not too well over the weekend
but I'm seeing a glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel now and I'm quite optimistic about this one
i was not too well over the weekend
but I'm seeing a glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel now and I'm quite optimistic about this one
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Members Workshops / Re: SKETCH SURVIVAL!!!!!!!!
« on: May 27, 2023, 04:14:33 PM »
i'm not dying btw :P
just super tired
just super tired
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Members Workshops / Re: SKETCH SURVIVAL!!!!!!!!
« on: May 25, 2023, 02:22:12 PM »
@operative thanks 
glad to hear you've been making progress and good to see you around.
Unfortunately I won't be posting today, I'm at hospital with a minor health problem. Already been here 4 hours and will probably be here in another 4 at the rate it's going. But hopefully tomorrow I'll be back in business :P
But annoying as I was being super productive today and the whole last week really.
glad to hear you've been making progress and good to see you around. Unfortunately I won't be posting today, I'm at hospital with a minor health problem. Already been here 4 hours and will probably be here in another 4 at the rate it's going. But hopefully tomorrow I'll be back in business :P
But annoying as I was being super productive today and the whole last week really.
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Members Workshops / Re: SKETCH SURVIVAL!!!!!!!!
« on: May 24, 2023, 05:53:01 PM »
Day 110: trying to get back to my normal daily sketch but time isn't on my side. but i'm being super productive elsewhere so all's good if you average it out :P
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Members Workshops / Re: SKETCH SURVIVAL!!!!!!!!
« on: May 23, 2023, 05:09:23 PM »
Day 109: just watched Kiki's Delivery Service for the first time in ages. Did a sort of fanart.
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Members Workshops / Re: SKETCH SURVIVAL!!!!!!!!
« on: May 22, 2023, 05:02:54 PM »
MR has become a ghost town at the moment :P
Day 108: still being productive but just not with art. having said that my commute on the train has been yielding some nice sketches but it's easier to post a quick digital sketch than to show those.
I suspect I'm close to revival of my maximum productivity mode but I dont want to be too optimistic because I've been there before, expectantly, and it didn't come.
Day 108: still being productive but just not with art. having said that my commute on the train has been yielding some nice sketches but it's easier to post a quick digital sketch than to show those.
I suspect I'm close to revival of my maximum productivity mode but I dont want to be too optimistic because I've been there before, expectantly, and it didn't come.
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Members Workshops / Re: SKETCH SURVIVAL!!!!!!!!
« on: May 21, 2023, 05:02:05 PM »
Day 107: was super productive today got a lot of pending jobs done. not so much art but now my to-do list is free I can go back to my art and not worry about all the jobs now ahahaha
drew an old guy for maybe the first time lol
drew an old guy for maybe the first time lol
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Members Workshops / Re: SKETCH SURVIVAL!!!!!!!!
« on: May 20, 2023, 04:10:23 PM »
Day 106: not been making best use of my time. When my to-do list gets too long I start to procrastinate more which makes no sense lol. gotta work on that :P
drew a guy for once
drew a guy for once
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Members Workshops / Re: SKETCH SURVIVAL!!!!!!!!
« on: May 19, 2023, 06:11:08 PM »
Day 105: actually forgot until I went to sleep so had to do a quick one :P
