This video is sort of a subtweet about some art twitter discourse. But I wanted to respond in video form rather than in written form so that you wouldn't misinterpret my words. Also not linking the discourse directly because I don't want to dogpile on the inspiration for my thoughts. But here are three ideas that I wanted to share with artists for us to keep in our brains as we go into the new year.
Art Challenge
December 12, 2012
Keen eyes or archive divers may have noticed that transcripts have suddenly disappeared from comics. Wordpress just issued an update which broke the plugin that I was using for transcripts. Turns out that the darn thing hasn't been updated in two years and is no longer supported. So I've got to go back and fix all 446 or so transcripts. This isn't going to happen quickly, but it will happen.
The good thing is that now they will look like I've always wanted them to. The annoying thing is that I have to do a lot of this by hand. So please bear with me as the transcript fixing process goes chugging along. Bleh.
MOUSE OVER
It's always a good time for a Street Fighter pose.
PANEL 1
Kane hands Tara his phone.
TARA
Did you show her any of your design work?
KANE
Not really. But I showed her some of my custom toys.
PANEL 2
Tara frowns.
TARA
Hey, why haven't I seen any of these?
KANE
Oh, I... um... Well, I didn't think they were that good.
PANEL 3
Anna strikes a fighting pose.
KANE
But Anna told me to stop saying stupid shit like that and that I should get my work out there.
PANEL 4
Kane scratches his neck.
KANE
And, well, she kinda gave me an art challenge.
MOUSE OVER
It's always a good time for a Street Fighter pose.
PANEL 1
Kane hands Tara his phone.
TARA
Did you show her any of your design work?
KANE
Not really. But I showed her some of my custom toys.
PANEL 2
Tara frowns.
TARA
Hey, why haven't I seen any of these?
KANE
Oh, I... um... Well, I didn't think they were that good.
PANEL 3
Anna strikes a fighting pose.
KANE
But Anna told me to stop saying stupid shit like that and that I should get my work out there.
PANEL 4
Kane scratches his neck.
KANE
And, well, she kinda gave me an art challenge.