Eru's Journal

All together now!
Joy of all joys, I thought the deadline for my three pages of pencils was today... When it is truly next week.

And somehow, I managed to get those pencils done in enough time to take my shower, catch the bus, and go to class ten minutes early. ROCK.
So that's one project OUT OF THE WAY OH MY GOD HOORAY AND REJOICING ALL AROUND.

Also, Jezzie talking to the little bird = The Best Thing Ever. "NO."

If I have time, I'll do more of the story later; the February anthology requires 5-8 pages of comic, whereas our professor only wants three. Christmas break has a purpose now!
Also, I finally have a version of Photoshop installed upon my computer. It's old old old (Photoshop 5.0 LE, given out free in 2001), but it's still Photoshop. Now I can edit and make icons and scan things to put text on them... This is a happy thing, and quite neccessary since I must dedicate my future time to putting together that booklet Professor Hudson wants us to create. I can design it all on CD at home, then take it to the handy-dandy printing shop down the way.

Last night while I rushed to do the comic layouts was fun, though, in spite of the pressure and the frustration of translating a mental story into a two-dimensional one.
Jez is always a pleasure to draw, mostly because I find the challenge of making her enormous breasts believable a truly hysterical process, as I've seen a LOT of silicone-enhanced-and-gravity-impaired breasts in my major so far. And no giant hulking hips to go with them! Seriously, if your lady has a prow like a battleship, you've got to provide her with a wide load behind, too. That's just the way of nature. Skinny boyhips belong on skinny boys, not big-breasted women.
And then there was Ayumi, providing me with difficulty by always scampering away and making faces, though she did sit still for the end picture. She's so cute with her poisonous birds. <3

In search of layout reference, I brought out Assassin and White Shaman and experienced a surreal blend of nostalgia and present obsessions.
There aren't many things funnier than Takeko and Padme having a deep conversation about dumb 19-year-old virgins with rage problems.

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: Fushigi Yugi end theme, "Dreams Come True"