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Busy Stream of Moleskine
I have been more busy in the Moleskine than on the computer, thus I had fallen behind on my scanning of works, thus I am attempting to catch up to where I am in my notebook. Since it seems that the pictures are starting to sort themselves into some sort of series, its only fair that this recent series will all appear together. The thread that ties these four together is the stream that flows from left to right. Halfway through the second panel, I had the image in my head of what the fourth panel would be, so the story arch was successfully predicted before I followed it through. This helped me get the three panel as I knew how to go from 2 to 4, but I guess that’s not an unusual thing for illustrators and storytellers. What I find nice about this, is that it is opening me up and developing some continuity skills that will be required for the next major project.
Next Major Project, you say?
Yup. I have it in mind already. I actually have had it in mind for quite sometime, I have tried to start it before but stopped because I was not properly prepared or supplied or because life got in the way or some ten excuses or such. Basically, this whole Notebook has been a dedicated warm-up for actually starting on a children’s book or graphic novel with themes that are approachable by children as well as adults. There is a story being developed somewhere and this is all wonderful practice to telling stories with words. So here’s the pictures.
In which I take my Didgeridoo to Boston
[podcast]http://nacreo.us/Nacreous/Media/Dreamtime%20Connection.mp3[/podcast]This is a track that I recorded during my gig at a conference in Boston. I was really quite pleased with the way the performance and the track both turned out.
The drawing to the left is Estella’s Home on the edge of the woods. I have yet to work out the whole story, but I can sense the development of a decent children’s story that will encompass some mythology as well. Below is more studies of the world of the story.
Maybe I need a stronger prescription
A visit to The Met
This marble statue of St. Emo the Drama Queen resides in the sculpture garden at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As far as large scale institutions which house, collect artifacts which were created by poor inspired and perhaps starving artisans across the ages (who knows maybe there are a number of creators in the collection who were rich and well-fed) the Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of my favorites. Perhaps my personal all-time favorite but that could just be the result of familiarity, I mean, I am not really very familiar with the collections at the Louvre or the Museum of London, or any of the other ‘World-Class’ places.
Note to self: Do become more familiar with large institutional collections of Art as they have been gathered about the globe in a convenient pattern for the sake of tourism.
Anyways, I went last Friday as part of a soulful return to NYC. Its sort of my spiritual home in the city, if you will. See, when I first moved to New York City, I was a young, misguided brat who had his head half out of this world and my thinking found me climbing the obelisk that is parked at the top the hill, directly behind the Museum. During this act, I was in a spiritual trance or high on some substance, I can’t remember which, but before the aliens came down and visited me, I found on one of the corners of the base of Cleopatra’s Needle a shiny black stone. At the time it seemed very, very important and highly mystical.
Of course, I was completely alone at this time, and knew noone in the city, so I was basically praying to be able to meet people, make friends and find my way around the place. So for what its worth, you can say that those prayers were answered, especially as I have been to a dance party in the Temple of Dendur, but that is officially another story altogether.
Slow progress
I have been continuing my efforts in the .
I have completed three works in that area over the course of the past week. This moves pretty quickly and can be surprising when the subject matter starts to spring off the page. I think the pencil stage is perhaps my favorite part because I am discovering things in front of me; color while illuminating details, hardly reveals greater surprised than my pencil.
I have also been trying to make steady progress on my large scale image but it has been difficult to immerse in the tasks. This is certainly a work of progress as the concept requires a great deal of construction to complete. I’ll show you a close up of the project.
Cutting, Gluing, and Stacking all those tiny cardboard squares us hella time consuming but the effect will be well worth the effort.
See more progress on: create like an Artist
