the wacom stylus is mightier than the sword ~

[lookingland]

i haven't been drawing much lately because i'm having a problem with backgrounds and media in general (the same-o problems). so the Red Door is sort of idling at the mo'.

last night as i was laying down to bed, i thought i should set up a site (blog, or whatever) to try to post daily doodles. it would help me to actually write the thing, first of all because i would have to work out the scenes, and secondly, it might take the pressure off the work ~ it wouldn't have to be "good" because it would just be scribbling to meet a daily deadline.

i dunno ~ the lack of orderliness of it might make me bonkers. i never really thought about how obsessive-compulsive i am until recently. i mean, i always knew i was compulsive about certain things, but it's just occuring to me the degree to which having certain things disordered will shut me down like a trip switch on an overheating reactor.

the house can be a mess, my social life a disaster, but for God's sake don't leave dishes in the sink with water, don't put the milk on the counter (ever! the milk should never leave your hand if it is removed from the fridge!), never leave clothes on the floor in the bedroom, and i can't possibly post things out of order or unfinished without ten-thousand caveats as to why.



a test-run on the french countryside

so i was noodling with this bit of scenery and playing with textures in the trees and whatnot. it's inneresting, but i don't really like it. it's too dense (and i don't mean the picture, i mean the gradients). i seriously considered going very minimal with the backgrounds and using very spare line art, but the problem with that is so many scenes take place in the dark (or perhaps i should say an equal number of scenes) and when i think about (for example)redrawing the bar scene with eugenie, i'm not sure how it will fly with just line art. all the art i most love seems to get away without complex backgrounds. i need to study it some more i s'pose.

margh. i dunno why i resist just doing what i know i can do.

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Comments

[bachsoprano.livejournal.com]

Oooo! I like it....very ominous and foreboding.

There's an email heading your way, btw....

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

thank you ~ ! i guess i like it too ~ it's just not (as usual) what i was going for ~ hahahahaha ~

i'll keep an eye out for the email ~ thanks again!

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[sb77.livejournal.com]

At first glance it looked like someone was playing a little shadowgame. :)

[sparowe]

Well, I like it. :)

As for the OCD, I've got traces of it myself. Need to park in the same location at places, must always double check all the doors and stove on the way out... those don't sound that bad, but I have some other weird ones. It's a pain.

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

re: parking ~

that's pretty funny ~ i do the same thing, but if someone takes my parking spot, it usually doesn't agitate me all that much.

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eeeee ...the font is soooo small

[inkidink.livejournal.com]

I can't read your post the font's too small. My eyeballs are throbbing.

Please apply appropriate reply:

1. Sure you can!

2. Who says so?

3. Wow!

4. Bummer :-(

5. congratulations :-)

6. your doggies are so cute

m.

Re: eeeee ...the font is soooo small

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

view>>text zoom>>150%

or just set your own journal to view my journal in your style through options.

yeah, i know it's small. i'm not sure i like it myself. i may customize it or something ~ i dunno. but since i finally decided to pay for my account, i thought i should change the format a wee bit.

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in the mean time, i'll just pick # 6 ~ it's all purpose and always true.

[utter-scoundrel.livejournal.com]

don't put the milk on the counter (ever! the milk should never leave your hand if it is removed from the fridge!),

Dare I ask why? Milk cooties?

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

hahahahaha ~ i would have to say, of all my compulsions, the one about milk is the most "bizarre" i suppose.

milk needs to maintain a very cold refrigerator temperature at all times. it should never be left on a counter or a breakfast table. if you pour a glass of milk, it must be drank quickly and not left to sit. when the glass of milk is finished, the glass must be immediately rinsed. a milk glass should never be used for anything after drinking milk until it is properly washed. milk in bowls should also be rinsed out immediately. never leave a spoon in a bowl that had milk and then fail to rinse either.

so many rules.

i never drink milk anywhere but my mother's house or from my owqn fridge. never order milk in a restaurant. 2%, skim, and lowfat are not milk and are an abomination.

sometimes i think my allergy to synthetic vitamin D3 (which is jacked into most milk these days) is purely psychological ~ hahahahaha ~

as to the origins behind this weirdness, i could not begin to tell you. i just know it's the one compulsion i have a really hard time dealing with when i'm in others people's space (i.e. if i'm visiting and i see someone's milk out, i must put it away even though it's not mine and has nothing to do with me).

retarded.

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[utter-scoundrel.livejournal.com]

Our mom stopped buying whole milk at one point and switched to 2%. It's amazing how used to it you can get...

She once tried to get me and my brother used to skim milk but we very vocally drew the line there. That stuff is nasty...

But the point is moot nowadays. I avoid milk for fear of agitating any kidneystones.

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

i like milk, but i don't drink it much either ~ first, because it's hard to find non-tampered whole milk in the grocery, and second because i'm always afraid it will go bad or i'll somehow break one of my own rules and it will fracture the fabric of the universe (of course).

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