thoughts, musings and other rambling…
So this brings us to the end of the 2006 edition of the Ultraist Studios Blog Journal. There is more to come in 2007, including more webcomics, new features (such as “Before and After”), and with any luck, the next official comic from the SPY GUY Universe: SPUD & HARRY. Thanks to everyone who has [...]
You can read the full news story on any number of news sites. Here is a link to the BBC complete with video. And here is a link to Reuters also with video. My thoughts on all of this can most easily be summarized with the following image: EDIT – The execution is available for [...]
I pulled this article out of the Toronto 24 Hours news flyer last week: Flashback to a month ago. I was walking down King St. W. on my way to my “Clark Kent” day job when I walked past a city street sweeper. I thought to myself that this was a job worthy of having [...]
Walt Stanchfield quotes: “Just being aware of what you are drawing will help to elevate your line from ‘lazy’ to ‘expressive’.” * “When I am drawing this, I am drawing this.” * -
One of my biggest stumbling blocks at the moment is that I’m not drawing. I’m doodling. Partially due to time constraints and partially due to being scatter brained. It’s tough drawing comics when there isn’t time to get into the grove. However, to reach the next plateau, this is something I have to overcome. And [...]
Merry Christmas. Here is another panel. Due to the lackluster response of the last two half-sized quickies, I’ve gone back to doing full sized comic panels at a reduced speed resulting in nicer artwork and less panels.
The second part of the Star Wars double header was it’s sequel: The Empire Strikes Back. The film premiered on May 21, 1980. Lucas financed the film himself through loans and the earnings he had made from the box-office success of Star Wars. Lucas offered the role of director to Irvin Kershner, who had been [...]
Dave Sim quotes: “First you get good, then you get fast, then you get good and fast” * “If you can be that good going that fast, why go slow?” * “The cliche (which isn’t a cliche, it’s the truth) is that you have two thousand bad pages in you and until you draw them, [...]
This one was drawn at the same reduced scale as pt.13.
Work Doodle… I did these sketches at work, trying to apply some of those Walt Stanchfield notes on drawing folds. Mildly pleased with the results. A couple more hundred drawings, and I might just get it right. Thoughts on Blogging. I never really cared about comments or feedback before. The artwork I would draw, and [...]