A Post About Comics

2-24-08

Hey ya'll,
I'm in a drawing lull so I thought I would share some stuff that has been occupying the other portions of my day (besides beer and video games). I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with the movie/comic AKIRA ,but I've been enthralled by the first two books of the series recently.

Over the past few weeks I've had some intense discussions with my friends, and teachers about storytelling in comics. The arguments boil down to whether or not it's important to actually have a story. What makes a comic book good? Or better yet, what makes a story good? I've seen the armies of beautiful painting, and drawing go up against character development and plot over and over... Isn't there a greater evil for them to unite against? Who knows? Anyway, I'm not going to get into that now, but it's definitely something that is going to be fermenting my mind grapes.

After some researching I found a few passages from the comic and the movie that are similar and thought they made an interesting juxtaposition... (not to mention the drawings RULE)

The above pages show similarities to the film clip around 2:58-3:20

...and these pages are similar to the movie clip at around 6:38-8:05

No, they aren't completely alike, but they are definitely showing the same scenes.

As I try to wrap my mind around what makes a compelling scene/etc... I wonder if there are rules that underline quality storytelling, and if they cross mediums? Is either one of these depictions more successful than the other one? Can such a judgment be made about mediums that are this different? It would be great to hear what you think...Thanks for dropping in.


story, story, story!?!?
-Tamte

(All rights to the comic pages and movie clips are reserved by their various holders)

Thesis Pieces

2-14-08

hey everybody,
Staying busy over here in apoc 2012 sketching, painting, drinking, playing wiz-wars, and thouroughly enjoying ourselves. This is a sketch from Aaron Board's anatomy class (which I highly recommend taking)

The Face

Along Vincent's travels he ends up in a city that is embedded in the side of a mounatin...(more back story later). I was trying to pick just one of these and bring it to finish, but after shopping the idea around my only conclusion was to give them all a chance. Here are the drawings for the city in question. Thanks for dropping in.

-Tamte

Thing 1

Thing 2

Thing 3

Drawing

2-10-08

Hello, welcome to my blog I love you!

I'm overly excited because I made it to round 2 of last man standing! What an honor. It's incredibly exciting, I'm gonna have to bring my "A" game to even make a breeze against the tornado of competition that is stepping to the plate. wish me luck, I AM SO STOKED!! Here are some drawings from anatomy class and portrait night...

-Tamte

Neck stuff

Hunekey

Back on Track

2-6-08

How-Dee!
I've been a little more electronically active (at least passively) and found some really fun stuff to occupy my attention. Yesterday a buddy of mine, turned me on to "Patchblox.com" (link). Its like a free-for all king of the hill link collection where everyone is vying for a limited amount of advertising space! I'm loving the "creative solutions" people use to get their stuff out there. Also, I've become quite intrigued and entertained by Chris Applehans' journey through France (link) . He speaks with a dry humor that paints really honest comedic images that I love...plus "FranknFrank" RULES!! Lastly, if you've got a spare minute check out James Gurney (link) DAILY, if possible. If you don't already know him he's guru # 1. What an insightful dude.

Here's a painting of one of the black and whites I did a couple posts down. Trying a new ideation process...Thanks for stopping in, hope you find some of those links interesting!

-Tamte

The Scientist

News from the front

Well i'm starting to get lost and confundled in the thesis, picnic attack level 1. I did however receive some more stuff from Vincent today. He seems to be enjoying himself, and that's reassuring. Both of us appreciate you stopping by and/or dropping a line.

-Tamte