• Look Ma! I'm a cartoonist!
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[highlight]Dateline: November 29th, 2010.[/highlight] A few days after Thanksgiving and exactly 5 days after I left that wretched hospital for the mentally unwell, this was the day they would give me this magical new pill. This pill, called Conserta, helps my attention issues as well as my habit of being a lazy potato. One of the side-effects of this is also a steadier hand, which mean better penmenship. Little did I know that it would also improve on my drawing skills. For hours and hours I drew wonderful things which made my self confidence (which is one of the many reasons I was in the hospital in the first place) flourish. Everyone loved me, everyone thought I was just so brilliant with my bountiful stack of etchings and sketches, and everyday I went home and put them in a special shoebox. This, however, turned out to be a big mistake. That Thursday my mother threw out my box of creations while at school, twas probably my fault as it WAS a shoebox under my bed. And it just so happen that on THAT day, I found a particular paper sign on a door. I read aloud to myself as I answered the questions on it. [highlight]Dateline: December 2nd, 2010.[/highlight] "Do YOU have artistic ability?" Um... yes? "Do you like to draw cartoons?" Actually that's all I draw. "Do you enjoy your art being admired?" But of course! Oh dear god what is this flier for?! "Then YOU might qualify to be our school newspaper's Chief Cartoonist! You will be in charge of all artistic points of the paper, You will also draw political cartoons, cartoons for selected articles, as well as your very own comic strip!" I looked at the very bottom... "All entries are due Friday, must have examples of artistic merit to qualify." Obviously this poster had been up a while and I hadn't noticed. Well hot dog! I have a whole box of awesome pictures in my room! This'll be easy! And if you payed close attention to my situation you already know what happened after that. [highlight]Dateline: December 3rd, 2010[/highlight] It's lunch time, I'm panicking, this was kind of a big deal for me. At this time was the only time I had off to hand over my portfolio. I panicked, panicked, and panicked some more... then I realized. "OH WAIT MAYBE THERE'S SOME PAPERS I DID THAT ARE STILL IN MY BAG!" I ripped open my backpack and looked through all of the many pockets that were on that army-issued sonofabitch... and I found the runts of the litter. I couldn't draw all those great things without reference right? I needed to draw down some useful things for future use. All of my references were on these 2 pieces of paper: [img_thumb]http://imgur.com/AOdf5.jpg[/img_thumb] [IMG_THUMB]http://i.imgur.com/2CNMM.jpg[/IMG_THUMB] [b]These, out of all the papers in my shoebox, were the worst.[/b] I mean, come on, they're only meant for reference amiright! They really weren't meant to look good... but I had no choice. With a sick feeling in my stomach, I handed the 2 reference papers over and went to my next classes until I went home. I did not draw anything that weekend. [highlight]Dateline: December 7th, 2010.[/highlight] I got a note in third period, it read as follows: "Dear Mr. ****, There were exactly 34 entries to our little contest, yours being accepted as one of the last. After many tests of appeal with multiple age groups, as well as our target audience, we have concluded that your artwork to be the most charming and relatable out of all our entries. Congratulations Mr. ****, You have the job as Chief Cartoonist. -Mrs. Hyuun-Duc, School newspaper editor and supervisor [img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_222t5surOxk/R6olVKh6M3I/AAAAAAAAAoE/HM21K7BCHuw/s400/hooray.gif[/img]
Grats! Good luck with it. Hopefully it'll lead somewhere even better.
Congratulations. Welcome to the newspaper cartoonist club. [editline]8th December 2010[/editline] If you want to move up on the ladder to good papers you have to get a base in traditional arts. Right now it's... acceptable.
Hey thanks you guys, I promise when the next paper comes out ill have a PDF version as well as a scanned copy of all my [i]decent looking[/i] work. [editline]8th December 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=3v3ryb0dy;26553515] If you want to move up on the ladder to good papers you have to get a base in traditional arts. Right now it's... acceptable.[/QUOTE] Those images do not show my true ability I assure you.
Holy shit... YOU'RE A POTATO? HOW CAN YOU EVEN HOLD A PENICL
You have some of the worst handwriting I've ever seen. You'll have to work on that if you want to get serious. [editline]7th December 2010[/editline] As for the cartoons I can't really say much based on 2 scans.
[QUOTE=doggyalt;26557772]You have some of the worst handwriting I've ever seen. You'll have to work on that if you want to get serious.[/QUOTE] This is my text. It was made for me... Seriously those pages were for my eyes only. (this is not directed at you) Oh and please do not judge those images, as those are mere scrawls compared to my real drawings.
what if you posted your real drawings.
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