the Fairyland books by Catherynne M. Valente are illustrated by the charming and talented Ana Juan. Please enjoy their whimsical, evocative styling.
The books (four, currently, plus some supplemental materials) follow the adventures of September Morning Bell, a girl of a bygone era, who is whisked away to a world which, while not unlike Oz or Narnia, is maybe more fraught with peril and strangeness. Velocipede stampede! A Marid named Saturday! A Wyverary (A through L!)
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I'm copypasting this from the SE youtube thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OioVfASn_18
Lisa It's Your Birthday
Weird Al
Spider Pig / Stonecutters / See my Vest
Conan Sings Monorail
Simpsons Medley / Senor Burns
Who Put the Spring in Springfield
Do the Bartman
This wasn't in the above, battery died just before it started:
John Lovitz sings some Planet of the Apes
Ah, thanks.
I just installed Visual Studio 2013, let's see if I make use of it before this thread ends. New chat smell is good.
I saw this and thought "I wonder what Hank Azaria is doing these days?"
And then it occurred to me that he has had probably the most steady job career in television history.
I feel like I've discovered a super power which I have to be very, very careful with.
I literally cannot think of anything dumb enough to serve the purpose.
Considering that 'dumbness' constitutes maybe 85% of my total personality, this is fairly distressing.
This must be what having erectile dysfunction feels like.
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You know, like Jesus feeding the crowds, but with bacon.
Decided to just go 90's.
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So much utility! I'm sure you have more than enough ammo and gadgets to get you through anything with all of those packs.
Remember back in january when I said that “the cute girl and I are now a thing”? Well… seems like I was too fast on the trigger, because a week or so later she began ignoring me. She has since told me that this was because she just came out of a long relationship and needed some time by herself to think. Eventually, a month or so later though, she began going out with one of my friends and the two of them are now a happy couple and I’ve been miserable ever since. (the ninja comic was a product of these feelings, just for reference haha.)
She’s asked me why I wasn’t angry with her and I’ve told her that I understood that she was just confused. She feels terrible about it but it’s just an unfortunate thing that happened as I see it.
Mostly I’ve just been angry with myself, because I was too timid to try and initiate something with her again after that initial week.
Seeing the two of them interacting when they just started going out I realized a few things about what it takes to have chemistry, and I observed that play and touch play an important role in that. And here’s the thing, I suffer from pretty severe fear of intimacy, and because of this I was never able to get to that stage because I’m just too afraid of touching, or being touched, hugging, etc. and I’ve been so fucking angry with myself, that I couldn’t do those things. Say for example, just putting my arm around her would make me tense up and I needed at least half an hour of considering it before I even tried...
Oh, and it turns out she has told her boyfriend/my friend about our situation, which would explain why he’s talking to me in the same tone that the boyscout leaders talked to me in, when they discovered I didn’t have any friends lol.
I’ve always been very fearful of relationships, and I think the only reason why I even got close this time around was that the two of us had been talking regularly for a year and a half, because we sat next to each other in class. And so now I have to endure seeing her fooling around with one of my best friends at school, whose friendship has now devolved into a kind of helpful-adult to child friendship because he obviously pities me.
I’ve always told myself that at least I’m good at what I do, I’ll always have that. But this girl… she’s also so much better than me at making comics, and it’s just not fair. She’s got more talent than me, and she gets to be in a relationship with a great person.
And I can’t be mad at either of them, because they’re awesome people.
I’m pretty devastated.
Also, you guys are the only people I've told about this so far. I don't really have anyone else I feel I can talk to about this stuff.
Sidenote: I sincerely doubt she's got more talent than you, mr. golden boy, but that's beside the point. You ARE good at what you do, and comparing yourself against anyone else would just take away time spent improving. It's always hard being in what feels like a powerless position. We're all slaves to circumstance. Growing is all in how you learn from those situations.
Theres a lot going on in that post, You're jealous of her talent (something that we all deal with differently) you like them both as people but you are working through some emotions, which is totally natural. I imagine its a small as fuck school, but try and get a little space if possible. Stuff like dealing with intimacy issues, therapy can be really good for that. Sometimes being in a really small, isolated social pool (art school) can also warp your perspective on how people interact and what person is right for you. Getting out of school really changed up who I was friends with and what I wanted out of the folks I hang out with, and that had an effect on my confidence and my relationships.
If you ever want to chat, feel free to hit me up in PM.
I don't know if any of that will actually make you feel better other than knowing you're not the only one
So hugs to everyone. It's nice to back at the forums once again!
Hector Berlioz, 19th century composer, fell into unrequited love with an actress. Despite flooding her hotel room with love notes night after night, but she never responded. Frustrated by this, he thought, "I'll compose a beautiful symphony, that'll impress her!!" So, he wrote 'symphonie fantastique', but she didn't come to the premiere.
Years later she finally heard the music. "Wow!'," she thought, "This is genius, I better marry this dude!" So, she did. But, then they hated each other and separated.
Moral of the story is, careful not to mix up actual people with conceptions of people, also love is hard
But it did make me want to make a comic, so I did.
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Can't help with the relationship stuff though. At the ripe old age of 24 I still have no idea what I'm doing. My one relationship suffered from the exact problems you described so you're not alone dude. You're not going to stop learning and growing any time soon, so the best is yet to come.
Also, AOB's comic gave me ideas for a comic, brb while I'm
Cookie monster hasn't eaten a single cookie ever.
Hold on a minute I think something's going on here
http://www.chameleonpens.com/
I haven't been into the idea of markers for many years now (they're fun to play with, though!) but constantly switching markers always kinda bothered me. This could convince me to try them out again.
[edit] I LIED. I thought it was pressure-based but it turns out it's just like dipping the end of a felt-tip in water...temporary, one-direction-fade. Still super cool if that's what you're looking for though!
The hero Gotham needs, but not the one it deserves?
I recently watched this video of John Carmack talking about light in computer graphics. Being an artist who plays a lot of games I've always had a very amateur curiosity in computer graphics, and It's really interesting to hear someone like John talk about how game engines approach the challenge of dealing with light. In particular, I found it cool to see how the more 'scientific' approach to Optics relates to the more intuitive way a painter might think about light, and where they might find common ground.
Plus, John Carmack has a pretty singular talent for just turning on a firehose and talking for hours about stuff you can only barely understand in abstract. Dude just walks to center stage and goes.
Well, that's technically correct but kind of oversimplified...
Okay, yes, but the math behind it is...
Its not that I disagree, but it would be better if we went into the computational costs...
Oh, god. What have I become?
www.twitch.tv/bigmisch