Feb
05
I went to the pulmonologist (or whatever the English word for the doctor who specialises in lungs is) yesterday for my checkup. Thursdays tend to be emergency walk-in post-hospitalisation days, so I was warned that I might wait a little. So I came armed with sketchbook + pencil, and some crochet just in case.
And then I waited
And waited
That television wasn’t on mute like they usually do in waiting rooms. Urgh. It was horrid. The crap that is vomited into the air during morning talk shows is just incredible!
I had to wait some more
I was tired after the panoramic view, and the shoe guy got up and left, so I switched to crochet. I found that I had a really bad cable crossing error right in the 2nd repeat of the pattern, but I was closing on the 4th, so it’ll just have to stay.
All in all, over 2 hours of waiting, only to make small talk with the doctor and be told things are ok and to come back in two months. Hurray!
Current Mood: 
cold
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Feb
03
After I got my ass in gear and got back to working on Kissing Carrion #2, I motivated myself by buying the two books on the right – Making Comics by Scott McCloud (which frankly, makes me feel slightly inadequate, but damnit, it’s my first full length comic AND I’ve been battling various issues while drawing it) and under that is How to Make Webcomics by a gaggle of successful webcomic artists (It has such a can-do positive tone I don’t think I can read more than a few paragraphs at a time without wanting to slit my wrists. Baby steps, yes?).
As for the comic itself, I always am amused when I look back to the first page, to see how much confidence I’ve gained in using lines and just winging it when my reference is less than adequate.
I’ve drawn the two panels on the page on the right today, pencils to inks. I have rough layouts up to page 30 now, so I’m good to just draw without too much thinking until then.
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Dec
18
I’m in a blogging mood. Quick, writing a post before the mood passes.
I got sick about… two weeks ago. A blitz-style cold, runny nose, slight fever, the works. It only lasted two days, thankfully. However, I could feel it then, the germs working their way down, down into my bronchial tubes. The doctor I saw was an Intern from the local hospital, doing a shift as GP, and sent me home with some pseudoephedrine. As predicted, however, I started coughing, and the other doctor I saw put me on antibiotics and all that, explaining that the intern-type doctors tend to dismiss anyone who isn’t half-dead as perfectly fine.
Thing is, I’ve finished my course of antibiotics and I’m still coughing. Constantly. Coughing. It doesn’t stop.
Apart from that, I’ve finished a couple of commissions:
Wedding illustration. Took me a while, but I got over the performance anxiety.
Aaand the bunny you saw a wip of a while back.
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Nov
24
Coloured pencils on cardboard.
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Nov
18
Exchanging art for yarn. Long live the barter system.
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Nov
16
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Nov
14
I’ve been neglecting more than this site, lately. I existed in a vague state of semi zombification, being just so tired all the time. However some things have changed lately, namely, I’ve ditched the med that made me so sluggish. I felt an improvement as soon as I dropped the dosage, actually. The next two weeks were spent in the throes of SNRI Discontinuation Syndrome, which were, well.. interesting, to say the least.
I’m better. For the past 4 days I’ve done more than I’ve done for the past 4 months. I’m drawing again, I finished knitting a pair of socks, I’m using the leftovers now to design and knit a doll sweater. I’ve skimmed LJ a little again. I’ve reconnected with some stuff that I used to like, I’m making a point to try to chat with people I sort of drifted away from in my mad zombie dash to finish my B.A., and well, basically pulling myself together again.
Yesterday morning I had the house to myself, so I took advantage of the situation and dyed some of the NZ Merino top I had! I dyed 1kg of it. I was inspired by rediscovering Malice Mizer!
And now, for a preview:
Things are afoot. Maybe even some sorting together of the gallery here and scanning and uploading of Things. I don’t know about you, but I’m so excited about having my brain back that I’ve been sleeping less than 6 hours a day just spending the awake time with sheer glee at actually being awake.
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Jul
05
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Jul
03
It seems that the wonderful New Curator who had posted a sketch of mine on his tumblr a while back just like that has struck again!
“Something that a lot of comic illustrators lack is the balance between substance with style and any sense of subtlety, often going for demonstrative gestures or epic amount of photoshopping in order to make their image more interesting. I’m glad to say, Rotem’s skills lay in using her style as a medium to convey the greater purpose of the image.” – source
I think I might be having an ego Moment here…
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