Comments on: Funny, He Looks a lot Like Me

By: ck

ck — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:46:05 +0000

you should turn the cat into a dog.

kidding. haha

By: Jason Brubaker

Jason Brubaker — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:53:47 +0000

Thanks for all your support in this everyone. You've all made great points and really helped me to just keep going and ignore the overly critical voices. Ahhh, the joy and pain of putting your work out there for the world to see.

Honestly, I've had 99% positive feedback but that 1% negative can really be draining to deal with for some stupid reason if you let it.

By: Mr. Average

Mr. Average — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:49:22 +0000

By the way, in reference to your remarks above – stick to your guns. It's your project, and people can, untimately, take it or leave it. Art is what you do for yourself, and work is what you do for others. This is clearly art. So who cares if not everyone likes the names? Hell even I have my opinions, but in the end, you make the call that satisfies your artistic vision and that is the one that will be right.

–M

By: Jason Brubaker

Jason Brubaker — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:26:20 +0000

Yeah, that totally makes sense. It would be such a waste of time if your free time was spent laboring over something that you didn’t enjoy.

By: Jason Brubaker

Jason Brubaker — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:24:45 +0000

Hahah! Definitely not Joe, or Fluffy or Whishers. Ha.

By: ck

ck — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:23:12 +0000

i dig the way you're doing these frames. its very cinematic -like. Its basically a stationary camera shot where you let the action move into the frame instead of chasing it around. its great for a scene like this.

interesting tidbit…Ferris Bueller's Day off is almost all stationary camera shots through the first part of the film. Once they get the car and go out for the adventure the camera starts moving.

By: Gunnr

Gunnr — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:46:10 +0000

That always chaps my nether regions when people nitpick someone's creative efforts like that. It's like somebody telling you your kid is ugly. True, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but too many people forget that it is just that — an opinion. To me, the whole deal about the creative media like films, print, graphics, etc., is that it allows you to get into somebody else's head and see their own unique creative vision. It's their story, and part of the deal is that in return for them telling you their story, you do them the courtesy (does anybody know what that word means any more?) of agreeing to listen to ihem tell it their way. That's the whole point, isn't it? If they tell the story your way, then it wouldn't be their story — DUH! There's constructive/valid criticism (like pointing out a misspelled word, or an inconsistency, or where something is not clear or difficult to "get.") and there's plain old "nitpicky" criticism. You just have to realize that there are some people in this world who will find fault with anything and everything. Don't let those kind of people play mind games with you. I think these are good words for an artist to live by: "You're entitled to your opinion, and I'm entitled to disagree with it." That said, I love your color palette. That's one of the things I find interesting about "graphic novels" is how the artists use color, and how their palette relates to the story. So interesting!

By: ck

ck — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:56:37 +0000

the whole point of comics is to have weird stuff that isn't normal!!! lol. some of the greatest comic characters are completely absurd. An alien who looks human who wears powder blue underoos with a red cape and boots and has a pair of glasses as a disguise…..thats weird. We'd all point and laugh if we saw good ol Clark walking down the street.

after you're done with the book, you can revisit the whole thing in an "elseworlds" style book, where you give them all normal names like "whiskers" and "jane" and give them everyday normal things to do. =p

By: Jason Brubaker

Jason Brubaker — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:23:38 +0000

Thanks Drezz, I'm glad you like these slower moments too. Another reason for scenes like this is trying to achieve some of the amazing moods of Miyazaki films. He has tons of slow moments that really reel the audience in before taking them on a crazy journey. I love it.

By: Jason Brubaker

Jason Brubaker — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:19:35 +0000

Thanks Brian! Glad you are into it. Taking everyone's advice to heart and not trusting your gut is probably more of my challenge here. Luckily I've written the whole story and drawn most of it before sharing any of it online.

It would be too hard to change direction now so I just have to trust my original gut instincts. It's probably a blessing in disguise.