I just wanted to commemorate my one year anniversary for NOT UPDATING with this little pic. Really… one whole year? I went to sleep and a whole year passes me by?! “What’s the point of rezzing the dead” you ask… just to say hi I guess. eliada is not over. This story is not over. It’s barely even begun really.
I made a promise when I first started this thing that I wouldn’t start it over, I’d just keep going (no matter how many mistakes I saw in it, or how poorly the story was told). Well… I didn’t start it over, and I don’t plan too, but that rather led to just starting other comics and projects along the way. Some of them you saw, maybe… a lot of them you have not seen (and may never see, hehe)
What happened exactly? Distractions. Lots of those. At some point I realized I really liked art and writing, and really hated making pizzas… so I decided to put together a portfolio and try to get commissions or whatever it is artists do to stay alive. I also realized how very few pieces of ‘finished’ art I actually have to build a portfolio from… so I focused on that a while. Got discouraged at some point. Did some writing (some directly linked to the eliada story, some a little further off that mark). Played way too many video games… watched way too much tv… failed on a great many fronts. Any rate, I still make pizza’s for a living and am no closer to escaping that fate. So much of success seems to be selling yourself… and so much of selling yourself seems like selling out, or rather lying and taking advantage of others! The desperation for that just hasn’t kicked in yet.
So many grand plans and so little ambition I guess.
This story will continue. I’m not sure when. But it will.
Lovez it! Your sense of color is so profound. Maybe you should print out some Eliada and take it to some business that needs a color theorist. You'd be great. Your style also lends itself wonderfully to children's illustration- you might check out a publisher for their opinion. Your portfolio is right here! ^_^ I understand what you're going through right now. I want very much to do something with my art, but I see no portfolio or chance in my limited future. Good luck to you with the greatest of wishes!!!
This is a gorgeous piece! Unlike Mina Lunga, my first thought was that this is a future scene of Khat's battle awesomeness! Either way, very cool stuff.
My mom always tells me that a crap job is just a means to the end of having fun doing what you actually enjoy. You need money in this life, unfortunately. But I hope you don't get discouraged and keep on working on your stories and your art. I know the frustration, myself. You want to see immediate results from your work, and you want it to be perfect, whether you want to admit that or not. :D The solution I've managed to come up with isn't much of one, but it's just to keep at it. Anyway, I really am looking forward to seeing more eliada! Best of luck to you.