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I can sympathize with this, sad.

"Yes. Your job is to produce and help flesh out concepts to make those games, not play them yourself."

I kind of see the guy's point. I mean, how are you supposed to come up with new, original ideas if you're plodding through all of these familiar concepts? But I also think it's a good thing to at least take a look at new games, and other things like movies as well. And I agree with you: Don't quit playing video games! They are insanely fun, and you don't have to quit because that butt wad tells you to.

(Originaly posted by Zer0)
"however, if you think that will help you become a better artist then I guess it would never hurt to try."

It's not a bad idea to cut down. They're bad for you♥;P

Now that's an idea, Shannon. We should make better use of that section.

^ Haha.

I would actually like to see the article section being used properly. Like started over where only staff are allowed to start threads like the review section. That way, we could move topics in there that deserve to be in there.

Post em all in the article section and just sticky all of them.

I know it's an older post, but One piece might be a nice example of that emotional punch I was talking about in the fate/zero thread. I loved the mood that fate/zero set early, but because the story was what it was, I really wound up unfulfilled in the end. There are so many ridiculously sad back stories in the One piece manga that wind up with some kind of emotional resolution that it works wonders. Although, I'll be damned if I don't find it a chore to read most chapters because of the kind of buildup it goes through. Not to mention there's so much on each page in terms of scene and dialogue.

Good ideas.

Thanks.

Its been broken for a while.

Best bet would be put on some blogging site and link in your sig or paste each of them again in the blog section here.

Or be really nice to Shian.

Naw, just this site.

Pretty sure we can't search anymore.

Tag all your articles with some like 'Sh1t KT has to say' and people will be able to search for them with the search function via tags. We still have that right?

Unless you meant other than this site, in which case I recommend an online storage site or perhaps a binder if they are physical copies.

Write something about the parallels between Hollow Jesus (Ichigo), Raptor Jesus, and white American Jesus.

Here's what I'm thinking:

1) Pick up One Piece again and give it another chance. Start at, say, chapter 100 since I've pretty much forgotten everything after Arlong Park and see if I can hit the point where it becomes as compelling as everyone tells me it is.

At this point I figure I could write an article solely about my struggle with the book up to this point. One Piece is interesting but its earliest stuff is a slog. If I hit a point where I'm really enjoying myself again it might give me some insight that I could use to talk about the book's weakpoints.

2) Start working on an article about the strong points of Naruto as my next piece. This one will be a lot simpler and won't require any prep since I've already got strong opinions on the subject.

3) Try to pick up Bleach again with the car wreck mentality and see where it takes me. I could start an article that explores just how strange Bleach is up to the point I've been and maybe even talk about how pointless it is even by its own standards. Could be an interesting bit of writing, and people have been wanting me tear Bleach apart ever since I point out those plot holes in Naruto way back when.

A relatively positive Naruto article might not be too bad. You can go over what it did right and what you liked about it, while at the same time lamenting its wasted potential and hatin' on all of its many failings (or as many as you want to write about, because there's just so much).

I also can't say that I'd dislike seeing something dedicated to demonstrating just how terrible Bleach is, though. There's plenty of room left on the hate train.

Yeah, high points would be chunnin exam and intro/raise of Akatsuki. Shame they just ended up vilians of the week despite some fantastic battles (Sasonori sand duel and Shika versus Haiden were epic) and don't even get me started on the re-do no jutsu.

Naruto's main problem was/is lack of pay-offs after months (sometimes ****ing years) of build up. Thats when Kishi isn't trying to be edgy and cool by randomly killing off charcters just when they stopped being one dimensional. Neji anyone?

So glad I've dropped it until I start hating myself again.

What tony said; that seems so illogical and I don't see why you would want to go through chapters of brain cancer reading manga, where with one piece in the same amount of time you would read bleach you could read the epicness that is one piece.

Besides people who like arlong park 100 percent will always like one piece. Arlong park is like the benchmark of whether people are gonna like it or not. Besides you're 20 chapters away from the good arcs.


As for the good things about naruto. I'd imagine it wouldn't go further than the chunin exams and or maybe the akatsuki.

At least with One Piece you might end up liking it. Bleach just seems like a pile of **** to dredge through and not worth your time at all. One piece gets soooo much better after Arlong Park. The arcs that come after are all interesting, fun, and a ton of new characters and depth is added to the world.

Try to purge your thought of it being boring the last time you read it and try again, it's completely worth it.

One piece right now is just absolutely fantastic 10/10 manga so, I think it would be really worth it. Although you will go plenty of sleepless nights/days of reading just One Piece if you end up enjoying it so lol.

NOOOOO SAY IT ISN'T SO KT!

pls?

Originally Posted by Zer0

Why would you limit your video game immersion just because that idiot says so or other concept artists seem to do the same.

however, if you think that will help you become a better artist then I guess it would never hurt to try. And this kind of idea I'm sure applies to everything in trying to blanace what you enjoy and what you have to work.

But in this case you would think the two would almost intertwine. I guess the act of immersing in movies, video games, music means that you're not spending time in the act of producing these things.

But I disagree, the act of immersing into these might help you get a better feel or understanding. Immersing and creating are almost conmplementary.


I'm glad you're moving into something you like though as risky as it might be.

You shouldn't have time to play games, ESPECIALLY if you're studying art full-time to work at the industry level. Unless you're talented as ****.

Immerse yourself in an artist's particular style? NO. Learn anatomy, learn color theory, sketch a bajillion gestures at breakneck speed, perspective, eat a slim-jim, drink some monster, and suffer.

on your downtime it is acceptable to play games. and draw fanart and sell prints and make money and network with other artists and talk to more industry professionals and brown-nose and fist your way into the community.

Ahem, if you are busy playing the games you love, you will undoubtedly be influenced into a bias against certain types of art and the like. You should certainly create your own style of art. Also using video game art as an example to be used for in-game art is like copying something imperfect when you have the perfect example next to you.

I think he said this purely so that people did not draw inspiration from other games for their art. It really makes sense from that POV.

My advice, make a good schedule, if you put in some gaming time and time to draw it should work out.
I don't see how not gaming can improve your art, sure you have more time to draw, doing something else once in a while refreshes your mind, plus gaming can be a good inspiration.

You know you could even create fan arts of certain games if it helps, its a good practice and a lot of fun to do.