drockleberry ([info]uminthecoil) wrote,
@ 2006-05-02 00:30:00
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stuff...
alrighty then...my Flicker account is activated again, so I thought I'd share some pages...one or two recaps and then the new stuff...









...

all the same, I've given this a lot of thought these last few days, and without going into a lot of philosophical acrobatics about it, I believe it’s time that I put my idle notions about finishing this book to nap...put my digital toys away too...in fact, the entire comic-book thing...just rock them to sleep I guess.
And this is certainly not some “whoa is me” thing...my only regret ( if I could call it that ) would simply be that it’s taken me so long to come around to this decision.
Not sure where this grand epiphany leaves me exactly...heh...that’s alright though...I only know that I’m ‘not’ who I’m supposed to be.
...
Anyhoo...here’s this thing...perhaps a final digital experiment...fitting that it’s only a shadow...( who knows )


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Really?
[info]lx
2006-05-02 08:11 am UTC (link)
That would be a damn shame. Your pages always blow me away.

I'd love to know what your thinking behind retiring this stuff is, because it's amazing work.

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Re: Really?
[info]uminthecoil
2006-05-02 09:01 am UTC (link)
I’ve got a handful of good reasons, ( and most of them are the same reasons that always nag at me, but are never quite enough in and of themselves to keep me down for very long )...but what really has me decided is this profound sense of having headed in the wrong direction for way longer than I should have - that, coupled with the fact that I feel almost nothing for it anymore ( and by “it” I mean the whole of it and not just this project, but the process, the results...almost zero sense of achievement...and the thought of doing this for another year quite honestly makes my heart sink...and not because it’s hard work or that it’s too tedious or that I’m worried about writing myself into a corner or anything like that...I just don’t feel that ‘this’ is who I’m supposed to be...that this is my line in the sand or what have you.
But thanks man...I appreciate you asking

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Re: Really?
[info]lx
2006-05-02 09:03 am UTC (link)
Your heart has to be in it.

I just hope for my own selfish reasons that you wind up doing some kinda art because I love the stuff you come up with. Keep us posted whatever you end up doing.

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[info]thereeder
2006-05-02 08:15 am UTC (link)
it was fun while it lasted, thank you so much!

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[info]uminthecoil
2006-05-02 09:01 am UTC (link)
cheers:)

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[info]mr_esty
2006-05-02 08:24 am UTC (link)
WOW! Amazing work. I can't say enough how impressed I am with what you. It's just.... amazing. I will never stop wanting to see more of it.







please, please, please give us a book!

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[info]uminthecoil
2006-05-02 09:14 am UTC (link)
Thanks brother...:)...I do appreciate the generous props...I’d be a lie’n fool if I said I wouldn’t miss that.

I went and caught myself up on your “Marooned”...love’n the crabs and creepy cave carvings and the “sound the alarm” page...heh...good stuff man

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[info]gypsybaby
2006-05-02 08:29 am UTC (link)
yay it's andy.. and he brought eye candy with him.. HOORAY!!!

and after i did so much work on Jim's myspace page cause he finally decided to get one just so he could keep tabs on you.. lol..

(like his page? i think i did well, hahaha)

this all just looks so amazing.. good to see some posts here.. YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!

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[info]uminthecoil
2006-05-02 09:14 am UTC (link)
you did well indeed..:)

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[info]glittergodzilla
2006-05-02 11:01 am UTC (link)
Well, I'm sorry to see it stop but all things must end. Thanks for showing off your work, it's nothing short of brilliant and good luck in your future projects.

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[info]uminthecoil
2006-05-02 07:18 pm UTC (link)
thanks brother

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[info]riah_1977
2006-05-02 12:50 pm UTC (link)
Sorry to hear that you are going to abandon this project. Personally I know what you mean in what regards being and searching what you really want to do. Eventually you'll find your path :) We both hope that you will be able to identify yourself with your project again and finish your book. Try the overseas market, who knows?
The way that you use animation and your comic was in fact one of the best things that we've seen in a while.

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[info]uminthecoil
2006-05-02 07:20 pm UTC (link)
thank you ( both ) very much:)

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[info]riah_1977
2006-05-02 07:50 pm UTC (link)
you are very welcome :)

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[info]ed_dirt
2006-05-02 03:36 pm UTC (link)
I will miss Drockleberry like a bastard.

I will miss seeing your comic art, but as long as you keep doing something creative and you're happy, ok...I can live with it.

Post your stuff though...


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[info]uminthecoil
2006-05-02 07:22 pm UTC (link)
thanks Matt...difficult to say what it'll be, but I'll try

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[info]finkenstein
2006-05-02 03:41 pm UTC (link)
Well those are effing awesome pages, I can't say that eveerytime I see pages from you I don't hope for a book, so that's a definite bummer.
In fact it's kind of infuriating, but that's your prerogative.

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[info]uminthecoil
2006-05-02 07:17 pm UTC (link)
I don’t mean to infuriate, but I suppose if read this sort’a post from any one of you illustrators I’ve come to admire I’d be puzzled, maybe even a bit miffed myself.

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[info]jasonturner
2006-05-02 04:55 pm UTC (link)
Well to echo what most people are saying here, beautiful stuff, as always, and a bummer that you're stopping. No comics at all? Rats.

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[info]uminthecoil
2006-05-02 07:25 pm UTC (link)
"rats"...:)

thanks man...you're certainly one whose art I've come to really admire...much appreciated bro

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[info]glummdead
2006-05-02 05:02 pm UTC (link)
So what's the next step?

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[info]uminthecoil
2006-05-02 07:27 pm UTC (link)
I don't really have a plan.

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[info]glummdead
2006-05-02 08:14 pm UTC (link)
i hope that one develops maybe?

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andy
[info]thesmallwonders
2006-05-02 05:41 pm UTC (link)
I'm very very sad to read that you are changing direction, although you may think from some of my previous posts that I thought you were teading water, I've always been behind you 100%. Lotsa years behind us, but lots more ahead. If you want one more job, I'm still looking for that one great cover from you, the world beater that will make us rich or at least feel that way. You mentioned feeling accomplishment, and I share that, I'm still only about 30% into my novel and should have been done long ago. Although a nifty new cover would be a good reason to dust it off??? And some greenbacks in your pocket might grey the blues a bit. Let me know and good luck.


Mike

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Andy
[info]lucidraine
2006-05-02 07:56 pm UTC (link)
Hey all is not lost, maybe you'll pick it up again one day, till then...no regrets...you're a great artist, and whatever you do I know it will be GRRRRREAT!!!!! ;-) ((hugs))

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Re: Andy
[info]uminthecoil
2006-05-02 10:53 pm UTC (link)
aww...thanks you:)

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Re: andy
[info]uminthecoil
2006-05-02 10:54 pm UTC (link)
thanks Mike...much appreciated

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[info]tundraboy
2006-05-02 07:58 pm UTC (link)
Well shit, man. I'm gonna miss seeing new art from you. I hope when you find a direction maybe you'll stop by your LJ and share it with us, because I'm definitely keeping you on my friends list, just in case. Besides, maybe your direction will rub off on me, cuz I am so aimless it's pitiful! Thanks again for all the good times on here, and for sharing the Drock with us. My only regrets: I'll never get to see how the story pans out, and I never got any original art from you. :)

-Tim

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[info]uminthecoil
2006-05-02 10:52 pm UTC (link)
thanks Tim...I'll certainly post whatever i come up with...I'm afraid it might come as a disapointment to some, but we'll see...cheers bro

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[info]mckenzee
2006-05-03 03:25 am UTC (link)
So, what the heck are you going to do now?

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[info]uminthecoil
2006-05-03 06:41 am UTC (link)
:)...I know right...
I’ve been asked to hang some pieces here in town and I thought I’d simply dive back into that...I’ll try to get photos or scans soon...it’s an adventure that deserves a second shot.

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[info]obnoxiad
2006-05-03 04:21 pm UTC (link)
I'd say something in a eulogy kind of way, but I'm aware "that is not dead which can eternal lie..."

Be groovy.

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[info]uminthecoil
2006-05-03 11:27 pm UTC (link)
creep groovy..:)

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[info]porphyre
2006-05-03 10:44 pm UTC (link)
*sniffles*

there for the grace of a pen goes another reason to keep loving life.


I was curious if I could pick your incredible brain sometime soon. I've got a masquerade coming up and I'm trying ot figure out what a steampunk dickensian showgirl would look like. Somehow you sprang to mind as the sort of mad genius who might know.

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[info]uminthecoil
2006-05-03 11:14 pm UTC (link)
Heh...Leave it to you dear...:)

hmmm...?...I’m thinking maybe “Mona Lisa Overdrive” meets The Dresden Dolls

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[info]porphyre
2006-05-03 11:20 pm UTC (link)
What would that look like though? It's an enchanting idea, but I'm having a bitch of a time visualizing.

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[info]uminthecoil
2006-05-03 11:25 pm UTC (link)
I guess you caught me trying to be “enchanting”...:)
the bright side is, that whenever you tell someone “I’m dressed as a 'steampunk dickensian showgirl'” who can challenge you?

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[info]porphyre
2006-05-03 11:27 pm UTC (link)
*grins* I was told the utterly best response to "wanna take this outside?" I've ever heard last night.

"Oh yeah, bitch? Wanna take this outside?"
"Why? Wanna make out?"

I nearly died, I laughed so hard.


First, however, I have to be dressed as something.

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