Happy times! I have a son!
I built a drawing machine for class. I didn’t like the project: I wanted to just draw. But I used the Meccanno construction set I had as a kid, and used its electric motor to spin two asymmetrically-weighted arms that wobble the whole assembly, causing to spin as it holds a pen, creating beautiful dashed swirls on paper:
The project was an accidental success. I love the results. I spent an afternoon watching the little guy work. He’s a lush for batteries, though.
In other news, 24 Hour Comics Day came and went. I went to an event with the UW Comics Club at the Artery Gallery in Kitchener. The challenge is to create 24 pages in 24 consecutive hours with no prior preparation. It was started by intellectual dreamboat Scott McCloud in the 80′s and has caught on and become a thing over time. I did it last year, finished my 24-pager in 22 hours (including a 4 hour sleep). The key was to settle on a story early, so that the rest of the time can be spent actually drawing the thing.
This year I lacked motivation and just gave up. I was tired and unmotivated. I did get 9 quality pages done, though. They’ll be used for something, I guess. In the mean time I’ve scanned last year’s crapfest and posted it on WHAT! Yay!
Diaspora still in the works, yeah yeah yeah. I should work on that. I’m all excuses.
