{"id":12317,"date":"2011-09-07T02:14:02","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T06:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=12317"},"modified":"2011-09-07T13:19:26","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T17:19:26","slug":"hey-kids-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/hey-kids-comics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey Kids!! Comics!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Drawing comics back in high school were some really fun times.\u00a0 I’d like to think it was a total collaborative effort.\u00a0 By that I mean either inking over each others’ pencils, or just the excitement of seeing what each of us created in between homeroom and sixth period.\u00a0 No one ever harshly criticized, for we were all at different skill levels, different backgrounds and aesthetics.\u00a0 It was a creative bond for sure.\u00a0 Most of us parted ways after high school.\u00a0 Some got married, others ended up working in the factories and restaurants, but I think we all gave up on the silly dream as real life took over.<\/p>\n

I pulled out of my dusty portfolio these old drawings from friends (all going back about 15 years), and put them alongside my own comic style drawings from a few years back.\u00a0 CP’s visceral drawing style still amazes me to this day.\u00a0 He’d crank out a drawing in mere minutes before class.\u00a0 I think I became more of the methodical drawing person, inspired by moments in my own life combined with my interest in different graphic styles.<\/p>\n

The last two drawings are also from a friend from way back in high school.\u00a0 As you can tell, some of us were into action, some into romance, and others literally drew upon the angst and turmoil we all had growing up.<\/p>\n

I hope you don’t mind Matt, but your message that came out of the blue actually inspired this entire post, and is helping me through yet another troubling spell.\u00a0 My old awful drawings, I can’t bear to look at, but I’ll always remember the good times surrounding them.<\/p>\n

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When we were in high school, most of the art kids wanted to draw comics. We thought it would be so cool, if any of us got into the industry. Most of us parted ways after high school. Some got married, others ended up working in the factories and restaurants, but all gave up on the silly dream. In looking back at our work, I remember more the friendships than the awful images we created.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,260],"tags":[285,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-12317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-art","8":"category-writing","9":"tag-art","10":"tag-drawing","12":"post-with-thumbnail","13":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t