Ah, another Christmas pic. This pic is slightly less quality and slightly more illegal. Well, technically not illegal. We were all in Canada and we had fun in a resort town. Part of our fun was using the lower drinking age to our advantage. We drank some stuff that tastes similar to lemonade. Of course, it wasn't lemonade, it was spiked stuff. We got a little bit silly. I started acting crazy and people got worried about me. But I was just faking it. I'm good at faking intoxication. I live my life in the state of perpetual intoxication. I forget who said (perhaps Aristotle) "Youth is a state of perpetual intoxication," or something like that. I think it's fun living with little regret. One day, it might get old or cause some troble, but not today.
If you're drawn in this picture, this picture is not a mystery. However, if you're drawn in this picture, you shouldn't be looking at it yet. For everyone else, this is a true picture. Or at least semi-true. Last summer, the crew and I went to Power Lake, Washington and camped out for a night. It rained 70% of the time, but I loved it. Center of the pic is me, Javantea. To the right is Brianne and to the left is Kim. Brianne and Kim are my good friends, but we aren't any more than that. That's cool because Kim is dating my best friend in Spokane, Josh. I've mentioned Josh before. We've been friends since 8th grade. At one point, I was jokingly trying to steal Kim from him, but she likes him a bunch. I gotta admire that. Brianne is pregnant (she was when this event happened) and I haven't heard anything about her and her fiance` getting married. But what you want to know is what took to draw this pic? Well, it's interesting. First came Brianne's face. Then came Kim's face. Then came Kim's body. Then Came Brianne's body. Then I did something wild for Jav's body. I took my 3d model of Jav (version 34 if you're keeping count) and animated it to make it look like he's swimming. Then I took a picture of it and traced it into Corel Draw. So what I did was: take a 2d vector graphic, turn it into 3d, then render it and turn it back into 2d vector graphic. Funny, huh? I got a kick out of it too. Using this method, it would be possible to make Javantea's Fate a normal comic. Actually, I was thinking that I'd turn Javantea's Fate into a black and white comic so that I could publish it easier. All I'd have to do is 1) Make the textures black and white/grayscale. 2) Make the lighting black and white/grayscale. 3) Use dithering to get a screen tone instead of grayscale. Other stuff could be done to make it even better (banding, etc), but I'm going to let it be for now.
Did I not promise a hand-drawn, scanned, high quality image? I did and I deliver. I drew this waiting for my plane at Sea-Tac. There's a bit of text that goes with this, but I'm going to spare you some angst. You don't need to hear it. What you do need to hear is that it's a good lesson. What lesson can we learn? Cheap Pen and yellow paper plus sleeping person with crazy hair equals good interesting picture. No breasts... Well, I was thinking that you can't really see breasts on girls unless they wear clothes that boast it. This girl does not want to wear these clothes. She's new age hippy type with short hair, but she's done fighting for the day. The eyes are very nice, right? Not perfectly aligned, but the feeling of them makes me think: peace.
This picture has a real-life model. His name is Pete and the quote is not to misplace any credit on his wonderful music, but rather to simply explain a point. Everyone copies everyone else. If you strive to be original, you're still copying. You copy yourself, you copy your memory, you copy your environment, and you copy your penstrokes. So, what am I saying with this picture? Artistically, I mean. Well, first off, look at the jaw. It's quite stocky, just like the jaw of the model. The eyes however are less masculine. However, they convey a really important point about the model: he's a soft-hearted guy. Even though he's a Marine, he's a good guy and he's my brother. He's a great musical artist and I ask for your support of him. Money would be nice, but fandom is better. Send money to 5050 7th Ave NE #7, Seattle, WA 98105 or send fandom to MCRD San Diego, CA.
