I'm gonna steamroll through a few things here and there, mostly writing this because I haven't written much in a while and I don't want to fall into a not-posting slump again, I guess. It's been a strangely busy, eventful week.
Over the weekend I decided I needed to educate myself in the ways of Italian horror, because I got a few strange looks and gasps of disbelief from friends when I would mention that I didn't like Suspiria and that I haven't really watched anything else of the genre. So I watched Lucio Fulci's City of the Living Dead, and it was so very AWESOME. Also watched Mario Bava's Black Sabbath and got a few more titles on my Netflix Instant Queue to get into.
Also on Sunday I traded in a bunch of unwanted comics and games, hooked up with a friend while he was in town, and watched Cowboys Vs Aliens, which I REALLY enjoyed while we were watching it, but now, about a week later, it doesn't linger too much in my mind. Eh.
And because, I don't know, I guess I needed to remind myself of what a masochist I can be, I purchased Demon's Souls for the PS3. It got exceptionable reviews despite being ludicrously hard, and I can see why. Yes, once you die and lose your body you have to play with a significant chunk of health missing and lose all your accumulated souls (which work as both experience points AND currency), you can't pause the game, and any single enemy can beat the piss out of you, but it's so addicting and atmospheric and I love it. My character is a knight called Knife-Eye, which I realize is like telling the enemies to stab me in the face. I lose track of time when I play this game. It just keeps kicking my teeth in and I keep coming back for more.
Tuesday I finally snared a model and got a bunch of reference shots that I've been drawing from. Here's a sample of what I'm doing for a new piece:
The top one is when I first inked it, the bottom one is where I decided it needed more work. Figuring out how much ink to put on and leave off the page is stupidly important and can lead to me staring at the page for a long time, fearful that one wrong pen stroke could ruin everything.
And here's a photo of what I was drawing at work last week, just because:
I'm also currently tearing through that copy of the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo you see in the upper left corner there. It's not until about halfway through the book when things kick into high gear and get pretty great. The film was okay, but I probably won't watch the sequels. I'm more excited for David Fincher's crack at it that's coming this December:
Kudos to Trent Reznor and Karen O for taking an annoying Led Zeppelin song and making it pretty sinister. Actually, that trailer is so good I almost don't NEED to see the movie, I can just watch this again whenever.
On top of that I'm reading the first volume of Grant Morrison's the Invisibles after watching the documentary on him, Talking With Gods, which is on Hulu for free. I highly recommend it.
Also got visited by a friend at work yesterday, went with her to Johnson City, got some sweet pizza, and watched Rubber, which is a strange and brilliant movie about a killer tire with telekinetic powers. No reason.
Now, back to doing more work. Or playing more Demon's Souls. Whichever.
[Brett]