http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:biscuit-the-great&section=today deviantART RSS for by:biscuit-the-great en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:28:21 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://biscuit-the-great.deviantart.com/journal/28997531/ http://biscuit-the-great.deviantart.com/journal/28997531/ Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:25:38 PST
Firstly, I've started up some volunteer work, and thats keeping me busy. I used to feel like I was a bit pointless, like I just "existed." This mentality was further enforced by certain family members implying i'm not doing anything useful. (Even though I go to Sixth Form)

Secondly I've got some other work coming in for me to do. I'm doing some design work for two charities, the local one, which focuses on making our town a better place, and doncaster gay pride. Its great to be able to use my drawing skills to help other people.

I've also made some new friends that are taking me out a lot more and I'm getting out of my room, and out into the towns. I have so much fun on those nights out, it makes my day worthwhile.

I hope these positive changes are also making positive adjustments to my deviations. I don't get many comments, but those I do get are sincerely appreciated, so thank you for that.

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I'm going to be honest with you now.

I've been working non stop, starting May 2008 on the Saphyre Project. And I think now I'm getting myself in a rut.

I feel so unconfident with anything I do. I try to write a story about my characters, but my writing sucks. I try to do a comic and within moments I'm completely overwhelmed at the sheer difficulty. My characters, I feel, will never be as good as anyone elses characters. Everything I do just isn't good enough for me. Theres always something out there better.

Looking back on the beginnings of my project, i had a lot more enthusiasm, and i knew that the whole thing was for nothing but fun and enjoyment. But now, I feel as though working on the project is a duty and a chore.

The reasons why? I think my low self esteem in general is to blame for my constant being hard on myself. But also I think after all these long months working on this project, I've completely over-worked myself. Its gotten to the point its stressing me out! This is meant to be fun! I've completely let the project take over me.

Thats why i've been doing fan art lately, because It just feels so much more chilled to me, because I'm drawing someone elses brilliant characters. I'm not responsible for anything, I don't have to think about anything. I just have to make sure the drawings all well and good.

I think I'm gonna take a break entirely from my project. I don't want all the concepts I've done to completely go to waste, so I will pick it back up. But I think when I do, I might rebuld everything from the ground up, get rid of all the baggage. You could say that I'm thinking of starting something new all together, and maybe that will happen. I love my characters I've created, so if I were to start from the ground up, they'd be in there but kind of with a different identity. A different look and name maybe. But then again you could argue they wouldn't be the characters they're meant to be no more.

Not many people were aware of this Saphyre Project I don't think so it might not be such a problem.


I'm not taking a break from art however, because thats not whats stressing me out. Expect lots more fan art from me in the coming months. The project work might continue in the new year.

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So lately i've been uploading deviations which correspond directly to my project, the Saphyre Project.

If you think about it nearly 3 quarters of my gallery is concept art if you take into account all the pictures i've done of Benny (the main character) and a few others. But the most recent ones are closer to what the final product will look like and while doing them I've had clear goals whereas with my earlier ones I had no idea what I wanted to do.

So what is this Saphyre Project? Well, its the Manga I was harping on about a few weeks ago. But things have changed a lot since then. I've decided not to go with Manga style and instead do the comic in a graphic novel style.

Right now my plans are:

To upload the comic, chapter by chapter to here, and also create a website devoted to the project.

Its gonna be pretty big and demanding on me however, still, I'm fine with that, it keeps me busy.

Those who know me will know that I am constantly changing my ideas, and constantly changing what I want to do. I usually start something, then stop.

So what have I done to reduce the risk of that happening again?

Well, instead of nosediving right into it, I've taken time to do concepts and write down what I want to do and ensure its really what I want to do. I've wrote out the story (for chapter one at least) and drawn the characters and locations how I want them to be. I need to be prepared.

I'm also changing the mentality that is " I gotta get this finished A.S.A.P!" I realize this could take years.

Why am I doing it? For the experience, for myself, and for fun. Also to sharpen my skills. Who knows what this comic could do for me in the long run also.I'm not doing it for money. Stupid? To some yes, Waste of time? Again, to some yes. But to me it certainly isn't.

I've also looked at quite a few other comics and learned a lot about what I need to do, and done some other forms of research.

So I think I'm prepared. I'm still working on some more concepts before I start.

I hope I can somehow gather more interest in this thing, I know it sounds selfish, but first and foremost I'm doing this for myself. In my opinion you should always think about yourself when you're doing these things, because when the passion isn't there, you can tell.

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http://biscuit-the-great.deviantart.com/journal/26972555/ Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:35:57 PDT
Those of you who know me will know that I change my mind more than a woman. And I've done it again. But fear not, I'm still working on a COMIC but I've done away with the manga art style to one I enjoy a lot more, I've also changed the scenes to more dynamic ones. I don't want people to be yawning their way through it.

To make it up to you I'm not going to unveil it until I've finished the first scene.


If you have the time, visit my watchers!


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Recently I decided to combine my art and my story writing skills, and out of that came my desire to create a Manga. The manga is all about Benny Saphyre, the original character that I have been developing frantically this past year, as most of my watchers have probably noticed haha.

In the manga, Benny Saphyre will go through some very strange and paranormal experiences, and not only that, shocking revelations await him. I'm not saying too much yet though, you'll have to wait and see

I have the first 3 pages up of the manga if you're interested. Here they are:

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I don't have a schedule or anything where I update. I just update when I update!

If you like the manga, please send me some feedback or a fave, you know what I'm like, I need lots of encouragement!Also thanks to those that have already commented and faved.

Thanks.

If you have the time, visit my watchers!
http://biscuit-the-great.deviantart.com/journal/24116539/ Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:25:37 PDT
Anyway, what I WAS going to put was, I feel like I'm on the straight and narrow regarding my original characters and the story surrounding them. Now my Devs are coming along rather nicely and so is my project regarding my story and artwork. I hope I don't come across anything that makes me have to start over *knocks on wood* (oh the irony if I woke my computer up from the power failure and my HD got wrecked)

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I'm also getting stressed because I feel, despite getting a tablet for xmas, my work is just not going anywhere drawing wise, and there's no innovation going on at all I don't think. But, I don't know what I can do to innovate, my skill is so limited I think!

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I'm just here to say that I hope that 2009 is a good year for everyone. Now I have a graphics tablet, I'm *hoping* for more big things for my artwork, I'm going to try and fiddle with backgrounds, though I think I need to sort out my gallery.

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Take a look at this and please help spread the news!

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Whilst I'm here I wanna also give special thanks to:

[link] - chaos-melly

[link] - ladyofthedarkness

[link] - doghateburger

[link] - draconis-opticus

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[link] Is helping me thoroughly with the story, and other aspects of the comic, and I cannot thank her enough.

This manga will probably take up a load of my time during the 6 weeks holidays, and I will have to try my hardest not to give up on it and be dedicated (Which I may find hard) so any support will be greatly appreciated!

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Compare my latest deviation:
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To my one of my first
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Thanks alot for all your comments!

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Our iMac was dying because we didn't have enough RAM, and we have got a lot more RAM now and the computer is just being gay now, not only high demanding applications like 3D games crash but also iTunes and internet crash all the time....

I suspect that the RAM is defective, but there is no way I can convince my parents that it is at all, and even I don't know for sure... I hate computers especially this mac that was meant to be all sunshine and rainbows according to the apple store. But knowing me will be saying how much I love this computer again in a matter of time!!

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Now being crazy, we decided to throw a barbecue, complete with water slides and paddling pools the works!!!!!!!!!!!

after a while me and my cousin (aged 21) decided to tell funny stories about a man who acts like a baby.

WIERD!!!!!!!!! ]]> *biscuit-the-great