Posts Tagged ‘John’
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After writing a week describing my fears of approaching people, I went directly on to show how truly alone and cut off I felt when living in New Orleans. How? By introducing myself.
There are no end to the parts of my feelings, thoughts, and identities which found their ways into the characters and story of “Bruno.” But this is one of the more direct ones. John is my middle name, John looks like me, and John essentially WAS me.
Although, to give myself some credit, it wasn’t ALL that pathetic. It was all tongue in cheek. I got great amusement out of the fact that I ended up sleeping with my own character, and had fun letting Bruno poke fun at my insecurities.
Ah, my twenties. Good times.
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One of my favorite places I went was the bar atop the Trade Center in New Orleans. It slowly revolved about once an hour, so you got to see the entire city.
Not much to say on the dialogue. Just that feeling of insignificance. Stars are always good things to have around when illustrating insignificance, they emphasize the point.
This was one of the first real close-ups I did with Bruno. I thought it helped set the intimate tone of the situation.
I can think of worse justifications for getting into a relationship.
This is a very odd strip (in the early strips especially) because of the use of black. To explain, I’ll have to take you back to high school, where a teacher told me that the things that add value or make something “artistic” in illustration are: use of blacks, and variable line weight.
This was one of the main reasons in Bruno that I used neither. I was young, it was a stupid reason, but the end result was that I learned a hell of a lot.
Give yourself good limitations or a nasty crutch, and you’ll be amazed at the solutions you can fine.
While in New Orleans, I contemplated many times drawing portraits for money on the streets. I’m not sure if I truly thought I wouldn’t be good at it, or if it was merely fear, but I never did. So I had Bruno do it.
Of course I found it fascinating when I read about this, and I enjoyed showing both sides of the coin of what could be implied by her statement.
Are, more having Bruno being cruel to me. Fun-fun.
The background was one of the first mood-backgrounds I attempted, this one inspired by rainy backgrounds found in the strip Calvin & Hobbes.
And more of the same, taunting the caged declawed lion.
I needed a good reason for Bruno to leave New Orleans, and the desperate request from an uncle and aunt who loathe her seemed a perfect solution.
