Blogging on Paper
Throwing accessibility to the wind today and blogging by scanning a notebook page.
I’ve been having the same trouble with writing a new blog post as I have with drawing anything I feel is worth showing to other people, particularly on the computer; that is, that it is too easy to hit ‘delete’ if it turns out not to be perfect. I may make a habit out of these blogging-on-paper notebook pages if it helps me work things out. Hopefully it’ll help you, too, if you’re having the kind of trouble I am.
This has more than a little to do with having read Lynda Barry’s What It Is
This is my sketchblog, which is for doodles, comics, essays, and other stuff that an illustrator and comicker might blog about. I'm Veronica, and I run this joint. All the artwork is copyright Veronica C Guzzardi. Please don't use it without permission from me. Please contact me if you want to pay me to draw for you; that's my favorite.
Since the move, I’ve been sifting through my drawers trying to beat my genetic packrattiness into submission and getting rid of what I don’t really need anymore… There’s a ton of half-used notebooks from high school, half of it written in code (which I can almost still read), lots of stories, doodles from when I used to take your “the secret to getting good” advice to heart… I put them back in the drawers thinking “I should use up the rest of the pages, at least”… I’m sure I’ll go through this process again in another 10 years…
and yes, owls are rad…I miss the zoo…
OK – I thought it was just me being blind again. I was looking for the link to the zoo and just about to ask where it went. Tori’s comment tells me it no longer exists
Given how enthusiastic you are about Lynda Barry’s book, I think you were on the right track with the zoo – writing with pictures. But maybe you should try it without dialog – let the pictures tell the story.
No, it still exists. I haven’t written a new comic in several weeks, and when I re-re-did my Blog template I didn’t put the link back up immediately. I’m just taking a break, but I will come back to it, and yes it will be more illustration than comic. I’m not ready yet.
Ronnie said: “I’ve been having the same trouble with writing a new blog post as I have with drawing anything I feel is worth showing to other people…”
Sometimes you have to just show what you have regardless of whether or not you think it is good enough to show. Keep in mind your taste is your own and, while you will always have your own style, other people’s taste is their own. I am often surprised at which songs of mine people like best. Sometimes the songs i find the most well written are the least liked and vice versa. In short … Show us all your … crap .. get it? crap as in ’stuff’ as well as in ‘poorly done stuff’.