http://allvishal.com/journal/box-populi Comments for "box populi" en http://allvishal.com/journal/box-populi <!--paging_filter--><p><a href="http://www.nanowrimo.com">NaNoWrimo</a> sure is fun. The message-board is just overwhelming sometimes, but hey, that's what you get with 2000 people participating.</p> <p>One thing it has taught me even before I put pen to paper on my NaNo-vel is this: <strong>Aim Low</strong>.</p> <p>For months -- heck, <em>years</em> -- I've been trying to go from 0 to Da Vinci in no time flat, which usually leads to a lot of badly done, half-finished drawings and tons of frustration, followed by the "I can't draw anymore!" thing.</p> <p>Aim low, the sage says. Quality? <em>Fuhgeddaboudit!</em> Quantity -- you bet!</p> <p>You know those parts in the art books where they tell you to draw simple skeletons? Too complex for me, to wishy-washy, especially the way I draw.</p> <p>Boxes.</p> <p>You heard me, boxes -- from now on until God knows when, I'll be drawing boxes. Or rather, I'll be <em>Cube-i-fying</em> people. Taking their curves and dips and nasty looking contorted expressions and turning them into boxes. One for the head, one for the body...</p> <p>I did two sketches -- haven't drawn boxes in years, so the lines and perspective were a bit off (I'm still prone to 'curving' the boxes to make them look more like body parts) -- but I'm getting there.</p> <p>Think out of the box? Heck...</p> <p>...The Box <em>is</em> your damn Think.</p> <p>¡Vb!</p> http://allvishal.com/journal/box-populi#comments General Nonsense Limepress.Blogspot Fri, 26 Oct 2001 10:41:00 -0700 Vishal 3 at http://allvishal.com