okay, so I am aware I completely forgot to post on this blog last week. But in my defense, I was trying to eek out as much time with my twin as I could before we abandoned her to the rigorous and novel life of college. And then on Sunday I had spent 7-8 hours in the car and might've forgotten to post on my blog again. The rest of my week has been long and busy and there was no room left in my brain to worry about my blog.
However! Now that I have been reunited with my cintiq tablet, I was able to draw a lot of stuff (mostly comic stuff I'll probably post on my instagram when I'm done with it) and thanks to a new official trailer that came out yesterday, I have some thoughts and ideas that might make up for the lack of art from last week.
Sounds good? a reasonable tradeoff? Well, either way, here we go!
Anyone who knows my art habits for long enough will remember that I quite like the concept of Inside Out as a way to express and explore myself. Dumping all of my troubles and quirks onto characters and making them go through stories reflecting my own life is not only great for me to better understand myself but it's also stupidly fun. And I've been doing it for 4 years, at this point. My Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness have all played a significant part in helping me grow up while still remembering why I do the things that I do. And they were great therapy when I was still convinced therapy was for 'other' people.
And with the dawn of a sequel to the movie that's imprinted on me like a good-quality newspaper machine, of course I'm gonna draw my kids even more. And maybe draw some new members to that emotional family.
I had my doubts about the idea of adding new emotions to the canon (because I thought 5 emotions was perfect, and adding new 'Emotions' was going to wreck the balance I had become so attached to) but after finally getting a proper trailer for the 2nd movie and getting a taste for what kind of shenanigans we could go on..... I'm cautiously optimistic! And excited. And still mad that the second movie isn't going to be what 'I' envisioned it to be. And I am so looking forward to seeing Riley's emotions get put through the wringer again. And I'm gonna be keenly interested to see what kind of psychology tips, tricks and jokes we're gonna see.
Again. Still not 100% committed to the idea of Anxiety, Embarrassment, Envy and Ennui as being 'characters' (I think anxiety could've been expressed through Joy+Fear, while embarrassment and envy could've been combinations of all of the emotions, and I'm squinting at 'a lack of emotion' as an emotion like "whachu doing there buddy?") but of course I love designing characters and I could not help myself getting my own concepts out of my brain.
Anyway! We'll see where this leads in the future. And we'll see if these guys worm their way into my brain before the 2nd movie comes out or after. XD
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