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FlatAsABird In reply to TAMAnnoying [2016-10-17 23:58:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!
Honestly this is probably my favorite thing I've made.

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TAMAnnoying In reply to FlatAsABird [2016-10-18 02:06:32 +0000 UTC]

Well its really good so i can see why keep it up!

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FlatAsABird In reply to WayRadSteve [2016-10-15 01:08:04 +0000 UTC]

Wow! I, um, don't quite know what to say. Thank you, would be a good place to start.
I'd like to think I can panel consistently, but I'm still learning. Like, a lot. So, probably not.
Also, I'm not familiar with those characters... Sorry. I do read occasional superhero comics, but mostly I'm into creator owned content, like comics from Image, or straight up indie comic fare. Which is the path I'd like to follow, despite how appealing working for the big three might sound. Maybe someday I'll be good enough or ready for something like that. 
You have to learn to crawl before you can walk, and walk before you run. I'm not quite ready for a marathon yet.
Thank you again so much though. I really appreciate the encouragement and support.
Also, sorry about not getting back to you, Inktober has been eating up most of my free time.

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WayRadSteve In reply to FlatAsABird [2016-10-23 04:33:17 +0000 UTC]

Fucking spell check is the bane of my existence. It,obviously,was supposed to read Bob Kane,not James.

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WayRadSteve In reply to FlatAsABird [2016-10-23 04:30:04 +0000 UTC]

Perfect response. Complete with humble self doubt and completely devoid of arrogance. Here's the thing: you can easily determine whether or not I'm overly optimistic or just straight up blowing the proverbial smoke up yer butt. You can easily find a full digital copy of one of the early issues of Siegel and Shusters Action Comics featuring the first Superman stories, and by extension,the first super hero stories ever created and printed. This isn't merely a historical lesson, I assure you. You will react with mild surprise to complete shock when you get a gander at Shusters art and of course, Siegels very crude scripting,LOL! They were both a couple of Jewish teenagers fresh out of high school (which you WON'T be surprised to know was a very awkward and painful experience for them 75 years prior to any female or popular person reading a super hero comic,much less a world full of hot chicks dressing as Raven or Harley in public) in Cleveland. They were turnip truck bumpkins with surplus creativity and zero street smarts or experience in the publishing world. Sounds a little like a certain heyseed nerd from Kansas going to work for a major metropolitan news paper,doesn't it? Well, let me tell you, once you get a look at what these embryonic strips looked like (and I'm including Bob James early Batman stuff for Detective Comics) you will indeed physically giggle, then when you recover,you will let out a tiny mental sigh of relief as your mind boggles at the success of Superheroes and the medium of comics itself. Now, I'm not trying to pump up your confidence with the cheesy gambit of demonstrating that you're taller than a few other notable midgets. I am an old and impatient jerk and there simply isn't time to wet nurse / pep talk your ass into grabbing a perfectly accessible bull by the Horns. The fact is, that upon verification of your paneling, you will legitimately be officially qualified not only for your boxing license, but you will find yourself immediately competing in a weight class much higher than you consider possible as you sit there reading this. The fact that I'm using boxing metaphors to make my point to a young female aptly demonstrates my woefully inept skills in the Tom Hanks League of Their Own department. LOL! ANOTHER fucking sports metaphor! Anyway, I sense (because I'm totally psychic) that you will not be placated or assured to know you can pull a Michael J Fox guitar shred demo at the 50's Prom Dance ,LOL! (MORE cinematic references to movies of your parents generation,I can't stop!) . To that end I am prepared to show you the pro work of some of your contemporary peers in the "biz" ( dude's with none of your natural creative ability and plenty of ego to compensate for it, and lines at Comic-Con to reinforce their delusional status as comic book equivalents of Eddie Vedder) and you will at least realize I'm not trying to convince you to perform brain surgery on an infant in the back of a 74 'Chevy van as its driven down a dirt road by a coked up Charlie Sheen at 70 mph Nope, this is something very real,and completely viable. My aim is to asses your game (last sports reference,promise!) then make you yourself confident that you are indeed holding a loaded gun and can have a lot of fun and pay your rent by firing it. For my part, I am already aware of my ability to write fucking funny books with greater skill than not only Jerry Siegel , but that retarded jock of a man child,Rob Liefeld and his former mentor and Image Comics Co Founder (Duh,Duh,Duh!!!) , the slightly more talented and less dumb CANADIAN jock,Todd McFarlane. No, I'm not Alan Moore and I don't need to be. But I have wasted a vast portion of my life (and I am older than The Queen,Jesus and Dracula combined) as what Lincoln described as a derelict genius. I've had some stuff published and squandered a jaw dropping amount of opportunities (including my own informal mentorship with a childhood Hero of mine,Steve Gerber, (Steve created Howard The Duck and no, not the fucking dreadful 80's movie version produced by my other Hero George Lucas as HE apparently went on a coke fuelled bender with a young Charlie Sheen, no, the legit Marvel Comics version seen briefly during the credits sequence of Gaurdians Of The Galaxy as well as Man-Thing and one of Kevin Smith's fave characters, The Fool Killer and a 90s Cyber Force spin off team ,blah,blah,blah) , so I am aware of my own horrifying disregard for my inherent ability and pre programmed Destiny,to leave an indelible four color mark on the fabric of pop culture in some capacity. I'm fairly positive that once I get the taste of a little blood in your mouth that you can be my Green Lanterns ring. Ideally,I'd like you to be the much longer lived Randy Rhoads to my much more intellectually lucid Ozzy Osborne. Thought I'd go ahead and mix some bewildering Metal references in there since my old man sports metaphors were so fucking effective And even if we don't collaborate even briefly before your sensational ,industry changing debut gives you the key to move on to Video Game character designs, or cover illustrations for the 25th anniversary reprinting of The Hunger Games, or whatever the hell you ultimately envision yourself doing, I would still be stoked (okay,ONE more sports/movie reference) to be the Clint Eastwood to your less paralyzed Hillary Swank in Million Dollar Baby,LOL! See that? I gotcha in a boxing scenario again! Look, let's do baby steps. YOU select a commercially recognized character from the Big 2 (Marvel or DC) , I don't care if it's the cartoony version of Star-Fire from Teen Titans Go! Or if it's fucking Jubilee from the original X-Men cartoon...pick a character and give me a sequence of 3 to 5 panels which distinctly and consistently depict the character doing SOMETHING,anything...it can be punching an obese space alien in the face or soothing a cat with gentle caressing scratches while walking up a flight of stairs or show me Hillary throwing a pie in Donalds face with Chelsea and Bill giggling and knee slapping in the immediate background....Then,the moment you are finished (not the moment it's perfect) I want you to intentionally show it to the slowest, most dull and least hip person in or around your family (damaged,alcoholic Viet Nam vet uncle, pious old Grandma who smells of moth balls and becomes discernibly aroused in Church, your moron little cousin or brother who can defeat any level of Worlds of War Craft, but can't show you his town on a map or name the current Vice President, whoever the least likely person is to get it) and set it right down in front of them. Then ask them, as you literally point directly at your illustration : "Who is that? " "What are they doing? " If you get two correct answers, then we are off to the races,my modest Young Prodigy, and can move on to the formality of tightening the screws. I'll leave you with this fun and relevant queery...what medium are you working in? Digital? Traditional? Hybrid? Anyways, get to fucking work. Have fun and show me something (even if your all girly hesitant to sign off on it) in two weeks ish? It's a minimal expenditure in terms of your talent and resources (you just spent more time and energy reading this rambling novel of a note, if your still conscious...Hey!! Wake up!!!, Lol!!) and could very well translate into your career path in my hands as I strike without encumbering second guessing,self doubt,common sense or a firm grip on reality, ...cuz that shit is for pussies and I listen to Slayer

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FlatAsABird In reply to kera972 [2016-09-20 13:39:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm quite proud of this one. It's one of my favorites thus far.

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FlatAsABird In reply to Jadago [2016-08-07 12:57:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
I'm really trying to push my style toward that darker palette and feel.
It's what we need for our comic.

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Jadago In reply to FlatAsABird [2016-08-17 18:01:51 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome ^^
And I'm really eager to see more of this

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FlatAsABird In reply to TookMeSomeTime [2016-08-06 14:51:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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FlatAsABird In reply to THollander [2016-08-06 14:54:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for accepting!
I hope she can indeed slay the beast.
She's rearing that sword back to get at it's side, below the rocky armor.
Thank you again!

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THollander In reply to FlatAsABird [2016-08-06 16:25:08 +0000 UTC]

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FlatAsABird In reply to TinyMythicals [2016-08-06 14:51:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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FlatAsABird In reply to DarkimuSnowflake [2016-08-04 22:57:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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