teeth tour 26-27 coming soon!

i guess i'm just that much closer to writing an introduction to the elements and principles of design for readers of self-published comics, zines and art books.

perhaps especially when one is unfamiliar with the artist or their context. maybe you don't know where someone is coming from, but if the harsh lines here and that slash of white through a field of black on a page gives you a feeling of drama, you've got something to talk about!

anyway i think the basics of formal analysis—just trying to identify the elements that constitute a work and how they combine to produce one's experience of a work—are an excellent set of skills to have when engaging with an artist's work at indie comics cons/zine fests.

a reply i hear often enough for it to be noticeable is "i'm glad you noticed! i make and share these things and i hope they're conveying what i want but i don't really know for the most part." and that kinda sucks!

i think exhibitors at indie comics/zine events often get reactions like "that's cool, i really like it!", but explanations for what it is in a work that produces that reaction tends to be absent, vague or very rudimentary.

when i tell an artist "i like how [element] does [effect]" in a work...

this is my oath to make worse zines, be less precious about my linework, and to be more alienating and self-indulgent in what i represent.

if this is ever made available for online sales i would immediately purchase it.

coming from MICE today—where there was a good-sized contingent of fursuiters—i am living for the indie comics furry takeover.

chihuly's works are distinct in having one or more bright colors, shapes, being big and made of glass—they are generically generic. they are ideal objects for institutional collection.

thank you! you *know* i'll have a copy for you next time we bump into each other!