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We never see enough good anime movies. [29 Jul 2001|07:12pm] [ mood | impressed ] [ music | Silence! ] Yesterday, like I said I would, I went to see the world premiere of Millennium Actress, Satoshi Kon's newest movie. I can't say it enough, but it rules! It's not your average anime movie with samurais and fights and mech stuff, but it's good nonetheless. And, girls, there are no bishounen guys to drool on (but it's still an awesome movie). Mwa ha ha. It's the story of a guy named Genya who's the owner of a small movie production company. To celebrate their 70 years of existence, he decides to interview the actress that supported them during almost all those years, Chiyoko. During that interview, she talks about her past and her past movies, and we can see flashbacks of her movies and her past during the rest of the movie. Thing is, nothing tells us when the scene changes, and nothing tells us if it's a movie or a flashback of her life we're seeing. Talk about confusing... But there's really nothing to understand... she's searching for her lost love during the whole movie. But it's pretty darn good. Go see it if you have the chance. ^_^;; The way the characters move reminds me of Mononoke Hime... +

Look... Sam is depressed. [29 Jul 2001|10:05pm] [ mood | depressed ] [ music | Silence! ] Hey... it's kinda funny when you think about it. I'm never depressed. When I am, it's for really dumb reasons. I am depressed because I can't draw anymore... I usually take that with a smile saying: "It's okay people, I'll snap out of it somehow!" but now I don't feel like that anymore... I'm in a grave artist block, and on top of that, even if I look at my best drawings, I always come to the same conclusion: I don't like what I draw. Some people are going to throw things at me, but let me explain... I don't like the way I draw eyes. That sounds dumb. I try to change, but whenever I try to do that, I can't happen to draw pretty faces. So then I don't like the way I draw faces. I've also never liked the way I draw hair, and I suck at body proportions. Earlier, Tsuki tried to cheer me up by encouraging me and showing me art sites for me to base my next drawings on (thanks, Tsuki, I really appreciate that) but... I feel as if I was a hopeless case... my artwork is not unique, it's so common it's sickening. On Elfwood, I get many comments saying that my art is so colorful. Colorful! What about the style? I want to have an unique anime style... I KNOW it's possible but I can't do it... Being so depressed, I almost feel like closing A.B.Y.S.S. for good. If that site only belonged to me, it would probably be gone now... but since I'm sharing it with Tsuki, I know I can't close it. I used to be optimistic about everything... I don't know what happened to me since then. I don't know why I'm so depressed by a reason that usually makes me laugh. I think I'll stop drawing for a while... I perhaps need a break. 2 : +

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