J’s Comments (group member since Aug 22, 2013)

J’s comments from the Bisky's Twitterling's Scribbles! group.

Or you could get a locked file cabinet. :P

Is this what your wooden model looks like? I was at Walmart this morning and browsing through the art aisle, and I saw this and thought of your post here. xD

I would love to be the 'evil mastermind' behind all the ruckus that goes on in The Scarlet Ribbon. I grin all the time when this individual demonstrates his/her powers. >:3 (Kind of the whole having limited supernatural powers type deal like in Death Note and Code Geass again)

I wouldn't mind being Nelly (but as a guy--so many Nelson) because she (but with me as a he) grew up in New York City :D

When I was looking at your men, I noticed the Michael 4 build. :P I wasted a lot of money buying 3d products that I use for character visuals, too.

As you said, decent poses are hard to come by... >.>

Since 2005, I've been kind of drawing manga style. I just got lucky having some free time this week to actually draw some pictures. xD

Thanks! I use a 3d program called Poser for human body references. x3 If I don't have a reference, all my drawings are of people just standing straight with their arms at their sides. lol

I noticed the manga style--I thought maybe you started out doing manga and then transitioned into more realism. I gave up on trying to make backgrounds... haha xD I just like to draw for character visuals. x3

@Deb Great anatomy! :3 - I tried realism a couple times and I failed! D8 lol

I like drawing when I don't feel like writing. :3

I drew this yesterday and this today ;3

I used to work at Taco Bell, and I would work at 5 after school, so I'd go home and shower. And then before going to work, I wrote down what I thought in the shower--and this happened a lot back in the day. :3

Can those waterproof notepads handle getting sprayed by the shower? I guess I don't have do hold it under the faucet. xD

The last lightbulb moment I had was when I was trying to fall asleep last night. Sleeping in a dorm with a roommate who sometimes likes to stay up with his lamp on until 1 or 2 a.m. doesn't help, but I've gotten some thoughts. I grabbed a notepad from my desk and used my cell phone to shine light on it to write the thought. It was just something I can add to what I'm editing right now. :3

Looks cozy! No coffee shops like that around here. Did they have fluorescent lighting? (I hate fluorescent lighting...pale light gives me a headache)

I didn't know you did hard copy edits. :3 It gives your eyeballs a break from screens. TV, computer, iPod, DS---off.. it's good to get a break from screens lol

Very nice selection of artworks you received. :3

It's always thrilling when someone else draws your characters. :3

My artwork and books/stories have always coincided. I made up a character through drawing over 5 years ago who started as a drawing and became a novel character. :3

@Carl - I love writing about coffee! :3
@Dawn - Is there a way to add more 'fun-like' scenes? Or maybe what you've written can be tweaked.. Maybe think what sort of elements made them 'fun' to you and apply them to new concepts to further the story. 8D
@Nicole - I love complete a-hole characters xD Much of my dialogue contains sarcasm, and how my parents talk to teach other influenced how my protagonist and her boyfriend talk. lol

@Chris - I thought of renaming my previous story "Light" after the main character: Josue (Joshua in Spanish) Light. :3

@Adam - Is there Greek involvement in your story?

@G.G. - Your titles are very, very pithy descriptions of your novels' content. :3 Yes, the ribbon is red. I learned the word "scarlet" from the scarlet thread that's around the voodoo-ish dolls' necks in the anime Hell Girl. x3

@JD - I have to say that dreams have never affect my writing--at least consciously. That's an interesting way you came up with a story. :3 You'll have to include it in an author afterward or something in your story.

The Scarlet Riboon

It refers to the red ribbon my character Scarlet wears constantly around her arm as an accessory. :3

I liked hearing the hum of New York City traffic while writing. I think that's why a good chunk of my story takes place there. xD

The only cofee shops around here are Starbuck's and they're always busy and they're expensive. :/ I hate brightly lit places, too. The library here is huge, but it's illuminated with those long, pale white lights--like my dorm room. I want orangish-yellowish light dammit! lol Thank goodness I have a desk lamp with that color of light.

@Carry - I never had the problem of people around me being curious about what I'm writing. lol :/ That view seems phenomenal. :D I was in New York City in March 2012, and our hotel room was on the 37th or 38th floor, and out the window you can see other buildings. It's awesome at night. I loved writing there. :3

@Steven - The dining room in my house was my primary spot for a while, but my dogs are distracting. xD

@Mary - Quietness is an absolute must for me, too--for writing, but with editing, I can have more noise.

@Bitten Jewels - People are my top distraction. lol



@Steven -

My first novel became about 3 and a half novels. In the 2nd novel, I included a flashback of the main female lead (Briannah) and the events covering from her joining an underground criminal group to when she's with the male lead (Josue) briefly for the first time and stops two years later when they meet again and stay 'acquainted.'

I wrote this in the summer of 2011.

I just enjoyed writing those 30,000 words because I enjoy 'background' events. Through this I learned Briannah had an abusive boyfriend named Chett whom she shoots to death. 8D

But I scrapped all of this... I'll salvage some bits and pieces. xD

I watched a documentary the other night when I went back home. There was this human-shaped figure the size of a rat that some farmers caught in Mexico in 2007. It had a frightening cry.

So after seeing that, I more strongly believe we've had some kind of contact...

@Bisky - It seems that the only people I dream about are those I've seen in person. That theory applies to me. I moved to university in late August, and a couple weeks ago I started dreaming about people from here.

@Kandie - Having realistic photos to represent characters can boost motivation a bit. :3 I can picture this man bleeding on a bed who has a real face, instead of a phantom I see in my head.

@Michael - I have to get a way from my roommate, too, sometimes to get things done. But usually he's gone more than I am so I guess it works out. I wish my zone seemed more impenetrable like yours. xD

@Bitten Jewels - I was working on a paper in a study area in my favorite building on campus (has huge windows so plenty of daylight which I love) and I overheard some girls working on lesson plans for an education class they're taking. It seemed like it was taking a while for them to write them. xD I'll probably take that class next semester. :3

Thanks! :3 I had to write a few things for class and finish reading a book, so my brain still managed to 'exercise.'

My brother and I used to conflict when we were younger, but as you said, we get along pretty well now that we're older. :3

I thought of his driving home from university for the weekend last night.

Your characters just popped out of your book, passed through your monitor, or climbed out of your notebook.

Would you get along with your characters? Would they like you? If you'd ask one of them out on a date, would (s)he say yes or no? And when you receive an answer, what would the nonverbal communication included? Would she laugh at you? Would he feel guilty about saying no?

Basically, what would it be like if your characters met you in real life?

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