LatoJL- Look out, she's back

Edit: Oops, this became an incredibly long manifesto as i was writing it. A manifesto containing feelings about being an artist, how tired arguing makes me and how much I love this character and drawing her and how much i love being an artist. Exactly so much that I could go on lenghty tirades about it, if need be. And need be so, because dang, i've been really tired for a whole week, there must be something wrong about feeling these things(tl;dr - no, there's nothing wrong with feeling these things, that was a joking remark!)

Anyway, you don't have to read this. I'm only now beginning to get tired enough to make -actual- lengthy tirades and rants, so I'mma just submit this off. It feels nice to post things here again. Real nice.
Info about the pic itself is at bottom, as usual.
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Welp, here's another Juniper Lee finally. This was another warm-up thing I did before that recent SbT thing I posted so - uh - well, warm-ups are a kind of a thing that really help me get into the mood to work on bigger pieces so!- it's kind of a circular dealio here i guess. I draw some smaller things before starting on a bigger piece and -bam. The mood is there to work on even more pieces after the one big piece. But even more - having warm-ups before something i have to finish? Helps me calm down. I can finally rest and go to sleep after finishing the last important piece or whatever needed finishing. and I think that's how warm-ups work in general for uhh, some artists? Yeah.

I've been somewhat more stressed and even more tired for the past few weeks, so, getting some new work out is always refreshing. But some people don't get that, they don't understand or don't let you work on those things. And that feeds into the stress even more. What I'm saying is, let artists have they're time. Sometimes they just need to warm up. Let them sit behind the computer and tinker away when you yourself don't have anything important to do there. Whatever they do there, it will probably pay off into the larger ring of actually becoming a more accomplished, more pro artist than how they were before.... maybe it'll even pay off for you eventually too. They'll be happier, they'll slack off less, maybe they'll even get better jobs and eventually move out, get their own apartment, or rent one. Either way, they'll be out of your hair, and no one will be hurt. If what they're making takes time, it takes time. It might seems easy to you, but nothing is ever what it seems and art is not something that just happens, at lest to an artist. It doesn't appear by magic or science or just happenstance, it takes experience, that's built up over the years, a lot of love and time in some case. It is not something that does not take time.
I am mostly speaking of my own experiences here, but seriously. Sometimes things just need finishing, and time and quiet or privacy is all that's needed. No need to monitor the computer like they're doing something bad behind it...it's probably just a facebook message or tumblr update that needed to happen.....they're probably just checking their email for other-wordly contact....that, mostly meaning they need internet contact from they're friends and other peeps, yeah? So yeah..... It's probably not actually that bad that they are "hanging out" on the net and talking with their friends.

Woops this became a feelings outpour....... as mentioned earlier, i've been kinda stressed lately and everything becomes a sort of an outlet.....especially when i don't have much time to make pictures or get them into a computer..... I'm not very good at expressing these thoughts and feelings in written form, so I'll just keep that to a minimum and try to up the visual arts part even more. Not that I don't like writing, but it sorta takes more practice for me to get my longer writings to a level where.... I wouldn't need to re-explain a topic, whether sensitive or not, again and again. My writing just isn't that strong yet, and it's much simpler to explain some of these very vague thoughts or ideas in picture form, with maybe added words here and there.
I guess what I'm really trying to say is, I love being an artist, but I don't do it because of money or fame? because those are stupid reasons and just don't work for me. I just do it because i like to, because it's a good way to be me, to think, to feel okay about some cruddy existential-like mayhem going on in my head. It helps me be a person.
but that never means that it's not work(re:how about going to a science or physics class) or that I don't struggle with being...... whatever people imagine i'm being, or supposed to be. Agter all, even if it's not currently paying work, even though it most likely is a hobby. ....I don't just laze around with it. I want to work hard. I want to be good at it. And this is not something i'm about to give up, so..... i guess i'm already on the right track in a way. But. How about.
Just let me be.


WOOPS it became long again

Anyway, if you know me, you know the character is Juniper Lee and that you can probably net-search the name. She should be wearing some armor, but it's not very clear. It was more done with fans in mind, and without delving into details, since that would have just made things look messy, complicated, with no room for imagination. Thus, you could say it's her armor-look? by the way her hair is tied up. Or her jail break-out get-up. But I was going more for the first one, with the colours and simplicity. She's ready to fight someone.
I did the sketch of this on cheque-paper after work-hours were over, on the bus, with bumps and water on the road as usual. I was really excited about meeting another fan over tumblr and drew this in anticipative practice : )

Truth be told, I really love this character and the show she was in, watching it got me over a lot of anxieties at that time, plus it got me to draw more. So if you happen to not particularly like the show; well hey, i've got those titles and everything already there, no need to look at the pictures if that is the case :/

Besides, drawing on check-paper is awesome, especially when you can't reach your notebook in the bus, or everything's too cramped, but you need to draw something anyway.