By Lex White
Humans have come a long way from being a race of hunters and gathers. Back then, purpose was simple. Be faster than the cheetah — just fucking survive. Today, society has created a new race of fragmented people. It’s no longer about surviving nature, it’s about surviving boredom. It’s survival from yourself.
We’re expected to be sons and daughters, friends, lovers, scholars, professionals, parents, civilians, soldiers and entertainers all at once. But where does one start? How does one determine priority, when everything is screaming loudly, competing for priority #1?
The first thing you have to do is realize that, if you’re reading this right now on a computer with internet connection, your true #1 priority has already been met. You’re not worried about cheetahs or bears. You’re not going to get ravaged by beasts or die of famine. You might miss a bill or two, lose your job, or piss off your mates. But you’re not gonna get eaten — and that’s HUGE. So take a step back and appreciate how good it feels not to worry about getting eaten, and remember how unimportant everything else really is when you put it into that perspective.
Now that you’re head’s straight — take a step back and really think about what you, as a person, can’t live without. Think beyond food, shelter and water. Artists won’t be able to live without creation. Lovers won’t be able to live without love. And professionals won’t be able to live without work-place challenges. Whatever that thing is you’re convinced you can’t live without — make sure it takes priority in your day. That doesn’t mean if you’re a writer, you have to spend 12 hours a day writing. But it does mean you should have a goal each day, and — no matter what else is going on in your life — that goal should get done ‘less it be the end of the world.
Unhappiness comes from failure to make progress in your interests. If you don’t set goals, you can’t accomplish them and make progress. If you don’t meet the goals you’ve set, then you’re spending your days failing yourself. Don’t let the loud noise of society distract you from your priorities. Don’t let the world take away your art, or your passions.
You were born into this world, but you still have the right to create your own space outside of it. Just make sure while you’re out there being you and making good art, you don’t get eaten.
You can follow Lex on twitter @lexiconkid and check out his website: http://www.lexwrites.com/ where you can read his Good Grip comic!
Posted on August 7th, 2013
Category: BEHIND THE PANELS, NEWS & VIEWS
Tags: Behind the Panels, Comic Art, Comic Reviews, Lex White
Welcome to Sketch Battle 10!
Hows everyone enjoying Oni week? If you’re unsure of just who exactly Oni press are, check out this fantastic introduction by Jack Chambers or why not have a look at the top 10 free Oni press comics available on Comixology, as written up by Kyle Coleman?
Our challenge this time round, as part of Oni week here on Inter-comics, was to take a character published by Oni and within a 10 minute time limit do the best possible sketch you could! Twitter exploded with chatter with both new and veteran participants excited for the challenge, here’s what they all did, vote for your favourite:
The challenge we set to our artists was this; within a 10 minute time limit do the best possible ONI character sketch!
All these entrants can be viewed on our facebook as a slideshow or check out the larger overview picture here.
Vote for your favourite
Total Voters: 68
Loading ...Get voting and sharing, if you want to do your own 10 minute Oni sketch, let us see what you’ve done at @sketchbattle and be sure to follow everyone who took part; @aswimtobirds @comicskyle @potatowast3 @johnbunger @anthonybachman @jdboren @monkeysquadone @xamuzaran
Follow the Sketch battles on Twitter @Sketchbattle or like our facebook page at Facebook.com/officialsketchbattles for upcoming battles and some great art.
Voting ends on the 6th December, share the page and happy voting!
Posted on December 2nd, 2012
Category: SKETCH BATTLE
Tags: Artists, Comic Art, Comic artists, Comic artwork, Comic Sketches, comics, ONI Press, ONI Press sketch battle, ONI Press Week, Sketch Battle, Timothy Conroy
Update: And that’s Sketch battle 9 over! Thank you everyone for checking us out, supporting our relaunch here on Inter-comics and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Huge shout out has to go to Lee at Inter-comics for helping us set up at our new home and making the transition so easy and enjoyable, so thank you Lee. Also a big shout out to Doug at Monkey squad one for going above and beyond with all the retweets and shout outs on tweeter, thank you Doug!
Onto the winner though!
We hope people got the idea behind the split vote as talent comes in many forms and we hope it encourages different types of creative people to take part in future, as for this time both categories were ruled over by one artist.
Announcing the winner of both the art and writing categories, William Haders!
Born from a child-hood idea, William’s piece introduces us to the ringmaster who introduces one of his circus acts the Blub. Maintaining a strong lead from the start with the art, people seemed to really be drawn to the level of quality and effort of the hand applied effort of the inking and colours. Whilst going nearly neck and neck all week on the best writing vote, William just pulled ahead on the best written vote with his clear and deadpan dialogue.
Be sure to keep up to date with William on twitter at @doubleduece45 and also his upcoming comic convention, Cincy comic con. Head on over to their twitter page right now to win a piece of art from superstar artist Tony Moore!
Follow us on facebook and twitter and we hope to see you all again for both Sketch battle 10 and 11!
Welcome to Sketch Battle 9!
As we are always looking to evolve these battles and push our artists forward, we decided this time to really open up the playing field! This time around is a Four panel comic competition. The challenge we set to our artists was this; within four panels tell a story. Voting though will be split into 2 categories! One for best art and the other for best story. Now not everyone is a grand master at drawing but that doesn’t mean they don’t have great ideas or great stories to tell! Going forward ALL our challenges will be split this way and we hope that encourages more people to take part and join us in getting creative!
Without further ado though. Here are the entrants in Sketch battle 9!
The challenge we set to our artists was this; within four panels tell a story.
For a larger look at the image click Here Or check them all out individually at our Facebook page!
Remember don’t just vote for your mates, vote for the ones you enjoy the most. And if you think you know someone who may enjoy looking at and reading these, pass the link to this page along!
Vote for the best overall artwork
Total Voters: 47
Loading ...Vote for the best story and writing
Total Voters: 44
Loading ...The participants:
A – Anthony Bachman – Co host of the Next element podcast and colourist on the upcoming comic book GEEK. Check out his blog at Anthonybachmanillustartor.blogspot.co.uk and follow him on Twitter at @Anthonybachman
B – William Haders – Writer at Readcomicbooks.net with his column Life in the boom tube and also organising the upcoming Cincinnati comic con, Cincy comic con. Follow him on Twitter at @doubleduece45 and check out Cincy comic con at Cincycomicon.com and @CincyComiCon on twitter.
C – Timothy Conroy – Runs the Sketch battles on Inter-Comics.com and artist on an upcoming comic book project. Check out his blog at Aswimtobirds.tumblr.com and follow him on Twitter at @Aswimtobirds
D – Kyle Coleman – Writer at Inter-Comics.com with his column Kyle’s coffee corner and future coffee shop owner. Check out his blog at comicskyle.tumblr.com and follow him on Twitter at @Comicskyle
Follow the Sketch battles on Twitter @Sketchbattle or like our facebook page at Facebook.com/officialsketchbattles for upcoming battles and some great art.
Voting ends on the 27th October, share the page and happy voting!
Posted on October 17th, 2012
Category: NEWS & VIEWS, SKETCH BATTLE
Tags: Artists, Comic Art, Comic artists, Comic artwork, Comic Sketches, comics, Sketch Battle, Timothy Conroy
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