My, my, my. It has been a long time since I posted anything here, which is how I think 99.89 percent of blog entries begin nowadays. But on a whim I think I’ll post something today.
I’ve been feeling the urge to draw lately. Well, I’ve been feeling it for the past couple of years, actually. Art used to be a big part of my life, when I was younger. I drew and painted all through high-school, with dreams of going into comics or illustration, and the only thing that stopped me from committing to that path completely was my colorblindness. I found it incredibly frustrating to not see what everyone else would see when they looked at my work. I got tired of having to ask a friend, “Does this shade of green work for maple leaves?” as I mixed colors. So I focused on writing instead, because I could communicate my ideas so much more clearly with words than color. But sometimes I miss making visual art.
I’ve been thinking about this because I’ve drawn a couple of maps recently, one for a fantasy series roiling at the back of my head, and one that will probably appear at the front of the third book in my Assassin’s Creed series, Last Descendants. In drawing both maps, I realized it felt good to have pencil and pen in my hand again. So I went out and bought some supplies, and I plan to start making visual art again, just for me. I also pulled out some of my old junior-high and high-school work to look at. I’ll post some of it below, just for fun. Don’t be too hard on it. I was just a kid.
5 responses to “WARNING: This Post Contains My High School Art”
You definitely should take up the pens and pencils again! I’m no artist but I read a ton of children’s books and I see a lot of talent there. As for colorblind, I don’t see it, your landscape pieces are beautifully colored. Maybe you could make yourself a personalized color palette with labels so you won’t have to keep asking. Or stick with the pencils, as those are awesome as well. You could do one of the ghosts from A Taste For Monsters, you would only need maybe a little red for that. I envy you, as I would love to be able to add creepy illustrations to my book!
Thank you very much for the encouragement. 🙂 I’ve been enjoying drawing again, but for now, I think I’ll keep it just for me.
Hello Mr.Kirby. I really loved your book The Quantum League, But i Noticed you never published the second Book. In a earlier post you said you had written it but you had given it to the publisher. In 2009 we moved to the US in search of a better life. While at the first book fair at our school i bought a copy of this book. I LOVED it. Not only did it entertain me, it also taught me english. While I can foreshadow Ben making a class Four acctuation in the next said books, I was always left on hold. I would deeply appreciate it if you could at least how the 2nd novel would transgress. That is all i have to say
A very enthisiastic afan of your book,
Ricardo Melendez
PS. email -> theforce1362@hotmail.com Thanks!!!!!
Thank you so much! I feel so humbled by your comment. 🙂 I wrote an update on book 2 in a comment below.
PPS. By the way I really like your drawings!!!!!!!!