This is the last drawing I've posted on dA this month, just out of nostalgia, and because a dear frend of mine wanted to see it....but after this, my dA page will be in hiatus. The why it's not important, let's say I'm lacking of time and I just can take care of one place, and I've chose this one :)
Oh ok ok...the why it's HERE....but don't worry, I'm not going to talk about that again. I just said that once, and I don't think it's worthy to repeat the same thing. Also because talking about that it's bad for my spirit, it makes me feel exhausted.
Leaving my dA in hiatus, it's one of the hardest things I've ever done...because that comunity always was my home...but don't worry, it will not be forever I think. I think I will come back there in one or two years more of course, when the crazy people have been gone XD
What I do would like to do, it's to post the traditional "drawing + quote". And luckily after this one I'll not post more quotes because all my artwork will be here :D So I hope you like!
This is the ORIGINAL LINK
Estelle studying for Le Bac
"Today I've struggled to give myself a little time for
drawing or coming here to post fun stuff. Even, I was planning to make a
journal to comment about my first 2 weeks of school after the holiday
vacations I had (2 weeks before these 2 weeks XD) but ah...I have no
motivation to write about that XD
It's because, in total honesty....I was feeling really lonely a while ago! Maybe it's because since I've started to collegue people no longer
visits this gallery or send me messages here, or in any other place
either.
For example today I came here a while ago to see what was
new, to the only place I consider home, hoping to have a fun moment. And
you know I was expecting to find messages from my friends, at least
one! but all what I found was that most of my friends had done collabs
and art trades with other friends of them, and have been having fun
giving commenting on each other's art and making giftart to each other,
and meanwhile nobody messaged me to even said "hi how you're doing?" and
my gallery looks like a desert! o_O It looked like nobody cared even if
I was alive or if I already have been crushed by a truck XD
Even
some days ago I posted a journal here sharing I worried I might have
been lack my skills to draw facial expressions/gesture language, but no
artist took a moment to talk about their experiences or if that ever
happened to them as I would have wished to...
And that's I felt
really bad for a moment, cos I started to wonder if I was doing
something wrong...or if there is something I should be doing but I
didn't...and maybe that was why I couldn't make my friends feel
appreciated and loved and that was why they didn't care about me, even
if I always care and think about them...
Anyways, that was some hours ago though, cos recently I received a message of a dear friend of mine and changed it all! :D
Now
I feel very happy and amazed cos she visited me to say hi! Specially
taking in count I'm usually the one who send her messages first, and
this time she did it first!
That was such a nice surprise and it really warms up my heart and makes me feel like a vaulable person!!! ^__^ NAKOU MERCIII!!
Ah by the way, she's the only and one Nakou!
Please don't use her name. Saying this cos I just saw a drawing on her
gallery saying this. *chuckles* I love looking at her gallery because
her drawings are fun and make me happy ^^ specially when I'm feeling a
bit sad.
You know, I've missed her a lot! As well as a few of
other friends I have here, of course. And sometimes I feel bad when
school absorbs too much of my time and I cannot come to drop my friends a
message as often as I would like! But well...I struggle to have free
time to come like now for example, and I feel happy knowing that she and
other dear friend of mine who sent me a message, still think about me,
that's priceless I think! Also I know my Mentor and dear friend Jame
always thinks of me even if she's busy and can't leave a message
sometimes. So I think I'm in a better mood to post something, I have
lots of drawings I haven't posted yet, I think today I'll pick up one of
my favorites![:D (Big Grin) :D](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v1Y5saXjFFYiH_ljR4gySCyyKJ_Ck_RCZ59Y_YQXZ9EspOM27gXDC0-Utlt34fJUG4nptsHeqlGnMV9kL92VD8efffZCRueufT7_JkjdEGC6bL=s0-d)
"Le
baccalauréat" (most commonly called "Le bac") it's a test students take
at the end of their High school so they can then continue studying and
enter to College/university. And as far as I've read, all the students
must take it.
Since I'm planning to make a comic with these
characters and both of them are french, and I was planning to make
school scenes/flashbacks of both characters, and them talking about
school, I wanted to know more about french education system and school
programs and that stuff. And that's how I discovered this about "Le
bac".
I also heard a friend of mine commenting something about that, and in my search, I watched a clip from a movie about that too.
I looked for info about parenting in France too, because Estelle it's a mom character.
I
would like to mention I felt very good and had much fun searching about
this stuff. I really like to search about lots of stuff when I write or
make comics or characters that are not from Mexico but from other
countries, cos I want my characters feel genuinely from that country!
I
would hate it (and I WOULD NEVER forgive myself!) if my characters fall
in the "cliché" of being like most of foreigner characters in american
movies/shows, who are just stereotyped characters that are rather silly,
or offensive, or both
.
Because a character from a country that isn't yours also has their own culture folklore and traditions, a different system to study and lifestyle, and very often, even a different perspective of life! Another perspective of mind! So I think having a character that genuinely feels from that country, not only makes people feel attached to the characters and feel identified with them, and makes your character a well developed character; also it's a show of respect and appretiation for that country, and I think all this a is priceless! ^^
Because searching for info shows that you care about creating a well-structured character and also about the country you're talking about! And that's something you the viewer from that country always appreciate and thank deep inside the heart! Believe me, I've seen a couple of rare times, people taking care of making a good foreing characters, it's so cool when people does this! That makes you feel warm inside the heart! Sadly, from other countries not from mexico
In
my case for example, I have never seen a single "mexican character" on
tv or films who can be actually called "mexican" by me with pride, or
even feel a tiiiny biiiit, genunely mexican. So I know very well how sad
and dissapointing it is to see people making characters from other
countries without searching even bit about them. Just because he or she
talks spanish and says their favorite food it's "taco", it doesn't mean
they are mexican. There are lots of things to do to be a genuine
mexican, that I've never seen portrayed on tv/films, sadly.
And of course, I would never want people feel insulted and/or sad if I ever create a bad foreing character, that's why I I always read and search the most I can before even thinking of making a character that isn't from Mexico
Even
when making a character that it's form U.S., sometimes I search info
about some stuff. Because even if people from the U.S. are a lot like
mexicans (and I mean a lot!
)
and I know them very well cos almost all my friends are from there,
it's always the wisest thing to look for info about stuff you don't know
or you aren't very sure about.
By the way, as my character was in
the school at 70's era, I tried to give her clothes this air, and the
style of painting for this piece was inspired on the super incredible
artist Hollybell. I'm huge fan of her work since a long time before I signed up dA hehe!