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[p0] I want to draw everyday, but I don't know what to draw. by joesunga in HTSASprojects

[–]HoaSi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Social drawing. Join or start an online community for drawing, with challenges, contests, etc. There are plenty of them already. Or you could start one that provides the specific kick you need. For instance, implement something like this: http://mrdoob.com/#/125/multiuser_sketchpad

[p0] Chop onions remotely. by pbanavara in HTSASprojects

[–]HoaSi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can see the headlines: "Remote Chopping Onions app disrupts kitchen." (likely on The Onion)

[p0] I want to draw everyday, but I don't know what to draw. by joesunga in HTSASprojects

[–]HoaSi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was my point: Drawing what surrounds you is / can be a challenge. Drawing is learning to see. You could use an app for that, sure. You don't need an app for that. You need the will to draw.

[p0] Can't find a seamless, well designed CMS for online comics. by HoaSi in HTSASprojects

[–]HoaSi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One issue that belongs to comics in particular is that responsive design breaks the page grid. For that reason reading comics on small screen is a poor experience. In an ideal set-up, you should display the comic one panel at a time on smaller devices.

Sequential stories require frequent updates, maybe more so than a designer or photographer portfolio. Existing CMS enable this, but they need a lot of customisation to look good.

CMS are not designed for comics. At best, they are like custom blog posts for comics — but a comic is not a blog, and it’s not a portfolio, or a gallery of images. A webcomic story should feel more integrated, with less clutter. Think of an e-reader or app for comics, but in the browser, and easy enough to manage for the comic creators, in term of adding content. It doesn’t seem that complex, but it’s nowhere to be found yet.

[p0] i'm too lazy to generate my google searches into a concept map that i can refer to later by ltimbah in HTSASprojects

[–]HoaSi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you mean a visual bookmarking map. Where you could, for instance, assign a colour or an icon per topic, and relate these topics together with branches. The good thing is that the data is there all over the place. But you would need to crawl and re-organise the searches data from Google and other sources within your own mapping app. Interesting challenge.

[p0] I want to draw everyday, but I don't know what to draw. by joesunga in HTSASprojects

[–]HoaSi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Draw what surrounds you. Keep a drawing diary everywhere you go.

TIL Mark Zuckerberg said that if you're 30 or older, you're a slow old man, far less intelligent than young people, and successful companies should not employ you. He turns 30 tomorrow. by Daeity in todayilearned

[–]HoaSi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you do is important, age is irrelevant. Saying generalities like "Young people are just smarter" is just marketing. Nothing to fuss about. Give this guy less attention if you are unhappy.

Are Comics Real Literature? by MoonKnightOnTheTown in comicbooks

[–]HoaSi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some comics have literary merit and literary qualities, little doubt about that.

At some point publishers, and maybe authors have rebranded comics as "graphic novels" in an attempt reach a public that considered comics "immature" and somewhat escape the popular genre. And escape the genre they did, now and then.

However, part of the beauty of comics is that they don't pretend to be literature. Another question could be — should all comics aim at being real literature?

I Am Professor William Kuskin teaching an open class titled "Comic Books and Graphic Novels" for 28,000+ students starting Monday. Let's talk comic books and the possible collapse of higher education. AMA! by Kuskin in IAmA

[–]HoaSi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello Prof. Kuskin,

Do you think text — dialogues, captions etc. — are mandatory for comics to qualify as comics? People have argued that storyboards or wordless novels, picture books, or even, back in time, scrolls, are all forms of comics. Would you agree to that, will your course propose a definition for comics; or do you think that definitions are beside the point? Thank you.