2012

As a new year dawns in so do new opportunities, although the year is still young at four days it is never too early to implement some changes into your life. This mainly resolves around some self-doubt I had which mainly is due to the immensely shitty financial climate here in the UK looking for work is an up hill battle but I let it get to me. I’m leaving that behind me because honestly it is pointless dwelling on it I can only focus on finding a solution to the problem and I aim to do just that.

This year 2012, I’m going to focus a lot on my creative side because honestly I miss it. The two priorities are sketching, general arty stuff, going to do some basic sketch work, and I’ll be trying some new stuff with inks to finally nail my style of work. I feel I’m close I just need to go that extra mile to find it.
I’ll be picking up some new equipment and a new sketchpad today to kick start things in the right direction.

The second being video production, currently using Sony Vegas, I like it so far, took a little while to get my head around it after using premiere for so long. Just started off with some simple intro and outro sequences which I will be posting up here, they look pretty good if I do say so myself.
 
These a just a few changes I’m making but there are many more I’m just taking a stand, I know where I want to be in five to ten years and I want to make sure I get to the point I want to be at.

As for this blog initially it was more of a professional blog but like I said before it was just way too boring at times, from now on it will be have a varied amount of content and plenty more of my art work too. That is all for tonight there are things to be done in the morning.

After a prolonged absence away from this blog, I thought it was about time I went back to it to start it up once again. I’m not going to go into it on why I stopped contributing to the blog but I will say it was for a numbers of reasons both personal and creatively.

From now on I’m going to be approaching this blog differently, before it may not of come across this way but it sure felt like it was becoming far to serious in way that it felt more like a chore especially some of the reviews I posting. That along with the fact it was straying away from the reason why I created this blog, it’s a place for my thoughts ideas and opinions.

That is it for now new content will be going up regularly from now on, this place is going to get a whole lot more interesting.

Red Lanterns #1 with Blood and Rage

Since the announcement that the Red Lanterns would be getting their own title, I wondered along with others why it was only the Red Lanterns that got a title and not any of the other Corps. Upon reading Red Lanterns number one, the title makes a whole lot of sense.

I will start by saying this book is fantastic from start to finish it is enjoyable this is the kind of issue you can sink yourself into. The book as the title suggests follows the Red Lanterns with Atrocious being the main character in this series and we see the character in a new light with the issue covering the majority of the history of the Red Lanterns as well as history for the Green Lanterns.

Atrocious is dealing with a lack of Rage within him and the Red Lanterns are for the most part all over the place there is no focus within the group. So he must find direction find an emotion to drive him and this leads to a retelling of the history of Atrocious and this is an excellent way for the reader to sympathize with the character and his motives as we see what drives him from the daily news.

Batman and Robin #1 - Born to Kill Review

Batman and Robin’s is off to a solid start with the new number one that long time readers of Batman will appreciate but for new readers they might be a little lost.

As I said if you have been, reading Batman for a while you will be right at home here. If this is your first time reading Batman or if you have just come off Detective Comics, then there are a few things in Batman and Robin that could leave new readers with more questions than answers. Such as who is that character, why are they here and references to previous stories such as Batman Inc and Final Crisis.

This is not be a big deal for anyone that has been reading Batman for sometime and I think that is one of the main problems of this book, It doesn’t ease new readers in as well as it could or should do.

Batwing #1 - The Cradle of Civilization Review

Judd Winick’s first issue of Batwing goes above and beyond expectations cementing its place as one of the top titles in the new 52.

Upon first hearing about the new 52 Batwing was one of those titles that never grabbed my attention I had no real interest in picking it up, I had the impression it would be to similar to other Batman titles.

For that reason you may be wondering why I picked up the title and well it’s simple really, it was purely down to an impulse buy when I was picking up my other comics, I thought I might as well give this title a chance and for the reason it is related to other Batman titles.

I can say without any doubt that I am so glad I picked up this title not only did it exceed my expectations I enjoyed it much more over titles like Action Comics, this is not black Batman as it has been labelled as it is a very different book with a hugely different tone that sets it apart from other Batman titles that creates its own niche.

Justice League #1 Review

After the long wait the new DC Universe is upon us with the first instalment of the new Justice League, does the New 52 hit the ground running or is fail to live up to expectations.

Since the relaunch announcement, speculation has erupted onto what direction the DCU is heading, this led to long time readers to worry about the fate of their favourite characters. People were afraid that the books they had been reading for years would be lost in the wind of change but with recent announcements, DC has tried to lay any of those worries to rest.
If that has yet to convince you then Justice League number #1 should do the job, not only does re introduce staples of the DCU it remains true to the characters while giving it a fresh spin that long time readers will appreciate while retaining the most important factor which is making it accessible for new readers to jump in.

Devil May Cry: Don't Judge a Book by it's Cover

Back in 2010 when the Devil May Cry reboot was first unveiled, Capcom had handed over development duties to Ninja Theory that added another western studio to the list of big named Capcom titles receiving the western touch.

Anyone that has followed video games knows of some examples when fan hit back at a company or studio for taking a beloved series in an unfamiliar direction, but the backlash Ninja Theory received for their new take on Devil May Cry was unprecedented and I was afraid they might bow to the whim of the fan base.

Nearly a year later and they are staying true to their original vision and props to them for sticking through with it, whether fans want to admit it or not Devil May Cry needed a new lease of life, the formula was wearing thin come Devil May Cry 4. It felt like Capcom wanted to try something new with the franchise with the introduction of Nero as the main protagonist and even that met its own share of hate directed towards it.

This reboot deserves the benefit of the doubt, Ninja Theory have a proven track record so I'm confident that the series is in safe hands, the criticism they have received is unjustified.

Batman Impostors: Review

Gotham City is ripe with violence, impostor Jokerz and Guardian Bats are vying for each others throats as Gotham is plunged into chaos, is the Dark Knight to blame for all of this? or is there a mastermind behind all of this violence?