What kind of collateral do you need when applying for artists' and writers' grants?

YOU ARE JUDGING ME RIGHT NOW- HYPOCRITE.

I do things a certain way. That is how I am. I give a fudge if you clowns don't like it.

WHY HASN"T HE DRAWN ANYTHING?
WHY DOES HE NEED MONEY FOR THIS OR THAT?

BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH- CRAP.

I NEED A JOB IN MY FIELD.

What part of "I WANT TO FINISH THE RESEARCH I STARTED FOR MY COMICS BEFORE I GO INTO DEVELOPING MY COMICS" DON'T YOU COMPREHEND?

Are you OBTUSE?

How far along are you?
Do you have all of your characters fleshed out?
Is the framework of the dramatic thread on paper?
If you had thirty days to create a proposal exhibit, could you do it?

Joe(I thought you were a kid.)Nation

If I had the money I need for materials and resources right now I would be working on it.

How much do you think you need?

Joe(you'll need a proposed budget when applying for a grant)Nation

No, I'm not that stupid.
You don't need any reference books, artists books, writers books to draw.
You don't need watercolors, tempera, easels, inks or lettering guides to draw.


All you need is a #2 pencil and a sketch pad.
It costs about $8 to get those.
If you can't draw a cartoon with those, no amount of money will ever help you draw one. For about $50 and a couple of years worth of work you could have a 200 page portfolio. All a portfolio is is samples of your work. Pencil drawings are samples of your work.

Charcoal sounds like a piss poor way to draw cartoons. And coloring with tempera paints sounds about as bad.

The first rule in any story telling is tell what you know.

If you have to research the hell out of it first, then you will never tell a story. You are just making excuses.

jeez, jg, how many people have to tell you something before it sinks in?
You will never get a grant if you don't have something you've actually done to show the people you apply to.
That means you need a portfolio.
A portfolio for a grant for a comic is drawings and a storyline.
All you need to produce that is paper and a pencil (or get fancy, get a drawing pen at an art supply store for a couple bucks.)
You do not NEED more than that.
You may WANT more than that, but you do not NEED more than that.
The fact that you keep saying you can't do anything before you get everything is just a crutch for your inaction.
You've been doing this for at least six years now. No more excuses.

I draw-I draw almost every day. I don't really have anything portfolio worthy. Sketchbook sketches are not enough. I was an animation student-they told us we are supposed to be drawing every day and they look at sketchbooks but that's only ONE part of a portfolio.

The comic book art will have to wait. It's more important I have copies of Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator and QuarkXpress that I can use. Most artists use these programs and most art-related jobs require you to know them. I should have learned them a long time ago-I need them to do some of my art with. They are expensive-I am trying to find out where I can free copies of them or get them very cheaply.

JG, how did they do comics in the hundred years or so thy did comics before the late 1990s or so when personal computers started to become common and powerrful? You do not NEED any of those programs, any more than they needed then in the so-called Goden Age of Comics, all of which were done totally by hand. Thinking you need them is just a crutch for not wrking.

I'm glad to hear you are drawing every day.

As to the software, make friends with tech savvy people. It's likely that they have or know someone who has a copy they can crack for you.
Meanwhile, keep creating. It's good for your head and it is translatable to Illustrator and Photoshop.

BTW, you already have Paint or something like it if you have a Mac. I've seen incredible drawings done on that little FREE program.
http://verysrs.com/phpbb3/download/file.php?id=1029&sid=0b5382ba9518bad8dbb711625135a983
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li8G4G12rm4&NR=1

Go for it!

Joe(Enjoy!)Nation

I am trying to find out from my old school if they have free accessible copies of these programs I can use. I think I will also ask my old academic advisor about them and see what he says.

The problem is I had dowloaded pirated versions of these art programs to use thinking I could use them for free- however that doesn't always with with bittorrent files. Sometimes if you download torrents of programs you have free trials but if you don't use them right away, you can't use them. Then you sometimes run inot problems with this when you try deleting the programs and reinstalling them. I have two computers- one with XP and one with ME- the tower with XP is not working right right now and Bittorrent isn't compatible with ME.

Someone told me about keygens- something that generates fake registration codes so that when you go to use these torrent files the program thiks you paid for them- do you know anything about that?

I DO RESEARCH. This is the Information Age. I need resources- looking at resources online is not enough.

Both very good ideas.
When are you going to do this?

I know nothing about keygens. I had a guy show me how to crack into Photoshop, but that was several years ago and they might have have figured out a defense for that sort of thing by now.

Joe(keep going)Nation

I already sent an email to the head of the Illustration/Cartooning dept. at my old school-I'm waiting to hear back from the man.

I have to find my old academic advisor's number and/or e-mail.

I can't download Bittorent or torrent files on my computer that uses Windows ME-it'snot compatible.
My other tower that has Windows Xp has to be serviced.

How did you crack into Photoshop?

I have MS Paint- that is like a very basic version of Photoshop, or Photoshop downgraded. Unfornutely most art jobs don't want people who use MS Paint.