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I could be telling you that you´re not mad, and yet it wouldn´t help much if you´d still only consider it confirmation of you only writing this to hear what you want to hear - and I´m terribly sorry that I can´t help you in this way, beause first of all I know that my very much treasured and appreciated friend Taka is not, absolutely not and in no way whatsoever, mad; and secondly because I can´t think of any other way to help. I´d think you´re right in not changing yourself, whether or not you´re giving yourself a choice, and from an audience´s viewpoint I can´t believe anything else than that it will pay off sooner or later. I realize that this must be a terrible, terrible thing to go through, and I sincerely wish I could do more than simply giving you my sympathies and writing that certainly, things will get far better than they are now. I think, and much hope, that they will. ~MOSM~

It stroke me that the last four lines describes perfectly not how I feel, but how I think most of the time. I think I´d collapse if I wasn´t able to distract my mind from such things. But perhaps it would be better to, like you did, put it to words instead? Anyway - you may say 'whiny', I say that it can only be whiny when there´s no actual reason behind it. And if nothing else, a lot of thoughts are into this, which even on their own would make a good enough reason. As for the last verse - although ( I think) I understand much of it, I´m constantly drawn towards that part, because I do identify with that. And though I really think you worry just a slight bit too much (then again, everyone one else than oneself always seems to worry too much, right?), I find it comforting to know that such thoughts doesn´t make me stand out from the crowd in any particularly bad way. Not to say that it is unsignificant, but to say that when it´s agreed upon, it doesn´t seem as bad a thing. Not to me, at least. ~MOSM~

Thanks! Now that you've pointed it out... I see it, too. Definitely sounds like something I'd like to do, maybe in addtition to/after TEoaH, who knows... Interesting... I don't really see anything dynamic in here, but that might also be because I've been working on this drawing for hours and everhours. ^^ Maybe the effect you're talking about is achieved by finger-smudging (yes, I di that, and yes, it works), but since I don't see it, I can't tell. Do you know that situation, when someone talks about an aspect of your drawing, and it sounds totally reasonable and all, but when you look at the drawing yourself, you don't see it? Anyways, thanks a lot. The colouring was done by hand with Faber-Castell PITT artist pens. ^^ Quite possible. I dunno what went wrong there, either I want to thank you again. Did I ever tell you how happy those reviews of yours make me? Because you take the time to write up a thoughtful text about nearly every drawing of mine. I'm really, really grateful for that, and sadly not good at describing this happiness with words. So: Thanks again. =J Hooray! This can´t possibly mean anything else than that we have a new, full-coloured 90-page graphic novel by Taka Nuvia to look forward to! I see what you mean about not seeing what I mean. Yes, I know that. Well... when great effort goes into making something, you ought to have a bit of that effort back through the attention it gets. You don´t have to describe that happiness, though, because I recognize it very well from myself when reading, amongst others, your comments to my art. Come to think of it, why is it so long since I posted any art on here? D= ~MOSM~

I´d say this is the best of the alter ego/self-portraits you´ve posted yet. The one that best shows the Good Side/Bad Side relationship between your two 'you'-characters. It reminds me slightly of a comic cover, in fact. Probably for some longer comic about good and evil working perfectly together. It has an outrageous, dynamic style, even more than your pictures usually have when portraying moving characters. You can do something with the shadows that I really can´t figure the trick about - it seems real in its own sense, and yet it keeps the charm that goes automatically with anything something that´s intentionally a bit away from reality. And that´s the shading, not the picture as whole (although that, too, has a larger-than-generally-expectable chunk of such charm). The colours are great. Is that done in hand or by computer? I don´t see what that is about the feet, though. What is that about the feet (you seem to be stepping on your foot)? I wish I could say more about this, because there obviously is much more to say. Mainly stuff about how this shows your artistic progress, though, and that´s something I can´t really comment on - partially because you can probably tell a whole lot more about your own progress yourself than I can, but mainly because I´m running out of complimentary adjectives to use. It´s a really great picture, Taka. At all times, I´ve found it hard to find anything wrong about your art, but I only now realize that it´s because you´ve been far past the point where Being correct equals Not being wrong. And from my side of that limit (the other one, I´m afraid), it´s getting hard to even look to where your skills are going, let alone understanding it fully. But keep it up, Taka. =D ~MOSM~

It´s a relief to hear you´re better, and a joy to have been of any help. ~MOSM~

Personally I do not know much about you already, but you´ve already gained my respect by having a Rubik's Cube, an And Another Thing and OpenOffice. =D ~MOSM~

There´s no pointless in this. Hopefully people here can be of a little help to you - or at least, I really hope I can. But really, make it through a bad today, and you´ll live to see a brighter tomorrow. Here´s waiting for the best, rather than hoping for it - because I´m certain the best will come. =J ~MOSM~

Oh, the genius! ~MOSM~

What, 10/10/10 happened and the world didn´t end? Incredible. I hadn´t realized that 42 thing. It´s nice. ~MOSM~

Sounds brilliant. And definitely looks so, too! =D So, what´s a 'blog icon'? ~MOSM~

A virtual hug from me, too, in lack of the opportunity for an actual one. It sounds like a terrible thing to go through. I´m sure I´d have panicked constantly in that situation. D= Glad to have you back. =J ~MOSM~

But why would anyone give out candy as a trick-or-treater? ~MOSM~

So let´s see how this turns out. ...Neat, pretty much the posting colour I´d have if I had one. ~MOSM~

Why not use several base languages? Otherwise, an entire country might sit and enjoy your witty naming while it´ll be wasted on the rest of the world. If need be, you can always lend mine. I hardly use it anymore, either way. ~MOSM~

Those are great! 'Specially since, as your pencil-drawn doodle points out, there´s so many that went well and so few that didn´t (which I find strange for something done with an uneraseable marker). From the unfinished panel I can tell, though, that it´s actually going to be the day the morning promises it to be, right? Or, at least your Alter Ego might´ve expected otherwise? Also, so many happy people! Yay! Why not? I´d definitely be happier after doing my homework than before. ~MOSM~

My sympathies, my admirations and my agreement on the general opinion of the fineliners. I really hate not having any actual advice to help you, but my only idea would be 'Keep yourself happy, do what´s gotta be done, things will get better', and I can imagine how that might just be stupid and frustrating to hear from someone who´s not related to anything at all. Still, you´ll have my sympathies. In lack of better. ~MOSM~