Yeah I know the fashions there arn't too hot, but hey, It sure beats working at a concessions stand!

Ya got me there.:)

Eh, the fasions there are overrated. I see images of their so called trends and cringe. Granted, I'm not into any trendy clothes, but those are especially bad.

I agree, but I look at this subject from a very specific perspective. I did my master's thesis on fashion and identity in Tokyo. It's complex and the thesis is super dull reading but in general you are right. The fashion thing here is way overrated. And to be honest most people here are clones. They follow whatever is popular at any given time and change their style when the wind changes direction. That's one reason why I am working for the Gap. It's not too trendy and you can mix and match easily. I worked for Ralph Lauren here in Tokyo a few years back and that was hell.

I am an artist at heart so I tend to be pretty simple when it comes to my own style so I don't worry to much about the trends.

Man. I'd die to work at the GAP in Tokyo! But you're right, 2,400,000 yen a year is nothing in Tokyo. What are you're housing arrangements?(if you don't mind my asking. )

The idea of working at the Gap in Tokyo, I agree, is really cool. I speak Japanese all day and hang out selling clothes. The reality is a bit different. I live in a descent apartment with my wife but she basically puts food on the table. I have to buy Gap clothing so that cuts into my already meagre income. I am lucky that I get a chance to do something that few westerners do but I just wish the conditions were a little better. I would really like to be a full-time artist...but that is probably going to have to wait for the next life.

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I think college would just destroy my love for sewing. The teacher would tell me to do this, and do it that way, and I don't need that.

Doing stuff yolu don't want to though, thats actually really GOOD for you. It allows you to grow and become better. I'm not especially interisted in drawing realistically, but I am currently taking a course that deals with that. Why? I want to draw backgrounds better. And learn how to draw human bodies (theres actually an entire course delt to that). Because if I can become better at sketching how bodies look with correct proportion, then I can draw characters better, human or otherwise. Learning something you don't want to work with can allow you to become better at what you want to work with.

I didn't mean like techniques, I meant more as in I'd rather do what MY inspiration tells me to do, not what the text book or whatever tells me to do. What if I don't want to do that pair of pants they say the next project is? What if I dream of a lovely coat instead? So far the only real technique problem I have is handsewing, which I've been practicing and actually made buttonholes by hand on a previous project which was a pain but it was something I needed practice on and I did it anyway.

Anyways, I'm trying to become a cartoonist. Stupid hard field to get into, I know. But everyday I open the comics in the paper and hate what I see. I want to make better strips.

Man! that will always be the dream for me, to be a cartoonist. But I am aiming more for comic books. And I am totally with you about backgrounds.

I loved school and studying and research.

But here's the killer........I work at the Gap in Tokyo now. I don't make more than 24K a year.  I'm going to cry now so I'm going to sign off.:(

I think college would just destroy my love for sewing. The teacher would tell me to do this, and do it that way, and I don't need that.

Doing stuff yolu don't want to though, thats actually really GOOD for you. It allows you to grow and become better. I'm not especially interisted in drawing realistically, but I am currently taking a course that deals with that. Why? I want to draw backgrounds better. And learn how to draw human bodies (theres actually an entire course delt to that). Because if I can become better at sketching how bodies look with correct proportion, then I can draw characters better, human or otherwise. Learning something you don't want to work with can allow you to become better at what you want to work with.

I know speed limit is called speed -limit- but honestly, theres no rule that says you can't go a few miles over or under. Legally, cops can't pull you over unless you're going 10 or more above whats posted on the sign. And going under is just as dangerous as going over. And a pedometer might not be 100% accurate, off by just a mile or two. 10 is more or less the point where you are fully aware of going over. Speed cops don't make much money anyways. And sitting in a car for hour upoin hour just watching traffic? In 100 degree heat? Boooooring.

Anyways, I'm trying to become a cartoonist. Stupid hard field to get into, I know. But everyday I open the comics in the paper and hate what I see. I want to make better strips.

basically I wanna do what Aaron does heh

"9 you're fine. 10 you're mine."-Police Saying

yep, my cruise control is always set for 9 over lol

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