the thing is, somebody cares. i know your best friend seems really busy all the time and is shit at texting but she still loves you and she talks to you more than she talks to anyone else and you’re the only breath of calm she has on this planet. the boy in your science class loves seeing what music you’re listening to on your headphones - he has the same taste and wishes he had the nerve to ask you about it. your english teacher loves the insight you have on your papers. somebody cares. the person who lives down the street from you notices when you are sick because they don’t see you stomping your way to the schoolbus - it’s how they know it’s time to get their breakfast ready. somebody is looking for you at the party, even if they don’t know they’re really looking for you - but when you don’t show up, some part of them is disappointed. somebody is looking for you in the library, in the spot where you eat lunch, in front of that one step you always seem to trip on. i know your parents are a complicated mess and there’s drama between your friends and your love life is sort of shaped like a constant question and everybody seems all caught up in their own lives and their own happiness and nobody really notices: but somebody always does. every face in your dreams is someone you have met, and that means that you are in a million’s stranger’s heads. they see you when they go to bed. and somebody cares. somebody still thinks about you even though you were just a person with a nice outfit or good eyeliner or a great smile or because you were having one of those moments that are so charmingly human in nature or because they regret not asking if you needed help when you fell or because they wonder what you were thinking about or drawing or writing or just because you’re alive, and that makes you fascinating. somebody cares. when you were on break from work and saw a dog hanging his head out of the car and suddenly broke into a smile: there was a girl in the back of that car, and I was her, and I still think about you, and i hope you get more chances to smile like that. and there is you, sitting here reading this, and by some small extension, meeting me, and i am telling you, I care. somebody always does. i promise. i promise. you are loved.
Here’s the Color Script that I made for ParaNorman’s end credit sequence. The second image has my concept art pieces added to the Color Script.
The 4 min long “roll” that I painted was one of the most exciting and stressful things I did on ParaNorman. I didn’t have much time to complete it. I was able to be quite loose and quick with my strokes, which I think added to it’s appeal in the end.
Art of the Title did a great interview with Aaron Sorenson who was our director on the end credit sequence.http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/paranorman/
There are two types of people in the world: Those who eagerly countdown to the first day it’s socially acceptable to put up Halloween decorations and those who realize a few days before Halloween that it’s time to throw together a costume. Thegraphic design company Baboon Creation is definitely the former. The site has been counting down to Halloween since October 1 with graphics than transform horror’s scariest creatures into adorable GIFs.
The 2015 Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular is currently underway in Iroquois Park in Louisville, KY. Once again the master pumpkin carving artists from Passion for Pumpkins (previously featured here) have outdone themselves by carving 5,000 awesome jack-o’-lanterns that currently line a ¼-mile walking trail, lit up in spooktacular fashion from dusk to 11pm through November 1st, 2015.
Validation - it’s ok that I hurt and want to feel better
Reassurance - I can handle this pain, even though it hurts and I don’t like it
Perspective taking: I’ve had bad days like this before, and my record of making it through them is 100%. I can also remember my better days, and know I’m not always hurting this much
Hi, I'm Tim Lai! I'm a cartoonist living in Ontario, Canada. I like drawing cute and colourful things. This blog is a hub where you can find all of my Tumblr, DeviantArt, Flickr, Blogspot, and other posts in one place.
About My Work
I write and draw Lemon Inc., a comic about a seven-year-old who wants to be a business tycoon when he grows up. Until then, he runs a lemonade stand. You can read it at www.lemon-inc.com.
I have done some professional web and graphic design work, including designing the website for the webcomic, Just Joel. I'm also a member of the webcomic collective, Ink Bomb Comics.
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