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Barvem - QA

Posted by Aalasteir - 3 days ago


@Barvem - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index


Q: What is the inspiration behind you creating comics?


A: I didn't originally pick comics to be honest. I wanted to start with animation as you can see in my video section. That said, at the time, I didn't have my own computer. How I got interested was a friend at school who made these awesome comics that he's always had a rough time doing. He doesn't do them much anymore, and he and I still catch up, and he's a huge supporter. I dunno if he wants to be known, so I'm leaving it at that. Awesome guy though :)



- Chaos Persona


I been working on since middleschool probably about around '99. And to put it short, it's a science-fiction/fantasy about a world once plagued by a substance from space called Chaos. It was staved off by a hero, and the story starts at the aftermath where chaos eventually evolved to turn into more habitable forms. So basically final fantasy monsters. The hero of the story has genetic ties to the old chaos, as it bubbles to the surface in many forms depending on his attitude. And the story from there's about him finishing up a big job that ended up going from a simple delivery to being involved in the deep secrets of the world including a world ending monster.



Q: What did you learn about yourself creating Chaos Persona?


A: It went through a bunch of redos. It started off as borderline fanfiction lol. Even the name changed overtime. After a while, it's evolved into what it's turning into now. That kinda made me think about how my life changed without me even noticing. It got me to be curious about all kinds of things art can make you think about. So I learned a lot when making it. I'm into a good story, I love progression probably more than a fixed goal, and my attention span's shorter than I thought before I started these comics lol, that's pretty much what I learned.



Q: What is your process for creating a page?


A: For Chaos Persona, it's presentation from one panel to the next. So I'm just thinking about how it would look as if I was watching a show in my head. Stop at a point like a paused show, and I keep the picture in my head best I can. And if I can't, then just have fun with it. Continuity is key. Remembering where all the items are in the room and what they look like. I still have issues with that sometimes lol. I'd say I still have a lot to learn when it comes to certain things, but that's what makes it fun. Honestly, it's the details is when I get lost in my work because that's the fun part.



- More Barvem comics!


My Day with Barret, obviously just some days I spend with my first cat. It was also a means for me to practice comic making, so it's the first line of comics I made. Lazyman, it's a superhero spoof about the most powerful guy in fiction, because he can just say no to physics. His only weakness is he's just really lazy. Renegade Blue is the one I was working on right before my computer's USB ports blew out making it useless. It's a fantasy about fantasy monsters and cryptids living in a desert with natural borders so high, the majority of people can't get past.



Q: Where do you get your ideas for comics?


A: It's definitely got it's inspirations. Renegade Blue, the desert, weird crazy stuff happening, that's the atmosphere I got from Trigun. Chaos Persona, it's about a guy who's dragged back into his job that leads to something bigger in a fantasy world, obviously parallels Final Fantasy. My cat's my inspiration for my Barret comics obviously. And Lazyman...uh...I think I was just bored one day lol, Lazyman comics is a reboot of when I technically started making them which was when I was still in kindergarten.



Q: What are the elements that makes a comic interesting for you?


A: Nothing super unique I imagine: a good plot, great art to represent the plot in an engaging way, good pacing, and enough twists planned out well enough to make the act of going through the plot exciting enough to want to keep going.



Q: Your advice for creating art?


A: If you wanna be an artist, there are ways you can make your art better from basic shapes to the real fancy tricks that are popular with professionals. Getting your basic shapes down, knowing where lines go, that's a broad term to explain how you start out. Research. However! My advice is also stick to what makes you happy. Even if you can't do those things. If you enjoy drawing, if the action of moving a drawing utensil from point a to point b because it looks nice, and you keep doing it for years just because you like doing it constantly enough, you'll naturally start to find your own style and patterns, that's what makes an artist an artist to me.



Q: What anime and videogames do you like?


A: I'm not as good at picking new anime these days, I leave that to my friends. Older anime I've been into are stuff from toonami/Adult Swim back in the 2000s like Trigun, Hellsing, Big O, Cowboy Bebop, that kinda thing. Then the lesser mainstream ones like Legend of Crystania, Bakaretsu Hunters, Silent Mobius, probably a few others but I write a lot out of habit so moving on to games, mostly RPGs, action RPGs like Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid series, Legend of Dragoon, Legend of Zelda, shooting games, I was real into Destiny for a while, still play Red Dead Redemption 2. Jetpack Joyride's fun when I'm bored lol. There's a lot of stuff I like. But you can probably notice I've mostly been into stuff from the 2000s being a late 80's kid myself.



Q: Would you say media has affected your perception the world? And in what ways?


A: It definitely affected my perception of the world. It was an escape for me as a kid, and it feels like a reflection of intent as an adult. The one thing I know though is all I can do is guess. Sometimes it's obvious, sometimes not. Sometimes I overthink things, others I don't even notice. Like they say: art imitates life. So I stopped guessing and feel content just letting them say what they need to say. Folks say I'm a good listener lol that's probably why.



Q: Why do you like to go for long walks?


A: it's good for you. Also clears my head. The only thing that sucks is pain the day after when I walk too far on accident lol.



Q: How did you get interested in playing the guitar and the piano?


Piano, I got into it because of my great grandma playing on an old piano she had for a long time. Awesome lady, and despite her age, she was awesome at it. Guitar, well I was always into rock. Plus, you can't slide from one note to another on piano, and it sounds awesome.



Q: If you were to describe your experience with using the Internet how do you feel it has impacted you?


A: This is a new account, but I been using NG since the early flash days. Same with Albinoblacksheep, forums, I saw the beginnings of YouTube, instant messenger, social media, movie streaming platforms, the internet grew fast for me, same with a lot of stuff what with how it's allowed people to come together and talk about all kinds of things. Businesses building on old things like youtube when back in the day, it was just a bunch of folks sharing stuff. I'm still in the land of simplicity, but I'm interested how life went thanks to the internet. Good and bad things for sure, but it's not boring at least either way. Way too much for me to handle most times, but I respect it just the same.



Q: You travelled across the US a lot in your 20s. What did you see, and how did it change your perspective?


A: I saw a lot. I saw a snake nearly snap at me climbing up a dirt hill in the mountains, I had to take care of a spider nest that blew out in my tent, at night too, sucked! I saw a lot of old folks constantly throwing life advice my way like it was going out of style. People love to be heard I notice lol. I seen couples holding eachother at night in a greyhound bus. Kind faces handing out food for the homeless, crazy sad people cursing existence and everyone in it. Good and bad things are just part of life. Sometimes you just gotta accept both to be ok in the end.



Q: You were homeless in every state you traveled to. How did you survive?


A: Mostly luck. I did manage to get some kind of means to get food somewhat regularly most of the time. Other times, not so much, and I had to learn to stick close to the cities, and look for ways to work which is not easy when you're homeless, I can tell you that much. I found work, but it wasn't sustainable most times just jumping into town with nothing to your name. I was lucky though the homeless shelters had room, looked into food programs, bread lines, sometimes went out foraging in nature looking up youtube videos on how to survive on a phone that regularly had like 5 percent power lol. Pitched tents, set up a campfire area, pretty much spent my outdoors like that. The winters were always the worst, I had to find multiple ways to weatherproof and insulate it and tried multiple ways. But yeah, just learned as I went and learned a bit from others.



Q: Who are the Rimpushe and how did you meet them?


A: Actually, I misspelled that, my bad lol. They are the Rinpoche. The Rinpoche is an honorary title in Tibettan Bhuddism. They're teachers, particularly recognized as a reincarnation of previous lamas like dalai lama. So basically really important teachers where they come from. I met one of them through a family member who was helping out with Christmas decorations. Turned out, he took his holiday in Seattle that day. He was a really nice guy. He spoke a lot of deep conversations like he was talking about the weather and had a good sense of humor too. I'll always appreciate hanging out with the guy!



Q: What was it like being in the most expensive building in Seattle?


A: Well, once I got over my fear of heights, it was ok. People were just hanging out talking to eachother, they just had way more expensive food around, great bar too. Even had a piano I fiddled around on and got a few folks hanging around to listen to me play. I didn't pay much attention to the chatter really, it was kinda boring to be honest lol. I spent most of my time thinking man, it must suck being a window cleaner here.



Q: How did you nearly die on your first job?


Oh, I was in Louisianna working the dishwasher in the back, naturally, there's a hole in the floor for the water to escape cause lots of water around that kinda work. They have this table up front where they put the dishes out including silverware on a rack. This was behind me. I turn around, slip on a puddle and almost hit my head on the table chin first into the tray of silverware pointing right at my jugular. Luckily, I caught myself... on the handles of the silverware rack hanging at a steep angle lol. It was nuts xD I'm glad I didn't let go or catch myself then.



Q: How did you learn you can shake your eyeballs?


A: I dunno, I think I found out in m middle school? I just figured out I could do that and thought weird. Cool, but weird. The rest is history. Probably just focused too much I dunno lol.



Q: Your advice for life?


A: Honestly, I'm just making it up as I go. When something objective happens, is every single person on the planet going to get the same answer? Nope. Does life get hard? For sure! And everyone has their own interpretation for what that is. That means objective things do happen. Some things are meant to happen. I may be interested to find out what that is, but I'm finding it's better just to allow the answer to come along while I do my thing. That's pretty much my deal. Live life, pay attention to the little things. Don't be in a hurry to get where you need to go in the long run, you'll just burn yourself out most of the time. That's about all the advice I can think of. People come to their own conclusions how they get there. I like the love and peace route myself lol.



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