To continue or scrap the idea?

This cartoon was for the energy week poster competition...
I tot the idea was great...overuse of electricity.
then i re read the rules and theme of the competition, which i later decide just to scrap the cartoon because it was not the right message.
the theme is conservation, not over use it. although at first the cartoon is being sarcastic. but being so the original message/purpose of the cartoon is not there.

sometimes its best to redo or perhaps scrap the idea. just try to innovate/create something new. something better. as a cartoonist doing weekly cartoons, there are some occasions i've finished inking but then a better idea came. i choose to draw a new one becoz the new idea is a winner.

"letting go is hard, but living the mistake is torture," ambuyart. :p

number of pages

i hav been meeting with somebody (no! not with another girl lah, sayang...its bisnes talk honest!) and havnt yet confirm about the size, pages, paper etc etc.

to avoid confusion, to all contributors just stick with the original measurement stated earlier in this blog.

what i can expect, right now is the limited number of pages of 36. its the production printing minimum for efficient cost thingy.

so since theres limited pages i would like to 'tender' out these spaces to as many talents i can find, as possible. (teruk jua grammar ku ani)

i prefer quality is than quantity.
but i wld want an evo, a lexus hybrid, and a tesla electric car....rather than one rollsroyce.

ok lah RR is ultra quality. but wldnt we like to see other talents too?

if one artist takes 16 pages....so left 16 for others. (4 pages is for covers, editorial and advert space).

wat i can do is a continuation..like maybe 4pages for each issue.

u may want to submit a draft first. i want to expose talents but i dont like turning down one. thats the hardest part but i cant avoid it.

Aim for the moon, even if u missed it u might land yrself on a star! and fry yrself.

speeeeeed

How to measure yr speed drawing cartoons/manga/illustrations? mph? km/h? lines per second or pages per day?

Aku pun nda sure. but we can assume our speed fm our past projects..

i did a 13 page illustration for dbp which i got 3rd prize (2nd was my fren rezuan) in 2 weeks.
25 illustrations in 4 weeks for the energy book 2007.
then there's once 5 cartoons for borneo bulletin in just one working day..friday. 6 hours of worktime, so thats 0.83 cartoons per hour? (i came abit late, then friday prayer, lunch etc etc)
how abt 3 projeks simultaneously in one week. alhamdulillah, siap jua...

im not bragging of my performance but wen im slow, im very slow.

usually i can draw a caricature in 15mins or just in 6 tops.
but if u let me draw during my 'free time' itll take me weeks...or maybe never becoz i mightve lost the pic.
if im sick, im really sick like i dont want to do anything.

its hard to even knowing my true speed. becoz i cant ignore the 'malas' and 'health' factor. it affects the overall performance.

to students u hav sports, studying,exam and lepakking time.
to those with family u got family matters.
like me i got other 'things' to do.

motivation. discipline. ability.

thats my creative engine.