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I Fail At Life, That's Why I Became An Artist.

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Mr.Lodge


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JonInIowaCity

You failed at creating a working link. Just an FYI...

spazaru

I'm not a big fan of Erica's work on Jughead, but I couldn't do any better and I certainly don't have a career half as cool as she does.  I WISH I had a talent I enjoyed that others were willing to pay for. 




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Quote from: spazaru on April 17, 2016, 07:37:56 AM
I'm not a big fan of Erica's work on Jughead, but I couldn't do any better and I certainly don't have a career half as cool as she does.  I WISH I had a talent I enjoyed that others were willing to pay for.

Well, somebody must like her artwork, and more importantly, some of those somebodies are comic book editors, so...  :-X
It's kind of hard for me to see it personally, because I know there's so much competition in the comic art field, and I'm seeing tons of talented folks just posting their artwork online on DeviantArt.com or elsewhere, or setting up tables in artists' alleys in conventions, yet those people still don't have work that's been professionally published, even though they seem to have gobs of talent. So I guess it's a combination of factors besides just raw talent. (Plus, her dad is C.J. Henderson, a published writer who basically worked his way up through the semi-professional levels of publishing, and he probably taught her a few tricks about hooking up with publishers.)

But beauty's in the eye of the beholder, as they say. Who can explain Betty Cooper's being smitten with Archie, anyway?  ???

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Quote from: JonInIowaCity on April 17, 2016, 07:11:06 AM
You failed at creating a working link. Just an FYI...


yeah, I don't know how he got all those slashes and http: stuck in there. It's just plain ericafailsatlife.tumblr.com

daren

Oh so you decided to say the answer to my trivia question that I PMed you De, that no one got yet. I can't get mad though because only Fernando got it and I doubt anyone else would have. Yeah, Erica's father wrote this.






daren

And Erica and her mother were stuck with a huge medical bill when old C.J. died (she's his only child) so if Fernando can't be doing Jughead I'm glad she is. (Yeah I can guilt with the best of them too.)

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Quote from: daren on April 17, 2016, 04:51:49 PM
And Erica and her mother were stuck with a huge medical bill when old C.J. died (she's his only child) so if Fernando can't be doing Jughead I'm glad she is. (Yeah I can guilt with the best of them too.)


It was my understanding that she already has a job, and she basically had to make time to work Jughead into her schedule.

daren


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Quote from: daren on April 17, 2016, 05:17:29 PM
Hospital bills aren't cheap.


Well, I wish her luck. I'm sure she'll find something she's better suited for than Jughead, though.

GingerGal

From the pictures of her in the article she doesn't seemed too upset about failing at life. As a matter of fact she looks pretty happy at her current life. People may not like her art work and especially on Jughead, but I can tell you one thing I couldn't have done even close to what she did and I wouldn't even have gotten a chance because I suck at art.

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Quote from: GingerGal on April 22, 2016, 12:17:31 PM
From the pictures of her in the article she doesn't seemed too upset about failing at life. As a matter of fact she looks pretty happy at her current life.


I don't even think professional psychologists and psychiatrists could definitely rule out clinical depression based on a few photographs where the person appears happy. I think that's what they mean when you hear the expression "appearances can be deceiving". They would probably pay more attention to what the person had to say about herself and how she answered a series of questions. Since most people don't have paparazzi following them around, it would be pretty easy to avoid having your picture taken when you were feeling down and depressed. Easier still to avoid putting the odd picture taken of you when you weren't feeling good about yourself on the internet. You just never know, some people can be really good at faking it and keeping up appearances even while they're struggling with themselves on the inside. Hopefully you'll never know about that.

GingerGal

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 22, 2016, 01:27:33 PM
Quote from: GingerGal on April 22, 2016, 12:17:31 PM
From the pictures of her in the article she doesn't seemed too upset about failing at life. As a matter of fact she looks pretty happy at her current life.


I don't even think professional psychologists and psychiatrists could definitely rule out clinical depression based on a few photographs where the person appears happy. I think that's what they mean when you hear the expression "appearances can be deceiving". They would probably pay more attention to what the person had to say about herself and how she answered a series of questions. Since most people don't have paparazzi following them around, it would be pretty easy to avoid having your picture taken when you were feeling down and depressed. Easier still to avoid putting the odd picture taken of you when you weren't feeling good about yourself on the internet. You just never know, some people can be really good at faking it and keeping up appearances even while they're struggling with themselves on the inside. Hopefully you'll never know about that.
She could be pulling the wool over everyone eyes but she could also be actually be happy. We don't know. I am just going by what I got to see at quick glance and that was smiling photos. I'm not a Psychologist and will never have the opportunity to ask her questions either, but I also think a person can also hide emotions very well by avoiding answers and giving other false answers. Just saying.

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Quote from: GingerGal on April 22, 2016, 02:38:44 PM
Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 22, 2016, 01:27:33 PM
Quote from: GingerGal on April 22, 2016, 12:17:31 PM
From the pictures of her in the article she doesn't seemed too upset about failing at life. As a matter of fact she looks pretty happy at her current life.


I don't even think professional psychologists and psychiatrists could definitely rule out clinical depression based on a few photographs where the person appears happy. I think that's what they mean when you hear the expression "appearances can be deceiving". They would probably pay more attention to what the person had to say about herself and how she answered a series of questions. Since most people don't have paparazzi following them around, it would be pretty easy to avoid having your picture taken when you were feeling down and depressed. Easier still to avoid putting the odd picture taken of you when you weren't feeling good about yourself on the internet. You just never know, some people can be really good at faking it and keeping up appearances even while they're struggling with themselves on the inside. Hopefully you'll never know about that.
She could be pulling the wool over everyone eyes but she could also be actually be happy. We don't know. I am just going by what I got to see at quick glance and that was smiling photos. I'm not a Psychologist and will never have the opportunity to ask her questions either, but I also think a person can also hide emotions very well by avoiding answers and giving other false answers. Just saying.

True enough. I guess she might be, or should we pay more attention to the fact that she titled her blog "I fail at life"? She could have titled her page almost anything, but for some reason she chose that. It might just be her idea of humor, but I sort of wonder why she would choose to present herself in a self-depreciating manner to people from the get-go. I hope she's as happy as she appears in photos, but I guess we'll never know, like you say.

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