keithcsmith's Formspring answers http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith http://www.formspring.me 60 As for more abstract, well I would say my desire to draw comics. I can recall when I was about 7-8 years old and sending in a submission to Marvel Comics, it was quite a thrill to get my first rejection letter (really a postcard). Which encouraged me to keep drawing, and was signed by Stan the Man himself!*

*I realize in retrospect that it was probably not actually written by Stan Lee himself but still it was pretty cool.]]> http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/2225633583 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/2225633583 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:44:37 -0500 keithcsmith http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/1494613340 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/1494613340 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:17:00 -0400 keithcsmith http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/1398285954 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/1398285954 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 07:46:39 -0400 keithcsmith http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/1288433842 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/1288433842 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:02:11 -0400 keithcsmith http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/1006790259 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/1006790259 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:53:50 -0400 keithcsmith
There were a few turning points in terms of the style of comic I do. For the longest time I wanted to draw super hero comics, I copied the styles of all the greats. (Not that I copied them well) After showing my stuff to some folks they pointed out that all I was doing was recreating the work of someone else. That caused a light bulb to go off in my head and this marked the point when my style went to a more cartoony slant. I'd like to say that it was a normal cartoon, but even back then (1984 or so?) my comics were odd.

The other turning point was when my friend Mike gave me a copy of the book "Illusions" by Richard Bach. After reading that book my comics took on a different world view which seems to have crept into every comic I have every done. You see it in "L.O.S.T." and even more s in a 8 page mini-comic I did called "Reflections" And it may be even more prominent in my next comic project, which is still lacking a name or even a solid format at the moment.]]> http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/939113797 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/939113797 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:14:38 -0400 keithcsmith http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/672323754 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/672323754 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:01:45 -0400 keithcsmith http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/671279796 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/671279796 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:26:13 -0400 keithcsmith http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/671236780 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/671236780 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:16:51 -0400 keithcsmith http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/671234898 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/671234898 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:16:27 -0400 keithcsmith
How was that for answering the question while not answering the question?]]> http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/621565791 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/621565791 Mon, 31 May 2010 10:31:21 -0400 keithcsmith http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/416871138 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/416871138 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:39:33 -0400 keithcsmith
To which I must reply probably because I am weird.]]> http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/399465252 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/399465252 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:06:07 -0400 keithcsmith
Devil's Panties always ranks high up on the list for me though.]]> http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/381996357 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/381996357 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:17:28 -0400 keithcsmith http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/369652835 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/369652835 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:36:43 -0400 keithcsmith http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/321013163 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/321013163 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:18:50 -0400 keithcsmith
ooooooo shiny....]]> http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/321006748 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/321006748 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:17:52 -0400 keithcsmith http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/314277920 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/314277920 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:15:08 -0400 keithcsmith http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/314277610 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/314277610 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:14:45 -0400 keithcsmith http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/314277176 http://www.formspring.me/keithcsmith/q/314277176 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:14:18 -0400 keithcsmith