Do You Need Atmosphere?

[dawgofdawgness]

gasp :OOOOOOOOO
(Word limit lol)

[onyefrankie]

AYYYYYYYY! Dude got any recs? I've played Sinatra, Louis and Amy Winehouse to death.

[dawgofdawgness]

Hummm, I'm a big fan of Chet Baker and Charles Mingus, they do mostly mellow/soft jazz - and as for swing revival, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's music is really great too (it's LOUD)
Oh! And of course Cowboy Bebop is known for its jazz soundtrack, they do all kinds of jazz like bossa or bebop ^_^
I totally forgot about Amy Winehouse! I'm gonna have to listen to her music more!
Just in case though, here's my jazz playlist (that I've sent too many times!!)

to stay on topic, though, I recommend using spotify because I get wayyyy too distracted if I use Youtube or something like that.

[onyefrankie]

Oh my god dude don't get freaked out but I officially adore you!

[Penni]

For me, it's kind a game of "what's my mood today" sometimes I can't work unless it's silent, sometimes I can't unless the TV's running. Sometimes I can't write until I've thought about what I'm going to write more. Sometimes I need to workout before I can write.

Basically I'm complicated

[feardeer]

Music and lighting are important. Can't get shit done without music anymore. Lighting has to be bright enough to prevent excess eye strain, and dim enough to be cozy and comfortable. I can't work if I'm cold either, or if people are sitting where they can see my screen. I'd rather be entirely invisible, but that doesn't work out in my house.

[gh0stcr33p]

nope. I never listen to music and I only work on my comic during lunch at school on my phone.
[edit]
am I the only one here who literally never listens to music on my own?

[Akhdas]

yes i do need atmosphere because without it i die

[Shanny8]

Dont NEED it, but it does help get me going or make time fly by when I'm working on stuffs.

[xanedis]

I used to need that. Now, I do better without.

[JeffBaker]

if I'm writing I need pretty much silence, but if I'm drawing I need a movie or a podcast on.

[kip]

I need like... the opposite of an atmosphere lol
I draw best when my mind’s not on drawing? Get burnt out slower, better workflow, better results Maybe.
So for me watching TV or listening to podcast/ted talks/etc is ideal! I often do music out of laziness, though, haha.

For script & thumbnailing (when I need to focus on writing) I perfer silence .!

[mikemacdee]

When I draw or ink, I listen to music matching whatever I'm drawing or inking. If I'm writing, though, I only use music if I'm really stuck, or if I'm editing -- othewise the music might affect and limit what I end up putting on the page.

I keep little personal soundtracks to all my projects for inspiration though. I have a big one for Last of the Ghost Lions, my Tapas novel contest entry, made up of re-cut tracks from various action movie and tv synth scores.

[DiegoPalacios]

am I the only one here who literally never listens to music on my own?

When i was in school i didn`t listen to music on my own. If it was sounding and i liked it, i had no problem, but i never put a song on my own.

But in the recent years, most of the time i put some music to get in comic-making mood. (i still don`t use the radio of my car lol.)

[bear1]

It depends. I don’t care too much for the background musik, although nice music does help when I doodle
But I’m kinda sensitive when it comes to comfort. When I write I loaf around in bed with a notebook. That way I can concentrate the best.
When it comes to drawing the actual comic I really care for a good art set up, the right chair, table at the right angle, proper types of light etc.
Currently I work out of my in-laws basement (yeah, full filling the millennial cliche ) and had to set up a quick art area...it’s difficult to get good results because the chair is too hard, the table too flat (still have to get a proper art table, meh) and it’s too cold down there.
I already miss my art room at home

[Katy-L-Wood]

It really depends on what exactly I'm creating, and how I'm feeling that day. I usually do all my writing at my family cabin up in the mountains because it is quiet and isolated and I can't get on the internet there. It's nice. For art I'm either working with the TV on, or Youtube shows about horror stuff or true crime or mysteries. Sometimes I'll just listen to music.

[cocoasninja]

For some reason the only thing I can listen to when I'm writing is really loud punk music. And I have to be listening to it in order to write, even when I'm writing really cutest stuff. My roommates hate it, but that's just a motivator XD. And I can't possibly be out in public. I tried to write on a bus but a little girl sat down next to me and I panicked bc she kept looking at meee and I swear way too much for small children

[storytimebiondi]

Lets not forget some nice smooth stuff like Melody Gardot!

[ISNEKO]

and I swear way too much for small children

Pssssshhhhhhhhhhhh. They'll be fine.

[storytimebiondi]

They probably know at least 3 more swear words than you.