My husband is usually playing Youtube videos or watching a Stream on twitch that I'll usually pay attention to. But if not that I have a giant mush of music I love to listen to on my Spotify account P:
Basically just anything to keep myself up of what I'm doing. c: Pop, rock, alternative, or even hip hop - as long as I'm either singing along with them or not to keep my place sound dull and dead. XD
I like listening to the radio. When I was working in different hospitals, they always had the radio on and it always brought a lighter mood. I guess it stuck, but it works for me.
I put my mp3 player on shuffle and let whatever play. Unless I need to get into a kind of mood I want, e.g. Sad OST for sad scenes, boombastic songs for action sequences. Stuff like that.
I try my best to pick songs in accordance with what I'm drawing, so sad songs during sad scenes or exciting songs during action etc.
But I'm a massive fan of Yuki Kajiura, Kalafina, Yoko Kanno, Joe Hisaishi so I'm often indulging myself in music of that genre xD
Music, a random assortment of them. Though i've been favoring a lot of Electroswing and bit-tune musics. Sometimes I'll put on a lets play of a game I've planned before to listen to (Often Jack or Mark, since their high energy keeps me going.)
Lately, it's been The Lumineers' latest album, but I have Pandora or 8tracks on for specific moods when I write.
i have a pandora station dedicated to post-rock, which is my favorite overall genre of music, and fits the mood of my comic just about perfectly. i then take the songs that work best and place them into this playlist.
I don't know how many of you guys are spotify users, but it's the best for making comic-related playlists! I have hundreds of hours of themed lists for drawing to, plus you can connect with other creators and listen to their playlists.
I really like @cryoclaire's Drugs and Wires playlists on spotify, even though they have literally nothing to do with my comic <: D, plus I go to her twitch to listen in. I go to a lot of streams to listen in, actually !! Sometimes I even listen to her playlists on my commute hahah. here they are2
But I have this baby (hour long! D:) playlist for my comic (its historically accurate for the most part give or take a few tracks here maybe this is interesting for someone 8'D I also have a separate playlist for a character of mine here
I also like listening to bands on Night Flight and New Wave Theatre or I watch old concerts on YouTube (favorite channel for old concerts is Rozz Williams and family- there's so many hours of concerts I haven't even watched them all.)
Don't get me started on music! I sure could write a novel about different bands (or I don't know... a webcomic :"D ) but I LOVE to share things that might be relevant to other people's comics and interests, if you ever wanna PM me 8'' DDD
IT DEPENDS what part of the process I'm on!!
If I'm on a really think-heavy part like thumbnails or scripting, I listen to lyricless music (usually video game soundtracks like Minecraft or Binding of Isaac); if I'm on inking or colouring or something where having something with more talking to listen to helps me focus, I listen to Let's Plays in the background. :>
I just play whatever song comes to my mind. Recently, I've been listening to Woodkid's songs and his music helps me concentrate.
Sometimes, I listen to boss battle music from various video games, sometimes anime opening themes, and sometimes I even watch anime while drawing. Just depends on my mood.
Alt+J and Gorillaz are currently my go to music when I'm drawing. But if it's hours until deadline I like to just put Robyn's "Dancing on My Own" on repeat. That or "Bring Him Home" from Les Mis, if only to sing along during the "IF I DIE, LET ME DIE!" bit.
well these days i find myself listening to podcast, audio books or people talking about my areas of interest.
I try to fit music to the mood I'm drawing, BUT sometimes I say screw it and put it all on shuffle. When not doing that, I throw something from Youtube or a movie on for just background noise to keep from sitting in silence. (I hate silence.) Generally the type of music I listen to is instrumental, or OST's from games and movies. At the moment, I'm really digging Two Steps From Hell, and a lot of Dubstep.
ALL THE PODCASTS.
Like, seriously. I am a podcast junkie. I need silence or instrumental music when working on thumbnails and writing dialogue (I can't write words and listen to words at the same time), but the rest of the time, it's all podcasts all of the time. It helps me focus for longer chunks of time, since the podcasts I listen to are at least 20 minutes long - I'm able to focus on drawing for the duration of the episode. If I were listening to music instead, there would be a little gap between each song every 3 minutes or so, and my brain would take that opportunity to lose focus.
Recommendation-list!
History podcasts:
The British History Podcast - everything you ever wanted to know about British history. They're 200 episodes in (!), and they've only just reached the bit about the Vikings. Also, battle-cattle.
History of Rome1 - exactly what it says on the tin. The history of Rome, from the rise of the Republic to the final fall of the Western Empire. One of the rarest things in the world - a finished history podcast.
The History of Byzantium - a sort of spiritual sequel to History of Rome, though with a different host. The Western Roman Empire fell, but the Eastern Roman Empire kept on trucking for another 1000 years. This podcast follows the slow, impressive decline of Byzantium! Also known as "The infinite number of ways you can disagree about Jesus."
History of the Crusades - sets out to tell the story of the Crusades. All of them. From the first ill-considered venture to the Middle East all the way through to (right now) the crusade against the Cathars in Southern France. Should really be subtitled "Wow, Latin Christians are the worst people."
The Egyptian History podcast - hosted by a real live Egyptologist! Tells the story of the rise of the Egyptian cultures, all the way through from pottery sherds to magnificent pyramids and the Romans and everything in between.
Revolutions - hosted by Mike Duncan, the same guy who did the History of Rome-podcast. Tells the story of the various political revolutions in human history. Revolutions covered so far: the English Civil War, the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolution and the Haitian Revolution. Next up - Simon Bolivar!
You Must Remember This - the secret, obscure or forgotten histories of classical Hollywood. Everything from silent movie era scandals to Charles Manson, and every glittering movie star and dictatorial studio executive in-between.
Lore - straddles the line between folklore and weird history, exploring the odd and the unexpected, from the New England Vampire Panic to mysterious murders in 1940s England.
Non-history based podcasts:
Welcome to Night Vale - the voice of community radio in the weirdest place in the world, where hooded figures roam, the baseball diamond is haunted, and mountains may or may not be real (?). [NOTICE: Listening to this podcast will automatically put your name on a list at the Sheriff's Secret Police's office. What kind of list? That is classified information. Remember, citizens, if you see something, say "something." The Sheriff's Secret Police will hear you.]
The Black Tapes - a faux-documentary style podcast about paranormal investigation. I haven't listened since the end of season 1, because I am a scaredy cat and it freaks me out so badly.
Friends at the Table - an actual-play podcast of a bunch of friends playing tabletop roleplaying games with each other. Season one is all about fun adventures with boats and snowy places, with a wonderful holiday special two-parter which is all about warm, fuzzy feelings and contains absolutely no heartbreak whatsoever. Season two is a scifi game about political intrigue and cool robot fights and neon and - oh who am I kidding. This podcast will break your heart and you will love it for doing so. Get past the spotty audio in the first couple of episodes, and it turns into one of the best narratives I've ever listened to. NOTE: long episodes. Like, super-long. Like, the shortest ones are about an hour long, and the longest one is over three hours.
I either sit here in silence, or have my trusty playlists.
A different one for different genre of comic I'm working on. It ranges from electronic music for my sci-fi based series, to indie rock for slices of life, grunge rock/heavy metal for my dark/action series and instrumental/cinematic for my fantasy ones, and so on.
So like... just picking the right mood, and the creativity juices are flowing.
I dislike background noise, like someone talking or vehicles vrooming under my window, I can't concentrate.