| Friday Night Bulk! |
[Nov. 27th, 2009|02:06 pm] |
"The Inedible Bulk" decides he's fed up with "Slick Jones". And really, who can blame him? From "Bet There'll Be Battle!" in Not Brand Echh! #9, 1968. Story by Roy Thomas, art by Marie Severin and Tom Sutton.
Thanks to everyone who voted me to victory last week at Spacebooger.com! Head over there later tonight to vote on this week's Friday Night Fights! |
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| Leeds Thought Bubble news coverage |
[Nov. 27th, 2009|04:23 pm] |
Aha, found out about this thru my twitter friends. Here be a youtube clip from the regional news coverage of the event. OMG, comics aren't just for kids, SHOCK HORROR. Let's play Spot Who You Know XD
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[Nov. 27th, 2009|02:27 am] |
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I keep wanting to write something here and I can never think of what to say. LOL! Life is ... well boring ^_^;. It's so uninteresting I have to actually sit and think about what I did during the day besides go to work, come home and draw, sleep, then do it all over again. That's not a bad thing though. I'm glad things are quiet ^^!
Thanksgiving was pleasently pleasent and quiet and I fell asleep about three different times after stuffing my face. Got to see my sisters and their very young kids. I keep forgetting they both had kids in the last year in a half >___>;;. One was just born in September, the other May of last year... I'm so uninterested in the having children aspect of life I do a double take when I see they have NEW ones. Guh. They got big... The one thing that's irritating about family get togethers is the interrogations about how things are going. I seriously answer the same way each year. I work and draw. I'm saving up and building my portfolio. Thankfully no one asked when I was going to have kids. I've bluntly told them all I'll start considering it at 30 XD! It was good to see my sisters and nieces though.
*sigh* On the art front I'm feeling kinda... stuck. I'll call it an artblock until I think of a better word. I was talking with some friends and telling them I feel like my work is becoming stagnant and boring. Not the comic pages. Those are fine weirdly enough. It's everything else. I come to this conclusion probably every year around this time. LOL! The stress of having commissioned work I'm behind causes me some anxiety. Like... can't breathe, shaking, extremely upset legitmate anxiety. Attacks. My biggest worry is the end result won't be good and the commissioner will be upset. This has yet to happen but I keep expecting it XD;;. This LIST that never seems like it's getting smaller and I'm stupidly about to take on more work. I need the money though. I'm overwhelmed (and will be more so in a day) I know but... I think I'll be okay. I can usually talk myself into anything and once I finish ONE thing I feel so much better. I just have to keep that up for... well however many I have left. It's worth it in the end. I learn so much with my commissioned work and it's more art to add to my portfolio ^o^!
Hrm, guess I did have something to talk about. LOL! |
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| Test post |
[Nov. 25th, 2009|06:14 pm] |
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Testing whether this crossposts to Facebook...please ignore... |
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| Teehee stickers |
[Nov. 25th, 2009|02:14 pm] |
So these turned out really nice and I stuck them on my sketchbook. They're a lot sharper and brighter in person... i just take crappy pics.
I only have these two right now, but I'm probably gonna get the other ones made. Dammit i love stickers. ^^;
I'll sell 'em since I have to get sheets anyway. 4 for $1 sounds fair? |
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| Hurmmm.... X-men? |
[Nov. 24th, 2009|08:02 pm] |
So now I'm reading-
X-men Forever [too much crazy stuff to list]
Dark X-men [Norman Osborne shouldn't mess with Mystique. Bad things are gonna happen, plus EvilDr.McCoy :)]
New Mutants [this is a total retro trip to me, but it also manages to have a good feel as a followup to the X-force era as well]
X-men Legacy [Rogue as younger X-men's tutor, and Daniel Arcuna's art is somethingelse]
Uncanny X-men First Class [cheesy allages miniseries title]
Ultimate Comics X [ART ADAMS ON AN ONGOING!]
Uncanny X-men
Sure there's too many mutants [Decimation clearly did NOT help things], but I've been enjoying the artist choices for X-books lately, love the Dark X-men storyline, and just have a fun time with X-men Forever. I've now sucummed into getting Uncanny X-men, despite not really being a big Greg Land fan [UrGhHhHhH! The light table abuse! Still pretty, but urgh 0_o Did love the Sisterhood though. I hope they find a good way to use Maddie someday], because hey, The Dodsons are the other art team, and it's pretty good either way.
Though between superhero comics, Transformers comics [which I pick up sporadically], webcomics and manga [I buy a ton, and am currently plowing through the library's stuff on top of that], I'm not really reading as many indy comics as I used too. Mostly cause the stuff I really like isn't being published as often.... Diamond's shift to not offering stuff again has also lead to a decrease to me. I dunno. Might pick up something of that sort sometime soon. Though mainstream publishers like Scholastic are offering stuff that's along the lines of what I liked in indy comics anyways.
It seems like Slave Labor and Oni are the only small publishers of the early 00's still around, with Jeff Smith's Rasl and Fantagraphics being the other exceptions. Much of what I see popping up is licensed comics or off-brand superhero stuff [Alex Ross's Project SuperPowers looks cool mind you], so it's a really big change from when I was a kid and you'd see all kinds of stuff in Previews. |
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| New catgirl - NSFW |
[Nov. 24th, 2009|10:53 am] |
Well, appointment with AHCCCS went well this morning. Had all my paperwork, for the first time ever! So now it's just a wait for approval. Time for prayers to whatever deity is responsible for speeding along administrative paperwork...
This is what I have this morning. Hopefully will have more later today, as well as updates for some people who are waiting for them. Super tired and worn out, but lots of stuff to pay for ASAP, so trying to get as much done as my body will allow.
( NSFW ) |
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| Cosplay Ball - dress??? |
[Nov. 23rd, 2009|06:50 pm] |
Hmm...
After trying to sing with my chest binder on and finding it a chore (as ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) emmav and I will be performing at the Ball), and also thinking about the work I need to do this week and the amount of sewing left, and I'd need to cut Matt's hair, and considering that me and Matt will be doing our Rosencreuz Orden uniforms for Minami and definitely for May Expo 2010...
I'VE DECIDED THAT MATT & I WILL BE GOING AS GENTLEMAN/WOMAN PIRATES!!!
Sorry Trinity Blood fans... I hope that you don't mind...
(I bought this dress a few months ago and I haven't had an excuse to wear it as a whole yet, so there)
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| Speedpaint 25 - Tiger 2 |
[Nov. 23rd, 2009|01:27 pm] |
I downloaded some new texture brushes the other day. Thought I'd do a close-up of a tiger to figure out some fur painting techniques. Haven't figured out a technique that works yet, but it's a start. I'll keep working at it.
This time I painted the figure before the background. I wanted to put all my time and effort into the tiger since he was the primary focus of the composition. I used less saturated colors on the background to try to get the tiger to "pop" more.
Photoshop CS3, 59 minutes. |
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| meme thing |
[Nov. 23rd, 2009|04:58 am] |
You know how sometimes people on your friends list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when were they working THERE? Since when were they dating HIM/HER? Since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you should already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.
Please copy the topics below, erase my answers and put yours in their place, and then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration. One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out. (:
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| Thing vs Hulk |
[Nov. 22nd, 2009|06:57 pm] |
I drew THING vs HULK for Jah Furry.
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