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Haven't done much except for some schoolwork the past week or so. I started to re-read sunshine again, and even though I'm not usually a fan of vampire novels, I really like this one. And even though Sunshine almost never stops describing Con's hideous looks, in my mind he will always look like Adrian Brody.

Anyway, I worked on one of my assignments a bit, and I've decided that instead of trying to do every illustration style I can possibly manage, I'll try to channel my focus into two main styles. I won't go into detail about what those styles are, but this is one of them:

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Anyway, my sister's managed to find and download (how did she manage it? I couldn't when I tried) the really old Monkey Island games, and is having the time of her life.
Although, when she talks to me while she plays it, she sounds more than a little schizophrenic.

heart_mint says: ...I totally just asked a woodsmith HOW MUCH WOOD COULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD?
heart_mint says: A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK NO AMOUNT OF WOOD SINCE A WOODCHUCK CAN'T CHUCK WOOD.
steam_pilot says: ...
steam_pilot says: That is so 1993. Seriously.
heart_mint says: BUT IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK AND WOULD CHUCK SOME AMOUNT OF WOOD, WHAT AMOUNT OF WOOD WOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK?
heart_mint says: shut up i'm lolling
heart_mint says: EVEN IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD, AND EVEN IF A WOOD CHUCK WOULD CHUCK WOOD, SHOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK WOOD?
heart_mint says: A WOODCHUCK SHOULD CHUCK IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD, AS LONG AS A WOODCHUCK WOULD CHUCK WOOD.
heart_mint says: man, all the good games were back then

Anyway, I had a hankering for Smallville fics a while ago, so I pretty much read everything I came across and drew some fanart. Not really sure if I should post it because it's not great... but maybe if I ever get around to colouring it.

Man, my life is dull.


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Also, my copy of the Fables Covers book finally arrived!



It's so beautiful..! It's pretty awesome as well, it includes progress and thumbnails, and it's a great price for such a big book.
I found out today that James Jean is having a show in New York... the day after I leave. How disappointing...

And also, a painting I did for practice:

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We had to sit through a few hours of presentations today, and since my desk is right behind a concrete pole, I hid behind it the entire time to draw Kakyoin. Anyone surprised? Anyone? Anyone? anyone... any...

I don't have a lot to say about it, since now that I look at it again, it really is kind of an ugly picture. Anyway.


( ZA WARUDO )

heart_mint refuses to read Part 4, so I don't have it in my possession. But I'm planning to read it in the future. I'm starting Part 5 (Golden Wind) instead. I really... like Giorno. He's really cute.

Remember the sketchbook I was talking about a bit ago?
Well, they've been printed and are up for sale! 8D
There are 4 covers for you to choose from:
1. Sober (uh, sold out)
2. This hobo
3. Ironman
4. Super Special Awesome Cover

I don't really have sample pages except for the ones I've already posted in this journal before...

Anyway, they're $7.00 CAD, plus $4.00 CAD shipping everywhere. I think they have around 50 pages.

Pleeeaase support us! It's for a good cause!
And I'll put up pics of the other covers if I can get ahold of them.

So to buy one, please clickity click:

Please leave a comment or email me (with the email you paid with) with which cover you want, because if you don't I will just choose a random one.

Thanks!

I haven't done any homework all weekend. Go me.
I decided to be a complete procrastinator for the last two weeks. I'll just take things as they come.

Anyway, my class has this sort of sketchbook thing going on that we're selling to raise money for our class, and I'm putting 3 sketches in. I was going to put my previous Godspeed sketch in, but when I looked at it again I thought it didn't feel up to par, so I re-sketched him.


( Commissioner Godspeed again )

The sketchbook won't only have my stuff in, it'll have lots of awesome stuff from my classmates (they're really awesome). I'm not sure how many pages it'll be but I think they're gonna sell for $10.00 CAD each. Give me a hollah if you're interested. 8D


So, I think I sketch a lot better on paper, as opposed to on computer. It just feels more natural, and I'm also not staring at a screen.
It's better to ink with tablet though. I actually like inking on paper more, but with the tablet I don't have to clean the scans, which I hate doing.

I sketched this pic of young!Jade on paper and inked it in photoshop. To practice inking and toning and all the good stuff.


( Howl, is that you? )

So a few days ago, the goggles I ordered arrived! Jubilations!

My parents have gotten completely used to seeing shit from "Army Surplus" show up at my house. I don't think anything can shock them after the gas mask.

( Goggles! )

Finally finished colouring the goddamn lineart.


( YEAH, STILL HER )

I've finished putting the copy on too, so I have to start my other illustration that's due on Friday. Hopefully I can manage to simplify it enough that it won't take SO long.

Edit: Oh yes, in case you were wondering, this is the Chinese creation myth.

Edit2: Oh yes, remember The Shipyard painting?
It's for sale ($950, frame and matte included) so if you're interested give me a hollah.

Here's the oil painting I did for my school's fund raising class:

( The Shipyard )


( Nu-Wa )

The people in my class were all explaining their tasks/duties to the rest of my class today, and when it got to Jorge, he said:
"I'm making the website with Christopher."

WHAT THE FUCK YOU LOSER. WHAT ABOUT ME? I SPENT ALL DAY CODING THAT FUCKING ROLLOVER YESTERDAY AND TEACHING YOU HOW TO CODE BECAUSE YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT FRAMES ARE.

Well when it got to my turn, I told everyone that I'm helping Jorge with the site but he forgot about me. Everyone booed at him and told him he's voted off the island.

Anyway.

I seemed to not have a very good memory, because I can't seem to remember how to draw Jay, so I doodled him a few times yesterday. And I think people miss him (right?) so here he is.


( Jay doodles. Inc pornface )

It's lunch, and since I ate like an hour ago, I guess that means I just sit around waiting for the teacher to arrive again (since she still need to go over with me about what needs to be revised for my homework.)

Anyway, I decided to try my hand at CGing again yesterday since I (finally) finished Devil Summoner (Belial is hot) and didn't feel like doing homework or working on projects or anything productive like that.

For the longest time I was using a photoshop brush at whatever opacity I happened to use it at (usually flex between 30 - 60% or so) but I finally turned on opacity jitter for pen pressure.
And wow, what a difference it made.


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Edit: I took a photo of the painting that's due at the end of the week to show my mom cause she really wanted to see it.
It's... I dunno, it seems pretty incomplete to me but I don't know what to do with it.
I guess I'll post it around to ask for some advice.

( Landscape painting )

In class right now, and waiting for the teacher to get around to looking at my assignment. In the mean time I don't want to do anything productive, really, so I'm sitting around , surfing, and typing up an entry.

Honestly, the thing I like most about macs are the dashboard. They're just so awesome. Too bad my dictionary widget broke, or it'll be even moar awesome. And that's M-O-A-R.

A CG I finished a few days ago, it's also up on my site.

( Honeysyn Comish )

I find that I'm also pretty hesitant to go to print shops in general, unless the specialize in making... say... manga prints for cons or something. It feels like I'm getting in their way. They have all these companies making thousands of copies of brochures and posters, and here I am, demanding that they make 25 copies of some crappy animu pic for me. My sis tells me I need to be more thick-skinned, but if I were I wouldn't really be thinking about this.

...Uh, yeah. Apparantly I fail at html.