Yeah yeah, she kind of looks a little bit like someone. But I figure I'd make it easy for myself and have at least one character who's easy to reference. ^_^
My style has kind of been jumping all over the place... Probably a sign that I should be drawing more.
First Arts of 2010! Just a couple quickies to get me started for the year. (Pogo would have done the same.) I just wanted a couple of low-commitment pieces that'd get me in the mindset of productivity, rather than picking a heftier image or subject matter and getting stuck on it.
Click, click, and click again for full view. (LJ gallery is mildly ridiculous that way...)
Pogo
First art of the year! 1/3/2010. Just a portrait of Pogo not looking too pleased. I cropped in on the face when I decided to paint it. The full body sketch looked less like "You hurt my feelings" and more like "I gonna cut you, man."
Demon of the Underground
Second portrait of Pogo, this time at age 18 (roughly 4 years before the start of Unholy). This was back before he built up his collection of stolen watches and discovered that awesome brand of hair gel that's stronger than epoxy. And he's accompanied by Annie, who's just like any real ferret in that she sucks at posing for a decent picture.
So this is what Pogo looked like back when he was new to the underground but was just starting to earn his reputation as someone you don't want to mess with (mostly because he's a perv).
I plan to start cranking out some more in-depth illustrations soon!
By the way, LJ has again stopped notifying me by email of any comments or responses people send me. So I'm really sorry if I've unintentionally ignored any of you! This is seriously the third time I've switched my email account linked to LJ because of this. Argh...
Ludwig the Rock - Pages 1-13 I guess I didn't really mention it here, but I'm doing nanomango for the first time this year! The official objective is to do 30 comic pages in 30 days. I'm a dork, so I'm trying for more. I think I'll definitely do more than 30 pages; it's just a question of how much more. I originally wanted to complete the story, but the story turned out longer than I planned. And I wouldn't want to truncate it just for the sake of nanomango.
It's amazing how much more energy I have and how much more motivated I am, now that I'm off of the medicine that made me a zombie for two years. And all this time I thought I was just lazy and stupid. But if I can do this challenge while working full time (including the occasional 16-hour day) and keeping up in my internet class, then yay! I'm sad that I didn't get any artwork done on Sunday (as weekends are where I'd like to get 4 pages done per day), but I had to catch up on sleep and other stuff.
For those of you who don't do deviantArt, I'm posting my Ludwig the Rock pages here! (sorry to those of you who've already seen it.) There are 13 pages up so far, which completes the first scene. Actually, I've completed two more pages today, putting me at the "official" halfway point! But I haven't scanned them in yet.
You can't really tell in these pictures, but Gumby's super-fluffy right now! His fur is always sooo nice and long and soft in the winter. I didn't think he had another good winter coat left in him (being six years old and having insulinoma for over two years), but boy was I wrong! I gotta give him a bath -- that always turns him into the perfect fluffball. I'll probably take more pictures afterward!
BUY AWESOME JEWELRY ^_^ Sorry for the blatant spamming, but anyone who wears jewelry needs to check out linmayu's Etsy shop! Go there!!! She's selling unique, gorgeous, hand-made jewelry. I don't wear jewelry, but these make me want to wear jewelry. (I'm really tempted to buy those leaf earrings...)
Dumbirds! I saw a pair of nanday conures outside on campus today! They were so dumb! Well, first I only saw one; he flew over and perched on a power line (along Old Bradenton, by the "rich CJ" parking lot) and started preening. He kept on scratching his yawn spot, and he looked like a dork! Then I started whistling at him, so he turned his head sideways and started squawking back. Then after a little while he and his buddy (boyfriend/girlfriend, whatever; they're not sexually dimorphic) flew off together. Dude, I love dumbirds.
And Myspace doesn't exactly make it easy to fix this. I have to take a picture of myself or something, and send it to them to prove my identity. :rolls eyes: But it pisses me off that people would just do that. I wonder how to prevent this kind of thing? It's not like I've been publicizing my myspace account or anything.
I've been replacing the light bulbs in my house with CFL's (compact fluorescent lights, more commonly known as "those swirly lights"). They use 20-30% of the electricity that regular incandescent lights use, and they last between 5 and 9 years. The GE CFL's I have in my room are supposed to last five, and the n:vision bulbs we just got for the main room are supposed to last nine. (Oh yeah, they calculate these numbers based on "four hours of usage per day," which of course is silly if you're nocturnal like me, but still -- it's waaaaay longer than regular bulbs.)
I really like the bulbs I got for the main room. They're daylight bulbs. And it's really freaking me out, because it was, like, 10pm, and every time I looked out into the hallway, I seriously thought that it was daylight. I'm losing my mind.... EEE! (And no, I'm not quoting the pika from the "Life of Mammals" documentary.)
I just went into the main room to get something and I had to turn the light on. When I looked into Pokey's cage, she had woken up and was rubbing her head against the cotton part of one of her toys. She looked like a big loser. ^_^
Anyway... SHANGO! Need Shango pictures!!! Man, I miss my lady, but I think that at least the horrible stage of grief has passed. The other day, I looked through all the old pictures I took and never showed. ( Here are some Shango pictures I've never put online before! )
Shango, 02/28/2000 - 03/02/2007 So many people have been so helpful during the past few days (several of which are on my friends list). You people are all awesome.
I just wanted to make this post of all my favorite Shango pictures in honor of my favorite little lady. But first, here's my favorite ferret audio clip, of Shango throwing a fit because Oscar was biting her.
Happy Birthday, Shango! Happy birthday to my favorite dumbo lady! Remember, seven is a lucky number! So you make sure to stay healthy and eat all your mushy soft food, and I'll make sure to add Ferretone so it tastes good!
You can also just click on the first link, and then click "view next page" to get to the rest of the pages. Ahh, I love this scene! Or at least, I love the script for it. It's the first scene where Pogo shows how much of a perv he is.
I love typos I was reading a CD review on iTunes, and one person (who was actually trying to compliment the CD) said "all of his songs are deep inside of my hearth." I got a kick out of that. ^_^
Thanksgiving Happy late Thanksgiving to everyone! ^_^
Thanksgiving was very cool for me. Monkey Man was here, of course. I dropped him back off at the airport about an hour ago. His flight isn't for another two days, but I didn't want him anymore. (Just kidding about that last part. ^_^ I think his flight was about seven minutes ago.) Anyway, I spent about six hours cooking. I'd never cooked Thanksgiving stuff before, so I figured I'd try. It wasn't "authentic" Thanksgiving food, but it was close enough.
So yeah. Yay food! And I'm glad that I was able to make a complete Thanksgiving dinner in which everything was actually edible. ^_^ (Man, I love cast iron!)
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