Not that it matters much but just figured i'd make an official posting here pointing out that I dont really swing by here any more and havnt really done much drawing/photography/etc in a while.... I have been working on drawing stick figures though to get the idea of basic proportions and such down soo who knows maybe i'll finally get to drawing my own original creations (or at least stick figure versions >.> ) instead of the awkward front on view i usually draw...

Also I noticed some of the pictures in my gallery arnt showing... dont know why.... Just full view it (first option over to the left) and it'll display fine.

Oh and just in case any one reading this cares (not that i figure they will, just thought I'd throw it out there) i finally have a real job as a mighty.....bagboy at the grocery store =/ meh, gotta start some place right?

Well i've been messin with stuff here and there (namly 3DS Max... nice 3d app although i'm still kinda newbish at it) and now im back to using my wacom intuos in painter 9..... decided to stop half-assing it in that app and got some tutorials and training vids etc to learn how to use that thing better..... artist oils are nifty ^^ Also after configuring my pen settings and such it works muuuch nicer in painter I just gotta stop going all 'white-knuckle' perfectionist on my lines..... so hopfully i'll just start doing some wild crazy sketches and such for a while to get a nicer feel for how to draw and with any luck i'll actually be able to get over the platou i've been stuck at for a while now....

Meanwhile however i'm struggling with trying to move my schedule closer to the 'real world' (bleh...) by getting up before noon and getting to bed before 2..... working out so far with getting up at 10 and bed at midnight to 1....but its wreaking havoc with me feeling tired so I keep getting all screwy easy (ie: depressive/lonely/etc..... stuff i'm not normally) eh well, nothing coffee, chocolate, sugar, and some good light hearted anime (ie: Ouran High School Host Club) wont fix ^.^


In other unrelated news i got some DVDs. Chronicles of Lodoss Wars: Collector's edition, and Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Series.... the Lodoss one should be fairly obviously an anime, the sonic one however for those who dont know is the old Sonic SatAM series which was on ABC wayyyy back in 1993. Good times So dont be surprised if i start turning out some lodoss and sonic fanart (themed after SatAM on the sonic... not sonic x or whatever the crap so dont expect Amy Rose and such unless people start asking for it....well i might occationally, but not much since i'm not a huge fan of the storyline from the games usually by comparison to the SatAM series)

So yes.... less caffine/sugar induced babbling, more drawing..... off to painter land! ^^

Well dunno when i hit 1,000 but i'm at 1,003 as of 3:20 PM Tuesday, March 13th 2007.....not gonna make a huge deal over it.... just thought it was cool that i finally hit 1k. I might make something up later for it...something simple like "1,000 Page Views" and the date or something *shrug* Any way you've probably got better things to do than read this......although since you're still reading this, you probably don't. So... uhh.... look at all the stuff in my gallery and stuff? Don't forget the scrap bin also, the 'blank notebook scan' seems to be rather popular.

In other unrelated news, working out a lot lately so I'll be fairly less round looking in a couple months probably. Although cylinder shapes like the arms i guess are still round but you know what i mean, stop picking nits lol

Well my Radeon 9800 card died a couple months back and with it, most of my ability to d my 3D stuff. I never realized just how much Vue and such usedt he power of that card until i had to swap it out for a weaker 64 Meg GeForce Ti....good card for its day, but its no 9800. So, my Vue work has come crashing to a halt temporarily.

I am in the process of getting a job at the local blockbuster though, not too hard for work and decent pay for what ya gotta do if its like when my friend worked there. So i'm gonna save up, buy probably a Radeon X1300 or X1650 or whatever for this comp as a temporary fix, then save the money and due a full overhaul. New mobo, cpu, the works. By the time i'm done, i plan to have this thing running an AMD 64-bit dual core 2.6 GhZ, 2 GB of ram, and a Radeon X1950 PCI-E x16. Not bad i'd say. Plus that AGP gfx card i plan to be getting wont goto waste since i can set this computer up as part of a render-farm further increasing my abilities. Yay!


In other news, I've been getting back to drawing, photography, and photoshopping. Can't submit any of the photoshop work I've done lately though to DA since it has copy write material in it (ie: latest is a background which has Subaru from .hack//sign). Hopfully I'll have something soon which is good enough to bother uploading though.

But for now, i figure i should focus on not being sick any more

Well.... i've had DSL for like 2 weeks now (since Aug 31st, around 10:30 PM) and its doing great for me! ^^ Able to load people's DA pages and images super fast now (even those who have no clue about compressing an image so they upload these 800x600 pics which are like 1 to 2 megs!! wtf?!? Use jpeg compress of around 30 to 60 people... minimal artifacts if any and it makes the size reasonable for those still on dialup!)

Hmm yeah... uhh any way.... lil mini rant started up there for a second >>

Any way, my scanner has been a bit tricky to access latly (ie: cluttered up) so i havnt really put in any of my more recent stuff.... but prolly over the next few days i'll be scanning in some stuff here and there soooo dont worry, i'm not dead.......just making up for lost time with my DSL and downloading/games (ie: PlaneShift and America's Army... one is a free 3D MMORPG, the other is an army sim type game, also free to play... new version comes out today also in like 30 minutes if they keep to the schedule i heard! )

Well i gotta go get ready for my classes sooooooo be back later tonight


--Links to the above mentioned games:

[link] - America's Army (aka AA). it's purly online game play except for the 'training' missions which can mostly be done single player (exception to this is Ranger Training......good luck on finding a MILES server though to complete it)

[link] - PlaneShift....dont ask me for help, i still dont know crap about the game. havnt played much latly...it tends to be pretty high demand on the computer even if it isnt that high end of graphics..... prolly something to do with the massive 3D nature....pretty good though, you'll see what i mean...its also considered Beta still so dont expect it to be perfect!!