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Written about Wednesday 2008-10-22
Written: (5875 days ago)
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1051149  Link to this entry 
Written about Monday 2008-10-20
Written: (5877 days ago)

The photos that we've been waiting on at work finally came on Friday (right before midterms, go figure), so now I'm up to my elbows in 272 photos, labels, and photojackets. Gotta get the work areas on those suckers asap, in addition to the usual homework.
And that's only the first wave of photos, too. ;_;

At least I've got a three week buffer for pilgrim_comic. -_-

1048753  Link to this entry 
Written about Tuesday 2008-10-07
Written: (5891 days ago)

It's been raining quite heavily for the past few hours, and looks to keep raining all night long. There's a system moving north-northeast very slowly, stretching from Kansas to North Dakota.
With such heavy rain here and upstream, I hope there won't be any bad flooding, like earlier in the summer. Before Iowa and other places were flooded, the park behind my mom's townhouse filled with water. If the creek had crested a foot higher, the ground floor apartments would have flooded. =/

I think my car is good and clean now, so I should go put it in the garage now. Then I need to finish my homework. I plan on spending tomorrow at the college library, working on my comic. :)

1047997  Link to this entry 
Written about Thursday 2008-10-02
Written: (5896 days ago)

I got so absorbed at work today, I tried to go to my 2 PM class at 3.

o_o

1046773  Link to this entry 
Written about Tuesday 2008-09-23
Written: (5904 days ago)
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I'm 21 today. =O

1045527  Link to this entry 
Written about Monday 2008-09-15
Written: (5913 days ago)
1045158  Link to this entry 
Written about Friday 2008-09-12
Written: (5916 days ago)

Holy cow, so much to been done, I get the prompt for my first comp essay tomorrow (first draft due next week), first speech is to be delivered on Monday, and first exams and quizzes next week too o_x
But my science labs, they are the awesome sort of lab where you write up your report before leaving, yesssss~~

And, I sketched about the equivalent of TWO pages for pilgrim_comic, including one page that was very very irritating, still need to consult my reference photos for the backgrounds though. What time is it, 8:30? I should go start inking those suckers. =B

Do have a look at dar artist alley and http://darklawstudios.deviantart.com which finally got a badly needed update :3

1044673  Link to this entry 
Written about Monday 2008-09-08
Written: (5919 days ago)

So I've been looking around on the web, and there are (get this!) EIGHT animu conventions in my region. Holy crap, right? Which got me thinking I could maybe get myself a table in the artist alley and sell some stuff relating to pilgrim_comic.
But then I remembered hearing/reading that original things don't sell too well (unless you have a fanbase). Since I don't have that yet >.> and I really don't want to draw fanart of Naruto and Vampire Knight and whatever else is hip nowadays, I thought I could make something small and cute that people might like to buy.

Ah heck, just go vote and comment in dar artist alley :P

EDIT-- updated the first poll with 4 more options, remember that you can watch a wiki-poll ;)

1043842  Link to this entry 
Written about Tuesday 2008-09-02
Written: (5925 days ago)

pilgrim_chap1a

have a look, feedback and concrit is welcome :)

1043324  Link to this entry 
Written about Friday 2008-08-29
Written: (5930 days ago)

Hoo boy, I have a feeling I'm going to be crazy busy very soon. D:

We've been waiting for quite some time on aerial photos at work to start a new project. Haven't come yet. =I And I start school full time on Wednesday. :II
Maybe they'll come tomorrow >.> so I can at least get 2 near full-time days in.

I need to find all my classes too, and see where the nearest bike racks are. And buy a parking permit. And get my notebooks and stuff together. Bought my books at least. Nearly $600, and that was getting all used. Dang expensive science texts. >.<

...I also need to sort through all those reference pictures I took, and pick out the ones I want for this next scene in my comic.

Time for sleep, then work and errands tomorrow. :U

Huh, I always mean to write about some more stuff, but that just never seems to happen. =|

1041794  Link to this entry 
Written about Monday 2008-08-18
Written: (5941 days ago)

I got a B in my summer class, a low B, but better than what I was expecting. :3
The only grade sources were VERY short quizzes and exams, so missing just a few questions really lowers the overall grade D:

Argh, I'm back to school full-time on Sept 3, I've really got to get my butt into gear and start working on pilgrim_comic. I want enough buffer to get me through October, dangit!

Also, I'm going on vacation Tues-Fri this week, in part to take reference pictures for chapter 2, yay!

1041120  Link to this entry 
Written about Tuesday 2008-08-12
Written: (5946 days ago)

Go figure, the day after my final I woke up with a sore throat. Then Saturday my nose plugged up and Sunday the coughing started. But I'm already getting better on my own.

Hopefully that will be my illness for the year, and I'll stay healthy and avoid the flu again this winter.

Gonna do one quest in Morrowind, then work on pilgrim_comic the rest of the evening. :D

1040361  Link to this entry 
Written about Thursday 2008-08-07
Written: (5951 days ago)

Yay, I've finished with my summer class! Now I can stop getting up at 6:30am to go to school. Instead I can get up at 7:30am to go to work. =P
I think there's just under 4 weeks until fall semester.

Gotta work on pilgrim_comic, and try to complete some marker illustrations. And turn myself into a vampire in Morrowind. Yessss.

1039730  Link to this entry 
Written about Sunday 2008-08-03
Written: (5956 days ago)

Time for some diary spam!

pilgrim_comic

Pilgrim is the story of a young woman who wakes in a strange land without any prophesies, epic questing, or world saving to do!
So check it out!! :3
1033643  Link to this entry 
Written about Wednesday 2008-06-04
Written: (6015 days ago)

Oh! I've uploaded chapter 0 because I wanted to try the "upload folder of images" method. :P

pilgrim_chap0. have a look, post comments and CC. :D
Of course, it will be quite a while before I finish and post chap1. Maybe I'll put it in two parts.

Holy crap, just got white AND gold ink off the daily chance on Gaia. o.o

Okay. I'm done spamming my diary for a week or so. >.>

1033466  Link to this entry 
Written about Tuesday 2008-06-03
Written: (6016 days ago)

Suddenly it is very exciting to live in one of the last states to hold a primary. :D

1032868  Link to this entry 
Written about Sunday 2008-06-01
Written: (6019 days ago)

Yay!! Finally finished with chapter 0! :D
Gonna get it all queued up to post on SmackJeeves.

Now I can turn my attention to chapter 1 and chemistry.

pilgrim_comic and http://pilgrim.smackjeeves.com

1030338  Link to this entry 
Written about Monday 2008-05-19
Written: (6031 days ago)

Hurrrr....

Last Wednesday went to Omaha for a concert, The Police, which was very good. :D
Ate something that disagreed with me whilst down there, though... x_x

Friday went to see Barack Obama speak in Sioux Falls. Exciting. :D
And his security detail was very impressive, there must have been at least 25 secret service agents in addition to the more local stuff.

I was sure that this entry had a point... Eh. maybe not-so-much.

Or was it something about finally being able to relax?
...Yeah, I think that was it. Be laaaaazzzyyy!

But, I need to draw more pages so I can put Pilgrim on a bi-weekly update schedule so I can cover some ground this summer. Done sketching chapter 0 at least. :B

1029170  Link to this entry 
Written about Wednesday 2008-05-14
Written: (6037 days ago)

I went to the Koffee Klatch, which is pretty much an end of the year art show the high school does. It's always really fun to see what everyone has done for their projects, but it's kind of depressing too.

Whenever I see a really good composition, I automatically wonder if the person who did it actually came up with the idea themselves. 
I'm sure some of them do, but when I took those art courses back in the day, it seemed like whenever we started a new project, everyone would head down to the library and start looking for their "project" on the internet. Find a picture you like, print it out and draw it. Or paint/scratchboard/watercolor/make a print of it.

Maybe I wouldn't mind so much if there was credit given to the source/original creator, but I don't think anyone bothers. Not only do I have issues with infringement of copyright/intellectual property, it really seemed like a cop-out to make the course passable for the people who were only there to get a graduation requirement done.
There were a lot of people in the low-level courses who obviously didn't give a fuck about what they were doing. It would have been awesome to stick all those guys in a separate class hour, or at least put all the people who were serious about art together.

And when you just have the students copy a picture they got off the internet, it doesn't teach much. All the work has been done, the lighting, colors, anatomy, perspective... all taken care of. So when I see those truly beautiful art projects, I wonder if the students behind them are awesome artists, or just really good at copying things. =/

Not to say that I wasn't guilty of it myself...but I was never really proud of those pieces. Even if they were better than some of the stuff I did 100% on my own, I still thought less of them. When I draw something really shitty, at least it's my really shitty drawing, and not a copy of some really shitty drawing from the web.

I could gripe about the lack of drawing-from-life projects, but that's a whole 'nother rant. :P

However! There were a lot of really nifty sculptures (metal work was new), photos, and various other projects. Lots of pop culture stuff, some anime/manga characters, and even a few pictures of Presidential candidates!

I do enjoy going each year to see what everyone has made and get myself some inspiration. C:

Oh!! And they get to paint on canvasboard now, the lucky bastards! :I

1028637  Link to this entry 
Written about Sunday 2008-05-11
Written: (6039 days ago)

Yay! I'm done with school! (for three weeks, then I'm taking chemistry all summer. >.> )

pilgrim_comic is updating regularly now, I have pages queued up to post on Saturdays. :D
http://pilgrim.smackjeeves.com

1027169  Link to this entry 
Written about Saturday 2008-05-03
Written: (6048 days ago)

making me take 5 quizzes/exams BEFORE I take my finals...
college is trying to kill me!

...and I've still got years to go! T.T

also a reminder to all that pilgrim_comic will start on the 17 (the chap cover will likely go up the week before)!!
It's exciting to be doing comics again! :D

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