So, I'm ....

..... A BISHOP

( ICONZ )

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So, I realised that I need HALO icons now.

For those who doesn't care about my gaming experience, please skip.

( SPARTAAAAAAAA )


Gaming aside, I've been NaNoing. Currently at 28k. And STUCK. I have to go back and re-read so I can capture the flow, I think. But re-reading is dangerous. The temptation to review and edit! I'd feel like I'd have to change all the crappy bits. WHICH IS. well, everything.

D:

Augh. This is why I have been avoiding NaNo. (And the fact that Halo is addictive doesn't help, either).

And to close, piccars from the current love of my life XD
( ODST )

Was gone for a bit there :D. For shit and giggles.

Back now though!

So. In the few days of non-lj-ness, I have been...

... playing Halo ODST like there is no tomorrow. I unlocked the 200k achievement at Crater, and am planning to crack the 200k in the other arenas too. Also started the campaign on Legendary difficulty mode. I also started my career on Halo Waypoint and watched the anime episode The Babysitter. It was cute. I liked it. And now reading Halo: Fall of Reach. Johhhhhhnnnnnnnnn.

... watched three discs of Tudors season 2. Am glad Anne is out of the way now.

... reached 18,200 words for my NaNo! Yay!

... suffering the heatwave! It's just barely spring here, and Melbourne's heating up like a cooker. MAN. It makes sitting in front of the computer really unappetizing.

... drew character sketches for NaNoers. The first one for Woklet of #nanowrimo, the second one for Aimee Lou of #melbnano. And the third one is inspired by strop's story from #melbnano.
( Woklet's Isabella )
( Aimee's Domino )
( birdmang )

How strange the internets is!

Hi guize. I started on adapting my story, Bright Shiny Things, into the comic form. Here's the first three pages. UGH.

It's gonna be 17 pages. I'll be posting up the pages here on my lj, for now. Mind you, I'm very slow and each page takes about a day to make, (from layouting to sketching to inking to lettering to final edits).... so this probably be the kind of posts that you see every now and then in between other stuffs.



( cover )

( 001 )

( 002 )

1. Started Star Ocean 4. So far, I like it. I've just gone through the Alanair place, with Lymle. Faize is my favourite so far, but I like Reimi and Edge too. The colours of this world is very high-saturation. I sort of like it. It's crisp and can be borderline plasticky, but it suits the models well. Which, by the way, reminds me of dollfies. The propotions and their faces. Very dollfies. Here's screenies:

( Edge )
( Faize )
( Reimi )

2. Got verdy to play Halo: ODST with me. LOLOLOLOLOL. Funnnnnnnnnnnn.

3. Drama at Brigits_Flame. IDK IDK. Im sort of ugh at how everything was 'handled'. Guess will wait and see. Hopefully it'll blow over. And soon.

4. I found my drawing muse back. HOORAY. Thanks to verdyboo.

5. Here's an attempt at thumbnailing for one of my stories, Bright Shiny Things. It's only a 839 words story, and it expanded itself into 17 pages. Horrible. So much work, comicking. I'm probably never going to do it. I donno. Let's see how foolish I am in the coming days.

( seventeen pages of work )

6. Back to B_F. I used to read through everything. From week 1's 104, to week 2's 74 submissions. But week 3 has a few that are around the 4k-almost 5k mark. I feel bad. But I think I'm not going to be able to read everything this week. HORRIBLE. Well. I'll try. I guess.

And now I'm gonna go and obey the drawing muse :D. Hooray VERDY.

( handwriting meme )

( bride and groom )

I got tagged by thora for the handwriting meme. So. I filled it out. And the brown infected me, and the drawing came out. I donno what it is. Doesnt matter, does it.

I am feeling down. I think only a round of ODST can cure it. See you later.

 

So.

( text bits )

Here's some sketches, so it's not all text:
( drawerings )

Oh, I won a mini-competition at Brigit's Flame earlier this month! I did not expect to win, to be honest. But I'm stoked :D Brigit's Flame has been an enormously awesome community thus far. I feel like I'm learning leaps and bounds. The editors and the members and the moderators and everyone are incredible. And a lot, A LOT, are very talented. Very humbling :)

My first month at BF, I got eliminated at week 2. I am hoping I can at least get to week 3, this time around. So, wish me luck, guize!

Well, its 1 AM again, all the sudden.

 

( Hallucinogenic Descent )

 

( Vorpal Heart )


HALO: ODST! WOO.

*frolicks in it*

So, I saw Brazil the other day. That was weird. It was funny as hell in the beginning and then it turns all 1984 on me. The middle bit was incredibly boring though. I wish they had edit some parts out. And this is I think one of the few things where I began with liking the main hero and ended with rejoicing that he was in that chair, in THAT room.

They are making Kill Bill 3 and Transformer 3, I've been told. I sit here going :| at things.

:|
 

 

New colours again. I got sick of the red.

Here's something red (bye old theme) and something grey (hello new theme):
( Red and Grey )
So. Tales of vesperia is really aggravating me. The characters are so conceited and incredibly one-dimensional, despite their try-hard attempts to be oh-so-conflicted and oh-so-complex. I wish the execution had been better, the premise was interesting. Specially Flynn and Yuri. And Raven. But Raven's still salvageable. Still lovable. Ugh stupid JRPG. I missed on an item like HOURS back, and now I miss out on a Secret Mission completion. And there is no way to sort of just backtrack a little. NO. NO. I has to go back like DAYS back, and redo a chunk of the game if I really want the Secret Mission.

well. not gonna happen.

I still have so many games / books / other thingers to watch and do and read. Poop. I'll just finish the game. Somehow. BUTTAN MASH OPERATION INITIATED.

Im really trying hard to keep writing, but the thing's become quite a monster now, and it sort of overwhelms me. I end up re-reading and re-reading. And re-reading. And then got too bogged by the suck. LOL.

Ah well. Will try to finish it. HURR.

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and two old sketches that got forgotten sort of:
( scribbles )

HI GUISE

im sort of nervous atm.

that's all.

Piccar dumpage post. Some are old, and most are colour practice and the last one is NSFL (guro).

( NSFL )
Still trying to finish some books. Can't seem to find enough time to sit down and read. Im either wasting time on the internet, failwriting, or gaming. I got George RR Martin Song of Ice and Fire Book 1, 3 and 4 for free. So that's even MOAR things to get through. HURR.


Saw a few things this week: Grey Gardens, W, Holy Mountain, and True Blood. I cant seem to get excited for anything lately. But at least Tales of Vesperia is picking up. I sort of like Captain Schwann, though. Ah well.

I changed theme. Do not be alarmed. I'm still the same pile of meat that I was last night. I think. Give or take a few cells.

I've been reading more lately, mostly lj writers / aspiring writers. Offline, trying to finish William Gibson's Pattern Recognition. I dont feel like arting lately, reading / writing has become more interesting. I guess it's a cyclical thing. Mmm.

On the other front, I've been gaming as per usual. Tales of Vesperia, half way though, and Forza 2. Man, I suck at driving simulation games, it took me like 10 times to finish NOT LAST PLACE. orz ... but i think i'm getting better. And I like the music a lot, and the cars. Tales of Vesperia is a cutesy, squeaky clean kind of game. The characters are starting to annoy me, I find myself idly resorting to brainless abuse of its prettiness. Maybe I got off high from Last Remnant and was expecting more of the same, and got something totally different. Ah, well. It's enjoyable enough for light-gaming, not for binge-ing.

Well, here's some things I drew, just so it isn't all text :|
( hodge podge )
Some are old. Sry.

You Scored as The Homicidal SEME You are the truly highest level of SEME as well as the most dangerous and sadistic. You love to force others to do your bidding and have absolutely no clue what others mean by 'feeling sorry'. You like the dark, evil, and heartless but nothings fun if you don't get to break it. You will not tolerate others pushing you around and an easy word for your personality is bossy. You could skip the romance and get right to the bed if you wanted to but then again you never even need the romantic-hoo-ha and that's why you're matched with he Devilish UKE. All UKE fear you in some way but that's jut how you like it. You could never befriend anyone that your little Devil-UKE didn't show you to which means the only SEME you would get along with would be the Breaker SEME. It has been established that you are the kinkiest kink in all of kink-town but one thing you really love is to make your partner beg and to punish them. Don't be afraid, be insane. The Devilish UKE 90% The Homicidal SEME 85% The Gentle SEME 70% The Breaker SEME 50% The Optimistic UKE 45% The Sorrowful UKE 25%

so apparently im the homicidal seme. WAT

um. saw wolverine the other day. it was fun. lots of tasty men. i liked it. did i say this already? i cant remember.

will see star trek tomorrow. hooray

:< I just read Claymore's recent chapters, and one of its characters met its untimely demise. Augh. I seem to usually pick those characters that have high propensity to die to like.

Now I will have to draw said character.

Not to mention a few Claymores I haven't gotten around to be drawing.

Speaking about manga series, a convo at pchat recently made me pick up reading Ubel Blatt. I've caught up to its most recent release at onemanga, .............. I keep expecting it to turn better, and instead it delivers a steady flow of facepalming goodness. One thing it is good for though, .........it makes me wants to draw pedobaits. (I am not sure if that is a good effect off a manga or not....)

I have been feeling the itch to draw Griffith lately, too. I don't know why. It probably will pass soon.

I've been paintchatting more again lately. 

And, I'm almost finishing the Spiderwick Chronicles. The book's better than the movie, I think......... Which is odd, cuz usually I like the first version that is presented to me, like if I read the book first, I'd probably prefer that than the movie version. But if I see the movie first, then I'd like the movie version than the book. But, yeah, I guess Spiderwick's movie was really flakey, it was not hard for the book to reveal bettererness.

I wants to see Wolverine and Star Trek. Havent been to the cinemas for awhile, either. Might go this week. I have heard Wolverine's not good, though.... Alas, will just try and enjoy cheeseyness, I guess....
( banthapoodoos )

so, there is this link that i have gotten my hands on, and i don't know what to do with it, so here it is: a horrible link that will not refunded you any of your minutes wasted on it.

Currently playing GTA 4 The Lost and Damned. It's fun. I have missed the streets of Liberty City. Yessir.

Currently, it is wet and cold. Blah.

I am not sure what to make of internets. More and more lately, it seems that it only encourages withdrawals, I mean within. Lots of noises. None of it means anything at all.
( i dont know what to do with my hands )

Verdy is keeping me sane. Barely :)

im finding a lot of free time now that i no longer play last remnant obsessively. lol. been back at drawing, mostly paintchatting though. i like the sketching, i dont like the cg-ing so much. i need to learn how to properly cg. baaaaaaah.

so anyway, i've been more and more informed about dog ownership lately, and a friend linked me to the oprah episode about puppy mills, and i am completely overwhelmed by the overpopulation problems of pets, and by the irresponsibility of some people, and by the magnanimity of some other people. i dont think i can form an appropriate response to this whole doo-daa, but i will be sitting on it, and contemplating what can i do, as a single failbrain. i would like to rescue a pet from a shelter, maybe one day.

:|

anyway, i took one of those quizzers, and here's what i got:






(  and some piccars, just cuz )

i just finished The Last Remnant, about a quarter of an hour ago. the ending was touching. not unexpected, but it managed to deliver it. i really enjoyed this game. i must have sunk about 200+ hours into it. the battle engine is very enjoyable and addictive, the story and characters are empathically developed, and the side quests and extras put into the game were enormous.

right now, feeling a bit of a mix between release and withdrawal from wanting more. it has been the rule of my recent weeks that suddenly the hours opened up and there is nothing to fill in the hole that was Last Remnant. a willing prisoner looking for its familiar walls, i guess.

ah well.

life's sort of changing for me, at the moment. it's quite frightening,.... but i am feeling an odd calmness, maybe it just has not sunk in yet.

my pup is growing very rapidly, he still have his fuzzy baby fur, but his size is no longer a pup's build. he's very adorable and somewhat intelligent, though mischievous and somewhat rebellious. he seems to be easily bored.

and now i have to draw david and rush. and maybe torgal. heheh....

( so it isn't just all text )

( gaming gaming gaming )

AND NOW: PICCARZ



( piccar dumpage )

I am thinking to do a series of sketches about a little princess. I don't think it will be a very pleasant series. This is concerning.

( inarticulate faildoom )

I saw Sweeney Todd finally, the other day. I thought it was just okay, but then I realised the songs had infected me. Now I kept singing stupid tunes from it, in my head. I surrendar.

And, here's a sigmund, to close with: