Stuffings!

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Done cleaning!

A sketch of Zephan again is up at TWC

Otakon is next week guys!!

k no time gotta go bye

If you guys find this annoying I can start putting it under LJ cuts or filtering it to "only me."

Must clean the kitchen today. Must get rid of ants. Stupid ants.
Must take a shower. Sad that I have to remind myself but omg busy. XD
Must do a sketch for Teasha's commission so she doesn't think I abandoned her. T_T
Must do Lavender Legend's page for tomorrow.

And of slightly lesser importance:
Fix the Starship Moonhawk page I drew with the characters in the wrong stupid uniform.
Work on JHAW45
finish the Lavender Legend merch design
Do the request sketches/ship off books.

And to be done in the near future:
Glory's commission
Teasha's commission
Laura's commission

I put in an application at Staples today. I hope I get that job so that I can get a discount on supplies and prints, haha.

Shipping is outrageous. I now know that print-to-order may be more expensive on the item, but I wouldn't have to pay the shipping so Hell Yeah. I wonder how those businesses are able to ship things for cheap? Why is it I can buy a book from Japan for $7 but if I try to ship something to Japan it costs me like $20??? SRSLY. That's really not cool.

i make some drawings at zoo. giraffe did not fit on page, too tall.


oh gosh, that is a bad clean up (you'll be able to tell if your monitor is set a certain way)

http://feeds.reference.com/click.phdo?i=b0a4c80faef8282585255074b3320800

http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2009/07/09.html

fervid: marked by great passion or zeal.

http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=b0a4c80faef8282585255074b3320800&p=4

So last week I went to Anime Expo for the first time in like 4-5 years and i was kinda disappointed. Well I only went because my company had a booth there and I had to work - which was fine, we had the biggest booth there which was kinda halarious.

I used to remember my favorite part of the expo being the artist alley - being able to see people just sketching was very invigorating to me. Of course that was before I went to Comiket in Japan. So I wander on over to the artist alley this time around and I am just ... dumfounded by the sheer amount of shit out there. I understand AX is a fan convention, but honestly 90% of the "artists" there were people whose work amounted to little more than doodles, yet they were still there displaying their work charging just as much as an actual "good" artist next to them. It was actually pretty disgusting to me. I can hear all the bla bla bla about how art is subjective, but there is a level of technique that is readily apparently no matter what you are looking at. Especially with a genre so commercialized, a certain level of technical expertise is necessary to produce a piece that is sellable.

And this junk I saw everywhere was just so nauseating to me because it sort of sums up how I've felt about these cross cultural misappropriations. When I was in Japan and saw how foreigners were applauded because they could utter a few meager words of Japanese, and in turn they in their mind suddenly become some cross-cultural super star - it was pretty much the same situation here except the people were exponentially much more diluted. They shit out some vague idea of what they think "art" is, but they think they're awesome at it because it's a 'foreign' art form and that haphazardly pronounced "konnichiwa" was what I saw being sold for $10 a print.

/jaded

I will have a Blackberry Tour next week!  Also Otakon is next week.  Ahhh sweet freedom.  Is anyone else tired of hearing about MJ?  Continue my theme of unrelated sentences I need Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei RIGHT NOW.  At least When the Seakitties Mew has started.  Ok bye.

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Finished Rosa in my Final Fantasy 4 lineup. Now I need to do Cecil and Edge and I think I'll have all the central cast/most popular characters taken care of. I don't think I'm going to end up doing the WHOLE cast because they won't all fit on the sheet anyway.

I don't have time to do the whole upload on my server and make a thumbnail thing, so have a deviantart linke, haha:
http://emeraldwinter.deviantart.com/art/FF4-Rosa-Chibi-128755262

There's sugar ants all around my computer table and I can't get rid of them. They showed up one day when I accidentally spilled a glass of juice and I've since cleaned the juice (like, two weeks ago) and they're still coming. Fortunately they aren't the kind that bite, but it's still really annoying.

http://feeds.reference.com/click.phdo?i=df94591a02dd66b282a82d0a54683293

http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2009/07/08.html

apogee: the highest point.

Today all of us working on Lady Star got our roles reassigned. I'm not too happy about it because I got put on inking and I really HATE inking, at least in photoshop. If I can take a pen to it, then no problem.

Speaking of digital inking, my trial for SAI ran out. T_T I am not sure how to buy it, but I would be willing to pay a few bucks because it's a good program.

why did I draw this

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So it’s about 12:30 AM and you’re typing some stuff up on your computer. Suddenly, you note some movement somewhere above your head. You look up to see….

A GIANT FREAKING COCKROACH CRAWLING AROUND ON THE CEILING!
(Ceiling Roach is watching you, amirite?)

Step 01. Scream like the little sissy you’re usually not.
Step 02. Escape from room.
Step 03. Do not take your eyes off the Demon Spawn.
Step 04. Call for backup. Note: Backup will probably think it’s a moth until they actually see the bugger. Then they will be sure to save their room by shutting their door.
Step 05. Have backup run for the Lemon Fresh Raid® while you keep an eye on the monster.
Step 06. Get creative since you have 12 foot ceilings as it would be hard to spray it from 6 feet away and lord knows you don’t want it dropping down on you. Dirty shirt from laundry will do.
Step 07. Get behind bug without it noticing.
Step 08. Hold EVERYTHING since backup is completely useless, hiding out there in the hallway and refusing to ready the Almighty Bug Killing Compound.
Step 09. Chuck dirty shirt at cockroach so you can get to it with spray can.
Step 10. Note: Your backup with likely scream when bug launches in her direction. Cautiously approach shirt and look for Satan Bug.
Step 11. Realize bug is unaccounted for.
Step 12. Cower in hallway looking out to see if you can spot it, for it must die.
Step 13. Attempt to save purse and jacket off of floor in fear that it might try to die inside one of those items. Shake it like woah and pray to your God it isn’t on them.
Step 14. Try to open door to throw purse in room.
Step 15. SEE THE FUCKING BUG RIGHT ON THE FUCKING DOOR!
Step 16. Hyperventilate. Note your backup retreating into her bathroom as the door shuts. Proceed to yell at her for only saving herself.
Step 17. Get up the courage to finally spray the shit out of the bastard on the door.
Step 18. Freak out as it charges at you, back into backup’s door by accident.
Step 19. Move aside and watch helplessly as it escapes through the crack in the door you just opened up.
Step 20. Man up and chase it, spraying it all the way.
Step 21. Watch it die. Muwahahahaha!
Step 22. Back up will have emerged at the fact that her room has now been invaded just to tell you to box it up.
Step 23. Tie box up even if the thing looks dead, it might not be, put it in the garage for posterity.
Step 24. Freak out every time you see something move from the corner of your eye or each time your hair randomly touches your neck, or each time you hear a strange noise.
Step 25. Don’t sleep for a few nights. =(

EDIT: OKAY GUYS! Share your bug stories with me! Who needs sleep anyway? =D

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This might be the greatest thing to come out of Nico this entire decade.

Fellow Pants-Presser, Dylan Meconis and I were recently in a joint gallery show called Lady Parts at the Sequential Art Gallery here in Portland.

It's down now, but here's my half of the show.

( Lady Parts -- NSFW )
Anyway, if you like 'em, I'm selling prints in my store /:)

So I should probably point out that zombiecandy.net is dying off at the end of the month. My hosting plan needs to be renewed and it's $100 that I don't have. I'm not interested in switching hosts, so I don't need any suggestions on that front. I'd really, really, really like the website to stick around, but if it's between feeding myself/paying rent and keeping a website alive, the hosting plan has to go.

Zombiecandy Radio has been around in various forms for probably six or seven years now, providing free streaming music in various forms. It's been awesome to keep it going, especially when I've gotten feedback from both friends and strangers alike telling me that they listen to it at work/home/vacation/school. I've really appreciated all the support, because a lot of hard work goes into managing the radio/coding the playlist. It's been a free service that has continually come out of my pocket year after year.

I also know it's hard times all around, so I feel a little weird about asking for a donation. But if you've ever enjoyed Zombiecandy, I ask you to donate just a dollar. It takes just a couple of minutes to do a Paypal donation, and you can use a credit card! $1. $2. $5. Whichever. Every little amount counts. So if you're down, click the Paypal Donation button below and help out. If I can't raise the money, sorry, ZCR. RIP.

EDIT: I completely forgot that Moonshot Magazine is tied into the same hosting plan. Eek! Send help. ♥

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