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Random musings, opinions, and stuff! (long journal!)
14 years ago
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Since I'm bored at work right now, I'll just post whatever comes to mind over a timespan of... what, an hour? Maybe more.... Enjoy!
- god I'm disliking pop music so much right now! If it isn't monotone vocals, it's the status to which some of the artists are being propelled. We all know our favorite little punching back, JB? Stop profiling him as "the greatest musical legend". He is not. He has done -nothing- to revolutionize the music world whatsoever. Don't you dare put him next to the likes of Michael Jackson or Freddy Mercury.
We know well enough why he's popular. I think South Park said it best with their Jonas Brothers episode. "They make little girls giney's tickle. And when a little girl's giney tickles, I - MAKE - MONEY!".
- Duck Tales Moon theme, get out of my heaaaaaa- dooooo do do doo, do do dooo dodoooo!
- Holy fucking shit Ludo Lullabi, I already started loving you when I first read the manga version of Lanfeust, but now I found out about your other work, I love you even more. I'd be totally gay for this man, if only to absorb his delicous delicous talent. http://ludolullabi.blogspot.com/
- I'm kind of saddened that I'm mostly known for the ladies I draw. I hope I'll be known for my other work in the future, but I'm also fully aware that won't happen if I won't put a larger focus on it. Dalehan and Rumbottom is a story I want to work on, and make sure it'll have a fully fleshed out cast and storyline which I'm certain about from beginning to end. Yes, I'm already planning ahead to have it end, but it shouldn't discourage me to start working on it. I just need to find the drive again...
- I should show more interest in other people's work, other artists even. I won't ever be able to lay neccesary contacts to get my face out in the open if I keep shutting myself off like this.
- This sealant I'm using to seal off lock sensors with a sillicon-like glue smells like fucking vinegar! EEEEUGH! Incoming braindamage from the scent!
- I suck at writing stories, or meaningful dialogue... ;_;
- Getting compliments on my character background idea from our professional comic-artist teacher was fun! But on the other hand, he also had to laugh, something I wasn't entirely sure about myself since I wanted to mix the thought of a bizarre plot premise which is sort of funny in a way, with a more dramatic inevitability because of that premise.
Dalehan is a dog, plucked from the streets by the court magister and, along with other dogs, transformed into humans by this magister as an initial experiment to turn dogs into loyal soldiers and guardsmen to serve the kingdom. Soon after the transformation, he escaped and lived a live as a human thief, until the storyline picks up.
While constant "lawl, human acting like a dog!" jokes are to be expected, they'd be far and few between. The dramatic inevitability would be that, while human, he'd still age at the rate of a dog. So given his current age, he'd most likely die after 7 more years.
- Why is it that I can imagine my characters having Dragonforce songs being the best fitting ones? I know the lyrics are a bit corny, but damn I think they're still fun to listen to.
- Speaking of metal... I'm sorry people. But I do not care for Metallica.
Also, I do not know every group you know. My knowledge in music is limited at best. I'll also most likely start ignoring moments and conversations which I experience as "music nerdism". I do not care. I just don't.
-Blackwood. A comic. I fucking hate you.
I liked the artwork, mostly. I also hated it. Why? Because the backgrounds are nicely stylized and detailed, and the coloring is decent as well. So why do I hate it so?
Because the artist can't draw expressions for shit. It's a shame I can't find image samples online, but maybe for the better. I think I saw an impressive variation of 3 facial expressions on the main character! Amazing! Also... when you have a mix of American comic, manga and French BD in your style, it feels like it no longer knows what it really wants to be, at all. At least Ludo, who I linked before, got it right when mixing styles.
Characters? Didn't like them, none of them felt engaging to me. The main hero keeps whining like a bitch about his dark past, the monk sidekick he recruits at the end of the book keeps whining that the hero can't defeat the main antagonist. In a confusing plot point, he turns into some kind of... well, kinda cool looking angel, but I don't know what happens with him beyond that point..
There is a zombie child who joins at the end of the first book, but gets locked away at the beginning of the second, effectively being scrapped from the storyline apart from a short kidnapping scene. What was the point of her presence to begin with again?
Same goes from the female companion. She joins the group at the end of the first book for... no reason at all really, she just defects from the mercenary group she was with and joins the hero she was supposed to kill... and becomes useless for the rest of the storyline. Literally, she does -nothing-.
Storyline? A confusing mix of zombie hunter with a daaaark paaaast (spoiler, he raised his own parents from the dead.), and sort of roadtrip to the evil demon who's responsible for all the zombies that litter the countryside. The story feels incredibly shallow, just like the characters inhabiting it. And no... No! You're actually throwing in random poetic moments, inserting adaptations of HP Lovecraft poems? Are you fucking serious?
Stop pretending this is poetic. Stop pretending this is deep. The fact that the story by itself feels entirely uninteresting and shallow won't change when you try to give poetic meaning to the premise. This is, in my opinion, highly pretentious to boot.
Maybe me ranting about this is a shallow act on myself, also because I hate the thought I spent 30€ on these books because they were only available in hardcover, and I got lured by the first glimpses of pretty artwork I did see.. then got kicked in the scrotum by these books.
- Dragon Age 2 gets pretty bad reviews, from critics and players alike. But I still like it. I'm having fun. Isn't that what's most important? Am I being too forgiving? Sure, there's a lot of copy-pasting going on, that is an annoying point.. and the characters themselves aren't as interesting like they were in DA:O (come on... Alistair was one of those great side characters in every aspect, how could you top that?), but.. I'm having fun, that's what matters to me. Heck, I even started over because I didn't have a save available for act 1 to prevent... hm, spoiler from dying. Didn't want that, I hate to have party members die. Even if they won't appear for the rest of the game.
- I never played FF7, and I'm not intending to do so either. That's your nostalgia, not mine.
- Fecking lunch pass cheques, yeaaaaaay! *throws them into the air like they're bills of money*
- I love South Park, maybe a bit too much. I still keep watching episodes on SouthPark Studios on a daily basis, if only to have some background sound while playing WoW.
Speaking of WoW, feel free to poke me on EU-Earthen Ring sometime!
- Still loving TF2 after all these years, playing since it got released with the Orange Box. Best game deal ever? Yes I would think so! Speaking of which, I want a Fancy Fedora for the Spy!
I could trade for vintage Engineer cap, whoopie hat, master's yellow belt. Though, I usually keep the item set active for playing. ....... Yes, I main Spy.
- Stop fecking chewing on plastic, you nut! I have such a bad habit to bite on plastic spoons and break them between my teeth. I'm nervous like that, often.
- Ugh, need to lose weight... 73 kg right now, I want to lose at least 3 of that. If only to lose the hint of a double chin I'm starting to get. I also should sport, but I refuse to do anything that resembles competition at all. I just love having -me- time, doing my thing, my pace, with no one to tell me otherwise.
Did you read all of it? Good, because I have to get back to work now! I think I passed a 2 hour benchmark of random writing while doing administration work. XD
- god I'm disliking pop music so much right now! If it isn't monotone vocals, it's the status to which some of the artists are being propelled. We all know our favorite little punching back, JB? Stop profiling him as "the greatest musical legend". He is not. He has done -nothing- to revolutionize the music world whatsoever. Don't you dare put him next to the likes of Michael Jackson or Freddy Mercury.
We know well enough why he's popular. I think South Park said it best with their Jonas Brothers episode. "They make little girls giney's tickle. And when a little girl's giney tickles, I - MAKE - MONEY!".
- Duck Tales Moon theme, get out of my heaaaaaa- dooooo do do doo, do do dooo dodoooo!
- Holy fucking shit Ludo Lullabi, I already started loving you when I first read the manga version of Lanfeust, but now I found out about your other work, I love you even more. I'd be totally gay for this man, if only to absorb his delicous delicous talent. http://ludolullabi.blogspot.com/
- I'm kind of saddened that I'm mostly known for the ladies I draw. I hope I'll be known for my other work in the future, but I'm also fully aware that won't happen if I won't put a larger focus on it. Dalehan and Rumbottom is a story I want to work on, and make sure it'll have a fully fleshed out cast and storyline which I'm certain about from beginning to end. Yes, I'm already planning ahead to have it end, but it shouldn't discourage me to start working on it. I just need to find the drive again...
- I should show more interest in other people's work, other artists even. I won't ever be able to lay neccesary contacts to get my face out in the open if I keep shutting myself off like this.
- This sealant I'm using to seal off lock sensors with a sillicon-like glue smells like fucking vinegar! EEEEUGH! Incoming braindamage from the scent!
- I suck at writing stories, or meaningful dialogue... ;_;
- Getting compliments on my character background idea from our professional comic-artist teacher was fun! But on the other hand, he also had to laugh, something I wasn't entirely sure about myself since I wanted to mix the thought of a bizarre plot premise which is sort of funny in a way, with a more dramatic inevitability because of that premise.
Dalehan is a dog, plucked from the streets by the court magister and, along with other dogs, transformed into humans by this magister as an initial experiment to turn dogs into loyal soldiers and guardsmen to serve the kingdom. Soon after the transformation, he escaped and lived a live as a human thief, until the storyline picks up.
While constant "lawl, human acting like a dog!" jokes are to be expected, they'd be far and few between. The dramatic inevitability would be that, while human, he'd still age at the rate of a dog. So given his current age, he'd most likely die after 7 more years.
- Why is it that I can imagine my characters having Dragonforce songs being the best fitting ones? I know the lyrics are a bit corny, but damn I think they're still fun to listen to.
- Speaking of metal... I'm sorry people. But I do not care for Metallica.
Also, I do not know every group you know. My knowledge in music is limited at best. I'll also most likely start ignoring moments and conversations which I experience as "music nerdism". I do not care. I just don't.
-Blackwood. A comic. I fucking hate you.
I liked the artwork, mostly. I also hated it. Why? Because the backgrounds are nicely stylized and detailed, and the coloring is decent as well. So why do I hate it so?
Because the artist can't draw expressions for shit. It's a shame I can't find image samples online, but maybe for the better. I think I saw an impressive variation of 3 facial expressions on the main character! Amazing! Also... when you have a mix of American comic, manga and French BD in your style, it feels like it no longer knows what it really wants to be, at all. At least Ludo, who I linked before, got it right when mixing styles.
Characters? Didn't like them, none of them felt engaging to me. The main hero keeps whining like a bitch about his dark past, the monk sidekick he recruits at the end of the book keeps whining that the hero can't defeat the main antagonist. In a confusing plot point, he turns into some kind of... well, kinda cool looking angel, but I don't know what happens with him beyond that point..
There is a zombie child who joins at the end of the first book, but gets locked away at the beginning of the second, effectively being scrapped from the storyline apart from a short kidnapping scene. What was the point of her presence to begin with again?
Same goes from the female companion. She joins the group at the end of the first book for... no reason at all really, she just defects from the mercenary group she was with and joins the hero she was supposed to kill... and becomes useless for the rest of the storyline. Literally, she does -nothing-.
Storyline? A confusing mix of zombie hunter with a daaaark paaaast (spoiler, he raised his own parents from the dead.), and sort of roadtrip to the evil demon who's responsible for all the zombies that litter the countryside. The story feels incredibly shallow, just like the characters inhabiting it. And no... No! You're actually throwing in random poetic moments, inserting adaptations of HP Lovecraft poems? Are you fucking serious?
Stop pretending this is poetic. Stop pretending this is deep. The fact that the story by itself feels entirely uninteresting and shallow won't change when you try to give poetic meaning to the premise. This is, in my opinion, highly pretentious to boot.
Maybe me ranting about this is a shallow act on myself, also because I hate the thought I spent 30€ on these books because they were only available in hardcover, and I got lured by the first glimpses of pretty artwork I did see.. then got kicked in the scrotum by these books.
- Dragon Age 2 gets pretty bad reviews, from critics and players alike. But I still like it. I'm having fun. Isn't that what's most important? Am I being too forgiving? Sure, there's a lot of copy-pasting going on, that is an annoying point.. and the characters themselves aren't as interesting like they were in DA:O (come on... Alistair was one of those great side characters in every aspect, how could you top that?), but.. I'm having fun, that's what matters to me. Heck, I even started over because I didn't have a save available for act 1 to prevent... hm, spoiler from dying. Didn't want that, I hate to have party members die. Even if they won't appear for the rest of the game.
- I never played FF7, and I'm not intending to do so either. That's your nostalgia, not mine.
- Fecking lunch pass cheques, yeaaaaaay! *throws them into the air like they're bills of money*
- I love South Park, maybe a bit too much. I still keep watching episodes on SouthPark Studios on a daily basis, if only to have some background sound while playing WoW.
Speaking of WoW, feel free to poke me on EU-Earthen Ring sometime!
- Still loving TF2 after all these years, playing since it got released with the Orange Box. Best game deal ever? Yes I would think so! Speaking of which, I want a Fancy Fedora for the Spy!
I could trade for vintage Engineer cap, whoopie hat, master's yellow belt. Though, I usually keep the item set active for playing. ....... Yes, I main Spy.
- Stop fecking chewing on plastic, you nut! I have such a bad habit to bite on plastic spoons and break them between my teeth. I'm nervous like that, often.
- Ugh, need to lose weight... 73 kg right now, I want to lose at least 3 of that. If only to lose the hint of a double chin I'm starting to get. I also should sport, but I refuse to do anything that resembles competition at all. I just love having -me- time, doing my thing, my pace, with no one to tell me otherwise.
Did you read all of it? Good, because I have to get back to work now! I think I passed a 2 hour benchmark of random writing while doing administration work. XD
I think its a good idea to strive for something meaningful as you are thinking about doing, I really hope you will go for it =) sounds like a fairly nice setup as well ^^ and if you really feel like you suck at writing stories or dialog, if you are desperate enough, I can offer some help with either X3
aaaand JB is boring as hell (Nothing new about him) Duck tales is awesome :3 South park is even awesomer :P
Anywho X3 I wish you the best of luck with your future plans, and send me a note if you desire some help with writing up stuff ^_^
I can't take their new songs. ~_~
For umm..Fancy Fedora, I could find one for you at the cost of Refined metals. As long as you don't care whether its Vintage or not. =I (Coz Vintages are very expensive, but nobody really bothers in-game. They just see a hat.) A Fancy Fedora usually goes for...umm...2 refined metals or 2 refined + 1 reclaim. If you want, I can always find someone who sells it and buy it from em for ya. .o.
And chewing plastic is baaad (its kinda toxic isn't it. xD )..I used to gnaw on glass cups. xD I learned my lesson when a wine glass I idly gnawed on broke. I didn't swallow any pieces, rest assured. =V
There's also a Belgian musician who's fairly new to the scene, who gets his attention because he's young and good looking (if I have to poll my cousin's reaction to him). Frankly, his latest single.. creeps me out. I don't know about you, but he's constantly singing how he wishes his girl was fat, so she wouldn't fit through any door and have to stay in his bed all day, or she'd have feathers so he could put her in a cage and look at her all day. ... I don't find that charming, or cute. I find that fucking creepy! My mind interprets it as "I want you for me, and me alone.". .. kinda like a best friend of mine who has an overly jealous boyfriend. XD
That could work for the Fedora, I just need to find enough items to make more metal. I've been inactive on TF2 for a while now, only logging on when I'm bored with everything else, so I still have lots of items waiting for me. I suppose spending a day on an idle server would work, but I heared rumors that doing so would get you punished from now on?
I've done that as a child, biting off a chunk from a champagne glass. Luckily I didn't bite or try to swallow it and my parents were quick to react when they noticed it. Right now, I think I just enjoy the thought of that plastic splitting in the middle when I bite the thin parts. >.<
And err, nope, you won't get punished for idling. You don't need an online server in fact, you could just make a Offline Practice game with bots, put 0 bots, and just wait in the "team selection" team. You'll still get items. Serious! No need for an idle server. :3
A friend quitting TF2 has agreed to pass it to me. Not sure when but I'll note ya when I get it.. ^^
this said, you do draw a great-looking man as well and you shouldn't worry about the fact that something else draws the attention away from them, it is all the choice of the masses what to click (and what to say, I guess, but comments are sparse and usually don't say much of value)
I'm sure you are familiar with the workings of a place like this. if you draw porn and/or naked female bodies, they will most likely overshadow everything else, for good and bad.
I just wanted to let you know that... or something.
this is a fun journal, I might pick more at it later.
And yeah, my friend told me the same. Sexy art = sexy $. I'm still not doing commissions fulltime though, just because I can't put down a timeframe to work on it reliably, and I tend to forget finishing things when I lose interest in it. If it isn't a spontaneous feeling to draw, it won't work for me. That's my greatest flaw if I ever want to make it, really.