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10 years ago
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Wow, set this one up I guess when it came to titles after the last journal, lol, so, lessee, been on one of those off weeks' and spending time just generally pushing myself back together
Starters?
HALLOWEEN PROTIP: Be careful with Morphsuits and bright lights.
As you may have guessed occasionally when there's a silence from me, I'm back on the wagon with a new cast, lol
After spending years going out for Halloween parties and such, and making our own costumes and such each year, Jeri got tired of no-one getting what we'd be dressed up as, and decided in a rather matter of fact manner that we were now going to instead buy store bought costumes, but not like Walmart, y'know, a proper costume store place =O
So out we go! Jeri picks this kind of generic victorian gothic masquerade outfit, all black lace and cobwebs and elegance with a lil silver/black mask thing, and she's bought for, meanwhile, I get my eye on a couple of fun outfits, and wind up spotting the morph suits, y'know, those things that are just skin tight suits with printed patterns on them?
Yeah, I spot a Pink Power Ranger and decide what the hell, I wanna see what it's like, but I've never worn one before, so ask to try it on =O Turns out for some understandable reasons that you can't try out a bodysuit, BUT the store had their own one, and despite any hygeiene thoughts, in I went!
Tried the thing on and gotta say it was all kinds of awesome, fun, taut, just the right mix of flexible and restricting at the same time, out I came from the stall to show Jeri and discovered JUST what happens when you shine ANY light on a person in a morph suit, you never realise JUST how bright something is until you see it a different way, like say, how suddenly a dim set of store lights in daytime end up DAZZLING you, blinds you to everything and you cannot see a damn thing
Which is of course what happened to me, then, what you'd normally expect as I stumbled into a shelf and did a good job of dismantling both the shelf and my left wrist =P
Good news is that was like a week ago now, feeling better now at least
AND, it wasn't all bad?
We did some compromising, that I still managed to cobble something together, I requested a red cast for my left wrist and even though it was the wrong way round, doodled on it and got out a trench coat, some red makeup, a set of goggles to turn into horns and then marker pen-d my cast to make myself look like Hellboy =B
So hopped up on pain meds and such, me and Jeri still got to show off our costumes at her works Halloween fling the Friday night, lol, then proceeded to spend ACTUAL Halloween mostly by myself, and with the lights out just kind of, wimping out and pretending I wasn't in, actually kinda miserable x_o Bleh, ups and downs, just wasn't feeling it I guess without Jeri there and having already done the costuming the night before?
Iunno, it kinda made me feel bad feeling so grouchy, it's not entirely unexpected in the first week of broken bone blues, but still, just feel bleh that it happened on Halloween, y'know? I don't think I even watched as much as a horror movie that night >_>
In fact, that's a bit of ennui that's spread even to the computer screen, believe it or not? This is NIGHT THREE of trying to post this up, and just, finally only getting this far now, and I'm half wondering if maybe I've hit a point of disgruntlement with my work that I can't stand looking at a computer screen or any news thanks to sitting at my desk through all the ungodly hours?
Glah, not to mention that's part of why I failed a self-implemented goal to finish a story in time for Halloween, so, missed goals x_X
I DO however have some sorta good news? Or, well, we'll see I guess, but, Jeri was asking me about Xmas stuff, if I wanted anything specifically, so, before I asked for anything Magic/comic related, I decided to think and instead, thought about getting a WACOM tablet or some such =O
My scans have been horrible of late and I've admired the digital setup for a while.... soooooo, basically, would any of you guys have any recommendations for affordable tablets that are good quality to maybe leave lying around? =O
I'll leave it hanging on there, or until we come up with any new topics or such~ Until then, see you guys later! =V
Starters?
HALLOWEEN PROTIP: Be careful with Morphsuits and bright lights.
As you may have guessed occasionally when there's a silence from me, I'm back on the wagon with a new cast, lol
After spending years going out for Halloween parties and such, and making our own costumes and such each year, Jeri got tired of no-one getting what we'd be dressed up as, and decided in a rather matter of fact manner that we were now going to instead buy store bought costumes, but not like Walmart, y'know, a proper costume store place =O
So out we go! Jeri picks this kind of generic victorian gothic masquerade outfit, all black lace and cobwebs and elegance with a lil silver/black mask thing, and she's bought for, meanwhile, I get my eye on a couple of fun outfits, and wind up spotting the morph suits, y'know, those things that are just skin tight suits with printed patterns on them?
Yeah, I spot a Pink Power Ranger and decide what the hell, I wanna see what it's like, but I've never worn one before, so ask to try it on =O Turns out for some understandable reasons that you can't try out a bodysuit, BUT the store had their own one, and despite any hygeiene thoughts, in I went!
Tried the thing on and gotta say it was all kinds of awesome, fun, taut, just the right mix of flexible and restricting at the same time, out I came from the stall to show Jeri and discovered JUST what happens when you shine ANY light on a person in a morph suit, you never realise JUST how bright something is until you see it a different way, like say, how suddenly a dim set of store lights in daytime end up DAZZLING you, blinds you to everything and you cannot see a damn thing
Which is of course what happened to me, then, what you'd normally expect as I stumbled into a shelf and did a good job of dismantling both the shelf and my left wrist =P
Good news is that was like a week ago now, feeling better now at least
AND, it wasn't all bad?
We did some compromising, that I still managed to cobble something together, I requested a red cast for my left wrist and even though it was the wrong way round, doodled on it and got out a trench coat, some red makeup, a set of goggles to turn into horns and then marker pen-d my cast to make myself look like Hellboy =B
So hopped up on pain meds and such, me and Jeri still got to show off our costumes at her works Halloween fling the Friday night, lol, then proceeded to spend ACTUAL Halloween mostly by myself, and with the lights out just kind of, wimping out and pretending I wasn't in, actually kinda miserable x_o Bleh, ups and downs, just wasn't feeling it I guess without Jeri there and having already done the costuming the night before?
Iunno, it kinda made me feel bad feeling so grouchy, it's not entirely unexpected in the first week of broken bone blues, but still, just feel bleh that it happened on Halloween, y'know? I don't think I even watched as much as a horror movie that night >_>
In fact, that's a bit of ennui that's spread even to the computer screen, believe it or not? This is NIGHT THREE of trying to post this up, and just, finally only getting this far now, and I'm half wondering if maybe I've hit a point of disgruntlement with my work that I can't stand looking at a computer screen or any news thanks to sitting at my desk through all the ungodly hours?
Glah, not to mention that's part of why I failed a self-implemented goal to finish a story in time for Halloween, so, missed goals x_X
I DO however have some sorta good news? Or, well, we'll see I guess, but, Jeri was asking me about Xmas stuff, if I wanted anything specifically, so, before I asked for anything Magic/comic related, I decided to think and instead, thought about getting a WACOM tablet or some such =O
My scans have been horrible of late and I've admired the digital setup for a while.... soooooo, basically, would any of you guys have any recommendations for affordable tablets that are good quality to maybe leave lying around? =O
I'll leave it hanging on there, or until we come up with any new topics or such~ Until then, see you guys later! =V
As for tablets, excitiiing~ I kind of have to recommend the one I got back in 2012 that (combined with Sai) changed my art XD
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005HGBEYS
Wacom's Bamboo tablets are apparently quite good, they've been good to me these past few years - nice thing about this one is that the cord is a separate piece (USB on one end, firewire on the other) so you can replace that if there's a problem with it
EDIT: Seems the price has gone up on that particular one since I bought it lol, but the important thing is the product name
Only problems now unlike everyone else, I'm stuck wearing that piece of my costume, lol, it's still all Hellboy-ed up
=O Interesting and sounds good, I DO recognise the brand name which is like I guess pretty good, so, gotta ask, what IS Sai anyhow, saw it mentioned down below?
At that price though it handles pretty nicely, it's not gonna give you a bunch of image editing effects and whatnot but you're given a good array of tools that will be useful. My favorite inclusion being the stabilizer function which automatically slows down your brush strokes to make it easier to handle. Only flaw for me is that you can't place text unless it's handwritten or copypasted in, the latter being how I'm probably gonna have to handle Blitz >>
I've given Manga Studio a shot which is also pretty highly regarded, but it's a lil complicated for me. Sai feels like it's basic yet easy to work with, and once you've gotten the hang of it you can really improve your craft. I mean... look at my jump from 2012 to 2013 as an example XD
But, ursh, needa watch out for that pricetag mayhap <<
Also I might stalk this, thinking about picking up a tablet myself.
I didn't do much for Halloween this year (we've had only one trick-or-treater in the past 25 years, so...) I think I was working on projects most of the night, though I did take a little time out to get dressed up.
I went with a long platinum blond wig, neon pink goggles, an Indiana Jones hat, a rainbow scarf, black elbow length gloves, and a mangled metal leg from a school desk.
What's with the lack of trick or treating there you think? D=
And damned if I'm trying to think on your costume and can't think, sounds like something out of Borderlands! =O
Heh, I've thought about drawing my costume, though my muse has been taking a few days off. :P
I feel a lil guilty unless I can upload an actual art piece for my list before uploading anything else >_>;;
You can check out some Monoprice tablets here if you're interested: https://www.monoprice.com/Category?c_id=108&cp_id=10841
...Although what do I need SAI for? << And what IS Sai?
The Hellboy arm was very well thought out.
But ursh, longest castless period in recent memory would have been the three month stint I managed before my wedding <_< Now if only I could get Jeri to do a second wedding...
Just, kinda didn't go that well, sadly when the class was not kind to new beginners, not to mention being a fairly horrible environment x_o
Ballet would have been something pretty awesome to have gotten into =x
It does seem that you trip a lot; certainly more often than I do. That might be a treatable problem.
I hope you mend soon, Jazz