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Posted 12 years agosince people are still (at least technically) watching this account:
I haven't updated the scraps here with links like I intended when I switched accounts,
but there are finished versions of some sketches up on my active account.
I basically use this account as a scraps section after I moved. Figured that since I won't finish all these sketches into fully colored pieces, might as well leave the sketches up.
/ Gecko
I haven't updated the scraps here with links like I intended when I switched accounts,
but there are finished versions of some sketches up on my active account.
I basically use this account as a scraps section after I moved. Figured that since I won't finish all these sketches into fully colored pieces, might as well leave the sketches up.
/ Gecko
This account is not active.
Posted 13 years agoTo new watchers:
I'm posting at. This account won't be updated, save for links from the scraps section to finished pieces on the new account. And that's the only times I log on here, so if you want to contact me, do it over there.
(Of course you can still keep this one on watch as an archive, if my new stuff isn't up your alley. But no new art will show up here.)
I'm posting at
. This account won't be updated, save for links from the scraps section to finished pieces on the new account. And that's the only times I log on here, so if you want to contact me, do it over there. (Of course you can still keep this one on watch as an archive, if my new stuff isn't up your alley. But no new art will show up here.)
Happy New Year! Also: moving.
Posted 13 years agoShut up, Chinese New Year is going full blast. I’m perfectly on time. :D
From now on, I'll be posting at. If you want to keep following my art, see you there :)
If you’ve lost interest, take care of yourselves! It’s been good having you around.
From now on, I'll be posting at
. If you want to keep following my art, see you there :)If you’ve lost interest, take care of yourselves! It’s been good having you around.
the word QUEER
Posted 14 years agoDo you use it?
About who /what? When?
Why? /Why not?
(would also be interesting, in this context, to know if you're gay /straight / bi /cis /trans etc)
About who /what? When?
Why? /Why not?
(would also be interesting, in this context, to know if you're gay /straight / bi /cis /trans etc)
Russian bill to silence "gay propaganda"
Posted 14 years agoCopy + paste from nana-51 at deviantART.
(YES, it's "only" a bill to reinforce an existing law. YES, it's "only" St Petersburg. NO, I don't have every fact about this. But take a look at that bill, and you'll notice it - among other things - assumes kids can't be gay /bi /transgender and needing access to positive images of it. It also basically lumps LGBT in with pedophilia.)
"EDIT: Okay guys, apparently this law only concerns St Petersburg, and not all of Russia. More info here=> http://lezgetreal.com/2011/11/st-pe.....the-gays-bill/ It doesn't make it less horrible, but it is a small relief. /EDIT
I'm going to make a shout on something very important happening right now:
"In 48 hours, political leaders in Russia will vote on a law that makes speaking out as a gay, lesbian or trans person ILLEGAL. Because Russia is a large and powerful nation, the international community has stayed silent. If thousands of us raise our voices, they will be forced to speak out and stop this horrific law."
You'll understand why I can't help but post this everywhere in the hope to help in this crucial moment.
Sign the petition here=> http://www.allout.org/en/russia_sil.....urce=actionkit
It's easy, safe, and takes less than a minute.
It's too surreal for me to imagine such a law taking place. As an artist, it would mean not being able to publish anything, just because I have preferences that might be considered different. I'd feel caged. "
I simply pass it on because I agree with every word she says.
(YES, it's "only" a bill to reinforce an existing law. YES, it's "only" St Petersburg. NO, I don't have every fact about this. But take a look at that bill, and you'll notice it - among other things - assumes kids can't be gay /bi /transgender and needing access to positive images of it. It also basically lumps LGBT in with pedophilia.)
"EDIT: Okay guys, apparently this law only concerns St Petersburg, and not all of Russia. More info here=> http://lezgetreal.com/2011/11/st-pe.....the-gays-bill/ It doesn't make it less horrible, but it is a small relief. /EDIT
I'm going to make a shout on something very important happening right now:
"In 48 hours, political leaders in Russia will vote on a law that makes speaking out as a gay, lesbian or trans person ILLEGAL. Because Russia is a large and powerful nation, the international community has stayed silent. If thousands of us raise our voices, they will be forced to speak out and stop this horrific law."
You'll understand why I can't help but post this everywhere in the hope to help in this crucial moment.
Sign the petition here=> http://www.allout.org/en/russia_sil.....urce=actionkit
It's easy, safe, and takes less than a minute.
It's too surreal for me to imagine such a law taking place. As an artist, it would mean not being able to publish anything, just because I have preferences that might be considered different. I'd feel caged. "
I simply pass it on because I agree with every word she says.
update n sketches
Posted 14 years agoBit of a sketch dump, yeah. There will be ink and color and other fancy things again in this gallery soon enough, but art reflects life and my life is at the sketch stage ATM so deal. >:I
I kid, I kid. Thanks for all kinds of support, guys, I'll do my best to return it in some form. <3
Those threads that needed cutting? Yeah. I've dropped out of college, I'm selling most of my stuff, and job hunting and new-place hunting. Dumping some spare baggage and moving on. I had no idea how much of it I was dragging around. I guess at some point you gotta choose what to hang on to.
/ Bitch Wolf
I kid, I kid. Thanks for all kinds of support, guys, I'll do my best to return it in some form. <3
Those threads that needed cutting? Yeah. I've dropped out of college, I'm selling most of my stuff, and job hunting and new-place hunting. Dumping some spare baggage and moving on. I had no idea how much of it I was dragging around. I guess at some point you gotta choose what to hang on to.
/ Bitch Wolf
Busy Summer Ahead
Posted 14 years agoSummer will be full of work and studies. My economy and education are a mess. I have to finally move on from the old baggage I've dealt with the past few years. That's something that simply wouldn't have been possible just a year ago, but now there's a hundred loose ends to wrap up or cut in my life.
This makes me horribly easily distracted from anything but my job and my studies and art projects (and I'm not normally a well organized person) so forgive me if I take ages to respond.
But the summer may also contain some more art (and writing, if we're lucky). I've had a struggle of priorities going on full blast for over a year, and it feels good to admit art is what I want to do with my life. I was calling it a leisure and hobby out of plain fear of the challenge. Before I really can focus on that, though, I need to get some basic things on track and that'll take some work. But I feel like for the first time in my life, I'm making choices based solely on what I want myself. It's a good start.
End status report. So what are all your plans for Summer and Fall?
I hope you're well. If not, go rant about it here if that helps. <3
This makes me horribly easily distracted from anything but my job and my studies and art projects (and I'm not normally a well organized person) so forgive me if I take ages to respond.
But the summer may also contain some more art (and writing, if we're lucky). I've had a struggle of priorities going on full blast for over a year, and it feels good to admit art is what I want to do with my life. I was calling it a leisure and hobby out of plain fear of the challenge. Before I really can focus on that, though, I need to get some basic things on track and that'll take some work. But I feel like for the first time in my life, I'm making choices based solely on what I want myself. It's a good start.
End status report. So what are all your plans for Summer and Fall?
I hope you're well. If not, go rant about it here if that helps. <3
About paying for others' art.
Posted 14 years agoI see people off and on with different reasons why they think art should be free. Recently I saw someone saying that they wouldn't pay for anything art-wise that they could accomplish themselves if they only put in the same effort the artist did. Id est: art is something anyone can create with proper training, hence no reason to pay for it.
What's your thoughts on that?
What's your thoughts on that?
sleep-drunk but alive and kicking
Posted 14 years ago(Copypasta from dA cuz I'm a lazy bitch.)
I get why they call it sleep DRUNK. Believe me, I wouldn't trust me behind a wheel after only one hour of sleep. But aside from the moments of "brain activity pause", it's a funny state to be in - I'm more firmly attached to the ground than usually, but my thoughts run new tracks. Weird as it may sound, extreme sleep loss sometimes helps me get moving and get stuff done.
Phew, so Latin midterms are over with. I don't know how good I did, but I think I passed, and that's what matters. :) Haha, I thought my brain was going to shortcircuit the last minutes. (Yeah, I spent last night cramming, hence the thoughts on sleep loss.) Now I've gotten home, taken a few hours to land and get some real food into me, so I expect I'll be unconscious in not too long.
Today was the last day to apply for classes for Fall... And I didn't. I finally made up my mind to find a job instead, for at least a while. It's not just because I feel like picking my lagging classes off before taking new ones. They've piled up because I didn't deal with this decision before. I've been studying for five years, I've changed a lot in those years, and I need a time-out.
Song of the day: Days of Pearly Spencer by David McWilliams. I love it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg02Jj91NWM
...Hugs to the lot of you for comments and stuff I will be slow in replying to. So, anyone else going through exams right now, or any other trials?
I get why they call it sleep DRUNK. Believe me, I wouldn't trust me behind a wheel after only one hour of sleep. But aside from the moments of "brain activity pause", it's a funny state to be in - I'm more firmly attached to the ground than usually, but my thoughts run new tracks. Weird as it may sound, extreme sleep loss sometimes helps me get moving and get stuff done.
Phew, so Latin midterms are over with. I don't know how good I did, but I think I passed, and that's what matters. :) Haha, I thought my brain was going to shortcircuit the last minutes. (Yeah, I spent last night cramming, hence the thoughts on sleep loss.) Now I've gotten home, taken a few hours to land and get some real food into me, so I expect I'll be unconscious in not too long.
Today was the last day to apply for classes for Fall... And I didn't. I finally made up my mind to find a job instead, for at least a while. It's not just because I feel like picking my lagging classes off before taking new ones. They've piled up because I didn't deal with this decision before. I've been studying for five years, I've changed a lot in those years, and I need a time-out.
Song of the day: Days of Pearly Spencer by David McWilliams. I love it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg02Jj91NWM
...Hugs to the lot of you for comments and stuff I will be slow in replying to. So, anyone else going through exams right now, or any other trials?
JUST in case (scam warning)...
Posted 14 years agohttp://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2176609/
Some girl is trying to scam money off people after the disaster outside Tokyo. Just in case any of you are watching another of her accounts somewhere and haven't been warned already.
Some girl is trying to scam money off people after the disaster outside Tokyo. Just in case any of you are watching another of her accounts somewhere and haven't been warned already.
I'm cheered up.
Posted 14 years agoGenuinely. And I now count among the numbers of My Little Pony - Friendship is Magic fans. Thank you, Lauren Faust. <3
Those of you who use "bases"...
Posted 14 years ago...make sure the "base artist" made them themselves from scratch, or had permission to trace whatever they traced to make them. If you can't make sure, assume they didn't have permission.
You may be hurting another artist by using their art against their will. I'm pretty sure none of you want that, but it doesn't seem obvious to many people that those "bases" are more often than not plain rip-offs of existing art.
Just a jaded PSA, sorry, I can't give you a positive message today. It gets me down sometimes what people consider "artists" and "art" and what they consider worth looking up to. I'll snap out of it, I'm just in a funk created by other semi-art-related issues and it makes me extra sensitive.
You may be hurting another artist by using their art against their will. I'm pretty sure none of you want that, but it doesn't seem obvious to many people that those "bases" are more often than not plain rip-offs of existing art.
Just a jaded PSA, sorry, I can't give you a positive message today. It gets me down sometimes what people consider "artists" and "art" and what they consider worth looking up to. I'll snap out of it, I'm just in a funk created by other semi-art-related issues and it makes me extra sensitive.
I'm so way behinnnnd
Posted 14 years agoHello folks.
I'm just home from Latin classes (almost knocked out by the low oxygen level in that room, guh!). I talked to a nice lady on the train. Now I'm listening to Vocaloids Rin and Len. Clearing my head. Amazing how good synth music is for that.
...I'm behind in everything. I'll spare you my "I'm breakable" rant from dA, but I'm low on juice. Got to be economic for a while and focus on work, due to a looming deadline in April. I'll still be around but I'll probably be sporadic and not overly talkative, I'm afraid.
Question.
Do you guys want me to toss up sketches and works in progress while I get my act together, or do you want to wait 'til the finished images? I'm aware I'm kind of sketch spamming my gallery lately, and I'm wondering if it's better or worse than posting nothing. (No materials or time to finish a lot right now.) You don't have to give feedback if you raise your hand now, but if nobody's interested in seeing it, I'm not going to waste the time it takes to post the stuff.
I'm just home from Latin classes (almost knocked out by the low oxygen level in that room, guh!). I talked to a nice lady on the train. Now I'm listening to Vocaloids Rin and Len. Clearing my head. Amazing how good synth music is for that.
...I'm behind in everything. I'll spare you my "I'm breakable" rant from dA, but I'm low on juice. Got to be economic for a while and focus on work, due to a looming deadline in April. I'll still be around but I'll probably be sporadic and not overly talkative, I'm afraid.
Question.
Do you guys want me to toss up sketches and works in progress while I get my act together, or do you want to wait 'til the finished images? I'm aware I'm kind of sketch spamming my gallery lately, and I'm wondering if it's better or worse than posting nothing. (No materials or time to finish a lot right now.) You don't have to give feedback if you raise your hand now, but if nobody's interested in seeing it, I'm not going to waste the time it takes to post the stuff.
starting year journal yay
Posted 15 years agoThanks for the replies to my last journal, which all got wiped. I have reasons to leave and reasons to stay, and I'm sorting them out. No batteries for decision now, but if I go, you'll know where.
So, status check. 2011 is on its second week, I've slept in until 2:30 PM and I'm aching all over from stress hormones and anxiety meds. I'm calling myself a sorry mess and I'm probably right; the good thing is I'm not bothered that I am one, heck, that's life. I'm drawing stuff and writing stuff, and I'm staking out a course, so all's well compared to lying in the gutter homeless somewhere. There's a crapton of things I haven't dealt with that I should have, but I didn't have the tools until now. Didn't look at things the right way.
The big issue for this year is priorities. There's just a lot of things I won't have the energy for (and never really did) and most of them have to do with keeping people happy. Seeking others' approval instead of my own. I have to quit that, or I'm gonna crash. It's pretty silly to think other people's disappointment is my responsibility.
For Christmas, I got great stuff - from family, warm socks, food tickets, dark chocolate, and Dad and my brother not only payed and arranged for fixing my car, but took it to re-inspection for me as well. I got a big mortar and pestle from my grandmother, from friends, some sweet clothes and the Zombie Survival Guide.
I have a list of fan fictions I'm working on. On dA, I listed pairings for the fics in a spoiler document in my scraps. Do you guys care either way?
So, status check. 2011 is on its second week, I've slept in until 2:30 PM and I'm aching all over from stress hormones and anxiety meds. I'm calling myself a sorry mess and I'm probably right; the good thing is I'm not bothered that I am one, heck, that's life. I'm drawing stuff and writing stuff, and I'm staking out a course, so all's well compared to lying in the gutter homeless somewhere. There's a crapton of things I haven't dealt with that I should have, but I didn't have the tools until now. Didn't look at things the right way.
The big issue for this year is priorities. There's just a lot of things I won't have the energy for (and never really did) and most of them have to do with keeping people happy. Seeking others' approval instead of my own. I have to quit that, or I'm gonna crash. It's pretty silly to think other people's disappointment is my responsibility.
For Christmas, I got great stuff - from family, warm socks, food tickets, dark chocolate, and Dad and my brother not only payed and arranged for fixing my car, but took it to re-inspection for me as well. I got a big mortar and pestle from my grandmother, from friends, some sweet clothes and the Zombie Survival Guide.
I have a list of fan fictions I'm working on. On dA, I listed pairings for the fics in a spoiler document in my scraps. Do you guys care either way?
So er... How many of you are only watching me here?
Posted 15 years agoLovely to see those of you who started following me lately, hugs to all of you,
And awkwardly on to: how many of you could find a way to follow me if I retreat from here, stick to dA and, I dunno, made an artblog or the likes for my adult stuff?
Not decided yet. I'm kinda hesitant about this site right now, is all.
And awkwardly on to: how many of you could find a way to follow me if I retreat from here, stick to dA and, I dunno, made an artblog or the likes for my adult stuff?
Not decided yet. I'm kinda hesitant about this site right now, is all.
still snowing
Posted 15 years ago...knock on wood.
It snowed the last three days or so, flurry style. :) It was wetter tonight, so I hope it won't all vaporize now. >_< I want my cold white outside! It's wonderful to go outside in it, I'm smiling like a kid on winter holiday (despite I have nothing close to it) just looking outside ^^
It snowed the last three days or so, flurry style. :) It was wetter tonight, so I hope it won't all vaporize now. >_< I want my cold white outside! It's wonderful to go outside in it, I'm smiling like a kid on winter holiday (despite I have nothing close to it) just looking outside ^^
I CAN HAS SCANNAR
Posted 15 years agoIT'S SNOWING AGAIN. :D Wet snow and not lots of it but still. More!! More!!
Almost identical clone of journal on dA cuz I'm lazy.
My boss bought a laptop for me. It's technically hers, but I get to use it freely and install extra software if I want.
Which is where I got an unexpected bonus. There are updates to my scanner's drivers for Windows 7 which is what is on this laptop, so now I CAN SCAN STUFF AGAIN. From home. With a minute's worth of work. I will spam you with every brain fart I doodle in class... No, but I'll be posting WIPs more often. I like to do that, both because I get great help with the finished pieces and because when I get response, I'm more motivated to finish stuff.
I have some that I'm gonna post today and later that are already up on dA - sketches and one or two almost-finished line arts.
I also found a ton of sketches I forgot I had, today when cleaning out and sorting stuff in piles, and some lovely junk from back in art school, which I'm gonna post with time. But I'm gonna be good and fill out lexical entries and interview peeps on how they use prepositions before I scan THOSE, and I have a Latin midterm exam next week. I'm doing kinda splendid though, and got lots of stuff to do so I don't have time to slow to a halt and have my mental engine busted.
And I have to say it 'cause I am slow in replying and scatter brained and all: Every word from you guys helps fuel me. I am always awesomely happy when you take time out of your lives to talk about my art, I am happy when you just click the "favorites" button and remind me you get some enjoyment out of it, I am happy you simply follow what I do, I love you all. SMOOCHIES.
Almost identical clone of journal on dA cuz I'm lazy.
My boss bought a laptop for me. It's technically hers, but I get to use it freely and install extra software if I want.
Which is where I got an unexpected bonus. There are updates to my scanner's drivers for Windows 7 which is what is on this laptop, so now I CAN SCAN STUFF AGAIN. From home. With a minute's worth of work. I will spam you with every brain fart I doodle in class... No, but I'll be posting WIPs more often. I like to do that, both because I get great help with the finished pieces and because when I get response, I'm more motivated to finish stuff.
I have some that I'm gonna post today and later that are already up on dA - sketches and one or two almost-finished line arts.
I also found a ton of sketches I forgot I had, today when cleaning out and sorting stuff in piles, and some lovely junk from back in art school, which I'm gonna post with time. But I'm gonna be good and fill out lexical entries and interview peeps on how they use prepositions before I scan THOSE, and I have a Latin midterm exam next week. I'm doing kinda splendid though, and got lots of stuff to do so I don't have time to slow to a halt and have my mental engine busted.
And I have to say it 'cause I am slow in replying and scatter brained and all: Every word from you guys helps fuel me. I am always awesomely happy when you take time out of your lives to talk about my art, I am happy when you just click the "favorites" button and remind me you get some enjoyment out of it, I am happy you simply follow what I do, I love you all. SMOOCHIES.
Sonadow fanfic drinking game
Posted 15 years agoJust a silly thing I put together to clear my head. I don't recommend doing this at home or anywhere else.
Mind that I don't find all these tropes to be inherently bad (though some make me stop reading) - they're just awfully common in Sonadow fics for some reason.
You know drinking games. Get some alcoholic beverage, put it in a large container, and for each point on the list that you find reflected in a randomly chosen fic, you drink. To do so is your own decision and I highly recommend Mountain Dew instead. :B
Take a swig if:
Sonic begs Shadow to do something/ stop doing something.
Eyes are likened to gemstones.
The words azure, ebony and /or crimson are used to describe someone.
Bonus if combined with creature.
There's a scene involving water, and Sonic is either drowning in it or being rattled near it. If it's the latter, Shadow is amused by it.
Either guy consistently calls the other "faker", to the point that it's used in place of a name.
Bonus if it's Shadow doing it to be aloof, and Sonic actually lets it get to him.
Sonic is cheeky and persistent, and Shadow is reserved.
Sonic is inexperienced (at least with guys) and easily flustered, and Shadow is persistent.
Sonic is hung up on things like your sacred first kiss, and Shadow isn't.
Sonic jumps back in fear every time Shadow gets ticked off. And still keeps ticking him off.
Blush. Nuclear powered. Bonus if it's Shadow.
Sonic is idealistic, innocent and easily moved.
Shadow is cynical, dirty minded and emotionally cold.
Sonic bottoms.
Sonic makes you think of Amy. (Clingy, one-track, jealous, pouts, prone to emotional outbursts, and on the plus side nurturing, giggly, energetic and forgiving, with a cute smile.)
Sonic has "informed confidence" - his cocky attitude is only mentioned when Shadow makes it fly out the window.
Sonic is repeatedly referred to as "the hero" but never actually does any heroics.
Bonus if his only heroic deed is sacrificing himself for Shadow in some way.
Sonic doesn't do any exploring, DJ sessions, break dancing, traveling or competing, but is satisfied curled up to Shadow's chest, indoors, through the whole story. And is frustrated when Shadow finds something else to do than seeing him.
Shadow doesn't do any thinking on his identity and place in the world, any missions for GUN, or any searching for answers of his own, because he's busy trying to nail Sonic /cater to Sonic's overemotional, spoiled self 24/7.
Sonic and /or Shadow turn on the waterworks at the drop of a hat.
Sonic goes through the whole Shoujo range of emotions, and Shadow is always either pissed off, aloof or horny.
Bonus if his default setting is a combination of the three.
Sonic's prettiness is described at length. Words like "slender" and "graceful" figure.
Bonus if Shadow gets no description save expressions.
Amy Rose (alt: Sally Acorn) is ignored as anything but a minor or major annoyance, and slips out of the story once Sonic and Shadow's relationship kicks off.
Bonus if she goes ballistic on them.
Other parts of their respective friend circle mysteriously turn into full tilt homophobes with no shades of gray (or personality) whatsoever.
Maria is only mentioned when Shadow needs to angst, break into a fit of rage, or cry. The only scenes you see of them are the one under a tree, the one by the lookout window, or the one where she dies. God forbid the girl ever had breakfast.
Somewhere in the story, someone gets raped and /or abused.
The fic is played out in a high school.
Sonic and /or Shadow is a vampire.
If the two previous posts are combined, chug the container's contents and refill.
Mind that I don't find all these tropes to be inherently bad (though some make me stop reading) - they're just awfully common in Sonadow fics for some reason.
You know drinking games. Get some alcoholic beverage, put it in a large container, and for each point on the list that you find reflected in a randomly chosen fic, you drink. To do so is your own decision and I highly recommend Mountain Dew instead. :B
Take a swig if:
Sonic begs Shadow to do something/ stop doing something.
Eyes are likened to gemstones.
The words azure, ebony and /or crimson are used to describe someone.
Bonus if combined with creature.
There's a scene involving water, and Sonic is either drowning in it or being rattled near it. If it's the latter, Shadow is amused by it.
Either guy consistently calls the other "faker", to the point that it's used in place of a name.
Bonus if it's Shadow doing it to be aloof, and Sonic actually lets it get to him.
Sonic is cheeky and persistent, and Shadow is reserved.
Sonic is inexperienced (at least with guys) and easily flustered, and Shadow is persistent.
Sonic is hung up on things like your sacred first kiss, and Shadow isn't.
Sonic jumps back in fear every time Shadow gets ticked off. And still keeps ticking him off.
Blush. Nuclear powered. Bonus if it's Shadow.
Sonic is idealistic, innocent and easily moved.
Shadow is cynical, dirty minded and emotionally cold.
Sonic bottoms.
Sonic makes you think of Amy. (Clingy, one-track, jealous, pouts, prone to emotional outbursts, and on the plus side nurturing, giggly, energetic and forgiving, with a cute smile.)
Sonic has "informed confidence" - his cocky attitude is only mentioned when Shadow makes it fly out the window.
Sonic is repeatedly referred to as "the hero" but never actually does any heroics.
Bonus if his only heroic deed is sacrificing himself for Shadow in some way.
Sonic doesn't do any exploring, DJ sessions, break dancing, traveling or competing, but is satisfied curled up to Shadow's chest, indoors, through the whole story. And is frustrated when Shadow finds something else to do than seeing him.
Shadow doesn't do any thinking on his identity and place in the world, any missions for GUN, or any searching for answers of his own, because he's busy trying to nail Sonic /cater to Sonic's overemotional, spoiled self 24/7.
Sonic and /or Shadow turn on the waterworks at the drop of a hat.
Sonic goes through the whole Shoujo range of emotions, and Shadow is always either pissed off, aloof or horny.
Bonus if his default setting is a combination of the three.
Sonic's prettiness is described at length. Words like "slender" and "graceful" figure.
Bonus if Shadow gets no description save expressions.
Amy Rose (alt: Sally Acorn) is ignored as anything but a minor or major annoyance, and slips out of the story once Sonic and Shadow's relationship kicks off.
Bonus if she goes ballistic on them.
Other parts of their respective friend circle mysteriously turn into full tilt homophobes with no shades of gray (or personality) whatsoever.
Maria is only mentioned when Shadow needs to angst, break into a fit of rage, or cry. The only scenes you see of them are the one under a tree, the one by the lookout window, or the one where she dies. God forbid the girl ever had breakfast.
Somewhere in the story, someone gets raped and /or abused.
The fic is played out in a high school.
Sonic and /or Shadow is a vampire.
If the two previous posts are combined, chug the container's contents and refill.
Quickie life status update
Posted 15 years agoI've got a job at my university now, and it seems by way belated grad paper may be finished this year, but this all means I have less time to draw and write. I'm crazy happy to have a chance to work with language though, working as assistent on a dictionary project.
No stories are on ice, just can't get as much time to sit and work structure out. Since that's what's lacking in a lot of my stories right now, they'll all be delayed. Same with finishing sketches into drawings.
Hope you're all doing okay, enjoying whatever season is about where you are. :)
No stories are on ice, just can't get as much time to sit and work structure out. Since that's what's lacking in a lot of my stories right now, they'll all be delayed. Same with finishing sketches into drawings.
Hope you're all doing okay, enjoying whatever season is about where you are. :)
Spirit Day today - I'm wearing purple
Posted 15 years agoIt's in memory of the teens who lately likely killed themselves because of extensive bullying over their being gay. But more importantly, it's about showing others in the same situation that they're not alone.
I don't have the time to give you details, check the links and google if you're curious.
facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?e.....819&ref=ts
News article with briefing: http://www.bu.edu/today/2010/10/19/.....how-solidarity
I don't have the time to give you details, check the links and google if you're curious.
facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?e.....819&ref=ts
News article with briefing: http://www.bu.edu/today/2010/10/19/.....how-solidarity
pardon the sketch spam
Posted 15 years agoBrain installing new OS. Please stand by.
Out of hiding
Posted 15 years agoHey guys, how is everyone? I feel alive, that's good.
To those who've put me on their watch list, or put any of my art in their favorites, and who I didn't get back to: it's always a kick, even when I'm too preoccupied, tongue tied or plain disoriented to reply.
I've scrapped a lot of pictures in my gallery to kick myself into finishing my works in progress and make some new pieces that are more thought through. I do art for fun, but I find it's more fun if I push myself a little.
If I posted a list of projects, would anyone read it?
...This job (delivery; the guys from last Summer called me back in) might save more than my economy. I've made the mistake over and over of thinking that a full time job (or studies) will divert me from telling stories. I'm always wrong; I get more incentive to draw and write when I'm out there doing things, getting frustrated, mucking up and finding ways to do the job anyway. Getting a faceful of reality and bumping into people.
To those who've put me on their watch list, or put any of my art in their favorites, and who I didn't get back to: it's always a kick, even when I'm too preoccupied, tongue tied or plain disoriented to reply.
I've scrapped a lot of pictures in my gallery to kick myself into finishing my works in progress and make some new pieces that are more thought through. I do art for fun, but I find it's more fun if I push myself a little.
If I posted a list of projects, would anyone read it?
...This job (delivery; the guys from last Summer called me back in) might save more than my economy. I've made the mistake over and over of thinking that a full time job (or studies) will divert me from telling stories. I'm always wrong; I get more incentive to draw and write when I'm out there doing things, getting frustrated, mucking up and finding ways to do the job anyway. Getting a faceful of reality and bumping into people.
Meme from dA
Posted 15 years agoTo replace that month old phishing warning with something.
You get 10 random tidbits about me.
1.
When writing, what I struggle most with is putting all my bits of dialogue and "key moments" in the right order and connect them properly. Give others the context needed to follow the story. Structure, my strong suit it is not.
2.
As a kid I used to collect cats - china, plastic, paper, wood, plushies... I had just over a hundred. I'm getting rid of most of them, but I keep some really cool ones. And I like rabbits, rats and the likes. So there's a lot of felines and rodents decorating my apartment. I have no pets at the moment, though.
3.
I love video game trivia, and I can discuss it for hours, but I don't keep track of technical facts or release dates. I care about things like why the Chaos Emeralds are different colors, and the difference between the STI character outline and the current Sonic character.
4.
I have a few 1/6 scale dolls of different price classes, posability and stage of modding, and there are five doll rooms in my book shelves. All my dolls have names, personality and backstory; they're like my fictive characters, only plastic (or resin).
5.
I like long walks in forests, or just sitting somewhere in them (or by the ocean) without talking or really doing anything. Listening in on nature.
6.
When drawing or writing, I often put myself in the mood, or even a "focus bubble" through music or movies. Most cases, you won't be able to guess what it was, because it won't leave obvious traces or be something any of the characters involved would listen to.
7.
I get mistaken for a guy. I think that's fun, because I feel like one myself half the time, and I like tilting people's perspective.
8.
I over-analyze cartoons and fantasy concepts, and I have some STRONG subtext goggles to put on at will. I love looking between the lines / frames. This goes for everything around me, really.
9.
I can have trouble sorting impressions, and filtering out irrelevant ones. In addition to this, I have filthy good hearing and an overactive association center. I wouldn't give it up for the world, but if I don't consciously keep it in check, it trips me.
10.
It rubs me the wrong way when people tell me in a patronizing, well-meaning note that I "should" draw something else than whatever I enjoy drawing at the moment. You have no idea what kind of personal development I'm going through; you can't advice me on what I need to draw to help it.
I've got college projects going still, so I'm all panic right now. Seeya when I'm down again.
You get 10 random tidbits about me.
1.
When writing, what I struggle most with is putting all my bits of dialogue and "key moments" in the right order and connect them properly. Give others the context needed to follow the story. Structure, my strong suit it is not.
2.
As a kid I used to collect cats - china, plastic, paper, wood, plushies... I had just over a hundred. I'm getting rid of most of them, but I keep some really cool ones. And I like rabbits, rats and the likes. So there's a lot of felines and rodents decorating my apartment. I have no pets at the moment, though.
3.
I love video game trivia, and I can discuss it for hours, but I don't keep track of technical facts or release dates. I care about things like why the Chaos Emeralds are different colors, and the difference between the STI character outline and the current Sonic character.
4.
I have a few 1/6 scale dolls of different price classes, posability and stage of modding, and there are five doll rooms in my book shelves. All my dolls have names, personality and backstory; they're like my fictive characters, only plastic (or resin).
5.
I like long walks in forests, or just sitting somewhere in them (or by the ocean) without talking or really doing anything. Listening in on nature.
6.
When drawing or writing, I often put myself in the mood, or even a "focus bubble" through music or movies. Most cases, you won't be able to guess what it was, because it won't leave obvious traces or be something any of the characters involved would listen to.
7.
I get mistaken for a guy. I think that's fun, because I feel like one myself half the time, and I like tilting people's perspective.
8.
I over-analyze cartoons and fantasy concepts, and I have some STRONG subtext goggles to put on at will. I love looking between the lines / frames. This goes for everything around me, really.
9.
I can have trouble sorting impressions, and filtering out irrelevant ones. In addition to this, I have filthy good hearing and an overactive association center. I wouldn't give it up for the world, but if I don't consciously keep it in check, it trips me.
10.
It rubs me the wrong way when people tell me in a patronizing, well-meaning note that I "should" draw something else than whatever I enjoy drawing at the moment. You have no idea what kind of personal development I'm going through; you can't advice me on what I need to draw to help it.
I've got college projects going still, so I'm all panic right now. Seeya when I'm down again.
Phishing sites targeting FA accounts - pass it on
Posted 15 years agoSo apparently there's phishing sites passing themselves off as FurAffinity. Look closer if you click your way to FA and don't sign in if it doesn't look right. They hijack your info and then they can hack your real account.
Just in case you haven't seen / been linked to
's journal already.
FUR AFFINITY PHISHING/SCAM SITE: http://furaffinity.t35.com/ http://noreds.000space.com/phish/ and http://furaffinity.tk/
As you can see, the endings to those URLs are wrong. So take one extra look at the URL before signing in, is all. If you're just alert, you don't fall for this kind of thing, but sometimes we're tired or stressed out, eh.
Just in case you haven't seen / been linked to
's journal already. FUR AFFINITY PHISHING/SCAM SITE: http://furaffinity.t35.com/ http://noreds.000space.com/phish/ and http://furaffinity.tk/
As you can see, the endings to those URLs are wrong. So take one extra look at the URL before signing in, is all. If you're just alert, you don't fall for this kind of thing, but sometimes we're tired or stressed out, eh.
today = awesome
Posted 15 years agoSo yesterday, after planning out my grad paper and getting a briefing on my new part-time job (both with my advisor), I didn't get home from Lund because of lack of money on train card. Couldn't even borrow money until today.
But a friend let me crash in his apartment, and we had dinner before he went to spend the night with his girlfriend, so we could exchange experience with lacking study grants and getting all fired up over job chances (I got one translating stuff for more money than I've had from anything before; he might work with a physics and laser show at the world exhibition in China). He left after dinner; I got at least some sleep despite his cat calling for him all night.
In the morning I had breakfast there with the other guy who shares the place (who came home in the middle of the night) and could catch up with him too before he had to rush to the bus stop. I left after another shameless bit of breakfast - man their crisp bread is tasty, and OMG MILK for the first time in three weeks - to a phone booth in town where I called Dad (my cell was out of battery by now) who would be in the area around five PM and could lend me the train fare then.
I'm utterly broke so after buying a banana for lunch, I lacked one cent for the cheapest coffee vending machine (about 3 cents /cup), but I ran into a friend who showed me pity and we talked away an hour or so over coffee on PokeMon, borrowing money from friends /family, steampunk and having a Terminator themed marathon soon. We agree 100% that Lance Henriksen would've made a kick ass terminator. The things that will never be...
Then my friend Nicky bought me coffee and a sandwich for lunch and we could talk about tits, PokeMon and vampires in the cafeteria. He shopped for dinner and we switched topic to cooking and ice cream brands (I now have to try lime juice in béarnaise sauce. That sounded delicious.). I got a bear hug or two to sustain me before he took the bus home.
I strolled around window shopping; putting two books on hold 'til next week at my favorite used books store (Karl Popper's autobiography and one on Tutanchamon's life + death) and just sitting down some, trying to recap. Then I met up with Dad, who lent me a bit more money than I needed for just the train.
TL; DR? I have awesome friends and family, who make my life a lot easier if I let them, and running into them makes any day much better. And today was nice for digesting stuff and getting back on track.
I lost sleep though and I wasn't dressed for the windy weather today so hot shower + fish soup at nine was bliss and after a few hours browsing art I'm ready to topple over. Now my neighbor's shut up, so I'm gonna go sleep. ^^
But a friend let me crash in his apartment, and we had dinner before he went to spend the night with his girlfriend, so we could exchange experience with lacking study grants and getting all fired up over job chances (I got one translating stuff for more money than I've had from anything before; he might work with a physics and laser show at the world exhibition in China). He left after dinner; I got at least some sleep despite his cat calling for him all night.
In the morning I had breakfast there with the other guy who shares the place (who came home in the middle of the night) and could catch up with him too before he had to rush to the bus stop. I left after another shameless bit of breakfast - man their crisp bread is tasty, and OMG MILK for the first time in three weeks - to a phone booth in town where I called Dad (my cell was out of battery by now) who would be in the area around five PM and could lend me the train fare then.
I'm utterly broke so after buying a banana for lunch, I lacked one cent for the cheapest coffee vending machine (about 3 cents /cup), but I ran into a friend who showed me pity and we talked away an hour or so over coffee on PokeMon, borrowing money from friends /family, steampunk and having a Terminator themed marathon soon. We agree 100% that Lance Henriksen would've made a kick ass terminator. The things that will never be...
Then my friend Nicky bought me coffee and a sandwich for lunch and we could talk about tits, PokeMon and vampires in the cafeteria. He shopped for dinner and we switched topic to cooking and ice cream brands (I now have to try lime juice in béarnaise sauce. That sounded delicious.). I got a bear hug or two to sustain me before he took the bus home.
I strolled around window shopping; putting two books on hold 'til next week at my favorite used books store (Karl Popper's autobiography and one on Tutanchamon's life + death) and just sitting down some, trying to recap. Then I met up with Dad, who lent me a bit more money than I needed for just the train.
TL; DR? I have awesome friends and family, who make my life a lot easier if I let them, and running into them makes any day much better. And today was nice for digesting stuff and getting back on track.
I lost sleep though and I wasn't dressed for the windy weather today so hot shower + fish soup at nine was bliss and after a few hours browsing art I'm ready to topple over. Now my neighbor's shut up, so I'm gonna go sleep. ^^
