Rumors of my demise are wildly exagerated, to quote Mark Twain

No, I have not been slain yet. I still fight for good art and some free time.... maybe even for myself, if I'm lucky.
No at the moment I'm preoccupied with life. To give you guys a brief summary;

- My mom has decided to jumpstart renovations again, hence our living room and bedroom are full of workers and painting equipment, which is why she spends her time working at home on my desk.
- My aunt has come to visit us from finland, which means that my mom is also sleeping in my bed.
- These two things combined mean that I have no place to work at home and no place to sleep, hence I sleep at my mate's place (altogether not a bad thing).
However, it also means that I can't work on anything properly. I have one picture in the works which has been taking me forever thanks to the current situation and I'm supposed to be working on that comic I've been sitting on for 6 months again, commissioned by my good friend  skimike
- Things being as they are I'm stuck using my laptop for any sort of work and it's rather cumbersome to have to set it up and cut it back down every time a work at my mate's place, also because there's limited space there
!BECAUSE! - her mother is staying at her place at the moment also, because her now ex-boyfriend kicked her out and she's behaving like she owns the place again, which she hasn't since she had to hand it down half a year ago... personal shit none of you care about, back to the chase
- Being at my mate's place also lmits my ability to come online, because her wireless is somewhat funny

- At University we've gotten a new head for our institute, whom we're all very unhappy with... alright, unhappy is an understate ment, we hate the fucking bitch for what she is and does.
You see, when I joined this class it was about Industrial Design and that's what we were doing. Apparently that didn't suit the rector of this place, a man called Gerald Bast, much, because him and our head were always getting into eachothers hair (haha, hair and head puns, lets all laugh and shut up again). So since our old head, Hartmut Esslinger, was due to retire from his position this year, a professorate was published and a certain Fiona Raby was his favorite candidate to fill Esslinger's shoes. Obviously you'd have to have shit for brains to think she'd be a good choice to head an Industrial Design class, because what she does is critical design = artsy design = modern art = shit!
Things being as they are, me and a couple' others decided we're not gonna stand for this, because we've been offered a taste of real design work and because we joined this class to do exactly that. Now that this is being taken away from us, we're not very happy at all and we're rallying to form a résistance to kick her skinny ass back to London where it belongs and she can do all the artsy-fartsy "design" she wants, so long as she leaves us alone... a rather hopeless fight, I'll admit, but that can't be helped and I'm determined to fight for the education I was promised when I came here...
For all those of you interested in this (i.e. probably 0), here's a blog I write in the format of newspaper excerpts http://designwithrabies.blog.com/


tl;dr
- Not at home, at mate's, because no room to work
- Hard to work on laptop, hence very, very slow art
- Internet connection wonky, hence little contact with anyone
- Involved in major shitstorm at University, hence less time

Sooooo... for all thos of you whom it concerns, I'm sorry if I've been scarce or on a short fuse with you. The only good things going on at the moment are my time with my family, my mate and the few glimpses I get of my friends online and here in Vienna on the weekends if I'm lucky.
I sure hope actual life isn't like this, or I think I might find myself burned out with 32 <.<

I'm hoping to get to finish that picture and advance on the comic on and after the weekend of the 5th/6th of November.
I apologize to all those of you who feel I've neglected you or cut you short, especially Greex, Skimike and Rhade, because I've been jetting on and off the screen at intervals I can't see for shit and I miss having time to chat with people.

Hope you guys are all doing okay. With a bit of luck there might be a bit more activity on this account again soon.

Hey everybody. Long time no see again.

Have plenty of reasons, but the main one is, I'm on a holiday for now. Staying in Goergia on Tybee Island - damn nice place, check it out some time.

I'm currently working on a big picture that's hopefully gonna get done 'before' I have to take the train to San Francisco on Saturday, but we'll see about that.

Hope you folks are all doing well. Sorry I didn't get the dropshiip designs for you in time Rhade, I might actually be able to fix those up on the side though.

One more thing, for all those of you who have CoD4. You wanna check this out:

Longass Link

Peace Out!

Hello everyone...

Some of you might be wondering where I've been again, since I said finals should be over soon.

To clarify a few things, here's an update;

- Finals are now over as far as I'm concerned. I don't know if I'm passing all of them, things got a little messy and I might get some grades that don't fit my bill, but I'll take that chance and just try to straighten it out some other time.

- My personal art is at a stop point for the moment, because I'm not staying at my place, but at my mate's. Her orders. My mom is having an au pair girl over at our place and the mate doesn't approve of me sleeping in the same place. Can't help it, unless I wanna bring bad swings into this X3

- Source of my second issue; staying at my mate's place also severely limits my internet connection abilities, since we're still WIP of a wireless connection and I therefore have very little access to my account and people I would need to talk to.

- Art 'will' be produced some time soon, but it will likely be more... conceptual, so not a lot of it will make it up here, since I work on my laptop and my little bamboo tablet. Even so, I might have the chance to work on some projects I've been severely neglecting. I have yet to get to the notes, but the fact that there's two of them from said project and I guess they're not happy, I guess I better get my ass in gear <.<

Anyway, I'll answer notes tomorrow. My head's half on the keyboard already =.0

You folks take care. I'll let you know what's going on when I can.

Hello boys and girls,

Been quite a while since I spoke to you all directly, hasn't it.

Well, here to give you an update on my situation.
I actually thought I'd have a nicely quiet week, first week after holidays are over, so I figured I'd have enough time to work on my monster-commission, the birthday pics I owe friends and maybe even those concepts I'm supposed to do for a certain somebody.
It just so happens that I have severely misjudged my work schedule over the last month and longer, so I've had a lot more on my plate with a social life and University than I thought I would and hence my productivity has gone down quite a bit too.

I apologize to everyone waiting for me to contact them, I will have to admit right here that I often forget, I get sucked into stuff and I currently don't really have the time to work on stuff other than what I'm already doing.
Rhade, we're still gonna have to talk, cuz contrary to what was meant to happen, I wont have time 'til sunday evening, if even then.

The recent updates have been self-explanatory, I believe, especially my latest abomination. I'm hoping to get to you guys a lot more again some day soon, but I can't promise anything ;_;

Kindest regards, iPoke

I've read most, if not all of them, I just can't answer them properly right now and I'd rather wait until I can concentrate on it again instead of giving some half-assed answer.

Sorry for all those of you waiting for me to reply to Commission requests and things like that, but I'm really in no zone of comfort at the moment, so bare with me, I swear I'll get back to you when I can

I know it's politically correct to say happy holidays these days and I guess that would be more fitting, seeing as I'm not Christian in the classic sense. However since I am a person of faith, even if most people would probably call me out on that, I call it Christmas in every language I know and therefore I will call it Christmas here :3

Anyway...I was actually planning to have something done for you guys, some porn, or at least a nice pin-up. The pin-up might happen for new years, but we'll see :/

Reason why I have nothing to give you guys is because I've had some serious issues to deal with lately...a lot on my mind and I can't get away from it. S'also partially the reason why I haven't gotten to answer the 140 odd comments you guys have piled me with ;3
So for now I'm going to try and get my shit straight again and maybe have a little something done as thanks for you all for being around for newyears.

Again, a very merry Christmas to you all, take care and stay healthy,

the iPoke :3

Heh, once again I call on you, my fanbase, to help out a fellow artist with some commissions.

 su-al 's been a friend of mine for a while, but like a lot of people these days, he's in a bit of a pickle concerning employment. As such, some commissions would do him good and since he recently decided to open up on Fur Affinity, you might wanna go check out what he's put up so far :3

Sorry I haven't been around as much as I used to be, or that I don't let you guys know what's happening, but I am very busy these days. Take care everyone

Not much from me here, but  catwolf asked me to give her sale a boost

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1896985/

You guys head on over there and check it out. Good art for cheap money, what more could you ask for :3

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

I made it, I'm one of the five lucky bastards to have made it into the Industrial Design course of our local University!!!

Sorry...that had to be done.

Seriously though, I'm so relieved, today was so damn tense >.< I swear, after yesterdays brutal decision slaughter I didn't know if I was gonna make it. I don't think I've quite realized this yet o.o

Anyway, Imma go celebrate. See y'all later!!

Okay...so last week me and my friends played through Halo REACH on it's publishing date on heroic to enjoy the story with a bit of a challenge...it didn't even take 6 hours.

S'not my issue though...my issue is with the low amount of characterization and team feeling that went into the game, not to mention the fact that the squad we play are allegedly Spartan III's.

Okay, okay, I'm being unfair, REACH is not bad, it's just shallower than I had anticipated it to be. The AI is smarter, the weapon and armor designs are cool and 'old skool', there's some interesting new weapons (though I have to admit that I just don't get some of them o.O ), all in all REACH delivers most of what it promised. The issues I really have are pretty much all story or character related.

SPOILER ALERT!!!

Reach Insurrections
Okay, I was surprized we were even mentioning the Insurrection, since this is the first Halo game to ever thematize it in any way whatsoever, but to be honest, I didn't mind. What I did mind was that they suggested we might finally get to fight insurrectionists and all we eventually get is a bunch of idiots who were smuggling shit who Emile uncharacteristically does not kill but instead just remarks about...missed chance of good characterization, which brings me to my next point

Team Noble
Team Noble did not feel like the different characters I was promised. Maybe german dubbing just fucked it up (like it always does), but some things just can't be excused by that, like the fact that none of the characters behave in the way described in their profiles. All of them act and do like just another bunch of idiots following orders like the good AI bots they are.
Maybe I'm just spoiled by Bad Company 2, but it's not like I expect them to crack me up with every second line. Carter and Catherine are supposedly Spartan III's but don't behave like them at all and neither are they specially bonded, Jun does not talk half as much as he should and Emile is not overly brutal or aggressive save in taunts. Jorge is just about the only one who feels like the character he was described as, besides yourself, who's not described at all.

Another thing about Noble is the way each of the characters ironically dies completely out of style (and pretty damn ridiculously in some cases).
As Jorge is just about the only one who actually works as himself, I find his death relatively fitting, but a little anti-climatic.
Carter is the leader of the squad, also a Spartan III, he dies by flying a Pelican into a Scarab. What a waste really...if you can kill a Scarab by flying a Pelican into it, why dont the UNSC just adopt that tactic and install ejection seats in the damn things, I'm sure we have more Pelicans than the Covenant have Scarabs >.>
Emile is stabbed in the back while firing a MAC cannon, again, so unlike him when he's the up-close and personal type...or he's supposed to be anyway. He was supposed to go down swingin' in a crowd of Covenant, not sitting in a chair...
Catherine is probably the most pathetic death of them all though. It's confirmed she wears a Mark V MJOLNIR, so she has shields and she gets killed by ONE SHOT IN THE HEAD FROM A NEEDLE RIFLE... ...from a phantom that was passing by at random...

Assault on Reach
Okay, seriously, the assault on Reach didn't so much feel like an assault as it felt like someone was dropping little tidbits of Covenant troops into a big pot and said "go, have fun".
I'm serious, the covenant presence was nothing like what an Invasion army should look like, especially that pathetic battle in space with the Sabre. I felt like I was at a shooting gallery. For the fall of the military highpower of the UNSC I expect a battle the size of the siege on Coruscant. Same thing goes for the ground battles, though I can't name examples...another opportunity missed.
And you're really going to tell me that the Covenant would manage to land a siege force on the fortress planet of the UNSC without them noticing...really? >.<

Reach as an Environment
Apart from Noble Team I guess this was one of my major issues; Reach did not feel like the giant superpower military installation it's always made out to be. I realize that only (yeah, right) half of Reach's population is military personell, but even so, I never saw anything that came close to suggesting an army in excess of 385 million.
New Alexandria feels so out of place for a owrld that's supposed to be the biggest titanium export of the human worlds, let alone a military stronghold, especially considering it's architecture.
The feel and style of the architecture in general are something I'd like to beat the concepter up for, why the fuck does Sword base look like it was built by the Forerunner and why does the inside look like it was designed by someone with parkinsons?
Why do we never get to see famous CASTLE base? Or any of the mining facilities that would provide for a nice guerilla war? ...or staging areas...depots...where does all of reach's military might come from when half the planet is empty and the other half is filled with civilians?

Egh...okay, enough of the ranting, because I do admit I enjoy the game, but I guess I should have expected all this after I saw that developer video where they were talking about how happy they were they didn't have to adher to anything (okay, that's a little over-dramatized, but the point is essentially the same.)

So, was REACH worth the wait?

50/50 really. It's got its good parts and it's nicely done, but it lacks the depth and feel of what the story of the fall of Reach should have been like.



In other news, my portfolio was accepted for University, now I'm just waiting for monday to come around so I can finally do the exam

So two days ago our naturally mutual friend death got to move another ball on his time scale to the left, which means I am one ball closer to meeting him in person...or perhaps that was the last ball, who knows.

Fact of the matter is, I am now 22 years old and, as every once in a while, I look back at my life up to this point to take inventory.
I’ve come from a small scraggly, emotional little kiddie boy to a ‘relatively’ grown up tweenie and despite the many moments where I thought life sucks and the grown ups are unfair and I need to conquer the world for peace because everyone’s an idiot, I have enjoyed my life up to this point.
I’ve seen quite a bit of the world for my age, been to interesting places, met interesting people and done interesting things. I’ve learned much, even though I never wanted to, done a lot of stupid shit, for which a lot of people would rightfully beat the shit out of me (and no, I wont say what), but making mistakes is essentially what life is about and if you can accept the mistakes you’ve made you grow to be a more mature person as a result.
I’ve made some good friends along the way, had good times with them, fought, cried and laughed with them. I’ve lost many over the years, but gained new ones whom I don’t treasure less than I did any others, experienced love, loss and heartache and all the other wonderfully chaotic things that emotions have to offer and even though some can hurt to the point where you’re sick, the ones that don’t make up for that twice over and more.
I wont claim to be an adult, heck I wouldn’t wanna be if we go by the definition of an adult of the general populace of this rock we call our home, but I will say that I think for myself as an individual and that’s something I feel not everyone can claim anymore these days.

So here’s hoping that death has not finished counting on my scale yet and that I will get to enjoy many more interesting things, meet more interesting people, feel more love and generally just get to live my life as much as I possibly can while I can. Maybe I’ll avoid making as many or as stupid mistakes as I have in the past, but hey, it’s all part of life and I’m still far too curious as to what’ll happen next to mind a few bumps in the road.

And if after all this you think I have the answer to life, I’ll happily disappoint you, because I sure as hell don’t. For all I know it’s a bump on the nose by Alanis Morissette and a roller coaster ride with no tracks, but even if I can’t see what’s gonna happen tomorrow, I’ll still be happy to wake up and take a look.

Here’s to another year everyone

Peace out!

To everyone, including those who have commissions running with me or have them lined up:

I CANNOT WORK ON THOSE RIGHT NOW!

Yes, I'm sorry for cruise control, but to work on commissions I have to concentrate and all I can currently focus on is my application portfolio, which is due the end of September. Until then, everything else, wether private or commercial project, is suspended; Exceptions as applicable to Rule 34.

Having said that, here is an artist you should definitely go take a look at  hickie. Girl is insanely talented with her voice, so you better go shower some praise all over her for the effort she puts into her covers!

Alright, since there's been a couple' people asking, I shall clarify this once and for all:

I HAVE NOT ABANDONED COMPANY OF IDIOTS! However, it will not be updated until further notice.

Why? Because I'm currently working on several things that take my concentration off topic well enough to not be able to continue at this point in time. One of these projects you guys will actually benefit from in form of fapping material.

So please, this is the final answer until you see a new strip. I can't say when or how, but I can say that CoI WILL continue!

The general commission process is as follows (we asume a full color, backgrounded character commission):

1. You note me with the description of what it is you want. Try to make it as detailed as possible, but please refrain from declaring your awesome-nity (it'll be enough if you tell me an object is neon green, I don't need to know just how awesomely neon-ish it is). Include all references relevant to the description, if you have any.

2. I propose you a price which you can either accept or decline.
a) accepted commissions are moved forward on to sketching
b) declined commissions can be discussed further to alter pricing or dropped all together at your discretion

3. - 6. I present you with a preview of each stage (sketch, lines, color) and you either approve or decline them.
a) if approved, the next stage will be started
b) if declined you obviously suggest changes and I implement them. Note that changing a part of the particular stage doesn’t cost you anything, neither will it if you ask me to move a finger an inch to the right or so. However, if you were to tell me during the lines phase that the character should be holding a sniper rifle instead of an assault rifle, that ‘will’ cost you, because I have to go back, sketch the rifle, have it approved by you again etc. etc.

Should you, during any of these stages, feel that you wish to cancel the commission or part of it, you will have to compensate me for the work already completed (so if you call it off when I’m halfway through lining, you’d have to pay me for the sketch and half of the lining price).

7. ???

8. € All stages are shown in a format large enough to show the details, but too small for actual enjoyment (this is to safeguard my ass from you running away on me mid commission :b). Should the commission be approved in its final state, you transfer the agreed price to my paypal account, the address of which I will give to you then. When paypal verifies the transfer, you get the full resolution picture.


Sketch Example 2 (Traditional or Digital): 20-30€

Linework (digital): 50€

Colors Example 2 (digital): 80€

Background: 0 - 40€ (depending on overall complexity)

Each additional character costs 50€ (30€ for lines)

Objects, weapons, armor and characters without references cost a cummulative 10€ (so if you have to describe something or someone to me ad infinitum, the time it takes for me to interpret everything is what you pay for)
(random, every day clothing does NOT cost extra)

Vehicles with or without references cost 30-50€ (depending on overall complexity)

Substantial changes on a previously approved stage of the commission cost 5€ each

SPECIAL PRODUCTS

Lineless (digital): calculate regular price and double it (these things are massive work for me)

Character References: 200€ upwards, depending on how much is included (these things are meant to be detailed representations of you and your characters. In depth discussion on what goes where and how much of it is part of the game here)

Crossections (digital): 200€ upwards, depending on how large and detailed the vehicle (or whatever) in question is. Again, these things are massive work and will require a lot of communication between myself and you.

If you do have any questions I’ll be happy to provide you with answers.

Well, I haven't talked to you guys in a while again, have I....

I've been busy, visiting my mate and preparing for University. Unfortunately I missed the date of portfolio hand in, so now I have to wait until fall to get my last chance

Apart from that, doing what I can to keep up with commissions and such...still producing art, but I must admit I've been dragging along with myself lately for some reason.


Anyway, just giving you a heads up :3

Aaaaaaand, as it's become almost a custom by now, here's two artists who deserve a lot more attention than they're actually getting...

 gasmask

 kittiara

That is all...

Take a look over here

 lilyness

and here

 vani-fox

That is all =^-^=

I haven't talked to you guys propperly in a while, have I...

A couple' points to cover by now, so let's get right to it

It's December, past Christmas by now, and there still hasn't been an update on Company of Idiots; why is this?
That's a good question. The main reason is that the four panel layout of the comic requires me to think a lot about how I depict certain things and thinking isn't a very strong aspect of mine in the evening when I've had a day of work behind me. What's a day of work?Yeah, I guess you don't know. A day of work for me is getting up and spending the day with my dad renovating our place. You'd think we'd be done by now, right, but we're far from it and unfortunately the renovations will remain a burden on me and my psyche for quite some time in the future.

So does this mean Company of Idiots wont continue?
No, most certainly not. I'm not planning to drop T-23, it's just on the far back-burner now since renovations are pulling on my energy reserves, which brings me straight to the next point;

Commissions
I work on them, every day, and only lately have I caught up to the really old ones. I have a couple' of them which will take quite some time still, especially with the previous problem of renovations wearing me out, as stated. After I'm through my to-do list, I'll be taking a break for a little while to cool down and work on some of MY stuff for a while with a guilt free conscience. Sorry folks, but I really need that. I'll put up public notice when I take on commissions again, but for now, I want some peace >.>

So if you've been too worn out to concentrate on commissions and your comics, what have you been up to?
Well, mostly I've just swung the stylus around to stay in shape, dispite my inability to work on something productive for you guys. Other than that I've been hanging out at my friends' place on the weekend to game, watch movies and generally just goof around...which essentially would bring around rants about recent problems with a certain games company that allowed the wrong kind of people to touch its standing franchise >.> egh...some other time

So yeah, that hopefully answers all questions for the time being. On a positive note though, we finally have a bathroom again, so I can actually shower at my place >.>

That's all folks

My computer is kinda fuxxored right now...WLAN utility just poofed and weird shit is happening, so I'm forced to access the interbutt throught my laptop...just making second back-ups of everything I intend to keep, then it's probably gonna be re-install everything tiem

I'll keep you guys posted

Well, the project itself was never super secret, but I just know that I can't release something of a project before it's done, otherwise I get lazy >.<

Anyway, the comic page I uploaded is part of a Promotion Comic for Travaris Rhade's Crystal Rose online comic that's meant to be launched some time soon, if I remember right...

Anyway, one page will be updated daily from now on, all in all 6 pages of lineless comic, which is why it took so long X3

Go check out  therosebush for more details eventually

Well, well, well...

It's almost been a full week since Modern Warfare 2 was released worldwide and considdering I was a huge fan of the first MW (which was still released as Call of Duty 4) I figured I might as well review it.

I'll start off with a great, big sigh of "eeeegh~" ...there's multiple reasons for that, but I guess the main one is that I'm disappointed in what the game turned out to be, as opposed to what it was made up to be.

S'not good to begin with the negative remarks on a game though, so let's start with some good things with their pro's and con's:

First of all the game scores high for very, very believable scenery and setting, I mean, I have rarely played a game with scenery as impressively well characterized as MW2's, but this was already true of the first part, so that's a recurring element I'll congratulate IW for. Brazil especiallyfelt very immersive and I was also very happy to find that IW apparently understood that endless respawning of enemies does not make a game more difficult, it just makes it obnoxious. The same aspect get's a slight stain however when it begins revolving around Washington DC coupled with Hans Zimmer's perversely dramatic composition.

Second good point (SPOILER WARNING) is the return of our beloved characters, specifically those of 'Soap' MacTavish, John Price (yes, Captain John fucking Price lives and breathes!) and Codename Nikolai. Unfortunately Gaz couldn't make it back, but then that would have been a rather disturbing loss of credibility for copying Alec Travilian's return in Golden Eye.
The new characters in the game are also very well characterized and don't feel like they are forced or dropped in like many other games (see Lord Hood in the Halo Series).
The con of the characters however is Shepherd. I realize he drives and (in the end) is the story, but god was he an unnecessary addition. Not just because of his disturbingly cliché name, but just because he makes TF 141 feel more like an americentral venture, rather than an international one. The part that probably disappointed me most about the characters though is the loss of Roach and Ghost and that we re-take control of Soap. It's not that I don't like controlling our old hero and protagonist but I feel, now that he's been given a face, he should not be playable anymore. Playing Price in the previous game was a short priviledge and a very good way to make us feel into the story behind Imran Zakhaev (now a hero of the new russia).

Another plus is the addition of the Special Operations Mode, which allows you to play with another player in co-op. Unfortunately that doesn’t go for the story, since sometimes I was really wishing I had someone actually backing me up for once, instead of the obnoxiously thick AI shooting blindly into the distance, but I wont dwell on that. It’s a solid concept, they’re fun missions that sorta work with the story and I’ve enjoyed the concept so far.

Unfortunately we’re already getting to the negative aspects here. First big stain is the way the missions are set up. The original Modern Warfare featured a lot of opportunities for stealth and in many aspects of the game it was your only way to advance, asuming you wanted to stay alive and the game preview that was released at E3 this year looked like they were going to continue that. Instead however they show us the one and only stealth mission in the entire game (and no, the short spurts of it that follow later with Price don’t count). So instead of the big, fat stealth steak we get a little nugget of stealth and a huge pile side order of action potatos and fast slaw, especially when many of the missions had beginnings and objectives that could have run very well for stealthiness, like the oil platforms or the mountain estate.

Which brings me right around to the story. While I did enjoy the story for what it was and it actually flows very well, it stumbled, fell and began coughing up blood near the end when Shepherd all of a sudden turns evil and as much as I congratulate IW for finally taking the big step and making the big american hero go batshit, I could almost hear the storyline straining, cracking and finally snapping with the twist. I realize that the story was trying to make a point with that, which is made very clear by Price’s monologue before the ending mission, but please, a little more subtlety next time, hm? Price firing the nuke was also rather bombastic, but I was very impressed by the fact that the story didn’t run him into blasting Washington to shit, he just EMP’d it, so another good score for that one.

One last thing about the story mode. While I did like the fact that IW included the multiplayer system of weapon attachments for enemies, certain aspects of that just shattered immersion for me when I found russian soldiers using israeli TAR-21’s. I realize we’re talking about the future here, but even so you can’t tell me that the entire russian army is made up of kontraktniki by this point. Even if it is the new ultra-nationalist russia, Rangers using the SCAR is still more believable than a squad of russians with the FAL. I wont mention the Juggernauts much, just let me say that I thought it was a shame they weren’t featured anywhere int he game, but I guess that just makes me a hypocrite >.>

Last and final point and the part that drags MW2 to the spot it stands at with me; Multiplayer. I may not have been playing it enough yet, maybe I’ll find it improves with time, but personally I feel they have trimmed a lot of things from the CoD4:MW experience of multiplayer and added a lot of needless things to make it more arcady. The upgrade and challenges menu is confusing, you can’t find out what certain upgrades and attachments do until you’ve actually unlocked them and many of them seem to be combined now, but I think the thing that annoys me most is the inclusion of more airdrop and aerial reconnaisance options in combination with the heartbeat monitor. You’re already easier to spot in the levels than you were in CoD4:MW so you can’t hide propperly from visibility, but now we also have to use two upgrade slots to propperly hide ourselves from both aerial recon and HB-monitor.

I guess I’m just rambling along, but considdering how much I was looking forward to this game, I’m really disappointed in what IW did to its potential. I realize a lot of the things I criticized are things many people probably like, but I was hoping for a true sequel of CoD4:MW both story and gameplay wise and it doesn’t really feel like either of them. While I am enjoying the game, it doesn’t feel like I’ve returned to the world I was hoping to get back to and enjoy another story in.
I guess all I can hope for is that Bioware won’t fuck up Mass Effect 2 next year >.>

headline: NEW GOOD ARTIST ON FA

I was asked to promote an artist by a good friend of mine and since I'm a fan of good art, I figured I might as well :3

 zareonianwolf or LadyZ is a relatively new face on FA, but she's got what it takes, so I suggest you guys head on over there and give her a nice big hug and a watch .... and if you got the cash, any artist is happy to be commissioned ;b



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In other news, iPoke announced the secret project he has been a part of is drawing to a close and that he may actually be able to produce his own art and commissions again soon. Sources indicate he'll make an update on that soon, although we have not been able to determine what exactly it is that's been keeping his time. He did leak however, that the renovations at his house are taking far longer than he, or anyone else, for that matter, expected.

Alright, alright, I got your message.

Due to popular demand, my gallery will not be touched, save a couple' moves to the scraps folder, but nothing will be erased.

A lot of your arguments got me to rethink my ideas about a langthy/sizable gallery, so it will stay in tact as it is, some things will just be moved.

Sorry for the mess ans an apology to those who've already gone and saved through half my gallery X3

The reason why I decided I should clean up my gallery is because it inholds way past 600 submissions by now, I feel that's a bit much...

Some of you seem to disagree with me starting a clean up, so wehy don#t I hear your thoughts out first >.>

Old stuff will be cleaned out. I haven't exactly decided what just yet, but I might put up a list when I know.

Don't worry T-23 will stay, most, if not all of my newer work will stay.....I'll just put them into a list for you to check through

I will be cleaning out my gallery one week from now, so save what you want to keep!!!!!