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Posted 15 years agoI've re-done all the art I lost in the previous USB crash.
I've decided on the bonus pic for Subject To Change March: Kitty Grows Up. In this series of pics, Sister Dogg (of growing kittygirl fame) grows up as a giant kitty anthro, showing her as she goes from 9 yrs old to 13, 16, 19, and 22.
Unstobbale C is almost there! Just need that last little bit to go over the top so I can post the pics for people to see!
Sorry about being late on Office Bitch and Subject To Change. Things should be back on track now. Go check them out: subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com, picklejuice.comicgenesis.com (NSFW)
I've got all 5 commisison slots filled:
1. Manspider
2. 45510's ash pics
3. Nightfirer's new ash pic
4. A bunny pic
5. Anonymous architechture project
New commissions go on the queue, but no payments until I'm ready!
I've decided on the bonus pic for Subject To Change March: Kitty Grows Up. In this series of pics, Sister Dogg (of growing kittygirl fame) grows up as a giant kitty anthro, showing her as she goes from 9 yrs old to 13, 16, 19, and 22.
Unstobbale C is almost there! Just need that last little bit to go over the top so I can post the pics for people to see!
Sorry about being late on Office Bitch and Subject To Change. Things should be back on track now. Go check them out: subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com, picklejuice.comicgenesis.com (NSFW)
I've got all 5 commisison slots filled:
1. Manspider
2. 45510's ash pics
3. Nightfirer's new ash pic
4. A bunny pic
5. Anonymous architechture project
New commissions go on the queue, but no payments until I'm ready!
USB Drive failure - commissions delayed
Posted 15 years agoThe USB drive I was using to temporarily store my art died, so I lost all the recent work I did. Please contact me and I can get you the rough images, but the final inks and colors have been lost.
Office Bitch Hostage Picture
Posted 16 years agoThe Office Bitch has Bonus pics!
Contribute ($2.50 min) and I'll send you both bonus pics, AND you'll be contributing to releasing the hostage pic, The Unstoppable Cum. Description: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3388279/
A hostage comic is a Bonus comic I make in addition to the normal Office Bitch weekly strips. They're short stories that aren't required reading (ha) for the Bitch, they're just little moments or insights into characters.
The catch is, I will hold it ransom and nobody can read them until the ransom is paid. Once it's paid, however, the comic will be open and available to everyone. Original idea for this ransom style comic from Greg Stolze http://www.gregstolze.com/
Contribute ($2.50 min) and I'll send you both bonus pics, AND you'll be contributing to releasing the hostage pic, The Unstoppable Cum. Description: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3388279/
A hostage comic is a Bonus comic I make in addition to the normal Office Bitch weekly strips. They're short stories that aren't required reading (ha) for the Bitch, they're just little moments or insights into characters.
The catch is, I will hold it ransom and nobody can read them until the ransom is paid. Once it's paid, however, the comic will be open and available to everyone. Original idea for this ransom style comic from Greg Stolze http://www.gregstolze.com/
Subject To Change Bonus pic for March
Posted 16 years agoLooking for suggestions for the Bonus Pic
For March, I'm going to do something special for the STC bonus pic. It'll be a hostage pic. Once enough people donate, it'll be up and available for everyone to see.
I don't have a bonus pic for Feb. Too short a month, not enough ideas.
So. People: Give me some ideas!
Just a link: http://cgwiki.comicgenesis.com/inde.....ject_To_Change
Office Bitch: http://cgwiki.comicgenesis.com/inde.....e_Office_Bitch
For March, I'm going to do something special for the STC bonus pic. It'll be a hostage pic. Once enough people donate, it'll be up and available for everyone to see.
I don't have a bonus pic for Feb. Too short a month, not enough ideas.
So. People: Give me some ideas!
Just a link: http://cgwiki.comicgenesis.com/inde.....ject_To_Change
Office Bitch: http://cgwiki.comicgenesis.com/inde.....e_Office_Bitch
Lost Office Bitch comic
Posted 16 years agohttp://picklejuice.comicgenesis.com...../20090116.html
I tried 2 different times to give these 2 lost comics their own pages. I couldn't figure it out, so I lumped them in with the main comic. It finally worked! :P
Master Office Bitch Index: http://cgwiki.comicgenesis.com/inde.....e_Office_Bitch
Now. I've fixed all the problems. I think. If anyone finds any broken links, please let me know!
Thanks!
Also, Subject To Change and Iron Wolf are updated
http://subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com/
http://www.drunkduck.com/Iron_Wolf/
I'm starting to get a little desperate here, furs. I'm running out of money and I'll have to go get a real job soon. Commission me to stave off that horrible eventuality!
www.picklejuice13.com
I tried 2 different times to give these 2 lost comics their own pages. I couldn't figure it out, so I lumped them in with the main comic. It finally worked! :P
Master Office Bitch Index: http://cgwiki.comicgenesis.com/inde.....e_Office_Bitch
Now. I've fixed all the problems. I think. If anyone finds any broken links, please let me know!
Thanks!
Also, Subject To Change and Iron Wolf are updated
http://subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com/
http://www.drunkduck.com/Iron_Wolf/
I'm starting to get a little desperate here, furs. I'm running out of money and I'll have to go get a real job soon. Commission me to stave off that horrible eventuality!
www.picklejuice13.com
Stats
Posted 16 years agoSo. Random recent really well done picture: The Lenirstume picture. Views:
FA: 400
DA: 600
Transfur: 5500.
Daily views for my online comics:
Iron Wolf: 100
Subject To Change: 400
The Office Bitch: 700
That seems about right.
I updated some of my Subject To Change on Transfur today. I need to do that on FA and DA before I upload anything else...
Office Bitch info page: http://cgwiki.comicgenesis.com/inde.....e_Office_Bitch
Subject To Change info page: http://cgwiki.comicgenesis.com/inde.....ject_To_Change
FA: 400
DA: 600
Transfur: 5500.
Daily views for my online comics:
Iron Wolf: 100
Subject To Change: 400
The Office Bitch: 700
That seems about right.
I updated some of my Subject To Change on Transfur today. I need to do that on FA and DA before I upload anything else...
Office Bitch info page: http://cgwiki.comicgenesis.com/inde.....e_Office_Bitch
Subject To Change info page: http://cgwiki.comicgenesis.com/inde.....ject_To_Change
What big project should I work on next?
Posted 16 years ago"Iron Wolf Daily" - (http://www.drunkduck.com/Iron_Wolf/) Right now, It's updating bi-weekly. If I go daily with it, I could go through it all and get to the *drumroll* new series (featuring Sox the supersonic Fox) a lot sooner!
"Subject To Change Bi-Weekly" - (http://subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com/) I have enough material for Subject To Change to make it into a bi-weekly strip for a couple months.
"The Office Bitch Daily" - (http://picklejuice.comicgenesis.com/ NSFW!!!) I have enough material for the Office Bitch to make it into a daily strip.
General projects:
"Everything Old is New again" - Redoing/updating every picture I've ever made starting with the oldest stuff first. This is material new to the web. This is stuff I made back in High school that never made the transition to web. There's good ideas I could rework into something decent looking with my skills today.
"Archer" - Set in a medieval world, a man is captured by a sorceress and transformed into a furry, demonic, batwinged monster to do her bidding. He escapes, but must now live with his new body.
"The Blue Book" - My very first story EVER. Written when I was 2. No shit. In it, my sister and I go on a vacation in my car. (Yes, when I was 2 I made a story about me owning a car), but our map gets flipped turned upside-down, and we wind up stranded at a haunted house. Not furry, but I think it's fun.
"Fuzzhead" - The story of man who finds himself in the body of a short furry ... thing. (I was inspired by the "wild gang" from Labyrinth) Set in the real world, Fuzzhead unfortunately soon discovers he is magically bound to a mad magician bent on warping all of reality to his will.
"Classy" - Three Word Challenges are stacking up, but they're not getting done. If you like my bizarre madness such as the onion eyeglasses and the guy riding a giant sprig of broccoli on re-entry, choose this one. Not furry.
"Poodled" - A guy goes in for a haircut at a dog grooming salon and winds up with the full poodlefication treatment.
"Acting Doggy" - An epic 40+ stage transformation of a young man into a dog every time he acts like a dog.
"Horse dance" - 20+ pages of a man transforming into a horse as he dances to the beat of a distant drum. He transforms back, goes to work, and hears the drums again...
"Leash Lars" - A furry fan finds a collar and leash that give him a dog's tail. He goes to the local pound to be with one of the dogs there, but finds the collar changes his more and more each time he wears it... and never transforms him fully back.
"Horny" - a short but voluptuous woman gets a pair of horns inplanted in her skull... horns of the SUCCUBUS! She slowly transforms.
"Tail" - (Text mostly) The story of a man who finds a wolf tail in the woods. When he puts it on, it sends alien tendrils into his spine and begin a series of transformations. Real personalities and realistic setting.
"Wild Nether" - (Text mostly) The story of a boy who searches for clues to find the Galviston Bandit. In stead, he finds a magic cave that transformed the bandit into a possum, and transforms the boy into a wolf. Real personalities in a realistic setting.
"In canis corporay Transmuto" - This would be a weekly comic about a bike messenger very slowly changing into a dog.
Votes will only count if you contribute. The first project to reach $300 total donations will move forward. The other projects will be done in descending order. Close out will be in 3 months. Please contribute your choice to my paypal picklejuice_13[at]yahoo.com or send check to Arthur Pearson, 910 Lynde Dr NE #204, Fridley, MN 55432
Thanks!
"Subject To Change Bi-Weekly" - (http://subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com/) I have enough material for Subject To Change to make it into a bi-weekly strip for a couple months.
"The Office Bitch Daily" - (http://picklejuice.comicgenesis.com/ NSFW!!!) I have enough material for the Office Bitch to make it into a daily strip.
General projects:
"Everything Old is New again" - Redoing/updating every picture I've ever made starting with the oldest stuff first. This is material new to the web. This is stuff I made back in High school that never made the transition to web. There's good ideas I could rework into something decent looking with my skills today.
"Archer" - Set in a medieval world, a man is captured by a sorceress and transformed into a furry, demonic, batwinged monster to do her bidding. He escapes, but must now live with his new body.
"The Blue Book" - My very first story EVER. Written when I was 2. No shit. In it, my sister and I go on a vacation in my car. (Yes, when I was 2 I made a story about me owning a car), but our map gets flipped turned upside-down, and we wind up stranded at a haunted house. Not furry, but I think it's fun.
"Fuzzhead" - The story of man who finds himself in the body of a short furry ... thing. (I was inspired by the "wild gang" from Labyrinth) Set in the real world, Fuzzhead unfortunately soon discovers he is magically bound to a mad magician bent on warping all of reality to his will.
"Classy" - Three Word Challenges are stacking up, but they're not getting done. If you like my bizarre madness such as the onion eyeglasses and the guy riding a giant sprig of broccoli on re-entry, choose this one. Not furry.
"Poodled" - A guy goes in for a haircut at a dog grooming salon and winds up with the full poodlefication treatment.
"Acting Doggy" - An epic 40+ stage transformation of a young man into a dog every time he acts like a dog.
"Horse dance" - 20+ pages of a man transforming into a horse as he dances to the beat of a distant drum. He transforms back, goes to work, and hears the drums again...
"Leash Lars" - A furry fan finds a collar and leash that give him a dog's tail. He goes to the local pound to be with one of the dogs there, but finds the collar changes his more and more each time he wears it... and never transforms him fully back.
"Horny" - a short but voluptuous woman gets a pair of horns inplanted in her skull... horns of the SUCCUBUS! She slowly transforms.
"Tail" - (Text mostly) The story of a man who finds a wolf tail in the woods. When he puts it on, it sends alien tendrils into his spine and begin a series of transformations. Real personalities and realistic setting.
"Wild Nether" - (Text mostly) The story of a boy who searches for clues to find the Galviston Bandit. In stead, he finds a magic cave that transformed the bandit into a possum, and transforms the boy into a wolf. Real personalities in a realistic setting.
"In canis corporay Transmuto" - This would be a weekly comic about a bike messenger very slowly changing into a dog.
Votes will only count if you contribute. The first project to reach $300 total donations will move forward. The other projects will be done in descending order. Close out will be in 3 months. Please contribute your choice to my paypal picklejuice_13[at]yahoo.com or send check to Arthur Pearson, 910 Lynde Dr NE #204, Fridley, MN 55432
Thanks!
New comics, bonus pic, and commissions open
Posted 16 years agoNew Subject To Change: http://subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com/
== New bonus pic thumbnail: http://subjecttochange.comicgenesis.....cbonusthmb.jpg
New Iron Wolf: http://www.drunkduck.com/Iron_Wolf/
New Office Bitch: http://picklejuice.comicgenesis.com/ NSFW!!
Please contribute. If you contribute to Subject To Change, you'll get this month's bonus pic, a macro version of the shrinking bunny guy from the current storyline.
If you contribute to Office Bitch, you'll get the third bonus pic I'll someday make for TOB, plus the previous 2 bonus pics.
Thanks! Commission me! www.picklejuice13.com
== New bonus pic thumbnail: http://subjecttochange.comicgenesis.....cbonusthmb.jpg
New Iron Wolf: http://www.drunkduck.com/Iron_Wolf/
New Office Bitch: http://picklejuice.comicgenesis.com/ NSFW!!
Please contribute. If you contribute to Subject To Change, you'll get this month's bonus pic, a macro version of the shrinking bunny guy from the current storyline.
If you contribute to Office Bitch, you'll get the third bonus pic I'll someday make for TOB, plus the previous 2 bonus pics.
Thanks! Commission me! www.picklejuice13.com
Yes Office Bitch
Posted 16 years agoThank you for contributing. I will be updating now. http://picklejuice.comicgenesis.com/
To be honest, I thought no one's been contributing. The truth is, it's been so long since I had regular contributors to The Office Bitch, I forgot that I don't get email notifications for when people contribute. My email inbox was empty, so I was sad and all full of despair. I'm sorry. I'm a silly bitch. I'll update now.
To be honest, I thought no one's been contributing. The truth is, it's been so long since I had regular contributors to The Office Bitch, I forgot that I don't get email notifications for when people contribute. My email inbox was empty, so I was sad and all full of despair. I'm sorry. I'm a silly bitch. I'll update now.
No Office Bitch, but updated other comics
Posted 16 years agoOffice bitch 12.09.09 - no contributions, no new comic. http://picklejuice.comicgenesis.com
Subject to change new 12.21.09: http://subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com/
Iron Wolf new 12.17.09: http://www.drunkduck.com/Iron_Wolf/
Sure, I've been an asshole when I ask for commissions for Office Bitch, but that's the comic's attitude. I suppose over the internet, it's easier to come off as a total asshole rather than a sexy asshole. So, starting now, I'll in stead adopt the bitch's attitude rather than the attitude of the one slapping the bitch:
((O.O)) Pleeease pretty please contribute to the office bitch! I try, I really do! Look, I promise to put up new comics if I just get *one* contribution. I really will! Please! Whatever you can spare... ooh... you don't like me. I'm a horrible artist. I'm sorry. I'll try harder... v.v
Subject to change new 12.21.09: http://subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com/
Iron Wolf new 12.17.09: http://www.drunkduck.com/Iron_Wolf/
Sure, I've been an asshole when I ask for commissions for Office Bitch, but that's the comic's attitude. I suppose over the internet, it's easier to come off as a total asshole rather than a sexy asshole. So, starting now, I'll in stead adopt the bitch's attitude rather than the attitude of the one slapping the bitch:
((O.O)) Pleeease pretty please contribute to the office bitch! I try, I really do! Look, I promise to put up new comics if I just get *one* contribution. I really will! Please! Whatever you can spare... ooh... you don't like me. I'm a horrible artist. I'm sorry. I'll try harder... v.v
New comics and commissions open
Posted 16 years agoIron Wolf http://www.drunkduck.com/Iron_Wolf/ and subject to change http://subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com/ have new pages
Also, commission me! Rates from as low as $5 quick sketches to $75 full color comic pages. Get them now, because I'll be changing my rates again.
Also, commission me! Rates from as low as $5 quick sketches to $75 full color comic pages. Get them now, because I'll be changing my rates again.
New Iron Wolf, Subject To Change, Office Bitch
Posted 16 years agohttp://www.drunkduck.com/Iron_Wolf/ - SFW, realistic, inked
http://subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com/ - SFW, TF related, colored
http://picklejuice.comicgenesis.com/ - NSFW!!, TF related, greyscale
All new stuff. Please take a look and let me know what you think.
Also, I hope you guys don't mind, but I'll be updating my journal much more often than I used to.
http://subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com/ - SFW, TF related, colored
http://picklejuice.comicgenesis.com/ - NSFW!!, TF related, greyscale
All new stuff. Please take a look and let me know what you think.
Also, I hope you guys don't mind, but I'll be updating my journal much more often than I used to.
Midwest Furfest - Artist's Alley on Sunday!
Posted 16 years agoI will not be in Artist's Alley this year on Saturday, as I have been on previous years. I will try to get in on Sunday.
The reason is that I'll be co-hosting with GM on the "You can draw!" panel after Tincrash's "Transformation and Drawing 101" panel. Also, I'll try to get into the Iron Artist thing on Saturday, and I've missed the Furry Variety Show for several years due to my Saturday Artist Alley commitment.
If you want to track me down for a commission, here's my full schedule:
Thursday: No, except maybe Botanic A-B (reg & mixer)
Friday:
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM : Ravina D - Opening Ceremonies
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM : Botanic A - Meet the Charity & So this is your first Furry Con
3:00 PM-5:30 PM: supper
5:30 PM - 9:00 PM: Ravina D - JR, Kage, 2
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM : Botanic A - Whose Lion is it Anyways?
11:00 PM -9:30 AM: sleep and food
Saturday:
9:30 AM - 11:00: Elm - Webcomics Roundtable
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM - lunch and maybe otherkin in Willow A at noon
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Elm - Transformation Art and DRawing 101&
You Can Draw! - I'll be helping GM host this sucker! <
4:00 pm - 6:00 PM - Willow A - Therianthropy
6:00 PM - 7:30 - Botanic A - Iron Artist - hopefully I'll participate.
7:30 PM - 8:30 Ravina D - catch the end of FVS
8:30 PM - 9:00 - try to sign up for Artist's Alley the next day, catch some food
9:00 PM - 1 am - Maple - Lupus in Tabula
1 AM - 11 am - sleep and food
Sunday:
If I can't get into the artist's alley from 10AM ill 5:00 pm, Here's what I'll do in stead:
11 AM - 12:00 am - Elm- Cintiq LIve Drawing Demo
12:00 - 1: pm - hanging out]
1:00 pm - 2:00 PM - Elm - comic writing and layout
2:00 pm - 3 : 00 pm - Maple - Furry and the Media
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM - botanic a - Furry futures
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm - closing ceremonies
6:00 pm - food, sleep, home.
I'm staying at the Hampton's, so I'll be driving to and from the con from there. Buu.
Commissions open!
Posted 16 years agoSee website for details! http://www.picklejuice13.com/
NEW: ANIMATION COMMISSIONS Starting at $25 per second.
I'm unemployed! That means wait times are about 1/2 normal.
If you're going to Midwest Furfest, get your commission in early and you won't have to pay the $5 for shipping and handling!
I HAVE STC EXCLUSIVE ART ONLY AVAILABLE TO STC CONTRIBUTORS! See site for details: http://subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com/ Updated Mondays. I would be ever so appreciative of anyone who would donate! Hugs and smiles and rainbows everybody!
By the way, one or two people have contributed to The Office Bitch over the past 6 months. I am making plans to put a donation bar on it, like STC has. Therefore, there will be bonus pics every month as well. Anyone who contributes between now and then will get the first bonus pic. Go there and donate NOW! *Cracks whip*
NEW: ANIMATION COMMISSIONS Starting at $25 per second.
I'm unemployed! That means wait times are about 1/2 normal.
If you're going to Midwest Furfest, get your commission in early and you won't have to pay the $5 for shipping and handling!
I HAVE STC EXCLUSIVE ART ONLY AVAILABLE TO STC CONTRIBUTORS! See site for details: http://subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com/ Updated Mondays. I would be ever so appreciative of anyone who would donate! Hugs and smiles and rainbows everybody!
By the way, one or two people have contributed to The Office Bitch over the past 6 months. I am making plans to put a donation bar on it, like STC has. Therefore, there will be bonus pics every month as well. Anyone who contributes between now and then will get the first bonus pic. Go there and donate NOW! *Cracks whip*
New Subject To Change and Office Bitch
Posted 16 years agohttp://subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com/ (G to PG)
If you don't mind, it would be really nice if you would contribute to Subject To Change.. Bonus pic for 10 2009 is ready. I'm so sorry for being so mean! New feature: thumbnails for bonus pics, allowing you a chance to judge if you like it or not. Love you guys! *hugs*
http://picklejuice.comicgenesis.com/ (WARNING: PG to R)
And contribute to The Office Bitch. I will personally molest every person who reads this. And no: I'm not letting contributors off the hook. You're ALL getting molested dammit! Get over here, take it, and LIKE it! *whip snap*
If you don't mind, it would be really nice if you would contribute to Subject To Change.. Bonus pic for 10 2009 is ready. I'm so sorry for being so mean! New feature: thumbnails for bonus pics, allowing you a chance to judge if you like it or not. Love you guys! *hugs*
http://picklejuice.comicgenesis.com/ (WARNING: PG to R)
And contribute to The Office Bitch. I will personally molest every person who reads this. And no: I'm not letting contributors off the hook. You're ALL getting molested dammit! Get over here, take it, and LIKE it! *whip snap*
Technique journal 10.01.09
Posted 16 years agoPeople don't care if you can dance: Just get up and dance.
This is a toughie for me, so I'll go on at length about it. First off, the name of the rule. I decided on that as the official name of the rule. Here are other ones I came up with:
Life: 10%: what happens to you, 90%: how you react to it
Or:
The standard artist's greeting: "I hate you, I hate you, I hate you."
Or:
Carrie over-reacted.
In explaining everything, I'll go backwards to front.
Carrie over-reacted: Stephen King made a good novel once and threw it in the trash. His wife picked it out of the trash and it became his very first success: Carrie. This work of fiction about an awkward teen girl who gets picked on and murders EVERYONE with her newly developing SUPER MIND POWERS ... really touched me.
A few of you may be aware I have a bit of an anger control problem. Let me tell you - High school was no picnic, and I never quite got why people like shitting all over you and laughing.
Then I read Carrie.
It all became clear to me. Suffice it to say, the whole Uber-Prank pulled on Carrie was NOT the End Of The World, as she most certainly felt it was. She over-reacted, and if she'd just laughed WITH them, she could have turned it around on them and come out on top.
But I digress. The point is twofold:
#1 Learning to ignore the negativity of your own heart is the first part. Stephen King would not be known today were it not for his wife FISHING THIS BOOK OUT OF THE TRASH. An artist/writer/creator can't honestly judge his/her work without feedback from an audience.
#2 The second is embracing the idea that NOBODY CARES. This is an empowering thought: they DON'T care, so any laughing, derision, jokes, and put-downs are meant to elicit joy and laughter. They don't care about you, so why should you care about them? You don't have time to care about what every Negative Nelly thinks of you: neither do THEY.
Continuing... The next title: The standard artist's greeting: "I hate you, I hate you, I hate you."
This is fairly straightforward: All artists everywhere have someone they envy. Usually it's someone... who envies THEIR work. Pulling off great art is hard work - and usually the only people willing to work hard enough at it to get good are the kind who is their own worst critic.
The next title:
Life: 10%: what happens to you, 90%: how you react to it
I heard this, and it ALMOST became the title of this chapter, but I couldn't decide between it and "Carrie overreacted".
Finally, to the best title for this journal:
People don't care if you can dance: Just get up and dance.
Remember the Seinfeld ep where Elaine danced "incredibly horribly"? Yeah, that was a great episode. But... wasn't that dance pretty fun to watch anyway? Don't you kinda wish you could... do that dance for your friends and get a laugh out of them?
Dear god.. wasn't that... a GREAT dance she did? How funny, how fun?
People don't care whether you do good or do bad. In the end it doesn't really matter: not for your job, not for your family, not for your friends. Do what *you* like, and don't worry so much about what people think about it.
So, post that Sonic The Hegehog fanart you drew in 6th grade if you like it. If someone decides your art sucks and makes a stink about it, forget it. They don't have to watch you. They don't have to click your thumbnail. They don't have to search for "Sonic Hedgehog Fanart" and expect the Mona Lisa when they come across your image.
But, to be fair, if you KNOW your art is sketchy, mark it as such. You will know your art is sketchy if lots of people tell you. This is not compromising your work: it's being diplomatic. If people complain, throw them something. If the baby's gonna whine all day, just give the baby its bottle.
And, yes, I DO consciously sacrifice quality for quantity. I just don't want to see an incredibly awesome picture of a transformation. I want *sequences*, and you don't get quality AND quantity without a hell of a lot more effort. I mean, I DO have a day job!
In summary:
#1 Draw
#2 Copy
#3 People don't care if you can dance: Just get up and dance.
This is a toughie for me, so I'll go on at length about it. First off, the name of the rule. I decided on that as the official name of the rule. Here are other ones I came up with:
Life: 10%: what happens to you, 90%: how you react to it
Or:
The standard artist's greeting: "I hate you, I hate you, I hate you."
Or:
Carrie over-reacted.
In explaining everything, I'll go backwards to front.
Carrie over-reacted: Stephen King made a good novel once and threw it in the trash. His wife picked it out of the trash and it became his very first success: Carrie. This work of fiction about an awkward teen girl who gets picked on and murders EVERYONE with her newly developing SUPER MIND POWERS ... really touched me.
A few of you may be aware I have a bit of an anger control problem. Let me tell you - High school was no picnic, and I never quite got why people like shitting all over you and laughing.
Then I read Carrie.
It all became clear to me. Suffice it to say, the whole Uber-Prank pulled on Carrie was NOT the End Of The World, as she most certainly felt it was. She over-reacted, and if she'd just laughed WITH them, she could have turned it around on them and come out on top.
But I digress. The point is twofold:
#1 Learning to ignore the negativity of your own heart is the first part. Stephen King would not be known today were it not for his wife FISHING THIS BOOK OUT OF THE TRASH. An artist/writer/creator can't honestly judge his/her work without feedback from an audience.
#2 The second is embracing the idea that NOBODY CARES. This is an empowering thought: they DON'T care, so any laughing, derision, jokes, and put-downs are meant to elicit joy and laughter. They don't care about you, so why should you care about them? You don't have time to care about what every Negative Nelly thinks of you: neither do THEY.
Continuing... The next title: The standard artist's greeting: "I hate you, I hate you, I hate you."
This is fairly straightforward: All artists everywhere have someone they envy. Usually it's someone... who envies THEIR work. Pulling off great art is hard work - and usually the only people willing to work hard enough at it to get good are the kind who is their own worst critic.
The next title:
Life: 10%: what happens to you, 90%: how you react to it
I heard this, and it ALMOST became the title of this chapter, but I couldn't decide between it and "Carrie overreacted".
Finally, to the best title for this journal:
People don't care if you can dance: Just get up and dance.
Remember the Seinfeld ep where Elaine danced "incredibly horribly"? Yeah, that was a great episode. But... wasn't that dance pretty fun to watch anyway? Don't you kinda wish you could... do that dance for your friends and get a laugh out of them?
Dear god.. wasn't that... a GREAT dance she did? How funny, how fun?
People don't care whether you do good or do bad. In the end it doesn't really matter: not for your job, not for your family, not for your friends. Do what *you* like, and don't worry so much about what people think about it.
So, post that Sonic The Hegehog fanart you drew in 6th grade if you like it. If someone decides your art sucks and makes a stink about it, forget it. They don't have to watch you. They don't have to click your thumbnail. They don't have to search for "Sonic Hedgehog Fanart" and expect the Mona Lisa when they come across your image.
But, to be fair, if you KNOW your art is sketchy, mark it as such. You will know your art is sketchy if lots of people tell you. This is not compromising your work: it's being diplomatic. If people complain, throw them something. If the baby's gonna whine all day, just give the baby its bottle.
And, yes, I DO consciously sacrifice quality for quantity. I just don't want to see an incredibly awesome picture of a transformation. I want *sequences*, and you don't get quality AND quantity without a hell of a lot more effort. I mean, I DO have a day job!
In summary:
#1 Draw
#2 Copy
#3 People don't care if you can dance: Just get up and dance.
Technique journal 09.27.09
Posted 16 years agoCopy.
That's right. I'm telling you to steal! Don't photocopy: reproduce the art you like using the original media the artist used.
It's 100% fine to do this! Flattering, even. As long as it's for educational purposes only. You can't sell someone else's work. That's forgery and real, legal stealing. Very bad.
It's black and white about the distinction, by the way: if you gain by using someone else's work, you are stealing.
Copying from the masters is a time-honored tradition among artistic circles. If you wanted to paint well, you hiked to the Louvre and churned out your best effort at a Mona Lisa.
You learn a lot! How lines work, how pencils smear, how markers bleed - and how to turn it all to your advantage to make great art.
I shouldn't feel guilty, and neither should you! Clearly attribute where you got the idea from, don't charge anyone for it, and copy, copy, copy!
So, in review:
#1: Draw
#2: Copy
That's right. I'm telling you to steal! Don't photocopy: reproduce the art you like using the original media the artist used.
It's 100% fine to do this! Flattering, even. As long as it's for educational purposes only. You can't sell someone else's work. That's forgery and real, legal stealing. Very bad.
It's black and white about the distinction, by the way: if you gain by using someone else's work, you are stealing.
Copying from the masters is a time-honored tradition among artistic circles. If you wanted to paint well, you hiked to the Louvre and churned out your best effort at a Mona Lisa.
You learn a lot! How lines work, how pencils smear, how markers bleed - and how to turn it all to your advantage to make great art.
I shouldn't feel guilty, and neither should you! Clearly attribute where you got the idea from, don't charge anyone for it, and copy, copy, copy!
So, in review:
#1: Draw
#2: Copy
Technique journal 09.14.09
Posted 16 years agoDraw.
I will go on and on, but it's really that simple: an artist draws.
The biggest thing that separates me from someone who hasn't drawn before is sheer time spent whipping pencils. I happen to have a mad monkey in the back of my head constantly screeching for more new TF, so sometimes I sigh and sit down and draw. He quiets down when I do that. Instant motivation!
Everyone is different, and everyone's muse is different too, so I'll say this first about motivation: Do what works for you.
That said, here's what works for me:
Nothing.
Seriously. Nothing works for me. I'm a lazy ass and every once in a while my muse tells me to do something, so I do it, but by and large I don't have anything that gets me to sit down and draw.
I tell you, if I DID have something, I'd never draw. When you got something, you do that something. For some people it's friends or family or work or games or even working out. Something is fun to do! It fills your life with purpose and interest and vip-vigor-vim! But for me, I got nothing. So in stead of alllll of that, I draw.
The point I'm trying to make here is that you are the only person who can decide what you do. If you play xbox for 12 hours every week, don't complain your art sucks. You could have redrawn the same picture 3 times by then, and maybe made something to be proud of. In stead, you now have the epic experience of modern gaming to look back upon in nostalgia. Maybe nostalgia's your something. Think about it.
Everyone has time. To draw, you must sacrifice some of your time to it.
So, again:
Rule #1: Draw.
I will go on and on, but it's really that simple: an artist draws.
The biggest thing that separates me from someone who hasn't drawn before is sheer time spent whipping pencils. I happen to have a mad monkey in the back of my head constantly screeching for more new TF, so sometimes I sigh and sit down and draw. He quiets down when I do that. Instant motivation!
Everyone is different, and everyone's muse is different too, so I'll say this first about motivation: Do what works for you.
That said, here's what works for me:
Nothing.
Seriously. Nothing works for me. I'm a lazy ass and every once in a while my muse tells me to do something, so I do it, but by and large I don't have anything that gets me to sit down and draw.
I tell you, if I DID have something, I'd never draw. When you got something, you do that something. For some people it's friends or family or work or games or even working out. Something is fun to do! It fills your life with purpose and interest and vip-vigor-vim! But for me, I got nothing. So in stead of alllll of that, I draw.
The point I'm trying to make here is that you are the only person who can decide what you do. If you play xbox for 12 hours every week, don't complain your art sucks. You could have redrawn the same picture 3 times by then, and maybe made something to be proud of. In stead, you now have the epic experience of modern gaming to look back upon in nostalgia. Maybe nostalgia's your something. Think about it.
Everyone has time. To draw, you must sacrifice some of your time to it.
So, again:
Rule #1: Draw.
Betty Boop French Poodle?
Posted 16 years agoApparently, Betty Boop started off as a french poodle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Boop
Is this a joke? I can't find pics anywhere.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Boop
Is this a joke? I can't find pics anywhere.
New Subject To Change
Posted 16 years agoNew Subject to Change (http://subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com) (Rated G to PG) uploading now.
Next time, when you see the "please donate" bar full and the comic isn't updated every Monday like it's supposed to be, it's all right to email me saying "Where's the comic, dude?"
Because, well... it didn't post.
As a special "Make up", I'll upload the missing days all this week.
Sorry!
The Office Bitch (http://picklejuice.comicgenesis.com) will be updated too. (Warning: R to X rated content for TOB)
Next time, when you see the "please donate" bar full and the comic isn't updated every Monday like it's supposed to be, it's all right to email me saying "Where's the comic, dude?"
Because, well... it didn't post.
As a special "Make up", I'll upload the missing days all this week.
Sorry!
The Office Bitch (http://picklejuice.comicgenesis.com) will be updated too. (Warning: R to X rated content for TOB)
Make me draw!
Posted 16 years agoBuy 3, get 1 FREE on all commissions (www.picklejuice13.com)
Also, Subject to Change is a "pay as you go" comic as of Jul 1, 09. If you pledge $200 by the end of June, I'll upload the next month's sequence. I also plan to give contributors access to a contributors-only picture.
I have a couple more years' material worked out in sketch form, but can't commit the time unless it helps pay my bills. I have even more worked out for The Office Bitch, but haven't decided to make it a pay-as-you-go comic just yet.
Also, if you don't have them yet, please get your TF Magazines. ALL NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE. You can get them only through me, except as marked.:
$2 per comic, plus $5 for my trouble in shipping and handling it all
TF Magazine:
TFM 0: Waggs The Mad Scientist - Man to dog antrho & dog to woman anthro
TFM 1: Dog Collar - Woman to dog
TFM 1.5: Demnessa Change - Woman to gargoyle
TFM 2: Side Effects - woman to dog
TFM 3: Pinrae's Prestidigitation - woman to tiger
TFM 3.5: Crysta Change - woman to tiger
TFM 4: Greekel: Her - Woman to dragon (on transfur)
TFM 5: Pony Girl
TFM 5.5: Painted Skunk - Man to busty toony skunk
TFM 6: The Bull Demon - Man to minotaur
TFM 7: Predator/Prey - Man to Doe & Man to anthro lion (lion part on transfur)
TFM 8: Dragon X - Man to dragon (on transfur)
TFM 9: Untold Tales of the Princess Rat - Jasmine lookalike to rat (on transfur)
TFM 10: Gavinwolf - Man to wolf (on transfur)
TFM 11: Dragonwish - young man to dragon - (on transfur, except for ending)
TFM 12: Teen Guil Monster (on transfur)
TFM 13: TG Partywolf ->NEW
Subject To Change:
STC 1: The Pup (online, subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com)
Iron Wolf:
IW 1: The Bank - IW fights police on national television, shocking the world - is it real?
IW 2: Investigations - Reporters investigate facts behind IW, bad guys stirring to fight IW
IW 3: Delicate Secrets Revealed - The police begin to zero in on IW's location.
IW 4: Dealing With The Devil - Big fight, plus history on Sox, the supersonic fox
IW 5: The Third Rule - Endgame, Iron Wolf vs. the big bad guys
paypal: picklejuice_13[at]yahoo.com
Make out checks to "Cash"
Snail: Resident, 910 Lynde Dr NE #204, Fridley, MN 55432
Also, Subject to Change is a "pay as you go" comic as of Jul 1, 09. If you pledge $200 by the end of June, I'll upload the next month's sequence. I also plan to give contributors access to a contributors-only picture.
I have a couple more years' material worked out in sketch form, but can't commit the time unless it helps pay my bills. I have even more worked out for The Office Bitch, but haven't decided to make it a pay-as-you-go comic just yet.
Also, if you don't have them yet, please get your TF Magazines. ALL NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE. You can get them only through me, except as marked.:
$2 per comic, plus $5 for my trouble in shipping and handling it all
TF Magazine:
TFM 0: Waggs The Mad Scientist - Man to dog antrho & dog to woman anthro
TFM 1: Dog Collar - Woman to dog
TFM 1.5: Demnessa Change - Woman to gargoyle
TFM 2: Side Effects - woman to dog
TFM 3: Pinrae's Prestidigitation - woman to tiger
TFM 3.5: Crysta Change - woman to tiger
TFM 4: Greekel: Her - Woman to dragon (on transfur)
TFM 5: Pony Girl
TFM 5.5: Painted Skunk - Man to busty toony skunk
TFM 6: The Bull Demon - Man to minotaur
TFM 7: Predator/Prey - Man to Doe & Man to anthro lion (lion part on transfur)
TFM 8: Dragon X - Man to dragon (on transfur)
TFM 9: Untold Tales of the Princess Rat - Jasmine lookalike to rat (on transfur)
TFM 10: Gavinwolf - Man to wolf (on transfur)
TFM 11: Dragonwish - young man to dragon - (on transfur, except for ending)
TFM 12: Teen Guil Monster (on transfur)
TFM 13: TG Partywolf ->NEW
Subject To Change:
STC 1: The Pup (online, subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com)
Iron Wolf:
IW 1: The Bank - IW fights police on national television, shocking the world - is it real?
IW 2: Investigations - Reporters investigate facts behind IW, bad guys stirring to fight IW
IW 3: Delicate Secrets Revealed - The police begin to zero in on IW's location.
IW 4: Dealing With The Devil - Big fight, plus history on Sox, the supersonic fox
IW 5: The Third Rule - Endgame, Iron Wolf vs. the big bad guys
paypal: picklejuice_13[at]yahoo.com
Make out checks to "Cash"
Snail: Resident, 910 Lynde Dr NE #204, Fridley, MN 55432
FCN Transformatin Panel Report
Posted 16 years agoTF panel: the room was not labeled on the conbook map, but I got a very decent showing. I hear it was fairly entertaining so woo!
Two people showed up looking for tips on how to mental TF. I like the idea. Question for you guys: What sort of resources are there avialbable on the net for that sort of thing?
Topics discussed:
TYPES
SPECIES
carefree/ violent/ introspective/ none
MOTIVATION FOR TF
FIRST EXPOSURE – story/life event/friends
TOP 10 TF SCENES
10 Michael Jackson’s Thriller video
9 Howling I
8 Monster Ring
7 AWIP
6 Pinnochio
5 Tooth and Claw ep of Dr. Who
4 Cursed
3 Shaggy Dog
2 Van Helsing
1 AWIL
CELEBRATING TF
BAD REP
The results:
Attendees: 20ish
Types breakdown:
Gender fans – man to woman, usually. 7
Weres: muscley, sharp clawed -0
Animal TF fans: “weres” without the muscles and violence - 12
subcategory: anthro animal 8
subcat: full on animal 8
Grow -3
Shrink-3
Inflation / balloon - 4
being the one transformed – All (20?)
doing the change to someone else- 12
TF scenes I hadn't heard of before:
“being human” british tv series re werewolf
kindergarten “al” travel to bird world, become bird
“clash of the titans” zeus to tf the guy into a blobby horny taily thing
I forgot to record it, so no transcription. But there was a lot of "um, urrr, I gotta consult my notes here. Blarrrrgh"
Also, there's a few TF magazines left, so here's that journal: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/711251/
New TF Magazines + FCN Transformation panel
Posted 16 years agoNew:
TFM 5: Pony Girl (Not online)
TFM 5.5: Painted Skunk - Man to busty toony skunk (Not Online?)
TFM 12: Teen Guil Monster (online)
TFM 13: TG Partywolf (not online)
STC 1: The Pup (online, subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com)
After FCN and the commissions it generates, I'll start posting cover art and featured pages from each TFM.
I'm hosting a Transformations discussion panel at FCN this year. ... So, who may be coming?
Thanks!
Current TFM listing:
$2 per comic, plus $5 for my trouble in shipping and handling it all
TF Magazine:
TFM 0: Waggs The Mad Scientist - Man to dog antrho & dog to woman anthro
TFM 1: Dog Collar - Woman to dog (Not Online)
TFM 1.5: Demnessa Change - Woman to gargoyle
TFM 2: Side Effects - woman to dog (Not Online)
TFM 3: Pinrae's Prestidigitation - woman to tiger (Not Online?)
TFM 3.5: Crysta Change - woman to tiger (Not Online?)
TFM 4: Greekel: Her - Woman to dragon
TFM 5: Pony Girl (Not online)
TFM 5.5: Painted Skunk - Man to busty toony skunk (Not Online?)
TFM 6: The Bull Demon - Man to minotaur (not online)
TFM 7: Predator/Prey - Man to Doe & Man to anthro lion (doe not online - plus not online center spread of doe plus lion)
TFM 8: Dragon X - Man to dragon
TFM 9: Untold Tales of the Princess Rat - Jasmine lookalike to rat
TFM 10: Gavinwolf - Man to wolf
TFM 11: Dragonwish - young man to dragon - (all online, except new ending just for the comic)
TFM 12: Teen Guil Monster (online)
TFM 13: TG Partywolf (not online)
Subject To Change:
STC 1: The Pup (online, subjecttochange.comicgenesis.com)
Iron Wolf:
IW 1: The Bank - IW fights police on national television, shocking the world - is it real?
IW 2: Investigations - Reporters investigate facts behind IW, bad guys stirring to fight IW
IW 3: Delicate Secrets Revealed - The police begin to zero in on IW's location.
IW 4: Dealing With The Devil - Big fight, plus history on Sox, the supersonic fox
IW 5: The Third Rule - Endgame, Iron Wolf vs. the big bad guys
paypal: picklejuice_13[at]yahoo.com
Snail: A. J. Pearson, 910 Lynde Dr NE #204, Fridley, MN 55432
TRANSFORM Furry Connection North
Posted 16 years agoTransformations rock. We all know that.
But why?
If transformation is more than just a passing fling to you, or if you feel it is an important part of your life and you want to understand why it is you are obsessed beyond your control over transformations, then show up and tell us about it!
Syllabus:
Defining Transformation
The Change - your favorite circumstances
End of TF: what is your fursona?
Why? -
How do you TF? - MMORPGs, chatllines, art galleries, groups and mailing lists
Top 10 TF movies
All you need to join us is a valid attendee badge for FCN 09.
Word.
(Also, as I tend to not post for months at a time, I'd like to note I will have lots of free time to draw come April 1st, as I will no longer be working for the Man. So, commission me! email me or show up at FCN 09's artist's alley. Thanks!)
Midwest Furfest
Posted 17 years agoMidwest Furfest.
I go every year. I bring convention exclusive art (things I have never posted to the hyperwebs). I offer my TF magazines and Iron Wolf comics. I do commissions on the cheap and enjoy chatting with all my fans. All 6 of you.
So, make sure to hit the Artist's Alley on Saturday so you can see me.
Also FYI:
My computer died recently, and Comic Genesis has decided my ftp upload area is no longer working. So, no updates. I HAVE updates for Subject To Change and The Office Bitch... but no way of uploading them.
I go every year. I bring convention exclusive art (things I have never posted to the hyperwebs). I offer my TF magazines and Iron Wolf comics. I do commissions on the cheap and enjoy chatting with all my fans. All 6 of you.
So, make sure to hit the Artist's Alley on Saturday so you can see me.
Also FYI:
My computer died recently, and Comic Genesis has decided my ftp upload area is no longer working. So, no updates. I HAVE updates for Subject To Change and The Office Bitch... but no way of uploading them.
