So I'm working on some stuff I owe right now, but I was also browsing Youtube and stumbled across some Cooking Mama videos. I had seen it before somewhere, but was able to see it more indepth just now.

For anyone who has played it, is it worth getting? Particularly the one for the DS? =) I'm worried about repetition or it being too easy.

PS: Scribblenauts Round of 8 Results will be up soon!

EDIT: Well after looking more into this game, it seems to be too simple for my tastes. xD

Sorry for the lateness of these results. A few days ago I got RSI in my drawing arm and had been dealing with that, as well as soreness and problems with my other joints. They seem to be clearing up, and may have had to do with a calcium deficiency. As I said though, it seems to be getting better now.

Now, onto the fun! =)

ROUND OF 16 MATCHUP RESULTS

Giraffe with a blowdryer
Vs.
Werewolf

Longcat
Vs.
Godzilla

Death
Vs.
Zombie

Lynx with Molasses
Vs.
Manticore

Fox with magic wand
Vs.
Cthulhu

Husky with a Katana
Vs.
Cockroach with a sewing needle
[as mentioned last round, the cockroach is unkillable. With the round considered a draw, I used random.org to decide the winner. A random number is chosen 1 to 100. Above 50, the cockroach wins. The number chosen was 74.]

Medusa
Vs.
Fox with tesla coil

Former President Andrew Jackson with a revolver
Vs.
Binturong w/ blender

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ROUND OF 8 MATCHUPS

Giraffe with a Blowdryer
Vs.
Longcat

Death
Vs.
Manticore

Cthulu
Vs.
Cockroach with a Sewing Needle

Medusa
Vs.
Former President Andrew Jackson with a Revolver

I'll be posting the Scribblenauts Tournament results (Round of 16) soon. In the mean time, a fun little journal for you guys.

If you could be on any gameshow (perhaps past or present), because you think it'd be fun or you'd kick ass on it, what would you choose to be on?

For me, I'd choose either Survivor, or The Price is Right. While I think I'd need to be more athletic to do the former, I think I'd do pretty good on it. I'm a big fan of the show and now how to strategize to make it far I think.

And well, I've watched a ton of The Price is Right. I win a majority of the games when I play along. =P If I ever visit California I want to attend a taping. That'd be a dream.

How about you guys?

Here are the round of 32 results. The winners are in bold and will be moving onto the next round. (Round of 16)

I've been having issues with non-humanoid creatures using weapons, but good luck none the less!

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ROUND OF 32 RESULTS

Otter with a Monster Truck
vs.
Giraffe with a blowdryer

Platypus with a P90 Submachine Gun
vs.
Werewolf

Longcat
vs.
Ant with Machete

Godzilla
vs. (game didn't have Godzilla, had to use a T-Rex)
Pegasus

Death
vs.
Hummingbird with Flamethrower

Zombie
vs.
Stallion with a Boots

Lynx with Molasses
vs.
Arctic Fox with Grenade

Manticore
vs.
Mouse with a bow and arrow

Fox with magic wand
vs.
Julia Child with a Spatula

Cthulhu
vs. (surprisingly, this was actually a close battle)
Ferret w/ lightning gun

Husky with a Katana
vs.
1981 Volvo 240 with a golden retriever inside it and the window down a little bit

Bear with a tommy-gun
vs.
Cockroach with a sewing needle
[Following the old wives tail of cockroaches surviving a nuclear bomb, a bear couldn't completely kill the cockroach. With it being a draw, the cockroach was randomly selected with Random.org to continue.]

Medusa
vs.
My Little Pony Sunshine with rainbow gun

Fox with tesla coil
vs.
Nikolai Tesla (had to use "inventor")

Former President Andrew Jackson with a revolver (had to use "president")
vs.
Leif Ericson with a piece of Limburger cheese (had to use "explorer")

Binturong w/ blender (had to settle for "bear" >>)
vs.
A pangolin with a jackhammer

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Congratulations to the winners! Here are the Round of 16 matches!

Giraffe with a blowdryer
Vs.
Werewolf

Longcat
Vs.
Godzilla

Death
Vs.
Zombie

Lynx with Molasses
Vs.
Manticore

Fox with magic wand
Vs.
Cthulhu

Husky with a Katana
Vs.
Cockroach with a sewing needle

Medusa
Vs.
Fox with tesla coil

Former President Andrew Jackson with a revolver
Vs.
Binturong w/ blender

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Good luck everyone! Results will be posted tomorrow!

I'm going to go ahead and start the tournament since I haven't had any new picks for nearly 12 hours. Here are the matchups for the Round of 32.

We had 34 entries, so I randomly picked four of entrants to battle to make it 32, with the two winners staying in.

Giraffe with a blowdryer
vs.
Ferret with a nerf gun

Otter with a Monster Truck
vs.
Centipede with throwing knives

Those two will be staying in the tournament.

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ROUND OF 32 MATCH UPS

Otter with a Monster Truck
vs.
Giraffe with a blowdryer

Platypus with a P90 Submachine Gun
vs.
Werewolf

Longcat
vs.
Ant with Machete

Godzilla
vs.
Pegasus

Death
vs.
Hummingbird with Flamethrower

Zombie
vs.
Stallion with a Boots

Lynx with Molasses
vs.
Arctic Fox with Grenade

Manticore
vs.
Mouse with a bow and arrow

Fox with magic wand
vs.
Julia Child with a Spatula

Cthulhu
vs.
Ferret w/ lightning gun

Husky with a Katana
vs.
1981 Volvo 240 with a golden retriever inside it and the window down a little bit

Bear with a tommy-gun
vs.
Cockroach with a sewing needle

Medusa
vs.
My Little Pony Sunshine with rainbow gun

Fox with tesla coil
vs.
Nikolai Tesla

Former President Andrew Jackson with a revolver
vs.
Leif Ericson with a piece of Limburger cheese

Binturong w/ blender
vs.
A pangolin with a jackhammer

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Good luck everyone! Results will be posted tomorrow.

For those who don't know what Scribblenauts is ---> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribblenauts

I'm going to be holding a Scribblenauts tournament for fun. It'll be a single-elimination deathmatch tournament. The last one standing wins a free sketch from me! (all commission rules apply) I was going to do this on DA too, but just to avoid confusion I'll do FA first.

1. Reply to this journal with two creatures, (can be animal, fantasy, historical, etc)
2. Check to make sure nobody else has chosen it.
3. Since real world based things tend to be underpowered, feel free to choose a weapon to equip them with. (ex. grandma with pepper spray; man with gun; police officer with rocket launcher) I won't allow obvious instant kill weapons though. I'll do my best to attach a weapon to your creature, but if it won't let me, they'll have to go weaponless.
3B. CREATURES NOT FROM THIS WORLD CANNOT USE WEAPONS! (IE. GOD, ZOMBIE, HERCULES) (weapons are just to help things be more balanced)
3C. You can choose the same animal/real world thing as someone else, as long as there is a different weapon.

The player who picked the last creature standing in the tournament will win a free sketch!

If the two creatures decide not to fight, I'll randomly choose the winner.

Round results will be posted in seperate journals, with winners in bold.

If I get a number of entrants different from 16, 32, 64, 128 etc, I'll randomly do some matches to get it to one of those figures.

I'll give a couple of days or so for everyone to submit their picks. Have fun! Good luck!

Current Entrants: (34 total)
Giraffe with a blowdryer
Platypus with a P90 Submachine Gun
Zombie
Arctic Fox with Grenade
Ferret w/ lightning gun
Binturong w/ blender
Mouse with a bow and arrow
Ferret with a nerf gun
Godzilla
Cockroach with a sewing needle
Lynx with Molasses
Ant with machete
Werewolf
Centipede with throwing knives
Hummingbird with flamethrower
Former President Andrew Jackson with a revolver
Manticore
Cthulhu
Longcat
Bear with a tommy-gun
Stalion with a Boots
My Little Pony Sunshine with rainbow gun
Julia Child with a Spatula
Otter with a Monster Truck
Death
Medusa
Pegasus
Husky with a Katana
1981 Volvo 240 with a golden retriever inside it and the window down a little bit
Nikolai Tesla
A pangolin with a jackhammer
Leif Ericson with a piece of Limburger cheese
Fox with tesla coil
Fox with magic wand
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I am back from my "vacation" with WinDasH! (it certainly felt like one even though I didn't technically leave)

It was probably one of the best experiences of my life. It was so fun and so rewarding, and I had such a great time. We did so many things. It was like having the brother I never had around. ^^

What else can I say? I'm back! Cheers! =)

I'll be inactive till the 20th of July as I'm having a great online friend of mine, WinDash, visiting starting on Thursday. I'll be inactive since I'll be spending most of my time with him, but I'll still have downtime here and there where I can hop online, do updates and things of normal nature.

Here's hoping everything goes as awesomely as I expect it to!

WinDash's deviantart profile: www.windash.deviantart.com

This is just a brief explanation of yesterday's art post, Never Quite Good Enough, since I had some folks wondering about it.

First off, just want to say I'm doing fine now. I had a certain trigger that started it and all these pent of worries and feelings came crashing down all at once. xD I was thankful to vent.

Here is some cross-posted text from DeviantART that I wrote that basically summarizes the whole thing, for those who are curious.

"This involves a few things, for the most part being dreams I have that seem out of reach, despite everyone telling me I'm good at what I do - and seeing others accomplish theirs. It's also about a certain perception I have that artists I admire think I'm below their standards for one reason or another, and feeling left out of this web of interest they've created amongst eachother. There's also random little things here and there, but those are the main ones.

Ironically, some of the things I've learned to make this image came from these artists I admire.

I just hope you guys can appreciate the meaning and symbolism of the piece and if you want, contribute to the discussion."

I hope that clears things up. =) Cheers!

For those returning from AC, hope you all had a good time. My fun won't be starting until Thursday though. I'm having a great online friend visiting me till July 20th, but I'm going to keep his name secret for now. (it'll be mentioned in a couple days!)

I hate it when you go to leave a store, and someone is kind enough to hold the door for you. You thank them and walk away from the door only to see another person wanting to come in. You've already walked away from the door and it would be awkward to run back to hold it for them, yet rude for you to have not after someone paid the same respect to you.

>>; Oops...

Last night I made a sandwich consisting of:

Summer Sausage
Processed Cheese
Bacon
Mayo
Pepper

on a toasted sesame seed bun.

It tasted awesome but that can't be good for me at all. >>

I got my letter in the mail today letting me know that I've been accepted into college!

I was called in for an interview last Wednesday - which went pretty well. They said my portfolio was strong, and my illustration skills were impressive, but I need to work on my design skills more.

During my time there I sat with two other applicants who were called in. Apparently 300+ people apply for the course every year, and only 40 get in. I was one of the handful that made it to the interview stage.

So nonetheless, I'm very excited, yet a bit timid about college and the workload that comes with it.

Yet, it could be very inspiring, being around and working with other artists and designers.

I guess we'll find out together. I start August 30th.

With the creation of my new icon, I decided to try posting WIPs. (aka work in progress) I wanted to do that to see what suggestions or critiques I might get.

I normally don't do that and I'm not sure where the tolerance levels stand for my watchers.

If I do post any in the future, I'd try keeping them to one or two per piece. Last thing I'd want to do is spam every step. (unless it is one file)

Is that okay with everyone? o.o

I just realized I spelled commission wrong on my last journal. Durr. >>;

Well, I think I've been in an art block as of late for a number of reasons. They didn't seem apparent at first, I just felt uninspired, but I think I know the causes:

1. I've been feeling pressured to out-perform myself with every piece I do, posted or not.

2. Because of #1, I've been rushing or scrapping work that isn't coming out well at first, and not seeing it through to the finished product. I also won't show anything I don't like enough, with the loss of potential advice/critiques.

3. I've been feeling guilty working on stuff that isn't something I owe like commissions, or could help me with my prospective career. (ie. gesture drawing, exploring other mediums)

I think I need to throw that all away and just go back to my roots more. Just draw because I want to draw something, and not worry so much how beneficial or how well received it might be. Of course, I still need to work on things I owe, and practice important things like anatomy, but a happy artist is a productive artist, and a productive artist is an improving one.

I hope that's the solution to my problem. X) Cheers!


P.S: I just moved my computer into my room. More on that later!

For a sketch commission of this kind of quality:

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3893725
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3811359

Does $10 per character seem like a fair price to you?

I still have some larger projects to do, but I thought I should poll my userbase and see what kind of interest there is. =P

Cheers!

I've been ever so slowly creeping towards the 4-digit mark for a while now - but I just hit 1000!

I know it's not much in the grand scheme of things. There's probably thousands of artists here that have reached this already, but I guess it just feels special. My art is something I'm passionate about, and having 1000 people like my efforts enough to add me to their watch list means a lot. ^^

So I just wanted to say thanks to my friends and watchers for all your help, comments, company, and just anything really. X) I would have said something sooner but I felt like waiting until now.

In other news, I got a letter from college telling me they want to interview me about my portfolio, Awesome! Now let's hope this course is something I want to take. xD

Cheers!

I've been kind of obsessing over this show recently. :| The finale is on Sunday! Go Sandra! <3

Anyone else fans of the show?

So, after months of struggle with my health and other things, I finally completed my portfolio today - ready to submit for tomorrow. I learned a lot and it also made me realize I'm not as good as an artist as I thought. As soon as I worked outside my comfort zone I really struggled. xD

I've got to get into contact with an academic adviser though. I got some concerns about this course not being what I expected. (some drawing fundamentals in the course outline have vanished) I'd rather get it checked out before I sink 10 grand and two years into it. x_x

In other news, now that my portfolio is finished, I'll be taking up commissions soon. I'm probably going to avoid full color for a bit, but I'll be taking $10 sketches again and other stuff with a smallish workload. I just need to get some stuff out of the way first before I add some more to my plate. =P

I met a couple of furries on Justin.tv. I decided to introduce myself. It took less than 5 minutes for one to start getting sexual.

*sigh* Seriously...? >>

I left pretty quick. I probably should have followed my instincts and stayed silent. I'm pretty annoyed so I needed to vent a bit. xD

In other news, I'm nearly finished my portfolio. I just need to assemble everything on presentation board and print some stuff. Hurray! Wish me luck! =)

I saw How to Train Your Dragon on Saturday. Best animated movie I've seen in quite a while, and definitely the best animated Dreamworks film to date. I saw it with half a dozen furs from the city area. (I recall Jason, Tom, Hannah, a couple of Shawn's and someone else) Sorry for not making the meet after guys. I got home and crashed once the caffeine wore off. I really would have liked to come, but I was dragging. >:

But yeah, wow. <3

Also, I'm going to finally get off my butt and go through my recent watches list. I have 3+ months worth saved up. So yeah, either tonight or tomorrow I'll go through the pages, check out the galleries, fav some works, thank for watches, and possibly give some of my own. =3

That is all!

Well, sort of.

I got my portfolio requirements for college last Thursday, and yeah...lots of work ahead of me. Thankfully it's not due for two and a half months. I'm excited, yet at the same time nervous I won't be good enough to make it into the program. =P Wish me luck! =3

Also, I gotta go back months and thank people for watches. I feel bad that I haven't...I guess that's going to be a quest on it's own too. o.o

We'll I've worked enough for now. TIME FOR MARIO KART!

I know nobody from FA entered my contest, but if anyone is curious on the results, they have now been posted on DA. Here is the link! =D

http://temiree.deviantart.com/journal/29948554/

Also, a huge thank you to  NotVeryAthletic. I got back from applying for college yesterday and had my friend FrostyPuppy make me aware that I was Artist of the Week! I logged onto FA, and found I had so many new watchers. Thank you so much for the feature! It really brightened up my day. ^^

There are 24 hours left in my contest! The deadline is 11:59:59 CST on January 18th. (today!) If you need more time, let me know and we'll see if we can get something worked out! I know this warning is on short notice, so I can easily compromise. I've had one person ask for me to extend one more week, but it seems a bit long since I've already extended the deadline once. If I have another person or two that needs another week, I will extend it. =3

Thanks!

Here are my new years resolutions if you're curious. =3 Feel free to post yours!

1. Get myself a job.
2. Be more active physically. I'm not setting any goals with this. I'm just gonna do what I can and see where I end up. I feel setting goals with things like this just make you discouraged.
3. Be more active on FA and DA, particularly FA. I know there's messages I haven't responded to, great art gone unnoticed, and great people yet to be met. Being more active than I have would easily solve this.
4. Begin learning to cook!

I posted this over at DA a little while ago, but for some reason I never cross-posted this over here. I meant to but for some reason I never did. Sorry guys! >=

I'm running a contest that involves depicting my character Temiree in a medium of your choice, with prizes consisting of free commissions from me. =3 (they amount to $120) The deadline is January 18th, so there's still plenty of time. (I might extend it a tad further if anyone needs some extra time though!)

Also, this time I decided to add a wild card prize, consisting of a free sketch request to a non-prize winning entry. This would be done at random, probably based on a dice roll. So everyone has a chance to win something!

If you're considering entering, go to this link to read the full details in my DA journal: http://temiree.deviantart.com/journal/28359610/

I have five entries so far. If you want to take a look-see, take a look at this link! http://temiree.deviantart.com/journal/29272295/

If anyone has any questions, let me know! ^^