The dog keeps lying right behind my chair, so whenever I get up she gets hit by it. Five times it happened so far, and she still hasn't caught on that lying there is bad idea.

On the bright side, I now have a chair and a desk. No more sitting on the coach with the monitor balanced on a stool!

Custard Trout
No more sitting on the coach with the monitor balanced on a stool!

Ewww, how gross… Stinky computer.



Oooooh, that sort of stool! My version is funnier. -_-
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I have something to rant about: Sports people on the radio and TV. WHY do almost all of them, the athletes and the commentators tend to speak in a monotone drone when talking about how their event was or the commentators (ex-athlete ones) are describing and commenting on an event?

Maybe that's mostly an Australian thing? I've heard it from the U.K. as well though… Don't know about the U.S. and other countries. I think the bastards should be taught how to speak like HUMAN BEINGS! Stupid robot voiced sports monkeys… It's like sulphuric acid in my brain.

I can't get the smell of incense off me. It's a nice scent, but still, I'd like to be able to choose whether or not I smell like Led Zeppelin incense. I was holding it in my mouth the whole time it was lit, so I think that's why the smell is stuck on me.

just came from bar trying to sober up st home. tooo msny shotdd caught op with jme

subcultured
tooo msny shotdd caught op with jme

lol

I just gots me ma Citiq 21UX thingo… Works fine. :)
But I still like my old 12x12 better… :(

Does anyone else think it's a problem that a mod is posting while drunk?

Also how did this stick get lodged in my buttocks? I didn't put it there.

soooo, the promotion list came out “today” (in the states)….and my best friend made it. i'm happy for him, since he's married and has a kid on the way (that's nearly an extra 500$ in his pocket). but at the same time, i'm extremely jealous. we were in basic together, went thru all the same tech schools, and the only reason i didnt test this year, is because i signed up for four years, and he for six. the air force has an incentive program where you put on the 3rd rank immeidiatly, which means you put on the 4th rank earlier, and test for sergeant earlier. i signed up for four, then had to wait 3 years to put on my 4th rank. (i started as an e2, 10 months before i was a e3, and then 3 years total to put on e4). and the time of year i put it on was crappy, because i was two months too late to test. communist ideals and stupid time in service ect.

just really jealous

ozoneocean

subcultured
tooo msny shotdd caught op with jme

lol

I just gots me ma Citiq 21UX thingo… Works fine. :)
But I still like my old 12x12 better… :(

I'll take your Cintiq if you don't want it :)

ozoneocean
I have something to rant about: Sports people on the radio and TV. WHY do almost all of them, the athletes and the commentators tend to speak in a monotone drone when talking about how their event was or the commentators (ex-athlete ones) are describing and commenting on an event?

Maybe that's mostly an Australian thing? I've heard it from the U.K. as well though… Don't know about the U.S. and other countries. I think the bastards should be taught how to speak like HUMAN BEINGS! Stupid robot voiced sports monkeys… It's like sulphuric acid in my brain.

You should listen to Spanish language Football. It's a style often spoofed on Whose Line is it Anyway?

Every US sportscaster tries to come up with their own style and terminology to up the energy of the broadcasts. It goes back to like forever…

Listen to the play-by-play on Meatloaf's song Paradise by the Dashboard Light Phil “Scooter” Rizzuto was a classic US baseball play-by-play man. It's definitely not monotone.

Sports reporters…. Yeah, there's one English guy who does the soccer and thinks he's Byron or something. He's prety entertaining with his poetic way of describing things.
But I doubt he was an ex pro player, Those are the bad ones… They gave up all the cleverness and music of speech in the purist of their sport.

skoolmunkee
I'll take your Cintiq if you don't want it :)

Ha! :P
I'll stick with it… Hmm, they're not as amazing as people say. :(

But it's a digi artist's status symbol! It means I have a really big… pen.
Or a small one, depending on how you look at it lol!

I'll see how much it costs to send my 12x12 over :)

bravo1102
You should listen to Spanish language Football. It's a style often spoofed on Whose Line is it Anyway?

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

haha
sorry about that. i actually dont remember posting that…then i checked my phone and i seemed to text a couple people last night too.

i dont mod when im intoxicated.

I am quite angry that the real comic that I wrote isn't going to go anywhere because I sick at drawing. And the girl who was going to draw it for me had “scanner problems” and then stopped speaking to me. Is it me?? Am I just that big of a jerk that no one will follow through on their promises to me?? I don't get it.

subcultured
haha
sorry about that. i actually dont remember posting that…

lol!

subcultured
tooo msny shotdd caught op with jme

:)

I might put that in my sig ^_^

Mandi
I am quite angry that the real comic that I wrote isn't going to go anywhere because I sick at drawing. And the girl who was going to draw it for me had “scanner problems” and then stopped speaking to me. Is it me?? Am I just that big of a jerk that no one will follow through on their promises to me?? I don't get it.

It's pretty difficult to find people who are willing to draw a comic that they didn't get to write (especially if they're doing it for free)… it's a pretty big time investment, and sometimes writers aren't the easiest people to work with. I can't say what's up with your situation, but it's possible she realized that wasn't where she wanted to put her time and effort, and doesn't know how to tell you…

ozoneocean
Sports reporters…. Yeah, there's one English guy who does the soccer and thinks he's Byron or something. He's prety entertaining with his poetic way of describing things.

i was like….why would some dude think he was me? and how would ozone know me well enough to make that comparrison?

at least in the states, having the name byron is a rare thing, so when i see it or hear it, my mind instincivly associates it with me. i've only met two others….

Custard Trout
The dog keeps lying right behind my chair, so whenever I get up she gets hit by it. Five times it happened so far, and she still hasn't caught on that lying there is bad idea.

On the bright side, I now have a chair and a desk. No more sitting on the coach with the monitor balanced on a stool!

A dog therapist would say your dog is a masochist. O_o

I just told my piano teacher I was quiting piano and surprisingly, she was disappointed and maybe even sad. I kind of thought she would be happy about the news since I'm a super lazy student who never practices. She says that I'm one of students she'd been with the longest. Gah, now I need to buy her a goodbye present out of guilt. >_<

I feel kinda insecure putting color comics up for people to see, I guess because i don't really know what i'm doing (there's no guidelines or obvious examples like with tones) It's all soft and bright compared to the natural looking stuff i see elsewhere. Ah well i'll learn.

Skullbie
I feel kinda insecure putting color comics up for people to see, I guess because i don't really know what i'm doing (there's no guidelines or obvious examples like with tones) It's all soft and bright compared to the natural looking stuff i see elsewhere. Ah well i'll learn.

Well, then, way to fake it. Your stuff looks amazing!

Ditto what SpANG said!

And don't worry, you're not alone. I'm just now getting comfortable with coloring. I had to go through my markers stage, then computer coloring, etc. It's a process, and every artist's process evolves in different ways. :)

SpANG

Skullbie
I feel kinda insecure putting color comics up for people to see, I guess because i don't really know what i'm doing (there's no guidelines or obvious examples like with tones) It's all soft and bright compared to the natural looking stuff i see elsewhere. Ah well i'll learn.

Well, then, way to fake it. Your stuff looks amazing!

Yeah, what SpAng said. The coloring is beautiful. So it IS soft and bright - but there's absolutely NOTHING wrong with that. It actually works perfectly. Gives the page a nice, dreamy feel.

Ok, my turn to vent :) The problem I'm having as of late is that I'm lazy - and it feels GOOD! I got two weeks off. I'd usually spend 50+ percent of that time drawing or writing. Doing “something”. This time… Finished the latest page of the comic in about two days - and the remaining 14 I was SLACKING! When my holiday was over, I finally started working on the new page. I drew a lot on Monday and Tuesday… and did nothing else than watch tv the rest of the week. Thought I'd make up for that today. Didn't happen! :) Watched some more tv, lay on the bench in the garden at my grandma's, watching the sky… And I loved it. I feel I DESERVE it. So while I do feel guilty that I'm lazy, I feel I owe it to myself to just lie down and do nothing if/when I get a chance. Summer's almost over - so why not enjoy it while it lasts, right? RIGHT…? Why do I have to keep convincing myself I'm not doing anything wrong if I take a day off and do nothing?

Fitz
Why do I have to keep convincing myself I'm not doing anything wrong if I take a day off and do nothing?

Bless you Fitz, I don't KNOW how to take a “day off” even when I have the “day off”. My wife forces me to relax - which she does pretty well.

You're adding years to your life when you know how to relax. I think the thing you're trying to seek for yourself (IF you're seeking it) is balance. That's been my biggest issue - just finding a center between work, family, spiritual life, community work and even my comic and other digital projects.

Seems the older I get, the harder it is. While you're young, do what you can to enjoy you're life. I just feel like I've been living this way since I turned 30 and I'm three years away from 40 now. If I don't get a handle on some balance, I'm either going to go crazy or go bald.

Oh wait…

Oh wow, thank you you three it means a lot :) Bonus points that you're all great at coloring haha

And Spang you're such the ladies man i swear ;)

So yeah, school starts Monday, I'm moved into my new home, got all my stuff unpacked and I'm ready to get back to making comics, but there's just one slight problem: Apparently my laptop doesn't like my scanner and the software didn't install properly. Worse yet, the software is sitting in a box about 300 miles away and my presentation page for the awards is due soon. I was really hoping to finish up my awards stuff this weekend and get back to Last Words and a couple of the other projects I was working on.

lba
…scanner and the software didn't install…

Two ways to go- Find it on the net (never failed me yet for scanners), or switch to 100% tablet work for now. You can even just trace the drawn image directly :)

Mantra from everyone who has gotten to know me over the years:

*You are so talented and have so many abilities etc, etc and have such great potential etc. etc.

*Personal perception: bullshit. If I was why don't I do any better than I have done?
*Truth: I'm only talented compared to people who aren't. Ihave a great memory, but that's it. Compared to people who are talented and intelligent I really suck and no matter what I do or what I have done it is never quite good enough and nobody cares.

If I did the Sistine Chapel ceiling, it still wouldn't be a masterpiece because I did it not Michelangelo. Trust me this is an observation I've made over a long time and it keeps getting proven. I'm also copied— alot. Of course I never get the credit. :)

Like John Adams I'm stubburn, obknoxious and disliked. C'est le vie.

But I have a great sense of humor. lol!

Just a rant. It's good to get it out of my head and make it a bunch of pixels on a screen.

My printer/scanner is broken >:[ It's stuck in ‘standby’ and I did the help stuff and everything. I can turn it back over to work (it's theirs) but that still means I'm without a scanner for an undetermined amount of time.

I have homework to do but I am too busy being admiring my own work to do it.

Gosh darn pride.

Yay. I kicked ass on that testing.

I screwed Sony over on them trying to screw me over for money, yet again. They wanted me to pay $20 for a CD I couldn't find so I could use my video camera on my computer again since I'm using Vista. The camera isn't compatible with Vista out of the box and the CD isn't compatible with Vista…so you have to DL the drivers and use the CD to install the drivers.

Well, I didn't have the CD and couldn't figure out how to get it to work. Sony support said, “Well, you need the CD to install the new drivers to make it compatible.” “I cannot FIND the CD.” “You can buy a new one and have it shipped for $20.” “SO, you're telling me that my $600 camera is now USELESS because I cannot get the video off of it in order to make DVD's or video files and I have to pay another $20 to fix the problem YOU GUYS CREATED by the compatibility issues?” “I understand you're upset, but that's all you can do.”

So, being livid, I hung up the phone and proceeded to destroy my place trying to find the CD. I did find it, I installed it, and I think it should work now. Granted, I haven't plugged the camera in, but it's all installed fine.

Now I can use my camera again AND have a webcam again! Which means when I'm on Vent with my friends and other artists we chat with, I can be on Stickam with them as well.

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Yep…it works

Gggrr! I'm so upset with having all this angery jealousy in me!
My best friend on the internet has pretty much been on and off the internet for some time. It was okay a first, but now she'll be gone for weeks with out a word. And when she comes back, she postes up all her art work that shows how much she been progressing!
I'm sick of it! I'm tierd of alwaysing moping about her not being around, and I'm just TIERD of being angerily jealous when she comes back! It's gotten to the point where I'm staring to ingore her… But really, all I want her to do is be like how it used to be… Back when we could talk and talk… Now, I barely get to even say high to her once a month…

I don't know, maybe I should get some more friends, or maybe I should just really move on…