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No stream tonight
Posted 11 years agoSorry guys. I know I said I might do a sketchstream tonight, but we're going to have workmen arriving at the house bright and early tomorrow morning, to install a new gas fireplace... There will be lots of loud construction noise all day. And random power outages.
...so I'm going to need to make an early night of it, in order to be up when they arrive.
I may try again Thursday night.
Hope to see you there.
...so I'm going to need to make an early night of it, in order to be up when they arrive.
I may try again Thursday night.
Hope to see you there.
Apple pulled a fast one on me
Posted 11 years agoSo, as some of you know, I was recently handed a used iPad2, which came with system 6.1.3 installed on it.
And I plugged it into my itunes, and synced it with my apps, and discovered that a bunch of the ones I'd got for my ipod touch were also cross-rigged to work as native full-screen iPad apps, which was cool.
Now, I happen to really like the 6.1.3 interface. it's what I'm used to on my ipod, and it's shiny and futuristic. it looks like time and money went into creating it. It feels expensive, if you know what I mean. If it were a car, it would be considered a classic ride.
Well, last night, after some goading by my father, I decided to give ios 7 a try, safe in the knowledge that should I hate it, I could downgrade back to 6.1.3, as I had the IPSW stored on my machine, ready to roll back to at any time.
Apple seems to have expected that nobody was going to like ios 7, because they're blocking users from rolling back. Apple has ceased allowing anyone to install 6.1.3 - all installs have to be authorized through their servers, and they're refusing to allow anyone to install anything but the newest version. I'm stuck with it.
And it SUCKS.
I guess it's just more proof that without Steve Jobs around to kick ass and pimp-slap idiots, that Apple is just falling apart. ios 7 is embarrassing to look at. It looks outdated. It looks cheap. It makes me feel like I'm playing with something designed for five year olds.
My luxury car has been taken away and replaced with a child's safety scooter.
Yes, all the functionality is still there, but now it's buried inside an ineptly-designed box.
The Dock, which used to be a simple flat reflective-glass shelf that icons sat on, is now a whacking great block of color smacked down onto the desktop and obscuring the background. It looks unfinished. Like this is just the placeholder where the dock graphic is supposed to go, but somebody forgot to actually put it there.
The overall effect leaves me feeling like I've been cheated. I had this great and amazing looking thing, and now it's been replaced with a half-finished beta. The difference between 6.1.3 and 7.1.1 is the difference between watching a movie, and watching an early test print of that same movie, where there's missing FX, and every two minutes a SHOT UNFINISHED graphic is stuck up in place of a pivotal scene.
And sometimes a stagehand is reading one of the parts, badly.
Am I the only one who looks at this cut-rate stand-in and immediately thinks "This is how dumb apple believes their users are."...?
And I plugged it into my itunes, and synced it with my apps, and discovered that a bunch of the ones I'd got for my ipod touch were also cross-rigged to work as native full-screen iPad apps, which was cool.
Now, I happen to really like the 6.1.3 interface. it's what I'm used to on my ipod, and it's shiny and futuristic. it looks like time and money went into creating it. It feels expensive, if you know what I mean. If it were a car, it would be considered a classic ride.
Well, last night, after some goading by my father, I decided to give ios 7 a try, safe in the knowledge that should I hate it, I could downgrade back to 6.1.3, as I had the IPSW stored on my machine, ready to roll back to at any time.
Apple seems to have expected that nobody was going to like ios 7, because they're blocking users from rolling back. Apple has ceased allowing anyone to install 6.1.3 - all installs have to be authorized through their servers, and they're refusing to allow anyone to install anything but the newest version. I'm stuck with it.
And it SUCKS.
I guess it's just more proof that without Steve Jobs around to kick ass and pimp-slap idiots, that Apple is just falling apart. ios 7 is embarrassing to look at. It looks outdated. It looks cheap. It makes me feel like I'm playing with something designed for five year olds.
My luxury car has been taken away and replaced with a child's safety scooter.
Yes, all the functionality is still there, but now it's buried inside an ineptly-designed box.
The Dock, which used to be a simple flat reflective-glass shelf that icons sat on, is now a whacking great block of color smacked down onto the desktop and obscuring the background. It looks unfinished. Like this is just the placeholder where the dock graphic is supposed to go, but somebody forgot to actually put it there.
The overall effect leaves me feeling like I've been cheated. I had this great and amazing looking thing, and now it's been replaced with a half-finished beta. The difference between 6.1.3 and 7.1.1 is the difference between watching a movie, and watching an early test print of that same movie, where there's missing FX, and every two minutes a SHOT UNFINISHED graphic is stuck up in place of a pivotal scene.
And sometimes a stagehand is reading one of the parts, badly.
Am I the only one who looks at this cut-rate stand-in and immediately thinks "This is how dumb apple believes their users are."...?
And now, Cobalt shouts at the world in general.
Posted 11 years agoI'd like to start off by apologizing to everyone for not posting any art recently, including the one commission I still have to finish.
It seems like the universe has recently been going out of it's way to take notice of me, and not in a good way. In just the past week I've been assailed by:
* My car, which has had a dead battery since January, but which is now almost due for inspection (April 30 deadline), a task which required a new battery and several days repairing the corroded battery terminals to a point where it was possible to connect a battery to them again.
* Spammers who broke into my tigerden account, set up a spam operation from my email address, got tigerden blacklisted as a spam source, and as a result, the email address I use for everything from my bank account to my iTunes account locked for abuse. (and which necessitated a frantic re-pass-wording of every account I had that might have even remotely been associated with that address)
* Chinese counterfeiters, who manufactured and sold, through amazon, a low-grade knockoff of a popular iPad case - to me. And who shipped it anyway, even after I had canceled the order - resulting in my needing to argue with amazon support about them allowing the shipment to go through even after it was canceled, and how I wasn't going to pay eight dollars just for the privilege of returning it for a refund. (even now I'm going to have to print the return label myself, and take time to drive out to UPS just to send back what never should have arrived in the first place.)
* The United States Government, who phoned me up bright and early on Sunday morning in an apparent attempt to get me to perjure myself over the phone, so that they could deny my application for medicaid (which I've been forced to file for, in an attempt to sign up for, and thereby avoid the fine incurred for not buying any Obamacare plans.)
As you can see, I've had one hell of a "fun" week.
And so, I decided today I would just take a day off. Just shove the universe aside and play a mindless and fun videogame.
And what videogame did I pick? I picked the videogame My Little Pony, Friendship Is Magic, which is free in the apple store.
This title, created by Gameloft, uses the voice actors from the cartoon series we (mostly) all know and love, as well as adapts the storyline of the first season or so into a playable experience.
Or at least that's what the ad copy says.
In actual fact, what I spent the day ensnared in wasn't exactly what I would call a game, and it wasn't exactly what I would call fun. There was almost no actual gameplay involved.
How best to describe it?
Are you familiar with "desert bus?"
If not, you can read about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Bus#Desert_Bus
Ok, back from that? Got a picture of it your head? Can you imagine playing it?
Now imagine that it's not set on an empty desert road, but rather upon the New Jersey Turnpike, where every mile or so, you have to pull over, insert your credit card in a slot, and pay a toll to keep going.
This is the sum total of the game play. You advance by buying things. Ponies, Buildings, Trees. Rock removal...
Just that and nothing else. "Your next task is to welcome Applejack to Ponyville! Insert 8000 credits now."
There are three kinds of currency involved:
1) Bits, golden coins which are relatively easy to come by but require hours of grinding to collect enough to do anything.
2) Gems, which are dished out so stingily, that is is essentially impossible to acquire them in the gross quantities which are needed to continue, without paying actual money for them.
3) Heart Gems, which can only be obtained by tricking a friend into installing the app so you can spam them with reminders that you're playing it, and they should too.
In short, what should have been a mild and harmless day of fun turned into a massive ego-crushing tidal wave of frustration, since money isn't exactly something I have a lot of, and the idea of spending any of it on this "game" was so abhorrent, that I struggled along until I finally burned myself completely out.
You remember that bit where God flooded the world and killed everybody who ever lived, except one guy and a boatload of animals?
I'm really starting to understand the kind of day he must have had, leading up to that decision.
But, I'm surprised he let the boat get away.
Tomorrow I will attempt to go and put my car through inspection. Sometime after that I will have to deliver my counterfeit Chinese ipad case to UPS so that it can be returned to amazon, where it will probably sit for a few days before being shipped to some other unsuspecting dupe.
And then, sometime between now and the 15th of next month, I get to go in for what will essentially be an IRS audit, with the state pouring over every single financial transaction I have made this year. And if this morning's phone call was any clue, it's going to be a fishing expedition, as they search for a reason to deny my application. In which case, I will then be in default of the Obamacare law.
So, I hope you folks will understand why I've been a little slow in making art happen.
I'm not exactly in my happy place right now.
I will try like hell to get back to doing what I need to do, but I hope you will bear with me as I try to decompress.
If the universe had nuts, right now I would kick it in them.
It seems like the universe has recently been going out of it's way to take notice of me, and not in a good way. In just the past week I've been assailed by:
* My car, which has had a dead battery since January, but which is now almost due for inspection (April 30 deadline), a task which required a new battery and several days repairing the corroded battery terminals to a point where it was possible to connect a battery to them again.
* Spammers who broke into my tigerden account, set up a spam operation from my email address, got tigerden blacklisted as a spam source, and as a result, the email address I use for everything from my bank account to my iTunes account locked for abuse. (and which necessitated a frantic re-pass-wording of every account I had that might have even remotely been associated with that address)
* Chinese counterfeiters, who manufactured and sold, through amazon, a low-grade knockoff of a popular iPad case - to me. And who shipped it anyway, even after I had canceled the order - resulting in my needing to argue with amazon support about them allowing the shipment to go through even after it was canceled, and how I wasn't going to pay eight dollars just for the privilege of returning it for a refund. (even now I'm going to have to print the return label myself, and take time to drive out to UPS just to send back what never should have arrived in the first place.)
* The United States Government, who phoned me up bright and early on Sunday morning in an apparent attempt to get me to perjure myself over the phone, so that they could deny my application for medicaid (which I've been forced to file for, in an attempt to sign up for, and thereby avoid the fine incurred for not buying any Obamacare plans.)
As you can see, I've had one hell of a "fun" week.
And so, I decided today I would just take a day off. Just shove the universe aside and play a mindless and fun videogame.
And what videogame did I pick? I picked the videogame My Little Pony, Friendship Is Magic, which is free in the apple store.
This title, created by Gameloft, uses the voice actors from the cartoon series we (mostly) all know and love, as well as adapts the storyline of the first season or so into a playable experience.
Or at least that's what the ad copy says.
In actual fact, what I spent the day ensnared in wasn't exactly what I would call a game, and it wasn't exactly what I would call fun. There was almost no actual gameplay involved.
How best to describe it?
Are you familiar with "desert bus?"
If not, you can read about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Bus#Desert_Bus
Ok, back from that? Got a picture of it your head? Can you imagine playing it?
Now imagine that it's not set on an empty desert road, but rather upon the New Jersey Turnpike, where every mile or so, you have to pull over, insert your credit card in a slot, and pay a toll to keep going.
This is the sum total of the game play. You advance by buying things. Ponies, Buildings, Trees. Rock removal...
Just that and nothing else. "Your next task is to welcome Applejack to Ponyville! Insert 8000 credits now."
There are three kinds of currency involved:
1) Bits, golden coins which are relatively easy to come by but require hours of grinding to collect enough to do anything.
2) Gems, which are dished out so stingily, that is is essentially impossible to acquire them in the gross quantities which are needed to continue, without paying actual money for them.
3) Heart Gems, which can only be obtained by tricking a friend into installing the app so you can spam them with reminders that you're playing it, and they should too.
In short, what should have been a mild and harmless day of fun turned into a massive ego-crushing tidal wave of frustration, since money isn't exactly something I have a lot of, and the idea of spending any of it on this "game" was so abhorrent, that I struggled along until I finally burned myself completely out.
You remember that bit where God flooded the world and killed everybody who ever lived, except one guy and a boatload of animals?
I'm really starting to understand the kind of day he must have had, leading up to that decision.
But, I'm surprised he let the boat get away.
Tomorrow I will attempt to go and put my car through inspection. Sometime after that I will have to deliver my counterfeit Chinese ipad case to UPS so that it can be returned to amazon, where it will probably sit for a few days before being shipped to some other unsuspecting dupe.
And then, sometime between now and the 15th of next month, I get to go in for what will essentially be an IRS audit, with the state pouring over every single financial transaction I have made this year. And if this morning's phone call was any clue, it's going to be a fishing expedition, as they search for a reason to deny my application. In which case, I will then be in default of the Obamacare law.
So, I hope you folks will understand why I've been a little slow in making art happen.
I'm not exactly in my happy place right now.
I will try like hell to get back to doing what I need to do, but I hope you will bear with me as I try to decompress.
If the universe had nuts, right now I would kick it in them.
Opinions Required from iPad owners
Posted 11 years agoI am now the owner of one slightly-used iPad 2. As such I have started looking around at various art related programs, and the assortment of drawing styluses available.
Are any of you folks out there using an iPad as a drawing device? Any recommendations?
Are any of you folks out there using an iPad as a drawing device? Any recommendations?
Birthday #44 Tomorrow
Posted 11 years agoYep, in about eighteen hours, April 16 begins, and with it, another trip around the sun for me.
Throw me some love. I could use it.
Throw me some love. I could use it.
No stream tonight
Posted 11 years agoI'm not gonna stream tonight. I gotta be up early tomorrow to do something which is going to suck. So, I don't really have the energy required tonight.
Sorry about that guys.
Sorry about that guys.
Thinking about streaming later
Posted 11 years agoI'm thinking of doing a livestream later, drawing art for money.
In the past when I'd do these, I just did quickie sketches for ten bucks. But, I've been talking with another artist, and I may try to use the same pricing he does:
1 character:
$15 - Black and White
$20 - Color
optional extras:
$10 - Per additional character (Color)
$5 - Per additional character (B/W)
$5 - Background
$5 - Porn Fee
Now, if I do this, these probably won't be the same level of quality as my commission work, as I can take my time over a couple days on any one of those, and really polish the hell out of them.
But, what do you people think?
Would anyone be interested?
In the past when I'd do these, I just did quickie sketches for ten bucks. But, I've been talking with another artist, and I may try to use the same pricing he does:
1 character:
$15 - Black and White
$20 - Color
optional extras:
$10 - Per additional character (Color)
$5 - Per additional character (B/W)
$5 - Background
$5 - Porn Fee
Now, if I do this, these probably won't be the same level of quality as my commission work, as I can take my time over a couple days on any one of those, and really polish the hell out of them.
But, what do you people think?
Would anyone be interested?
MARCH COMMISSIONS CLOSED
Posted 11 years agoOkay folks, I'm down to my last image, so let's go ahead and open slots up again...
Especially since I've got car insurance coming due.
You should know the rules by now:
PRIVATE MESSAGE me if you want to get on the list.
1 character per slot (if you want a commission containing 2 characters, that uses up 2 slots).
If you have a specific character in mind, HAVE REFERENCE IMAGES READY.
Speedy payment (via Paypal) is key; if you can't send payment within the day please don't ask for slots.
I won't draw: Cubpr0n, Scat, Gore, complex details or backgrounds.
A privacy fee ($20) applies if you do not want your commission uploaded to my gallery.
Also - These will be DIGITAL ONLY. I don't have a printer. However, I will be happy to send you the full-size file, if requested.
And please, keep the request short: just the specifics. A sentence or two would be just fine.
Here is the cost:
COST:
Inked:
$20 per character
EXAMPLES:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8553547/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8706249/
Color:
$25 per character
Examples:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8619283/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9457179/
First come, first serve...
1.
Foxxie_Softpaws COLOR / PAID / DONE
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12952445/
2.
LovelyMiyu COLOR / PAID / DONE
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12985729/
3.
GeneCatlow COLOR / PAID / DONE
4.
Marbles COLOR / PAID / DONE
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13195641/
5.
steelclawfox2000 COLOR / PAID / DONE
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13340388/
Especially since I've got car insurance coming due.
You should know the rules by now:
PRIVATE MESSAGE me if you want to get on the list.
1 character per slot (if you want a commission containing 2 characters, that uses up 2 slots).
If you have a specific character in mind, HAVE REFERENCE IMAGES READY.
Speedy payment (via Paypal) is key; if you can't send payment within the day please don't ask for slots.
I won't draw: Cubpr0n, Scat, Gore, complex details or backgrounds.
A privacy fee ($20) applies if you do not want your commission uploaded to my gallery.
Also - These will be DIGITAL ONLY. I don't have a printer. However, I will be happy to send you the full-size file, if requested.
And please, keep the request short: just the specifics. A sentence or two would be just fine.
Here is the cost:
COST:
Inked:
$20 per character
EXAMPLES:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8553547/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8706249/
Color:
$25 per character
Examples:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8619283/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9457179/
First come, first serve...
1.
Foxxie_Softpaws COLOR / PAID / DONEhttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/12952445/
2.
LovelyMiyu COLOR / PAID / DONEhttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/12985729/
3.
GeneCatlow COLOR / PAID / DONE4.
Marbles COLOR / PAID / DONEhttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/13195641/
5.
steelclawfox2000 COLOR / PAID / DONEhttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/13340388/
ATTN ARTISTS: Patreon
Posted 11 years agoSo, are any of your artist types out there using this to make money?
http://www.patreon.com
I did a search for furry on it and only found two people - that's not exactly inspiring.
I'm just wondering if it's more hassle than it's worth.
http://www.patreon.com
I did a search for furry on it and only found two people - that's not exactly inspiring.
I'm just wondering if it's more hassle than it's worth.
Commission Apologies
Posted 11 years agoTo the folks I currently owe art to, and the folks who've been waiting for me to open commissions slots again, many apologies.
The extra cold winter has taken it's toll. I'm sick.
Hoping to back on my feet, and on top of things soonish.
The extra cold winter has taken it's toll. I'm sick.
Hoping to back on my feet, and on top of things soonish.
It was Twenty years ago today (give or take twenty years)
Posted 12 years agoDirk, Stig, Nasty and Barry: A legend that would last a lunchtime...
I Have Sinned Against You
Posted 12 years agoMost of you folks will recognize the following quote:
"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination."
It comes from a section of The Bible known as Leviticus. And to your die-hard, right wing folks, it is sacrosanct. Thou shall not break this rule, because it comes from God's Own Diary, and he will stomp on you most righteously in his divine mercy.
In fact, some people feel so strongly about this piece of text that they fashion signs, and march in big noisy groups all over the place, demanding that homosexuals STOP THAT RIGHT NOW.
It should be obvious by now, that I am not one of these people. The sign-waving ones, I mean.
But hey, to some folks this is law. It shall not be disobeyed. How dare you.
So anyway, I've recently been pointed to a list:
http://leviticusbans.tumblr.com/pos.....d-in-leviticus
On this list are 76 things which Leviticus also considers to be sins, equal in scope to that of getting your gay on. A few of you probably know at least one of these: eating Seafood. Yes, if you've eaten at Red Lobster, you might as well give it up and get yourself a boyfriend. You're already damned.
Welcome to the club.
Now, to be fair there are a few things on the list which actually make some sense such as don't lie, and don't steal. Don't let your children be sacrificed to Molek.
Sensible things like that.
With that in mind, I thought I'd make a list of my own:
If you believe homosexuality is a sin, and an abomination, and you will not tolerate homosexuals because of it, then here's a few other things you might want to take up arms against as well, because to the Bible (specifically, The Book Of Leviticus), This is just as bad:
Bacon
Snakeskin cowboy boots
deep-fried food
BBQ Ribs
A Nice thick juicy steak with lots of marbling
Alligator Bags
Beard Trimmers
Jeans, with the knees ripped out
Polyester-cotton blend t-shirts
Hot Dogs
Tattoos
Real Estate Agents
The Oscar Awards
Barbers
I look forward to seeing any and all of that on a protest sign.
And I like to think of these three as "The Holy Trinity":
Touching a football
Inflicting an Injury
Working On Sunday
Yes, GOD HATES THE SUPERBOWL
So, the Ball's in your court, religious folks.
You might not want to touch it though.
It's one of THOSE.
"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination."
It comes from a section of The Bible known as Leviticus. And to your die-hard, right wing folks, it is sacrosanct. Thou shall not break this rule, because it comes from God's Own Diary, and he will stomp on you most righteously in his divine mercy.
In fact, some people feel so strongly about this piece of text that they fashion signs, and march in big noisy groups all over the place, demanding that homosexuals STOP THAT RIGHT NOW.
It should be obvious by now, that I am not one of these people. The sign-waving ones, I mean.
But hey, to some folks this is law. It shall not be disobeyed. How dare you.
So anyway, I've recently been pointed to a list:
http://leviticusbans.tumblr.com/pos.....d-in-leviticus
On this list are 76 things which Leviticus also considers to be sins, equal in scope to that of getting your gay on. A few of you probably know at least one of these: eating Seafood. Yes, if you've eaten at Red Lobster, you might as well give it up and get yourself a boyfriend. You're already damned.
Welcome to the club.
Now, to be fair there are a few things on the list which actually make some sense such as don't lie, and don't steal. Don't let your children be sacrificed to Molek.
Sensible things like that.
With that in mind, I thought I'd make a list of my own:
If you believe homosexuality is a sin, and an abomination, and you will not tolerate homosexuals because of it, then here's a few other things you might want to take up arms against as well, because to the Bible (specifically, The Book Of Leviticus), This is just as bad:
Bacon
Snakeskin cowboy boots
deep-fried food
BBQ Ribs
A Nice thick juicy steak with lots of marbling
Alligator Bags
Beard Trimmers
Jeans, with the knees ripped out
Polyester-cotton blend t-shirts
Hot Dogs
Tattoos
Real Estate Agents
The Oscar Awards
Barbers
I look forward to seeing any and all of that on a protest sign.
And I like to think of these three as "The Holy Trinity":
Touching a football
Inflicting an Injury
Working On Sunday
Yes, GOD HATES THE SUPERBOWL
So, the Ball's in your court, religious folks.
You might not want to touch it though.
It's one of THOSE.
January Commissions CLOSED
Posted 12 years agoIt's a whole new year. Let's kick things off, shall we?
PRIVATE MESSAGE me if you want to get on the list.
1 character per slot (if you want a commission containing 2 characters, that uses up 2 slots).
If you have a specific character in mind, HAVE REFERENCE IMAGES READY.
Speedy payment (via Paypal) is key; if you can't send payment within the day please don't ask for slots.
I won't draw: Cubpr0n, Scat, Gore, complex details or backgrounds.
A privacy fee ($20) applies if you do not want your commission uploaded to my gallery.
Also - These will be DIGITAL ONLY. I don't have a printer. However, I will be happy to send you the full-size file, if requested.
And please, keep the request short: just the specifics. A sentence or two would be just fine.
Here is the cost:
COST:
Inked:
$20 per character
EXAMPLES:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8553547/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8706249/
Color:
$25 per character
Examples:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8619283/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9457179/
First come, first serve...
1.
stardustfur COLOR / PAID / DONE
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12527431/
2.
xydexx COLOR / PAID / DONE
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12660108/
3. stardustfur COLOR / PAID / DONE
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12883512/
4. stardustfur
5. stardustfur COLOR / PAID / DONE
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12929776/
PRIVATE MESSAGE me if you want to get on the list.
1 character per slot (if you want a commission containing 2 characters, that uses up 2 slots).
If you have a specific character in mind, HAVE REFERENCE IMAGES READY.
Speedy payment (via Paypal) is key; if you can't send payment within the day please don't ask for slots.
I won't draw: Cubpr0n, Scat, Gore, complex details or backgrounds.
A privacy fee ($20) applies if you do not want your commission uploaded to my gallery.
Also - These will be DIGITAL ONLY. I don't have a printer. However, I will be happy to send you the full-size file, if requested.
And please, keep the request short: just the specifics. A sentence or two would be just fine.
Here is the cost:
COST:
Inked:
$20 per character
EXAMPLES:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8553547/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8706249/
Color:
$25 per character
Examples:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8619283/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9457179/
First come, first serve...
1.
stardustfur COLOR / PAID / DONEhttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/12527431/
2.
xydexx COLOR / PAID / DONEhttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/12660108/
3.
stardustfur COLOR / PAID / DONEhttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/12883512/
4.
stardustfur5.
stardustfur COLOR / PAID / DONEhttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/12929776/
Time Of The Doctor (spoilers)
Posted 12 years agoI've taken a good few hours now to let my thoughts on this matter percolate, and the resulting brew to cool to a temperature that won't scald those willing to sample it.
Let me begin by attempting to sum it up as simply as I can: what a mess.
Rather than a central premise, around which a story could be built, we get instead a central gimmick. It's a little too "look at me! I'm so clever!" from Moffatt. Self-indulgent twaddle where there should have been a plotline.
Most of the characters are little more than human shaped scenery. From Clara's family, to the people of Trenzalore, they exist merely to fill screen space. (and it's really hard to build an epic around bland, featureless stand-ins)
The wrapping up of loose ends from previous seasons also is badly handled, in that most of it is told rather than shown, and none of it is relevant to the situation at hand. There are no big, important revelations. Moffatt simple runs through a laundry list, with each box ticked in turn, as that bit of exposition is brushed past as an afterthought.
The regeneration scene at the end is klunky, and almost seems to have been edited together in the wrong order, as Smith's sparkly regeneration effect comes and goes, when they switch from one camera angle to another, while he's giving his big farewell speech (the only noteworthy part of the entire episode)
And, Sticking Amy into that scene felt like a mistake. This could have been a character building moment for current companion Clara, but instead they just reinforce the feeling that Clara is just another chunk of human scenery.
As a stand-alone story, Time Of The Doctor is typical of the Moffat era. It's neither air-punchingly amazing, nor throat-clutchingly intolerable (as the RTD era tended to be). Instead, It's very middle-of-the-road. It never rises to the level of promise.
And I think that's the problem with it. Because Time Of The Doctor isn't a stand-alone story. It's the destination which Moffatt has been leading us towards since before he even took over the show. This was his big plan. His magnum opus. This episode was supposed to be what it was all about.
And there's no there, there.
As the payoff to the story arc, it's a failure. As a regeneration episode, it's a let-down.
It's a filler episode. The best you can say about it is that it happened.
I find that unacceptable.
Let me begin by attempting to sum it up as simply as I can: what a mess.
Rather than a central premise, around which a story could be built, we get instead a central gimmick. It's a little too "look at me! I'm so clever!" from Moffatt. Self-indulgent twaddle where there should have been a plotline.
Most of the characters are little more than human shaped scenery. From Clara's family, to the people of Trenzalore, they exist merely to fill screen space. (and it's really hard to build an epic around bland, featureless stand-ins)
The wrapping up of loose ends from previous seasons also is badly handled, in that most of it is told rather than shown, and none of it is relevant to the situation at hand. There are no big, important revelations. Moffatt simple runs through a laundry list, with each box ticked in turn, as that bit of exposition is brushed past as an afterthought.
The regeneration scene at the end is klunky, and almost seems to have been edited together in the wrong order, as Smith's sparkly regeneration effect comes and goes, when they switch from one camera angle to another, while he's giving his big farewell speech (the only noteworthy part of the entire episode)
And, Sticking Amy into that scene felt like a mistake. This could have been a character building moment for current companion Clara, but instead they just reinforce the feeling that Clara is just another chunk of human scenery.
As a stand-alone story, Time Of The Doctor is typical of the Moffat era. It's neither air-punchingly amazing, nor throat-clutchingly intolerable (as the RTD era tended to be). Instead, It's very middle-of-the-road. It never rises to the level of promise.
And I think that's the problem with it. Because Time Of The Doctor isn't a stand-alone story. It's the destination which Moffatt has been leading us towards since before he even took over the show. This was his big plan. His magnum opus. This episode was supposed to be what it was all about.
And there's no there, there.
As the payoff to the story arc, it's a failure. As a regeneration episode, it's a let-down.
It's a filler episode. The best you can say about it is that it happened.
I find that unacceptable.
Warm California Sun
Posted 12 years agoOnce again, I've survived the bone-jarring plane trip (economy class) out to the west coast, and at present am parked in a very comfortable chair, next to the (unlit) firepit here on the back deck of Chateau De Sutor, atop the majestic, rolling hills above Pacifica, CA.
This is the first one of these trips, where arrival time didn't coincide with an immediate start to the rainy season, and I'm makng the most of it, soakng up some pure California sunshine, which is somehow shinier than the domestic variety we usually get back home.
I made it. I'm here.
The holidays may now officially commence.
This is the first one of these trips, where arrival time didn't coincide with an immediate start to the rainy season, and I'm makng the most of it, soakng up some pure California sunshine, which is somehow shinier than the domestic variety we usually get back home.
I made it. I'm here.
The holidays may now officially commence.
December Commissions CLOSED
Posted 12 years agoPRIVATE MESSAGE me if you want to get on the list.
1 character per slot (if you want a commission containing 2 characters, that uses up 2 slots).
If you have a specific character in mind, HAVE REFERENCE IMAGES READY.
Speedy payment (via Paypal) is key; if you can't send payment within the day please don't ask for slots.
I won't draw: Cubpr0n, Scat, Gore, complex details or backgrounds.
A privacy fee ($20) applies if you do not want your commission uploaded to my gallery.
Also - These will be DIGITAL ONLY. I don't have a printer. However, I will be happy to send you the full-size file, if requested.
And please, keep the request short: just the specifics. A sentence or two would be just fine.
Here is the cost:
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Examples:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8619283/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9457179/
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synnastyr COLOR / PAID / DONE
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12279094/
2. lovelymiyu COLOR / PAID / DONE
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12298571/
1 character per slot (if you want a commission containing 2 characters, that uses up 2 slots).
If you have a specific character in mind, HAVE REFERENCE IMAGES READY.
Speedy payment (via Paypal) is key; if you can't send payment within the day please don't ask for slots.
I won't draw: Cubpr0n, Scat, Gore, complex details or backgrounds.
A privacy fee ($20) applies if you do not want your commission uploaded to my gallery.
Also - These will be DIGITAL ONLY. I don't have a printer. However, I will be happy to send you the full-size file, if requested.
And please, keep the request short: just the specifics. A sentence or two would be just fine.
Here is the cost:
COST:
Inked:
$20 per character
EXAMPLES:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8553547/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8706249/
Color:
$25 per character
Examples:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8619283/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9457179/
First come, first serve...
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synnastyr COLOR / PAID / DONEhttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/12279094/
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lovelymiyu COLOR / PAID / DONEhttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/12298571/
Commissions CLOSED
Posted 12 years agoI've just had a fairly heft chunk of work land in my lap. I have until the 20th to have it done, so for the time being, I've been forced to suspend commissions.
Sorry folks.
Sorry folks.
Flashback
Posted 12 years agoIn my neverending quest to keep myself entertained, I've recently begun watching the old FLASH tv series from the early 90's.
I'd forgotten what a weird beastie it is. It's really hard to get a mental grip on at times.
It's not the writing, which isn't bad. It's also not the acting. It's the production design.
I'm guessing that they were going for something timeless, but the way they went about it was to just ignore the concept of a time period, and just stick random things from random eras together in a manner which is quite jarring at times.
What we've got is a world, where VHS camcorders are used side-by-side with big, boxy 40's era flashbulb cameras. Black and white TVs sit alongside PC terminals and fax machines. You've got 40's era fedora-and-suit guys walking their flopsy-hatted 40's era dames down sidewalks side by side with big-80's-hair metalhead dudebros in leather jackets and Zubaz. And 50's cars line the streets side by side with 90's era vehicles. 40's era firetrucks work side by side with 90's era police cruisers.
So far there's been an episode about depression era bums and 40's era gangsters, and another about a wisecracking 80s skateboard kid facing off against 60's era hippies.
The whole thing is shot with a vaguely film-noir look in some scenes. Others are lit and filmed in a contemporary fashion. A good many have color-gel light washes right out of the 60's era BATMAN tv show. The music swings between smoky 40's detective stings, and "big Hollywood action" orchestration.
On the whole though, I'm enjoying the production a lot more than any of DC's recent output. It's kinda nice to see superhero adventure just for the sake of superhero adventure, without some huge universe-shattering incident lurking behind it all, and without self-conscious deconstruction.
I think the show could have benefited with some retooling, if it had made it to a second season, but just to smooth out the klunky "anything goes" set dressing.
It pays to pick a look and go with it.
On another note, commissions are open, I have plenty of open slots, and no waiting line.
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5214927/
See you in the funny papers.
I'd forgotten what a weird beastie it is. It's really hard to get a mental grip on at times.
It's not the writing, which isn't bad. It's also not the acting. It's the production design.
I'm guessing that they were going for something timeless, but the way they went about it was to just ignore the concept of a time period, and just stick random things from random eras together in a manner which is quite jarring at times.
What we've got is a world, where VHS camcorders are used side-by-side with big, boxy 40's era flashbulb cameras. Black and white TVs sit alongside PC terminals and fax machines. You've got 40's era fedora-and-suit guys walking their flopsy-hatted 40's era dames down sidewalks side by side with big-80's-hair metalhead dudebros in leather jackets and Zubaz. And 50's cars line the streets side by side with 90's era vehicles. 40's era firetrucks work side by side with 90's era police cruisers.
So far there's been an episode about depression era bums and 40's era gangsters, and another about a wisecracking 80s skateboard kid facing off against 60's era hippies.
The whole thing is shot with a vaguely film-noir look in some scenes. Others are lit and filmed in a contemporary fashion. A good many have color-gel light washes right out of the 60's era BATMAN tv show. The music swings between smoky 40's detective stings, and "big Hollywood action" orchestration.
On the whole though, I'm enjoying the production a lot more than any of DC's recent output. It's kinda nice to see superhero adventure just for the sake of superhero adventure, without some huge universe-shattering incident lurking behind it all, and without self-conscious deconstruction.
I think the show could have benefited with some retooling, if it had made it to a second season, but just to smooth out the klunky "anything goes" set dressing.
It pays to pick a look and go with it.
On another note, commissions are open, I have plenty of open slots, and no waiting line.
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5214927/
See you in the funny papers.
November Commisions are CLOSED
Posted 12 years agoAlrighty folks, we're back.
Before we get down to brass tacks, I should note that I took the liberty of filling out the Commissions Tab on my FA page, so feel free to take a poke around in there, as I've added pricing for the kinds of painted backdrops I've been doing for Ian Soulfox, and also added pricing for an opportunity to purchase updates to the EVIL TWIN comic, if you're really that hard up for a new one. EVIL TWIN updates are not confined to the per character slot system as laid out below, and each would use only a single slot. So keep that in mind.
Anyway, here are the rules:
PRIVATE MESSAGE me if you want to get on the list.
1 character per slot (if you want a commission containing 2 characters, that uses up 2 slots).
If you have a specific character in mind, HAVE REFERENCE IMAGES READY.
Speedy payment (via Paypal) is key; if you can't send payment within the day please don't ask for slots.
I won't draw: Cubpr0n, Scat, Gore, complex details or backgrounds.
A privacy fee ($20) applies if you do not want your commission uploaded to my gallery.
Also - These will be DIGITAL ONLY. I don't have a printer. However, I will be happy to send you the full-size file, if requested.
And please, keep the request short: just the specifics. A sentence or two would be just fine.
Here is the cost:
COST:
Inked:
$20 per character
EXAMPLES:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8553547/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8706249/
Color:
$25 per character
Examples:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8619283/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9457179/
First come, first serve...
1.
samadhir
2. samadhir
3. samadhir COLOR / PAID / DONE
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12029328/
4. EMPTY
5. EMPTY
6. EMPTY
7. EMPTY
8. EMPTY
Before we get down to brass tacks, I should note that I took the liberty of filling out the Commissions Tab on my FA page, so feel free to take a poke around in there, as I've added pricing for the kinds of painted backdrops I've been doing for Ian Soulfox, and also added pricing for an opportunity to purchase updates to the EVIL TWIN comic, if you're really that hard up for a new one. EVIL TWIN updates are not confined to the per character slot system as laid out below, and each would use only a single slot. So keep that in mind.
Anyway, here are the rules:
PRIVATE MESSAGE me if you want to get on the list.
1 character per slot (if you want a commission containing 2 characters, that uses up 2 slots).
If you have a specific character in mind, HAVE REFERENCE IMAGES READY.
Speedy payment (via Paypal) is key; if you can't send payment within the day please don't ask for slots.
I won't draw: Cubpr0n, Scat, Gore, complex details or backgrounds.
A privacy fee ($20) applies if you do not want your commission uploaded to my gallery.
Also - These will be DIGITAL ONLY. I don't have a printer. However, I will be happy to send you the full-size file, if requested.
And please, keep the request short: just the specifics. A sentence or two would be just fine.
Here is the cost:
COST:
Inked:
$20 per character
EXAMPLES:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8553547/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8706249/
Color:
$25 per character
Examples:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8619283/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9457179/
First come, first serve...
1.
samadhir2.
samadhir3.
samadhir COLOR / PAID / DONEhttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/12029328/
4. EMPTY
5. EMPTY
6. EMPTY
7. EMPTY
8. EMPTY
The "golden age" of Saturday Night Live
Posted 12 years agoSo, it seems that whenever anyone brings up the subject of Saturday Night Live, the conversation always ends up rolling around to a discussion of how weak the show is these days, and how much better it was in those early golden days.
I'm not so sure I'd agree with that sentiment.
At the moment, I'm watching all of SNL, Season One. The 1975-1976 season. The original cast, the original episodes. The era that made the show an instant classic.
Now, I've never actually seen these shows, as when they originally aired, I was only five years old. I have, however, seen a good bit of material from this first season, courtesy of the "Best Of Saturday Night Live" compilation reels which used to be in near-constant rotation on various cable-TV comedy networks.
The contrast between the edited highlight episodes and the full episodes is quite stark, and I think it may have given more than an entire generation a false sense that "in the olden days, there were giants..." to coin a phrase.
The edited episodes, for instance, remove all the bits that didn't work. In other cases, they took sketches that dragged on way too long, and edited them for length, thereby making them punchier. "Best of.." presents an idealized version of the show, which isn't really comparable to the actual animal.
As another example, the edited episodes covered up how much repeated material there was - and it isn't just that the same jokes would be rolled out over and over, seemingly in an attempt to make it work this time, really. There are parody commercials being repeated week after week up three or four times each. They'd just roll it again and let it fill up airtime. Twice, ok. But the repetition starts to look a bit lazy after awhile.
Now, to be fair, there's a lot here to like. They couldn't have made a "best of"compilation without good material to show. But seeing the full episodes, warts and all, it makes me realize that my own impression of these early years were somewhat tainted by my limited exposure. There's a lot more padding and filler here than I'd been led to believe.
I'm not sure that what I'm seeing here is vastly better than what's being done these days. It's good, but it's not "golden" by any stretch. I'm not sure I've been fair to the show by holding their current episodes up to an idealized (and I now realize) false standard.
One thing I wish hadn't been left on the editing room floor, when the compilations were put together: There's an entire sequence of sketches by Jim Henson and The Muppets, who had a weekly slot in the show - doing sex and drug humor. (which also gives a stark contrast to how lobotomized and sanitized the Muppets have become in recent years)
These early episodes are definitely eye-openers, that's for sure.
To paraphrase Saint Bueller: If you have the means, I'd highly recommend picking them up.
I'm not so sure I'd agree with that sentiment.
At the moment, I'm watching all of SNL, Season One. The 1975-1976 season. The original cast, the original episodes. The era that made the show an instant classic.
Now, I've never actually seen these shows, as when they originally aired, I was only five years old. I have, however, seen a good bit of material from this first season, courtesy of the "Best Of Saturday Night Live" compilation reels which used to be in near-constant rotation on various cable-TV comedy networks.
The contrast between the edited highlight episodes and the full episodes is quite stark, and I think it may have given more than an entire generation a false sense that "in the olden days, there were giants..." to coin a phrase.
The edited episodes, for instance, remove all the bits that didn't work. In other cases, they took sketches that dragged on way too long, and edited them for length, thereby making them punchier. "Best of.." presents an idealized version of the show, which isn't really comparable to the actual animal.
As another example, the edited episodes covered up how much repeated material there was - and it isn't just that the same jokes would be rolled out over and over, seemingly in an attempt to make it work this time, really. There are parody commercials being repeated week after week up three or four times each. They'd just roll it again and let it fill up airtime. Twice, ok. But the repetition starts to look a bit lazy after awhile.
Now, to be fair, there's a lot here to like. They couldn't have made a "best of"compilation without good material to show. But seeing the full episodes, warts and all, it makes me realize that my own impression of these early years were somewhat tainted by my limited exposure. There's a lot more padding and filler here than I'd been led to believe.
I'm not sure that what I'm seeing here is vastly better than what's being done these days. It's good, but it's not "golden" by any stretch. I'm not sure I've been fair to the show by holding their current episodes up to an idealized (and I now realize) false standard.
One thing I wish hadn't been left on the editing room floor, when the compilations were put together: There's an entire sequence of sketches by Jim Henson and The Muppets, who had a weekly slot in the show - doing sex and drug humor. (which also gives a stark contrast to how lobotomized and sanitized the Muppets have become in recent years)
These early episodes are definitely eye-openers, that's for sure.
To paraphrase Saint Bueller: If you have the means, I'd highly recommend picking them up.
Commissions Closed
Posted 12 years agoFinished off the previous batch, and I still need to come up with rent for October, so.. once more unto the breach I go..
Same rules as always:
PRIVATE MESSAGE me if you want to get on the list.
1 character per slot (if you want a commission containing 2 characters, that uses up 2 slots).
If you have a specific character in mind, HAVE REFERENCE IMAGES READY.
Speedy payment (via Paypal) is key; if you can't send payment within the day please don't ask for slots.
I won't draw: Cubpr0n, Scat, Gore, complex details or backgrounds.
A privacy fee ($20) applies if you do not want your commission uploaded to my gallery.
Also - These will be DIGITAL ONLY. I don't have a printer. However, I will be happy to send you the full-size file, if requested.
And please, keep the request short: just the specifics. A sentence or two would be just fine.
Here is the cost:
COST:
Inked:
$20 per character
EXAMPLES:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8553547/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8706249/
Color:
$25 per character
Examples:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8619283/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9457179/
First come, first serve...
1.
winkin
2. winkin COLOR / PAID / DONE
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11693559/
3.
zeddxvash COLOR / PAID / DONE
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11752010/
Same rules as always:
PRIVATE MESSAGE me if you want to get on the list.
1 character per slot (if you want a commission containing 2 characters, that uses up 2 slots).
If you have a specific character in mind, HAVE REFERENCE IMAGES READY.
Speedy payment (via Paypal) is key; if you can't send payment within the day please don't ask for slots.
I won't draw: Cubpr0n, Scat, Gore, complex details or backgrounds.
A privacy fee ($20) applies if you do not want your commission uploaded to my gallery.
Also - These will be DIGITAL ONLY. I don't have a printer. However, I will be happy to send you the full-size file, if requested.
And please, keep the request short: just the specifics. A sentence or two would be just fine.
Here is the cost:
COST:
Inked:
$20 per character
EXAMPLES:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8553547/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8706249/
Color:
$25 per character
Examples:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8619283/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9457179/
First come, first serve...
1.
winkin2.
winkin COLOR / PAID / DONEhttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/11693559/
3.
zeddxvash COLOR / PAID / DONEhttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/11752010/
Revoking my geek cred
Posted 12 years agoAt the behest of a friend whose opinion I tend to respect, I just sat through the 2-hour series pilot of Firefly, on the recommendation that it was good.
Now, I know that Joss Whedon tends to be regarded with a sort of hushed reverence among internet inhabitants, especially those of the geeky persuasion such as myself, but frankly I'm not a fan of him or his work.
I suppose that's due to the fact that I never got into Buffy or it's sequel, and that my only other exposure to his work was Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, which was basically just a pastiche of ideas about supervillains that had been done first* and done better by the movie Megamind, only without the added baggage of Dr. Horrible's fuck you ending.
Nonetheless, I did try really hard to like Firefly.
And I failed.
I know it has a cult following. I know some of those fans are quite die-hard. I can only assume this is because the show didn't remain on TV long enough for the audience to be completely driven away.
How to describe it?
Imagine that somewhere in hollywood, a boardroom filled with marketing drones had set out to create the formula for the perfect genre tv show.
So they held focus group after focus group. Forget creativity. just work the numbers, the way they do with pop singles.
And finally, after all that math, they boiled down to being 20% of this, 30% of that, 10% of this other thing, etc...
And then when it came time to turn that formula into an actual program, out would come the scissors.
Ideas and concepts would be clipped and stolen from previous successful genre hits such as Star Trek, and Star Wars. Toss in the Chinese language stuff from Blade Runner. Add a dash of steampunk (because steampunk)... toss it all into the mix. Stitch it all together whether it fits or not.
And the resulting, frankenstinian monstrosity that resulted from this frenzied bout of surgery would bear the nametag Firefly.
On the actual writing side, The characters wandered between generic, and unlikable. The action was predictable without the sort of self-awareness that would allow that to work. The attempts at humor were akin to watching a sociopath try to smile in all the right places.
The whole cowboy thing felt like a cheap gimmick.
It was so blatantly and calculatedly bad it almost felt like self-parody. As if it had been carefully designed, specifically to be the "bad genre tv show" to be the show-within-a-show for some other project. And then somehow it escaped.
I found it an ordeal to sit through.
So.... like the title of this Journal says, I'm expecting my geek cred to be revoked in short order.
I have committed a cardinal sin.
I have failed to enjoy Firefly.
And I can understand why it got cancelled.
What I can't understand is how it lasted as long as it did.
* correction: as noted in comments, Megamind came out after Dr. Horrible.
Now, I know that Joss Whedon tends to be regarded with a sort of hushed reverence among internet inhabitants, especially those of the geeky persuasion such as myself, but frankly I'm not a fan of him or his work.
I suppose that's due to the fact that I never got into Buffy or it's sequel, and that my only other exposure to his work was Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, which was basically just a pastiche of ideas about supervillains that had been done first* and done better by the movie Megamind, only without the added baggage of Dr. Horrible's fuck you ending.
Nonetheless, I did try really hard to like Firefly.
And I failed.
I know it has a cult following. I know some of those fans are quite die-hard. I can only assume this is because the show didn't remain on TV long enough for the audience to be completely driven away.
How to describe it?
Imagine that somewhere in hollywood, a boardroom filled with marketing drones had set out to create the formula for the perfect genre tv show.
So they held focus group after focus group. Forget creativity. just work the numbers, the way they do with pop singles.
And finally, after all that math, they boiled down to being 20% of this, 30% of that, 10% of this other thing, etc...
And then when it came time to turn that formula into an actual program, out would come the scissors.
Ideas and concepts would be clipped and stolen from previous successful genre hits such as Star Trek, and Star Wars. Toss in the Chinese language stuff from Blade Runner. Add a dash of steampunk (because steampunk)... toss it all into the mix. Stitch it all together whether it fits or not.
And the resulting, frankenstinian monstrosity that resulted from this frenzied bout of surgery would bear the nametag Firefly.
On the actual writing side, The characters wandered between generic, and unlikable. The action was predictable without the sort of self-awareness that would allow that to work. The attempts at humor were akin to watching a sociopath try to smile in all the right places.
The whole cowboy thing felt like a cheap gimmick.
It was so blatantly and calculatedly bad it almost felt like self-parody. As if it had been carefully designed, specifically to be the "bad genre tv show" to be the show-within-a-show for some other project. And then somehow it escaped.
I found it an ordeal to sit through.
So.... like the title of this Journal says, I'm expecting my geek cred to be revoked in short order.
I have committed a cardinal sin.
I have failed to enjoy Firefly.
And I can understand why it got cancelled.
What I can't understand is how it lasted as long as it did.
* correction: as noted in comments, Megamind came out after Dr. Horrible.
Commissions CLOSED
Posted 12 years agoOk. After a four month hiatus, commissions are once again open.
Here are the rules:
PRIVATE MESSAGE me if you want to get on the list.
1 character per slot (if you want a commission containing 2 characters, that uses up 2 slots).
If you have a specific character in mind, HAVE REFERENCE IMAGES READY.
Speedy payment (via Paypal) is key; if you can't send payment within the day please don't ask for slots.
I won't draw: Cubpr0n, Scat, Gore, complex details or backgrounds.
A privacy fee ($20) applies if you do not want your commission uploaded to my gallery.
Also - These will be DIGITAL ONLY. I don't have a printer. However, I will be happy to send you the full-size file, if requested.
And please, keep the request short: just the specifics. A sentence or two would be just fine.
Here is the cost:
COST:
Inked:
$20 per character
EXAMPLES:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8553547/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8706249/
Color:
$25 per character
Examples:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8619283/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9457179/
First come, first serve...
1.
kv1nn4 COLOR / PAID / DONE
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11176762/
2.
puppypawz COLOR / PAID / DONE
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11355945/
3. winkin
4. winkin
5. winkin COLOR / PAID / DONE
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11546731/
6.
toddfox182 COLOR / PAID / DONE
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11594982/
7. foxxiesoftpaws
8. foxxiesoftpaws COLOR / PAID / DONE
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11678299/
Here are the rules:
PRIVATE MESSAGE me if you want to get on the list.
1 character per slot (if you want a commission containing 2 characters, that uses up 2 slots).
If you have a specific character in mind, HAVE REFERENCE IMAGES READY.
Speedy payment (via Paypal) is key; if you can't send payment within the day please don't ask for slots.
I won't draw: Cubpr0n, Scat, Gore, complex details or backgrounds.
A privacy fee ($20) applies if you do not want your commission uploaded to my gallery.
Also - These will be DIGITAL ONLY. I don't have a printer. However, I will be happy to send you the full-size file, if requested.
And please, keep the request short: just the specifics. A sentence or two would be just fine.
Here is the cost:
COST:
Inked:
$20 per character
EXAMPLES:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8553547/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8706249/
Color:
$25 per character
Examples:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8619283/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9457179/
First come, first serve...
1.
kv1nn4 COLOR / PAID / DONEhttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/11176762/
2.
puppypawz COLOR / PAID / DONEhttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/11355945/
3.
winkin4.
winkin5.
winkin COLOR / PAID / DONEhttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/11546731/
6.
toddfox182 COLOR / PAID / DONEhttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/11594982/
7.
foxxiesoftpaws8.
foxxiesoftpaws COLOR / PAID / DONEhttp://www.furaffinity.net/view/11678299/
commission query
Posted 12 years agoIf I were to open commissions again, would anyone be interested?
A thought about TV laugh tracks.
Posted 12 years agoMaybe it's just me, but I find that when situation comedies are served up without a laugh track, they just end up feeling awkward and embarrassing.
I know it became trendy to hate the laugh track, but I hope the trend dies.
I know it became trendy to hate the laugh track, but I hope the trend dies.
