The Ramblings of an Art Kid

OH NOES! THE TIME HAS COME!

Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:08:38 GMT

"artisticdork,

Your livejournal paid account for user "artisticdork" is expiring in 10 days, at which time it will revert to free account status..."

this makes me sad... and even sadder still is no more moneys for a renewal :/ oh wells, back to overrides for me :\

Art(WIP) Post

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 17:11:50 GMT

I havent really been much into doing anything digitally lately, but i recently tried a new style of digital illustration.... and since I really haven't posted in a while, I decided why not.

Its about 1/2 done...

original lineart done by fattuna

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:53:08 GMT

I finally got creative out side of the classroom and decide to doodle... yeah its not up to par with usually doodles because I'm on a new computer that sux and I lack illustrator or photoshop cs2, but i do have ps7, lol

First of all let me opologize for not commenting on your journals. I have been reading but I guess I just haven't felt like commenting :/ unfriend me if you feel the urge... ill cry but ill get over it, lol j/k

Yeah, college is pretty cool so far, a lil' crazy but fun and try none the less. I'm moving out of my dorm and into another one because the roomies want me to and I dont think staying here would be good, it might cause some "thick air" ya know. I honestly dont care, as long as I stay in juniper I will move, but if there isnt a way for me to stay in juniper im not moving out. Yeah, Ill probably need to go home and get dishes and all that good stuff because I didnt bring anything with me because my roomies had it all when I moved in so mom took all my shtuff home. So thats cool. Whatever getting to college was a tough road so why should being in college be easy? ya know.

Classes are good, their hard but they bring out the creativity in me and make me think. I still dont like mr buddah reincarnated teacher but otherwise the rest of the teachers are all good.

Oh well i think I'm gunna nap, i was up till 2 am last night and didn't sleep well last night, so yeah, nap time that way I can do homework all night since i dont have a class

From the altfriday5:

Sat, 14 Jan 2006 01:35:15 GMT

1. Do you follow any cultural superstitions (e.g., avoiding the number thirteen, picking up pennies)? Nope, I do have a problem with the whole walking under ladders thing.. mainly because those damn cross support things hurt when you ht your head on em'

2. Do you have any personal superstitions (e.g. wearing a certain item of clothing to bring you luck)? Nope, not at all.

3. Did your parents have any superstitions? What were they? Do you believe in them? I don't think so, atleast not that I know of :/

4. Make up a new superstition and share it with us (who know, maybe it will catch on!). Before you walk through a wodden door you have to tap the top then left then right sides of the door jam.

5. Did you notice the date today? Does it affect you at all (e.g. make you nervous, make you happy)? Nope, not at all, I didnt even realze it was the 13th at first :/

From the altfriday5

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 00:48:24 GMT

1. Do you celebrate any holidays in December? If yes, which ones, and why? If no, why not?

Yes, I celebrate Christmas because welll um...I just do, lol. No actually i celebrate it because I like getting free shtuf! haha no but really I like to celebrate Jeebuses birthday

2. How does the celebration of Christmas affect you (e.g., I like it, because it's my holiday; It doesn't affect me one way or the other; I hate it, because it symbolizes the socio-political dominance of Christianity, etc.)? Or, if Christmas is not the dominant December holiday where you live, how does the celebration of the dominant holiday affect you?

Really it just puts me in a better mood because everyone is so nice and happy, although stressed, but basically in a better mood. Another reason is i like giving gifts and making shtuff, so I can do that!

3. What do you feel Christmas is or has become (e.g. a secular holiday, a religious holiday, a celebration of consumption, etc.)?

I think its still a little bit of everything, to some its a celebration of consumption, ill admit it i like getting shtuff, and others its strictly a secular holiday, but most people I think of it as both a religious and sceular holiday.

4. Will you be giving any holiday gifts this year? If yes, to whom? In total, did you spend more or less this year than last year?

YES! Ever since I've been working and such I've bought gifts. This year I think I spent a lil bit more than last year but not much. This year I bought mostly for family but some friends.

5. If you could change one thing about how your December holiday(s) is(are) celebrated, what would it be? Or, if you don't celebrate any, if you could change one thing about how the dominant holiday is celebrated, what would it be?

I dont think I would change anything, except the rudeness of people out shopping, and the way everything is SOO commercialized... it annoys me... other than that everythings all good.

altfriday5

Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:44:28 GMT

From the altfriday5:

1. How well do you feel you know your own limits (physical, mental, emotional, etc.)? I think I know mine pretty well right now, but they're always changing some getting stronger other getting weaker.

2. When was the last time you pushed your limits? Mentally actually alot lately, but physically I think it was about a year ago after my surgery, that was when I pushed physically the hardest

3. Do you feel as though some of your limits are too low? In other words, do you find them frustrating? If yes, which ones, and why? I think my consious limits are too low, like I underestimate myself alot, but I think SUBCONSIOUSLY and while being pushed I have pretty good limits.

4. Have you ever been surprised by your limits (either pleasantly or unpleasantly)? If yes, tell us a bit about it. Actually I have, after my surgery I was pushed to the limit both physically and mentally and surpisingly I faired pretty well.

5. How do you feel your limits compare to the general population's? Are they higher than average, average, or lower than average? I hate compairing because as a rule there are to many variables that make ach situation different.

bored!

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:57:20 GMT

View Poll: request

and i shall draw it tonight, post it when i get home... and um... yeah just do it

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:23:06 GMT

View Poll: #622079

Yeah, all i would need is a nice photo or two you for reference... then you get a nice peice of "you art"
Yeah.... I'm a starving artist... sue me!!!

Illustration Friday - Strong

Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:15:11 GMT

I figured continuing along the lines of my "cute" last couple of illustration friday images... a cute little ant... holding a HUGE sammitch :D

New Layout; Yey or Ney?

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 17:44:48 GMT

Lookie Here.

View Poll: new layout

Illostration friday; Topic Night

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 23:45:51 GMT

click for larger image

heres my submission for this weeks illustration friday topic, the topic was night, and i dont think anything shows the lovely things at night better than laying together with your "special person" on top of a hill at night :D i hope i got that across :D

x-posted to illofriday

altfriday5

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:25:06 GMT

From the altfriday5:

1. Have you ever fired a firearm at a target or other inanimate object? Why or why not?
no actually i haven't i was going to when i was about 6 or 7, my grandpop was major into guns, but my mom wasn't so whe wouldnt let me shoot em' :(

2. Have you ever fired a firearm at a living entity (animal or human)? Why or why not?
nope... because idk thats just not my thing :/

3. Have you ever owned a firearm? Why or why not?
nope

4. Do you feel that there should be restrictions on what types of firearms people can own? What should the restrictions be (ranging from "none available" to "no restrictions")?
i deffinitly think there should be restrictions, i mean its almost like ANYONE can get a gun, and that just crazy, we dont need people with anger issues getting their hands on guns.

5. What do you feel a person should have to do or be in order to purchase a firearm (ranging from "it should be impossible" to "walk to the corner store")?
there should be definite phycological testing done, and i think there should be like gps tracking put in all guns i think yeah it would make a guns a little more expensive, but we would know where 90% of the guns in the world are, and this is just for guns within the us, we're not responsable for the whole world

The Questioner says: Don't forget your links!

this is just off the top of myh ead ideas, so if their not fully finished dont bitch! lol

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 19:23:11 GMT

only 3 days till the 4^TH ya know

Illustration Friday - Topic: Broken

Sat, 29 Oct 2005 04:16:08 GMT

welp it loks like this ones more of an Illustration Saturday... im 14 minutes too late :(

but anyway this one is pretty plain and simple, i was in a plain and simple kinda mood when i did this one :D i wanted to try something different, more "clip art-ish" if you will... and since its halloween... and there happened to be a smashed pumpkin on the corner of my street :P coughcoughinspirationcoughcough

Illustration Friday - Topic: Lost

Fri, 07 Oct 2005 22:14:26 GMT

yupp. after a few weeks absence... here we go :D LOST

Illustration Friday - Topic Escape

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 22:15:24 GMT

not that i work or anyting but this is the first image that came to mind, i tried to make it look very sporadic and crazy like, to help make the emotion come from the image.

altfriday5

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:26:33 GMT

From the altfriday5:

1. When was the last time you took a test?.
um... october of 2004 i took the sat's

2. Does taking tests make you anxious? How anxious?
nah, not really, i dont have a problem with em :/ i ussually dont study for em either, i might skim through the notes real quick before the test but if i study i ussually get more wrong answers than if i dont study, GO FIGURE

3. Pick your favourite type of test question (short answer, essay, multiple choice, etc.). Why? Least favourite? Why?
I love essay questions because i have learned the art of BS, i can know just a tid bit of the info buti can make it sound like i know all and some! lol.
my least favorite questions have to be muliple choice, because they always make me second guess myself, specially if i have to rework a problem, lol, and if they have the dreaded "answer not shown" option im fucked!

4. Have you ever felt that someone was deliberately "testing" you (i.e., setting up situations or conversations to see what you would do or say)?
not really, except for like the typical places like job interviews or something.

5. Have you ever deliberately "tested" someone?
nope... im not that smart to be able to do it on the sly, lol

Illustration Friday - Topic Depth

Fri, 09 Sep 2005 21:01:44 GMT

My entry for the Illustration Friday topic;

altfriday5

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 21:00:47 GMT

From the From the (seriously unofficial) altfriday5:
1. What's the last gift you gave to someone? A set of four stuffed teletubbies...hey it was a my cousins 1st birthday
2. What's the most important thing you've ever found? myself...something everyone should put
3. If you could have any device to make your life easier, what would you choose? No, you can't sell it. I'm talking about something for your own use. Something called a rememberall, yeah im addicted to harry potter, it makes you remeber shit...because i ALWAYS forget shtuff
4. If you could retrieve one thing that you've lost, what would it be? Alotta the friends i lost contact with from high school
5. Have you ever had something stolen from you? Was it important? Nothing really important, nothing besides money... i guess im lucky :/

altfriday5

Fri, 12 Aug 2005 18:42:43 GMT

1. Have you ever, theoretically speaking, contemplated downloading copyrighted material (songs, tv shows, movies, etc.) from someone that did not have the rights to distribute it? Why or why not?

Yesh. I have. I think that the price of CDs are way too expensive and that the artists and recording companies are no longer about playing music and entertaining, but their all about money. back in the day it was fine for friends to sit there with thier radios and tape recorders all day making mix tapes but now thats illegal?! wtf?!

2. Have you ever, theoretically speaking, contemplated uploading or distributing copyrighted material (songs, tv shows, movies, etc.) that you did not have the rights to distribute? Why or why not?

Yup, but on the small and temporary scale, if i found a song i liked or a movie clip i thought was cool, i would share.

3. Have you ever, theoretically speaking, contemplated buying a hard-copy of bootlegged material? Why or why not?

Never because their ussually not of good quality or sometimes even the real peice, their often real rough and crappy.

4. What do you think about the issue of copyright? Is it obsolete? Who does it benefit?

I think that the copyright is still indeed a good AND needed thing, specially in this day and age when regular people could simply copy something someone else made and take full credit for its creation.

5. How do you feel artists would best be financially supported or rewarded for their work? (e.g. through the government, through sales of the work, through merchandise sales, through concerts or exhibitions, through royalties, etc.)

I think artists would and are 66% financially supported by their concert sales and the rest is a combination of advertising, record sales, and royalties. I mean if you can sell millions of tickets world wide ranging from $60 to +$300 a ticket and put on a 2-3 hour show, PLUS get the booking fee from the venue, most of your money comes from the sale of your tickets.

-From altfriday5

whats going on in the studio of the dork?

Fri, 22 Jul 2005 03:50:04 GMT

first try at a mech like character.</i>

in other news...

ill be aquiring a paid account via a super wonderful person on the bebedawl MB.

I will be venturing off to pennsylvania tommorrow and returning with beings my own age who one of happens to be related to me and the other is a significant other. and the little terror called sister.

i really have no clue why im talking the way i am, but it amuses me :D

i will be going to bed to read harry potter win t-minus 15 minutes.

i do not think that this harry potter book sucks as do many other readers, i although have not read it in its entirerty[sp?].

in recent revelations... i have been back into playing GTA:San Andreas via related being who will be coming to my house tomorrow with said significant other.

bed is now approaching in t-minus 12 minutes.

i will end this most totally random entry.

GOODNIGHT

off to get a bedtime snack :D