Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category

Halloween-een

At an undisclosed location...

Created for a (very) little party my wife and I threw at our place the day before Halloween. I intended to just whip something up in 5 minutes, and then spent way too long on it (read: more than 5 minutes), so I’m posting it for you.

I think more people would have attended had they known where we lived. Oh well.

Being an artist versus being an “artist”

"You have the smudge tool? OMG, I have the smudge tool! Let's be BFFs."

_{I’m going to warn you right now, I am full of spit and vinegar this weekend.You see how I didn’t say, “piss” there? That’s because I didn’t want to be crass. I’d say that mission was a 100% success. Up top, Moss! (sound of self-high-five).}

Anyway, please forgive me for any lapses in sensitivity I might make over the course of this entry. Read the rest of this entry »

Interests include: shotguns, large breasts

I'd also like to meet a sandwich.

My sister-in-law was looking around the net for herself (I don’t ask questions), and this somehow resulted in me finding my old MySpace page. I remembered signing up when it was in its infancy: Friendster was still in vogue at the time, if that gives you any indication of how long ago this was. I never actually did anything on MySpace, but it looks like I filled out my profile.

Apparently I was awesome.

Who I’d Like to Meet:
Humans, and the occasional chubby cat or Chow.

Interests

General:
Animation, Coca-Cola, zombies, shotguns, the Moon Crest, Wolf Medal, and the occasional Chow.

Music:
Hum, Castor, Shudder To Think, STP, The Pillows, Stabbing Westward, The Used, Shiner, and the occasional Chow.

Television:
FLCL, Robotech, Sealab 2020, anything on HGTV except that show where the designers set $1,000 aflame and inflict a pineapple themed dining room on some poor couple in the process.

Books:
I ran out of good books to read, so I’m trying out pornography. I prefer the magazines geared at very specific markets, like “Large-Breasted Redheaded Asian Woman Bi-Monthly”, “Assathon”, and “That Girl Alicia From Your Work, Except She Naked”. I also have four shelves full of “Hot Hobbit Women” in my apartment, and I’m not ashamed.

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I’m going to go out on a limb and assume “Hot Hobbit Women” is supposed to be the name of a magazine and not a bunch of poor fantasy folk I’ve jammed into my furniture.

Can’t sleep. New brushes

The role of the highwayman will be played by Courtney Cox. Apparently.

Messing around in Photoshop and trying out some new brushes since I took an accidental nap that threw off my entire night.

This is the 8bitartist Highwayman’s girlfriend, I suppose. It’s nice that they can share a closet.

I have a bad tendency to use the same brush for all tasks and all materials, and I’m trying to change that. I created a much coarser brush for the skin shading, a very smooth, airbrush-y one for the eyes and hair, and a chunky flat brush for the “cloth” pieces. Still needs some tweaking, but I like the textural variety. And it didn’t take long: this represents about 1.5 hours of casual Photoshop, including making the brushes. Can’t complain. Click the image for an expanded shot.

Old box art is awesome

"I call upon the powers of...uh...hairiness and, uh, misplaced boobs."

I’m not going to lie to you. I am dying to know what this game is about.