Post the first line of your 2510 most recent fics, and look for patterns. (from Othercat@LJ)

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I thought I tended to open with dialog, but it seems like I favor a statement about the protagonist, usually with thoughts, rather than actions.

Current Music: Beauty Of The Beast-Nightwish

I upgraded my Firefox at work right before I left, and now I know I'm NOT going to upgrade my home machine to match.

See, the auto-fill that occurs when you start typing a URL....it's got a little fucked up. If I typed in an N before, it would suggest perhaps Nielsenhayden.com or Nihilistickid.livejournal.com or News.google.com, but after upgrading to Firefox 3, it started suggesting boiNgboiNg.net. It took Scalzi and Shakespeare's Sister and ScienceBlogs and shuffled them under the likes of sites I had visited once or twice before but which happened to contain an S. I had to type a lot more than normal to get my most visited sites to appear when I want. Before a site would be suggested in an order determined by how often I visited it. Now it appeared mixed in with a whole bunch of other sites.

Also, the new drop-down for the auto-fill is super cluttered looking and makes me wince to look at it. Blech.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

Alright, working on the definitive model sheets for Kent. Starting with Galen since he's easy to draw compared to the others, who have oddly shaped faces. (Brom has a freakish lack of any cheekbones whatsoever, it's a straight vertical from his eyebrow, which is weird to draw, but he still manages to remain cute as hell)

I... got a bit sidetracked...

Started with doing the 'master' drawing. neutral expression, 3/4 view to base all the others on. This was it last night, partly finished.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v720/jillbamfette/?action=view¤t=galenface1.gif

Then the sidetracking came in. I'm a total anatomy freak, anyone who has seen me give drawing advice always knows it basically boils down to draw it from the bones up. so... this happened... :p

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v720/jillbamfette/?action=view¤t=galenskull.gif

he's got a creepy skull, no? though the fact that i kept the eyeballs probably contributes. Just a note, I wouldn't rely on this for any sort of reference, as i wasn't using any. The jaw is very very slight towards the back, we'll just call that an elvish thing. Brom's would be much odder looking because of the aforementioned freakish lack of cheek bones.

then, I decided to refine the color swatches for the shading technique i will be using for this. the ones i used initially i thought were too orange.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v720/jillbamfette/?action=view¤t=galenface.jpg

very fast method of shading, but took forever to get the colors just right. but now that i have the swatches, never have to pick new ones again, they adapt to whatever color is underneath. You like? or should i go with a more traditional form of coloring? the colors may a bit dark because of the stark white background, btw. i probably should have used a middle gray as the BG, but meh. btw, the hair lines are on a different layer (so i can take it off easily to model him in his helmet or a different hairstyle, or whatever) and that's not the final color of the lines, it's just easier to see that against the black hair while working.

And lets try this Foxy Tunes sig thingy that i apparently installed earlier today... yay Firefox! i also got a plugin that's a fullblown FTP program just as good as Cute FTP and totally free. yays.

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Now playing: Storm - Noregsgard
http://foxytunes.com/artist/storm/track/noregsgard

I'm getting ready to start writing at midnight tonight.

Every month there's a Theme Week and I usually do the art on the 1st of the month. However, because I will be pounding on the last third of my Three Day Novel on the first, I can't do my usual Theme Week $4.99 contest special ACEOs. So, because I don't like missing Theme Week either, I painted one of them today.

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Tags: aceo, art, painting, theme week, three day novel, tv/movie theme, watercolor
Current Location: Lawrence, KS
Current Mood: cheerful

Thinking of going to arab street sometime soon to buy some ribbons and stuff to make corsages. Anyone wants to come with me?

Tonight is a big reception at the SFPL. Food, booze (my old advisor gave me her wristband, so I don't even have to pay), hob nobbing, etc.. But I've been having an oddly introverted week (I blame the food poisoning) and after spending two days talk talk talking to people and being highly visible, I just.. don't feel like going. I'd rather hole up in my room with room service and a book, or write a few entries on the last few days, recharging for tomorrow. But a few people are expecting me to go, and they might (though it isn't definite)miss me. Also hobnobbing is obviously a good thing for personal and professional development. I just don't know. I have an hour or so to decide.. and also get some food in me, which will perhaps wake me up enough to be more inclined to go.

Current Location: san francisco, ca
Current Mood: drained

one of my assignments for my life drawing class is to draw 2 hands...i have a tacky-cool idea.

i'm going to draw a picture of my hands, drawing a picture of hands drawing hands. like, you know, escher, only as an infinity mirror effect type thing instead. that's what i'm planning on doing tomorrow...but, we'll see. i might change my mind before then.

in other news, i love bjork so freaking much. whenever i see/hear her, i just want to hug someone.

Tags: art, bjork, escher, hands, life drawing, school
Current Location: sanctuary
Current Mood: awake
Current Music: bjork: hunter

I keep thinking, maybe I need to draw a comic "I Was A Young Republican" wherein I explain how I went from worshipping Reagan to godless liberal.

Did I mention my mother has a tape of Richard Nixon's funeral...and not because she wants evidence that he's really dead?

And then, when I'm done with that comic, I can draw "PixelFish: The ToughLove Years", wherein my well-meaning parents enrolled me in ToughLove, an organisation that taught me where to hide my non-existent marijuana stash.

so I've seen a couple articles on this

thoughts?

So...I FINALLY got a reply when it comes to my MRI and Neuology appointment.

My MRI is scheduled for September 15th.
My appointment with neurology is October 3rd. >.<

I fortunately have an appointment at 4Cs(NOT with the guy I had last time, thank god) on September 29th, which means they will have my results from my lumbar spine, AND the knowledge that I'm going to the Neurology appointment, so MAYBE I'll get an order for a full MRI and bloodwork in time to see Neurology. I'm definitely going to STRESS the urgency and how long I've been hurting through all this.

I'm seriously hoping this gets resolved really soon. I REALLY want to be home by Halloween at least. >.

Current Mood: blah

Chad: "Wow, that is a really hideous orange."

Jordon: "Yeah, but it catches the eye."

Me: "Yeah... and rapes it."

Yeesh. What a thoroughly FRUSTRATING month. I'm ready for it to be done with.

omg. i drew SIXTY PAGES of gesture drawings of my favorite model today (2-6 drawings per page). wtf amazing overkill. it was incredible. i am so lucky.

Tags: art, life drawing, school
Current Location: sanctuary
Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: dolly parton