I finally built my first Wordpress theme.

I've been meaning to do this for a really long time, but hadn't gotten around to it until recently. Now that I've done one, I definitely know what to do and what not to do on subsequent themes. :P

I'd like to get efficient enough at this to sell some premium themes on Theme Forest... lol.

I want to replace those shopping bookmarks with links to my friends' sites! If you've got an art site and would like to exchange links for publicity and whatnot, let me know! (Just keep in mind this is going to be a pretty public site, so XXX art galleries might not be the best for linking, orz.)

I have a paintchat at last!

Hosted on my own webspace, not running off my computer like last time (that was inconvenient and convoluted to access).

Because I spent SOOOO much time struggling through Google searching fruitlessly for public pchats with short logs and empty rooms, this one is not going to be public except during open sessions (which I'll announce here).

I'm going to bed right now but I'm leaving it on all night for a few people-- twitter followers have the URL. :D

I just have to share this E3 stage demo. I'm looking forward to this game so much, and it looks fantastic. I expected it to be great, but the demo looks even better than I expected-- and granted, I had really high expectations so that's saying something!


The graphics are a given, and the scale of it... just amazing. It was beautiful and vast even on the PS2, but on the PS3 it's epic.

The chimera and its attack patterns after you injure the animal parts that it's composed of? Wow.

And finishing off Helios? Oh man. I'm so excited. I can't wait!

As a long-time Greek mythology nerd, I'm so happy that they still saved some of the best for last. They really didn't run out of tricks and I'm thrilled to see more key players coming to the field, in terms of the Gods, the Titans, and the very famous and well-known mythological creatures.

And of course, it's God of War. These games are pure gold-- they're tremendously fun to play, beautiful to look at, and hey-- they've even got cool stories thrown in. Even after setting a ton of industry standards with the first one, they're still at it and going strong by the third.

It's going to be awesome!

So last night I had this dream about the White Rider.

I haven't even met the White Rider in DSRK2 yet. (Hey, I was gone getting married and having a honeymoon for two weeks. I'm only on the beginning of Chapter 2.) It's just that a couple different people on my Twitter were saying they were getting their asses kicked by him.

Anyway, you know that DSRK2 chant/song/poem? The one that goes, Stop the fretful baby's wail (etc)? (I'm strongly reminded of Alice in Wonderland, by the way)

...I had a dream that I had a newborn baby, and whenever it would cry the White Rider would show up to kill me. At least it wasn't trying to kill the baby... just me.

Uh.

Haha.

It was an awful, terrifying nightmare. D:

Warning: guro / vore

( finals are over! celebratory doodle that has nothing whatsoever to do with academics )

omg I haven't drawn in a really long time and I also couldn't remember what the uniform looked like but I was too lazy to find a reference.

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Thanks to delphi, I have a Dreamwidth account! I'll probably move this artblog over there instead (I think?), so feel free to subscribe to me.

If you don't want to pay for an account and need an invite code, try here.

Poll #1394171 What browser do you use regularly?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

Check the one(s) you use the most:

I have listed IE6, 7, and 8 separately because IE is the least standards-compliant browser. Six, 7, and 8 render differently from each other-- and for developers, this is something of a nightmare. IE8 is the closest to compliant that Microsoft has ever come with a browser so far, and honestly I'm impressed. Since its release, I haven't had to use any conditional comments or hacks to fix problems in IE8 (6 and 7 require extra work).

To anyone who still uses IE6, btw, shame on you. IE6 is an outdated, non-compliant browser. You're the bane of webdesigners and developers around the world! PLEASE UPGRADE TO IE8. Or switch to Firefox. PLEASE.

Opera has some less problematic issues, but Firefox (and other Gecko browsers), Safari, and Chrome are your best bets for the most aesthetic, compliant browsing experience.

I'm inclined to assume that people who spend time browsing LJ might be in the slightly more tech-savvy population, but I'm curious to know what you use. (If you check "other" please comment specifying.)

PS: For some reason my MSN account stopped working, so I had to create another one. If we were MSN buddies, please re-add me at msn(at)kim-maida.com. Thanks, and sorry! Go ahead and delete the old name permanently, I don't know why it won't authenticate anymore... I won't be using it again.

I wanted to try something a little less conventional for my portfolio this time around.

I finally got around to registering a more professional / official domain name as well. Since my name is changing in two weeks, I looked ahead a little bit and got this one. :P



This site took quite a bit longer than most of my other personal sites.

vanleea and I are teaming up to do some stuff soon!

The offer still stands for pro-bono / cheap work. Last time I offered nobody seemed too interested, but keep me in mind please!

I also made a few gallery changes on hitoshura.com and metanomaly.net. My websites no longer host my racier artworks. Only worksafe stuff from here on out! I want to keep better tabs on who sees those pieces and where they view them at.

On an unrelated note, I just had to share my enthusiasm:

I'm getting married in 14 days!

We're going to Kauai for our honeymoon the day after the wedding. So much left to do! I haven't even checked my flist in ages.

Yes, it's version 8.

I know version 7 was not very long ago, but it didn't take me long to decide I didn't like that layout as much as I thought I did. This one uses the same drawing in the header and a very similar color scheme, but I think it looks nicer.

My Twitter is public now. :D

Feel free to add! If you'd like, you can drop me a @reply or a comment here telling me who you are.

I know I've said this numerous times before, but it bears repeating (again):

The rules of this artblog explicitly state that in order to become privy to the locked entries, you must be 18 or older and it must say so in your LJ profile under date of birth.

I've had several people recently try to join without a birthday listed and they have been rejected. You may feel free to reapply if you are 18 and enable your birthdate display in your profile.

Thank you.

ADDENDUM: I don't want to be a jerkwad about this (seriously!) but what about this don't people understand?

It says this very clearly in the rules and I have this post right on top, and yet people continue to apply with no birthdate and I continue to reject them.

I'm half inclined to reject all requests for memberships without birthdays with no second chances. One shot, and if you fail the reading comprehension test the first time, there is no do-over. :(

I don't want to do that, but this is getting slightly ridiculous. So many requests, and almost NONE of them read the rules or follow very simple instructions! Quite disappointing, really.

Version 7 is up.



A slight departure from the general layout that this site has had since its institution six versions ago... still simple, but more went into it this time at least.

I love doing CSS. It's like a really fun (but sometimes frustrating) puzzle.

Also, this summer I have some tentative stuff lined up but mostly I'll be looking to buff up my portfolio. Job projects are well and good but I'd like to get some fun, challenging stuff in; pro-bono for anyone I owe favors! ...And cheap for anyone else.

Oh, and I'll work harder on someone else's site than I do on my own. If that's any consolation...

PS: I removed all the R18 artwork from that site. So most of that stuff will only be available to artblog members from now on!

Title: of the sea
Fandom: original
Rating: G



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So my best friend vanleea is the artist for a webcomic called Bear & Kitten (I recently redid their website).

Their April Fool's was... to have me draw the comic instead of Angie. And also, instead of drawing Bear and Kitten as... well, a bear and a kitten, I was to draw them as a butch man wearing a bear-head and a cat-girl with Serph's haircut (lolol, her request-- she just beat Nocturne and started playing DDS!).

This may be the first (but definitely won't be the last) thing I've drawn specifically to get ridiculed and hated on.

I mean, I assumed their more rabid fans would get their panties all twisted over it, but on the other hand I also think that if you're one of those people who gets offended over April Fool's jokes on the internet, that probably means you fell for it first and are ashamed that you were so gullible. (And/or you simply don't have a sense of humor.)

But that's me feeling a bit sour even though I told myself I wouldn't. (Hey, nobody likes to hear that their art is so disliked it makes people want to barf!) I mean, I guess I had kind of hoped that a few people would find it funny amongst all the anticipated negativity.

Oh well. It was totally worth it anyway, Angie and Andy thought it was hilarious and were really pleased, so I couldn't ask for more! Just remind me not to look at their chatbox until well after this whole thing has blown over.

(Those fans would really have choked if I'd drawn them as furries instead! FFS just be grateful, lol)



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(Uh, I think it was a good call to hold off on the attribution until after gauging a response, Angie. I don't think I want to be credited for that; they'd probably send me hate mail, haha.)

I always have problems not being lazy with my own websites; I work my butt off on projects for work and freelance clients, but sites for personal use / hobby always end up half-assed.

I tried to avoid that here and didn't completely succeed, but I made a little bit of an effort this time and that's what counts...? I'm moderately satisfied with it at least, and that's saying something.

Art commissions are closed right now; site commissions are open. I had some offers from a while ago, not sure if they're still standing but let me know?

Title: Adachi shower
Fandom: Persona 4
Rating: PG

I haven't been drawing much at all over the past couple of months; the only things I've drawn in what seems like forever were W2's trade, Nyx's commission, and now this-- which was done because once I start drawing when I haven't in a long time, I don't want to stop.

I'd keep drawing tonight but I should probably sleep. I've been busy as hell lately. I think I'm going to go slightly mad soon.



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...I drew Adachi because I couldn't think of anything else to draw. I wonder where my creativity went.

Someday I'll get around to actually purchasing the license code for SAI. As of now, I just draw in it and then screencap to save.

Title: Festival
Fandom: Persona 4
Rating: G
Giftart: Commissioned by lerefuge for nyxmidnight's birthday.

Apologies for how belated it is! Happy (very late) birthday, Nyx!



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Title: This Year's Prom King
Fandom: Original - W2's This Year's Prom King
Rating: G
Giftart: Trade with ladysisyphus

First of all, I'd like to apologize for how long overdue this is. Not only is ladysisyphus an amazing writer, she's also a fantastic knitter and she made me the most awesome hat and scarf a few months ago.

She insisted she didn't want money, only art-- so this is the first part of my payment to her (there's another one coming).

It's fanart for her wonderful (and hot) story This Year's Prom King.

I want to apologize-- they don't look like high schoolers. At all. DDDD:



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Thanks W2!

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