The weather here in New England has been unbearably cold as of late. I mean, it’s been cold all winter, but it’s just ghastly right now. I’ve actually been putting off completing two pieces because my hands get so cold and sore while I’m working I have to stop every few minutes just to warm [...]
One of the “essential” sub-types of anime/manga-style art is something called “Super Deformed“, often shortened to SD and commonly called “chibi“, although the latter isn’t entirely the most accurate term, as it simply means “small”.
SD is often used for small little caricature drawings of key characters, usually in whimsical or humorous situations. Sometimes it’s [...]
Here’s a shortlist of my plans for this coming weekend:
Finish inking Dis pinup; scan and color. Complete! See: Hell’s Kitchen
Work on at least one other neglected piece to make progress on it.
Get to Norn reputation rank 5 on Ranger in Guild Wars; get Norn armor (minus headgear)
Replenish funds after getting aforementioned armor.
Work on Asura rank [...]
Hello. My name is Asia and I’m addicted… to art supplies. Specifically pens and pencils. Throughout my childhood and adolescence, my favorite stores to browse when I went somewhere like a mall or shopping center were stationary and art supply stores… and within stores, I usually made sure to browse the electronics/video game sections (if [...]
Well, it’s time for Chinese, er, Canthan New Year again on Guild Wars. ArenaNet offers up a lot of holiday-based events in GW, but I’d have to say the Canthan New Year ones are my favorites. I can’t explain exactly why, but I think it has something to do with the fact they have the [...]
During this semester’s mad rush to find all the necessary textbooks for less than the college bookstore would sell them (AKA rabidly browsing amazon and hoping to snag the lowest priced copy before someone else does), I came across a very interesting book…
The (New) Dinosaurs, by William Stout. It’s unusual in that, instead of [...]
Yup, another incarnation. I do this a lot, don’t I?
For those who hadn’t already guessed, this is the new form of the blog formerly known as Squid Rocket. Although my original purpose for making that blog in the first place was to separate my geekery ramblings from other, more generalized posts, I found that it [...]