How can so much mucus come out of my head and my skull not collapse? This is getting ridiculous.

So I have another random French digital artist that I'm incredibly jealous of. This one draws my current favorite webcomic on the net. Honestly, it says a lot about my criteria for such things since I can't read the comic.

It's called Maliki. Seems to be a 'day in the life' comic about a neon-pink haired elf(?) girl. Each strip is beautifully rendered and expressive. So much so, that even with out being able to understand the dialog, the humor can be translated just based on the art. However, I have no idea what the flying-cyborg-pink-cheetah-girl is supposed to be...

Like I said, incredibly jealous of this one. Amazing art and still updates every week with epic length comics. I must consume this artist's powers as my own.

There's going to be a few new prints up in the store soon. Topatoco is going to revamp their system this week, so we're waiting until then.

We picked out some comics we liked (19, 38 and 51) the art on and printed them up sans word balloons. We'll be carrying these to Genericon this month as well.

*8:35am - Wakes up*

*10:42am - Checks email*

*10:43am - Collects jaw from floor*

Man, that's quite a bit of feed back on the tablets. Thank you. I shall begin going through this at lunch.

Today's present was a chunk of toilet paper torn from the roll and dragged into the bed. It was adorable and gross.

I don't think I have anything to add about Mass Effect except that it's the only game I've played where you can have lesbian sex without meaning to.

I've been putting some stuff together about serialized stories, but it'll take a while to finish.

Son of a...

Got up today and the first thing I did was open my computer. Cat jumps up and steps on the keyboard. Blue screen of death.

The error I got was it said the hall.dll was gone or corrupt. Transplant the HD to Jes's computer and I find out that the whole damn Windows folder is gone. Not hidden or protected, gone.

My luck it's a virus. Reguardless, first the tablet issues, now I'm just completely out of commission.

Pen found!

Originally I wanted to have a long winded quest dialog being spouted by the blue one. But I figure any words would only detract from the simple comic.

I did this comic because I recently finished that game. Filled my Morrowind urges quite well. Went the soldier route. I'm sure my past would show that as unsurprising. So this made the game rather easy.

Enthusiastic thumbs up on this one. My gripes are limited, such as how the controls for the Mako were annoying and the damned B button kicks you out of the universe map. (If you have interacted with that gorgeous map, you know what I'm talking about) I also was shocked to be treated to a satisfying ending. I guess Assassin's Creed left me wounded and expecting to be hurt again... Damn that was a shitty way to end that.

I'm sure if Matt had the urge he could give you a far more in depth view of the game, being I basically treated it as a shooter with character building.

*grumble*

Easily the best 1200 Job Points I've ever spent.

Some comics aren't amusing to everyone. In this case, I know 3 people that will get this joke total. For the rest, enjoy some stupid faces.

So over the last month I've been coming to a realization. I've stopped furthering my art skills. This bothers me to know end. It seems since I left school, I've stopped searching out new art styles and studying them. Sure my technical and detail skills have jumped leaps and bounds, but it feels like I lack a base, or something more fundimental that prevents my work.

This came up when I noticed how much I was getting frustrated trying to get what was in my head on paper. At first I thought it was my tools at fault. While that may be a factor, I think my problem is more personal. So I've decided to start working on this. I think my biggest fear now, is that I will fail.

So now I'm once again collecting art. Particular ones close to my own style so that I have a starting point. The problem is that this won't be a fast process. So my frustration will continue. So emo-Ian will continue to be emo. =_=

Till next post.

...On my vacation I played through Assassin's Creed. So, uh, did I not get an ending with my copy? Yes I watched through the credits.

I had fun with the game despite some of it's questionable choices in game play, but still...That's the ending? I'd expect that kind of ending from Halo 2.

*grumbles* I'm gonna go play some Rock Band. Crazy-Hobo-Ian Rock Band avatar, time for you to play some guitar.