Well, I guess I got distracted and haven’t actually finished a piece of art since my last post. >_< I rejoined Gaia in the hopes that I could possibly reel in a few people willing to commission me for actual money. Maybe. <3 I’ve also reconnected with some old friends that I really have missed. <3 Being in a flourishing art community with like-minded people is refreshing! I couldn’t always share art with my gamer friends, but I can definitely share games with my art friends! It’s actually a little astounding how many of them play League of Legends. That game’s community was so horrible though, I stopped playing so much. I can’t take losing to a team that berates you for being terrible while the rest of your team does as well (even if they’re the ones being terrible.)
It also bugs me when I lose to a team that’s utter crap, but my team couldn’t pull it together long enough to make any progress. -__-
Anyway!
I’ve got a commission on Gaia (not for real money) to finish up and I’m doing some freebies in the Valentine’s Day event thread. It’s been wonderful passing around art for free and I’ve even got a few pieces myself. ^_^ I’ll have to wander around to different threads after the event and keep chatting with people, there’s just so many awesome artists to keep track of. 
On another note, I had to take my big fluffy kitty Junior to the emergency clinic last night. He had a big ball of poop stuck to his fur and we weren’t sure if he could go to the bathroom. I was trying to get it out myself, but I think it hurt him. He would hiss and growl at me, but Bitty Junior is so sweet that not once did he try to scratch or bite me. Poor thing. $200 later, he was doped up on pain meds and had a shaved butt. Now we need to find a way to get him to the vet for shots and a groomer to get the ugly knots out of his fur. D: We also bought our own shaver and some waterless shampoo, so we can groom him ourselves once he’s initially taken care of.
It’s been a busy weekend.
Also, on a side note; kneeling on hardwood floors for any amount of time makes me soooo sore. x_x It doesn’t help that I banged my shin last night in the dark.
The title says it all. I’ve got a lot to do. I’d like to revamp this blog and get posting as much as possible about any number of different things. Mostly gaming and artwork. Since I’ve begun playing Star Wars: The Old Republic, I’ve planted a few seeds that could potentially grow into something with some very deep roots in the community. I find that I really like being a positive voice in a new community. I think if I can work at it, I might be able to grow a little myself as well, in multiple ways. Not in ways that are promised in your spam folder, but you get the idea. Right?
On top of building up my community ties in SWTOR and revamping this blog (which my mom will probably do most of, not gonna lie) I’ve got to find a job as well. I’ve been staying with a friend and using his desktop all the time, but once I move back with my mom I’m going to need my own setup. Which means I need a laptop. Which costs money, so hence the need of a job. Besides, I can’t stand sitting around doing nothing but artwork and social networking all day with some solo gaming thrown in. I get antsy. A job would be good for me for many reasons. However, with the economy the way it is… Well, jobs seem hard to come by and the ones that are actually there are being fought over like hyenas over a freshly abandoned carcass.
I did indeed just liken a job to a freshly abandoned carcass.
Well, while I’m sitting here sipping at my Godiva Dark Chocolate Raspberry coffee with Bailey’s Hazelnut creamer, I suppose I’ll post one of my latest art pieces. I’m actually quite fond of it. I’m taking commissions at the moment too for some quick cash. If you’d like a piece, let me know what you’re willing to pay for one (no less than $20, this stuff takes a lot of time) and we’ll see if we can’t come to a deal. ;D They are digital paintings, done fully in photoshop. I’d be willing to look into printing them as well, though that will cost a lot more than $20.
So here it is! My latest pieces, a painting of my Jedi Sage, Adala. Cheers!
A series of Omegle conversations back when I trolled the site (omegle.com) and posted these on the World of Warcraft Paladin forums. This isn’t all of them. I may hunt down the thread and post the best ones later.
Connecting to server…
You’re now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
Stranger: you sunk my battleship.
You: OH SHIT
You: I WIN THE GAME
Stranger: you sunk my battleship.
Stranger: 
You: LOL nub
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
Connecting to server…
Looking for someone you can chat with. Hang on.
You’re now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
Stranger: Do you fancy a bum?
You: Wut wut in da butt?
Stranger: Wanna do it in my butt? In my butt?
You: Let’s do it in the butt, OKAY
Stranger: I feel you watching me, over there
You: Come to me, if you dare
Stranger: Don’t sit and stare, it’s just not fair
You: hoshit, i got lyrics wrong. FUCK ME IN THE BUTT.
You have disconnected.
Connecting to server…
You’re now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
Stranger: i love you already
You: Why is that?
Stranger: cause i think ur a mushroom
You: Really?
You: I’ll make you trip out, promise.
Stranger: yeahh yummy
Stranger: 
You: I’m also quite delicious
Stranger: yeahh u f or m
You: Pshhhh mushrooms don’t have genders, idiot!
Stranger: im not the fucking idiot
Stranger: you dick head
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
Connecting to server…
You’re now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
Stranger: im gay
You: WUT WUT IN DA BUTT
You have disconnected.
Weeeeeeell, I’ve been itching to get my hands on a tablet for months now and I finally got one! I love the thing, seriously. I want to make sweet love to it all night long, but I’m afraid it might get damaged in the process. Which would be bad, ’cause these fuckers are expensive. Strangely enough, a lot of people told me that my art would probably look like crap for at least a good month or so as they can be difficult to get used to. I did not have this issue. Three days after I got my tablet, I’ve churned out more artwork than I did in all July combined and with much better quality. For example, a sketch of my original character Madani came out like this:
Not too shabby for day two of working with a tablet. I tried some color with decent results, but I wanted to try more. Sooooo instead of leaving the line art so rough, I painstakingly went over it to clean it up and darken it. The piece was based off my Gaiaonline avatar, which in turn was based off DOS (green and black) ’cause I’m awesome like that. (Actually, it was my friend Tim’s idea.) That came out even better and is so far my best piece to date.
She’s a total hottie, yes? I’m absolutely in love with this piece. I’ve done another CG piece as a commission for someone on Gaia, but it didn’t come even close to the awesometasticness that is DOS Girl 2.0 and her jugtastic pose.
I’m basically just showing off my newfound skillz. I’ve got more sketches and full colored pieces at my deviant art account, which you can find here. I’m bugging my mom about this daily, so hopefully eventually I’ll be getting a paypal account and people can actually buy these damn things. For the time being, they’re simple practice/pretty to look at.
S’all I got for ya folks. c:
So… I broke up with Tyler… My boyfriend of like, nearly three years. And I’m so… lost. I barely even know why I did it anymore; all I can think about is how much I want to be with him. Hell, I would marry him.Even with the distance and the barely talking and the never seeing each other… I knew I had him and I knew he was there for me if I needed him… And now it’s like I don’t even have that…
And I probably shouldn’t be listening to Sarah McLachlan’s “I Will Remember You” and “Angel” over and over again in this situation, but I am.
My mom says we’re each other’s first real loves and we’ll probably still be friends for a long while because that’s just how we are. That and it wasn’t a bad ending, just an incredibly sad one. I haven’t talked to him since we broke up, but he’s more on my mind than ever before now. If things had been different… If we could see each other more often… We would’ve been fine. We both know it; he said it himself. I can’t help but wish there was a way to fix this because God knows I don’t want it to end. I just can’t think of a way.
And now I feel like I’m losing my mind. Does anyone know if tylenol works for heartaches?