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Thank you for those who have been watching me, I appreciate the encouragement, and thank you for your comments and critique, they help me grow as an artist.

Hope you're all having a good evening and find many reasons to be thankful.

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/22886870/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/22886870/ Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:29:18 PST

Chainsketches

The rules are simple:
- The first 5 people who who post on this journal asking for a chainsketch will receive a ROUGH sketch by me of whatever they request (b/w or possibly color tinted depending on my whim)
- In turn, you are asked the same offer in your own journal (draws, morphs, writes, etc...)
- if you want a specific character, send me a pic as reference


1. Sketchie?
2. -[link]
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5.


Also, I've decided that this year I'm going to step out of my comfort zone and go to another Con. Second one in my lifetime and it'll be the one of the biggest furry conventions in the country. Anthrocon

For those of you who can't tell I'm a furry nut.

I know that sounds bad.

So to raise some money and offset costs, modest as they are (four hundred dollar budget...yay...) I'd like to open up commissions to a donation basis. Donate to my paypal account with a comment of what you'd like as a sketch. Every little bit helps.

june.c.howard@gmail.com

Thanks

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/21963761/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/21963761/ Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:36:48 PST
I've tried to use my own scanner at home and it absolutely butchers everything I scan on it. So, rather than let it butcher a commission for a paying customer or the piece I'm working on for a very ill friend of mine, I wait.... The university closes in less than fifteen minutes. If she doesn't get off by then I'm SOL.

She's not using the scanner. She's just sitting on the computer that has it on there.

If I ask her to move so I can get to it, that makes ME the asshole.

Jesus Christ. I hate going out in public these days. People are morons. "Yes, let's sit next to this neat little computer that has the only working scanner here, and tie it up for the entire day "

*F-BOMB*

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/21383537/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/21383537/ Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:21:54 PST
1. TheRedPriest- Orc alt- 0% done- concept sketching
2. Xaraphyne- Needing moar infoz!
3. Skafloc- Needing moar infoz 2!
4. Lelenia- Awesomesauce!
5. Evanthe- Waiting on the info!
6. Anthek- Battle pose for his character- 0% done, sketching in progress.
7. (I can't say no to some people)- Opalexian- Needing the info again : )

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/21364070/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/21364070/ Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:02:42 PST I'm gonna do a special this month and say full blown digital commissions similar in style to the Broken and Apocalypse pics I've recently posted for $20.00 USD

I've got 6 slots open, so hurry up and give me a note with what you want and I can give you the paypal info. Payment must be done upfront and will be completed hopefully in order of receipt.

1.-Open-
2.-Open-
3.-Open-
4.-Open-
5.-Open-
6.-Open-

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/20717467/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/20717467/ Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:49:16 PDT
Cartoons I enjoyed are now being re-released, on new fangled DVDs (I remember having my VHS recordings of Shirt-Tales back when High Resolution was vocabulary reserved for images from the Hubble telescope) and on Youtube for another, younger, more obnoxious generation to enjoy. This also being said, it's sometimes nostalgic and even amusing to watch an old movie released into this format as well as some of the commentary from cartoon buffs like myself.

I watched a few things over the course of last night and this morning that have me gripping my childhood like the kid in gym class who took a hockey puck to the gonads. I watched first, a few clips from old cartoons that are so RIDDLED with sexual innuendo I realize there's no WONDER my parents were laughing along with my sibling and I at our heroes' antics. Then? Then I watched an anti-drug campaign movie involving a bunch of cartoons ranging from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (I never got to watch this unless I was sleeping at my cousins ; ) My mother said it was too violent), to Winnie the Pooh, to Muppet Babies, to Alvin and the Chipmunks and all manners of things in between (Garfield, Alf and a few others if I recall...).

Not only was it amusing to see my old old heroes helping children out with situations I haven't encountered until much much later in life than the protagonist of the story, but it was actually rather enlightening as far as drug jargon goes. I'd never seen what crystal meth looked like, nor knew the difference between a blunt and a joint until I watched Bugs Bunny rip a fifteen year old a new one about smoking mary-j. In any event, it was entertaining and so I went along my merry way to other animated persuits, watching the old literacy PSAs and commercials with McGruff the Crime Dog.

All of this spiraled down into about three in the morning and I'm sitting there in my underwear and an Invader ZIM t-shirt watching reruns of He-Man... Most were just doctored clips or not so doctored clips of those sexual innuendos I mentioned, complete with the lul-worthy commentary at the bottom as YouTube subscribers happily proclaimed their new found love for my old toonage. Then I spy...out of the corner of my eye, a link to the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe movie, you know, the old cartoon where Hannah Barbera decided to milk the franchise for all it was worth by doing a female rolemodel spin-off for all the girls. This was about the time Nintendo came out with the GameGirl, trying to compete with the GameBoy--we all remember how that turned out I'm sure. The horrifying pink things sitting on the end of a black and neon colored aisle right next to the Barbie and Strawberry Shortcake section.

Deciding to go where my nostalgia and sleep deprivation drove me, I clicked the link. Enthralled I made my way to clip eleven of God knows how many ten minute segments of the movie. I'm not sure how long it's been but I'm pretty sure my nose is bleeding and I've suffered some kind of flashing light induced grand mal seizure. If I pass out and die drooling on my keyboard it should be incredibly obvious why as I've got Pokemon playing in one window and a cheap Porn site in the other (probably featuring the same characters).

I can't understand how my mind had blotted out the horrible voice acting they gave to the sniveling Cringer, or the deep voiced manly stallion of a pastel colored unicorn SwiftHeart or Swiftwing or whatever his name was. Somehow I think my mind has tried to shield me from this despite validating my psychopathic fantasies of murdering Rainbow Brite with a Glow Worm doll (pretty sure theirs lead paint in those. YAY WALLCANDY!) and making me feel wholly justified in indulging in pixellated slaughter of anything that could come close to such horrific abuse of the spectrum of visible light. This could be hotly debated considering I rolled Horde instead of Alliance, but I won't get into that.

So my childhood spent worshiping She-Ra and He-man has come crashing down around my ears harder than the year my sister had her hair cut in the same trendy pageboy style Adam/He-Man wears with manly flair. My love for He-man left in a smoking ruin, I heft my Sun-Sword and bury myself in a quest for the Thirteen treasures of Rule in order to sooth my fel-tainted wounds and contemplate either sleeping the rest of the day, or spending the rest of the day using my ruined eye sockets as fin... ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/19375743/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/19375743/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:44:31 PDT
Things are awesome. I read, I sleep, I work, I write, I draw, I sing when I'm bored, walk around the beautiful grounds and down on the beach.

I just keep humming this silly song while enjoying the sunlight and the steam rising off the ocean. It's like this big sigh of relief. I know I have to fix my truck, I just had a tooth pulled and I still need to get my stuff from the 'rents house but for some reason I'm not stressing about it. Life...life is good.

Ahhh, yeah. That's the rub.

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/17939893/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/17939893/ Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:57:46 PDT

This year's been pretty hectic and more than a little stressful but I'm celebrating my birthday today and it's good. I have a cake with the creamy type of frosting I like, I have my friend Jess over and she, Justin and I are going out to Texas roadhouse tonight for tasties : )

It's my twenty-first ^^ W00h!

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/16646921/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/16646921/ Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:21:22 PST I found him in my sister's room.
He had a nosebleed that had lasted at least four hours. I called my mother and she said she'd left at seven thirty or so. I called the vet immediately after that only to be told I had to wait until 1:45. We were still late to the appointment because we had to get my baby into the carrier.
I've never felt so low. I took him in and listened as the vet explained that the mass in his liver wasn't limited to just his liver, but had gotten into his bone marrow, killing the platelets or whatever you call them that aid in clotting. His blood wasn't clotting and he was so miserable before I got him into the carrier.
He peed in his carrier on accident. He was apologetic about it and all I could do was cry and hold him. I didn't make my vet's job any easier by bawling my broken heart out. I held him while they gave him the shot and as he left. The last things my baby heard was "I love you baby" blurted about fifty million times between sobs. I held him until the vet came to take him.
I can't believe I woke up this morning thinking everything was okay again for a little while.
The rugs gone. I'm not putting it back on the floor just to get pulled out again.
My heart hurts. It's gonna hurt for a while I think. I'm so tempted to just give up, I hurt so bad.

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/16572423/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/16572423/ Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:13:15 PST I can't afford to give him an ultra-sound to pinpoint anything and even if I did, there's no saying if they could actually do anything to correct it. If I had unlimited resources they'd be going to Dr. LeHaye to make sure my baby comes home healthy.
Cancer of the liver, and I don't know how long he's going to be with me. I'm stuck with making the hardest goddamn decision I've ever had to make. Do I keep him with me knowing he's going to deteriorate? There's no pain involved and I know I could keep him happy with canned catfood, snuggles and make sure he's warm and safe when the time comes. Or do I let him go and put him down? He's going to deteriorate. I know that. Do I want to spare him that or do I want to keep him with me to the last possible second.
I think I'm going to have to keep him with me. I can make his last weeks, days, hours however long he has good ones.
I don't know. It's just killing me inside, I guess. I have to decide whether my furry four-legged soul-baby is going to live or die.
God life sucks.

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/16560052/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/16560052/ Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:32:24 PST I've got a thirteen year old domestic short haired tabby, by name of Stripey. Stripey, Stripes, Stripey Monster, baby-boy, my beautiful baby, kittums, all those booboo noises that we use for nicknames for him you know the drill.
I was there when he was born, I know his entire pedigree from time spent on the farm where his forefathers and mothers were born and raised. I brought him home when I was about seven or eight years old, when I first moved to Morrill, the place I currently live with my parents.
I've had him for thirteen brilliant years. He's my sounding board, my writing editor, my critic for my artwork, attacker of computer cursors, vibrating X-box controllers, and anything that might try to hurt me, including two ex-boyfriends and countless prospects I'd be better without. He's my cuddle buddy, my shawl, and my four-legged, fur covered baby.
He's also not a spring chicken. He's getting old and it's starting to show. It hurts him on some cold days to move, and now suddenly he's dropped a lot of weight. I'm thinking it might be his mouth, maybe a few abcesed teeth or something but I almost know it's something more sinister than that.
I came back from my shitty semester at school and all of a sudden my baby was an old man in a housefull of "kids" with the new dogs and the younger cats.
What's worse is my mother says things to the cat that for some reason just rip my heart out. The worst I've found is "Don't worry Stripey-monster, your Mumma's home. She'll make it all better." And then all I can do is look down at that handsome pink-nose, green eyes, and tacky brown,black and white striped tuxedo and then he purrs at me and it's all I can do not to outright break down.
I've spent a lot of time with him, sprawled out on my heating pad stroking his side, feeling each and every rib in his frail little body and wishing for more time to be with my baby or better that I could just take it all away and turn him back to the cocky beautiful bastard he was in his prime.
We've got an appointment with the vet tomorrow at three. I'm scared to go. It might be just teeth, but if it's not and I have to come home with an empty cat carrier, I don't know what I'm going to do. I want to be strong for him, to smile and just cuddle him, but I know the moment I start crying for him it's all going to be about me, his little voice asking if I'm okay and trying to kiss away my pain with his little face.
It's stuff like this that makes it so damned hard to get out of bed in the morning.

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/16096686/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/16096686/ Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:14:25 PST
Now, my Uncle Nick was a wonderful prankster, a father to five children, and four foster children, a mischief maker of the highest caliber, a cat lover, and in his spare time he made wooden toys. Not the flashy kind of toy you might expect with sparks and what not but simple wooden puzzles and things like dinosaurs on wheels for us little ones.

Before he died he came up with an ingenious toy that he gave to my father the year he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. He called it "the smoke grinder". Now before you all ask what a smoke grinder is, let me explain. A smoke grinder is a simple block of wood with two tracks cut perpendicular to one another in the shape of a "+" symbol. The tracks are slightly wedge shaped, and in them are two smaller wedged shaped blocks of wood on the opposing tracks, and those are nailed, YES nailed, to a simple crank handle.

There really is no premise to this toy other than the sheer enjoyment of spending hours of your time winding the crank of this toy around the track and in essence "grinding smoke". Stupid and boring? Maybe so, but the fact of the matter is, over the many years we've had this toy dozens of people have come into the house and sat down to play with this thing, totally dumbfounded by the pleasure they derive from twisting those two little scraps of wood around the track.

My Uncle Nick made only maybe half a dozen or so of these toys before he passed away at the ripe old age of 82 and we all miss him and his "skunk juice pickels" at any family gathering. I asked his wife, my Aunt Marta, if she had an extra one lying around the house that I could have for my own home, whenever it came time for me to have one. She said she didn't know of any since those were the first things her sons wanted, but she said she would look and of course over the past two years I forgot I'd even asked.

This year she drew my name for the Stocking Stuffer round robin thing we do and buried at the bottom of my stocking was a smoke grinder, without any stain on it, but finished. I almost burst into tears. I avoided it, but I did let a few of those big sloppy wet ones fall just because it reminds me so much of the Uncle I miss as well as the Grammy.

That's my little one. Anyone else wants to post about their holiday traditions feel free :3

(Posted this at TNG boards ; ) )

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/15774823/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/15774823/ Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:51:53 PST Album: Brandi Carlile
Title: Tragedy

Sorry I'm only
Human you know me
Grown up oh no guess again

My days always
Dry up and blow away
Sometimes I could do that too
But make no mistake that

When you need a friend
You could count on anyone
But you know I'll defend
The tragedy that we knew as
The end

Progress, changing
Growing then giving up
Somehow we're never quite prepared
But I understand it

When you need a friend
You could count on anyone
But you know I'll defend
The tragedy that we knew as
The end

So taking you with me would be like
Taking all your money to the grave
It does no good to anyone especially
The one you're trying to save
But it's so hard not to save

When you need a friend
You could count on anyone
But you know I'll defend
The tragedy that we knew as
The end



I felt the urge to hit my knees this morning and have a good damned cry. So I did. A few minutes of sobbing, coughing, and finally getting off the floor. I just needed it I guess.
The Holidays are upon us. And here we are again.
Another year with one of our number missing. I was reminded I guess by a post on a forum I read. Then I heard the song by Brandi Carlile and just decided to have it out before it ate at me anymore.
I have too much work to do to let this continue.

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/15556441/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/15556441/ Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:29:33 PST I called my Aunt Jennifer today while I was at work and she told me to go home. Called Campus security to take me back to the dorm, and then. Then I flopped. From three o clock to seven thirty at night, got back up, played some WoW and only -now- am I getting tired.
I don't think I'll take it before work. But I'll take some after work tomorrow.
I've missed so much work lately it's not funny and I feel bad because I leave my coworkers to deal with the slack I'm not picking up. I might as well pop more painkillers, push myself through the shift and get ready to go home Monday night.
Hooray for Thanksgiving break. Hooray for muscle relaxants. Hooray for...numb backs. Mrrr sammich.

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/15493418/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/15493418/ Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:16:24 PST [oo] Minor Fear and [o] Dislike

A
[x] Achluophobia - Fear of darkness. ((Yeah it may seem really silly and childish but I admit it, I'm afraid of the dark, or rather what's in the dark. I tend not to go out after dark unless I have friends with me. I've watched wayyy too many horror movies than is healthy. I have at least four flash lights and multiple sets of batteries for each around the house, but then that's also common sense. When the power goes out...))
[xx] Acrophobia - Fear of heights. ((This is embarrasing. I get up on something higher than a step stool and I start shaking and sweating.))
[] Agliophobia - Fear of pain.
[] Agoraphobia - Fear of open spaces or crowds.
[] Aichmophobia - Fear of needles or pointed objects.
[] Amaxophobia - Fear of riding in a car.
[] Androphobia - Fear of men.
[] Anginophobia - Fear of angina or choking.
[] Anthrophobia - Fear of flowers.
[] Anthropophobia - Fear of people or society.
[o] Aphenphosmphobia - Fear of being touched. ((Not really a fear, I just dislike being touched by people. >.> It's okay if I know you but don't invade my personal space by wanting to be up in my face man. Seriously.))
[] Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders.
[] Arithmophobia - Fear of numbers.
[] Astraphobia - Fear of thunder and lightening.
[o] Ataxophobia - Fear of disorder or untidiness.
[o] Atelophobia - Fear of imperfection. ((Because damn it, if it's worth taking the time to do it's worth taking the time to do RIGHT))
[oo] Atychiphobia - Fear of failure. ((I have issues with failing especially when it comes to my parents))
[o] Autophobia - Fear of being alone. ((My head talks to me and I don't like it))

B
[] Bacteriophobia - Fear of bacteria.
[] Barophobia - Fear of gravity.
[xx] Bathmophobia - Fear of stairs or steep slopes. ((Roller coasters anyone? I fucking hate them! >.< ))
[] Batrachophobia - Fear of amphibians.
[] Bibliophobia - Fear of books.
[] Botanophobia - Fear of plants.

C
[] Cacophobia - Fear of ugliness.
[o] Catagelophobia - Fear of being ridiculed publicly.
[] Catoptrophobia - Fear of mirrors.
[] Chionophobia - Fear of snow.
[] Chromophobia - Fear of colors.
[] Chronomentrophobia - Fear of clocks.
[] Claustrophobia - Fear of confined spaces.
[] Coulrophobia - Fear of clowns.
[] Cyberphobia - Fear of computers.
[x] Cynophobia - Fear of dogs. ((I'm not fond of dogs. Especially big ones. I mean sure they're cute and all but when one comes bounding out of a house or is snarling/barking at me I kind of freeze up. That's what happens when you get attacked by one when you're five.))

D
[] Dendrophobia - Fear of trees.
[] Dentophobia - Fear of dentists.
[] Domatophobia - Fear of houses.
[] Dystychiphobia - Fear of accidents.

E
[] Ecophobia - Fear of the home.
[] Elurophobia - Fear of cats.
[] Ephebiphobia - Fear of teenagers.
[] Equinophobia - Fear of horses.

G
[] Gamophobia - Fear of marriage.
[] Genuphobia - Fear of knees.
[] Glossophobia - Fear of speaking in public.
[] Gynophobia - Fear of women.

H
[] Heliophobia - Fear of the sun.
[] Hemophobia - Fear of blood.
[] Herpetophobia - Fear of reptiles.
[] Hydrophobia - Fear of water.

I
[oo] Iatrophobia - Fear of doctors.
[xx] Insectophobia - Fear of insects. ((Not really insects, I'm afraid of centipedes and millipedes. I usually enjoy most other bugs, but those I'll actively seek and kill while crying and shivering))

K
[] Koinoniphobia - Fear of rooms.

L
[] Leukophobia - Fear of the color white.
[o] Lilapsophobia - Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes. ((There was one time when I was little that I saw the sky turn yellow except in the distance there was this great big black thunderhead surrounding the entire lake. Uh yeah...It was creepy))
[] Lockiophobia - Fear of childbirth.

M
[] Mageirocophobia - Fear of cooking.
[] Melanophobia - Fear of the color black.
[] Microphobia - Fear of small things.
[oo] Mysophobia - Fear of dirt and germs. ((If things are dirty they must be cleaned. There are antibacterial wipes everywhere. EVERYWHERE so that I may use them at my convenience. Aka every two hours or so))

N
[] Necrophobia - Fear of death or dead things
[] Noctiphobia - Fear of the night.
[oo] Nosocomephobia - Fear of hospitals. ((This kind of goes without saying))

O
[] Obesophobia - Fear of gaining weight
[] Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.
[] Ombrophobia - Fear of rain.
[] Ophidiophobia - Fear o... ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/15295864/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/15295864/ Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:49:40 PDT
Happy Halloween! I have class in about four hours. >.> Give or take a few minutes. I'm tired. But certain people won't leave so I can sleep x.x

Oh god I'm going to be dead come night time.

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/15265344/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/15265344/ Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:43:00 PDT
1. The bad news. My period started yesterday.
2. The good news. I'm not pregnant (always a good thing atm)
3. The bad news. I hurt my shoulder at work last week.
4. Good. I'm not paying for the doctor's visit next week.
5. Bad. I broke my laptop on Friday. I mean really broke it. It doesn't even boot up. The screen's cracked.
6. Good. I got a new desktop.
7. Bad. My term paper is on the laptop.
8. Good. I didn't die this weekend.
9. Bad. Vista shat the bed and I don't have the discs because the desktop came prebuilt.
10. Good. The HP people are overnighting a new copy of Vista.
11. Bad. The paper is due tomorrow morning. Final draft.
12. Good. I ate at the Texas Roadhouse tonight.
13. Bad. All of my photoshop stuff is on my laptop.
14. Good. I've got an appointment with my financial aid lady at one tomorrow.
15. Bad. I left my fridge open on Friday night. My food spoiled, my floor and roomies' rug were soaked.
16. Good. I have money on my card to do laundry.
17. Bad. I have to do laundry and have no time.
18. Good. My male should be coming up on Friday.
19. Bad. II need to email my mother serial number info on my computer and the laptop.
20. Good. My hair hasn't fallen out yet.
21. Bad. It could be Saturday before I WoW again and it won't be on my own computer.
22. Good news. Commissions are open? They always are. Now more than ever since I -need- money.

All in all. Rough weekend. I need sleep. That is all.

All I Really Want- Alanis Morisette
Do I stress you out
My sweater is on backwards and inside out
And you say how appropriate
I dont want to dissect everything today
I dont mean to pick you apart you see
But I cant help it
There I go jumping before the gunshot has gone off
Slap me with a splintered ruler
And it would knock me to the floor if I wasnt there already
If only I could hunt the hunter

And all I really want is some patience
A way to calm the angry voice
And all I really want is deliverance

Do I wear you out
You must wonder why Im relentless and all strung out
Im consumed by the chill of solitary
Im like estella
I like to reel it in and spit it out
Im frustrated by your apathy
And I am frightened by the corrupted ways of this land
If only I could meet the maker
And Im fascinated by the spiritual man
I am humbled by his humble nature

What I wouldnt give to find a soulmate
Someone else to catch this drift
And what I wouldnt give to meet a kindred

Enough about me, lets talk about you for a minute
Enough about you, lets talk about life for a while
The conflicts, the craziness and the sound of pretenses
Falling all around... all around

Why are you so petrified of silence
Here can you handle this?
Did you think about your bills, your ex, your deadlines
Or when you think you're gonna die
Or did you long for the next distraction
And all I need now is intellectual intercourse
A soul to dig the hole much deeper
And I have no concept of time other an it is flying
If only I could kill the killer

All I really want is some peace man
A place to find a common ground
And all I really want is a wavelength
All I really want is some comfort
A way to get my hands untied
And all I really want is some justice

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/14927660/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/14927660/ Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:55:41 PDT convinced me to tag myself o.o W00t.

The first 15 people who reply and ask me to be featured, I will go through their gallery and pick my three favorite deviations, that I will feature up here.

"The catch is that to qualify, you MUST post a similar journal, this gives us an opportunity to really appreciate and support this lovely artistic global community we've got going on here. Oh, and the pictures aren't ranked in any specific order."

1.) ; ) Now I'm personally biased for teh Lou. He's awesome. Pokemon, Pirates of Darkwater, Marvel...This guy's got it all. He even likes GUNDAM! :3 And of course I love micros. That's actually how I got started. So here goes.
1. Progeny-X: AGAIN with the BIAS! @.@ I love Marvel. X-men are fantastic. And this is a good shot of all the right babies. :3 These were the couples I really wanted to see. He's got shading and the characters actually have form to them unlike some micros I see.
[link]
2. Demona-Future Tense: Do I really have to elaborate here? It's Demona. She's from Gargoyles. EEE! Gargoyles! ^.^ Yeah and he captured all her gear, her gorgeous hair and made it LOOK like DEMONA. Mmm I'm jealous.
[link]
3. Weird Sisters Fey Form: Yes another Gargoyles one. ^_^ Lou has an awesome skill with micros of women. I really enjoy them alot. And besides, who doesn't like harpy bitches from hell? ^.^ Especially when he captures them like THAT?!
[link]

2.)
I like Lovely's artwork for two reasons, one she's daring with her poses and two, she's willing to try positions and settings that most artists at any stage shy away from and she executes it well. There's been a lot of development in this gallery and I'll show my three favorites here.
1. Rekindled Passion: I like the poses, I enjoy them immensely. [link]
Pardon the links again guys, I don't have a subscription. x.x College budgets suck.
2. .Luna_Sherbert_Sesshomaru. Normally I'm not too partial to photographs, but some that are well set up and have good lighting make my A-list. This one of those. I love the color and the lighting especially.
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3. Sweet Kiss: This one reminds me a bit of a tarot card set I used to have.
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3.) Again, lots of growth in this gallery, and I'm looking forward to seeing more ^.^
1. Mevia: I like guns. I can't draw guns. But I like them. Awesome job on both the armament and the hand holding it. And her horns are fantastic, I'm a huge fan of those that go back over the skull.
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2. Duck:texture : EEEE! XD DUCKLING! **glomp** I love fuzzy things too. And this one with it's texture is adorable. He looks like he could feature in a video game.
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3. friendly happy birthday: Awesome use of clean lines and coloring looks pretty solid ^_^. Getting the hang of layers can be hard but once she's got it she'll be blowing everyone away. Rock!
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Comment...all the cool kids are doing it! @.@ Doooooo eeeet! I wanna see what's in YOUR WALLE--I mean your gallery. Yuh. Your gallery.


Still open for commissions and no one claimed my 5000 or 6000 landmark, so I guess who ever claims 6.5k gets a kiriban... >.>
Sketch: $10 for a single... ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/14336738/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/14336738/ Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:56:35 PDT I hate to sound like such a hooker, but I'd love to give your commissions a swing. My going rates are as follows:

Sketch: $10 for a single character, discounts on groups, just ask.
Digitally colored with Photoshop: $20 for one character, five dollars for additonal characters.
Digitally colored with background: $40 with $7 dollars for additional characters.

Note me or Email me with information about what you want and I'll get back to you ASAP!

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/13963000/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/13963000/ Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:32:19 PDT My elder cousin Nicholas has a brain tumor at the base of his skull that's being operated on. We don't know if it's benign or malignant.
Just...ouch.

Personal update: I've had some kind of allergic reaction or something I think due to the stress of all that's going on. I haven't slept well in the past few days and I've managed to get this rash around my eyes and what looks like it could be a hive on my arm. x_x
Ugh. I feel like crap.

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/13924345/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/13924345/ Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:10:16 PDT So I haven't updated in for freakin' ever, specifically because I haven't had time to really sit down and do much arting. I need to finish a comission I got back in January. *blush*--I've been drawing lots of World of Warcraft Stuff lately and I've got to say I'm totally in love with the Hoard.
On a more adult note, I've subscribed to the Darknest fantasy "art" board ; ) --So if you want to see some of the stuff I can't/won't show here feel free to look me up there under RavenReverend.
I'm still wonderfully broke, yes. I've got about two thousand bucks to down before I've gotten everything paid up. x_x I've been working at the store, which sad to say hasn't been paying me on a regular basis, though I've been told at the end of the summer I'll be getting a nice lump sum of monies I can throw away at the university. **neeeeeds to**
I don't have much time right now but I also wanted to make note of the fact I've only got 27 more page views I believe (unless my math is horribly horribly wrong) until I hit my 5K pageview mark! ^_^

I plan on doing a Thank you piece, as well as a piece for the first person who posts for me that they've gotten the 5k view. --Screenshot is a wonderful device. ; )

Anyway, Luffs! Gotta run :3

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/13638649/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/13638649/ Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:41:43 PDT I said I'd be able to do some requests for Neomae's gargoyle project which was due the first of last month and I failed to come up with said results, especially since they were recieved within three days of the deadline. Not only did I miss with theirs I missed with my own as well.
The only thing I can say is I apologize for my lack of foresight. I planned on being able to scan the pictures when I arrived on Islesford when I did, and unfortunately I haven't had access to a scanner since I've been here. Hopefully this will change within the next couple of weeks along with my financial status.
My entire summer's been planned around working out at the small convenience store here on the island called Islesford market and unfortunately we're not making enough and the store owner, the mother of the person who offered me the job has said she never agreed in the first place to pay me. So alas, I've been working out here for nothing.
It's not a total loss yet. I have a month and a half to come up with approximately three thousand dollars. Yeah. You read right. 3k. Three grand. And if I'm lucky and I work my ass off putting up buildings and pulling up lobster traps, and waiting on people down at the docks as well as clearing out buildings for summer tenants I can make well over that in the approximate six weeks remaining. ;_;
However, this doesn't leave much room for fun time for me. I'm drawing when I can. I might have a huge update at the end of the summer but don't expect anything until the semester is well underway. --I don't even know if I'll be able to afford it. x.x

On a brighter note, Rothi, the horse we've been waiting on for the past two months has finally arrived from way out west! ^_^ The beauty of an Icelandic only has one eye, he lost the other to the idiocies of a doctor who thought it was infected (turned out it wasn't) years ago before he was even gelded. He's a gorgeous horse. A redhead and a real sweetheart. He comes like a puppy when he's called and he loves affection. I'm actually super excited to see how the training goes. Perhaps by the end of the summer what little time I actually have to myself can be spent with my roommate Jessy, riding with Rothi and his paddock mate Stormur, a beautiful buck skin Icelandic.

Anyway. End update. End transmission. I'm going to go puke and see if I can't get some enjoyment out of the day. >_<

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/12870296/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/12870296/ Sun, 06 May 2007 23:59:21 PDT I'm moving out to the Cranberry islands in Maine with my friends Jess and Tom, from school. I finished studying for my exam tomorrow. I've handed in all but one essay that still needs to be written for Animals and the Law.
I need to pack my room. I need to finish my commissions. ---I'm GOING to get my room packed and leave campus on Wednesday after my finals are done. I'm GOING to get home and run over to my boyfriends house. And I'm GOING to sneak into bed with him first thing the next morning and spend my day unpacking, and repacking.
My Dad's going in for chemo-therapy again. Makes it the tenth treatment? I dunno if it's doing anything or making him worse. He's aged a lot in the past two years. -- My sibling Jenna graduates in sixteen days? o_O I could be getting that wrong. My Aunt Lourdes doesn't even recognize me and I still sent her a thank you card for my birthday present, which was obviously written by her husband Jeff.
I need to get everything in line. A plan. A detailed plan. But no matter how detailed it is you know I'll be rushing around to get it all done.
I'm going to work in the NERD HERD cafe --Awesome name, awesome people. I'm gonna make smooooothies. Yus.
Dunno about Portcon, might go, might not.
My stomach hurts. I've got another migraine. I'm going to talk to my neurologist. My primary care physician. And get a gynecologist and hopefully a visit to my eye doctor all before I go out. o_o...Dear god that's a lot of people poking at me...
Friday I'm going to Ried State Park. And I'm going to fly a kite. And hopefully go on a picnic with my man. ^_^--I don't know how much I'll be online, but because I'm not working at the cattery I'll have a bit more time before I start work in June.
--I'm going to do some soul searching. Some cleansing. Some meditation. June needs June time. I need a break from OL stuff and School stuff.
So. When things are half way done. BAM! I'm gonna take a hike over to camp, and I'm gonna visit my Grammy in her plot in Swanville (something I haven't done yet this last year) --and tell her what's going on in my life before I disappear to a hippy village out on some island for several months...
This is me, listing things so I can remember it all. W00t. Signing off.

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/12732033/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/12732033/ Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:22:36 PDT I have to say that after only two years or so on Deviantart I'm incredibly excited and very flattered to see that my pageviews have crept up to 4005, which is what I'm at now ; ) -- so many people have left comments on my page and many of them are recurring from my haunts at Twilight Clan chat, but you know, even that is fantastic.
As much as I hate flattery in real life, to see so many people are enjoying what I do is something that makes me feel incredibly proud and more enthusiastic than ever to keep improving on my artwork.
So, as I've done for my previous milestones, like on my 1000th milestone in June or so of last year, at my 5000th pageview, the first person who sends me a note or an email or even an instant message including a screenshot of the 5000th marker up in the corner, I'll do a full free commission for. Granted I'm not fantastic (yet) at backgrounds, but I'd be happy to put one in.
I hope to see another 995 pageviews sometime this Summer. >.> I dunno if I'll have access to a scanner, but I suppose I could always spring for a cheap one or something while I'm out in the Cranberries.

Also, I've been considering another contest as of late: The basic idea would be pictures of my Tribal- the gargoyle male featured all throughout my gallery.
I might have an update once I get responses from people, whether or not anyone's interested for example. o_O!
Anywho. This is June, sitting in Animals and the Law, and writing a paper for a different class. ; ) Signing off.

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/12671317/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/12671317/ Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:26:18 PDT It's my birthday as of 6:28am this morning.
My parental units called to wish me a happy birthday at four-thirty or so when I was at work. My father even seranaded me with the Godfather version of the Birthday song, and then at five thirty, I gave Nancy my co worker a hug, and she told me to enjoy my b-day. My sibling met me after six or so to bring up ice-cream cake.
The pool was closed but that's okay.
It was pleasant. But I wish my boyfriend was here to enjoy my birthday with me.
Thanks to those of you who wished me a happy b-day. ; ) I hope your own go as well.

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/12638860/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/12638860/ Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:22:17 PDT I'm turning 20. I don't know what I want to do with my life, and I'm going to college for a degree I'm not sure I'll even persue a career with. I also have had no luck in obtaining a loan to pay off the balance of my student bill for this semester....
Ontop of that, I have two term papers I have been boggling myself over and I haven't gotten past a basic outline on either. Granted my friends and classmates haven't started either but they're them, I'm me. I've got an essay to complete on my take home exam for my animals and the law class and I missed my appointment with my academic advisor Professor Faulkner. >_<
I've been playing with my tablet off and on during the semester yes, and I THINK I've found a good technique. I enjoy it at least.
I've completed a clean out of my email folders, My Pictures folders,and my Deviant Art but I have still to complete a clean out of my FirstClass.
I also want to reevaluate if I want to come back to school next year. Whether attending classes for a degree I have no idea what I want to do with is worth it.
Ohhhhh yeah. And my best friends since middle school is currently in prison after a stabbing. -_-
For now, I have to get my checks made out to the appropriate people. I work on Friday, and yes it will suck. I'll probably be in tears the entire day.
But hey! It's frigging PRIDE WEEK! >_< I'm wearing my rainbow ribbons, I'm gettin' out the pride bracelets and on Saturday I'm heading to the DRAG SHOW! YESH!
HAHAHAHAH! @.@
Alright. I'm done.

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/11831718/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/11831718/ Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:00:50 PST She says I won the "door tag" competition for my kickass nametag of Stitch doing the hula, and I get free freakin' candy. Kickass. I also have tons of stuff to catch upon.
Need notes from Jill to catch up in Narrative and Mesoamerican Prehistory, I need to outline and write the thesis for my anthropology paper due in two weeks @_@ **panic attack** and email my sign in information for FAFSA to my mother (PIN, etc, you know the beef. X_X), I also have three comissions to catch up on, and my wireless keeps blipping in and out thanks to the stupid snow.
Good news? I had a wonderful time at home with my man. **Sighs contentedly** Fabulous sex, wonderous movies involving sexy red skinned devil men and Japanese folklore, good music and good food, not to mention awesome company.
I also got my interview over and done with at the Memorial Union here on Campus. I've been hired. Just need to fill out the paper work, along with everything else. Means I'll be making a 1.25 less there than back home at PPOC, but a job is a job, and I'll have less than 20hrs, most likely. X_X But hey, a job is a job, if I can reduce the amount of my private loans and pay down the amount of my Stafford Loan before next year, we're good. Anyone hits megabucks and wants to pay my way through two more years, lemme know. -.o I'm getting tired just thinking about this all.
So, love you all. Need to get stuff done, but right now I'm going to fill out paper work, and RP while I have time to chill.
LUVZ!
OUT--June

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/11570876/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/11570876/ Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:44:49 PST I got up this morning, with the sun warm on my hair, my bedding around me in a nest and my hair a sort of net of red-gold in the sunlight, the dark brown sort of drowned out as I looked out the window toward the old brick buildings across from my hall, all covered in white snow. I felt good. I mean, the kind of good that was so deliciously simple all I had to do was to hit snooze for five more minutes on my cellphone (the alarm clock I brought with me tends not to wake me, but that's cool, I'm so zen right now.)
I wore my dirty clothes from the day before to class. My toes were freezing and my cheeks stung in the wind but I looked up at the sun light coming through the trees and you know, for the first time in a long while? I felt like I'm gonna be alright. I smiled, even when I lost feeling in my extremities, my parka zipped up under my chin.
I sat through a Narrative discussion on suicide cabins in summer camps and dead dogs in suitcases as part of folk legend, and then I went to my academic advisor's secretary and dropped introduction to peace studies. I picked up Anthropology 102, bought my books, AAA batteries, and a pack of computer paper. I carried all of this to the Rainbow Resource Center, smiled pleasantly while Morgan and others made jokes and got me laughing so hard I cried at times.
I went to my dorm room, locked myself out of my room for five minutes for the fiftieth time, and yes I was irritated, but after this day has gone, I can't help but feel I'm looking up?
I love waking up like this. A smile stretches my face in that oh so good way, the oh god, I wish this could stretch into forever, sort of way, even as I write this. Monty is coming up to campus tomorrow, I have one class at eleven in the morning, and I'm going to shower because it'll be the first time in three days.

And I leave you all with this quip:
"And the angel stretched her wings and looked through her halo of warm brown hair up at the sun and knew then that perhaps the falling wasn't so bad, that perhaps the view was better from down here...."

I feel good. Really good. ^_^

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/11469815/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/11469815/ Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:32:36 PST We're trying to convince her to go to a doctor for some symptoms which probably aren't appropriate to describe here, and I said I'd try to pitch in by putting up that I'm doing really cheap commissions to help her!
So here's the dealy.
$5.00 donation for a fully rendered pic, that means, sketch, ink, digital coloring, the whole shebang.
$7 bucks for couples, and only $2 each additional character after that!
Interested?
My IMs:
Gate Keeper Hel --Aim
dragonmage_221@yahoo.com ---YIM and MSN

I have paypal and what not so I'll give you all the pertinant info after being commissioned.This is for a good cause people, and I'll do my best on each piece! >_<

OOOH! And I've been tagged by Tabitha!

Tagged by: bellanoche8709
Rule(s): The "tagged" person posts 6 strange things about him/herself in a journal, then selects 6 others to do the same, post their names in the entry along with the "strange things".

1. I don't like textures like dry snow and felt because they make my teeth feel funny. >.> Really, they make me want to pucker up and wince!

2. When I eat regular M&Ms I have to sort them by color first.

3. I have "usuals" at just about every restaurant I've been to more than three times, and the wait staff usually knows what it is.

4. I love adding the suffix "-age" to words and "and junk" to every sentence. I don't know why but I do.

5. When I'm coloring with colored pencils and stuff, I like to tuck up to three in my ponytail, one behind each ear and one in my mouth while I hold another one. Don't ask me why but I'm usually loaded. >_>

6. I love shopping for planners and school supplies. Don't ask me why but the sight of a planner makes me giddy and binders, pencils and pens are always fun!


And I tag: drkdragonrage, suricata5, SirPointy, CocoaMoMo, BlueYuni-chan, avator.

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/11387352/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/11387352/ Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:13:13 PST My boyfriend and I will maintain our relationship, and he's agreed to wait for me while I finish my studies. He'll be waiting for me when I come home for good.
I have a lot to finish in the way of artwork and if all goes well, and I manage myself well I can do that as well as work and study up on campus.
Wish me luck! And pray a couple bucks come my way.

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/10849931/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/10849931/ Sat, 25 Nov 2006 20:57:14 PST Thanksgiving,after all the feeding and the glutting on turkey, chocolate cream pie and the like I got home with the male to a nice quiet night of movies. Not an hour after we finally collapse onto the couch we hear the screech of brakes on a car and a thump, then this horrendous howl go up.
Our first thought? Dear god, it's Louis, the dog that belongs to our next door neighbors...Well, we're both up, and shoving on shoes and in my case a housecoat and in his, a jacket. No it wasn't Lou, it was a black lab we'd never seen before and he was still alive, bawling.
The couple who had hit him were on their way back from their son's place after enjoying a Thanksgiving meal there with them. They weren't jerks,they didn't drive off to leave the dog to die after assessing the damage, they stayed put and wanted to make sure the dog got medical attention.
At first glance, we only saw that one leg was broken so badly that the bone poked through his shoulder and I think I saw a glimpse of busted ribs poking through when the vet got there....Anyway. Monty stayed outdoors with the couple to make sure everyone was alright and to wait for the authorities to arrive, meanwhile I went inside to make some emergency calls (seeing as I'm experienced with feline animal rescue I figured it wouldn't be much different...short answer?WRONG!) There were no idenitifying tags on him, but he had an orange raggedy collar and a broken red wire lead. We didn't know the owners and we'd never even seen the poor thing before.
I called Little River Veterinary Clinic, the place I had taken Brandywine, a cat I'd rescued from beneath one of my friend's houses, since they were the first that came to mind and was totally blown away by the lack of cooperation or any real help. I got a woman who asked me "Do you know who's dog it is", "Have you seen the dog before?", "Are there any tags or identification markers?" After I had explained this to her. Not only that but when I said no to all of that she said, and I'm perfectly honest about this, "we can't treat the dog without the permission of the owner because if the bill comes back and they say that they never authorized us to work on the animal,there isn't much we can do about it...." Then proceeded to say "I really feel for you."
I wanted to scream into the phone, "Feeling doesn't help the DOG that's BLEEDING in the ditch in front of our HOUSE! Feeling doesn't keep him from feeling pain!" But instead I calmly asked "Do you know the number of the animal control officer so I can get in touch with him?" in order to get the town to pick the dog up and get him treatment with the town picking up the bill instead. She couldn't even give me the name of the officer,much less the number. However, she did give me the emergency veterinary service number that they were routing patients to....It was over an hour an a half away from where I was.
So. After about another five minutes of telling the woman, "look, I need to get off the phone with you so I can call the animal control officer or someone to look at this poor dog" and hearing her apologizing for not being able to assist more I finally said, "Look, the dog's not going to get help with you yapping at me all night. Have a great evening, ma'am." and hung up on her so I could finally get in touch with someone. No answer even at the emergency service. I got angry enough I was ready to cry and puke at the same time, so instead I made cocoa and took it out to the woman who was probably about ready to do the same. The cops got there and finally called someone for us.
This took about an hour and a half. The officer got there, and finally put a muzzle on the poor guy, then rolled him over with much howling and whining onto a tarp and lifted him into the backseat of a police cruiser. He gave us the name of the pet hospital they were taking him to but I haven't been able to get in touch to find out what happened to the baby.

If you're a vet, or if you call yourself one, and you're in the business for a job that goes from 9am-5pm then you're in the wrong freaking business. It's about the animal. Know your work. Have numbers on hand for those who call. And don't give me the freaking run around when I'm trying to get HELP for something that has no opposable thumbs to dial a number on a telephone.

---End of statement---

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/10120028/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/10120028/ Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:40:58 PDT
As of 10-1-2006:
Isa's Twilight RPG char (the cop): approx 40% lineart finished
Stephy's characters: Sheena and Remi (haven't started), Remi (not started yet either), UN (lineart finished) 40%, Cillian 40%
Tribal: 10%
Yunie's Twilight RPG char: Rowan 0%
Lin's Twilight RPG char:Stormy 0%

Update: The belt on my waist of gift-art/request art is beginning to fit pretty well. I've even had inspiration to do OTHER than just what's on my list.

As a reminder for commission information:
5-10$ for a sketch, depending on how many people are in the sketch.
10$ for an inked piece or colored in traditional methods
15$ for a digitally colored piece.
If you want a commission, please email me at: dragonmage_221@yahoo.com or message me on AIM: Gate Keeper Hel or YIM: dragonmage_221
I'm generally online after 11pm to about 2am and I take these things as first come first serve basis.

]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/9587442/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/9587442/ Thu, 03 Aug 2006 11:44:21 PDT
Status Report:
Kim's Twilight RPG char Hope: 100% done
Fawna's Twilight RPG char Astrid: approx 50% lineart finished, base skin color laid down
Steph's Twilight RPG char Cillian: approx 40% lineart finished
Isa's Twilight RPG char (the cop): approx 40% lineart finished
SilentStephi's RPG chars Silver and Pearl: 10-20%- posing and lineart need finishing and stuff
Steph's Twilight RPG char (Drayven) and mine (Paquay): 0%- haven't even done lineart yet.
Personal projects:
Tribal and Akai pics just because I can: 20%-lineart sans inking
Updated Kabuki: 0%
Medusa: 30%
Gift art for Briar44: 20-30%- multiple linearts, just can't decide which to ink scan and color

All in all I'm pretty satisfied I've gotten as much done as I have. Now I just need to buckle down and color the stuff that's done and draw what's not.
Update: I lost the pen to my goddamn Wacom tablet. AGAIN! That goddamn cat probably knocked it under something and it'll be a while until I can get a proper piece finished. I'm pretty pissed off right now, for some odd reason. My period's been over for about a week or so, so it's not the big bloody red beast. However I am rather ripshitpissed about this whole pen thing. I need another one..... **growls irritably...goes back to storming about and drawing linearts** ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/9436796/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/9436796/ Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:39:12 PDT So apart from the recovering after bereavement, my cousins leave on Saturday to go back to South Carolina, and I'm horribly stumped as to what to do for art. I have so many ideas buzzing about in my head, and none of them want to step forward. So I guess I'm going to have to make a list as to what I want to get done.
Here goes:
1) Gift-art/contest entry for Damon aka Briar44 for her contest/birthday that's up in eight days. Though her birthday is tomorrow, as I understand it. That means Tiryn gets drawn and colored.

2) Paquay and Kali's character the demon half-breed. I can't remember his name for the life of me right now but he's dead sexilicious.

3) Entries for next months MGC and AMGC as it's become apparent that no ideas are jumping into the frying pan for this months. **sighs**

4) Sheena, for myself. Werewolves = <3

5) I want to do some furry/anthro art, so if anyone has requests, I guess now is the time to get them in, seeing as I'm offering. I have all of the requests for my last pageview milestone save for Isa's, she still needs coloring. It doesn't even have to be furry/anthro, I'll do anything as long as it's got a description to go along with it.


For the rest of you: Briar44's contest/birthday thing ends in eight days, and the prize up for grabs is....get this...CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG! So here's the journal entry that shows purplegoldfish's entry and the details of the contest. She's the final judge, but remember, this is HAWAIIAN chocolate up for grabs here. So do yourself a flavor, and enter. ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/9362628/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/9362628/ Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:38:19 PDT I got to say goodbye, which is more than a few can say, but it doesn't really lessen the hurt. I miss her already, for her bravado, her razor sharp wit and the love that only she could provide, being all that she was.
Fanny J Brazier, well loved and respected by most that knew her will be missed. I know I already do. She was a brave woman, a strong woman, fiercely intelligent and stubborn as a goddamn bull when it came to having her way, which was, as it always has been, set in the stone that she carved through her long years.
It's funny, I always took for granted the idea that she'd be here for my college graduation, my marriage day, the day my first baby's born, that kind of thing. But now that she isn't, well, it's painful to think about how much she's going to miss, and how much time I missed to pick her brain figuratively speaking while being a spoiled young brat.
Right now, I sit here crying, knowing full well I shouldn't have been so wrapped up mourning her while she was still here, but knowing now that it couldn't be helped.
I made a promise last night before I kissed her knuckles and told her, "Grammy, I love you. I'll see you later, okay?" I told her that I'd say hello to the Sphinx for her when I went to visit him in Egypt, and that if I had my way there would be a third fourth and fifth generation of people to enjoy and love the preservation of our history. Now is the time, that I start setting my sights a little higher to achieve that, with her as my inspiration and driving force.
I love you Grammy, I'll see you later. ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/9162947/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/9162947/ Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:48:41 PDT On Meg's piece, her 1000th pageview, you'll notice there are a lot less "white spots" on in the image itself thanks to that tutorial, and that they're a lot more "clean" in terms of what's line and what's color. I still have a lot of work to do in that area but it's a long road to perfecting what I want. I've also noticed the lines are a bit softer looking than the bumpy ugly ones in my previous works.
The coloring is still the same but hopefully with the next few pieces: Magelet, Avator, and SilentStephi being the one's on my list right now I'll show some more marked improvement, perhaps even the reduction of the black outline and maybe a darkened version of the color it's bordering.
I've also got several works for myself in the process.
I'll be very blunt, I think I've got skill if not a talent for drawing in my own style, I envy other people's styles and would like to emulate them, however all things come in time. I don't profess to be the best at what I do but I think I'm pretty good considering. I want to be perfectly honest when I say I may not take criticism with a grain of salt as my grandmother would say, but I'll certainly try to take it as what it is. If you can give me clues on how to improve, I welcome them. Just don't expect me to respond if you completely pick the work apart, I get emotional, and though I'll take your ideas into consideration I won't profess to being a paragon of objectivity when I'm not.
I'd like to encourage anyone who views my work to please please PLEASE respond with more than "oh that's cool" or some kind of smiley face. I like to know what I'm getting right and what needs more work. Also, ANY kind of photoshop tutorial on a style you think I'd like, POST A LINK! XD I like my favorites list, yes I do.
That said, I'm going to go catch up on sleep since I've had five in the past forty-eight and I'm having to triple check the way I spell and word things.

Catch you all at a later date. ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/9091146/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/9091146/ Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:10:43 PDT
Magelet, don't worry, yours is on the way, I just have to figure out how I want to color it. ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8886360/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8886360/ Fri, 26 May 2006 18:33:43 PDT
I enjoyed all of the entries. They are as follows.

Chibi Kabuki by

I liked this one, in that, well, it's Buki and she's chibi. Her kimono looks great too.

Kabuki at rest by

I liked several bits about this one, specifically all of the Japanese influence in the room, like the mochi cakes and the taiko kimono and the game etc.

Kabuki Gargoyle by

Seriously, what's not to love about this one, specifically the use of colors, the beautiful design of her kimono, the shoji doors everything about it is wonderfully effective.

Anton and Kabuki by

I like the computer coloring on this, and that it has Anton in it.

I'm almost at loathe to judge this contest but I did say that I'd give a reward of a free fully rendered drawing to the person who won. I have to say the prize goes to for a wonderfully executed drawing. There's a background, it's inked, the colors are great, the outfit is great, and it is her as a gargoyle!

I want to say thanks to everyone who entered, the four people who did. And please don't be discouraged if you want a drawing done, as I've said before I'm perfectly willing to do collaborations, trades, and commisions. Requests are on hold for the moment, save only for milestones and special occasions like this.
Thanks again! XD I love all the drawings! I'm going to print them and put them up on my wall!

Also, my next milestone is only about 100 pageviews away. If you want a drawing, fully rendered, please leave a comment acknowledging that you have the 1000th pageview. This is by honor system and if no one claims it, then I'll give it to the first person to post, or it'll be a draw, like last time.

Btw
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Yaaaaaahhhh!

That is all. ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8642140/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8642140/ Thu, 25 May 2006 10:29:15 PDT
Kabuki's Description: A 6' tall asian woman with white skin and red-tiger-like stripes down her body. Her hair is black but reflects green and has gazelle horns. Her outfit is usually a red kimono with black and yellow butterflies all over it, only it's Chun-Li style with a thong in the back instead of a skirt piece. Please feel free to draw her in whatever kind of clothing she'd look good in and in any kind of scenario.
She's a seductive person and everything about her has a sexual hint, especially with her looks, she's very good at letting people know she's a tiger in the sack.
She also is a shadow-walker, meaning she uses shadow like clay and can use it to sort of teleport using the Umbra.
Hint hint: I'd love to see her as a Gargoyle.

Prize: A drawing, fully colored etc. of your choice, just remember I need a fairly good description.
Deadline: May 25th. Today! YAY! All entries must be recieved by midnight tonight, I'll take a look at all entries tomorrow and my judgement shall be up no later than Saturday morning. Prize notification shall go out then. XD EEE! I'm excited!
Please note me with submissions.

Update: Three submissions

Chibi Kabuki by

Kabuki Gargoyle by

Anton and Kabuki by

Update:
Request Kossmoe: 100% done. It took me a while, but I finished it. I just have to get it from my laptop to DA and that shouldn't be long now.
Dragonfly Grapes: 30% done. Still a WIP. It's been colored by and by myself but it's still a WIP as far as I'm concerned. Meggers also has a Dragonfly character, so I'm going to do a pic of them together as well. XD

AMGC and MGC entries 100% finished!

Also I'm pretty damn close to my 1000 pageview milestone. I'll be doing one of those "I give you free drawings!" things to anyone who posts saying "I GOT THE 1000TH PAGEVIEW!" And I'll fully render a character/characters according to the request of the viewer. ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8603739/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8603739/ Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:04:26 PDT
Basically she looks like the character Shi from the comic books only her entire body is chalk white and she has red-stripes, her hair is incredibly poofy (think the 80's tap-teaser look only long) and black and goes down half way on her back. She also wears a kimono/chun-li type outfit that's incredibly revealing. She doesn't have irises or pupils, and she has gazelle horns and elf ears.

If anyone wants to attempt to draw her for me I'd really appreciate it. She can be doing anything, but remember she's very seductive. ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8599881/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8599881/ Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:47:24 PDT
Status:
Request: Shanpe's Venemous Lady: 100%
Request: StephenSJR's Roxanna Hershey 100%
Art-Trade: Misschievious 100%
Request: Kossmoe: 10% (still having a hard time visualizing)
AMGC+MGC: AAAUUGH!!! 20% ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8479316/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8479316/ Sat, 15 Apr 2006 13:28:22 PDT I did manage to get my internship with Bank of America, so, hopefully I will be able to make enough money to get through the college year's tuition (that is if I make the grades, cross your fingers guys) without much problem. If not, then there's probably no way in hell I can afford it seeing as the US government thinks my parents are richer than they really are and I have no money to spare after gas and some food.
I got through my short-story submission to my creative writing class but I don't know how people in class will react so here's hoping.

Status on pieces in the works are as follows:
Request: Shanpe: 50% (I'm so sorry, but for some reason the pose doesn't want to cooperate)
Art-Trade: Misschievious: 50% (pencils and inking is done, so now I need to scan it in and color it up and maybe tag on a background)
Request: StevenRSJr: 50% (actually I can give you a few linearts are the end of this, since I do studies of just about everyone I draw, so I've got two pictures of Roxanna in the works, one in a bikini and another in a very dynamic pose. )
Gift-Art: Drkdragonrage: (40-50% I've got bazillions of pictures of her, now I have to decide which one I like and color it)
MGC and AMGC submissions: MGC: 40% AMGC: 0% ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8437438/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8437438/ Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:24:02 PDT Last week, I managed to get sick. What started out as a sore throat, turned into a full blown horrible cold. Then to make it all just peachy keen, on the way home from the University at about 10:30 at night, I hit a deer and did over a thousand dollars worth of damage to the car.
Everybody is okay, I'm still sick, and I feel bogged down with school work.
Thank whatever goddess watches over me now that I have a vacation coming up on my birthday next week April 20th (no month name jokes please) where I go to Salem, Mass and stay in a beautiful hotel with my wonderful boyfriend and shop until I'm broke (which won't take long).
I've finished one of three requests I've taken on, that one being Stephi's gargoyle character, and I'm in the process of working on tons of studies of Shanpe's request (I'm doing venemous lady by the way, she's gotten all sexed up) and I'm waiting for another request from one of my favorite colorists/graphic designers on DevArt. I'm also working on a gift art for a friend here at the unversity, but again, I've been doing tons of studies so it's a slow process.
I don't know when final exams are but I'm afraid to look at my GPA for meteorology and my Religions of the World classes. They've probably brought it down at least a few points, but I'm hoping that my Painting, Math for Biz and Economics, and Creative writing will make up for part of it.


Status so far:
Short story for Creative Writing: 10%
Request Art for Silent Stephi: 100%
Request Art for Shanpe: 50%
Request Art for StevenRSJr: 0% (waiting for descrip and fun stuff like that) ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8352395/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8352395/ Mon, 03 Apr 2006 10:37:07 PDT My milestone has come and gone without much ado, seeing as I missed the some odd 28 page views it took to put me over (strange to think I haven't touched a computer with internet capacity in a few days I guess, or have I?) my goal.
I still am willing to do one or two request pieces if people would be kind enough to submit them. I'll check comments and notes, so don't be shy if you want something. Again, I'm always eager to get a lovely art-trade in return (I do so love pictures of my character Ryuua from D&D, and of course Jet, a kercpe, and Mercedes the gargoyle).
So please, I'm bored, submit a request, the worst that could happen is I'd say "I don't have the time". ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8285282/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8285282/ Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:00:56 PST
Of course I always do nice cheap commissions and I'd love to do art trades,and may even have time for requests since I'm always looking for a way to get out of my meteorology homework or business and economics homework.

So, if you take a look at this page, like what you see and want a piece of art, refresh the page a bunch a times and post. I won't know the difference! ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8279102/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8279102/ Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:17:41 PST
I do commissions. Not just art pieces like pen-paper and digital coloring either. I also do, altar cloths and prayer boxes, or ritual boxes, whichever you prefer to call them.

Ritual boxes, for those of you who don't know, are a place to put your sacred tools. And by sacred I don't mean you pen and pencils, or your school supplies (though I can't dictate that the boxes I paint are NOT for that purpose either). Many who understand the use of these boxes are either Wiccan or Pagan or some kind of spiritual mystic who uses "sacred" materials as opposed to the "profane" mundane objects to work their magic. I varnish a small trunk, line it with fabric I feel suits the design ( or if you so choose, you can send fabric along that you'd like to see in your box) I hand-paint on the top of the ritual box.

Price List:
-B&W character rendering- $5.00 US
-Color (colored through photoshop)- $15.00

I will approve with the customer a quick rendered sketch of the character they have asked for, as well as color scheme etc, and then finish the piece. I ask that if you change your mind half-way through, let me know. I reserve the right to use any image I create on DA or on another website for advertisement or commercial profit.

-Altar Cloths-
-price varies by material used, complexity of design, legnth of time it takes to make etc.

Like with the ritual boxes, and with the drawings, I will confirm a concept drawing of the item described, then proceed with the creation process. Final price will be agreed upon by both parties before anything takes place, and half the amount agreed upon needs to be paid in advance to cover material costs.


-Ritual box Prices-
Small-$10 (this is about the size to keep a deck of cards in, or several precious stones, or small ritual items)
Medium- $40 (about the size to fit a few ritual tools, such as candles, ritual athames, bolines, precious stones etc)
Large- $60 (good size to put small books, like your grimoire in, small statuary, I was able to fit all of my ritual tools and what not in it)

Half the price of the ritual box must be sent in advance to my paypal account at the beginning of the transaction in order to cover material expense. I will approve the general design and color scheme with the customer ahead of time, and then paint the design described on the lid of the box and/or the front of the box. Because you are committing to buy the item (and asking me to spend my time, varnishing, finishing, lining, painting and sealing) I can't refund the beginning amount (15$ for small and 25$ for large).
The boxes themselves are made of pine, and are very light, and can be stained to just about any color preference and I can paint just about anything on the front in about any color scheme you'd like.
If you would like to pay for the materials and have something done custom, we can discuss price of labor, shipping and handling as well.

As the artist, I reserve the right to use any image I create (giving credit to the original mind who came up with it) on Deviant Art and or on other sites, possibly for commercial profit and advertisement. If this happens, I'll be happy to let the customer know, but I won't pay "royalties" on using an image I painted/drew etc.

Pictures will become available.

Thank you. **bows** And now for something completely different. ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8189234/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8189234/ Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:37:51 PST
Profile
1) What's your character's name? Mercedes
2) How old is he/she? In Garg years, probably in her twenties or so, in human years more like thirties or forties.
3) Is your OC a boy or girl? female
4) What's his/her race? Gargoyle

Appearance:
1) If this character were to suddenly become part of the 3D world, and ended up in a heavily-populated area, how many stares would he/she get? Depends on if it were in an anime/cartoon con, or on Halloween. Take away the gigantic wings, claws on digits and the tail and she might pass for human.
2) Is your character considered normal in his/her own world? Perfectly normal.
3) What would be his/her most recognizable feature(s)? Her earrings. The aztec artifacts that cover her delicate pointed ears
4) Would you consider your OC as attractive?: Most definately. I've always had a thing for latino girls.

Personality:
1) Temper: Generally sweet natured but in that sort of tomboyish mechanic/fighter kind of way. You know, the type that can be some what irritating if you're around them too long?
2) Does your character ever get depressed? Not depressed. Definately upset with the workings of the world. Seeing as most of the third race have it in for her species I'd get blue too.
3) Leader or Follower? Follower mainly but would love leadership. She's the type happy in either position. However if there's something Mercedes disagrees with she's not the type to clam up about it.
4)What is the main aspect of his/her personality? Other than being a bit of a Green party member? Well, she's very loving but also incredibly possessive and territorial.

History:
1) Does your OC have a family of any sort? The South American clan of gargoyles. Turquesa/Turqoise, Obsidiana etc.
2) Is your character out on his/her own? Not truly. If she leaves, even if her mate were to come with her, she'd have to leave her pendant behind, meaning she'd turn to stone during the day. She values her life lived at all hours, not just in daylight.
3) Has he/she encountered any traumatizing events? Traumatizing in that she clams up about painful memories, yes. Gargoyle life in that part of the world is a bit like being a silver-back gorrilla. You put up or you shut up, or you get beaten the crap out of.
4) What was probably the best time in his/her life so far? Meeting her companion, Ryu.

Romance:
1) Single? Nope. Her mate is the martial artist Gargoyle, come from Clan Ishimura. Strangely, he's got a beak, he looks a bit like a certain scottish red-skined garg only.
2) Has your OC developed any romantic relationships? Definately. Her mate is bound to her and she to him.
3) Virgin? Hardly. They've got plans to visit AMGC later.
4) Does your character like flirting? Very much so, but she limits herself to Ryu.

Symbolism:
1) What animal would you associate your OC with? Probably a bear, that or a gorrilla. She's got the possessive thing, independent streak going on, along with violent tendencies and the urge to be playful as well.
2) Musical Instrument? A church vesper, since she's got a deep rich tone to her.
3) Element? Fire, or earth, stubborn and hotheaded.
4) Planet? Jupiter. Violent storms of temper, but beautiful to look at, surrounding her self with loved ones.

Showing the Love:
1) Do you draw your character? All the time.
2) Do you write about him/her?Not yet.
4) What other ways have you appreciated your OC? Immortalized her in my meteorology notes. Lol.

RANDOMIZE!
1) Is your character wanted for anything? Environmental eco-terrorism. Forget chaining herself to a tree, she'll chain others.
2) What are three weaknesses in him/her? She hides things, things that should be shared, and may yet get her in trouble with her mate or clan. She's overly stubborn, again may lead to her downfall. Her hothead is over some strange things, as well as valid things.
3) Strengths? Her brazen ability to say what she thinks, even if it gets people angry. Truth needs voice and she is that. She's incredibly strong physically, thanks to those earrings and to her own make up. Her mate brings temperence to her strength, and she brings strength to his temperence.
4) Does your OC drink or smoke (ect.)? No.
5) What's one quirk about him/her? She gives people affectionate nicknames, that even though they might stick can be a bit irksome.
6) Does your character have any phobias? She's terrified of the open ocean. Having your clan leader dump you into one when you were young, as a punishment has that effect.
7) What could you do to get him/her into a blind rage? Hateful rhetoric about her species, those who choo... ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8154119/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/8154119/ Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:24:19 PST I'm not sitting here with a set of keys marked "omniscient vehicle of god", and I'm certainly not going to blither on like an idiot about how I cut myself in order to get the idea across to people that I mean business.
Children chatting on about World War 2 thinking that they know the meaning of life, they know every curve ball someone is going to throw. They frustrate and anger me to the point where I want to murder them.
The point of this is to get this bit of data off my brain and into something a little less personal, to take a "byte" out of it so to speak.
Right now I'm sitting here at 12:15 am after having a tiff with my boyfriend about putting things back where they were. You know, Barney stuff. I'm nursing a can of diet pepsi, and wondering whether or not I should lose myself in the pages of an outdated Dragon magazine, or live with the dull ache in my heart. Not because of the things we discussed during our heated and probably illness driven spat, but because of things that no one seems to sympathize with.
There are times where I catch myself in an out of body experience, in a sort of euphoric dream state, a perfect contentment where I can't even remember the sound of my own name. June doesn't exist there, it's just me. Not June Cateland Howard, born on April 20th of 1987 but just me, the spirit that I'm certain has been recycled over and over throughout history. I'm not arrogant, I'm not hot-headed, I have no temper, no worries, no doubts or even passion. Then...I catch myself in it and I curse and look up at the sky wondering why oh why do the gods let me taste that ambrosia. Just a taste, never more than that. Reality always comes flooding back.
When I come back, I'm dissapointed. It's my first heart-ache all over again, replayed on fast-track so it's over in a second, leaving only a lingering, dull throb in my head as I pray that I either don't catch myself doing it, or that I never do it again, because once I'm back, there's an unblockable voice that whispers, "one of these days June, you're going to die". I'm June again, I'm mortal again.
The one thing that keeps me here I think is that blissful euphoria, nearly identicle, when I'm truly with my mate. I'm one with him, he doesn't exist, June doesn't exist. We're together, in mind and spirit and for a few moments before the world comes crashing back in, we're not human. We've transcended.
I think, I'm going to take a menstrual relief pill, my 1987 issue of Dragon and my Diet Pepsi to bed with me, and hope maybe to get some rest before this all sets into my brain and I decide maybe those brief moments aren't worth it. ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/7875771/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/7875771/ Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:39:52 PST
Two problems. For MGC I was thinking something cute like Bronx having popped a beach ball, or even a mer-goyle or mermaid gargoyle since I think there is such thing as a mergoyle. I can't decide which. The second, I'm totally stuck on, since I have so many favorites. Demona and Thailog, Eliza and Goliath, Fox and Xanatos.....I'm stuck. Any suggestions for either of them? ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/7780381/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/7780381/ Thu, 02 Feb 2006 11:58:00 PST I came in the door about two hours ago and found Monty's car in the driveway. Wondering what was going on I called for him and he came out with a horrible look on his face. He explained, and held back any sort of emotion besides resigned and suppressed anger and sorrow.
Isis was a sheltie and the most beautiful dog I've ever met. I'll miss her. I love you Isis, I hope you're in a better place. ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/7645775/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/7645775/ Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:24:30 PST ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/7553471/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/7553471/ Mon, 09 Jan 2006 11:45:53 PST Last night I go into a chat room, I won't name which and the first thing out of one girl's (who apparently had the intelligence quotient of a pencil lead) mouth is "You know what's gross?....Spiders! EWWWW!" I interjected saying with fervor that spiders and arachnids are not just creepy crawly insects but a highly evolved form of life. The only reason people seem to fear these things is because they're so demonized.
Example 1: [link] This is an article some ass posted on the free-republic website as if it were true. Fault number one, the article came from a notorious tabloid in Britain called the Sun. Fault in point number two the "authorities" on the subjects misrepresent the species that apparently were owned by the man. Number three, they didn't get any information on any of the animals featured in the article, and because it was represented as a piece of news without taking a look at the credentials of the publication the people simply accepted the atrocity of journalism as truth.
The next thing out of the persons mouth, after I began to defend the arthropods she was so fervently opposing was "go get raped". Now, I don't profess to have the cleanest of mouths. I'm all for dropping the F-bomb repeatedly in conversation to relieve stress but to have some ignorant twit tell me to be assaulted sexually is where I draw the line. Rape has no place as an mandate in civilized conversation.
She then proceeded to announce to everyone that I was the one who started the fight and then tried to denounce me by insulting me further with curse words and telling me that my "comebacks suck" when I simply said, "you need to learn manners, propriety and common sense when it comes to civilized conversation, you ill-mannered tart." I repeated my points and defended them and all she could do is feign innocence to justify her use of blatant and improper language.
Mind you this all started over a girl being so moronic as to say that spiders were "eww grossness" in capital letters and then proceeding to insult a creature that in reality is more likely to outweigh her in the wits department. I'm disgusted also by the agreement of the general populace.
Here's another thing that burns my ass. You know that bug in the newest Harry Potter movie? You know the one. The poorly computer animated arachnid that Mad Eye Moody tortures in class using unforgivable curses? Well guess what, and this is a shocker to most people. It's a real goddamn bug! And don't tell me I'm a liar because I have one sitting on the underside of a chunk of bark behind me in glass terrarium.
Also known as a tailess whip scorpion, she's a rather common species. She posesses two modified legs that she uses like antennae to prob the surface of things, she also has two claws that she keeps at a horizontal angle to her body, I refer to it as her immitation of the "funky chicken" dance. I believe the variety that my boyfriend posesses is called the Tanzanian Tailless Whip scorpion, her scientific taxonomy being "Damon varigatus". She does not posess venom, she's not aggressive in the least around humans, she's actually rather skittish.
Very rarely do you find an arachnid or arthropod even that is truly very aggressive, and there are only a few varieties of any arachnid that are considered "dangerous" to humans.
Here's a tip, Homo Sapiens. Learn your bugs, know your "enemy" and stop picking on something that's more terrified that you're going to eat it than you should be of it attacking you!
(pictures of said Pretty Lady, tailess whip scorpion and other varieties of bugs will be posted soon.) ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/7383005/ http://Alkaline-Lady.deviantart.com/journal/7383005/ Thu, 22 Dec 2005 13:57:59 PST
The game I'm going to run is D20 modern but it's based in an organisation called Majestic 8. There are many different Majestic divisions, each specializing in something different. Majestic 7 for example, the one I play in on Fridays, deals with alien lifeforms specifically. The Majestic organizations are a lot like the Men in Black. They protect the unwitting human populace from threats that come from everywhere.

Majestic 8 is the Supernatural division, meaning as player characters you get to deal with everything from Werewolves to Will-o-Wisps and Barghests.

I would like for your PCs to have backstories that I can work with as a GM. So once you have your character concept, please email me at dragonmage_221@yahoo.com with at least a page worth of description of your character and backstory.

Your also going to need a few things to play: 1. Pencil and your character sheet. Remember nothing is totally fixed about your character except for your name and gender. 2.Dice- you're going to need a twenty-sided die or d20, a ten-sided d10, a six sided d6, a twelve sided d12, an eight sided d8 and a d4 or four sided. You don't necessarily need the physical dice, but you do need at least a suitable dice rolling program. I'll post one later for your use
3. Attitude: this is THE most important thing. You need to come into this with a good attitude, and a willingness to roleplay. That means doing what your character would do. If your character is just like you, all the easier, but sometimes you need a challenge. Don't get upset if you don't kill the big bad wolf in one shot.

Rules for Chat:
1. If you're playing in a scheduled game, you need to remember to put OOC: or brackets ({[]}) in front of what you're saying out of character, otherwise it will affect what happens to your character.
2. If you happen to be sitting in on a game in progress, please do not interrupt the player characters, and make sure you mark your comments well enough to allow people to know you're not a PC in the game or a guest NPC that I might ask to come in ((hint hint wink wink ))
3. Be kind to your fellow player characters. I don't tolerate PC killing. That's unneccesary and uncalled for. These characters are extensions of the people who play them.
4. I personally don't care about swearing. It has it's place in speech. So I really could careless if you swear, but again, keep in mind other pcs and lurkers.
5. Chat is always allowed when there is no scheduled game. In fact I encourage it if people want to roleplay outside scheduled games. It keeps the chat alive so it won't be deleted. Also, if you want to run another game in the meantime, as a different majestic with a different group, please contact me. I'd love to have another GM and another Majestic.
6. The only God mode allowed in this chat is by the GM. If the current GM says that the guy survives a bullet to the brain and a critical failure on his reflex check, then he survives. PC's who are arrogant are subject to the criticisms of their party members, meaning, if you act arrogant in game, your party members are perfectly justified to verbally abuse you in game. I just won't allow player kills. ]]> ~Alkaline-Lady