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Thanks to the amazing Mat-Cat the website has now been revamped into something more befitting the project - a webcomic! We'll be updating on Mondays and Thursdays. I'm so ridiculously excited to be doing this! Stop by and check it out! [link]

On a side note - I've graduated! Yeah, weird, right? I finally finished school and now I'm thrown out into the "real world" or something. Not sure exactly what's happening next, but we shall see...mwahaha!

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This is where I'm showcasing all the background, news, and some art for my big project. I'm currently working on the first major installment and if you join the site's mailing list you'll be the first to know once it's done. Stop on by, look around, tell your friends. I hope you enjoy!

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Anyways, I actually managed to get the day off! So I'm spending a day just relaxing and doing what I feel like. (Which included lunch at the downtown Japanese restaurant followed by ice cream!) I've actually been thinking a lot about what I want to accomplish while I'm at school...I had a rather useless academic advisement meeting today and then plotted out my next two and a half years in response to it. Some of the classes I'm taking intimidate me, but I'm excited about it. The thing I kept thinking of was the stuff I'd like to do outside of classes... I've got projects that I keep talking about on here but have made painfully little progress in, I have possible collaborations with several people, and of course I'd like to actually finally GO to a con and get even MORE intimidated and excited. (Yes, I am shamefully a con virgin.) I just have to focus, I suppose. Quit letting work get to me so much. Anyways, I'm gonna go enjoy my birthday some more. ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/7516394/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/7516394/ Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:30:42 PST Anyway, now I'm back in the South where it's nice and warm. And classes are starting back up. I actually have one more to run to today - eek! But I put up some new pics - hooray! Hopefully more will follow, but we shall see. Classes look to be pretty demanding this quarter (as usual.) Hopefully I'll get a little time for my own devices - mwahaha! ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/7276276/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/7276276/ Sat, 10 Dec 2005 18:09:58 PST
I had a bit of a problem with my computer a couple of days ago, and had no idea how to fix it. I went through a few things with an expert helper but nothing seemed to work. (I'm being vague because I know NOTHING about computers.) This expert friend then told me to try something else...a last ditch effort. Well, in case you weren't paying attention before I know NOTHING about computers and succeeded in accidentally overwriting my hard drive.

Yeah, that's brilliant.

So...all the stuff I had saved on here is either gone or buried in the bowels of my harddrive so deeply that it might as well be gone. And the worst part is that I have no one to blame but myself. I'm trying not to dwell on what I lost, or the fact that I suck at installing stuff and so my computer is acting all buggy for lack of proper components right now. I'll get someone to look at it soon.

Aside from being annoyed about all that I am consumed by Christmas thingies. Mostly making cards and presents for the various peoples that I give a crap about (hahaha!) Some of my projects are quite ambitious, but shhh...no telling. Never know who may be reading I'm also very very pleased that Mat is back in town (hooray!) Now I have someone to cling to and bother again. Umm...that is all for now. I'll be updating with some stuff as soon as I ensure that people have gotten them. Don't want to ruin any surprises. ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/7122476/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/7122476/ Wed, 23 Nov 2005 11:05:34 PST Anyways, I'm taking a vacation (first one since school got out in May) in Florida right now. I'm staying with my aunt, relaxing for the first time since I don't even know when. It's nice but very strange...not having anything I need to do, that is. Funny thing is that although I just got done killing myself over artwork for SCAD I really really want to draw and write and such for myself right now. All this stuff I've been neglecting for the sake of school is just dying to pour out. So, I'll probably spend this week letting it. I'm such a masochist.
I'd like to actually make something finished for myself over this long break we get, but I know how it goes. I'll end up just working and chilling and playing Final Fantasy and doing nothing productive whatsoever. I hope to beat that habit, but I know myself too well. I am lazy even if I am crazy about drawing.
And hey, since I have some time off I might actually update some stuff around here. Last deviation I posted was in, what? October? *sigh* While I'm in Florida I am unable to scan in any of my work, so actually posting will have to wait til I get back to Savannah. But I'll be working on some new things, as well. (hooray!) Hope I haven't bored everyone to death by now. Bye! ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/6761593/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/6761593/ Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:00:39 PDT
I work at a convenience store so I see a lot of people everyday. Some of these people I know by name or at least by face since they are at the store almost as much as I am. I tend to notice some people more than others, though, like certain personalities, people who ask me about school, people who look funny (horrible, but true) and of course, the people with distinguishing tattoos.

I LOVE tattoos.

I don't have any myself, but I still love to look at them, love their artistry, the way they are permanant and yet change over time. Anyway, there's quite a few regulars that have tattoos, some of them are practically covered. One guy even has tattoos on his face, which is quite interesting. Perhaps this is what started this thought in my head, or perhaps it was just my brain wanting to be anywhere but at work. But for some reason, as I was stocking Advil and trying to stave off boredom I got the thought:

"What would happen if someone heavily tattooed had to go into the witness protection program?"

Okay. So that's not the most groundbreaking thought, and it's certainly not like it's an unanswerable question, but it's fun to ponder. I know that a couple tattoos could be removed or covered or altered, but what about people who have the full-arm, full-back, full-chest jobs? Or the one guy I mentioned who has these things on his face? What would they do to not stand out in their new environment/identity? Granted, my knowledge of the actual workings of the Witness Protection Program is limited to what I've seen on TV and read in a couple of crappy novels (I hated "I am the Cheese") but it just seems like a bit of a conundrum to me. Anyway, if you have any thoughts, I'd like to know, for this puzzles me.

This is your brain on midterms. ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/6678648/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/6678648/ Tue, 04 Oct 2005 14:19:04 PDT
Oh, and after a few hours of drawing skeletons for class, I went to a barbeque gathering thingy this weekend. It was possibly the most relaxing thing I've done in a while - the combination of drawing and then eating and hanging out with friends afterwards. I just felt so releived there, in the company of people who are not demanding something of me - be it attention, work, artwork, affection, etc... Some may say there are other reasons that I was relaxed (food is good.) But lately, between running between work and classes and dealing with a variety of personal and social problems, just being able to chill was welcome. Perhaps I should do it more often.

Bits:

"She's being a cat about it."

"Just a bit of practical magic."

"Hey, why you walkin' so fast? Nothin' gonna happen!"

Using "teh suck" half a dozen times in one sentence.

Zombies!

Seven people huddled around a 24" grill toasting marshmellows.

Double feature - corpses and spaceships!

1337 Katamari

New Gamer's Guild Pres! w00t! ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/6506004/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/6506004/ Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:46:52 PDT
Life is very strange right now. School is starting again, I have work to deal with and my own place to keep going. And I am still stressing about missing Derek, which just makes things worse.

So I told him I wanted a break.

I don't know if it's good or bad, or what...I was sick with stress (literally physically sick) and I still am a little, but it's getting better. I just don't know if I did the right thing, I know everyone is telling me that I have to do what's best for me but I can't stand hurting him when he's done so much for me.

Don't know if any of you care...just had to vent all that. I'm still out of it. ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/6161082/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/6161082/ Sun, 07 Aug 2005 17:29:25 PDT
Good: Classes start again, and I love class. Learning is fun, yo.
I won't have to be at work 40 hours a week.
I will see all manner of peoples that I have missed for the last few months, such as my old roomate Sara, Mr. T, Mr. Mike, Super-Sam and Rad Ryan.

Bad: Derek is going home...no more honmei for me til Christmas.
I have to start balancing work, school, social life, and roomates again - lots of stress.
This whole sleep thing I've been enjoying - no more.
I don't have the money I need for books and supplies yet, crap.

So...yeah, things are kind of crazy and I'm trying not to let it get to me. I've been trying to work on stuff all summer long but it still hasn't gotten through the bulk of conceptualization. Blah... I guess it's just gonna be an unproductive summer *shrug* Anyway, there's no point to this posting. Bye now! ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/5765528/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/5765528/ Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:55:06 PDT Oh, and by the way, I am so freakin' in love with the kittens that live under my building. I'm going to take one (or two...) in once they're old enough. The rest are going to the humane society or to other good homes. But first they have to be fixed so we don't have a million kitties around here. As much as I love kitties that would be bad. Anyway, hope you enjoy the comics, tell me if they're funny, 'cause I suck at humor. Thanks! ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/5697735/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/5697735/ Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:21:47 PDT
Everyone say "Hi, Amanda!"

But anyway...it's summer! No classes to drain my time and creative energy - now I just have work to do that. Well... I have been drawing and doodling and just generally recovering from this school year, however now that I'm not attending school and surrounded by scanners it may be a while before I can update again. Heh, heh....Oh well.

I am now in my own apartment, and it's very strange...I am having to take care of all my own stuff. And I'm working all the time in order to pay all my rent and bills and stuff. I have two roomates, but they're still at home for this part of the summer, so right now it's ust me and my honmei, who's staying for the summer. It's really really nice living together, but I'm sad it has to end with the summer. *sigh* But we'll enjoy it. ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/5310927/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/5310927/ Mon, 09 May 2005 12:31:46 PDT
Anyway, other than that crapful development it's been an okay month *blink blink* since I've done anything on here. My honmei came down and visited me for a week, which was absolutely awesome. I got an apartment for next year with two of my friends. I've been working and drawing like mad. I pulled my first all nighter ever. (Sure I had worked late nights before but I had never actually neglected to go to sleep at all.) I haven't been doing much of my own stuff which makes me quite sad...although my assignments are usually flexible enough for me to basically do whatever I want as far as content. Hopefully I'll get some of those posted if I ever get them back from my professor. Anyway...that's about it...ummm....yup...I don't really know what else to say other than I am neglectful of my poor da account. Bad me. ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/5014235/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/5014235/ Wed, 06 Apr 2005 07:41:52 PDT Deviations...??? Sometime soon...honest... heh. ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4806661/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4806661/ Sun, 13 Mar 2005 23:18:17 PST ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4785494/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4785494/ Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:05:29 PST Yesterday I had my last class of winter quarter and when I went back to my room I was just amazed that I didn't have to do anything. A couple of my friends were over and we just sat there and stared into space, remarking occasionally that we COULD do something but that we didn't HAVE TO. It may not sound like much fun to some of you, but I suppose some might understand why that was so awesome. I'm glad I get a whole week of that. ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4726256/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4726256/ Fri, 04 Mar 2005 09:53:13 PST
Yeah, so my laptop bit the dust...my local computer whiz friend tried to help me out by reformatting it but that fix only lasted for a day. It turns out that I need a new harddrive. Well, I also need books and supplies for next quarter so guess which gets priority? Anyway, it may be a while before I get my poor lappy fixed, until then expect updates to be even more intermittent than usual. ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4684179/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4684179/ Sun, 27 Feb 2005 12:38:15 PST
I love it when I'm proven wrong like that.

To start things off, I got a lot of homework done Thursday afternoon. Also, I had agreed to help a friend of mine run a murder mystery for his Game Design class. So that night I got all dressed up, had no idea what I was in for and headed out to the game. On the way my friend told me that I was going to be the bartender/rumor mill at this gallery opening full of important and aparently volatile people. In all honesty I wasn't too sure about this, but I went with it. And it turned out that I had an awesome time. About 20-30 people attended the event and everyone got into it, including myself. I loved spreading all the rumors between the characters and watching the mayhem insue as bodies dropped and plots were hatched. The best part was that several people started making their own subplots which greatly enhanced the game.

Okay, so after that I had a day where I had to work, which was not so fun, but not so bad because I'm making a lot of friends at work. Most of the people there are rather goofy so it can be fun.

Then Saturday I spent the whole day getting more homework done, which was not as unpleasant as it may sound because much of it involved researching games and painting. Saturday night was reserved for a LARP that was being run by another friend. I had heard that his games were the best, that he was an awesome storyteller and gamemaster. I was really excited for it.

So Saturday night at nine I hitched a ride with one of my fellow players and we showed up at another friend's house which had been converted into the spaceship "Dragonfly." An interesting mix of people I knew only by sight, those I talked with casually, and those I was friends with showed up for the game. There were three crew members (including the captain) and seven passengers. We aparently all had secrets, (except for one noble, he was just on an economy trip to Pandemonium.) As the game unfolded we had realized we had a parasite on board which killed one passenger a la "Alien," but we killed it. We also found out that we had a much bigger scarier ship after us. And as it turned out - IT WAS MY FAULT!

You see, my character was a noble who was running away to hide in a convent on the planet Grail. She was escaping a different noble who was trying to force her into marriage in order to take control of her father's feifs as she was his only heir. Well, aparently they planted a spy (another passenger who was questioned and later killed himself) and knew where I was and were coming to force me into marriage right then and there.

I got so into the character at that point that it was almost scary. I was faced with a dillemia - do I risk the lives of these poor people on this ship who have nothing to do with it, or do I turn myself over to the nobleman and let him take over all my family's domain? (Not to mention, from what I gathered he would make a pretty crappy ruler.) I consulted a fellow passenger who was strong of faith (in game) and who happened to know about it anyway because he could tell when people were lying. He didn't give me an answer to my dillemia, but after much worrying I decided to tell the Captain that it was me they were after. The Captain made the decision to try to evade/fight them, that he wasn't going to just let me be given over. "He truly is an honorable captain" I thought breifly, followed quickly by, "No, you dope, he's just really playing the part well!"

So the Captain told the crew what was up and they still decided to fight to keep me safe. We were shuffled around the ship as they tried various things and it eventually came down to an actual conflict. The part that got me was that the navigator "Theo" locked us up in the crew quarters for safety at one point and said to me, "I sure hope you're worth it, miss." Right after that, he was killed in the fight. The pilgrim I had consulted with also died and the man who had been after me was killed as well. So I had three deaths on my conscience. We did eventually get out and later learned all of each others' secrets.

At the end of the game I told the Keeper that if we were going to continue this storyline I'd like to try to have my family get the remaining crew out of any trouble and get them a new ship. They did save my ass.

After the game we all went out to a 24 hr diner (it was about three in the morning.) I was still all dressed up 'cause I had nothing to change into. My head was still buzzing and st... ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4648781/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4648781/ Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:24:53 PST The comic is collaborative work with fellow deviant (and fellow SCAD student) ~darkbastardangel. He wrote the story and I illustrated it. It looks like we'll be in the publication, so I'm happy. Anyway, more deviations? ...soon ...soon ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4577811/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4577811/ Mon, 14 Feb 2005 08:55:19 PST
Anyway, I'm far far away from my sweetheart this year and I'm wishing I could be there, but I know I can't. I've been so busy lately that I haven't even had the time to get my friends here at school anything (oops!) I'll make it up to all of you somehow!
I finally got that still life posted, hopefully now I'll have some time for some of my own stuff? (Hahaha! My drawing professor laughs at my pitiful hope.) Anyway, hope everyone has either a wonderful day or at least a not too depressing one.

~ I love you, Derek-koibito! ~ ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4473651/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4473651/ Tue, 01 Feb 2005 17:49:26 PST ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4431833/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4431833/ Thu, 27 Jan 2005 19:22:35 PST
~ R.I.P. Todd Christian Roesing ~ ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4415156/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4415156/ Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:12:14 PST Guess what! Today's my birthday! YAY!!! My friends really went all out and made this a very special day for me. (I love you all - Sara, Sam, Tegre, Heather, Mike, Ryan, Eric...so many more!) Also - I finally got last quarter's projects onto my hard drive (thanks Sam!) and shown how to make the pictures from the digital camera look more like the actual pieces (thanks Tegre!) So here they are: hope you like them! Hopefully more updates will follow more frequently, but I'm just starting a job so I have to relearn some time-management. So...I'm gonna go ride around in circles on my new bike - yay! ]]> ~Amandriel http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4354076/ http://Amandriel.deviantart.com/journal/4354076/ Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:25:45 PST ~Amandriel