http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:Anenome&section=today deviantART RSS for by:Anenome en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:07:40 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/28092458/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/28092458/ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:07:39 PST I say that because I'm not actively updating with new pieces. Haven't even had Photoshop for awhile now.

Actually, I found my old art-supplies box that I've had since childhood the other day and found several premium pencils I'd bought back then and truly treasured and decided that I'd love to do some more pencil illustrations, but nothing serious.

Enjoy

]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/21538405/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/21538405/ Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:55:21 PST That's a good general rule, anyway. My latest upload, 'San Pedro Sunset' is the best of about 30 shots taken from two locations.

I've also taken up learning some magic tricks lately ^_^ It's fun to practice, perfect, and show 'em off.

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So, I just spent about two hours creating a so called 'beautiful-maze' and running it through my filter-process. Look to see some new psychedelic dev's again soon

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*Edit: Hahaha, I love how my mind works! About 10 seconds after posting this journal I realized the way to do the mazes 'right' so that they are truly perfect!!! I can now make it the way I always envisioned. It's a bit laborious, but the results should be fantastic! Look for that also! Yay!

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I did something drastic - I deleted all of my devwatches except for those few artists whom I enjoy the most.

The change has been great. Instead of getting 60+ new devs a day, I get 6, and I know that each is something I will WANT to see when I open it.

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On another note, let me tell you about something I discovered on the trip. While there I had a ton of time to think, walk, spend alone with myself, no real responsibilities, etc.

And by the end of the month, while in Japan, my creativity began to flow again. Now, I consider myself a very creative person, I sometimes constantly have ideas, which I ALWAYS write down to make way for new ones. But this comes more at some times than others. But, I had a palpatable feeling that I had unblocked the way for my mind to imagine things again, by having the time to do anything again, like when I was young.

And recently I came across a book called 'The Strangest Secret' which is about the same topic, and claims that creativity is not something that we have to learn a technique to do, but a natural property of the mind which we can unleash by removing the barriers to its activity.

Of course, this is an art site, full of people who have hyperactive and well-developed senses of creativity, heh. So, take it as you will. I'll certainly always remember that if my mental plate is too full, the result can be a loss of my own creative fruitfulness. That discovery alone was worth the trip.

I'll see if I can get some pictures up here... Got some nice ones...

Also, harddrive wipe coming soon! Wish me luck. ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/9004735/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/9004735/ Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:43:58 PDT Why Germany you say - well, she's marrying a German dude. Which is cool, we're all just happy she didn't meet a frenchie

Then, on my way back I'm flying to Japan to spend a week and a half on the yellow-continent, eating sushi, drinking sake, and whatever other stereotypical things you can think of And I don't get back until July 10th! Soooo, I know my peeps be missin' me, yo, but I'll be back in the hizzo in no time - or something So, this is your chance to slide on by my page and leave mean messages that I can't respond to, lol - I dare ya ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/8960608/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/8960608/ Sat, 03 Jun 2006 15:21:23 PDT
So, imagine a guy, he's in his mid to late fourties, incredibly skinny, has a neck that appears to be twice as long as everyone elses because it's both slightly longer than normal and also far skinnier than normal. And what's worse his head is positioned about four inches farther forward than is normal creating both a hunchback-like look and a jutting chin as well as making that neck look like it's bending at right angles. He's sporting some pencil thin navy blue pants which, even while he's standing, come about four inches too high on his ankles exposing a generous portion of his WHITE sock-covered dainty ankles - which look think enough to snap at the slightest provocation. And he's got a drab haircut and wears some thick, black-rimmed glasses and a bow-tie. Who is he??? One more hint, he's on tv and dons a lab-coat.

If you said, "Bill Nye the science-guy" you are correct, ding-ding-ding, pass go and collect $200 in fake bills, because THAT is the man that I saw the other night. Except, now imagine that he's out looking for a date. Bill Nye is in a club, TRYING TO DANCE, lol, except he's a nerd, with the head all poking forward and the too-short pants blaring his now overly white socks to everyone. He can't stand up straight. And what's worse, is that right when I walked in they'd decided to have a quick Twist-contest to celebrate their 5th year of operation, and he competed. So now, Bill Nye is doing the twist, and he's the lankiest guy in the world, with impossible thin pencil-pants, with his knees knocking together doing the twist, and doing the bird-peck with his neck.

Now, I'd never been to this place before that night, but apparently he frequents the place according to witnesses and innocent-bystanders. Once such witness testified that he was the nicest guy to live next door to and that he was extremely quiet and never made any trouble, a phrase that apparently has been uttered about every single mass-murderer in history by said person's neighbors. And also that he brags of having over 500 different bow-ties at home. Though, it was also noted that to date no one had yet agreed to go back TO his place to verify this fact, lol

Anyway, this is Los Angeles, and such funny things can happen at whim. In fact that very night I met Lindsay Lohan... or at least a girl that looks exactly like her, heh. I also met a girl who could pass for Uma Thurman's little sister, though she didn't see the resemblance - but they have the exact same smile! Anyway, tell me about the celebrities you've seen, or THINK you've seen ;D My friend met Lawrence Fishburn once (the real one), and the dude is like 4 feet tall, if you can believe it ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/8864856/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/8864856/ Wed, 24 May 2006 14:42:17 PDT
Apparently this is a very rare plant, in fact there was a news item about it recently about how they only knew of one in all of California in a special botany preserve, which made us laugh since there's about four of 'em in our backyard. It blooms like once every 2 years for like one day, and smells like death. Yesterday and today just happen to be the lucky days, arrgh. The purpose, of course, is to attract FLIES. Flies serve the purpose of pollinating the plant, etc, etc. I could care less. But apparently they're worth money and ppl want to buy them from us, so I can't cut them down and BURN THEM as they deserve. Thank God this isn't a weekend, otherwise I couldn't have anyone over.

Anyway, what else is new? EVERYTHING, lol I have a new stalker. She wasn't a BAD stalker mind you, more like your friendly neighborhood stalker, sorta. She was very nice about it, just hanging around and trying to talk to me everywhere I go, heh. Okay, she liked me and I wasn't into her, is that so terrible? Happens all the time, right? So I pretty much just made fun of her all night in a joking sort of way and had a good time with her, like I always do Just liking me is not enough for me to go out with you, unlike most of the guys I know! (They are 'nice guys' though, haha) I have standards, baby High ones, hell yeah Not just any girl can draw my eye, lol. And I don't kiss on the 2nd date. I do on the first date though, heh, but that's just to prove that YOU DO. Haha, too fun ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/8702080/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/8702080/ Sun, 07 May 2006 15:18:09 PDT
Ran into an old school-mate of mine who is a writer for Sony on the new Batman cartoon series. Anyway we got to talkin' and decided to collaborate on a script for a movie!
I've already got a plot synopsis written out and everything, just a matter of writing out right now. I have a different philosophy of sorts on movies though. It's always a travesty, IMO, to see wonderful books stripped down into terrible movies. I think books honestly are too long and engrossing to be turned into a single 2 hour movie generally. I'm sure I'm going to be let down by 'DaVinci Code' later this month after having read the book. The 'Call of the Wild' movie left a similar bad taste in my mouth after trying to portray visually what was dear to me in literary form - just plain too many storytelling shortcuts. So, anyway, my theory of writing a movie is that a movie is basically a short-story. Every script is a short-story once it's written out. Myabe 100 pages tops, if that. Luckily, I grew up as a writer! I've been writing since I was young, I just plain communicate better in the written word. I even have novel writing experience from the one I wrote when I was 19. Which may be the next movie script I write if this one takes off, lol
Soooo, I began brainstroming on ideas after that and hit upon one that another friend and I have been dying to tell to the world for many years now. It's partially autobiographical, based on this guy that we both knew growing up who is a total character. He's a bit of a curmudgeon, overbearing and all that, yet also socially... inept you might say. This has led to tons of interesting and funny situations, some scary as well, and well I honestly don't want to give away too many details. But hopefully the movie will start with 'based on a true story'
One thing I know for sure, we will not get anywhere unless we produce something significantly different. It must be different to catch attention, and different in a good way in order to stand out.
So, yeah, I'll update ya in the future on this interesting thing. Yet another side-project for me, heh, but I'm rippin' and runnin' anyway I can right now, lol ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/8307844/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/8307844/ Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:29:55 PST Yep, they actually have a shop in our local mall that sells nothing but swords, it's the most male-focussed shop in the world I got to talking to the manager and we had a good time discussing the celebrated weapon, literally surrounded by blades. He walked me through his offerings of Chen blades, which ranged in price from the low 300's to the upper 22's! I was able to inspect even that most expensive blade - gotta say it was an awesome thing, and incredibly, incredibly sharp. Most people don't know the proper way to test for sharpness of a blade so I will explain it to you here, since everyone should know it.

Hold the blade/sword/knife still, in your right hand. Bring your left thumbnail up to the edge, and pull the thumbnail against the blade perpendicular to the blade. As if you were shaving your thumbnail with the blade, not as if slicing a tomatoe. However, don't angle the blade at all, you want it straight down 90 degree to the nail. Sliding the blade against the nail will have a range of effects on your nail depending on how sharp the blade is. If the blade is exceptionally sharp it will pull smoothly and at the same time shave off a miniscule amount of your thumbnail, this is good, this means it's damn sharp. If the blade catches as you pull, that's even better. But, on a dull blade the blade will simply slide right off the nail, not catching at all, and certainly not taking a scraping of nail with it. This technique eliminates the possibility of being cut, and gives you an excellent objective way to test on the spot the sharpness of a blade. And since most blades are used to cut towards the end, testing near the guard produces a reading of it original and maximum sharpness. Some blades can only be gotten so sharp, and aren't that impressive. I must say that these Chen blades were damn sharp, impressively sharp. Even the low-end blad that I bought was damn-sharp. And they were all battle-ready, not mere display models like 90% of the store.

Here's another test of sharpness for ya: A truly sharp blade can slice through an upheld sheet of paper without any sawing action. Just hold up the paper vertically, bring the blade to the edge of the sheet, and in one motion push downward. Few blades can pass this test with flying colors. A highly sharp blade will pass through the full sheet. A lesser blade will start off fine, but then snag halfway down the sheet and you'll have to saw to finish it off. An okay blade can do it but you must saw from the beginning. And a somewhat dull blade requires much sawing and may tear the paper at some point. A dull blade will simply bend the paper at the start and refuse to saw.

So, this sword that I bought, which the manager gave me a nice discount on, falls into the extremely sharp category It is also battle-ready, full-tang which means the handle is quite secure, and basically is a great blade without any bells and whistles which mark the higher-end versions.

So I'm thinking, why did I buy a sword today? Was it the great discount he gave me? Or the fact that I've got blades on the mind after my last two submissions of blade designs, each of which took a couple hours and have burned their images into my brain, lol

I'll have to go find my drawings of those old designs of mine I'd found so I can create and upload some more, later ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/8286354/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/8286354/ Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:48:31 PST
One quirky thing that I do when I drive is makeup shapes of blades using the windowshield-edge and anything that might be passing by like light-poles or power-lines - if that makes any sense. Often what will result are quite pleasing blade-like shapes which I find, and in fact I have spent years judging many different shapes and seeing what I like.

Also, I recently went back to my childhood room and found a series of drawings I had done at one point when I was younger, where I challenged myself to come up with all sorts of interesting designs for swords and the like, and honestly a lot of them were awesome to me ;D

And so I though, "Yes, I'll draw blades!" and I can do it extremely nicely because photoshop now has the ability to display vector-lines using the pen tool. So that means I can get my lines perfectly how I want and like them. So, I will soon be displaying some cool designs for ya all, hope ya like 'em

Don't expect them too soon though, I'll want to do a few and experiment with my technique flow before I finish any. I'll probably study some pictures of actual blades for awhile and see what I like, see how I can duplicate the look. But it should be fun, wish me luck ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/8254694/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/8254694/ Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:03:11 PST
Now, I know why this happens, it's because I had a small neck injury about... 7 years ago which I doubt can ever fully heal to my dismay. Basically an 80 lb box fell on my head and did something to my neck.

Anyway, the result is something like a pinched nerve. And the weird thing is it doesn't really hurt, only until I try to turn my head to the extreme left. So, I'll live with it for a day or so, 'cause it just hurts enough to ignore, but sometimes it gets worse, and to make a long story short... I know how to fix it. Thank God I do, because if I didn't who knows what pain I would live with daily.

The reason I know how to fix it is because I had a major ankle injury when I was a pre-teen. I jump off a height and landed on the tip of my foot on a step, instead of my whole foot. The result is a near dislocated ankle. Well, it didn't swell like a break, at least not outwardly, but it was also impossible to put any weight on it. Looking back I can't believe my parents didn't take me to the hospital, because for two weeks I was basically hopping everywhere, I even started using crutches, but it just never got any better.

Finally, somehow, someone suggested a treatment to me, and I tried it, and it worked like a charm, and I will never forget it, because it has saved my life a whole bunch of times. I have even reccommended it to a lot of other people with joint and tendon injuries. It's called a 'hot & cold treatment'.

Here's the theory: most joint injuries take forever to heal because you tend to keep reinjurying it just by small movement. You reinjure it because its a bit swollen, etc, etc. Like I said, my ankle simply refused to heal, and each time I put a step on it and felt some pain it was reinjured. Even staying off it seemed to not help at all. What the hot and cold does is first the cold takes down the swelling, then the hot causes an increase in circulation which is akin to flushing the area with blood and moving out all those swelling-fluids. Then the cycle is repeated a few times as needed.

Temperature extremes are absolutely required for this to work. When I did my ankle, I alternated between a pot of ice water, and a pot of very hot water. And I kept my foot in each until I couldn't bear to keep it in there anymore, then moved it to the other. It also is an interesting sensation to go between such extremes.

Well, the results were dramatic. Ten minutes later all pain was gone in my ankle and I was able to walk normally! Just like that. I couldn't believe how dramatic the results were after weeks of waiting for it to heal by itself.

Since then I've used it on an elbow injury, a shoulder tendon injury, another ankle injury similar to the first, and a bunch of neck reinjuries. And it has worked practically like a charm each time.

Naturally though, you can't put you neck in a pot of hot water! So, I had to come up with a new system for different extremities. So here's what I would reccomend. First, put some ice in a bag, break up the ice, and then apply it to the injury until you can't stand the cold anymore. For the heat, you need a back of uncooked rice! I put some rice in an old pillow-case, probably about five pounds of rice, and put a rubber-band around the leftover pillow so it was held in just one corner. Then you microwave the rice! Just a couple minutes and it will be extremely hot, and it will stay that way for quite awhile. Now you can alternate between the bag of ice and the bag of rice on the same area, giving you that same hot'n'cold effect.

Well, I did this last night on my neck, and honestly it didn't at first seem to have helped, and I went to bed. But this morning I woke up with a healed neck, it just needed some rest. The difference is night and day, honestly So if you have a similar joint or tendon injury, and your are lucky enough to come across this post, then congrats, you may have found the key to your own healing! Try it out and let me know how it goes!!! ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/8213079/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/8213079/ Mon, 20 Mar 2006 03:01:20 PST [link] And by 'gets to me' I mean she really grabs me emotionally, like no one else. And by emotionally, I mean... she makes me sad. I know some of her story, and its sad. And I subscribe to her journal, and sometimes she emotes there as well.

But, because of the digital divide it creates a sense of helplessness in me. Like any guy I want to help, to do something to 'fix' things. But that's impossible of course. I can only sit and watch and offer words of encouragement in lieu of fixing...

I've never told her this, but years ago when I first joined DA I had deviant-watched her, her dev's and journals. And it was difficult for me even then, and at one point I became frustrated enough to un-watch her. Though recently I rediscovered her and watched her again, I think I can certainly take it now (whereas back then I was recently 'broken-up').

Anyway, she has a new deviation out that just tears my heart out [link] I think it's her most emotional piece yet, where she's actually crying. It kills me. But, of course, I had to it, because it did indeed move me so.

A lot of girls do emotional pictures, and unfortunately the emotion being expressed is typically sadness, so much emo goin' on. I would love to find some photographers who's goal are to effuse happiness, just balance things out a bit... It seems people in general tend to focus on sadness and sexiness in their people photography. If you want happiness, look for group pictures, not portraits. It seems vacationers take photos of landmarks, buildings, and sights. Parents take pictures of children. Owners take pictures of pets. As if the thing of immediate connection and importance becomes a prime photographic subject.

I love Kedra-lynn's art. But it hurts to see such strong negative emotion in a friend you care about. If I saw that sight in person, even from a stranger, I would have to stop and ask if she's okay. If it were my friend I would certainly intervene. But on the web, is there any such chance for similar action? I'm a quasi-stranger anyway. I know what's going on. I'm a quasi-friend, we've exchanged words about things, she's aware of my existence. But I can't simply but into her life and email her. I have no special power to fix things anyway. True, I live somewhat close geographically, but not being a RL friend I have no right to intrude upon RL space.

I guess this just confirms whomever-it-was's statement that internet friends are not actually friends. People you know, meet with, and talk to in person are actual friends. So, there's a disconnect between knowing about someone's problems, and what one might normally do to address them. Even showing them you care is difficult, you can't hug them or really engage in conversation. It's a strange thing, like being on the other side of the glass from someone their whole life, yet never joinin the same room.

Well, anyway, I feel I've mused enough at impossibilities and the gray areas of web relationships. I can say though that if I started to see physical abuse of some kind that that would be too much. Despite my general empathy I would probably choose to stop watching any person who, for instance, started displaying pictures of actual shiners, or self-destructive cutting or something. Just because it is so emotionally difficult to see such a thing without intervening. ...I like that I have that empathic capacity, I didn't always have such a heart for others. And perhaps this doesn't sound manly, though I think that empathy is indeed a true masculine attribute. But, it is what it is.

So Amber, if you were to read this, I would tell you that I care, and I wish I could do anything to help you. But perhaps all I can do is support you from afar. And perhaps that is enough ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/8131533/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/8131533/ Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:22:30 PST Who would have ever thought I'd have some many adoring fans? What will I do with my newfound popularity??? Things are gonna be different now, I mean, I won't be able to walk the streets without people recognizing me, man that's gonna be weird. I'll have to deal with paparazzi and I'll only be able to date young coke-crazed starlets who are just as famous as me! Limousines and caviar while kicking it at the gold-plated crib with Britney and Kev'. Wow, and now people are going to expect so much more from my art. Like, I can't submit sucky pieces anymore, it's like a whole new level I have to achieve. Then again, maybe I'm now so popular that I can submit pieces that I think are crap and then laugh while my adoring fans declare them the greatest things since sliced cheese Lol

Yeah, as if. Just kidding, heh.

What I DID do, is clean-up my gallery so it's actually presentable now! If you go in there what you will find is a bunch of great pieces, generally, and all the fluff has been moved to scraps Yeah I'm shooting for a photomanip daily-deviation, so sue me - SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO RECCOMEND ANY OF MY PIECES FOR A DAILY DEVIATION I would certainly heap you with love should I get picked, hehe That's pretty much the only way to get widespread recognition around these parts.

Look for a few more pieces along the lines of my "Blue Deluge" series, that is one series that really sets my work apart from anyone elses in the world. Later! ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/8024003/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/8024003/ Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:55:38 PST
I used to say that I enjoyed pictures that exuded a certain feminine charm. And in a sense that's still true. But I've realized what the difference is between women's approach to photographing themselves, and what men's approach is (in general). Of course, there are also several women who make lusty photographs of themselves just like the boys do of women, but that's besides the point. I seldom if ever have seen a guy taking photographs the way many women do.

And here's the point: women take emotional photographs.

And in the course of that they may also exude feminine charm and be alluring, but it is typically in a pure context. A 'come hither' look is far different from a 'come f*@! me" look.

So then you'll get guys who simply take nude photos. Yeah, that works for many guys and they become quite popular. I have seen a few sites on DA that have perhaps a million pageviews or more who specialize purely in nude photography. Not my cup of tea.

You'll also find some women who will do the same, but expose themselves instead, basically mimicking the male style, with a bit more feminine approach I guess. And they too find popularity. I've seen a few of these, no thanks.

Then you have photographers like Larafairie, or Kedra-lynne who picture themselves, do not do nudes, and yet are popular. These typify the kind of meaningful and emotional photography I find myself enjoying deeply, on a human level. This is where I find my interest begins. (Strangely though, I do not like Larafairie's stuff for some reason...). Roxsquoggle also falls into this category, though it would seem she's lately grown tired of picturing herself - self-conscious perhaps.

And in realizing this about myself, and about the works and authors I frequent, I also discovered why it is that people with emotional difficulty find themselves as rather popular creators in general. Because art, when infused with emotion, becomes alive, becomes human, and resonates with the viewer! And people whom are constantly emoting to a high degree have a lot of extra emotion to put into their works. And in the process this helps them deal with their emotions and feel better, so it becomes a cycle repeating itself.

In watching Kedra-lynne's works, I realized that myself, as a person whom is basically emotionally stable to a high degree and also quite happy in general, where would I find the emotions to put into my art??? Would it simply be more subtle emotions? Would I have to fake it?

Recently I created an atypical work of art for me, a photomanip of a girl who has been killed, a gothic and macabre piece. Even my best-friend was a bit shocked that I had done it. And it felt unnatural presenting it, because the emotions associated with the violent death of a woman are so not me.

But a lot of girls whom are into that sort of thing create similar art and it fits them... Me, I just did it as a skill test, because I could, to finish something, to test out new brushes, and play with PS design methodologies I'd learned - to approach photorealism.

I guess I'm wondering if that's enough. What do you guys think? On the one hand, I wonder if this difference between how men and women do art applies to things in general. Could it be that in general in life, women are emoting and men are trying to accomplish a task?

Well, anyway, one day I want to buy a (good) camera and produce the sort of feminine/emotional pictures that I've always loved. True, I often get tired of feminine/sad. And as a guy its hard to see girls in pain. Perhaps I will focus more on happy works. Too many girls do sad stuff.

I think I'm just rambling now, so it ends here. Later
BTW, almost 2,000 views ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/7922056/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/7922056/ Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:59:45 PST

So, I am moving to Vegas in one week to start a business with my best bro. It's gonna be crazy, I won't have time for DA much, probably. We shall see.

And I finally loaded up photoshop after not having touched it for about a year, and solved two problems today, one of which is my latest entry: Simplicity.
I also retouched a horse for a friend, and she's posting it on her site. But anyway, I'll let you know when I'm rich and I can start buying prints of all the people I watch.

When I first came back I had about 950 devs in my inbox! Yikes. But, I've been keeping on top of them lately. Later ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/6116842/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/6116842/ Tue, 02 Aug 2005 21:02:12 PDT
J/k I'm not bitter, it's not like I've submitted anything in the last year anyway

Yeah, haven't done much art-wise, not that I'm particularly good at any of that anyway. Actually, all my art is tile these days, so perhaps I should post pictures of my work. Yes, that seems to be an excellent idea'r. Here goes! ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/3683471/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/3683471/ Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:38:22 PDT

Well, here's the skinny, the dice, the 411. Aced my last two trigonometry exams, a little surprised I'm doing so well, I was so used to struggling in math as a kid. School and work leave me with little time, I find it hard to even take my martial arts class once a week. But it is good to be busy and productive.

And it's lobster season again, so I'm planning a trip to Catalina to get some $40 lobster That's what it costs to ferry yourself over and then actually buy the lobster. But, it's still the best lobster you can get without flying to Maine. And once you've had it, you will be SPOILED!

Also, met a cool girl, I'll let you know if anything develops from it
Life is good and getting better, be sure to say hi some time ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/3416083/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/3416083/ Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:34:42 PDT How's life? It's all good here, no complaints, no complaints at all. In fact life is pretty good, I have a great many things to be thankful about and things keep getting better. I'm not the type to be depressed or whine about life, after all I live in America, and from an objective point of view, anyone who's here has won life's lottery. Certainly there are tons of other great countries as well, but few as free as America. Freedom is the great secret of our success

I'm going to a wedding this friday. And I got paid from he home-remodel we've been working on these past few weeks. Now we're remodeling a bank bathroom and employee room, oy! that is some difficult tile to strip down, but it's going well.

So anyway, I drew a whole page of cats recently, it's been posted, you can check it out. I really don't know why I drew cats. Once again, I have no special affection for them, I could take or leave them. I've met some cats I really liked, and some whom I was wary of. Definitely liking the dogs more than the cats in general. Buuuut, a long time ago I learned this cute and quick method for drawing a nice cat. I did that exact same sketch sporadically for many years, never seriously. Until recently when I came upon another cut cat drawing method, and it just kinda blossomed into that whole page. Maybe I'll CG some of those sketches while I'm learning that! So, take a look at my drawings and tell me which kitty you like the best, k? Later ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/3317939/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/3317939/ Wed, 08 Sep 2004 13:53:55 PDT
I went to a BBQ for labor's day and with the national resurgence of the great American sport of dodge-ball (thanx to the recent movie by the same name), well of course we decided to play dodge-ball, on the basketball court. Unfortunately I was wearing flip-flops, so I discarded them for the game.

Well, the first game we won, but I somehow ended up bleeding on my left big toe Then the second game we lost, but I somehow ended up spraining my foot (not my ankle). It may have something to do with the fact that I had just got back from my 2nd ever try at roller-blading, and had stressed out all the muscles in my feet by doing something new like that for so long.

So then I kept playing anyways, cause it's wasn't that bad. Soo enough I cut another toe, and our team ended up being named 'Team Bloody Toes'. So, we ended up winning most of the games, and played a whole bunch more, but I had to quit when the bottom skin of my left big toe was ripped off completely, and the right one had a huge blood-blister that thankfully hadn't opened.

Why did this happen? You might ask. Well, basketball courts have a special texture applied to them which is essentially high-grit sandpaper glued to the cement. So every drag, every step, with the pressures of high speed movement and stopping, was wearing away my skin!

So I ended up with five injuries and a sprained foot, yay Then I had to go to school the next day. I was already late, then found myself gimping to class as fast as I could, which was painful and slow. Luckily, I had iced it very much when it first happened, and it never much swelled, and today I can nearly walk on it without pain. Time to go ice and heat it again

So apart from that incident, I've been working a ton. I started a trigonometry class and plan to spend the rest of today catching up on my trig homework :& Right after I watch a movie ^_~ Catcha lata ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/3068277/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/3068277/ Sat, 07 Aug 2004 17:46:32 PDT
I've stepped on two nails before. Well, actually 'stepped' isn't really the right word. More like "jumped" and "landed on". See, I was out back in our huge backyard, and I jumped over this thing and didn't see the two by four with a huge and thick sixteen penny nail (the thickest there is) sticking straight up on the ground out of a two by four. So I land on this thing, and immeditaely the pain makes me drop to the ground to get the weight off that leg. The board was flat against my foot as I sat back up, meaning that the nail went in as far as it possibly could, which was about two inches! Well, through the blinding pain, naturally your first instinct is to try to relieve the pain, and you usually try to pull out whatever is causing the pain, even though this won't much help things. So, the next moment after falling, I sit up, see the board that's now NAILED TO MY FOOT, grab it by its ends, and withdraw it from the sole of my foot. Well, it hurt, to say just a bit. After that I took off my shoe, took of my sock, and looked at the blood barely coming out. Puncture wound? You betcha. Soooo, I looked at the top of my foot, and found a little red dot-spot where the nail had very nearly gone through the top of my foot, but somehow hadn't. So, well, I got a tetanous shot and had the wound washed out, and all was well in a few days, with a little limping.

But, my friend who stepped on two nails at once like I was saying above, told me a story about his friend who stepped on a nail and lost his leg below the knee, cause it turned out he had diabetes or something and got gangrene from the puncture wound. So yeah, luckily I still have a foot. And, I've stepped on em twice, so again, lucky I have a foot. I'm just glad I haven't broken any bones

Soooo, we shall see what happens this month, I'm gonna be pretty busy. Hopefully I'll meet a nice girl soon and start complicating my life again That's a good kind of complication, things are pretty simple right now. Simple in a good way, but simple nonetheless. At least I've got the money to do things right. There are advantages to growing up and getting a real job after all ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/2990127/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/2990127/ Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:50:18 PDT Nearly at an end, and with it goes my two weeks of vacation for the year. Yes, soon school will start once again and I will go back to work. My business-partner got married on sunday, and I was kinda in the wedding. Well, let's put it this way, I had jobs to do and I'm in one of the wedding photos (but not all of em), so that works,

I'm running a test. You see, when I first joined DA I put out a couple shots and was pretty amazed because a few of them got many hundreds of views, like one has over 600 views, yet the stuff I have submitted of late only gets a few views here and there, like a dozen. So I'm wondering about something. I think that the category you put a thing into does a lot for it. The one's that got a ton of views were both desktops, and I can imagine that there's a lot of people looking for desktops on DA, so I'm gonna submit another couple desktops and see what happens. On the other end, a lot of my recent stuff has been drawings, which practically EVERYONE on DA does, so the category is probably totally flooded. So, we shall see how my little plan works out, what do you guys think about this question???

I was invited to go dancing tonight by this one girl, buuuut, I don't think I want to drive allllll the way out to where she wants me to go. This place is way out in Irvine, which is like 75 miles from me. That's pretty far just for a couple hours of dancing, plus I've been there a few times before but wasn't too enthralled with the place, so I'm thinking I'm gonna stay in. What's the point of even going that far? Even if you meet a girl you like you can't go out with her because the two of you practically live in different time zones! Oh well, that's one of the problems with living in LA, everyone's all spread out.

In the flash news department, I can't seem to force myself to go back to the grind and work on the ones I've started. It really is a laborious process to finish them. Maybe I took on more than I could complete, because the method I chose was a difficult one, but the result is really good, and no one else is doing it, but no one else is doing it because it is so hard, so arrrgh. Still, I'm proud of what I've got so far, and I want to finish it and make it cool, so maybe just talking about it now will help, I need someone to yell at me to finish it, so (Fenris) yell at me so I can finish my ninja flash, thank you

Planning on submitting another stock-manip, this one's a token rainbow pict for my sis *roxsquoggle -she's in love with rainbows, and I learned a nifty displacement map technique today that I thought would go well. Unfortunately you can't really tell that I used displacement mapping in the final outcome, but, hopefully my creative flow will lead me to something soon that will show the fruits of my learning. Later all! ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/2784773/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/2784773/ Fri, 02 Jul 2004 01:38:26 PDT

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Copy this whole list into your journal.
2. Bold the things that are true about you.
3. Whatever you don't bold is false.

01. When I was younger I made some bad decisions. (I think I mostly made good ones in general, though I have certainly paid a price for some.)
02. I don't watch much TV these days. (monitors don't count as tv right?)
03. I love psychodelic mushrooms. (Only in Mario Brothers.)
04. I love sleeping. (I'm learning to be normal though, my brother sleeps till like 6pm every day though.)
05. I have loads of books. (So much to read!)
06. I once slept in a toilet. (Eww?)
07. I love playing video games. (But don't do it much anymore. Life is my new 'game'.)
08. I adore marijuana. (No, but I know a guy in Marijuanics Anonymous)
09. I watch porn movies. (umm, no.)
10. I watch them with my father. (Gah.)
11. I like sharks. (I do, but not enough to actually say I do. I like spiders though, I sometimes catch moths and put them in spiders webs and watch them wrap 'em up, 'feeding the spiders')
12. I love spiders, I think they're adorable, especially the ones with bright colours on their backs. (How did I not bold this before? Oh yeah, cause I actually don't like the ones with bright colors!!! They're poisonous, not that we have any of those around here.)
13. I was born without hair and I still have no hair. (Like Lex Luthor?)
14. I like G. Bush. (Shrub is cool with me )
15. People are cool. ('Course, I love my peeps)
16. I have changed a lot mentally over the last year. (I have, still learning and maturing much, life gets better with age.)
17. I have jacuzzi and a Porsche. (Not yet, well, I don't want a porsche, but yes to the jacuzzi!)
18. I have a lot to learn. (as do we all)
19. I carry my knife everywhere with myself. (I used to a long time ago, but after five years of martial arts training, I don't really need to anymore)
20. I'm really really smart. (or at least my IQ tells me so, or something. So, if geniuses are so smart, how come they're usually like shy and socially awkward? Shouldn't smart people be social as well, never understood ppl like that)
21. I've never broken someone's bones.(Never broken my own bones either)
22. I have a secret.(and I'm not tellllllinggggg )
23. I hate snow. (how could anyone hate snow, honestly?)
24. I drink only milk. ( :mootwo: )
25. Punk rock rules. (meh, it's annoying sometimes)
26. I hate Bill Gates! (hate is a strong word...)
27. I love Chinese food. (But I love Japanese food so much more!!!)
28. I would hate to be famous. (I probably would hate it, but I don't know exactly. Yeah, I'd probably hate it...)
29. I am not a morning person. (See, I like to sleep in but if I have to get up I can.)
30. I wear glasses. (heh, nope, I'm lucky, I have really good eyesight, better than most ppl's, 20/15 or whatever)
31. I don't need glasses, except sunglasses. - which i really need (Heck yeah man! I can't even leave the house without sunglasses. I haven't been outside without sunglasses since I was 15. I have like four pairs in different locations just in case)
32. I have potential. (I like to think so)
33. I'm pure Japanese. (I speak a little Japanese, love the culture, food, people, etc. I want to visit Kyoto, and maybe live there for awhile!)
34. My legs are two different sizes i refuse to believe my legs are identical. (My left is longer, I'm like 95% sure, oh well, my left foot is slightly bigger too)
35. I have a twin. (No such luck)
36. I wear a padded bra. (hehe, not hardly)
37. I can ramble on about absolutely nothing. (I guess so, but it's not a habit)
38. I'm left-handed. (my dog is, not me)
39. I hate llamas, but I'm one of them. (llamas???)
40. I don't like horror movies. (LOVE them, I love to be scared, it happens so seldom. Course I love scaring ppl too )
41. I suck at climbing, but I love it anyway. (Once I climbed a 5,000 foot mountain by hand, it was soooo much fun, the top had thousand of... ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/2716484/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/2716484/ Tue, 22 Jun 2004 02:46:35 PDT It's of a girl picking flowers, I'm surprised at how well it came out.

I've also been working on a new flash movie, this one's pretty cool. I finaly discovered how to shape tween properly, and realized how easy that technique will make animating arms and legs, which is hard to do in flash, so yay! That's why you see so many flash cartoons that are just a dude's body and a hand with like invisible arms between them. It's about ninja's, similar to my first piece in my gallery, Iga vs Koga. Each character is made up of over 10 layers, so it's quite a challenge just to get them moving, but the results are pretty good, maybe I'll post a preview of it in the scraps section when I finally get them to start fighting, I'm sooo close now to the first sword hit, and so far it looks great.

I also animated my first walking character as part of that, and I was actually amazed at how well it came out, because animating walking is one of the hardest things to do (or so I hear) and make look natural, but it looks really really good! You shoulda seen me walking around my room all the time trying to get a feel for exactly how people walk

Ahh, just got back from swing dancing and it's late late, but so what ;D Got to hang out with a girl who I like and who likes me but we cannot see each other cause of religious conflicts, so that's a bummer. We're always saying to each other, "I just wish I could meet someone like you!" And then we flirt like mad cause we know it can't go anywhere. Which I'll admit is damn fun, but also a little heart breaking at the end of the day Oh well, there's tons of girly's out there... ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/2346325/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/2346325/ Sun, 02 May 2004 18:40:01 PDT [link] had over 50 layers, and was over 84 megabytes in size.

Problem with faces is that the detail has to be nearly perfect, the human eye can pick up on the slightest imperfection. I'm actually fairly happy with how it came out. Up until the very end I wasn't sure how I wanted to finish her eyes off. I had two version, one with the light reflection and one without. Somehow the one without looked creepier, yet in the end I chose the one with reflections, as you can see. I unexpectedly gave her some gorgeous eye colors, which gave me some nice ideas. I have a good collection of stock eye closeups, and I think I am going to bust them out and soon have some sweet eye-closeup manips.

Apart from that... trying to stay away from the girlies... Went swing dancing last night at a going away party for a friend. I made a joke with this girl about meeting her out back in five minutes, and she thought I was serious and kept asking me to go back there, ugh. Girls are trouble I kept telling her I was just joking! Oh well. And then my other friend has a new bf, but has been complaining that he might be a little too clingy. He was fairly... affectionate... towards her all night. He can't dance though, and she says that if he doesn't learn quick she's gonna kick him aside, she wants a guy who can dance! Talked to my ex a little today, she's going to play soccer down in Uruguay during the summer, a tournament I guess. It's a funny thing, I always seem to be attracted to and meet girls who are into sports, and are very social... ]]> ~Anenome http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/2286345/ http://Anenome.deviantart.com/journal/2286345/ Sat, 24 Apr 2004 20:52:39 PDT And I'm not about to start taking semi-nudes with girls or anything like that. Though, I do have an eye for feminine poses, maybe if I met a girl who was feminine and into that I might do that... (but no nudes), we'll see, sounds like a bit of a long shot, but could be cool. I'd want to do stuff like Roxsquoggle does, meaningful, expressive, etc.

Apart from that I've got a bunch of photoshop experiments that occasionally turn into something worth showing off, and a sliver of raw talent to work with, so yeah. Been learning Flash, but slowly. I guess that's about it. I've got maybe a couple more nice experiments to upload soon, just uploaded a Flash movie I made recently, check it out sometime. It look a lot like this -->

~Anenome ]]> ~Anenome