http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:Ayukasu&section=today deviantART RSS for by:Ayukasu en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:12:12 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/23604681/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/23604681/ Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:54:54 PDT
This should be my last semester if I pass all of my classes. I'm taking 19.5 credit hours just to finish before summer, because screw waiting all the way until fall or possibly winter just to take one last course.

Two of the courses are pretty important to me--I'll be working on two separate projects, one for each. One will be in 2D(my little secret known as "Fat Money Cake" to my close friends and instructors), and one will be in 3D(quite probably a commercial for my new job at Penguin ([link])). So, I'll probably be posting progress shots here and there.

Speaking of jobs, I no longer work at Babies "R" Us, instead, I am now the whitest girl ever working at a chinese/japanese kind of fusion food court joint.
...I'm the cashier because my English is the best. >____>;;
But I'm happy there. Ethan, John, Conny, and Jia Jian(Joseph) are great.

Aaaaaaaand, last but not least, I won't be going into too much detail on this, but I am very hopefully going to be working with Alex Ahad([link]) and Less Than Three <3 Studios on Project Skullgirls. It would be nice to work with them even part, if not full-time as a sprite cleaner/animator. But I won't get ahead of myself.

Other than that, I'm still on a bit of a high from seeing Watchmen at midnight on Thursday, and the time change is messing with my head. >___<

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/21214242/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/21214242/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:11:20 PDT
It was an exciting night, and I would've gotten a picture if I hadn't already felt bad for holding up the autograph line by asking him to sign two dvds, my sketchbook, and a poster for my animation instructor. xD;

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Anywho, life as been a clusterfuck of busy. Hence the lack of deviations except for those two hilarious sketches and monstrous picture of myself.

Though, I have been itching to pixel. D:
I miss it. So, I'll open to freebie "gifts" if anyone wants to leave me a note with some inspiring stuff--website avatars, oc's, etc. ;D

Give me more of a reason to turn on my computer than to just check my email!

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/19779550/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/19779550/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:03:47 PDT
My birthday is in about 8-9 days, and all of my family got together for a party for 'me', when I do believe it was for all of us kiddos with summer birthdays, since there's a total of five out of seven that do.
Anywho, I was working so I couldn't make it. And I just noticed the present from my uncle on the table as I was petting my cat. So, I go ask dad if it's okay if I open it since my birthday isn't for another week. He says, "Whatever," so I open it, and it's an iPod Nano. A freaking iPod Nano. xD

I've never had anything this expensive given to me for my birthday. Granted, my uncle likes to get expensive things, then give them to me--like my PS2, Laptop, and almost car.

I'm having some fun figuring out how the hell it works, since I'm too much of a tard to know. xD

It's just amazing, though. I didn't know I was the favorite. >w<

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/19214458/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/19214458/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:05:25 PDT
But Zach has a new desktop computer from his dad that I'm hoping my tablet is more compatible with, so maybe there'll be more hand-drawn stuff added to my gallery. ;D

Just wait. I'll update deviations eventually. >_>;

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/17664419/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/17664419/ Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:25:12 PDT The first was just a basic bouncing ball across the page, making contact with a 'floor' at least twice.
The second is a bouncing ball ' perspectively ', meaning that we have to make it large and up close bouncing away and getting smaller or visa versa.
And the third was to start with a circle, turn it into something, then have it turn back into a circle without just doing a ' forward/backward ' animation loop.

Oddly enough, I'm having severe troubles with these assignments because I'm not good at the traditional 2D Animation style of drawing something, and flipping between that page the next to make the next drawing. ._.;

In conclusion: Flipbooks are weird.

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/16834561/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/16834561/ Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:59:01 PST
...And I totally just realized that I had 1500+ pageviews. Kthx, gaiz. <3

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/16635176/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/16635176/ Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:07:02 PST I finally gots me a tablet. 'Cause mom had a coupon for $25 off of anything that was $50+ at Nebraska Furniture Mart. (For those of you that don't know, it's a huge home furnishing place. Electronics, Appliances, Furniture, etc.)

So, I had originally intended on getting the $100 Bamboo Fun, but they were out of stock, so I called mom, and she gave me permission to get the $200 one, and I'm loving it. It's about the size that I really wanted. And after finding the smaller one at Best Buy, I realized that the drawing space was only about 5"x3" compared to my awesome 8"x5-6" xD

AND IT'S BLUE. I had the choice of blue, white, and silver, and decided blue would stick out the most if I ever misplaced it in my horrible disaster of a room. So, yeah! Expect a lot of shitty MSPaint doodles from me as I attempt to hone my skills at home, now. xD

Anyone have any copies of Illustrator, Photoshop, Painter, or Open Canvas that work with Vista? xDDDD

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/16549891/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/16549891/ Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:10:57 PST Way to make me feel loved.

I mean, sure, I'm only really online when I'm on campus or can't sleep at home, but that doesn't mean you should only visit my page and run without comments when I do update something. I do like feedback/constructive criticism, you know. D;

Sorry that I have a life outside of what I'd prefer to be doing?

._.

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/16013442/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/16013442/ Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:36:39 PST
As of tomorrow, I have holiday break from classes through the first of the year. I'm positively excited because I have sunday through wednesday off this upcoming week, too. Naturally, I hope to get some pixels finished. I've had my waiting list since forever.
Let's just extra hope that I feel well enough to do anything. I have a nasty head cold, and the over the counter meds aren't doing too much for me. I'm so tired right now. Dx

Happy holidays to anyone who reads this, sorry I haven't been too active of a gallery watch. ._.;

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/15585891/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/15585891/ Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:02:32 PST
Today ends my month of major stress. After classes today, I'll have about two weeks of freedom, in which I'll be pixelling like crazy and whatnot. >w<

Though, I'm officially dredding this next session of classes. Sure, I'll have salamander with me, but I'm not so sure that taking three classes that revolve around computers is such a good idea now that I think of how much stress taking two art classes at once causes me. .___________.;

Let's just hope I'll never have to have anymore 'up at 4:00am' days. It's wearing me out, and making me want to go to bed sooner. D;

LAME. ]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/15211738/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/15211738/ Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:11:25 PDT
A few minutes after I had listened to the answering machine, my brothers come home. They tell me nothing, of course. So, I was on the phone with Zach just freaking out in general, because I didn't know where my parents were, and no one was telling me. After I hang up from the call with him, one of Dad's work buddies calls to see if everything is all right, and of course, I tell him that I don't know anything, so all the info he was able to give me was, "Something went wrong with the first test, and she's at a different hospital now."

So, I go down stairs to ask what the hell is going on, to find my younger older brother on his cell phone yelling at his girlfriend, "You'll know when she knows!" I guess she's been pretty worried about my mom, too. I ask Jeff(the brother that was on his phone) what's up, and all he tells me is, "Mom and Dad have been at Creighton for the past 10 hours." That's all he'd say.

I immediately grab the phone and call Zach back, and just start bawling once he answers. I didn't know what was going on, and I was terrified. He offered me what he could for consolation, then we hang up again on the premise that I'd call him again if anything changed, or if I knew any of the details.

Dad comes home, and I ask him what happened. Apparently, for the first test, they were trying to get some sort of tube in mom's chest, and it didn't work on the left side, but when they tried it on the right, it went a little further than it was supposed to, and it punctured her lung, causing it to collapse slightly. No one at the first hospital had the qualifications or knowledge to make it stop, so the receptionists frantically called all of the hospitals in the available area, and they found an available doctor that knew how to fix the problem at Creighton University's medical center. So, they helicoptored her there, and had been there ever since. Before the bleeding stopped, she had about two quarts over her right side of the stomach. (I don't know what to call that group of muscles/organs/whatever.) And they had put her on a respirator.

I was freaking out hardcore, I tried to rest and whatnot, but I was up at least two times that I could remember during that span of about 7-8 hours.

Now, from what Dad has told me, she's fine and getting better. They're keeping her sedated and restrained so she doesn't take out any of the IV's, and they're planning on taking her off of the respirator in about four hours. I just want my mom home and safe.

So, in order to keep my sanity and prevent any future outbreaks of tears, I'll be pixelling and playing the new Phoenix Wright and reading Stardust to keep my mind away from any negatives that may bog down my thoughts. With that said, expect at least a good handful of deviations, since I'm swamped at my minishop on Roliana.

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/15113088/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/15113088/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:31:48 PDT
Work has been making me work close shifts, which is lame. School has been getting hectic in certain classes, and mom is still a crazy bitch about me moving out. She just can't get it through her head that my name is on the lease, and I'll be paying bills an whatnot.

So, yeah. I've just been living and being on Roliana. xD
I found that place thanks to beblue(?)'s deviation of a set for them.

I've also rediscovered my love of video games thanks to my friends and Beautiful Katamari finally being available for purchase. xD

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14883019/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14883019/ Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:05:41 PDT
GUESS WHUT UR DOIN FRIDAY, LEAH. >D

Anywho, hoping to be settled in by the end of the month.

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UPDATE ON STUFF:
I've got my laptop finally! Vista > 98SE I don't care what you say. I'm hoping to do more pixels when I have the time. Right now drawing and Raster homework is plaguing me. Not to mention I need to type up and print a resume and cover letter by thursday WHILE moving in. ;^;

I just wanna curl up with my arts on my kitchen floor today and do the drawing homework. HOPEFULLY, Leah can get me photoshop, and hopefully a trial version of Corel Painter X lasts through the end of the quarter, so then all I really need is a tablet. :w
Wireless mouse FTW for pixel art, btw. I can do my work from my thigh! *o*

Kay, I'll shut up. :w

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14713490/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14713490/ Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:07:40 PDT
Also, still having a cold sucks. I'm almost out of DayQuil, and I am out of NyQuil, and I have absolutely no monies to get more. ;^;

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14672874/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14672874/ Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:08:01 PDT When in my room, I plop onto my bed and immediately call my boyfriend and leave a message on his phone to call me as soon as he got it, which he did. I told him everything, and TWICE while we were talking, my mother dared to show her face into my doorway and keep the argument going, then when I was finally off of the phone, but still crying, she comes back just to say what I knew she had been holding back since I told her I was moving out--the word SLUT.
Yes. My very own mother who loves and spoils me called me a SLUT just because I'm barely, but still legally, an adult moving in with my boyfriend. BIG FUCKING DEAL. That doesn't make me a slut now, does it?! Dx

Then, to add to the frustration and depression, I find a note in my inbox from Leah(SalamanderSoup) titled "OH MY GOD PLEASE TELL ME YOU'RE ONLINE" with the one liner of "i've got some really bad news" within it.
What's the bad news prytell? Her brother STOLE two games from me that she was borrowing as well as her pink original GBA and SOLD them. YES. HE SOLD THEM. Why? To buy CIGARETTES.
So, after I talk to my boyfriend this afternoon, I go to the mall where I still have friends in GameStop and ask them to do a district search for the rarer of the two games(Frequency) and they find one at a store I know he goes to. So Jon gives them a call for me, and they find the transaction--Frequency, SSX Tricky, and a pink GBA.
Thankfully, my games are still in the store, and they can hold them aside, but since it was only about 45 minutes ago when they found out the items were stolen, the GBA is gone. And Leah's parents are making him buy them back. Even if he has to go to eBay and spend way more than I did to get them back.

I just don't know whether to scream, cry, or do both right now. I'm just upset in general and need some loving.

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14656846/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14656846/ Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:32:45 PDT
Then I wake up today, and I can barely use my voice, my ears are plugged, my head is just a general mass of stuffy.
Being sick sucks, and needs to be done away with.

-hits head on keyboard- Dx

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14601762/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14601762/ Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:55:26 PDT I locked my keys in my car... and my bag which had my wallet which had my spare. xD
It truly was only a matter of time before it did happen. So, mom was nice and bailed me out of that horrible situation.

Anywho, after class and whatnot, I came over to my boyfriend's dad's place(where he and I are right now), and he just tells me, "I hope you're hungry." Which, of course I was 'cause it was a four hour class with only one 10 minute break. I follow him into the kitchen, and he's making fanciful grilled cheese sammiches and fanciful tomato soup, and the "d'awww!" part of the thing was, is that's what I decided I wanted today about halfway on the way to class this morning. He's gotta be one of those sweetheart psychics. ;D

So yay for sammiches already being prepared when you come home!

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14514712/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14514712/ Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:12:10 PDT With Drawing 2, I only dislike it because SalamanderSoup told me to avoid a certain teacher, so when I registered, I did for a different teacher, but I still got the one I was trying to avoid. Also, she's demanding that we buy the specific products that she says we need to succeed in class, which is a total cost of MINIMUM $130. GHEY.

To add to the craziness, my uncle(to put it short, he bought a laptop, ex-fiancee took it when they broke up) finally got his laptop back, and it was supposed to be placed into my hands, since, y'know, it's a better investment to give it to his student relative than just let it gather dust and be a waste of money. So, when I arrive home from work, mom ushers me to a printer box and tells me to see if I can get the contents to work. Inside is the laptop. I was excited, but then when I tried to turn it on, before it attempted to load anything, it started doing that high pitched repetative beeping noise which signals something's wrong. I turn it right back off and start looking over the laptop. TWO keys are completely busted off. There may be more, but I just hadn't noticed... yet. Also, a serious WTF--there was CANDLEWAX on the right side of the keyboard. SRSLY. WTF. CANDLEWAX?! So, yeah. Tomorrow, I get to take it to Best Buy in hopes that they've still got records of it's purchase, 'cause there wasn't any manuals with it other than the one for the internets and the Vista disc. If not, I get to ask for an estimate to fix it. Hopefully it's not too much and can be fixed. If not, my uncle gets to have fun and figure out how to make his ex give him the money for a new one.

Oh, and Polysics or Die is full of win and awesome. I'm hoping to do some random drawings inspired by the music. <3 Thanks for lending me the CD, Salamander~!

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14421984/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14421984/ Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:34:24 PDT
Firstly, on September 4th, my classes are starting up again. I was retarded and decided to take Drawing II, Raster Image Painting, and Human Relations skills at the same time. It seems I might have a repeat of last semester's grades. ._.;;
On top of that, just because I still have enough free time even after requesting two days off to do homework, work is still going to push me into doing 30 hours, by making me do 5-hour closing shifts during the week, then pretty much live there on the weekends. I might have to ask them to only schedule me on Saturdays if they need me there on the weekend. I've already asked for Fridays to do homework, and Sundays are just retarded, 'cause they're only open from 11:00AM-7:00PM, so when you're scheduled a Sunday, you're there all day.
Lastly, the big point is that I'm moving out as of October 1st to my first apartment building with my boyfriend. His parents are cool with it, but I don't know about mine. They'll know today, if anything. But like one of the older ladies at work told me, "Well, if you're already approved and have scheduled a move-in date, there's really nothing she can do about it now. Especially if your name is on the lease." Also, I'm a legal adult by my state's standards, so she still really can't do a goddamn thing to control me anymore.
Also, with moving out, I won't have a computer of my own, so Iprobably won't be able to get online very often if I have to truck across the entire complex to get to the computers or drive 30 minutes to get to school. LAME.

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14344955/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14344955/ Sun, 26 Aug 2007 07:01:15 PDT &&I'm getting close to maybe doing a thumbnail dump of all of the items I've got done so far, so be on the look out for that.

I'm also looking for some people that know mysql and whatnot to help out, 'cause as of right now, I've technically got myself, and two friends, but myself and one of the friends doesn't know a goddamn thing about mysql. xD; I think I should buy those worknote card thingers from the campus store for html, php, and mysql if they have them. xDDD

Oh, and why only a thumbnail dump? I don't want to reveal the clothes completely yet. Especially since I've only got MSPaint, and making watermarks in there is bullshit.

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14207705/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14207705/ Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:48:51 PDT -What almost made me leave the convention
-What I brought home
-What I'm going to be doing with my pixel art next

What Almost Made Me Leave the Convention:
The line for the pre-registered people was moving slower than the non-registered because of 'rinter problems.'
There was an annoying girl that was trying to SLEEP on the FLOOR while in line for badges.
The staffer that was in charge of the Dealer's Room for the first day was a MORON-- Misinformed the crowd about when the Sponsors were allowed into the dealer's room by making it seem like it was open to everyone. Then almost making us lose our spot in line a second time by saying that even small purses needed to be bag-checked. LAME.
I was almost in tears from sheer frustration at that point, and was even making the plan that if the dealer's room sucked, that we'd be going home right then and there after traveling four hours to get there.

What I Brought Home: (Divided into ~birthday gifts and -what I bought)
TOO MUCH. LOL. xD
~Complete box set of Strawberry Marshmallow the anime
~An original birthday drawing from Nick Minor(konami-satellite.deviantart.com) of Osaka and a birthday cake.
~A 1' Card Captor Sakura PVC Figure
~Howl's Moving Castle "Witch of the Waste" figurine (with blobmen, and Heen!)
~Cactuar Fleece Hat with POMS!
~Tshirt with Howl's phrase "What's the point in living if I can't be beautiful?"
~Soot Sprit Tshirt
~Di Gi Charat Dejiko Figurine
~Canvas Lunch Bag with Calcifer on it
~Assorted Buttons
~Angelic Layer Anime Vol. 1 with Box
~Sakaki Plushie

-Pretear Vol. 1 manga
-Naruto Mist Valley Headband
-Dir-en-Gray "Jealous" CD
-Sailor Moon Soundtrack
-Cowboy Bebop 4-disc box set soundtrack
-Tonberry Plushie
-FFXII "Larsa" Pin
-Negima "Chao Lingshen" Gashapon Figurine
-Excel Saga "Excel" Gashapon Figure
-Strawberry Marshmallow "Matsuri" Gashapon Figurine
-Evangelion "Misato and Maya" Gashapon Figurines
-Ounedan 2 DS Game
-White Cat from The Cat Returns Plushie
-Black Pig Plushie
-Char's Zaku II Model
-Cardcaptor Sakura frilly pink pillow
-My Neighbor Totoro Cell Phone Strap
-Assorted Pocky
-Assorted Ramune
I SPEND TOO MUCH MONIES. LOL. XD

Pixel Update:
As long as my partner in crime doesn't give me a design for what her administrative NPC looks like, and L is busy with work and whatnot, I'll be working on starting the wardrobes, and every so often, I'll post what I've got ready. DeviantArt will have the official previews to the forum items, but don't be too shocked if I watermark them. I don't want anyone starting an Avatar Creator, even though I shouldn't have to worry about that from the get-go since I haven't posted the base, and don't really intend to. xD

YAY FOR HUGE UPDATES.

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14202391/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14202391/ Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:24:43 PDT

...Kthxbai for now. I hope to update sometime before 1:00p CST tomorrow. :3

]]> ~Ayukasu http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14012450/ http://Ayukasu.deviantart.com/journal/14012450/ Sat, 04 Aug 2007 08:35:02 PDT
Anyway, it's because of my like for such forums that I started planning one of my own. So far, it's just two of us, myself and a dear friend. Once I've got a good grip on some basic clothes for the avatars and have a few of the NPCs pixelled, we would snag a forum, and a domain and she would probably be little miss web design because I don't even know the first things about HTML.

So, I've got at least two more NPCs on my plate, and a basic wardrobe before we even start thinking about webdesign. I'm probably going to try snagging my friend, salamandersoup, to do the art for the NPCs in their shops and stuff, just because I'm sure it'd get way too boring just seeing their sprite bouncing around in the forums when they're needed.

Once we get started, and have the site up, I'd love people to join and give me feedback. Hell, depending on your skills with any form of this art, you may be taken on as staff to help out. xD

I'll keep updates posted, and don't worry, I won't post each individual clothing item as a deviation of it's own. It'll probably be more like a cluster after I've got about x-amount done. Hey, maybe I'll even lump some of them together on and off the base so you can see what they'd look like on the avatar.

-stops before she gets ahead of herself-

]]> ~Ayukasu