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I've thought, recently, of opening up for commissions.

I want to, however, ask for feedback on constructing some good terms of conduct:

-Payment must be rendered before any work is turned in, to prevent working on a piece then having someone get it for nothing.
-No sex.
-Any work WILL be publicly posted. This is to prevent anyone from claiming the work is originally theirs. Besides, what good is art if its hidden away? To say nothing of gaining critique.
-No sex.
-No obscenely complicated background scenes with around 10 people gadding on in high detail.
-No sex.

-A black and white JPEG, fully sized along with an Adobe Illustrator file would run about $10. An additional $5 would be added to color the work.
-Any hard copies would have to have shipping and handling paid for by the commissioner? Not so sure on that.

]]> ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/16481717/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/16481717/ Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:38:30 PST
So, I suppose, it might help to say something. I've become taught not to -- untrustworthy mouths or people misinterpret my ill-crafted words and make me afraid.

...


I'm tired.


Today, I tried to sketch something. In an ungodly long period, I havent submitted more than a sketch and a pic of a face -- the pic, itself, is rather unimpressive.

Art used to be such a wonderful thing for me. Now I've indoctrinated myself into strict and rigid rules of how things are drawn and where they should be and I want to just stop existing so I dont have to deal with it.

I hate the dynamic line rule. I hate the rules of composition. I hate the rules of anatomy. I hate color theory. I want to start this game over, find out where I went wrong because I'm so far on the path that I can't look back that far. I want to go back to the days of carefree sketches that had so much life in them and I want to cry and scream and hurt somebody.


I want to enjoy myself somehow again.

]]> ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/15402999/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/15402999/ Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:20:44 PST
[Characters: Raiva, Ben, Cirrus]


Question 1: How old are you?

BEN: Thirty five winters.
RAIVA: Who wants t’know?
CIRRUS: Pit if I know.

Question 2: What is your height?

BEN: A bit under six feet, last I checked.
RAIVA: Eh, not tall? I don’t have a [censored] ruler here...
CIRRUS: Standard Cybertronian height. No, I DON’T know human measurements. Why would I?

Question 3: How much do you weigh?

BEN: About 180 pounds, last I checked.
RAIVA: Dunno, Dun’ care.
CIRRUS: Light, for a Cybertronian. Have you ever seen a brick fly any other way but down?

Question 4: What are your bad habits?

ALL: Temper.
[All glance at each other]
BEN: Ah. Well, for non-universal traits, I had -- and still do, to some extent, even now -- a touch of ... bias. Not particularly proud of it.
RAIVA: [Lights up another cigarette]
CIRRUS: Does my tendency to murder annoyances within sight range after the fact of the temper count?

Question 5: Are you a virgin?

BEN: [Spit take, complete w/ monocle popping]
RAIVA: None of your damn business.
CIRRUS: Why do people assume robots have a function to complement each and every human feature? And why reproduction when we can’t possibly reproduce without the aid of a factory?
RAIVA: ‘Cuz theirs a lot of horny nerds out their.

Question 6: Who's your mate?

BEN: A very beautiful and intelligent woman, thank you very much.
RAIVA: Eh, nobody.
CIRRUS: I’d never trust a femme enough to do more than watch my back in combat let alone THAT.

Question 7: Do you have any kids?

BEN: One. And dare I say one is certainly enough.
RAIVA: Oh, I hope not.
CIRRUS: This is just silly.

Question 8: What's your favorite food?

BEN: Given my carnivorous roots, I can’t help but hold an appreciation for a good steak.
RAIVA: [shrug] Toast? As long as its warm...
CIRRUS: Whatevers cheapest.

Question 9: Have you killed anyone?

BEN: An occupational necessity, as it were, unfortunately.
RAIVA: Of course.
CIRRUS: Many. Otherwise I wouldn’t be here today.

Question 10: Do you hate anyone?

BEN: You know, I HAVE had a sharp decline in my opinion of beauracrats. Especially the sort who like to govern over things they have no idea about.
RAIVA: [Voice going cold] Yes.
CIRRUS: Lots of people.

Question 11: Do you love anyone?

BEN: Wholeheartedly
RAIVA: Not really.
CIRRUS: Why would I?

Question 12: Do you have a job?

BEN: Two, technically. Captain of the Guard and Police Chief.
RAIVA: Soldier.
CIRRUS: Autobot.

Question 13: What do you want to do when you relax?

BEN: Well, I’m always a fan of cuddling *^^*
RAIVA: Smoke.
CIRRUS: I don’t. If I’m bored, I hit the sparring area.

Question 14: What's your favorite music?

BEN: As long as its good, I suppose. I’ve acquired a taste for symphonic works recently...
RAIVA: [Shrugs] Techno? Rock? Whatever keeps me ‘wake.
CIRRUS: None of it.

Question 15: What's your sign?

BEN: Kappa.
RAIVA: Sign?
CIRRUS: Crossed computers.

Question 16: What is your favorite alcoholic beverage?

BEN: I...Can’t have one. Not since the bachelor party >__>;;
RAIVA: Never had one.
CIRRUS: It’s all technically the same energon.

Question 17: Are you or have you ever been in any groups?

BEN: First was the freedom fighters, now the Guard and the Police.
RAIVA: In a squad. That count?
CIRRUS: The Autobots.

Question 18: What is your most prized possession?

BEN: My Father’s sword. All I have left of him. Certainly the oldest thing in my possession.
RAIVA: Cigarette money.
CIRRUS: This energo sword. Its preferable to trying to bash my enemies apart. Not all of us are made with class 8 hydraulics.

Question 19: What’s your family background?

BEN: My father was the previous captain of the Guard. My mother was a carpenter. They met, apparently, when he moved to a new village.
RAIVA: A man and a woman made me. Whatever.
CIRRUS: Had a creator. Maybe.

Question 20: What’s the craziest thing you ever did?

BEN: One time I tore the side of a ship apart and used it as projectile ammunition while I was still aboard. I haven’t really done much in the way of ‘crazy’. I think thats a good sign.
RAIVA: Tried... ]]> ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/14763495/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/14763495/ Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:25:05 PDT
I should find a reason to update this more often.

]]> ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/14386567/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/14386567/ Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:04:34 PDT Southern California sucks.

]]> ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/14211195/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/14211195/ Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:36:51 PDT I will have internet capacity, so I'll be able to comment and etc.
If a bit sporadically.

]]> ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/10631507/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/10631507/ Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:25:56 PST Nothing should take hours to load on this site.
Just how did they update DA?
They made the interface actually LESS useful, and it never forked up this bad on updating.

Anyone else getting this problem?

]]> ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/10561625/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/10561625/ Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:21:30 PST I'm burnt out on a decision.
I need to choose a name for my character Zakono, since her old name is a random combination of letters I thought sounded so 'kewl' back in high school.

The three alternatives I came up with:
Raiva
Soleres
Kali

Reference:
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PS: One more tagging, Rachel, and I'll poison your next meal.

]]> ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/10060129/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/10060129/ Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:05:29 PDT I've reminded Maria to sharpen her fangs and I've scuttled the oven. You are now warned.
6 habits/things that are wierd:

1) I AM a wierd thing. Does that count?

2) I try to emulate the cryptic naming scheme spawned by the Bungie game 'Marathon'. More info at [link]

3) I prefer my poptarts untoasted.

4) I have a near-completed suit of Mandalorian battle armor in my room. The torso plating needs new velcro, my gloves need arms on em so they dont pop out of the gauntlets, I have no jetpack, I'd look better with some leg plating and I'd REALLY like a kama (Mandalorian belt spat)

5) One character I haven't revealed on here is named "Lao Zhe".

6) My favorite paper to draw on is discarded printer paper. It works good ]]> ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/9699428/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/9699428/ Sat, 12 Aug 2006 07:06:28 PDT Only doing this because I know you.

10 things about my art.

1) Started drawing with serious effort in my first year of high school.

2) I still need a pencil sharpener worth a damn for this ####ing blue pencil.

3) One of the reasons I don't want to go into the art business is how fickle the industry seems, and I don't want my life to be my work. Not that I'm lazy, I just can't do it. In more ways than one. >_<

4) All my recent work is done with pencils only, no inks. It just seems to make it that much more succeptible to random mess-ups, and ball points are horrible for fine points. And these damn 'professional japanese manga pens' show up on a scan like crap.

5) For some twisted reason I have a hard time drawing anything less than full body shots.

6) I find printer paper taken out of the recycling bin to be better for drawing than the paper I find in sketchbooks. WTF?

7) My oldest character pictured is Ben, my alias here. Second oldest would be Zakono, followed by EV, then Cirrus and Maria.

8) A common mistake I make on hair is making the hair seem fat by accident, that is by having the hair curve wrong so it doesn't look as smooth as it should.

9) I'm considering doing all my art of organic characters in a cartoony style because I really dont like my current way of doing things. A lot.

10) It sucks. ]]> ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/7530800/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/7530800/ Fri, 06 Jan 2006 21:38:57 PST
However, I heard that their was a type of lead for mechanical pencils thats light blue. I've looked and asked everywhere for it, but I get no leads.
The reason I'm looking for it? So I can sketch in blue, then apply black lines so I can use color replacement and brightness/contrast to remove the sketch lines instead of having to kill my paper with white blocks of rubber.

I believe the source stated colored pencils, like Prismas, aren't ideal. I plan to test that...

In other news: I'll be returning to college on 1/9/05. ]]> ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/7293857/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/7293857/ Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:03:47 PST
I don't understand these chain comments. If they were simple games to put on peoples main pages, I'd be fine with them. Since they don't go to my messages, they won't bother me.

But what I can't understand are the 'Or Else' statements. For example, I saw one chain comment revolving about some sappy love list. Gave me dry heaves. I get to the bottom of it, and it says to copy and paste into at least some number of peoples pages or they would be cursed with relationship problems for ten years.
Another good example:

"ONCE YOU'VE BEEN HIT, YOU HAVE TO HIT 8 PEOPLE! IF YOU GET HIT AGAIN YOU'LL KNOW YOU HAVE THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER! IF YOU BRAKE THE CHAIN, YOU'LL BE CURSED WITH CRAPPY HOLIDAYS FOR 10 YEARS! SO PASS IT ON! HIT WHO-EVER YOU THINK DESERVES A HAPPY HOLIDAY
Pass on the fun!"
-The Xmas Truck

Now, these are just juvenile games. Copy-And-Paste it into a message box. Firstly, WHY start these in the first place? Second, who's STUPID and naive enough to believe that there love lives or the quality of a holiday will be dependant on a message being posted on a website? Third, WHY do these people put in the 'Or Else' statements?
Why do they feel it necessary to put in what are essentially threats of a sort to propogate a silly game? ]]> ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/6540828/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/6540828/ Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:39:37 PDT
I'll try to be on as often as possible, wich will be enough I hope to balance school and social time.




~End Entry ]]> ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/6034070/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/6034070/ Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:42:09 PDT
Working through a bit of a creative block. Trying to finish something for a change. ]]> ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/5970241/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/5970241/ Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:50:43 PDT ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/4688337/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/4688337/ Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:05:14 PST
Something I recently noticed is that good characters have a constant factor of conflict. More than revenge on some person, some personal factor. Some flaw in themselves, beyond the physical.

Nothing like good work to make one feel hollow.

"If life is a journey, then where have all my companions gone?" ]]> ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/4626000/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/4626000/ Sat, 19 Feb 2005 23:41:34 PST Time: Relative

-Neon piece
Status: Sketch work is done, haven't gotten to it after a recent art block.

-Dave piece
Status: Some sketch work done. Last but definately not least.

-'Teacher' story
Status: basic events done. Need some more meat on the bones. Scraps updated with current draft.

-Scraps updated with old picture I found. I don't know why.

They need to add a feature telling when new scraps come up. I love being able to see sketch work on some artists. ]]> ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/4433074/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/4433074/ Thu, 27 Jan 2005 22:18:18 PST
'Nuff said. ]]> ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/4220745/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/4220745/ Sun, 02 Jan 2005 12:54:26 PST -Status: Working on it.

Character series
-Status: Gathering reference, practicing ideas.

(FFXI) Raise Monk job
-Status: On hold. ]]> ~BenWolfson http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/4097241/ http://BenWolfson.deviantart.com/journal/4097241/ Sat, 18 Dec 2004 17:38:33 PST Mood: Make it Better, Faster, Stronger.

Current projects:

(Art Class) 'Defeated, Defiant'
-Status: 50% done, on hold temporarily

'Our Oddyssey Together'
-Status: ?% done, correcting character interactions, adding new dialogue
'Power'
-Status: Not begun, gathering reference and practicing technique needed
'Duality'
-Status: Not begun, gathering reference and generating ideas
'Intensity'
-Status: Not begun, gathering reference, ideas and technique
'Judgement'
-Status: Not begun, gathering reference, ideas and technique
'Wisdom'
-Status: Not begun, gathering reference, ideas and technique

(FFXI) Raise Beastmaster job
-Status: On hold while working on more interesting projects ]]> ~BenWolfson