http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:Draconicsoul&section=today deviantART RSS for by:Draconicsoul en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:06:20 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/28955387/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/28955387/ Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:49:09 PST Some of you may have noticed me commenting on/faving some of your stuff from like, two months ago.

Yeah. I'm doing the whole 'catch up' thing.

Some of you may recall me mentioning a bunch of art and stuff I had in the works. Still doing it.
You may also recall a poll I did a long time ago asking what you'd like to see out of me. Still doing that stuff too.

Just been a bit busy between work, school, WoW, and insomnia.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/28599064/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/28599064/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:39:13 PST
I am NOT looking forward to work tomorrow.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/28569922/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/28569922/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:05:18 PST FAQ #565: You prohibit the submission of 'pornographic imagery'; what do you consider this to be?

Masturbation: check.
Sexual intercourse: check.
Sexual bodily fluids: check.

I clearly violated dA's policy on pornographic submissions. I honestly should have read into the guidelines, especially regarding something with such mature content.

I offer my sincere apologies to the deviantArt staff and community for my oversight on that matter. I'm just thankful that my deviation was deleted and that I wasn't more harshly reprimanded.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/28541520/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/28541520/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:04:29 PST Booze
Boobs
Ice cream
Finishing artwork and being proud of it

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/28267675/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/28267675/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:14:39 PST
Anyway. I FINALLY got an idea for that drawing I was talking about in my last journal. The real question is, though...
Should I leave the line art or leave it clean and line art free?
Either way, the original sketches are underway and it's already 3000x3000 pixels...meaning it's going to be a really long time before this is finished, if I go into detail and actually add a background and all that jazz. I also have some other art I plan on working on in between, like something for ~YourOryx's Face Your Fears, a few bits of literature work, and maybe a comic or two somewhere in there too, just cuz.

Of course, the only thing I can -really- promise...is that it's going to be a while before I post anything new.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/28116935/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/28116935/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:08:04 PST And I'm gonna.

Lastly, I seem to have misplaced my wallet. That could put a stint in the whole getting to school tomorrow morning plan.

Maybe I'm not gonna. Just cuz I don't wanna.
Sleep, I mean. Life is hard these days. I mean, WoW provides for a good distraction, but there's other things I need to deal with. That lineart I drew of Vieyla has me a bit psyched, though, and I really want to draw now. And I have naughty ideas. I've been in a rather inexplicably naughty mood lately.

I'm sure you wanted to know that.

I should sleep, I have five and half hours before that alarm goes off and six and half before that bus comes. But I've pulled 30-hour days before, and really...all it takes is caffeine and food. But I don't have any money because adhfoaihefoieoihadfuck I got punched in the nuts by a $1.27 overdraft charge by the bank that wound up costing me 20% of my paycheck.

Which fucked up my mood real good and I have yet to really recover; it's been almost a week.

With one pack of cigarettes and $13 in my wallet (which is missing, along with my bus pass, ID, and other important shit, naturally) and I'm quite sure this is going to be a hungry week. If I would have known that I had that overdraft waiting for me, I wouldn't have bought that rum, and saved myself $20 and probably would have been at least able to afford cigarettes for the week.

To top it off, I went on a 30-something hour sleepless march through manual labor as I helped my friend move over the weekend. I really could have used some kind of payment for the eight hours of grueling labor I provided after not sleeping for a long period, but I was instead rewarded with three cans of soda and four slices of pizza. Which I was thankful for, don't get me wrong.

And of course, the normal list of complaints is still there, but I did manage to wake up in a good mood this morning. By this morning, I mean this afternoon, but you knew that. Anyway, I think I'm done calling out people in vague, half-poetic ways in dA journals for a while because I don't think they read them and if they do, they don't seem to get it. Well. Some do. But 90% of my prosey passive-aggressive love notes or death threats seem to go unheard and unheeded.

And if you can't tell by the crazy subject-jumping ADHD-style journal, my brain is a little skewered.

The original point of this journal was to say this: Vieyla came out pretty good, eh? Expect more art soon. Prolly porn. And I lost my wallet. Damnit.

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]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/27991610/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/27991610/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:45:31 PDT I rolled out of the building as it collapsed.
I ducked under the fist of a god.
I wove a path through mine field, blindfolded. In record time, too.
I dodged the fires of the grenade that let loose beside me.

I manuevered my hollow body past you
My words fell on deaf eyes.

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]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/27625073/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/27625073/ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:34:32 PDT
So, it's quarter to one AM, and I can't sleep. Usually, it's quarter to one AM and I don't care about sleeping, but I have to wake up for work in five and a half hours.

I was laying in bed and I got to thinking...

Y'know, I'm 21 years old and I've been mostly single for almost two and a half years. I look at the friends I have and realize that none of them have really been single for more than two and a half months for as long as I've known them. I don't understand this. I don't mean to say that my friends shouldn't be capable of relationships for this reason or that, but what is it about me that everyone seems more capable of romance than I am?

And I don't mean to get all emo about it, and I usually don't complain about this sort of thing, but I've known myself for all of my life and I know that affection and attention are things that are important to me and, sadly, my health. I don't mean it in the way of physical health, but I've noticed that, without someone there with me, I have the capability of blowing through almost $2,000 in a month and not even realizing it, and I only have two very small bills that I am responsible for paying. I've realized that I take better care of myself in a lot of ways, and pay more attention to what I'm doing. I'm more ambitious, and as anyone would imagine, much happier overall. I go out more and do more things, and I'm able to tolerate the bullshit in my life better.

So, it's 1:30 AM and I'm not much closer to sleep. Waking up for work in five hours... And I'm wondering why I even work there. I graduated high school, I graduated college and got my degree. I did everything right. Why am I washing dishes 12 hours a week for minimum wage? Why am I fucking living with my mother, in her fucking basement, sharing a bedroom with my brother? What the hell did I do wrong here?

I have almost no money in the bank, and I'm wondering if I'll have enough cigarettes to last me until my next paycheck on Tuesday, and if that 'almost no money' is actually 'less than no money'.

I keep hearing people say, "It will get better, just stick to it," and "Don't give up, keep trying," and shit like that, but things keep getting worse and no matter how much effort I put into things, they just don't seem to get any better. At all. And it can't be said that I don't try or put any effort in, because I do. I have, and I always have.

Yeah, at least I have a job, but I'm starting to wonder if I would be better off using the time that I would be spending at that job looking for some other one. And yeah, I'm back at school, but I'm only doing it because if I didn't I would have a $14,000 lawsuit on my hands. And I fucking hate it there. Not to mention that Associates in Fine Arts that I would acquire would be utterly useless.

I just don't know what I'm doing anymore, or why I'm doing it.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/27612066/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/27612066/ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:31:57 PDT She spoke to me,
vicious lips forming wordless terrors
from behind the luscious black.

Stone walls desaturated by the purple light
And browned by age,
Decaying rotting repulsive
Red pools raised in each corner.

From this Red did she form herself
Viscous and malleable and beautiful
With black hair and
Black lips and
deep
red
purple
brown
Skin.

She spoke to me wordless terrors.

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]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/27253880/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/27253880/ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:33:11 PDT pay close attention.
i need you to see this.
i need you to know this.

i walked out into an empty field today,
recently plowed,
and, standing in the center,
dug into my pocket.

The watermelon seeds were gone.

i went to the city today,
recently drowned in a rain of liquor,
and, standing just off-center,
looked around at the buildings.

None were aflame.

i descended to the basement today,
recently cleaned out,
and, standing in front of the cage,
peered carefully inside.

The lion was asleep and smiling.

i opened the cupboard today,
recently restocked,
and, standing just below it,
dug through in search.

The wine was gone.

i went to my locker today,
recently locked,
and, standing alone again,
realized something shocking.

It had never been opened.

i didn't move today,
recently reopened,
and, sitting with myself,
cleaned my fingernails.

my fingers did not sparkle or glow.
my fingers did not move or burn.
my fingers were colorless and dull.
my fingers were see-through.

And I feel like a ghost.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/27239419/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/27239419/ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:09:04 PDT

But, I do have a question for any of you out there with one of these tablets or one similar to it. See, my pen pressure is linked to brush size; the harder I press, the bigger the brush. Is there any way I can link it to opacity and/or fill?

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/27194345/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/27194345/ Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:52:26 PDT
First, I plan on entering the OCT Bloodspring by =OCBZ. I'm not entirely sure which character I want to use, but I'm leaning toward Togema. There's a few things I need to work out before I can get started on my audition comic, such as a way to give Togema's history and motivation in a fast and a detailed way without overloading manner. Then I actually have to start drawing it, then coloring it. I'm going to have to get that done in like...3 weeks.

There's also the October exhibition on horror and macabre at the AABC that I need to start painting for before it gets too cold outside to do. I don't even have a goood idea for this yet, and I'm going to have to have it finished in maybe 5 weeks. I am leaning toward maybe like...a 2- or 3-pane urban zombie type deal, but I don't know, really.

I'm still less than halfway through the pointilism of one of my parents' wedding photos, and I have a lot (A LOT) more work to do on it. Of course, I can take as much time with this as I would like, but I do want to give them their photo back eventually.

So, I think I'm going to start trying to storyboard my Bloodspring entry. Maybe after I get a decent start in that, I'll thumb out some ideas for the painting, and while I'm bored at school or on the bus to school I'll work on the pointilism. Wish me luck.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/27181808/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/27181808/ Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:15:04 PDT [link]

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]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/27105700/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/27105700/ Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:04:16 PDT There went thirty-six hours
Given back to fate.

That bastard of a sabatuer fly cowers
not knowing I sleep on a bed
of shame-soaked flowers.

This time it wasn't something they said,
But what was left quiet
and left for dead.

Tonight, oh guilt, bestill the riot:
The hour is much too late
And I refuse to buy it.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/27034413/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/27034413/ Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:53:39 PDT
I now have Photoshop 6. Fuck you Vista.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/26993429/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/26993429/ Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:59:11 PDT
Anyway, toally bought a new laptop, courtesy the government and their generosity for college-faring poor folk. Unfortunately, there are no pirateable internet connections in or around my house.

What? Who said anything about pirating internet? I meant - yeah, I don't yet have the funds to sustain a monthly internet connection. In maybe about a month, I should have the extra money to talk to Janet about setting our house up with a cable connection.

On the downside of all this, of course... My computer came with the WONDEFULLY AWESOME AND BADASS WINDOWS VISTA!!! and has some sort of issue with Photoshop 6. By some issue, I mean a murderous hatred for. And by shit, I mean damn. SOOOoooo... The primary purpose of this computer puchase was to get back into doing my digital art before I forget how AAAAAAAND... the WONDEFULLY AWESOME AND BADASS WINDOWS VISTA!!! gave me a DENIED stamp on my application for fun and cool professional and artistic development.

But really - at least I have the damned thing now. Paid for and owned and HELL YEAH IT'S MINE BITCH, STAY AWAY.

But, no, for real. Hi guys. I missed you.

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Anyway, just had a bit of time left over while I was at the library editing and printing some resume's out, and wanted to say hi. Hopefully, I'll be able to hop back into the dA world again sometime soon. Miss you guys. <3

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/25498920/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/25498920/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:30:33 PDT
Mm - yes. With the financial problems piling up on me and the people I live with, we're all going to forced to go back to live with our parents in about a week. Or, Fen and Sara are going to live with Fen's mom and I'm going back to live with mine. Which means a lot of really unpleasant things for me, but what affects me and my relationship with you (all you lovely dA people <3) is that you will be seeing even less of me, and will by the time I do get a chance to catch up with you, I will be much less of a happy person and more like one of those people who has been locked in a closet for a few years and hates the world.

On the upside of that, though, they say the best artists are the depressed and psychotic, the tortured and tormented.

Well - maybe it won't be so bad. I plan on joining the Butler Area Artist's Association and I will be attending college at the end of August. I might even have a job soon (HELL YEAH (sorta...)!). And I'm turning 21 in like...2 weeks. You're all invited to my party.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24853293/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24853293/ Wed, 20 May 2009 09:03:47 PDT
Bad news – my computer is completely inaccessible.
Good news – I know exactly why!
Bad news – There’s nothing I can do about it…
Good news – YET.
Bad news – This means I must forfeit the OG competition.

The problem is called a logon loop. A certain piece of spyware was removed from my computer a few days ago, and the removal of that piece of spyware corrupted my userinit.exe file, making it impossible for me to log onto my computer. This can be fixed with a Windows XPHE boot disk, which Sara’s father has generously mailed to us. Though, there’s no guarantee that will work, and there’s no telling when it will arrive.

You have no idea how upset I am that I cannot finish my OG entry. I was 2.5 pages away from being DONE, and had three days to do it before my computer decided NO.

Anyway… Greetings from the Butler Area Public Library. I’ll be around later, I suppose. Eventually. I hope.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24818250/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24818250/ Mon, 18 May 2009 08:08:58 PDT Now, this presents a number of problems regarding a number of things. Some of you know the implications already regarding various online activities of mine but let me continue anyway.
If my computer is not fixed within 36 hours, I will be forced to forfeit the Oberon’s Garden competition. Not only has a full day’s coloring work been lost with my inability to log on to my own computer, but so have all of my color palettes, backgrounds, my resized and formatted scans for pages yet to be colored and all kinds of formatting setups and fonts. Photoshop is inaccessible, the internet is inaccessible, and my means of communication is inaccessible.
One might argue that I could still submit what I can from here, or from my grandmother’s house, and still be able to participate in the competition. Well, no. Suggest that I did just that and by some stretch of luck I won the first round. When it came time to create the comic for the second round, what would I do? With no access to anything I need, I would just be forced to forfeit then. Better that the talent of H-Guderian is allowed to continue rather than neither of us.
This also means that you won’t be seeing me in #OberonsGarden, on AIM, on MSN, on Yahoo, or anywhere else until this is fixed. If this can be fixed.

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]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24798847/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24798847/ Sun, 17 May 2009 05:25:54 PDT
There are moods and emotions set into music through the instruments, the vocals, and the lyrics. A certain mood is set or an emotion called upon. Art itself is much the same: the use of color, tones, lines, every bit of it can set a tone and call forth an emotion just the same way.

Art and music have always been passions of mine, and ~Raxion is holding a contest that will truly challenge the way you view music as art and the way you interpret art. As a selected judge for this contest, I implore you all to check it out. [link] I honestly believe this contest has the potential to be something incredible, and will be an amazing chance for any competitor to explore the way they define music and art and tap into the emotional structure of both.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24780999/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24780999/ Sat, 16 May 2009 04:41:52 PDT I tied a string to a cloud.

I'd like to hear from you.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24747771/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24747771/ Thu, 14 May 2009 02:07:57 PDT
~Ganondorfthethird gave all of us a 3-day extension, moving the due date to May 21st so I now have exactly one week to get this done (again)! That allows me a chance to slow down just a bit and not fry myself, and do this right. I'm now entirely confident that I can finish this in time. It may be pushing the extreme limits of 'on time', but I can do it without sacrificing quality.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24712475/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24712475/ Mon, 11 May 2009 22:13:16 PDT
Somewhere in there I spent 4 hours deciding on what classes I'm taking during Andy Vs. College, Round 2 and quickly learned that college will probably stand victorious in round 2 as it had in round 1. To compound this disappointment of defeat, I was reminded that I am a pretty big failure as an artist as I attempted to sketch the pages of my entry. Eventually I gave up and tried to sleep.

As soon as I'm able to climb over this roadblock I've constructed, I'll be back on track... I didn't lose too much time today and only made a little less progress than I expected.

It figures I trip as soon as the gun fires, though, doesn't it?

-----~

It's 7:16 AM on May 13th and I have 5 days to go. All it took was a good break and BAM! The remaining 14 pages are now fully penciled, and one page is inked and ready to scan. It feels good to have made some real progress. The art isn't my best, but it's much better than I expected. Even now, I'm making strides in my art - I can see exactly where I've improved and what yet I can work on to become a better comic artist.

As it stands, my plan is changing a bit. For the next 2 and a half hours, I'll ink everything I can before taking them in to scan. After that, I'm -definitely- going to need a nap. After that, I'll ink the rest of it and begin coloring what I've scanned until I can get scanner access again.

I just might be able to pull this off.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24697402/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24697402/ Mon, 11 May 2009 03:50:39 PDT
The utter lack of time requires a change. I'm seriously doubting that I will be able to entirely finish my entry on time, but I'll be damned if I'm not going to try. Therefore, it will be some time before I post anything, probably about 4 or 5 days from now. I am going to sketch and ink everything before I even bother scanning it in, and will only color what I have time to color, and even then it might be a half-assed coloring job completely devoid of shading.

A good chunk of my work time is lost today as I have to go to the college and arrange a schedule for myself for the summer semester at noon until (I'm going to assume) three o'clock. Here, I stand at a loss... I signed myself up for general studies, as I have no idea what my talentless and unmotivated ass is going to be able to do with my life. The graphic design degree is still doing nothing for me, but even knowing this I know that I'm probably going to (stupidly) fill my schedule with various art and literature classes...

Anyway, wish me luck. I've got 7 12-hour workdays coming up, starting...now. GO!

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24662567/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24662567/ Sat, 09 May 2009 03:42:02 PDT
But

I have to do in one week what took me four. I have at least 3 or 4 more pages to go after this one, and only 9 days to do them in.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24592913/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24592913/ Tue, 05 May 2009 01:52:02 PDT It is a sad day.

EDIT: On some other notes:
- My house is freezing cold.
- I'm lazy as hell.
- Not many people have submitted much for the Oberon's Garden contest.
- I don't like making long walks up hills for nothing.
- On a related note, I also don't like when people ditch me and/or don't keep appointments and/or promises.

On the up side of things:
- My comic work is coming along, if slowly, even at the lack of a pen. This pen problem will be remedied as soon as I wake up.
- People with problems seem to be actively resolving them. Hooray for problem solvers!
- No member of my family has been jailed, in an accident, institutionalized, shot at, or hospitalized in a full week. HOLY SHIT.
- I'll be heading off to college over the summer. I'm building my schedule on May 11th.

Within two days, I will have another page of OG to post for you all. <3

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24577626/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24577626/ Mon, 04 May 2009 03:54:29 PDT Drip.
Drip.
Drip.
Drip.
Drip.

Drip.


Drip.




Drip.

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If I keep up at the rate I'm going now, I'm not going to finish the entry on time. I have an estimated 20 or so more pages to draw and ink and color. This will be the last page of pre-fight BS, then I should 4 submissions (16 pages) of combat, then a few pages of post-combat stuff and a bit more plot work.

I know how these fight scenes work, and it's not easy to draw, especially some of the action I want to put in from the angles I need to show it from.

I have NEVER done anything like this before and it will stretch and test every limit of my artistic ability. Even if I can't finish it on time, even if I do and don't win the round, I will be a much better artist for it. Even without drawing the fight scene yet, I've already become better - the improvement can be seen even from my audition comic just a few weeks ago.

Wish me luck, guys. I'm gonna need it.

At any rate - here's what you have to look forward to!
Scratching, clawing, biting, hair pulling, blood, and torn clothing - everything you want to see in a good cat fight!
Oberon, Lucien, and Gobs make their appearances!
Beyjn prays! (Kinda)
Aliens attack! (Not really)

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]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24370922/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24370922/ Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:27:56 PDT
Half an hour to thumb.
Half an hour to draw borders and fully panel in ink.
One and a half hours to sketch.
Half an hour to ink.
One hour to scan and transfer (requires travel and data transfer)
Between three and five hours to color.
One hour to add speech bubbles, dialogue, and sound effects.
Half an hour of final revisions and formatting.

Eight to ten and a half hours per page. That's a full work day, at least! It's a good thing I'm doing these 4 at a time.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24337037/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24337037/ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:34:39 PDT
Well. Or something like that. Really.

So! Life updates. Hm, busy stuff. Sorta caught in a limbo right now. With the economy in the shitter, it's been even more difficult to find a place that's even hiring, much less a place that's hiring me. But there's a subcontracting labor agency just a few blocks from my house, and my roomie has a car. So, with any luck, we might be able to pair up, get some work, and literally squeeze out another month's rent.

If not, it's back to mom's basement I go! Where I will be sharing a room with my brother! And have no internet access! Fun shit, yeah? Well - my grandmother, just a few blocks away, will have internet access and a scanner and I will be installing photoshop, so I won't be giving up on OG that easily.

Speaking of OG, I'm a bit behind schedule due to certain life situations. Hank moving out, cleaning, hoping for work with Labor Ready, watching movies, playing Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion... >_> Y'know, important stuff like that. On the up side of that, I have it all completely concepted now, I know exactly what I'm doing. My cover is about a third of the way done, I have a bit of extra work sketched out, pages 1-3 are entirely finished, page 4 is inked and page 5 is in pencil. I'm going to have to rework some dialogue and finalize some things before I can post anything.

So. Let's get organized!

Pen's reference - yet to start
Omni & Lenore makeout photos - sketched
Page 5 - sketched
Page 4 - inked
Page 1-3 - finished
Cover page - started
Take over the world! - in progress

Anyway, ~H-Guderian is over there being awesome and stuff while I'm writing lists and rotting my brain on movies and video games. Give her stuff a look over.

[ Minor edit, p.s.: Being a vampire sucks. Anyone know a few good places to find empty grand soul stones? >_> ]

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24191593/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24191593/ Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:09:56 PDT H-Guderian! A formidable foe and an amazing artist, I'm not going to be able to slack my way out of this one!
This round ends on May 18 - that's a lot of time, but I have no time to waste! To win this round, I'll really need to put my best work out there.

Good luck to H-Guderian and all the other contestants out there!

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24131076/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24131076/ Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:38:41 PDT Happiness. ~Ganondorfthethird's OCB, Oberon's Garden, I made it in as a contestant.

To all the contestants of Oberon's Garden: Good luck!

As for me, I've got work to do.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24086455/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24086455/ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:55:19 PDT
Nyeh, let's not get into the prosey stuff this time. I'm tired, it's 5 AM, and I want to get to bed, so I'll just fill you all in on what's going on some time tomorrow. I'll probably be all out of cigarettes and thus cranky and generally angry and depressed, but. Y'know. Shit happens.

But really. No one expected any of this. Especially me. And maybe I'm the one taking it the hardest because I'm the one who's going to lose the most.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24048805/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24048805/ Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:24:08 PDT asphyxiatedxlove for purchasing us a new keyboard.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24015561/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/24015561/ Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:59:56 PDT There's nothing I or anyone else can do about it.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23979165/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23979165/ Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:09:32 PDT
Hey! This is important, I hope you're paying attention.

[ Oops. We're missing a paragraph somewhere around here... ]

See, there is a level of submission that one man can reach before he turns and looks at himself and, in shock, sees himself readying the switch and fastening the chains. (Oh, yes, I went there. *AHEM* Aaaaanyway...)

But he knows he knew all along. So...on with the deviance, boyo.

----~----~----

IMPORTANT EDIT: ~se-kaoru being awesome: [link]

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23973967/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23973967/ Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:14:45 PDT
Her busiest month was October 2007 with 73 (11%) of her deviations.

The majority of her deviations are uploaded to the photography gallery (551), while her favourite category was people>selfportrait with 174 deviations."

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23954047/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23954047/ Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:43:22 PDT
But there's still lots of work to be done!

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23943986/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23943986/ Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:34:14 PDT
Let's find a poetic way to say this.
Let's search through a liquid cloud for the words.
Let the submissive lay with the submissive.
Let the timid swoon and the pressure stack.


I'm going to keep drinking.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23863391/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23863391/ Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:50:06 PDT
Got pages 1-3 of my Oberon's Garden audition comic inked, and two more pages after that in pencil. I have some really good ideas for this, I'm hoping I can get it done in time.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23827082/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23827082/ Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:42:26 PDT
My personal favorite randomly generated plots so far:

"Diarrhea. Now."
"Character attacked by a rabid rabbit."
"A cultured vampire is imprisoned in a huge cathedral. Her donkey is crippled by an invincible hippo. With the help of a tactless boy, she must become a vampire in order to save her children."


Other than that, my y, h, n, u, 6, and 7 keys stopped working. I'm relying heavily now on copy and paste, and on Firefox's spell check. hooray.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23807849/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23807849/ Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:54:15 PDT [06:50] kdmna: somewhere public though, but be all sneaky.
[06:50] CATS.: O_o;
[06:50] kdmna: You'll feel totally freed.
[06:50] kdmna: You'll be amazed.
[06:51] CATS.: ...Okay...I'll have to try that.
[06:51] kdmna: Do it.
[06:51] kdmna: You have no idea.
[06:51] kdmna: Right now you're all like "what a crazy person"
[06:51] kdmna: And that's chill.
[06:52] kdmna: But once you've pooped outside you'll be part of an elite club of badasses preceeding you.
[06:52] kdmna: or something.

...

[08:48] kdmna: Oh god the google search is terrible.
[08:48] CATS.: Google search...for what, dare I ask?
[08:48] kdmna: I'm trying to see if anyone has modified their anus to make cool shapes.
[08:48] kdmna: But there's no tactful way to say that.
[08:48] CATS.: ...lol
[08:49] kdmna: You must think I'm totally insane.
[08:49] CATS.: Yep.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23791241/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23791241/ Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:24:11 PDT Unmotivated.
Two steps ahead and one step behind.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23774470/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23774470/ Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:42:31 PDT To my friends on WoW - have fun, I'll miss you all.

And I've decided to drop myself from the roleplaying community. A hobby I've had for most of my life - I seem to have simply evolved out of it. The community has changed and like-minded roleplayers are near impossible to come by. People don't write for a good story or an interesting plot anymore, people don't search to explore possibilities and learn from their stories. It's become a community of people trying to create some ultimate badass character, some ultra-sexy person - people trying to fulfill personal fantasies or touch their own needs and desires. People are pouring way too much of themselves into their characters, ignoring the virtues of good writing and the basic ethics of roleplaying.

I'm done whining about being bored and alone. I've made a serious resolution to take better care of myself and to get out and do things. Spring is upon us and the world is waking up: I'm not sleeping in. What worth has despondent self-pity? Today is going to be the first step of many on this path.

In half an hour, I'll be leaving for the Welfare office. I don't want to do it, but I have to. I've tried and tried again to get a job here or there or anywhere, and I have to face the fact that it might be a long time before I'm able to get one. I'll keep trying, but in the meantime, food stamps, health care, and cash assistance will help me through. After that I'm taking Hank to Art Attack, where we'll get the third and hopefully final T-Shirt design ordered. It will be another brilliant addition to my portfolio. After that, I'm going to scan in some art I've been meaning to post. Then my room will be thoroughly cleaned and my clothes washed. Some drawing and maybe some more painting will be done. I woke up at half past midnight today, and will need to reset my sleep schedule to something more normal. On Saturday, I'm going to the community college's open house to discuss going back to school to further my education and perhaps get a second degree in either art or secondary education with an English focus.

Today is a reset. Today I part the sea I've been drowning in and walk with dry shoes.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23758434/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23758434/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:29:58 PDT "...?"
"Daisies are the friendliest flower."

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23722823/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23722823/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:20:34 PDT And I wish I had WoW.
I'm bored as all FUCK and it's, in a very literal way, driving me fucking crazy.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23704899/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23704899/ Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:41:21 PDT
Hallucinations are come. Everything sounds like it's so far away today, and my eyes won't focus right, like they refuse to see anything within ten feet of me. A chemical haze I cry for veils everything past that ten-foot blur.

I think I understand myself anew every day. Tomorrow there will be a new truth that makes more sense. And the next day will repeat today and tomorrow.

If ever my fingers rolled over something important...

EDIT: I promise deviations soon.

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]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23586910/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23586910/ Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:10:16 PDT
So many words, but so little to say. My fingers drip with poison. My veins pump...nothing.

There are no metaphors anymore.

]]> *Draconicsoul http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23446282/ http://Draconicsoul.deviantart.com/journal/23446282/ Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:28:13 PST
He said, "This song goes to this dude. Lemme shake your hand, man," and he came to me, and shook my hand. "It's called Miles Apart," he finished before going into the song.

...How cool is it that a band you've been waiting 2-3 years to see singles -you- out of the crowd and dedicates a song to you, and shakes your hand in the middle of their set?

]]> *Draconicsoul