http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:Kitschensyngk&section=today deviantART RSS for by:Kitschensyngk en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:12:26 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/27869701/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/27869701/ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:50:59 PDT [link]

My father's already addicted to it. We went back to Colorado last weekend and he couldn't stop playing with the Facebook app on his iPhone.

Trying to get back into drawing now.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/27438969/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/27438969/ Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:26:13 PDT Eureka Seven movie last Thursday. An okay film, despite the completely remodeled storyline and a kind of bittersweet ending.

My baby cousin Abigail turned one year old this week, and we're going to a party tomorrow to celebrate.

The Jayhawks won against their toughest non-conference opponent this season, beating Southern Miss by seven points. The defensive line can be credited for keeping the Golden Eagles from tying the game for the fourth time. I hope we can improve between now and our conference season opener in two weeks.

Got a new iPhone last week.

More art coming. Ever have one of those days when you feel you can't draw a freaking thing...and actually can't? *groan*

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/26883055/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/26883055/ Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:45:22 PDT Persepolis yet, then SEE PERSEPOLIS.

It's an animated movie from France from a graphic novel based on the life of its author, Marjane Satrapi.

It is about her life as an Iranian girl growing up during the Islamic Revolution of the late 1970s and its aftermath.

Marjane rebels against the new Islamic fundamentalist regime through punk rock, denim jackets and other outlawed Western cultural icons.

She gets sent to school in Vienna, finds love, falls out of love, makes friends, ends up on the streets, goes back to Iran, goes to art school, gets married, gets divorced and ultimately cannot adjust to a society of repression and control.

Great animation, great story, very humorous at times and overall a very charming film.

SEE PERSEPOLIS.

That is all.

...

...well, what are you waiting for!! GO! SEE IT!! RIGHT NOW!!!

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/26118266/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/26118266/ Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:47:42 PDT
A black Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS15, 12.1 megapixels with auto-focus tracking, a 5x optical zoom lens and a whole bunch of other features I'm still fooling around with.

I have a few ideas of what to do with it--heck, with a laptop with Photoshop and Flash, the possibilities are endless.

I'm thinking of opening up a Flickr account, perhaps treat it as a more professional portfolio.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/25974589/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/25974589/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:35:51 PDT
The cause of death has been identified as one similar to most of the four adapters I went through with my old machine - the area where the cord comes out of the brick and connects to the computer. Hewlett-Packard cannot get it through their heads that the rubber thing connecting the cord to the brick is too rigid and leaves the copper wiring inside the cord to bind and break apart if the cord comes under too much strain.

Sadly this has slowed work on a remake of the NCC Lying in Grass deviation which so direly needs a redo. I've already ordered its successor, AC Adapter VI, and hopefully it should be here by the end of the week.

And I was on an artistic buzz, too...

Luckily during the unprecedented downtime I managed to finish up some NCC and Gwendolyn sketches and I'll get those scanned and posted ASAP.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/25612510/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/25612510/ Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:34:18 PDT
- Filling up the MP3 player I got for my birthday with every song I can think of.

- Walked down the hill during KU's graduation ceremony in May. Technically, I'm not out yet; I've got two more classes left to take, one for my major, but it's close enough for me to start taking certain things more seriously.

- Developed an idea for a new comic/story/thing: Gwendolyn in the Land of Nonsense. It's sort of a dark, twisted take on shows from Sid and Marty Krofft and the like which feature kids trapped in bizarre, nightmarish and hallucinogen-induced alien worlds. I've put some character art up already, and more is coming.

- Watching Mighty Boosh on Adult Swim. Best comedy they've put on in recent months.

- Starting up work on Nachos Con Carne comic pages. It's slow for the most part, but if I keep going at it then hopefully I can stay focused.

- Preparing to head out to my older sister and brother-in-law's house for the Fourth of July weekend. Sucks that they've banned fireworks in Colorado, but otherwise it should be fun.

- Saw Up in theaters. A very good movie.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/23327559/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/23327559/ Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:05:32 PST Family Guy.

Good to see I'm not alone.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/22766089/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/22766089/ Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:48:37 PST
Surely he's become a more popular leader than the man he succeeds, according to global opinion.

He's got quite a lot on his plate right now. The slumping economy, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan against people who we're told want to kill us, and a tarnished international reputation built by an administration which spent much of the past eight years spreading fear and doubt about said people who we're told want to kill us.

During those eight years, we've also had a mismanaged natural disaster in New Orleans, big businesses screwing their employees while the CEOs retire in luxury, an education reform system where lower performing schools are stressed to improve standardized test scores at the risk of losing funds, and government lobbyists sneaking money behind their backs.

Surely the new guy can't screw things up any worse than that guy did.

I wouldn't have voted for him if I thought otherwise.

In other news, the Powerpuff Girls marathon on Cartoon Network last Monday was awesome. Man, I missed that show.

Also, I'd enjoy these new DeviantArt profile features a lot more if I weren't required to order a subscription to use most of them.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/22314162/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/22314162/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:54:50 PST
I'm gonna be doing some cleanup work with my account over the next few days. Some of the stuff in my gallery might be heavily altered or just deleted altogether depending on how embarrassed I am to look at them.

This includes everything comic-related that isn't Nachos Con Carne. I plan on retooling both of those story ideas.

Speaking of NCC, I've got more character art in the pipeline, including one piece of work I find especially cute, and I'm hoping to start the comic for real in early 2009.

I plan to continue drawing and graphic upchucking throughout the new year, and hopefully put up some stuff on this journal a little more often, so stay very much tuned and a Happy New Year to all.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/20495615/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/20495615/ Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:10:23 PDT
This is a very addictive game.

It's official: Adult Swim hates anime, and I hate popular television. Why they choose to put two of their freshest anime at 4AM ON A SUNDAY to make room for MORE RERUNS OF ASSY MCGEE AND ROBOT CHICKEN surely defies all logic.

Working on a NCC Mike picture.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/18722847/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/18722847/ Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:40:55 PDT
I thought it'd be a good idea to start making deviant stamps to keep this account from getting dull. Otherwise, I'm starting to overcome an apparent motivational problem with NCC by doing characters and comic art. Summer classes have started, so the academic strain will be a little light for a while.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/17793094/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/17793094/ Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:45:03 PDT Paniponi Dash! this week, a show that took me NINE FREAKING MONTHS to watch since the discs are so hard to find and the Anime Network no longer has a 24/7 cable channel. Take the warm fuzzy cuteness of Azumanga Daioh and replace some of the charm with the not-so-subtle humor of Excel Saga and here's what you get. Watch it when you can.

Twenty years after last winning the national championship, KU does it again thanks to a last-minute three-pointer which sent it to overtime. Kansas 75, Memphis 68. Rock chalk Jayhawk.

NCC artwork still coming out. Also exploring the seemingly threatening world of Flash.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/17049016/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/17049016/ Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:48:11 PST
Compaq Presario F700. 2GB of RAM. 140GB hard drive. Windows Vista. Functioning CD-ROM drive. USB ports where you don't have to jiggle the device or anything.

I've spent the past weekend breaking it in and despite having to learn how to do some things all over again thanks to their confusing new control panel layout it's running pretty sweet.

Terry wallpaper coming soon.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/16446151/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/16446151/ Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:50:24 PST
I'm feeling a little motivated to start NCC back up again. I'm currently making some character wallpapers which I'll put up here eventually. Bonnie's done, Renée's is still in progress, Terry, Kat, Mike and the currently undisclosed portion of the main cast to come later.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/15945455/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/15945455/ Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:35:15 PST
Finals are done and another semester's in the books (not one of my better ones, admittedly, but I think I did all right). All I need to do now is brave the cold weather and get to somewhere I can sell my books back.

Thhinking of making some Deviant stamps.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/15700596/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/15700596/ Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:42:19 PST
Last time I take a Wednesday night class.

Also last time I take a film class.

I hate writing essays. I always have trouble explaining the way I think.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/15211980/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/15211980/ Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:43:29 PDT

• A Nachos Con Carne image which would make a good wallpaper.
  
• Finishing that Nutmeg Nan and Sticky piece. Now it's all a matter of character design.
  
• I've recently rediscovered a love for Flash design work (see here and here for good examples) and it's inspired me to do something with my Four Seasons characters. I've got the software on here; I might as well learn how to use it.
  
• Hopefully a new laptop by the end of this year or the start of the next. A new problem has arisen: I keep having to plug my AC adapter in and out again because sometimes it's plugged in and then it switches to battery power for some reason. I've had to replace the adapter so many times since I got this machine (the one I have now is my fourth) and I'd rather get a new machine than get a new adapter.
  

Question of the Moment: Why do they call it the World Series when the teams that can play in it all come from North America?

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/14954839/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/14954839/ Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:39:10 PDT
I try to scan some pencil drawings this morning and my stupid USB ports don't even know when I've plugged something in. Then I have to try and adjust the plug like a friggin TV antenna in a very slim hope that it will start to think "Hey, something's plugged in."

On top of that, I come home from school one day and find the door to the CD drive's popped off. And I can't get it back on without tape.

I've been considering getting a new one, but I can't afford it right now because I'm trying to build my bank account back up after finally paying off back debt to the university, not to mention I'm still paying off a car.

If anything good's come out of this I finally got that Nutmeg Nan and Sticky sketch on Photoshop, but this is definitely going to hinder NCC's relaunch unless I can scan everything on campus.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/14848008/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/14848008/ Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:05:41 PDT
I'm also rethinking the website where I have Nachos Con Carne hosted. I might switch to one that gives you more control of HTML and advertising space. In addition to that, I've redrawn some of the opening pages and everything seems to be flowing a little better.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/14793457/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/14793457/ Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:09:37 PDT Nutmeg Nan and Sticky piece in the works. The design's a little different, and I'm quite pleased with it so far.

Grumble grumble stupid thousand word minimums. I'll be lucky if I get halfway there. I'm so drained right now...

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/14462933/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/14462933/ Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:05:32 PDT
Watch a movie in class.

Rent a related movie and watch it.

Read a chapter in one of my MANY books.

Combine the above into a 700 word essay and turn it in before class.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

The ramifications:

Twenty or so classmates scrambling to rent ONE movie.

Being forced to buy a copy of said movie once you've learned that it's been checked out. Never mind that you've already spent $130 in textbooks this semester, and you haven't even bought them all yet.

Finding out the only copy they have at Borders is a $40 special edition box set.

The possibility of emptying an entire gas tank searching for a video rental place that has it.

I'm considering Netflix.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/14351796/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/14351796/ Sun, 26 Aug 2007 15:47:44 PDT
I've not updated my sites in a while. I'm not very satisfied with the way the first few pages of my comic have turned out, so I've decided to redo the way I draw and scan them.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/14125785/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/14125785/ Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:00:11 PDT
Nachos Con Carne is up now, Nutmeg Nan and Sticky and Radical Tsukiyama come later. I've also got a "miscellaneous pile" strip in the works.

For those who've already clicked the link down there: thanks and keep coming back.

For those who haven't: it's not going to click itself.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/13858566/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/13858566/ Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:06:21 PDT
I'm getting the first few pages down, I've got a free hosting site picked out, and I'm finally going to get this ball rolling.

Stay tuned for further developments.

UPDATE 7/30: Nice to see the Bad Movie Warning Label went over well. If you liked it, drop a comment and tell me which movie you'd use it on.

UPDATE 8/2: If the new link below my ID image isn't a clue, the KITSCHENSYNGK Comics Division is open for business!
Also: 500+ pageviews! Awesome! I'm prepping an image to celebrate.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/13165248/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/13165248/ Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:07:54 PDT
Nachos Con Carne
The sometimes dreary, sometimes curious misadventures of the most hated boy in the world and his friends who attend junior high at a school full of idiot students and incompetent faculty.

Nutmeg Nan and Sticky
Two identical twin sisters, who through a last-minute genetic accident between births look very little alike, struggle with the abnormalities of everyday life--when not with each other.

Radical Tsukiyama
A strange girl from another planet is sentenced to death for a crime she didn't commit, but suddenly grows superpowers and escapes only to crash-land at a rather dull college town on Earth.

Look for more artwork related to these concepts in some way, shape or form in the near future.

UPDATE 6/4: I owe you a Mustardseed. I've got it in the pipeline now.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/12952001/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/12952001/ Mon, 14 May 2007 10:50:57 PDT
I have a third idea for a potential comic project. I'm going to see to making some artwork for it, as well as more for NCC and Tsukiyama.

For some reason, I've never seen it in me to do some fanart, but I've just recently thought of an idea for a series.

I'm taking a fiction writing class over the summer, and if what I write turns out to be really good I'll put it up here for all the world to read. There might be some poetry in there as well.

Stay tuned for more updates.

You're watching the Kitschensyngk News Channel. Fair and balanced news...all about me.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/12789107/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/12789107/ Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:45:54 PDT
I am hoping to put up a revised version of NCC's "Kimono Hug" this week. I was almost finished when my stupid computer froze while it was hibernating when it wasn't supposed to, and now I've got to start over from scratch.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/12728875/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/12728875/ Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:39:44 PDT
]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/12648814/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/12648814/ Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:27:19 PDT
2. Unlike Family Guy, reruns can actually still be funny.

3. Maybe Shin will drop his pants and dance.

4. ACTION BASTARD!!!

5. The much abused Happiness Bunny.

6. The most quotable anime I've seen in a while.

7. Hima = cute.

8. Ench-Man!! "He saw my wife beat me!"

9. The end theme. "Party party join us join us!"

10. GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY HAPPY CAKE!!

]]> ~Kitschensyngk http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/12577956/ http://Kitschensyngk.deviantart.com/journal/12577956/ Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:39:15 PDT
I'm also pleased with how the Bluebird experiment came out that I'm thinking of doing another one.

Also more poetry when I dig up another good one.

]]> ~Kitschensyngk