deviantART: by:Methronn

Early Happy Holidays!

=Methronn — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:38:58 PST

I'm studying for my political economy exam as I'm writing this, so it's probably not a good thing to be browsing deviantArt, haha.

Anyhow, I will definitely get to all comments, favourites and check out devs as soon as I am done my exams.

So, some great news :D

=Methronn — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:44:27 PDT

I got Windows 7, loving it.

Unfortunately, it wiped a good chunk of information from my computer when I booted it on the main drive without at least backing up my Photoshop files.

Hurfdurf, you can probably guess where I'm going with this.

I don't have Photoshop, don't know where my installation disk is now. So I won't be able to submit things until I find my Photoshop copy. Now, you might be all, but 'methronn, aren't you a flexible enough person to not have to rely on Photoshop?'. Well, yes, but the problem is that while I am flexible enough to not really need it, I'm not the most foresight capable. You see, I saved all my files in PSD format, which both Sai and Macromedia Flash have problems opening up.

So, in the meaning, I gotta find them. Consider this a little hiatus from me.

Why does it happen now?

=Methronn — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:13:37 PDT

When university starts to get ridiculously busy, so does my dA.

>_>...?

Whyyyyyyyyyy?

Before you label me as dead...

=Methronn — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:29:51 PDT

...I'm still on dA. I've been lurking a bit, but I do have 1 or 2 things I will submit when I finished them. University has upped the level on reading things, so now I have to finish 6 books by the end of the term, in addition to working on a few fairly sizable papers.

I'll try to get a piece up by the end of the month, but I'm not sure how many hours work will give me, so that's a bit of a stretch.

Sick as a scum?

=Methronn — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:16:30 PDT

Not sure on the analogy thing, but I'll get more stuff up once I start feeling less like my stomach and head are going to explode and more like...less of my stomach and head are going to explode.

I don't know.

/The Reason for my Song Lyric Polls

=Methronn — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:02:45 PDT

I consider it a warmup. Those who can get all the songs I will be referencing at the end of the whole thing will get an request from me. Simple as that.

/It's about damn time.

=Methronn — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:40:34 PDT

Those familiar with me on a more personal level know that I'm an angry, weary, socially frustrating and single old man. Well, from that list of godless adjectives, I'm no longer single.

Or at least, I hope.

It's been a while since I've been in a relationship, and now I feel like a man who's tied to a metaphorical chain. But really, I'm quite glad. There's a certain level of paranoia that follows being single, and sadly it's quite fungal in nature that it persists no matter what happens. It blossoms mushrooms and eventually the giant writhing slosh of bachelorism hallucinates its host into believing that being lonely is akin and synonymous to fantastic.

Redundant, much? Maybe. Fuck, I'm too giddy.

Pardon my words.

It's late. I should text my girlfriend. Man, I feel fantastic saying. But I swear, give me a week, and I'll eventually get sucked out it all and become the embodiment of bitterness. It's inevitable.

Yay, Anime North.

=Methronn — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:45:02 PDT

So yeah, I'm going. Anyone else going?

Collaboration, anyone?

=Methronn — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:02:31 PDT

I have a lineart, and I'm wondering if people are wanting to Collaborate in terms of colour it. It's not that I can't colour it, it's just that I'd like to see other people's take on colouring.

Do you work?

=Methronn — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:57:32 PDT

If so, what job? Do you enjoy your current position? Do you plan on seeing yourself in that same position in the next year? Will you enjoy it?

/The Radical Revolution

=Methronn — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:05:03 PDT

We will see how very important it is to bring about, in the human mind,

the radical revolution.

The crisis, is a crisis of

consciousness.

A crisis that cannot anymore, accept the old norms, the old patterns, the ancient traditions. And, considering what the world is now, with all the misery,

conflict,

destructive brutality,

aggression,

and so on... Man is still as he was. Is still brutal, violent, aggressive, acquisitive, competitive.

And, he's built a society along these lines.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

/Mac Argument? sigh

=Methronn — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:59:44 PDT

So my friend has recently gotten a Macbook Pro, and he's giddy and trippy about it all. So I'm sitting there, looking at him fool around on it, before he tells me, with a straight face, in the middle of this recession, 'you should get one too'. Now, I'm not too phased by his suggestion, but I told him I was fine with my current notebook, which was a Parition of Windows XP and Windows Vista, and the specs were fine. Of course, he completely ignored my entire partition and comment and replied with 'But Vista's shit. Macs are so much better'. This again?

Now, before I start going off on a tangent, I will say that I don't hate Macs. I don't have a problem with people wanting to have Macs, and I won't say something ridiculous like how its useless or anything like that. In fact, I think they have a pretty interface and they're fairly streamlined. What I do hate, however, is the poor amount of word and the misguided beliefs that Macs tend to give their users comparatively to other computer users, a title that was briefly held by Ubuntu users.

Firstly, nobody makes a solid argument as to why a 'Mac' over a 'C'. Rather, the Mac's security system against hackers are much weaker comparatively to Windows and Linux. Charlie Miller, an analyst at ISE, confirmed this to be true when he hacked a Mac under 30 minutes, compared to the longer time spans of the Windows Vista and the Linux-based Ubuntu. Additionally, the interface of the Mac doesn't make anything any more practical, nor is it at image manipulation as people argue. Rather, a large portion of technical support for mainstream programs are Windows-based.

Secondly, VMWare is not a useful tool for Macs versus Windows, because Windows are more adept at running OSX and beyond rather than the other way around. Macs aren't built very well to handle partitions, let alone multiple Operating Systems that treat these partitions differently.

Thirdly, the most important thing about the conflict with Macs is that they're difficult to upgrade yourself, near impossible. Changing the hardware specs of the Mac leads to you voiding your warranty, or worse. Lawsuits have been enacted in the name of opening a Mac. Now, I'm not here to say that Vista is better - rather, it's annoying as shit with the user account control interface, but neither of them are superior. A wishy-washy answer, yeah, but there's no position to say that one or the other is better, even if one did use the other for a while and switched.

My computer's run fine for a long time, and its lasted longer than Macbooks twice its cost. Maybe I'm just being bitter and pissy.

/Ideas worth demonstrating?

=Methronn — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:30:30 PDT

I browse on alot of anime forums, and one of the most annoying things I see are the threads that are usually people who want to write a manga, write a character, write a setting or anything of that sort. Now, the keyword in this whole debacle is write. I have no problem with people writing their own stories. In fact, I do it myself. However, the problem I have in these particular scenarios is that they ask for artists to do the drawing for them. Now, here's where the gray area of my annoyance begins to become more absolute.

When asked, they'll give a generic response such as 'a character that's a cavalry rider from the middle ages, and he was betrayed by his noble and he seeks revenge, but the rider is a powerful swordsman so assassins are sent out to...' - this is the main problem. Most of these requests are frankly not worth actually demonstrating, not because they're bad, or because they're cliched, or anything like that, but because they haven't given any definition to the character. They've told the plot. If this was someone drawing out a character, people would base it entirely off the technical ability of this artist. However, in writing, the fine line between a fantastic piece of literature, a hard work piece of literature and a lazy piece is much more difficult to recognize.

The effort these people have placed into forming their characters are the equivalent of drawing stick figures and expecting people to follow with it. It's not a concept that works very well on a regular basis, yet people who consider themselves writers do it. Rather than simply spew off ideas that were formed out of other ideas, why not try to draw these characters themselves? To take the easy way out and say that one cannot draw well is not an excuse at all.

Or perhaps I'm just being pissy, but when someone pitches an idea and wants someone to draw it, the amount of effort they put into writing that particular piece better be on the same level as the ones who will end up drawing it.

/quite busy and quite active

=Methronn — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:58:38 PST

Hey guys! So you've probably noted that I've taken a while to post up anything or whatnot. Right now my thumb is swollen so typing in the spacebar hurts like no tommorrow. Additionally, I get around an average of 90-something comments a day, so it becomes difficult responding to them all. Furthermore, I have multiple papers to write and my work shifts have steadily gotten longer, in addition to my kickboxing and self-defense season starting up again in a few weeks.

So worry not, guys. I will reply in due time. Just give me a bit...

A Few Notable Deviants

=Methronn — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:09:16 PST

Heyo! This isn't about me in an any way. Except for this first paragraph, heh. Anyhow, given that it's been over a year that I've been on dA (2005 - early 2007 don't count, as I didn't do anything), I'm come across alot of artists with some fantastic work. Of course, many of them are properly given their pageviews and watchers, but the majority of great deviants aren't. I've seen alot of work by alot of deviants who deserve more credit than they get, and while I certainly don't have as many pageviews as to garner that much attention, I can certainly help. So, here we go!

Captain Collage Redux!

=Methronn — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:56:29 PST

Back to the Captain Collage! MFW43#t43wg42tQT3N42IHPO4WG!!!!

Anyhow, for those who remember, resubmit their captains, since I absolutely forgot!

/Crosby

=Methronn — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:30:13 PST

She may be weary.
Young girls they do get weary
Wearing that same old shabby dress.
And when she gets weary
Try a little tenderness.
It's not just sentimental.
She has her grief and care.
And a word that's soft and gentle
Makes it easier to bear.

/Tagged

=Methronn — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:20:09 PST

I don't do this very often, since people know I don't like being tagged. Though, I guess it doesn't hurt to break monotony now and then. So, without further ado.

1. Post these rules
2. Each tagged person must post 8 things about themselves on their journal.
3. At the end you have to choose 8 people to tag, and post their icons on the same journal.
4. Go to their page and send a message saying you tagged them.
5. NO tag-backs.

Fuck that. I'm not going to make people do anything, worry not.

1 I'm a polyglot - Mandarin, English, French, Japanese, Lao, Thai, some Vietnamese, some German and some Spanish.
2 I'm a University student majoring in Political Science.
3 I've read John Milton's Paradise Lost - it was fun.
4 I'm a Classical Liberal in terms of civil rights, though on the more important economic issue, I'm a Utopian Communist.
5 I very nearly signed up for unplanned parenthood courses. It was pretty intense.
6 I'm a socially parasitic animal.
7 My favourite poem is Ezra Pound's In a Station of the Metro.
8 I have had hilariously unstable relationships with women.

/Long-time Wisdom

=Methronn — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:49:18 PST

So with the world in a giant bucket of economic trite, we've hit the sector where all the fields of jobs are being hit - hard. We've entire sectors of the automotive industry being shut down, massive levels of bank withdrawal and transfers and what Canadian Finance Minister Minister remarked as 'substantial' in terms of budget deficit for the upcoming year. Although the main storm by some economists are done and through for the better, and technically, we're out of the 'recession', given that our economy is stabilized once, meaning the 6 month consecutive rule of recession is over, we're still due for a long overhaul in terms financial issues.

In relation to that, I met with a friend of mine who works in the repo business. Repo, as in repossession of unclaimed and unpaid property on part of companies and banks. His job is impervious to the economic downfall. In fact, while the rest of the world stagnates, he prospers. The most frightening thing is that he wanted to become a Repo Man since the beginning.

Ever since Grade 1, he's stated he wanted to become a Repo Man so he would never be out of a job. Well, all facts considered, I believed that out of the class of astronauts, doctors and Batmen, I believed he wins the award for practical intelligence out of my class of puckered-nose idealists. Smartest 1st Grader, ever.

/Rant

=Methronn — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:39:25 PST

Sorry guys, I don't usually rant, since I want to avoid as much drama as possible, but I got hit with the biggest bombshell ever recently. After 3 days, I went from optimistically tied to single. Reread the sentence. 3 days.

LOLWUT

Now, I'm not so much in pain or anger or any of that as much as I am both amused at the whole predicament mixed in with genuine surprise at the sheer suddenness of the declaration. She literally stated that she didn't want to be my girlfriend anymore, and I concluded that if a girl was going to break up with me this early on, I might as well not bother trying to prolong a dying animal that was our relationship anyhow. However, this has really opened my eyes. Not for the better.

But for the generation of more ambiguous lulz.

My previous relationships with women weren't exactly pleasant. I'm going to be as neutral as I can in my portrayal of them, but I know that my first girlfriend and I broke up on entirely perfect reasons in the respect that we were both drifting into different social groups and were moving on. We still keep in touch as good friends, even if she is all the way in Montana (yay!).

The same was with my second girlfriend, though our relationship lasted considerably longer. Same reasons, same thing. This was added when she fell in love with somebody else, though, which when I looked at it, she really liked him. So I bit the bullet and went with the break up. However, my third relationship was a giant trite pile of massive gank-level disgust, which wasn't pleasant.

Actually, it wasn't too bad until I found out she cheated on me.

Twice. LOL

With different guys. Inconsistency much?

I don't know. Perhaps I'm just being a bitter man, but - HOLY SHIT.

I'M GOING TO END THIS RANT NOW BEFORE I GET ANYMORE DRAMATIC THAN I ALREADY AM.

[link]
OMFG HE GOT A BLASTOISE

I'm dead

=Methronn — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:07:45 PST

Because my heart melted.

[link]

As one who does kickboxing, I approve.

Oh Gawd

=Methronn — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:59:58 PST

I'm gone for 2 weeks and 150 messages pop up. Give me a few days for any submissions while I get this underway...

Manga Shoujo Greats

=Methronn — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:42:57 PST

Exam times are troubling, and I have a History of Empires exam coming up tommorrow (which sounds super badass as a course, actually, but it really isn't that cool - more like difficult to write about), but I was perusing a few mangas as a break from studying, and I remembered Boku ni Natta Watashi, which stood to me amongst other shoujo mangas because, well, the mangaka knows how to write dialogue.

I know when translated from Japanese to English it might be twisted a bit and changed to suit the images, but alot of manga seems to lose their touch when directly translated (but then again, what do I know? I only know some Katakana and the Hiragana alphabets, so I can't complain). Anyhow, Boku ni Natta Watashi had a single quote I remembered that forever put in my mind as Ako Shimaki as being a half-decent writer (not that I'm calling myself one).

"We can meet up to study together. And when we go on dates, you'll finally be able to wear skirts. And I'll be able to show you off to all my friends. If you're lonely, you can always try to sleep. Then the distance parting us won't seem that great. You'll wake up in your own bed, and I'll call you every single morning and say the same thing. How are things going?

I still love you, Momoko."

Damn it, I need to curb this shoujo manga addiction. Anyhow, anybody have any memorable quotes from any mangas they've read? It doesn't need to be shoujo or whatever.

Exam Time!

=Methronn — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:00:12 PST

Okay, I won't be on here until the 19th. So please, I will reply to all maliciousness on the 19th. In the meantime, if anyone can guess the correct motive as to why Zackrah is such a bitch I will draw something for someone.

Or something or rather.

An old work I should redo

=Methronn — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:26:49 PST

I have exams coming up, but I want to remake one of my old works to get a good idea of how my style changes over time. Anybody suggest anything?

Notes of Life

=Methronn — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:16:35 PST

- I'm still upset over the fact that Napoleon was defeated by a shoemaker. This is mainly because centuries then on the British attacked the French for having their greatest threat (who wasn't even french) beaten by a shoemaker.

- I don't understand the purpose of political correctness. There's no such as thing as being politically incorrect - unless you failed politics.

- Countries like China don't have rampant serial killers or school shootings because there isn't the freedom to glorify them.

- Failure, to me, like a Cerberus; from one body stems multiple heads, but either way you approach it, it'll still fuck you over.

- I can't get over people thinking that swords are cool. It's nice to be still within the mindset that giant slabs of metal with the intent of cutting apart flesh cool, but that doesn't mean that people should go make meat cutters weapons.

- Guns are practical today. Bio-engineering is practical tomorrow.

- Supporting our youth today and looking into the long run for them will definitely help our youth. Though the effort we put into may not come to fruition, and in a liberal society like ours, that's a bit risky.

- The homeless are homeless by circumstance, just like how I choose not to give them change by circumstance.

- War in the Middle East is a moot topic. When one region houses an ideology that preaches defense against outsiders, another preaches turning the other cheek and another preaching dominance, it's idiotic to think that there won't be problems for a very long time.

- Time Travel is impractical and expensive. Like that movie, The Time Machine.

- Someone who's good-looking doesn't make him a bad actor. Someone who's mediocre doesn't make him a good one.

- Today, it's popular to be a cult success. If you're not, you're a sellout.

- Coveting your neighbor's ox nets a pitchfork in your leg. Coveting your neighbor's wife nets syphilis. Although you can live with a hole in your leg, people seem to prefer coveting wives.

- God put pride as a sin for a reason, and its to make sure that people don't grow up to be assholes. I guess the Quality Assurance staff were on break when this all happened, so I guess God's not going to be happy.

Music Video

=Methronn — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:48:05 PST

[link]

This is eerily accurate.

Pariah Chapter Coming Up

=Methronn — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:31:03 PST

Sorry for the wait. I promise the next chapter will be the most lulz

Painters...ahem

=Methronn — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:23:53 PST

Can someone teach me how to paint?

Are you english competent?

=Methronn — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:08:15 PST

I need a proofreader who can handle university level english. Obviously, it not being my first language (nor my second), its a bit difficult to translate what I want to say or argue onto paper very well. Anyone who thinks they have the time and ability, or knows anyone kind enough, please let me know.

Midterms done, Birthday now

=Methronn — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:40:27 PST

Finished my Japanese midterm. Mark is up in the air, not sure on how I did. Curse you conjunctions and definite verbs of existence! Hiragana is not bad, but it's not good either.

Anyhoo, my birthday is on the 7th, so as of this writing and where I live, tommorrow. I'm probably going to get a 360 so I can play Fable 2, if it were not for this goddamn recession! GAAAH!

So, my faith is out to Obama to assist in slowing this economic shrinking down so us Canucks up north can afford our 360s and central heating at the same time.

So happy birthday to me, yay. Though I won't have a party, I'll probably just get piss drunk and die of alcohol poisoning. Sounds solid.

Women = Creepy?

=Methronn — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:23:25 PST

So I've been told by a few people (not on dA, it's too politically correct to do so) that drawing anime girls = creepy.

*Sigh*

I'm a person with a fragile ego, who balances very poorly on the fine line between batshit psychotic and hilariously apathetic. However, I don't enjoy being labeled creepy for practicing drawing women, because frankly, drawing women is vastly more difficult than men, in my opinion.

Jeeez.

Holy Shit, Nostalgia:

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Grade 10 art, haha

Seventeen Deviations Meme

=Methronn — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:58:59 PDT

Essentially, the first 17 people to post in this journal get me to choose 3 of their deviations and blah blah blah all that jazz. The catch is that I'm too lazy to enforce anything, so there's no catch, really. If you want to do it, go ahead.

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Contest - SDGB!

=Methronn — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:23:51 PDT

It's a bit informal, but I'd like to hold a Scuba Diving Grizzly Bear Contest! Drawing, design, paint or whatever you want to do on a piece that revolves around, is, or has some sort of significant connection to Scuba Diving Grizzly Bears. The prize itself is a 6 month subscription, and if there are enough entries, then a 3 month subscription.

Bonus points if you actually attempt to draw a scuba diving grizzly bear, or if you remembered my previous polls, fighting a great white shark.

Just send me the link in this journal, and I'll post it up.

The contest ends November 4th. BEST OF LUCK!

Contest Idea - Please Read!

=Methronn — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:55:32 PDT

SCUBA DIVING GRIZZLY BEARS!

If I held a contest on people drawing Scuba Diving Grizzly Bears (the far, but not too far cousin of Bear Cavalry and Bears with Guns), would people really join it? It's not for nothing, mind you. It's for a 6 month sub, and if enough people join, it's a 3 month runner up prize.

COMMENT HERE IF YOU WOULD JOIN IF I HELD ONE. FOR THE SCUBA GRIZZLIES.

Religions Test - Hmmm

=Methronn — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:04:33 PDT

So I'm not sure as to how I finished my Religions Exam. 70 Questions on Hinduism and Sikhism was not as exciting as I thought it would be. I hope I passed - if I did, then I got Buddhism under my belt and then Shintoism. Lulz hax.

Nevertheless, would people mind if I reviewed anime series here?

Too much hair?

=Methronn — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:16:54 PDT

I know it's weird for me to post something as random as this, and I know, I'm ashamed of it too.

But nevertheless, my hair has gotten longer after my little escapade:

I wasn't lying when I said I became a monk. It was absolutely brutal. I won't lie. Those guys are troopers. Nevertheless, the present me (two months later, give or take a couple days or so):

My parents are saying I'm starting to develop some bad hair. And I agree. Styling tips! Help!

Much sadness (I lie)

=Methronn — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:28:50 PDT

So multiple annoyances pile up into vast idiocy.

Firstly, people keep sending me notes on both art trades, collabs and requests. Firstly, I don't have enough time anymore to do that on a whim like I used, but usually I'll pick it up if I'm feeling alright. Requests are an entirely different matter.

Geeeeeez, nobody catches my kiriban and asks of me to draw things for them? I apologize, but I have limited time, and I do want to do the things I want to do, and draw what I want. I know I sound like an ass, but I do have 2 jobs, University, a dying social (which requires frequent ass-kickings to keep it alive) and all other unsavoury things to keep track of.

If you want me to draw something, just try and catch my Kiriban. I mean, I update them pretty often, but now I have it on a huge gap because nobody bothers so I decide to just do it at lengths.

Nevertheless, on another note, I read 's journal, and not to mock her, but I made my own opinions checklist gig:

- I am a Buddhist. Fuck yeah.

- I am straight. I wish I could play both fields (that means I would be able to date multiple people that much easier...)

- I DO NOT support abortion. But I am NOT AGAINST it. I am in support, however, of giving really shifty, elitist looks at people when they go into abortions clinics.

- I support homosexuality. However, most of my homosexual friends are assholes, therefore I hate them. But for entirely different reasons.

- I am Canadian. Ensue lulz.

- I believe sex then marriage is appropriate. You need to make sure that you know what you're doing on your honeymoon.

- I support the Jews. I would be considered in league with Socialist Stormtroopers otherwise. If you get that history reference, then lulz.

- I used to have a girlfriend, and I am not against PDA, but neither am I in support for it. If you want to suck on each other's faces, go ahead. Just don't do it in a fucking elevator with 20 other people. That's just uncomfortable.

- I think naked women, portrayed in artistic sense with artistic style embodying the metaphysical manifestation of base human animalism and bodily symoblism is art. Otherwise, I would consider it as a poor excuse for porn.

- I believe I will piss alot of people off. If not, then probably HoneyAppleNinja, at least. I am not sure why, either.

- I don't believe in bashing someone because of their religion, race, etc.

- I find it amusing when people call Buddha fat. Mainly since he was, under the assumption they were referring to Hotei. Otherwise, Siddharta did some pretty trippy shit, and therefore he would probably care less, and therefore I care less.

- I believe that shallow people are just honest.

- I believe the 'leading insanity' is a female criminal's greatest weapon.

- I believe Mahmoud really needs to adopt a westernized nickname, because saying 'Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad' is not as exciting as it sounds.

- I am Canadian. Obama relations do not affect me, because Stephen Harper can't change Canadian legislation to the extent nor does he have the executive ability to overthrow the multi-party system here in the good ol' north.

- I love all my female friends. I consider my male friends healthy competition.

- I put my future self first. Then my angelfish named Rambo. All others fall accordingly.

- I had no idea NAMBLA existed.

- I don't see killing Child Molestors / Rapists as a viable option, mainly since there is evidence that chemical imbalance is a strong deciding factor in what people see as attractive rather than just phychological constitutioncy. Therefore, I don't think someone should be killed because he was born with messed up chemicals in his brain, even if he is extremely creepy.

- I don't take jokes. I consume. Like fucking Unicron.

Sorry about the lack of replies and whatnot.

=Methronn — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:56:50 PDT

I've been swamped lately. With University, two jobs, a story (Pariah), and the best attempt I can at keeping a social life going, I'm having some trickiness with logging onto dA on a regular basis. I'll still be on, but if I reply to your response a couple days - a week after you said something, please understand. GAAAAAAH!

Need someone with some time to kill ^_^'

=Methronn — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:49:10 PDT

I'm planning out Pariah and another project, so I need someone with some good time to kill, some interest in some writing and has alright English skills to assist me in planning my next project. It's a secret, but yeah, I'm bad at explaining. Send me a note if you're interested.

Fly, my Ego Rocket!

=Methronn — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:04:38 PDT

So I got a stamp made by -

Man, I'm like trippin' balls on this. It's so fucking cool. And please, check her out, since she's a pretty damn good artist in her own right.

Huzzah!: [link]

A certain inconsistency.

=Methronn — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:33:36 PDT

There's something to be noted here - I constantly get requests by people to draw certain, yet no one's caught my previous 4 Kiribans. The number is right under my name.

So please, I know I'm going to sound like a jerk, but please don't send me requests or such unless I specifically state so, and in the meantime, if you want a picture drawn, please catch the Kiriban rather than send me a note.

For the Bleach Fans who read the Liquid Heavens!

=Methronn — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:19:00 PDT

[link]

I'm actually planning on a sequel to the Liquid Heavens, but I want to make it better than the previous one. Of course, the main points I'll be covering, but I will be requiring some help in character design and such, so those who want to help me in writing the sequel, please join at the link provided, or send me a note.

I look forward to at least one reply!

Collabs!

=Methronn — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:05:55 PDT

So, I've hit the time and date where I'm free to do some stuff and willing to do collabs with anyone interested. I'm not sure how many or how long, but I'll see how things come up. If anyone is interest in doing a collaboration with me, just leave me a comment ^_^'

Hiatus

=Methronn — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:54:43 PDT

So I've been stuck for a bit, guys, unable to do much right now. A bit busy for two-three days. All the favourites and whatnot, every reply and comment, I'll get onto it soon. Sorry about this.

Time for some dArama!

=Methronn — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:37:14 PDT

Regarding the contest, DarkMoonLily won. It's only one prize this time, given the lack of entries (which was still quite fantastic!)

First off, I'm itching for some collaborations. Anyone interested?

Yeah, so apparently, my friend BEAT CANCER! He got past the chemo, past the shit post-chemo period, and now he's alive and kicking well, probably doing something pointless like watching Uptown Girls in his basement or something. But his parents were so damn happy they celebrated by inviting a bunch of friends over, and I was invited. The good thing is was that there were free drinks, so that was goddamn fantastic.

Dear god, I just treated this like a blog >_>'

Something's wrong with me.

Additionally, I'm looking for some CSS for my journal. Anyone know of a good one that preferably doesn't have 'CSS made by XXX'. I know, I'm picky.

Lineart, anyone?

=Methronn — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:25:27 PDT

Does anyone want colouring practice again? I have the lineart for the Psychotic Ichigo Lineart ready.

Another Snag.

=Methronn — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:51:57 PDT

So I've now hit another manga-less phase. Any suggestions, anyone? Shoujo, please, and preferably a happy ending. Something that I can get into and read for days and not tire of, so one-shots or one volume manga suggestions, please come last.

The Song Kiriban

=Methronn — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:09:21 PDT

Alright, instead of having pageviews (which is based on sheer luck), I will be using a different way to decide Art Gifts - song lyrics. I will post up song lyrics (under my name), and the first person to get the name of the song right wins. Now, given the vastness of songs out there, it has to be the song I'm thinking of, not just any song with that lyric.

It might be hard, might be easy. I don't know.

Next one will be movie quote.

****

And...judging commences.

But first, it's only going to be one prize, since there's not that many submissions per person. Nevertheless, let's see how it turns out.

Alright, I made references to this a month ago, but now is the time to actually get it into gear. Behold, the dastardly Fourth Contest I've held so far, and with two judges helping me this time.

Us three will be judging, although the final decision will rest with me, I will be relying on their opinion heavily given my very limited internet access. Of course, any submissions anyone presents must be done in this journal so that they can put it into consideration when I'm unavailable (which will be often). The Contest will go until August 1st, and will be the following.

You are to invent your own Pariah, with your own unique superpower for him / her. You may have more than one character designed, and it may be in the form of a text as in a biography for him or a full blown drawing, but please note where information regarding the name, powers, main country of residence and any other information you may find pertinent. What I will need, at the very least, is knowing what he / she looks like, how old (Pariah age very slowly, remember), his / her power (please, not 'any power' and nothing incredibly overpowered), name, and if it's a turned Pariah (aka a female), what their life was like before they turned into a Pariah.

For those unsure of what a Pariah (or what the story entails) is, Pariah revolves around what seems to be a middle-ages, feudal system world, but it is actually a post-apocalpytic world that has been bombed to the stone age by a particularly vicious group of unnamed aliens who are referred to by the humans as the ' Pariah '. However, the Pariah, now being dominant over the planet, have split up the world into 12 Districts, each ruled by an Overseer, controlling vast empires in a relatively peaceful manner.

The story revolves around a girl, Saru Sougo, who resides within Pariah controlled Japan, hired as a police officer put in the position to defend the visiting Pariah Overseer of the country, a Chinese Pariah by the name of Qing Chon, whom she falls in love with at first sight after he saves her. Joining him, Saru is plunged into the deep, vicious and chaotic world of the normally complacent society of the Pariah, and the story actually is told from one Takaya Nguyen, Captain of Qing Chon's personal vanguard.

The Pariah in the story are a slang term used to describe a group of aliens whose pure lineage goes back to entirely male populations. It is essentially talking about their assimilating nature and how they cannot be considered part of their original breeds nor are they a species entirely of their own. Essentially, they're outcasts. The Pariah carry impenetrable skin - however, it differs from hardened composition. Pariah actually, are unaffected by exertions of force upon them - suffice to say, they instantly and automatically emit an opposite natural force to entirely nullify the oncoming force. As such, ballistics and force-reliant weaponry (such as bullets) cannot come near to harming the Pariah. However, energy based attacks - such as fire - are perfectly fine.

In addition to their negation of force-based damage, the Pariah reach static maturation periods. When fully matured, a Pariah will stay in that period of time for as long as it exists, unchanging. This presents itself as a double edged sword - a Pariah usually (it'll still happen) cannot die of old age nor age past the maturation cycle, but also they cannot heal their wounds without outside assistance, such as medical machinery or special procedures in cleaning and treating wounds.

You may submit more than one piece, and the winner will recieve a 6 Month subscription from me, and others...

Pariah Design Contest

=Methronn — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:38:10 PDT

Other than Chocolate Musubi, most of the submissions are by Deviants I don't know ^^'

Alright, I made references to this a month ago, but now is the time to actually get it into gear. Behold, the dastardly Fourth Contest I've held so far, and with two judges helping me this time.

ENTRIES SO FAR

Repenting made Easy

=Methronn — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:51:50 PDT

So, I've been addicted to this:

[link]

Dear god.

Currently working on the requests of:

Mood: Pissed.

=Methronn — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:29:01 PDT

Heads up. If I'm a bit unbearable or an asshole today, I apologize. Additionally, if my messages are a bit surly or lacklustre, I apologize. I'm not trying to be dramatic, just not hated.

Currently working on the requests of:

Anime - is it art?

=Methronn — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:10:33 PDT

I seem to be an asshole magnet.

But recently a friend of mine (who has no drawing / painting / singing / dancing or any artistic value or appreciation whatsoever) blatantly stated after seeing Sierra and Ulquiorra as a Girl that anime is not an art form. Of course, I usually don't care too much, but surprisingly, amongst a number of my friends, it's an accepted opinion, and widely endorsed in some circles. So, in hopes of clearing things up, I'm going to cut up the terms of art and anime in hopes of coming a conclusion through cold, hard, literary science. And no one can do much against science, right?

Well, let's begin. What is art? Dictionary.com dictates art as:

art1 Audio Help /Ért/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ahrt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
Ânoun
1. the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
2. the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings: a museum of art; an art collection.
5. any field using the skills or techniques of art: advertising art; industrial art.
6. (in printed matter) illustrative or decorative material: Is there any art with the copy for this story?

So art, according to Dictionary.com, is a piece of work considered beautiful or appealing, has a particular meaning, uses a distinctive set of skills to create a piece or is decorative or illustrative in nature to another object.

Oxford Dictionary notes art as:

"...the expression of creative skill through a visual medium such as painting or sculpture. 2 the product of such a process; paintings, drawings, and sculpture collectively. 3 (the arts) the various branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, and drama..."

Generally, attempt to express some level of creative (as it does not denote what level) skill through the final product of a manufacture of a visual medium.

Wikipedia states that art is "... a product of human activity, made with the intention of stimulating the human senses as well as the human mind; by transmitting emotions and/or ideas."

So generally speaking, art is a medium that carries some sort of meaning or idea through the transmission in the stimulation of the human senses. In this case, mainly sight. Now, the question is whether Anime could be considered an art.

For this to happen, it would need to fulfill two criteria - does it stimulate the senses (as in does it appeal to the eyes) in a way that makes the message visible? For example, if I draw a girl driving a car, will you get the message that the girl is driving the car? If you did, the first requirement is fulfilled.

Now, does it fill the purpose of sending an idea or emotion across? If, say, I wanted to make that idea to be safe driving, and drew an anime girl driving a car with a seat belt, would one be able to discern the idea as 'Drive with a Seatbelt' or 'Drive Safely'? If so, then according to the sources, it is art. This is also true for concept art and art meant for conventions, books, or any sort of medium that requires it. It serves the idea of complimenting or illustrating a concept towards an audience. It must have a sufficient idea or emotion, and also have a sufficient means of sending that across.

If it fills those criteria, it's art, strictly speaking. Now, I understand that there's alot of fanart that's not considered 'real art' since it's technically not their original concept, but take a look at it this way: the purpose of a fanart is to express an artist's liking to a certain piece. Let's use Bleach for example.

If I draw a picture of Ichigo, say, riding a motorcycle, that gets across the message that I drew Ichigo (therefore leading to believe that I like Ichigo) riding a motorcycle because I thought it'd be cool to draw Ichigo riding a motorcycle (which honestly, I think sounds pretty awesome). However, if I fail in properly sending that message across (say, it's so badly drawn it's indiscernable or I draw Ichigo riding a hummer and say its about Ichigo and motorcycle), then it's an insufficient means of sending across the medium's message, and therefore, not art. Fanart, like it or not, is called fanart for a reason - it's the transmission of the message that such an artist enjoys such a series that they'll make art to send that message across, and possible any existing concepts.

It's for these reasons that a white circle (or black, whatever) in a black (or white, whatever) field is also considered art - it, very powerfully, sen...

Request Quiz

=Methronn — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:57:54 PDT

got it.

It was Hisagi. Bluechan, whadd'ya want?

and got my second question. I was Risa.

You two, what do you want?

That's all I'm taking right now. I'm not running out of ideas, I'm just seeing what people seem to enjoy. That, and I'm probably running out of ideas, since EoA and LH are coming to an end.

One Month Inactive

=Methronn — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:22:10 PDT

Heads up - for the date of June 19-July 21st, I'll be out of the country and into the realm of no internet.

YA

Results! GAAH! + Second Pariah Contest

=Methronn — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:21:25 PDT

= Winner!

Alright, that contest was a damn close one, guys. Honestly, I had no idea how I was going to be able to choose, since there were so many damn good submissions.

So, ToolOfTheDay, congratulations on that, *claps*, you win a 6 Month Subscription. Hooray for you, and I hope you enjoy that.

Now, there's a second contest for any of you interested, and this time its about the same theme, though it'll be the second part of the first contest - original character design. I'll get more details up, but because you guys came so damn close, I'll let those participating know that this time it will contain multiple judges - hopefully.

Give me a second on that. Alright.

2P Contest

Alright, this second contest holds an odd prize - Three 3 Month Subscriptions. I need someone to help me judge this one. Anyone interested please hit me up on msn at: yaochong.yang@hotmail.com. Like how I am funding these ridiculous projects out of my own pocket, signing up as a judge will mean you will be unable to submit one in.

The theme, this time, is Original Characters. I still need a Pariah character, so anyone who wants to join will have to follow this only rule. It can be in any format, as long as its an original character, and a Pariah.

There is no limit on how many you submit, and to let you know, if more than one of your pieces win, then you get that equivalent number in subs (for example, if two of your pieces win, then you get two subs). For those who don't understand who or what the Pariah are, then please refer to my previous contest info:

The Pariah in the story are a slang term used to describe a group of aliens whose pure lineage goes back to entirely male populations. The Pariah carry impenetrable skin - however, it differs from hardened composition. Pariah actually, are unaffected by exertions of force upon them - suffice to say, they instantly and automatically emit an opposite natural force to entirely nullify the oncoming force. As such, ballistics and force-reliant weaponry (such as bullets) cannot come near to harming the Pariah. However, energy based attacks - such as fire - are perfectly fine.

In addition to their negation of force-based damage, the Pariah reach static maturation periods. When fully matured, a Pariah will stay in that period of time for as long as it exists, unchanging. This presents itself as a double edged sword - a Pariah cannot die of old age nor age past the maturation cycle, but also they cannot heal their wounds without outside assistance.

Pariah originally duplicate via a parasitic transition - they move from host to host in the form of a tumor-like cyst within the enemy, transmitted through molecular particles emitted during gestation periods from their host body much like the form of instant pollination. In a sense, they are much like dandelions - when they begin to wither, their seeds fly off to form more patches of dandelions. The Pariah function much in this way, though because of their lack of a desire to reproduce sexually, they continue to sire only males. However, recent pollination has yielded defective and u...

Competition - Judging Commencing...

=Methronn — Sat, 31 May 2008 17:08:39 PDT

Yar, so there's only a few days left. Remember, you can submit your own Original Character.

6M
Competition Ends June 1st

UPDATE I found out that I have one missing slot for a Pariah in my upcoming story, Pariah. What does this mean? You are able to enter in an original character of your own if you wish, or just do the regular Qing Chon-based picture. Technically speaking, it's a design-your-own-Pariah competition, and the winner with the best Pariah or best Qing Chon picture wins the 6 Month and has their Pariah as one of the 12 within my next story. If you're submitting, please in the description on your deviation the name, the personality, weapon (remember, it's around the feudal age in terms of technology), and additionally, his special ability. When I say special ability, I mean in a sense one unique power he/she possesses. For example, Qing Chon possesses the ability to know whether someone is lying or not. Sierra possesses tears that can eat away at anything it touches.

Remember, you can submit more than one submission, and my money's in, so when the deadline hits, it hits.

End UPDATE

How's it going, guys? Like I said, this competition has only 1 Winner, but it has a 6-Month Subscription, so anyone interested has the privilege to enter. Now, for what I'm looking for, the above picture right there is the image that every entry must revolve around in some way, shape or form. You can write or draw, it doesn't matter. You can draw your character interacting with him, it doesn't matter. You could try and draw him, or even try to touch it up, it doesn't matter. Since I am the only one hosting this contest, I will pick based on personal preference, not overall-ness, so if you submit this awesome thing and expect to win, you might not if I don't like it. It's a risk, yeah, but you have nothing to lose, pretty much.

Now, the image is in fact a picture I drew a long time ago, then coloured it really quickly for this contest revolving around my new story in the works, Pariah, which will be posted after The Liquid Heavens and The Equilibrium of Adoration are finished (which, frankly, is not near completion for either of them). Pariah revolves around what seems to be a middle-ages, feudal system world, but it is actually a post-apocalpytic world that has been bombed to the stone age by a particularly vicious group of unnamed aliens who are referred to by the humans as the ' Pariah '. However, the Pariah, now being dominant over the planet, have split up the world into 12 Districts, each ruled by an Overseer, controlling vast empires in a relatively peaceful manner.

The story revolves around a girl, Saru Sougo, who resides within Pariah controlled Japan, hired as a police officer put in the position to defend the visiting Pariah Overseer of the country, a Chinese Pariah by the name of Qing Chon, whom she falls in love with at first sight after he saves her. Joining him, Saru is plunged into the deep, vicious and chaotic world of the normally complacent society of the Pariah.

The Pariah in the story are a slang term used to describe a group of aliens whose pure lineage goes back to entirely male populations. The Pariah carry impenetrable skin - however, it differs from hardened composition. Pariah actually, are unaffected by exertions of force upon them - suffice to say, they instantly and automatically emit an opposite natural force to entirely nullify the oncoming force. As such, ballistics and force-reliant weaponry (such as bullets) cannot come near to harming the Pariah. However, energy based attacks - such as fire - are perfectly fine.

In addition to their negation of force-based damage, the Pariah reach static maturation periods. When fully matured, a Pariah will stay in that period of time for as long as it exists, unchanging. This presents itself as a double edged sword - a Pariah cannot die of old age nor age past the maturation cycle, but also they cannot heal their wounds without outside assistance.

Pariah originally duplicate via a parasitic transition - they move from host to host in the form of a tumor-like cyst within the enemy, transmitted through molecular particles emitted during gestation periods from their host body much like the form of instant pollination. In a sense, they are much like dandelions - when they begin to wither, their seeds fly off to form more patches of dandelions. The Pariah function much in this way, though because of their lack of a desire to reproduce sexually, they continue to sire only males. However, recent pollination has yielded defective and unstable Pariah, forcing them to halt gestations and search for mates that can sire Pariah. Humans, due to their adaptive reproductive cycle, have...