http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:Satsy&section=today deviantART RSS for by:Satsy en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:42:39 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/28231151/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/28231151/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:59:31 PST
-I won't be able to work at Starbucks, because I didn't take into account that I can hardly stand up for half an hour before one of a handful of brain-based relapses starts kicking in.

-Money toward the computer will have to go on hold as I instead try to use that money (and more) to pay tax I was told I wouldn't have to pay.

Winter stresses are starting to build again, which is making things quite troublesome. This is one of those points where I don't like when life kicks in.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/28045925/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/28045925/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:06:37 PDT
The local Starbucks is hiring though and I'm filling out the application, so that'll be fun. I'm in there so often I (and my friends who are also applying) will be surprised if I'm just brushed off. I mean I'm on first-name basis with half the staff, to the point where it's either my name, "the girl who does the drawings," or "grande caramel americano."

I'm at least not at the "I might not eat next week" stage anymore (that was 2 weeks ago), which is never nice.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/27497776/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/27497776/ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:17:49 PDT
... I don't plan to act any different but my excuses are gone.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/27258577/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/27258577/ Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:01:09 PDT

I discovered a whole load of images that have been hiding in various unsorted places in my room. When I pulled them all together, I realised they were heavy and solid enough to beat someone to death with. This happens (the accumulation! Not the.. oh, you know...)

Then I sorted them into "images that are already scanned or not worth scanning", and "images that need working on so I can scan them/images that are ready for scanning," and another unimportant "not enough images to warrant throwing into these piles" pile.

The 'to scan' pile currently contains 78 sheets of paper of varying sizes, with all manner of various sketches on them. Unless I'm feeling super-active, I really doubt they'll all make it up at once, though.

The other stuff will get sorted into the various folders again, though. And there are a LOT of folders...

Busy busy busy~~!

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/27183239/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/27183239/ Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:25:43 PDT
I passed. Yaaay me.

NO idea what comes next, I'm poor, I'm thinking of making cards, and I'm having a heck of a time getting a job (doing something mundane) and it's time to get on with the portfolio.

So... yah.

What next, guyyys?

~~SS

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/26477142/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/26477142/ Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:18:18 PDT [link]

I've had this link in my bookmark for years now, yet I still draw near-manga style stuff. How bad's that! But yeah there's art from various different character designers for different TV shows in there. Well worth a peek.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/25410250/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/25410250/ Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:42:19 PDT

Anyway, some things of note!

I've got purple hair! It's neat. It's like my old hair colour, but it's all purple instead! We did it over a blonde base (blonde does not suit me) so it's not going to just fade back to brown in a couple weeks. It will probably, however, get lighter and lighter as time goes on.

I've left Starmen.net. Of course anyone who knows me well, and from anywhere other than the EB fansite, will know I'm notorious for not leaving properly. Unless there's something set up to stop me from going back, I'll wind up not kicking habit. Fortunately, there was an option (yayyyy!). Having been upgraded from mod of 8 years to Supermod, I was given banning powers. So I super-banned myself to stop me from coming back so easily. Of course currently the site's got a 500 internal error so currently nobody can get on anyway. XD

Next week is results. I find out if I've passed or failed. I know I've passed one module on full marks (a retake, however, so it's not quite so impressive), and by Friday I'll know the other 5. However I want to extend a 'grats to Ant (Sheepy), who passed. Fingers crossed and hoping for the best for everyone!

In the meantime, dance like you've never danced before! Because if you're flailing, you'll be hard-pressed to mimic another guy!

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/25212946/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/25212946/ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:58:41 PDT

Expect me to forget to update stuff.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/25102688/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/25102688/ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:48:31 PDT
So why don't I have internet? Have you ever heard of Something broadband? Yeah. Neither had I. Our landlord (who is setting our internet up despite having no knowledge of computers) switched from Virgin to it because it was cheap. Me and everyone I'm living with (I moved btw) are currently twitching and screaming and 'letting him know' 'as politely as we can' that this company is a sham that's conning him.

He's not listening. He also stupidly signed into a 12 month contract with them before they'd even started setting anything up.

We'd set up our own internet if we could but my friends are concerned that if this company DOES pull their finger out there'll be even more questions, problems, and internet bills.

I'll be back properly at some point, but I don't see that being anytime soon. But geez, I'm twitchy, and I'm losing less than my writhing housemates (WoW players).

There's been a lot of Pokemon around the house. I wonder what'll happen once the games are all maxxed out...

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/24733229/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/24733229/ Wed, 13 May 2009 07:15:30 PDT
And I move this week. I kept forgetting.

I'm considering getting a coffee shop job this summer, since I know I can do it. Just about. I think. We'll see.

Good luck to everyone else passing and stuff who haven't reached the end yet! Go strong!

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/24058909/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/24058909/ Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:46:40 PDT
Not much else to do for it, I've reformatted. Again. I'm still mildly paranoid that something could still be in effect, or have been, since the required software to reboot the system from factory settings are actually inside the computer. Although so far so good, everything's updating as expected.

What I find amusing is that going through the lappy, gathering all the files that needed backup... they fit quite well on a 512 SD card. I found that quite amusing.

So that's made things fun.

More fun than picking on beans.

Aside from further concerns and mild aggravation over my honours project, all going well. Keep getting distracted, but all is still well. :3

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/23895152/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/23895152/ Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:31:02 PDT
Also poor. Anyone want to buy art for £5? £10 for big A3 things? It'd all be useful at this stage, assuming people are willing. I know I've asked in the past, and it's never quite proven successful, but it can't hurt to try one more time, right?

In the meantime I'm working on stuff, I've just not been submitting them. You could be in for a treat when this is all over. And by treat I mean your deviation boxes may fill up, so delete at your leisure. :3

I still have two requests (online) to finish up, but they've been put on hold again until I get a spare moment. But they'll get done. ^^ I do assure you that.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/23306226/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/23306226/ Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:02:48 PST Yay! Not the most sensible idea ever, but I've never known that to stop me.

So I've started Grimmoires. Yay! It has readers. Yay!! I mean, yeah, not many (vocal, anyway ). but still. Awesome. I'll still go over those first two pages and make them look acceptable at some point.

...

OH!! When checking EDGE the other day, I discovered design jobs have been cropping up. Game design. Jobs! For artists! I mean yeah, they usually have programmers, but I saw 2D artists, 3D artists, and concept artists in there, so I'm pleased. That's mostly what's been pushing me to sift through the incomplete art. I'm hoping some others will eagerly remind themselves to launch portfolios at companies, as though ejected from a cannon.

From a cannon, people!!

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/23059322/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/23059322/ Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:12:35 PST
And my leg's gone. XD I'm having a relapse.

I got stuck halfway down Waterstones stairs when suddenly my leg decided it didn't like me anymore. Stopped, and had to slide down on my arse, and was limping through town after that. Not ideal, I can tell you. Thank goodness Michael was there (lil bro).

The great thing is, I have to get home somehow tomorrow. And, I've got to get to Uni on Monday... Or if this persists, I have to go get an IV for a week at the hospital.

This will be interesting.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/22977480/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/22977480/ Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:08:59 PST Sorry about that.

By the way it's not gonna lighten, I've got other images to worry about as well.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/22777275/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/22777275/ Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:32:33 PST
The battery was dying horrifically quickly. No idea why. So I decide "Fine, get a cheap replacement." 'cause I don't care anymore. Unfortunately, on neither phone could I get a signal. Thinking "This isn't right in the slightest", I decide to actually go and ask "Right, what's wrong."

The first shop was adamant I had another SIM card. They didn't really care to say anything more than that so I walked out on them. I was not prepared to stand for 10 minutes telling them "The problem happened BEFORE the upgrade" because they didn't seem interested.

The second at least seemed like they were trying to help. I needed a new SIM card. After finding the paperwork and discovering the other shop had decided to keep my SIM, we had the fun of trying to order me their 30-day-free-contract thing (which didn't work -- I'm terrible for any sort of rating ). Finally they asked me to try the service phone to get a new one sent out. This demanded of me a PIN I don't have.

I'm on O2 again, now. I've actually gotten one of my old phones out, which has all my old numbers on already (so a transfer wasn't hard), and I know I'll have signal and that it'll be reliable to say the least. And it turns out the only reason my battery died was because Orange moved their network dealy over to 3, so phones are using up battery trying to locate these new signals.

I can't believe how much trouble a phone network can be. And here I was once informed that Orange was reliable.

In the meantime I think, judging from the responses to the last journal, that the Wacom thing may just be a standard glitch for it. Sucks, but oh well, just means I can't run music from the pute when I'm working, similar to how I do it on the laptop.

Also, Animal Crossing's not allowed to suck the life from me. But yesterday I played hide-and-seek with some neighbours. It was actually kinda cool.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/22711944/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/22711944/ Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:38:11 PST
After spending a few days writing up things from a few of the notepads, I've now gotten rid of some of the older ones. Two super-old ones remain... with me.

But I've just spent the last hour sorting out a couple sketchbooks that rarely see the light of day for a couple reasons. One, because it was sticky, the other, because I get very weird returning to a really old sketchbook. It's a problem, but I've found ways to skirt that, at least.

Now I have images that really need scanning in at some point to save my sanity. :3 If I wasn't still so weird about using my Photoshop at the moment, I'd be doing that.

Which reminds me: Does anyone know how to stop a graphics pen from lagging? I'm quite sure I should be able to use Photoshop (CS) with a wacom tablet (bamboo one) and still listen to music (winamp -- Windows Media Player was definitely hogging), without the pen lagging a second or two behind my strokes. I've got 2 gig of RAM and plenty storage free (still got 90gig unused), so what'd be my problem?

I initially thought it might actually be CS3 (it crashes when it closes, so I don't think my 'ute agreed with it), but I've gone straight back to CS1, so this shouldn't still be happening.... right?

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/22377896/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/22377896/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:27:00 PST
What I hate about this is that it won't uninstall. It won't actually come OFF the computer. And I can't reinstall them, the reinstall fails (only loads shared components).

It did this to the laptop before.

How did we sort that out again?

Oh yeah.

I had to reformat.

While the PC's probably in good need of a clean out, I don't have an OS disk to restore the settings. An old housemate of mine sorted out the OS, I never saw a disk.

...

SUCKS!!!

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/22167707/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/22167707/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:41:36 PST killer. All-purpose Woolworths is shutting down across the Country. Zavvi, as a result, is going into administration, and a few other shops are going the same way. Part of me wants to find the nearest Zavvi and raid the CDs, looking for allll those CDs I've been holding off on. I already tried raiding Woolworths. It was actually hilarious, though I came out with nothing.

So yeah~! Christmas tomorrow~! Hoping everyone's having a lovely Christmas eve, doing things they enjoy and anticipating the day itself with all those warm, gooey feelings inside.

Tonight, before sleep takes me, I'm going to try to get a comic up somehow. Results should be interesting.

So to everyone across the World, whether you view my DA account or not... MARRY CRUMBLE!! Don your crumble hats and sing marry crumble songs at the world~!

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/21958694/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/21958694/ Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:59:20 PST
It's also the time I let the colds and illnesses catch up to me apparently. I'm quite certain this is the cold that everyone else was off with earlier this month.I knew I'd gotten it, but apparently I was able to hold it off until yesterday, the first 'official' day off for our year.

But how many journals are reading like this round this time of year, right?

Of course, I don't live with anyone looking after me, so anything needs buying/doing it's all on me, and my poor sickly self.



So now I've time for games and things. Woo! Let's see what gets played first.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/21860199/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/21860199/ Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:17:03 PST
I made some small comics while I was playing so we'll see if they make it to DA.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/21484449/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/21484449/ Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:38:33 PST ), Sheepy got me Spore. I'd not been able to justify getting it myself, but when someone does it for you, all the 'umm' and 'aah' doesn't matter. I had a feeling I'd be able to make good use of the creature creator and the like.

Pity my PC didn't want to agree with it.

My PC can run things when it wants, but when it gets something new, it's like it starts crying. When I moved recently it didn't want to find the internet anymore, and I'm lucky I had no trouble sorting out the Belkin wireless dealy. Sometimes it's okay, sometimes it takes ages to sort out (the RAM was an interesting one).

So yeah, I download spore, and suddenly it doesn't want to load it. Apparently it doesn't agree with the graphics card. Weird, since this PC isn't all that old compared. But I didn't really think about it for ages.

Then, today, I gets me some new speakers. I've been putting off new speakers for years, since the old ones did the job and could go ridiculously loud. But they've not been local for months, so I gots me some new ones. After some issues, I got some new drivers installed, and while I'm there, I sort out the ones for the graphics card, too.

So as of today, I've got Spore. Yay! Chances are I'll only really use the creature creator, but I figured I would anyway. I'll share things when I get online. :3

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/21318874/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/21318874/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:54:17 PST

Having taken a step back from the EB community over the past couple months I've been able to clear my head of the irritation I was beginning to associate with EB series fans. A shame that it ever came that far, really.

While still trying to keep a firm enough distance, I decided to check out further reaches of the community, places I'd not looked at cleanly for my own irritation and mild dis-interest: The only section of Fanfiction.net that I can safely say has a far higher ratio of gems to crap. Well worth looking into, I'd missed quite a few good stories over the past couple years, though most of them are reflective one-shots rather than actual epic stories getting told (though 1 or 2 have definitely cropped up, that I haven't checked fully into yet). It's reminded me of one of the biggest elements of the EB fanbase that I actually admire: There's a high amount of imagination to people that come out so well among the fiction. Stories that engulf you the way the different stories inspire you to. Its nice.

I mean sure, you get some nice stuff out of the artists (I wouldn't be watching a bunch if there weren't), but I've found... there are some really inspired pieces, and there are some lovely conceptuals. But I don't always feel the heart in them, like artists gone. Or its a different heart, one I'll probably never understand.

Not to say things like the 3D Giygas Devils Machine a few months ago wasn't impressive. I want MAYA skills like that.

Not long after refreshing my head on this, I did what those of the EB community tend to do from time to time -- check out Gio's theories. Definitely an inspiration. Checking out the M3 theories has put some depressing thoughts about the game in my head that make me want to do comics, or write fiction again, something I haven't done in years, now.

Even though I knew this already, I can still say, quite safely, that I'm a fan of the game, and I do admire the work it brings out of people. I always have, I've got mangas to prove it (If I could get those back that'd be awesome, Fry ).

But I don't appreciate all of the community. I don't appreciate the parts of the community that haven't played the games and call themselves fans somehow (there are options people, even if you don't agree with them). I don't agree with those who seem to think getting a Japanese game and playing it how it was originally made, no matter how easy it is to understand, is unacceptable, while getting a ROM and patching it somehow makes them 'better fans', though I don't have much against them for it (But if you don't accept both you have no right to whine "OMG spoilorz!" anymore). I don't appreciate the fans that are gullible enough to believe theories that have no standing in the game, and worse, the parts that defend said 4chan style theories. I don't have anything against those who don't get anything from the games, or those who simply enjoy the game on a base level, but I don't particularly like the parts that seem to want to fight or blow things up over the game, when people don't agree.

Perhaps EB Seige showed me the worst of the EB fans over the past several months. I think it showed a lot of the World the worst of EB fans, and the worst part is they don't even represent the majority. But it left a very negative mark on me, and I've been a part of that community since, what, 2001? Been a mod at SM.net since 2002. A lot has changed since then, and not neccessarily for the better.

I think I'm officially dropping the name 'SaturnStorm' here. I mean sure, Paige Storm as a character is still about, and she'll wind up in a document somewhere eventualy, but SaturnStorm, as a name, like LalalaKirby and Lalala to Kirby's Rainbow Resort and the CaptainN network, and Zora to Hyrule Battlefield, is a specific avatar to an area of the wub. One that's no longer needed.

Oh I'm not dropping Satsy, its become a character of its own (it was actually used by Matio of KRR to refer to me, and now the Chibi has adopted the name, as reference to who I actually am, now), but I won't be around communities with the name anymore. For some, I'll have new ways to represent myself (because that's how I work), and in others... I can probably avoid returning, I don't know if I can accept the parts of the community I'm not so sure of these days.

Oh well. I doubt I can offend any more EB fans than I already have. All I can say is if I'm watching you, no doubt I respect you. Otherwise I'd probably change my account again... or something, I dunno.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/21122989/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/21122989/ Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:32:50 PDT

I'd try to keep 'em cheap, but still make something off 'em. The idea's come up a few times now and I wanted to sound the idea, see if it'd work. It'd be fun and I'd like doing it, but there's no point if I'm not likely to get a sale, right?

Though I will be making a couple already -- Chibi sexythulhu is getting a shirt .

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/21059771/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/21059771/ Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:47:58 PDT
But yeah. My thumb aches. Its irritating because it means I can't draw as much/as fast, but I'm happy because it means I'm getting somewhere, and its been too long since the last time. I like drawing, I like getting the scan list to empty, and I can't wait till that happens again... till I scan the new stuff.


...Hey, if anyone can think of any decent point-and-clicks, or recent point-and-clicks, can you let me know? I'm doing research and the like. Obvious ones like Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion (and related games), Sam and Max, and the Days Of freeware series don't need to be mentioned. Also, I understand Another Code and Hotel Dusk come under this category also. But if you can think of any others I should be looking at that'd be awesome!


And on a final note, I have no money. Anyone want any cheap commissions I can print out and send your way, or know of any way I can get my work known to get super-cheap commissions worked on? That'd be awesome. I'm hoping by the time the student loan comes in, I can afford to subscribe for the year and start advertising properly or something, but hey, any help would be awesome.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/20937410/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/20937410/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:02:18 PDT
So I'm going over 'em. Making them spiffy.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/20752769/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/20752769/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:00:19 PDT
Meds are helping me see. Sorta. Actually its flittering between working and not working so something's probably going on at the same time. Woop.

Nothing happened today. I got a lot of well-wishes which were very appreciated, no presents yet, bought my own birthday cake, and the crowning point of my day was saying "Yay! The DLA payment came through! Now I can afford my rent tomorrow!"

Somewhat depressing.

Dunno when actual celebrations are happening now, either. 'At some point'. Kinda wish I'd decided to drop in on people, but no, I had Uni today as well.

But yay. 24.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/20403434/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/20403434/ Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:24:03 PDT ute isn't being a happy camper at the mo. Or DA's being slow. One of those...

Yesterday I started packing up, today I move. I'll be moving halfway down the Country again, so that I don't wind up on the street. That happens sometimes. But I'll be returning once some benefitty things get sorted, assuming the stuff comes through before I leave today. But, once I return, there is no guarantee I'll have interweb. In fact the chances are quite slim.

Its been a few years since I last had the 'no net' problem, but this time I don't think I'll be looking for interweb cafes in the meantime. I may get on once a week if my local friends are so very super-awesome, but otherwise unless I get the mobile internet I'll be offline.

This is gonna be weeeeeird...

~~SS

At least it'll give me time to work on the images awaiting completion on the laptop. I won't be unpacking the computer or scanner for a while.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/20197207/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/20197207/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:07:55 PDT ), one dropped out, everyone else of the.. something like 30 or 40 got a grade. I'll find out how this flies either next week or the week after.

This does mean I can work more fully on my portfolio again, which I intend to. It also means I can go back to applying for jobs, also which I intend to. But it also means I can move about again, which while I intend to, I'll need to find a place in Preston or go back to my parents temporarily (which I don't mind, but my friends have expressed a want for me to stick around ), and since the French Girls who made last year such hell will be returning soon, I've got a drive to get out of dodge.

But yes. Now I have 2 working computers and a lot more free time. Let's see what I do with it.

Groups I'm in:


Old Account:

Alternate Journal Space

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/19955210/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/19955210/ Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:38:10 PDT
"... have I actually uploaded much of my Fairy Tale stuff to the interwebs?..."

The answer? No, I haven't.

But I'm still half dead.

So I'm about to have some night-nurse, try to get the last of this cold/flu thing gone, and I'm going to start scanning. Let's see which is faster/better: Medicine, or my attention span.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/19783548/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/19783548/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:17:43 PDT
At least the progress has jumped.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/19618140/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/19618140/ Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:25:30 PDT
I'm getting a little more concerned now that I've got only a month left, and still so much work to do. I've thrown myself into even more different pieces, so more are coming along at the same time. Something like 6 on the go right now. Thank Christ the characters shouldn't be this awkward... that said I discovered some of the characters I'd WANTED to use for this I couldn't, because they'd been previously submitted. But I've found my way around that now, and an enemy that was getting on my nerves.

I've not been checking Wii Fit for a few days, I'll probably just check it weekly now to see how good/bad things are getting, and I'm so fed up with the diet now (chicken chicken chicken bacon...) that I may slide on that now too. Gonna continue excersizing (I need to do stretches, my legs love cramps), but rest of it? Can't be arsed now.

EDT: Oh by the by, Batman is awesome. Go see!

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/19366521/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/19366521/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:26:49 PDT
Wii Fit:-- I'm not keeping up with it as I have previously, but that's not stopped me losing. I've definitely lost over 2 stone now, I'm out of the crappy fatty category into the 'watch yourself' one (awesome), and I'm shrinking out of the size 16s, so I'll be a healthy size 14 soon enough. I haven't been that size since I was about 13, so I'm far better than I have been.

Reactions:-- For those unaware or unsure, I've got multiple sclerosis ( [link]) which is sucky, but hasn't been a problem for the past few months. Recently it has been playing up, and I've got the dodgy eye thing going again ([link]), though nowhere near as bad as when I first got it. Its just a mild irritation at the moment, and only if I try to look round too far. Buuut, I can still draw, that's what counts!! Though depth percetion's thrown a bit.

There WILL be drawings up soon, hopefully some computery things since I need to do a couple character scans anyway. The results should be... interesting. Love that word.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/19120626/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/19120626/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:15:15 PDT

Today I recieved the letter I've been waiting on, telling me what they want me to do, and when the deadline is to do it. Yesterday I got some grades (so I know what I'm building on), which actually aren't half bad, and mean one of the 3 projects is completely finished. The two I need to work on are the Games Proposal (only the technical stuff though), and the Honours project: Concept art.

That one'll be fun.

The big thing right now is that what they're asking is for about 40 different images, completely new, in less than 2 months. Working on my standard colouring it'd not be too bad, I could throw half them out in a couple weeks, but using the colouring I HAVE been working with, each one would take a day or more. That would burn me out a bit. So I'll be doing a compromise on that.

It will mean more environments will be on their way, progress and probably not as shiny as I'd like, but we'll see.

TO WORK!! *fly*

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/19058757/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/19058757/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:07:03 PDT Thanks, watchers and passers by~!

-- Old Account

The art: Admittedly I've not been scanning very much -- there's a lot of things in my scans folder that hasn't been touched yet. I'll get round to it at some point, but at the mo I've been playing with MAYA.

Games: I've been quite pleased, I decided to cut something out of my internet browsing in frustration, and now I've won back some good gaming time. G'bye Starmen.net, my Wii and DS are waiting for me.

Clubs I'm in:


]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/18868364/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/18868364/ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:47:35 PDT
XD They Might be Giants is good musaks.

~ Old account

CLUBS:



Wii Fit: I can't wait for the day I can say "I'm not obese yays!!" which is approaching

Illustrations: I'm working on the portfolio, so if you see strange faces that look quite wrong/stupid, I'm probably practising something.

COMMISSIONS: I'm getting commissions offline! Would people do commissions online too? I can pay my own subscription, I just want the living. Also, would you buy prints?

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/18708094/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/18708094/ Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:38:08 PDT
I've been a bit slacking on the getting fit front, which isn't good. Still losing, but I've not been using Wii Fit really, so I'm going to get back on track with that, since it'll keep my body from doing strange things (which I've noticed again recently as well).


Right, now to make images that look good. Portfolio needs some extra bits.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/18603954/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/18603954/ Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:10:53 PDT Took about 3 days, since I was trying not to let it consume my time. Then I thought 'stuff it' and just played the last chapter yesterday (I have played through all of 'em don't worry, I intentionally didn't skip any episodes). So I now have the second one to play, and is it one or two I need to pick up? I dunno but I may leave that one.

Also, after discovering there to not be a way to erase the data in Picross DS, I consulted the manual yesterday out of boredom. From there I learned how to erase the data, so I've done that and will be starting again. After the last person I lent it to completed all the decent puzzles I felt kinda cheated. This does mean, of course, that all of my own effort have also been erased, but oh well, I can get that back through determined picrossing!!

And I do still have to play the LoZ Phantom Hourglass I picked up a year or so ago now. ¬3¬ I've not even given it a second glance, and I don't know why. Heck, I've barely touched Twilight Princess (that I'm aware)! I don't think I've stopped liking Zelda games, I think I'm just having trouble submerging myself in them. To try to thwart this I picked up Zelda 3 for GBA again. I still can't play Four Swords (to my annoyance) but Zelda 3 is still Zelda 3 and I always did like that game.

I've got some art lined up, but it needs cleaning and stuff first, so you'll have to bear with me on that.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/18452591/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/18452591/ Thu, 22 May 2008 18:27:45 PDT
The last one is where all these scenes have been coming in from. I've already done more pages for that one than some people, but I've missed one or two key points: enemies (I've got enemy sketches but nothing finalised), and the final boss(es). That said they're in the work, they're just not on the final print-out, but I can avoid that for now, any finalisation stuff is just faffing.

...

*dead* Its 2.30 am, and for the first time in 3 years I might actually sleep before a deadline.

Need to worry about getting this last stuff printed, but the other 2 projects are already in print-shop (I do not trust myself with a printer that would end in blood and/or tears), so I can't do much else till that opens in the morning anyway.

Then I have my own stuff I want to get sketched down and looking pretty, so I can throw them into a portfolio.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/18424765/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/18424765/ Wed, 21 May 2008 03:03:22 PDT

Also, the other day I went home to avoid my housemates (who are gone now at last), and finally got round to turning on the old computer. Its at least 9 years old, Windows 98 system, sporting a Photoshop 5.0 and Paint-Shop Pro 4. And so many of my old images. I criinge... Some of them may make their way into my scraps.

Last thing, I dropped a size so something's going well. I feel great. Though I get this horrible feeling my eyes are going to go once the project is in (they're reacting slower than they should right now). Oh well, I'll be up the hospital for that one!

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/18207344/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/18207344/ Wed, 07 May 2008 06:16:23 PDT
If my friends are like me, they'll slap me for it. But, I know I deserve it, and it won't stop me till I'm no longer heavier than half of them are. I'm not upset about my weight, I'm not obsessing (horribly) over how I eat, I'm letting it take routine, cutting out taters and breads, eating fruits and drinking water, and using Wii Fit to both allow me to stretch and shift, and to measure how much weight I'm dropping, to get out of the not-ideal fields.

I don't hate me. I just know I can be a 'better' me.

Besides, its not like I'm cutting out the awesome. 85% chocolate's actually not got much carb in it, so long as you eat it rationally.

(this is one of those entries that'll go away in time )

EDT: Okay this entry isn't disappearing all that quick, but in 2 weeks I've lost about a stone, and can fit into some of the slimmer (though certainly not slim) trousers I've got kicking about. So something's going right in all this at least.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/18035298/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/18035298/ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:45:39 PDT
So today, I went out to town and picked up Wii fit. Yay! Had I known the box was so effing heavy I'd have asked one of my friends to take me. So my first leg of excersize was pushing my already frail form into town, picking it up, and lugging it around as I finished up a few other of today's chores.

Got home, pushed myself a little more by rearranging my chest-of-drawers so I'd be able to play in the more open space, and got myself set up and I've done a couple of the minigames till my chest started hurting (long story), and chillaxed.

There are some pretty involving tasks on it, and some that don't require a whole lot of thought. I'll be playing through them as time moves on. Hopefully shift some of this belly and get myself in a better position to move around again, something that I've had so much trouble with over the past few months because of the medication.

Not long after playing the game, my online grocery delivery arrived. I feel like that should be a bad thing, but I can't bring myself to feel bad about it.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/17947906/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/17947906/ Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:42:09 PDT

In other news, dream-filled sleep last night fueled an idea that could either be super-awesome or really cheesy and stupid. But I don't care, I'm gonna fuel it, and refine it. I'll upload the results soon enough.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/17881049/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/17881049/ Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:39:26 PDT
But you know what isn't funny?

Item rape.

I'm disappointed in Mario Kart Wii, because they made the Grand Prix so effing hard for no decent reason. The Grand Prix races (50cc, 100cc, and 150cc) seem to have been bumped up to 100cc, 150cc, and I haven't even bothered trying the other one yet. If it wasn't for the fact I want to see what on earth features you have to unlock I wouldn't try it at all if I can avoid it. While this doesn't make up all the game, its a significant chunk of what the game's supposed to be, and its stupidly difficult. I don't understand what they were trying to achieve with that. Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad, if the worst of the items weren't so common. Bullet bill, Giant mushroom and star are acceptable common items (that I don't see a lot), whereas blue-shell, lightning and POW should be moderated at least a little.

Another thing that's getting to me is something other people are probably using as a selling point: There's lots to unlock. However, nearly every GP race you do you unlock something else, sometimes more. And I'm pretty sure doing time-trials, then a GP, unlocks something as well, to the point where I've found at least 3 karts/bikes, 4 characters, and unlocked a mode that for some reason I can't see, all from 50cc only. There's a lot to unlock, but aside from the karts most of what you're unlocking doesn't really have a point to it: You don't need 15+ characters if none of them make a pigging difference to how you race. I suspect there's also a way to change certain characters' appearances, and I DO know you can unlock using your Miis instead of the numerous races you slave to get, so again we come round to "What was the point?"

So, looking at the game from the perspective my younger self would have taken (aka doing nothing but time-trial), the game's rather pleasant. The music sets the mood for the races, which is nice, and, something I've not ever really said about the Mario Kart tracks before, but I find some of them just fun as cruise-around tracks, which is brilliant. Little touches and features are also quite amusing, like your various miis showing up on posters, billboards, as obstacles and the like, though they don't add much to the game. However so far I've not found (though also not looked for) a way to turn off the voices of the various characters which would be nice, since most of the starting characters have really annoying voices.

Multiplayer... is fun. Depending. For some reason multiplayer mode on the one Wii console doesn't let you just race your friends and no computer players. So all of you have to do Grand Prix. However online, you race just other people, and no AI. Wonderful, until you realise how many b*stards are on the track with you, willing to knock you off-track just because. Though it does allow you to see how good/bad you are, and if you're a lonely git it'll fill your quota for being social.

Battle... I've not found complaints so far (except online, when some idiot forgets that you're on his team so he chases you trying to hit you thank goodness there's no friendly fire!!), there are 2 modes (pop the balloons, and collect the coins), and everyone's separated into 2 teams, and whichever team wins gets the points. I've had a great time with that, and I hate duking it out.

IN CONCLUSION: Too much focus has been put on features and unlockables that serve very little purpose or don't aid the game, and Grand Prix is too bloody difficult for the average player. In my opinion, the retro-tracks should not have been a neccessary part of the Grand Prix cycle, but should have been a feature, like in the games before MKDS. Items should have a better moderation; shells should not be more rare out of 1st place than lightning and bloopers.

Magazine reviewers can sing all they like, they get paid for it. But as someone who had to pay to get this thing, I'd rather not have wasted my time. And that's terrible.




Oh. I don't like my housemates. They've managed to completely f*ck up the internet, since trying to post this last night. Thank goodness for friend's internets.

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/17558867/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/17558867/ Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:37:28 PDT
5 minutes of browsing the newest page, I found 4.

How many can you find in 5 minute sittings?

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/17334428/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/17334428/ Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:33:11 PDT
As it turns out, so long as I'm not thinking about it, my subconscious will take care of things.

This evening, I needed to get me some food. Didn't take my bag, didn't have my walking stick, just had my coat, wearing my fluffy pink mittens, and off in my own World.

After jogging out of the way of a reversing car and waving them 'thanks', one of three stocky guys who'd seen this proceeded to mock me. All three were silent, all three were watching me, all three walking toward me. My goal was the other side of them.

Instinct "People are being pricks, just keep walking, you're not impressed" kicked in, and my hands clenched into fists at my side. Since these jerks decided they were going to take up the whole pavement, I found the largest gap between them and swiftly made my way to head through that. Of course this wasn't what these guys wanted, as the apparent 'leader' moved to get back into my way, and the others moved in as well.

Instinct "This could turn dangerous" slid into play without me even realising. My face didn't change, my pace didn't slow, but as they moved in my fists drew up to chest level, muscles tight, ready to lamp whoever got closest, should they try. The three who'd tried to come in at the sides kept walking, and the guy who'd positioned himself in front of me moved right out of the way, and they kept on going. I kept going, too, not realising "I was about to hit someone" or even "that could have ended badly" until it was over.

Of course once I realised what had just happened, I felt really proud of myself. If my brain had kicked in first there might have been a problem. I was outnumbered, they may very well have been stronger than me, and I was entirely unarmed. Heck, I'm disabled for goodness' sakes! Still, I'm happy for my subconscious. At least now I know 'fight' kicks in now.


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


Clubs I've joined:
The Koopa Club
The Shyguy Club

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/17135058/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/17135058/ Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:28:20 PST

I am a fan of the works of Jonen Vasquez, after getting introduced to Invader Zim at Uni (and then Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Squee, and I Feel Sick), and I like the art from the show as well. Obscure and mad. Gotta love it.

I have, in time, been introduced to the products of Aaron Alexovich as well, though nobody's pushed it all that hard. I have read Serenity Rose, which is quite neat as well (and you can tell he provided characters for Zim just by looking), and the other day, I came across Kimmie66, a one-comic, 4-chapter graphic novel about a girl who committed suicide in the future, and is being seen in all these different lairs (cyber-zones), told from the POV of Telly, an odd little soul. I have to say, I like it. The art's an inspiration as much as the story, and to be honest after Serial Experiments Lain started about the same way, then went on a TOTALLY different track, I'm pleased this one took the starting hook and trailed me along the RIGHT way. I'd recommend people give it a look.



Recently I've been trying to get a more realistic, western style to look like not-stupid, preferably not-manga, and lively enough to give 'em different expressions. I'll upload the work into scraps, along with other stuff I've been working with now I've got another new sketchbook. I shouldn't be allowed near WH Smith.


~~Satsy


Clubs I've joined:
The Koopa Club
The Shyguy Club

]]> ~Satsy http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/16850985/ http://Satsy.deviantart.com/journal/16850985/ Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:48:01 PST The Koopa Club
The Shyguy Club

Will add more as I find 'em.

(Thank you Pyro for the help! )

]]> ~Satsy