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A helpful deviant recently alerted me to my first ever case of art plagiarism! You can see a screencap here -- the "artist" in question basically did a hack job of cutting Tutu out of my piece here, and pasting her on a white background along with a similarly badly extracted Fakir, drawn by some artist I've yet to identify. What I find the most hilarious is that they tried to pass this off as a single piece drawn by a single original artist, when Tutu and Fakir are drawn in completely different styles. XD I censored the person's username because they took down the piece already, so no point in stirring up more wank, but I still found it too amusing not to share. Also check out their response to being caught:

My comment: Hi there! I'm the artist of one of the pieces you plagiarized to make this. This is to let you know that I fully intend to report this to DeviantArt. But before I do that, I figured I'd give you a fair chance to take it down of your own free will.

Their reply: ...huh? oh.

CLASSY!

]]> ~andrael http://andrael.deviantart.com/journal/16281408/ http://andrael.deviantart.com/journal/16281408/ Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:04:58 PST
Um, let's see... in 2007 I bought a buttload of Copic markers. These days I'm rarely in the mood for CGing, so most of the color pieces I've been doing have been in markers. It's actually really fun, and not as hard on the wrists/fingers as colored pencils. But I still haven't tried doing any real complex backgrounds with marker; I'm too intimidated by the lack of an undo button. Hmm... come to think of it, I have a bunch of No Rest marker pieces that I haven't even bothered uploading. I'm so lazy. :/

I can't think of anything else to say here. Um, new art soon?

Club-type thingies:
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]]> ~andrael http://andrael.deviantart.com/journal/9662220/ http://andrael.deviantart.com/journal/9662220/ Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:08:18 PDT

Well, first off, a big thank you to everyone who's been commenting, +faving and watching my stuff. I'm pretty crappy at replying to comments but I read every one, and they're very much appreciated.

In case you missed this, and have formed a club for people to post No Rest For The Wicked fanworks. Go check it out, contribute, etc.
Please take note, though, that if you want me to post your fanart on the actual comic website, you should either email me or send me a deviant note.

And I seem to have joined the following dA clubs:
]]> ~andrael http://andrael.deviantart.com/journal/3063764/ http://andrael.deviantart.com/journal/3063764/ Sat, 07 Aug 2004 07:02:30 PDT
Is it just me and the stupidity of my browser, or are all the Deviation galleries coming out empty in thumbnail view? ]]> ~andrael http://andrael.deviantart.com/journal/1844412/ http://andrael.deviantart.com/journal/1844412/ Sat, 14 Feb 2004 12:55:44 PST
I... don't think this is any reflection of my psychological state lately. At least, not to my knowledge... ]]> ~andrael http://andrael.deviantart.com/journal/1667198/ http://andrael.deviantart.com/journal/1667198/ Mon, 12 Jan 2004 06:42:50 PST
Oh, and just thought I should mention: every year I typically do a Christmas image for my main page ( [link] ), as well as a Christmas card image that I send out over e-mail. If you are reading this and you're someone who normally gets my Christmas card and didn't get it this year, don't worry; it's not that I suddenly hate you and took you off my list or something. I just didn't make a Christmas card this year. ^_^;; (Got lazy.) ]]> ~andrael http://andrael.deviantart.com/journal/1361202/ http://andrael.deviantart.com/journal/1361202/ Wed, 05 Nov 2003 12:57:59 PST
Er, anyway. That was completely pointless, but I just had to get it out.

EDIT: Have downloaded the trailer from Apple.com and am watching it repeatedly. I swear, when he says "to know my enemy" it sounds like "tune on my enema". He, er, comes across better in Japanese. ]]> ~andrael http://andrael.deviantart.com/journal/1063384/ http://andrael.deviantart.com/journal/1063384/ Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:01:01 PDT
Hmm. Well, I desperately want to see the new episodes of The Big O; but that doesn't show on our local Cartoon Network, and it's doubtful if it ever will. I'll have to wait for the damn things to be out on DVD.

I also desperately want to read the final issue of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, volume 2, which has apparently been delayed yet again. What are they going to do about those pesky Martians, damn it? I guess we won't know until September.

Also, I'd love a robot penguin butler.

Might as well take up some more space now by plugging some more of those webcomic thingies I read.

[link]
"Follow" is high on my list of favorites. You should definitely check it out if you're a fan of slightly surreal, atmospheric fantasy. The art is pretty, too. Just remember to read right to left. ^^;;

[link]
"Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire" is a more lighthearted fantasy in a day-to-day strip format, with plenty of humor and cute character interaction. It does veer into drama and action from time to time, though. Very charming black-and-white manga-ish art. ]]> ~andrael http://andrael.deviantart.com/journal/531351/ http://andrael.deviantart.com/journal/531351/ Sat, 08 Mar 2003 02:25:08 PST [link]
Almost as insane as the immortal Sluggy Freelance; plus, it's British!

I really shouldn't start plugging online comics, because I read about a billion of 'em, and once I start dropping links I can't stop. It's like crack. Well, okay, just one more for the road:
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A Miracle of Science is consistently nifty. And Caprice is so cute! ]]> ~andrael http://andrael.deviantart.com/journal/509502/ http://andrael.deviantart.com/journal/509502/ Sun, 23 Feb 2003 09:06:25 PST ~andrael