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                <title>Ludwig the Rock - Weeks 3-4: Pages 21-30</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:46:34 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I finished my 30 pages!  <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://community.livejournal.com/nanomango/">NaNoMangO</a> was a success!<br /><br />In case anyone was wondering, I'm not ceasing work on this story just because I hit the 30-page mark.  I have the next 3 pages drawn already and plan to continue, though I'll need to slow down the pace a bit.  Between work and this comic, I've been neglecting an awful lot of other stuff in my life. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" /><br /><br />However, <b>I will not be posting new sketch pages on DA</b>.  I think only 2 or 3 people are reading it here who don't also follow me through other websites, and DA is so much more of a hassle to upload to.  To those of you who would like to keep up with the story, please check my new poll or leave a comment and let me know where you'd like to see new pages posted!<br /><br />The story: Ludwig the Rock<br />Summary: the story of a wayward rock and the girl who befriends him -- a girl who, in a purely technological world, dreams of growing a garden.<br /><br />By the way, there are "previous" and "next" links on each page, so it's easy to read through the pages.<br /><br />Characters Sketch Dump:<br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Dump-141494516"><img src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/298/d/9/d9e2cd8a7f697fce999c286ba61bb1d8.jpg" width="20" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /><br />START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY: Scene 1: "A Second Chance"<br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-01-143020891"><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs50/150/f/2009/313/a/7/a780062c46037e8202efa5ba1bf99ff1.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /><br />Pages 21-30<br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-21-145075039"><img src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/332/e/1/e1c402d46246ca9cfa7cfee91e78607e.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span>   <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-22-145075331"><img src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs50/150/f/2009/332/0/6/06c18f8f693aedf28e7b1eee15c5c1f3.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span>   <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-23-145075657"><img src="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs50/150/f/2009/332/0/6/06f2de012ef878f074f397c44f46d6d0.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span>   <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-24-145075925"><img src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs50/150/f/2009/332/c/1/c14f5a715516cd9a09ed0373008691f2.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span>   <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-25-145076462"><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/332/d/d/dd84b4fde94fad4aea69146998b8bcf0.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span>   <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-26-145076681"><img src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/332/5/7/5775c881322c8c44145e660afb4ed838.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span>   <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-27-145076997"><img src="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/332/e/1/e1b086b0b7d4aa47f2291b3c69a896f9.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span>   <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-28-145077295"><img src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/332/d/3/d341dcba232f4e67f96bc9f88f3f067f.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span>   <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-29-145077549"><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs50/150/f/2009/332/0/0/004751e37361a9b75fef0f35972c6c7f.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span>   <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-30-145077846"><img src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs50/150/f/2009/332/9/d/9df86867e88b13249a29ab5e08c7ecda.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /><br />GASP!  I forgot my random thought of the day.  Here it is:<br /><br />Does anyone name their kid "Ned" anymore?<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Ludwig the Rock - Week 2: Pages 14-20</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:42:35 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Yeah I'm pathetic, during week two I only finished an even seven pages for <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://community.livejournal.com/nanomango/">NaNoMangO</a>, a challenge to draw 30 comic pages in 30 days.  I'm still ahead of schedule, though.  Today (last day of week 3), I'll complete page 27 and probably a couple more in addition.  I'm really counting on Thanksgiving weekend to help push me up in the page count.  At this point I'd be happy if I completed 40-45 pages.  That would also make up for the chapter title pages -- being who I am, I feel guilty counting them as pages since they're so simple. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" /><br /><br />This is the second scene of Ludwig the rock, or at least the first half of it.  I've finished drawing this scene, but we'll have to wait till next week before I post it!  (btw, I'm posting the pages to DA about a week after I post them to NaNoMangO.)  In my opinion, pages 21-26 are the best! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" /><br /><br />The story: Ludwig the Rock<br />Summary: the story of a wayward rock and the girl who befriends him -- a girl who, in a purely technological world, dreams of growing a garden.<br /><br />By the way, there are "previous" and "next" links on each page, so it's easy to read through the pages.<br /><br />Characters Sketch Dump:<br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Dump-141494516"><img src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/298/d/9/d9e2cd8a7f697fce999c286ba61bb1d8.jpg" width="20" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /><br />START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY: Scene 1: "A Second Chance"<br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-01-143020891"><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs50/150/f/2009/313/a/7/a780062c46037e8202efa5ba1bf99ff1.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /><br />Scene 2: "A Day in the Life of a Techie" (pages 14-20) <br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-14-144328459"><img src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/325/a/5/a5f0292f8c7ad60c17fc1bfa9e304b76.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span>   <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-15-144329005"><img src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/325/9/0/9043c9f951c326b792dc71a331034e38.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span>   <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-16-144329308"><img src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs50/150/f/2009/325/d/0/d0ca637470442b53a58cbcf790fed01e.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span>   <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-17-144329545"><img src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/325/6/f/6f165515a5d7e51a29c85e0b5f2c36db.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span>   <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-18-144329744"><img src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/325/7/7/77b8c4f943461c9558f945be5c49e2cd.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span>   <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-19-144329940"><img src="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs50/150/f/2009/325/e/e/eeff0751420531c17a35f4961af28763.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span>   <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-20-144330545"><img src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs50/150/f/2009/325/e/7/e79e42eb91628deeb19117e2166b49b0.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /><br /><br />Random thought of the day: How exactly did I fall in love with guyliner? :shakes head:<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Ludwig the Rock - Week 1: Pages 1-13</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:39:55 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I've signed up to participate in <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://community.livejournal.com/nanomango/">NaNoMangO</a> this season, meaning that during the month of November, I will be drawing 30 comic pages (or more).  So far, I'm in good shape and having lots of sleep-deprived, caffeinated fun.<br /><br />In this first week, I managed to complete the first scene of the story (which I used to call the prologue until I realized it'd be 13 pages long and thought that felt too long for a prologue. ^_^)  Since these are only sketch pages, I'm posting them to my scraps.  At the end of each week, I'll post a journal entry with the week's pages.<br /><br />The story: Ludwig the Rock<br />Summary: the story of a wayward rock and the girl who befriends him -- a girl who, in a purely technological world, dreams of growing a garden.<br /><br />Characters Sketch Dump:<br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Dump-141494516"><img src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/298/d/9/d9e2cd8a7f697fce999c286ba61bb1d8.jpg" width="20" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /><br />This Week's Pages -- Scene 1: "A Second Chance"<br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-01-143020891"><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs50/150/f/2009/313/a/7/a780062c46037e8202efa5ba1bf99ff1.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-02-143021013"><img src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs50/150/f/2009/313/5/7/570e76a1c7e869528b85faa58a3fea48.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-03-143021145"><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/313/8/e/8e6283f2623c45d2cb33aadf837f543b.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-04-143021256"><img src="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs50/150/f/2009/313/3/5/35719bb455020d0127864b923a76f21b.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-05-143021365"><img src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs50/150/f/2009/313/6/2/625ea84b5cc1765398e8db277f99f0ea.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-06-143021464"><img src="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs50/150/f/2009/313/3/0/304a10137f0db52f63491af6acc84683.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-07-143021562"><img src="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/313/4/8/48cba524a7411722bf2f6937f8e53e73.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-08-143021673"><img src="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/313/5/0/5024c8b144c9bb56b1a80c2dc587bccf.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-09-143021810"><img src="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/313/f/8/f8424d117c5ef2a225829487af094759.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-10-143021919"><img src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs50/150/f/2009/313/2/5/25a99b6c14ed4c8d0e717ca1871eb160.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-11-143022038"><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs50/150/f/2009/313/2/8/2827f4e3d410fa5b356e8af53bd4300c.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-12-143022115"><img src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/313/1/1/116e3ef90a12ac15119cd04e30305eb2.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/art/Ludwig-the-Rock-Sketch-Page-13-143022187"><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/313/2/a/2addcf845b8221d807eb815abb8ee0dc.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /><br />Today's random thought: Winter is the best, because it makes ferrets double in... ]]></description>
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                <title>So much catching up to do!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:10:53 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I'm trying to catch up on the artwork of all my favorite deviants, but it'll take a little while.  Sorry!  Feel free to poke me if you have a picture you really want me to look at quick. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" /><br /><br />So what's been up?  Well, been developing a crapload of collectibles at my job as a product developer/art director.  And I've been examining my approach to artwork as a whole, and how I'm going to steer my portfolio.  I've finally found my direction, which will be revealed in my next illustrations after the sort of brainless one I'm struggling to complete at the moment...<br /><br />I've also renewed my efforts to make progress on Unholy.  During November I'll be working on a different comic, though.  It's not technically a nanomango thing because I'm not limiting myself to 30 pages, but I'm using the month as an excuse to do a complete story.  Just a sketch comic, but it'll be super cute!  Maybe I'll post some process work for it this month.<br /><br />Also, from now on I will try to include a completely random comment in each of my journal entries.  Why?  Eh...  Just because.<br /><br />Today's random comment: I miss back when episodes of The Office were about, well, the office.  I'm not to big on super-traditional standard romance.<br /><br />*** Don't forget, you can buy prints of my artwork here: <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://bob-artist.imagekind.com">[link]</a> ***<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Prints of my artwork are available again!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:01:20 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ After canceling my prints account on DA a long time ago, I didn't have my artwork available for purchase for a long time.  Well, now they're back!  Check out the link below:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://bob-artist.imagekind.com">[link]</a><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>No, I didn't die (yet)</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:58:11 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ My job is sucking the life out of me...  It's been hard to work on Unholy at all, because it's such an intensive project.  I spent June and July on a large commission; I haven't decided if I'll post it here yet...<br /><br />I am working on some personal art, and I hope to post at least *something* in September.  Sorry I haven't been looking at deviations and commenting and stuff.  It's been so frustrating not being able to do more personal work, and looking at everyone else's awesome stuff was making it even harder, so I've been avoiding it.  Again, sorry!  Just trying to keep my sanity...<br /><br />It'll be a few more months before I can *really* be productive again.  Starting in September, I'll be taking a couple of classes on top of working full time, but I'm expecting happy changes in my schedule come 2010. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" />  Until then, I'll try to post the random piece of art here and there.  I hope some of you will stick around until then!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>I can't keep up!</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 22:01:22 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ The internet moves too fast for me!<br /><br />I've been pretty much non-existent on the internet for a good month, or maybe a month and a half.  If there's such a thing as crunch time at my job, this is definitely the time for it (though honestly, I think our crunch time is actually more like January to November).  There are so many deviations and journal entries I really want to catch up on...  I'm just not sure when I'll be able to.  I'm hoping things will ease up at work after 7/15.<br /><br />Anyway, I just thought I'd let people know I didn't die.  I'm really trying to finish the next scene of Unholy, but it's been sloooooow.  On the bright side, though, I'm devoting this weekend to the development of the comic as a whole (mostly research, but I'll probably work a bit on the colors, too).  Hopefully that'll do something to renew my motivation.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Just an update</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:40:37 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Been way too busy, as usual.  Work stuff, family stuff, etc.  The usual.  Anyway, apparently I got 10,000 pageviews today.  (and it only took 3.5 years! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" />)<br /><br />I'm expecting to post the next two pages of Unholy tomorrow.  I only have one more panel to finish and could do it today if I wanted to be super ambitious (a.k.a. all-nighter), but I'd rather do a thorough job and not rush it -- and I'd rather not be a zombie at work tomorrow.<br /><br />I got a week of vacation coming up in early April!  Which means one week dedicated completely to personal artwork.  YAY!<br /><br />At this moment, I'm eating Snyder's "Old Tyme" pretzels.  They're the kind that's hard, but really big and fat.  I'm kind of addicted...<br /><br />I really am trying to catch up on looking at all the deviations and journal entries and comments I've been neglecting.  I shall try my best!<br /><br />Okay, yeah.  I really need to not be sitting right next to the bag of pretzels...<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*bob-artist</author>
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                <title>An Important Announcement</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:55:31 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I'm a girl.<br /><br /><br />Just in case anyone didn't know. ^_^  There's no mistaking it if you know me in person, but I call myself Bob, and I admit my self portrait looks a little manly...  (well, the kind of semi-manly that would probably get you beaten up a lot. ^_^)  But yeah.  Girl.<br /><br />If you'd prefer to think of me as a guy, or maybe an alpaca, feel free.  But I'm kind of curious -- how many of you thought I was a guy?  Fess up!  I know there's at least a few!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*bob-artist</author>
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                <title>Open Challenge</title>
                <link>http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/journal/23407569/</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:15:43 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Challenge: call in sick to work, citing any of the following ailments:<br />-hiccups<br />-dandruff<br />-chapped lips<br />-a hangnail<br />-an ingrown hair<br />-halitosis<br />-eyelash in your eye<br />-hypochondria<br /><br />Feel free to add to the list! ^_^<br /><br />Ahem, seriously... I recently caught an icky cold that was going around my workplace.  That combined with the 12 hours a day I've been working for most of this month (so horrible), and I haven't had much time to work on Unholy. ;_;  I'll post the next three pencils to my scraps tomorrow, and hopefully I'll have the next four finished pages in a week or less.  February has been exceedingly rough... though it seems like many of the people I watch had an unusually productive month.  Yay you guys!!!<br /><br />I'm hoping to not work as many extra hours anymore...  I need to learn how to take a lunch break without feeling guilty.  I also need to learn how to leave after working 8 hours.  But it's just so hard...  Yet it's draining and bad for my personal goals, so I really need to stop.<br /><br />I remember being in college, having the instructors talk about how busy art directors are.  Now that I kind of am one, I totally see what they mean.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*bob-artist</author>
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                <title>Scrapple</title>
                <link>http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/journal/22852190/</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:09:13 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Okay, so this post isn't about scrapple; I just like to take any opportunity I can to talk about creepy meats.  Nooo, this post is actually about scraps!  I like the new DA layout, but the big drawback to it is that scraps are now even more inaccessible and forgotten.  And I like looking at people's scraps, so I think it's a travesty!<br /><br />So where am I going with this?  Let's see who guessed it...  Just a reminder -- I'm posting the pencil sketches for the first scenes of Unholy in my scraps section!  I may move the pencils offsite from scene 3 onward.  If I do, I'll be sure to post a link.  But either way, I plan for my next post to be finished pages!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*bob-artist</author>
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                <title>Unholy, Take 3 -- and a question (updated)</title>
                <link>http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/journal/22394488/</link>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:01:13 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ 1/5 update -- Thank you to those of you who game me your feedback!  Since there are some people who would like to see the pencils, for now I'll be posting them in my scraps.  I'll be uploading the first few pages today.<br /><br />P.S. =<a class="u" href="http://emla.deviantart.com/">emla</a> gave me a DA subscription. ;_; (crying because she's too nice!)  Thank you again, dude!<br /><br />P.P.S. Does anyone else remember wax lips?  My sister got me some for Christmas.  It brought back such memories, of back when I had big lips. (er, actually of back when I was a kid and we got wax lips a couple times...)  I'm weird; I really like wax gum.  But if I chew it for too long, my nose starts to itch...<br /><br />/end important journal entry<br /><br />---<br /><br />So I abruptly went and took down my old Unholy pages...  Not only do they make me twitch, but I've started work on the new version which involves a slightly modified (and in many places, completely redone) script.  So I'm hoping that people don't remember too much of what the text said in my previous version!<br /><br />So, the question...  Would anyone want to see the roughs for my new pages?  I'm thinking of posting the pencil drawings somewhere, but I'm not sure where.  It'll either be in my DA scraps or one of my art blogs, or nowhere if people aren't interested.<br /><br />I'd put up a poll, but I don't have a subscription.  But I'd very much appreciate it if you guys would let me know your opinion!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*bob-artist</author>
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                <title>How is it already December 20?</title>
                <link>http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/journal/22090837/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:05:20 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ In the time since I've started working at my new job, it seems like I've been sucked into some sort of weird void.  But now that I'm approaching my one year anniversary (January 2), I think it's time I try to climb back out.  I have two more illustrations that I plan to finish in December.  If I'm super-dedicated, I may even have one done this weekend.<br /><br />In January, I'm resuming work on Unholy.  I mean full-scale, heavy-duty work.  I'm amazingly anal retentive, and given the latitude, I'd spend all eternity doing research and prep work.  (I've already spent the past several months doing that... reading lots of books and doing character/environment designs.)  So now I'm super excited to actually start drawing again!<br /><br />And my second goal/resolution for Unholy: no redo's.  I tend to be very easily discouraged and don't usually look fondly back at my old artwork, so I'm always tempted to do stuff over and over again.  To be honest, this is my third time starting over on Unholy.  So from now on, no more!  We shall only move forward!<br /><br />Thank you very much to those of you who have patiently watched me all this time and commented on or faved my piddly little drawings.  I've mentioned being discouraged easily -- hence the long silences and me avoiding DA for extended periods.  It's very nice to know that there are some people who have been willing to put up with it, and I will try my best to be less frustrating in the future! ^_^<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*bob-artist</author>
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                <title>Unholy, and last chance for prints</title>
                <link>http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/journal/20210656/</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:37:41 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ My prints account expires on September 29 -- exactly one month from today -- and I don't plan to renew it or switch to a free account.  So if anyone wants any prints, be sure to get them before then!  It seems that by letting my account expire, I'll be sacrificing the money I made in sales, because it's not enough to get a check or to renew my account.  Oh well.<br /><br />In other news... work has been insanely busy as usual.  I don't have much time to do personal work anymore, which is very sad.  So I've had to be picky about what I work on, and I am continuing work on Unholy.  It was a pretty big blow when my hard drive crashed and I lost a huge chunk of pages from the story, but it made me decide that if I'm gonna have to redraw stuff, I might as well redraw it way better.  So I've gone back to the drawing board, so to speak, and I'm giving the story a complete overhaul.  New character and environmental designs, etc.  Starting with the main characters, which I'm uploading today.<br /><br />I won't post pages until I have a good enough amount that I won't leave people hanging in the middle of the story again.  So it may be awhile.  Thanks for bearing with me!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*bob-artist</author>
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                <title>Whoooa, she still exists???</title>
                <link>http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/journal/17370466/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:59:29 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I know I've sucked really bad at being active online lately.  My new job has kept me very busy, mostly because the commute is kind of painful.  But I'm getting the hang of things now, and it seems I finally have enough energy that I think I'll be able to fit more personal artwork into my schedule.  First on my list, Unholy!  I'm DYING to work on it again!<br /><br />But realistically, I just don't have time to do it like I did it back when I was in school.  There's a chance that I might end up posting just uncolored inks instead of full color.  But I haven't decided yet.  I really hate posting unfinished stuff!  But then maybe posting at least the inks is better than posting nothing...  Such a hard decision!<br /><br />Anyway... not that I have anything against the rack of lamb or the Johnsonville Bratz, but the next several pieces I do -- both Unholy stuff and other stuff -- will be more "pretty," and I'll pay more attention to the rendering and technical stuff.  Because I miss that, especially since for the past three months I've just been doing art directing and quickie concept art.<br /><br />Also, I'm sooo sorry for not replying to everyone who's commented, favorited my stuff, and/or watched me over the past three months.  I really appreciate each and every favorite, comment, and watch, and I apologize that I couldn't thank everyone personally.   But like I said, it's definitely appreciated!<br /><br />Wow, that was a lot of babbling!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*bob-artist</author>
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                <title>50,000 Pageviews??? ^_~</title>
                <link>http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/journal/16011500/</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:23:45 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.bob-artist.com/banners/banner_unholy_lech.jpg" alt="Unholy" /><br /><br />Hahaha, yeah right.  Try 5,000 pageviews.  But I'm still excited!  Looks like I'll probably get there before the end of the year, so yay.  I'll try to draw a little picture around that time...  These pageviews didn't come fast or easy, so I'm grateful to all the people who came to see my artwork!<br />
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I've been seriously lagging on Unholy, and on new artwork in general.  I'm currently working on a Christmas commission that I'll be able to post slightly before Christmas.  (I have to wait until the gift is given so I don't spoil the surprise.)  After that, it's time for Unholy!  I've been concepting a lot for it, but I need to get to it and start drawing.<br />
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I'm starting a new job on January 2!  FINALLY, my first full time art job out of college. ^_^  I'll be busy, but I think the job will actually help me be more productive in my personal work.  It always seems to go that way.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*bob-artist</author>
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                <title>Unholy -- Refresher Course!</title>
                <link>http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/journal/15375584/</link>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:45:49 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.bob-artist.com/banners/banner_unholy_lech.jpg" alt="Unholy" /><br /><br />As I've mentioned elsewhere, I finally have a new computer that can keep up with large image files.  That means that I can resume work on Unholy!  I plan on posting new pages from this week, but it's been such a long time since I've posted pages that I thought it would be a good idea to give everyone a chance to easily review it from the beginning.<br />
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I've also finally gotten around to actually uploading the newest versions of each page.  Early this summer I redid the text used for the narration but never actually uploaded the corrected files.  Well, here they are!  For new readers, it's worth mentioning that Unholy uses an experimental "hybrid" format somewhere between a written novel and a traditional graphic novel, so there are times when it's pretty text-heavy.<br />
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On a side note, all of the comic pages included below have "previous page" and "next page" links within their description, so you don't have to come back to this journal just to find the next page.<br />
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Let's start with the front cover!<br />
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<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/55353768/"><img src="http://tn1-2.pv.deviantart.com/fs17/150/f/2007/134/3/1/Unholy__Book_1____Front_Cover_by_bob_artist.jpg" width="97" height="150" /></a></span></span><br />
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And the first seventeen pages (displayed as spreads):<br />
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<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/55354078/"><img src="http://tn1-2.pv.deviantart.com/fs19/150/i/2007/299/7/6/Unholy__Book_1____Page_01_by_bob_artist.jpg" width="98" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/55354425/"><img src="http://tn1-4.pv.deviantart.com/fs20/150/i/2007/299/6/d/Unholy__Book_1____Pages_02_03_by_bob_artist.jpg" width="150" height="116" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/55354874/"><img src="http://tn1-1.pv.deviantart.com/fs20/150/i/2007/299/e/d/Unholy__Book_1____Pages_04_05_by_bob_artist.jpg" width="150" height="116" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/55355144/"><img src="http://tn1-4.pv.deviantart.com/fs21/150/i/2007/299/8/7/Unholy__Book_1____Pages_06_07_by_bob_artist.jpg" width="150" height="116" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/55355438/"><img src="http://tn1-2.pv.deviantart.com/fs21/150/i/2007/299/3/d/Unholy__Book_1____Pages_08_09_by_bob_artist.jpg" width="150" height="116" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/55355631/"><img src="http://tn1-5.pv.deviantart.com/fs19/150/i/2007/299/a/c/Unholy__Book_1____Pages_10_11_by_bob_artist.jpg" width="150" height="116" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/55355825/"><img src="http://tn1-2.pv.deviantart.com/fs19/150/i/2007/299/5/c/Unholy__Book_1____Pages_12_13_by_bob_artist.jpg" width="150" height="116" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/55356332/"><img src="http://tn1-4.pv.deviantart.com/fs19/150/i/2007/299/9/c/Unholy__Book_1____Pages_14_15_by_bob_artist.jpg" width="150" height="116" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/55357281/"><img src="http://tn1-2.pv.deviantart.com/fs21/150/i/2007/299/0/3/Unholy__Book_1____Pages_16_17_by_bob_artist.jpg" width="150" height="116" /></a></span></span><br />
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Thank you for reading!  And like I said, there's more to come soon!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Eight Random Facts Meme</title>
                <link>http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/journal/15346885/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:37:43 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Yeah, so I don't usually do meme's on DA, but I got tagged by *<a class="u" href="http://emla.deviantart.com/">emla</a>, and I'm scared to death of her and will do whatever she says.  (just kidding. ^_^  Actually, she's just a super cool dude.)  Anyway, on with it!<br />
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Rules:<br />
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1. Post these rules in your journal so others know how it works.<br />
2. Post 8 random facts about yourself in your dA journal.<br />
3. At the end of your post, tag 8 more people to learn some random things about.<br />
4. Go to their page and leave a comment telling them they're tagged. <br />
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(eeh, I don't wanna bother people or spam their page...  If they don't know that they're tagged, it's all right!)<br />
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1. I love dumb animals.  I have four dumb animals of my own -- two dumb ferrets and two dumb parrots. ^_^  Putting my own pets aside (because I love them all), if I had to choose a favorite animal species, it would totally be ferrets.  If you own ferrets, you never go a day without laughing.<br />
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2. The original idea for Unholy came from a dream I had, as many of my story ideas do.  (For school buddies who have seen ahead in the story -- even the "Coalition cats" came from the dream.)  What was not included in the dream was Pogo (the main character)!<br />
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3. I almost decided to go into writing instead of art.  Sometimes I wonder if I made the wrong choice, but it's too late to go back now!  But honestly, it's probably for the best.  I like doing both, and I continue to do both -- but without my training in art, I would suck so much worse at it.<br />
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4. I just got a new Macbook Pro, and I love it!  It's my first Mac.  But it has Windows on it as well, just so I could use WordPerfect.  If WordPerfect were a person, I'd marry it.  Hmm... maybe I'll use WordPerfect to type up a fake marriage license...<br />
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5. I watched The Pianist last night, and it was awesome.  I'm soooo slow when it comes to watching movies.  It sometimes takes me years to get around to seeing movies I want to see.<br />
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6. My favorite cereals are Kix, Rice Chex, and Corn Flakes.  There might be some other that I'm forgetting, but I really love cereal -- especially the "bland" ones.<br />
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7. In real life, people are scared of me because I'm really weird and always say random (and often inappropriate) things.<br />
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8. My parents are from India.  (South India -- Madras, and a non-Hindu area.)  I look Indian, but act American.<br />
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Hmm...  Now I gotta tag people.  Don't feel pressured; only do it if you want to!  These are all people who I don't know terribly well and would like to know better.  Anyway, I tag:<br />
<a href="http://cyen.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/c/y/cyen.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconcyen:" title="cyen"/></a> <a href="http://thenamelessone.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/t/h/thenamelessone.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconthenamelessone:" title="thenamelessone"/></a> <a href="http://jezhawk.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/j/e/jezhawk.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconjezhawk:" title="jezhawk"/></a> <a href="http://kandinsky-prince.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/k/a/kandinsky-prince.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconkandinsky-prince:" title="kandinsky-prince"/></a><br />
<a href="http://lossenkemen.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/l/o/lossenkemen.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconlossenkemen:" title="lossenkemen"/></a> <a href="http://barkingpup.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/b/a/barkingpup.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconbarkingpup:" title="barkingpup"/></a> <a href="http://skuuld.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/s/k/skuuld.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconskuuld:" title="skuuld"/></a> <a href="http://yusecki.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/y/u/yusecki.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconyusecki:" title="yusecki"/></a><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*bob-artist</author>
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                <title>Prints Account!</title>
                <link>http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/journal/14839911/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:54:58 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ So I finally decided to stop being stingy and got myself a prints account.  I've created 22 prints from the deviations I already have.<br />
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This is gonna sound like a really hilarious joke, but I'll say it anyway.  If there was any other piece I've done that anyone was hoping to get as a print, let me know and I'll upload it.  I can upload any of them except for the Clue piece, Razor Advertisement, or Mel Gibson from Braveheart.  But yeah, anything else, including scraps.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*bob-artist</author>
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                <title>I know I know, I suck...</title>
                <link>http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/journal/14442068/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:44:05 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Yeah, my "disappearing acts" over the last several months haven't been cool.  I swear I'm still working on stuff!  In fact, I expect to upload several new pieces this week.  As for Unholy, I'm still really intent on working on it.  The only problem is my computer is totally showing its age, and I'm having a lot of trouble doing digital artwork because of it.  (Hence the new stuff I'll be uploading this week is traditional, vector or very small size Painter/Photoshop stuff.)  I'm due for a new computer hopefully some time in September.  (23" Mac monitor = drool.  Would have wanted a 30", but ferret needs surgery, hence less money for a monitor.)<br />
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I've also been focusing on trying to find that glorious first (full time illustration) job out of college.  If you all have happy thoughts to spare, I could use them this coming Tuesday!  (Going back for a second interview with a company I really like...)<br />
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And... back to working on my (gasp!) watercolor...<br />
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P.S. Many thanks to people who added me/favorited my stuff while I was "gone."  Thank you thank you thank you!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*bob-artist</author>
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                <title>Bob-Artist.com!</title>
                <link>http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/journal/13051356/</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 13:41:08 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Woohoo!  I just wanted to announce that my website, <a href="http://www.bob-artist.com">Bob-Artist.com</a>, is now fully up and running!  You can go there to see lots of artwork, much of which I haven't posted to deviantART.<br />
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Just a warning, though -- for those of you who are reading Unholy, you might want to steer clear of the "Pages" section on the "Sequential Work" page.  Several of the thumbnails are for pages I haven't yet posted to DA, and while they're too small to read the text, don't look at them if you don't want to get the story spoiled a bit. ^_^<br />
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But anyway, please do check out Bob-Artist.com!<br />
<a href="http://www.bob-artist.com">http://www.bob-artist.com</a><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*bob-artist</author>
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                <title>While I'm Re-Uploading</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 20:31:50 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I just wanted to explain a bit about Unholy and its "situation." ^_^<br />
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As mentioned before, I rewrote the prologue.  Same story, but told in a slightly different way.  It's kind of dorky that I already posted the scene and am now posting it again in a different way, but oh well.  I don't see myself redoing any of the other scenes I've already finished, so things should go much more quickly now.  I've also done a bit of "rearranging" with the cover and splash page stuff.  And finally, I'm now going to be uploading spreads instead of single pages, since I've been designing them as spreads anyway.<br />
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I'll be moving the old pages to the scraps section.  I plan on uploading all the previously posted stuff today.  You may also notice that there are more pages behind mature content filters.  I decided that it was better to do it that way than to censor the dialogue.<br />
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Blah blah blah.  I think you guys get the point.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Bob and Unholy are both still alive!</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 23:53:00 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Whew!  It's been a crazy semester, but I'm now done with all my classes.  Which means I'm...  GRADUATING!  (eek)<br />
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It's been an absolutely crazy semester.  I was the coordinator for organizing our senior thesis show this year, and it was a whole lot of work, long stretches without sleep (with 60 hours being the longest), and quite a bit more drama than I would have cared for.  But still, it was a great learning experience!<br />
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Unfortunately, much of the artwork I'm most proud of this semester can't be posted online, since I plan to send it out to publishers.  But there's still other stuff to show as well.  Like my thesis!<br />
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For my thesis, I completed three scenes from Unholy, of all things.  For those of you who don't know, Unholy is the comic I've been working on.  I'm now just about done with the first 34 pages, and I'll be posting them soon!  I ended up going and rewriting the prologue as one of the scenes for my thesis.  I'll probably move the old prologue to scraps.  Nothing's changed in the storyline, just in the way I'm presenting it.  So yeah, that means I'm kind of going to be re-uploading from scratch.  But considering that almost all of the pages are done, this should go by rather quickly.<br />
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So anyway, thank you to all those people who watched me or fave'd my work, whom I haven't thanked personally.  You guys are awesome!  And I got a lot of catching up to do...<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>About Unholy</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:59:03 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ As I'm getting ready to upload the next five pages of Unholy, I figured I'd actually explain what my intent is behind the story.<br />
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First off, Unholy uses a hybrid format.  It's sort of a mix between a comic and a written novel.  This wasn't as evident in the prologue, but it becomes a little more clear in the next pages.  This story is fairly text-heavy.  I personally love prose, and I love reading, so there's no way I'd be able to discard it completely.<br />
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Secondly, there will be limits to what I post on deviantART, for a couple of reasons.  There is some, ahem, "strong language" in this story, but I don't want to have to put all my pages behind mature content filters, so I'll be uploading what is essentially a censored version of the story.  (I won't censor images, though; any page with "mature" images will be labeled as mature.)<br />
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Also, this story will be in print and on sale when it's done.  For this reason, I can't put the whole story online.  This was my intention from the beginning, and I'm sorry if I wasn't clear about that before.  In a few more months, I'll be entering the "professional world," so unfortunately, this is how it has to be.<br />
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Okay, enough explanation.  Enjoy the story!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Deleting Some Old Deviations</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:09:16 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I just thought I'd let people know that I'm planning to delete some of my older pieces that are less successful and aren't favorited too much.  (There are some that I don't like and really want to delete, but that have slightly more favorites, so I'm moving those to my scraps.)<br />
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Anyway, these are the ones I plan to delete:<br />
VD Crab<br />
Corn and Bourbon<br />
Plato<br />
Self Portrait (the old one where I had long hair)<br />
Sharmila<br />
American Girl TODAY<br />
Pastel Nude<br />
Sotiria Cover Art (but I'd leave up the detail shot in my scraps)<br />
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I plan to delete these exactly two weeks from today, so if anyone actually wants to keep a copy of any of those, that's how much time you have to save it to your computer. ^_^<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Done Uploading</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:50:13 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ So I didn't upload *everything* from this past semester, but I uploaded as much as I felt like. ^_^  I'm currently working on the next several pages of Unholy.  I'm not sure how much I should upload, because when I finish, I plan to get it printed.  (Probably a self-published, print-on-demand type thing.)  So we'll see...<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>A semester's worth of artwork</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:59:15 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I've been really paranoid about art theft so I haven't been posting my artwork throughout the semester.  Now that the semester is over, I'm starting to think that I really should post my stuff.  I'll be gradually uploading all the decent stuff I did over the past four months, only now I'm watermarking my stuff. ^_^<br />
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I'll also be posting pages of Unholy, the comic I'm working on for my thesis.  Yippee!<br />
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Oh yeah, and I also updated my "Why Do Men Have Nipples?" picture, so it now has decent typography.  Again, yippee!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*bob-artist</author>
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                <title>Been Away</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2006 05:32:59 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Man, I kind of accidentally forgot that DA existed...  Oops.  It's not that I haven't been doing artwork over the summer; it's just that most of the stuff I've been doing is sketches and prep work, or stuff that I'm really protective about and thus don't want to post here.  And one of the few finished pieces I did do can't be put online yet, because it was a commission for someone who's giving the pic to her husband for his birthday, so I don't want to do anything to ruin the surprise, such as posting the picture for the whole world to see. ^_^<br />
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Anyway, I apologize to everyone who may have added my stuff to their favorites, or who may have added me to their watch list, whom I didn't thank.    I AM grateful to all of you; I've just been away too long to conceivably catch up with all the posts that have been made.  Same goes to people on my watch list who've added artwork -- I apologize for not commenting, but I will do my best to go through your galleries and take a look at your new stuff! ]]></description>
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                <title>Figure Paintings</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:49:06 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I figured I should upload some of my stuff from figure drawing/figure painting class.  I have five or six, which I'll upload over the course of a week or so...  Some of them are going to be labeled as "mature content," because they do contain nudity (although I personally don't think I handled the subject matter in a degrading or inappropriate way ^_^).  Just thought I'd make a note of that.  (But I'm not posting the nudes that are recognizable as the figure model, because then I'd need the model release form and all that crap...  Too bad, those were some of my better ones. ;_; ) ]]></description>
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                <title>School starts on Monday...</title>
                <link>http://bob-artist.deviantart.com/journal/7532351/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2006 03:30:26 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Ugh... school starts on Monday, and my house is still so messy!  I'm probably going to spend the remaining two days of vacation cleaning it up.  I didn't get as much artwork done during break as I would have liked, but I guess I'm happy that I at least got something done.<br />
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Baah, but I still had so many ideas I wanted to do! ;_; ]]></description>
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                <title>Subscribed until December 30?</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:52:21 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Hmm...  I vaguely remember seeing something on deviantART about a free one-week subscription, but I don't remember exactly what it said.  All I know is that suddenly I'm subscribed until December 30.  Anyone else know what the deal is?<br />
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Aah, I should really learn to read things more carefully. ^_^<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>*bob-artist</author>
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                <title>End of Semester Flood</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 22:36:27 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Now that the semester is over, I actually have time to put up all the last-minute projects that were due...  I'll probably put up one a day or one every few days.  There actually isn't that many.  I think it's only three or so.  (Or at least, that's how many will ever see the light of day.)<br />
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Right now, deviantART is being mean to me and deciding not to load any thumbnails.  That happens a lot... ]]></description>
                <author>*bob-artist</author>
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                <title>Just goes to show...</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2005 02:01:55 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Yeah, my pictures are never "done."  I just went back and altered the face shape on my portrait of Pogo, in order to make him look more Pogo-like.  It's still not quite there, but it's closer.  I'll probably leave this one as it is now, though.  Of course, that's what I said an hour and a half ago. ^_^ ]]></description>
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