http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:kalicodreamz&section=today deviantART RSS for by:kalicodreamz en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:30:59 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/27372270/ http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/27372270/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:09:42 PDT First of all, I recently got a job for AT&T doing web design (not as exciting as it sounds), so I'm very very busy which is why the whole art thing is kinda not happening right now.
Another reason for no posts around DA is due to the fact that me and a couple pals-o-mine are working on a not-so-secret-project. It's a 2-D side scroller beat-em-up reminiscent of the days of Double Dragon and the life. Except our animation and artwork are better.
The name of the game is called Directors Cut, and you can read all about it at our not so fancy (but hopefully soon to be fancy) blog:
[link]
We typically update it every week with some new info, artwork or whatever. Fell free to post, comment and just over all tell us what you think! If any major developments arise, and I remember to, I'll post info on here as well.

The team working on this game is called....wait for it...
TEAM DANGER.
This will not be our only project. Far from it actually. But it IS our first one, although we have ideas floating around for other projects as well.
The team consists of 3 SCAD grads in the ATL area, whom shall remain nameless as it makes us sound...mysterious and even a tad dangerous.

So tell your friends, families and enemies (cause we don't discriminate) about the game. The more support, the less lazy we will be

Lastly, Northern Georgia....specifically the Atlanta area is all sorts of flooded. I have not been able to go into work this week, so I've been taking care of freelance and working on game related fun times.
Hopefully the flooding ends for this weekend as I am supposed to go up and see the Petite Le Mans on Saturday. 12 hours of endurance racing, and Audi will be there! Hooray!

]]> ~kalicodreamz http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/25943331/ http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/25943331/ Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:27:43 PDT And now, I also have people like Patty-cakes and Tripp to run shit by! Hooray!

Now, I need to catch my flight, so I'm outta here!

]]> ~kalicodreamz http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/24705614/ http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/24705614/ Mon, 11 May 2009 15:19:25 PDT Holy bajeezes I have been busy. I've been doing a lot of drawing, but unfortunately, it's all freelance, so there's nothing I can show here. This week will be a tad bit slower in terms of freelance since a deadline is later than usual. Woo! That should give me time to both draw AND play video games. I hope.

I've been debating on maybe doing commissions or something, but...I don't think anyone would want them, haha. Maybe when I actually have more stuff to show here, since right now I have...nada.

On another note, Higashi no Eden is freakin awesome. I haven't really had an anime I've been into since Macross Frontier last year, so I'm pretty happy to have something to enjoy. If you're looking for something to watch, Higashi no Eden is a really good choice.

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Oh man did he rip me a new one. It was something I had needed for a long time. I was stuck in an endless cycle of pats on the back and smiles with no one really giving it to me straight. He pointed out all my weaknesses and commented on my strengths. Weaknesses such as that I clearly draw women more than men, that my hands are pretty hit or miss (mostly miss) and that I usually feel pretty uncomfortable leaving my comfort zone. He pointed out strengths that I personally thought were weaknesses, such as my backgrounds and color, and the fact that, when appropriate I can adapt to different styles.

It was fantastic, and I felt so refreshed after wards. I think he was surprised that I took it all so well haha. I mean, 90% of the people I know cannot take a critique for anything, and I know even I will get defensive over my work sometimes (usually right after I think I may have finished it) but I was so happy to be getting honest unbiased feedback. I even took notes. So, from me, for a whie anyways, my work will probably be pretty terrible as I try and strengthen my weaknesses. I'll draw more hands, and better, I'll draw more men and boys and animals. I'll draw old people and young people and maybe even dead people.

On another unrelated note, Joe and I got a dog. Although, he's not really a dog so much as a cartoon of a dog. he has giant ears and is a total spazoid. His name is Jin, and I will most likely make drawings of him, as well as my evil cat Nero, and my retarded cat Nixi.

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Hopefully this means I'll have real time to draw. As in real time, not the fake pretend time that used to be dangled in front of my face on weekends and then be taken away with one horrible phonecall from work.

On another note, I really love Super H-mart. We found ne out in Riverdale, which isn't too far from my house! Korean supermarkets ftw!

Also, I love Christmas time. I decorated the house with lights and garland and reindeer, and it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. Now, I need to figure out how to work the fireplace.

]]> ~kalicodreamz http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/19764352/ http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/19764352/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:43:10 PDT

1] Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.
2] For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3] YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
4] Tag three people.

All answers are set up like this~
Song - Artist
[ comment ]

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY?" YOU SAY?
Seven Days in Sunny June - Jamiroquai
(Because it's true. Duh.)

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Send the Pain Below - Chevelle
(This is my alter-ego emo me. Although, mildly true since I push down those kinds of feelings)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
(All I have to say is HAHAHAHAHAHA.)

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Arterial Fear - T.M. Revolution
(Since I have no idea what he is saying, I'll just say...yes, I feel like I'm about to go into a Gundam battle today)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Touched - Vast
(I guess my life's purpose is to lose the person that means the most to me and be my fault.)

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Moon On the Water - BECK
(ummm, I'm not even sure these lyrics actually make 100% of sense. Maybe not making any sense is my life's motto, in which case...only slightly. Only Slightly.)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Lost Lost and Lost - Radiata Stories
(Hahaha awesome. Probably my old friends from HS think that.)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Turnabout Sister's Theme - Phoenix Wright
(Yes, they do think about how often I can win impossible trials in court as I point my finger and yell "OBJECTION!".)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN?
Quite - Alien Ant Farm
(I totally think about this all the time. Destroying people.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND(S)?
Cherry Blossom Color Season - Katamari Damacy
(I think about them being a bunch of singing children as I roll them up into a ball the size of 286 door matts)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
If She Wasn't Married - Jon Crosby
(Well, I do often think of Joe as a woman. Hard not to when he gives me fashion tips.)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
What WOuld Happen - Meredith Brooks
(My life involves running around thinking about kissing everyone in a sexy sultry voice, and then wanting to jump them in the sack. Yup.)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Caprice 4 - Par Itzhak Perlman
(I want to be a violinist? Well, talk about a ridiculous dream. I sucked at the violin.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Brilliant Future - Star Ocean 3
(This is ironic in 2 ways...one it's star ocean 3 where my non-existant love albel is from, and the other is that yes, i do believe I will have a brilliant future with Joey-face.)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Crystal Ball - Keane
(Oh, I'd do it too.)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Fistfull of Sand - The Bravery
(Perfect. I'm writing this one down.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Cause You Can - Birdmonster
(When I was young I put my hand into the cookie jar...)

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Tokyo Randosukepu - Porno Graffiti
(Great, now I'm late for work...)

]]> ~kalicodreamz http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/19439621/ http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/19439621/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:24:59 PDT
Last Tuesday I was up in NY for a good 12hours for work. For some reason the NY office wanted me to come up, so my boss and I went up. My flight was at 6am, which was an awful way to start the day. Things went smooth overall and I had pizza for lunch so I was happy. We left the office only to find out our 5 flight was delayed till 8, so we walked the 10 blocks to get the best Chinese food in NY! Mmm...wo hops.

I wish I had had time to see people, but it was really crazy. I only found out about maybe 18 hours before my flight would be leaving.

I had a weird twist in my stomach the whole time I was up. I think it really weirded me out and bugged me that while I was back, I didn't go home at all, or see anyone I knew. It was a part of the city I rarely go to, with people whom I work with, and only first met.

I dunno, I'm weird like that. I just know having a donut, some pizza and awesome wonton soup made my day. Getting back at 1:30am and being at work at 9 the next day...not so much fun.

]]> ~kalicodreamz http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/19163182/ http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/19163182/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:28:37 PDT
I'll answer these questions (for every person) if they leave a reply in my journal

a) I'll tell you how I know you and a thing or two about whatever you have in your gallery
b) associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etc.,
c) tell you something I like about you,
d) tell you a memory I have of you,
e) ask something I've always wanted to know about you,
f) tell you my favorite pic of yours,
g) in return, you must post this in your journal

-knocks on wood so she doesn't actually break her leg because that would suck-

]]> ~kalicodreamz http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/19036747/ http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/19036747/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:39:56 PDT
I like the Offspring. They make me happy.

I've been doing a lot of drawing. It's all for work, so nothing to show here. I feel I'm finally beginning to develop as an artist. I've been trying new things, angles, all that. My job requires me to be really diverse. I've been drawing everything from pandas to angler fish to realistic whales. it's a lot of fun to be stepping outside my safe zone.

Art is so intimidating sometimes. it's like all artsist feel they have something to prove and have to impress people. I've finally gotten over that. Now I do it for me, an for my own self improvement. It's okay that her arm is messed up so long as I can identify it and move on and do it better next time. I'm alright with the idea that things are off, because I know they are, and I can move on and try it again in a different way.

Anyways, it just makes me happy that I've been able to remove myself from my art, and let it stand alone. It's helping me improve a lot.

On another note, Georgia is retarded and I still don't have plates for my car. I had to go get more another temp plate. Georgia DDS, you are a bunch of tards!

]]> ~kalicodreamz http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/18248245/ http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/18248245/ Fri, 09 May 2008 20:21:28 PDT This is basically sucking up any and all time I would spend on artwork. When I com home the last thing I feel like doing is drawing or being anywhere near my computer. Now that I have a steady and good paycheck though, my cintiq will be well on it's way after I get a new car. Maybe with a cintiq, I will be more inclined to draw and stuff. At the very least, animate.
By the way, speed racer this weekend! booya.

]]> ~kalicodreamz http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/17860156/ http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/17860156/ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:23:24 PDT
My Professor, John Cullhane used to tell stories about Frank and Ollie and the other 9 Old Men so vividly I felt like I knew them myself.

I guess the best way to do this is post the awn.com news article.

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Ollie Johnston, the last surviving animator of Disney's famed Nine Old Men, passed away today April 14, 2008. Johnston worked for the Mouse House from 1935 to 1978, working as an animator on such classics as SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, FANTASIA, BAMBI and PINOCCHIO. He last worked on THE RESCUERS, a film for which he was caricatured as the cat Rufus.

Along with longtime friend and collaborator Frank Thomas, Johnston co-authored the seminal animation reference book THE ILLUSION OF LIFE, which is used as an animation textbook in schools around the globe. Johnston's friendship and partnership with Thomas was warmly chronicled in the 1995's documentary FRANK AND OLLIE, directed by Frank's son Theodore.

Oliver Martin Johnston Jr. was born in Palo Alto, California, and attended Stanford University, where he met Thomas on the staff of the STANFORD CHAPARRAL humor magazine. Later he would attend the University of California, Berkeley, and Chouinard Art Institute.

He first joined Disney, working on shorts such as MICKEY'S GARDEN and THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE. In 1943, he married Disney ink & paint artist Marie Worthey, who passed away on May 20, 2005.

His lifelong love of trains inspired him to build a scaled railroad and locomotives in his backyard, which inspired the train at Disneyland.

He was named a Disney Legend in 1989, and in 2005, Johnston was one of the recipients of the National Medal of Arts.

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I have both Frank and Ollie, and The Illusion of Life. I've read a good chunk of The Illusion of Life, and I can honestly say after I did, I became a better animator. Practically overnight.
He was Old, just a few years short of 100, so obviously his time was coming near, but it's sad for me to know I will never get to shake the hands of any of the original Disney Heroes. All I can do, is remember the stories from Mr. Culhane, and watch the Reluctant Dragon and Frank and Ollie.

I think now, more than ever, I need to frame my "Rescuers" cel.

]]> ~kalicodreamz http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/17537027/ http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/17537027/ Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:14:47 PDT Now the problem is time and motivation to get some new art. It's not that I haven't been drawing or animating, I've just been doing all that stuff for other people via freelance. It has kept me very very busy. Thats probably the majority of what I will be uploading, will be freelance stuff. I enjoy freelance because I get money for doing what I love, but it sucks when you work from 9-5 and come home and do it cause I'm already so tired.

]]> ~kalicodreamz http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/17206994/ http://kalicodreamz.deviantart.com/journal/17206994/ Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:11:08 PST
Tagged by

1. Post these rules.
2. Each tagged person should post 8 facts of themselves.
3. Tagged people should write a journal\blog about these facts.
4. In the end tag and name 8 people.
5. Go to their dA pages and comment saying that they are tagged.

My 8 facts
1- I'm a romantic sap
2- I am extremely critical of myself and l'm almost never happy with anything i do
3- I still have an obsession with Albel Nox
4- I hate kids, but I love to make cartoons/animations for them
5- I get very excited about things, and as a result lose interest in them very quickly
6- I really really really want a horse at some point in my life
7- I MUST play every Sonic the Hedgehog game that comes out, no matter how bad.
8- I'm stuck in a really stupid spot in Dewy's Adventure.

My turn to Tag:


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