deviantART: by:kole http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:kole&section=today deviantART RSS for by:kole en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:35:52 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png Fiction is Tame Compared to My Daily Life http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/25552070/ http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/25552070/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:13:59 PDT

An update! Unheard of! :O Just some tidbits in my life at them moment, while playing with a new journal theme.

Anime Evolution '09 has come and gone. I was able to make my first official appearance in the Artist's Alley this year. Despite some snags on Saturday, preventing me from showing up that day, everything went awesome. I sold out of my Digimon cards from both Season 1 & 2, most of Tamer's and Frontier and was able to get most of the other finished one sold as well. For prints, I sold out of my L:Sampling the Forbidden Fruit:, Pretty Rave Boy, Gospel Boost and some of the various line arts I brought. At the end, I was able to cover my print costs and come out a few hundred dollars richer, which has since gone to debts. lol Such is life.

I did have some people showing interest in purchasing some of the cards I had created. In regards to that, I'll be making an update in regards to it in a few days or so. I want to post the finished examples before fist, before I get ahead of myself. I still have a few orders from AE that I need to fill before I get on that.

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I mentioned in my last post that Hugh and I were moving in with our other significant others, Nick and Melina. All that jazz went on earlier in the month and it's going very well. There's been some "drama", so to speak, mostly from lack of open communication but we're all working on it. I mean, what relationship doesn't have it's ups and downs? Considering in the situation I'm in, I've gotta think about 3 other people, not just 1, so good communication is essential. Slowly but surely, it's all falling into place like some sore of surreal harem anime, except this is real life. I wouldn't have it any other way and I'm stupidly happy. (most of the time lol)

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Another upside to moving, I found most of my older sketchpads. I've been leafing through them for the past couple days and discovering work that I had totally forgot about. I'll be posting a few of the more completed ones tonight, as well as some of the ones I've touched up over that last day or so.

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I'm in the process of cleaning up my dA gallery, as well. It's just a bloody mess to navigate through and It's been bugging me for a couple months now. I'll be working on that on and off for the next few days as well.

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That's about it for now. I could post more, but those ideas would be better to have a post just dedicated to them, not just a paragraph.

]]> =kole Love Never for Perfection; Love Only for Flaws http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/24850733/ http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/24850733/ Wed, 20 May 2009 04:06:50 PDT
In fact, one could say I've been oddly busy and productive... Some reasons being...

1) The waiting list pulled through & I got a full table to myself at Anime Evolution's Artist's Alley this year! If you'll be attending, do drop by. I can't tell you who to look for yet. lol I'll hopefully be able to complete my cosplay in time for the con, as my artwork is more important. I shall refrain from posting what it is until nearer to the date.

That being said, I'm absolutely swamped with work to get done. I have over 50 partially CGed WIPs and I've been prioritizing them for the sake of time and deciding what ones I should make for prints.

Another thing I decided to make are fanart card sets featuring the main characters from a variety of series. So far, the series I have drawn are Avater, All the Digimon characters except Savers (but I plan the add them as well), Sailor Moon, Gravitation and the girls from Final Fantasy 7. I'm also planing on drawing Gundam Wing, Fatal Frame, Kannazuki no Miko, Utena, Yuu Yuu Hakusho, Hunter x Hunter, Death Note, Black Cat, Fullmetal Alchemist, Ayatsuri Sakon and Shadow Hearts. I won't have ALL the characters but I'll get as many as I can in.

I really don't expect to be sleeping much but such is life. I got ambition and drive to fuel me! X3

2) Hugh and I are moving out of my rat-hole-ish-yet-still-dope apartment in Downtown Vancouver to a basement suite in a nicer area of the city. 3-bedrooms, full kitchen+dishwasher, private laundry room/storage, outside space with an area to garden and pet friendly. I'm so excited! This has been made possible by some totally awesome and more-then-slightly-unexpected chain of events, ultimately leading to Hugh and I moving in to this apartment with our significant others, who themselves are in a relationship together. So much love's going around here I don't even know what to say! lol XD

So, all four of us shall be together as of June 1st. I haven't even thought of packing, as my artwork for AE and prior commitments come first and foremost. I'm glad I have Hugh to do the packing... >__>;; lol

Well, I'm getting back to work. I'll see what I can post here by the end of the night/morning. I need to get to sleep by 11am. <__<;;

]]> =kole First post of 2009 http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/22584354/ http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/22584354/ Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:36:47 PST
I'm going for a meeting tomorrow after work to discuss some artwork with a local indie artist for his next album release. The band's name is Bouley and I'm really impressed by their music. The style of vocals is very reminiscent of Bon Jovi, with and David Bowie's range and undertones taken from PearlJam. The actually music reminds more of PearlJam than anything else but also strong similarities from Miyavi's ~dokusou~ album, being strongly driven by complex guitar scales. All together, it is makes an awesome throw back to the guitar driven cords of the grunge scene of the early 90's. Though I call Boulay a "band" per se, it's truly only one man behind the music. He actually works with my partner at his scaffolding job, hence why I was able to get this contact. Besides work, I don't leave my apartment much so I mostly depend on my partner, Hugh, and my best friend, Iggy, for most of my irl social connections. Pathetic, I know, but it could be a lot worse.

On other art news, I might be sharing a dealer's table at Keikon in Victoria during the weekend of Feb the 20th-22nd. I'll be posting more on this later as it's still up in the air atm.

Well, I'm off to make dinner for Hugh before he gets home. Potatoe soup is made of awesome. :heart:

]]> =kole Devious Journal Entry http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/21604798/ http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/21604798/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:06:22 PST
Happy 6th Birthday!

Love,
Kole.

]]> =kole PEACHY-KEEN! http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/20713731/ http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/20713731/ Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:57:57 PDT
Things have been looking up pretty well for me since last time I wrote. I've got a job at Rogers Wireless, our main GSM cellphone network up here in Canada. It's pretty awesome so far; Pays well and the benefits/discounts are almost sickening. On the down side, the training starts early in the day, so I've been constantly tired in the afternoons. Meaning I haven't been updating as much as I should, since I've been drawing like nuts. -__-;;

I'll be hanging around more now that I have a nice, clean, spacious work area now and a bit of time once my training for work is done. I also have a not-so-secret-project I've been working on for the last 2 months. I'll be giving out more info on that at a later date. :D

Now, time to update some artworks!


:::Commissions:::

Not forgotten, but not on the forefront of my mind atm. Give me a note if you're interested and I'm sure we can work something out. :heart:


:::Kiriban:::

REMEMBER~! 9,999, 10,013, 10,130 & 10,500 are the magic numbers! We're only 5 page veiws away from the first of kiriban so I hope someone grabs a screeshot of the page and gives me a note with it! I'll draw you anything! ANYTHING. >__>;;

]]> =kole Yearly journal entery?? I plan to change that. http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/19653425/ http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/19653425/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:18:05 PDT I've basically been spending the last month improving my living space, art and branching out into new hobbies; Horticulture, being one of them. My apartment smells of fresh basil and spearmint at the moment. :heart:

So, I am making a concerted effort to actually start updating this journal and my account at least once a week. I have lot of time when I'm done doing my house duties and a lot of started artwork. So many half-inked sketches and partially colored linework and drawings from over 3 years ago. I'm not even sure how it piled up like this, but I'm eager to take a crack at it.


:::Commissions:::

I'll be opening up again commissions soon, within the next month at most, along with a dedicated online portfolio that will include some the jewelery, murals and previous commission works I've done. Be sure to check back in the near future as I'll be offering more examples of my work, special deals and free gifts for promotion!


:::Kiriban:::

I will be offering Kiriban drawings for hit numbers 9,999, 10,013, 10,130 & 10,500. Please keep a look out and send me a note with a screenshot of my DA page and what you'd like. No request will be turned down! XD [I might regret that later. lol]

]]> =kole So long, so strong! I'm moving on~ http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/13332307/ http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/13332307/ Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:51:30 PDT
Well, at the end of the month, I'm moving to Vancouver. More specificly, moving to Gastown, in the West End. The apartment is fucking tiny but I don't mind. It's only $500 a month, including heat, hot water, electricity & full cable, so I'm not complaining. It'll be easier for me to go to Anime Evolution this year as well. <3

Speaking of AE, I'm going to be selling some of my artwork & creations in the Artist's Alley, as well as hosting another ParaPara panel this year. I'm not exactly sure on everything I'll have but I will be selling some prints of updated artwork that I have featured here, hand made jewelery, stationary & maybe a couple doujins. I'll be posting some samples of my wares soon, soon...

Also, I'm now taking commissions. Basicly, I need cash... lol XD More info to be posted at a later time, but just drop me a note and I'll see what I can work out.

]]> =kole Kiriban at 5000 http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/7356063/ http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/7356063/ Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:52:51 PST
So, you may at some point see a large influx of art in the next few weeks as I have a new job and seem to have a hard time paying attention 100% of the time in training. Lots of sitting and boring-ness. Oh, and I've got a lot of tattoo's to design...

I've decided that I will draw a nice piece of Kiriban art for anyone who happens to take a screen shot of my 5000th page veiw. Anything you'd like. Slash, yaoi, yuri, american comic style, various anime styles. I'll do anything, I'm desprate! ;__; Well, not really at but you carch my drift. ]]> =kole 3000 Hits! http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/4354805/ http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/4354805/ Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:53:26 PST
And to all again, thanks for the liove! < 3 ]]> =kole Gahhhhhh! http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/1759572/ http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/1759572/ Wed, 28 Jan 2004 22:16:18 PST =kole Duuude!! http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/1525947/ http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/1525947/ Fri, 12 Dec 2003 15:39:44 PST =kole Violet http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/1283345/ http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/1283345/ Thu, 16 Oct 2003 02:02:20 PDT
I am pleased to announce that the joined webcomic between ~xellastar and I, Violet, is now up and the comic start date is Friday, October the 25th, next week. It'll be updated twice weekly, on Monday and Friday. I'll post the story plot and character profiles tommorrow evening. Meanwhile, you can find the page at kole.keenspace.com.

Well, I'm off to finish drawing the first page to Violet and to start the second one. Bye now! ]]> =kole The WORST ever pickup line: http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/439193/ http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/439193/ Mon, 13 Jan 2003 03:43:03 PST
Well, after a few months in storage, I'm gonna pull out my watercolor paints and paint once again! ^__^ I've just been so facinated by trying to further my skills with digital media, but I think I've reached about as well as I can get without an image tablet. Ah, the joys of haveing no job. Well, I better finish putting this fairy pic into pen so that I can paint it toomorrow. Must get sleeeeep..... ]]> =kole Question: http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/392498/ http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/392498/ Sun, 15 Dec 2002 05:58:31 PST
It's an odd predicament indeed. There's only 3 people in the world I feel this way towards. They're the people that I'd give anything to see happy and kill to keep it that way. I could run crying to them and not feel ashamed that I did. I could say what's on my mind and not be afraid that they'd disappear the moment the words had left my mouth.

Crystal: Hell, I've known you since grade 7 and we've been almost inseperable since that time. I know I've made a lot of mistakes, especially this year, but I hope I'll know ya for another 5 years and another after that and so on.

Jason: We're an odd pair, ne? I know we haven't been able to see much of eachother lately, but I hope that changes real soon. Gambaro na, Jay-kun!

Hugh: Scary. I've only know you for a little over a month and you've already weasled your way up here. You're something special to be able to do that so quickly. You're such a nice person and I hope to know you for a very long time too. You've done nothing but good in my life so far and I know it'll stay that way.

Gods, I ramble when I'm tired. I need sleep....

On a different note, I have the drive of 10 (wo)men for drawing now! X3 I have no idea why either. I think it's because I'm depriving myself of sleep. ]]> =kole New Art. New views. http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/374181/ http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/374181/ Tue, 03 Dec 2002 15:37:18 PST
I think I'll go draw an action pose and CG it. I want to play around with some new technics (Sorry about my spelling...) and try some new tutorials I've found. Wish me luck! ^__^ ]]> =kole Moody... http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/370814/ http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/370814/ Sun, 01 Dec 2002 15:30:46 PST
Moodiness should stop being a part of my life. It annoys me to no end...

Damn, I'm hungry. I should go eat something now. ]]> =kole Ah, first entry, HO! http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/358805/ http://kole.deviantart.com/journal/358805/ Sat, 23 Nov 2002 21:59:42 PST
Bye for now! ^__^; ]]> =kole