http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:kryss&section=today deviantART RSS for by:kryss en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:31:30 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/21201344/ http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/21201344/ Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:33:29 PDT
my recent attempt to shift to all-digital, from sketching to coloring, is a very satisfying endeavor for me. i've been stagnant in my art for quite some time, and in looking through sketches over the span of several years, i'm not sure quite how or when it happened. for years my artwork showed a lot more dynamism (is that a word) - with tons of action and tons of different styles and influences. and then at some point, i just got stuck in a rut of drawing the same basic face or two, from the same basic angle or two, with the same basic hairstyles and with the same basic outfits... it's more than a little disheartening.

but in reading the always-amazing ImagineFX and really opening my eyes to what others are doing and what i am doing myself, i think there's progress that's brewing. and while the first couple Colors! NDS pieces i've posted have been basically in that same vein, it's just reverting to that comfort zone to try to get used to working on a (sort-of) new medium. my goal is absolutely to break free of the constraints that i've forced on myself.

so now i have Colors! for NDS for portable digital adventures, and of course PSCS3 EXT for base-of-operations activity, as well as Painter X (which i still find intimidating.) and of course, i have a small stash of pens and markers and pencil and paper... my first love, so to speak. as well as canvas, and paints, and brushes. really, i'm just trying to make myself into more of the artist that i think i should be.

and to that end, i've actually gotten out of hard core MMO gaming, where my WOW addiction once stripped my creative energies, i think playing any MMO type game on a CASUAL-ONLY basis is what it's going to take for me to be able to continually progress and create. we'll see, time will tell.

if you've read up until here, you get some kind of prize. i don't know what. why don't you ask for something?

love always,
K

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]]> *kryss http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/16420596/ http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/16420596/ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:34:21 PST
what a scary state of affairs. if you'd told me years ago that i'd be here (here is NOWHERE) when i was 29, i wouldn't believe you. it's depressing. time seems to drag on ever so slowly, and yet, before you know it, chunks of your life have vanished without a trace with little to show for it. so here i am, pushing 30, not even started (on a career) let alone established, single, living at home with my parents, slaving over people's white mochas and caramel macciatos; wondering how in the world i never noticed that my life was slipping away from me.

fuck it, at least i have a ton of amazing porn. and i mean, a TON. MARRY ME, GIANNA!

in all seriousness, i've come to the realization that it's getting to the point where it's "now or never," and i have zero intention of letting it be "never." so this year i'm wholly dedicating myself to moving to Orlando, Florida, where i will attend Full Sail (www.fullsail.com) to pursue a degree in... well, i haven't wholly decided. animation? programming? but my eyes are ultimately set like so many others'; the video game industry. video games have been my only true passion since childhood, the only thing that's been able to hold my attention. i remember getting my ass beat as a kid in school, and even as the fat little hands of my antagonists wailed away on me, being far far away. lost in my imagination in the world of Final Fantasy. and in turn, i want to create worlds for another scrawny helpless half filipino "monkey boy" to get lost in. the real world's fucking harsh and cruel; why NOT escape?

i don't just WANT to do this; i NEED to do this.

so some friends and i are actually beginning to formulate our plans for getting down there. like i said; now or never.

in other news, i have had a FIREY desire to draw and color lately, so expect actual updates, meaning ARTWORK, soon. not that i will ever understand what ANYONE sees in my art, but i love you all anyway for looking at it.

lastly, dance/trance/club/electronic music seems to REALLY have taken hold over me in the new year. i can almost feel it influencing the way i've been doodling. wasn't expecting that.

anyway, enough out of me for now. much love for all of you, if you've actually read all of this, thanks for taking the time out. throw on some porn and look up at the stars and know somewhere, out there, i'm watching porn too.

and for a moment...

just for a moment...

in a way, we are together.

love,
kryss.

]]> *kryss http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/16237694/ http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/16237694/ Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:01:24 PST
i'll get around to it. eventually. maybe.

]]> *kryss http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/14309965/ http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/14309965/ Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:12:15 PDT [link] with colours by the undeniable beast ~luxun was put up on blizzard's official fan art site today. for a little bit you could actually see it on the main page of [link], but they already condensed the fan art thumbnail down to another (admittedly WAY better) image.

but anyway it's still sort of a thrill for me to see my art up somewhere other than on my own personal gallery. just sort of funny/ironic that it happens AFTER i quit the game.

anyway. a bigger journal soon, more pics, other stuff to talk about. soon!

<3

K

]]> *kryss http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/13903494/ http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/13903494/ Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:51:36 PDT
so having quit my biggest time sink ever, i'm thinking i'm going to spend a lot of that free time dedicated to advancing my art. i've gone as far already to bring my little black book with me to work and i'm drawing on my half hour lunch breaks.

let's see where this goes, i guess. hahah.

i've also become newly enamored with FFXII, which i bought and pretty much never played.

lastly, if you haven't heard of or seen Flight Of The Conchords yet, please, do yourself a favor and look into it. it's probably one of the best things i've seen since Arrested Development, if not THE best.

oh, more of the "free sketches" are finally coming soon, and i think i'm gonna do one of those "feature" journals that are all the rage right now.

]]> *kryss http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/13196801/ http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/13196801/ Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:54:35 PDT
well i did it to myself. i posted that i wanted Xeno to do a sketch for me so now i in turn must do sketches. 10 to be exact, whoever requests em first gets em first (barring extreme exceptions) - no promise of a "due date" but i'm pretty motivated to actually get it done. much more so than i was when i tried to take requests back in june of LAST YEAR, hah. what a scrub i am.

so, request something. i'll see what i can do.

K

1. *isip-bata - request reserved!
2. =DW-DeathWisH - original character, Alea! [DONE!] [link]
3. ~aoitenshi14 - Alice from Alice in Wonderland!
4. *steampunk27 - request reserved!
5. =kamikazesouljah - original character, Sad Star Soldier Allison!
6. ~frosted-monkey - original character, Chiizu! [DONE!] [link]
7. ~Edd2kuk - request reserved!
8. ~NathanDavid - Female Blood Elf Warlock from WOW!
9. *Thiefoworld - original character, Thiefo! [DONE!] [link]
10. ~Xenogin - original character, Minus!

[PS] - I FORGOT TO POST THIS! but the rule goes, if you post and request a sketch, you in turn must post this in your journal and offer 10 free sketches just like i've done here. vicious circle really, isn't it?!

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]]> *kryss http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/11439359/ http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/11439359/ Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:40:29 PST
life is indeed crazy.

2007 will also mark my first full year as a civilian after 8 years in service of our country. while i certainly don't agree with all of our political policy or military operations, i love and appreciate all of my brothers and sisters who serve, and beg everyone to not hate them, but to hope that they are blessed enough to return home to their families. however you may feel about the military and our government, not all of our soldiers are bloodthirsty warmongers. they are brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, cousins, husbands, wives. i have lost many, some very close to me. and even those whom i didn't know, i am pained by their loss. may we all wish and pray and hope that 2007 will see some manner of peace in these horrible times.

anyway, enough heavy stuff, if anyone is even still reading.

i'm excited to announce... well, sort of, lol, that i am going to be working on something that's a bit more intense artistically and a bit more invovled and dedicated with my long time super BFF, ~Ill-Christo (who needs to get his ass on here and update) - who some of you may remember as Data One and/or Lern One from the now dissolved but still beloved Concrete Block. the details of this project should be ready for consuption around the first of next month, but for now i will just say, this is the most i have been excited about art in a very, very, very long time!

i still have many collabs to do with some of the greatest artists i have come to know here on DA, you guys know who you are. i can't wait to work with you all, and i promise to have you some linework sooner than later. hahahah.

may you all find what you're looking for in 2007,

peace and love always, your friend

Kryss

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]]> *kryss http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/9683873/ http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/9683873/ Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:26:31 PDT
i am also a month behind on the whole requests project thing. hahah. i guess it IS a good thing that they weren't commisions. i guess i still have some energy to put into the whole art-work-ethic thing. i suck. but to those of you who requested things, you're gonna get em. count on me. it's a promise.

i decided that it's absurd that my art hasn't really grown much. whether or not YOU (my darling reader) or not percieve my little drawings that way, it's how i see them. so i've decided (which works for the above paragraph too!) to work a lot harder and more often on my art. i think there's a slightly different... creepy or spooky feel? maybe? to the things i have been drawing lately. but when i start, it's just how it's coming out right now. it's still distinctly me... but mildly modified. i don't think it's too radical. i'm not sure whether or not it's good change, either. but, i do enjoy the fact that i am working harder on my work again.

well, i will write again - hopefully much sooner than later - and will continue to post as i work my way into better-artist-zone. yay.

love always.
your hopelessly distracted friend,

K

]]> *kryss http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/9194208/ http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/9194208/ Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:06:56 PDT
so, starting right now, i am gladly welcoming requests from anyone to draw pretty much anything. i cant promise colours or anything, but i will do my best to draw what it is you'd like to see. anything from your favourite superhero, your own characters, or whatever... i'll do my best. of course i reserve the right to NOT do it if it's something gross, but all REQUESTS are fair game anyway.

the goal for each piece is 2 weeks from date of request and i will try to have 5 pictures q'd up at all times (assuming i get enough interest) - so yeah.

hey, it's a win win deal. you'll be helping me, and i'll be making something that you will (hopefully) enjoy. if you've ever asked me to draw something for you and i fell off with it, now's a good chance to smack my digital ass as well.

hope to get some requests from you guys!!!!!!!!!!



your friend always.

K

(PS) Dragonforce owns

[EDIT]

i'll post the first 5 requests i'm working on and post the next 5 slots filled until i decide to stop doing this. hahahah.

REQUESTS AREA
--------------------
current requests-in-progress (due Wed, July 12th)

1- my original SSS character Rook's character sheet/ requested by =z3r0t0lerance
2- a pic of the Sketch Tavern crew/ requested by ~RWHC
3- a pic of Kratos from the PS2 game GOW/ requested by *UnionJacked
4- a pic of at least one of two original characters belonging to DW/ requested by ~DW-DeathWisH
5- hellboy/ requested by ~luxun

requests in Q (starting no later than Wed, July 12th)

1- a breakdancing pic/ requested by ~cool-slayer
2- a winged character in flight over a city/ requested by ~zemulia
3- not filled
4- not filled
5- not filled

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]]> *kryss http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/8502527/ http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/8502527/ Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:32:37 PDT
i might be getting out of the military sooner than expected.

im still obsessed with World of Warcraft.

my mood swings are going nuts. i guess i have a lot going on.

Curb Your Enthusiasm is awesome.

Real Ultimate Power, the book, is just as funny, if not funnier, than the website.

i hope everyone is doing ok.

i want to do some collabs and stuff.

love always.

K

]]> *kryss http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/8077265/ http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/8077265/ Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:17:16 PST
is it considered a slump when you cant even bring yourself to *TRY*?

oh well. i do have lots of ideas and things i WANT to do, eventually, so... hopefully soon. who knows.

still checking on you guys tho, everyones doing great.

lots of love. peace.
your friend,

K

]]> *kryss http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/7669510/ http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/7669510/ Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:19:46 PST
so im 27, dont feel any older or wiser, but luckily not fatter or balder, altho my hair is going thin, at least i didnt wake up with a comb over or anything. this also marks about year to go until my time in the United States Air Force will be up, ill have served our country for 8 years, hopefully when i get out the country will smile upon me and serve me back by sending me to school! its wide open at this point as it could be i guess, but im hoping for either an Art Institute school, or Full Sail, or some crazy art school in Canada which my brodawg =skulldozer attends. for shizzle. one things for certain, while there is a certain amount of nervousness about leaving this life and the steady income behind, i am filled with hope and anticipation as to the doorstep where the future may deliver me.

since people have done these get-to-know-me-more things, and i think i even got tagged with it, i suppose i will do so in my own little way, so, in light of my turning 27, here are 27 random facts about me, some which may be well known, and others more obscure.

thank you all for your support and friendship over the last year of my life, i hope you will continue to put up with my nonsense in this one as well.

peace and love, brothers and sisters, may the sun shine upon you.
Kryss

1. i am a media junkie. i have probably over 400 dvds and have purchased well over a thousand cd's, altho some were stolen or otherwise. i have purchased video games and never even opened them, at one point i had over 100 video games, most of them i never even played.

2. i am torn when it comes to the issue of internet-piracy/file sharing. i think the best thing to do is probably download whatever it is you are looking for, and if you like it, then go out and buy it to support that artist / group / filmmaker / whatever.

3. i dress however i want. therefore, i have all varieties of styles of clothing. so on any given day, i might dress "gangsta" "emo" "metal" "goth" "skater" - or anything else you may call it. i dont consider this being "phony" or a "poser" - i consider it being me and dressing however the hell i want.

4. i am an unashamed hardcore gamer. i have always been so. when i was a child, i broke my right arm, my parents bought me a large nintendo controller called the NES advantage, and i played games with my feet until my arm healed. people obsess over sports, over music, over any number of things, why shouldnt i be able to do the same with video games? im happy.

5. i have been influenced greatly by many of the artists i have met here and prior at LH. that being said, if i look back, my earliest and lasting influences would probably be Arthur Adams, Chris Bachalo, and Joe Mad. in very recent years, a big influence is the korean artist, Hyung TaeKim.

6. i have been married and divorced.

7. i love philosophy, and spend a lot of free time researching philosophers and their teachings and the things they have said. as socrates once said, the only true wisdom consists of knowing that you know nothing - quoted in one of my all time favourite movies, Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure! i think that couldnt be more true, and i TRY not to come off in debates or discussions as saying, "this is how it is" but rather, "this is how i percieve it."

8. i am obsessed with pornography.

9. even tho i no longer am actively involved in skateboarding, i still love skateboarding videos and magazines. i would love to make a professional skateboarding video someday, but i doubt i would ever have the chance. i hope to design skateboards someday. my favourite skater of all time is definately Ronnie Creager.

10. my favourite video game franchise is Final Fantasy. my 2nd favourite would be Warcraft (altho the MMORPG World Of Warcraft is definately my favourite game of all time.)

11. i dont watch scary movies. they scare me.

12. i am a ridiculously picky eater and often refuse to eat at all. i eat almost everything plain. i dont eat any vegatables except corn. my favourite foods in the world are chicken and pizza, and my favourite side items would probably be macaroni and french fries. i miss my mom's cooking. she makes the best beef stew EVER.

13. i speak/read/write/understand korean.

14. my favourite book of all time is The Chronicles of Narnia, read... ]]> *kryss http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/7141327/ http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/7141327/ Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:54:14 PST
my last journal was kind of a living update of Katrina and her aftermath, and im glad to say that my entire family, both mom and dad's sides, are all accounted for and everyone is healthy and finding ways to move on. its a shame to think that everything youve ever owned could be destroyed nearly without warning, and all the places youve ever been could be wiped from the earth without regard to what they may have meant to you. but home is more a state of mind than a specific place on this earth, and so we all do our best to pick up and move on, and find a way to bring that state of mind back to us all.

for all the immoral things you may have heard of, or seen on the news, and maybe witnessed first hand, it wouldnt be hard to lose faith in your fellow man. but for me, for my mom and dad at least, these tragedies have renewed this faith. the support we have somehow recieved, from best friends to total strangers alike, is unreal and truly hard to grasp. my mother was brought to tears more than once by the kindness of others. she is forever grateful, even to those she will surely never see again. and for me, i am forever grateful to all of you! the support you have all offered and the kindness you have all shown shall forever be remembered and im glad to know each and every one of you, if even only a small bit of the person you may be, that small bit is most appreciated.

enough of all that stuff.

in other news, i have a few things that i should be ready to share soon. but sadly, Concrete Block, the studio-project that i co-founded with ~hawaiianpunch - is all but disintegrated. at least for now, it would seem. i blame no one and hold no hard feelings towards anyone - all the artists who were involved, even those who "left" before the final line up, were all incredible artists and i was honoured and humbled to even be associated with them at all. if you werent in the know of what exactly happened, a hacker somehow got to my info and i was unable to get to our forums at all, basically negating any ability i had to - really - do anything at all. i think this was probably the breaking point. so, its sad, but its true, i think that for now, Concrete Block is done. i want to thank everyone who was involved directly, and i want to thank everyone who supported us, and wow did we ever have some support! you guys were/ are the best.

before we had the Concrete Block forums to hang out at i hung out at the Led Heavy forums. i tried to go back there for a while, but i was met with the same ignorance and 12 year olds that were there back when i started thinking about wanting to make my own thing... so thats out. but, if you were down for the cause of Concrete Block and our site/forums and what we wanted to accomplish, check out the Sketch Tavern dudes and forums, thats where myself and a couple other X CB guys are hanging out these days... its a great place, man.

[link]

well thats all for now. my long windedness is boring even me at this point.

peace and love.
your friend,

Kryss

]]> *kryss http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/6368881/ http://kryss.deviantart.com/journal/6368881/ Fri, 09 Sep 2005 01:03:12 PDT
by hit us i mean that very literally - Katrina landed - basically - on our doorstep. it crushed into St Bernard Parish, thats where Katrina actually set down - which is where we live, about 2 minutes outside of the actual CITY New Orleans. various places around the 'hood have from 10-14 feet of water - others are completely submerged. businesses and homes washed away or otherwise destroyed. and while i am safe and sound and dry here in California, the rest of my family are not fairing as well. Luckily, my mother and father, my cousin Michelle and her 2 kids, and my Nanny Baby and her husband are safe in Houston, TX. however, much of my family remains to be heard from, we arent sure where they are or whether or not they are safe. a fellow deviant, undoubtedly my best friend back home, and one of our Concrete Block members, ~DATAone is also MIA and im worried sick. our area code, 504, is destroyed - cant get any calls thru. from the weather channel website and also a site dedicated to New Orleans, i know for a fact (have seen pictures) that my home has been completely and utterly destroyed. our street is 100% under water as is much of my parents neighborhood. this is factual information. we are looking at a total loss - 100% destruction. our home, everything in it, my dads van... luckily my mom thought to take her photo albums and mine... stuff that can never be replaced... but the rest of our possesions are, almost without question - completely destroyed. we have never been a well to do family... but what little we did have we were always greatful for - its upsetting to know that it is all gone.

for what it is worth, i am considering purchasing a DA print account, and from now until... well, for a long time, any money whatsoever that i can make from it (and my regular salary too obviously) will go towards my mom and dad, and the rest of my family where may be neccesary whenever possible.

if you are a person of faith and pray, then i ask of you, please, keep my family and friends in your prayers. if you are not a person of faith, then i ask you, please, send a wish out for the people i care about. im sending out about 2 wishes a second.

thanks for taking the time to read this, im sorry for the lack of updates artistically, but there will be many coming soon i hope.

love always.
your friend,

Kryss.
[C0ncrete Block.]

--------------------------------UPDATE----------------------------------

the majority of my family is now accounted for as being safe and sound. however, on my mother's side, my Uncle Joe (technically my mothers uncle) is missing, and on my father's, his younger brother David (whom i havent called uncle in years) is missing. since we cant contact them due to the 504 area code being trashed, it causes obvious concern. we are hoping and praying and wishing for the best. ive also heard from most of my friends (to include our boy ~DATAone - bout time foo) and it seems that everyone is safe, tho we are all in the same boat of having lost everything.

people are going crazy down there. shooting at relief helicopters. god only knows what else is happening that will never make it to the news. sad times for the innocent, to be sure. its funny how sometimes crisis can bring people together, and others it can turn them immediately on each other. what an odd race we are. humans, we are all very possibly crazy, down to the very last one.

i want to thank everyone so much for your comments and concern and support. what a truly amazing feeling. i hope you all know how much it means, and how much you all mean. i may have never told you, but i consider you all true friends - i do not believe in the term "internet-friends" - the internet is just a place to meet people - just like any other. hell, i probably spend more time talking to some of you than i ever had people who lived down the street, and id definately say a lot of you know me better.

so, for everything, i thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

love always, your friend. - K

--------------------------------UPDATE----------------------------------

Updated. found out from my Mother that my Uncle Joe was evacuated and safe. nearly all accounted for. only my Dad's little brother David remains MIA.... ]]> *kryss