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]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/28675699/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/28675699/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:38:19 PST
I just enjoy competitions way too much

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/28583208/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/28583208/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:01:42 PST
Now. I still writing that damn fan fic, but its closer to the ending now than ever. The good thing about it, is that I think I finally got a writing voice(yay!). Either that or I'm schitzo. Next thing on my big list to get done: Animation.

Lets see if I can get the 11secondclub entry done by the weekend

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]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/26433025/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/26433025/ Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:36:24 PDT
But, nope.

During the last half hour, a guy walked into my room and announced that he was having an existential crisis. "Everything is plastic." He sat onto the empty seat near me, and complained about everything. I got the gist that he was a very young guy, probably in his teens. He really annoyed me. He said he was a writer. I carefully keep from rolling my eyes, because I knew what was coming next, which was to say he would want me to illustrate something for him. For free, of course.

He then got a phone call from his boyfriend, and began arguing with him. Which scared away possible clients that were looking at my work.

Sigh.


Screw it. Next month I'm doing characatures.

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/26197536/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/26197536/ Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:23:39 PDT
I went to the titmouse boat for the 7200 frames on the way there, got filmed (yuck!me all sweaty from the drive and all) while they interviewed me. I now think I should have said some things and shouldn't have said others. Regardless, the ball is in their court as to if I'm in it or not. It looked like they were way more interested in the guy I was sitting next to. Not that I'd blame them or anything, cause he was sure cute and all. Talk about camera ready, unlike frumpy old me. (There's a good reason I don't like working in front of cameras).

Missed a bunch of friends at the SDCC. They simply didn't show.

Damn the crowds. I couldn't even get into one panel this year. Not even a small one. I think I was right in my decision of last year to avoid the con altogether, as I accomplished nothing but blisters on my feet.

Oh, I lie. I got a poster from a film I had never heard of from the freebie table.

Wah!

Anyhow, I look forward to getting some artwork done, and maybe get started on my animation project just in case the titmouse thing doesn't work out. I want an animation short done by the end of the year, afterall.

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/25946683/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/25946683/ Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:13:56 PDT
An ethéreal boat from space flies on top of a knight in a ghetto.


DSG:

Caricature • CREATE A CARICATURE OF YOUR FICTIONAL ALTER-EGO


not sure which I'll be doing, but I aim to do both before i come home.

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/25912283/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/25912283/ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:11:12 PDT
I was not impressed.

I was hoping for a tool that was at least better than the Swishmax that I use for animations, specifically a better pen tool than it has, and instead I get a wanna-be 3d program that is nowhere as good or diversified as blender3d--the 3d application that I use. In short:

People actually paid money to use this thing?!? Ewwwwwww.

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/25896888/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/25896888/ Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:43:39 PDT
Besides, I hate LA, and that's where the cattle call was today. I don't want to ruin a day off with a real bad mood.

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/25708137/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/25708137/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:54:53 PDT
The weird "artsy" questions like, "what inspires you to paint this?", I can do without. Though they are entertaining.

This time there was a particularly memorable fellow, who said he was previously a bank teller, who had an epiphany, of sorts, as to a painting's value. Or what value means in a painting.

He was babbling badly, saying that painters often worked in groups to complete paintings, with just one signing the finished piece to protect the others' good name in case the painting did not make it big. They would work months on end to get the colors just right, often consulting one another. He said that he was just in the hallway, with his hand shading his eyes, and his forefinger just in his vision. He then said, wouldn't that make a great brand on a painting, always having that slight shadow of a finger in the painting...And the view that he saw in the hallway, well you just couldn't tell that the year was 2009 unless you looked carefully at the clothes...He then let me in on the know that the building that I was in was well over 100 years old.

....


I just sat there listening to the guy, thinking that he really needed to go back to school and really study art history, instead of trying to impress "Art Girl" with a vast array of non-knowledge. I was polite, but I think my thoughts did show on my face.

....

....

And then there is the "muralist" from Redlands that stopped by. The one who doesn't know how to use acrylics, only oils....

Anyhow, ran into some good friends of mine that I had met over at freedomgardens.org. One fellow works on an organic farm in Corona. We compared notes on the veggies, as the piece I was working on is related to my gardening experiences. Yep, it is a bit late for brussell sprouts, but I have 'em anyway.

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/25678939/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/25678939/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:24:38 PDT
Another flat on the scooter. Fixed now though.

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I managed to get something of a storyboard going on post-it's last night. I was truely really bored at work. I think I will be animating it in flash. The story is a standard giant robot thing. WIP to come.
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Still haven't finished the painting for the Artswalk, which is TOMORROW. (Lazy dope. Like it will paint itself or something.) I will be in Room 24 of the Lifearts building off of University. I plan to show only a few paintings this time, both 'cause it's hot, and 'cause it's on the second floor and the building has no elevators. Also, I WILL be bringing a box fan, and water. Perhaps I will work on a piece while I am there. Show is from 6pm-ish to 10pm-ish.

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/25620226/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/25620226/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:14:07 PDT

Damn, another weekend gone, and I still haven't gotten an animation done. I also still haven't finished the live piece I started last month for the Artwalk. Loser.


I did get a new pond done though. Solar powered even.

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Right now I'm working on a series of vector images that will hopefully come out awesome enough to publish and use as a booklet at Comic Cons. Starting a bit late for that I know.

Artswalk is tonight and i didn't get a room. O dear. I also completely forgot about it thanks to RL rearing it's ugly head--(damn tires). So no new work to show anyway. Thus there is symetry.

In other news..I think I will expand the aquaponics thing this winter and add bluegill to the goldfish, especially since I am getting some great results with it so far. Or maybe I'll make it a separate tank/bucket/bin/whatever. Now I have to figure out just where to get the bluegill from.

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/25013799/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/25013799/ Fri, 29 May 2009 11:37:02 PDT
I'm gonna try to get DA here to show it, too. Along with my goofy/geeky Doctor Who opening animation I did in blender last year. Not sure if they'll go for it, in all honesty.

i need to get my own stuff done

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/24917994/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/24917994/ Sun, 24 May 2009 03:41:17 PDT
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]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/24760622/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/24760622/ Thu, 14 May 2009 19:53:53 PDT
I also went and talked to the recruiter for the Navy today. Looks like it's the reserves for me. The deal sounds sweet, as it will take care of my student loans.

I get to talk to the Army tomorrow morning. I wonder if they have a better deal, or will I want to walk away? The Army recruiter so far has reminded me of stupidly annoying supervisors past in my sordid security guard career, emphasis on stupid as he kept repeating his questions and was actually insulted that I was "window shopping" for the best placement.

Maybe that's a good sign for me to stay out of the Army.

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/24721406/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/24721406/ Tue, 12 May 2009 13:55:19 PDT
Been searching for a replacement job as well, since the "writing is on the wall". It looks to me like they are going to be cutting back on security positions and I want out of security anyway. So far, just applied to a bunch of clerical stuff on craigslist. I even contacted the Army and National Guard..Couldn't hurt, right?

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/24649305/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/24649305/ Fri, 08 May 2009 10:13:55 PDT
I was and still am tired as hell. It's what I get for working graveyard shifts

Anyhow, I managed to off load some old tshirts, so the space rental arrangement wasn't as much a waste as I had thought. I managed to show all of my remaining live paintings.

I even carted in the new unfinished one. That one got the most attention.

I still think my pieces tend to be THE most shallow of all the pieces there. I kept getting questions like, "So what inspired you to paint this?" I have no answer.

I mean, giant robots battling each other in a wasteland??? There's some deep meaning in that??? I replied "...the fun of it".

It's a University area, what can I say?

Some people are just way too serious. Maybe I should develop a routine to baffle folks with questions like that--which should also be fun

Oh..and a bunch of artists where giving out free wine tasting...which meant I had a few drunks. They weren't rude or anything, but you could really tell them apart from the others. Humor them and move on, y'know?

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/24581158/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/24581158/ Mon, 04 May 2009 09:59:10 PDT
Last night I stumbled upon a youtube video featuring one guy's setup using goldfish for the system. I had thought it wasn't a good idea to use them. Now, it looks feasible. YAY!
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Giving it a go today. Got the lava rock gravel. Got a shallow tub. Got a tube for water. And I got silicon to fix my "oops" if I happen to drill too wide a hole.

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Damn..I still have to finish a few paintings for artwalk

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/24489560/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/24489560/ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:51:39 PDT
I even had one fresh sweet pea. That's right. One. The buttonquail got the caterpiller that was happily munching on the plants. Revenge is sweet sometimes. Too bad the season for peas is coming to an end here, as I'd like to try again.


Still, it's nice to have fresh herbs, onions, strawberries and such. If I had to survive though my gardening efforts, I'd be as skinny as a supermodel.

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Dinner!

What's better than beans for dinner? Beans with PASTA! Yum!


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The buttonquail chick that got "scalped" recently by big daddy buttonquail(in his defense, he WAS moulting) is recovering nicely. I thought for sure that I'd loose her. I just introduced another chick into the sick box for the time being, to keep her stress levels low. (Separated by a wire mesh until both are used to each other,of course.) These birds do not do well when all alone.


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oh crap...gotta go to work already.....And I still haven't gotten to the live painting for the show next week.

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]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/24398480/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/24398480/ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:27:09 PDT
The latest annoyance is the morning console person who says she is the shift manager--There is no such thing because there are only 3 of us there, and the real supervisors are offsite. She says I am to do alllll the patrols, which is frankly impossible because I am posted at the gate. It is simply too busy with truck traffic for me to do. Meanwhile, she sits in the console office playing solitare and surfing the 'net. Who's the one who really should be doing the patrols, hmmmm? I do just one to show I am a team player, though. She usually has to run to the gate to cover for me while I do it, too. Stupid.


Anyhow...onwards.


I hope to get better work soon.

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/24143926/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/24143926/ Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:23:45 PDT ____________

I just decided to finally tackle C++, and maybe wrap my head around object oriented programming. I'm no stranger to "OOP"s, having dabbled in it on the web through javascript, php, and python-- but I didn't know what I was doing when I was doing it in all those programs. I was even lost a bit in "Swish-script".

Now, step by step, I hope to learn. There's a free compiler that I'm using, and a free e-book that I downloaded on Monday.. I'm on chapter 3 already. Made some .exe's that didn't register as viruses on this stoooopid Vista machine. (Man, i just hate nanny programs....)

To keep me motivated, I even downloaded CrystalSpace, a free 3d game engine written in both C++ and python script. Now I just have to figure out how to use the thing. It's even supposedly compatible with blender3d. After all, the whole reason anyone learns C++ now is to program games....

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Progress on the new RL painting...good. I have one figure all done. Skin a might too orange for my liking, but that's easily fixed.

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Vertical garden is taken apart and transplanted. The plants that survived are happy where they are now planted. The garden itself is doing well. So far so good.

Wormbin actually managed to produce a potato. It's about the size of a dime, but it's definitely a potato. I really need to make sure to chop up those potato skins to a finer degree to prevent a plant from happening in the future.

Just transplanted the watermelons today. I think the lufta can wait for their transplant a few more days.

I hope it rains soon...those clouds are just sucking up all the moisture as they pass by.
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Buttonquail are fine. The 3 babies are getting their first feathers now. The momma bird looks like she wants a vacation from them, already.

I'm getting at least a egg a day so far. Not pushing it, as I want the birds to live to at least their 2 year life expectancy. One bird even demands a bribe before she will lay an egg. Fortunately, it's in mealworms and what garden bugs I collect.

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Cute neighbor guy just emailed me this link:

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I think he gets me. I don't know if that's a good thing or not.

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]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/23976880/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/23976880/ Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:13:52 PDT
Anyhow, art postings will be slowed down a bit, because I'm doing some "live art" for the upcoming Artswalk here in Riverside. I plan on getting a room in May in the Arts building. I want to get some fresh work done between now and then, hopefully more than 2 pieces...so there will be less computer time for me.

The garden is going well. The vertical garden experiment is doing ok for now, though I think I found a better place to plant lettuce: under the boganvilla, which was an "oops" that took off really well and unexpectedly. The squash and other summer plants are being transplanted from the "seedling" tray to their new home. So far so good.

The buttonquail managed to hatch 3 babies this time...out of 15 eggs. I guess that's better than 1 out of 11 eggs like last time. How the heck do these things survive in the wild? Did we breed the survival instinct out of them over the 1000 or so years these things have been domesticated or what? Yeesh.

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/23797157/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/23797157/ Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:44:57 PDT
I think that we are being lied to as to how high the unemployment rate really is. Take what is reported and double it, and that is likely closer to the real number.

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/23170195/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/23170195/ Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:18:40 PST

yay! and now to work on my entry for this month....

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/22662674/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/22662674/ Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:32:52 PST

Mostly in the form of my garden that I'm starting. I hope to be able to feed myself reasonably well with it. If not, meh.

Right now, I'm most proud of the vertical garden that I managed to wrangle together out of an idle wire shelf, screen material, and wire. Also, it is stuffed with potting soil, not some funky substrate--so it's all organic. By the time summer rolls around, I hope it will be a living work of art. I even have some other vertical gardens ready to go--just need to decide what I'm going to plant in them is all. I've pretty much planted all that I can plant this month, so...


back to art..!

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]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/20663043/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/20663043/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:03:38 PDT
What I'm oddly happy about now is that I have 2 lifeforms in my fridge right now.

One is the sourdough bread starter -- it makes damn good bread now -- that I started from an apparently wild strain of yeast in the flour I left out for a few days during the summer. I had found the directions for how to make the starter when I was bored one day on the internet. Who knew that it would actually work?

The other is yogurt. Yep. Homemade yogurt. I just had some tonight for dinner and I'm not dead or sick, yet. Thus, I think I managed to make it correctly. You use dry milk and evaporated milk to make it, as well as 1/2 cup of store bought yogurt to get it going. Next batch I just use a tablespoon of this stuff, and it should do the trick. Yep, another internet recipe that worked.


For my next trick, I'm going to make ethanol out of potatoes. You see, I never seem to be able to eat a whole 10 lb bag before the spuds start sprouting, so these possibly poisonous "sprouters" are the designated food for the fungus that produces ethanol. This yeast I bought at a local winery shop cost a whole dollar, today. All I have to do is wait a week, if it works, distill it, and I will be gas independent...


...that and convert my scooter to using ethanol for fuel.

Anyone know how to distill? I seem to have slept through that chapter in chemistry class in high school.

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/20467743/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/20467743/ Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:58:23 PDT

I'm woking on a website for some friends of mine, and some conceptual art that may, or may not, lead to more work for a game. I had a comic book project go poof due to flakiness of a writer, another writer wanting me for another project, and the various projects over at Conceptart.org for me to practice on.



And I still have to get something done by the end of the month, IRL, to have something to show for Artwalk.




Oh, and I have to work both my day jobs, too.

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/19152539/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/19152539/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:32:49 PDT
I hope that I may raise the cash back somehow...perhaps a part- time job... ?

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/18950451/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/18950451/ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:30:38 PDT
And watching cable tv, since they have it, and I don't. A tv that is. A thousand channels and nothing worth watching.

I was bored and worried. Messed up my sleeping schedule, which means I went nocturnal -- the schedule I used to keep due to guardwork. Old habits die real hard. When I came home at my apartment, I got obsessed with cooking bread. Just wanted to keep busy, I guess.

Dad came home today. No heart attack. Or blocked anything.

My bread I started yesterday is ready to bake today. In a few hours, it will be in the oven. I hope I made it right.

Welp. Here's to hoping that the week ends in all goodness.

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/18884130/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/18884130/ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:31:43 PDT
I can forgive myself when I miss the linguistic mumbo jumbo non-sense. But that?!?


And to top it off, I just wanted to paint today. I didn't even have the time for it.

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]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/18824285/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/18824285/ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:25:34 PDT

damn.


My computer died and it took the scanner with it.




]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/18790672/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/18790672/ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:18:20 PDT
I can go and do the 3CH challenge to fill in the daily gaps....!

Or I can actually listen to my mentor and do the assignments he gave out for me to do. But then, that would be the responsible thing to do....

Stay tuned.....

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/18654513/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/18654513/ Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:26:59 PDT

Anyhow...I've decided to participate, once again, in the Daily Sketch Group over at conceptart.org. I call it dsg.

It's a good exercise to get your creative juices going, because you just don't know what the next subject will be. Hosted by the nearly invincible William B. Hand, who is a monstrously talented guy. Check out his sketch book it you doubt me...

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/15613616/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/15613616/ Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:02:55 PST

Visit the site here~~>[link]

Now I've got to get to work trying to come up with some pretty decent crappola...

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/15068251/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/15068251/ Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:33:41 PDT here, but quit to pursue personal webcomic projects that have yet to be completed.

I earned a BA from here in studio art in 1999, which means I have a very general, but formal, arts education that covers traditional media, photography, and digital media, websites included.

Currently, I hang around a website called conceptart.org in which I participate in the various activities in the hopes of improving my skills, which my formal education left wanting.

]]> ~llothcat http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/13770199/ http://llothcat.deviantart.com/journal/13770199/ Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:06:57 PDT
The past few days I've been playing with a blender render, which is taking FOREVER, and drupal code, which is a gleeful thing for my inner geek.

(One of these days, I get my own website working. It's a toss up between drupal and wordpress. The css boggles the mind on both, though. )

The blender render is my attempt to get as close as possible in blender to the current opening sequence of Doctor Who. When I started, I figured, why not?. I'll post it as soon as I'm satisfied with it. So far it's taken a lot of time to get to where I am now, so I guess I'm not the most efficient production person alive or anything. 3 weeks for 8 seconds And a lot of test renders that weren't quite right.

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