http://browse.deviantart.com/journals/?order=5&q=by%3Aryuuseipro deviantART RSS for in:journals sort:time by:ryuuseipro en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Sun, 19 May 2013 18:57:34 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Off-to-Dragon-Con-And-Disney-buys-Marvel-230583709 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Off-to-Dragon-Con-And-Disney-buys-Marvel-230583709 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:21:25 PDT Off to Dragon*Con!!! And Disney buys Marvel! nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2009-2013 ~ryuuseipro
And now, the news that's shaking the comics world: Disney has bought Marvel for $4 billion on August 31st!

http://www.reuters.com/article/bigMoney/idUS261835004220090901

Upon the news, "hardcore" superhero comic-book fans are afraid that Disney will stifle Marvel's creativity, to make them more kid-friendly, have Spider-Man team up with Mickey Mouse or Hanna Montana, etc., and get rid of all the hardcore grimdark violence and such.

What is my view on it?

I honestly can't say that it really bothers me.  In fact, I thin ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Close-call-with-a-virus-233110617 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Close-call-with-a-virus-233110617 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:38:14 PDT Close call with a virus nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2009-2013 ~ryuuseipro
So I dodged that bullet, thank God.  I'm doing just fine now.  Thanks for your concern! ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Jared-Foust-s-ULTRAMAN-SORTA-233209528 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Jared-Foust-s-ULTRAMAN-SORTA-233209528 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:36:49 PST Jared Foust's ULTRAMAN SORTA nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2009-2013 ~ryuuseipro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ccjr996mbQ

This is Jared's best work yet!  And look for a surprise cameo appearance in the middle of the video!

Jared's been pretty iffy about doing another episode, as he never considered it, but he's become so impressed with the overwhelming response that he'll plan another one someday.  I look forward to it!

Incidentally, two of the several silhouettes I did for him are in the opening credits!  (Look at 2:0 ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Review-CORALINE-233489115 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Review-CORALINE-233489115 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:34:46 PST Review - CORALINE nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2009-2013 ~ryuuseipro
Coraline

I've been anticipating this movie since it was first announced, and I finally saw it yesterday afternoon.  I can now say that it's every bit as great as I expected it to be!

The film is based on a book by British writer Neil Gaiman.  It's about a young girl named Coraline Jones (voiced by Dakota Fanning), who moves into a creepy old house with her parents (voiced by John Hodgman and Teri Hatcher), who are too busy to even pay attention to her.  She meets some very bizarre friends, like an eccentric kid named Wybie Lovat (who was created for the film, and v ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-New-Year-and-New-Avatar-233841614 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-New-Year-and-New-Avatar-233841614 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:12:58 PST Happy New Year (and New Avatar)! nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2009-2013 ~ryuuseipro
As some of you may know, my Grandma passed away after Christmas.  (She had gall stones and pancreatic cancer.)
http://ryuuseipro.livejournal.com/179337.html

To recuperate from the tragedy, we went to our usual New Year's weekend vacation retreat to the Outer Banks.  I had a great time.  Day after we returned, we had a memorial service for Grandma, and it was touching.  I also recently finished the two PENNY ARCADE ADVENTURES video games.  Excellent all around!  They're definitely worth ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-10th-Anniversary-Powerpuff-Girls-234694356 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-10th-Anniversary-Powerpuff-Girls-234694356 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:58:04 PST Happy 10th Anniversary, Powerpuff Girls! nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2008-2013 ~ryuuseipro
Below is my anniversary post (with a link to a 2005 retrospective)!

http://ryuuseipro.livejournal.com/175233.html

Happy 10th Anniversary, Powerpuff Girls! ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/A-little-trouble-with-deviantART-234911849 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/A-little-trouble-with-deviantART-234911849 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:53:58 PDT A little trouble with deviantART . . . nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2008-2013 ~ryuuseipro
I can't create new folders!  Is there a limit on how many folders I have to create for my favorites gallery?  Because I can't add any more!  Every time I try, it keeps giving me "The server could not be reached."  Does someone know what's going on? ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Dragon-Con-2008-and-post-Olympics-depression-235698699 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Dragon-Con-2008-and-post-Olympics-depression-235698699 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:53:01 PDT Dragon*Con 2008 and post-Olympics depression nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2008-2013 ~ryuuseipro
I'm going to Dragon*Con this weekend, with Mom, Peter, and my nephew Gabriel.  Our friend Dave Copcutt is coming as well!  I hope to have a great time this year.  And if anyone else out there is going, I hope to see you there as well! ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/REKIRA-LIVES-236784696 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/REKIRA-LIVES-236784696 Fri, 30 May 2008 20:36:10 PDT REKIRA LIVES!!! nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2008-2013 ~ryuuseipro
Rekira has finally come to life!

http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/art/Rekira-Lives-87221629

See it in action in this animated short I posted at YouTube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWZAmAfsGTw

This was the result of my final project at ITT Technical Institute (from which I graduate on June 15).

I am absolutely proud of this one, and hope you like it. ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Impending-doom-for-independent-artists-everywhere-237326605 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Impending-doom-for-independent-artists-everywhere-237326605 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:40:32 PDT Impending doom for independent artists everywhere nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2008-2013 ~ryuuseipro
I've gotten this on deviantART from a lot of artists whose sites I keep on watch.  It's an article from Animation World Magazine, which complains about a new "Orphan Works" legislation which Congress wants to pass.  Any image/art you post will be taken by someone else for profit, and you'd have to pay to keep the copyright, or pay a fine for even displaying it.

http://mag.awn.com/
?ltype= pageone&article_no=3605

(Since the linking here sucks, use the URL in the link, then take the below part and add it, minus the minor space in it.)

Sounds bad.  Very bad.  Fellow readers should pass this message along.

U ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/100-DEVIATIONS-237389694 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/100-DEVIATIONS-237389694 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:56:41 PDT 100 DEVIATIONS! nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2008-2013 ~ryuuseipro
Thanks to those supporting my DA site and enjoying the work I post onto it!  I have more stuff to post on DA soon.  :) ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Two-new-student-projects-238697845 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Two-new-student-projects-238697845 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:34:05 PST Two new student projects! nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2007-2013 ~ryuuseipro
My reconstruction of the "Frontier Missile" sequence from Godzilla Vs. the Thing (the "quiz" project):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmg6CC-viDA

The Rekira CG Test (the Final Project):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fldJ025DmjY

The latter was ridiculously difficult to upload! But in any case, enjoy! ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/My-student-film-THE-BIG-GUY-ON-CAMPUS-2006-238896140 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/My-student-film-THE-BIG-GUY-ON-CAMPUS-2006-238896140 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:42:26 PST My student film, THE BIG GUY ON CAMPUS (2006) nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2007-2013 ~ryuuseipro week!), I got a compressed copy of my student film from last year, THE
BIG GUY ON CAMPUS! Finally, I posted it on YouTube.

I hope you will enjoy it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KISTbSVmb84 ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-40th-Anniversary-Ultra-Seven-239320400 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-40th-Anniversary-Ultra-Seven-239320400 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:15:12 PDT Happy 40th Anniversary, Ultra Seven!!! nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2007-2013 ~ryuuseipro
I have posted my 2-part tribute and retrospective to Ultra Seven on my LiveJournal blog.  Please take the time to read them.  :)

http://ryuuseipro.livejournal.com/148748.html
http://ryuuseipro.livejournal.com/149244.html ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Madness-THIS-IS-DRAGON-CON-2007-239505387 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Madness-THIS-IS-DRAGON-CON-2007-239505387 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:51:37 PDT Madness? THIS IS DRAGON-CON!!! (2007) nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2007-2013 ~ryuuseipro
*sigh*

Okay.

Okay . . .

Now that I got that out of the way, I must say that this was one frustratingly exhausting week for me.  Yes, I know I should've done this post a week ago, but damn.

As you all know, I went to DragonCon 2007 last weekend with Mom, my older brother Peter, and my nephews Angel and Gabriel.  I'll get into that in a moment, but the one thing I really hate about these trips is that the atmosphere really stuns my digestive system, and I felt so bloated.  I only got better at that on the way back home, when not surprisingly . . . you guessed it . . . I caught a cold!  The cold was t ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Off-to-DragonCon-239624438 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Off-to-DragonCon-239624438 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:11:10 PDT Off to DragonCon! nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2007-2013 ~ryuuseipro
Anyone else who's going, I'll see you there!  Otherwise, see you Monday! ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Over-3-000-Hits-239883662 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Over-3-000-Hits-239883662 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:23:50 PDT Over 3,000 Hits! nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2007-2013 ~ryuuseipro http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/New-Abby-Archer-Fanart-Plus-THE-POWERPUFF-GIRLS-239990467 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/New-Abby-Archer-Fanart-Plus-THE-POWERPUFF-GIRLS-239990467 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:55:17 PDT New Abby Archer Fanart (Plus: THE POWERPUFF GIRLS nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2007-2013 ~ryuuseipro
Abby Archer

And here's the sketch I started from!

Anyway, let's see: Week 7 of Quarter 5 starts tomorrow, I'll be going to Pennsylvania on Friday with Mom, I survived Harry Potter Weekend (the Harry Potter night at Borders on Friday had a really huge turnout!  Mom and Sissy got copies of the new book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), etc.

A week ago Sunday, I finally got the DVD for Season 1 of The Powerpuff Girls!  And let me tell you, this DVD set is a Powerpuff fan's dream come true!  Disc 2 has tons of treats, such as promos, bumpers, interviews, and even the entire episode of Space Ghost: Coast t ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Year-Two-starts-tomorrow-Plus-GROSSOLOGY-240344212 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Year-Two-starts-tomorrow-Plus-GROSSOLOGY-240344212 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:25:04 PDT Year Two starts tomorrow! (Plus: GROSSOLOGY) nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2007-2013 ~ryuuseipro
Anyway, has anyone ever heard of a Canadian cartoon series airing on Discovery Kids (here in the US) called Grossology?  Thanks to my big brother Peter for giving me the heads up during a phonecall a couple of weeks back, I'm really hooked on this serie ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-Easter-And-new-REKIRA-art-240873825 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-Easter-And-new-REKIRA-art-240873825 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:22:27 PDT Happy Easter! And new REKIRA art! nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2007-2013 ~ryuuseipro http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/IT-S-OVER-2-000-241251529 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/IT-S-OVER-2-000-241251529 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:53:03 PST IT'S OVER 2,000!!! nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2007-2013 ~ryuuseipro
Tomorrow, I finish the second of three finals at college!  The last will be on Tuesday, and then, I'll have a week and a half of vacation! ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/DragonCon-2006-250879599 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/DragonCon-2006-250879599 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:50:41 PDT DragonCon 2006 nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 ~ryuuseipro
See you around! ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/OVER-1-000-HITS-250476923 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/OVER-1-000-HITS-250476923 Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:08:46 PDT OVER 1,000 HITS!!! nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 ~ryuuseipro
Of course, I'll keep submitting more stuff when I have the time and energy (I started college this week).  Thanks again for the visits. ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Smoochies-249927343 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Smoochies-249927343 Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:00:17 PST Smoochies! nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 ~ryuuseipro
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY FROM RYUUSEI WORKS!!! ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/RIP-Akira-Ifukube-1914-2006-249900173 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/RIP-Akira-Ifukube-1914-2006-249900173 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:00:14 PST RIP Akira Ifukube (1914-2006) nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 ~ryuuseipro
Akira Ifukube, perhaps my most favorite music/film composer, has died of multiple organ failure last night.  He was 91.

Asahi.com also reports, as do other news sites in Japan.

UPDATE: The Big Cartoon Database has also taken notice (I forwaded the news to them; Thanks, Ethan!).

As many people know, Ifukube, a gifted composer highly influenced by classical music composers like Beethoven and Mozart, has also composed the 1954 tokusatsu masterpiece Godzilla and many of its sequels up to 1995.  He has also lent his talent to numerous other tokusatsu films from Toho, Dai ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/500-HITS-249889824 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/500-HITS-249889824 Mon, 06 Feb 2006 08:34:56 PST 500 HITS!!! nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 ~ryuuseipro
I hope to be posting more art soon (I've been sick this past weekend, and I'm gradually recovering).

Thank you all for watching this site!  I can only imagine how and when I'll be getting, say, 1000 hits.  :lol: ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Finally-an-avatar-249816830 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Finally-an-avatar-249816830 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:28:32 PST Finally . . . an avatar! nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 ~ryuuseipro http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/REKIRA-SHUTSUGEN-FIRST-LOOK-249753719 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/REKIRA-SHUTSUGEN-FIRST-LOOK-249753719 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:49:15 PST REKIRA SHUTSUGEN!!! (FIRST LOOK!!!) nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 ~ryuuseipro
Remember that comic-book project I've been mentioning from time to time (for those who know, anyway)?  Tonight, I posted a drawing of its star.  My greatest masterpiece, and my personal life's work.

Super-Powered Giant Monster REKIRA!
超力大怪獣 レキラ ( 靂羅 )

Rekira is the titular star of my comic-book project, currently in the storyboarding stages!  It's going to be a fun, action-packed and spectacular comic!

Whilst I work on the comic, I'll be posting some more related stuff here, so check back as often as you can!

Peace out, ]]> http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Hi-249527434 http://ryuuseipro.deviantart.com/journal/Hi-249527434 Sun, 13 Nov 2005 13:47:17 PST Hi! nonadult journals/personal ryuuseipro http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/y/ryuuseipro.png?2 Copyright 2005-2013 ~ryuuseipro
This is my first official post on my own art blog! Thanks for stopping by.

I haven't posted ANY art on the Net in a long while (I feel much too lazy to post anything on the Internet, plus I've devoted a lot of creative energy on a personal project that I've been working on for years), but I am quite excited, if a bit nervous, about posting some stuff on deviantART!

For the time being, I'll be posting fanart and experimental stuff, mostly some old drawings/sketches I did (and I'll admit my art has somewhat changed over the years). But now, I'll start with some more recent stuff!

As I'm a fan of Godzilla, I've got lots of Godzilla sketc ]]>