http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:sandpuppeteer&section=today deviantART RSS for by:sandpuppeteer en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:25:06 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/27157199/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/27157199/ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:07:21 PDT Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day! And I've been working on a costume.

Anyway, there are photos of KumoriCon. Most of them are of the people I hung around with cause they are awesome. And huge thanks to Nicole and Anthony for letting me crash with them and putting up with my unexpected snoring.

Anyway. Photos are here: [link]

Some highlights:

Squall, Starscream and Pyramid head. Yes.


Ewwwww.


Parano doesn't understand camera.


BEST. DOCTOR. EVER! Very hard to keep the fantardery under wraps while snapping photos.


]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/26774155/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/26774155/ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:05:08 PDT
Major thing is going to be prints of stuff. But I don't know what people would want to buy. Let me know if there's anything in my account here you'd want a print of.

Also thinking of selling some original artwork

And maybe making some more of these little critters.

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/25078848/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/25078848/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:04:30 PDT
Need the practice, really.

Anyone got something to offer or know of other artists that are down with people randomly coloring their line art?

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/23202387/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/23202387/ Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:32:34 PST
Right now, I don't think I'll get everything done in time. It's the middle of February and I haven't even started working on the stuff needed to be added to my portfolio. Won't have money saved in time, either. And I can't start on anything until at LEAST the 1st or 2nd weekend in March. Because of moving and all that.

Need to get it all figured out. Might look into local schools, I dunno. I might just push going to Moore out to January, instead of August.

I'll see how stuff pans out. Not gunna worry about it until AFTER I move.

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/22855539/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/22855539/ Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:09:30 PST
The current "end of the world" theory is 2012, since Y2K didn't do us in.

2012 marks 10 years out of high school for me.

Coincidence?

Well, yeah. Since the end of the world is said to be in December.

I love coincidence. XD

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/22311925/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/22311925/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:10:20 PST
Hopes for 2009: FREEDOM!

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/22167106/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/22167106/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:15:34 PST
Got everything settled.
Almost have everything I need for Christmas presents. But I require magnets, tissue paper and one more gift bag.

I get to bake stuff on my own today!

Gunna be a busy Christmas eve!

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/22147257/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/22147257/ Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:35:15 PST
No way home.

Well, unless I want to walk a mile in calf-deep snow, with a layer of sharp, quarter-inch thick ice in the middle. Up a rather steep hill.

Mother got pissed at me when I asked her for assistance. "Take a cab." Cause she's on some date.

So I called several major cab companies in the area. First one "This mailbox is full" message. Other two? Busy signals.

Now mom isn't answering her cell.

Only a scant few friends with cars. They are either gone, other side of Sylvan hill, or unable to drive in this mess.

I hate this weather.
Make it go away.
I don't want to spend the night at work.

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There are supposed to be 3 people here to work on emails. I am the only one that showed up. There is no one available to put new emails into a list for us to work on. And no one to approve me going home!! GAH!

I fucking hate this system.

*beats head on desk*

This means I am working blind.

No help.
No back up.

Tried reaching the manager type person. Voice mail. GAH!

Let's see them try to call me a slacker, now! Being the only one to show up....

*grumblegrumblegrumble*

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/21334984/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/21334984/ Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:02:04 PST
Unfortunately, there are people out there still so short-sighted and close-minded that they're angered and irritated by this decision. I understand disagreeing and what not.

But I suppose there are sore losers in any contest of any sort.

Alls I know is that it is possible that I will no longer fear for my job. And, hopefully, I won't have to worry about getting funding for school. And, most definitely, I won't be leaving school to an economy that can't provide jobs to artistic types.

And no matter who you voted for, we can (hopefully) agree on one thing that's good: An end to the reign of the Shrub!

And no more comments of when I give my phone greeting at work of "Sara?! You mean like Sarah Palin?!"

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/21100608/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/21100608/ Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:46:21 PDT
Not with out woes, of course. I sliced open my finger on a staple on a box, rendering my left hand partially useless. Mostly, it hurt to pick stuff up. Kinda limiting when moving.

To install the internet, they had to do stuff that would have normally cost over $700. Because the retards before us yanked the connection box out of the wall. AND my mom pulled all of the crap out of my closet. Not fun putting it back.

But.....internet. Glorious internet. *rubs face on it* And it's FiOS. Never had it before. Sparkly and shiney!

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/21025903/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/21025903/ Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:13:00 PDT
So once things are set up, I'm gunna pretty much draw and watch DVDs. Unless Fable eats my soul.

Again, I'll be surrounded by 20 boxes, at my computer, doing nothing productive. XD

*shrugs* The first time I ever moved out (to go to Evergreen State), it took me over a week to go through everything and get it boxed up. Even when I moved out of the downtown apartment, that took 3 days. This time? I had a few boxes packed already. But that was....maybe 2 hours of work. After work today, 6 hours tops and I'm more or less done. Go me.

...yeah. I ramble when I'm tired. Well. I'm out. Be back tuesday. Not that my absence will be noticed with how active I am. XD

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/20965547/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/20965547/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:01:27 PDT
So in talking with *le-petit-fifi, I decided to make my own OC RP! Complete with plot, bickering gods, mysterious appearances, smut and all the things that come when you trap people on an island.

The general gist of what we've plotted:

Nicholai and Diana used to be demi-gods. They both saw a lot of problems in the system and sought to do something to limit the powers of those above them. But this was seen by others as an attempt to gain power for themselves. So, other gods turned the two would-be conspirators against each other. Their fighting distracted them until it became too much for the other gods to bear. (He! Brittany! I actually remember slightly why they were fighting. XD)

The original plan was to banish them to the mortal realm, and leave them there until the end of time. But, their 'crimes' were not irritating or grave enough to justify being rid of them for good. So they were put to a test. Should they work through their issues, they could return. They were given a very small world to play with. An island in a vast ocean. The one overseeing the test was in charge of populating the world. He did not have the power to create people, but he could reach into other realms to get them.

But...the two gods did not work together and decided since they could no longer fight each other directly, they would use this world to do so.

Your characters would wake on the island with no memory of how they arrived, and no idea where they are.

Still hammering out the exacts. But...well, there will be a rule of no player or character under 18. And I'm sure you can figure out what THAT means. >3

Who would be interested?

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A friend at work was recently appointed head mod of a dying LiveJournal RP group, and she is working to not only keep it alive, but make it better! It's not your usual hodgepodge RP of barely-controlled chaos.

Hell, it sparked MY interest.

What is it? It's called Dementia. Click that link! Go on. You know you wanna!

The premise is set in modern day (so characters are adapted accordingly), in an Asylum somewhere in Canada. Once you enter, you don't leave. So it is rather specialized and geared toward two types of characters: Doctors/nurses and crazy people. Though "crazy" is up to you.

They are in desperate need of good, active RPers! You know you want to join!

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/20222047/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/20222047/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:22:11 PDT Vermilion-pt2
Because I CAN!

1. Choose one or a few of your own characters. Five at the most.
2. Make them answer the following questions.
3. Then tag three people.
4. Feel free to go ahead and add some questions yourself!!



What is your name? What does it mean, if anything?
Crawford: Crawford. Doesn't mean anything.
Dane: Dane Jonson. I'll show you mine if you show me yours. (;
Dimitri: Dimitri Hurst. It means nothing special to me, though I suppose my first name is Russian or Greek for "earth mother" and my last name is English and it means "A grove of fruit bearing trees." Though I don't feel one's given name has any bearing on who they are.
Cale: The name's Cale. What does that mean? It means you're about to get an ass kickin'.



Where are you from?
Crawford: What does that matter?
Dane: New York, baby!
Dimitri: I was born in London, but I was brought to the united states by my parents when I was a child and I have been in this city ever since then.
Cale: Your house. I was just there. (I have no idea where the Pendeo stuff actually takes place. XD)

How old are you?
Crawford: Old enough.
Dane: 28. Got the energy of an 18 year old and the experience of a 40 year old, if ya know what I mean.
Dimitri: Some time in the coming months, I will be 30
Cale: 21. Now hand over yer booze.

What's your sign?
Crawford: Sign? What is this, some kind of hippy shit?
Dane: Any sign you WANT me to be.
Dimitri: I don't participate in such frivolous activities.
Cale: Danger.


What's your height?
Crawford: Tall enough.
Dane: I'll look much taller when you're on your knees. I promise.
Dimitri: Height has never been an issue for me, and I don't make a habit of measuring myself. Though I would estimate I am somewhere in the vicinity of six feet, perhaps an inch or two shorter.
Cale: Tall enough to reach the valuables you hid on the top shelf.

Do you have any bad habits?
Crawford: *takes a drag off a cigarette then washes down two pills with a swig of beer* Define "bad."
Dane: That depends. Is being attracted to you a bad habit?
Dimitri: I try to stay away from any self destructive behavior, and I don't rely on habits to keep me going. Though I do participate in activities that go beyond simple, unconscious habits that some might deem 'bad' but certainly aren't destructive to me. (Unless I happen to be discovered).
Cale: *pockets a wallet from a neglected jacket. Then kicks a body builder in the shin for accusing him of taking it*


Are you a virgin?
Crawford: High school was nothin' but a big blur. ....Maybe?
Dane: Me? Virgin? Let me prove to you the ways that I'm not.
Dimitri: There are many things a person can be a virgin of. From the standard notion of having never participated in sexual activities, to...just about anything. Virgin can also mean lacking in something, such as alcohol. So I am a virgin to certain activities, but not a virgin to others.
Cale: I TOLD you I wasn't! But did you HAVE to go off and make sure? NO! FUCK YOU, YOU FUCKIN' PIG!


Who's your mate/spouse?
Crawford: Fuck no!
Dane: Does 'fuck buddy' count? And if so, how many can I list?
Dimitri: I am in no position to enter into an exclusive relationship. And I find it tedious to partake in the empty ritual of 'dating'.
Cale: AHAHAH! FUCK YOU!


What's your favourite food?
Crawford: ....chinese, I guess.
Dane: Tube steak.
Dimitri: I am rather partial to Italian foods, though if I had to choose a favorite, I would have to say Chicken Marsala, if prepared properly.
Cale: The pizza I just bought with your money.


What's your favourite ice cream flavor?
Crawford: I don't really like sweets....vanilla?
Dane: Depends on who I'm licking it off of.
Dimitri: I don't particularly enjoy store-bought, pre-packaged, over sweetened frozen treats used to appease screaming children. Though I suppose chocolate raspberry would be something I might choose.
Cale: Did ya know you just bought me a triple scoop of chocolate-pistacio-banana?


Have you killed anyone?
Crawford: Not that I know of....
Dane: Well, I have heard it called "the little death" before....
Dimitri: It is an unfortunate part of my job, though it has been quite some time since such a task has come up.
Cale: .......


Do you hate anyone?
Crawford: There isn't enough time in the world for me to tell you.
Dane: Yeah. He's big. He's ancient. And he's unnaturally obsessed with snakes.
Dimit... ]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/20075001/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/20075001/ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:43:21 PDT
Saw Dark Knight. HOLY CRAP. I need to see it again.

But, best of all: ORCHESTRA LEVEL PHANTOM OF THE OPERA TICKETS!!!!! This Sunday!! Next Sunday, the 31st. Because I know time! YAH!

HOLY CRAP!

*overload*

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/19902834/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/19902834/ Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:10:04 PDT le-petit-fifi's computer for a few minutes!

For those who don't know: I will be in Philadelphia and New York! I'm going to be looking at the Moore College of Art and Design, and the University of the Arts while I'm there. Then just hanging out.

My flight leaves at 10:45 tonight, pacific time. And lands in Philly at around 9am easter time. With a detour to Atlanta in between.

I have never been so excited and stressed at the same time in my LIFE.

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/19558047/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/19558047/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:34:04 PDT
My friend informed me that he had mono, so I got worried and started looking up symptoms, to see if that could be what it was. I got really worried at first, because some of the major symptoms were fatigue and muscle soreness. First I thought "uh-oh...." because I've been super sore lately. I was about to rush off and schedule a doctor's appointment, when reason struck. Walking 2 miles in 85 degree weather can do that, as well. So dodged that bullet.

But then I started poking around a few other things. Such as black mold. I've been fighting it in my apartment since the day I moved in. We're not talking a little mildew in the bathroom. Massive patches of black mold creeping up my bedroom walls. And I came up with this:

Fungi produce Volatile Organic Compounds during the process of degrading substances to obtain nutrition. The VOCs are the cause of the typical “moldy/musty” commonly associated with fungal contamination indoors. Exposure to high levels of VOCs may irritate the mucous membranes and the central nervous system leading to symptoms of headaches, decreased attention span, difficulty in concentration, and dizziness.

Ding ding ding! 4 for 4. On both me and my mother (whom I live with). Which is actually a relief. I'd attributed my attention issues to a slow intelligence leak from working in tech support.

Luckily, we're moving at the end of August. Thank GOD. And I'll be gone for a week, which will help clear my system. Just gotta hold out!

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/18070329/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/18070329/ Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:40:10 PDT
It didn't start off so well. While I was getting everything together the night before, I was very suddenly and very violently sick. I never found out what caused it, and I was better once my stomach was empty. So I put off all the stuff I was doing and opted to not take any form of portfolio with me. I wasn't feeing 100% the day of and got there a little late. But I got a weekend pass, and started wandering. Met up with some old friends from college and found some AMAZING artists. So many of them!

I was getting super tired after a few hours, so I picked a random panel to go to. Just a random artist spotlight for Raina Telgemeier. It was the first time I ever really got engaged in a panel and asked questions. So when I went by her table to snag some buttons and a comic, and she recognized me, I was like a deer in the headlights. But I'm weird like that. But I did end up talking to her a little more and it was really cool--I really think her style is cute.

I tried to go to a life drawing thing, but I was so tired and worn out that I couldn't focus, and the girl was wearing kitty makeup and it was throwing the whole thing off. After it was all over, I went to a party thing at Cosmic Monkey Comics, and that....was a mistake. I only talk to the old college friends, and in the end it felt like my vertebrae had turned to chunks of cinder blocks that were grinding together. I don't know why. So I went home. Spewed a bunch of ideas at friends and what not, then passed out.

But....the second day! I went to two webcomic panels that got me all buzzing about making that comic with the others. I then met more people. And finally submitted my work to an editor! Dark Horse was there recruiting for their MySpace comic. Some of the stuff I gave was my Crawford vs Samuel comic, my Crawford-as-a-spartan picture and Riley. I didn't get accepted, but when I went to pick up my work, the girl there (not editor, but a PR person), noticed and mentioned that I had been one of the top choices before it was brought down to just two. Like the editor had MINE in his hands, with one of the other ones, going back and forth about which one he liked.

So that actually fit a deadline I'd given myself back in December. I'd said by April/May I was going to give a portfolio to Dark Horse. Not EXACTLY as I'd planned, as I couldn't get anything together for a REAL portfolio in time, but....wow. Strange how stuff works out.

I learned a ton about the comics industry that I didn't know before. Especially that there are all types of people involved. There was a guy there, I don't know if he was an artist or what, but he certainly thought he was something special. But I never saw very many people at his table. Just his little entourage that I always saw him with.

Random story of how retarded I can be: If someone has made any sort of name for themselves, I fell really weird talking to them in any fashion. I was standing at the Dark Horse table, flipping through Nick Gurewitch's book (he does Perry Bible Fellowship). And he happened to come by the table to dig for something behind it and happened to say "hi" to me, because I happened to be standing there. I promptly put the book down and walked away. But I tended to only pick up stuff when no one was looking, or it was a commercial table (ie buying Wonton Soup at Oni Press).

I'm still weeding through everything, but some cool stuff I came upon in the process:
SMILE (A dental drama) by Raina Telgemeier
Astronaut Elementary by Dave Roman
Octopus Pie
WitchDoctor

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]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/17713603/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/17713603/ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:47:34 PDT
Why are so many very, very talented artists wasting their skills on fan art? Yes, fan art is fun. But when I find it's ALL a person draws, and they can draw better most people I know? Are they afraid to show what they're really made of by coming up with original stuff? Or are they too shallow to give up their guaranteed key to 1000+ favorites?

I've actually given some thought into drawing more fan art, myself. But it never gets past a sketch, because I can't find any real passion behind it. I move three inches over on the page, and can then scratch out a far more dynamic, detailed sketch of one of my characters.

So I propose a question to all you fan-artists. Why do you do it?

Edit: Upon reflection, perhaps I was a bit too broad. This opinion does not apply to all fanartists. Just those that latch on to what's popular. Such as Naruto. Or (currently) Horton Hears a Who. Or whatever random thing happens to be in high favor with the slobbering masses at the time. THOSE are the people simply banking off what people already like, that I want to know what's going on in their head.

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/16673549/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/16673549/ Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:52:56 PST pixieface. First ten people to comment will get three of their deviations featured, here in my journal. If you're featured, you have to offer the same in your journal.

I probably won't reach 10 requests. XD

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/16563374/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/16563374/ Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:00:01 PST here.

Also, have some plaid taffeta.

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/16279328/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/16279328/ Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:49:16 PST
*wanders off to do normal stuff*

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/16251299/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/16251299/ Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:21:16 PST
What is it?

I will no longer allow myself to be so strongly influenced by those around me when it comes to art. That drawing a simple style isn't a bad thing. That not everything has to do be "OMG AMAZING!" and epic. That I need to work on gesture, expression and composition above all else.

Also, that I need to stop getting into stupid arguments with people that I work with. It gets me nowhere and just wastes my time.

That is all.

Edit: In 3 days, I have had 3 people favorite 3 gift images, each of which was for a different person and features different characters....they are the only favorites I have gotten in said 3 days. 2 were birthdays and 1 was christmas. I find this....odd.

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/16182469/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/16182469/ Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:45:28 PST
A Forum!

You can talk to me there. And talk amongst each other. Right now it's just set up for an RP a friend and I are doing. But I'll slowly build more forums, especially if more people join!

*dances*

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/15602088/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/15602088/ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:53:35 PST
So, does anyway have 3-5 line art comic pages laying around that I might borrow a digital copy of so I might color them? Necessary credits will be given in all the right places, of course.

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/15056557/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/15056557/ Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:26:17 PDT
Just another case of fantardery. Ever since I started watching Avatar, I've loved Iroh. The episode they did to honor his original voice actor's death? I cried. Most people were "meh..." about him, and fan art was seldom seen. But they reveal that he's now buffed himself up, and guess who's ass is splashed all over the DTFs? That's the ONLY thing that changed! His personality is still the same, even though he is in prison and now more sly than silly, but he's always been like that. Damn superficial twits!

Just another case of what happened when I first started watching Avatar. There was little to no fan art at all, until people got over the fact that it was an American cartoon and not made in their beloved Japan! BAH!


Commission Info:
Sketches: $4 (Example: [link] The one on the left)
Ink: $5
Color: $6 (Example: [link])

Prices for 1 or 2 characters. Add $1 for sketch or ink for each additional character, $2 for color for each.

I accept pay pal (which accepts credit/debit)
I do fan art!
Just give me refs and I can more than likely do it

Pending Commissions:
Full color. Koko and Osiris (original characters--hers and mine)

Pimped by:
Drawing owed: Something with Koko
(people who advertise my commissions get a free sketch!)

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/14777490/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/14777490/ Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:35:41 PDT
EDIT: I now need this more than ever and ASAP. I just got issued a thing from small claims court. I owe the electric company $550 in the next 2 weeks. I think I'm screwed.

Sketches: $4 (Example: [link] The one on the left)
Ink: $5
Color: $6 (Example: [link])

Prices for 1 or 2 characters. Add $1 for sketch or ink for each additional character, $2 for color for each.

I accept pay pal (which accepts credit/debit)
I do fan art!
Just give me refs and I can more than likely do it

I know a lot of the people who watch me are poor. So. The first 10 people to pimp this little journal, will get a free sketch. If your post actually gets me a commission, it gets upgraded straight through ink into color!

Pending Commissions:
Full color. Koko and Osiris (original characters--hers and mine)

Pimped by:
Drawing owed: Something with Koko

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/14371968/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/14371968/ Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:14:26 PDT AppleGeeks will be at KumoriCon.

I need a few small commissions to make it possible. Just $30 or so is all I need.

Commission info found here: [link]

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/14352826/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/14352826/ Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:02:54 PDT lost for the first time in about 4 months.

I entirely blame *Rynnay

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/13577434/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/13577434/ Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:06:30 PDT
- PRINT - PRICES - NOW 11x17!!!
Single print: $10
Two prints: $18
Three prints: $26
Additional prints: $5

See the prints page for choices. However, that list is in need of updating. Until that day, anything in my gallery (with the expcetion of commissions and gifts) are available for print. However, older images might be more difficult to locate the high-res versions of, due to a computer crash half a year ago.

Cost includes S&H. See ordering info below.

- COMISSION - PRICES -

All prices below are 100% negotiable, depending on the level of detail you want, how many characters, etc.

Full detail:
Digital: $50
Examples:
Original character, full digital with textures
More textures (For a commission)
Digital fan art
Digital Watercolor (for a comission)

Real media: $60
Full page pencil shading
Full page ink and wash
Ink lines with inkwash

Simplified full color: $25
Examples:
Kid-Harvey was done in a simplified coloring style
Lyric Wall

Uncolored line art: $25
Examples:
Digitized inks

Full-Color Chibis: $15
($7 for uncolored, $10 for flat colored)
Full color: Two characters, one made entirely of Jello
Flat color: Two character, fan art

Sketches: $5
Examples:
Character sheet This man on one page would be $10, $5 for the two on the left.
Old sketch

To place an order for prints or comissions, you can send me a note or e-mail me and we can discuss. I'm willing to make deals, these prices are not set in stone.
For payment, I accept paypal (which also accepts credit and debit cards), checks and money orders. Sorry, no cash. For comissions I prefer payment up front, or at least early in the process.

Pending commissions:
(none at the moment)

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/13483739/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/13483739/ Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:16:12 PDT
I have previously mentioned the company that I work for and how strict they are. The place were DA was blocked for a few months. The company that blocked Penny-Arcade because they TALK about games. The company that gets on my case about taking a 17 minute break.

Well, today has just been an avalanche of crap. I get in to find out that they only paid me half of what they owed me from a raise I was supposed to get 6 months ago. Then I got chewed out for my idle times being high. So i decided I'm most definitely going to start looking for a new job....I heard the jail-cell door slamming shut.

Monster.com, jobdango.com and portlandjobfinder.com are ALL blocked. The three biggest job-search sites for the area. Craigslist is not, but that's rather limited.

I have never felt such panic. This intense, overwhelming sense that I had to get out. It wasn't just an irritated "I hate my job" sort of feeling. It was true, intense, panic.

Oh well...I found some interesting stuff on Craig's list that I might actually be qualified for. One doing IT for Powell's, the other doing computer stuff for the Portland Trial Blazer's. I'll swing by Powell's to pick up an application today, after I get out of here.

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/12442892/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/12442892/ Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:20:29 PDT
Today's source of vocabulary irritation is "vexel." Vexel is a term I haven recently seen popping up in the world of digital art. Vexel is the combination of vector and pixelated elements in a single image. The biggest thing that gets under my skin is the basic concept behind the term. Something must either be vector or raster (pixel-based), it can not be both. Vector objects are created through a series of mathematical calculations and algorithms the create user defined shapes, designs and gradients. Raster is the point-by-point plotting of information. You must have a special program to open vector images in their true form (such as Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Reader), otherwise it must be rendered into a raster image. The moment you add a single raster element to it, you no longer have vector. To be able to edit vectors in order to add raster elements, the vector elements must be rasterized.

Terms like vexel aren't seen anywhere else in the world of art. I do a lot of images that involve digitally colored ink drawings. Can I start calling them Pixink or Inxel to reflect that it's a combination of two separate elements? It's a common practice among artists. Turning a real-media image digital and adding color. As I'm sure the practice of importing vector elements and adding raster elements is common practice, as well. But just because you combined the two different types of media, doesn't mean it deserves a special name. Because as stated before, it can not be both. It must be one or the other.

New terms for new ideas is always necessary. A new vocabulary, a new way to describe the world. We wouldn't have terms such as "gibbering" if it weren't for creative minds seeking for a way to describe something that no pre-existing term could capture. But there comes a time when new terms just aren't necessary, especially when they are created to make a specific type of artist feel special, different and edgy. In the end, we are all just digital artists, and that's all that it needs to be. No. It goes even broader than that. We're just artists. Whether you create on paper, on a computer, in image or word, in paper or clay, it all comes down to being an artists. Break it down to sculpture, painter, digital, comic, illustration or what have you. But going further than broad categories is difficult when so many different aspects can be combined to illustrate a single idea.

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/12074129/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/12074129/ Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:16:44 PST
It's like trying to pick up water with your bare hands, while neck deep in the ocean. I can't do it on my own.

Info can be found at: [link]
No more limits on prints. If you've seen an image of mine that you want as a print, even if I don't have it up somewhere. If I can find it at high enough res, you can have it as a print.

I will do commissions of fan art, as well. Just give me references if I've never seen it.

Pending commissions:

Original characters (Yes! I've actually started on it)
Original character

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/11911153/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/11911153/ Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:37:37 PST
Slight snag, though. I need to come up with about $350 in a few days! Yeep! But I can do it! Yes I can!

*sings* Gettin' outta Beaverton! Gettin' out of Beaverton! No more mariachi music at 8am on the weekends! No more screaming children!

This is gunna be so fuckin' great!

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/11579008/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/11579008/ Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:23:21 PST
I'M BACK IN BUSINESS! Well, back on the internet. Crazy story short: I found a computer by the dumpster, and it works. Runs windows 98, but anything that stays on is an improvement!

One problem solved, a million more to go! Wait, no. TWO problems solved. I got promoted! To exactly what I wanted! Blindsided me about two weeks ago. My last day on the job I was doing, gearing up to go into another humdrum customer service position. A trainer, who used to work with me on the contract that ended in December, came up and offered me a position that wasn't open to the whole company! I took the test, had the interview, and I was in! I start training Monday morning.

Not only is it the job I wanted, but the people that annoyed the crap out of me won't be anywhere near by! Hell, three have been fired since December. And the rest are scattered around the company.

Even with the other crud going on, I want to go bouncing around just for these two things.

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/11306043/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/11306043/ Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:45:50 PST
Print information here

Comissions:

Full detail/color:
Flat fee: $50

Simplified full color: $25

Uncolored line art: $25

Cartoon style: $10-15
(depends on complexity)

Simple, color, flash animation (up to 60 frames): $50
(Can cut down number of frames for more detail)

Sketches: $5

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/11215431/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/11215431/ Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:46:15 PST
Newest bit comes from the training group setting up in the cubes by mine (I got moved to a special project for a little while, so I'm in the deserted part of the building right now). It's like setting up third graders over there.

A grown man (sounds about 40, at least), just said: "My mouse doesn't have a wheel. How do I scroll if it doesn't have a wheel?"

I swear to god.

Well, for the next month, I'll definately have the time to draw up a million comic pages, that's for sure.

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enterVOID.com went down due to server costs. They're working on moving to a new server, but they're requesting donations. I'd whip out my card and give them a hundred bucks if I could. But I can't. That's where you lovely folks come in! I'm offering quick commissions for $10 a pop. Every dollar will go to help Void. I keep none of it.


From 's journal:
ALL proceeds of the speed commissions are going to Void as a donation to help that site get itself back up and running. I got friends on that site, I'm on that site and it's one of the few sites I go to that is a LOT of fun and they have comics out the wazoo for people to read for FREE! But so many people traverse that site that the bandwidth just took a major dump twice in a month. So we the artists of Void would like to help by doing commissions to help the creators of that site keep it going without having to sell themselves on corners for the next john who comes along looking for action.

Commission info:
Pencil drawings: $10
Inks : $15

Rules:
If paying with a credit card, add 50 cents because paypal takes a chunk out of the total.
One character per drawing
Maximum of 3 drawings per person
Will do fan art

Drop me a note to discuss the details!

Other artists offering the same thing (who inspired me to do my own):

(if I missed one, let me know)

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/9895324/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/9895324/ Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:49:12 PDT
Also: Site updated. Woo.

Print information here

Comissions:

Full detail/color:
Flat fee: $50
Examples:
Digital Watercolor
Digital Watercolor (for a comission)
Lines by Bianca, color by me
Same as above

Simplified full color: $25
Examples:
Lyric Wall
openCanvas work

Uncolored line art: $25
Examples:
With some slight digital additions

Cartoon style: $10-15
(depends on complexity)
Character design sheets: [link] [link]

Simple, color, flash animation (up to 60 frames): $50
(Can cut down number of frames for more detail)
Examples:
Very simplified walk cycle

Sketches: $5
Examples:
[link]

Make payments to paypal, sandpuppeteer@gmail.com
Paypal preferred, but can accept money orders and checks. Please no cash. Paypal set up to take credit cards.

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/9599844/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/9599844/ Sat, 19 Aug 2006 12:45:43 PDT
Ganked from:

A SLIGHT CHANGE IN PLANS! Due to monetary issues, I will no longer be giving out free art! I have finished 3 sketches and will be posting those! But until further notice, if you want something sepcific from me, it must be purchased! I offer comissions for as little as $5!
Not being able to buy groceries has brought me to this desicion.

-- T H E - L I S T --
01. :: Original character
02. :: Fishie stuff
03. :: Fan art
04. :: Original Character
05. :: Original Characters
06. :: Ahab
07. :: Pretty boy
08. :: Pretty boy
09.
10. ]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/9417239/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/9417239/ Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:44:33 PDT Examples and further details here
Willing to negotiate

Full detail/color:
Flat fee: $50
Excessive detail? More than 3 characters? Contat me, we'll figure something out.


Simplified full color: $25

Uncolored line art: $25

Sketches: $5 (of anything!)

Make payments to paypal, sandpuppeteer@gmail.com

Progress on comissions:
Puppet God for ~antibishie :: Finished :: [link]
- Pencils: Done
- Inks: Done
- Flats: Done
- Shade: Done
- Backgrounds: Done ]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/9234072/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/9234072/ Sat, 01 Jul 2006 17:25:51 PDT I need at least one by 07/05/06, so I can make a credit card payment on time, but still more would be appreciated (and those can be after that date).

Edit: Thank you ~antibishie!!

Examples of my stuff:

Lines by *thundercrap, but examples of my coloring:


"I would, but I don't have any money!"
You'd be doing me a huge favor that, if you couldn't get a comission yourself, you post an announcement elsewhere (elsewhere on DA, your LJ, etc). Getting the word can help as much as paying for one.

"Well, I've got some money...just not that much."
There are a few options for that, too! The first is a small donation. 5..10...12.28 anything helps! And anything that's at least $5, will get you at least a sketch!

Also, for $25, you can get a commission with a little less detail than those above! Either less detail with color, or simiar detail in black and white (ie line art)!

Examples:




Payment and Contact
If you have any questions you can comment here. If you want to discuss details, email me at sandpuppeteer@gmail.com
Payments can be sent via paypal to sandpuppeteer@gmail.com

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/9099704/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/9099704/ Sat, 17 Jun 2006 20:24:06 PDT thundercrap has been having some computer issues lately. See her journal ( [link] ) for more information.
C'mon, folks! Her computer went "boom" on the software side of things. ]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/9099690/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/9099690/ Sat, 17 Jun 2006 20:21:48 PDT
So put in your two cents. What's popular? What sort of stuff do you look to buy at cons?

Not only in content, but in merch! Prints, books, keychains, plushies? What?

Though I am thinking of cranking out a few plushies of original characters to sell. ]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/8878924/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/8878924/ Thu, 25 May 2006 23:01:34 PDT
I have a few choice words for the Phantom-fans that watch me:
There is more to the Phantom than the fucking movie.
Phantom is not Gerard Butler.
Phantom does not belong to Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Ever heard of Gaston Leroux?
YOU are not the biggest Phantom of the Opera fan.
The Phantom is not meant to be sexy, attractive or a teddy bear.
The Phantom is a psychotic murderer who happens to be a genius.
The Phantom has a mental illness.
The Phantom is not yours.
The Phantom is supposed to be middle aged.

Thank you for reminding me to never, ever go that obsessive over anything. ]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/8359749/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/8359749/ Tue, 04 Apr 2006 01:46:07 PDT
Until earlier this week, I thought of myself as straight. Not so much in the "ew! girls!" sort of way, but I just never found myself attracted to another girl. But sometimes, life throws you around a bend, and you suddenly find yourself in a place you never thought you could be.

On March 30th, while sitting on top of me on her bed, my room mate Bianca (*thundercrap), asked if I would be her girlfriend. I said yes.

So here's to a long run of love and happiness, and sap until we can bear it no longer.

]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/8256698/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/8256698/ Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:57:03 PST
Standard: $40
Chibi: $20

You can also comission the uber talented virginreaper, for a little more, and still help out (she's my room mate).

I also have prints for sale. I doubled my list today, see my Y-Gallery profile for information. ]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/6365383/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/6365383/ Tue, 30 Aug 2005 01:46:32 PDT
First off, I GOT A JOB! I'm sure it will bear something on my art. Not sure if it'll be directly or not.

Second: KumoriCon, bitches! I'll be there, at least sporatically. Think you can find me? ]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/6040073/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/6040073/ Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:46:23 PDT
I've been kicking around the idea of drawing up a short comic using my Same Color characters. What sort of comic would people like to see? Humorous? Angsty? Smutty? Though to go with the full-on smut, I might have to borrow someone else's characters. Since in the comic world itself, not many people are getting down.

I actually haven't posted up much about the characters from that. The only one of notable reference that you guys have seen is Crawford. I've got his half-brother, Donavin, in my sketchbook thingie, but I haven't really finished something with the other characters.

The basic premise of the story they're in is Crawford and Donavin dealing with the Senator (Donavin's dad, Crawford's step), life and friends. There's a sleezy club owner and a few FBI agents. As well as a pompus, semi-famous pop star.

I'll probably write something up that's 5-10 pages long, though uncertain if I'll actually post all of it here.

Now's your chance to toss in ideas of the sort of thing you'd like to see! Something from the plot? A tiny side story? Family angst?

Ideas kicked out thus far:
Spork: Something a bit dramatic with a splash of humor
Mikata: Something spontaneous. Or comedy and action. Adventure! sex toys if you can fit them in there!

Though because of that last one, I might draw up Dane waving around a giant dildo, just to disturb Crawford (who is relitively uncomfortable around most sex-related things). ]]> =sandpuppeteer http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/5308911/ http://sandpuppeteer.deviantart.com/journal/5308911/ Mon, 09 May 2005 07:26:03 PDT
In the mean time, see my other galleries!

@SA
@y!G
Website (Paper Wings)

And now, I must run off to class or something...after I listen to "No One Would Listen" *tear* ]]> =sandpuppeteer