http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:sarielv&section=today deviantART RSS for by:sarielv en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:23:04 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/27818123/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/27818123/ Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:39:48 PDT

for those of you who like my lil' succubus Palladia, she is being 3d-sculpted by Doaxbvbrocks as I type. She's developing very nicely too

You can watch at this link.

]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/26047577/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/26047577/ Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:33:21 PDT
Unlike previous visits, I will have people in tow. My brother and my cousin are both attending for a day or two. This might make me less accessible, I don't know.

If anyone wants to say hi, drop me a line

]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/25904501/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/25904501/ Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:46:43 PDT [link]

]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/24395919/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/24395919/ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:57:41 PDT
A - Age: 34, for another 2 weeks or so.

B - Bed size: queen

C - Chore you hate: most every, but particularly the dishes.

D - Deep Thought of the Day:

E - Essential start your day item: showering

F - Favorite color of the moment: blue

G - Gold or Silver: Palladium

H - Height: 5'8"

I - Interested in Learning How To: read japanese (no real desire to speak it; ain't that odd?)

J - Job title: unemployed/consultant

K - Kid(s): considering

L - Living arrangements: 1 wife, 1 cat, another cat coming.

M - Mom's name: leave my family out of this

N - Nicknames: hundreds.

O - One Thing You Can't Live Without: sleep! Love. Wife. Games.

P - Pet Peeves: being disregarded out of hand.

Q - Quote:

R - Right or left handed: Right

S - Siblings: 2

T - Top 3 Books: The Last Unicorn,

U- Unique Talents: my thumbs are double-jointed

V - Vegetable you LOVE: most of them really. I've been jonesing for a good veggie side.

W - Ways you run late: mostly working right up to the very last minute... case in point, I have 5 minutes to wrap this before the next class boots me out.

X - X-rays you've had recently: none recently.

Y - Yummy food you keep to yourself: I like to share. It's part of the fun.

Z - Zoo favorite: Penguins

]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/23731562/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/23731562/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:12:58 PDT
My affianced decided to do our wedding on the quick. Upshot: I'm getting hitched on Friday XD

I have had more warning than I'm giving, to be fair, but with school projects and tests getting in the way, the last thing on my mind was getting ready for this... so word is only trickling out, and anyone inside my family outside of the ones I live with/nearest have only found out a few days ago. Extrapolate how people will feel about that, and you pretty much have my position XD

But on the good side, the planning is blissfully unencumbered by anything resembling work, because the guest list has been chopped short thanks to me being jobless. Which is good, because right now I can't focus too much attention on it. Still, given the cohesiveness of my extended family, I'm going to miss a lot of my absent relatives

]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/22967018/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/22967018/ Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:00:08 PST tribute in his own style, and I highly recommend checking it out.

Cmon, it's only 3 minutes

EDIT:
Dunno why the link didn't work. The HTML is correct. Here is the address itself:
[link]

]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/22546526/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/22546526/ Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:50:06 PST
I use an old-school version of Windows at home (aka 6 or 7, whichever existed before they added tabs), so I can't say that they are writing this site to work on my technology, but it seems like things don't work the way you'd think they ought to in the first place. Case in point, my backlog.

I'm not overzealous about clearing away the deviations or messages that pile up. Currently they are both at about 1000, give or take a couple hundred. It is easy enough to glance at a preview of a picture and decide if I want to look closer at it or remove it from the pile all together, so sifting pics is no problem. The problem comes when I try to change pages. Suddenly I go from about 30 previews to 3, and I go back to the start of the pile.

The amount of time this adds to looking through the backlog is difficult to measure, but I'd say it more than triples it, enough to make it worth my time to let it pile up until I can view the site on a machine running firefox. Which happens about once every 6 months. You may begin to see where the problem begins.

Sadly, there is a similar issue with checking messages, but add in no decent means of previewing them or just reading them all on one page. I also still find it a pain trying to locate the various options available to my account.

So if you're wondering where the hell I've been, bear with me, because it takes me forever to make any kind of headway around this place ;D

]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/18252447/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/18252447/ Sat, 10 May 2008 05:50:39 PDT
Last year, Dragonfly was kind enough to send me a drawing of Sailor Venus. Coincidentally, I've been working on one of her recently too. Sortof.

And the dungeoneers will know what sortof means. You know who you are ;D

Now I need a good tutorial for grass.

]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/17735101/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/17735101/ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:29:13 PDT

Well, except for maybe from Fan, considering, but that will hopefully be minimal ;D

]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/17654773/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/17654773/ Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:33:23 PDT
Then I got better and went back to work. And then I got DEPRESSED. And then time I spent on drawing took a nosedive.

Every April, the time that this project is supposed to be worked on, I get a nagging itch to get back on with it. But between work and class and second job and gf and Guild Wars, I lack the necessary oomph to dive in again. That and I now owe 3 people drawings XD

So I'm requesting a little something, which isn't that big a deal in the grand scheme of things. Just some encouragement to get off my dead ass and do something cool again. Guild Wars can maybe wait a little while.

As to what it is, I can't go into specifics. Only a small bit has leaked out and it was disguised as a contest entry ;D

And for anyone else doing Nanomango, good luck

]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/15812651/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/15812651/ Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:02:19 PST It's been a bit sad here. My remaining grandmother died last week. She was 84, I believe. More details when I get around to it

had something to scan, but I left it behind somewhere ;(
Update to the last WIP

]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/13890582/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/13890582/ Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:47:52 PDT

And if you know
where beginnings go,
you might begin to see a middle to it.
And if you sit through it,
an ending may be in sight -
in black and in white -
and you might see what makes me so slow

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]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/11101464/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/11101464/ Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:00:43 PST
So, right now, it's looking like I won't be printing more cards for Christmas. I've still got plenty of the old ones to distribute, but it's a bit of a disappointment to me, and I expect to everyone that will be finding out the hard way :/

]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/10881527/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/10881527/ Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:49:04 PST was kind enough to direct people to this post, and I'm going to do the same. As the very least, I'll have the link for my own reference later.

[link]

There's a lot of stuff here on how to do... a lot of stuff! Whatever programs or methods you usse, you can probably find something here to extend your abilities.

]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/10640606/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/10640606/ Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:56:41 PST
The games this year were decent. I played Dragon War with Rob Kraus' friends (it seems the artist himself couldn't make it this year. Ah well). That ended up being a bit of a drag... the sponsor ended up winning within 15 minutes of the game start, and then it was left to the rest of us to attempt to circle the board... several hours later, with no clear winner in sight, I gave up I did well in Jadeclaw ("We push the chest through the window." "The chest disappears from view and is very quickly followed by a loud KERSMASH." "Didn't survive, eh?" "nnnNo." "Does it look like there's anything soft down there for me to drop the foxgirl onto?" "Well, you've heard gold is a soft metal..."). The D&D game done with Mage Knight minis was kinda neat. I wish I had time for more.

You may recall from way back when that I had commissioned some art from Susan Van Camp. I'd been drooling over the digitals since then and finally picked up the finished item this past weekend, with lots of people drooling over it from across the counter. Susan clearly knows her audience The Dragon Storm cards needed some further modifications, so I'll have the finals of those next week. Apparantly enough people are upset over or dislike the idea of the elves getting a new form that it was dropped from the release schedule; the best way to make P game legal was to shift gears and go with something a bit more generic.

Now begins my first intrepid experiment in 3d graphics... for class, me and my partner are attempting to make a set of gears mesh.

]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/10578717/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/10578717/ Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:41:30 PST

Ah well. I'm a fanartist. Deal.

The latest idea started several weeks ago when I was thinking of the upcoming holiday and what kind of outfits SHFan's girls might want to try on to go trick-or-treating. It only spawned one idea that I deemed worthy, with Tara/Purrsa as a very Musketeersesque Puss in Boots.

I researched it with every intention of drawing her up in a short comic, but haven't had an ounce of time. SHF preempted me on the idea. I'll have to fill in a link later.

The problem with the other girls was I couldn't think of anything suitably iconic and storybookish to really suit each of them (the borderline lingerie style for Puss probably didn't suit Tara either, though, but the comic would address that ). The only candidate I could come up with was Wendy playing as a magician's bunny (assistant, not the kind pulled out of the hat), which amy be suitable but is far from storybookish.

That vanished as of last night... While the choices for Bonnie and Wendy are pretty obvious, Mei's is so obscure that probably only two friends of mine would recognize the reference, and then only after I jogged their memory. But her's fits far better than the other three.

This time I'm keeping them under my hat

When I try to think of what Palladia, Tamarind, Dendria, Jes, or any of the other angels would do for Hallowe'en, I keep drawing blanks. It'd probably help to get some sleep and release some stress... methinks I shall go do that.

And to everyone that got this far, Happy Hallowe'en and All Saint's Day.

]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/10499815/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/10499815/ Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:14:23 PDT
01) Your first name: M
02) Your nickname in dA: Sariel V
03) Birthday: May 6
04) Horoscope sign: Taurus / Tiger
05) Birth town: Fort Wayne
06) Religion: Christian
07) Nationality: American
08) Parents: 2
09) Do you love them: aye
10) Brothers or sisters: 2 brothers, 3 'sisters'
11) Do you like the place where you live?: sorta
12) Colour of your hair: brown/blonde
13) Colour of your eyes: grey
14) Height: 5'8"
15) Weight: 198 lbs
16) What school/grade are you going to? somewhere around 19th grade I think.
17) What marks do you have? A's & B's
18) Do you work anywhere? I make sparklies
19) What do you want to be in your life? programmer or engineer
20) Your life style: always on the lookout for the unusual
21) Personal quote: Det är ju du själv som väljer, det är ju du själv som sväljer, deras sagor och lögner och fjäsk. And see my front page
22) Lucky number: 3, 13, 7, 37, 73
23) What are you interested in: unicorns, werewolves (werecreatures in general), fantasy, rpgs, animation
24) Good side of your character: instructive, resourceful, never gives up
25) Bad side of it: easily frustrated and enraged
26) Is your life happy? no
27) Do you think that you are crazy? for a given value of crazy
28) What is the time? 7:47 PM
29) What is the date: october 24 2006
30) What’s the weather like? cold, gloomy
31) Favourite day in a week: tuesday. House is on tv
32) Favourite music: progmetal, gothmetal, symphonic metal, progressive in general
33) Singer: Mariusz Duda
34) Band: Threshold (subject to change)
35) Song: generally whatever is circulating in my car's cd player
36) Best concert you have been: Trans-siberian Orchestra
37) Actress: Kiera Kinghtley, Rachel Weisz
38) Actor: Kenneth Branagh, Sean Bean
39) Film: The Last Unicorn
40) TV serial: Boogiepop Phantom
41) Theatre play: The Phantom of the Opera
42) Film director: Steven Spielbirg
43) Do you want to be famous? sorta
44) Do you want to be an actor/actress? no
45) Do you want to be a singer? yes
46) Book: nearly anything by Terry Pratchett
47) Colour: blue, silver
48) Flower: iris
49) Food: ice cream
50) Drink: pepsi is my poison of choice
51) Sweet: ice cream
52) Fruit: strawberries
53) The worst food: fish of any sort, cheese, tomato, mayonaise and related sauces
54) The worst Drink: gin. rye in alcohol form? yuck
55) The worst Singer: Kurt Cobain. Mariah Carey
56) The worst Band: Nirvana, Green Day
57) The worst Actor: guys with recurring asshole roles. One in particular is a mainstay of the American Pie series.
58) The worst Actress: Britney Spears, Madonna
59) The worst Movie: Alone in the Dark, among others
60) The worst book: the Illuminati series
61) Do you drink alcohol: indeed
62) Do you smoke: no
63) Do you take some drugs (and what): stomach acid stuff
64) What do you adore to wear: concert shirts and fancy stuff on occasion
65) Do you think you're pretty: rarely
66) What languages do you speak: English, Latin, German
79) Are you in love? dunno
80) Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? working on it
81) How does he/she looks like: cute when she tries
82) Is he/she from dA (put avatar): no
83) When was your Very First Kiss: supposedly around senior year in high school
84) How was it: I forget.
85) Are you a pervert: damn right
86) Do you have cell phone: lost it
87) E-mail address: 6 of them at least
88) Do you have something against gays: only if they come on strong
89) The best experience in your life: working at Sylvan
90) The worst experience in your life: working at my current job
91) When were you the happiest? First few years at Rose
92) When were you the most scared: post-graduation
93) When were you the saddest: about a month or two after graduation when the recent deaths of certain family members finally busted through
94) Who do you want to go on deserted island with: ... at this point just about any girl that would have me
95) Do you have a secret: several
96) What would you do if you were invisible for one hour: lots of illegal stuff
97) Who do you want to get stuck in a lift with: see 94
98) Do you have an idol: several
99) If world goes to apocalypse, and you can save only one person, who will be that: if not myself, then someone in my family. If not my family, probably whatever poor schlub is close to hand.
100) Tag 5 of your friends: I don't do that kind of thing.
... ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/10175621/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/10175621/ Sun, 24 Sep 2006 18:14:10 PDT signbook I mentioned two weeks ago. It was in a pile of old things from college, predictably

It's definitely a period piece. Some of it I think holds up, but other segments of it I could blow away easily now....

Maybe you'll get to see tomorrow

]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/10049373/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/10049373/ Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:42:01 PDT
That being true, I'm going to open up the floor for a first - a request pic. This will go to whomever gets my 2000th pageview and can show proof of such (print screen button, folks. Paste into Paint or Photoshop or what have you).

The main problem with these is that people forget to check that counter I know I never do *sighs* All righty... iffen you get 1997-2003, go ahead and submit if you like, and I'll take whoever is closest to 2k

This reminds me how horribly overdue I am with LadyMauri's pic ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/10008387/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/10008387/ Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:45:43 PDT

I was doing shading and musculature better back then, but I couldn't draw a face to save my life. Come to think of it, on some things I've completely backslid. Hands are harder for me than they were back then. I also don't do 'wireframing' to help me with perspective. My proportions are a lot better though.

Probably the last major item from that era was my signbook. For senior year, I decided I would do something special, rather than have people sign the back of my yearbook. I had recently gotten a few Yes albums on vinyl (that's those black things grampa used to listen to music on that DJs now horde at dance clubs), and the idea of making a mock record gatefold stuck. I appropriated a few sheets of 12x24 paper from the art department, glued them together, and folded it in thirds. The front had my logo with Draco peering out from behind it, and the inside had a few of my other characters. On the back, I remember gluing down some black paper and drawing something runic on it in silver pencil. After I had given the thing to various people to sign, I had it laminated.

Thing has been AWOL for at least 12 years now. I wish I knew where to find it ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/9496582/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/9496582/ Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:00:05 PDT Check out the transforms: these be styling.
[link]

While you're at it, check out the guy who linked up to them.
[link]
Apparantly he is an actual mangaka/animator/illustrator/something connected to the cartoon industry in Japan. ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/9402479/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/9402479/ Mon, 17 Jul 2006 06:58:40 PDT
Wish me luck ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/8665213/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/8665213/ Wed, 03 May 2006 18:26:35 PDT
Hello, this press release is a decade old.

At any rate, to Chicago I is headed. It's also my birthday this weekend, so if you happen to bump into me in the midst fo the throng, wish me a happy birthday ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/8617760/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/8617760/ Sat, 29 Apr 2006 03:52:42 PDT

1) I have the occasional psychic dream.

2) Crazy idea possibly pursuing: celtic gothmetal.

3) My first attempt at anime style art was a fan-jumi. It sucked horribly.

4) I have a couple of swords, and I am considering taking bo lessons (bo, not bow; I already know how to shoot).

5) Between my art style, manner of speaking online, alias choices, and general likes and interests, a fair number of people are convinced I'm female . . .

6) I am constantly air-synthing, and I used to compose sinister progrock.

Ok... now to select victims:
FragileWhispers, ehartsay, Kazanthi, LadyMauri, Heavenwing-Studio, and M1A2Tanker.
Iffen you see this and feel up to it, supply 6 weird things about yourself ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/8524437/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/8524437/ Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:51:29 PDT
logos...

2, count 'em, 2 logos. One for Palladia, and one for 7 Angels. Both are being used in a shirt design, based on my commission from messa (no longer hosted here, sadly)

Palladia's I like. I've altered the letters enough that it's tougher to see where they came from. Think highly popular PC game (freeware font, thankfully). The 7 Angels one..... not so happy with it. I like the 7, but the seriphs on Angels get a little wild. ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/7167077/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/7167077/ Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:08:22 PST

See the pile of pictures in Scraps for a better look. Some of the godawful ones have had comments disabled... I can tell well enough where something sucks after it's done ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/7043280/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/7043280/ Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:31:38 PST
I wonder how many of the others were me too? ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/6978634/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/6978634/ Mon, 07 Nov 2005 07:36:44 PST
Pentacon showed one M. Parker blowing more money on art and stuff in one sitting than he has ever done at any point in his life. I decided I was going to get a Dragonstorm character made out of Palladia/Marilith, and it just exploded from there. Now that I am putting Susan Van Camp's children through college, I may actually be able to count her as an acquaintance. If not now, than probably by the time she finishes in a year.

It was fun poring over the small details. Palladia is getting cuter and a little more polished with each iteration, and I've yet to meet anyone that doesn't like her (ok, one exception: Doug Smith(?)). The exchange forced me to think about character anatomy more so than I usually do, and I think between Susan and messa I've finally garnered enough of an idea of what I want out of Marilith to tackle her myself. Wing studies start yesterday.


I also picked up my year-late commission of Palladia and Marilith from Rob Kraus (the artist behind Chakan). He had misplaced the original and decided to just redo it; personally, I liked some of the ideas in the original, but the goth quasichibi version of Palladia is cute enough to rot the teeth out of your head.

My Nanomango is not proceeding at any speed. I'm too damn busy once again HELP!!! ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/6197423/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/6197423/ Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:39:37 PDT
Not only had his art stopped being interesting, but the constant stream of "I don't want your opinions, only your praise," that he sent out in each update had hit the obnoxious point. ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/5245897/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/5245897/ Mon, 02 May 2005 10:26:58 PDT
The publishers have been emailing me updates about the release (not that I have any exclusive info on the deal. I just happen to have it ordered), and today they sent a heartwarming story about a young fanartist knocking Peter S. Beagle's socks off. Apparantly even a 14 year old morking with nothing better the equivalent of MS Paint can still manage to stun her idol. [link]


On a happy note, it even got her an official outlet for her work. The publisher is making some sort of way to buy the artwork. I'm guessing an artbook. ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/5061939/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/5061939/ Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:38:55 PDT
Maurihime would probably be amused... one of the faeries (the only one not up in scraps) seems to channeling her chibis. At least that's what I see when I look at her. Now if she'd just pick an outfit. Dammit. ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/4468049/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/4468049/ Tue, 01 Feb 2005 04:07:37 PST offered to make pixel dolls of people's characters for them. Even after all the times I had to message her with 'one last detail I forgot,' she still found it in her heart to make one of Palladia for me. What a pal.

The comment on the page is that most LoM fans make fanjumis. I'm certainly not immune to this. I just haven't drawn any recently or really well (my fanjumi period coincided with me getting back into artwork after a 5-8 year hiatus; bad drawings of Amity can be found on my old homepage). Since then I've been on a non-Jumi kick. It's not that I hate them or anything like that. I just feel that LoM was so full of cool characters that for the non-Jumis to get so little recognition just seems like a crime to me. ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/4124986/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/4124986/ Wed, 22 Dec 2004 05:14:11 PST

As with previous Private Use offerings, these are being given away free to those asking. They won't reach you in time for xmas, I'm afraid, but they're still as good.

Who's on the card? See the wedding card design in my gallery. The guy looks marginally better, and Pearl certainly looks cute. ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/3822991/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/3822991/ Sat, 13 Nov 2004 05:23:34 PST
Christmas music in the style of Phantom of the Opera.
With Pink Floyd's light show.

I don't know who wrote that originally, but I'll be darned
if it isn't a good summary.


TSO is in town. FINALLY, they're IN TOWN! I don't have to
drive three hours to Dayton to see them!

*sighs* but that does bring back memories. Last year when
melusine, mir, mir's friend, mir's brother and I got together
to see the band in Columbus, we turned it into a 2-day party.
Not only did we see TSO, but we caught the premiere of
The Return of the King, played games all day, laughed our
asses off ("DOOOOOOD!!" "That must be my manager."), exchanged
gifts, hit the nearby mall, and in general had a blast.
Would that we could do it again this year.

But this year, I'm taking my grandmother. This will be her
second time seeing TSO. It's hard to believe she
likes a rock band, but stranger things have happened. ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/3698014/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/3698014/ Thu, 28 Oct 2004 22:10:22 PDT
The more I keep going out with a certain someone, the dirtier she manages to make me feel. It's strange that underneath the flirty and often lascivious exterior is still a shy guy that gets disgusted at being treated like a slut or sex object. It must be a curse of being a late bloomer. Both mindsets fit to some degree, but are still illfitting, and it confuses everyone around me along with myself at times. I do enjoy intimacy, but... I can't put it in words right now.

Palladia wandered into my head here recently, so I decided to sketch her while she was still smiling. She's actually really cute when she does, which isn't often. I'll post the drawing later. ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/3654480/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/3654480/ Sat, 23 Oct 2004 09:06:58 PDT ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/3647355/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/3647355/ Fri, 22 Oct 2004 07:14:06 PDT It can be anything you want.
Then post this to your journal.
See what people remember about you

Usually I don't do these kinds of things,
because I'd rather not bring the trolls
out of the woodwork. But if I'm safe
anywhere then it's probably here.

I have a very big.... scrap.... to post,
which is actually most fo the first page
of the short comic I've been working on
for the past 6 months or so. I wish I could
say it looked like the work of 6 months.
Most of my friends and acquaintances on
here could sneeze better work. ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/3019870/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/3019870/ Sun, 01 Aug 2004 16:15:17 PDT ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/3019829/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/3019829/ Sun, 01 Aug 2004 16:08:23 PDT Realization two: They play August 3.
Realization three: Today's August 1.
Realization four: That's two days.
Realization five: OMG THEY'RE PLAYING IN TWO DAYS!!! I'M WORKING! I CAN'T GO!!
Realization six: I have four days off.
Realization seven: Today is day two.
Realization eight: In two days, it will be the last day.
Realization nine: OMG I CAN GO! SCORE!
Realization ten: OMG I NEED TICKETS! TWO DAYS BEFORE THE CONCERT!!!

Would you believe I got some decent seats? Never deal with Ticketmaster online if you can avoid it. ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/2822923/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/2822923/ Wed, 07 Jul 2004 05:23:11 PDT
Some of it is a difference in art style. We do hair very differently. The more I look at it I'm thinking facial structure. ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/2732015/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/2732015/ Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:18:51 PDT
Maybe more time with Brian and the rest will help. ]]> ~sarielv http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/2653142/ http://sarielv.deviantart.com/journal/2653142/ Sun, 13 Jun 2004 18:59:38 PDT ~sarielv