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BUT, I have some today. Thanks to some hits coming from NG after my daily feature. I thought why not give them something to see.

Enjoy. ]]> ~stryda http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/2754028/ http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/2754028/ Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:12:37 PDT Sheesh, its pathetic how horrible I am at keeping with DA. I really do need to try and be more active.

Dont have time to really spill my guts on the goings on. But I will get around to writing a lengthy entry as soon as I get some sleep. Just letting you know Im alive...

New drawing, its tekken. YAY!

~Stry~ ]]> ~stryda http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1792616/ http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1792616/ Wed, 04 Feb 2004 12:38:47 PST Man, Ive been denied twice by stores for 'A Crow Left of the Murder' being sold out. WTF is up with that?
I guess I can take solice that one of my FAVE bands is doing well but SHIT... I want a fucking copy!

Its the worst feeling going OUT to buy an album and returning with nothing, you get this great anticipated feeling of sitting home chilling to new tunes. BUT NOOO... being denied in store you can but smile and say... 'thanks anyway...'

Wait till Monday? Fuck that shit... My mate better bring me a copy tomorrow... I want the album! Hes going to London, MY TRUE home... not THIS fucking wasteland of nothingness.


RAGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! ]]> ~stryda http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1782285/ http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1782285/ Mon, 02 Feb 2004 10:57:29 PST Im too inactive to cause real interest with viewers... too lazy to whore myself out. To be honest, my gallery is a piece of shit anyway. A collection of unfinished ideas, dead-end sketches and brain-death fillers. Man, I really need to finish something for myself soon... my own projects are dying while I finish uni-projects.

Good intentions of the lazy die fast... Promises unkept are cold whispers that haunt.

Hmm, the new FAC revival thing seems wierd to me. I cant see it being rejuvenated. LL's challenge will not be answered by too many talented people in my opinion... FAC now isnt really the home for raw tekken fanart like it was. Apart from a handful of people I think are cool (Can you count 5 GOOD tekken artists alive in FAC?)...most people on FAC now annoy me. Leave the dead...well...dead.
I cant help but feel pessimistic about the whole DA tekken-club thingy... why do I have the feeling it will die? That it will become another dead idea...*sigh* I could be wrong... but the feeling remains.

¬_¬ ]]> ~stryda http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1484099/ http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1484099/ Wed, 03 Dec 2003 07:21:25 PST

Well, its long over due but work has restarted on me Priest series. Finishing up a few final scenes to the second episode's storyboard and hope to start animating this week. With that in mind I had better finish the CURRENT animation Im working... whoa! Im setting myself these personal projects while I still have work to do for uni. 0_0

Raaaahhhh, a nasty development with the house has been that we have lost our heating and hot water. YUCK, the place Im staying at at university is connected to another house. Our gas-meter and fuse-box is in the other house and apprently THEY havent paid their bill which means we lose out too... Thats a bunch of bullshit. Im gonna KICK SOME ASS... with my feet incased in ice-blocks! (Seeing as its so damn cold)

Sunday I was victorious in a battle against another apprentice at the RSO clan. COOL! Was soooo glad I beat that loud mouthed asshole. Im usually cocky but for good reason... I hate people who are arrogant for NOOOOO reason at all. *laugh* kinda stupid.

Man, hopefully I'll have more time to comment on my friends pieces on here. Its annoying that I havent spent enough time on here. ~~; Anyway, will ammend that soon.

update soon... Later. ]]> ~stryda http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1468457/ http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1468457/ Sat, 29 Nov 2003 20:47:11 PST
Something else has entered my brain... I dont like being at the forefront of someones inside joke.
The other night this guy who I have never met/seen but know only from this gaming clan thought it would be funny to throw racial abuse my way. He continually called me a "Paki" and other muslim slurs. Now Im neither of these, but to a fool a mistake often made. As I have brown skin and black hair... Im proud of my strange hybrid mix of Fillipino and Portugese/Goan blood.
Now at the time I didnt think much of his lil remarks which he did to get me angry. I shrugged it off as stupid childish abuse.
BUT today after reading about more of this guys rants about asians I REALLY cant help but feel this guy is a small minded, white upper-class/Fwa-Fwaa racist. Now I know alot of you are reading this and are thinking so FUCKING WHAT some dick-head said something about you on the INTERNET. Yea, fair point...LOL the net is TOO fickle for you to take it seriously.
BUT heres where its strange if the guy has never seen me before how could he of made the mistake that I MAY be asian or whatever. And this led me to think about the only connection that I have with the guy. Mat, the guy in my class who introduced me to the clan in the first place. Has he been saying stuff about me behind my back to them? Is "Paki" what he refers to me as to them? To others?
I doubt it... I dunno. Im just getting paranoid in the wee hours of the morning. This twisted thought stream of mine is unhealthy and keeps me from sleeping...

To wrap up...
I HATE RACISTS!
I need some sort of medication for my brain.
I need to sleep more.
Im a FUCKING idiot!

I thank you. ]]> ~stryda http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1461261/ http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1461261/ Fri, 28 Nov 2003 03:03:10 PST
This week I spent far too much money, I bought two games which was pretty much ALL my money for the week spent. *laugh* I had to borrow money from a friend just so I could credit my phone. ^^;
I sort of thought what the hey coz I just got through finishing 3 projects for uni in a row. Three deadlines one after another... BAM... BAM...BAM! Like a 3 hit combo. Wouldnt be so bad if I had done the work earlier, but me being the WORLD CLASS procrastinator that I am I always leave it last minute. I always end up staying up days on end finishing work... and I always seem to get it done. So the games were a sort of congratulations to myself. HAHA!
Its funny my girlfriend is such the opposite in that respect, she ALWAYS finishes her work WEEKS before its due. Shes always stressing. LOL she even stressed for me when I had go thru 3 hit combo week.

I've recently also become a part of a gaming clan, which is wierd. I never thought Id do that again after the difficulties with the Chaos Brood clan...but here I am. Its for Jedi Knight Academy *makes VOoooOOOOOOOOOMmmmmm noises like a sabre*
Its strange how some people in the clan take it seriously, Im in it to play the game... I dont feel like getting caught up in the jedi nerdyness of it all. U cant help but go into a fit of laughter at some of the cheese that goes on... "I am your master, bow apostle..." Blah, Blah... Laa Laa... Fwaa FwAA. I guess it does add to the sort of atmosphere but I dont think I'll be donning a red hood and going into ancient Sith speak anytime soon... I'll stick with... "DIE BITCH...DIE!"

*VooooOOOOOOooooommmMMMMmmmmmmmmm* ]]> ~stryda http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1412042/ http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1412042/ Sun, 16 Nov 2003 23:50:57 PST Just uploaded some strange art up. Its about 7:51am and I have had no sleep so Im probably gonna conk out soon. Working on work for uni....have to produce an animation which is due in on Wednesday. >_<;

So much to do this week, its also my gurl's birthday coming up. Have to get shit ready...

Its da return of da king... (meaning Im back on here) so hopefully more artwork will be up here again soon.

Me sleepy.

~STRY~ ]]> ~stryda http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1405874/ http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1405874/ Sat, 15 Nov 2003 17:55:23 PST On the 25th of October my cousin's son celebrated his 4th birthday. 5 days later he died. We buried him soon after on the 6th of November. He died of leukaemia. His name was Darnell.
I didnt know him as well as I could of, I wish I spended more time with him then I did. Its strange we were given the news he would die in a couple of weeks... but it didnt sink in. I guess I always believed he would pull through. I remember when I got the news he died, I had just got off the phone with my girlfriend Joanne for 2 seconds and my dad called. I was in a happy mood obviously after chatting to Jo and my dad came out straight with it... he mentioned "Do you remember the times when I told you to go see him..." I felt so shitty. I had just seen him a week before. I was obviously upset, Jo comforted me.
Its strange, for a while I've been questioning my faith... sort of straying from beliefs in God. But after his death, I remember thinking to myself that I REALLY do hope he is in a better place. Some where he likes... its just to depressing to think that this guy went through 4 years of pain just to die like that and have experienced hardly anything.

I think of him from time to time, tell him what I've done and whats been up. I ask him for help and to watch over people. Its horrible I never made an effort when he was alive to be with him...and I've blasted myself for being that asshole. I was effected like the rest of the family...maybe not as much as others, but I still felt and feel the pain. My uncle says that his purpose was one of unity. He was someone who believed in love and peace in the household, especially between fighting family members. I guess its true, even after his death hes still bringing love, hes bringing peace and brought family closer together.

Darnell, we love you! ]]> ~stryda http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1161329/ http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1161329/ Sun, 14 Sep 2003 13:06:37 PDT Speaking of arty goodness... YESTERDAY I was working on a CG of Naruto and Sasuke and it was looking pretty nice. Then my download program decides to CRASH my machine... I restart and find the file corrupted and cant open. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cruel fates, how you torture thee!

I hate that, its an annoying occurrence that plagues us digital artists every so often right? Gahhh....

Haha, reminded me of the differences between traditional art and digital art. I was sketching the other day in my sketchbook... a break from using my tablet. And I made a mistake, as soon as that happened I straight away thought.
( EDIT > UNDO ) LOL for a few seconds I was looking for ( CTRL + Z ) Im serious. ^^; Happened to any of you guys before? Guess that what happens when your always sketching on your tabby and neglect ur sketchbook. ^^

Anyway I best be off. ]]> ~stryda http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1157879/ http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1157879/ Sat, 13 Sep 2003 13:47:53 PDT _<;
Oh well... not like Im a talkative bunny on the phone anyhow.
So tomorrow I'll be moving more of my stuff into my new home. There is my fat-ass tv, and me clothes...aswell as other stuff.
Also... I have to sign our inventory list, which I havent done yet. OOPS! I havent been up to hatfield so I havent been able to sign it...and there is quite a few things that need fixing up there.
Landlords always fuck over students with living accomodations... there is always something wrong with their houses. Or they are perfect but are light-years away from the university...*sigh* u can never win!
(And dont mention dorms...the uni dorms STINK! Tiny *grumble* rooms)

Hmm... I may go on a games binge tomorrow. Buying everything in sight! I havent bought a game in ages... so I think I may blow a bunch of money on new games. No better way to start the uni year then to get addicted to a new game and neglect your early year studies!

Ughh... some people dont get the message. How clear do I have to be to someone that I dont wanna speak to them?!? There are these friends (should I still be calling the that?) that are forever bothering me now... I just dont wanna talk to them anymore. I dont return their calls, I dont see them... I even refused to live with them again this year. LOL, well I guess I could just tell um that I dont wanna chat to them anymore... but that would be too mean. *sigh*

Anyway, I REALLY hope this year turns out better then last year. ]]> ~stryda http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1152701/ http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1152701/ Thu, 11 Sep 2003 22:05:37 PDT I never feel dishearted at these points though, I feel inspired to work harder on my pieces. Spend those extra hours rather then rushing to finish.

Thinking back, I've had times when people have said they wish their work was as good as mine. Or that they cant draw as well as me and go into a slump. My take on people that are better then me is that I have to work HARDER to catch up. I feel more determined to become better to reach that next stage with my work.

Like athletes, they have to train hard to compete with their rivals. They train harder to become faster, stronger and so on. And on the day...when competing against their peers they can be brought to that next level by going against people who are just as good or better, to surpass them.

NOW, dont get me wrong Im not saying that art is a competition. But I think each artist should have that will to better themselves. I know soooo many people who whine that their work is shabby, or that they cant draw hands or whatever. Stop crying and work harder. Those people who have amazing talents had to work hard to acquire their skills. So do the same and you'll better yourself.

*laugh* I really should take this attitude and use it in other areas in life... but SHIT im sooo lazy! *laugh*
For now I'll stick with bettering myself artistically and creatively. ]]> ~stryda http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1151526/ http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/1151526/ Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:00:07 PDT So I've finally started to put together some art on here. Yay! So far I have some old art up, I'll try and put more up for you interested viewers. I dont want to overload your optical receptors with TOO much of my brain numbing trash.

So this is a journal entry, I guess I should talk about some of the happenings going on here.
Well, I have a new home sorted out for the next year of university... two of my room-mates have already got themselves settled. But I on the other hand have yet to get everything sorted... GOSH Im perfectly lazy! My way of thinking... "Why do today, when you can do tomorrow...next week...next month?" LOL!

Im sort of looking forward to my next year... I cant wait to get distracted with new projects. But still, sort of dreading it because of this 'hate myself' funk Im in at the moment. Artist's and depression go hand in hand. ^^;

Im kind of upset that I havent really done anything, Im upset that I HAVE been so lazy. Sometimes I can be TOO laid back. *sigh* heres hoping that I get out of this horrid state quick!

Art wise, I have been sketching alot of stuff... but not really finishing anything. I really think my line-work is becoming pretty good...altho my colouring is SOOOO lacking. I really need to colour more to get on par with some of the fanartists now.
Sheesh, these youngin's and their skillz! ]]> ~stryda http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/840657/ http://stryda.deviantart.com/journal/840657/ Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:53:28 PDT So, I finally joined the in crowd and followed them to deviant. NOW this could either be a good thing for everyone or a bad thing. Dunno yet...

Anyway, some of you may know me from various places. I am the creator of the Priest Trilogy... the first episode got quite a following on NG. And I am currently doing a sort of re-vamped directors cut on it. Sorting out new scences for the first episode aswell as extending others. Whole bunch of extras will be featured... So heres hoping it goes down well.

Some of you MAY even know me from TZ. An artist there for a long time until recently. Got tired of how things were over there...so in search of a NEW outlet for my work I came here. *waves to everyone*

What you can expect with my work? Hmm... its anime inspired, alot of pages like that on here. Hmm... my work float around dark themes...again not different from alot of stuff here. Uhh, well I tend to try and create a sort of atmosphere with my pictures. Okay, so alot of people do that too...and some do it EVEN BETTER then I can.
WELL... if anything you can expect my original characters and artwork from my "OREXIS" series and world. (Which the Priest Tilogy is part of) Which people say they like... so. YAY!

Alright so it may take me a couple of days to get stuff up, so bare with me. To celebrate my entrance to a new home I have decided to create some new art.

Wishing you an incubus demon's love...

~Stryda~
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