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I'm not gonna quit drawing anything, by the way. (I really need to stop posting stuff when I'm in a crappy mood. Usually when I'm in those kinds of moods I don't think straight.) But you probably will see a bigger variety of things in the future.

]]> ~studioknights http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/28437044/ http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/28437044/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:55:35 PST [link] ) I mean, if that guy took a few pieces of my art a few months ago, who else could be taking things without asking?

But more than that, I kinda feel like I'm getting typecast. No one pays much attention to the other things in my gallery, which saddens me. It makes me think I can't do anything interesting by myself (even though I only have one or two completely original pieces in my gallery). I can either draw fan art and get positive attention, or I can draw my own creations and get...next to nothing.

But maybe it'll be better in the long run, if I just do my own original things from now on, even if no one cares much about it. Possibly. I don't know. I still need to think it over some more. I doubt I can totally stop drawing fan art anyway.

]]> ~studioknights http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/28402933/ http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/28402933/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:18:15 PST It finally happened. Some jackass used my artwork in his video, and in this one too without properly crediting me OR asking for my permission to use it. In fact it looks like all his "tributes" are full of Tiny Toons fan art yanked from DA accounts; I recognize a lot of them.

I'm so pissed right now.

ETA: He wrote an apologetic message back to me saying he would go back and credit the artists. So for that, I'm very grateful. Though I'm still keeping the links up for now, to make sure it gets done.

]]> ~studioknights http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/28378180/ http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/28378180/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:22:19 PST
Apparently I just find "evil" characters fascinating. No clue why. I'm kinda uneasy as to what that says about me, though.

]]> ~studioknights http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/28205962/ http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/28205962/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:07:27 PST
NO. Just...NO.

God damn it, people. Not every freaking thing has to be an anime! It's getting ridiculous.

]]> ~studioknights http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/28084654/ http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/28084654/ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:50:01 PST
I'm gonna be doing a lot of experimenting with brushes in Photoshop, mostly, but some other things too. It bothers me that I've been drawing for practically my whole life and I don't have much of an established style. Or, if I do have one, I'm not really happy with it.

A pencil and piece of paper are my absolute favorite tools, period. I don't really need much else. But scan them, and no matter how high the resolution is or what settings are put on it, the resulting scan's gonna have a fuzzy rough look to it. This didn't bother me much before, but it does now for some reason.

What I want to do is either have a cleaner, more cel-shaded look, or find a brush set that actually works with my pencil lines instead of against them. I'll probably switch back and forth wildly between the two until I find a method I like.

Oh, and I started taking up Subeta art commissions again after all, for those who play it. Still working on the two I have right now, though.

]]> ~studioknights http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/27956891/ http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/27956891/ Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:01:32 PDT
I'm working on some drawings right now, so...hoping things will pick back up real soon. I did draw a couple of things during D*Con this year, but quite frankly they're so bad I'm ashamed to put them up.

]]> ~studioknights http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/26480300/ http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/26480300/ Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:17:27 PDT Current Project List

New stuff will continue to be slow for a while as I'm starting back to work full-time this week. Sorry! On the plus side, I'll be attending DragonCon this year, for...I believe it's the fourth time I've gone. Some artwork may result.

]]> ~studioknights http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/25846922/ http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/25846922/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:49:10 PDT Current Project List

More stuff may pop up on that list as I try to work myself into some kind of regular drawing schedule again. Wouldn't put much hope in that though. I'm notoriously bad at planning.

There's an item on that to-do list that says something along the lines of "Guide to Customizing Your Own Warners." I've been noticing that a quite a few of the DA users who visit my account and look at my drawings are younger people* who are just now discovering the show Animaniacs, and who are also creating their own Warner characters. I hope this guide I'm making will help your creations really stand out!

*I say younger people, because you're younger than I am I don't mean that you're little kids.

]]> ~studioknights http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/25513658/ http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/25513658/ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:54:48 PDT ton of setbacks and laziness, the linework for next page of Studio Knights is finished. I'll be scanning it this afternoon, and will likely put it up tonight after some Photoshop cleaning. Unless I start trying to color it - then it'll be a couple more days.

ETA: ROUGH VERSION NOW UP!

Thing I Never Look At To-Do List

Oh yeah, and GO KRAWK ISLAND!

/my loser status has now been confirmed

]]> ~studioknights http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/24660593/ http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/24660593/ Fri, 08 May 2009 22:58:00 PDT
Current Project List

]]> ~studioknights http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/24322921/ http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/24322921/ Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:52:24 PDT April are what I dread. Usually that's just because I have to do my own taxes, but this year I got slammed with all kinds of things. For most of this month, there's been very little "neutral" stuff going on in my life. It's all either been really fantastic or really horrible. As most of you who watch me have probably figured out, this was severely detrimental to my art production. Most days I didn't even want to pick up a pencil, and when I did, nothing but crap ensued and I quickly got frustrated and stopped. (Stopped. Not quit. I will never ever *quit* drawing. )

Some of the horrible stuff I'm not comfortable discussing in a journal that's visible to the public. Family issue, for example. Let's leave it at that. Also I'm about ready to tear my bank a new one for sheer incompetence. Work hasn't been bad exactly, but has been incredibly tedious and mind-numbing. The schedule changed dramatically this week, which threw me off. It didn't help that whoever made the schedule forgot to take my lunch time into consideration one day. Thank god we're going back to the old schedule starting this week.

But like I said before, this month hasn't been all angst and frustration. Awesome stuff's also happened - the main one being Little Big Planet. My roommate got this game not too long ago, and it is quite frankly one of the best video games I've ever played in my entire LIFE. It is pure, undiluted AWESOMESAUCE. Just Google it, because no description I can give will do it any justice. I've also bought some new music and some new books, which so far I've thoroughly enjoyed. And for some weird reason, I've become addicted to watching old episodes of Jem. I didn't pay attention to it when I was a little girl - I was more of a My Little Pony and Care Bears type back then - so I don't know why I like it now. Granted, Jem wasn't the best cartoon ever made, and probably the only reason it was made in the first place was to sell merchandise, but for what it is, it's surprisingly good.

Anyway, long story short, this wound up being a much longer hiatus than I planned, but at least now you kinda know why. Sorry about that. I'll make myself get back on track soon or die trying. *I still cannot take requests at this time, I've got plenty to work on already.*

Current Project list

]]> ~studioknights http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/23510264/ http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/23510264/ Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:55:40 PST run around screaming try to catch up on art requests, one or two of which might show up here. I am not taking any new requests at the moment.

Here is the current list of major projects I'm working on at the moment. Minor things that only take an hour or so to do won't be listed here. I try to keep it updated fairly frequently, so disregard the date the entry was posted (it will always say 1/1/09 unless I have to delete it for some reason) and instead look at the date I've edited in ("as of...") Unless of course I forget to change it because I'm in a hurry.

Dragon List They're all adults now and can fend for themselves, but if you still want to look at 'em, go right ahead. (Warning: Lots of Tiny Images)

AcmeVaultKeeper is my YouTube alias, though I do not plan on ever making any videos. It's just an ever-growing collection of favorites.

]]> ~studioknights http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/22785194/ http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/22785194/ Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:29:03 PST Here is a list of projects I'm working on currently. Highly subject to change. This is as close to planning as I get.

Here is my Dragon Cave Scroll (warning: lots of little images) full of eggs, baby dragons, and adult dragons that you can pet.

I am AcmeVaultKeeper on YouTube, though I don't plan on ever making any videos. It's just a favorites collection.

]]> ~studioknights http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/22335934/ http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/22335934/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:29:36 PST
Though it'll spoil things a little, here's a list of things I'm currently working on and projects for the immediate future. I'll try to keep it updated, though I've never successfully made use of a planner. Feel free to check it every once in a while to see if anything's changed.

Yes, I'm turning Studio Knights into a comic. I'm hoping it'll be easier to tell the story that way. I even tried it - and holy crap, IT IS. I should have freaking done this years ago. I've actually got almost all of Chapter One's comics laid out in a little notebook that I carry with me everywhere.

At this stage in my life, I really wish I had a completely original comic series to work on. But I don't, at least nothing I can work with for any length of time or with any real substance to it. My only really solid, GOOD story and character ideas are tied up in Studio Knights and Chronicles of Omoiyari, the other comic I mention on that list. Pathetic. But I'm gonna work on these, get them out of my head and onto paper, and hopefully once I've cleared them out something better will take their place.

Thanks, everyone. Here we go. Wish me luck, but more importantly, don't let me sit in place. I don't have that kind of time to waste any more.

]]> ~studioknights http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/22335633/ http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/22335633/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:14:41 PST
~Drawing/Linework~

SK Comic Ch.1, pg 6: 25%

SK Comic Ch.1, pg 7: 5%

Guide to Customizing Your Own Warners: 30%

SK Junk Comic: 10%

SK Splash: Hamton to the Rescue! 5%

~Coloring~

Lola Pizza Delivery Girl: 85%

SK Splash Journeys: 10%

Jammin' With the Warners: 5%

~Up Next~

More Comic chapters

SK Splash: TTA Girls Scuba Diving

SK Playable Character Bios: Taffy, Lola, ???, ???

A-x AU Comic Multiple Endings

Chronicles of Omoiyari: A (primarily) Neopets fan comic of epic proportions

....???

]]> ~studioknights http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/22162519/ http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/22162519/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:03:56 PST I hope it doesn't suck.

To all my friends on DA (and the ones who just lurk at DA), thanks so much for making my return here fun and, for me, productive. 2009 is gonna be exciting, just you wait. ♪I got something in store for you guys~♪

Anyhow, happy holidays!

]]> ~studioknights http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/21343237/ http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/21343237/ Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:39:41 PST
- A couple of requests
- Going back to color a sketch
- Something BIG
- Some other thing that's not quite as big as the BIG thing, but big nonetheless.

All this will take some time. But rest assured it is in progress.

In the meantime, here's my scroll o' dragons (and a chicken) if you want to play with them.

]]> ~studioknights http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/21162862/ http://studioknights.deviantart.com/journal/21162862/ Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:58:22 PDT
...oh good, it did. That's a relief. Still irritated about not being able to upload things, though.

EDIT: Guess things are working again, for now. =\

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