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Griffindor ~ Next Generation ~ Chibis

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:02:16 PDT

Well much of them belongs to J.K Rowling and others are from my imagination!!! xD
Create in Chibi Maker ver 1.1 from gen8.

Merilianne Phoex - well is Bff of Victoire and she is a veela like Vicky because I don't wan't that she was the only one of is age like that!!
Taylor Oliver Wood - Well a son from Oliver Wood... I don't know if Rowling have one but I put one
Danielle Divone Malfoy - I daughter for Draco Malfoy Yeii!!! I don't like that Scorpius is all alone in that big mansion
Fred Weasley II - Is my version of George and Angelina's son
Molly Weasley II - Well I put like is granmother because she have is name and come one she look adorable!!
James Sirius Potter - This is my version of him And well I put it just like that because (Albus is a clon of Harry)(Lily is a clon of Ginny) Well then James is a combinations of both of them BUAJAJA!!!
Chaise Denneli - Well another from my imagination he is a friend of Albus and the others
Shellsea Bellsprout - I allways WANNA to do a Metamorfomago <-- I don't know how to write it in english...
Frank Davis Longbottom - I dont know either if Rowling have sons of Neville ?? So this is my Neville's son
Panema Zabini - A daughter too from Zabini
Axel Ivan Bradish - He is another friend of Albus and a lover of rules like Rose
Roxanne Weasley - I make her a lovely combination of Fred and Angelina

WELL THERE ARE MY AND ROWLING CHARACTERS BUT IN MY VERSION WAY !!!!
THERE ARE MAKE IN CHIBI MAKER THANK U !!!!

UnknownX Influence Map DA

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:52:16 PDT

I always wanted to do this Influence Map meme by

Here it is in all it's GLORY!!

Top left is the incredible Frank Cho who I enjoyed reading his Liberty Meadows comic strips and met him in person. The the right is that I get influenced by 80s culture, style, fashion, and music. Under that I studied animation and I love hand-drawn thus the light disk. To the far right is the wondrous Wally Wood one of the original Mad magazine artists he was known for his great sci-fi illustrations. Bottom right is I loved his drawings in the Venom comics. Don't really like the work he does now though meaning how he renders his characters. Bottom left is Vaughn and Mark Bode there characters have influenced plenty of my early work. Above that is crazy Coop an amazing illustrator that is probably most famous for his grinnin' devil head. In one of my sketchbook's I have a sticker that is the same image as the one shown here.

Influence Map

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:58:37 PDT

So, I saw some of these and thought it was cool, so I made my own

From left to right, but not in order of importance:

Mexico
Mike Mignola
Leinil Yu
Sean Murphy
Chris Bachalo
Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi 3
Ashley Wood
Stuart Immonen
Frank Frazetta
God
Josh Garrels
Ascend the Hill
Cory Walker
Hajime no Ippo
Tekkonkinkreet
Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy
Final Fantasy 7
Disney's Tarzan
Stock Photos

My Zombie Apocalypse Team

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 12:05:36 PST

Team Leader: MetroidFan732 (Me)

Brawler: Chris Redfield (Resident Evil)

Weapons Expert: Rain Ocampo (Resident Evil film series)

Brains: Sgt. Frank Woods (Call of Duty Black Ops series)

Medic: Ellis (L4D2)

Speed Fighter: Jason Hudson (Call of Duty Black Ops series)

Mascot: Cpt. Price (Call of Duty Modern Warfare series)

Guy Who Dies First: Dog (Duckhunt) - This guy is annoying as fuck, period

KENNY G IN JAVA JAZZ

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 13:14:19 PST

Kenny G was born in Seattle, Washington to Jewish parents (his mother was originally from Saskatchewan, Canada) and grew up in the city's Seward Park neighborhood, which is a center of the city's Jewish community. He came into contact with a saxophone when he heard someone performing with one on The Ed Sullivan Show.[1] He started playing the saxophone in 1966 when he was 10 years old. He learned how to play under the direction of local trumpeter Gerald Pfister and by practicing along with records (mostly of Grover Washington, Jr.), trying to emulate the sounds that he was hearing. His first saxophone was a Buffet Crampon alto.[3]

Kenny G attended Whitworth Elementary School, Sharples Junior High School, Franklin High School, and the University of Washington, all in his home town of Seattle. When he entered high school, he failed on his first try to get into the jazz band, but tried again the following year and earned first chair.[4][5] In addition to his studies while in high school, he took private lessons on the saxophone and clarinet from Johnny Jessen, once a week for a year.[6]

He was also on his high school golf team.[5] He had loved the sport ever since his older brother, Brian Gorelick, introduced it to him when he was ten years old, which is the same age he was when he started playing the saxophone.[5]
Career

Kenny G's career started with a job as a sideman for Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra in 1973 while 17 and still in high school.[7][8] He continued to play professionally while studying for a major in accounting at the University of Washington in Seattle and graduated magna cum laude.[7][9] He played with the funk band Cold, Bold & Together[9] before becoming a credited member of The Jeff Lorber Fusion.[8] He began his solo career after his period with Lorber.[8]

Kenny G signed with Arista Records as a solo artist in 1982, after label president Clive Davis heard his rendition of ABBA's "Dancing Queen".[8] He has released many solo albums and collaborated with various artists including Andrea Bocelli, Whitney Houston,[10] Peabo Bryson, Aaron Neville, Toni Braxton, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince,[11] Natalie Cole,[12] Steve Miller[13] (which marked the only time he appeared on a rock and roll album), Dudley Moore, Lee Ritenour, The Rippingtons, Michael Bolton, Celine Dion, Frank Sinatra, Smokey Robinson, Bebel Gilberto, George Benson, Chante Moore and Aretha Franklin.[10] Influenced by the likes of saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr.,[6] his own albums are usually classified as smooth jazz.

He received success quite early on, with both G Force and Gravity, his second and third studio albums respectively, achieving platinum status in the United States. These sales were topped by his fourth studio album, Duotones, which sold over 5 million copies in the U.S. alone. His sixth studio album, Breathless, became the number one best selling instrumental album ever, with over 15 million copies sold, of which 12 million were in the U.S. He broke another record when his first holiday album, Miracles, sold over 13 million copies, making it the most successful Christmas album to date.[9]

In 1997, Kenny G earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for playing the longest note ever recorded on a saxophone. Using circular breathing, Kenny G held an E-flat for 45 minutes and 47 seconds at J&R Music World in New York City.[14] That same year, Kenny G's song "Havana", from his album The Moment, was remixed by noted DJs Todd Terry and Tony Moran and released promotionally to dance clubs in the U.S. These mixes went to No.1 on the Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs chart in April 1997.[15]

Kenny G's 1999 single, "What A Wonderful World" was criticized in its overdubbing of Louis Armstrong's classic recording. The primary criticism is that a revered recording by an artist such as Armstrong, known especially for improvisation, should not be altered, especially by a musician whose range and depth of understanding of classical jazz was already in question.[16][17][18][19] Some columnists counter the criticism by suggesting that Kenny G's recording would expose a wider audience to classic jazz, though the overall response to his recording tended to be extremely negative.[20]

Kenny G has recorded some Chinese songs, such as "Jasmine Flower" (茉莉花) or "The Moon Represents My Heart" (月亮代表我的心). His music is noticeably popular in China. His recording "Going Home" is often played at closing time at public places or at the end of classes at schools. Mass transit systems in Tianjin and Shanghai play these songs when trains approach terminus stations.

As of 2003, Kenny G was named the 25th-highest selling artist in America by the RIAA, with 48 million albums sold in the USA as of July 31, 2006.[21] In 1994, Kenny G won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for Forever in Love.

In October 2009, Kenny G appeared with the band Weezer in an AOL promotion of their album Raditude by soloing during "I'm Your Daddy". Kenny G said he knew nothing of Weezer before the performance.[22] Though some music critics thereby rejoined in the common criticism of his work,[23][24] the unlikely combination was fairly well received by AOL's magazines Spinner.com and Popeater.com.[22][25]

In February 2011 Kenny G and his music were featured in a Super Bowl XLV ad for Audi called "Release the Hounds."[26] Kenny G later starred in a short film detailing his time as Head of Riot Suppression for the Luxury Prison.[27]

Recently, he made an appearance in the music video for pop star Katy Perry's single Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) as Uncle Kenny. On the October 8, 2011 episode of Saturday Night Live, Kenny appeared with his soprano sax along side alternative rock band Foster the People as they performed their song "Houdini."

Kenny G is also a radio personality and can be heard every morning alongside Sandy Kovach on WLOQ in Orlando, Florida.[28]
Equipment

Kenny G plays the Selmer Mark VI Soprano, Alto and Tenor Saxophones. He has created his own line of saxophones called "Kenny G Saxophones".[29]
Personal life

Kenny G married Lyndie Benson-Gorelick in 1992, and the couple had two sons. In January 2012, Benson-Gorelick filed for legal separation.[30] Kenny G filed for divorce in August 2012.[31]

Kenny G lives in Malibu, California.[32] He is an avid golfer and has a handicap of +0.6.[4] He has participated in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am tournament seven times as of 2007 and teamed with Phil Mickelson to share the AT&T pro-am title in 2001 with the team of Tiger Woods and Jerry Chang.[5] In the Golf Digest rankings of Top 100 in Music, according to golf handicap indexes of major musicians, he was first in 2006[4] and second in 2008.[33] He is a member at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California.

Kenny G is an aircraft pilot and has a De Havilland Beaver seaplane that he flies regularly.[34] He was also an early investor in the Starbucks coffee house chain.[35]
Discography
Main article: Kenny G discography
References

^ a b "Kenny G Is Still the Smooth Jazz King". Barnes & Noble.com. October 2002. Retrieved April 7, 2007.
^ Turegano, Preston (2009-09). "Kenny G Grammy winner and best-selling instrumental musician of the modern era". Smooth Jazz News (Smooth Jazz News). Retrieved April 5, 2010.
^ Kenny G (June 19, 2009). "Some more Q & A". Kenny G Rhythm and Romance. Retrieved April 1, 2010.[dead link]
^ a b c Diaz, Jaime (December 2006). "After selling millions of records, Grammy winner Kenny G wants to conquer golf". GolfDigest.com. Retrieved April 7, 2007.
^ a b c d Kroichick, Ron (February 7, 2007). "Kenny G can swing with the best of them". Scripps News (ScrippsNews.com). Retrieved April 7, 2007.
^ a b Wissmuller, Christian (2006). "I'm just doing my own thing, too". Jazzed (December/January). Retrieved April 1, 2010.
^ a b Glenn, Alan (1995). "Kenny G". Encyclopedia.com. HighBeam Research, Inc. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
^ a b c d Yanow, Scott. "Kenny G Biography". AllMusic.com. Retrieved April 7, 2007.
^ a b c Zimmerman, Kevin (September 30, 2002). "Kenny G Has Time on his Side". BMI.com. Retrieved April 7, 2007.
^ a b Sandow, Greg (2007). "Kenny G". Microsoft Encarta. Microsoft Corporation. Archived from the original on October 31, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2007.
^ "The Moment Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved May 7, 2007.
^ "Everlasting Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved May 7, 2007.
^ "Living in the 20th Century Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved May 7, 2007.
^ "Kenny G. Blows". Yahoo!. December 2, 1997. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
^ "Dance/Club Play Songs Week of April 26, 1997". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
^ Ben Ratliff MUSIC; Jazz Can Take Itself Too Seriously New York Times, July 16, 2000
^ Mark Sabbatini Kenny G: At Last...The Duets Album All About Jazz, December 30, 2004
^ George Varga Kenny G: Changes His Tune JazzTimes May 1999
^ Mike Joyce Who's overrated? Who's Underrated? JazzTimes, September 1997
^ Maldonado, Shirley (August 10, 2000). "Gee whiz, give Kenny a break". Boston Herald (Boston Herald and Herald Media). Retrieved April 7, 2010.
^ "Top Artists". RIAA.com. July 31, 2006. Archived from the original on March 4, 2007. Retrieved April 7, 2007.
^ a b Charley Rogulewski Weezer Run With Chamillionaire, Sara Bareilles and ... Kenny G? Spinner.com, October 23, 2009
^ Tom Breihan Weezer Team Up With Kenny G, Chamillionaire, Sara Bareilles Pitchfork Media, October 23, 2009
^ Mike Burr Weezer Breaks Out Rolodex, Brings Kenny G., Chamillionaire, and Sara Bareilles To AOL Session Prefix Magazine , October 23, 2009
^ Kenny G Steps Back Into the Spotlight popeater.com, October 26, 2009
^ Audi Big Game Commercial 2011 Release the Hounds youtube.com, February 2, 2011
^ Audi Big Game 2011 Teaser Kenny G Riot Suppressor (Part 2) youtube.com, February 1, 2011
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^ Everett, Christina (January 20, 2011). "Kenny Gs wife files for legal separation". Daily News (New York). Archived from the original on February 22, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
^ Fleeman, Mike (August 13, 2012). "Kenny G Files for Divorce After 20 Years of Marriage". People. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
^ "Girl hurt by item cast from Kenny G's home". Los Angeles Times. June 30, 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
^ Furlong, Lisa; Craig Bestrom (2008-11). "The Top 100 in Music". Golf Digest. Condé Nast Digital. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
^ Strauss, Neil (October 31, 2006). "... And Two if by Seaplane". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
^ Harding, Cortney (January 25, 2008). "Q&A: Kenny G explores Latin "Rhythm"". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved April 3, 2010.

50 character meme 2 +7

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 06:32:37 PST

Favorite (random) characters - set 2 (+7 extra)

- Natasha Romanov/Black Widow (Marvel Comics) (represented by Scarlett Johansson from Marvel's The Avengers)
- Data (Brent Spiner) (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- The Angry Video Game Nerd (James Rolfe) (Cinemassacre/GameTrailers.com/Screwattack)
- Wile E. Coyote (Looney Tunes)
- Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger) (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
- Batou (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex)
- Teal'C (Christopher Judge) (Stargate SG-1)
- Frank Woods (Call of Duty: Black Ops/Black Ops 2)
- Tony Stark/Iron Man (Marvel Comics) (represented by Robert Downey Jr. from the Iron Man movies)
- Terry Bogard (The King of Fighters series)
- Tsukasa Hiiragi (Lucky Star)
- The Nostalgia Chick (Lindsay Ellis) (Channel Awesome)
- Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop)
- Naru Narusegawa (Love Hina)
- Austin Powers (Mike Myers) (Austin Powers series)
- T-1000 (Robert Patrick) (Terminator 2: Judgement Day)
- Neo (Keanu Reeves) (The Matrix Trilogy)
- Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) (The Matrix Trilogy)
- Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) (Bourne series)
- Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- Scooby Doo
- Jane Jetson (The Jetsons)
- Xandir Cage (Vin Diesel) (xXx)
- Q (James Bond series) (represented by Ben Whishaw from Skyfall)
- Sarah Connor (The Terminator series) (represented by Linda Hamilton from Terminator 2: Judgement Day)
- Yuuko Aoi (Nichijou)
- Nano Shinonome (Nichijou)
- Mayu Morita (Morita-san wa Mukuchi)
- Sailor Chibi-Moon
- Sailor Saturn
- Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) (Beverly Hills Cop series)
- Frank Drebin (Leslie Neilsen) (Naked Gun series)
- Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) (Harry Potter series)
- Erenst Starvo Blofield (James Bond series) (represented by Donald Pleasence from You Only Live Twice)
- Major Anya Amasova (the OTHER XXX) (Barbara Bach) (The Spy Who Loves Me)
- Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) (Twilight series)
- Hong Kong Phooey
- Cinderella
- Duke Togo/Golgo 13 (Golgo 13)
- Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
- Stewie Griffin (Family Guy)
- Mulan
- Blade (Blade series) (represented by Wesley Snipes from the Blade movies)
- Cagalli Yula Atha (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED/Destiny)
- Solid Snake (Metal Gear series)
- Sarah Farron (Final Fantasy XIII/XIII-2)
- Nathan Drake (Uncharted series)
- Iori Yagami (King of Fighters series)
- Robert Hawkins (Lennie James) (Jericho)
- Lara Croft (Tomb Raider series) (represented by Angelina Jolie from the Tomb Raider films)
- John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) (Rambo series)
- Hale Ceasar (Terry Crews) (The Expendables/The Expendables 2)
- Selina Kyle/Catwoman (DC Comics) (represented by Anne Hathaway from The Dark Knight Rises)
- Power Girl (DC Comics)
- Inspector Zenigata (Lupin III)
- Arsene Lupin III (Lupin III)
- Sylvester the cat (Looney Tunes)

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Meme courtesy of

My Top 10 Favorite Broadway Musicals

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:50:36 PDT

Blank Meme: [link]

My personal top 10 favorite Broadway musicals.

#10: West Side Story. A Romeo & Juliet story with a modern twist. Stephen Sondheim had an amazing start with writing the lyrics to this. I know quite a lot of the music when I was younger, but I haven't seen the musical until 8th grade, when I got the movie for Christmas.

#9: The Sound of Music. This was a childhood favorite. I saw the musical for the first time at the Paper Mill Playhouse when I was in 2nd grade, and it basically became my obsession all throughout that year. It was unfortunate that this was Rodgers and Hammerstein's final collab musical, but they did make it their best.

#8: Hairspray. I was obsessed with this musical when I was in 6th grade. The music was amazing, I would listen to the soundtrack all the time, I'd watch the movie whenever I get the chance, and I remembered seeing it on Broadway in 6th grade.

#7: Jekyll & Hyde. If you saw some of my artwork and journals, you saw this coming. I was in my school's production of it sophomore year, and it was probably the best musical production (in fact, production period) that I've ever been in. Words cannot describe how much I loved being in this musical. Since it's going to have a revival on Broadway in 2013, I'm going to beg my mom to get tickets to see it.

#6: Chicago. John Kander and Fred Ebb did a lot of amazing collab musicals over the years. But if I had to pick my favorite, it would be Chicago. Great music, great storyline, great characters, you get the picture. Not to mention that I will always hold on to the fact that Velma Kelly is one of my dream roles.

#5: Sweeney Todd. I'm a huge fan of Stephen Sondheim's work, but my favorite Sondheim musical has to be Sweeney Todd. It's dark, it's edgy, and it's suspenseful. I like those kind of things. I even remember singing the musical medley as the combined piece in chorus for the Fall Concert freshman year (I was super excited to sing it).

#4: Les Miserables. If you saw my 8th installment of Total Drama Sings Animaniacs, you'd know that I'm a huge fan of Les Mis. It's an amazing musical, and I'm obsessed with the music. If you're a musical theatre fan and you don't know the music (though I'm sure that most of you do), do yourselves a favor, and look it up on YouTube. I heard that the film adaptation is coming out later this year, and I can't wait to see it.

#3: RENT. Jonathan Larson... Y U have to die so young? Yes, I'll admit it. I'm a RENThead and I think Jonathan Larson is a fucking genius. A group of young artists and musicians in New York City struggling to survive HIV and AIDS? Clever storyline. The music? FUCKING AWESOME! Not to mention it was the musical that taught me what and when World AIDS day is. If I was in a production of RENT as Mimi, then my life would be complete. (Please don't question the fact that most of my dream roles are whores). It's funny though, I knew some the music when I was only in 5th or 6th grade, but I haven't seen the actual musical until my freshman year.

#2: Phantom of the Opera. Oh my god, where do I star with Phantom? Well, first off, IT'S FUCKING AMAZING!!!! This has to be Andrew Lloyd's Webber's best work. With a great storyline and memorable music, it's no wonder that it's currently the longest running musical in Broadway history. I also just noticed that I have the exact same vocal range as what Christine should have (well that gives me an advantage for my future career on Broadway). This is a must-see for any musical theatre fan like myself.

#1: Wicked. NOW I seriously don't know where to start with this. I swear to god, this is the best musical ever (men may disagree, but with quite a lot of exceptions, they don't know a thing about musical theatre when they see it). I think having a storyline that revolves around the witches of Oz when they were teens was phenominal, and the music? I have to give credit for Stephen Schwartz, because this IS his best work. If you saw some of my artwork, you'd know how much of a Wicked fangirl that I am. I saw the musical for my 16th birthday (I happy-cried when my mom told me she got the tickets). The character development was just amazing and it really told what The Wizard of Oz hasn't. To sum it all up, it's amazing and I recommend that if you're a female musical theatre fan, go see it. And if you have a boyfriend, drag them to see it just to piss them off.

Honorable Mentions: The Music Man, Into the Woods, Hair, Avenue Q, Funny Girl, Once Upon a Mattress, Sweet Charity, The Wedding Singer, Finian's Rainbow, Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, Next to Normal, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spring Awakening, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, The Book of Mormon, The King and I, Oklahoma, South Pacific, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Grease, Gypsy, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Rock of Ages, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, My Fair Lady, Sunday in the Park with George, Oliver, Dreamgirls, La Cage Aux Folles, Annie Get your Gun, The Drowsy Chaperone, Singin in the Rain, A Chorus Line, Guys and Dolls, Fiddler on the Roof, Hello Dolly, Anything Goes, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

West Side Story (c) Stephen Sondheim & Leonard Bernstein
The Sound of Music (c) Rodgers & Hammerstein
Hairspray (c) Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman
Jekyll & Hyde (c) Frank Wildhorn & Leslie Bricusse
Chicago (c) Kander & Ebb
Sweeney Todd (c) Stephen Sondheim
Les Mis (c) Claude Michael Schonberg
RENT (c) Jonathan Larson
Phantom (c) Andrew Lloyd Webber
Wicked (c) Stephen Schwartz

Some influences

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:15:22 PDT

Frank Frazetta
Hyung Tae Kim
Andrew Jones
Naoki Urasawa
Stanley Lau
Michael Turner
Music
Ayami Kojima
Sam Weber
Kekai Kotaki
Saladin
Hiroaki Samura
Yoji Shinkawa
Takeshi Obata
Studio Ghibli
Benjamin (Zhang Bin)
Alphonse Mucha
Mamuro Oshii
Asian Movies
Masamune Shirow
DeviantART
Yuki Urushibara
Photography & Artistic Nude
China, Japan, Korea : culture
Life
Tetsuya Nomura
Takehiko Inoue
Shunya Yamashita
kentaro Miura
Cellar-fcp
3D
Noburetu Yuki
Ryoichi Ikegami
Katsuya Terada
Wesley Burt
Juno Jeong
Julie Bell & Boris Vallejo
History & litterature
Hideo Kojima
Stepan Sejic
Caravaggio
Satoshi Kon
Marko Djudjevic
James Jean
Science Space & Technology
Arantza Sestayo
Akira Kurosawa
Dan Dos Santos
Ashley Wood
Jay Anacleto

Top 100 characters

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:38:47 PDT

This is a gallery of 100 of my all-time favorite characters

1. Batman (DC: Batman) He\'s the DARK KNIGHT. Just don\'t step in front of his camera.
2. Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars) He\'s the primary focus of the entire franchise.
3. Spider-Man (Marvel: Spider-Man) Tobey Maguire was perfect as Spider-Man. ASM\'s looked more like Edward wearing an Ultimate Spider-Man costume
4. Joker (DC: Batman) Why so serious? Because he\'s the greatest villain of all time.
5. Venom (Marvel: Spider-Man) This is what happens if Spider-Man turned to evil.
6. Palpatine (Star Wars) Darth Vader is not the main villain of Star Wars.
7. Wolverine (Marvel: X-Men) He\'s a war veteran who\'s fled from SHIELD, fought the Hulk, and joined the X-Men.
8. Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones) Who cares if he stars in a movie with aliens?
9. Jack Sparrow (Disney: Pirates of the Caribbean) World\'s coolest pirate.
10. Deadpool (Marvel: X-Men) Think if the Nostalgia Critic was a mutant.
11. Steve Urkel (Family Matters) My favorite character from my favorite sitcom.
12. Darth Maul (Star Wars) Darth Vader\'s strong, yes but can he jump over his own lightsaber?
13. Daffy Duck (Looney Tunes) While Bugs\' is more laid back, Daffy is more physical and gets more laughs.
14. Boba Fett (Star Wars) The unparalleled bounty hunter.
15. Two-Face (DC: Batman) I\'m glad Adam West didn\'t have this tragic case in his campy show.
16. General Grievous (Star Wars) Practically a lightsaber machine.
17. Harley Quinn (DC: Batman) Who doesn\'t love crazy chicks like this one?
18. Gollum (Lord of the Rings) Is anything but \"precious\".
19. Velociraptor (Jurassic Park) The smartest of dinosaurs.
20. Jafar (Disney: Aladdin) Think Maleficent is a female predecessor to this psychotic sorcerer.
21. Cad Bane (Star Wars) Jango\'s dead and Boba\'s a little kid. Somebody\'s gotta have the Best Bounty Hunter in the Galaxy title during the Clone Wars.
22. Carnage (Marvel: Spider-Man) Imagine if the Joker had a symbiote suit.
23. Frollo (Disney: Hunchback of Notre Dame) If it weren\'t for the gargoyles, Hunchback might have gotten a PG rating because of this guy.
24. Ahsoka Tano (Star Wars) Sort of on the cusp of being just like Anakin only sexier.
25. Legolas (Lord of the Rings) Easily the coolest character in Middle-Earth. He surfed on a shield! That\'s awesome!
26. Sauron (Lord of the Rings) The Lord of Darkness vs. Palpatine...
27. Magneto (Marvel: X-Men) Probably the only one Wolverine can\'t kill.
28. Granny Moses (Beverly Hillbillies) Don\'t you wish you had a grandma like this?
29. Burt Gummer (Tremors) This guy makes his living fighting monsters with his endless array of guns.
30. Gilligan (Gilligan\'s Island) It does seem like Gilligan screws up every chance of the castaways getting rescued.
31. Captain Rex (Star Wars) Possibly the Clone Army\'s best soldier.
32. Gimli (Lord of the Rings) The one Dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath.
33. Aladdin (Disney: Aladdin) A thief on the streets of Arabia who fights a supervillain.
34. Darth Vader (Star Wars) As iconic as he is, I think of him as the other persona of Anakin.
35. Iron Man (Marvel: Avengers) A drunk superhero who sleeps with girls. Y\'know for kids!
36. Donald Duck (Disney) Funniest Disney character.
37. Terminator II (Terminator II) \"Hasta la vista, baby.\"
38. Davy Jones (Disney: Pirates of the Caribbean) This guy\'s beard is awesome.
39. Catwoman (DC: Batman) Batman\'s adversary or love interest.
40. Hades (Disney: Hercules) I wonder if the Avengers were up against this god.
41. Samwise (Lord of the Rings) Frodo\'s loyal companion.
42. Balrog (Lord of the Rings) This foe is beyond any of you.
43. Red Hood (DC: Batman) Great back story, great twist, and overall a great character.
44. Maleficent (Disney: Sleeping Beauty) The greatest villainess of all time.
45. R2-D2 (Star Wars) Luke blows up the Death Star, but who saved him from the trash compactor?
46. Mace Windu (Star Wars) Outside of carrying a uniquely colored blade, he\'s Samuel L. Jackson as a Jedi!
47. Horned King (Disney: Black Cauldron) Totally underrated film with a totally underrated villain.
48. Captain America (Marvel: Avengers) Stark is drunk, Hulk is angry and Thor is headstrong. It\'s logical Cap should be leader.
49. Savage Opress (Star Wars) He\'s like Darth Maul is you added Frankenstein.
50. Frank Burns (MASH) I watch this shoe solely for this guy.
51. Professor X (Marvel: X-Men) What great mental powers this guy has.
52. Chernabog (Disney: Fantasia) The darkest part of the movie stars this demon on top of a Russian mountain. You say he\'s the Devil? Well, we can compromise and say he\'s the Russian interpretation of the Devil.
53. Nick Fury (Marvel: Avengers) Once again, Samuel L. Jackson who has his eye on the Avengers.
54. Spinosaurus (Jurassic Park) This dinosaur killed a T-Rex.
55. Dark Helmet (Spaceballs) Best parody of Darth Vader.
56. King Kong (King Kong) Ooh! Stop-motion gorilla! No, Peter Jackson got it right.
57. Aragorn (Lord of the Rings) An heir to Gondor\'s throne who doesn\'t take advantage of it and instead lives as a ranger.
58. Cowardly Lion (Wizard of Oz) Easily the funniest character in Oz.
59. Loki (Marvel: Avengers) This guy has the gall to take over the world when he\'s pissed off the Avengers and Phil.
60. Ratigan (Disney: Great Mouse Detective) Vincent Price. nuff said
61. Moses (Ten Commandments/Prince of Egypt) The greatest hero in the Bible.
62. Fives, Echo and Hevy (Star Wars) Three rookies and manage to get into the 501st and become ARC troopers. Hevy and Echo are down so far.
63. Green Goblin (Marvel: Spider-Man) Spider-Man\'s second best villain.
64. Zillo Beast (Star Wars) I was on the Zillo\'s side the whole time when it rightfully attacks Palpatine.
65. Hercules (Disney: Hercules) This character is like a mix between Superman and Thor.
66. Doc Brown (Back to the Future) Great Scott! A time machine made from a DeLorean.
67. Sergeant Shultz (Hogan\'s Heroes) He knows nothing.
68. Riddler (DC: Batman) Jim Carrey at his best.
69. Genie (Disney: Aladdin) You ain\'t never seen a friend this him.
70. Mr. Freeze (DC: Batman) Schwarzenegger at his worst but at least the suit looked cool. sorry
71. Lizard (Marvel: Spider-Man) What\'s with the humanoid face?
72. Tinkerbell (Disney: Peter Pan) Everybody\'s favorite fairy.
73. Gandalf (Lord of the Rings) Grumpy and loveable wizard.
74. Human Torch (Marvel: Fantastic 4) The most optimistic of the four.
75. Judge Doom (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) \"When I killed your brother I talk JUST LIKE THIIIIIIS!!!!!\"
76. Tigger (Disney: Winnie the Pooh) Think if Daffy Duck was in the Hundred Acre Wood.
77. Al (Quantum Leap) Without Al, Sam would have gotten lost at every leap.
78. Dr. Facilier (Princess and the Frog) He\'s got friends on the other side.
79. Ariel (Disney: Little Mermaid) Sexiest mermaid under the sea.
80. Curly Howard (Three Stooges) One of my favorite childhood icons.
81. Nightcrawler (Marvel: X-Men) Teleporting is an awesome power.
82. Percivil C. McLeach (Rescuers Down Under) You can keep Gaston and Clayton. This hunter has the coolest truck ever.
83. Scarecrow (DC: Batman) Scariest of the Batman villains.
84. Jasmine (Disney: Aladdin) She\'s a strong character who can fend for herself and has a longing for her own independence.
85. Barney Fife (Andy Griffith Show) He\'s kind of like Frank Burns only more likable.
86. Bolt (Disney: Bolt) Such a cute dog who\'s strong, bold and loyal.
87. Jeannie (I Dream of Jeannie) We need more midriff-wearing genies. Just don\'t have Robin Williams do that. Ugh!
88. Dr. Doofenshmirtz (Disney: Phineas and Ferb) How many back stories does can an evil scientist have?
89. Grinch (Grinch) Wether it\'s Boris Karloff or Jim Carrey.
90. Captain Hook (Disney: Peter Pan) Wether it\'s Hans Conreid or Dustin Hoffman.
91. Garfield (Garfield) Love the comic strip and the 80\'s cartoon. Just not the CG version or the movies.
92. Sandman (Marvel: Spider-Man) A nearly immortal villain for Spider-Man to fight. I particularly love the scene where he reemerges in Spider-Man 3.
93. Sam (Quantum Leap) This is a hero who went through everything. From being pregnant to being a chimp.
94. Larry the Cucumber (VeggieTales) This character stole the show.
95. Frodo (Lord of the Rings) The Ring Bearer who barely uses his sword.
96. Whit (Adventures in Odyssey) The best radio show character.
97. Tiana (Disney: Princess and the Frog) First Disney Princess in the last decade
98. Kahn (Star Trek) KAAAAAHHHHN!!!!!
99. Archie Bunker (All in the Family) What a bigoted character.
100. Jar Jar Binks (Star Wars) Yeah, big surprise he\'d be at the bottom of the list.

Sgt Woods stamp

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:37:19 PDT

Yet another stamp featuring Sgt. Frank Woods. Cuz I wuv him.

Woods stamp

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:52:07 PDT

Oh wow, I'm uploading another Call Of Duty stamp. What a surprise, right? Anywho, here's a lil stampy featuring one of my all time fave COD characters: Frank Woods.

I Love Woods

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:34:15 PDT

... Cuz you know... seriously, I do. If it weren't for him being so awesome, I might never have gotten into COD in the first place! *shudders at the thought*

Sebastian Stan Bucky Barnes Cosplay # 2

Mon, 21 May 2012 08:48:55 PDT

Another of my WIP film version Bucky Barnes from '..First Avenger' Also, another flag backdrop, this time done by my friend, Cliff. This was taken at the local Free Comic Day event in my town on May 5th.

The photo is courtesy of The Artsy Image on Facebook and the coat was made by

To see the coat in more detail, please go here [link]

What I love about this is you get to see my 'M1A1 Tommy gun' that was used during that period and was used by Bucky thru the film. Since toy guns like this are hard to come by in stores these days I had to get creative. In my research I found a wood carver on Ebay who did, essentially just basic wooden cut outs of guns. So if you look closely you will notice there is no trigger and it frankly looks like it was made at a craft fair. It's just the basic shape cut out. I went with this so it would make it easier to walk around with at conventions but to still have an accurate piece for the costume.

To further add to the 'craft fair' feeling, I taped up the end with bright orange tape, took some paper clamps and glued them to the bottoms of the gun and took an old duffel bag strap to use for the gun strap. It's so flat too no one has had a problem with it thus far.

Bordon Influence Map

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:19:47 PDT

listening
Pulp
Bad cover version

[link]

lot of influences in off O_o but space and time are tyrans.
From left to right,above to below,in comic reading order:

dave gibbons,rogue trooper
hiroyuki okiura,mamoru oshii,masamune shirow,ghost in the shell
mamoru oshii,malgorzata foremniak,avalon
katsuhiro otomo,akira
mamoru oshii,kazunori ito,patlabor 2
naoko takeuchi,sailor moon
krisztoff kieslowski,juliette binoche,bleu
shinichiro watanabe,spike spiegel,cowboy bebop
robin wood,nippur of lagash
james mangold,rusell crowe,3 10 yuma
sylvester stallone,rocky
koji morimoto,satoshi kon,katsuhiro otomo,magnetic rose
frank miller,marv,sin city
yasuomi umetsu,A kite
michael mann,colin farrell,jamie foxx,miami vice
satoshi kon,perfect blue
syd mead,ridley scott,bladerunner
shoji kawamori,dilandau,tenku no escawflone
katsuhiro otomo,steamboy
tim burton,michelle pfeiffer,batman returns.

off line influences,including tastes and preferences not necesarily directly related with drawing work:
Hayao Miyazaki
Hiroaki Samura
David Lynch
Ci5 the professionals
James Bond 007 Casino Royale
Victor Fleming,The Wizard of Oz
Ray Bradbury
Dave Mc Kean
Neil Gaiman
Stanley Kubrick
Gil Elvgreen
Andrew Loomis
Will Eisner
Alberto Breccia
Enrique Alcatena
Jorge Zaffino
Domingo Mandrafina
Ernesto Garcia Seijas
Jose Luis Garcia Lopez
Neal Adams
David Mazuchelli
John Romita jr
Capcom Darkstalkers
The Cure
Placebo
Frank Sinatra
Louis Armstrong
Anibal Troilo
Roberto Goyeneche
Carlos Gardel
Bela Lugosi
Mad Max
Alita
Robocop
Terminator
Alien
Bubblegum crisis
Agent Aika
Jin roh
Tony Takezaki
Reservoir dogs
Pulp fiction
Stephen King
Joseph Conrad
Ambrose Bierce
Mark Twain
Julio Verne
Emilio Salgari
Graham Greene
Anne Rice
Thomas Harris
Rilke
Dylan Thomas
William Blake
Marcial Lafuente Estefania
Daniel Clowes
Luc Besson
Bruce Willis
Harry Houdini
Buster Keaton
Kermitt the frog
Chuck Jones

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thanks engineer

Be yourself, no matter what they say

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:50:37 PST

_{Ah, finally back in my little Wonderland! I was missing it already.

Here's my version of the Influence Map (Or inspirational meme, as I called it lol) with the things that influence me and characterize me both in my art, and my personality and life. By the way, here's the blank meme: [link]

To begin with, I didn't number them in order of importance. I just numbered them to make it easier to explain each image, and either are the size of the images. Well, actually the size do matters (TALKING ABOUT THE IMAGES, PLEASE) but I didn't focuse on that, mainly.

1- GREEN DAY: The band has a special place in my heart. I first listened to them when I was roughly 10 years old, in the middle of the whole American Idiot fuss. I gotta say when I first heard the album (considering I didn't know much english and was either interested in listening the lyrics) I didn't like it. At all. But I found myself attracted to the band, to its curious name (I thought it was because they were eco-friendly, not pot-friendly! lol) and its charismatic members; so I began listening just for curiosity to their old songs like Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case... However, as I grew more interested in the language and then began liking that kind of music (I was used to listening to the Hilary Duff and Black Eyed Peas shit!), I noticed their lyrics were very meaningful for me, and afterwards accompanied me through difficult times like my grandparents' deaths and the roller coaster of high school and pimples and friends' drama, between others, and that was something Pop music couldn't do for me. Since then, around 2005/2006, they have been my favorite band Sometimes, my inspiration for a story/wallpaper/icon comes from one of their songs/albums/pictures.

2- GUNS N' ROSES/ HARD ROCK: I truly don't remember when did I begin to listen to Hard Rock, Hair Metal and such but it must have been between 2008 and 2009. Yeah, not long ago, I know! But I knew and liked GNR way before. The thing is I never really listened close to the lyrics, until I listened to Patience. By that time I was finishing my first year of tough High School, trying to be a good student, a good friend, a good sister and a good daughter. I felt so much pressure, and I finally crumbled when my Grandpa died in late October. Patience made me realize I wasn't that alone, and as the song said, Said woman take it slow, and it'll work itself out fine...All we need is just a little patience... And with that, I feel in love with Axl Rose and Duff Mckagan lol Just as Green Day, it turned out Guns' lyrics were more than just songs to me

3- COFFEE/TEA: It may sound stupid, but I SWEAR I always get inspired after a good cup of coffee or tea. Maybe the decoration of the cup, or the scents from the drink, or the steam rolling out, or the thought of people having a warm talk in a café or in a kitchen at 3 am in a winter early morning makes my imagination run wild, and think of novel plots, one-shot-stories' plots or even ideas for colors and feelings mirrored in a wallpaper or photomanip. When the creativity and imagination start working like clock-work, the feeling is so pleasurably orgasmic

4- WHATEVER YOU THINK, THINK THE OPPOSITE- PAUL ARDEN: One December day, I was in a book store wandering around trying to cool my body from the 40° of burning weather in Buenos Aires when I came across a nice white with black and red letters spine of a book under the banner clearly stating "Self-help". I've always thought that if it calls you, you should try it (unless it's illegal and/or hurts other people), without prejudice. Of course, I earned a few odd looks from the two people searching for books about quitting smoking and going through divorce... Anyway, I took the book and eyed a couple pages. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw pictures of Frank Zappa, or the story about Malcom McLaren and Vivienne Westwood, or the story about how Ginger Baker ended up being Cream's drummer. Besides, it focused on ideas and ideals I strongly believe in. So without a second thought, I bought it the next day. It helps me when I'm inspiration-less and with no motivation... So far, the best book I've ever bought!

5- VINTAGE (mostly Louis XV and XVI) FURNITURE: I know, another weirdy. Somehow when I look at a chair, a vanity, a chaise long or a bed of that style, I start imagining what kind of person would have it in his/her home (I'd totally be one of them!). What kind of man would buy a king-size navy blue capitone bed with black-colored wood, and dress it with black silk sheets, and big pillows? A powerful man, even tempered, strong, self-confident, neat, intelligent, handsome... How would I describe 'handsome' as in physical appearance? Tall, well-built, with broad shoulders, strong jaw, soft lips, straight nose, fair eyes, high cheekbones, furry eyebrows and medium length jet black hair (Pretty much an Ian Somerhalder lol ) See? There you have a character for a story or a drawing! How I love imagination

6- VINTAGE MAKE UP AND CLOTHING: My personal favorite is the 1900-1950s era. I adore the pin up look, the dark, bold lips and winged/cat eyeliner. I also love the 1950-1990 era, and its music. What I like is that you can see how people could express themselves through clothing in original ways, showing their insides. Now that I'm a teenager, I believe that you have to dress the way you feel and are on the inside, despite fashion and stuff. Sometimes I feel like dressing like Taylor Momsen does, and I go out like that (much to my parents' disgust) and other times I feel like Jim Morrison and put on round glasses, a Kiss shirt and wide legged pants. The other day, I put those same glasses on and wore a long, black sweater. While walking on the street, somebody said "Hey look, it's Ozzy Osbourne", and I couldn't help but smile! There's nothing better than being comfortable in one's appearance. I have two blonde streaks in my hair like Anne Bancroft and the tips of my hair are red like Scott Ian's beard, and I love it! I even have a braid with a feather in it, like Steven Tyler. And I feel comfortable that way, even though people stare at me on the street. I was born to be this way, baby!

7- COLORFUL HAIRSTYLES AND SUCH:
Same description as before. I like crazy colors on my hair. I think it's cool and I love seeing girls and boys on the street with crazy colored hair. It makes me glad some people are busy being themselves although what society establishes as 'trendy'. And I adore colorful shit (Image: [link] )

8- POETRY, STORIES AND NOVELS:
I love reading and writing stories and novels mostly. Since 2008, when I gave fan-fictions a shot, I've been writing mostly for myself and my friends. Fan-fics and realism were the only genres I reached, but now I'm diving into the wonderful world of Historical Fiction. I ADORE the 18th and 19th century, especially the piracy era and the victorian era and in the US, the outlaw and cowboy era respectively. Currently I'd been working on a pirate story, and I'm already planning an outlaw one with one sexy bassist I'll see how it goes. I started reading stories in Quizilla.com like 4 years ago, but quickly grew tired and moved on to others. Now I've found Wattpad.com and it's the beeeeeeest website ever. Seriously. It has me restless lol Reading stories there ALWAYS puts me in a writing mood.

9- KAT VON D:
It's not like I'm a huge fan of LA Ink or whatever, but I love her work. To begin with, she draws and tattooes heavenly; Then her make up line at Sephora is completely gorgeous, and so is her clothing line. I feel inspired by her because she is a woman that fought for what she wanted, and to carry her projects out. Even though that costed her relationships, and her house (and cat), she carried on and didn't let those situations get the best of her. Instead, she pushed her projects farther, and put a 100% energy into them. So she is both a professional and a personal role model for me.

10- PASSION:
The passion is probably the match that starts the fire of my imagination. Passion for music, passion for photography, passion for colors, passion for life, passion for a man... It all helps as a big inspiration. Honestly, I love the dark, tempting shadows of lust. Not only for physical touch, but for writing, drawing, painting or achieving a goal I set up too. And don't make me talk about the heated scenes in stories I read... Ah, those make me want to let out the panther and unleash Hell! lol They always have me thinking of trust, love, intimacy, desire, longing and the need to make the other person feel good; the need to erase everything that hurts him... For me, passion is one of the best things of love. Wild, never ending, fiery passion...

11- BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA:
How I love la hermosa Buenos Aires... Going out at night for dinner or dancing and watching the colorful lights in the streets and center of the city, each person rushing to go a date or simply walking nonchalantly around, the loneliness of it after midnight... Despite all the problems it has, I still love it. I can't get tired of it, and of taking pictures at night. At night, my camera is my best companion. The city itself is so colorful that you don't know where to look at first. Colorful-lit monuments and buildings, graffittis, murals and the people themselves are beyond the colors of the rainbow. And it's beautiful.

12- IRON MAIDEN/HEAVY METAL:
Like GNR, I can't recover exactly when I started liking them. Somewhere a few years back I listened to them for the first time and felt something on my chest, like my heart swell when I listened to them. And so with Megadeth. I'm even-tempered, and when I get angry, there's nothing better than to listen to Dave Mustaine singing angry as well! Listening to any Heavy Metal band whenever I feel that way makes me feel better instantly. That, or throw a chair through the window. I blame it on Pantera

13- PUNK MUSIC:
Same like before. Except I do remember I started listening to the Pistols and Ramones not long after I started listening to Green Day. I remember I had read a Green Day Authority biography or something of that sort, and read those both bands were an inspiration for them, so I listened to them. At first I liked the Ramones better, but I grew to like both equally along with The Clash (which is my second favorite after Ramones), The Stooges, Bad Religion, Offspring, etc.

14- LE HAPPY:
As I said I'm not a fashionista, but I constantly check on this blog. The clothing is lovely and she has a lot of style. Looking at her pictures can make you imagine characters and so create stories and drawings and much more. Besides what I love is that she seems comfortable wearing that, and her hair is awesome. And so her make up. Absolutely great blog. The only fashion one I have bookmarked.

15- SKRILLEX:
I don't know why but lately I've been listening to his music a lot. And surprisingly it helps me to get inspiration. Not sure why, but it simply does. If I sit down in front of the computer and listen to it I instantly have inspiration. Weird, eh? Fuck David Guetta! I'm keeping Deadmau5 and Skrillex!

16- DEVIANTART:
DeviantART... The never ending well of creativity and art. I'm mostly inspired by pieces I see than artists, since I don't usually focus on the whole work of one person only. However, *stressedjenny has inspired me into writing Historial fictions because of the handsome Mias and the sweet Elle! C: And all the great writers out there writing stories about them as well! Unfortunately, as I've been gone a pretty long time, I can't name any other artist that has been inspiring me lately

17- TAYLOR MOMSEN:
Because she can dress and do whatever she wants, staying true to herself. As simple as that. She shrugs off what people think about her, and I feel inspired by that.

18- PHOTOGRAPHY:
It's been ages since I last did a photography session! I will think of ideas for one and will tell my friends about it. Anyway, what I found the most beautiful about it is that it captures only one image per shot, but many moments. For example, in a picture where a man is walking down the pouring rain, you can see the moment when he's about to step on the puddle on the concrete, or see the drop almost falling from the railing of a second floor apartment. Inch by inch, you can find many many moments. And it's also beautiful because it reflects the photographer's way of seeing things. My pictures are different from others', because we have different lens through which we watch life.

19- THE VAMPIRE DIARIES:
IAN SOMERHALDER. That's all I'm going to say. That, and the idea connected to the picture n°10. You figure the rest...

20- MAKE UP:
When I go out I don't do this whole routine of applying foundation and blush and eye primer and lip primer and then the shadows and bla bla bla. I keep it simple: Everyday, I wear winged black eyeliner. Every. Single. Day. The people that knows me consider it my signature make up, and I'm happy with it. Sometimes I wear eye shadow from the Coastal Scents 88 color palette, which is FANTASTIQUE. The pigments are so strong, they don't fade, and they stay on all day! Not to mention the shades are breath taking! So, with so many colors, I love to try new things and take pictures. Rainbow eyeliner, Chesire Cat eye, Elvira make up... Anything. I just lock myself up in the bathroom and experiment for an hour or two, and take a lot of pictures. That inspires me to do photomanips and edits, and also photography. (Image: [link] )

21- PAINTING:
I love painting. Both with real paint or with the tablet. I simply love it. It's so relaxing it makes everything better, and it's a great way to pass the time. When I was sick in August, I did the 3 'dolls' that are in my Drawing gallery, because I was told not to be stressed (Yeah, and then Jani Lane died and I freaked out). But painting even a little flower on a scrap paper or old market ticket is just as relaxing, and gives your brain a training on imagination and artsy stuff (Image: [link] )

22- LIPSTICK:
Even though it is categorized as make up, I put it apart because lipsticks also give me a different kind of inspiration. When I shop for lipsticks (both on the internet and on the real venues) I think of people wearing it. And so... my imagination flieeeees and gets awaaaaaay with new ideas with famous singers or musicians or actors and actresses that wear a certain shade of lipstick or something like that. Plus, as my friends say, when they see someone with dark lipstick on they think of me, since I adore wearing dark red, burgundy and plum colors on my lips! Kat Von D's lipsticks are dreamy for me, and the packaging as well! (Image: [link] )

23- PLATFORM SHOES:
I love platform shoes. I have bordellos, creepers and other heels and boots that make me really tall lol. As well, they have became a characteristic item in my wardrobe, and when I wear them I feel comfortable, I feel myself. (Image: [link] )

So yeah... I guess I can summ it all up and put it in a simple sentence: What inspires me is being myself. I wish I could always stay true to following my heart and just be the person I feel comfortable being, but it isn't that simple. I don't have parents that fully support that, and even though they have become more open-minded to the kind of music I listen to or the fact that I don't follow fashion, I feel the burden of knowing I'll never be able to be the child they wanted... A "normal" child, like my siblings. Instead, I'll always be the black-sheep they subtly yet skillfully try to change, believing this is just a phase, and I'll be a normal person again.
And unfortunately, I don't always have the strength to stand up for what I believe. Sometimes I can't fight that sorrow look in my parents' faces, wishing I wasn't this way.}

The Second Map

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:05:12 PST

Carigma Map

Phew! I finally got to doing my second influence map, as promised; it was a long time in coming, but, alas, here it is. This influence map will look at my core influences, my core aesthetic doctrines, hence the term Carigma, which means core doctrine(s). Now, I must admit, this one took some thought; it made me review the nuclear stuff that really drives me as an artist; I had to really be honest with myself. All in all, it was a good exercise for me to reflect on what really mattered and it facilitated my getting in touch with... well, my core my inner artist. I would highly recommend this meme to other artists: it really is useful. Hats off to :deviantfox-orian: , who came up with this meme.
With that said, below lies the meat of the matter, the exegesis, for those whod like to know:

1. (3x3 square)
Cubism. Actually, back in high-school, I didnt really like Cubism until the latter years. I thought Picasso couldnt draw and that Cubism was pointless. (In retrospect, that was probably youthful naivety and ignorance talking.) However, at some point in time, as I desired to understand art more and consequently began reading about the great art movements, I was enlightened about Picasso and Cubism.

Firstly, I discovered that Picasso was, in fact, a very good painter (which at that time roughly translated, for me, as being able to create very naturalistic art). This made me curious: why would somebody who could paint and draw so well create something so ugly? Thats what I thought Cubism was, after all. It was only when I did further reading, that I discovered what it was really about. Cubism (specifically Analytic Cubism) was about new perspectives of reality: objects dont only have one fixed set of visible planes or surfaces, but several, although one would be sufficient to display any number of them, and that number was near infinite. An object could also be broken down to the inherent simple shapes which constitute it. Cubism wasnt ugly, I realized, but beautifully ingenious.

Secondly, I have always had a philosophical bent, for as long as I can remember. My exposure to Cubism was where my philosophical inclination truly began to merge with my creative sensibilities. For me Cubism suggested a sense of plurality, multiplicity, which I had already identified as being an essential part of reality as a whole: reality is fragmented and inconsistent for no other reason than the fact that there is no one way to look at it (although reality becomes fixed when observed). As well, Cubism had an element of paradox, by showing several visual planes on one plane; paradox is another truth of reality which I strongly believe in: we are all unified by the fact that we all have the same capacity to see things differently, and that is the common plane that we share. Suffice it to say that Cubism got me thinking for a long time, and I am still thinking about its profound truths even now. I did to some extent adopt the formal qualities of Cubism in my style, but its conceptual application was what really hit home.

Cubism got the ball rolling for my seeing art in a very profound, conceptual light, instead of merely thinking about how good things look.

2. (2x2 squares, from left to right, top to bottom)
Cyborg 009. Where Cubism gave me the concepts, 009 gave me the lever that actuated their immediate and personal relevance. For a long time (as recent as a year and a half to two years ago (2009)), after having significantly absorbed a lot of art history, I was conflicted as to my direction as an artist: I loved anime and manga and comics, but fine art seemed to be what true artists pursued Michaelangelo, Titian, DaVinci, Raphael, etc. What was I to do? It so happened that one day, as I was pondering the fate of the universe and watching T.V., a blast from the past manifested itself unto me Cyborg 009 an old favourite of mine. I was so enraptured at having seen this classic that I acted upon it: I did my research, and I found out who designed the characters, who inspired the guy that did it, and who inspired him. It was in this way that I discovered the Holy Trinity Kazuhiko Shimamoto, Shotaro Ishinomori, and Lord Osamu Tezuka, himself. However, even as I had discovered all this, the initial concern persisted: fine art or cartoon art?

Its hard to say when exactly it dawned on me to do so, but a strange idea came to me: what if I looked at Tezuka-samas art through the lens of Picassos, Cubism? What happened next will be the stuff of legends. One main aspect of Cubism is geometric abstraction or the breaking down of objects into basic geometric shapes, namely cones, spheres, and cylinders. One of the earliest lessons I learned as an artist (thanks to some How to Draw Manga books) was how to simplify the human form into such geometric shapes, but I had long since taken that lesson for granted. Tezuka-sama didnt: his characters were simplified into very rounded cylindrical shapes, to the point where it was very obvious, and this was what his art had in common with Cubism. Bingo! I found the bridge, the missing link between Picasso and Tezuka, Cubism and anime, fine art and cartoony art. I realised that I didnt have to choose between fine art and my first loves anime and manga, cartoons and comics I could marry both! That union, my friends, would later become essential to my artistic style; consequently I adapted some of 009s formal aesthetic qualities. I could use cartoony art to tackle conceptual themes, because it has the same capacity to do so as so-called fine art, as Cubism did.

Additionally, this reconciliation allowed for me to clarify what were then novel aesthetic issues for me:
a) While I might have personally eroded any distinction between fine art and popular art, such as, cartoon or comic art, the rest of the world didnt see it that way, and for me that was an opportunity to show them that they could.
b) The discovery impelled me to examine further the capacity of art as a tool for examining itself; for analyzing the artistic structures, mainly graphic art, whereby meaning and self-expression is or can be disseminated.
Both are still objectives which, I still actively pursue.
Perhaps none of this would have happened, were it not for having watched the Cyborg 009 anime series.

Futurism. The influence of Futurism can be considered as complementary to Cubisms influence. Where Cubism reflected reality, Futurism reflected idealism, and hence ambition. I learnt about Futurism, shortly after Cubism, and how the former was impacted by the latter. I learnt about how concerned, even obsessed, the Futurists were with mankinds technological triumph over his world; how concerned they were about machines and speed and motion and industry.

I so liked the spirit of the movement that it was only a short while before I had assimilated it. I was, however, less inspired by the specific way it historically interacted with Cubism. Furthermore, I was (and am still) essentially a Luddite, especially as it relates to art: I had somewhat of an aversion to the idea of too much technology infringing upon artistry, creativity. In fact, despite appreciating the zeitgeist of Futurism, my initial response to the movement was to conceptualize an Anti-Futurism. Well, so much for that [laughs], eventually I would come to love the technological magick that is Photoshop, and eventually three of Futurisms concepts would hold a lasting place in my aesthetic philosophy:
a) Lines of motion. Pretty straightforward, I should think: lines depicting motion. However, it really wasnt something I invested a lot of consideration in until after learning about Futurism; I knew about speedlines and stuff from manga and anime, but I never thought about what was technically or conceptually involved in depicting motion artistically. I was aware of the manifold qualities of lines, but Futurism prompted me to think about applying that knowledge.
b) Simultaneity. Futurists conceived of objects as being constantly in motion, as continually, continuously, and perhaps even infinitely moving through time. Futurists attempted to depict this by showing the past, present, and future at once, hence the concept of simultaneity. However, Futurism didnt originally have a particular style. In this regard Cubism was very appropriate, by virtue of its capacity to represent the multiplicity or fragmentation of things, not excluding such as would come as a result of objects affected by time and motion. A Cubist approach to the depiction of objects was appropriate for the depiction of moving objects in Futurism, for the reason that the appearance of objects tend to become more unstable when they are moving. It was the synergy between the concept of Simultaneity and the Cubist concept of fractional representation that made Simultaneity interesting.
c) Futurists sought to create, or rather, to reveal, sympathy between the internal and external realities of an object the object for its apparent beauty, as well as the object for its intrinsic, conceptual beauty.
Like Cubism, Futurisms theoretical application proved more profound and useful for me, in the end.

Note: The Futurist sculpture depicted here is Umberto Boccionis Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, my favouritest work of art ever, because it personally represents ultimate defiance, perseverance, and ambition.

3. (2x1 squares, left to right, top to bottom)
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud. I dont need to but Ill say it anyway Scott McCloud is a genius! Or more of a philosopher, rather. Either way this book was a big help in further putting my art into perspective. It consolidated the notions unearthed by my experiences with Cyborg 009 and Cubism. For example, the concept of the cartoon as an approach and a container for universal human concepts, for our ideas of self; helped me to further understand how art, particularly its formal aspects, promulgated meaning. As well, Scott McClouds Big Triangle [my term] kick-ass concept, trust me! Ill probably go to Heaven with that and other concepts, ah swear! Id recommend this book for any (and every) artist. Or checkout his website,scottmccloud.com.

Frank Millers artwork. His iconic characterizations of already iconic characters; his story-telling; his loose, free approach to his artwork, almost like a straightforward conversation, are filled with the sheer dramatic energy of the great Baroque and Renaissance painters. It goes without saying: coming in contact with such energy and not feeling even a droplet of inspiration is blasphemy of a high calibre.

CLAMPs Mokona. The work of CLAMP has always inspired me, even before I knew who they were: I was a fan of Card Captors when I was younger, and ahve always seen theyre artwork online. Eventually, I would go on to learn about and even purchase their work, Dark Horses compilation Clover. I have never regretted buying that book; its like having an art gallery in your hands, and Ive read it cover to cover several times. The artwork, the characters were so beautifully drawn, it was imperative that I learn who the artist was. Mokona, great work!
Even as I loved the artwork, though, it was not until CLAMP the group came to have personal relevance to me that I started to adapt some elements of Mokonas style. Reading about their development from a group which was started in highschool reminded me of my highschool days with my friends. We had also been a group filled to the brim with artistic dreams; reality caught-up eventually. So for nostalgic reasons, I adopted elements of Mokonas style for drawing the face of my characters. My friendships would be thus immortalized, and on a deeper level the symbolism is this: my artistic identity owes a lot to my experiences with my comrades.

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Yoshitaka Amano. The works of this legendary artist represent so much for me. Again, his artworks represent a point where the supposedly irreconcilable artwork of the masses and the elitists art magically merge, even seamlessly merge. His character designs for the Final Fantasy series, particularly the villainous characters (Ex Death, Golbez), left an indelible impression. On another level his humility is impressive, even god-like, and to say it is inspiring would not suffice.

Shawna Mills. One of the most confident artists Ive ever seen. Her artwork is so filled with energy erratic, its only a matter of time before boils over into fame. The fearlessness her artworks exude has gradually come to represent a sort of ideal. Go, mills! Check her out her dA page[link]

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. I hope to God I got the spelling right. [laughs] Remember when you were a kid and after watching your favourite superhero kick butt you would prance around for days pretending you could do it too? Ah swear, that feeling came back when I first watched this anime. Scary part is it never really left even after having watched it. Who the hell do you think I am?!

Ashley Woods artwork. [laughs] Honestly, its hard not to repeat myself. Heres another artist whose firebrand confidence and the energy of whose artwork managed to penetrate my imagination quite profoundly. (Wonder if has anything to do with the phallic robots he sometimes paints? I kinda like those...)

Pop Art. This Art movement taught me that even the seemingly shallow and mundane objects of popular culture have a soul. I also learned about the techniques and discipline possessed by the Pop artist which allow for the extraction/exposure of this soul.

Russian Constructivism. Believe I read that this was the Art movement that brought the technique of photomontage to the forefront. That and the Constructivists ideas of Faktura and Tektonika, among others, became important instruments for me, in my artistic goals. In fact, I tend to use photographic and other such material in my artworks a tendency I owe to my exposure to Russian Constructivism.

Hindu Mythology & mythological artwork. Funny that this should be the last thing that I mention, but probably thats because I would consider them my least apparent influences, the subtlest influences. The greatness of their influence has more to do with my spirituality and religious consciousness than anything else, but it is only logical that they would find their way into my artwork, whether theoretically or formally. Formally, some signs of their influence can be seen in my artwork in the form of beings with multiple arms, for example, and divine gestures (or mudras) by the characters depicted.

*Whew!* Quite a mouthful, right? Anyways, these are what I would consider my core, or most pervasive influences, at least for the time being. There is one more to come, so dont blink just yet... Im just kidding: you can blink. Anyway, thanks for taking the time out to read this. Ciao! <3

Ps. Oh! And here's the link to my first influence map [link]

Darth Sidious Cosplay

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:07:41 PDT

Here is my most recent costume/cosplay I did last August. With Star Wars finally coming to Blu Ray I wanted to dress up someone from Star Wars since I have been a huge fan of the series since I was 6, so here is my costume of the Emperor or otherwise known as Darth Sidious. The ocassion was for Fan Expo 2011, it was a great trip I even got to meet Anthony Daniels aka C3-PO, really nice guy pleasure too meet him.

But my list of ones I meet didn't end there I also meet
Freddy Krueger- Robert Englund
Matriarch Benezia from Mass Effect 1- Marina Sirtis
Captain James T. Kirk from The Original Star Trek- William Shatner
Hicks from Aliens- Michael Biehn
Adam Jensen from Deus Ex: Human Revolution- Elias Toufexis
Frank Woods from Call Of Duty: Black Ops: James C. Burns

& with including C3-PO got all their autographs, although in 2010 I got Lance Henriksen's autograph aka Bishop from Aliens

Teh Legoz

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:10:09 PDT

All of my lego minifigures. This here's the noted version.

For the unnamed ones, I am looking for names. If you have an idea, feel free to make suggestions!

01. Diva
02. Fireman
03. Sailor #1
04. Private Rolfe
05. Professor Flitwick
06. Marcus Flint
07. Chloe, the Commodore's Daughter
08. Private Barker
09. Private Katerina Lawson
10. Corporal Degnan
11. Patrick Star
12. Gary the Snail
13. Spongebob Squarepants
14. Sandy Cheeks
15. Private Stevens
16. Private Jack
17. 'The Commodore'
18. Lieutenant Richards
19. A railway guard/conductor.
20. Oliver Wood
21. Henry Jones Sr.
22. Draco Malfoy
23. Private Thompson
24. Bearded Green Bandana Pirate
25. Bearded Blue Bandanna Pirate
26. Officer Frank Woodsley
27. A skateboarder guy
28. The Sergeant-Major
29. Private Macchas
30. Lieutenant Coulter
31. Private Burke
32. Gunner Jackson
33. Surfer girl
34. Football captain
35. Private O'Shanessy
36. Luna Lovegood
37. Professor Severus Snape
38. Ginny Weasley
39. Ron Weasley
40. Harry Potter (dun-nuh!)
41. Hermione Granger
42. Professor Albus Dumbledore
43. Professor Minerva McGonagall
44. Lieutenant Harris
45. A cook/short pirate
46. Private Hall
47. Sir Biggins
48. Arthur Weasley
49. A baseball player
50. A mummy
51. Bob
52. Thaddeus 'Fatty' Largemann
53. Indiana Jones
54. Captain John Lovett
55. Officer Penelope Springwater
56. Grail guardian
57. Rubeus Hagrid
58. Chris
59. An Orc
60. Joshamee Gibbs
61. Squidward Tentacles
62. Deputy Arthur Harrison
63. Civilian woman
64. Bellatrix Lestrange
65. Private Bellamy
66. Orc leader
67. Luftwaffe pilot
68. Jim (no, not that Jim)
69. Lucius Malfoy
70. Arabella Lovett
71. A Viking berserker
72. Captain Jack Sparrow
73. Captain Arthur (AARRRRthur)
74. Female pirate
75. First mate
76. Crazy looking blue bandanna pirate
77. Male US Marine
78. Female US Marine
79. Elsa Schnider
80. Private Hathaway
81. French Musketeer
82. Kazim
83. Argus Filch
84. Captain Hollis
85. Native American warrior
86. Tish Justin (news reporter)
87. A dwarf
88. Madame Hooch
89. Bus Driver
90. Lieutenant Nunhib
91. Officer James Henrrys, CCPD
92. Molly Weasley
93. Ryan
94. A mad scientest (Dr. Insano? )
95. Sailor #2
96. Frankenstein's Monster
97. Fenrir Greyback
98. Fred the Village Idiot (member of the Fire Brigade)
99. Dobby
100. Serious Green Bandana Pirate
101. A DJ
102. Another orc
103. Lord Voldemort
104. Dementor A
105. Dementor B
106. Gav

_{See if you can spot the shoutouts.}

FRANK WOODS: SEXIN THE WORLD

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:49:51 PDT

on iscribble with *qbark

i love her so much LOL

Uber-Influence Map

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:51:48 PDT

All of my influence (and probably more to come) ALSO must click left part of mouse and select SHOW PICTURE to see it.
From LEFT to RIGHT, and TOP to BOTTOM:
Bob Clampett
Patrick McDonnell
George Herriman
Grant Baccico/ Doug Price
Bill Waterson
Frank Tashlin
Jack Kirby
Jim Tyer
Jeff Smith
Cliff Sterret
Dr. Seuss
The Three Stooges
Steven Hillenberg
Ed Benedict
Jim Henson
Charles M. Schulz
Milt Gross
Max Fleischer
John Kricfalusi
Jackie Gleason and The Honeymooners
Tex Avery
Chuck Jones
E.C. Segar
Walter Lantz
Will Eisner
Harvey Kurtzman
Antonio Prohias
Don Martin
Sergio Aragones
Walt Kelly
Jay Ward
Jay Fosgitt
Johnny Hart
Basil Wolverton
Mary Blair
Dan Gordon
Otto Messmer
Art Davis
Will Finn
Jack Cole
Jim Smith
Eddie Fitzgerald
Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin)
Doug Walker (That Guy With The Glasses)
Frank Cho
James Hance
Carl Barks
Floyd Gottfordson
Walt Disney
Patrick Owsley
Mark Christiansen
Frank Frazetta
Bill Wray
Hank Ketcham
James Tonra
Paul Reubins
Howie Post
Transylvania Television
Salvador Dali
Berke Breathed
R. Crumb
James Grue
Jessica Borutski
Kali Fontecchio
Dave Alvarez
Brant Parker
Jack Davis
Al Hirschfield
Tom Richmond
Mort Drucker
Vincent Waller
Pablo Picasso
Billy DeBeck
Wally Wood
Will Elder
The Beatles
Spike Jones and his City-Slickers
Frank Sinatra
Elvis Presley
Raymond Scott
Frank Zappa
Weird Al Yankovic
Bil Barid
Burr Tilstrom
Stephen DeStefano
Guillermo Divito
Rene Goscinny/Albert Underzo
Ralph Bakshi
Kyle A. Carrozza
Ed Big Daddy Roth
George Pal/Puppetoons
Carroll O Conner/All in the Family/Norman Lear
Norm McCabe
Mel Brooks
Paul Coker Jr.
Norman Mingo
Will Ferrell
Jim Carrey
Katie Rice
Jim Davis
Nick Park
Ub Iwerks
Gene Deitch
John Hubely
John Lasseter
Pen Ward
Dean Yeagle
Mark Kausler
Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.
Total Television Prod.
Thurop Van Orman
C. H. Greenblatt
Nick Cross
Marlo Meekins
H. C. Chambers
Bruno Bozzetto
Craig McCracken
Gendy Tartakovsky
Richard Williams
Fred Crippin
Charlie Chaplin
Cordell Baker
Richard Condie
Mo Willams
Joe Murray
Edgar Bergen
Matt Groening
Jack Kinney
Jack Hannah
Gabe Swarr
Ricky Garduno
Steve Dikto
Gene Colan
Ben Baleristi
Peter Sellers
Virgil Partch
Gary Larson
Osamu Tezuka
Steve Mellor
Milton Knight
Richard Goleszowski
Bill Holman
Rube Goldberg
Norman Rockwell
Carlo Vinci
Don Patterson
Walter Clinton
Ed Love
Rod Scribner
Bob McKimson
Izzy Ellis
Manny Gould
Milt Kahl
Freddie Moore
Grim Natwick
Willard Bowsky
Pat Mathews
Dick Lundy
Shamus Culhane
George Scarbo
Jack Kent
Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis
Jim Martin
Peter Lorre
Kirk Douglas
Red Skeliton
Erich Sokol
Owen Fitzgerald
George Ludway
Tom Oreb
Mel Crawford
Shane Glines
Dave Feiss
George Litchy
Sgt. George Baker
Eric Goldberg
Danny Antonucci
Henry Syverson
Steven Pastis
Pete Doctor
Andrew Stanton
Peter Lord
The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo)
Stan Freberg
Tom Yohe Sr.
Nico Martinez
Makinita
Bill Plympton
Rankin/Bass
John R. Dilworth
Jeff Pidgeon
Lou Romano
Bob Camp
Chris Sanders
Sherm Cohen
Maurice Sendak
Shel Siverstein
Mort Walker
Bruce Timm
Jiri Trnka
Frank Oz
Jerry Nelson
Richard Hunt
Dave Goelz
Steve Whitmire
Kevin Clash
Carrol Spinney
Ward Kimball
Ollie Johnson
Frank Thomas
Jeff MacNelly
Milton Caniff
Al Capp
Garry Trudeau
Mike Peters
Mell Lazarus
Jim Borgman
Friz Freleng
Eldon Dedni
T.S. Sullivant
Jules Feiffer
Willie Ito
Bud Sagendorf
Daws Butler
Mel Blanc
Mike Fontinelli
Jhonen Vasquez
Lynne Naylor
Jack Black
Bill Peet
Paul Terry
Rex Hackelberg
Irv Spence
Andy Griffith/Don Knotts/etc.
Its Always Sunny In Philidalphia
J.P. Miller
Bill Melendez
Mike Judge
Romano Scarpa
Daan Jippes
Percy Crosby
William Van Horn
Art Speigleman
Tove Jansson
J. P. Morgon
Gene Hazelton
Rod Serling
Christopher Walken
Mike Pataki
Harvey Eisnenberg
Pat Ventura
Pete Emslie
Chester Gould
Winsor McCay
Scott McCloud
Frederick Opper
Reg Smythe
Jamie Hewlett
Ivan Brunetti
Ernie Bushmiller
John Stanley
Otto Soglow
Henrieke
André Franquin
Carlos Nine
Everett Peck
Gary Baseman
Bansky
Herman Mejia
Dave Hulthen Jr.
Andy Warhol
Kaws
Wassily Kandinsky
Ben Edlund
The Annoying Orange and Danobe
Mike Mignola
Kyle Baker
Vaughn Bode
Jamie Hernandez
Charles Addams
Scott Kurtz
Gilbert Shelton
Milt Stein
Jimmy Hatlo
Bobby London
Hunt Emerson
Victor Moscoso
Moebius
James Kochalka
William Steig
Peter Arno
Doug Wright
Robert Osborn
R.O. Blechman
Kaz
Peter Kuper
Bill Griffith
Lane Smith
Gary Owens
Herblock
Cab Calloway
AC/DC
Dik Browne
Ted Shearer
Dick Huemer
Peyo
Frank Capra
Bill Cosby
Harmon/Ising
Dick Briefer
Don Hertzfeldt
Jan Svochak
20s-80s commercials and advertising
Cliff Roberts
Bud Luckey
Paul Fierlinger
Quentin Tarantino
Bob Godfrey
Tim Burton and Vincent Price
Stan Sakai
Mitch Schauer
Al Hirt
Zach Galifanakis
Saul Steinberg
Mike Lah
John Dunn
Corny Cole
Bobe Cannon
Grant Simmons
Rojankovsky
Baron-Von-Jello
borogove13
cheeks-74
Cotton-gravy
eltonpot
horriblecomics
Katie Cook
Kegg
Lilypaddork
Lohenhart
LooneyLion
Mossmill
mrdynamite
MrNostalgia
nashimi
Pocketowl
redredundance
riddsorensen
RobbVision
Roger-Dog
sacks10
scrawnytooner
Selunec
shmisten
skutterfly
stablercake
Thermrock
utria
WaggonerCartoons
zombiegoon
Crabamoustache
Channel Frederator
HammersonHoek
hankinstein
happydoodle
mooncalfe
yourpalSmitty
GoldDarkShadow
JonnyBCartoonMan
kyan0
luismario
mightyfilm
Amy Mebberson
Montygog
GagaMan
louiezang
sandygrimm2000
nosleepjinx
Slainmonkey
Pam Wishbow
Jeff DeGrandis
Butch Hartman
Johnny Cash
Dan Gormley
Doug TenNapel
Rob Renzetti
Dave Wasson
Al Jaffee
George McManus
Jack Rickard
Don "Duck" Edwing
Marv Newland
Jack Benny
Burl Ives
Mike Myers
Benny Washam
Sir John Tenneil
Robert Ryan
Ray Bradbury
C.C. Beck
Nintendo
SEGA
Peter Bagge
James Thurber
Green Day
Robert Zemeckis
Johnatan Winters
Robin Williams
Orson Welles
Animaniacs and Stephen Speilberg
Tim Curry
Alfred Hitchcock
Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi
Daryl Hall and John Oates
Mystery Science Theatre 3000
Paul Fusco and Tom Patchett
Woody Allen
Vincent Van Gogh
Chris Farley
Adam West's Batman
Sherwood Schwartz and Gilligan's Island
Steve Purcell
Francisco Ibáñez Talavera
Maxwell Atoms
Chris Reccardi
Marc Deckter
Mike Kazaleh
Steve Martin
Wally Boag
Richard Scarry

Ten sexy men : D

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:48:07 PST

'cause I'm a creepy who likes to look at hot men : D
Stole this from , who stole i from here [link]

1. William Becket - singer in The Academy Is... nomnomnom, my husband
2. Tyson Ritter - singer in All-American Rejects -droooools <3
3. Ashton Kutcher - actor, his in sexy movies as Killer, What Happens In Vegas, Spread and so on
4. Gustav Wood - singer in Young Guns - and he's even sexier in real life <3
5. Brendon Urie - singer in Panic! At The Disco - ooh those vocals <3
6. Alex Gaskarth - singer in All Time Low - alright, he's not that hot, he's just funny and cute :3
7. Josh Farro - bitch who left Paramore, but still hot as hell!
8. Frank Iero - guitarist in My Chemical Romance - I am gonna see this man in 16 days <3
9. Matt Barnes - bassist in You Me At Six - those bassnotes and that smile just says it all <3
10. Aled Phillips - singer in Kids In Glass Houses - MY SECOND HUSBAND : D

OOH MISTER WOODS

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:01:55 PST

EDIT MY FRIEND MADE A RECORDING OF DIS SHIT
[link]
UNF UNF

[link]

...it had to be done.
Just as the Red Army matryoshkas.

Which I have yet to scan.

COMMIES DYING!
HUDSON TURNING....GAY!

IT WAS AMAZING.

Alex Mason and Frank Woods and Jason Hudson and thje dying commie Black Ops and Call of Duty and all them stuffs belong to Treyarch

The original "Ooh Mr Darcy" comic was also someone else.

I just melded the two together.

CoD. GASM.

Total Drama Controversy Meme

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:58:28 PST

Total Drama is one helluva show, and is one of the more refreshing shows I've seen lately, but one thing's for sure: There's a lot about it to love and to hate. Here's what I love and hate about Total Drama.

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Favorite Character: This was a very difficult choice as almost all the girls in this show are awesome to watch, be it for their "mad skillz" (Thank you, Harold) or just for their looks.

But let's face it, Gwen is by far the best. Smart, sarcastic, artistic, mysterious, and smexy without even trying, Gwen is every there is to love in a "goth gal" For her type, she was always a lot of fun and very spunky, and she had what it took to win Total Drama.

And what can I say? I like the dark mysterious type. ^_^

Special Mention: Bridgette; What can I say? She's absolutely lovable, and as such deserves the 2nd spot

Special Mention: Courtney; Yes, she's a perfectionist pain in the ass, but she's got some good in her. And have you seen her figure?

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Despised Character: DUNCAN. How I loathe thee! >_<

Don't get me wrong, this guy was pretty awesome on TDI; he was the kind of guy who took no crap from anybody and that made him a worthy opponent, but let's get real, people: HE'S A JERK. Aside from picking on Harold relentlessly and giving the boot to more likable characters like Bridgette, Duncan ruined Total Drama for me. He got a long way in TDI, and in TDA he practically stole the spotlight from everybody. He started flirting with Gwen, made things hard for Trent, he still picked on Harold, the list goes on and on! He was not my pick to win TDA, and even after they got the drop on him in TDWT, THEY BROUGHT HIM BACK!

(Seriously, nearly two seasons of stardom was not enough for this guy?)

Duncan was meant to be with Courtney; sure, they had their rough edges, but that's what made them an exciting couple; they were different in every way possible, but at the very core of it all, they were very much alike. Duncan remained faithful to her for two seasons, and what does he do when they bring him back? He smacks lips with Gwen!

If the writers loved this guy so much that he had to stay for the whole of three seasons, then this show might as well have been titled "Total Drama Duncan". All by himself, Duncan gives a bad name to Total Drama.

Special Mention: Heather. Definitely the biggest bitch one could possibly hope NOT to meet in TDI, but at the same time a very competent villainess who should not be underestimated; this girl is in it to win it.

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Favorite Season: Well you know what they say, you can never beat the original; that surely was the case with Total Drama Island. Camp Wawanakwa was endless fun to be had no matter how lost you got on that island, and the challenges were everything a reality show in the woods ought to be: Bears, man-eating sharks, cliff dives, paintball, dodgeball, canoeing, hunting.....All in one trip, how can you beat that? And let's face it, all of the characters (Minus Heather) were still likable through this whole season.

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Despised Season: Well, it WAS Total Drama Action.....Yeah, big surprise, huh?

But with the changing of time comes the change of opinion.

And I can safely say Total Drama World Tour is in fact the WORST season ever in Total Drama history

Yes, I've ranted a lot against this season in the time since it ended, by my God, I loathe this season with a passion, there is just so much that is wrong with it, I don't know where to begin......But I'll try anyhow

First off, after the sucky ride we had with TDA, I was really looking forward to this season. A whole season of exotic locales where the contestants would spontaneously break into song while performing the challenges, and finally give some badly needed spotlight to the minor characters......It was a great setup for a great season! What could go wrong with it?

Well as TDA taught us all, a lot can go wrong. And I know what went wrong with World Tour: EVERYTHING

This season got off to a very strong start, it finally cut Duncan loose after all that time that he was hogging the screen, the locations of the series were fun, the returning characters were fun, and most of the songs were great! There were still things that annoyed me like Bridgette getting eliminated early (AGAIN) or DJ attempting to quit the season (AGAIN) for reasons too ridiculous to mention, but the season got off to a good start. And I loved the developing friendship between Gwen and Courtney I waited so long to see those two finally make peace ^^ And even Heather was growing onto me, everybody (Except Sierra) was growing onto me......Sadly that all turned out to be a short-lived guilty pleasure.

Total Drama World Tour is the single-most hateful season of this show, all dedicated towards spilling out pointless drama in the form of a bloody love triangle that grew to dominate the entire second half of the season. Not only did this season commit the crime of bringing Duncan back, but he backstabs Courtney, who he's spontaneously grown to hate out of absolutely nowhere, leaving her all alone with no remorse whatsoever, and HOOKS UP WITH GWEN!!!

OH MY GOD, I hate this couple with a passion. Not only was it the most contrived pairing on the show, but in bringing about this couple, Duncan became a Grade-A jerkass, ruined Gwen's character by turning her into an insensitive "boyfriend stealer" who up until that point had a strong moral conscience and likable demeanor, and took all of the attention off the competition to focus on these two and their feud with Courtney! And so many contestants became the center of overblown, uncalled for bouts of hate that made them all target practice for the writers who seemed single-mindedly focused on undoing everything that was established and good from the past two seasons. So many characters were made out to be assholes, the songs became extremely obnoxious, and I couldn't have anymore fun with the competition itself. It truly was the middle finger to the fanbase.

I am NOT convinced Gwuncan was popular enough at the time to become an official ship. If it has its fans, fine; but the way it went down was just WRONG. I feel bad for the masses of Gwent and Duncney fans who were rooting for their favorite couples to get back together.

And it was not only Gwuncan, but everything else was just wretched. Blaineley was ungodly annoying in her run on the show, an unnecessary extra created simply to chew the scenery. Sierra really grated on me with her obsessive fangirl personality. I'm sorry but, she was just creepy! The idea of turning Ezekiel into "Gollum" was also a retarded idea. They abandoned character development in favor of a lame joke that added to the anticlimax of the finale, and it was a joke that got old really fast.

The finale itself was TERRIBLE. Not only were we forced to root for two villains (Although I'll admit Heather was by far the lesser evil), but NOBODY won the million! All that buildup so that nobody could win? Biggest cop-out in history, I tell ya! And the finale wrapped up nothing. No conflicts or romances were resolved, nobody was rewarded for their troubles, and even now as we are in the fourth season of Total Drama, those matters remained unresolved.

This season was so bad that I stopped watching it halfway through, and I don't regret doing so. So much awesome potential, and it turned out to be a very hateful season with unremorseful situations and characters abound. I don't know what went wrong with this season, I think the writers completely lost focus of what was important in a desperate attempt to satisfy some degree of fanservice. And it failed miserably.

And here's an interesting bit on TVTropes that further proves my point:

"Sadist Show: Keeps becoming more and more like this. World Tour fully qualifies as one."

That is exactly what this season is, guys: A SADIST SHOW. And one of the worst I've seen in a long time.

Yes, Total Drama Action was bad, but it didn't stay bad through the entirety of its run. In fact, it's actually the better season in the tossup between these two shows. TDA is the stronger season in this category despite its obvious flaws. That guys, is saying an awful lot.

That all being said, Total Drama World Tour deserves my pick for the WORST season of Total Drama, and quite frankly, I hope someday that the writers will acknowledge their failure and that we can all quietly disregard this irredeemable mess.

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Overrated Character: I was really tempted to use Duncan for this one, but seeing as he's already my most hated character, I had to go for my close second: Alejandro. What can I say about him? Oh, yeah, this:

He's an asshole, and that's all I have to say.

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Underrated Character: Is it me, or am I the only one to love Eva? This gal totally got wasted on this show, she's as good a competitor as they get and they can't spare her ten minutes on this show outside of the Aftermaths. Sure, she's a demon in the flesh....but hey, that's what makes her awesome.

Special Mention: Geoff. Damn, this guy was funny! Another reason to hate TDA: They just tossed this jokester aside, turning him into nothing but a sideliner.

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Favorite Couple: Trent and Gwen, like it was always meant to be. Two starving artists who shared a common passion and just fit together like milk and honey, these two really had something special, and when they actually did plant one on each other, you could feel the love they had. If I ever find the bloke who gave this couple the axe, I promise you that sparks will fly.

Special mention to Geoff and Bridgette: Cute, blonde, energetic, and they've never left each other's side!

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Despised Couple: DUNCAN X GWEN. Need I remind you how many hearts were broken by this couple? Duncan loved Courtney, when in hell did he fall in love with Gwen? Also, has Gwen forgotten all about the good times she shared with Trent? And as so many others have pointed out, poor Courtney!

Gwuncan, the true Master of Disaster >_<

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Favorite Song: "Her Real Name Isn't Blaineley"

OMG, I LOVE this song. This not only cements Geoff as one of the most hilarious and fun-loving characters in the show, but he forced that annoying broad to swallow her pride on international television! (Now why doesn't that happen more often in politics?)

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Despised Song: Changing Guard Mix.

Okay, seriously, stripping the guards???? I'm sorry, but....this song and this episode just made me feel uncomfortable.

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Favorite Episode: I don't have one, but if you want the best Total Drama has to offer, then I seriously recommend the entire season of Total Drama Island.

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Despised Episode: I See London.....

Bad enough this episode had teenagers stripping the Royal Guard, but lo and behold; here began the abysmal betrayal that was Gwuncan.

As they say in jolly 'ole London, God Save the Queen.

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Extra Mentions:

Favorite Team: The Killer Bass. It's a tie between them and the Screaming Gophers, but I loved this team due to its high levels of romantic drama (I adore Bridgette X Geoff and Duncney, they were just meant to be ). They may have been the underdogs, but this team had a strong dynamic of powerful players who played it straight through much of the competition, much more so than Heather, who disgraced her team with her underhanded ways. Team Amazon is a close third due to the budding Gwen-Courtney friendship, as short-lived as it was.

Despised Team: The Killer Grips. What can you say about this team? They sucked, all the weakest players grouped into one, and they only ever won through cheating or by Courtney's aggressive ways. This team neither had the brains nor brawn to win up until Courtney came along, and the misuse of the "Killer" label was getting old.

Favorite Location: Hard to say, seeing as I gave up on TDWT halfway through, but I'm gonna say New York. (Sierra gave Chris a run for his money, and the song number was fairly good ^^)

Despised Location: London. Sorry, Queen Elizabeth, I love you, but I did not love seeing Duncan or a line of guards standing half-naked outside Buckingham Palace.

Special Mention goes to Canada (God forgive me), for Bridgette ended up stuck to a pole and up in the air. Miss you, Bridgette!

And there you have it, the best and worst of Total Drama Sure hope I didn't offend any of the fanbases too much

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I own none of these images; Total Drama is the property of Teletoon.

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My Influences

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:41:18 PST

Okay... I will attempt to elucidate on these, starting in the top left corner, and going left to right along the top, 'row' by 'row'. Hope you can keep up!

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers. I've been in love with the lead singer, Anthony Kiedis, for about 10 years now. Californication was the first album of theirs I discovered, and now I have more or less every CD they've made, and love each of them as much as the last. They've got amazing soul, and are just downright funky.

The Soul to Squeeze music video by the Chili Peppers is up there purely because it was the foundation for one of my favorite characters, Mace.

Invader Zim was my favorite show when it aired on television, and for a while after that. It was dark (for a kid's show), weird, gross, creepy... and hilarious. When it got taken off the air, I went on to find that Jhonen Vasquez had done other projects, which included Johnny the Homicidal Maniac (right next to Zim up thar). F*ked up beyond belief, that comic was a huge influence on the developing character Mace, as well as my art/comic style.

Native American culture and art is something I've always liked or been attracted to; I just wish it weren't so decimated by this point.

Dracula by Bram Stoker... as a vampire fan, I felt obligated to read this, and was glad I did. Terrific book; more or less the origin of the vampire craze, and thus an influence on me and what I create.

Trees. Forests. The "Green Man". As a kid I ran around out in the woods behind our house and across the street all the time; woods are magical to me, and have their own mystic, ageless energy that's always been an influence.

Aladdin and Disney's Tarzan... like any kid, I was influenced by Disney, from the way they do expressions to the way they tell a story. I chose to include Aladdin here for the character-- the poor, vagabond, rogue-ish type that I've come to adore, and I chose Tarzan because frankly I am in love with the art in that movie. It's been a big influence to me through high school/college.

Nirvana: In high school I just could not get enough of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain. I had at least 10 shirts with some sort of logo or picture of them on it, and wore them out. I was that kid that wore black on the anniversary of Cobain's death.

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Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog is up here because of its humor, which is very close to my own, and because of just how much it proves that you don't need a lot of money or a big company backing you to do something terrific. Also, we again see the sort of anti-hero here, which is a recurring theme.

is the beautiful lady in that small photograph. She's hands down one of the kindest people I've ever met, and we've leaned on each other pretty heavily over the last 3 years.

John Bender (and later, the Breakfast Club), is just one of those movies that sticks with you. John Bender was the character that jumped out to me the most; again, he's the poor soul shaped by his surroundings, nursing his own hurts in the only way he knows how...

Neil Gaiman/The Sandman's 'Dream' If you've never read the Sandman, you must. I'm not finished with all of the comics yet, but nonetheless they've been a huge influence on me in storytelling style. Neil Gaiman's has a way with words that I aspire towards.

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The Princess Bride, oh my gosh, where do I even begin. The story; the visuals; the characters; the treachery, the adventures, the SWORDFIGHTS. This was a movie I watched all through my childhood, and just cannot ever get enough of.

World of Warcraft is here because I only devoted about 4 years of my life to it, three of which were focused on a guild I ran. I've met some really wonderful people through that game, and had some great role-play, which will someday be the basis of a comic of mine. All that notwithstanding, it's a very beautifully and cleverly crafted game, with such widely varying fantasy elements that it boggles the mind.

Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky: read this in AP Lit in high school and fell in love with it. Raskolnikov is the foundation for another of my favorite characters (who's named, surprise, Raskolnikov), and it makes my top 5 favorite books list.

Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral was the first album by NIN that I owned, thanks to my Aunt Terry. I'd never heard anything like it before, and haven't since. Trent Reznor is on his own level of the darkness and decay of the human soul.

Faeries anthologies by Brian Froud is a book that was given to me when I was very young. It was a big hardcover book, a perfect drawing surface, but I distinctly remember opening it for the first time. The illustrations were just enchanting, lovely-- creepy. This book is probably why I was just never that interested in Tinkerbell; she was never 'real' as these illustrations are.

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The Crow by James O'Barr is another thing on here that makes me gush over how amazing it is. Literally one of the first graphic novels I bought, on a whim; the art, the story, the everything, pierced my heart and has stayed there.

The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause was the first vampire book I read, and one of the best. It brought me the world of vampires, which I've inhabited since, and also influenced my writing style.

Aunt Terry has lived in Wales for a number of years now, and I hardly speak with her, but she is my artistic aunt. We are of the same make and model, I think. She introduced me to a few things in here, and every time she visited, she had-- THINGS. Beads and such. I always admired her, and still do.

Jekyll and Hyde: The 1995 Musical was a CD I picked up purely by chance, and is one of the loves of my life. No other musical version compares, as far as I'm concerned. Influenced more dark corners of the soul.

Merlin (1998) was a movie that was pure enchantment for me. It's long, but it covers the nuances of the story, and the special effects are still pretty awesome. Magical.

Elfquest may as well take up this whole map, for how influential it's been. Aunt Terry gave me the first 8 books, as well as some original copies, and as far as I'm concerned they are the epitome of what a good comic should be, in story, art, and soul.

Bugs: what can I say, I'm fascinated by them. As a kid, I was always stopping and crouching down to examine the tiny critters, that my dad gave me the nickname "Bug Woman", which is still what he refers to me as. I don't want the creepy crawlies in my bed, but I've never been as terrified of them as others.

Rammstein: Rosenrot is that little blue CD cover. I love the German language, which is why I picked it up in the first place, and Rammstein quickly became a guilty pleasure of mine. They're just hardcore.

Lord of the Rings (the movies): I'd never heard of LotR before the movies came out, and was really drawn to the whole world and the characters. I didn't like the books, and didn't get TOO into it in the long run, but it's def. an influence.

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Vampire Hunter D and Yoshitaka Amano: My mother rented the DVD "Bloodlust" on a whim (she thought it looked like something I'd like), and I was immediately a Vampire Hunter D fan. With more research I found the art style of Amano, and while it's not really anything like my own, it's still beautiful and something I really enjoy.

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Oh man. This was a b-day gift for my mom when it came out, when Nintendo 64 was new and amazing. The amount of hours me, my brother, and my mother spent playing the game, and watching each other play... countless. So many memories associated with this. The art in the playbook was also some of the first I began to seriously try and draw-- I learned a lot from it.

In the Forests of the Night by Amelia At-Water Rhodes is another vampire book, one of many by this author, that has always stuck with me.

Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice books. I was never a HUGE Star Wars fan, but I found these books and it was just over. Qui-Gon was and is my favorite character, and this series follows him and Obi-Wan from the beginning of their master/apprenticeship. Well written and exciting.

Calvin and Hobbes is an influence not only in the art style, but also the humor and the morals of Bill Watterson, who refused to sell out his work like a cheap hussy, unlike most artists and writers. Love love love.

Mr. Counts My high school art teacher. He taught me everything I know about drawing and how to be an artist. Amazing man. 3 years of classes with him was just not nearly enough.

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher is a recent love of mine, but has already started to influence how I think about magic. The writing style in these books is for the most part superb, and I love the character of Harry Dresden.

Nathan Fillion/Firefly TV series: First of all, Nathan Fillion is hilarious and a hunk. Secondly, the Firefly series is a party I came to late, but that doesn't stop me from loving the life out of it.

~*~ LAST FREAKING ROW. THIS IS A NOVEL.

World of Darkness Role-Playing games: I don't play tabletop games anymore (due to time/friend issues), but the worlds and rules in the games have definitely influenced how I think about the world around me, and the one in my head.

Beanie Babies. Yes.

Willow: this movie creeped the piss out of me, but that's why it sticks out so clearly in my mind. It was just-- strange, like the Faeries book, like a lot of other things.

Xanth series by Piers Anthony: I was grabbed by this series and never really let go. The world of Xanth, which is basically just a world of puns, was both fun and mystical. I also liked the idea that everyone has an unique power.

Hellsing. HELLSING. The manga, more than the anime, though I hear the OVA is nice. Hellsing influenced me on the vampire front (duh) and the art style front. An embarrassing amount, really.

Breakfast Club: already covered.

WHEEEEW

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Trailer's Improvement meme

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:42:06 PST

Sorry for huge description (TL;DR: I made an improvement meme, look at it)

I saw this a long time ago (here: [link]), before finals, and I was like "Oh sweet baby Jesus I HAVE to do this!!" So I downloaded the template and started. You may notice some of the works from 2010 haven't been posted into my gallery yet, and I'm here to say you'll be seeing them soon, just be patient. In the meantime though, sit back, relax, and educate yourself on your Trailer art history! More info on specific time periods below... [WARNING: I AM A REALLY TYPICAL DEVIANT AS FAR AS WHAT PHASES I WENT THROUGH]

2004: The cat era
So, in about the third grade I invented this series about my calico cat, called AKA Patches. In the stories she was a spy for the FBI and she was AWESOME at it. Other characters in the story were patches's kittens... Pepper, Tom, Scamper, and there were others, but I forget their names. The reason Scamper (the first cat in the meme) has a halo around his head is because, to put it frankly, my dog ate him when he was little... but I had already included him in one of the stories and I didn't want to get rid of him, so turning Scamper into an angel kitty was an easy solution.

2005: The Pokemon era
I was already previously introduced to pokemon prior to 2005, and my sisters and I were quite the tv show and movie lovers, but this was the year when I got pokemon sapphire for gameboy advance. And particularly, the game guide. That guide included about a hundred pictures of every 3rd generation pokemon within the game. Nuff said.

2006: Anime; part one
Like said in the description on the image, I was introduced to anime . In the 5th grade I already knew about the pokemon anime, Inuyasha, and Cardcaptor sakura, but in 2006 I discovered (like many other twelve year olds) Naruto, and Fullmetal alchemist. Yeah, I was a super super weeaboo back then. I still kind of am, at least for FMA... movingon..

2007: Anime; part two
Major weeaboo alert here folks. At this point I had created my own characters though, and my own story and was pretty much obsessed with anything that had to do with it. I know, it's super typical. And the story was typical too. Human girl abandons her unloving parents with her kid sister in the middle of a war, and meets up with some half demon kid in the woods... Etc etc. Much never really got written down, but I really was into it for quite some time.

2008: The Gaia phase
I had already created my gaia account in 2007, and had already met some really great friends, but it was in the summer of 2007 and the school year of 2008 when I really kicked it off on gaia. I entered the second year of my Avatar art shop with my sister Lindsey, and business was booming! Well, kinda. We were having a lot of fun and that was what mattered. We did make a lot of gold off it though. For those of you interested I'm not really on gaia anymore.

2009: ASFA application era
My best friend Brady, in the eight grade, was applying for the Alabama school of fine arts for math and science (a math science department in an arts school, what? As controversial as it seems, nobody really cares about it. We love our math science kids) and he got in! Well, needless to say, I really was influenced to go then. I researched the visual arts department and put my best foot forward and submitted my portfolio and got in! Hurray!

2010: The comic age
Well, I went to asfa and got a lot better on my conceptual art. I downloaded portable paintool SAI and hit it off digitally. THIS was also the lovely year I created my webcomic, Show or Tell. If you don't know what it's about, go through my gallery and READ IT. Love you all and I'm looking forward to entertaining you for another year to come!

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Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:15:53 PST

I had to. I played Black Ops. Loved it. And now I have an obsession with Frank Woods, 'cause he's yummy.

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Influence Map

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:11:45 PDT

I've seen these influence maps all over DA so I thought I'd finally take the time to make my own.

I could have included many more artists but these are the major ones who have influenced me the most over the years.

1. Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri ~ The first time I laid eyes on Serpieri's character Druuna in Heavy Metal magazine, I was blown away. Druuna's adventures are filled with horror, gore, science-fiction, voluptuous babes and lots of sex. A major influence on my work.

2. Mark Schultz ~ I've been a huge fan of Mark's work since Death Rattle no.8 in which he introduced his fascinating "Xenozoic" world. I'm especially inspired by his pencil sketches which show great technique... and he draws amazing looking babes too.

3. Luis Dominguez ~ His DC horror covers are a great inspiration. He's also an accomplished painter (see Dracula Lives magazine).

4. Dany ~ Girls don't get much cuter than this.

5. Jordi Bernet ~ His great saga "Torpedo" features femmes fatales galore and a film noir atmosphere which inspires me greatly.

6. Mike Zeck ~ I don't relate much to his later work but I love the work he did for Charlton Comics back in the 70's. His werewolves were the best!

7. Dave Stevens ~ There's a seductiveness to Dave's work which is unequaled. I've learned so much from studying his art.

8. Jack Kirby ~ Probably the artist who inspired me the most over the years in every aspect of my art.

9. Nick Cardy ~ Like Dominguez, his DC horror covers are a delight for the eyes.

10. Frank Robbins ~ One of my all-time favorite comic book artists. Frank's Fantastic brush work and use of black as well as his totally wacky style are a constant inspiration.

11. Don Newton ~ One half of my favorite Batman artist team (with inker Alfredo Alcala) and another of my favorite artists who began his career at Charlton.

12. Steve Ditko ~ Been a fan of his for as long as I can remember. Love his work at Charlton the best, in such titles as Ghostly Tales and Ghost Manor.

13. Frank Frazetta ~ My favorite painter. His pieces can convey so much feeling and tell an entire story. It's not surprising so many comic book stories were inspired by some of his paintings.

14. Jean-Louis Mourier ~ After reading "Les Feux D'Askell" trilogy, I became an instant fan and have been inspired by his voluptuous character, the feisty, sexy Cybil.

15. Wally Wood ~ From his work at EC Comics to Tower's Thunder Agents to his soft core spy thriller "Cannon", Wood is one of my main influences.

16. Berni Wrightson ~ Last but certainly not least, Wrightson is a master at drawing Gothic horror. His work for DC and Marvel in the 70's and his mind-blowing b&w Frankenstein illustrations are extremely inspiring to me.

super influence map

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:34:32 PDT

^{Influence Map (long description follows, I hope you guys would have the time to read it. )

Hey people! Here's my influence map for all of you to see what makes me tick and what makes me do crazy things all at once! If you guys are patient enough to read this long description, I'll be very much grateful because well, it's more or less my whole being that's written all over these things. hahaha. What influences me makes me. What makes me is reflected through my art. So I hope you guys enjoy reading this if ever you have some spare time. Who knows you might get inspired and influenced too by these entries!

(1) - J.C. Staff - ( To Aru Kagaku no Railgun, To Aru Majutsu no Index, Toradora!, Honey and Clover)
J.C. Staff produces one of the most coolest titles for me. Yeah, I know, your typical moe flicks are made by them but animation-wise they are superb! Best scenes for me would include: running animation of Minorin and Ryuuji as they chase Taiga, the whole sequence when Taiga cried and ran to get Ryuuji back during X'mas. T'was effin heartbreaking. (potah to. umiyak talaga ako last year dahil don. takteng anime na yan. nakakapanira ng pagkalalake ko eh.), Misaka's character animation is one of my favorites too. Hagu. omigash Haguuuuuuuuu! X3 So far so good. They're that good. XD Corny ko amp. XD

(2) - K-on!!
K-on!! is just plain moe. Super moe. I promised myself not to watch moe thingies again but I guess it's alright. It balances out the way too serious tone of my current style. It made my works "fuwa fuwa" again. hahaha. And K-on is a rockin' band! And I really really like that Yamaha Hipgig Drumset of Ritsu. If ever I get a chance to have or at the least play that set, I'll be super happy. ( sorry for being such a drummer-geek. XD )

(3)- Dennou Coil
Never ever miss this anime. NEVER EVER. This is my type of animation. Deep story. Interesting characters. Unexpected turn of events. Good blending of reality and virtual world. Just effin' brilliant. Highly recommended if you're into intellectual anime and stuff.

(4) - Kamichu!
Light and fluffy plus character designs are over-the-top-awesomeness. All the gods in here and the worlds have their own distinct personalities. This will make artists and illustrators go wtf-why-haven't-I-thought-of-that-before. Never miss this anime too. Highly recommended version 2.0. Kaaaaaaa-miiiii-chuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu~! XD

(5) - Bakemonogatari
Copy-heavy anime (for non-advertising people, it has a lot of text and words on it rather than animation.) I think this is some kind of experimental anime of some sort. But I like it nonetheless. Very graphic design-ish. Even the black-screens are titled (kuro). It's awesome but it's a bit boring at times because there's too much conversation but it still is bearable. Most interesting character for me would obviously be Senjougahara Hitagi. Highly recommended version 3.0 only if you guys appreciate graphic design over animation.

(6) - Ogure Ito
Great fashion statement for his character designs. Airgear and Tenjou Tenge are some of his works. He did costume design for Tekken 6 too. Not really a big fan of his art style nowadays but I do appreciate his awesome use of onomatopoeia in his works and as mentioned earlier, his fashion sense when it comes to character designs.

(7) - tokidoki (Simone Legno)
Cute, cuddly and punk. SimoneLegno is one of my influences when I try branching out to other styles of art. It's Japanesey, street, cuddly and cute.

(8) - Audrey Kawasaki
Grah. This woman is from Mars I tell yah. She's just too powerful to be here on planet Earth. Her works greatly inspires me when I try to level up my art. One of my aspirations in life is to at least have one of her artworks. If that happens, I could die any day after that. (uhm. jok lang. pero pede rin. XD )

(9) - Yuko Shimizu
One of my most favoritiest contemporary artists in the world. She's so good that I just made up "favoritiest" just because favorite isn't enough to describe her awe-inspiring art. XD

(10) - James Jean
I first encountered his works from the covers of Vertigo's Fables. I... I... I dunno! Ghad. (andaming halimaw sa mundo nakakainis. gusto ko rin maging halimaw!) He's so amazing... He's works always remind me to work hard for my craft and not to think of it as "just drawing". This is serious business with a heart.

(11) - Ashley Wood
Another one of those inhumane human beings. I'm just frustrated ok? XD He's so good I tell yah! His oil paintings and concept designs are just out of this world. Very expressionistic works of art and his muted tones in his artwork is just a plus for me. It feels vintage-y and old. My type of art. He's so good I bought one of his art books entitled "Uno Tarino". My favorite works of his include Metal Gear Solid and Tank Girl.

(12) - Alphonse Mucha
I first encountered Alphonse Mucha's works because it was written as one of =demitasse-lover's favorite artists. Me, being such a research nerd, looked up who on earth this guy is and was totally blown away after knowing who he was. His art was very familiar to me, I just never had the time before to actually know that he's one of the pioneers when it comes to art nouveau. A major influence for me when it comes to layout and design.

(13) - Dave McKean
Ugh. Another one of my idols. It's really so hard for me to give some description about a guy that you know you will never ever have a chance to be as good as his art. And I'm just being bitter. XD Dave McKean, Neil Gaiman's most used illustrator/artist, is my super inspiration when it comes to pen and ink. It was because of "Cages" that I realized that "oi pare, tama na yung pencil work, kelangan nating matutong mag-ink pare. hindi yung sobrang linis, yung gritty pare. ok?" I first knew him because of my ex. She likes Neil Gaiman's works a lot and I like Dave Mckean's works a lot and we both love Dave Mckean's work a lot. hahaha.

(14) - Range Murata
His art deco-inspired works and cute Japanese manga girls is a big inspiration for me. Most notable works would be Blue Submarine No. 6 and Last Exile. He has also done work for the Animatrix (second renaissance). I own one copy of his "robot" super colored comic graphic novel-ish art book. Range Murata is one of my influences mainly because he reminds me to illustrate girls and to keep them cute always. Or something like that. XD

(15) - Monet + Degas
Two of my most favoritiest (yeah. it's not a word. but i'll keep on using it. XD) artists of the impressionist art movement. It all started when I was doing my thesis last last year. My thesis proposal was about using impressionism through comic books. It was a major epic fail for me mainly because I procrastinated so much despite the fact that I like what I was doing. The end result was an utter disaster resulting me to have a 3.0 . It sucks big time but I told myself that I'll be better and I'll never give up on it because I don't want to be called a failure anymore. Ay. Nag-emo. XD hahaha.

(16) - Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim
I have read Scott Pilgrim way back when I was still in my second year in college. I saw it as a teaser comic from one of my books about graphic novels. It didn't have that "special" feel to it the first time around but when me and my ex recently started talking about Scott Pilgrim because of Michael Cera, I revisited that book and re-considered reading the whole thing. I downloaded books 1 to 5 and I was totally hooked! Never have I been hooked about a certain comic book ever since Culture Crash was born. XD As I arrived here at Freezerland aka Alaska, I bought the last book, his finest hour and was a bit disappointed. It wasn't all that great but I guess it works... well. kinda. Scott Pilgrim influenced me mainly because it taught me that simple things should be noticed too. I got so inclined in doing too much detailed art that it drowned its true essence. Scott Pilgrim is truly my refresher and the comic I most definitely can relate to in my life.

(17) - Andy Riley's Bunny Suicides
My favorite black comedy comic book! Cute lil' bunnies trying to create ways on how to kill themselves creatively. It's just pure genius. I had a chance to actually read (more like look at) the whole thing when I was in college. A friend of mine brought this neon orangey book with a bunny drawing in it. Browsing through its pages, I got myself a good laugh as the bunny tries to kill itself in the most bizarre and creative way possible! XD Why did this influence me? I got myself some serious morbid stuff with my art before because of this. hahaha. Until now actually, but not that much. I'm into light and fluffy now XD. But morbid and bloody will be back whenever I feel like it. XD

(18) - university life
Yup! University life. A lot of possible stories can and would influence me when I try creating my art through my experiences during my university days. High school days may be included too but my high school days suck so never mind. XD As an extension of my "university life", I usually visit other colleges to be inspired by stories that surround other university's colleges. I have developed a lot of stories during my days in the University of Santo Tomas. As I branch out more and hear stories from different universities such as the University of the Philippines, I was able to develop a library of ideas for possible artworks and comic book ideas. Meeting new people is an essential part of this process for me to get my ideas flowing and my art solid.

(19) - people in general
I base most (if not all) of my characters from people I know, knew, would like to know and people who just plainly inspires me. I have been doing that ever since in high school. During those days, I drew some comics about me, my [I hate to say this] crush, my other friend, and her crush. It was some action comics mainly inspired by Final Fantasy. Pictured above is the cover of my first crappy indie comic book when I was still in high school. I'll probably upload the whole thing sometime if I get crazy or something. As of that incident, I have a phobia of doing a comic book that has anything to do with me and my life. I don't have that exciting life you see. I just draw, design, drum, strum a bit repair your PC, cook some omelette du fromage and that's about it. XD

(20) - textures and patterns
I can't live without them. It makes my work alive and organic. I usually prefer grunge, vintage and paper textures more than those sleek Apple-ish designs (with a few exemptions).

(21) - awesome architecture
I'm no architect but when I see a well designed building, I get inspired by it. I usually design buildings and interiors using Sketchup and my main influences would be books about architecture and some outside strolling (for those not-so-high-buildings). Although I haven't emulated his works yet, my super inspiration when it comes to architecture would be Frank Lloyd Wright.

(22) - meow-meow version 2.0
I miss my meow-meow version 2.0! T_T I hope he/she's doing fine at our former house... I miss him/her terribly... He/she usually bites my finger when I try feeding him/her. He/she is a cute lil' meow-meow that has an amazing story. Here's the story of meow-meow version 2.0. But before that, let me tell you guys about meow-meow version 1.0. XD Meow-meow version 1.0 is a stray, fierce and kind of unruly type of kitty. Then one day, meow-meow version 1.0 left our house because I guess he/she is trying to find her mommy meow-meow. It made me sad... Then after a year or so (this year around July) a homeless kitty cat meow-meow came to our doorsteps one evening crying. It annoyed me big time. XD But when I saw him/her sleeping the next day, I just can't help but go awwwwwwwwwww!!!!!! Then it happened. He/she became my pet cat before leaving for Alaska. We usually sleep together as well. He/she will go next to my bed and just crawl into a little ball right next to me. That's the story of meow-meow version 2.0. According to our neighbors, he/she still hangs around our former house even though no one lives there already... Kawawa naman si meow-meow version 2.0 ko... Pictured here was when he/she was awakened by the sound of me typing through my PC. XD And yes, he/she influences me a lot in a weird but acceptable way. I have no idea why, but when he/she is near me while I use my PC, ideas just come flooding in. It's weird I tell yah.

(23) - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
I am totally anti-war but I am pro-gaming. Gaming should replace the on going wars in this world. COD:MW2 is the most awesomest first person game I have ever played. It got me into the I-know-that-gun-and-its-caliber-stage in my life. It influenced me a lot when it comes to warfare and on how to show (illustrate) it effectively.

(24) - The Beatles
In my opinion, the best band in the world that spawned a lot of copycats and inspired a thousand musicians to be what they are today. John, Paul, George and Ringo revolutionized the way rock is heard. They branched out a lot and I must say they're just plain insane. Insane in a very good, influential and inspiring way.

(25) - Green Day
Pop rock'n punk rockin', blast beats, socio-politically-inclined lyrics, and just plain angst. A lot of people say that they're copycats of some other bands but I guess I still want 'em 'cause they make my head bang. My top pick would have to be Jesus of Suburbia and, despite being stereotypical, 21 guns is one of my faves too. Maybe because I'm a bit of an anti-war junkie that's why I could relate.

(26) - Linkin Park
Linkin Park is so high school. Nu metal and Rap rock at its finest. Ang astigin kasi ng sagutan ni Chester chaka Mike! Takte pure genius yung dalawa! Also, the use of technology is very evident in their works. Honestly though, what made me liked them more was because of the Breaking the Habit music video. It was freakin' awesome, inhumane and hardcore. Personal faves include Papercut, Faint, Somewhere I Belong. Why do they influence me? I guess it suits my feelings right now and they became my outlet or something. hahaha. Plus the music makes me draw more.

(27) - The Eraserheads
Most people say that the Eraserheads are the Beatles of the Philippines. I totally disagree. They're another breed of musicians catered for the Filipino audience. Pero lolz. Ganto lang kasimple yan, pag kumanta si Ely , makakarelate agad ako SA LAHAT NG KANTA NIYA. uulitin ko. SA LAHAT NG KANTA NIYA. Ganun lang kasimple yun.

(28) - 500 Days of Summer
The most shitiest movie in the world. It keeps on reminding me that there's always a certain movie for everybody. And this one is mine. And a lot more guys out there would also agree that its theirs. As for me, I might be over Summer. I still am trying to find my Autumn. I may or may not have seen my Autumn as of this time. This movie made me shit bricks. That-feeling-na-lahat-patama-sayo-yung-movie-kahit-pangit-tingnan-na-nagfe-feeling-ka = 500 Days of Summer. On a positive note, I super love the soundtrack! My favorites include, "Us", "Mushaboom" and "She's Got You High". And the Ikea home shopping scene... really did hit me big time.

(29) - Once
THIS. MOVIE. IS. THE. SHIZNIT. ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE MOVIES THAT MADE ME CRY. Nasira na naman pagkalalake ko dahil dito dahil sa pag-iyak! Amp naman! Shit naman! Mahal niyo naman isa't isa eh ba't di pa kayo nagkatuluyan. AMP. SHIT. SHIT. But it's ok... I mean, c'mon they both have their own personal commitments... so... yeah. I still would insist though that they're meant for each other. Totally. This movie has the BEST SOUNDTRACK EVER. Favoritiest song? "Falling Slowly". Sarap kapain sa gitara! I lurv et. I like et. At tinatamaan din ako. amp. Now why on earth is this an influence? It makes me create stories that have heart and not just plain old bashing. Same goes with 500 Days of Summer.

(30)- Inglorious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino. What more can you ask for? If this guy creates a movie, it's a sure effin' win. I'd put in Kill Bill but Inglorious Basterds beat the hell out of it in my opinion because of one simple reason: Hans Landa. Best. Antagonist. Ever.

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Woah. That's a mouth-full! Hahaha! Well guys, that's about it! This influences enable me to diversify a lot. Try checking them out too, who knows, you might get inspired by them too.}

influence map

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:39:00 PDT

_{I HAVE THE SKETCH FOR A COMMISSION DONE AND I AM CLEANING IT UP. TAKING A BREAK FOR MY SANITY. Now I am gunna make some popcorn and clean it up I promise.}

BANDWAGON, HO! These are in no particular order.

Stuff no one cares about:

KRISTIAN DONALDSON
I stumbled upon his work when I was at the local comic store looking for some Batman stuff. The picture here is from his work Forsaken, the first comic of his that I found. I'd say he probably had the biggest influence on me, style wise.

THAT HANDSOME DEVIL
Grungy!

ANDREW BIRD
Emotional!

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
Gay!

MODEST MOUSE
I was introduced to this band by ~kiptripsyc about three or four years ago. I downloaded their discography and listened to every album in a row that day. I am in love with this band in every way. Definitely my biggest music influence.

CORVIDS
I've always had a weird kind of connection to ravens, and I went through this period where pretty much everything I drew had one in there. They mean a lot to me.

OKAMI
The art for this game and even the in game graphics are freaking astonishing. I just love it. Playing it always makes me want to create something.

TESSA STONE
It might seem kind of weird that I used an older piece by her, but her older art actually inspired me a lot more than recent stuff. I followed her years ago and must have lost her when I switched accounts, so I'm really happy that I rediscovered her through HiNaBN.

MUURA PARKKINEN
I've known *muura for quite a few years (since I was like, what, 13?) and she's always been one of my favorites, and it's been awesome to watch her change as an artist. Her traditional work and experimenting is incredibly inspiring to me, as is her abnormal style and characters.

ASHLEY WOOD
You should all check out his art because it is great. Not just his MGS stuff. Seriously.

TIM SCHAFER
Tim Schafer has made the majority of my favorite games and is hands down my favorite writer ever. He is a fucking genius and if you have not played any of the games shown here (Psychonauts, Grim Fandango, Brütal Legend, The Secret of Monkey Island) GO DO IT. OR I WILL NEVER LOVE YOU. )8

EIICHIRO ODA
One Piece is the only manga that I still care about and despite having not kept up with it recently, I am still stupid attached to the series and characters. No matter how long the series goes on I will love it unconditionally because Eiichiro Oda never lets the magic fade from his work.

PLAGUE DOCTORS
Another way in which *muura has influenced me! Ever since she first posted about these dudes I have been in love. It's probably the whole bird + skeleton + doctor thing. (hint: I love all of these things.)

ZORY NUAGE
Though Zory is a photographer, a lot of hir photos really speak to me like a painting would. Check out Zory's 365 project, which is how I was introduced to hir: [link] I love the personalities that are used in these.

CHRISTIAN VILLACILLO
I met Chrisitan through college last year. He is a photographer, and does incredible experiments with expired film and... lots things I don't understand (being a huge photography noob). He's the only person I can stand to see pictures of trees from.

COMICS
BATMAAANN, Alan Moore, Dave McKean, Frank Miller, Grant Morrison, Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale, Lynn Varley, Ashley Wood, Kristian Donaldson, Peter Kuper, David Mazzucchelli, Mark Millar, Tessa Stone, Bryan Lee O'Malley, etc. etc. etc.

Everything here © people that are not me
Blank: [link]

my Influence Map

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:12:21 PDT

my Influence Map

artists from left to right

mike mignola
ashley wood
frank frazetta
bill presing
jodi barnett
j. scott campbell
chris sanders
shane glines
Hergé
dean yeagle
earl oliver hurst
jeff smith
bruce timm
arthur de pins
Mark Schultz
alex raymond
chuck jones
Xavier Ramonède (xav)
adam hughes

the original template

[link]

My Influence Map

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:55:45 PDT

some meme thing going on that turned me onto. this was fun, given more space i couldve listed a bunch more artists.

the artists from left to right...

Daigo Ikeno- Street Fighter artist extraordinaire
Kizer180-simply the most dynamic digital artist ive ever seen
John Romita Jr-My favorite comic book artist working today
Akira Toriyama-Artist and author of DragonBall Z
Joe Madureira-HUGE influence there, artist on ultimates 3, battle chasers, 90s x-men
Marko Djurdjevic-One of the best comic illustrators to emerge in recent years
Todd McFarlane-Comic Book Legend
Eiichiro Oda-Artist of One Piece
Ashley Wood-Artist of World War Robot, Zombies vs Robots, Popbot
Corey lewis-Artist of Sharknife and Pinapl, found his stuff in popgun and was an immediate fan
Huke-dont know too much about him but what little ive seen of his work has influenced me greatly in terms of mood
Bengus-Artist on most of the marvel vs games which shaped my childhood
John Buscema-Probably the best comic book artist that ever lived
Tite Kubo-Artist of Bleach
Frank Miller-my number 1 influence

DoctorBollocks' MoodBoard

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:13:59 PDT

So Yes with the help of (thank you so so much) I was able to fill out my own inspiration meme that I've been seeing all over the place though this was stolen after seeing do her own. Though I kinda really suck at this and so Silvolf was more than happy to help. Anyways let me show you what inspires me or has inspired me. Though there's actually..a lot this is what is currently inspiring me.

And this will become a bit apparent to everyone when I tell you about a comic I've been working on and all these play big parts in it.

Also i can't believe I forgot Hunter S. Thompson, to that he gets an honorable mention, so does William S. Burroughs, Andy Kaufman, and Ayn Rand for having previously inspired my writings and art work.

1. J.D. Salinger: He's a current inspiration and it's mostly his Glass Family stories, not so much Catcher in the Rye. However the novel Franny and Zooey and his short story collections have been helping me shape my own work and may very well shape my style in pictures to come, in it's own way. Still he remains influential to me, especially with dysfunctional families and people.

2. Harold and Maude: Actually yes, this movie means a lot to me cause it cheered me up in a pretty depressing period of my life. That said the characters and story has since influenced me. I've been meaning to draw something related to this but I'm not sure if I will any time soon, maybe. But yes the quirky contrast of characters and the comedy of it still has made a big impact on me.

3. Quality TV: Shown here by Archie Bunker where I do consider All in the Family to be quality TV and for that matter I hold a lot of Norman Lear's work to be pretty influential (All in the Family, Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, uuhh Good Times, Maude even) but this isn't limited to Normal Lear, Twins Peaks, Carnivale, The Cosby Show, Hogan's Heroes, and hell even Roseanne has some sway. They've all made some impact on me and shapes my own creations.

4. Wes Anderson: people who hear me talk about movies know that I practically worship the ground Wes Anderson walks on haha, he's just so good! The detail of his characters, the background, subject matter, and overall style has become something of an inspiration to me. He's fantastic and while I wish I could put a whole slew of directors up here he currently is one of the ones who holds sway over my current creative tastes but believe me I may have silvolf help me out with a literary and director version of his XD

5. Ralph Bakshi: Again his work has been impressive but his art style and art subject matter is what's inspired what I've drawn in the past, druggies, disturbed people, etc, etc. His earliest movies have been the most influential such as Fritz the Cat, Coonskin, and Heavy Traffic have put their mark on my artwork in the past and even to this day.

6. Robert Crumb: Yeah his art style again has been an influence though less so than it used to. Still I love what the man does and i still admire his comics and art style. He's also fun to draw as well.

7. Harvey Pekar and American Splendor:This is a very recent inspiration but it's strong enough to add on this list because everyday life is pretty inspirational to me. I'm also pissed off they news STILL made no coverage over his recent death.

8. Kurt Vonnegut:anyone who has OC'd with me knows that I am BOUND to eventually draw Kurt Vonnegut at some point in the OC whether anthro or human XD I just like drawing the guy not to mention his books are some of my all time favorites!

9. Iris Murdoch: she's relatively new to me but nonetheless her two novels (Under the Net and A Fairly Honorable Defeat) have really put some things into perspective, not to mention makes me laugh out loud cause they are pretty funny if you catch the humor. Also the sheer amounts of symbolism she puts in her novels is astounding and kind of fun to pick out and I might incorporate that into furuture writings and artwork...probably not XD but maybe.

10. William Faulkner and Southern Gothic: Ok I haven't put much artwork or literature influenced by this guy but believe me it is there and I might add some eventually. That said the Stream of consciousness style of Faulkner's literature definitely has been a major influence on my writing style for anyone who has read any of my stuff, especially the recent stuff. I love getting into someone's mind and putting their thoughts on paper.

11. Coen Brother movies: Yes, yes, yes, quirky characters, completely evil characters, sons of bitches and assholes, good guys, and etc of mine have certainly had SOME roots related to a Coen Brothers movie even if it was uninteitonal and I've chose H.I. McDounngah (cant ever remember how to spell his name) is who I choose to represent that. This goes for all their movies...cept the ones I haven't seen as well as The Ladykillers...I didn't like that one.

12. Woody Allen: Yeah the comedy and films of Woody Allen has a mark on me. I love the neurotic people that he lays in contrast to the rest of the world, especially Alvy Singer from Annie Hall which might be my favorite Wood allen movie. Despite what you think of him he's still something to me, sometimes i can relate to them too heeeh.

13. A Christmas Story: yeah this movie has meant something to me for a long long time, I even have a poster of it hanging up on my wall but the struggles of this one kid to get his Red Ryder BB gun amuse me to no end and a lot of the comedy and the hopes of that movie reflect to myself and remind me a bit of my life at times.

14. Frank Zappa: Yes, yes the music this man has made has been something that has had this stranglehold on me. The zaniness of his work has reflected onto my work even if i haven't draw anything related to him. My earlier stuff especially and my drive to do what I want even if it wasn't the hottest thing (artwise) stemmed from me listening to a lot of Zappa in high school.

15. Existentialism: shown here by Jean Paul Sartre, yeah the question of life and existence has certainly played a part in the creation of a lot of my characters. Not my art so much but those of you who roleplay with me probably have seen bits and peices of existentialism show up there. As well as my stories. Also I loved the novel Nausea so here this just goes to show.

16. Humor and Comedy: represented by Groucho Marx. I like to make people laugh, whether it's in art, writing, or myself. I love to make people laugh or draw and write comedy and if it makes at least one person laugh then it was all worth it.

17. Political figures: From the beginning political people, not really politics themselves, have been something of importance to me and every so often it'll creep back. Like when I drew FDR for my grandfather's birthday (for who he is named after) Also they just interest me for that matter hah, world leaders and the such.

18. History: Yeah totally! History is incredibly important to me and to this day I draw from it for a lot of things and reference it a lot of the time! History rocks and it's important that people know it!

19. Psychonauts: HELL YES, this game works, the design rocks, the writing rocks, the characters rock, and every single facet of this game is awesome. Doctor Bollocks was originally a Dr.Loboto clone even, which NO one ever ever saw and will ever see ever. That said you'll find me quote it and the bright colors and style has been a heavy influence over me from the day I bought it and it shall always forever be GREAT.

20. Stanley Kubrick: shown by Dr.Strangelove. Yeah if you guys can remember I once did a whole slew of pictures based off of Kubrick movies. Well still to the day Kubrick holds a grip on my imagination and every so often I'll make a reference to it, Dr.Strangelove especially being the funniest.

21. Films in general: i know im going to mention movies past this but YES, all movies are an influence, all my favorite ones and Citizen Kane is acting as my picture of choice. Movies influence my writing and my art and forever will do so.

22. Little Miss sunshine: Woo another film, boy you guys must be getting tired of movies but seriously Little Miss Sunshine is a great movie and it plays on my characters, especially the dysfunctional ones which is a majority of mine. And more to come I am sure.

23. Philosophy: shown here by Wittgenstein. While existentialism is important to my work so is other philosophy and I am a half philosophy major. This is important to me as well so I used the most influential philosopher of the 20th century, apparently, to illustrate that.

24. Music: Yes! of course, i always listen to music while I draw and 9/10 it influences me to do more or get my groove while i draw. It's perfect and I love doing it. Also if you can actually guess where that pictures comes from, congrats!

25. Romance: why yes that is one pretty good kiss, though maybe not the best But yes, people who know me know I love romances and know that I love roleplaying romance and adding some elements to it in certain things. Also I love a good love story, love it.

26. Religion: yeah you dont see Religion much in my stuff but you will see parts of it. Redemption, salvation, forgivenes, ideals usually attirbuted to religion you'll see in my art and it plays a part in my life as I do believe in a God and I do go to church.

27. Garrison Keillor: I'm an old man , I LOVE Praire Home Companion and the movie was pretty good too. I love the style, i love how it's set up, it's so good and sometimes I find myself doing artwork to it, plus Keillor himself is an interesting man.

28. Graphic Novels and comics: oh yes, I don't read many and I am incredibly picky but those I read I like a lot. Like Jhonen Vasquez's work in the past, Watchmen shown here, American Splendor, online comics like Trying human and Pompficiton, and stuff i'm looking into like the Scott Pilgrim comics. I love them and they fuel me which is leading me to work on my own. To all you comic book authors and artists, you guys ROCK

29. Do the Right Thing: god yes, ever since I saw this movie it meant something to me. It's one of my all time favorites and the relations and in depth writing and characters speak to me, the struggles and diversity is something I like to put into my own writing and Spike Lee at his finest.

30. Science Fiction: Hell to the fucking yes, I LOVE putting elements of science ficiton in s much of my stuff, I love it to deth, always have and always will because anything is possible and I love role playing sci-fi situations. Hell yes it is awesome

31. David Lynch: the surrealism and mystery of Lynch's work has totally been in my art work, you'll see it a lot, in my paintings, whenever I use blues, in so much of my work. I love Lynch and he's been influencing my work for years now, brilliant man go see Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet.

32. Heroes: Shown by Hulk Hogan, the 80's Hogan. Why not? He was the good guy, the best wrestler, undefeated, kicking around the likes of Roddy Piper, Ric Flair, Andre the Giant, and Macho Man Randy, and that's why I have him representing Heroes. But this goes to any hero, this goes ti Atticus Finch, this goes to John Wayne characters, Rocky Balboa, this is to any hero out there, anti hero good guy, troubled guy, heroes are influential to me and have always been. Heroic stories, literature and movie, they good guy is someone you sometimes relate to even if the lines are blurred.

33. Villians: shown here by Reverend Harry Powell from Night of the Hunter. With every hero there is a villain and the villains are equally as important to me, vile people, even if misunderstood fall in here. Exploring the mind of a villain is intricate a fun, discovering why they did this, who did they get here, it's something I like exploring. In turn any of them are as important as the hero to me.

34. Animation: yes animation, cartoons to movies, have been important/. I used Fantastic Mr.Fox here cause well I love that movie. Still animated movies are things Ive been watching from birth and cartoons I still watch today. Whether is be Fantastic Mr.Fox or Fritz the Cat, Ren and Stimpy or Chowder, it's still important and influential depending on how well it's done.

35. Pop Culture: shown here by Ferris Bueller, well yes pop culture has and I'm not talking gossip. i'm talking the cult movies, nerd culture, "geek" culture, critics, reviewrs, gamers, trends throughout the ages, what we quote, what we watch, literature, pop culture is big to me, not all of it of course otherwise i'd be reading Twilight and watching Glee(which i sure as hell dont XD), but it still is important to my art work and what I do.

36. Friends, family, ordinary life: represented by a Normal Rockwell painting. Yup, you guys are influential to me, my firends and even good acquientices (some) play some part in my art and my writing, you guys are incredibly important t me. My family does too, very much so, for they keep me going, and ordianry life which just has so much stuff in it even if i'm not an outgoing guy XD the super market has a lot going for it even if you don't notice it.

Anyways this is my infleunces, this is a lot to read and if you did read it then hooray! I'm glad you did ^^ This was fun to do and I may do another one later one. Still thanks for reading and taking a gander!

Everyone belongs to themselves.

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Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:47:53 PST

Frankly, this is one of the most amazing actresses of the twentieh century. Her health, magnificent good looks are legendary, and her vivid portrayals are equally convincing.

Who can forget her wonderful role with Haley Mills as the mother in "The Parent Trap". What about her playing Natalie Woods Mom in "Miracle on 34th Street", not to mention her most fabulous characterization as the headstrong woman who became John Wayne's love interest in "The Quiet Man". The list goes on endlessly.

To me, she is a dream!

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Autograph Collection

Sun, 18 May 2008 14:20:28 PDT

this is a better picture I think of my autograph bumper. It's actually the rear end off of a 2004 Dodge Intrepid that had wrecked during testing at speed weeks in Daytona. All indicators are pointing towards it having belonged to the Penske-Jasper Racing #77 Kodak team driven by Brendan Gaughan.

241 drivers, crew chiefs, owners, and NASCAR officials have made their marks on it.

Represented here are:
34,095 Cup Series Starts
1,360 Sprint Cup Series Wins
649 Nationwide Series Wins
279 Camping World Truck Series Wins
37 Cup Driver Championships
33 Daytona 500 Wins
27 Cup Rookie of the Year Winners
22 All Star Race Wins
25 Busch Clash/Budweiser Shootout Wins
10 Countries are Represented (United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Columbia, Venezuela, Scotland, Italy, Brazil, and India)

Here is a complete, chronological list of people who have signed this piece with the identifier in (), the place where it was signed, and what said person was doing in their career:

Bold are Cup Series Champions
Italics are Daytona 500 Winners
Underlined are NASCAR Hall of Fame Members

#1: Ken Schrader (no #) Johnson and Wales University, Charlotte, NC, Spring of 2005, Driving #49 Schwan's Dodge
#2: Robby Loomis (as #24) Johnson and Wales University, Charlotte, NC, Spring of 2005, Crew Chief #24 DuPont Chevrolet
#3: Kasey Khane (as #9) Vin Devers Dodge, Toledo, OH, Summer of 2005, Driving #9 Dodge Dealers Dodge
#4: Carl Edwards (as #99) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Fall of 2005, Driving #99 Office Depot/Scott's Ford
#5: Greg Biffle (as #16) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Fall of 2005 Driving #16 National Guard Ford
#6: Kurt Busch (no #) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Fall of 2005, Driving #97 Irwin Tools/Sharpie Ford
#7: Casey Mears (as #41) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Fall of 2005, Driving #41 Target Dodge
#8: Dave Blaney (as #22) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Spring of 2006, Driving #22 Caterpillar Dodge
#9: Robby Gordon (as #7) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Spring of 2006, Driving #7 Jim Beam Chevrolet
#10: J.J. Yeley (as #18) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Spring of 2006, Driving #18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet
#11: Richard Petty (as #43) Speed Street, Charlotte, NC, Spring of 2006, Retired 7x Champion
#12: Kyle Petty (as #45) Speed Street, Charlotte, NC, Spring of 2006, Driving #45 Coca-Cola Dodge
#13: Larry McRenoylds (as FOX) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Spring of 2006, Commentator on FOX and retired Crew Chief
#14: Todd Kluever (as #06) Stocks 4 Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter of 2006, Driving #06 3M Ford
#15: Kevin LaPaige (as #61) Stocks 4 Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter of 2006, Driving #61 AMP Energy Ford
#16: Steve Wallace (as #66) Stocks 4 Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter of 2006, Driving #66 Home Life Communities Dodge
#17: Rusty Wallace (as #2) Stocks 4 Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter of 2006, Retired Champion
#18: Mike Wallace (as #7) Stocks 4 Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter of 2006, Driving #7 Geico Chevrolet
#19: A.J. Allmendinger (as #84) Stocks 4 Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter of 2006, Driving #84 Red Bull Toyota
#20: David Stremme (as #40) Stocks 4 Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter of 2006, Driving #40 Coors Light Dodge
#21: Ryan Newman (as #12) Stocks 4 Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter of 2006, Driving #12 Alltel Dodge
#22: Mike Nelson (as #12) Stocks 4 Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter of 2006, Crew Chief #12 Alltel Dodge
#23: John Andretti (no #) Stocks 4 Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter of 2006, Driving #10 Camping World Toyota
#24: Ernie Irvan (no #) Stocks 4 Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter of 2006, Retired Legend
#25: Bobby Allison (no #) Stocks 4 Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter of 2006, Retired Champion
#26: Ned Jarrett (no #) Stocks 4 Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter of 2006, Retired 2x Champion
#27: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (as #8) JR Motorsports, Mooresville, NC, Spring of 2007, Driving #8 Budweiser Chevrolet
#28: T.J. Bell (as #50) Roush-Fenway Racing, Concord, NC, Spring of 2007, Driving #50 Heathcliff's Cat Liter Ford
#29: Travis Kvapil (as #6) Roush-Fenway Racing, Concord, NC, Spring of 2007, Driving #6 K&N Ford
#30: Erik Darnell (as #99) Roush-Fenway Racing, Concord, NC, Spring of 2007, Driving #99 Northern Tool and Equipment Ford
#31: Todd Bodine (as #30) Concord Mills, Concord, NC, Spring of 2007, Driving #30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota
#32: Matt Kenseth (as #17) Roush-Fenway Racing, Concord, NC, Spring of 2007, Driving #17 DeWalt Ford
#33: Bobby Labonte (as #43) Sam Bass Art Gallery, Concord, NC, Spring of 2007, Driving #43 Cheerios Dodge
#34: Ricky Craven (no #) Sam Bass Art Gallery, Concord, NC, Spring of 2007, Retired Legend
#35: Matt Crafton (as #88) Sam Bass Art Gallery, Concord, NC, Spring of 2007, Driving #88 Menards Chevrolet
#36: Scott Riggs (as #10) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Spring of 2007, Driving #10 Valvoline Dodge
#37: David Gilliland (as #38) Robert Yates Racing, Mooresville, NC, Spring of 2007, Driving #38 M&M's Ford
#38: Stephen Leicht (as #90) Robert Yates Racing, Mooresville, NC, Spring of 2007, Driving #90 Citifinancial Ford
#39: Robert Yates (no #) Robert Yates Racing, Mooresville, NC, Spring of 2007, Owner Robert Yates Racing
#40: Elliott Sadler (as #19) Food Lion, Concord, NC, Spring of 2007, Driving #19 Dodge Dealers Dodge
#41: Martin Truex Jr. (as #1) Bass Pro Shops, Concord, NC, Spring of 2007, Driving #1 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet
#42: David Ragan (as #6) Roush-Fenway Racing, Concord, NC, Spring of 2007, Driving #6 AAA Ford
#43: Jack Roush (as USA) Roush-Fenway Racing, Concord, NC, Spring of 2007, Owner Roush-Fenway Racing
#44: Reed Sorenson (as #41) Speed Street, Charlotte, NC, Spring of 2007, Driving #41 Target Dodge
#45: Eric McClure (as #0) Speed Street, Charlotte, NC, Spring of 2007, Driving #0 Hefty Chevrolet
#46: Clint Bowyer (as #07) Speed Street, Charlotte, NC, Spring of 2007, Driving #07 Jack Daniels Chevrolet
#47: Jason Leffler (as #38) Speed Street, Charlotte, NC, Spring of 2007, Driving #38 Great Clips Toyota
#48: Mike Helton (as NASCAR) Speed Street, Charlotte, NC, Spring of 2007, President of NASCAR
#49: Denny Hamlin (as #11) FedEx Kinkos, Concord, NC, Fall of 2007, Driving #11 FedEx Chevrolet
#50: Mark Martin (no #) Dale Earnhardt Inc., Mooresville, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #8 ARMY Chevrolet
#51: Trevor Bayne (as #1) Dale Earnhardt Inc., Mooresville, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #1 DEI Chevrolet
#52: Jesus Hernandez (as #11) Dale Earnhardt Inc., Mooresville, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #11 DEI Chevrolet
#53: Ben Kennedy (as #96) Dale Earnhardt Inc., Mooresville, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #96 Dale Earnhardt-Chevrolet Chevrolet
#54: Kerry Earnhardt (no #) Dale Earnhardt Inc., Mooresville, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #8 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet
#55: Dale Jarrett (no #), Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Spring 2008, Driving #44 UPS Toyota
#56: Tony Stewart (as #20,08), Home Depot, Charlotte, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #20 Home Depot Toyota
#57: Bootie Baker (as #66), Haas-CNC Racing, Kannapolis, NC, Spring of 2008, Crew Chief #66 State Water Heaters Chevrolet
#58: Brendan Gaughan (as #10 and #77), Circle Bar Racing, Harrisburg, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #10 International Trucking Ford
#59: Rick Crawford (as #14), Circle Bar Racing, Harrisburg, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #14 Circle Bar Ford
#60: Bobby East (no #) Roush-Fenway Racing, Concord, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #09 Zaxby's Ford
#61: Colin Braun (no #) Roush-Fenway Racing, Concord, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #6 Con-way Freight Ford
#62: Joey Logano (as #20) Cabbarus County Visitor Center, Kannapolis, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #20 Gamestop Toyota
#63: Chrissy Wallace (as #03) Cabbarus County Visitor Center, Kannapolis, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #03 Geico Toyota
#64: Chad McCumbee (as #8) MRD Motorsports, Harrisburg, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #8 Unsponsored Chevrolet
#65: David Ruetimann (as #44) NASCAR Speedpark, Concord, NC, Spring 2008, Driving #44 UPS Toyota
#66: Jeff Burton (no #) Wal-Mart on Route 29, Concord, NC, Spring 2008, Driving #31 AT&T Chevrolet
#67: Jack Sprague (as #2) NASCAR Speedpark, Concord, NC, Spring 2008, Driving #2 RV.com Chevrolet
#68: Kraig Kinser (as #20) NASCAR Speedpark, Concord, NC, Spring 2008, Driving #20 Bass Pro Shop sprint car. partial ARCA and Truck ride
#69: Erin Crocker (no #) NASCAR Speedpark, Concord, NC, Spring 2008, Driving #46 Unsponsored Chevrolet
#70: Joe Nemechek (as #78) NASCAR Speedpark, Concord, NC, Spring 2008, Driving #78 Furniture Row Chevrolet
#71: Jamie McMurray (as #26) Roush-Fenway Racing, Concord, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #26 Crown Royal Ford
#72: Sam Hornish Jr. (as #77) Penske Racing, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2008, Driving #77 Mobil 1 Dodge
#73: Bryan Clauson (no #) Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, Concord, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #40 Fastenal Dodge
#74: Kevin Hamlin (as #40) Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, Concord, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #40 Fastenal Dodge
#75: Dario Franchitti (as #40) Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, Concord, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #40 Fasentnal/TUMS/Target/The Hartford Dodge
#76: Juan Pablo Montoya (no #) Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, Concord, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #42 Texaco-Havoline Dodge
#77: Kevin Harvick (as #29) Vance High School, Charlotte, NC, Spring of 2008 Driving #29 Shell Penzoil Chevrolet
#78: Cale Gale (as #33) Vance High School, Charlotte, NC, Spring of 2008, Driving #33 RoadLoans Chevrolet
#79: Brian Vickers (as #83) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Spring 2008, Driving #83 Red Bull Toyota
#80: Brad Keselowski (as #88) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Spring 2008, Driving #88 NAVY Chevrolet
#81: Aric Almirola (as #8) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Spring 2008, Driving #8 ARMY Chevrolet
#82: Michael McDowell (as #00) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Spring 2008, Driving #00 Aaron's Toyota
#83: Paul Menard (as #15) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Spring 2008, Driving #15 Menard's Chevrolet
#84: Sam Bass (as 2008) Sam Bass Art Gallery, Concord, NC, Spring 2008, NASCAR Artist
#85: Kyle Busch (no #) Billy Ballew Motorsports, Mooresville, NC, Summer 2008, Driving #18 M&M's Toyota
#86: Chase Austin (no #) Chase Austin Motorsports, Mooresville, NC, Summer 2008, Driving #64 Home Life Communities Chevrolet
#87: Peyton Sellers (as #44) Andy Santerre Motorsports, Harrisburg, NC, Summer 2008, Driving #44 Unsponsored Chevrolet
#88: Jason Keller (as #11) CJM Racing, Mooresville, NC, Summer 2008, Driving #11 Incredible Pizza Chevrolet
#89: Andy Santerre (as #44) Andy Santerre Motorsports, Harrisburg, NC, Summer 2008, Owner #44 Chevrolet
#90: Jamie Hayes (as #52) Ken Schrader Racing, Harrisburg, NC, Summer 2008, Driving #52 Hendrick Honda Chevrolet
#91: Doug Yates (as #28 & #38) Roush-Yates Racing Engines, Mooresville, NC, Summer 2008, Owner Yates Racing
#92: Darrell Waltrip (as #17) Darrell Waltrip Inc., Concord, NC, Fall 2008, Retired 3x Champion
#93: Jeff Hammon (no #) Discount Tire, Concord, NC, Fall 2008, Retired Crew Chief
#94: Michael Waltrip (no #) Race World USA/Michael Waltrip Racing, Cornelius, NC, Fall 2008, Driving #55 NAPA Toyota
#95: Jimmie Johnson (as #48) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Fall 2008, Driving #48 Lowe's Chevrolet
#96: Landon Cassil (as #5) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Fall 2008, Driving #5 National Guard Chevrolet
#97: Scott Lagasse Jr. (as #11) CJM Racing, Mooresville, NC, Fall 2008, Driving #11 Incredible Pizza Chevrolet
#98: Armando Fitz (no #) Fitz Motorsports, Mooresville, NC, Fall 2008, Owner Fitz Motorsports
#99: Lil' Bud Moore (as #1) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Legend
#100: Rex White (as #4 in gold) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Champion
#101: Donnie Allison (no #) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Legend
#102: Jerry Nadeau (#01) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Legend
#103: Jimmy Hensley (no #) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Legend
#104: Neil Castles (as #06) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Legend
#105: Dave Marcis (as #71) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Legend
#106: Dale Inman (no #) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Crew Chief
#107: Baxter Price (#45) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Legend
#108: Lee Holman (no #) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Owner
#109: Adam Ragan (as #6) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Team Manager #6 Discount Tire Ford
#110: Ken Ragan (as #77) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Legend
#111: Chuck Bown (no #) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Legend
#112: Lou LaRosa (as #3) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Engine Builder
#113: Ronnie Thomas (as 1978 ROTY) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Legend
#114: "Tiger" Tom Pistone (as #59) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Legend
#115: Tim Brewer (no #) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Crew Chief
#116: Travis Carter (no #) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Crew Chief and Team Owner
#117: Waddell Wilson (No #) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Crew Chief
#118: Peanut Turman (as #1½ ) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Legend
#119: Lloyd Dane (as #44) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Legend
#120: Geoff Bodine (no #) Memory Lane Museum, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2009, Retired Legend
#121: Marcos Ambrose (as #47) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Spring 2009, Driving #47 Little Debbie Toyota
#122: Jimmy Fenning (as #6) Roush-Fenway Racing, Concord, NC, Spring 2009, Crew Chief #6 UPS Ford
#123: Bob Osbourne (as #99) Roush-Fenway Racing, Concord, NC, Spring 2009, Crew Chief #99 Aflac Ford
#124: Robbie Reiser (no #) Roush-Fenway Racing, Concord, NC, Spring 2009, Team Manager Roush-Fenway Racing
#125: Timothy Peters (as #17) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC Spring 2009, Driving #17 Gun Broker Toyota
#126: Johnny Benson (as #1) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC Spring 2009, Driving #1 K&N Toyota
#127: Brian Ickler (as #15) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC Spring 2009, Driving #15 Unsponsored Toyota
#128: Brian Scott (as #16) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC Spring of 2009, Driving #16 Albertson's Toyota
#129: Tayler Malsam (as #81) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC Spring of 2009, Driving #81 One/Eighty Toyota
#130: Mike Skinner (as #5) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC Spring of 2009, Driving #5 Exide Toyota
#131: Terry Cook (as #25) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC Spring of 2009, Driving #25 Cajun Toyota
#132: David Starr (as #24) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC Spring of 2009, Driving #24 Zachry's Toyota
#133: Scott Speed (as $) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC Spring of 2009, Driving #82 Red Bull Toyota
#134: Brandon McReynolds (as #28) Poppa's Hot Dog, Mooresville, NC Spring of 2009, Driving #28 Unsponsored Dodge
#135: Norm Benning (as #57) Poppa's Hot Dog, Mooresville, NC Spring of 2009, Driving #57 Unsponsored Chevrolet
#136: Andy Belmont (as #1) Poppa's Hot Dog, Mooresville, NC Spring of 2009, Retired Legend
#137: Austin Dillon (as #3) NASCAR Speedpark, Concord, NC Spring of 2009, Driving #3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet
#138: John Wes Townley (as #09) NASCAR Speedpark, Concord, NC Spring of 2009, Driving #09 Zaxby's Ford
#139: James Buescher (as #10) NASCAR Speedpark, Concord, NC Spring of 2009, Driving #10 International Trucking Ford
#140: Junior Johnson (no #) Concord Mills Mall, Concord, NC Spring of 2009, Retired Champion
#141: Scott Wimmer (as #5) NASCAR Speedpark, Concord, NC Spring of 2009, Driving #5 Fastenal Chevrolet
#142: David Pearson (as #21) Downtown Mooresvile, Mooresville, NC Spring of 2009, Retired 3x Champion
#143: Buddy Baker (no #) Downtown Mooresville, Mooresville, NC Spring of 2009, Retired Legend
#144: Don Miller (no #) Downtown Mooresville, Mooresville, NC Spring of 2009, Retired Owner/GM Penske Racing
#145: Mike Harmon (as #84) Downtown Mooresville, Mooresville, NC Spring of 2009, Driving #84 Unsponsored Dodge/Chevrolet
#146: Richard Childress (as RCR) Wal-Mart, Concord, NC Spring of 2009, Owner Richard Childress Racing
#147: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (as #16) Roush-Fenway Racing, Concord, NC Spring of 2009, Driving #16 Citifinancial Ford
#148: Marvin Panch (as #20 1961 Daytona 500 Winner), Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC Spring of 2009, Retired Legend
#149: Derrike Cope (as #73) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC Spring of 2009, Driving #73 Flippin' Bags Dodge
#150: Justin Allgaier (as #12) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC Spring 2009, Driving #12 Verizon Dodge
#151: John Roberts (no #) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC Spring 2009, Speed Reported
#152: Jimmy Spencer (no #) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC Spring 2009, Retired Legend
#153: Ryan Truex (as #00) Race World USA/Michael Waltrip Racing, Cornelius, NC, Fall 2009, Driving #00 NAPA Toyota
#154: 'Mad' Max Papis (as #13) NASCAR Speedpark, Concord, NC, Fall 2009, Driving #13 Geico Toyota
#155: Lake Speed (as #83) NASCAR Speedpark, Concord, NC, Fall 2009, Retired Legend
#156: Parker Kligerman (as #77) Penske Championship Racing, Mooresville, NC, Fall 2009, Driving #22 Penske Trucking Dodge
#157: Matt Carter (as #61) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Fall 2009, Driving #61 Unsponsored Ford
#158: Mike Bliss (as #11) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Fall 2009, Driving #11 Incredible Pizza Toyota
#159: Kenny Wallace (no #) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Fall 2009, Driving #28 U.S. Border Patrol Chevrolet
#160: Robert Richardson (as #23) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Fall 2009, Driving #23 Mahandria Tractors Chevrolet
#161: Ken Butler III (as #23) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Fall 2009, Driving #23 Aaron's Chevrolet
#162: Michael Annett (as #15) Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Fall 2009, Driving #15 Pilot Travel Centers Toyota
#163: Morgan Shepard (as #89) Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Spring 2010, Driving #89 Faith in Christ Chevrolet
#164: Kevin Conway (as #37) Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Spring 2010, Driving #34/37/38 Extenze Ford
#165: Chocolate Myers (as #3) NASCAR Hall of Fame Opening, Charlotte, NC, Spring 2010, Sirius Radio Personality
#166: Brian France (no #) NASCAR Hall of Fame Opening, Charlotte, NC, Spring 2010, CEO of NASCAR
#167: Terry Labonte (as #5) NASCAR Hall of Fame Opening, Charlotte, NC, Spring 2010, Retired 2x Champion
#168: Rick Hendrick (no #) NASCAR Hall of Fame Opening, Charlotte, NC, Spring 2010, Owner Hendrick Motorsports
#169: Eli Gold (no #) NASCAR Hall of Fame Opening, Charlotte, NC, Spring 2010, Racing Commentator
#170: Ken Squier (no #) NASCAR Hall of Fame Opening, Charlotte, NC, Spring 2010, Racing Commentator
#171: Mike Joy (no #) NASCAR Hall of Fame Opening, Charlotte, NC, Spring 2010, Racing Commentator
#172: Jason Jarrett (no #) NASCAR Hall of Fame Opening, Charlotte, NC, Spring 2010, Retired Driver
#173: Ricky Carmichael (as #4) NASCAR Hall of Fame Opening, Charlotte, NC, Spring 2010, Driving #4 Monster Energy Chevrolet
#174: Delana Harvick (no #) NASCAR Hall of Fame Opening, Charlotte, NC, Spring 2010, Owner Kevin Harvick Incorporated
#175: Randy Lajoie (no #) NASCAR Hall of Fame Opening, Charlotte, NC, Spring 2010, Retired Legend
#176: Justin Lofton (as #7) Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Spring 2010, Driving #7 PIT.com Toyota
#177: Greg Zipadelli (as #20) Home Depot, Charlotte, NC, Spring 2010, Crew Chief #20 Home Depot Toyota
#178: Narain Karthikeyan (as #60) NASCAR Speedpark, Concord, NC, Spring 2010, Driving #60 Safe Auto Chevrolet
#179: Grant Enfinger (as #09) NASCAR Speedpark, Concord, NC, Spring 2010, Driving #09 Unsponsored Ford
#180: Brad Sweet (as #90) NASCAR Speedpark, Concord, NC, Spring 2010, Driving #90 Great Clips Toyota
#181: Steve Aprin (as #7) NASCAR Speedpark, Concord, NC, Spring 2010, Driving #7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet
#182: Chris Buescher (no #) Roush-Fenway Racing, Concord, NC, Spring 2010, Driving #17 Roush-Fenway Ford
#183: Steve Kinser (as #11) Bass Pro Shops, Concord, NC, Spring 2010, Former Driver
#184: Humpy Wheeler (no #) Books-a-Million, Concord, NC, Spring 2010, Former Head of Charlotte Motor Speedway
#185: Jordan Anderson (as #19, Forest Acres, SC) Books-a-Million, Concord, NC, Spring 2010, Driving #18 Forest Acres, SC Late Model
#186: Winston Kelly (no #) NASCAR Hall of Fame, Charlotte, NC, Spring 2010, Hall of Fame Curator
#187: Kelley Earnhardt (no #) NASCAR Hall of Fame, Charlotte, NC, Spring 2010, Owner JR Motorsports
#188: Cole Whitt (as #84) Speed Street, Charlotte, NC, Spring 2010, Driving #84 Red Bull Toyota
#189: Brad Coleman (as #18) Speed Street, Charlotte, NC, Spring 2010, #18 Nations Rent Toyota
#190: Eddie Wood (as #21) Wood Brothers Racing, Harrisburg, NC, Spring 2010, Owner Wood Brothers Racing
#191: Len Wood (as #21) Wood Brothers Racing, Harrisburg, NC, Spring 2010, Owner Wood Brothers Racing
#192: Lance McGrew (as #88) Hendrick Motorsports, Concord, NC, Spring 2010, Crew Chief #88 National Guard/AMP Chevrolet
#193: Allie Owens (as #15) Ken Schrader Racing, Harrisburg, NC, Summer 2010, Driving #15 Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet
#194: Red Farmer (as #F97) Jail and Bail, Davidson, NC, Fall 2010, Retired Legend
#195: Josh Wise (no #) JR Motorsports, Mooresville, NC, Fall 2010, Driving #7 Hot Wheels Chevrolet
#196: Danica Patrick (no #) JR Motorsports, Mooresville, NC, Fall 2010, Driving #7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet
#197: Carl Long (no #) Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Fall 2010, Driving #68 Flur-de-lise Chevrolet
#198: Marty Smith (ESPN) Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Fall 2010, ESPN analyst
#199: Roger Penske (no #) Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Fall 2010, Owner Penske Racing
#200: Alan Gustafson (as #5) Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, Fall 2010, Crew Chief #5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet
#201: Bud Moore (no #) NASCAR Hall of Fame, Charlotte, NC, Fall 2010, Retired Owner
#202: Slick Owens (as #15), Stocks for Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter 2010, Retired Driver
#203: Jabe Thomas (no #), Stocks for Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter 2010, Retired Driver
#204: Billy Biscoe (as #38), Stocks for Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter 2010, Retired Driver
#205: Gray Smith (as #44), Stocks for Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter 2010, Retired Driver
#206: Dr. Don Tarr (as #37), Stocks for Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter 2010, Retired Driver
#207: Mike Sykes (OTRC), Stocks for Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter 2010, Retired Driver
#208: Paul Lewis (as #1), Stocks for Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter 2010, Retired Driver
#209: Gene Hobby (as #99), Stocks for Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter 2010, Retired Driver
#210: Brownie King (as #38), Stocks for Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter 2010, Retired Driver
#211: Paul Stewart (no #), Stocks for Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter 2010, Retired Driver
#212: Jim Vandiver (as #31), Stocks for Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter 2010, Retired Driver
#213: Jake Crum (as #21), Stocks for Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter 2010, Driver #21 Craftsman Truck Series
#214: Coleman Pressley (no #), Stocks for Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter 2010, Driver #23 Jasper Engines Chevrolet
#215: Tony Gibson (as #39), Stocks for Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter 2010, Crew Chief #39 ARMY Chevrolet
#216: Jeff Fuller (no #), Stocks for Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter 2010, Driver #97 Toyota
#217: Regan Smith (as #78), Stocks for Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter 2010, Driver #78 Furniture Row Chevrolet
#218: Ray Evernham (no #), Stocks for Tots, Mooresville, NC, Winter 2010, Retired Crew Chief and Team Owner
#219: JD Gibbs (no #), Concord Regional Airport, Concord, NC, Spring 2011, General Manager Joe Gibbs Racing
#220: Mike Ford (no #), Concord Regional Airport, Concord, NC, Spring 2011, Crew Chief #11 Joe Gibbs Racing
#221: Tony Raines (as #37), Red Rocket Fireworks, Fort Mill, SC, Spring 2011, Driver of #37 Black Cat Fireworks Ford
#222: Miguel Paludo (as #7), PIT Institute, Mooresville, NC, Spring 2011, Driver #7 Red Horse Truck
#223: Alex Bowman (as #22), Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH, Spring 2012, Driver #22 Cunningham Dodge
#224: Chad Hackenbracht (as #58), oledo Speedway, Toledo, OH, Spring 2012, Driver #58 Tastee Apples Chevrolet
#225: Mikey Kile (as #1), Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH, Spring 2012, Driver #1 Modspace Ford
#226: Jared Marks (as #12), Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH, Spring 2012, DDriver #13 VIP Energy Dodge
#227: Milka Duno (as #6), Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH, Spring 2012, Driver #6 Cantv Toyota
#228: Brennan Poole (as #25) Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH, Spring 2012, Driver #25 CJ Solar Band Chevy
#229: Ryan Reed (as #15), Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH, Spring 2012, Driver #15 JDRF Toyota
#230: Frank Kimmel (as #44), Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH, Spring 2012, Driver #44 Menard's Toyota
#231: Bobby Gerhart (as #5), Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH, Spring 2012, Driver #5 Lucas Oil Chevrolet
#232: Nelson Canache (as #35), Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH, Spring 2012, Driver #35 Venezuela Tourism Toyota
#233: Erik Jones (as #55) , Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH, Spring 2012, Driver #55 Mike Curb Toyota
#234: Phil Parsons (no #), Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH, Spring 2012, retired driver/SPEED commentator
#235: Tom Hessert (as #52), Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH, Spring 2012, Driver #52 Federated Auto Parts Chevrolet
#236: Matt Lofton (as #16), Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH, Spring 2012, Driver #16 Strutmasters.com Chevrolet
#237: Mason Mingus (as #32) , Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH, Spring 2012, Driver #32 Call811.com Toyota
#238: Joey Coulter (as #61), Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH, Spring 2012, Driver #22 RCR Truck
#239: James Hylton (as #48), Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH, Spring 2012, Driver #48 Radon.com Ford and NASCAR Living Legend
#240: Ty Dillon (as #3), Bass Pro Shops, Rossford, OH, Summer 2012, Driver #3 Bass Pro Shops Truck
#241: Jeff Gordon (no #), NASCAR Hall of Fame, Charlotte, NC, Fall 2012, Driver #24 DuPont/AARP Chevrolet

Cupcake.

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:12:46 PST

Taken by Hailey [Lyndzie].
I just found this on her computer, I'm frankly quite perturbed she did not show me ANY of the pictures from this shoot, which was a good month ago.
>.>
The dress is actually baby pink.
T.T

Vintage expireience

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:22:22 PST

Finally! I've managed to force myself to update my DevID! Like yay or smth!..

Also it's my first experience in vintage style modding.

Oh, 'bout the pic - Finally I've became Sergeant! Yay! Now I with my troops will conquer teh world XD

The gun on my shoulder is worldwide known Ak47. Frankly, it's a modification - Ak74S Wood, well built and quite accurate.