Yeah, I should post these more :D

This one's from July.



D3D - Tremendous Toad by ~zandstra on deviantART

Artist's comments:
This is from Drawing in 3D by Mark Kistler. I love this book. Thank you, everraven.

Started 7/9/09, finished sometime later. This was mostly a lunchtime sketch.

This drawing was a first for me. This is the first time I looked at a drawing and said, "This needs something, and that is *this*" and then proceeded to draw it in. The original in Drawing in 3D only has the toad and the lily pad. I know it's not much, but I added the grass in the background and the water. The water's plain, but it's there. I tried to make the grass look good. I shaded the pieces that were further back. It felt right to me to do that.

Seriously, this is the first drawing that inspired me to go beyond its original copy and expand it. I don't know if I can explain it well, but it's like I could see when I used to be blind. I have never had an image just pop into my mind like that.

So, I made some LJ Icons. I love this song and this video: http://bit.ly/22fdKY

Inspiration goes to Dan Waters!

What is it about old games? Why do I like them so much? Is it because they remind me of my childhood and my innocence which has been clouded by nostalgia, or is it because the games focus on gameplay because the graphics couldn't be so fancy-shmancy 3d?

( Read more... )

I'm not sick, but I like finishing stories, so here's part 2 of buying a house. It's really short, and Jennifer already spoiled it but I'll type it up anyway.
( I always wanna put quotes here... )

I'm still sick, so you get more LJ posts!

We've learned several lessons about buying houses. One of them was a $900 lesson that could have been avoided with a simple 5 minute conversation. I'm still mad about that. I have to try to forgive those involved every time I think about it.

However, our current status is that we have an offer in on a short-sale and we're just waiting on word from the bank. (A short-sale is a compromise between bank and house owner to sell the house, avoid foreclosure and save credit ratings.) If you wanna know how we got here, then hit the jump.

( What a long strange journey it's been... )

PS: The song I'm listening to is actually good if you like techno and One Night in Bangkok. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f30PxyNfSA

Seeing as how the internet isn't anonymous anymore, and I want to preserve this space as an area where I can safely vent and say things I don't really mean, then this journal is now friends only. I'm sorry to all of my internet stalkers, but them's the breaks.

To read my journal, you need to create a Livejournal account and I'll need to add you to my friends list. Contact me in any fashion for that.

From now on, anything that's personally identifiable will be friends locked, but I'll still post random videos and such won't be locked.