Confessions of a Mad Illustrator

x_x yet i can't make myself work on what i need tooooo

So Ron and I have jumped on the bandwagon and drew self-portraits of ourselves now, and in high school. 

Here is mine.
And this is Ron's.

High school is one of those things I am glad I never have to repeat. Ugh =P

When are they going to make a program that can take the images you see in your head and print them out or something. Like, so you don't need to draw or write anything. Fun things just fall out of your head and onto the screen. I'd like one of those. And some money.

Yay, Sailormoon. I don't have much to say about this. I should be doing other things. Maybe sometime I could do more fanart? Or not. Whateve.

Just finished this gig poster for the naps for their NYC show. Click thumb for a larger view.

*o* I feel something new coming. I'm sure the feeling will pass shortly and I'll fall back into my loafing ways.

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Today's comic was inspired by events that took place yesterday in Mike's life. Goodness, I really like this guy. I dunno what it is but every few days he has an interesting story to tell me. My favorite is still the "I love it" story. I will make a comic for it one day.

( so about mice and this man... )

-fin

Also, found a new sushi place the other day. I stopped by to pick up a menu and business card today. They seem like a nice place and its real close to my house. Right on waters. It's called i ♥ ai sushi.

I'm debating going for lunch tomorrow on my own, or waiting for when del shows up so we can try it out.

ahgflakjlf...someone get me sandpaper for my hands. I can't stand this peeling hand feeling any longer! Its so gross. I don't like it. I blame the nail polish remover I used the other day. I need to file a complaint to those people.

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Or atleast I think it is a hangnail. Its like on the side of the nail. You know what I'm talking about? Also, my hands are peeling. I have no idea why. I use lotion so I don't understand why my hands are peeling. Or maybe, I'm evolving! All my skin will peel off to show beautifully soft shiny skin and wings! Shoot! I'm gonna have wings! How sweet is that.



And now for something dynamic! ( failure )

Thats enough from me! Hopefully no tv later and since I've already posted my comic I'll have no reason to come online! So no internet! Whoohoo...let's see how this goes.

So, today I get back from internship with all this energy and want to do things, then i saw my dad brought home new movies to watch. So I watched 27 dresses. The tv promptly sucked all will out of my body and I'm tired so I'll be going to bed. Sad really. Still, I enjoyed the movie and hope to make sappy comics that will make me millions upon millions of dollars. The end.

Advisory Board Nominations Begin

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OMG IRON MAN SO GOOD *falls down*

I don't have a lot to say.

having long nails bites cause when you break them its annoying. they are all getting cut today! i was doing so well too. can't believe one broke already. anymahoot today's comic was supposed to be a continuation of yesterdays but i really couldn't find an excuse to keep hacking up spanish. so i'll keep messing up english! yay! i'll try again some other time and actually put effort into whats being written because honestly, its just sad when you mess up a language you should be fluent in. durhur, i think that means i should use proper grammar when writing in this journal. let's see how long that last.

I have finally found an envelope that can hold my minis! I also finished the $5 commission asked of me. I was going to post a picture of what the commission looks like online but since no one else showed interest in commissions I don't think it really matters. The commission was to draw female Ranma fighting panda Genma. Want to know something funny? I've never watched or read Ranma1/2. SO, I went on google and looked up some pictures and information. I knew the basic plot from what I had over heard at conventions and people talking at anime club meetings but I had no idea how funny the show was! First I drew the picture and then I started watching the show on youtube. Way to cute. I want to watch them all. Anyone have them on dvd or vhs?

That is all for now.

Came home so tired yesterday. I had the opportunity to draw storyboards for the animation studio I'm working on. They had me draw it directly on the computer using a cintiq. It was fun but challenging for me. I didn't realize a month of not practicing doing storyboards could really make a difference. I didn't finish the whole thing but it wasn't that bad. I'm learning a lot and thats what matters.

Still looking for a job that gives me money.

TODAY'S COMIC is in savi spanish. meaning, if anything is spelt wrong its because i wrote it how it sounds and didn't look up how to correctly spell it. also, its a mix of ecuadorian, dominican, cuban, and puerto rican dialects of spanish. why the big mix? because i was raised in Tampa. My mom would talk to me in dominican dialect, my dad would correct me in ecuadorian, around town people spoke cuban and puerto rican, and there are a lot of mexicans but i don't really use any of their words. I dunno, if you live in florida I think you understand what i'm going on about. when i went to spain people would ask if i were dominican, then when i said i was american they were a little surprised but not so much. i feel my english accent is so bad when i speak spanish, but the lovely thing about spanish speaking people is they don't hate on you if you mess up their language. now, if only they'd try learning more english if they plan on living in the us....well thats another story!

I wonder what the girls are going to be doing. or if they'll keep talking spanish.

TRANSLATION:

Panel one: I'm hungry so I'm makin food.
Panel two: The house is dirty so I'ma clean it.
Panel three: big nena- STOP THAT! lil nena- wha?!
Panel four: [big nena]- you're boring the readers! [lil nena]- you spelt that wrong
[big nena]- no i didn't [lil nena]- yes you did.