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A friend invited me over to her dorm last night to play Mario Party on the N64. I picked Wario as my character -- big mistake, he's so slow! -- and suddenly I remembered the rewrite of Mario Brothers I started a few years back. This is my Wario, an evil, unstable clone of Mario. He was my favorite character to plot with aside from Toad, who it on the top left. He was so small and angry. <3 Also, up top is what I think Koopa looked like. My memory's hazy and I didn't file my doodles in my cabinet. D= There was no Waluigi and there is no Luigi on the doodles page because a running gag of the story was that Luigi was pretty much useless. Which, in reality, he wasn't, but I kinda ran out of room do to a proper image of him. Perhaps I'll bang out a doodle of him with the Tanuki suit later.

More doodles. A mermaid, a dog, and Dookep and Maddy from The Candidate at an official candidates luncheon or something. Doo just saw someone he knows and is warning Maddy not to look.

This photo makes him look so much larger than he really is. He's only about four inches tall. He need some tucks on his undercarriage to keep his legs from wanting to stick out so far, but other than that, I dub my first three dimensional animal pattern a success.

- I was put in charge of designing the invitations for my office's Christmas Open House. I actually wanted to sew the real thing, but then I compromised with myself.


- While I'm doing Christmas shopping for the year, I'm sure most of you still need at least one more item to complete your gift giving for the year. Check out the two works I've put on CafePress: "Tippy Does Cocktails" and "Go, Action Soldier, Go!" Click the images to go to their respective shops.


- I am attempting to make little reindeer ornaments for everyone on my Christmas list this year. The little buggers are so tiny that they're a pain in the neck to put together. (Darn me and my tiny patterns.) I'm only half done with the prototypes, so we shall see.


- This evening, I found a five dollar bill stuck behind one of the paddles in my dryer. Thank you former owner of said dryer! It's the best pre-Thanksgiving present ever!

From "My Type." Boyd looks good with short hair. We might have to revisit his haircut from freshman year at some point in the future.

Title: BOOBS, a Wanted short
Rating: PG-13 for Nudity
Synopsis: "I don't see what's so great about big boobs."

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Am working on two Wanted shorts. This one is entitled "Boobs" (something I never thought I'd deal with given the subject matter of the greater storyline) and the other is "My Type."

It's been a long, long time since I did any life drawing, so last night I got out the mirror and played around a little bit.

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One of my favorite fictional boyfriends, Racer X. It's hard work looking out for your little brother.

Pigsy, Lou and Harry, the three "little" pigs from the kids' comics I'm tinkering with from time to time.



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I got to thinking a while back about what Dium looked like when he was born and what he'd look like when he grew up, so I did a "Dium through the ages" page in my sketchbook.

First, Dium as a baby:



Then, Dium when he his around twelve and wants to be faux rebellious:



Last, Dium as a young adult:



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Sometimes I get a really good groove going with one theme or character and the ideas start coming so fast I can't get them on paper. The latest topic for one of these burst of creative energy was, oddly enough, Krypto the Superdog. I wrote and sketched out a number of comics for him, but I don't want to give away my punchlines just yet. So here's my one single panel cartoon from the idea flood:

Just looking at my photos from vacation puts me in a calmer mood.

In anticipation of getting my own place soon, I've been very house hold minded and have been making lots of pot holders. ... 'Cause they're the only think I have enough materials to make. (Although, a patchwork shower curtain would be something neat to start on.)



I was going to do a "will craft for fic" with a couple of them, 'cause I don't think I'll need more than what I have now, but... do you all really want pot holders? I know I want Wanted drabbles to make finishing this chapter seem more doable (from now on, the comic will take place in an open field and no one is allowed to stand within less that three feet of one another -- crowded panels! crowded!), but pot holders? Maybe the pretty blue one I made? If you want 'em, I'm more than willing to send one to ya'. =)

Speaking of Wanted -- Fact of life: everyone gets haircuts from time to time.



Fact of comics: Ty's going to be pretty much the only one to survive the series without one. (Luke's I'm still working on. Boyd's I really like.) But, he will stop dying it at some point.

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The reading was really boring, but I felt bad for doodling. So, just one small sheep.

Edit: We had a coloring party on campus Monday. I colored a manatee.

I'm trying to become a camera addict again. I've not been taking nearly as many photos lately as I usually do. I tried to get back in the groove by doing some multi-shot panoramas. Both of these were taken along the same stretch of road on the same evening. A good step in the right direction.

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I've also been getting back into plush making! I started by making some mini-pillows for the cast of Mr. Dinkless Inheritance based on the ugly cat pillows I made for the show.



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I was cleaning out old frames from storage for use on the set of Mr. Dinkles and found this photo stuck to the glass of one. Normally, I'd be upset by the way the water has darn near destroyed the image. In this case though, it looks kinda cool.


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Mr. Dinkles' Inheritance posters go up this week. We're slowly counting down the days to showtime. On one hand, I wish we had more time, but on the other, I'll be glad to get it over and done with. Directing a show comes with a whole other set of stresses compared to acting. I'm looking forward to getting back to doing fun things. Like...

Tracy and I are doing a little Speed Racer fanbook. =D That means I get to do comics about some of my favorite 2-D boyfriends:

Speed:


Racer X:


And, my new 2-D boyfriend, Grown Up Spritle:


Ordering details and more info as it becomes available!

This one has the best title ever: "---------------" XD I couldn't think of anything, and I didn't want to write "untitled."


"Chance of rain?"


"Wish I May, Wish I Might"

No idea who or what that kid is yet. He's a plush idea turned recuring chracter apparently. My favorite part is his dog. <3 (It was a last minute addition, and it is pure genius!) I've got a pretty neat idea building for his backstory, but I'm still lost on a name. Suggestions?

As always, the request line on my non-artsy journal is open!

A very good day for coloring! I managed to sign off on five images today before heading off to rehearsals.



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