Charrtoon

I drew a picture of a cartoon Charr from Guild Wars (a Charrtoon). It was kind of fun. The backwards leg thing is kind of tough, but I think it turned out okay. Cat faces are really tough for me because they're so wide and short. It was really hard to not make this guy look like a goat, especially with the horns and the long ears.

Yeah, so it doesn't look near as good as Kekai Kotaki's stuff, but I like drawing cartoons. It's more fun for me. I also don't have all that nice digital colouring stuff he has, I have MS paint.  I also don't have years of experience, natural talent or any reason I should be comparing myself to him at all. So yeah, that doesn't help.

Oh yes, I also want to note that I've added "jumps" to my music blog posts so they don't clutter up the page.  To read more, just click where it says "Read more".  Very intuitive.

Here was a quick sketch of Lorkan from you-know-who's comic.  Apparently I made him too skinny ("he's muscular!"), and I also couldn't get legs that I liked, so I just scrapped them entirely.  I also should have had has arm in the back turning the other way so it's less conspicuous.  The sword also looks kind of dumb and he is wearing Luke Skywalker clothes for some reason.  To be honest, this picture kind of sucks.  Oh well, I drew it in 30 seconds (probably a new best time!).  The other picture is...honestly, I have no idea what that is.  I guess neither of them turned out all that well.  Oh well, consider these a bonus.

Sketches from Oolong

I went to the Oolong tea house and did some sketching. The following cartoons resulted:


I think you know what that first guy is talking about. Right? Heh. Definitely. I also drew a self-portrait, kindergarten style. Down at the bottom that fellow is throwing up a fist for the 6 MSTR. ROCK ON 6 MSTR! The guy on the far right is too good for this page and wants nothing to do with it.

Wow! Narrative! How unusual of me. The epic adventure of Devil Mouse, rodent of darkness. Below that is a caveman-type guy with a club, and he's IN the club. hahahahahahaha Oh man, I'm so clever.

Drink and Draw (Sep 8 10)

Ha! I almost wrote "Drunk and draw". That would turn out well. I'm going to post my pictures in reverse order so it looks like I get worse as the night goes on. It's mind games. I'm tricky that way.



Here I drew an eye and an ear and some aliens. It was getting late in the evening so I decided I better get to some practicing some more realistic stuff (hence the aliens). Realistic stuff is my weakness and it's definitely holding me back from more awesome cartoons. Therefore, I practice. Notice the awesome cartoony lines denoting that the eye is seeing and the ear is hearing. You never would have known otherwise.


Here is a short cartoon involving some popeye wannabe and an octopus. What is it about? Does the octopus take the crusty old sailor home for the night, or is it a revenge plot involving a gruesome tentacle murder? You decide! Also included is a Shaolin monk kid (who I have been told looks a bit like Aang from Avatar: The last airbender), some crazy little cartoon ghost, a guy with puckered eyelids and an old farmer with an awesome curve to his bodyline. The head totally doesn't fit the line of the body, which is why it's so great.


Here is a jazzman I started drawing before I realized I don't know what a saxophone looks like.


Here's my first page of the night. Not so hot, but I love the look on that guy's face who is looking at the octopus man. He's all like "uuuWHHHAAAAA??". Originally the eyes were all buggy, but then I topped them off flatly and it looked so bizarre I decided to keep it that way.

Anyway, that's it for tonight. Enjoy!

Scott Pilgrim

I left work early yesterday because I was feeling down and restless and went to go see the Scott Pilgrim movie. I wasn't really expecting a whole lot, just a lot of geeky in-jokes. I was actually really surprised! The move-making techniques that were used were extremely effective, and despite all the weirdness everything flowed very smoothly! The script is one of the best I've seen in awhile. In a lot of ways it reminds me of "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" or "Weird Science" or "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". It was really good! Watch the trailer, it's just incredibly fun! The movie was directed by Edgar Wright, who is the same guy who made "Hot Fuzz" and "Shaun of the Dead", both movies that I enjoyed very much. I really hope to see a lot more great stuff from Wright in the future. The only thing that bothered me about the movie is that Michael Cera plays such an insecure weiner, it's kind of hard seeing him as the lead in a romance story (no, I've never seen Juno, I was unprepared for this). When Cera (as Scott) says "I'm in lesbians with you", I found it very easy to take him literally! I've been told that this makes him cute, and I can see that, I just think that if I were a girl I would not find Michael Cera romantically interesting at all. Chalk it up to taste. Anyway, check out the trailer, it's great!

Calgary Drink and Draw

I attended the Calgary Drink and Draw tonight. It was pretty good. Here is what I drew:





Once again, 100% cartoons because I forgot to bring reference material. Unfortunately, I can't draw anything aside from cartoons well without reference material.

Big News!

I've updated all my previous music posts with embedded videos instead of those direct links I was using before. It's much nicer!

Go check it out!

Oh, all of them except for Fear of Tigers (because you should just download the whole album; remember, he's giving it away free on his own site!) and my tirade about video game music (because there are just too many links).

This is a good point to remind my loyal reader(s), click the links in my posts! They often lead to hilarious videos that make my posts more interesting.

Well, sometimes.

Ridiculous things that make me happy

I think everyone knows I enjoy playing video games, but I also hate this new crap where everything has to be complicated and involved. Fortunately, ArenaNet has heard my complaints and is building a game that is both epic and still can be picked up and played as if it were Tetris (Maybe I'm exagerrating a little. Okay, say "as if it were Zelda"). At least, that's what they're promising. I REALLY hope it lives up to what they say it will be. I miss games that were just about the fun. It seems like the only people who do that anymore are Nintendo. I really hope this game isn't too complicated or demanding, because it looks really fun. Still, this new video looks great.



I know that when it comes to video games, promises are a dime a dozen (just listen to any word that comes out of Peter Molyneux's mouth), but having played the first Guild Wars, I think these guys are passionate enough about what they do to pull it off. Their entire focus with the first game was to keep it simple and accessible; and I think it worked pretty well, and now they're improving on it. Anyways, I know it's ridiculous to get excited about something like this, but it makes me happy.