That was one of the most relaxing weekends I've had in a while

[exatron]

Finally, I'm completely back to normal, my scanner is working, and so is my sound card.

I hope I didn't scare off all one of the people who read this thing. (The huge delay between replies probably doesn't help, but I feel like I have to be invited to use other means of communication.) I'm not normally angry like that, and wish I hadn't posted half of what I did. Those items remain only because deleting them would be like pretending that they didn't happen.

The sad part is that I fell into the whole obnoxious livejournal rant thing, and I was trying to avoid that.

My weekend was very relaxing, and the rest of this week looks good too. I'm basically housesitting for my parents while they're in Hawaii for a friend's wedding, so I have lots of peace and quiet. I also get days off on November 8th and November 14th due to client holidays.

I did some research on customizing Livejournal's appearance and found that a lot of things can be customized. There's only one problem- free accounts can't really use any of them. At least I learned more about the technical side of webpage design. If I had an eye for layouts, I could do some really cool stuff with this new knowledge.

Other than needing to increase the cardio portion of my workout, things have been going very well at the gym.

Art was impeded somewhat by Looney Tunes Golden Collection volume 3, and I feel like I rushed the newest thing I tried to draw.

First, the old business. I tried revising my more recent image of my character, but didn't get as far as I would have liked. I hope I fixed the problems with the arms and I started working on his head. The only thing that's missing is the mp3 player, which is kind of ironic since it inspired the drawing in the first place.
http://pics.livejournal.com/exatron/pic/0001240b/g3

Now for the new business (Yes, I know. Old business is old business, and new business is new business. And we don't discuss new business until... :::flips rapidly through calendar::: ... Next Quarter! But it's kind of pointless to post this after halloween.)
I tried putting my character in Elmer's costume from "What's Opera Doc?", but realized that it wouldn't really fit his weird cheetah proportions. Eventually, I worked around that by having him point it out. The shoulders really need work, and I should draw his spots for once.
http://pics.livejournal.com/exatron/pic/00013h7y/g3

I am concerned that I am losing my desire and ability to draw. I know it takes practice and hard work, but I feel like I also need a goal to keep me going. No, that doesn't mean I'm giving up. I just need to listen to my creative impulses and keep trying.

Later this week, I'm going to have to try recording a joke a former coworker told me. It will require a bit of webspace, but that shouldn't be too hard to find for one file.

Comments

[kylet.livejournal.com]

Eh, your ratio of normal posts to rant is not at all problematic. Sounds like Nov will be relaxing enough for ya, tho :-)

Wow, you must really be hardcore. Your LJ looks pretty customized to me, wonder what ELSE you'd tinker with.

I finally hired a trainer (will start official workouts Friday night, no more early mornings, I guess). Was mainly inspired by the fact that you said it's a big help; I had a practice session Sunday, and OY I can tell he'll make a difference o.0

I hate giving advice on something I'm not entirely comfortable with, but just one thing I noted on the armband pic; it's hard to explain, but the deltoid does not cover the entire arm on the tricep area. There's a little space between where the tricep leads into the armpit and the bottom curve of the delt. I wouldn't worry too much about the mechanics of it, because that's the most complicated portion of the arm and I suck at it myself; the lats and teres major all weave into the armpit along with the triceps, so there's just a bit of extra flesh (ideally, at least, cuz that means the triceps are filled out ;-)

LOL! I had clicked "next" for the other image before reading the desc. As soon as I read "Magic spear and helmet" I knew what the reference was XD Hee hee. Oh darn. Guess he'll just have to pass on the shirt then ^.^

Can't help you on the goal/motivation, I'm afraid. It's so ingrained in me at this point I go nuts if I CAN'T draw. I'll just be as supportive about it as I can, hope that helps....