Phr00tie Beoulve

whee

2008-12-09T09:06:02Z

I'm alive.

*spams your friends page*

Been a while since I visited LJ. Interestingly, the contents of my friends page look pretty much the same as they did back when I was on LJ a lot more often. Changes are inevitable, but I guess at the core, many of us are still the same people.

Fire Emblem

2008-05-08T17:50:03Z

So I'm a huge fan of the Fire Emblem series. Recently I've undertaken the FE100 challenge, in which I'll be producing one hundred fanarts of the series based on the list of one hundred prompts. Even if you aren't familiar with the series, you might find something to like about these pictures. Click on the thumbnails~

Most recent, and my favorite, is a picture of Tibarn the Hawk King from FE: Radiant Dawn (well, he's also in Path of Radiance, I guess.):

And this seems to be viewer's favorite. Lyn from FE: Blazing Sword (the first American release on the GBA).

And a homage to FE: Mystery of the Emblem, a really old installment on the SNES.

More from the FE100 series here. :o

[x-posted on mechapenguin]

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn fanart

2008-04-19T17:00:42Z

x-posted on mechapenguin

Speed painting, between 60-80 minutes. I COULD have spent more time on it (and would gladly have -- I've gotten very attached to Soren, the character being hugged) but the blurry unfinished look seemed to work for this particular picture. You may want to view this piece on deviantart here. It has extended commentary on the piece as well as the characters :)

I'd like to apologize to those who commented on my previous picture entry. X_X I did not mean to make you feel ignored, but real life kind of exploded on my face, and I got distracted. I want to let you know that I read every comment and appreciated you taking time to post them.

Artage

2008-03-01T17:27:46Z

x-posted on mechapenguin~

Click it to enlarge :B

Reclamation

2008-02-29T08:27:36Z

For a while, I had no life. I'm about to get it back, though. Or so it feels like, at least.

On an unrelated note~

Some of you may have known already, but I started posting stuff at deviantart. The account had spent enough time collecting dust (I registered years ago to report art theft, back when they did not allow art theft reports from anyone other than the artist infringed). I might start posting some pictures here, too, if there's demand?

And there's Haru-Sari too, of course.

D:

2007-06-15T07:13:18Z

First my chair breaks,

then my semi-expensive headphones snap in half.

I consider myself blessed, though -- those are among the worst complaints I have lately, and that's not too bad.

The drowned kitten

2007-04-30T07:50:15Z

http://news.deviantart.com/article/28572/

I do not condone animal cruelty. But if the destruction of one life can awaken people and stop other acts of cruelty such as wars -- ultimately saving other lives -- then it may be a worthy sacrifice. (Of course, I don't think the movie is nearly as effective as it needs to be, so the point is moot in this particular situation.)

Can the end justify the means? Well, that's not the issue I'm trying to approach here. For example, if you're a psycho and you kill someone for pleasure, and the victim's death somehow ends up saving other lives, you are NOT a hero. You still need to be punished for what you have done, and for why you have done it. "Justification" and "positive (or perhaps 'less negative' to be precise) net effect" are not necessarily the same thing...

...Ugh, first LJ entry in months, and this is what I have to write about!?

The end is nigh

2007-02-21T04:52:59Z

I updated cozypaper, guys. D:

Those of you who watch mechapenguin have already seen the new art, though.

Epiphany/reminder

2006-11-15T12:33:46Z

This is going to sound astonishingly stupid, but...

For a long time, I had forgotten that colors do NOT have to be realistic to look good.

I'm not sure how I forgot it in the first place. It's so obvious! I feel liberated. By thinking that I had to go for a realistic color palette, I had shut myself from the vast world of Pretty Fake Colors.

My next color piece (that I do for myself) will be pretty interesting. :) Don't expect it anytime soon, though.

PS. Raise your hand if you keep up with my webcomic.

...

2006-02-10T00:35:41Z

Facial massages = OW

They should use anesthesia for this. O_o

UH OH

2006-01-26T21:12:10Z

No fanarts allowed in Otakon artist alley!

While that should help cut down the number of people trying to get a table, and thus improve the chances of ME getting my space... uhhh... I dunno.

New chapter!!!111

2006-01-10T05:12:49Z

The first few pages of Chapter 4 is up. Check it out and make me a happy Keiiii! =D =D =D

... *crickets chirp*

EDIT: "pages ... is up"? WTF. Broken grammar! Proof that I should've been sleeping.

FANDOM MERGE&%$(#%*$

2005-12-24T15:24:03Z

I had a dream in which Sasarai was a homunculus, but his Philosopher's Stone was stolen by Luc and Sarah. Sarah then lost it somewhere. The stone was picked up by a 10-year-old Chinese boy with a permanent Thunder Rune.

Father brought the de-stoned (haha) Sasarai and they discussed how to get the stone back, while having a good family bonding time. Father was gigantic for some reason; he had Sasarai perched on his shoulder the whole time ^^

I think I was Hohenheim in that dream, doing out-of-character stuff...

Ghost Story

2005-12-21T05:58:09Z

My dad does electrician/ construction/ building maintenance works at various locations. Last night, he happened to have a shift doing maintenance at a ShopRite. Only five people were there: the ShopRite manager, a janitor, my dad, and two others in his team, who shall be called T and D.

Apparently, they have this machinery/ electric room in there that's got this Xtreme Lock, which keeps the door Xtremely Shut at all times. In the middle of the night, however, the door just opened by itself.

Then it closed itself, almost immediately. In front of their eyes.

They freaked out. The manager ran outside in panic and started calling everyone he knew. The guys in my dad's team did the same, and my dad called my mom. I'm not sure what kind of a lock or a door they have in ShopRite, but judging from the level of panic, the incidence must have been quite creepy.

One of the people the manager called was the former manager or some sort, who told them someone died in that room three years ago. Another person advised that if there's a ghost in there, they have a way of confirming it: call out to the ghost, record the sound, and you'll hear the voice on the casette even if you didn't hear it during the recording process. (^^;;;;)

So T got out his tape recorder, called out "hello! Anyone in there!?? Who is it!?" or somesuch, and they all listened to the recording. And they all heard a faint, eerie "iiiiiit's meeee..." on the tape.

T freaked out even more, saying he was going to copy the tape and send it to everyone. Then something happened, and everything on the tape got deleted somehow. D: More panic ensued. They asked my dad, the calmest one of the bunch, to go inside the room and sit in there alone for five minutes. He did just that, and nothing happened.

You wonder if the lock was broken... that's unlikely, since they couldn't get the door to open (without unlocking it properly) no matter how hard they tried.

I don't know about the others who were there, but my family agrees that things like this are good for spicing up one's work life. :)

Comic update

2005-12-16T15:58:51Z

Updated my comic with the first 7 pages of Chapter 3.

I won't spam your friendlist every time I update my comic; if you want to keep up with it, just remember that it's updated Tues/Fri. I think posting a notice every time I start a new chapter would be reasonable. ^^

So yeah, let me know what you think, either on this post or on my forum!

Oh, crap.

2005-12-05T21:04:21Z

Dear Santa...

Dear Santa,

This year I've been busy!

In February I gave zerochan a wet willie, then I took it back (-5 points). Last Tuesday I committed genocide... Sorry about that, ladyfox (-5000 points). In August burandon and I donated clothes to the needy (11 points). Last week on a flight to Vancouver, I stole the emergency flight information card (-40 points). In April I helped kos_mosfanbird across the street (6 points).

Overall, I've been naughty (-5028 points). For Christmas I deserve a moldy sandwich!

Sincerely,
phr00tie

Communities

2005-12-05T06:55:39Z

I checked out Monthly Anime Gaijin website yesterday, and it's been a while since its golden era has ended, it seems like.

MAG is definitely not the only artist community that once prospered but is now just there. I guess all things must come to an end eventually... What are some communities that are flourishing right now, though? DA? >_> Ugh.

I need a niche artist community where I can get critiques (and occasionally just hang around and chat). I'm tired of having to bother my close circle of friends for feedbacks every time I'm in need of help, and if I'm tired of asking, my friends must be even more tired of being asked. ^^;;

When/if my comic becomes more popular, I wonder if I can start a mini-community with my forum there? Wishful thinking. :)

YAY

2005-11-25T05:39:47Z

Haru-Sari.com

First chapter now up!

...Please don't laugh at it =D

Site updated

2005-11-18T01:45:47Z

...with a little junk piece, and an announcement which I will sum up here:

Haru-Sari is my new graphic novel project. It's not live yet, though you can go check out the front page of the domain by clicking on the banner above. :D WHEE

Not trying to sound deep, but...

2005-11-17T07:18:27Z

It's a sad thing to see people, particularly artists (of any type), closing down their sites.

Not getting any more works to ogle at is one thing, but when the artists cease to be artists...? When they stop drawing, writing, composing altogether? Where did their passion go?

It's like seeing a bird cut off its own wings.

Maybe those people who stop because of lack of motivation... maybe they didn't have the passion in the first place. Maybe it was just a passing interest. But I don't think that's always the case.

I don't know about them. But me, if I ever drop art when I am still physically able, you can pretty much assume that something very terrible and tragic has happened to me and scarred my soul forever.

Meme for the writers!

2005-10-16T07:27:14Z

Since I cannot write, I direct all you better-than-Keiiii writers to this memefic right here. It works like a round robin, but with a non-linear structure to it?

Take a look -- this could really go to places :D

Testing LiveWidget

2005-10-13T13:23:52Z

I pencilled 8 pages and inked 11 pages in the past 14 hours. @_@ (this is for work, BTW)

I still got to eat two meals, take breaks and walk my dog. And breathe. My shoulders are whining now, though. NEVER AGAIN.

My time management skills are lacking...

Format

2005-10-01T09:25:36Z

Formatted HD, reinstalling stuff. Nearly everything went smoothly. However, Painter IX is refusing to accept my serial number. :P I'm not willing to fork over another $200 to Corel for this. I might call their tech service later on and complain.

Tiger looks like a very nice OS so far.

WHAT THE

2005-09-25T11:20:09Z

The joints in my left foot (not my ankle) makes this loud snapping -- not even cracking, snapping -- noise every time it takes a step. Started doing that when I woke up this morning.

I feel this slight tickle-kinda sensation in this part of my foot when it snaps. No pain or discomfort, really, but d00de. >_> Maybe I'll take my mom's glucosamine pill... or better, I should go work out at the gym today.

...

2005-09-16T21:37:36Z

yogin, are you alive? @_@

Damn it, I hate it when people disappear and I have no idea how to contact them.