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ahhhhhhhhhhh I won the main prize of the Magicant GPP in the Earthbound fanfest ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh how dis happen??

Aside from that, got decent for my units this semester, though I must've done really badly in the CG exam for an overall mark that low, considering I had almost 100% for the assignments and high 70s for the midsem. Gotta get back to work on the Castlevania pic (though now I also want to do one of Hector and all his Innocent Devils) and Joshua's Choose Your Own Adventure thing; the fleas kept me away from home a lot of the time.

Too tired to do some Castlevania writeups, but I did quickly sketch this in the wake of this year's Earthbound fanfest.

Nearing the end of semester, and, of course, I want nothing more than to draw/game/not do uni work. I've been pretty good about not spending much time doing non-university work, so I'm mostly on top of things, even if it means I take longer to respond to RP things. I think a tag every two days is actually an improvement since I'd fallen from a tagging speed of a day per tag to 3-5 days a tag.

I did take a break one day to paint this picture (viewed at 25% size and is incomplete). Like my other paintings, it's done in a free version of ArtRage, and once again, I'm running into trouble painting the people in it. I actually did start painting the characters in it, but aside from their hair, it looks um. really bad imo. The biggest difficulty I have with ArtRage is drawing... well... detailed things i.e. most non-scenery things. I'm actually considering doing the characters in a new drawing/colouring style in photoshop to make them stand out from the background. I don't think it'll be too noticeable that the characters won't be on the 'canvas' the background is on, since it's hard to see the canvas texture after you resize. I mean, it's not really noticeable in that WIP as it is, anyway...?

I still also have to finish what I wanted to write for this TWEWY prompt, but I might forgo the art I was planning to make for it; I've redrawn it several times and I'm still not happy with the way it turned out. Maybe grab a picture of the inside of crowded train in Japan or something... I still have Rhyme's 'Journey' one-shot to finish, along with its related art. Also gotta do all the art I owe people, and do something for my dad's birthday...

ON TOP OF ALL THAT, I also want to put an entry or two in the starmen.net 2010 Earthbound fanfest. I'm thinking of going for the Scaraba GPP (due Nov 11th), Lost Underworld (due Nov 29th) and/or Magicant (due Dec 1st). Magicant has the most tempting prize (unopened copy of the Japanese MOTHER 2 soundtrack!) and the longest time for me to work on the entry, but as much as a wonderful mindfuck it is, atm I don't have too many ideas. I definitely wouldn't do both Scaraba and Lost Underworld though, since my ideas for them cover a similar topic. The prospect is exciting/daunting to me since I guess it's like... HNGHHH HUGE FANSITE AHHHH NERVES /)_(\;;;

This is for you.

So. I am sick. Possibly from drinking something suspicious and not realising it until after I'd already drunk it. I can't help but notice there is a suspicious drink in my bedroom as well now. I really have to stop leaving cups with undrunken fluids around the house. Never know what'll get in them.

But instead of doing the smart thing and going to recover from it so I can do the coding that's due Tuesday (yeah I'm slow. The way I have it done in pseudo code seems pretty. redundant in some parts), I went to look for Brawl art on Tegaki. Except... I got distracted by Mother art and got sucked into a neverending vortex of underage kids (+ the characters who aren't).

Some of the pieces I found rather excellent:
HGNHHHHHHH those mailboxes from Mother 3
THIS IS POSSIBLY THE FIRST TIME I PAID MORE ATTENTION TO JEFF THAN NESS WAT
Mother on Mother's Day. ADORABLE
(spoiler for Mother 3) Stab to the heart ; A;
Also, P3P with bonus Mr Saturns playing ladder

Also, while I was browsing, I discovered that it was Mother's 20th anniversary some time ago! And by some time ago, I mean about 2 months ago. So, here's some quick art to celebrate! Except I realised after I finished the picture that Mr Saturns weren't in Mother 1. GJ self. I've kind of resigned myself to the fact that I will never be able to draw good fanart of the Mother series. OH WELL. I'LL JUST BASK IN THE EXCELLENCE OF JAPAN'S FANART.

ART DUMP. 4 images, 1 TWEWY, 3 MOTHER. If I stop being so picky and ADD, maybe I'll colour them 8| Some Mother 3 spoilers?

( TWEWY snip, in which, as usual, there is too much Joshua )

( MOTHER art snip. Bonus: Mr Saturns playing ladder )

Okay, so. I LOVE Mother 3.

I also dislike it.

Sob.

( Me and RPGs + Mother 3 )



Also, some really retarded Joshua art. I should draw more often so it doesn't happen again :|