It's not a wacom, but I think it's ok. Got it from a woot.com deal. Its from DigiPen, 5.5x4. It was only $20, and that was the perfect price to see if I was going to even like these things. I held out for so long because I was afraid of being disappointed and spending so much.

You can see my first attempt at drawing with the tablet here: [link]

That is 1 and a half days of practice you're seeing. My very first attempt was drawing wolverines head. I got a bit nervous because I didn't think I was going to like this. The cursor was so jumpy and sensitive, I was already thinking of regretting purchasing this.

But after a few more sketches (I did more, just not posted here) I started getting used to it. I still have to adjust to finishing up drawings. Very minuscule touch ups can get a bit twitchy. Plus I have to buy some grip for this pen, seems too slick when drawing for a long period of time. I'll try to start working on some real pieces soon.

I also tested out animating in easytoon. A walking test. Something like this would of taken me all day on a mouse. I'm looking forward to doing bigger animations.

You can check out the test animation here: [link]

*UPDATE* Tayousei got the screenshot right on the 50k mark. His request was for one of my favorite games on PS1. (Tease: It's from Namco )

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I didnt even realize it was near the 50k mark. It's just under a hundred left. I've never done this kiriban thing before, I just know if someone takes a screenshot of my pageview hitting 50,000, I do a drawing for them.

So yeah. Screencap the 50,000. First person to send me a note of the screencap gets fanart drawing of any videogame character. (keep in mind I use a mouse, so dont go that crazy )

Good luck!

I'd also like to thank for graciously giving me a subscription! Many thanks!

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Update:Here's the video clip. [link]
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Here's the backstory:
A couple nights ago Conan did a bit on College Mascots. One of them was a manatee doing a web cam show. And Pender (the bald band member) was watching the manatee on a laptop. Conan just ad libbed "Penders on hornymanatee.com". The next night Conan said NBC had to buy the rights to that site since it was said on the air. So they made a mock porn site with the manatee and asked people to send in submissions.

I did mine last night. I was shocked to see it on the website. Then I was wondering if it was shown on Conan O'Brien. I asked some message boards and people confirmed that my drawing was on the show!

This is the site hornymanatee.com with my artwork: [link]

They had to re size on that site it so here's the original.



I still haven't seen the show yet as I type this. But i'm gonna record this with my camera. So yeah..i'm a part of the Cone-Zone legacy!

Well I haven't updated my journal for a long time. And since Spyed was nice enough to give me a sub for 3 months I should at least take advantage of some of the features. I really have nothing important to say here. I just always had this idea for the header and footer for the journal, but couldn't do it without a sub'. This took me a lot longer than I thought. It wont sync up the first time you see it, so after the gifs load up, you can refresh and it'll make more sense.

Also, this sub got me motivated to do some more art. I'm working on a few pieces that I'll probably finish this week.

Thanks again

8card356 gave me a heads up that I was in a video playing MKDS at nintendos site.

Here's a direct link to the video

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The gallery of videos is here


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Funny thing is I only play about 3 or 4 games a week of MKDS since I got MPH. I remember this match cause of the NOA guy, but I didnt think it was a real NOA. This race was about 5-7 days ago. I'm the one with the Solid Snake emblem, and driving a tan colored default kart.

(Note my taunting at the character select screen)