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[22 Dec 2009|11:53am] |
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Drop a comment (they're screened) with something you'd like seen drawn for someone else.
Leave me the following...
Recipient username/email:
Description/Prompt/Scene from a fic:
I want to be an anonymous benefactor: Y/N
Any fandom/character/ship eligible other than Roy/Ed from FMA. No guarantees I'll stick to the initial idea, but I'll pick randomly and doodle as many as I can before Christmas!
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[21 Dec 2009|07:01pm] |
I have an account at AO3, and have for some time. I also have (possibly temporary) access to my website so I'm slowly uploading everything from that website to AO3 - which means my X-men and due South fiction, mostly.
Here's my AO3 account, I'm xtricks there, as you might expect: http://archiveofourown.org/users/xtricks
Re-editing and uploading my old, old fic (some of it over 10 years old) really illustrates my changing style and ability. The work is isn't ... bad, but it's got the occasional badfic issues (a bit weepy, here and there, and my size queen tendencies are more evident).
It also reminded me of how fond I am of images of traditional masculinity: the biker dude, the rich businessman, the soldier, the cop (Mountie) and so on. These are the characters that draw me in.
So, a record of a fanfic author over time, in one handy stop.
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| critique: Leverage and Hustle |
[20 Dec 2009|12:38pm] |
Hustle is the English version of Leverage - or, most likely, Leverage is an American reinterpretation of Hustle.
Very similar in initial concept, very different in feel. For one, the first character we're introduced to and is evidently the leader, is a black man. A black man leading a team of white people would be extremely rare in US TV/Film and, in such a case, race would be 'an issue'. And, Robert Vaughn is one of the actors in this show! I wonder of there's an AU out there where Napoleon left/retired from UNCLE under some cloud and ended up being a conman. Where is Illya, I wonder, and what is the relationship between Stroller (Vaughn's character) and Stone?
( What I think )
I'd recommend Hustle, in particular, for people trying to learn how to plot complicated, deception rife stories. But I can recommend both of the shows as lots of fun and without much in the way (so far) of ugly media messages.
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| [VID] White Collar - Neal/Peter/Elizabeth - Peroxide Swing |
[18 Dec 2009|12:30am] |
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This is not drawing. This is also not laundry. Today was decompression time though, so laundry has been pushed to tomorrow. In the process of compiling this I realised the creative niche that vidding fills for me, which is being able to sort all my squeeful thoughts and say here are all the things I love about ____. With music attached. I always feel slightly weird about vidding since I don't approach it with any intention to learn the finer details of editing or crafting a strong visual narrative, but coming to understand why I vid makes me feel more comfortable sharing what I've made.
I also feel like all the classic and contemporary big band/crooners I've been listening to while working in the lab this semester was just preparing me to fall in love with this show. Also, OT3 much? Purr.
( White Collar Vid - Neal/Peter/Elizabeth - Peroxide Swing )
Or right-click and download.
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| the sweet taste of freedom |
[16 Dec 2009|09:21am] |
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Guess who is done with finals, omfg.
Tomorrow I am going to celebrate by doing laundry. Which doesn't seem exciting, but I am down to the Clothes I Never Wear. Which is also a good indication of what needs to go in the donate pile.
ALSO I AM GOING TO DRAW. My god, am I going to draw. Later when I am a little less DONESQUEE, I will post some shots of my projects. I am pretty damn happy with them.
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| I regret nothing. |
[13 Dec 2009|02:27pm] |
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Last night I picked up pasta for dinner from the cafe around the corner, and instead of working on our finals, J and I watched 5 episodes of White Collar.
In our defense, we were both too exhausted from work to do anything productive.
Also in our defense, we are addicted.
We will be saving the last ep for /after/ finals. I... I'm probably going to need icons. :x
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| When good things go bad |
[12 Dec 2009|01:50pm] |
Oh, god. The Save Ianto peeps came out with a 400 page report. In itself not at all bad - in fact, I'm very much for the 'consumers' of entertainment media having more say in work that is supposed to be for them and for being vocal when treated badly. I fully support the charity campaigns and donated to the Lluest Pony myself. However, the terrible statistical train wreck, the misogyny regarding Gwen, and the generally poor scholarship makes me cringe so hard that I can't read the report.
Which might be a problem since they evidently quote quite a few LJ people without much in the way of permission or credit. Since I wrote a teal deer or two about it, it's entirely possible it's in there. Also, something I don't mind - LJ is a public forum, not a private diary. I just ... would prefer that my name not get mixed up in something so poorly done.
Time to break out the vodka and a few fail!bingo cards!
Or write porn ... hmm.
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| [ART] Marvel - Teddy/Billy - Sketchy kiss thing |
[11 Dec 2009|06:24pm] |
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Doodled today because my renders in mental ray were choking my computer and taking forever.
( Sketchy kiss thing. )
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| counting down is making me crazy |
[11 Dec 2009|09:04am] |
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I'm ridiculously behind on my lighting final. I'd been struggling with a specific hurdle, and I got past that this last weekend, but since I was working so hard on figuring out wtf my problem was in only that one area, I'm now behind on all the other parts. Oops. I console myself with the fact that it's not part of my major, I just wanted to know how to do it and now I do, so I'm good so long as I pass.
My modeling finals, while running into a few issues that are mostly hardware related are going fairly peachy. I'm not going to get them as polished as I'd like, but considering that I was spreading my time between four classes and work, I'm pretty damn happy with what I've come up with.
Wednesday... zomg. Wednesday and I'll be done for six weeks with mostly online classes in the upcoming semester. I might be working full time, but omg that I can handle. This semester has been one long steady crush of too much to freaking do. I'm mostly caught up on all my CSI TV at least (we shall not speak of SPN). J and I are one episode of Fringe behind, but we might be able to sit down for that tonight.
And now I have sipped at my tea and my fingers are warm and I should get back to rendering. Cue flaily arms.
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