Watcher clean out and what I've been up to

Current Mood: Accomplished
Playing: Skyrim as Scary Fear
Listening to: Powerwolf - Out in the Fields
Drinking: Water
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It's that time of year again. I will be doing a watcher clean out again this month. I will be removing dead accounts and ghost watchers. So if you have not been active and commented to me you will no longer be watching me. Not the other way around.  You'll lose all my art you had in your faves. If you do not want to be removed not only must you comment  nicely on this journal but you must prove over time you will be active with quality comments to my art and/or journals.  Those of you that say "Don't remove me." and then I don't see anything more will still get removed. If you try to argue with me then you won't last and will just be blocked. No loss as I never saw you around anyway. The loss will be yours not mine. If you're on my friends widget you're safe so please don't as "Is it me?" That's annoying and I consider you for the chopping block if you do that.  This doesn't mean you have to comment on everything but I do expect to see you around from time to time if you're my watcher.  This is the only warning for both this account and my other account.  I have already removed several accounts as is.  Oh also if you've recently added me don't worry. I have to give you a chance to say something so you're not on the removal list.  Now to the actual post.

I'm disappointed DA has taken down the buy one get one free already.  WTF?  I hope they bring it back. It's supposed to be for Christmas right? I wanted to buy accounts for my friends but wanted to wait til Christmas came around. It's too early for that now.  They've always had a great buy one get one free. That's how I racked up the years to become a Til Hell Freezes Over member.  But last year they didn't do it and it just hasn't been as good. I do hope they have something nice for Christmas.

I've been practicing my parking with my Jeep.  Mainly parking in reverse. Something I've always been amazed by anyone that can do it. I never could.  Well since I've been going to my other house and have to load up I figured I'd try as it saves me from walking around the vehicle with heavy stuff.  Of course I did terrible the first few times. Went in the grass, almost took out the tree and had to correct multiple times.  But I'm happy I'm getting better at it and also helps I have a short vehicle.  I still have not perfected it and would never try this in a parking lot with other cars. I'll never master it, but for driveways with no traffic I'm happy that I am improving. It's not something they taught in drivers ed so I had to do this self taught.  I still want to go to that driving school in Atlanta sometime and learn to drive a stick shift.

I'm very happy you guys like my new drawing of Dawn of Fear. I want to talk about it a little since there's been some misunderstandings. The story is new so I have not revealed everything yet. But for some reason people are missing the fact this story is about LIFE and DEATH.  I don't know how that can be missed when it is Stated in the description. Life may not be recognizable but how can you question the other is Death with the cloak and huge scythe...and description.  Next. The planet. It is NOT the earth.  Never have the continents in Earth's history looked like the ones I drew.  It is the first planet of life.  So this takes place not long after the start of the universe.  That will be shown on page 1 of the comic but yeah it's not the Earth.  Lastly, I don't do symbolism. I leave that type of thing to the NF's.  My art is a blunt and straight forward as I am. What you see is what you get. A war between Life, Death and Fear over a young tiny planet.  That's all there is to it.  No hidden meanings.  You can see everything the story is about on the cover.  This is also why I didn't bother to draw any space craft as this planet never reaches space craft technology let alone even air craft technology. City building is as far as it progresses and they won't even be cities like you might think.  IF for some reason I decided to have symbolism, which I hate, I'd probably explain what it all means in the description anyway.

I'm still playing Skyrim whenever I get the chance.  I still haven't had much chance to do fun this for myself but I think I may be getting a breather this month.  I finally have Fear how I want him in the game. I have his final outfit and I'm quite powerful with my lighting and fear spells. It's a lot of fun.  At first I was thinking to only stick to electricity as my main power.  But I had to remember Fear's infamous catch phrase. "What powers will you give me tonight?"  Fear can use ANYthing so long as his victim is afraid of it. That means yeah, I am free to use ice and fire too if it gets me the end result I need. A sprigan is after me? Shoot her with fire. It is what she fears most.  Electricity is merely his inherent power and what he can use if someone has no fear.  I have a few pics to share from the game.



First pic is Scary Fear in the shadows. I managed to get the white eye glow in his hood. I love that this happens in this game as it does in my art. He looks creepy here.  A pic of him at the very top of a mountain. It's too bad his hood is the wrong color but I need that one for the effect it gives him. No cost for Illusion or destruction spells.   I'm level 50 now btw and very powerful. I can take ancient dragons down with just my electricity.  So this is his final look.  Third pic is a view of Fear crouched. I just thought he looked very good this way.  I just love the pic over all and wanted to share. The last pic is a screen cap of my animated death background for my PS4.  I'm thinking of making Death's scythe in my comic look like this one instead. I'm still undecided on that.

I've started inking the next page of Renegade. I need to finish it before the end of the month. That's the goal. What the next page looks like I have no idea yet and kind of why I have been stuck on this comic. I know what happens the page after that and perhaps I should just skip it then? What do you guys think? It's brought the whole comic to a halt because of that one unseen page but I know the rest and how it ends so it may be best to just skip the darn thing. It's another chorus anyway so same text as the last one. So thought I have started colors on FBTF and made progress on it I think I need to set it aside and focus on Renegade.  Triangulum Resistance needs some attention too.

I'm very excited that the new GoPro came out last Oct.  GoPro Hero 5 black. They did away with all the black white and silver models. I'm glad so the only one that's out is the one with the most advanced features. I love the review I watched. I did not like the 4 when it was new and though my biggest complaint is the changed the shape of the batter (so my old battery collection can't be used) all the good features really out weigh that minor complaint. If the batter holds more charge than the old one then well it is an improvement then.  There is only one concern I have. With the screen being on the back now how can you put a floaty door on it? I need to have it float if it is going under water with me. I do have a floating handle but I'd rather the camera have it's own float like the older versions have. So perhaps this is something I'll get for Christmas. Here is a review.
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Ok here are some pics from the trip we did to the Big Bend power plant a few days ago.



The observation tower at one of the nature trails at Big Bend. This was so nice. The second pic is a view from the tower. I want to go kayaking out there. I will some time.  The last pic is of a groundsel tree. They are in bloom right now and have these soft fluffy flowers that go flying everywhere.  They're so neat and fun to touch.



Here is the awesome Jurassic Park arcade we saw on our date. This entire arcade was just so fun to walk around and look at all the games. I do want to go out there and play this some time. What a shame it's so far from us...in VENICE.  A joke between AudeS and I.  At least it's not in Jupiter  The warblers are down for the winter. This one is a yellow rumped warbler. One of the most common flitty birds you see this time of year. And I got a pic of someone flying a cool quad copter in a parking lot. I can tell this is one of the nice DJI phantoms.

Ok last thing I want to talk about for now. I want to try my hand at a new art form. I'm always unsure about trying new art that I know nothing about. I don't know what I'm doing or where to start. I want to make another Scary Fear plush completely from scratch. I have a feeling I'd be good at it and could make him real nice and based on the current Scary Fear I have.  I know you have to draw a simplified pattern. I'm not sure how to draw that yet or how I want the pieces to go together. if you have any advice to give me since you know about sewing let me know. I don't have a sewing machine and know it will be harder doing it by hand but that's what I will try.

EDIT:  Ok want to share a Billy Joel song. Not metal this time but classic rock. I think this is from the 80s. I love Billy Joel. Was a major fan in the 80s and 90s of his. Even named my beloved blue and gold after him.  So here's the song Big shot.  One of my fave lines of all time that I use often is in that song. "Go and cry in your coffee but don't come bitchin' to me." I think you guys can appreciate that line for the in joke it has surely become now.



Merry Christmas ya filthy animal. And a Happy New Year