Words from a Rogue-Assassin

You've got a frenemy in me.

Sun, 27 May 2012 15:33:06 GMT

Okay you pyjacks, let me put this in perspective. This is the amount of cash I would need to get to Amsterdam from Cleveland and have a 'low budget' vacation according to a lot of travel sites. A single person round trip ticket from Cleveland to Amsterdam costs me around 1500 US Dollars. Room and boarding I will not count because it's always known I'd probably camp out with my brothers in Zoetermeer. Let's just add 500 US Dollars more for contributing to gas, food and other modes of transport to go to other places and/or visiting museums/galleries. So let's assume that's 2000 US Dollars for me to spend a month or so in The Netherlands for vacation time.

Or I stay in Ohio and start making my personal 'compact' printmaking studio. The list: Homemade printing press, including money spent for blueprints: around 800 US Dollars. Etching supplies (tank, tarlatan, chemicals, trays & plates); 500 US Dollars. Relief printing and Ink supplies (includes brayers, lino/wood, inkingslab); 300 US Dollars. Ragpapers; 25 US Dollars per sheet, let's assume I'll spend 100 US Dollars to create 16 A4 sized 'final prints'. That's a total of around 1800 US Dollars, and 200 more left to 'customize' my press with additional things such as a french press wheel I might find when doing some Antique Mall hunting around midwest Ohio, and making sure ventilation in my basement is safe.

Conclusion: I stay where I am, working on setting up my studio in the basement. Go ahead, call me a bad friend for never visiting anymore, I'm cool with that. Consider me a frenemy for being a Renegade Commander Shepard. Deal with it.

Mass Effect scene

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:42:30 GMT

Shepard: What did you call this again, Sanity Check?
Alenko: Hm, Sanity Check.

Shatter

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:40:31 GMT

Laatste woorden.

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:21:53 GMT

Hier in het donker van de ochtend regen, sta ik alleen met mijn tranen gemengd. Mijn hart gebroken wederom. Ik weet niet wat ik nog kan zeggen, woorden schieten mij tekort. Ik ben kapot, en het verlies van twee goede vrienden in zo'n korte tijd zal moeilijk zijn om te accepteren.

Find a little place in your heart for me

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 08:46:21 GMT

Jules Shepard and Kaidan Alenko are Sunday morning woobies.

SL 2012 Shenanigans

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:58:10 GMT

Because you know it has to be done. Yep.
My favorite posters are now on the SL-grid.

2012

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:41:46 GMT

New Year, New Poupee Look~

Shenko!

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:41:43 GMT

Jules Shepard and Kaidan Alenko derpy lurve. Distraction doodle, finals are approaching rapidly... urgh -__-

Poupee Jubie

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:10:52 GMT

She now sports the short hair look. It was time to change, and the discount campaign for hairdo lasts till the 15th.

La Nuit du Chasseur

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:24:59 GMT

Honest to god I will break your heart..

Abinasia - concept sketch

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:50:04 GMT

Working on the Abinasia printbook idea thing for my future IS at Wooster. Long story short, I am in the process of redesigning some old and some side characters. I've been thinking long and hard about adapting Kageichi Jinn's personae, but I would like to keep the Second Life verse/story seperate from Abinasia: Collapsing Reverie. I will still note the credit for the initial design to J.Nottage, but changing his name, purpose and design to fit to Ayden and the Collapsing Reverie storyline.

Jinnu Kagai, Silver fox spirit wanderer. fast minimal colors pixel sketch.

daily thoughts - Neder van het hand in bloed en tranen

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:33:22 GMT

Andere mensen dragen hun verdriet in hun hart. Ongezien holt hen dat van binnen uit. Het is en was mijn redding dat ik mijn verdriet aan de buitenkant visualiseer in illustraties, waar het absoluut niemand kan ontgaan.

Krak no like poisontail rats..

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:06:02 GMT

And he's right you know. Indeed.

Woodcut sketch idea

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:28:27 GMT

Just getting into the groove before classes start. 'nother fanart piece of Kaidan Alenko from the Mass Effect series.

I'm just a little scared of being lonely

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:24:53 GMT

Google+

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:34:03 GMT

My G+ art stream

BioWare protagonists

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:13:59 GMT

My two protagonists from BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins-Awakenings and Mass Effect, Azyze and Spectre Jules Shepard. Just dorking around before classes start again :]

Newest cleaned up desktop screenshot

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:59:03 GMT

Ooh look, this is what happens when I have bubble tea, Tangled on the mind and feel like putting Azy and Alistair in tribute outfits to said movie P: Adorkable stuff myes. Purple lovelove~

Laat het licht aan vannacht...

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:01:23 GMT

Ze zeggen dat ik niet bang hoef te zijn
Voor het donker
Maar wat erger is
Ze zeggen het nog
Laat het licht aan vannacht
En hou me vast
Vannacht wil ik geen monsters in mijn hoofd

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:35:58 GMT

I detest Spotify for crashing my graphics driver every now and then when I am busy with a major art file in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

Anyway yeah taking a break from fanarts and work on my original RP character, Kain. He's a 4th Edition D&D Half-Elf Bard. He will rock your socks, 'cause bards in 4E are like, mini pathfinder 3.5E bards, but with so much electric guitar, you dont understand. ELECTRIC GUITARRRRRRRRR! WHEOWWWNGGGG!

Said I'm preaching this to you,
Nobody listens think of something and they treat you like a fool,
thought that it was clear, nobody said that love was fair,
Cause I'm a cruel man I'll take it all away,
And I'm a king I'm here to stay

WIP: Azyze & Alistaire - Ferelden's Grey Wardens

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:47:30 GMT

I believe in nothing not the end and not the start
I believe in nothing not the earth and not the stars
I believe in nothing not the day or not the dark
I believe in nothing but the beating of our hearts
I believe in nothing not 100 suns until we part
I believe in nothing not in sin and not in God
I believe in nothing not in peace and not in war
I believe in nothing but the truth in who we are

Ultimate Sacrifice

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 07:37:45 GMT

Lethalan Azyze Olath, fulfilling the Ultimate Sacrifice as her duty as a Grey Warden, killing the arch demon moments before she would die because of her tainted blood.

Beckoning - Work in Progress

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:41:08 GMT

Work in progress shot. Another one of that Grey Warden? Why yes indeed. As it turns out, I need more practice drawing manly men. Manly. Not Elfly. Manly.

Dragon Age Origins ventures

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 06:33:45 GMT

Today I finally killed another full-grown dragon in an RPG since Never Winter Nights. Reasons? It was shiny and purple! Azy needs shiney purple dragon-scale armor, yesyes :O Oh and the loot was alright too, but my perogative: SHINY PURBLE ARMOR!

Happy Birthday Marionette

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:43:35 GMT

Inspired by Fiep Westendorp and Umino Chika. Happy Birthday Dolly, much love from your ditzy little elf-bunbun.

In your eyes I see eternity
And a girl that looks a lot like me
Eternity, a little trip
You're the beat my heart will skip

-K's Choice: When I lay beside you
Echo Mountain