joe randel’s art dump

So it’s getting close to Christmas… which means I’ll be doing up my annual candy cane pic.  But the thing is, I’m running out of ideas for characters to use.  So now is your time to make a suggestion!  It could be parody or original…  it doesn’t really matter.

Oh, and since I’m on it.  Last years Roxanne facial pic was so great… I’ll think I’ll do a  new facial pic to bring in 2010.  Feel free to make suggestions for this character too.

I usually get stuck on Fifi, Sawyer, Roxanne, Gadget… you know… my regulars.  So now’s your chance to suggest a face for the new year!

make it a good one and I just might pick it. ^_^

Last night I dreamed that I died.

I was in a plane flying somewhere. I can’t remember where. It was a smaller plane like this one and I was sitting in the back. During the flight I fell asleep (it was a night time flight) in an attempt to calm myself since I’m a little bit of a nervous flyer. I was awoken by a huge jolt after which the plane started to fall from the sky. Panic and screaming filled the cabin as I felt my heart pound harder then I’ve ever felt. I had a window seat and I so I looked out the window as we ripped though the clouds and I saw a black sea under us. No lights, no land, just water.

I felt the impact of the plane against the sea and watched in terror as people where thrown about and water rushed in. I knew I had to get to the emergency door a few seats behind me. I unbuckled my seat belt and started to climb up to the door as the plane sank deeper and filled with more water.

The next things I saw was sort of like a news cast/documentary on how the plane fell from the sky and rescue teams where looking for survivors.

Then I woke up.

I had a hard time getting back to sleep after that.

I usually wonder what dreams mean. Did I see a bit of my future? Maybe a past life? Maybe it’s just something my mind made up based on shows that I’ve watched. I’ll probably never know, I just hope that tonight I dream of something less scary.

Something with boobies…

So, I’m sure that most of you have noticed… I draw pervy things.

I know, I know… I should be ashamed of myself… such filth… tsk tsk tsk… but here’s the thing. I’m a lover of all things sex. No matter if it’s sex and art, societies attitude towards sex, sex culture here and around the world, the history of sexuality, sex and religion or any of the hundreds of fetishes, I love it all. It fascinates me to no end. I love talking about how we as a society and as individuals have come to the stance on sex that we currently have and how we’re apt to change. And it’s not just me, my wife also shares the same interest on it and has talked a history of sexuality in university.

We’ve had many a conversation about who we are as children and our experiences leading up to some of our first sexual experience will shape our likes and dislikes in regards to sex… and it only grows from there as we get older! How interaction with you parents will influence on your choice of partner in the future. How the Catholic Church seems to have this downward look on sex but in their own Bible it says that God made man in his own image, and if we’re sexual creatures, wouldn’t that mean that God is sexy too? Why some of us so against nudity? How some people become sexual predators and dangerous side of sex (because sex isn’t always fun for everyone). About how the internet has connected people with like interests so you don’t have to feel alone if you happen to like certain things (because there is always someone out there that will share you interest). Open relationships and do they really work or does it just look good on paper. We’ve talked about zillion different fetishes like pony play, cartoon porn, porn addicts, bondage, bestiality and pedophilia , clown fetishes, lactation fetishes, shaving fetishes (as in people that shave their entire bodies!), water sports, etc, etc, etc… Also about sexual attitudes of other countries and though out history Like how we’re no longer in the Victorian age but we still hang on to a lot of the views and attitudes from that time. Plus so many other topics…

And if I’m not talking about sex, I’m watching it. Not pornos.. but documentaries. In fact, SexTV is my favorite channel. It has all sorts of specialty shows and documentaries on sex (duh!) with no bi est to any one culture, sexuality or topic. It really is a wonderful channel, but I think it’s only available in Canada.

Some of us fight to not be sexual creatures but it’s something that we’ll never be able to escape from… and why should we? Sex, nudity and all the things that go along with them make us who we are and we should not deny our selves that pleasure. There is such a variety of flavors out there that everyone will be able to find something that they like. Weather it be having your partner pour hot wax on you or just the joy you get when you look at dirty furry pictures, it’s all utterly fascinating to me and I could talk about it forever.

I’ll also throw in there that I’m a love of the act of sex too. Woo!!! Am I ever! Now don’t get me started on that topic… I’ll save it for another post.

Wow… it’s been a while since I posted anything eh. Well, I guess it’s time for me to pop in and fill people in with what’s been the deal these past few months. Remember I mentioned that my brother in law and his family moved in with us in January? Yeah… well… that’s what happened. While it was nice a fun for a bit, it slowly became more painful. I’d say about 75% painful… my art and commissions stopped (or slowed right down to almost nothing)… and my posts stopped. *sigh*

Well, they’ve moved out a few weeks ago and things are getting back to normal in my house. The place is quieter and cleaner now and my kids are playing excellent together again rather then before when their cousins lived with us. Someone was almost always crying.

All that’s left is the we now have to pay the bills that have been jack up (like hydro) with two families living under one home. Suck… so let this be a lesson to any of you… don’t let anyone come in to your house and live with you… unless you plan on marring them.

I’ve learned my lesson… geez I feel like such a doormat.

So when I was in Little Tokyo I bought a small anime figure.  The first one I’ve ever purchased.  She’s a part of the Range Murata PSE 3.0 collection.  If you don’t know who Range Murata is, he’s an anime artist who incorporates futuristic and art deco elements in to his art and is probably best known for the Robot illustrated comic series and his other art books.

Anyway, his concepts are so outstanding that they get made in to statues and this is one of them… and so… on with the pictures.

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So for the past bunch of years I’ve been trying to make it E3, GDC, or PAX. Have I made it to any of them? No… I have not. Well this is different.

I’ve been approved as someone in the industry to go for free.

My plane ticket has been bought and it only cost me $4 extra from the credit I had from last year.

My boss said I could stay with him at his hotel at no cost.

and being at E3 will not cost me any vacation days.

It all sounds too perfect a set up. I hope nothing goes wrong. I’ll take bunch of pictures and post them when I get back or during if there is wifi in the hotel room.

Wish me luck. I’ll be taking off on Monday and flying back on Thursday.

Yay!

Hackers… are they perverts? Or is it the rest of the pervert nation that just benefits from their hard work.

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Just popping on to wish everyone a happy Zombie Jesus weekend.

WoO!

For some time now I’ve been trying to make time to upgrade my blog’s wordpress junk. A new version came out some months ago with new features and such but I just couldn’t get around to doing all the leg work required. Well I finally did it. Yay! Now my blog has threaded comments, which is a feature I’ve wanted for a long time now. Only problem was… they didn’t work. Crap… now what… Well the reason was that my theme was not compatible with the new wordpress. So back to the internet I go to find a theme that I like so I can mess with it and put it up on my site.

I get really nervous messing with other people’s themes. I’m not a programmer at all. I can barely do basic stuff at the best of times. I actually thought I screwed it all up but thankfully it was okay. So now I have a new theme AND threaded comments AND avatars! Woo!!!

Actually the avatars are called Gravatars. It’s some sort of universal avatar system that works with wordpress sites. I had my doubts about it but after trying it out it was super easy to do and I don’t have to worry about any of the backend code stuff to make things work. If you’re registered at my blog I recommend you go get one.

The only thing I could get working was the lightbox2 plug in. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong but I’ll live with it for now. I guess it’s all a learning process.

Holy crap… what the hell has Joe been up too? He finished his 366 post thing and then went and disappeared. Actually, I’ve been sick. I caught some sort of viral infection and it knocked me on my ass. I had flu like symptoms for a few days and then my throat got so sore I wanted to shoot myself in the head. It was so bad it would keep me up at night as I laid there and tried to resist my bodies natural urge to swallow. I didn’t want to eat anything and if I had a nap I would wake up in absolute pain from my throat.

It was awful. I’m not so bad now. It’s been reduced to a cough that won’t go away now. At least that’s better then shooting myself in the head.

In other news… I’ve decided to try and learn the Game Maker program. I mean, I can push pixels and make game art… heck… it’s what I do for a living. But I want to try and make some simple games myself. I have ideas that I’d like to try without having a studio get in the way and screw up what I want to do. Plus, even if I suggest an idea to the studio, it becomes their property. I won’t be able to use it at all, so I’d rather try and see what I can do by myself. Nothing complex… just fun. ^_^

I’ll post any good results that I have ^_^