joe randel's art dump

So I introduced my daughter to Roller Coaster Tycoon on the weekend and now I think she’s hooked. She keeps asking if we can play the rollercoaster game with the tiny people. ^_^

Actually, I have RCT3 on the computer as well. I “acquired” it a while ago to try and she saw me playing it and so she liked to watch (watching means telling me what to do). Now my PC isn’t that great so after a few rides it begins to slow down and not to be much fun, plus we can only play the first park because the others bog down my PC. So I decided to put the old version (plus the expansions) on to see if it might be better for her to play with me.

I set it up and we played and after the first game I asked her if she liked this one or the other one better. She said she liked this one better, and I can see why. I’ve been a HUGE fan of the original RCT for a long time and it was after I put the old one back up I realized my daughter was right. This older version was more fun. Things happen faster and rides are much more fun to build and she loves changing the colours of everything to god awful pinks and oranges. Also tasks are simpler for her to understand, like making sure the tiny people are checking the rides and sweeping the walkway to make sure our park is clean. Plus she likes it when it rains because all the people put out their umbrellas. All of them pink ^_^

My daughter also likes to watch the pukey people get off the rides. She thinks they’re funny. ^_^

Phew…  man am I bushed.  It was a super nice weekend so we went out and got things done.

We raked and bagged all the leaves that we didn’t get to before the snow fell.  I picked up the remaining dog poop so the kids wouldn’t step it in.  I cleaned up the area around our wooden play structure.  Started to bring out the patio set and reassemble it.  We went to the hardware store and bought some paint for our bedroom.  My daughter and I made bread.  Helped the wife clean out the hall closet.  And all this on top of the regular chores we had to do.

I’m pooped and my legs are sore now.

Oh, and I finished that Ping picture and posted it as well.  I just had to. ^_^  I doodled her at work and thought she was soo cute.  I couldn’t just leaver her there.  So I decided to share.

I have some ideas for her for future pics… we’ll have to see.

What did you do on the weekend?

I’m sure most people know about this artist. If not you really should.

http://www.furaffinity.net/user/extvia/

This artist became an instant favorite of mine because of the rough lines and painterly technique they use. I love, lovelovelovelove rough lines. I found that as I grew in my own art and tastes I really loved seeing sketchy works and seeing build up in in the art. This artist not only uses this style but also the painting they do is just as beautiful and very impressionistic in nature. Solid slaps of colour dance around each character making them so much fun to look at ^_^

On the topic of characters, the designs that Extvia comes up with are superb in my books. I have a very soft spot for mech suits. I don’t draw any because I don’t think I would do the genera justice, but these characters and designs always make me smile and I always get excited when a new post goes up. I can’t wait to see a new concept that is both cute, sexy and cool… and Extvia always delivers. The characters are always so cute which is something that, I’m sure most know, really love in my art collecting.

Rough lines, painterly, cute, sexy and mech suits. Extvia has stolen my heart with art.

Now I sit and wait to see what he/she will come up with next ^_^

Some of my Extvia faves:

Lopunny
I.N.Character: Lotea
My Olympic Mascot
Maya II

So last night I wake up in around 2am to discover that I’ve slept on my arm a little funny and now it’s “fallen asleep” as the saying goes.

I’ve done this before in the past from time to time, but this last night it was probably the worst it’s ever happened.  I woke up, realized what had happened and tried to roll over to let the blood flow again only to find that my arm was completely useless.  Totally dead.  I couldn’t move it nor feel it.  Wonderful, now I don’t know how many have tried to do this but if you’ve ever tried to roll over and not use one arm- no scratch that, an arm that is dead and hanging off you… it’s hard.  You basically can’t put any weight on that side of your body at all since you have no support at all over there and you’re pretty much just dragging this dead appendage around.  It sucks, but what even worse is when the feeling start to come back.

I buried my face in to my pillow as the feeling start to rush back to my arm.  I’m yelling and laughing all at the same time while trying not to wake my wife.  It seemed like forever but it started to dull down so I move some fingers and see if the worst has past.  Nope, pain and tingles run up all my fingers and over my hand as they come back to life from near death.

Oh man… it took for ever…  I hope I didn’t do any damage to my arm.  I need that arm to draw.

I’ll have to watch how I fall asleep tonight and make sure it doesn’t happen again.

Sometimes… I want to draw smut at work.  I mean right in the middle of the day.  Just want to stop what I’m doing and paint filthy, filthy things.

Today was one of those days.

I was doing some Japanese lessons on my laptop when I came across a rough pic that I started a while ago but never finished.  Couldn’t really figure out what to do with the base idea really.  Then my imagination flooded with things that I could do with it to make it more complete and post worthy.  But… I’m at work.  Damn.  This sucks.

We do have a small conference room I sometimes do my Jap lessons in if I want it to be more quiet and so I’m not distracted by the internet.  I wonder if I could sneak away in there during the odd lunch and doodle my smutty little drawings.  It wouldn’t be on company time… nor would it be on a company work station.

maybe…

Naw… I should play it safe and only draw it at home.

oh and a clip from [url=http://kotaku.com/375426/doki-doki-majo-shinpan-2-offers-better-butt-touching

]Doki Doki Majo Shinpan 2[/url], just cuze I can.

Holy crow!  I made it to 50 posts…  o_O

It’s not that I really though I wouldn’t make it to 50 posts, but I did think that most of these posts would be filled with nothing of any real interest.  So far it’s been not bad but they can’t all be winner though.  I mean the indie game:passage post only has 2 comments on it but on the opposite end the first post and the So Canadian post have the most comments on them.  I actually write all these posts in advance during my lunch (or at the end of the day) and I have a bunch of topics lined up in case I’m strapped for something write about… and their mostly posts about my favorite things or artists.  I guess that at the end of all this you’ll totally know everything about me and I’ll still know nothing about you guys. ^_^

Now on to regular stuffs.  Looks like I’m going to PAX.  I’ve bought PAX ticket but I still need to buy my flight and book a hotel.  I’m hoping it’ll be fun.  I’ve been trying to make it to a game convention for about 3 years now… It’s almost a running joke as of what will prevent me from going each year.  So let hope that everything works out this year.