joe randel's art dump

This pic took me so long to get done!  I just couldn’t get the hands right.  It was so frustrating!  I think I have them down now though.  How do they look?  Funny that this started as a “lets draw an open puss” picture and it ended up being a study on hands. o_O  This was also an excuse to practice more anime style stuff.  I’m not looking to switch over to anime or anything, but I do really enjoy their designs and colouring.

Not much more other then that really.  I’m pretty happy with how it came out.  Now on to another pic. ^_^

Here’s the short version of this post.

I’m a moron.

Here’s the long version.

My TabletPC has been getting quite slow over the past few years.  Sometimes I would be in the task manager I would just stare at all the things my computer was doing right in front of my face and yet, I had no idea.  What the hell where all those .exe files running in the background?  Sometimes I would do searches on them and see what they where.  Mostly they where all regular system files doing their job.  A few days ago however, during a search on .exe files.  I come across a link that will offer a free scan of my PC to rid it of all the extra crap that it’s running and slowing it down.  I was skeptical, but I clicked on it any way.  It took me to a site that had a download of a program that would do just what I described.  I downloaded it, but before I ran it, I did some research on it.  From everything that I read, it was a totally legit program (I can’t remember what it was called).  So I tried it and it worked.  My laptop ran a little fast and my Photoshop didn’t lag.  But then things took a nose dive.

It would seem that this program not only just kept run away exe’s in check, it deleted .dll files.  Important .dll files.  One that the computer need to run!  I rebooted my laptop to find that I was screwed!  I could get anything to load no matter what I did to try and save it.  I was going to have to do a full system recovery.

This sucked, but I’ve been meaning to do one for a while now, so this was as good a time as any.  I backed up all my art, music, photos and wrote down the programs that I needed to reinstall.  Then began the process that would take my laptop back to factory settings.  WAIT!!!  I forgot to back up my bookmarks!!!  To late…  they’re gone.  Sigh~

I guess it’s not the end of the world.  I only really visited a small fraction of them anyway and if that’s the only thing I lost… that’s not so bad.  On the plus side, my computer is really fast now.

So yeah, I totally learned my lesson.  Don’t trust anything you get from the internet.

So here’s a treat for those that follow my blog posts and not just the DA and FA posts.  It’s a doodle/rough sketch I’ve been working on.

I was checking though Pixiv the other day (as I often do) and saw lots of “in your face open puss” pictures by other artists.  I then thought… I don’t think I’ve ever done one of those.  So I decided to try it out.  I must say that getting labia, clitoris and vaginal opening done right and cute was quite a challenge.  Lots of reference was used, that’s for sure.

Not sure I’ll finish it.  I probably will… I can’t seem to leave a doodle unfinished.  Which is why I threw in the star power there.  Gotta keep something a surprise for the final unveiling. ^_^

So here’s a treat for those that follow my blog posts and not just the DA and FA posts.  It’s a doodle/rough sketch I’ve been working on.

I was checking though Pixiv the other day (as I often do) and saw lots of “in your face open puss” pictures by other artists.  I then thought… I don’t think I’ve ever done one of those.  So I decided to try it out.  I must say that getting labia, clitoris and vaginal opening done right and cute was quite a challenge.  Lots of reference was used, that’s for sure.

Not sure I’ll finish it.  I probably will… I can’t seem to leave a doodle unfinished.  Which is why I threw in the star power there.  Gotta keep something a surprise for the final unveiling. ^_^

During my 10th anniversary with my wife we went to see Rock of Ages in Toronto.  It’s a Canadian cast musical show of the same show that plays in New York.  It’s biggest draw is that all the music in the show is from the 80’s.  The glam rock era of the 80’s.  Now I was born in 1977, so I was only 8 by 1985, but I totally remember rocking out to Bon Jovi, Twisted Sister, Extreme and so on.  Ahh, the memories and totally an awesome show so run out and see it.  I highly, HIGHLY recommend it.

Also, just the other day I was listening to the radio in the van and Guns n Roses, Paradise City came on.  I was like “Oh yeah!” so I turned it up and felt like I was a teenager again.  Even my daughter sang along with it. ^_^

I don’t listen to new music too much.  I mostly listen to things I grew up with.  I guess it makes me feel young again.  I like to remember the fun times I had while listening to music.

What music brings out the memories in you?

So today (Sept 13/10)  is Super Mario Bros 25 anniversary.  It’s crazy that’s it’s been that long since video games changed forever.  I remember getting my first NES back in grade school, I was in grade 7 at the time and one of the last kids to get the system in my class.  Oh how that game changed changed my life and paved the the way for a career in games for yours truly.  So many great memories.

Here are two clips to celebrate the day.  One is an over view of the past 25 years of Mario games (no Game Boy games in there though!). Super Mario Bros 2 is my favorite.

The other is a commercial of sorts and to me, it’s absolutely perfect.  I love that there are only the sounds of the person and the plastic of the games and system.  It’s beautiful.  I’m sure we all have memories just like this one.  After I watch it, I got a great warm fuzzy feeling.  Mmmmmm…  just watch and you’ll see what I mean.

What are your Super Mario Bros memories. ^_^