joe randel's art dump

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WOoooooOOO!!!!!11one

I do loves me some Mario Kart ^_^

I haven’t played much to be honest. Did two 50cc cups (shroom and flower) and some WiFi against some random North American people, but I must say that I like it very much. ^_^ It really doesn’t change much from the standard dish of Mario Kart that we’ve had before and if that’s what you like then dig in ^_^. But if you’re one of those people that NEED to have something new in the game then you might want to pass. The WiFi is a great addition though and the jump+trick thing totally feels normal. No worries there… phew ^_^;

The Wii wheel took a little bit to get used to but that was expected. I still need to practice my power slides though. I’ll master it eventually.

So yeah, I’m totally happy with my purchase. I still don’t have Brawl yet, and I doubt I’ll pick it up and I don’t feel like I’m missing out. Melee was fun but I just can’t get the proper hang of the game. Street Fighter 3 is more my bag when it comes to fighting.

Don’t forget about Joe’s auctions.

Okay, here’s some test auctions to see if this “selling my art” thing is going to work.

Joe’s Auction RIGHT HERE!

There’s three of them to start so get out there are bid ^_^  Good luck.  I also have just about every parody art that I’ve ever done as well if people are interested for purchase or maybe a game trade.  What I offer is this… a rough drawing done in colerase, the clean up done in pencil and a nice 8.5×11 glossy print. The drawings are all done on animation paper which is 10.5″ x 12.5″ as well.

Other then that… not much happened today.  Oh I cleaned up my shed since I moved back in September.  I found a box of CDs which where stashed away and had things like old computer back ups, Wedding Bells mag ads that I designed back when I was between jobs and… gasp!  My collection of naughty Sailor Moon pics!  ~swoon!  I think I had collected something like 400 or 500 pics.  Yeah, I had a small obsession ^_^  And it was all for Usagi/Serena too.  The other senshi where okay but Moon was the tops in my books ^_^  I haven’t checked to see if the CD still works though.  I even had some pretty rare animated gifs from a game called Axis2 (I think) if Venus and Moon making out and some crappy AVI’s of some naughty animated stuff too.  Yeah… I’m a sad, sad person…

*hugs CD*

^_^

Oh man do I love Pocky ^_^

What’s Pocky you ask?  *FACE!*

It’s a cookie stick (sort of like an Arrowroot cookie) dipped with some flavor of frosting.  That’s it.  It’s pretty simple really but man, you eat one and you just can’t stop.  I’m serious.  It’s good stuff.  I’ve made a picture on my blog of all the Pocky types I’ve had.  I’ve actually had more then this but I never thought to take their pictures at that time.  Every time I wander past a Asian or Japanese food store I wander in and see what kinds there are.  It’s so exciting to come across a new flavor ^_^ even my wife keeps an eye out for new flavors for me to try.

I know I’ll probably never get to try them all but I’ll try all I can.  I really go for the crazy flavors too, like Green Tea (yum!) ^_^

That’s pretty much all for this post.  Just wanted to share my love of Pocky with the world.

^_^

Pocky

Pocky Flavors

What’s you passion?

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If you’re not sure what you’re passion is that’s okay.  Maybe you haven’t discovered it yet, but don’t worry.  You’ll come across it some day.  You’ll know it when you come across it too.  It’ll must likely be something you love to do or something you love to be a part of.  It’s something that you rarely get tired of and you just want to improve every time you do it.  Oh, it’ll also piss you off when others do you your passion wrong or just don’t get it ^_^

Me?  My passions are my family, my art and video games.  Now I’m sure that the last one seems out of place but really, you can be passionate about anything.  I love games and everything about them, playing them, the creativity that I put in to them, see how others make their games and getting members of my art team jazzed about out project.  I’m very lucky to be able to have my passion and my work be the same thing.

So I ask again.

What’s you’re passion?

I can’t stop drawing!

Seriously.  I just can’t stop.  After a looonnnggggg dry spell I’m just getting idea after idea.  I’ll draw on and then there’s another idea right behind that one.  I’m working on several pics at one time actually.  Commissions, trades, personal ideas… I just can’t put my stylus down.  I’ve even found that if I draw and sketch right in my tablet PC I can get pics done faster.  I still do real pencil doodles though.  Why just today I drew random squirrel girl during a meeting.  Nothing perverted , but I won’t tell you what since I think I’ll turn it in to a finished piece.

Man, I haven’t felt like this in a long while.  I’m not sure what changed ether.  What I do know is that I feel like I’m doing the best work I’ve ever done and I’m only just starting.  I’m like an art sponge.  I’m constantly studying others techniques to learn more.  I’m making my own brushes or downloading new ones for  PhotoShop to get new results.  Maybe it’s that I actually feel creatively fulfilled in at this new studio I’m at.  What ever the reason I feel like I’m an art machine… in a good way… and I like it.

I love it ^_^

So if I own you a picture there’s a good chance it’ll be done soon.  So keep yer eye’s open ^_^

I can’t stop drawing!

Seriously.  I just can’t stop.  After a looonnnggggg dry spell I’m just getting idea after idea.  I’ll draw on and then there’s another idea right behind that one.  I’m working on several pics at one time actually.  Commissions, trades, personal ideas… I just can’t put my stylus down.  I’ve even found that if I draw and sketch right in my tablet PC I can get pics done faster.  I still do real pencil doodles though.  Why just today I drew random squirrel girl during a meeting.  Nothing perverted , but I won’t tell you what since I think I’ll turn it in to a finished piece.

Man, I haven’t felt like this in a long while.  I’m not sure what changed ether.  What I do know is that I feel like I’m doing the best work I’ve ever done and I’m only just starting.  I’m like an art sponge.  I’m constantly studying others techniques to learn more.  I’m making my own brushes or downloading new ones for  PhotoShop to get new results.  Maybe it’s that I actually feel creatively fulfilled in at this new studio I’m at.  What ever the reason I feel like I’m an art machine… in a good way… and I like it.

I love it ^_^

So if I own you a picture there’s a good chance it’ll be done soon.  So keep yer eye’s open ^_^