joe randel's art dump

Do you draw smut?

I do.

Who knows that you draw it?

Well, everyone reading this knows.  But that’s it.  Oh, my wife knows, but other then her I’ve told no one.  It’s not like I need to go around bragging about it or anything.

Joe’s friend -  “Hey Joe, what about last nights Survivor eh… crazy or what.”
Joe – “I like to draw Chipettes covered in spooge”
Joe’s ex-friend – “… o_O”

Yeah, I’m sure it wouldn’t go over too well.  I mostly just wish that I could not be scared of anyone finding out.  I’m constantly afraid that someone I know will discover what I draw in my spare time and call me out on it and then spread it around.  What if my employer found out.  Could I lose me job?  Is it worse that I’ve sort of made a name for myself in the naughty toon picture circles?  Would I be outcast from everyone that I know?  Would I constantly be labeled as pervert (although I guess that part is true).  All these things worry me.

Am I crazy?

Yes… I draw toon smut.

But, should I worry about others finding out?

That’s my problem.

If you’ve been following along you’ll know that I love video games.  They’re my passion, my career and I’ve build my whole life around, not just playing them, but studying games and the industry from just about ever angle I can.  But for a long time there was a section of games that I missed, totally over looked it.  Indie games.  Games made by people, not for money, but because they love games.  These people are the true gamers out there.  So it’s here that I’ll do posts covering indie games that I love to play.  Most (if not all cuze I’m cheap) are totally free and will give you more of a true game experience then a lot of the big studio games out there.

So let’s begin.

-Warning Forever-

Warning Forever is a fixed shooter (there is no scrolling) by the good people (person?) at Hikware, where you do nothing but boss fights.  That’s it.  Are ya hooked yet?  No?  Then lets continue.

You start with the base boss.  A center piece with four other attachments on it.  Oh it shoots at you too.  But there is a twist.  You destroy that first boss and, depending how you did it, the next one will grow to defend it’s self better.  Example…  You blow up the front part first.  Then next time it’ll have a larger, better defended front section.  Did you die from a laser cannon blast?  Well then the next boss will have more lasers to fight you with.  Each time you defeat the boss it’ll learn and you’ll have to change your strategy a bit.  There is also a time limit ticking down as you play.  It’s this kind of game play that really works.  You are not only just against boss ships but against the time as well so if you want to progress you’ll have to beat each boss quickly, but strategically so you’ll stand a chance against the next one.  Awesome. ^_^

There are only two weapon types.  One the just fires straight and one where you can focus your attack depending on how you angle your “attack wedge”.  The first one is good two start but you really need to learn the second to make it farther in the game.

This game is easily one of my favorites.  You can sit and play a quick game, but you’ll soon finding yourself playing a jillion quick games because you’ll want to do better and try new tactics to one up the bosses.

My highest is 12.  I think you can even swap your scores for others to see since the game will also record the last boss you fought.

Hooked now?  Good.  Go play it.

Get it here

Games site here

Have you seen this? I’m sure most have by now. If not… then take a gander… it’s beautiful.

King of Fighters XII

The internet is a buzz about how King of Fighters XII is all hand drawn rather then 3D like Street Fighter 4. This is actually no surprise to me and I think you deserve a smack if you though KoF XII was cell shaded as it’s pretty damn obvious that it’s all hand drawn goodness. What I’m jazzed about it how damn good it looks. I mean… O_O it looks like SF3 is going to have to step down in terms of pure gorgeous 2D animation. This looks like it takes the cake… and shares none of it with any one.

Now I know people are going to be “what about Guilty Gear?” I never really cared for Guilty Gear, didn’t play it much and even the animation, as nice as it was, didn’t grab me. Sorry GG fans, but that’s the truth. KoFXII though give me a super woody. I wish there was more to show except from what’s at the end of this clip or at least take out the stupid text. I wanna see me some animation damn it!

The funny thing is, I’ve never been a big fan of the KoF series. I liked Samurai Showdown better. But KoF and I have crossed paths in the past… and I enjoyed what it had to offer. But this… this I like. I’m sure most know know that I’m a HUGE fan of 2D games but I’ll say it again just in case.

I’m a HUGE fan of 2D games.

Sorry Capcom. I think I’m going to go hang out at SNK’s house for a bit. No, no… We’re just friends. Honest. Umm… You have nothing to worry about.

*get’s in car and drives off*

Have you seen this? I’m sure most have by now. If not… then take a gander… it’s beautiful.

King of Fighters XII

The internet is a buzz about how King of Fighters XII is all hand drawn rather then 3D like Street Fighter 4. This is actually no surprise to me and I think you deserve a smack if you though KoF XII was cell shaded as it’s pretty damn obvious that it’s all hand drawn goodness. What I’m jazzed about it how damn good it looks. I mean… O_O it looks like SF3 is going to have to step down in terms of pure gorgeous 2D animation. This looks like it takes the cake… and shares none of it with any one.

Now I know people are going to be “what about Guilty Gear?” I never really cared for Guilty Gear, didn’t play it much and even the animation, as nice as it was, didn’t grab me. Sorry GG fans, but that’s the truth. KoFXII though give me a super woody. I wish there was more to show except from what’s at the end of this clip or at least take out the stupid text. I wanna see me some animation damn it!

The funny thing is, I’ve never been a big fan of the KoF series. I liked Samurai Showdown better. But KoF and I have crossed paths in the past… and I enjoyed what it had to offer. But this… this I like. I’m sure most know know that I’m a HUGE fan of 2D games but I’ll say it again just in case.

I’m a HUGE fan of 2D games.

Sorry Capcom. I think I’m going to go hang out at SNK’s house for a bit. No, no… We’re just friends. Honest. Umm… You have nothing to worry about.

*get’s in car and drives off*

One of my favorites artists is andybunny.

I remember finding his art a long time ago and being immediatly drawn to it. I try to draw my characters on model with my own slight twist but I found his work very on model and super cute too. I don’t remembering him update much but I sat by my computer and waited for when new art would grace my screen (okay not literaly, but I was always very happy when he did post something ^_^). I always wondered if the artist actually worked in animation since the characters seemed pretty bang on, something that I very much respect. Not many people will do the characters just like they looked on their given show.

Anyway, Andy has his own folder in my smutty art collection. His doesn’t mingle with the common art of others ^_^ His work is super cute.  Something that I love in my toon smut.  I love seeing his bunnies gather or smutty activities or just for sexy playfulness.  The human characters he does too also get my nod for uber cuteness, but I must admit having a passion for bunnies.

For a while now he’s switched to doing rougher pictures with a quick paint job. I would have to say that I prefer this style to the older Illustrator art he used to do. See, I love rough drawings. I love to see the energy of the artist in the picture. So when this switch happened I was quite surprise and very happy with this new art direction. I think I remember reading that it takes him about 15-20 min to do one of these pics rather then the much longer process of vectoring them.

Sometimes I wonder if I should try some fan art for andybunny but I’m usually concerned that I just won’t bring the cute and sexy as well he does with his work.  That and I tend to draw more hardcore stuff and wouldn’t be sure if if would match his characters personalities. ^_^

And so I tip my hat to andybunny. One of my favorite artists.

Oh, and here’s some of my favorite pics that he’s done. ^_^

sleep over
fantasies
toon fun
milk and cookies
Meow

…plus countless more. ^_^

Today is my son’s first birthday!

Happy Birthday Buddy!

I had to be at work today but that’s okay.  We all did lots of fun things yesterday.  See my daughter was born in October and we go pumpkin picking and have a Halloween party for her every year.  But we where wondering what to do for the little guys day.  Well, it just so happens that we are right in the middle of maple sugar run off (other wise known as sugaring off) so we all jumped in to the van and drove out to a sugar shack/pancake shack for… wait for it… a fat stack of pancakes with 100% pure maple syrup (not that that’s really special since I have some in my fridge).  But in addition to that we also had maple ham, maple sausages, maple baked beans and topped it all off with a nice tall glass of maple syrup.  Okay, so we didn’t actually drink the syrup but I totally could if I wanted to since they had huge jugs of the stuff on the tables but I really wasn’t looking at becoming a diabetic.

Then we had a horse drawn carriage ride and played in the snow.  It was lots of fun and not too cold ether.

Oh, and then just for giggles I made a homemade loaf of maple raisin bread.  Seriously ^_^

I’ll also note here that my son started walking two days before his birthday.  It’s awesome to watch kids learn.  It’s like watching a miracle happen right be for you.  Especially when it’s something they’re working so hard to do.  The only thing that we as adults can link that to would be if we just learned to ride a bike or skate for the first time.  It takes a lot but when you do it you’re super proud of yourself.  That the look he gets on his face…  It makes me all weepy thinking about it.

Okay, that it for now.

Tomorrow’s another day ^_^