Thing

So I know I said there'd be some colour in the next post...What can I say? I lied.

To be honest, I dunno what the standing is on whether I can post stuff like this... Even when it's all blacked out and kind of warped out of proportion. I'll have to check that out, but i was getting annoyed at doing stuff only to have nothing to put up.

For now, let's just play a game-  A game of knowing winks. I'll start: This is most definitely not an animation loop from something I'm working on at the moment ;). It's most definitely not obviously an archer (hopefully) ;). It has nothing to do with what I did last summer ;). You know, you're looking really good today ;). I think that new haircut does bring out your eyes ;). Kiss me, you fool ;).

*ahem*.

Anyway, this could stay up. There could be more. As always: Only time will tell.

Kinda like causes with horses...

Frustration [frʌˈstreɪʃən] noun - Doing a whole bunch of stuff that you can't end up putting on your blog.

I've been flat out lately, doing some good stuff, but stuff that I can't put up here (or at least, I think I can't put it up here). Unfortunately, this stuff's gotta get done, so I don't know how much time I'll have to do something else in the next few days. Which is of course a shame, considering all those resolutions I just made.

Today's image is prototype logo I've started for my housemate. I'm not sure exactly what it's all about, but it's a) it's a charity thing so I figure this means I can write something off come tax time, and b) it's a girl thing, meaning that I can totally prove I have a sensitive side because I donate stuff to girly event things*.

Nothing about this is final at the moment, but I'll be sure to post whatever is final, since it's a nice, cheap, easy post.

Coming up next? Something with colour!

* OK fine... I'm nothing but one big sensitive side.

My new year's resolution is 1920x1080

That's right, I aim big. Hardy har har. Also widescreen.

So as customary on the Stompy Blog: January means it's resolutions time. This blog is nothing if not an outlet for me to document my resolutions, after all, that is how it started. I'm pretty happy with how it went, and I want to keep it that way, but unlike a giraffe: It's gotta evolve.

I'm in the position now where my work experience is actually worth something, so the inital purpose of this blog (half-heartedly doing gaming related stuff of my own devise for experiences sake) is now kind of redundant. Now I dont want to stop doing that, but I need a purpose. I need a lofty goal that I can regularly fail to attain, but at least learn from. As my good capitalist friend James says: "Aim for the moon, because if you miss, at least you'll something something blah blah"... I always get bored at that point.

Previously, I think for the past 2 years the plan was to post something every day, of which I did an awe inspiring 15.45% of the time. The good news is that means it wont be too hard to improve on. Maybe I should keep that one?

So, lofty goals for this year that I probably can't attain but secretly really want to:

Start getting my own (commerically viable) IP's together.
This is not technically cheating. Yet. I've got ideas, I've got plans, but I don't really have anything out there. By the end of the year, I want something out there with my name on it that people who don't actually know me have seen. It is only the internet after all... how hard can it be?

Be a bit of a mover/shaker in the Australian game industry.
Well... At least get to the point where I'm mistaken for someone else in the industry. Tough because the games industry is a pretty secular bunch, and typically doesn't like to go out and be social (there's too many games to play!). Also tough because from a business point of view, I'm all the way out in Helensvale. May be slightly easier because there's not that many companies left in Brisbane. Sad smiley face.

Improve my art to the point that Marvel/DC approaches me. Or at least stalks me from a safe distance.
I don't think i'll ever be 100% happy with my own stuff, but happy enough that I'm doing things techincally right? I could manage that. Maybe. At least get to the point where I can get some kind of consistancy. Also I really wanna actually start (and finish) a comic sometime...

Get back into music again, get song in Aria charts.
Or at least start listening to new music again. I dunno... I can't tell if music let me down last year or if I somehow let it down by not trying to find good stuff. I do know I've let myself down by not playing as much as I used to.

Be Batman.
Probably the toughest resolution, since I don't suffer any particular childhood trauma that would spurn me onwards to a life of fighting crime. Also, I'm not a rich bachelor playboy with riches to afford a bunch of cool gadgets. Lastly, I'm not the world's greatest detective. But what else am I going to do with my spare nights? And this cape?

So... If you see me and I'm slacking off from these resolutions, feel free to tell me off. At least force me to make up a decent excuse... I'm already formulating them in my head now!

Big Stompy Paintball Team

And just like that: I'm back.

Apologies to all of you (all one of you) I've let down by not posting since that last post some time a while ago. Times have been tough, what can I say. My holiday didn't really give me much time to do anything at all, then I had to move, then I had to catch up on all the TF2 I'd missed. It's been very busy.

But this week marks the official return to form of the Stompy Blog. The format this year is going to be a little different. My work has changed significantly (and for the better) meaning I'll actually be doing stuff that'll be worth the experience now. This means I wont really have to use this blog as I originally intended (like I ever did anyway).

So I'll still be posting here regularly, and I'll still be working on projects of my one devise, and I'll still be going on (at length) about what ever geek topic I feel the need to. I may also be posting work related stuff, which I assure you will be more interesting than work stuff I may previously have had to talk about (i.e. not train related). Of course, only time will tell.

Meanwhile, today's picture: Grim sign of things to come, or hastily sketched out obscure pop culture references as demanded by my adoring fan? You be the judge.

Just look at the time!

That's right, it's dog-punching time! Evening all!

So, you may be wondering: "Whatever happened to the Stompy Blog?"

Life happened. Well not really. But I've been about and busy.

So first things first, I went on a trip to Melbourne to see what I could see for a week. I took 50 something photos of trams IN ACTION. Needless to say, they were so interesting I decided to not post any photos here.

So, then I come back, and work is beginning to pile up, and I have a party to get ready for. The plan was to fulfil a childhood dream of being a masked luchador wrestler. It was a stupid plan that involved a lot of sewing masks by hand. This naturally took a lot longer than I was expecting. I was planning on posting photos of the mask, but now the mask inspires a kind of dirty fear that wont wash off, no matter how much soap I use.

So, now we're in crunch time at work, which means non-stop testing action. I also promised my friends girlfriend I'd do a cover illustration for her law honours paper. The above picture is not that illustration. The above picture is a much superior b-side that I don't believe she'll want to use. It's there for the taking if she (or anyone else doing a paper on man-on-dog violence) wants it.

What to expect next? I can't promise anything. I will be VERY busy with work for the next 3 weeks at least, so if I put up anything it'll be pretty poor quality, if I put up anything at all. As always: Time will tell.

I dunno... Something...

To be honest I'm just glad I got something out. I've been having a rough time of it™ recently and everything else I've tried has come out crapola.

I've got no idea what's going on here. I started out just wanting to do some freehand tablet practise. Lets just say that the little guy is a vengence devil that speaks in dimensional portals and comes out of peoples belly buttons when they can't find clean clothes. Hence why the guy seems to be pulling down his shirt.

Also: Goddamn Prinnies. Dood.

Round 2?

Self explanatory, I hope.

Side note: I'm so very over trying to draw myself at the moment. And indeed other people I know. All mountain training, I know, but that's enough for now.

Side side note: While doing this tonight I had the weirdest recallection of this old TV show called "Step by Step" that featured this surfer/layabout guy called Cody who was secretly a martial arts master or something and even pulled out the old nunchucks at some point. I'm really glad my brain has decided to remember this important stuff.