Someday I will finish a holiday picture before the holiday itself.  But I still want to color it.

( Hearts and ruffles and Garnet, oh my! )

 The economy is ass. Check out this list of companies in danger of closing:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/15-Companies-That-Might-Not-usnews-14279875.html

No more pizza at the mall! No more amazing fucking doughnuts! No more cheap jewelry or theme park rides with WB characters or movie rental late fees!

No seriously, I am sad about this. I mean, KRISPY KREME. FUCK.

I am slowly working on finishing this damn Ulala picture. I'm sorta discouraged with it because the work I did for Play did not make it into the Girls of Gaming print version because they "ran out of room" (but put two pics of the same character?). But it is supposedly in the digital version, which I totally am not going to buy because I'm cheap.



This has made me remember all the things I wanted to do fan art of!

- Eva Unit 01 doing something cool
- Link and Midna (imp form)
- BADASS UTENA ART
- BLAST/Trapnest band posters with Christina <3
- BADASS FFX ART
- Balthier and Fran
- Epic Skies of Arcadia fan art
- FF9 as well

There were so many more that I so don't remember. 

 Goddamn Final Fantasy X was a good fucking game. Like for reals. I love everything about it. I love that it looks like a rainbow puked all over the buildings and people. I love the stupid battle music and the techno bullshit when you fight Seymour 2 out of 4 times.

Basically over the past few days my friend Ania was visiting, and when we visit each other we play her game of FFX, which basically means that I'm playing it and she's watching. I was only trying to get Anima and the Magus Sisters for her (which is way more involved than I remember it being) but it made me remember just how much I love that damn game, even if it's sorta outdated and a little corny now. I DON'T GIVE A FFFFFF-

Everyone bitches about Tidus. Shut the hell up. He may be whiney but at least he's not some boring piece of shit like Cloud and Squall. I actually really like him- I actually really like all the main characters from the game. And maybe I'm just nostalgic but I miss the turn based rpg battle system, even though I did really like the battle system in XII (that's about all there was to like).

So I don't really know why I'm writing this. I just love FFX and it has reawakened my desires to do fan art. I wonder if anyone has done a really cool pic of Anima. That is the most badass/sad summon evar.

Reposting this from the Book of Faces:

( 25 Things About Me You Might Not Know )

 I just woke up feeling really annoyed. Mostly with people I suppose. Most days I just want to crawl back into bed and forget the world.

 My poupee for the day! Ah, the snowboarding theme is so cute, I love me some snow *__*

( WHAT?! OKAY! )

I always say I'm going to post something then I don't. But I've been messing around with this layout for the past week or so, so maybe now I will care more about my LJ.

A lot has happened since I last posted. The boyfriend and I moved out to LA, which was interesting. I feel like I haven't been home that much (probably because I haven't) and it still doesn't quite feel like home, though tonight I finished unpacking my office (two months after moving in) so I feel more inclined to do work. I just can't work in a messy environment, it makes me feel like there is too much going on.

One of my best friends is visiting from Atlanta and I'm so happy she came out to see me! I think it will finally be a chance to go and do all those LA type things. We want to take her to the Griffith Park observatory, and I think one day this week we will try to go to Disneyland since Jeff won't go with me. And of course, since we live around Koreatown, we will be eating some fucking awesome Korean food and Korean bbq I hope.

It feels so weird to be living in LA. It still doesn't feel real. And I know it's a stupid thing to say before I say it, but I can't believe how much is going on out here. I mean- we've already had two celebrity sightings, there are constantly amazing things happening out here, movies and shows being shot- I used to get so excited when I recognized Chicago in movies when I lived there during school, but my God, everything is shot here. I mean shit like- Jeff's co-worker's house was in Six Feet Under, we saw Jan from the Office at LAX, and I saw Tim Curry in the hardware store. It's really hard to wrap my mind around the fact that all this is going on where I -live- now. I guess because where I'm from that stuff seems so out of reach.

Mostly so far my favorite things about LA are the freaking food but I guess that says something about me. :X

Also everyone states the weather as being a reason they move to California- are you serious? I can't stand the same weather for that long, and it is eternally sunny and warm here. I miss snow already. But at least it's a comfortable dry heat, and I've never been so allergy free in my life! <3

I never ever want to be preggo again.

( CLICK BITCHES! )

Costume: Trailer Trash

Otherwise known as "Jefferson City Engagement Announcement"

I always fall out of using Livejournal and mean to get back up on it but it seems people forget about you when you don't post so often. Go figure.

So much has been happening in life that I can hardly keep up. I'm working for Marvel pretty much constantly now and when I don't I have other fun side projects like covers or the like to keep me busy.

I'm currently in LA looking for apartments. Later this month the boyfriend and I are finally moving out and moving in together, halfway across the country. I'm currently living in my hometown in Missouri. It's new and exciting and we're just really ecstatic to have our own place.

Other than that not much- traveled a lot this year. From Seattle to New York, to LA (several times) to Atlanta to Alaska (holla), it was an adventurous year.

Oh, I just need to write on this more. I can't think of more specifics. And I'm hogging Stina's couch as I watch ANTM and work on my pages.

It seems I'm finally getting some work from Marvel! I've got so much to do by mid March T____T

The next con on my list is WWLA -- my employer got me on the guest list:
http://www.wizardworld.com/laguests.html Wayyy at the bottom, under the creators (in alphabetical order!).

Today a friend and I went to Burger King to GET US A WHOPPER. We neither one had had one, and the new ads for Burger King (GET ME A WHOPPER) crack us the fuck up!

Additionally, my cousins waited til the last minute to get stuff together for their wedding so before it happens on March 1, along with being a candlelighter, I have to make the programs and scan their pictures for a slideshow. ARGH.

Ohhhh Valentine's Day. How silly you are.

I can't think of a better way to spend Vday than sitting with my mom, watching LOST and eating good food. <3 And I don't care if I'm 23, I still love the giant ass stuffed bear I got. I'm naming him Charlie after the hobbit on Lost.

You ruined a funny joke, get out of my offive.

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Boobs.

It's a scary word. Whenever you hear it, you automatically think "OH FUCK."

We just found out that my boyfriend's Granny has cancer. It has already metastisized, probably through her lymphatic system seeing as there was cancerous tissue inside them, and is on her liver and her lung. Jeff made a comment that she might not even make it to his graduation.

This is the sweetest woman I have ever met. She is the kind of grandmother I had always wanted for myself: sweet, short and plump, makes wonderful food and tells lighthearted stories. I was looking forward to being apart of her family, and she seemed to take to me too. She was excited at the prospect of Jeff and I getting married. Now I don't even know if she'll be able to see it.

I remember wondering how Jeff could be so upset when my grandfather died. She is not even my relation and I've been more upset about it than he has. I think he is trying to remain positive, not letting himself think about it too much until they know all the facts.

Jeff and I decided that no matter what, we want his Granny to see us get married. I have no idea how soon that will be.

Conventions are a lot of work. Maybe more than they're worth- but we'll see after this con season.

Any money I managed to save up has been completely wiped out by plane tickets, con fees, prints and merchandising...not to mention a couple of big hits I took by canceling a trip to Alaska. I have about $50 to get me by until one of my checks get here, or hopefully I will make some moolah at Naka-kon (which begins this Friday).

Naka-kon is a small con in the Kansas City area that my friend and I attended last year. I only made like $400 last year, but this year I have a wider print selection, sketchbooks, and a big obnoxious pink banner. I'm hoping that, plus higher commission prices, will do the trick.

Wish me luck!

Looking up people from my college is hilarious. Bad Myspace photos and awesome Photoshop skills run rampant! But at least I got this neato Cox icon.

Some good things happened to me at Wizard World. I'm too scared to say anything definite yet, I don't want to jinx it-- but it sounds like I might have some jobs. After going there, I definitely want to work in the comic industry. For me it's just gonna be hard choosing what to do exactly!

I also met a lot of talented people in the biz, like Christina Strain, Mike Choi, and Chris Copeland to name a few. Made good money at the con itself and got to hang out with my two best friends.

Being back home is nice. I don't have many friends here anymore, and I don't really have time. But having my mom and kitties is enough, that's all I need.

I'm hoping to clear up my commission slots soon, I need to send off sketch commissions today (I always go home from cons with like five extra sketch commissions, shame on me). Sketch commissions are really fun and easy for me though. It's the bigger ones that really need some head way.

And I totally just bought a sketch autograph Chiho Saito did for $67. HOW COOL IS THAT >:3

( my xmas stocking )


deviantART webcam

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/08/chicago.shooting.ap/index.html

This literally happened at the building across the street from my apartment complex. The building where the shooting took place also houses the Ogilvie Metra Station, which are multiple rail lines that lead from downtown Chicago to the suburbs. A friend and I were riding the bus down Madison Street to get off at the same stop (me to go into my apartment, him to go into Ogilvie) when people on the bus were saying there was a shooting. Sure enough our bus stopped at a police blockade and we were forced to get out and attempt to walk around it. No such luck, there were emergency vehicles, helicopters and the building was blocked off for several blocks. It was the craziest thing, not to mention that it happened during rush hour so there were hundreds of confused people filling the streets.

The way commuters made it sound was that it happened in the actual train station, but apparently it happened on the 38th floor. Pretty fucked up.

You know your mom loves you when she waits two hours in line at Target to get you a Wii. I'm an only child, so sue me.

Back to CGing...I mean, working on finals. >________>

i'm skuurrrd