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Hello everyone!

It's been a while since I've posted anything here, so I thought I was over due for an update. Essentially nothing terribly exciting going on except...
THE SUPER AWESOME SSRP MEET UP!
I'm so excited, this is the 3rd SSRP meet up. And it's larger then ever with people coming from all over the country and even Canada!

I think I'm more excited to see my friends again then anything else. Ben and I weren't even home from the last meet up before we found ourselves saying "I miss 'so-n-so'". So it's easy to see I'm excited.

This has again brought up an odd issue some people have where they don't like to admit to people they know in their day-to-day lives that they are a part of a role playing community online. I fail to see why this even matters or why anyone would think anything different of you for it.

I role play. Role playing online is a lot like Dungeons and Dragons but what I do is more Sci Fi and is doesn't involve any dice. Do you think less of me? I would hope not. I can't help but think of the famed Dr. Seuss quote:

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"

so... Represent! I'm a Role Playing nerd and I'm proud of it!


Commisioners!

Commissions are currently OPEN!

Those who have commissioned me in the last month or so:
Please send me a note! I have had some sort of issue with my in box and I need you to notify me! I have some of your messages but anyone still waiting on work, please send me a message to make sure you're not forgotten!




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.: Mourning...




Last night I found out that one of my friends, whom I met playing City of Heroes. Had died in a car accident at the age of 18.

My knee jerk reaction was denial, of course. How could a kid so young have died? But it just goes to show how precious and delicate life is. Friends are gifts from God and throwing them away for petty reasons or over grudges is a mistake, because tomorrow they might not be there.

I played COH for years with Ben. We formed the Sentai Force and it became a bit of a hit on the server and we collected lots of members who took part in our uniform shenanigans. Kickblast was on such member. He became a friend and Ben and I kept in contact even after we stopped playing COH. Admittedly we hadn't talked to him in several months before he died. I'm not sure if that makes his parting harder or not, but either way I can't help but mourn him.

Please keep his family and friends in your prayers.


Jake "Kickblast" Redford
Jan 13, 1994 - Feb 21, 2012

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Graveyard Shift

6 min read


How do you day walkers do it?

I've been working third shift for over a year and a half, and without that oh so convent sky born ball of fire to tell me when the day starts and ends its really hard for me to keep my sleeping to anything resembling a stable pattern.

So much so that I tend to loose track of things online, such a DA, SSRP, Facebook and so on. Sorry about that folks.  It get caught up in that sleep-work-sleep cycle thing and forget that I'm supposed to be up for more hours then I'm sleeping.

No use crying over spilled milk, I really can't do anything about all that now. I think I've got a handle on my schedule, if I don't carefully regulate how much I sleep and force myself up, I just end up sleeping all the time. Which makes me miserable. So I don't want to do that (even though it's so hard to get out of bed! :cry:)

Commissions are open
Feel free to send me a note and I'll get back to you in a day or so. Prices are listed below, don't be afraid to talk to me, I don't bite...
usually.






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Ooooh Shiney...

5 min read


Easily Distracted

Hello everyone who has the misfortune of nothing better to do then read my journal updates. I have nothing new to report other then the general round of artists block. I can't seem to over come it so I widdle away at some unfinished paintings. Hopefully I'll have something original and new to upload soon. But first, there are some other folks that are deserving of my attention. I'll get back to that.



Trying new things usually helps me get out of funk's when I'm in them. So I've taken another stab at watercolors. Real-watercolors. I find the medium unruly enough, I'd rather not deal with a computers rendition of it. To be honest the way that watercolors work, or really the lack of cooperation, depending on how you look at it, makes them fascinating to work with. As it stands when I start a piece I have a 1/3 chance of making something pretty and still I've hated all my results and disposed of the evidence. I'm hopeful I'll find a way to marry the watercolors with my markers. But my hopes don't make the learning process any less frustrating. Keep your fingers crossed guys, I might come out of this a better artist. Or I might test the flammability of watercolor paints. I could go either way right now.



And the Winner is-what?

So, as I said before there are some people who will be getting my undivided attention and that will be the kind souls who actually drew something for my contest that regretfully didn't get enough entries to count as a contest. As such I've decided that what entries I did receive both deserve top prize, sans the points (as I don't have enough for both, unfortunately).



Congratulations!



Both of you will be receiving a fully painted rendering of your entry. ALSO, both of you will get a hand drawn image of a character of your choosing. Thanks for humoring me guys.



Status

Point commissions are open by MariaKoch Commissions : Open by Raidiance Art Trades : Closed by Raidiance Requests : Closed by Raidiance

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Starting today I'm going to bring to you fine folks a contest of intergalactic proportions! For no other reason then I myself loves Science Fiction and wish to see more of your Sci-Fi creations!





Entrys

Coming soon!


Entry


:icontealadyc8lin: CE - Sci Fi C8LIN by TeaLadyC8LIN
:iconbudokaihyuga: Sci Fi Budokai by BudokaiHyuga

Entering the contest couldn't be simpler! Just draw your character or an all new character in their best Sci-Fi space duds! Be it hi-tech armor or a jumpsuit with glowing pockets! I want to see what your characters will be wearing while they explore the cosmos and beat off alien invaders!


This isn't limited to just one type of character either! Human! Sonic Style! Furry as the day is long! it doesn't matter, I'm looking for science fiction gold!

Due Date

EXTENDED to 1/11/12
I have decided to extend the due date for my contest in lue of two things, one, I work retails and don't get enough time off to do prizes and appropriate judging, Given the slow trickle of entries I'm assuming this may come as a blessing to some of you as well!



Judging

Originality!
How different is your representation of the characters space-fueled adventures? This contest doesn't focus on the character itself, but more-so on it's fashion.

Quality!
This isn't about artistic skill! It's about the amount of effort put into it! A pencil sketch gets less love then a full color pictures. It's that simple!

Submission

You can submit your entries one of two ways! either by replying to this journal or by sending me a note!

PRIZES

1 st Place
1 digital painting of their character in their spacey science fiction goodness!
1 traditional drawing of a character of your choosing
500 :points:

2 nd Place
Wins a digital full color drawing of their character in their space duds!

3 rd Place
Wins a traditional full color drawing of their entry character!

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