...what would you do [TODAY];
if you knew you could NEVER fail?
...just came back from Vegas, surprisingly I didn't have as exciting time as I did in the past 13 years... much like knife collecting, I think I need a new outlook on things. I did some sketching and thinking (blah blah blah) which seemed to help. I spent most of my time arcading. I played more INITIAL D arcade and got challenged by some guys in fighting games (o ho ho ho ^0^ I guess an old fart can still make you relize...) - got a thrill out of that - but not so much.. just spent time listening to local SKA bands. (I dont even know what that means... but enjoyed it immensely)
WHAT DID:
I'm posting a sketch and preliminary chara design for a new idea [Tensai (meaning GENIUS or Heaven sent) & Z.] and Z. whatever hapens next will be a mystery...
I still need to work on some PURPLE : D
posted by Sniperboy @ 9:09 PM
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out of question, what was exactly was the 44xx project? ^^
Yuuu~
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Hey Yuu : D good to see you're safe and sound in Wisconsin. I do hope the beer and cheese is good ^_^.
The 44XX project was the first story I ever thought out back in 1993 when I started drawing in the anime style, called "Future War". I never developed it cause one of the story arcs in it became MonsteRock Band 95 and I kinda got enthralled with that.
: p
44XX has since become JUDAS GOSPEL which I started to co-authour with Irina, but hasn't really gotten anywhere.. I will post the pages again someday.
I've been wondering what you were doing in Vegas--was it just a vacation, or did you go there with some other purpose? o.o
I dig the chara design on the right. Makes me want to try combining chokers or collars with the shirt and tie...:) (Most of my RL fashion sense is ganked from your characters anyway. Maybe someday I can figure out how to make myself look cel-shaded, and then I'll be perfect. ;))
Johnny Holiday in 1969? O_O That creates an interesting train of thought...^.^
1929: I remember one taxi sequence in PBA, but that doesn't mean there aren't others...now I need to look even closer. That was the series you were talking about here, right?
Red meat is probably really good for you--just make sure not to die before me. o_o
I remember seeing four pages of Judas Gospel on your old website a long time ago, but I never archived them. The storyline sounded cool from your descriptions at the time, though. :)
*waves to Yuu*
Ex Animo
J.
Thanks as always : ) (bow).
Bonifacio is on the left and "Z" is on the right... Z ofcourse, is the 1969 J. Holiday... I have no idea what the story is yet tho : p but 1969, lots of stuff to work with - also a good time when Japanese underdog cars were being released in America.. like the Mazda Cosmo Sport.
I don't think this will be a car story but it might help for me to brush up on my mech drawing.
I usually go to Vegas every year with family.. my father likes the place very much (and the food is very very good) and we got tired of Disneyland very quickly : ). This year was pretty blah tho - sadly.
Johnny Holiday the taxi driver never officialy made it to PBA but I had plans for a cameo or two or three.
NOTE TO SELF:
- DIG OUT JUDAS GOSPEL STUFF.
BTW J. let me know what you think of the choker and tie combo.. I would think a thick leather collar would not be very comfortable there.. (I don't think collars look too good on me, but I haven't worn one in ages : p)
Probably a thin spectra/kevlar (cut resistant) choker might be more comfortable and more practical for our superhero purposes.
the tie and choker combo is very cool ^^
and I'd love to see some of the Judas Gospel stuff if you still have it, I must have missed it the first time around ><;
Yuuu~
Z/Johnny is the one on the right? Wow, what a makeover! :) Is this his natural hair color, meaning that he bleached it for his other appearances, or is it a temp job that's only for the 60's? Awesome...
Ah, I wasn't thinking about cars in my imaginings of the possible plotlines...I was actually thinking about pot, hippies, and free [LOVE]...^____^;;
LIL' FURIO: Did you hunt demons back in the 60's too, Mr. Holiday?
JH: Of course... But back then, [15 YEARS AGO], about half of them were just really bad [L_S_D] flashbacks. Great parties, though.
But cars are good too! ^_^
So does anybody in the family gamble in Vegas, or did you guys give up on that after a while?
Perhaps the Taxi Johnny cameo can happen when Yuu does his PBA seg at some point. :) That, and maybe a couple nonsensical panels where a bagpiper gets his brains blown out.
Ex Animo
J.
Argh, forgot to put this all in one comment...
S-kun:
Even though a good chunk of my fashion sense came from you, I'm also a scifi/fantasy geek, so my aesthetics are a little bit contaminated. :)
IMO, there are thin leather collars that probably wouldn't feel too bad, since the shirt's worn open. There's always suede if the normal stuff is too harsh on the skin. I like your idea of the cutproof material, given the utility that you mentioned. ^^
Speaking only for myself, I'd probably go for something like black crocodile leather, little matte-black pieces of plate metal held together with small chain links, or very fine chainmail in glossy black ("fairy mail," which looks like shiny cloth from a distance). I personally favor the last one. But my chara designs are overcomplicated and impractical...^^;;
Probably the kevlar would be a better bet. :)
Yuu-kun:
IIRC, JG was four pages, no dialogue, pencil sketches on a black field with a little bit of red text. It was buried at the bottom of S's manga page back on PSI.
What I also miss is all that MRB fanart that died with PSI. I'm still kicking myself for not archiving all of Sparks' l33t material from back then. XP
Ex Animo
J.
VEGAS - my father enjoys playing cards and for the first few years of me going to Vegas I enjoyed playing God of Gamblers too. It helped forge my self control and was rather exciting. This year was so so.. the food was always good tho. I spent most of my time as I mentioned in bars listening to local bands playing 90s music ^_^ that and arcading.
JUDAS GOSPEL - I am sure I have it somewhere once I update my illustrations page I will make a sub page with some old school stuff. If not then I will post here for nostalgia's sake.
MRB Fanart - Yes SPARKY'S MRB95 and PBA fanart is definitely L33Tazoid I know I have it archived and will rebuild.. something to do. I leave the Johnny Holiday cameo in PBA to Yuuu then. ^___^
the mystery of Z - Yes. Z (JH.1969) is on the right. Keep in mind Z will not be necessarily named "JOHNNY" (actually I am pretty sure it won't be). Like Giorgio Holiday (Broken) the relationship between the characters is not clearly defined.
...and yes I agree with you on the collar idea. The linked hi polish blackened plate is a very inventive yet not overdone (I like your fashion sense!). Not as "cool" or "gadgetty", but definitely more practical and easily obtainable than spectra/kevlar. If I am not mistaken, specially woven Spectra/Kevlar, while relatively slashproof is not necessarily stabproof. I will have to research that as there is a lot of BS marketting and myths that go around in that part of the world.
...anyways I need more RED BULL now.. or some food. Huuungry.
>______<
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