Well, I'm not going to make it to the tournament. Naturally, my car chooses today of all days to break down, so I'm stuck here. What's worse is that it should hopefully be done by tomorrow...the day AFTER the tournament. Ugh. Fortunately, the event will still be going, so maybe I'll just stop by and hang out or something.

Sketchbook's full, at last. Got a good grade on it from my teacher, whose only critique was that I use too many outlines and need to work on using shading to define objects instead of lines. Something to work on in the future, I suppose.

I'm currently wearing a Street Fighter IV headband. It looks ridiculous, yet I feel live achieved a new level of oneness with my inner geek...whatever that means.

Sketchbook's almost full; just a few more pages to go. Fortunately, I'm on break next week, so I'll have a chance to unwind. Aside from a Smash tournament this weekend, I've got no plans so far, but we'll see.

BEYOND!

As part of the drawing class I'm taking, I'm supposed to fill up fifty pages of the sketchbook by midterm, then fifty more by semester's end. Unfortunately, I'm further behind than I thought, as I've only got around 30 done so far, and midterm is next week. Not pleasant. I mean, I love drawing, but I don't really feel like I can do my best work when I'm on a deadline. *sigh* Guess I know what I'm going to be doing this weekend...

Oh well. I've still got a whole backlog of other pics that I haven't posted yet, so this'll just be more stuff I can add to the pile.

SCOOP!

Yeah, I'm still alive. Hard to believe that it's been...Geez, a year and a half since I last posted an entry? I really do need to get back into the habit of updating this thing.

Oh well. Expect some more pieces uploaded in the very near future. Unfortunately, Flash now refuses to work for me, so I can't do any digital cleanup work...bummer.

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Look at me still talking when there's drawing to do
When I look out there, it makes me glad I'm not you
I've got erasings to run
There is artwork to be done
For the people who are still alive

And believe me, I am still alive
I'm doing doodles and I'm still alive
I feel fantastic and I'm still alive
While you're sketching I'll be still alive
And when you're done I will be still alive

Still alive

STILL ALIVE

Okay, so I attended Video Games Live, yesterday, and I can safely say...it was awesome. Totally awesome. When I first got there, I knew they were taking the whole thing seriously when they said for everyone to turn off their cell phones, cameras, DSs, and PSPs. I REALLY knew they were taking it seriously when Solid Snake himself sent a Codec call to introduce the man behind the concert, Tommy Tallarico...twice. And I ABSOLUTELY knew they were taking it seriously when Tommy snuck up on stage in a cardboard box, causing a "!" to appear above a guy on stage dressed up like an assassin.

The whole thing was amazing They opened up with an arcade medley, mixing songs form like 20 or 30 different arcade games (I seriously LOL'd at whatthey did with Duck Hunt...) From there on, it just continued to get better. They managed to fit in a Metal Gear Solid medley, a Sonic medley, the Medal of Honor theme, the Civilization 4 theme, and the Zelda theme all before intermission. Afterwards, they really turned it up a notch with their renditions of Hikari (Kingdom Hearts), a Warcraft medley, and the Super Mario Bros. theme.

In fact, between some of the songs in the second act, there was a special guest appearance by none other than Martin Leung, AKA the Video Game Pianist, who performed a 10-song Final Fantasy Medley, the theme from Super Mario World, and the theme from NES Tetris. Seeing how fast his fingers moved up on the big screen was downright unreal. But it REALLY got interesting when none other than Halo composer Michael Salvatori himself came up on stage to introduce the downright kickass Halo Medley, which they couldn't help but finish up with "Finish the Fight" from Halo 3.

As the song concluded, it looked like it was over, but the crowd was demanding an encore. Therefore, they had no choice but to pull out the big guns...

One.

Winged.

Angel.

It was absolutely mind-blowing, even without the accompanying video footage for that song. In fact, the whole concert left me feeling thoroughly satisfied. If they come into town again, I know I'll be picking up a ticket. Hopefully, they'll start playing the music from Metroid by then...

I still can't believe Square wouldn't let them use footage from KH or FF7 for their respective songs...greedy jerks.