IT'S ALIVE, ALIIIIVE!!!!!

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So, as you may or may not know, I am a self-taught aspiring animator.Well, I'm working on a short right now featuring my character Arty. it will be my first short with voice acting in it. I'm fortunate enough to have a good friend by the name of Michael Williams willing to do the voice work for me. he's a bloody fantastic Actor, Director, and Comedian, so I was very excited to be working with him on my own project. 
but I was a little bit nervous about what he would come up with as the voice of Arty. Arty is very special to me, as his simple and fun design has allowed me to practice art-related things without fear, and thus really helped me develop as an artist. it may sound odd, but Arty has become like a friend or a child to me, and not just a character. in a completely non-schizophrenic way, that is.
so when Michael sent me take one of Arty's lines, I was nervous.  I was plagued by those little niggling doubts that have little excuse to actually exist. you know the ones: "What if he didn't get the character? what if Arty sounds nothing like I expect? what if what if what if..." that was all really ridiculous of my brain to imagine, because I'm familiar with the skill and high quality of Mr. Williams' work. this is a guy who, among an impressive list of other things, recently brought Doctor Horrible to life LIVE on stage, and did approximately a million-gazillion times BETTER then Neil Patrick Harris. not just in my opinion either, but in everyone who came to see it. (which was 630+ people)
anyway, I've gotten offtrack. 
so I open the file, and a concentrated lightning bolt of PURE COMEDIC BRILLIANCE is shot directly into my brain via my headphones. OMG. I mean, OMG. I gotta geek out here a second, WOW, it's ARTY, SPEAKING!
Drawing Arty in different settings as I have started to give him a character. Animating him has added personality. but the voice....it gave him LIFE.
ARTY LIVES!HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
So Many, Many Thanks to Michael Williams, for being the lightning bolt that awoke my creation. You're in trouble now bro, gonna get you some voice-acting work.
off to animate!GEEK, OUT! 
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oops...

My Art Blog My Youtube  just realized I forgot to link to the video of my crayon melt painting tutorial.sorry. I shall attempt to remedy that. :)  

  heeey, look at that, it worked! ^_^ sweet.now I want to go play with crayons some more. GEEK, OUT!
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Hard mode

Went to sleep at 2am, woke up at 4am. Just got home, 12:30am. Doubt I'll get to sleep till 3am.

I played Life today in hard mode.

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Edit: I did in fact fall asleep before 3am, Yay for me!

Crayon melting! with bonus tutorial :)

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SO. MUCH. FUN.

seriously, this is one of the most fun techniques I've ever tried. sure, it's not 'fine' art, but it's still awesome.

 I made this for my best friend and fellow Pegasister, Brianna. ♥


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 makes me want to melt more crayons. you've seriously gotta try this, SO FUN! GEEK, OUT! 
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♥♥ !!THERE'S A GOOMBA ON MY HEAD!! ♥♥

My Art Blog My Youtube  *dances and sings* I've got a Goomba hat, I've got a Goomba hat, I've got a Goomba hat, Hey hey hey HEY! just got it today. I've been checking the mail religiously everyday at 4pm, except for today when I checked it on my way to rehearsal.  and there it was...a small, squishy white package resting serenely on the bottom of my mailbox. I let it sit for a moment, knowing it would be the last serene moment the hat ever had. When I couldn't stand it any longer, I tore it from the box of mail, clutched it to my heart and ran all the way back to the van, a sound not unlike the word "SQUEE" emanating from my lips the entire way. the trip to rehearsal consisted of me battling the impenetrable white packaging Gamestop had armored the hat with to protect it from the Postal service. Luckily I had my Key of Slicing +3 on hand, and the package stood little chance against my funny-hat-loving-fueled fury.  the last vestiges of the packaging fell away and I caught my first glimpse of reddish-brown material, the snarky glaring eyes, cocky eyebrows, snaggle-toothed frown, and the fuzzy pompoms. I gasped audibly. it was love at first sight.  at this point my vehicle arrived at the designated rehearsal spot, so I quickly replaced my stripey bandanna that actually went with my outfit with the fantabulous Goomba hat, slamming it over my untameable hair and running out the door.  Doing so I may have committed the cardinall fashion no-no of wearing brown with black, but really - who cares? IT'S A GOOMBA! let the fashion police just TRY to catch me, MWAHAHAHAH! so long as they don't wear blue overalls and a red hat, I think I'll be fine. after rehearsal ended, someone commented "Love the Angry Bird hat!" O_O CURSE YOU, CASUAL GAMERS!And now, For the promised pictures!(heheh, even small doses of alliteration is fun!) 

I know it was an honest mistake and I'm not ragging on that person, this is a real question. does this look like any kind of bird at all? what bird has jutting fangs? the eyes, yeah, I could see that...but the mouth and fangs and total absence of a beak... if there is a bird that looks like a goomba, I wanna learn about it, catch one, name it Goomball (if it's a boy) or Goombella (if it's a girl) and keep it as a pet.

yeah. I'm done ranting now.

this hat makes me too happy to rant. ^_^

I'm gonna go be happy now, and play angry birds with my hat. 

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