transfigured

Le sigh.

I’ve made a lot of empty promises in regards to this mostly defunct blog, but for some reason posting to it gives me some feeling of satisfaction. Perhaps an existential crisis with minimal efforts to help alleviate it? I DON’T KNOW, but damnit to all hell on earth, I’ll keep this blog alive until the day I DIE!

…watch me die tomorrow and that’ll be that :D

Now down to the nitty gritty.

It just takes me SO long to paint/draw anything nowadays due to my addiction to gaming and my favorite past time–sleeping. The Nintendo Switch 2 dug its claws into me for a few months; I’m looking at you Dredge, No Man’s Sky, AND Donkey Kong Bananza. Then for some reason, I pulled out the PS Vita and I’m now obsessed with Muramasa Rebirth.

Look at it! This game is SO good, and it’s a shame they don’t have any plans to bring it to modern consoles with higher resolutions (quick Google search annnnd nope, no news). Any and EVERY Vanillaware game needs to be updated to be at least 4K resolution. I mean c’mon, Unicorn Overlord is a shoo-in for a Switch 2 update, but no news as of right now. The disappointment is unreal…so sad.

In other news…

I currently have a few works in progress; a few of them are still in inking mode (or hell, inking is complete, but I have to lay some colors down). >.>;; But if there’s any silver lining to this post, here’s a screenshot of what I’m currently painting :D

Then there are paintings I’ve completed, but I haven’t posted them anywhere. Some of them just need some time to marinate and cook so that I can look at them in a different perspective. Maybe I’ll get around to polishing them for a good post…maybe…

Crisis averted.

I finished this drawing a while back, and I’m not quite sure why I didn’t post it here. I posted it on Instagram, but damnit (!!!) I’m STILL trying to get my life together. Excuses, excuses per usual, but I think I might move up to FOUR posts annually without breaking a sweat.

Here’s my OC Jin. He’s one of many without much of a backstory, but he does have some minor details I thought about whilst drawing/painting him. He hails from a border area/desert area and he’s rather wild/active…and that’s all I got. He’s also part of my series of sexy guys with fruit colored hair :D

Yep, that’s it. I’ve decided to draw and color a series of guys with candy colored hair because there are too many candy colored women all over the place. I want candy coated -ahem- colored men, damnit! I get it that his hair isn’t as bright as a green M&M, but I think it suits him fine :)

I will probably draw/color more now because my favorite show of 2018/2019 “The Story of Ming Lan” is over with ;_; Feng Shaofeng and Zhao Yi Ling are SO CUTE together on screen and I adore them as a couple. I especially love Feng Shaofeng as Gu Ting Ye; I mean, he’s the perfect man – powerful, funny, honorable, detailed in all things (especially with his wife) and just….damn, he is just manly. Le sigh.

Just look at the way he sweeps his hands over her arms and pulls her close; so gentle and meticulous -swooooon- SO SWEET! The show ended last week at 73 episodes so maybe in a few more weeks I’ll start a binge watching session.

I can’t believe it has been three four months since my last blog post. I mean, nobody really reads this, but boy does it feel good to lay it all out – the good, the bad, and the fugly. Since it’s nearing Christmas, I will give a fair warning to all, I WILL NOT BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA during “the holidays.” I’m not really big on social media anyway, but don’t expect a family Christmas photo nor expect a Merry Christmas SMS (but I do enjoy my little sister’s Christmas photos featuring her legion of dogs). I’m just not a holiday person a horrible person. Damn, just bait me with adorable dog photos/videos and I turn into the Christmas saint…if such a thing exists.

So what will I be doing during the holidays? Working my 12 hour/day job, catching up on some reading (I finished Hollywood Dead finally), hopefully draw on some cute anime guys, and PLAY SPLATOON 2! I’m not really sure why I’m in love with Splatoon 2, but there are certain aspects of the game everybody should love. It’s colorful, the character designs are refreshing, and it’s just nice, clean fun. Now EVERYONE run out, buy a Nintendo Switch (if you don’t already own one) and Splatoon 2, and let’s battle it out online :)

After trying to finish school with a “passing” grade and squeezing in 400+ obsessive hours of Splatoon 2 since July 2017 (not to mention the highly addictive Monster Hunter World in March of this year), I’m finally back to catch up on my list of books, anime, and games. Here’s a semi-exhaustive list. I’ll have to add onto this list or make a separate page to house my “to do list” since it’s a little difficult to concentrate while trying to type a blog post and watch Shokugeki no Soma s03e23 (I mean…who IS this Morpheus looking dude and WTF is umami?!). Perhaps I’ll post mini reviews after I finish each item.

Stuff I’ve been OBSESSED with FOR AGES

1. Splatoon 2
2. Nintendo Switch
3. Indie games
4. Fountain pens

Books

1. Hollywood Dead by Richard Kadrey
2. Temeraire books by Naomi Novak
   • Crucible of Gold
   • Blood of Tyrants
   • League of Dragons
3. Paper Magician
   • Glass Magician
   • Master Magician
   • Plastic Magician
4. Lord of the Rings – All of the damned books (it’s quite depressing)
5. The Sprawl Trilogy by William Gibson
   • Neuromancer (Currently rereading due to its complexity and length of time I’ve waited to read the rest)
   • Count Zero
   • Mona Lisa Overdrive
6. The Drizzt Do’Urden books – It’s been a while since I’ve read them, but I mean, this dude is hot except on the short side. Damn.

Anime

1. Black Clover
2. Gran Blue (They said it’s pretty entertaining and funny…we’ll see.)
3. I’m not even going to bother with the 300+ episode type anime like HxH, Fairy Tale, One Piece, etc. Just feel like the yield isn’t worth the trouble. And you shall find me mauled to death by fanboys tomorrow…catch my corpse on CNN @ 9 tomorrow.

Games

1. The Witcher 1-3
2. The Order 1886
3. Fire Emblem
   • Awakening
   • Fates
   • Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
   • Warriors (I’m not sure this one even belongs on this list, but I don’t have a Samurai Warriors lists.)
4. Rayman Legends
5. Bayonetta 1 + 2
6. The Last Guardian
7. Horizon Zero Dawn
8. Uncharted Collection
9. Ni No Kuni 1 + 2
10. Skyrim

I’m not even going to list the games I have to finish.

Just finished this profile of another miscellaneous guy, and surprise surprise I’m all about schmexy anime guys. Although this particular image was drawn just so I can practice painting in Procreate on an iPad Pro (1st gen…which is, surprisingly, still quick on the go with minimal hiccups), I decided to post it because it turned out…okay. I just need to work on it being more “painterly.”

Hello 2018! This website is probably ten years old and hasn’t received an update for just about that long. Sad, I know. But the good news is that I’m finished with school, probably won’t have to study for the next five years or so, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is such an amazing show. What does that mean though? I have a lot more time on my hands to draw, read, game, and to nerd out completely. It’s the year for the newness to begin…or something like that?

Enjoy!