Aido ([info]aidosaur) wrote,
@ 2009-01-07 01:12:00
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Entry tags:applegeeks, artdump, comics, johnny wander, life news, useless

WHAT THIS IS STUPID
I should preface this by saying that today in the New York Times Dining section, there's a lengthy article about eating squirrels. *THUMBS UP*

I started writing this entry last night when I heard a huge crack and suddenly all the power went down in the building-- a large branch had dropped on the power line. Haha, if it's not the water going out in this place, it's the electricity.

Goodness, it's been a while. Sorry, I'm still doing that if-it-doesn't-have-pictures-don't-post-it-publicly thing. Hope your respective New Years went well! My family did its usual traditional feast shindig, and it was wonderful. I feel odd, it seems like I'm doing art constantly but don't have anything to publicly show for it. There's J*W, I did some stuff for the Applegeeks DarkHorse book that I can't show, there's other comic work stuff that I can't show, O-OH I didn't mention that I'm subbing for Hawk at AG for the month... I, ah, I'm not really all that familiar with the characters so I'm going off Ananth's original descriptions of his characters which isn't really how Hawk draws them. A few fans are complaining that they can't recognize people. What can I do, I guess. ._. no-but-seriously it's not a big thing.



So a few days ago, [info]nedroidcomics did this awesome thing on his journal which naturally turned into a meme. I chimed in a few times. >_>





The thing is, that day I was stuck at Ananth's folks' place waiting for my old car's carcass (ah, pun not intended) to be picked up for donation. It was supposed to be picked up at or before 10. It was picked up after 3. So I had this indeterminate chunk of time to wait with the knowledge that the tow truck would come at any minute. So I made this atrocity.


(original by Artemisia Gentileschi, it's easily one of my favorite paintings)


Seriously, go through the comments in the entry, they're all gems. XD

I feel weird posting only o3o faces, so here is the latest applegeeks comic without the text:



And a doodle of a cat on my ink test page:


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[info]ananthymous
2009-01-07 06:22 pm UTC (link)
Yay for different body types!

I like your cat.

I can't believe a fireplace fell on the power line like that.

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-07 06:26 pm UTC (link)
I know, seriously. XD

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[info]goraina
2009-01-07 06:22 pm UTC (link)
Man, I miss Japanese New Year! I got to experience it a few times when I lived in San Francisco; not so much since then. Mmmmm.

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-07 06:27 pm UTC (link)
Aiee, I haven't been to San Francisco since high school. I want to go back so badly, it's a beautiful town.

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[info]goraina
2009-01-07 06:29 pm UTC (link)
I go about once a year to visit my family these days, but it's usually spent rushing around visiting relatives and maybe getting in a meal or two at old favorite restaurants. Never enough time to poke around and discover new stuff!

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-07 07:11 pm UTC (link)
I was only ever able to peruse through Japan Town while I was there (I was looking at colleges at the time and mostly did that) but it was sooo niiice. It made me miss Japan so much.

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[info]edge_chan
2009-01-07 06:24 pm UTC (link)
OH GOD, i died with the Greek "o3o" xD I love you.

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-07 07:02 pm UTC (link)
Eeehehee, I'm glad you liked it! :DD

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[info]sono_cat
2009-01-07 06:24 pm UTC (link)
Happy New Year! Glad that yours sounds like it was good! (Those foodstuffs sound delicious.)

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-07 07:52 pm UTC (link)
Happy New Year! :DD IT WAS GREAT! I hope yours went well as well! :D

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[info]sono_cat
2009-01-07 08:00 pm UTC (link)
=D Mine was pretty rad and involved a lot of papercraft and super smash bros. XD

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[info]yankeerose69
2009-01-07 06:41 pm UTC (link)
The o3o faces cracks my shit up. In fact, the stabbing picture, the person with the white towel on their head, the face looks like Jimmy from South Park (the other crippled kid with the crutches).

I too also had lotus root for NY's. The Vietnamese eat it as well since we were at a Vietnamese friend's house and they made up a bunch of good food.

Edited at 2009-01-07 06:42 pm UTC

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-07 07:54 pm UTC (link)
Ah, it's cool that it's cross-cultural! Mmmm, I love Vietnamese food.... :DD

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[info]binsybaby
2009-01-07 06:44 pm UTC (link)
Your o3o faces

make me weep at the beauty

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-07 07:36 pm UTC (link)
I know

I am gr8 like that

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[info]arkadia
2009-01-07 06:46 pm UTC (link)
OMG, that [info]nedroidcomics thread was one of the funniest things I've seen in awhile. If only my art program at school had taught us those paintings...

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-08 04:43 am UTC (link)
IT IS SO GREAT, it brings a tear to the eye.

I didn't know a bunch, either... I feel terrible that I don't recognize that one painting with something sitting on a reclining woman with a horse in the background. It is a pretty great painting and I feel like a worse person for not having ever seen it before. ._.

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[info]raptorix
2009-01-07 06:46 pm UTC (link)
The o3o meme looks like tons of fun!

Hey cool! I'm not the only one who keeps a spare piece of paper/bristol to get ink to work on some nibs! :D

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-08 04:45 am UTC (link)
It is tons of fun! :D

I can't remember if it was ever formally taught to me or what, but it seems like the sensible thing to do. I always get bits of paper pulp stuck in my nib. :/ The paper I've been using is more or less decimated with ink. XD

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[info]raptorix
2009-01-08 05:14 am UTC (link)
I got scolded by a professor about it when I would clean my nib on the blank edges of my pieces and not crop it off before presenting it... so I just saved the scraps of bristol and used those. Feels less wasteful and almost recycling-ish... @_@

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[info]skullx
2009-01-07 07:34 pm UTC (link)
OMG Your art looks nothing like the Applegeeks characters! Hang your head in shame for 1000 years!!! I cant tell who Hawk is?! Is it the one you draw like a girl?

Hehehe. ;)

Love all your art, as usual! :D

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-08 04:46 am UTC (link)
I obviously need to draw bigger boobs.

Awwh, thanks! :D

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[info]meradragon
2009-01-07 07:41 pm UTC (link)
Yay ink test page! I should be more creative and draw with white on top of them instead of throwing them away when they get too gross x3

The o3o is terrifying, and yet I cannot remove my eyes from it oh no!

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-08 04:48 am UTC (link)
I tend to get... kind of attached to my test pages? I wind up working at them longer than whatever I'm using it to blot ink for. The one I scanned in I've been using for three or so months now, it has character to it!

Edited at 2009-01-08 06:54 am UTC

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[info]t3hmarken
2009-01-07 07:42 pm UTC (link)
To be honest, the first comic I didn't recognize Gina at all. To me, it looks really close to how you draw yourself.

PS. what are you guys doing this weekend. It may be time for drinking and RISK.

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-07 07:47 pm UTC (link)
OBVIOUSLY WE WILL BE PREPARING OURSELVES FOR A BOMBING

Conrad and Rachelle should be getting into town tomorrow. I have a pork loin in the freezer, in a mood for bbq pulled pork or curry or somethin'? :D

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[info]t3hmarken
2009-01-07 10:24 pm UTC (link)
oh god delicious yes.

i also found a bottle of vodka in my mini-fridge here from back when i worked at Northrop, it's about 1/2 full.

I was thinking of getting some vermouth and olives so we can be classy and have martinis.

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-08 04:49 am UTC (link)
Awwhhh yeah.

I'm excited.

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[info]cupsmou
2009-01-07 07:47 pm UTC (link)
http://aido.furvect.com/images/08winter/o3o-judith.jpg THIS IS SO INCREDIBLY AMAZING lkajsklhj the original is great and it is even better when they make brilliant faces to go along with it.

ALSO I ADORE HOW YOU DRAW SHIVANI <333333 YESSSSSSSSsss

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[info]ananthymous
2009-01-07 10:44 pm UTC (link)
YES ME TOO! She always manages to nail the ethnic nuances in a person's face!

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-08 04:54 am UTC (link)
SHUT UP YOU DON'T KNOW ME >:O

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-08 04:52 am UTC (link)
XD I KNOW IT IS LIKE A GIFT FROM HEAVEN

Awwhh, thank you! :D (Ahahahaha, the way I've been nailing her expressions is pretending it's Ame making them. XD She has the same totally-calm-demure-I'm-smarter-than-you disposition.)

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[info]collections
2009-01-07 08:26 pm UTC (link)
i am discovering so many new artists from that brilliant o3o thread! o3o may very well unite the world in peace, understanding and rofling.

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-08 04:54 am UTC (link)
At least five people friended me after I posted my Judith picture! It's crazy!

Nedroid is our ambassador into a new world.

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[info]ataramos
2009-01-07 08:26 pm UTC (link)
You know, you're really good at drawing people from middle asia and on east. ^^; And I admit I had a little bit of difficulty telling characters at first myself, but I love the way you draw them, so oh well.

Also, the tow truck audacity is frightening and hilarious.

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-08 04:56 am UTC (link)
Awwh thanks! Y-yeah, it looks like everyone's been having trouble identifying Gina. Ananth told me she's a brunette, so I made her a brunette -- but Hawk draws her with purple hair? >_>

THANK YOU 8D

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[info]bea_rhea
2009-01-07 08:48 pm UTC (link)
Oh. My. World. That Oedipus. YESSSSSSSS.

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-08 04:57 am UTC (link)
:DDDDD THANK YOU

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[info]dleft
2009-01-07 09:51 pm UTC (link)
I don't mind the temporary change in Apple Geeks. Keep doing what you're doing Yuko.

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-08 04:57 am UTC (link)
Awwh, thank you! :D

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[info]danihana
2009-01-07 10:28 pm UTC (link)
At first I was like, "Why is that so familiar?" at your depiction of Judith. But then, when I clicked the link I was like, "Oh my gahd I know that from Art History!". Man, I hated art history.

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-08 05:00 am UTC (link)
XD Ahaha! I think I was introduced to the painting through a feminist theory class.

Hehehee

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[info]themarinator
2009-01-08 03:58 am UTC (link)
I didn't have that big a problem with recognizing the characters in the second guest strip, but I definitely didn't peg Gina as herself in the first strip, because I rather depend on the purple hair to identify her. (No offense to Hawk, but he doesn't always draw super distinctive face shapes or anything.)

I especially love your Alice and Jayce, they are adorable.

And thanks for linking the o3o meme, I tried my hand at it!

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[info]aidosaur
2009-01-08 05:05 am UTC (link)
Y-yeah, everyone's been saying the same thing-- everyone recognizes Gina by her purple hair. Hah, you're not going to hear me disagree. ;)

AAAHHH YOUR o3o IS SO GOOD I REPLIED AND SAID SO

Your icon also! Ahhhhh, so classy.

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[info]themarinator
2009-01-08 05:55 am UTC (link)
Thanks so much! Yours were amazing, naturally - using the Grecian urn was positively brilliant, and the Gentileschi was just MINDBLOWING. Though it did give off a certain "too much time on your hands" vibe XD

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[info]winterjade
2009-01-08 01:24 pm UTC (link)
Oh man, your art is fantastic. I was a big fan of your Fallen comic a few years ago, and I only just recently discovered you had an LJ (I am slow like that), so I friended you, if that's okay ^^

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[info]kyriadalyn
2009-01-08 05:22 pm UTC (link)
Artemesia FOR THE WIN! ^_^

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[info]lennan
2009-01-08 05:53 pm UTC (link)
Since LJ ate my comment yesterday. That journal you linked to was terrible...and by terrible I mean terribly funny. Nice work on the comic, although I've never read Applegeeks...maybe I should be rectifying this....

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[info]j4ki_ch4n
2009-01-08 09:30 pm UTC (link)
ahahaha o3o
That stuff is great, seriously as an art history minor recognizing everything made this all SO MUCH BETTER ahahahahaha!

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