Thread "Rant, moan, rave and share - for all your chatter, natter, and wildebeest needs" in forum "Comic Talk and General Discussion *"

Posted at 8:03AM, Mar. 12, 2011

Up at half five in the AM doing art.. If I fail tomorrow its unemployment and a debt of £1359.

Here

One of my pieces.

@Ironscarf. Thats horrible. What wass your job?

So to keep myself awake I phoned a drugdealer asking if he had Charlie Sheen. Apparently… he does.
Said he tried it. I thought if you tried it you died but according to him you just talk shit for hours into a webcam and look for every local media team and photographer exclaiming you have tiger blood.

Actaully, your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body… and you'll be a frickin rockstar from mars.

Posted at 2:03PM, Mar. 12, 2011

Did you know. We got black and white a day before?
I dismissed it as crap and returned it.

It owns, actually. Sorry but it's true.

I hear theres money from vlogging on youtube. Then again theres money in whoring yourself out as well. Only difference is that with youtube its visible to bazillions of people. Better to go with whoring your self out. Your significant other will most likely mind this less.

You also have to get a tremendous amount of viewers and have access to the syndication option, which is why you also get a lot of jerkoffs sending spammy friend requests to check out their ORIGINAL and CUTTING EDGE vlog about celebrity news. Youtube is the best worst thing.

Posted at 4:03PM, Mar. 12, 2011

I hate daylight savings time. Only humans could conceive of something so asinine.

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@Oz - Thanks, sorry I missed it - one of the downsides of being down are these stupid blinders. But I think I've turned a corner. Now it's the business of just getting on with it.

@Bravo - hope you got to see some sun, I know it helped me a bit

@Genejoke - I like the new avi, but it's also fun to see the back and forth avi business. Are you expressing a Jekyll/Hyde thing? (if so, which is which?)

Posted at 4:03PM, Mar. 12, 2011

I put blue coloring in my hair today.
It's not entirely blue, just go streaks but it looks nice.

And that sums up my day today.

Posted at 11:03PM, Mar. 12, 2011

Genejoke - I like the new avi, but it's also fun to see the back and forth avi business. Are you expressing a Jekyll/Hyde thing? (if so, which is which?)

Not sure,the new one is me pulling faces and the old one was Dan from Malefic.

Posted at 11:03AM, Mar. 13, 2011

NUTS!! I can't remember how to make a DVD from my movie maker file. I haven't had to do it for a year or two, and now it's like starting all over. grrrr

Also, can anyone recommend a good digital recorder? I'd rather have something that can also play music files, but if means just getting a mike for the PC that captures voice well, that would be fine. I have a SanDisk sansa fuze and the voice recorder SUCKS.

Posted at 6:03PM, Mar. 13, 2011

i'm teaching my cousin the facts of life. it's weird. i hope i never have a daughter. (not the dirty parts)

Posted at 7:03PM, Mar. 13, 2011

I've been finishing commissions today…. I also inked, scanned, and started coloring a comic page but my hand suddenly hurts a lot. I'm using up my archive too fastttttttt.
I have an update for tomorrow, but I really like having these updates ready more than a week in advanced. >>

Posted at 8:03PM, Mar. 13, 2011

-Cold sores are a pain in the ass.
-Been lethargic all the time. Really sleepy 24/7.
-Way behind in college work.
-Months behind on art-commissions.
-Fast metabolism + little food = health problems. I'm surviving off ramen and a mixture of those miniature Kix, Cocoa crispies, and Pops cereal boxes. Gotta have my pops.

Posted at 8:03PM, Mar. 13, 2011

I have less than 100 pages to go on the notes section of my pre-research.

As I'm reading this, I can see how it'll be impossible to draw it as I always do, on A4 sized paper. I'll have to go up in size to A3 to get it done, and it'll of course cause all sorts of problems (including stitching scans from several pieces, ugh)
Of course, first I have to go through all the necessary visual research, do tons of designs… and this thing turns into a regular fashion show, haha. Since the characters are an equivalent of royalty/noblety it makes sense to have them change clothes often, especially if they go from "official dinner" to "tinkering on weird doomsday projects in the basement" to "fighting monsters in the forest" to "official visit to someone else" to "leisure time clothing" to "getting ready for bed" modes.

But yeah, one of the major characters changes her clothes at least 13 times (including two flashback sequences).

I better make sure the characters are easy to tell apart regardless of what they're wearing!

Posted at 8:03PM, Mar. 13, 2011

Ahhh the new pokemon game was great. It was way too short though :( I seriously need to get wi-fi.

I'm mixed on it, in a bizarre way it's my favorite pokeon game(the new pokemon and rivals are amazing) and my least favorite game(shortttt and exclusive of people without wi-fi).

I was gonna say something else about this paypal hacker but i forgot.

Posted at 9:03PM, Mar. 13, 2011

can anyone recommend a good digital recorder?

Skool and I find that headset mics work well enough. I use a USB one to further cut out any weird comp noise.
With DVD stuff, if you use later versions of Windows I think it has a DVD maker program or at least DVD exporter options?
I always get confused by that stuff too because Windows usability in programs like that still leave a LOT to be desired.

-Cold sores are a pain in the ass.

I didn't know you could get them there o_O

Also- good to have you back :)

Posted at 10:03PM, Mar. 13, 2011

-Cold sores are a pain in the ass.
I didn't know you could get them there o_O

Also- good to have you back :)

OH OZONE, YOU SO FAAAAANI.

Nah, I've one one HUGE one on my upper lip, right side (very noticeable), that keeps poking my bottom lip every time I close my mouth. After a while of being closed, the cold sore on my top lip sorta sticks to the bottom lip like Velcro. If I open my mouth for any reason at all, it tugs and stings like a son of a bitch.

I've also got one on my bottom lip, left side, moderately small but somehow positioned just right that it pokes the teeth on my bottom jaw. If I'm not careful, I'll accidentally bite it.
Mmmm, goodness knows I'd love a mouth full of herpes pus.

Thanks, I see not much has changed. I could have sword the entire site would have had a redesign by now.

Posted at 10:03PM, Mar. 13, 2011

Put lots of stingy alcohol on them? ^_^

Site redesign is going gradually to avoid the same issues we normally get. There's be a beta version that'll take a few weeks etc…
Things are being built from the ground up so we won't be messing up with the older code.

See the redesign blogs in the DD news. http://www.drunkduck.com/news/news_archive.php?story=1055

Posted at 10:03PM, Mar. 13, 2011

Yep, cold sores suck XP
you gots the mouth Herp~just take care of it and it'll go away soon :3
and by take care of it, i mean beat that thing into submission~!!

@Ozone: *swats* XD you're so mean~
also, i dont see you on Skype?
sure you added me? XD

i had pasty goodness today :3
if none of you know what that is, it's like a turnover filled with awesome expensive meat, potatoes, onions and carrots n stuff and coooovered in gravy *u*
family stuuuuffff, good times <3

in other news, i REALLY do wish my shoulder would stop hurting =/
that reeeally does it, i'm going DOCTOR hunting tomorrow >: /

Posted at 1:03AM, Mar. 14, 2011

@Ozone: *swats* XD you're so mean~
also, i dont see you on Skype?
sure you added me? XD

Quit yer slakin! >:P

I added you now. :)
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Gah. It was cool, now it's gone nasty and hot again. Ugh!

PEOPLE! Check out this thread: http://www.drunkduck.com/community/view_topic.php?tid=55797&cid=226
Send us material for the Quackcast!
We need scripts or short recordings (2 min or less) on various subjects.

For this Thursday anything people want to say about art materials, or digital art VS traditional art.
For next Thursday it's "What I learned from making a webcomic"

If you send in scripts you can specify a funny accent and either Skool or I will attempt to do it as we read it out!
-Skool does the most convincing American accent you EVER heard. It's amazing O_o

Posted at 2:03AM, Mar. 14, 2011

BTW, Emily England gets a short mention in the Quackcast that's out on Tuesday!

Oh wow! Thanks for that - unless you're using it in one of those Ten Things To Never Ever Do In A Webcomic Ever type features?

Posted at 4:03AM, Mar. 14, 2011

Oh wow! Thanks for that - unless you're using it in one of those Ten Things To Never Ever Do In A Webcomic Ever type features?

40 actually. Emily scored 39 ;)

^_^

Posted at 5:03AM, Mar. 14, 2011

I dont like mac users.
Theyre like nazis.
Always going on about how superior their macs are.

So I made this:
Link

Posted at 5:03AM, Mar. 14, 2011

Cold sores

I feel your pain. Once upon a time I had six cold sores and a sore throat so bad it was totally coated. Couldn't eat, could barely drink. I had a great nurse. At the point of orgasm the stuffiest sinuses clear for one brief shining moment. My diet consisted of Listerine, Sucrets and Ambesol.

Ever since I get a cold sore about every other month or so. Listerine.

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Welcome to the curse of interesting times.

But I did five pages this past weekend and the workbench is clear. Will I start building sets for another script? Need warmer weather to do all the spray painting.

Posted at 6:03AM, Mar. 14, 2011

can anyone recommend a good digital recorder?
Skool and I find that headset mics work well enough. I use a USB one to further cut out any weird comp noise.

I'm guessing the software comes with the USB headset mike?

With DVD stuff, if you use later versions of Windows I think it has a DVD maker program or at least DVD exporter options?

I found my ancient notes that indicated using "DVDSanta". DVD Santa creates the TS_video and TS_audio folders. It worked :)

Posted at 6:03AM, Mar. 14, 2011

I'm guessing the software comes with the USB headset mike?

Just download audacity, it's free.

Posted at 6:03AM, Mar. 14, 2011

Congrats about the DVD!

I'm guessing the software comes with the USB headset mike?

Nope. It just automatically works through windows (Vista and Windows 7, don't know about XP, probably works the same on Macs too).
You just plug it in and wait till it's detected and the OS finds drivers for it. Works like a dream :)
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Um ,if you're asking about recording software, then yeah, Genejoke's suggestion of Audacity is good. My mic didn't come with recording software.

Posted at 7:03AM, Mar. 14, 2011

So, it's nice when posting a commission attracts new commissions.

It's not nice when they don't know what a commission is and not understand that they're supposed to pay me. >>

Posted at 12:03PM, Mar. 14, 2011

it's a lot harder to find someone who is willing to build roll cages than i thought.

i am being distracted. i have mozart playing, which is nice zone out music. i'm thinking about googling more welding places…and i'm playing bejeweled blitz. also there's a sneaky awacs doing touch and goes. go away, your kind aren't welcome here.
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i had real work this morning, but that got canceled. so then i went to leave, and the guy in charge of me was like "you have office work to do" so i sat very still for an hour, and asked again. well he wanted a lunch break, and since i had my lunch with me, i was kind enough to watch over the empty office for an hour. then when he got back it started all over. and eventually he said "only because i'm getting tired of that damn question"

i mean, there was no work to be done, i bashed it out this morning. he finished some up by 9:30…oh well, i got to leave.