A Pre-Christmas Present

Merry Christmas, everybody!
I realize that I've been away from this blog for WAY too long, but in my defense I've been super busy, what with college finals and all that, but now that it's over, I'll be on a very long vacation until spring gets here, and so I'll have more time to devote to my creative endeavors. I'm also going to be seeing The Desolation of Smaug tomorrow as part of a dear family tradition of mine, so look forward to that as well.
In the meantime, let's look at something new I've cooked up, recently: A COMIC! This past semester I bought an 11x14 sketchbook, and I decided to devote it to drawing comic pages. Here's page one!

Let me know what you think, and once again, Merry Christmas!

"May I have some Originality, Please?"

Hey Everybody, it's MovieDragon009 back again, with another blog.
Before I get into showing off some new art, I do have to say that I love the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. His Middle-Earth is so fascinating, and the adventures he painted can be so endearing, it totally wraps up the imagination (Shoot, now I have to read LOTR again!). What fascinates me is the races and creatures he crafted for this legend of his; from Elves to Orcs, and from Ents to Hobbits, each group of beings is just a wonder to study. Which brings me to the point of this blog entry,

FANTASY TODAY IS ABSOFREAKODICULOUSLY UNIMAGINATIVE IN CREATURE CREATION!!

Don't believe me? Well then, let's list off some of the races that Tolkien used for his epic series: elves, dwarves, men, hobbits, orcs/goblins, wraiths, etc. I challenge you to go online, look up a major fantasy franchise that arose sometime in the '90's to today, and tell me that not one of them used at least three of these creatures for their universe. Heck, I can list a couple off the top of my head; World of Warcraft, The Elder Scrolls, Dungeons and Dragons, the list goes on.
Don't get me wrong, I don't mind it if people use one of the above races in building their fantasy world. What does get me is if they don't try to find some way to present them in a way that's new and innovative; when I find the words elf, dwarf, and orc in fantasy fiction today, what I usually find is the same thing that Tolkien came up with; elves are pointy-eared, graceful, die-hard killers that are usually the hottest people in the kingdom, dwarves are short, hairy guys who can make really cool stuff out of metal, while orcs are going to be the bastardized version of the elves, while keeping the pointy ears (Honestly, that never made sense to me; what purpose, other than distinguishing the species, do pointy ears serve?). Oh sure, they do some things to their wardrobe (I can't believe how much designers go out of their way to dress up the she-elves like prostitutes when it really wouldn't make sense in the context of their world), but other than that, it's still the same freaking stereotype!
 I do have to acknowledge, however, that Tolkien did base his versions of these creatures off of Norse Mythology, and didn't do much to change their overall image. And I also recognize the existence of archetypes; some characters, and sometimes entire species, are going to fulfill certain roles in the story, I know that, and I understand that it can be unavoidable, sometimes. I'm not saying do away with the archetypes, I'm just saying do away with the stereotypes!
Personally, I am tired of hearing the words elf and dwarf and similar jargon popping up everywhere I go, though; for the most part, it shows that the author doesn't have a lot of imagination when he has to resort to using Tolkienian elements to spice up the story. Come on, people, this is FANTASY we're talking about; the very definition of the word implies that the author did whatever the heck he wanted! Writers and artists should have the guts to not just base their worlds and creatures off of a preexisting mythology, but to make their own. One of the best examples I can think of off the top of my head is The NeverEnding Story, by Michael Ende. I haven't read the book or seen the movie myself, but just listen to some of the creatures he's come up with; things like rockbiters, nighthobs, greenskins, and more! Why can't we have stuff like that??
And I know what you're saying, "Oh MovieDragon, if you're so annoyed by that, why don't you just come up with original creatures, yourself?" Well, as a matter of fact, I am. But that's for another day.
And now, here's the art I promised:

 This first one is the most recent piece that I've completed, titled, "Stage Fright". You can probably figure out why.

This one is entitled, "The Real Prince of the Forest." Again, I'll leave it up to you to figure out why.

Until next time, this is MovieDragon009, signing out!

I Have Returned, and Bear Tidings!

Okay, I just want to straight up apologize for not having attended to this blog for so long; stuff has tended to get in the way so much, it's absofreakodiculous. But now I'm here to put an end to that. Let there be much rejoicing among my brave and few followers.
 Quite a bit has happened this past week alone; for one, my birthday came and went this past Wednesday, so now I am officially twenty-two! It was a good birthday; nothing big or fancy, I just went out to dinner at Applebee's with my family and had a good time (and for those curious in presents, one was a brand new iPod Nano. Thanks, Mom and Dee).
Obviously, Halloween came up right after that, and this time I got around to dressing up after two years in a suit and tie. The result?

 ...Eh. I'll admit, I was really lazy this year, and just took a sharpie marker, drew a couple of patterns, and attempted to throw a blanet on and call it a cape; the Grey Rider, I called myself, but it lost its novelty. Sadly, I did not go trick-or-treating, but I did briefly attend a dance here on campus. Personally, I'm glad the sharpie came off.
I've also discovered this hilarious channel on YouTube: Glove and Boots, a series of vlogs hosted by Fafa the Groundhog and Mario, the odd little red guy with a beard and a deep voice accented like Peter Lorre, with occasional appearances by an ape named Gorilla and others (yes, they're all puppets, in case you're wondering). They are pretty random, but all in all, very hilarious. Go check them out if you've got the time.
Updates: I'm still plumbing along with the script for my graphic novel; I've made a few changes from the original narrative to make the characters more believable, but I am considering more changes. How to fit them into the story at my current rate of progress is still to be seen. Progress on illustrating the kid's book has been stalling, however. My mom suggested that I try to get the attention of some publishers with a sneak peek and make it so that they would PAY me to finish it. That's a good strategy, but first I believe I need to get an agent first, and I have no idea how much that would cost. Well, I'll never know until I try, right?
I'll bet you're saying, "Alright, enough of your personal life, now how about some art, buddy?"  And that, my friends, is an excellent question, and thankfully, I've got some new ones up for you:

Ah, the start of a new sketchbook; nothing quite so exciting or as frustrating. This sketch embodies all that I've got in store in the coming days.

 Earlier last month, I discovered that the bookstore had started selling brush pens, and BOY, I did not wait to grab one of my own. Brush pens are cool in that you can create a line of varying widths almost effortlessly; you just have to be very precise. Brushstrokes are actually something that I've been attempting to replicate with technical pens for a good long while, but it is so satisfying to actually work with an actual brush. You can see how well it worked out; I'm still practicing with it, but thus far, it's been treating me well.

This is the second sketch to receive the brush stroke treatment. FYI, that's Snow White in the center of all those dragons. Believe it or not, there's actually a variation of the Snow White tale (from Albania, I believe) where she hangs out with FORTY DRAGONS. Holy smack. Just imagine how epic a film THAT would be (if the original tale weren't so already rife with bloodshed. Seriously, even Snow has her hands dipped in blood at some point!). For the purposes of this sketch, I reduced the number of dragons to seven, in keeping with the original story that everyone's familiar with. If there's one regret I have, it's not sticking in an Oriental dragon to the crowd. That would've upped the diversity level quite a bit.

As I understand it, the BYU-Provo museum has a far more interesting museum than we do here in Idaho, but we've still got some pretty cool stuff here, including this Allosaurus skull that I sketched from real life.

This is one that you may have found on Deviantart before I pulled off, and I feel that I must explain the background for this one again; back in the '90's, there was a Gatorade commercial where a pair of Velociraptors from Jurassic Park went up against a basketball player (I'm pretty sure he was from the Toronto Raptors), and ohmergawsh, it was so COOL. Years later, I had to draw a basketball-playing raptor, with some scientific accuracy thrown in for good measure.

I'm just going to come straight out with this; this piece was directly inspired by The Lord of The Rings, along with this other obscure short film that I've seen online (I'll give credit when I can figure out what it's called). When coming up with new creatures, I'll often imagine them playing a certain role in a movie and try to shape them from there on paper. For this one, I went with a giant demon rat, the result of hideous magical experimentation.
 This is normally the part where I close off the blog, but first I have to bring up an idea;
For those of you who may not have figured it out, I love Pokemon. And I have been excited to see some gameplay footage of the latest generation, Pokemon X & Y; the 3D graphics are really unique to see for a Pokemon game, though I miss the 16 bit sprites from the previous generations, and they really give a new dimension to gameplay, no pun intended. But I've got to say, I'm pretty sure the battle mechanics could be better.
 Here's my proposal: what if, when battle started, you literally started to control the Pokemon you've put into battle? Not just select the move to use and watch the results, but to actually play the game like you would in a legitimate fighting game like Street Fighter and the like? For a point of reference, I remind my gamer audience of Super Smash Bros. Brawl; one of the characters you can play, the Pokemon Trainer, has three Pokemon, Charizard, Squirtle, and Ivysaur, that go into battle, and can be switched out quite swiftly to take advantage of their differing elemental powers.

 Just imagine that applied to a legitimate Pokemon Game; in battle, the A, B, X, and Y buttons on the 3DS can be used to unleash different moves, and increasing the speed of play, which would require faster thinking on the part of the player. To use items or to make other decisions, you could pause the action mid-battle and freeze time to allow you to make your decisions. I'm pretty sure internet critic Linkara has expressed similar sentiments regarding the games.
 To justify this, you could say that scientists have finally perfected the means to allow the minds of trainers and their Pokemon to link when the Pokemon is released from the Pokeball and let into battle. I'd think it would certainly justify the fact that this is basically legalized cock-fighting we're talking about; instead of trainers shouting from the sidelines, the partners would share each others' thoughts and feelings psychically, leading to a stronger bond.
HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE??
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Glimpses into Fantasies

My apologies for going on a rant about my love life previously.
This week has been eventful; I went to three dances last weekend, and let me tell you, it kind of messed up my biological clock--but I did get some benefits out of it. And on that note, I was also set apart as the Family History Consultant for my apartment this week! I should've figured that would happen to me sooner or later...
So, how's my day? Eventful, that's for sure; I woke up this morning with only half an hour before my first class and, after the necessary preparations, managed to arrive on time with about five or so minutes to spare (better than yesterday; I had only fifteen minutes before first period when I woke up. It was a good idea to shower the night before), but after that, things went swimmingly for the next few hours. My psychology class was odd; to learn about operant conditioning, we had to train a baby chick to peck at a red dot. I've got to say, the little birds were cute, but that's the last time I work with chickens.
This evening I attended a seminar--type thingy for a Disney College Program. I'm really leaning towards that, but I'm going to talk to this guy here at BYU-I to get a good idea of whether or not it would be a good idea for me to apply. If I do, I won't be able to apply for an animation class/program (for another year, anyway), but I might as well shoot for a character performance gig (total anonymity. That would be awesome).
So, enough blabbing on about my life, I bet you wanted to see some new art, huh? I'm going to be straightforward; I've been running a little dry as far as new ideas for sketches are concerned--which sucks, considering I've started new sketchbook. I guess it's a sort of "in the moment" thing, huh?

 This one made my mom proud when she saw it; seriously, she posted it on Facebook, saying "Look what my boy can do!" It kind of makes me feel like a little kid again. I came up with the concept back in the mission and even did a little rough sketch of the idea. Fortunately I managed to save it, and I was able to pick it back up when I got home. What makes this one especially cool is how I got to use markers with varied sizes of pens to fill in certain details; I couldn't have done a lot of this with your typical sharpie pen. I'm trying to get around to coloring this on Photoshop here on campus.
Anyway, I think this would be a cool cover for a new edition of "Alice in Wonderland"; she comes back out of the rabbit hole with all of her weird experiences, and with the key invites the viewer to share the adventure.

 This one I completed back on the mission. If you look closely (and also depending on whether you're a good art history student or not), you can see quite a few references to Salvador Dali, one of my favorite artists. I also threw in a subtle reference to Douglas Adams, if anyone cares.

 This seemed like a real fun idea at the time, following a group of boys as they go hunting for giants, not realizing that what they're looking for is right under their noses--literally. Looking at this, I could've gone into detail way more, especially on the trees, and make the place a real old growth forest.

 This one's had a bit of a mixed history; I originally set out to go with one background, but then I realized that wouldn't have worked out, and so I went in another direction, but the core characters remained the same.
I hope you guys get some sense of irony from this piece. Just go into serious analysis mode, and see what I mean.

 As you can see from the note, this was done as a birthday gift for a good friend that was away in Germany at the time. I got the idea for it after listening to Katy Perry's "Firework" song, and just wanted to put into ink and colored pencil the emotions that were being expressed.

And now, for the first time ever, a sneak peak at one of the pages of my upcoming children's book!

  And that's all your going to get. Have a good week!

Love can be a $(#*!

I don't usually put personal stuff like this on the blog, but for some reason, tonight I felt like it:
You know, I was actually there when the First Presidency announced the lowering of missionary ages to 18 for men and 19 for women. Quite literally; I was getting close towards the end of my mission in the Family & Church History Headquarters Mission in Salt Lake City. I remember my reaction, and in the ensuing weeks I discussed this with my fellow elders who were also nearing the end of their missions. We all, to some degree, expressed concern over the fact that we could be dealing with a whole bunch of rowdy 18 year-olds, which would make things difficult for trainers and zone leaders alike--but then we all had a good laugh as we declared, "Not our problem!"
Over a year has gone by, and now I'm starting to realize that it really is my problem, but in a different way.
Don't get me wrong, I think that it's a great thing that the Lord is trusting people of a younger age to leave on missions, but that makes things difficult here at BYU-I, an entirely LDS college. Since young women are allowed to go on missions sooner, a lot of them have been taking advantage of that, which puts me, a young RM, in a tough spot. The pressure's on for me to get dating and eventually get dating; how am I supposed to do that when part of the girls around my age are practically packing their bags? It's bad enough that a good majority of the girl's I'd be interested in are already paired up with some guy; my current roommate has a girlfriend back in Canada, and they talk over Skype all the time (I swear I'm not kidding!)!
This fact hit hard tonight; I went to this country dance, and while there I met this really cute redhead girl. She was really friendly, and quite energetic; lucky yours truly managed to get in two dances with her! I tried to get her number, but then she told me that she was putting in her papers, and didn't feel that it would be fair for her to date someone prior to that. I don't blame her; I already know some guys who got 'Dear-Johned' on their missions (even I was indirectly dear-johned on my mission, but that's another story); how bad would it be for a girl to get that kind of treatment?
I am in no way trying to be desperate and plea for help; I realize there's plenty of fish in the sea, but I just couldn't help but voice my frustration. If you bothered to read this long rant, then you get some points.

New Art, New Sketchbook!

I've officially started on a new personal sketchbook today. I'll admit that it's kind of bittersweet, given how I don't have much art to show anyone in person, but it's nice to have a fresh start.
On that note, how about some art from my recently completed sketchbook (which, by the way, took me over a year to finish. Wow.)?

With 'Little Giant', I decided to do some contrast in terms of size. It's kind of similar to another sketch that I did previously, which I will post pretty darn soon.

In psychology, there's a major question over human consciousness; individually we know we're human beings, but how do we know that the people around us think like we do? How do we know that they're not in fact a really well programmed android? I had already thought about this question in regards to a sci-fi short story, but the question was intriguing enough to put into art form. Hence the title,
"Will the Real Human Please Stand?"
(P.S. The guy in the front right was supposed to have red eyes too. I don't know how they turned brown in the scanner.)

 "Checkerboard Woman" is the follow up to "Beneath the surface". I originally set out to do her hair in rainbow colors, but I figured that would make the piece way too busy, so I went with reddish orange hair instead.

Abstraction of Frogs

And now, after a long prolonged break, here's some more art from my personal files. I'm going all out, here, so brace yourselves!

With the piece above, I guess I wanted to do something really random and abstract, something that couldn't be grounded in some real life analogue...and yet I still see a couple of characters in this piece, one trying to eat the other, and the other trying to escape being eaten. Well, so much for that endeavor.

"Below the Surface" is a piece that I wanted to be really special, to push myself on. So I decided to try my hand at an optical illusion, using the checkerboard pattern to try and create the hidden image of a face. However, I had to resort to illustrating some parts of the face with a light colored pencil to bring it more out. I'll be following this up with another piece very soon.

 You will not believe how long this took for me! "Catholic Chapel" was one where I tried my hand again at perspective, and this time with one of the greatest architectural styles of all time. Actually, this isn't exactly a true Catholic Cathedral; being LDS, I thought it would be interesting to use a symbol familiar to LDS audiences, that being the growing seed of faith in the stained glass window.

"Orange Drop" was actually really random; one day I was peeling away the skin of an orange, looked at the white bits left from the peel, and just right then and there started to draw a face on an orange in colored pencil. I'm not sure how I can explain the meaning behind this one, or even if there IS a meaning behind it. Then again, art is subjective, right?

And you thought I would be deep and philosophical all the way through, didn't ya?
"CSI: Swamp Files" is one that has gotten a ton of laughs; it's a nice hark back to my editorial cartooning days in high school, despite being a random doodle in church.

Well, that's it for now. Enjoy!

Pokemon Origins: A Fan Theory

Before I post another piece of artwork here, I have to flash back to the Pokemon blog. Like I said, I like Pokemon, but recently I noticed that a lot of things about the universe of this franchise go completely unexplained. For example, where did Pokemon come from in the first place? Why is it okay in this universe to use them for what's basically legalized cock-fighting, especially given that they're (for the most part) portrayed as sentient creatures? And how in the world did they figure out that they could convert matter into energy and back, and yet only use such technology to capture Pokemon?
I'll bet that there are a ton of fan theories out there concerning this, but might I submit my own?

Thousands of years before the events of the main series, humanity had reached the pinnacle of technological advancement, but the world was wracked with war, with different nations utilizing devastating weapons against each other (we'll assume that this is an era where the nuclear bomb was wiped out, though). Desperate to gain an edge, one nation turned to genetic engineering, and created beasts capable of utilizing elemental powers against their enemies, as well as transform into more powerful forms: the Pokemon. To control the otherwise destructive creatures, the Poke' Ball was developed as a means of quickly transporting these living weapons to the battlefield. The Pokemon were given to elite classes of soldiers who could train the Pokemon to battling perfection, then unleash them on their enemies. Over time, more and more powerful Pokemon were developed, until the Pokemon that would forever after be known as 'Legendaries' were born. However, for all their advancement, the engineers lost control over the Legendaries, who went and wreaked havoc over the entire planet, reshaping entire continents and nearly wiping out the human race, destroying the great civilization that created them. While the Legendaries eventually tired out and retreated to enjoy a rest to last several millenniums, their far weaker counterparts began to run wild. Humanity, meanwhile, was reduced to tribal status. It would take them thousands of years to rediscover some of the technology of their ancestors, and in the meantime, they learned not just to survive a world with super-powered creatures, but also to develop lasting bonds with them not through capturing them against their will, but instead through a sort of spirit quest where a , even going as far as to worship the Legendaries, granting them mythic status even as the past was forgotten. The Pokemons' fighting instinct was put to great advantage, at first as a means of protection against wild Pokemon and bandits, but eventually in small competitive battles that substituted for inter-tribal battles, which eventually became the modern Pokemon battle. It was found that great power and skill could be found when a trainer treated his/her Pokemon with genuine kindness and love, rather than cruelty and abuse.
And thus, we have our Pokemon world.

Again, just a fan theory, but what do you think?

Back @ College & Lovin' It!

Yessir, for those of you who read my Facebook account, I am back again at college. A ton of stuff is different from last semester; for example, now I've got a full apartment with six guys rather than four guys and an apartment to myself (actually, truth be told, there's five of us here; we have no idea where #6 is at the moment.). It's kind of nice to have a roommate; mine's Nick, who's come down all the way from Ontario, Canada. For him, being in Idaho isn't actually all that much different from being in Canada. I was kind of expecting him to be all like, "No sno, eh?", and "What's aboot", that sort of thing, but the only Canadian thing he's done is describe the bathroom as the washroom.
So, boys and girls, how about some art for yah? This time, I'm putting up one I did quite recently:

Entitled "Struggles of the Heart", I got the idea for this one while coming up with thumbnails for a Final project for one of my online art classes last semester. I'll let you guys figure out the symbolism for this one.
But why stop there?

This is one that you can probably still find on DeviantArt somewhere. To describe this story, I shall relate a story told by John Bytheway:
"An old Indian man once told a young boy, 'There are two wolves inside of me, one good and one evil, and they are always fighting against each other.'
'But which one will win?' The Boy asked.
'The one that I choose to feed."

Nostalgia and the GBA-SP

Yeah, it's a bit late to be blogging, but I felt like geeking out and coming out with this confession: I am not a gamer. Shocking, given how I am a 21-year old college student in the 21st century. Of course, one would have to define what a gamer is: my idea of a gamer is someone who is up to speed on the latest and greatest, has their own private library of titles, and of course has at least one or two consoles of their very own that hook up to the tv (i.e. PlayStation, XBox, and Wii systems). Heck, I haven't even got all that much into PC MMO's, despite the fact that I've got Old Republic and Star Trek Online downloaded into my laptop, courtesy of my good mission buddy, Aaron Thomas (not that I wouldn't play those games; living on BYU-I campus means that you can't access any website having to do with games whatsoever. Not even kidding; I wrote an essay on violence in gaming and you would not BELIEVE how hard it was to find quotable material with that filter).
Don't assume, however, that I'm completely out of the loop. I do possess a Game Boy Advance-SP, and that brings me to what I desire to speak on.
Just yesterday, I finally broke out my silver-colored Game Boy from it's plastic bag confinement, and played a few of the titles that, years before, played the tar out of, and it was a serious nostalgia moment for me--not to mention a dark, clumsy search for footing down a weed-ridden memory lane. Even though I've been back from my mission since Christmas 2012, it took me a long time to get back to my games. Like I said before, my gaming palette is actually very limited, and is dominated by one thing: Pokemon. Good grief, Pokemon was a major figure in my childhood. I still remember the day when I received my copy of Pokemon Red (my brother got Blue) for the Game Boy color, and on that day, my life was revolutionized. I've still got that copy of Pokemon Red with me today, but I haven't touched it in a long while, but since then I've acquired Emerald, FireRed, and LeafGreen, and even the Red Rescue Version of Mystery Dungeon. It was really weird to see where I left off and have absolutely no clue what in the world I was doing back then to put me there ( I now have suspicions that one of my younger siblings tampered with my Emerald Game. Whether that suspicion is unfounded or not may never be known in this life). With that, I've wondered whether or not I should just clear the save data and start all over again, but something holds me back. Is it the fact that I've got Pokemon from FireRed traded over to LeafGreen, or something else entirely? I dunno. Admittedly, I haven't been putting very much attention on those games, anyway; Mystery Dungeon, for some reason, has proven to be the more addictive game thus far.
Playing those games also made me mull over some potential Christmas gifts that I could ask for; it's been a running theme in my youth to see the Sunday Ads show off the flashy new handhelds and their games, and feel a little jealous, and sad that I was left in the dust with my older gen game. Well, now that I'm officially an adult, I should just be able to go and get a 3DS from the store and reserve a copy of X or Y (nice to see them branch away from color schemes, by the way), right? If only it were that simple.
But seriously folks, have you seen the trailers for those games? YEESH, I can't believe how far the games have come. I've got to get my hands on a 3DS one of these days and relive the glory days.
Well, enough pointless ranting, how about some art?

This should dispel any ideas that Pokemon was the ONLY thing going on for me. I had the 1st Super Mario Bros. in Game Boy form growing up (don't know where it went, though), and I've still got the GBA form of Super Mario Bros 3. Plus I've done my research, so I'm quite familiar with the franchise...as well as, unfortunately, the movie adaptation. I saw THAT piece of dumpster fodder when I was a kid, and good grief, the scene where the prisoner was being turned into one of their Goomba footsoldiers gave me nightmares. It's only years later that I recognize how absolutely terrible the rest of the movie was (seriously, what the heck was up with Dennis Hopper and that haircut?) It just got everything so WRONG about the games.
 Anyway, about the piece: it's basically my own spin on the classic characters that I drew back in the mission, giving them a more or less realistic spin. I had the most fun with Bowser; the closest analogue I could get to him was a carnosaur, more or less along the lines of the abelisaurs and so that influenced the design of the head. I also tried to make the shell segmented, giving him a greater amount of flexibility, but I don't think it showed very well in this rendition.
Well, anyway, enjoy!

...And now it begins...

Hey Internet, this is Devin Q, starting his very first blog post:
For those of you who may by some odd random chance spot this while strolling through the internet, here's a little something-something about myself; a skinny guy born and raised in the Gem State, I've always had a creative mind and a passion for making art. After I got back from an LDS mission serving at the Family & Church History Headquarters mission in Salt Lake City, I started my freshman year at BYU-I, and while there I started up an account at deviantart.com. It was great being able to share what I could do with the world, but eventually I had to close that account for personal reasons (but you can still find what I've posted on there, though. Really should've done a better job of cleaning out). After a while, I thought about starting my own website, but after my good friend Ben Fuller informed me of the enormous costs of running my own site, I decided to go with EBlogger, instead.
And now to unleash the fantastic madness!
What you'll be seeing from here on out is not just whatever the heck I decide to not post on Facebook, but also some of my own original artwork that I've done either in my spare time, or for one of the art classes that I have taken or will be taking. BTW, I've also been in the process of working on a children's book, a project that had its beginnings in high school, and also a graphic novel. I'll be posting updates on their progress, but I won't be sharing the artwork until it's completely ready. Another thing to note is that I have a YouTube account where I share my thoughts on recent events in the entertainment industry, particularly in science fiction, fantasy, and animation, and also reviews of films that I've seen. I recommend you go check that out; just search Moviedragon009.
Well, here's hoping this blog will go places!