Pretty much just posting a preview (below) of the new painting I'm working on. Man, the cintiq is just badassness!

So I got my computer back, good as new. Well, as good as it was before the graphics card died on me anyways. So, back to school work and painting.

Also, my Cintiq should be here any day now. There will probably be a surge in paintings as i'm test driving it.

Check out the teeny preview of what I'm working on below.

So my computer just took a shit. I was going to paypal to send the payment for the Cintiq I just won on ebay, and the screen just blinks out. There was really no warning. Damn graphics card went out. So it's at the Laptop Help Desk at school, hopefully it's got a new one in it by Monday, and hopefully all my shit is ok on the HD. I got work to do dammit. I can't afford to start over on all my school projects, and it'd suck even more to lose the painting I was working on.

On the up side of today, (or yesterday for you actually, but all one day for my night-walker self) I did pay for the the Wacom Cintiq later on in the day. Hopefully that will be here by Monday too. I'm chomping at the bit already to try it out. Such an upgrade from the litte bitty 4x6 I was using. I quite literally wore that dinky thing out; the cord is fraying, the rubber grip on the pen is gone, the paint was rubbed down to the plastic, and there was dust ingrained around the corners of the tablet under the clear protective shield. Rust in pieces trusty tablet, you've been replaced with a younger sexier model with more whistles and bells than you can even dream of.

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Apparently, the contrast on my computer screen must have been waaaaay off, because I'm noticing some huge issues with some of my paintings looking from this computer. That's ghey.

I'd just like to say that District 9 is possibly one of the coolest sci-fi movies ever made. I didn't expect it to be like a documentary, but it was still amazing. I don't want to give anything away, so I'm just going to say that the designs for everything are awesome. I didn't find the story lacking either. If you haven't seen it, I recommend you go and see it soon. Just make sure you're not wearing any socks, because it's sure to just rock them right off your feet anyways.

Like an evil version of yourself, whispering in your own ear and sowing seeds of fear and loathing, is self doubt. Everyone has a little self doubt every once in awhile. We can't avoid it, it's part of our nature. Our evil twin, ever a part of us. Why don't more people turn around and beat the shit out of their twin with a wet noodle and a five iron? If you have things you want to achieve, get the fuck out there and achieve them! Figure out what your dream is, and hunt that mother fucker down with no mercy. These are your dreams, this is your life, and it's not going to come easy. You will be your own most vicious villain, your own darkest hour. Fight, and triumph.

On a different note, I've got a painting that's coming along nicely. Knocking away on that. Doing some concepts and working on some 3d models also. I'm Bidding on a Wacom Cintiq on ebay since apparently Amazon sucks ass. I ordered a tablet from them on July 22nd, and it was supposed to be my b-day gift. On Aug 12 i get an email saying that the shipping has been delayed to Aug 26- Sept 7th or some shit. I'm not fucking waiting for fail like that.