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It's Happening!!Louis is starting to talk!

It's happening!
For those asking, I'm animating directly into the computer using a Wacom tablet. The animation program I'm using is TVPaint Animation 10 Pro. Super expensive so I use the school computers, but it's like the illegitimate love-child between Photoshop and Adobe After Effects without Flash's niggling tendencies to crash every ten minutes. That program is sex. <3
--Sak

Shisha Pipes at Three A.M. ...There's nothing quite like sitting back on pillows in a dim room with painted murals and UV lights discussing the problems of the world and how we can change the future for the better through the aromatic smoke of several shisha pipes with complete strangers. I thoroughly recommend it to anyone.
I feel like I can change the world. Maybe not in big ways, but in small, baby steps. I want to finish this animation, I want to get my message out. I want to make a graphic novel that underlines current issues through the eyes of my characters; I want to make a difference. I feel justified in knowing I'm not the only one who thinks like this.
I want to change the world.
... Damn, this sounded so much better in my head at 3a.m. in the cafe toilets when I thought of it.
--Sak

Animation Progress ....So I've finally begun in-betweening James's introduction sequence ...

It's consisted of hours of listening to him scream "Oh BLOODY HELL" and "DAMN IT!" into my ear.
--Sak

Louis, Louis, Always Whining ..."I'm not whining, I'm complaining. Do you want to hear whining?" -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?featurelayer_detailpage&v=l8r7ZNrKxFI&listLv0aJNOpaJrotahQ1swwUQd8wjr9TfWVQ#t=450s
Okay, no, on a more serious note: I've just had to re-draw the last two days' worth of frames and in-betweens for Louis because I realized I'd been drawing him "wrong".
Throughout Louis's character progress he's undergone several changes, most based on my own personal decisions, but many were also due to feedback from you guys here on DA, and I realise now that the "Louis is too skinny I don't like it" comments got to me more than they should have.
What these people don't realize is that Louis is ridiculously tall and skinny on purpose: he's a cartoon. He's not meant to be realistic, he's meant to be an exaggeration of the flamboyant gay stereotype, the skinny French stereotype, and his design reflects his wiles and cunning when it comes to out-witting his opponents. Out of al

Honour Amongst Thieves ... Podcast?Let it never be said that Sak doesn't deliver!
Last Sunday I had a Skype meeting with Brendan Julian and Richard Johnston - the voices of Louis and James respectively from my upcoming animation - to discuss the finer points of Honour Amongst Thieves. As promised, I managed to record it and so without further ado, I present to you:
Honour Amongst Thieves
The Podcast
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?listLv0aJNOpaJrotahQ1swwUQd8wjr9TfWVQ&feature=edit_ok
I was delighted to see the two of them got along so well, because their character interaction promises to be great this way. Unfortunately, Santiago's VA was unable to make it due to timezones, but perhaps sometime in future we'll be able to repeat this again plus one Spaniard!
Enjoy!
--Sak

Into the PlungeBuild me a sandcastle on the edge of the sea,
where the cliffs are sprayed with the salty tears of the tide,
and sirens cry into the night for the arms of a lover
to whisk them away into a dry night free of brine;
Where we shall dance the sunset's furtive sigh of redemption
on the edge of saline bluffs, and kiss with the gunpowder
of forgotten cannons high on the waves of an abandoned ocean;
Teetering the edge of the world, where the Kraken and Leviathan lay in wait
for lost-lorn victims of broken hearts and brackish undertows
coursing through their veins.

D
r
o

Commission a Friend!Hay gais, hay!
The ever-so-lovely and so-friggin'-brilliant-at-art-I-am-so-jealous-of-his-skill :iconliamskitso: is offering $20 bust commissions (SERIOUSLY CHEAP!! What a steal!) that you should totally go and check out!! I just got mine and I love it!

He also takes duo-commissions. So seriously guys, check him ouuuutttt!! His stuff makes me want to hide away in a cave somewhere with nothing but Photoshop, a tablet, paper, and pens until I learn what actual art really is.

Well? What are you waiting for!
--Sak

About My School?I frequently get questions about LASALLE College of the Arts, where I study. Unfortunately I don't have time to go into tremendous detail when answering them, as much as I'd like to explain more what it's like. But maybe these can give you a glimpse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYb1Jx803Tc&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQxVRhVit-M
I don't know why my face looks so fat in the second one. Where did my jawline go?
--Sak

Storybook EndingHer ink-stained lips have kissed too many a forgotten page,

[dragon's blood
and phoenix down]

And her Prince Charming has yet to come,

[glass slippers
shattering like stars]

So all she can do is gaze out her tower window,

[enchanted forests
concealing poisoned apples]

Clutch that corroded and timeworn blade,

[cursed beasts
tearing down castle walls]

Toss her childhood fables to the waltzing of the moon,

Twelve Days of AvengersOn the first day of Christmas Avengers gave to me;
A man from American History.

On the second day of Christmas Avengers gave to me;
Two great assassins,
And a man from American History.

On the third day of Christmas Avengers gave to me;
Three shipped friends,
Two great assassins,
And a man from American History.

On the fourth day of Christmas Avengers gave to me;
Four (Stolen) Godly relics,
Three shipped friends,
Two great assassins,
And a man from American History.

On the fifth day of Christmas Avengers gave to me;
Noooo, nooot Coouullsooon!!,
Four (Stolen) Godly relics,
Three shipped friends,
Two great assassins,
And a ma

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Journal Entry: Sun Feb 17, 2013, 3:05 AM

A visit from Aunt Flo when I'm already feeling dizzy, sick, and nauseous from a combination of exhaustion, stress, and sleep deprivation ...

OH FICKLE LADY FATE I LOVE YOUR SENSE OF HUMOUR HAR-DE HAR HAR.

--Sak

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~maxridefanatic Feb 18, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I always called her Aunt Rose.

*KatieMiriL Feb 17, 2013 Hobbyist

heh heh heh this journal

~xAmorarkx Feb 17, 2013 Student Traditional Artist

But in all seriousness, that sucks....and um.....I don't know what else to say.

~xAmorarkx Feb 17, 2013 Student Traditional Artist

It's so funny , it's hurting me!
Seriously though.
I can't laugh at the moment. My throat is swollen and it hurts to laugh.

*Farbjous Feb 17, 2013

A box of Midol and chocolates is heading your way!

~MarissaSunshine Feb 17, 2013 Hobbyist Filmographer

I meanwhile am having ANOTHER cold complete with a super sore throat after I already had a cold two weeks ago. >_>

~PrincessPowerful Feb 17, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

You and my sister are in exactly the same boat and I feel for you.

~elaetinuviel Feb 17, 2013

be strong girl, (here in the same boat :S though I guess not as bad as yours) it'll pass soon, thank goodness

!MayJackson Feb 17, 2013

Yuck!!

Dumb Aunt Flo. She's so inconsiderate.

~Ravenshymn Feb 17, 2013 General Artist

Ah yes, the very family member that gives you much stress on top of stress. I know that fiend well, and am currently stuck with them.

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