it’s been busy… mainly at work. then it got busier when my manager/senior web developer got a new job. (i’m not complaining–i’m happy for him ) so it’s been busier. the work i can handle. it’s just the deadlines tend to be pretty crazy. during my free time at work (which is nonexistent at the moment), i’m learning a bunch about php. i’ll be needing to know it more since i’m the one and only developer (at the moment) now. oh yeah, a co-worker bought me lunch today (Korean BBQ!) for doing hard work thanks again!
i got to see my mom for a couple weekends in early october it was fun hanging out with her and my relatives at my aunt’s house. one of the saturday’s i visited, we went to a renaissance fair. it was fun. i’ve been to a few of them before. most of the people dress up in renaissance era outfits and they role-play a lot which gets some laughs. the first 3 times i went, my aunt and uncle and their family would all dress up, and they lent me clothes to dress up also. but this latest time (with a different aunt and uncle) we didn’t dress up. i kinda felt out of place in “modern-day” clothing there are a lot of small shops set up under tents that sell outfit items, trinkets, and other things of that “era”. there are knights and the queen that walk around and demand attention hehe. they also had a big jousting show set up complete with armored horses and knights in armor. it was fun watching the show. i took some video of it that i’ll try to get up soon. i think it’d be fun to dress up and go to another renaissance fair with a friend or two who also would enjoy it

i did this pic of “Claves” from the recently released Xbox 360 RPG game called Eternal Sonata. It’s a fantasy story about the dreams of the famous pianist/composer Chopin and other people with life-threatening diseases. i mainly did this pic to earn some points on the Endless Nocturne site so i could get some items from their shop. I almost have enough points to get the Strategy Guide

I drew the pic on paper with pencil during down time at work. that took a few hours. then i “inked” it in photoshop using the Pen tool. my first time using it and i got the hang of it pretty quickly. it still took a long time to ink, but the lines look much nicer then my attempts to ink with the wacom tablet i have… the inking time probably took a full 2 days the coloring i did mostly on saturday and a little bit a couple days before that. i think the coloring took 1 and a half days to do. i like how it turned out

i just noticed that this sunday is when autumn begins. this year, like the others, is flying by. i’ve been working on a new drawing of a video game character from Eternal Sonata. i’ve been using a new method to “ink” the drawing in photoshop. the lines look a lot nicer then in past drawings. i’m still learning the method, and it takes longer, but it should turn out good (i hope). i’m working on the coloring now.

i signed up to sponsor a child at children.org. it’s pretty cool cause they send you a pic of the child and information about them, and you can send letters online (which i still need to do) which a translator will translate and give to the child. and it’s only $22 a month.

what else is going on… i’ve almost memorized all of the Korean alphabet, and i can type a few words like 여보세요 which means “hi”, 잘자요 which means “goodnight”, and 김치 which is “kimchi”. i think i need to take a class or meet some people that could help me learn. speaking of learning languages, i ran across this cool online language learning site which is free and runs in Flash. it’s called trymango.com. i tried the Japanese “class”, but only got through a few of the slides. i might try it more this weekend, but it seems pretty cool and i may learn some new words

this weekend i hope to finish up the drawing i’m working on and also do some much needed room cleaning. it’s scary looking!

girl sitting on some white steps. i’m happy with this drawing. i colored it completely in photoshop. it took a long time to get the shading and coloring to look right, but i’m happy with the results

i added a lot of scanned doodles i’ve done over the past few months. some in work meetings and some at church. i was listening during both. i’ve found that when i don’t take doodle or take notes, my mind starts wandering and i miss what’s being said. and when i do take notes or doodle, i tend to focus more on what’s being said. i remember growing up (and still now), i would do many things at once. sometimes i’d try drawing, eating, listening to music, and playing a game all at the same time. i don’t know if maybe my mind gets bored with one thing at a time, or just distracted too easily and by keeping it focussed on multiple things, i can better concentrate. hmm, i donno… anyway, check out the latest doodles if you want below