amazing what getting a job (i'm working at starbucks, hah) and being totally sick of the way a life-consuming game is being developed will do for you.

so having quit my biggest time sink ever, i'm thinking i'm going to spend a lot of that free time dedicated to advancing my art. i've gone as far already to bring my little black book with me to work and i'm drawing on my half hour lunch breaks.

let's see where this goes, i guess. hahah.

i've also become newly enamored with FFXII, which i bought and pretty much never played.

lastly, if you haven't heard of or seen Flight Of The Conchords yet, please, do yourself a favor and look into it. it's probably one of the best things i've seen since Arrested Development, if not THE best.

oh, more of the "free sketches" are finally coming soon, and i think i'm gonna do one of those "feature" journals that are all the rage right now.

ugh.

well i did it to myself. i posted that i wanted Xeno to do a sketch for me so now i in turn must do sketches. 10 to be exact, whoever requests em first gets em first (barring extreme exceptions) - no promise of a "due date" but i'm pretty motivated to actually get it done. much more so than i was when i tried to take requests back in june of LAST YEAR, hah. what a scrub i am.

so, request something. i'll see what i can do.

K

1. *isip-bata - request reserved!
2. =DW-DeathWisH - original character, Alea! [DONE!] [link]
3. ~aoitenshi14 - Alice from Alice in Wonderland!
4. *steampunk27 - request reserved!
5. =kamikazesouljah - original character, Sad Star Soldier Allison!
6. ~frosted-monkey - original character, Chiizu! [DONE!] [link]
7. ~Edd2kuk - request reserved!
8. ~NathanDavid - Female Blood Elf Warlock from WOW!
9. *Thiefoworld - original character, Thiefo! [DONE!] [link]
10. ~Xenogin - original character, Minus!

[PS] - I FORGOT TO POST THIS! but the rule goes, if you post and request a sketch, you in turn must post this in your journal and offer 10 free sketches just like i've done here. vicious circle really, isn't it?!

yeah, i'm gonna post some art. yay.

well, tomorrow, the 15th of January, marks my 28th birthday. where the time went, i don't know. it's hard to put time into perspective when looking at my own life, but in watching others grow, it really slams it into you. i spent the weekend with my family out on a lake. my cousin who is now 18, i can remember when he was just born. now he's in a black metal band, looking at being signed, he's talented, he's vibrant, he's a great kid. but i can remember when he was an infant! my other cousin whom i absolutely adore is around 8, and it seems like just yesterday i was rubbing her mother's belly and she stopped kicking. now she's this little crazy explosion of life and love, running around in the mud, screaming, demanding your attention every second, totally engulfed in every single moment. it's wild.

life is indeed crazy.

2007 will also mark my first full year as a civilian after 8 years in service of our country. while i certainly don't agree with all of our political policy or military operations, i love and appreciate all of my brothers and sisters who serve, and beg everyone to not hate them, but to hope that they are blessed enough to return home to their families. however you may feel about the military and our government, not all of our soldiers are bloodthirsty warmongers. they are brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, cousins, husbands, wives. i have lost many, some very close to me. and even those whom i didn't know, i am pained by their loss. may we all wish and pray and hope that 2007 will see some manner of peace in these horrible times.

anyway, enough heavy stuff, if anyone is even still reading.

i'm excited to announce... well, sort of, lol, that i am going to be working on something that's a bit more intense artistically and a bit more invovled and dedicated with my long time super BFF, ~Ill-Christo (who needs to get his ass on here and update) - who some of you may remember as Data One and/or Lern One from the now dissolved but still beloved Concrete Block. the details of this project should be ready for consuption around the first of next month, but for now i will just say, this is the most i have been excited about art in a very, very, very long time!

i still have many collabs to do with some of the greatest artists i have come to know here on DA, you guys know who you are. i can't wait to work with you all, and i promise to have you some linework sooner than later. hahahah.

may you all find what you're looking for in 2007,

peace and love always, your friend

Kryss

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