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Trading Post #32 Vizon - Bazjra

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:26:25 -0000

*whooshes in* Sorry it's a little late, guys. Here's my pic, Vizon. I hope Jo likes bugs. :E

Trading Post #32 Vizon - WolfReign05

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:22:56 -0000

really nice kooky. ^^

Trading Post #32 Vizon - KoOkY!

Thu, 15 May 2008 01:26:04 -0000

Whew, finally finished it. Hehe. :) I owe you a picture colored well Vizon. :P One of these days...

Trading Post #32 Vizon - KoOkY!

Wed, 14 May 2008 04:41:45 -0000

Well what else is a penguin going to want at 3 a.m.?? I think that's about when I had the idea too. Hehe. Glad you got the joke okay, I wasn't sure if it was getting across or not, silly as it was. :)

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Vizon

Wed, 14 May 2008 03:20:18 -0000

KoOkY! said: Well got the inking done, still wanna color it but just in case... I...dunno what's going on here either. Hehe. Was just thinking of Jo on some all-nighter art project and I know how the mind can sometimes start playing tricks on you at three in the morning.

Ha ha ha! Yeah, I still remember the time I became so tired while doing Algebra homework that my calculator's buttons turned into legs and it crawled under the covers of my bed. I only realized how ridiculous it was after I dug through the covers looking for where it went so I could do my next math problem. I'm still not sure whether I hallucinated or dreamed it. All I know is I was really exhausted. Thanks for the pic, Kooky! It's great! And the penguin is adorable. Especially that it's saying fish.

Trading Post #32 Vizon - WolfReign05

Wed, 14 May 2008 01:59:30 -0000

Kooky: lol xD Vizon: Really sad about Bun-bun though. I had two rabbits a few years back and they were great when we had them. Hope the eye surgery goes well. ^^

Trading Post #32 Vizon - KoOkY!

Wed, 14 May 2008 01:11:15 -0000

Well got the inking done, still wanna color it but just in case... I...dunno what's going on here either. Hehe. Was just thinking of Jo on some all-nighter art project and I know how the mind can sometimes start playing tricks on you at three in the morning.

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Vizon

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:35:28 -0000

Thanks, WolfReign! You did a very nice job. I do plan on getting Lasik surgery one of these days...but probably not another bunny. They are not as portable as piggies, I've found. But they sure are cute and cuddly. I let Poke run around free a while today and she went over and started sniffing the base of the lamp that used to be beside Bun-bun's cage. I think she smelled him, and I thought she probably was missing having a playmate. So I put Olive - the new guinea pig baby she doesn't like - out for her to nip and chase around. Ah, good times (Don't worry, Olive had enough space to run away when she wanted to). I think they both enjoyed exploring.

Trading Post #32 Vizon - WolfReign05

Tue, 13 May 2008 20:55:22 -0000

Alright, this didn't come out as good as I was hoping it would. That happens to be a bunny (despite whatever animal you might think it is) in her right arm and a carrot in her left. Hope you like it anyway.

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Toulouse Cheetah

Sat, 10 May 2008 23:22:22 -0000

Sudan Red said: Well, not necessarily. It would probably just be better to have a full weekend in the TP week, what with school or, in my case, a full time job. I just cannot bring myself to rush into finishing a picture on a Friday evening when all I want to do is rest. Currently, we are wasting the weekend on voting.

Good insight, Sudan Red. Perhaps we should move the vote to Monday and see if we can keep it at a week. But even if it ends up needing to go for two, a Monday vote might just help increase participation. I think I will try this. Thank you. Everyone, the new due date is the 19th of May. Surely there will be enough entries by then, and we can jump right into this newly proposed Monday schedule.

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Karu Dragon

Sat, 10 May 2008 07:51:55 -0000

Hopefully I'll start mine today, providing the net and tablet don't fritz again of course :)

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Sudan Red

Sat, 10 May 2008 07:37:44 -0000

Toulouse Cheetah said: Bonjour, all! May 16 will be the official deadline for this TP. Perhaps it is better, until the TP grows more, to keep it at 2 weeks.

Well, not necessarily. It would probably just be better to have a full weekend in the TP week, what with school or, in my case, a full time job. I just cannot bring myself to rush into finishing a picture on a Friday evening when all I want to do is rest. Currently, we are wasting the weekend on voting.

Trading Post #32 Vizon - KoOkY!

Sat, 10 May 2008 04:20:39 -0000

Yeah two weeks seems to be our usual time table! Hehe. I'm really going to try to get something in for you Vizon, though having some annoying/busy weeks coming up. Plus I can't draw females which is all the more reason to do this one, I know, but still. :D

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Toulouse Cheetah

Sat, 10 May 2008 04:05:56 -0000

Bonjour, all! May 16 will be the official deadline for this TP. Perhaps it is better, until the TP grows more, to keep it at 2 weeks.

Trading Post #32 Vizon - kynliod

Fri, 09 May 2008 07:49:33 -0000

Yeah, Boxcutter, that is pretty freakin' rad. I love the expression.

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Vizon

Thu, 08 May 2008 05:32:40 -0000

LOL! A Boxcutter apron! Fantastic!

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Boxcutter

Thu, 08 May 2008 05:13:16 -0000

Another quick one. I believe this might be the first time I drew a sandwich.

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Vizon

Thu, 08 May 2008 02:38:52 -0000

Yep that was my job while I was in college for about three years. It was a good job for being what it was. The business was family-owned so they really cared about the quality and cleanliness of the place, and boy I tell you...I miss eating those subs. Cousin's Subs, they were - and though I worked there so long, I never tired of those sandwiches. Yum! Panara Bread here in KC is the closest I can find.

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Fru

Thu, 08 May 2008 02:23:52 -0000

Ahh, Vizon, I love your comics ... you must work at a sandwich shop -- so do I!! (Well, a coffee/sandwich shop.) The 'being-on-the-phone-and-ordering-at-the-same-time' thing ... drives me absolutely ballistic! >.< Anyway .. hee ... your character is really cute, I shall try to make something this time around ...

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Vizon

Wed, 07 May 2008 23:03:56 -0000

WolfReign05 said: ooh, cool. You read Dragonlance too? ^^ I think I have another idea for a picture.

Oh well...sort of. I started to get into it but then read enough books that I didn't like, that I gave up on it as a whole. No way to tell which books will be good or bad, as even Knaak wrote one that was really horrible. I guess that's the problem with recruiting so many authors (and forcing them to follow elaborate world rules and cataclysmic events). I still like dragons and stuff though - sure. And elves are cool. Minotaurs trump elves though. :)

Trading Post #32 Vizon - WolfReign05

Wed, 07 May 2008 21:24:57 -0000

ooh, cool. You read Dragonlance too? ^^ I think I have another idea for a picture.

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Vizon

Wed, 07 May 2008 20:47:38 -0000

Sudan Red said: What are your feelings about fantasy books like Narnia, Golden Compass, Tolkien etc? :) I gather you like the Potterverse (and Neville <3 ).

I like Narnia and Tolkien - grew up on those. I saw the Golden Compass movie but still haven't read the book so I'm a bit apathetic towards it. My favorite fantasy has been some choice Dragonlance books (specifically "The Legend of Huma" and Knaak's additional books following the minotaur, Kaz). And the Deathgate series. And of course, Brian Jacques' Redwall books. And Harry Potter, yes - that was a fun ride. But I like anything that tells a good story and has rich character development. A bit of darkness is a plus for me too. Like "Lord of the Flies", "Pan's Labyrinth", "Ender's Shadow", or "Blade of the Immortal." Where life is a constant struggle full of suffering and pain, but where there is still hope.

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Sudan Red

Wed, 07 May 2008 18:51:52 -0000

What are your feelings about fantasy books like Narnia, Golden Compass, Tolkien etc? :) I gather you like the Potterverse (and Neville <3 ).

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Vizon

Tue, 06 May 2008 02:38:09 -0000

thanks

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Thornwolf

Tue, 06 May 2008 01:25:36 -0000

ROFL! Oh man....that toddler comic literally made me LOL. My dog thinks something's wrong with me now XD Your expressions are great :3

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Karu Dragon

Mon, 05 May 2008 15:04:34 -0000

Ah sorry, thats really sad since he looked a lovely, if rather large, rabbit :( I hope Poke's still doing nicely though, she seems just as fiesty as Goldie was and hope that's still true despite her "sofa" is no longer with her.

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Vizon

Mon, 05 May 2008 14:17:00 -0000

KoOkY! said: Is that Neville Longbottom on your shirt?? You rock! ;) Sorry to hear about Bunbun though. :(

Yes, Mr. Longbottom it is.

Trading Post #32 Vizon - KoOkY!

Mon, 05 May 2008 14:14:28 -0000

Is that Neville Longbottom on your shirt?? You rock! ;) Sorry to hear about Bunbun though. :(

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Vizon

Mon, 05 May 2008 12:30:20 -0000

WolfReign05 said: out of all the x-men, which one is your favorite? ^^

That is a hard question. Colossus, Nightcrawler or Wolverine. Wolverine I guess would have to come out on top as he's the only one I've bought extra comics of (well except for Deadpool). But then again, Nightcrawler is the only one I've dressed up as... and made a fanart page of :P

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Vizon

Mon, 05 May 2008 12:23:00 -0000

Karu Dragon said: Vizon, I know this probably isn't the place to ask but has something happened to Bun? Noticed your comment on the photo ref though is lovely to see Poke again.

Yeah, apparently Poke isn't the one I should have been worried about. My bunny is gone. Three days after Easter. It happened so fast - there was a blockage in his stomach and he stopped eating. Rabbits can be so delicate. I should not have taken him out to see the children on Easter I guess.

Trading Post #32 Vizon - WolfReign05

Mon, 05 May 2008 11:57:27 -0000

out of all the x-men, which one is your favorite? ^^

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Karu Dragon

Mon, 05 May 2008 08:41:33 -0000

Vizon, I know this probably isn't the place to ask but has something happened to Bun? Noticed your comment on the photo ref though is lovely to see Poke again.

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Vizon

Mon, 05 May 2008 05:11:20 -0000

I totally forgot to include my most recent drawing of Jo and Batman - the first (and most recent) comic I've drawn since I moved to KC: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Vizon/Dailies/Batman_pissed.jpg I should get back into drawing my comic again...helps me think of figures in 3-D a little better since I have to draw the same character from many different angles. My anatomy could use the boost too... :P

Trading Post #32 Vizon - Toulouse Cheetah

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:58:23 -0000

Bonjour everyone! Well it seems we have another non-fiction-type character from Vizon -- herself!

Hey Toulouse! I'd better back off a little from the TP or I won't have any characters left to draw in the future, huh? Well I've put this character off because I'm more comfortable having folks draw the characters I've invented rather than my 'fursona' as they say. I actually don't even think of it as a fursona per se - I just started drawing a comic and because I liked animals, I represented myself and those around me as cats (females) and dogs (males). So to cut to the chase - the character is me, "Jo." Since I started the comic my drawing improved a lot and the character changed and grew as I became more accustomed to drawing it. The earlier versions you might notice I didn't even bother with "hair" as cats don't have hair and my hair was short enough at the time that it could be represented by just some extra long fur. As time progressed and my hair grew, however, it seemed more necessary to include it as it is a significant part of my head/how I really look. Jo is pretty straight-forward - fluffy ears, glasses that come up behind ears that are a mite lower-set, a big pink nose, fluffy cheeks, and a raggedy-long-haired tail. Claws instead of nails and fur all over. Otherwise rather human. The trick to Jo is that when I draw her, I draw her wearing whatever I'm wearing right at the moment. So I guess right now I'm wearing black pants, black shoes, and a 'cute' black shirt with white polka dots, a fat black bead necklace that tapers near the ends, and my hair down. Today. But if you like, you can put me in something else. Heck I could use some style suggestions. Why not? Links for reference: Older comics - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Vizon/Reference/HotD_Title.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Vizon/Reference/HotD_31902.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Vizon/Reference/hotd_82302.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Vizon/Reference/iseeu.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Vizon/Reference/wee.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Vizon/Reference/wantsquarter.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Vizon/Reference/hotd_112902.jpg With hair - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Vizon/Reference/birthdayjo.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Vizon/Reference/hotd_41303.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Vizon/Reference/jiggingjo.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Vizon/Reference/hotd_111802.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Vizon/Reference/hotd_51404.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Vizon/Reference/hotd_112803.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Vizon/Reference/hotd_91003.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Vizon/Reference/treed.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Vizon/Reference/hotd_11104.jpg And then of course there's this one. And some photos of me for reference too: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Vizon/Reference/photorefsforJo.jpg I guess the most important thing is not to make it too serious. I know I'm weird and nerdy and so Jo is too. Oh to help I should probably give a little more description of my likes/dislikes or something? Uh... I like my computer and tablet...my piggies, string cheese, the mountains and wildlife, X-men, Sci-fi, photographing interesting bugs, and dinosaurs. And Netflix. And Indian food. And I hate commercials, forms, bad smells, and cilantro.

Well now this should be interesting! You have your challenge, friends, let's see what you come up with. Who knows - maybe you will be the next winner!

Trading Post #31 - AmonOmega - Vizon

Mon, 05 May 2008 01:48:45 -0000

Aw you guys embarrass me with your complements :P Thanks! Guess I'd better send in my description quick...

Trading Post #31 - AmonOmega - Sudan Red

Sun, 04 May 2008 21:50:52 -0000

We bow to the greatness of photorealism! We're not worthy!! Congrats Vizon! :D

Trading Post #31 - AmonOmega - WolfReign05

Sun, 04 May 2008 20:52:29 -0000

congrats vizon. Yours came out really good. ^^

Trading Post #31 - AmonOmega - KoOkY!

Sun, 04 May 2008 15:31:38 -0000

Whoo! Congrats Vizon a well deserved win! Great submissions all around. Hehe. Those mix-breed types are tough sometimes.

Gryphon fun! - Vivix

Sun, 04 May 2008 08:38:44 -0000

FACT: The bassetmingo is the most awkward animal in the world

Trading Post #31 - AmonOmega - Toulouse Cheetah

Sat, 03 May 2008 04:50:40 -0000

Aaaaaaand the timer has run out, mes amis! Vote your favorites and we will begin anew on Monday with a brand new challenge featuring an all new character! Thank you to all the participants!