Grays Archives

Happy Holidays and New Year!

2010-12-30T21:27:00.000-08:00

Greets, it's been awhile since I've been around lol well just wanted to say its been a good year as the holidays wrap up the season. School should be going better next year and I've been doing better a lot lately.

Well just wanted to point that I'll still be updating this with drawings and whatnot. Be safe everybody, I'm still enjoying the time I have with my love who happens to be the best chef around <3

Not Going As Expected

2010-09-21T00:43:00.000-07:00

Well sorry I kinda ditched this thing for about a month, I've been really lazy. Lets see regarding to the past post - my mini vacation with Wolf was awesome. I so enjoyed every moment of it although I was kinda sick at the time so it could have been better on my part. Yep it was amazing nonetheless and I'm heading back to see him on the first weekend of October woo! I always miss him so much haha, but too bad I'm basically broke now.

Oh right speaking of which, reason I'm broke is due to buying this new computer. I'm tired of kids invading my current computer - plus I want a computer that's a little bit faster so I can draws better. Yep I'm looking forward to that, it should be here this upcoming Wednesday and I'll post something on how that goes for me. As for drawings I have some things in the works such as this little guy that I finished a few days back:

heh and I have a sketch with me and my Wolf but I kinda gave it to him as a gift so I wasn't able to scan it x] Maybe I can upload it later on, dunno. For now I'm just doodling stuff not really sure on what to work on next. The main prob is I'm just really stressed out with how school is going.

As for what the title says, this college semester is turning out to be a real pain. Just to be blunt, programming is boring as shit lol there's no way I can understand this crap so I'm going to change my major to something I just recently discovered. This degree is called "Digital Media Arts & Design" which basically is working with Photoshop, designing, video production and photography.

It's exactly what I wanted to do from the start but was not aware they had this at my college till now. So screw staring at walls of code and text all day, I want to have some fun with digital media and arts lol. Bleh but that's going to be held off till next semester though considering its too late now. Oh well that's okay, I was thinking of transferring someplace else by then anyways.

So yeah overall just really stressed out with how cruddy my classes are going and I doubt I will do good this semester. Well I love you Wolf and I hope I can make my family happy with schools. I admit I'm not booksmart in anyway sooo yeah I'm not really cutout for college as other people are.

Schoools

2010-08-27T09:31:00.000-07:00

Well I'm officially back in college for my second semester and my classes are harder now, lame lol (especially programming ugh) so anyhow still working and with school in my schedule its been very stressful. Holy crap I run on 4 hours of sleep and still don't even have time to do homework. If it wasn't for a certain wolf I don't think I could have done this x]

This be my classes for this semester, full time student with two classes each day:

ENGL - Basic composition
PSYC - Intro to psychology
MATH - College algebra
COSC - Comp program fundamentals C++

Thanks to no school on Fridays I has 3 day weekends to rest up and I'm stopping my job on Sept. 1st which is my last payday woo. Afterwords I can focus on my studies. For upcoming labor day weekend I have something very special planned. Going to stay with my Wolfy again =]

Here is what I have in mind:

Thursday: leave after school around 2pm get there by 6pm, spend night.
Friday: Wolfys working but I get to draw for him till he's back, spend night.
Saturday: All day to ourselves, spend night.
Sunday: All day to ourselves, spend night.
Monday: Love my wolf until I leave around 2pm-3pm get back home before 7pm and do homeworks

Sounds very good to me =] but first I need to replace this belt thing in my jeep and pay off a thing or two. Oh and I have been drawing a lot lately hehe but I wont be showing it just yet because its a surprise for my love x]

That's about it, just college, ending work soon, and happily being with my Wolfy.

Love you hun, you get well soon you hear me =]

Best Bday Ever

2010-07-27T14:40:00.000-07:00

lol and its still not even here yet, finally found somebody special and I'm so effen happy I've met them. So many things that clicks between us.

Huge edit: Sorry I haven't updated with this but wow this past weekend was the best weekend in my life. I'll make this brief as best as I can but that's going to be hard considering how much went on x] but first I did get that TV I was talking about, its awesome but now its nothing compared to what came into my life.

Alright alright, so I finally went to go see and spend this past weekend with a special grey wolf that I've found recently. For my birthday of course, July 30th (20th bday) However that day was on a Friday so I had to work but Wolfy was very kind enough to let me stay over at his place that following weekend.

For the price of a 4 hour drive all I can say is we never wasted a second with each other. We just clicked with everything that was important to us and couldn't stop saying how perfect the other is. Just to give an idea, we were wearing the same jeans lol yeah. Eventually we felt very very comfortable with each other and agreed to make this into a relationship.

I'm serious, he's basically me and I'm basically him. We don't even have to try to impress each other because we love each other for who they already are. Heck soul mates is a better word to use than being boyfriends. Hehe so yeah I'm no longer single anymore, thank you Wolf. He's brought so much happiness into my life and we will no longer be alone ever again.

Wolf I love you with everything I can offer, I know we were meant to be with each other. You rock my life and gave it new meaning and I'm glad I could do the same.

You're hands down the best bday present I will ever get, ever (period) <3

July Goes On

2010-07-18T01:23:00.000-07:00

Had a rough week at work - overtime, short handed, etc. Just glad its the weekend 'cause I really needed it. It's all good though, I'm getting my check next week. Should be enough to buy me this TV I'm looking into. Think of it as an early Bday present for myself.

I cruised on out to Best Buy today to see it first hand. Now I told myself I wouldn't fall in love again but damn this thing is sexy as fuck x]

Trust me the real thing looks amazing and I'll link the product info here --> [link]

Going to be using it for gaming and some movies, but mostly games lol Now I can see myself lose in HD. Yep didn't have much time for drawing since I usually just crash when I get back from work and sleep all the way till work starts again.

However I am starting on something random, lol it's something for Sumote I guess. No clue I wanted to try and go for a game screen type feel.

It's a rough sketch so its suppose to be hard to know whats what. I'll try and finish this later on.

A Request For Once

2010-07-06T02:28:00.000-07:00

lol ya, but first some flock draws.

Random Pikachu, Jordan joined me shortly after which can be found here (with moar GiRUGAMESH!) --> [link]

As for the request, Stark wanted to see a full pic of this generation V Pokemon named Ononokusu (no official English name yet) Sooo he gave me this pic and I was on my own from there:

With that I started on it and I actually like what came out of it:

If you dare, here's the full resolution pic (big file size):

aaand to finish it off, I made a slideshow with a few progress shots here: [link]
Whew I'm beat, this was all thanks to my 3 day weekend.

Well hope everybody had a good fourth, we have a year-round fireworks store over here so fireworks are never gone for me. Woo but I get paid this week, cant wait for that. Well time to hit the sack and get ready for another week of work.

Peace guys.

Happy 4th of July + Some Arts

2010-07-04T02:27:00.000-07:00

Yep have a good one, blowing up the sky with them fireworks and whatnot. I got a haircut this past week too, that poofy hair was getting to me.

oh and alright alright I admit I have been doodling here and there within the past few weeks. I wanted to do Jolteon since it's my favorite evolution for Eevee. I have two sketches that I may finish and color but not sure.

haha also did some more doodles in flockdraw tonight with Shadow from the chat. This first one was on my own:

This second one was requested by Shadow, I don't know most of the Pokemon after generation II but I was able to nail it down first try:

Shadow decided to give it a go with the touchpad and it was pretty good, I added some Dugtrio in the meantime. lol fun stuff.

Yep if you want to try out flockdraw with me I wouldn't mind. Bleh still missing somebody though. I'm hoping for the best that I can see them again. For now I must sleep since I has a 3 day weekend thanks to the 4th. Paid holiday too ;]

Woo Jobs

2010-06-26T16:25:00.000-07:00

Good news, finally got my first official job after searching for almost 2 months.

Behold my toilet battling form!

I be a janitor for a power plant that's 10 mins away from me. Already completed my first week and I like how it's going so far. Beats flipping burgers imo.

Planning on keeping with this until school starts again. I'll try and stick with it during school but I doubt I'll have enough time for both. Anyway my job schedule is Mon-Fri with night shift from 4:25pm - 1:00am so this is why I wont be online as much.

I do have weekends off and some holidays which is nice to have.

As for drawings I have no idea what to do with myself on those. I still have to complete some free sketches for a few people (I WILL get those, promise) For now I'm just trying to get some monies for my college classes. I haven't really had the mood for drawing so excuse my lameness on that.

Yep that's all for now, oh and birthday is coming next month. Going to lose my teen position when that happens - nooooo.

Link Mainers Add Donye

2010-06-09T10:17:00.000-07:00

I feel bleh lately, going to be gone for awhile.

Later.

Job Search

2010-05-18T19:24:00.000-07:00

Trying to get a job, stuffs hard. Hah need a summer job to help pay for next college semester. Also planning on transferring to Full Sail down in Florida for next years spring semester with a buddy. We're going to share a house and split the fee's, he's going to be attending there as well.

Still have to look into that, not sure if my community college will transfer my credits. Anyhow looking forward to finally being on my own and getting a start on my degree. For now it's just job hunting, nothing yet but I'll find something.

Later guys, I'll try to get some drawings done if I can. Peace!

Brawl Frontier Shirt

2010-05-10T00:10:00.000-07:00

I has made a shirt for Brawl Frontier, that one forum I made for Smash Bros. Brawl. I ordered one and it rocks.

Even if you don't know what the site is - this logo still looks nice. I got a XL in black and it fits perfect.

Here's a pic of the said shirt and the [link] to the forum with all the info.

Also have some nico stuffs for good measure:

Doing some Lets Plays

2010-05-09T19:10:00.000-07:00

Decided to show some old games I loved to play back on the Nintendo 64. This is a test run on Star Fox 64, I learned a lot from this first recording.

I need a better mic because this wont do, ordered myself a usb one seeing how those are better than the one I have. Hah and I didn't catch that the audio was going off sync due to it being about 4% slow till the last video.

I'll look out for that next time, and the game is bit too loud for what I had in mind. Anyhow this is just for fun so don't take it as anything serious.

1st Semester is Over, now what

2010-04-29T19:48:00.000-07:00

I has completed my first semester of college, I had 3 classes which was about 13 credit hours. I got final grades of an A, B, and a C which gave me a GPA of 3.1 which is really good to what I usually got back in my high school days (barely 2.0 lol)

Anyhow now that I feel better about that it's time to go look for a summer job. There's a few student programs going around that I hear is nice so I'll check those out soon. I still wish I could get a spot at the arcade though, love that place.

Also glad my sickness is pretty much over, I should get back to running and other things very soon. Yep things are looking good and I'll probably do some let's plays over some N64 games I got recently. I'll link it as they come but for now imma get some rest from those finals.

Still thinking about that special someone too, blah wish I could show how much I care about them. Hehe well take care guys I'm signing out.

Woo 1 More Week

2010-04-24T12:34:00.000-07:00

so I has one more week of college left, getting tired of homework. Haha although I have to go look for a summer job afterwords, I really want that spot at the arcade. Also still trying to get ready for that half marathon run which is coming up next weekend.

I sprained my foot recently so had to lay off the running for a few days which is a bummer. It's better now, I just need to start running again or else I'll lose my progress. I should be fine though. As for drawings they're coming along. Trying to get those free sketches done but I always get sidetracked.

lol all should be good though, I'll have lots of time after next week is over. Bleh also can't stop thinking about a certain somebody. Trying to get over it knowing they deserve a lot better than me, but lets just say I never felt this way towards anybody.

Haha oh well, here's some sketches I did during class back in high school. Was back when I was first starting to really get into drawing so its kinda meh:

[link]

yep that's all I got going on here so I'll see you guys later.

Holy Crap my Legs

2010-04-11T23:09:00.000-07:00

Oh and btw back from my leave, I feel somewhat better now. Anyhow for those who don't know I'm training for my first half marathon coming up May 1st. That's 12 miles to exact, exciting right? Haha well recently I've only been running 3-6 miles every other day and sometimes 9 miles if I feel crazy enough.

Things changed this past Friday as I attempted and successfully ran 12 miles. Yep feels good man, appears my training is starting to pay off. Even with those stupid taunting drivers, lol screw them I like to see their lazy asses run this far. I started running only last year and 4 miles then was as far as I could go without dying. If I keep this up I should be more than ready come May.

Oh as for college, it's being a real pain now that the semester is coming to a close (beginning of May) That means crap load of work/preparing for finals so getting time to draw is hard to come by. Blah and I'm still trying to get a job for the summertime. I really want a spot at the arcade but alas somebody else always gets it.

Heh oh well think I should go to bed now, you wouldn't believe how much pain 12 miles does to your legs even after a few days. Amazingly I'm not sore in the muscles at all, just my bones ache. Weird, so I'll see you guys around and here's a random pic of when I had to go help out on our farm last weekend - Peace.

Spring Break & TTYL

2010-03-27T21:55:00.000-07:00

Well my spring break was alright. Was able to fly down to Florida and it was pretty cool. It's a nice place, I wouldn't mind settling there later on if I could. Wish I was able to stay longer but eh least I got to go right? The flying wasn't as bad as I imagined.

Heh I even think its kinda fun now, just need to book a nonstop flight next time around (waiting 3 hours at a midpoint terminal wasn't exactly thrilling)

Yep but I do have to say I feel really bummed out now. Just some things that I realized all of a sudden and feel like an idiot for not seeing it till now. I've decided to lay low for a bit so don't expect me to be around.

Eh that's about it so peace out guys and don't be like Gray lol.

Spring, I Think

2010-03-10T21:41:00.000-08:00

Spring is finally coming up and think the transition is the cause of my sleepiness lately. I thought I was getting sick or pregnancy pains but guess not. lol well college is doing fine and I'm just doing the same old. Oh but however I am heading out to Florida this upcoming spring break. Yeah a lot earlier than what I previous posted.

Break starts on the 22nd of March so it should be something different. I wanted to drive the distance believe it or not (~2000 miles) buuut lets just say my ride isn't reliable for such things. Yep so I'm flying which is another first for me. I'm not scared about the actual flight even though I sorta hate heights. It's just getting on there and switching planes correctly that I don't screw up.

Haha yeah should be fun. Anyhow still drawing, got some new stuffs on dA. I have no idea what to draw so expect more random stuff. Yep that's about it so I'll see you guys around. Peace!

PS- you will watch this

Collag- I Mean College

2010-02-01T19:25:00.000-08:00

Pardon for not posting something in awhile. I has a new schedule that's not all about sleep, eat and draw. Yep started college this past month and it's going alright. Won't bore people with the details but it's been keeping me busy.

With that said, drawing has been demoted to low priority so sorry to say new drawings is almost non-existent. Although I will still leave a one slot commission open and still work normal for that. Saving up for a road trip to Florida. Hopefully this upcoming summer but we'll see.

As for other things I did manage to get a new personal combo at the pads. Got 1750 off of a "players top" selection in nonstop mode, was crazy. Previous one was a bit over 1500? Somewhere around there. Heh and the arcade got a Pump It Up machine too. Bleh dunno may learn how to play pump, looks hard. Already tried it on Stepmonia and failed haha.

Also finally got my PSP hacked, pretty sweet. Just need a higher memory stick to do more damage. Now lets see whats coming up this month.. hmm just Valentines day eh? lol um yeah, anyhow same boring Gray here.

I'll catch you guys around, peace.

Wii Has Been Fixed =]

2010-01-10T22:42:00.000-08:00

Yeah new laser lens came in finally the other day, had to wait for today to buy a soldering iron on this one part. Anyhow here's a video on the situation

Woo Brawl is back on, buuut I got college now =[ Oh well least I was able to fix it, never thought I was able to do things like this. Heh yeah I suck more than usual now that I haven't played in so long x]

New Insights

2010-01-08T19:55:00.000-08:00

I got hit with some weird info this past week, in a good way. Lately I've been wanting to move to Florida after I finish my basics in college here. Additionally I've always wanted to work with something in the video game industry but there's really no school here to provide that sorta thing.

Well anyway to the main part, good friend of mine Shade informed me of a University that he really recommends for such things. It focuses on the arts of entertainment and media ranging from a crap load of opportunities. Of course one of them being video games.

This sparked some attention so I looked into it and guess where it was. Yep, right in the middle of Florida better known as Orlando. Here's a link to the site

http://www.fullsail.edu/

I looked at the programs and the game art portion amazingly fits my desires perfectly. Heh as a kid I dreamed of becoming a programmer for video games but once I got a taste of programming later on I knew it wasn't my trade. With myself venturing into the arts lately I have a chance of both working with video games and becoming an artist. As well as both residing in Florida and attending a school towards my dream.

Sounds like a very nice deal if you ask me. To add more I have a friend down in Orlando that sounds fun to hang with so that's another plus considering I have like none locally haha. The weird part is how it all came together so suddenly. I don't believe this was a coincidence so I feel I should take this rare opportunity.

Heh for now I got college starting in my town. As I said, I'm going to finish my basics which should be about 2 years then move on towards the university. I may go tour the campus this summer as well as a mini get-away from the desert.

Yeah finally I have a good vision on what I want to do with my pathetic life lol. This be Gray signing out =]

2010

2010-01-04T00:32:00.000-08:00

Hey well hope everybody had a good hang over celebration this past week. Yep 2009 is long gone and ending another decade to say the least. My new years was alright, didn't go anywhere as usual but I was sketching some stuff.

I can say that after the whole transition thing I just got hungry and there was nothing to drink. Then I just went to bed so it was kinda lame. As much fun as that was I'm still open for commissions and found out that I can still sorta do them paintings in Photoshop. I has created that one firefly lizard thing, uh think it starts with a 'c' in the name but I could be wrong.

Here's a slideshow on some progress shots, took about 2-3 days on and off [link]

Yeah first pic of the year so lets hope I still improve from here on out. Hmm as for life I start college next week as of this post so that's going to be lame haha. From there its just going to be school and I may go look for a part time job if any.

Bleh boring stuff so yeah guess I'm able to paint for commissions, just putting it out there if that whole cel shading isn't the "IN" thing you know. Heh well this is Gray signing off - have a good year everyone! =] (cept for that one guy that shall not be named)

Happy Holidays

2009-12-22T21:40:00.000-08:00

I know some are over and some are still coming but just wanted to say Happy Holidays to everyone else. Cards have successfully been mailed and confirmed to their destination. You're welcome guys, have a good one =]

Anyhow year is coming to an end so I'll probably do one of those art reflection things to see my improvements or something. Also added a random slide show of yours truly. You know when people need to shoop hateful images and stuff haha.

Almost got the commission done, will probably raise my price after this considering how much labor its giving me. Yeah sorry I know I'm a douche for that.

Ahem also finally got a haircut, no more fro yay. I'll post a pic in the slide show tomorrow or so. Hah well hope everyone is having a good winter, this is gray signing out.

Got The Commissions Going

2009-12-14T12:16:00.000-08:00

With some help from Sumote I wrote up a commission thing last night for deviantART. Couldn't find a job in my area so I decided to give this a try. Bleh but just my luck, after I posted it some relatives said I have to go watch the old house for a few days.

There's not internet out there so cant work on the stuff if any shows up. Might just put it off until I get back but we'll see. Haha yeah now I need to add a commission link up above.

Eh not really sure how this will go. Haven't really done or fully understood how this works. Anyhow that's pretty much it lol

~ Commissions

2009-12-14T12:05:00.001-08:00

// Commission Status [ Open 2/2 ] //
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Hello I'm now open for commissions.

Prices vary depending how much detail, background, etc. this post is just to give an idea so please feel free to contact me to get an exact price.

// Quick Info //
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All media will be digital
Default canvas will be 3000x3000 pix with 300ppi
All Currency '$' is USD
Only accepting Paypal
Full final image(s) will be sent after payment

// How It Works //
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Once you get a spot on the list, contact me with your drawing info along with enough detail for me to work with. Reference pics, colors, sizes, lighting, etc would be very helpful.

I'll reply with any questions as well as my Paypal info. Once I start I'll keep you updated with progress shots to keep us on the right track and change anything if necessary.

When the final image is agreed upon and payment is made I will send the full resolution image(s) in PNG or another format if requested.

// Contact //
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I highly prefer AiM and Skype but I'm fine with private messaging, email, or other things of that nature. Most likely you came here from another site so whatever messaging system is being used on there is fine too.

Be sure to check out the contact link on top of the page for other stuff. I rarely use MSN but never use YiM.

// Main Menu //
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[ Sketch ] [example]

no background ~$3
w/ background ~$5
extra characters +$3 each

[ Inked ] [example]

no background ~$10
w/ background ~$15
extra characters +$5 each

[ Colored ] [example] [example 2]

no background ~$20
w/ background ~$30
extra characters +$10 each

*I'm also offering to color and/or ink a provided work, contact me to discuss pricing - thank you.

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last updated 2-26-11

Card Updates and Then Some

2009-12-12T17:47:00.000-08:00

Alright finally gots the prints picked up, crazy holiday shoppers jamming up the place.

Quality is nice imo, and yes the back is blank so that leaves some room for a writing message. Going to be asking people and see who wants one now. Not sure if the post office is open on Sundays but for sure I'll send them out come Monday.

Oh yeah my nephew and I rebuilt this small golf hole thing in the backyard. I wanted to capture a hole-in-one on video for the lulz. Cool part was we managed to get it in one take.

Haha yeah anyhow now I'm going to go back to that one painting and attempt some commissions. Maybe some other stuff too but that's basically it.

Holiday Cards

2009-12-11T16:53:00.001-08:00

Hey Gray here again

Had to put off the new painting for something I forgots. The holiday cards, yep this year I wanted to make some myself and it turned out pretty good. Over the past week got the sketch, ink, then color done.

I must say, its better than I imagined. Already sent the original image to this one printing place and it will be ready by tomorrow. Got 10 paid for so sorry I'm not rich enough to buy one for everybody.

Haha but if you want, I could send the full image to print for yourself. Its 8x4 inches and has like a postcard purpose (not an actual card you open)

Heh anyhow after I send out the ones to those that are closest to me I'll send the leftovers to whoever. You may click for a bigger size but here is the image I came up with:

If there's nothing much on the back I'll write a message of some sort to the specific person its going to and sign it. See, I'm not all that bad.

Woo until tomorrow we just have to wait a bit more =]

Time to Start!

2009-12-07T21:22:00.000-08:00

Alright lets get this first print painting going.

I'll be posting progress shots every now and then, planning under 2 weeks to get this fully done. Right now I have a rough sketch of the idea. What I have in mind is this sunset thing (yes another gay sunset) by some ocean featuring Mark and Kelvin doing some golfs.

Haha yeah shutup, I get to put whatever crap I want on my wall. Anyhow I need to get the characters sketched out as well. This will be like my "Needs More Sunset" style, with the brushes and such.

Working with a size 3000 x 3000 pixel canvas. I doubt my computer can handle anything bigger so I'll just resize the final image to save me the trouble.

Well lets hope some good will come out of it.

Paypal Finally Up

2009-12-04T19:34:00.000-08:00

Woo finally I has verified my paypal account. Now I'll be able to do some damage with my works. That is as soon as I'm able to provide the needed quality to sell.

Then again I also need some people to work with. Blah lol well least for now I can say its been done. For the lulz I put a donation link on the page. You know if somebody wants a way to thank me for something I wouldn't mind some spare change.

Hah well lets get prepared for some commission work, time to put my lazy ass to some use x]

First Request

2009-12-03T20:37:00.000-08:00

I meet this guy who wanted a request. Being a good friend that he is, why not? I needed to do one of theses anyway haha.

Oh and I used SAi as a change for the inking. Could have been better but that's mainly on my part with the inexperience.

Yeah and I'm trying out them paper childs too, will get it done soon. Bleh and I really need to get back on that digital piece for my first print.

Not sure when that will be done, hopefully by the holidays.

Animations

2009-11-28T17:25:00.000-08:00

Did a small animation the other night, turned out alright I guess.

Also got the sketches slide show thing up, its the big ass image on the left lol

Just a place for sketches both random and ones uploaded to deviantART. Didn't really have a place to keep that sorta thing.

Well, I gots more work to do so I'm off.

About Done

2009-11-27T01:21:00.000-08:00

Sup, revamped the layout and edited a lot of stuff. Today was also turkey day and it was pretty good. Food didn't disappoint as usual, although not many people showed up. Oh well more food for the few right?

Ahem yep, planning to get my butt back into them drawings now that I feel better about this blog. Oh shi- almost forgot, found somebody who has this soundtrack for an arcade game I loved as a kid. Doubt anybody will know but it goes by the name of CarnEvil, a rail shooter type game back in the late 90's. It rocked.

Haha well enough of me talking. Here's one piece of bgm I always got a kick out of the game. Finally able to hear it directly.

What else we got, oh right that pic of my desktop after cleaning it up a bit. Yeah still hate that damn problem starting it up. Bleh but least its quiet now that the dust is off the fan.

Speaker on the right got messed up the other day too. Had to open it up and fix it. Of course was too lazy to put it back together so I just put some tape on it as you can see.

Hah well hope your turkey day was good. Can't argue with free food you know. Also got this job I'm hoping to get hired for before college starts. Need my money man x]

Life update

2009-11-26T01:11:00.004-08:00

Starting to use this blog thing again, a lot has happened since the last post. Where to start, hm well first I finally graduated high school back in the summer of '09. Started to work on my art since then, and fixed up my dance pad to 'playable' standards for Stepmans.

Also got my drivers license, was sweet although almost hit some dude while backing up at the start x] Got a bank account, getting it set up with paypal so I can finally start doing something with my art.

Right now signing up for college and I know its going to be boring as all hell. Didn't make it in time for them scholarships but the parents and I can deal with it for the first year.

Hah going pretty good, although I hate how my desktop has a hard time starting up all of a sudden. Looked it up, and its a Dell thing with that specific model (dell dimension e510 desktop)

As pictured to the right, I'll probably upload the actual pic later but for now I don't want to make this long.

tl;dr - using Blogger again, crapload happened, see you guys around =]

~ Other Links

2009-11-26T01:11:00.003-08:00

[My DDRecall] - A site for recording my DDR scores from the arcade.

[Brawl Frontier] - Smash Bros. Brawl forum/hangout for a few friends of mine.

~ Contact Information

2009-11-26T01:11:00.001-08:00

There are a number of methods to reach me:

SKYPE: grayfox5051

MSN: grayfox5051@hotmail

The best way to reach me is on AIM. I do have work during the week with night shift so I wont be on from 4pm-1am (I'm Mountain Standard time)

I do have MSN now, but I'll only use it if somebody wants me on there which is never.

I'll do my best to respond promptly.

Regards,

~ Chat

2009-11-26T01:10:00.003-08:00

- Full Size -

~ My Stepfiles

2009-11-26T01:10:00.001-08:00

I fairly enjoy making stepfiles for Stepmania.

For those who don't know, Stepmania is a DDR simulator for the computer which is capable of using any music. I only deal with pad files so keyboarders should keep distance.

EDiT: The site (FFR) that was hosting my simfiles went down recently so sorry I'm not able to provide a link for the downloads. I'll try to upload them to another site and update this with the link.

If you want to download Stepmania, check here [link]

For the lulz, here's myself playing one of my sims

Nowadays I'm not into stepping as I once use to, but I do have some packs that I want to finish so keep a look out.

I would also love to do some requests but lets just say I get too lazy halfway and lose interest followed by it never being done. In other words, sorry no requests at this moment.

Until then wish me luck and thanks to those who look into my files =]

Regards,

~ My Artwork

2009-11-26T01:09:00.000-08:00

Hm lets see as of now I put up most of my work on deviantART which you can find by clicking the following image.

- CURRENT PROJECTS -

Free Sketches - I'm doing 10 free sketches for some people which may take awhile due to college works.

- HOW iT ALL BEGAN -

I was into art ever since I can remember. Its been a close hobby of mine regardless of how bad the results were. One of my brothers influenced myself even further when he became a good artist himself. During his high school days he occasionally brought home projects he made in an art class.
I was impressed, heck I still have this watercolor painting of his and it still amazes me to this day. I recall he drew these neat sketches with color pencils and sold them for about a dollar. He later moved on to higher levels with airbrushing and more painting. Today hes a tattoo artist, yet fairly new to it. Either way I'm able to get free tattoos from him x] (only got one)Moving on, as for my materials I started out working with plain lead pencils and pens. Wish I could say the same for colors, I'm unable to grasp its potential. Best I can work with is soft shading by color pencils, bleh.

I always took some form of art class in my school days, whenever it was available. Wasn't good enough to get into AP or anything but it was a large factor for my art practice.

Later on somewhere around the age of 17 I started to develop a better sense with my drawings and noticed an increase in quality. Here I spent more time deeply studying what needed to be better. By observing others works, analyzing objects in real life, getting a taste of anatomy, and of course lots of practice.

As time went by I discovered a new genre that caught my attention, digital media. I already knew a lot about Photoshop at the time so I got into it rather fast. Started with a few things in MS paint, then moved on to scanning my sketches for inking and coloring. Was harder than I imagined, but just like learning Photoshop you start to catch on after 2 months or so.

However one major flaw blocked my path on improvement - that rusty mouse, bleh. Soon realizing how people did their creations with Photoshop, I acquired first acknowledgment of tablets. Since I'm not rich or anything it wasn't something I could easily buy. Half a year later, a very good friend of mine was kind enough to buy me the said tablet (thanks again man, you rock!)

I was speechless, and so it was - got my first tablet. As all things, it took me ages to learn how to use it. I thought it was just going to be as simple as paper for the computer but that wasn't the case. For anyone wishing to know, let me just say drawing a free form straight line is frustrating.

After more practice the tablet became more comfortable and I could finally apply it to my ideas. Eventually exploring this new realm influenced myself to loving digital media over traditional as in my creations. New factors came to my disposal such as undoing mistakes, easily change colors, have any canvas size, and no messy materials to clean up. Only prob I could see is the cost for a print, but then again this is just my all opinion.

Anyhow that brings me to now, today's crazy world. As art standards rise I continue my journey into the forbidden dark arts of Photshop with the aid of my tablet. There's always something new to learn, things to practice, It goes on. There really is no end, but it's good to know that there is no limit to your success. With that in mind, I wont be bored anytime soon.

Furthermore, my hard work is slowly approaching to meet selling quality which has been on my mind for a long time now. Since it's illegal to sell works with copyrighted characters, I'm beginning to develop some original art. Also aiming for some large prints to see if they can be sold locally.

All in all, I'm getting closer to what I've always wanted and I thank a lot of people for helping me get this far. Yep, that is my story, nothing special but it works x]

Thanks for reading, lets hope any good will come out of it =]

- Need Some Advice? -

Sure, I'm no god of art or anything but I'll give some thoughts on those wishing to start their art path. Most cases starters ask "how do I do that?" when they see top notch art -

Answer: Practice.

Yup with lots of time, I know it's boring and all but you're not going to let that stop you right? Another tip is don't do it alone. Seek out some people who can critique on your work. Can't improve if you don't know what needs to be done. Sure it gets upsetting when negative feedback arises but hey, it's your key to improving. Talent is a precious thing to waste.

A good one I learned is don't ever try to be like others and mimic everything they do. Develop your own style, find out what works best for you, and take your time with it. It's what makes you stand out from the rest and makes your art truly yours. If you're following a tutorial, remember that its only a suggestion/one way to do something. Not a rule book to live by so avoid limiting yourself.

With that said if you have any questions feel free to contact me, I'm open to anyone's thoughts =]

Regards,

DDR and Drawings

2009-11-07T20:44:00.000-08:00

Aight so I went to the golf course today and it was pretty bad at putting so I decided to buy a new putter. Should be much better, also played some DDRmans today and got a new personal combo record in nonstop mode.

1709 combos, yep even had some emo kids witness it while waiting to play next, haha they were all hurt that they couldn't FC any songs let alone 4 hard ones back to back.

Anyhow trying out some new photoshop pen stuffs, takes too long but its getting there. bleh tired so imma end this there, peace guys =]

[2/17/09] Fast Week + Simfile Uploaded

2009-02-18T01:20:00.000-08:00

School went by fast today, good thing we don't have after school english this week. Shame I didn't get to go on brawl today, had to annoy "her" again.

Ah but I did upload my sim recently, after Halogen turned it down. It's a pad file so yes its going to be easy on keyboard (ahem igig)

2/4/6/8/9 Click banner to download
I made some slight changes such as switching back to the mp3 file, ddr banner size, and the video.

There are other sims like this that I hope to get finished.

[2/13/09 - 2/16/09] 3 Day Weekend, Valentines and Obama Day

2009-02-17T14:50:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Obama day (presidents day) I was able to have a 3 day weekend. Spent the time to go shopping at Albuquerque and Jeffery tagged along. Nothing much, just hated how she came with us.

Saturday was Calvins and Jamies birthday party at Grandmas house. We stopped by a bit to drop off our food then left for our trip. Valentines day was non existent to me, nothing went on for the occasion, although I was going to finish a drawing but didn't have time.

Trip was okay, had some laughs, played some ddr at the mall, bought some stuff, dad ran over a bird, and once again ate at Hooters. Sorry, didn't get any pics, it was a quick trip. Monday I just stayed home and played some more brawl, also trying to get some people at another site befriend us.

Working out good so far, I'm not joining them or anything. As I tell them "I'm just here for the food" meaning a few matches with new people. Good group, got some skilled players.

Hope it works out.

[2/12/09] Somebody Came By

2009-02-13T03:35:00.000-08:00

and to stay, I got my third prize from PrizeRebel =]

I also got some cool stamps from the package.

That's the last one I ordered out of three. PrizeRebel is pretty cool, its a site that gives you free stuff in exchange for looking at online surveys.

Lame, Shade went back to Iraq today so we wont be playing Brawl for a longgg time. Ah well at least Stevo and I got to spend some time with him.

Anyhow glad the week is coming to an end, Friday the thirteenth but still. We're planning on going to Albuquerque for some late Holiday shopping and a bit of vacation.

Bleh stayed up mostly all night just to get some homework done, I know I'm going to be tired sometime later at school.

Screw it, its Friday x]

[2/11/09] Homeworks

2009-02-12T06:39:00.000-08:00

Snow all pretty much melted, and I got a crap load of homework which I'm doing all at the last minute. Didn't have a chance to get on brawl today, had After School English then went out to eat for the rest of the evening.

Got back and crashed out since I'm still soar from the snowman thing. Haha sucks, I was soar all day and didn't feel like working in school today (especially my voice)

Oh but I did get my third prize from PrizeRebel, will post a photo later when I get the chance.

[2/10/09] Snow Day

2009-02-11T06:25:00.000-08:00

Out of nowhere a storm hit my area, got enough inches to have school delayed. I attempted to make a bowser snowman but it sorta failed. I'm not very good at sculpting but it was sorta fun. Mom tried to get my checking account in order but that failed as well, she dragged me in there for nothing.

Haha the cat came back, about time. Well wonder if after school english (ASE) will be on Friday since we had to miss it today, we go mon-thur 4 days total.

Didn't get a chance to brawl, I hear there was a mini party on skype. Oh well there's always next time.

[2/9/09] My Ethereal Review Came In!

2009-02-09T23:37:00.000-08:00

Haha that sim I sent in, they didn't like it. Lame they could have at leave gave me a 0/10, it didn't even make it on the ratings.

Here is what TC_Halogen says:

"Sumabura Of Sky (Grayfox) [--]: SONG CHOICE. I quit out twice just trying to judge this because of how bad it sounded. I seriously don't even want to consider this song because it sounds like a joke."

[!] --- UPDATE --- [!]

"Sorry. =(

That song made me seriously want to shoot something that wasn't me. The steps were ok, but jesus christ, that is probably the first time that I actually meant rejection for song choice. x.x"

Laaame, and I worked some good time on the steps as well. Bleh screw it, at least I can upload it and add the video. Will post the link soon.

In the meantime here is the link to the so called pack:

In other news, Abbie is still absent on brawl and skype =[

oh and it snowed today too, the cat escaped during the event. Tried looking but no luck, he should be back since its too cold for him.

[2/8/09] More Brawl ans Skype

2009-02-09T06:23:00.000-08:00

So we finally got Skype to work out with brawl without much lag. Stevo had some of his people streaming stuff so that was unavoidable. Though what really dissapointed me was that Abbie didn't even go on as promised.

A cetain somebody stated this to me:

"me and abs will wait for dem brawls today"

Bleh lame, ditched out on us from the start. Well at least Shade got in to save the day, hes back from Iraq and chilling at home for a week or so. Thats good, we will at least get to play brawl since he has a fair connection going.

Another note, damn my desktop computer got infected with something, and no it wasnt me. Think it was my cousins websurfing but not sure. Trying to remove it is a pain, since its pretty deep in there.

oh well I'll get it out eventually..

[2/7/09] Simfiles and Brawl Voices

2009-02-07T23:23:00.000-08:00

I finished a sim today, sent it for a pack on FFR still awaiting the review. Strange thing is its not a normal song so I stepped it to see how they will take it.

Haha its a pad pack so it should be amusing.

Heres the banner, I will upload the sim after the pack is released (if it gets accepted)

If not then screw their pack. Song can be heard here, there is a video to it.

Yeah size is due to the ITG banner size, rules rules rules.. oh reminds me, I made a new cdtitle (that spinning thing next to the song banners) yeah got tired of my old one. Just have a look:

Old -
New -

Anyhow moving on, Stevo and Abbie wanted to do voices over Brawl today and me to record it. Bossy eh? well nonetheless I did the request but apparently Stevos relatives in towels made us lag like heck so it didn't turn out well.

Bleh well at least I got to talk with the group, Abbie was a first x]

Yep, as for daily stuff, just went to the mall and did a few rounds on the DDR machine. Oh and I saw the asian dude too, havent seen him in like 4 years lol.

That's about it so I'm signing out.

~ Biography

2009-02-07T21:53:00.000-08:00

Name: Gray
Age: 19
Location: New Mexico
Gender: Male

Heya! Nice to meet you =]

Well nothing of great importance to say about me so just call me Gray. Not my real name or anything but lets keep that between us.

Okay okay moving on - first off I'm Native American (Navajo specifically) and I enjoy a variety of things, usually the lame stuff lol. I'm the youngest of my two brothers haha yet I'm taller than both of them. Currently residing in New Mexico however I was born and spent a large part of my childhood in Arizona.

I'm a loner and a quiet person at heart but I try to step out of that every now and then. I admit I am a weirdo and a nerd at times but we all have our quirks x] Current heading into the world of college after completing high school and my lifelong goals revolve around being an artist for video games.

Hobbies I enjoy:

golfing
rhythm games (mostly ddr)
drawing
running
sleeping
photoshops
swimming
camping
the paranormal

My dislikes:

football (both)
school/work
reading
seafood, spicy hot foods, mutton
todays T.V.

I'm a rather skinny guy (~150 lbs) and somewhat tall measuring a tad over six feet. Standard stuff, nothing buff or fat. Overall I'm easy going while on the lazy side, and can be a good buddy once I get fairly acquainted and feel comfortable.

Heh yeah told you I'm boring. Give me a shout though I enjoy talking to new people and making new friends.

Regards,