tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32698700386062341192024-03-14T04:09:42.525-07:00gunshot residueephemeralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758968449688875024noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269870038606234119.post-71727576033034731112012-07-28T14:23:00.000-07:002008-08-26T17:57:39.564-07:00[re]birth<span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">formerly: </span><a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/gunshot_residue"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"><em>http://www.livejournal.com/users/gunshot_residue</em></span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">i'm basically moving my sketch journal over to blogspot because...well...i'm jumping on the proverbial bandwagon, i suppose.<br /><br />since i don't have a website up and running, this blog is going to serve as a makeshift gallery of sorts. i intend to post both sketches and work that is <em>finished</em> - by my definition.</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">possible commission/art trade information will be available here, too.</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">here's to a comeback to the online art community for ms. ephemeral.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">this is the part where you pretend to be excited.</span><br /></span></span>ephemeralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758968449688875024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269870038606234119.post-22909005183410786252009-03-26T19:16:00.001-07:002009-03-26T19:20:46.573-07:00vinyl<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglN5Ge7t_TknQp5c-LhP8ZpN7754vY8oa-qhjXTkTRaZpkWenvQ0bUlv98K9gSb3B_RIBD4lrjhdokO0vfo50JKO9KKNeBTB95PqtwoRoOul7cUI3IgQQWct4xH5inrO_Z-8dyZzNwUb0/s1600-h/vinyl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglN5Ge7t_TknQp5c-LhP8ZpN7754vY8oa-qhjXTkTRaZpkWenvQ0bUlv98K9gSb3B_RIBD4lrjhdokO0vfo50JKO9KKNeBTB95PqtwoRoOul7cUI3IgQQWct4xH5inrO_Z-8dyZzNwUb0/s400/vinyl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317685804748741714" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">commission for a friend. her character - vinyl. a cheshire cat, i believe.</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">the description i was given was for a very gaunt, emaciated looking creature with a sweet disposition...so i figured i'd have her admiring something "cute" like a butterfly.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">i like butterflies XD</span></span>ephemeralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758968449688875024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269870038606234119.post-77211235393264310232009-02-03T22:14:00.001-08:002009-02-03T22:17:17.287-08:00Commissions are back in action<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujy86-f_Zm5LPttZZrRlyBzDhT6ToJhU3mAuPCe8tTYrJbyKDvXknz1-bu1U5PmbMFZMt-CvU7so3nxyOlxmjran8DrvoKCJdBQBpzzQl3Jp5OkA7jQ7YUhZ_NSm4wF1xTrhn2GU9UIA/s1600-h/shylaracommission.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujy86-f_Zm5LPttZZrRlyBzDhT6ToJhU3mAuPCe8tTYrJbyKDvXknz1-bu1U5PmbMFZMt-CvU7so3nxyOlxmjran8DrvoKCJdBQBpzzQl3Jp5OkA7jQ7YUhZ_NSm4wF1xTrhn2GU9UIA/s400/shylaracommission.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298821944523629874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" >starting with this - a commission for yugoloth on fur affinity.<br />as i understand it, the character is a jackal-ish fiendish sort of thing...and her name is shylara. she was a lot of fun.</span>ephemeralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758968449688875024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269870038606234119.post-27483392314300869972008-09-28T12:39:00.000-07:002008-09-28T12:43:10.416-07:00classy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPPoG8dyN51_fbg7okubqieHXodqoXhf3mMHbNn_ZnJPhqo2zDtuYAn7mHg2qepV14PsAC85lF7GO0bs48NK0AY6MNvkOpX1r__rmV9Hv6aHjgIqBRYIhq-oLuwbxLaGM-en6UZMleqp8/s1600-h/edelweisssmackdown.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251159302006644402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPPoG8dyN51_fbg7okubqieHXodqoXhf3mMHbNn_ZnJPhqo2zDtuYAn7mHg2qepV14PsAC85lF7GO0bs48NK0AY6MNvkOpX1r__rmV9Hv6aHjgIqBRYIhq-oLuwbxLaGM-en6UZMleqp8/s400/edelweisssmackdown.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"> oh my god. it's been a long time since my last update. so much for the promise of once a week. i have an excuse though - i call it chiropractic school.<br />i've been very busy since the start of the term, but that's hardly a bad thing.<br /><br />i digress.<br /><br />here's an unfinished drawing of my friend's fursona - a tarentaise cow named edelweiss.</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">kind of an inside joke/portrait combo.<br /></span><div></div>ephemeralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758968449688875024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269870038606234119.post-82399869150617247962008-08-26T17:57:00.000-07:002008-08-26T18:13:38.444-07:00the bad girls<p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiao4M5C4vEnmbKwEHRVxCIzb3Jy8OFke6uKzpAotDLcd3uYfTtnzW_X-REX7NGC3edFmu2slP7q65zkL0eezdqOk6KMEepEOI0srsEvT7E5W93AaH6ha4CZ1GJurPMP02pIpFSAKkO4e8/s1600-h/bigknife.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238996124734469330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiao4M5C4vEnmbKwEHRVxCIzb3Jy8OFke6uKzpAotDLcd3uYfTtnzW_X-REX7NGC3edFmu2slP7q65zkL0eezdqOk6KMEepEOI0srsEvT7E5W93AaH6ha4CZ1GJurPMP02pIpFSAKkO4e8/s400/bigknife.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrA0RKCj9xPlQh_gf9RiMPWo4DEA3jNg5cX8EYSbLWo5losx-ZYZB8Hbd27-wVFnKvDPOMvq-FdKxHN4GfqPtUeF_i1p6GRu6hHSqDI_28WtRqDi_QnFVfXdjWDG22fdh02E5GvwFrpM/s1600-h/beyondthewall.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238996126713368226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrA0RKCj9xPlQh_gf9RiMPWo4DEA3jNg5cX8EYSbLWo5losx-ZYZB8Hbd27-wVFnKvDPOMvq-FdKxHN4GfqPtUeF_i1p6GRu6hHSqDI_28WtRqDi_QnFVfXdjWDG22fdh02E5GvwFrpM/s400/beyondthewall.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">sulia [above] and chase [below]<br />two of the girls from my story - both of them are incredible combatants.<br />heh, the drawings were both done on the same page, as you can see by the extra body parts in each image. i don't particularly like these drawings anymore, and they were intended for practice rather than anything else...</span>ephemeralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758968449688875024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269870038606234119.post-32077514766080818122008-08-19T22:58:00.000-07:002008-08-19T23:08:37.075-07:00tower<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAd7omxEHTAArJluHyL8idbdnNSDPidxQGD6Cmp50u433XgB9QylE8VLcPLXdTTf0LeJOYKtIKpkFrxi-HmE3qosptQ6i11vDr_7nfDNRzN8DWdZI5Ura808EtdTRR4CPDSBb0GU33WLg/s1600-h/thetower.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236475959306020914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAd7omxEHTAArJluHyL8idbdnNSDPidxQGD6Cmp50u433XgB9QylE8VLcPLXdTTf0LeJOYKtIKpkFrxi-HmE3qosptQ6i11vDr_7nfDNRzN8DWdZI5Ura808EtdTRR4CPDSBb0GU33WLg/s400/thetower.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">inspired by vienna teng's song, "<em>the tower</em>".<br />the lyrics reminded me of clarity, one of the girls from the story.<br />i consider this a 'failed attempt'. i'll probably try to do another [better] version later.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:85%;">lyrics [for those interested]:<br /><br /><em>The one who survives by </em></span></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">making the lives of others worthwhile</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">She's coming apart</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">right before my eyes</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">The one who depends on the services she renders</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">to those who come knocking</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">She's seeing too clearly what she can't be</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">What understanding defies</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"></span></em> </div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">She says I need not to need</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">or else a love with intuition</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">Someone who reaches out to my weakness </span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">and won't let go</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">I need not to need</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">I've always been the tower</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">but now I feel like I'm the flower </span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">trying to bloom in snow</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"></span></em> </div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">She turns out the light anticipating night </span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">falling tenderly around her</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">and watches the dusk</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">The words won't come</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">She carries the act so convincingly the fact is</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">sometimes she believes it</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">That she can be happy the way things are</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">Be happy with the things she's done</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"></span></em> </div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">And yet I need not to need</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">or else a love with intuition</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">Someone who reaches out to my weakness </span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">and won't let go</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">I need not to need</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">I've always been the tower</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">but now I feel like I'm the flower trying to bloom in snow</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"></span></em> </div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">Reach out</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">but hold back</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">Where is safety?</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">Reach outand hold back</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">Where is the one who can change me?</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">Where is the one?</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"></span></em> </div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">I need not to need</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">or else a love with intuition</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">someone who reaches out to my weakness </span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">and won't let go</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">I need not to need</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">I've always been the tower</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">but now I feel like I'm the flower trying to bloom in snow</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"></span></em> </div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">The danger and the power</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">The friend and the foe...</span></em></div>ephemeralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758968449688875024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269870038606234119.post-66942066103166323252008-08-11T18:07:00.000-07:002008-08-11T18:17:32.218-07:00death god<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrxkglMABlXZNdyBEgL04ixj98Y9KsWSdNBS9F9VPk0SbkQyl-CX9WHdzymSCBQdGS1_CoEZts5QclRulyFwIPPYxjVQ8hnnBINtL1Kox1mQrZe6dRBfopHHmzel4SKM1ZqOd_s9c3AM/s1600-h/deathgod.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233432210650470770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrxkglMABlXZNdyBEgL04ixj98Y9KsWSdNBS9F9VPk0SbkQyl-CX9WHdzymSCBQdGS1_CoEZts5QclRulyFwIPPYxjVQ8hnnBINtL1Kox1mQrZe6dRBfopHHmzel4SKM1ZqOd_s9c3AM/s400/deathgod.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"> since it first aired in english on cartoon network a little more than 8 years ago, i've been a huge fan of gundam wing. here's a very quick [and slightly older] doodle of duo maxwell - pilot of the incredibly bad ass deathscythe.<br /><br />tomorrow - i'm off to visit my hometown in michigan for a week, so i won't be able to post next monday, but i promise to update as soon as i return to california!</span>ephemeralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758968449688875024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269870038606234119.post-59966446453555299002008-08-04T12:39:00.000-07:002008-12-11T14:23:51.150-08:00self portrait<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVq_1eY0RJVYOIRF1oQc2u45K08jSSsMEEwMTvbeyHkEma5Se6I6F6wxAFVLsGZmOO3ATSRtGNuDB52Pvb1kmNz2L41nJxHoDUWxQCI3fyWZe3L09OjEMETUsROqvop74H6aDVSv-BVNM/s1600-h/kotiCat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230751356172333234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVq_1eY0RJVYOIRF1oQc2u45K08jSSsMEEwMTvbeyHkEma5Se6I6F6wxAFVLsGZmOO3ATSRtGNuDB52Pvb1kmNz2L41nJxHoDUWxQCI3fyWZe3L09OjEMETUsROqvop74H6aDVSv-BVNM/s400/kotiCat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">it's sad when the best drawing i've ever done of myself is one where i'm not actually human.<br />anyway, this is pretty much the look i've had since i've moved to california. it's too hot to wear anything else.</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">...but never too hot for coffee.</span><br /><div></div>ephemeralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758968449688875024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269870038606234119.post-84486584209639608592008-07-28T21:06:00.001-07:002008-12-11T14:23:51.732-08:00first shot<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqfPYX8wHYXxJQFXkUPheAayl3trfozqcs2ebxhGRuDcQgMHX0rG0SI8JC-sef3ekhyHSEs3rHSLMu6FJylrm9PayG4sEgf8Y4W0QNxjoo6pkiMxG_nOJqp1BD4qFaky1Y44Di3iSbZw/s1600-h/Kat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228289055566578418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqfPYX8wHYXxJQFXkUPheAayl3trfozqcs2ebxhGRuDcQgMHX0rG0SI8JC-sef3ekhyHSEs3rHSLMu6FJylrm9PayG4sEgf8Y4W0QNxjoo6pkiMxG_nOJqp1BD4qFaky1Y44Di3iSbZw/s400/Kat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">it's a shame that blogspot crops the hell out of the images...augh!<br />this is kaat...some of you may remember old drawings of her from my VCL days...her design is about 11 years old, now. still a favorite of mine, though. she's always fun to draw when i don't know what i really want to work on.</span><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismdjBq_29GPaZnxmUIH5PddgjUExJh-oHATtp2RxeYzm_wEEfRChZ1KmVH5yRgxCzJoIvQiXQm-ocAQ65R6giUhsds8P9diR8KvbEX1IgiVadAjH4JtK-FQivW3nveWWl11gPzPItmMg/s1600-h/theusualexpression.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228287834925181282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismdjBq_29GPaZnxmUIH5PddgjUExJh-oHATtp2RxeYzm_wEEfRChZ1KmVH5yRgxCzJoIvQiXQm-ocAQ65R6giUhsds8P9diR8KvbEX1IgiVadAjH4JtK-FQivW3nveWWl11gPzPItmMg/s400/theusualexpression.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">oldie from last year - doodle of chase mallory - from the story i am writing that pays homage to werewolf: the apocalypse, which was basically my life as a teenager. <strong>sad</strong>.<br />this is probably the <em>best</em> drawing of this character i have ever done. her face turned out exactly how i always envisioned it.<br /></span></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApXz-uGroJ7qc70JVLK2QfW_KadtmRRCt-eg4814DDSYUP_CKur-eJeVLI3qcN10ejIG9nzh8FU5lCnWSCN7QTpKbrjmqa85dt6IujtXis6IANKiBpRzciyxqZE2RoTc9L5FChtg1ZWE/s1600-h/taslesfromthelab-koti.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228285471858454674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApXz-uGroJ7qc70JVLK2QfW_KadtmRRCt-eg4814DDSYUP_CKur-eJeVLI3qcN10ejIG9nzh8FU5lCnWSCN7QTpKbrjmqa85dt6IujtXis6IANKiBpRzciyxqZE2RoTc9L5FChtg1ZWE/s400/taslesfromthelab-koti.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">another oldie:<br />okay.<br /><strong>BACKSTORY</strong>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">when i worked for pall life sciences as a microbiologist [prior to moving to los angeles for chiropractic school] i had a lot of experiences that often reminded me of a really bad cartoon. i wanted to recreate some of the goings on at pall corp by making little comic strips. the first step was to make caricatures of my coworker, my boss, and of course - myself. i didn't get beyond the sketch of myself ...however, this is a pretty accurate depiction of my usual on-the-job expression, and the fact that i essentially lived on coffee.<br />hell, i <em>still</em> live on coffee...</span></div><div></div></div>ephemeralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758968449688875024noreply@blogger.com2