Due to an overabundance of 20 hour workdays, there will be no Rather Gamey Comic this time around. I even had to bow out of a Realms of Cthulhu game last night so I could work until 4am. Grr. I'll be back on schedule next time - barring some unforeseen collapse of the financial industry.
In the meantime - please enjoy Soulvex performing 'Puttin' on the Ritz' for your amusement.
- Ark
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Chartreuse by Angel
Below is a commission of my character Chartreuse in Crazy-Ass Tim's Second Edition D&D Game by Angel Urena. He's the same guy who did the Angry Demon Looking Dude that I've used as a banner for the blog for over a year now. I think Angel's work is completely awesome - you can go check out his gallery on deviantArt.
Right now, Angel is doing character commissions for dirt cheap. I mean dirt. Go look. Quickly, of course, since who knows when he'll close down the commissions. If you've ever contemplated having a character drawn - now would be the time.
Again, not my art. Waaay too good to be mine. (Not Yet, Anyways!)
- Ark
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Hitchhiker's
Last week I was at the book store with my son. I was digging through some art books, looking for hints on how to draw the human form, when The Boy came up behind me.
"Can I get this?" he asked. I turned around. He was clutching a copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
"Well for fuck's sake yes you can fucking have it," I replied. Okay, that's not exactly what I said, but that's what I meant.
Now, after a few days of The Boy regaling me with stories of Marvin the Paranoid Android and explaining to me the meaning of the number 42, I've decided that I'm pretty happy with the universe and - given the chance - I'd make it my home for a second time.
- Ark
PS
"Now the world has gone to bed
Darkness won't engulf my head
I can see by infra-red
How I hate the night
Now I lay me down to sleep
Try to count electric sheep
Sweet dream wishes you can keep
How I hate the night"
- Marvin's Lullaby
"Can I get this?" he asked. I turned around. He was clutching a copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
"Well for fuck's sake yes you can fucking have it," I replied. Okay, that's not exactly what I said, but that's what I meant.
Now, after a few days of The Boy regaling me with stories of Marvin the Paranoid Android and explaining to me the meaning of the number 42, I've decided that I'm pretty happy with the universe and - given the chance - I'd make it my home for a second time.
- Ark
PS
"Now the world has gone to bed
Darkness won't engulf my head
I can see by infra-red
How I hate the night
Now I lay me down to sleep
Try to count electric sheep
Sweet dream wishes you can keep
How I hate the night"
- Marvin's Lullaby
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Dungeonspiration: Snapshots
I love the way images can inspire ideas. I love to browse pictures to get ideas for stories, games, and art. Here are some things to jostle your brain:
From some bovine racing competition in Sumatra, Pacu Jawi by ~dularif
A different kind of racing animal, Bike with shinny bits by ~koukei
What a lovely home for a Lich, August Burns Red by ~bleed-the-sky
Do the PCs dare move the rocks? Against physics 1 by ~Faunish
A dangerous rainbow impact, Life in the Valley by ~sleepingwithgiants
Nighttime wandering monster roll, Bed by *Hoffine
+1 to Astral Travelling, Magic Mushroom by ~Tul-152
- Ark
Friday, February 17, 2012
You Can Get Addicted To A Certain Kind of Sadness
No, not game related, but after listing to Gotye like a million times today, I had to do something. :)
- Ark
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Practice Responsible Conjurmancy
These things take forever. I figured I might be faster by now - but no. Oh well, at least I am enjoying the heck out of creating these strips. I'm reminded of something Joseph Campbell said - but I can't remember exactly what. ;)
- Ark
Sunday, February 12, 2012
The Phantom Penis
That, of course, is what I have called the movie for years. It's my least favorite of the Star Wars films. The Phantom Menace was a pretty big let down after so many years of waiting. So, the announcement of a 3d-ifyed version didn't impress me a bit. George Lucas' recent anti-fan rant impressed me even less. So, I vowed not to hand Lucas any more of my money.
"But aren't we going to go see the movie?" the Boy asked, doe-eyed as I began to bad-mouth Lucas during a D&D game.
Crap.
Despite constant viewing of the entire . . . hexology . . . my son has never seen a Star Wars movie in a theater. Meanwhile, I was there for the first showing of the first movie in the Houston Galleria 34 years ago. We viewed it again, and again, and again, in different venues, waiting in lines coiled multiple times around the outside of various theaters.
"You've seen it hundreds of times . . . you dont' really want to see it in a . . ." I stopped, looking into his eyes.
Crap.
"Okay, we'll go," I smiled.
The first Star Wars movie commercial I saw, crammed between Saturday morning cartoons one early morning, sold me on the show immediately. If my parents had said we weren't going to see the new movie, there would have been HELL TO PAY.
So we went yesterday. I wore my goldenrod star fleet t-shirt in silent protest, but I went all the same. We loaded up with coke and popcorn and plopped down in the big, comfy seats.
As always, the 20th Century Fox fanfare got me.
The 3d was . . . well . . . it was there. It wasn't spectacular. It wasn't annoying. It was just there. I am glad that I didn't get any gratuitous 3d Jar Jar tongues in my face. But all in all, the movie wasn't that bad. In fact, there are two parts of the film that I remembered I really liked - the pod race and the battle for Naboo.
It's hard to mess up exploding stuff. And the noises from the pod race - the wub-wub-wub of Sebulba's turbines reverberating in your chest - I mean - that's something I can't get out of my TV at home.
And you've got to admit despite how annoying is when he's hitting on Padme - teeny-tiny Anakin makes a pretty cute little padawan at the end.
Sooo . . . yeah . . . I gave Lucas my money again. Apparently, he'll be getting it at least five more times. In the end, it's quite worth it to see the smile on the Boy's face.
- Ark
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