who too my pen? 6:00 AM

I don't know that I'll be able to get much done this weekend. But, who knows. At this point I'd really like to just sit around and do nothing. Or animate. Or draw a lot. But I don't think I'll have that chance. I just wanna be left alone. But that's too much to ask for.

Of course, things could be worse. I guess I'm grateful for what I have.

Tonight, an evening of Sam Fuller movies. I aim to enjoy the hell outta them.

damn internets 10:18 AM

portable scanner 11:18 AM

Please hold for 20 minutes while I download the software for it. And another 15 minutes to install? What the hey?

And it's not working.

Ok, now it's working.

Pretty nice compared to the other scans. I'm digging this. Now to get some mileage on it!

i can't pretend to know nothing 8:43 AM

Didn't get a damn thing done. I ate dinner while watching Raising Arizona and went to bed. I suck.

Rick Astley: Never gonna give you up 12:11 PM

Rick Astley: Never gonna give you up
Originally uploaded by Littlepixel™

Never gonna let you down

the inevitability 8:34 AM

The Averatec is back up. I did some quick animation loops before I went to bed last night. Short of getting a cintiq or a new tablet PC, the Averatec is really the best tool I have for doing animation. And I don't think there's a new tablet PC in the near future right now. And a cintiq? HA! Yeah, that'll happen.

Need to set up a dropbox on the Averatec and sync up the docs, too. There's oodles of doodles backing up and need backing up.

don't wanna be here today 9:42 AM

Too much other crap I got to get done right now. I reinstalled the Averatec, now I have to download and install all the updates and service packs. Suck. Then reinstall all the usual apps. Stupid friggin' computer. But, it's the best I got right now for doing animation and video editing. The Eee really isn't meant to be used for much more then intra-net action. No heavy lifting with the Eee. Of course, I'm not having the problems with the Eee that I have with the Averatec. Feh.

I need to set up an apps recovery disc for this kind of thing. I keep having to reinstall the Averatec every 6 months. I may as well accept this kind of thing if I'm gonna continue using the Averatec.

I'm putting Puppy Linux on the thumbdrive. I wonder if they make a Tablet PC Linux? -I guess not.

Have I mentioned I'm not a dog person? *sigh*

pixel harvesting 11:37 AM

warms the heart, fries the brain 8:34 AM

Hot. Damn hot.

Been too busy. And I need an afternoon to bring the Averatec back to life. I'm hoping I can install Avidemux on the Eee. We'll see. Hell, I'm surprised I can run Boxee on it.

The heat makes me so sleepy.

happy accidents 9:01 AM

I started wondering how the Magical Nurse Girl comics would look like in a clean vector style. So I did this in inkscape. It's interesting. It does lose the spontaneity of the fountain pen illustrations. On the other hand it makes the illustration look stronger and more iconic. I don't think it makes it better, just different.

I think I need to work out a system of line weights for this. I want to try to "digitally ink" one of Ed's Hello Tako comics this way.

Finally updated the HNK template. Need to tweak it out, but for now it's looking better then before. And it's functional. Now to make some comics and icons and other stuff to put on the website. Wallpaper? Papercraft? Sozai? I've got to knock some out.

The Averatec is now in a boot up loop. If I can't rescue it I'll have to re-install once again. What I'd really like to do is put Tiny-XP on it. I may have to wait for the weekend to find the time to actually do this.

Lewis Carroll against L. Frank Baum 12:20 PM

Interesting bits floating in the ink. I'm interested in seeing where this is going.

going down the other side 8:12 AM

Not as productive this weekend as last week. But I still filled some pages. I think I'm still gestating this one. I spent more time defining and refining the ideas. But no stories came to me. Time to start making sequences and seeing what happens.