tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47188150023032671872024-03-14T10:23:54.452-04:00The Skeleton without BonesSleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comBlogger350125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-7766523333199836002010-01-04T18:39:00.001-05:002010-01-04T18:42:02.932-05:00New EverythingA quick note: This blog will not be updated in 2010. Except for this post you see right now.<br /><br />Withoutbones has been updated with some new work, and with it, a new blog.<br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/53JQgV">withoutbones.com</a><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/6cTmOQ">blog.withoutbones.com</a><br /><br />I wanted the blog to match the site, and also live in a subdomain of the site. 2007-2009 is a pretty good run for tswob. Update your RSS feeds. Farewell.Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-86133057499120078302009-12-14T16:20:00.011-05:002009-12-14T16:50:26.198-05:00Favorite comics of '09Was thinking about what I liked most this year, and since I'm bad with remembering when things come out, I had to look through my shelves and boxes. Here's a list of no set length of things I really liked that came out this year.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwKHp7x4g4J3lGknbisu6OQDkTvAIo5vNTXn9FkfRmdEVnTdlcIHsCn0nCb-vEJkT8Ol5jfKmkmP-qEiNwe-hcbC_PjBsLC-0Qg2NtYkc7bHtghzhBpPxMumrpkTWSqzMNyboaGZrHfMj/s1600-h/beasts1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwKHp7x4g4J3lGknbisu6OQDkTvAIo5vNTXn9FkfRmdEVnTdlcIHsCn0nCb-vEJkT8Ol5jfKmkmP-qEiNwe-hcbC_PjBsLC-0Qg2NtYkc7bHtghzhBpPxMumrpkTWSqzMNyboaGZrHfMj/s400/beasts1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415205337308641730" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Beasts of Burden</span><br /><br />This is currently only a mini series, but I think that there are plans for future minis or an ongoing depending on the sales of this one. I could be wrong. This is about a group of dogs and cats that use magic to hunt ghosts and spooky things like this. There are also 4 more short stories featuring these characters in the Dark Horse Book of... series.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKtDBuG31kedHk0q_KXQuLXOdepU9oyD5fxYD7YuGPst2dWaFvO8K3d4Qs3omuI3TKAXArLXTAiSqCPhQ1JxUGyUTmTY2sxjtk-E59vcikt_cz2VgiXD6CFyGk71EbVtGa0eBK5vrrltHx/s1600-h/KingCity_Image_Cvr.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKtDBuG31kedHk0q_KXQuLXOdepU9oyD5fxYD7YuGPst2dWaFvO8K3d4Qs3omuI3TKAXArLXTAiSqCPhQ1JxUGyUTmTY2sxjtk-E59vcikt_cz2VgiXD6CFyGk71EbVtGa0eBK5vrrltHx/s400/KingCity_Image_Cvr.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415206009943254658" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">King City</span><br /><br />While not technically "new" in '09, this is a new size and new rerelease of this previously unfinished series. It will now finally get an ending too. So far it's only 3 issues in, but it's wonderfully drawn and full of unique story ideas and characters and world building stuff. Check it out.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXic-PieZUDLJgyqh2XSXhjWxczaWWD7rQ948dFxRQ4MriE-nRbxCyya7YVmT9m_s_JQbFiavK1lkAFpUpwd9K85cNu6cIo7pI6-BlPk5jybuOpLhesbCPQd4mOyugZmh63P5nWSSw4Wc/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-12-14+at+4.30.26+PM.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXic-PieZUDLJgyqh2XSXhjWxczaWWD7rQ948dFxRQ4MriE-nRbxCyya7YVmT9m_s_JQbFiavK1lkAFpUpwd9K85cNu6cIo7pI6-BlPk5jybuOpLhesbCPQd4mOyugZmh63P5nWSSw4Wc/s400/Screen+shot+2009-12-14+at+4.30.26+PM.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415207463651157042" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Em and Gwen in: Magic Spell</span><br /><br />This is a 2-part story that would take a little bit of leg work to get and read. Part 1 is free on the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/darkhorsepresents?issuenum=21&storynum=1">MySpace Dark Horse</a> site, or in the MDHP Volume 4 which collects a lot of the MySpace content. Part 2 is printed in <a href="http://www.sparkplugcomicbooks.com/books/birdhurdler/pages/birdhurdlermain.html">Bird Hurdler</a> which costs $0.01 plus shipping. New Farel stuff. Magic in a real world setting. Talking birds. That's all you need.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMijPY-nFmWKox71h2VWlwhxTVBYdqx9mpxX6plppBwDYuLxoywOblDQ8semP3QBlZeRZJsLbFj9HY04lx8BML4OtBRVXBqkbDvp1Oc0oDUY_JkdliPr2K4kzFllk7r7PW8KC8t3GyH2t0/s1600-h/winter-1152-cover.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 388px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMijPY-nFmWKox71h2VWlwhxTVBYdqx9mpxX6plppBwDYuLxoywOblDQ8semP3QBlZeRZJsLbFj9HY04lx8BML4OtBRVXBqkbDvp1Oc0oDUY_JkdliPr2K4kzFllk7r7PW8KC8t3GyH2t0/s400/winter-1152-cover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415208925016023554" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mouse Guard: Winter 1152</span><br /><br />Technically only 2 issues of this series came out in '09, but the collected edition was also released, so I think that counts. Mouse Guard is a world where mice have little tiny swords and axes and go on adventures where they battle snakes, owls, and the weather itself. The world they live in is very interesting and I can't wait for more.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mAnpxFoimGLvjQS1zozGXo_NMHf10CwteAYf83wlyFZsIHYgc1lYzLW8r-enV2VT3cU-_gaOiQjJuzyIy9wYngnTzTIvultyu7QIbPdwVTUxaIfI9v-O3azlgrFWkhV55mKr5HufGgIx/s1600-h/the-eternal-smile.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mAnpxFoimGLvjQS1zozGXo_NMHf10CwteAYf83wlyFZsIHYgc1lYzLW8r-enV2VT3cU-_gaOiQjJuzyIy9wYngnTzTIvultyu7QIbPdwVTUxaIfI9v-O3azlgrFWkhV55mKr5HufGgIx/s400/the-eternal-smile.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415209528941113666" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Eternal Smile</span><br /><br />I loved Same Difference and Other Stories. I loved American Born Chinese. Take the artist from one and the writer from the other, and you get this. Another great comic. Sorry I don't have a lot to say about all of these, but I loved them, and would tell everyone to check them out. This one contains a story that features swords. There might be a theme going in this list.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3MtSvugeAz7TVUfrw3NYuU-mQk-WDPSXIxx4aULCX_HAj3ka9zCc4KIjFBtV68-RxM71COv23hDJyXhE9zma4bJ-KT0gDYglwF8-3OLZ2jtPEaojg3FLaaV4GtGK3SObJzyUzj8XE3XbO/s1600-h/wonton2.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3MtSvugeAz7TVUfrw3NYuU-mQk-WDPSXIxx4aULCX_HAj3ka9zCc4KIjFBtV68-RxM71COv23hDJyXhE9zma4bJ-KT0gDYglwF8-3OLZ2jtPEaojg3FLaaV4GtGK3SObJzyUzj8XE3XbO/s400/wonton2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415210124195384674" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Wonton Soup Vol. 2: Hyper Wonton Soup 2 TwoTon Soup: The Quickening 2…Soup</span><br /><br />The insane-o title for this one can barely prepare you for the insane-o story and art inside. The writer/artist on this one, James Stokoe, has a new Image series starting soon that features...you guessed it – Swords. And Orcs. Can't wait.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pIFkxqDAne2YrvzZwbJZmZA1uMw0AzH0jvV3VYxLbFZYxep888wNBGqHs3VZv5Rux8WlsnXhUSdGcNqYMiUxmxgEKSmUe5yMwlLEdH5h7CbUR7jUbZpZPvnXYRwSumz4Q17kFDj3C9f8/s1600-h/519tHPwaIqL._SS500_.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pIFkxqDAne2YrvzZwbJZmZA1uMw0AzH0jvV3VYxLbFZYxep888wNBGqHs3VZv5Rux8WlsnXhUSdGcNqYMiUxmxgEKSmUe5yMwlLEdH5h7CbUR7jUbZpZPvnXYRwSumz4Q17kFDj3C9f8/s400/519tHPwaIqL._SS500_.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415210866405055458" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka</span><br /><br />Pluto is a re-imagining/re-telling/re-whatever of an Astro Boy story, The Greatest Robot in the World. They have translated/released 6 volumes so far this year, with 2 or 3 more coming in 2010. It's about robots that think they are human, or learn to feel like humans feel. It's about emotions and if robots are people or not. Kind of like BSG, but prettier and with a way better story. 100% less spaceships tho. Oh well.<br /><br />––<br /><br />Of the things I have read this year, those are my favorites. Here on my desk I still have a couple I have yet to finish that I think could be added to this list. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beast-Marian-Churchland/dp/1607061473/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260827249&sr=1-1">Beast</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Marquis-Inferno-Guy-Davis/dp/1595823689/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260827275&sr=1-1">The Marquis: Inferno</a>, and <a href="http://www.bodegadistribution.com/">The Mourning Star volume 2</a>. I'll just edit them into the list if needed. If so, this'll be 10 comics... So, get reading.Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-53228384566499496462009-12-01T01:34:00.001-05:002009-12-01T01:34:20.937-05:00Science Preview 2<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wburkert/4148923439/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2536/4148923439_6ce2a1d97c.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wburkert/4148923439/">Science Preview 2</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wburkert/">wburkert</a>.</span></div><p>Some more work, some more panels. 25% of full-size. 1/2 of the panels.<br /><br />3 more photos and I'll need a pro flickr account... xmas present, anyone?</p>Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-25760791438759811512009-12-01T01:29:00.000-05:002009-12-01T01:30:51.734-05:00Dec 1, 1:29 am<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPiqJpR3hyphenhyphen1IGwm33Vi8Szk6g7Ie-MSP7rxstJ29Ga1ByX-5KT6iRmg20X_8U7P83hwZxgK8WtnIF9FTx_c1Mm29l5HbWwKebD9YWHwwi9aNGygMTDAAK4Chxu2yr1ZoRNXgqkGRkP2AZ/s1600/12.1.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPiqJpR3hyphenhyphen1IGwm33Vi8Szk6g7Ie-MSP7rxstJ29Ga1ByX-5KT6iRmg20X_8U7P83hwZxgK8WtnIF9FTx_c1Mm29l5HbWwKebD9YWHwwi9aNGygMTDAAK4Chxu2yr1ZoRNXgqkGRkP2AZ/s400/12.1.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410151375430813602" /></a><br /><br />Finishing up comic stuff for the night.Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-57084375101378260892009-11-30T20:59:00.001-05:002009-11-30T20:59:41.715-05:00Science Preview<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wburkert/4149074544/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2748/4149074544_8ec6ace421.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wburkert/4149074544/">Science Preview</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wburkert/">wburkert</a>.</span></div><p>not 100% finished panel from upcoming 1-page silent science comic.</p>Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-43077511965446217522009-11-24T16:12:00.003-05:002009-11-24T16:16:14.811-05:00currently untitled science comic preview.this is the final linework for a big (10x15) 1-page black and white comic i've been drawing. i had done a sketch awhile back of a person talking but the word balloon was cut off by the bounding box of the comic panel. i thought it would be a funny way to do a silent comic. i have a whole script of dialog for this one, but i left it out so it would be a little more open ended. recently i've been thinking that i don't want it to be too open ended, so I think it'll get a title that is revealing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzBG6g8POgG0mPpbkX2DspHAE_Ga8b_HaTzEGYZdLYD9y7XfBW-3G4LMOPYQrHsV9zDNeaGEOXFEiCvgsBbiMx5kgFxKI_DGVD3hQ8NwyfxwMglzd4g-vWAmaEQYAV7z0mljH6PwG0PKk/s1600/science_preview.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzBG6g8POgG0mPpbkX2DspHAE_Ga8b_HaTzEGYZdLYD9y7XfBW-3G4LMOPYQrHsV9zDNeaGEOXFEiCvgsBbiMx5kgFxKI_DGVD3hQ8NwyfxwMglzd4g-vWAmaEQYAV7z0mljH6PwG0PKk/s400/science_preview.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407781658425405634" /></a><br /><br />this file is huge, but this is just a screenshot. full-sized and finished coming soon.Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-78683901363136985752009-11-20T10:27:00.002-05:002009-11-20T10:29:58.817-05:00Without AboutBeen thinking about minor changes to my site, <a href="http://withoutbones.com/" target="_blank">withoutbones</a>. Last night, I thought up this for the "About" section.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6XXi-z7-1wTKl85TukQYLKUqvFoBnef53-sGk4qUHqhYJdoBqVDgB-La4VSk0S5KRcZ8lfLPUUyHRMyLUrcIPBwrCBGFb9LAox4N2JC-0V1Wh176aGWUJ8qKH3fOQ0asJBl5pew5N8mX/s1600/about.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6XXi-z7-1wTKl85TukQYLKUqvFoBnef53-sGk4qUHqhYJdoBqVDgB-La4VSk0S5KRcZ8lfLPUUyHRMyLUrcIPBwrCBGFb9LAox4N2JC-0V1Wh176aGWUJ8qKH3fOQ0asJBl5pew5N8mX/s400/about.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406208292033083026" /></a><br /><br />Which made me think a lot about family trees.Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-11755613874177479052009-11-10T16:00:00.001-05:002009-11-10T16:00:30.867-05:00Water is not only tasty but also nuts.<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/n5bsQ_YDYCI&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/n5bsQ_YDYCI&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-68980863750550988132009-11-09T17:49:00.002-05:002009-11-09T17:53:18.865-05:00Tao te Ching, chapter 47<blockquote>Without stirring abroad<br />One can know the whole world;<br />Without looking out of the window<br />One can see the way of Heaven.<br /><br />The further one goes<br />The less one knows.<br /><br />Therefore the sage knows without having to stir,<br />Identifies without having to see,<br />Accomplishes without having to act.</blockquote><br /><br />From the D.C. Lau translation<br /><br /><blockquote>Without opening your door,<br />you can open your heart to the world.<br />Without looking out your window,<br />you can see the essence of the Tao.<br /><br />The more you know,<br />the less you understand.<br /><br />The Master arrives without leaving,<br />sees the light without looking,<br />achieves without doing a thing.</blockquote><br /><br />From the S. Mitchell translation.<br /><br />I like the first one better.Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-36717498876695375592009-11-08T18:59:00.001-05:002009-11-08T18:59:33.253-05:00Pad thai<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7LrZJ-zYvkT32mKzf0fpMe9s45piMKrLll794i4m7eL7sxt2uz47IEwCEhW3GCPI4yLWbDqssKW79enyYujFUjrN_8Hak-z4cGdGdMKMegLsXVS3Q-8ronvfXrmO56qinG97U-vL46Ul/s1600-h/2009-11-08+18.49.13-773253.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7LrZJ-zYvkT32mKzf0fpMe9s45piMKrLll794i4m7eL7sxt2uz47IEwCEhW3GCPI4yLWbDqssKW79enyYujFUjrN_8Hak-z4cGdGdMKMegLsXVS3Q-8ronvfXrmO56qinG97U-vL46Ul/s320/2009-11-08+18.49.13-773253.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401886768761128082" /></a></p><p>Pad Thai experiments 001</p> Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-24030312355281198682009-11-08T00:21:00.001-05:002009-11-08T00:21:39.580-05:00Washington heights<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-hjAthTLQ5fiQLpFw26fo-7fIIZnINmDsj-HmxgBqZNhiRbZmesPWe21WWkuKDT3TUrK3Vop5HMTgKB0qsZT1su_yS0mH-vzXrrnDn1p91krs4o2xPsNw0bE4OiCF-ofxbgr7XfISZ7Z/s1600-h/2009-11-06+21.46.37-799581.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-hjAthTLQ5fiQLpFw26fo-7fIIZnINmDsj-HmxgBqZNhiRbZmesPWe21WWkuKDT3TUrK3Vop5HMTgKB0qsZT1su_yS0mH-vzXrrnDn1p91krs4o2xPsNw0bE4OiCF-ofxbgr7XfISZ7Z/s320/2009-11-06+21.46.37-799581.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401598691446646882" /></a></p>Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-69393619385693082322009-11-08T00:07:00.004-05:002009-11-08T00:18:14.932-05:00Roger Roger<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWacOhCo3fs6nBitetzpVU8YITFgOpOWE4VnlsU7KEgKpmgK0VtOiVRFr3U3FFzV8Rkqvb_YkP7DqMaZ81UHtqaAWOkaw8q9oAWi54bAPSQPk3Q52o9PO3e0hVF1tSMhm_T6-S0l0gD20/s1600-h/2009-11-06+16.52.37-761895.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWacOhCo3fs6nBitetzpVU8YITFgOpOWE4VnlsU7KEgKpmgK0VtOiVRFr3U3FFzV8Rkqvb_YkP7DqMaZ81UHtqaAWOkaw8q9oAWi54bAPSQPk3Q52o9PO3e0hVF1tSMhm_T6-S0l0gD20/s320/2009-11-06+16.52.37-761895.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401595092756039458" /></a></p>New phone; test email post...Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-16822492197174372202009-11-05T12:47:00.001-05:002009-11-05T12:49:40.338-05:00Lorna visitsLorna came to town this week. We ate a lot of food and walked all around Brooklyn. One night, we ate hand pulled noodles in soup and a pile of dumplings. Then we walked to Brooklyn Heights, and looked out at the city.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-SbFB2Pst0JoD3IqGtru-zVxMi6Z6RQnqgj5_BT5KQEVIlYBElWAzb0xac-yMygooSo9TKrXH06sBSYfQobCNhRPd6JJdyfipWDilM3MFjy9r4eead9-muOkvhFI-uMq3155_oStvw4I/s1600-h/lornabilly.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-SbFB2Pst0JoD3IqGtru-zVxMi6Z6RQnqgj5_BT5KQEVIlYBElWAzb0xac-yMygooSo9TKrXH06sBSYfQobCNhRPd6JJdyfipWDilM3MFjy9r4eead9-muOkvhFI-uMq3155_oStvw4I/s400/lornabilly.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400678132763366514" /></a>Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-53545124219940558642009-11-05T10:43:00.001-05:002009-11-05T10:43:41.597-05:00Love What You Do: Slide 4<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/frank-sparrow/4075653909/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2685/4075653909_42cf34684b.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/frank-sparrow/4075653909/">Love What You Do: Slide 4</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/frank-sparrow/">frank-chimero</a>.</span></div><p></p>Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-66436530793132837812009-10-30T18:47:00.001-04:002009-10-30T18:48:34.464-04:00mach workup<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxF9QxbUFIJBUcZhZ3NHXm6zI4HMncYckAc6BXQPU4rnHHC8vkcpFGlhPY7peocpNxHz7-zvvuyFkfu8mDPWJdjmSiJRejJSvxoiXSOHF4ab8d6ubSOdIYYpdJW6vxtljd9Ba09-cLX4rx/s1600-h/markworkup.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxF9QxbUFIJBUcZhZ3NHXm6zI4HMncYckAc6BXQPU4rnHHC8vkcpFGlhPY7peocpNxHz7-zvvuyFkfu8mDPWJdjmSiJRejJSvxoiXSOHF4ab8d6ubSOdIYYpdJW6vxtljd9Ba09-cLX4rx/s400/markworkup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398528414484708290" /></a><br /><br />working file, with some discarded marks and symbols and things. skulls are pretty common on these patches, but i couldn't make one that i liked so i stopped thinking about them. oh well.Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-20695479519500069872009-10-30T18:36:00.001-04:002009-10-30T18:36:58.184-04:00mach-ers marks comp<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wburkert/4059544736/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2587/4059544736_42a05af8f5.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wburkert/4059544736/">mach-ers marks comp</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wburkert/">wburkert</a>.</span></div><p>this is an entry for the shirt.woot "flight" competition.<br /><br />i like drawing little badges and insignia and such, so i made a couple for fake flight jackets. the bat one on the left is for a fighter jet squad called "the combats". other names, written on the paper next to me include "high five", "high plane drifter", "red six", and "flipped birds" which would be a blue-angels type group that flew upside down only.<br /><br />vote on it here:<br /><br /><a href="http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=36839">http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=36839</a></p>Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-45290586007923982542009-10-30T17:00:00.001-04:002009-10-30T17:00:30.143-04:00still life w/ cheese<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/barnapkins/3317272312/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3335/3317272312_3965903af7.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/barnapkins/3317272312/">still life w/ cheese</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/barnapkins/">barnapkins</a>.</span></div><p>saw this today, and forgot that i had seen it before. loved it then, love it now.</p>Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-66414404787372939802009-10-30T10:00:00.003-04:002009-10-30T10:03:01.210-04:00If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SMLlp_7yNNc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SMLlp_7yNNc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />No curtains at my place anymore, so woke up at like 8:30. Making up flight jacket patches and listening to David Dondero. The sun shining in my window makes it hard to see the monitor. That's trouble.Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-17885472665263069852009-10-28T15:45:00.003-04:002009-10-28T15:45:57.052-04:00pfs_gnome powered armor<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wburkert/4053815360/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2655/4053815360_ca9fb5a0a0.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wburkert/4053815360/">pfs_gnome powered armor</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wburkert/">wburkert</a>.</span></div><p>in the fantasy worlds that i am pulling from for inspiration, gnomes are very clockwork/technology based. in PFS, i want to have hints of this technology, but not to the point where they have mastered it. I think that it should either be very very new, or so ancient that most of it is lost/broken/forgotten.<br /><br />the pieces of remaining power armor are given to those in positions of defense. with the powered helms, the gnomes are free to communicate to each other. like walkie talkies. the lenses in these helms may also be of an advanced nature, but I haven't decided yet.<br /><br />this guy is a gate keeper type guy.<br /><br />--<br /><br />i couldn't do an inked thing every day of october due to real life, so i stopped. but i like the format, and will keep exploring the PFS world in this way for now.</p>Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-70040994315632704122009-10-28T15:45:00.001-04:002009-10-28T15:45:37.095-04:00pfs_elf mage<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wburkert/4053073741/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2440/4053073741_2fafcf9f74.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wburkert/4053073741/">pfs_elf mage</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wburkert/">wburkert</a>.</span></div><p>this is an elvish mage/wizard/caster of some sort. he is standing in the rubble/wreckage of an elvish building.<br /><br />gnomes live underground, and in the past young elves would stumble upon entryways to the gnomish dwellings. the young adventuring elves would think these were dungeons and would enter them with hopes of treasure. the elves ended up killing many unsuspecting gnomes this way and the gnomes have never gotten over it.<br /><br />gnomish strike teams sack elf homes/towns/caravans/anything to the point where it looks like obsession and fun.</p>Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-72515978380471994862009-10-28T15:13:00.001-04:002009-10-28T15:13:36.400-04:00TumblrThe other day I remembered that I had set up a tumblr awhile back. It was collecting the RSS feeds of my blog, twitter, and flickr. I deleted it last night, then regretted that, and set it back up. As I remember other things I've set up around the internet (like an internet Walter Bishop: Where did I store those files...), I'll make the feeds pull in to it as well. Think of it as a 1-stop what-am-i-doing kind of thing. If you are in to that.<br />
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<a href="http://withoutbones.tumblr.com/">withoutbones tumblr</a><br />
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I also set up a "swipe file" tumblr, where I'll be collecting images from around the internet/my hard drive. These are images where I like the shapes, symbols, compositions...anything. Inspiration stuff. I've got at least 30 gigs of this HD full of unknown things, and I don't even want to think about what's on my back-up HD. I am a pack rat in general, but when it's a digital file and I don't have to see it unless I go looking for it... well, in those cases I horde things faster and more often. <br />
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<a href="http://withoutswipe.tumblr.com/">withoutbones swipe file</a>Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-62436914651483065772009-10-28T15:06:00.000-04:002009-10-28T15:06:20.471-04:00The Marker MysteryI was watching the most recent episode of Californication this morning (S03E05: Slow Happy Boys), in which Hank Moody's pal comes to visit from New Jersey. I just got done catching up on Fringe, and it is the same guy that works at the bowling alley in Fringe. Anyways, that doesn't matter. Near the end of the episode, Hank takes his friend to the airport. While saying his good-byes, something caught my eye. I really wanted them to touch on the subject, but they never did:<br />
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Why does his friend have an unopened 3-pack of sharpies in his bag?<br />
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You can make more money than your grandparents did. You can also drive really fast, and you can change your sex. You can find friends without having to go to church, and you can see movies in your own house. You can get pictures of naked people almost anywhere, and you can curse out loud freely. You can buy dinner in a box and not have to wash anything after you eat it. You can fly to any city you want and meet a sexual partner, or you can talk to them on the phone. You can have bright light twenty-four hours a day without having to clean soot off the walls, and you can listen to any music you want anytime, anywhere. You can find people everywhere who like exactly the same things you do, and you can print your own books. You can buy vegetables from the other side of the earth, and you can build a house in a day. You can be perfectly warm or cool at every moment, and you can stay in school all your life. You can have sex fourteen thousand times and not have a baby. You can write with pens that don't dry out, or leak, or have to be plucked from a bird, and you can hear about people being hacked to death thousands of miles away. You can see pictures through telescopes almost to the end of space and from the beginning of time, and you can keep milk fresher longer than ever before. You can shit in a bowl and then whisk it away, and you can visit caged wild animals in the middle of a city. You can buy things to make you see and hear better, and you can live anywhere you want. You can get your face stretched tight like when it was new, and you can be sick and not die for a really really long time. You can even wash your clothes in a machine so why can't you figure out a way to be happy all the time? <br />
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<i>saw this on the blog of <a href="http://johnnydale.blogspot.com/2009/10/by-chris-ware.html">johnny dale</a>, a fella i used to work with. title is snagged from <a href="http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/gsr/phrphil.htm">oscar wilde</a></i>Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-87032293704695299002009-10-26T18:18:00.000-04:002009-10-26T18:18:58.669-04:00Read today...A quick snippet of interesting things I read today (with links):<br />
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Re-re-re-re-reading <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisibles">The Invisibles</a> right now. This morning I read issues 3-6 of volume 2, collected in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Invisibles-Vol-Bloody-Hell-America/dp/1563894440/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256594687&sr=8-1">Bloody Hell in America</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Invisibles-Vol-Counting-None/dp/1563894890/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b">Counting to None.</a> There's a really interesting thing in here about "White Flame Meditation", which I can't currently find any links about... Anyways, in this particular scene we see Jolly Roger and King Mob (among others) being trained in this form of meditation. Jolly Roger's dialogue is in italics, and is only there to make the rest of the explanation make sense (since this is a conversation happening).<br />
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<blockquote>..."I am an optimist," we say. Or "I am unlucky." Or perhaps "I am an American,""I am a Jew,""I am a homosexual,""I am heterosexual." We call the following the white flame meditation.<br />
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There. Can anyone tell me exactly what this object is?<br />
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<i>It's a chair.</i><br />
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Is that all? Does that describe the entirety of this object?<br />
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<i>It's an object with four legs and a thing to hold up your ass so you don't have to sit down in the dirt like the rest of us dickheads. Chair.</i><br />
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Yes, a partial description. But if you were an antiques dealer you could also describe this object's agreed worth – somewhere in the region of a quarter of a million dollars.<br />
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If you were a specialist, you could describe the intricacies of the craftsmanship in detailed jargon.<br />
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If you were Van Gogh, you might attempt to describe its soul.<br />
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But where in all of this description is the essential chair? Have we yet come even close to a full description of it?<br />
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Ded we even mention that several hundred years ago, it wasn't a chair but a tree? Where is it now? Here? Or in memory.<br />
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We cannot even fully describe a chair and yet we say "I am." "I am...".<br />
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Understand. There is no "I am." Nothing "is."<br />
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Try to describe all that you are. Simultaneously discern the logical flaw in what I've just said. Now! Feel the white flame.<br />
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Currently reading through <a href="http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=7890">this slide show about time</a> and <a href="http://www.cityofsound.com/blog/2006/03/why_lost_is_gen.html">this really interesting post about Lost.</a><br />
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<a href="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/417-as-it-might-have-been-hexagonal-london/">Also, check out this map of a planned layout for London. I'd love to live there.</a>Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718815002303267187.post-53827837526545399582009-10-19T15:13:00.002-04:002009-10-19T15:18:04.962-04:00WalmartToday I was informed that some of the work I did for <a href="http://www.walmart.com">Walmart</a> is live.<br /><br />This one is on the MSNBC site, if you scroll down a little bit, it's on the right.It starts with a close-up of some candy. You can see it here: <a href="http://bit.ly/34AywQ">http://bit.ly/34AywQ</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3z_c6QhcWIfzzA3641pNnQcu6GApWPhehrapkAdCUSXhQOC-65DJjILOan8M3qUEaydqEqJAVekMB81n9kyrF2aLufp59g3snsdnGper-fFH9bRVvuH-5k3U2E57FlPLneHYhuU9pBVY/s1600-h/walmartRepeat.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3z_c6QhcWIfzzA3641pNnQcu6GApWPhehrapkAdCUSXhQOC-65DJjILOan8M3qUEaydqEqJAVekMB81n9kyrF2aLufp59g3snsdnGper-fFH9bRVvuH-5k3U2E57FlPLneHYhuU9pBVY/s400/walmartRepeat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394391584636580178" /></a><br /><br />The other is a landing page on the actual Walmart site, <a href="http://bit.ly/4iZaIG">here</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjqIujqqkaAustdUmbJLYpgM5202outEpyW-84s4eUqXMpgLJSI5FeN6Bn765pa-hWtauY3AaADYtvBeREAfQG3QRb5-Qs-PAT855NFqgqATrqMl-UCROvajoUdll2U4kzjZAn9SBQIr5o/s1600-h/walmartLP.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjqIujqqkaAustdUmbJLYpgM5202outEpyW-84s4eUqXMpgLJSI5FeN6Bn765pa-hWtauY3AaADYtvBeREAfQG3QRb5-Qs-PAT855NFqgqATrqMl-UCROvajoUdll2U4kzjZAn9SBQIr5o/s400/walmartLP.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394391654456150498" /></a><br /><br />On both of these, all the graphics were made by me, with type & animation done by R/GA.Sleemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326124875511363661noreply@blogger.com