gamer pig test blog

Arggg . Not a color guy, but slowly getting the hang of it. Right now, h'm puzzling over metallic effects and lighting. I'm doing an ambitious colored work which has 3 different colored light sources that affect the ambiance of the picture. Its hard but I gotta get through this. So while i'm stumped i'll have to take my mind off that work and come back to it with some new perspective (and doing something less ambitious). I'm just one work away for a do-able porfolio for Redbrick (the guys who now own fading suns). I can do some portraits well, but I need to reach a skill level where I have a much stronger grasp of color and build a better system of drawing with less lines and less reliant of these lines. Speed is important, the faster the work gets done the more time to rest and the sooner i can get on to the next project. Neverwinter Nights 2 . Kinda sucks for me. I'm so used to point buy systems instead of level ones. And I dont have a taste for level set u...

games again . Exposure to my wife's work has given me a good sense of business. I asked the boards if the booklet would be legal and if it doesnt break any rules, I was worried if mentioned using my booklet i might hurt the feelings of SJG. I've been looking at it critically and SJG has a great product but a poor development. I really think they should make it more user/player friendly and adopt a format that would be easier for newbies to pick up. As I understand, gaming has cycles and people leave and join the hobby all the time. The hobby is fairly new but has reached 30+ years and is beginning to phase out a large number of its population. RPG is only being kept afloat because of the basic demographic, but doesn't do much to draw in more. Because, it can't gaming takes more time than computer games, less accessible, has more prep time, and requires the players to coordinate with different schedules. It has to get new blood... and a lot of it. Although, its too late...

work . practically done inking (since some of the parts shouldn't have an outline). I'm already coloring, but It was time to pick up the wife so thats done. I hope to finish all the coloring tomorrow and if possible squeeze in some background. I noticed i put to much details on the character. I should tone it down and have a more practical look, so that i wont have to be bogged down by inking the details. play . To keep some sense of sanity, I've begun writing game stuff. I working on a GURPS high medieval booklet. Improving on the my previous character creation booklets into a full fledged book with illustrations and improving much on GURPS user friendliness / player friendliness.

Tirad Pass . now thats a filipino epic that should have garnered more attention from our artists and writers. I think there was a movie about it, but I can faintly remember. Thinking about it, I think a GURPS game of this would be SWEET! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tirad_Pass 100pts 5-6 PCs, sergeants or specialists. According to the wiki entry, he had the pick of the litter. Imagine 6 daring PCs who stood behind the Boy general as he made that desperate stand against 500 better armed and trained americans. The drama of it going through my head is just exhilarating, what would you play? :D Mabuhay ang MAHADLIKA!!!

Whoa! : Gabe's feb 21st post in http://www.penny-arcade.com/ Work . inking a drawing on the computer. Hard work especially when your tablet pen's buttons just stopped working >:(

mom . she just called to criticize my life. I'm married living away from her and she still manages to get me upset. She can only guess why i don't call. Anyway, i have a lot to catch up on. Its my full time job to get better FAST. There are those artists who were able to fix up their life earlier or have support instead of pessimism. I'm delayed. Turning 28 I have to be kick ass by the end of the year and build up a illustration portfolio, not to mention get mahadlika off the ground. I would have been so much better off with some support for my decisions and dreams... but life is so far from the ideal. I'm doing this mostly by myself. Learning it all from the web and maxing out what i can glean from my observational skills. Its tough when the better artists in the world come from BETTER worlds. Mom has a habit of wearing away your resolve to what she THINKS is best. It sucks and worse is that its crippling to your confidence. I don't need that crap. I was in the mid...

Finally . Done with this study of Tadeo. There are many mistakes, but I had to post something for the longest time. Anyway, this is an initial study. There was many edits...A TON actually. Tadeo with two pistol grip scimitars. Each one about a meter long blade. The left hand sword is deceptively twice the weight of his right hand sword. This is to keep his arm strength as symetrical as possible and to give him a level of versatility in tactics. His right arm is certainly faster and has better precision but his left arm is much stronger when making simple strikes. it reminds me of my mom's quirk of actually wearing one contact and being able to see exceptionally far (bec. of her old age) and see normally with her contacts on the other eye. I'd didn't know the brain can adapt to that (she's been doing it for 15 years). There are alot of details about how he fights and his strengths and weaknesses but I won't get into that here. Its better to expound it in the comic. I...

Work progress . I have a lot of things to do. a small gist. 1. One colored and complete illustration a week. 2. Work on GURPS article 3. Character designs for mahadlika. Cast for 24page 1st comic (4 +5 extras, +5 location studies) 4. Draw a lot anyway. I worked on the tadeo color a 2nd time. I'm getting the hang of it. I suck in color and don't have much a clue of how to learn more or where to find tutorials for kick ass coloring (good coloring just doesn't cut it). For my own recharge, Nico left his studio ghibli collection for me to watch and there is GH to walk around on and think.