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12.09.05 - By Evans Ashira: I want to use this opportunity to thank my promoter, Don King and all the boxing fans who came out for my fight with WBO Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe in Wales. I made it back home safely. I think the fans got their worth of their money but I want you all to know that what I read in the media about Calzaghe hurting his hand is not true. He's trying to make excuses, so I want the public to know the truth..
I want you all to go back to that fight tape, watch it and be the judge. Who was really hurt? I was, I injured my right shoulder in the fourth round when I tried to hit him with an uppercut but I ended up hitting his elbow so I pulled my right shoulder. I fought with one hand, my left, throughout the rest of the fight.
Now, Joe Calzaghe and his people are claiming he hurt his hands, that's BS. I don't think so, this maybe is a way to avoid Jeff Lacy. If he thinks he beat me with one hand, lets do it again. This time somebody will get knocked out. Calzaghe never hurt me once in the fight, I was just moving fine but I couldn't use my right and he's a southpaw. He was disappointed by his performance, he told the world he would knock me out but he was hitting me behind my head and just trying to survive. I was the one fighting with one hand go check out the tape, I did my best with one hand and I'll be back soon. Thank you all for your support!
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I can assure you this is not the only sailing forum with these issues. These spammers are getting very clever and are relentless. I ban a lot of them, as do the guys here, but they just come back. We've taken to blocking specific lots of IP addresses but then you run the risk of a real user not having access...
Some forums have gone to asking new users to answer a few "interest related" trivia questions that ANY sailor would know but some spammer in a net cafe in India has no clue about.
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Here is a tip that completely changed my blogging game recently. A friend sent me an email, stating that the quality of the posts on our Buffer blog was declining—and yes, she was right!
Since then, the whole team sat down and rethought our blogging strategy from scratch. What we came up with is something very simple, yet extremely powerful: Treat each of your articles as a product.
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What's your ideal customer's biggest problem? Your blog is not about your business, it's about your customers.
If you want to attract and engage your prospects and lead them down the sales funnel, you need to focus on them and their problems.
The more you create content that helps your prospects succeed, the more engaged they'll become with your blog.
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Our favorite piece was the CSYS LED desklamp from Jake Dyson but there were many other amazing products.
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COVINGTON, La. Dozens of volunteers gave up their Christmas morning on the Northshore to make sure less fortunate families actually had a holiday to celebrate.
The 'Feeding the Needy' program has been cooking, packaging and delivering Christmas meals to families without them for 10 years.
Co-chair Craig Babylon said, 'They're so thankful that someone just came by and said hello and Merry Christmas, let alone brought a meal, a meal that will last maybe a week.'
While the Covington Rotary Club and the Covington Food Bank are the big backers behind putting the boxes complete with turkey, pie and trimmings together, it's the dozens of volunteers who are the face of the program in the needy communities.
'We've had some just wonderful experiences, showing up at some houses where you know that's probably the only meal they're going to get today,' said Doug Ferrer, whose family has volunteered for eight years.
High School senior Elise Ferrer added, 'You really just saw poverty at its hardest.We saw families that were living in blue tarps and it just really hit home and it taught us the value of services leadership and really giving your heart to the community.'
Each one of the boxes has enough food to feed five people. The boxes are going across the Northshore, as far as Hammond and all the way to Bogalusa.There are 1,500 boxes expected to serve 6,000 people and they're all going out on Christmas Day.
Every one received is whole-heartedly appreciated, whether at a home or on the street.
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Donald 'Cha Cha' Williams said, 'Eleven years. Been locked down 11 years. This is my first Christmas. I thank the Lord.'
Regardless of giving or receiving, for everyone, it's a Merry Christmas.
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Although there is still plenty of speed and athleticism in Louisiana, the overall talent level is down a bit this year, particularly in terms of upper-echelon prospects. It may be unjust to compare this class with the one the Bayou State produced last year (seven ESPNU 150 prospects), but the class of 2010 still lacks the depth of four-star prospects we are accustomed to. Next year's class, which includes potential five-star athletes OT La'El Collins (Baton Rouge, La./Redemptorist), RB Jeremy Hill (Baton Rouge, La./Redemptorist), WR Jarvis Landry (Lutcher, La./Lutcher) and DT Anthony Johnson (New Orleans/O. Perry Walker), is already shaping up to be better. However, this class boasts some strengths -- most notably at the skills positions. Trovon Reed (Thibodaux, La./Thibodaux) is a game-breaking receiver and is ranked No. 9 nationally at the position. But the defensive side of the ball, headed by the safety position, highlights the state this year. Eric Reid (Geismar, La./Dutchtown) and Tharold Simon (Eunice, La./Eunice) form one of the country's better state safety tandems. The high-point defenders are both top-10 positional prospects who are tall, rangy and athletic as well as physical and well-balanced versus the run and pass. Both are headed to LSU, which has completely shut out surrounding states from a recruiting standpoint. The Tigers have commitments from seven of the state's top 10 prospects. For a look at Louisiana's top player, a name to remember who might not be the highest-rated prospect and the programs doing the best job of recruiting this year, become an ESPN Insider.
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• Alabama: Loaded with defenders
• Arkansas: Dyer the big prize
• Arizona/New Mexico: Carrington shines
• California offense: James, Bray lead the way
• California defense: Look out for Powell, Uko
• Colorado: Top talent heading out of state
• Florida offense: Dunkley leads deep WR group
• Florida defense: Plenty of premier prospects
• Georgia: Plenty of prospects to choose from
• Hawaii/Alaska: Fehoko is the island king
• Iowa: Derby gaining national attention
• Illinois: Prater leads Prairie State prospects
• Indiana: OSU-bound back Smith leads the way
• Kansas: QB Bell is among the elite
• Kentucky: Football takes a backseat to hoops
• Louisiana: Top talent staying close to home
• Maryland/D.C.: WR Coxson leading the way
• Michigan: Gholston, Baker lead the way
• Minnesota: Highlighted by No. 1 OT Henderson
• Mississippi: Don't miss out on Dickson or Eulls
• Missouri: Demien, Lucas leading the way
• New England: Top talent leaving the area
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• North Carolina: Wolfpack taking charge
• Nevada: USC hits jackpot by landing Grimble
• N.Y./N.J.: Penn State cherry-picking Big Apple
• South Carolina: America's emerging hotbed
• Pacific Northwest: Trend of edge rushers
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• Tennessee: WR Malone continues tradition
• Texas offense: WR White among top threats
• Texas defense: No. 1 Jeffcoat leads the way
• Pennsylvania: Royer, JoePa leading the way
• Ohio: Buckeyes dominance continues
• Oklahoma: Don't sleep on the Sooner State
• Nebraska: Rodriguez is lone ESPNU 150 player
• Utah: Quickly becoming a must-stop
• Virginia/West Virginia: Rich on skill talent
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Just because lag compensation is apparently "in every online shooter" doesn't mean it can't be better or worse than a different game. And that's what we are complaining about - the lag compensation in Black Ops II is a lot worse than lag compensation in say, Counter-Strike.
Wow do I feel noob. Thought you could only use your prestige gift on a weapon lol. As far as the lag its obvious and we all know it by now. Solution...go play hardcore till they fix it.
I've never had an issue with people popping out around a corner already shooting before I even see them in any other series besides CoD, and never as badly as it has been with BO2 so far. The game is damn near unplayable and I'm pretty sure I'm going to shelf it until Treyarch get their s*** together.


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Finally I got such oppurtunity to visit at Nazca, Peru.
This journey weren't easy for an Asian like me cause it located at the other side of the world and it cost a lot of money to get there.
The Nasca Lines are one of humanity's mysteries. They are the most outstanding group of geoglyphs in the world.
Etched in the surface of the desert pampa sand about 300 hundred figures made of straight lines, geometric shapes and pictures of animals and birds - and their patterns are only clearly visible from the air. They were built by a people called the Nasca- but why and how they created these wonders of the world has defied explanation.
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Thread: Risaki-chan's Digital WIPs
March 17th, 2012 #1
Risaki-chan's Digital WIPs
ok here i present some of my WiPs I will be grateful for some critics and advice
1) Bleeding Roses - fanart for "The Mentalist" i used only this two photos in the early stages of painting
2) Red tea - as a Bleeding Roses - mentalist fanart
3)Wuthering Heights - no reference - fanart to Charlotte Bronte book also inspired by Kate Bush "wuthering heights" song
4) falconer, really early WIP no reference, slightly based on face of Chris Hemsworth (the actor who has been playing Thor )
If ypu notice that something is wrong/ could be better, have some tips or critic or just want to say what you think about it Do not hesitate !
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Last edited by Risaki-chan; June 16th, 2012 at 05:48 PM.
Hide this ad by registering as a memberMarch 17th, 2012 #2
Brrr, man those faces creep me out. They're all dead and empty. You try to copy the expressions and faces of the people in the photos, but there's no life or real form to the characters you paint and you smoothen out some of the planes and creases of the face which makes everything look even creepier and plastic-y.
Not to mention you only use refs for the faces, but everything else from the whole bodies to the hands are suffering from great anatomy mistakes.
EDIT: Also it's nice that you have patience to put lots of details, but you're overkilling your pics with unnecessary detail that distracts the eye and yet fails to convey the form, the guy's hair in the first image is a good example of this.
How much do you actually paint from real life objects?
Last edited by TinyBird; March 17th, 2012 at 10:22 AM."I eat comics and poop stylization"
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March 17th, 2012 #3
thanks! It was a lil' rought but true
I have a problem with expressions and i know it. When i was younger i was attending art classes and drawing from nature but now i don't really have time for that and my surroundings aren't full of models unfortunately. So with little possibilities I'm trying to make it work ^^; But thanks for mentioning that i will try to work it out
March 17th, 2012 #4
I think it's good that you're using reference. But as long as you're not taking the photos yourself I think you should be careful with using exact likenesses because of the legal side of things. It will also be more helpful for you to first sketch out how you want the image to look, pushing it as far as you're able to, and then find yourself a reference to correct with. It will give more life and creativity to your paintings.
"I've got ham, but I'm not a hamster"
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March 17th, 2012 #5
thanks and I'm doing it (first drawing from imagination than correcting it with eventual refs) i haven't posted my first pic cause Janes face was terrible but here it is : this is how it looks before i used any
my my his face was soooo badd....
I took all advice to my heart and I'm now trying to make something more vibrant will post some wip soon
and here it is
i used camels photo as ref
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I should just add it to my signature.
Get the book called Drawing the Head and Hands. Read it cover to cover and draw everything in there at least once. Then come back to this picture.
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March 18th, 2012 #7
Well. Maybe you do. But you still end up with a near portrait like version of your reference. Even the hair styles are the same. The above is good advice. Study the head and how to construct it, then use the refs to correct in stead of just copying. Using several references for the face is a good way to get a unique look.
Another thing you need to look at is color theory. Avoid black unless you're very confident in how to use it. It will flatten the image and make your colors muddy. Don't just make shadows a darker color of your base color. You will loose saturation in both light and shadow, and the color of the shadows will be affected by the ambient light that reaches them. So under a blue sky all planes in shadow facing upwards will trend towards blue, etc.
"I've got ham, but I'm not a hamster"
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March 18th, 2012 #8
tobbA thanks!
I know what you mean i tried to be very close to reference because of the fact that i want the people (on painting) to look like this actors. But i know you're right.
About expressions here is some my older (finished) art i guess this one gives off some emotions and not skin-colour shades.
A Wila (or Rusalka,slavic mitology)
references :
but.. i will change Janes expression, now I'm studing Loomis book ( many thanks for Calireayn for link) I tried to sketch other expressions on Lisbon but i kind of like how she looks like now it was part of the plan to make her somehow emotionless. However i will think about her expression too. Maybe after reeding Loomis i will get some ideas
March 18th, 2012 #9
Can we lose the DA watermark, its really hard to comment with that covering up everything.
March 18th, 2012 #10
yep, of course, sorry about that
i made some loomis sketches
and come up with some sketch how i can change "Bleeding Roses"
March 18th, 2012 #11
The usual thing: stop copying photos, learn to understand what you are seeing. An artist doesn't copy the picture, he understands and interprets the form.
So study the basics. Structure, perspective, lighting, anatomy. Work in pencil, don't touch digital yet.
March 18th, 2012 #12
ok i understand ..... but guys for god's sake look at my other pictures too, only first two ( mentalist fanarts) are strongly referenced ("copied") from photos.. so maybe can you tell me some more about other my works?
March 18th, 2012 #13
Just keep drawing and practicing. I know its not specific to the drawings you are posting, but that is really what will help you improve right now.
March 19th, 2012 #14
No one can even do a good copy of a photo if he doesn't do it with a solid base in structure and lighting. So what you referenced does not matter if you simply aren't sufficiently aware of the structure.
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April 13th, 2012 #15
long time no see/gear/write I'm very sorry i have a lot things on my head now,
I didn't have time to correct the bleeding roses but i present some new sketches
i tried to be more accurate with lighting ect and with emotions.
to draw "Onsen" and "Rusalka" i helped myself with Posemaniacs
Rusalka- Posemaniacs
Madame - no references
Onsen -Posemaniacs - semi-realistic-comic girl my OC
my hand moved while scanning and the top line is curvy
Come closer - no references
no references just looking at actors (watching episode) while drawing
April 13th, 2012 #16My SketchBook http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=139784
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=192127"Everything must serve the idea. The means used to convey the idea should be the simplest and clear. Just what is required. No extra images. To me this is a universal principle of art. Saying as much as possible with a minimum of means."-John Huston, Director
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April 13th, 2012 #17
i'm always trying to tilt my pad that i draw on a little but i don't have a desk that you can icline, unfortunatelly..
I will look at this matter more now, and maybe i will come with some solution.
OmenSpirits thanks
April 13th, 2012 #18
more studies. i agree with TB's first post. your a render-holic. I know because i was too. you just want to get the drawing and all that out of the way so you can get to the detail. my advice is to keep zoomed out so you cant see the details. Also start a drawing for fun.. gesture and big shapes... then when you are going to start the detail pass... delete it. it sounds like a cruel waste of time and effort. but it was the best advice i ever had. now i care less about fine details and getting really caught up in areas of my work and not having the guts to rework it.
I think you should stick to black and white... your colour work lacks depth and understanding of form and colour is just going to make it harder to learn how it works, so i would stick to greyscale.
"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" - Michael Jackson
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April 15th, 2012 #19
Off-topic, but...
My bf worked on the set of The Mentalist for quite a while. He had some pretty frustrating stories about how unpleasant certain cast members were. Funny stuff (though it wasn't funny to him, at the time). I've never even seen the show, personally. I didn't know it had fan girls.
Anyway, I like your pencil stuff more than your digital stuff. I agree that you need to get the anatomy right before wasting so much time rendering. It's much easier to fix a wonky arm or deformed face when it's just a sketchy line than when it's fully rendered.
'Cuz life is full of your regrets, and I should be one...
June 16th, 2012 #20
well reality is not a show, i know that, but i love show very much
Thanks, I will definitely work on making a anatomy better, is just that when i have a pic i can't help myself and i start making details! But i will try to change that
It's been a loong time since i drawn something with my tablet but recently i re-decovered my love for Diablo 2 and I've been playing a lot. I have a palladin Zealot on 5o lvl nightmare but i decided to start new with Necromant Summoner. I started only couple days ago but i'm now lvl 20 just before killing Duriel and I've been enyoing it very much, I must say Necromant Summoner is much more easy than palladin.
So this is my Necromant Dante
Work in progress
till now 1 h of work
I'm not good with drawing man but i'm trying my best
next progress
next progress was mainly on face so i'm just posting face , i made it more evil xD
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His head and neck are totally misaligned from his torso. Ever try looking at your drawings in a mirror? Or flipping them horizontally? Tells you a lot.
You should have listened to Chris! Patience! You've started in fiddling with the details of the face and outfit before you've even laid out the basic value structure of the entire figure. Pick up a bigger brush and work on the image all over, general to specific. You need to establish a single, definite light source. Cast shadows and everything. Do that first. Don't waste your time with a process you know is counter productive, and then take it to critique to get advice you already know.
One thing you should consider: Preliminary drawings. They're helpful for just about anyone, but you in particular could use it as an opportunity to get that narrow focus out of your system. Fill a few pages with drawings of armor, weapons, facial scars, etc. Work out the details to your heart's content. But work structurally when you get the final illustration.
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June 17th, 2012 #22
Still all the same problems as before. Are you even listening?
June 17th, 2012 #23
I am belive me that I am but it's something that I practised since long ago and It really is not easy to get it out from me...
I'm doing some sketches now, trying to get your advices into live but i find it really hard not to go straight to details
from 7 to 9 with help from posemaniacs
June 17th, 2012 #24
It's good that you're going back to basics... but I see no harm in working on your paints along the way. Just remember, they're going to seem 'off' as long as you're fudging your structural understanding.
Good luck though - I see some good potential in your line work.
June 17th, 2012 #25
thanks some wips on "Brothers"
June 17th, 2012 #26
I'm sure a couple of people already mentioned this but I'm going to annoy you with it again in the hope it registers properly.
You really should be working on studying anatomy and the human figure because all the stuff you're posting in here shows a severe lack of knowledge about how the human body looks and behaves in three dimensions.
Study, study, study! And good luck!
June 17th, 2012 #27
I don't know if you're going for actor likeness in the image, but Thor's forehead/face angle looks off, giving him a pretty boyish look, compared to the actual character or the actor:
And with Loki, quick comparison between the image and the photo show that you've made his jaw and nose much larger, but to me a bigger problem is the angle of the eyes and lips, because you otherwise seem to follow the photo pretty straightly but then change those (though the angle of the lips is very faint and subtle, but its lacking in your image flattens it quite a bit)
It just feels that you didn't construct your faces properly and thus miss the angles and planes of the faces.
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June 19th, 2012 #28
thanks TinyBird i actually noticed some of the mistakes you mentioned before and done some liquifying but your comment helped me a lot
Chow entry i'm trying to do theme is "Keymaster"
pose from posemianiacs
June 19th, 2012 #29
some other overwiew on Keymaster
pose on the left was from posemaniacs the back view was me imagining how it should look like
and next progress
Last edited by Risaki-chan; June 19th, 2012 at 09:28 AM.
June 19th, 2012 #30
i think i will change the "final" pose from sitting to standing
what do you think?


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In computer programming, a software framework is an abstraction in which common code providing generic functionality can be selectively overridden or specialized by user code, thus providing specific functionality. Frameworks are a special case of software libraries in that they are reusable abstractions of code wrapped in a well-defined Application programming interface (API), yet they contain some key distinguishing features that separate them from normal libraries. There are different types of software frameworks: conceptual, application, domain, platform, component, service, development, etc.... The designers of software frameworks aim to facilitate software development by allowing designers and programmers to devote their time to meeting software requirements rather than dealing with the more standard low-level details of providing a working system, thereby reducing overall development time. For example, a team using a web application framework to develop a banking web-site can focus on the operations of account withdrawals rather than the mechanics of request handling and state management. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Framework)
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Motivations for the Development of a Web Resource Synchronisation Framework
Stuart Lewis, Richard Jones and Simeon Warner explain some of the motivations behind the development of the ResourceSync Framework.