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A boat whose style hearkens back to the time of the Vikings, more than 1,000 years ago, is finding new life on Keuka Lake. Through a community craftsmanship program offered in the spring of 2014, Keuka College students and local residents had a hand – literally – in bringing the boat to life.
The 22-foot-long beauty now on display in Lightner Gallery in Lightner Library at Keuka College, boats a gleaming royal blue hull, with crisp white and wood interiors. Members of the public are invited to join those from the campus community at a celebration reception, to be held from 4:30 – 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11. Light refreshments will be served. A showcase of images, ship-building terms, and historic attributes will guide guests through a visual timeline of the build. This special exhibit will continue through April 10.
Built by hand over six months on the campus of Keuka College, the St. Ayles skiff is a modern re-crafting of a boat first designed by the Vikings, circa 800 A.D., then imported from Norway to the Shetland Islands during the 1800s. The Shetland Islands lie halfway between Norway and Scotland, and these skiffs originally served as fishing boats along treacherous tidal areas in the North Sea. According to folklore, three men at the oars of the skiff were sure to reach their destination no matter the weather.
Now, thanks to a resurgence of community rowing and crafting programs worldwide since 2009, its popularity reaches far beyond its origin, and builds for some 200 of these historic boats are in the works. Hull 93, a reference to the 93rd such build, was commissioned by the Finger Lakes Museum & Aquarium, with support from Keuka College. Grant funding provided through NYS Council on the Arts and the Yates Community Endowment Fund made it possible for three College students to join community members during the build.
Each Saturday, participants gathered in the College garage near the facilities plant to work on the watercraft, under the direction of Keuka Park resident Craig Hohm, a retired ER physician, who guided the labor of taking the skiff from wood kit to watercraft. When nearly complete, final touches were added, including a Viking-like lettering of the boat's name along the top plank of the boat, known as the sheerstrake. Named for the animal who returned to the Finger Lakes region after a 100-year absence, the Otter had its maiden launch on Keuka Lake in August.
Panashe Matambanadzo, a native of Zimbabwe and a junior environmental science major spent four weekends last semester helping to glue segments together to create the base of the boat and crafting the old-fashioned oars.
"It was a great learning process," she said with a smile. "Where I come from, only [boat] guides would do such work."
Sophomore Eric Yax, a native of Guatemala, also participated in the craftsmanship program and said he felt welcomed as Hohm shared his boat-building expertise. While Yax recently switched his major from environmental science to political science, he enjoys projects involving nature and the outdoors.
The build was "very interesting," Yax said, expressing gratitude for a new experience through hands-on learning. "There is nothing better than learning by doing."
For his part, Hohm is thrilled more members of the community can see and experience the results of the unique collaborative building project through the exhibit.
"It's hard to improve on a near-perfect design that's almost 1,000 years old," Hohm said.
During the public reception, any students who are interested in opportunities for a possible rowing program utilizing the Otter will be able to sign up to receive more information as the collaboration between the College and Museum continues.
After studying like mad for a doctoral test at Eastman School of Music, jazz trumpeter Dave Chisholm decided he needed a new outlet for his creative energy. So he spent February through December of 2013 writing and illustrating a 204-page graphic novel. Then he set its seven chapters to music – composing a full-length soundtrack of seven songs to pair with it.
Now, 26 panels from this book, "Instrumental," will be displayed in a gallery exhibit for his one-man show, "Music Meets Comics," which runs October 27 – December 5 at Lightner Gallery in Lightner Library. An artist reception where light refreshments will be served will be held Thursday, Oct. 30 from 4:30-6 p.m. Earlier that week, Chisholm will also host a comics workshop at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28 on the second floor of Allen Hall. The exhibit and workshop will serve as a teaser for a coming spring semester course Chisholm will teach as a visiting professor at Keuka College.
"Anytime you do a class like this, people may think 'How would I draw Batman?' but really we're telling stories in pictures and words. In reality, comics are just a medium for telling any story," Chisholm said.
For many, superheroes serve as the initial gateway into comics, Chisholm said, describing his early interest as a child in the pulp iconography of familiar favorites of the genre. But it didn't take long for him to move from interest in the superheroes to those drawing the superheroes, to think about their process and how they might think about translating a narrative idea to a 22-page series of drawings with words.
With three degrees in music, including a doctorate in jazz trumpet, Chisholm says his day job is "all things music, with comics thrown in." In addition to trumpet, he also plays guitar, piano, bass and drums and sings, too. He teaches music lessons and is also an adjunct music instructor at Keuka College. He toured the Western U.S. with a rock band in the years between his bachelor's and master's degrees, and some of his adventures became part of his first graphic novel, "Let's Go to Utah" which he described as "inspired by the craziness of touring … where it's all spread out and you drive through the desert for hours and hours and kind of lose your mind a bit."
Come spring, Chisholm will be running a full-semester, three-credit course through the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts on comics. Students will explore hands-on the detailed work of traditional ink-on-paper comic book creation. According to Chisholm, the course will cover the finer points of comic book panel composition, page composition, working with scripts, lettering, and character/environment design. The overarching goal of the entire course is training students in clear, communicative, sequential storytelling, he said.
"I'm interested in the mechanics of comics, meaning, how do you pace a story over eight pages? How do you put it together?" Chisholm said, describing a potential panel sequence where a man finds a key lying on the ground, uses it to open a nearby door, and a lion jumps out at him.
"Is the key important? Is the man important? Will we show reactions on his face, or are we using words to show what he's thinking? It becomes this incredibly rigorous intellectual exercise to communicate any idea or narrative in comics form. It has almost infinite possibilities and that's inspiring to me," he said.
Another example he cites is the work "A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge" by Josh Neufeld which documents life and times in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
"He did research, went down several times and kept in touch with people and he happened to tell this story in the medium of comics as opposed to a novel or documentary," Chisholm explained.
If students were to follow elements of Chisholm's approach of integrating music into comics, they might start with an exercise of illustrating lyrics, he said, citing Queen's iconic "Bohemian Rhapsody" as example.
"So if the lyrics state: 'Mama, just killed a man/Put a gun against his head/Pulled my trigger, now he's dead,' how do we show this? Is he on the phone with his mom, calling from prison, telling her this stuff? Is it told in flashback?" Chisholm asked.
By the time the course concludes next May, students will each have written and/or drawn 24 character sketches, 24 environment sketches, a 1-panel strip, a 1-page comic, and a 2-3-page comic "book" for the final project, he said. All final project comic books will share a similar theme and will be printed in a collective anthology by the end of the semester.
For more information on registering for the course, students can contact the registrar's office or visit http://registrar.keuka.edu
Faith Benedict was looking for a way to inspire the growing number of students in her ceramics class at Keuka College, and the result is a new exhibit: "Clay Connection," featuring the work of eight regional potters and sculptors from Rochester to Syracuse.
Although most of the artists don't personally know one another, they have in common a passion for creating art from the same original element: clay. And though each piece began in the same form—as a wet, misshapen lump—the variety of shapes, sizes, colors and uses of the pieces that result reflects the distinct styles and skills of each artist and further contrast just how dynamic clay itself can be.
The array of pieces now adorning new gallery space in Lightner Library even features a handful of collaborative works where two artists teamed together to display the contrast possible between large-scale pottery and small-scale sculpture. While Richard Aerni of Rochester fashioned the foundational jars or pedastals of each piece, Carolyn Dilcher-Stutz, also of Rochester, designed the intricate, hand-sized animals – birds, a deer – atop each one.
Nearby, other animals, particularly fish, serve as whimsical, cheery handles on several teapots crafted by John Smolenski of Skaneateles. The former Keuka College professor attended the School of American Craftsman at Rochester Institute of Technology, then served as artistic mentor to Benedict and other students during her undergraduate years before he went on to teach high school art in Skaneateles.
The "Clay Connection" exhibit also features the work of husband-and-wife artists Ann Bliss and Steve Pilcher of Butternut Pottery in Jamesville, N.Y., along with Peter Valenti, and David Webster, both of Skaneateles, and Peter Gerbic of Middlesex. Light refreshments will be served at the artists' reception held from 4:30 – 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4 at the gallery inside Lightner Library, with a brief artists talk from Smolenski on the craft, starting at 5 p.m. The reception is open to the public and the gallery is open daily during library hours.
According to Benedict, her personal connections with potters such as Smolenski led to new connections with additional potters and sculptors until she had gathered eight masters of the craft. The show includes artists using traditional methods of firing high-temperature stoneware, as well as some who use a single-firing technique.
Peter Gerbic of South Hill Pottery in Middlesex has been working with clay since 1964 when he first started at the American School of Craftsmen at RIT, where he trained under the tutelage of renowned sculptor Frans Wildenhain. While initially trained in functional pottery, Gerbic said, like his "master" Wildenhain, he eventually moved into sculpture, even murals, which retain the same, brick-colored hue as the earthenware in which he specializes. Even its name, terra cotta, correlates to its nature as "baked earth."
"At the moment, I'm doing straight sculpture, which means lots of curves, at least the way I do it," Gerbic said with a chuckle. "My emphasis is more on the sculptural elements – the bark on trees, the way sand or snow moves from the wind, human body forms, fruit forms, the way a stream is etched by the water, rocks that have been sandblasted, or water itself. I'm trying to create my own interpretation with the bedrock of Great Nature behind me."
Gerbic's works also include some ceremonial pieces, which he described as "my interpretation of Native forms and designs and representations that speak to larger dimension of our life."
According to Benedict, seeing what other artists are doing, with the same material she works with, will inspire her, not only as a fellow craftsman, but as a teacher.
"It's important for the students to understand that every one says something different with their work – what is your voice? We're all on different paths and experience different things," said Benedict, drawing a contrast between her own functional pottery –plates, bowls, mugs and such – and the bronze or clay sculptures for which her husband, Professor Emeritus of Art Dexter Benedict, is known.
"No two of us are the same," she said. "When we're talking about the connection at Keuka College, I think that's what is exciting about an organization, where you have all this diversity, this common bond of wanting to learn. It's our glue"
Start with a science lab. Add one chemistry professor with self-described "wacky interests." Introduce a visual and verbal art major with a passion for photography and painting. Mix together a variety of chemistry experiments and have the student capture them on camera or canvas. What do you get?
The Art of Chemistry, an exploration into the beauty and form caused by a variety of chemical reactions.
Student photographer Kat Andonucci completed a year-long independent study under the guidance of Dr. Andrew Robak, associate professor of chemistry. With Robak casting the vision and directing her in each experiment, Andonucci crafted the compositions, often using a tripod, a remote shutter and a long exposure to create the images.
"We wanted to treat it as a course, the chemistry of things that are neat to look at, to have a clue what they were," Robak said, pointing out how many science textbooks use photography to illustrate experiments. The two received a $500 grant from Keuka College's Division of Academic Affairs to help cover costs of printing and framing the images.
When Robak went in search of a student who could help illustrate experiments that would show "the fun side of chemistry," he contacted Melissa Newcomb, assistant professor of art. Newcomb referred him to Andonucci, sparking the creative collaboration.
"I've always been interested in chemistry as art or science as art. You can see from the pictures that a lot of stuff I work with is really cool," said Robak, who holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry. He rattled off a variety of compounds, from mercury, with its shiny metallic texture that is "really fun to play with," to flourescein, which turns neon-green when in contact with water, to glycerol, which refracts light in a way that seems to make objects submersed in it disappear.
Andonucci had to be sure to take several shots of each experiment, capturing images on camera as experiments were conducted several times in a row. She brought fellow visual and verbal art major Erik Holmes '13 into the process, putting him to work as a hand model in some of the images.
Robak managed to convince Holmes to paint a graffiti mural on a concrete wall. The mural illustrated the chemical structure of concrete itself, and gave Robak an idea for a second creative collaboration with Andonucci. The two teamed up again on a project to create the letter code of select elements of the Periodic Table with paint created from each of the scientific elements themselves. Another Academic Excellence Initiatives grant funded this second project.
According to Robak, all of the pigments Andonucci used to paint the periodic table symbols contain the elements.
Using stand-alone 12×12 canvas squares painted with each element, Andonucci arranged them to hang so that some of the squares appear to be raised and some depressed, creating a more dynamic artwork. As such, the oversize work, she described as "an abstract kind of 3-D Periodic Table" could serve as a permanent reference source in a classroom or lab. In fact, the piece served as the backdrop for a National Pi Day event. Meanwhile, several of Andonucci's images are now gracing the walls within the science center as permanent installations.
"I've got too many ideas and not enough artists," Robak said. "I'm totally looking for more people to rope into these kinds of things."
Abby Simmons loves the Finger Lakes. Perhaps that's why its rolling hills, rural landscapes and colorful foliage feature prominently in her photography.
One night, heading to her parents' farm in Bellona, Simmons crested a hill near Tomion's Farm Market (off Route 14A) and noticed a tractor in a nearby cornfield. She pulled over and was absorbed in taking dozens of photos of the tractor's silhouette against the setting sun, when her parents drove by. They stopped when they saw her wading through the field with her camera.
"They catch me doing that a lot," Simmons said with a smile.
The tractor at sunset image and many others will be featured in the Lightner Gallery at Lightner Library at Keuka College Sept. 2 – Oct. 31. An artist's reception will be held 4:30-6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, where light refreshments will be served. Gallery hours may be found online at lightner.keuka.edu.
This will be Simmons' first solo show. Her work first caught the eye of Melissa Newcomb, assistant professor of art and curator of the gallery, during last winter's staff and faculty art exhibit. Simmons has worked as a staff member for Keuka's D.R.I.V.E program for the last year-and-a-half. (more…)


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For those of you who's had trouble sleeping, it may be for reasons similar to my case. In the past few months I've been doing quite well, as I can't recall a night I've spent going sleepless like I did so many times last year. A large part of my insomnia stemmed from anxieties and my overthinking tendencies. Thankfully I'm all better these days.
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Susanne Millsaps
Performing Songwriter Showcase
Come one, come all – it's the annual Susanne Millsaps Performing Songwriter Showcase. Previous finalists have called it "a complete honor", "a total blast", and "the best songwriting contest around." We're welcoming entries from solo singer-songwriters (sorry, no duos, trios, etc.) performing their own original music. Finalists will be selected by a blind judging panel, with scoring based on vocal ability, instrumental ability, and songwriting. Last year's winner was Kray Van Kirk from Alaska. The deadline for submissions is May 3rd. The top ten finalist will compete at the Showcase on Saturday June 27th, at The Utah Arts Festival. The winner will be pesented with a composite Rainsong Guitar and will open that evening on The Festial Stage for the folk icon John Gorka! Once payment has been received through eventbrite you can submit your songs to firstname.lastname@example.com
The cost is $40.00 for two songs. You can register by going to eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/susanne-millsaps-performing-songwriter-showcase-tickets-15661730658
Our top 10 finalists for the 2014 Susanne Millsaps Performing Songwriter Showcase. Each of our chosen finalists showed excellence in the categories of writing, vocal and instrumentation. We received entries from multiple states last year! Eight of these ten finalists are currently living in Utah. Kray Van Kirk (a 2nd time finalist from 2012) comes all the way from Alaska. Kelly Brightwell Hagee is a Minnesota native, now living in Portland.
2014 Finalists (Listed in alphabetical order by last name.)
We are grateful to all of the songwriters who entered the contest last year. It was a very strong field of talented contestants and all artists should be commended for their gift of songwriting.
This prestigious contest began in 1996 with KRCL. It was held in conjunction with the Founders Title Company Folk and Bluegrass festival for many years and later became part of the Snowbird Mountain Music Festival. We are grateful to have the contest back under the IAMA umbrella and appreciate their most gracious support for its continuance. A special thank you goes out to long time sponsors, Dave and Sue MacFarlane for their continued financial support.
The showcase was proudly re-named after Susanne Millaps who passed away from Breast Cancer in the fall of 2006. Susanne gave tirelessly back to songwriters in a multitude of ways to make sure their words and music were heard and appreciated; sharing their music on her radio show, running the showcase for many years, managing some artists directly, and providing performance spaces for artists at Folk Alliance International and Folk Alliance Regional – West. Susanne will be forever missed!
We invite the public to come and watch the 2015 Susanne Millsaps Performing Songwriter Showcase on Saturday, June 27th at the Utah Arts Festival, Big Mouth Stage from 12:00 – 2:45pm. Our first place winner will receive a beautiful new RainSong Carbon Fiber guitar (which retails for $1950) – compliments of RainSong Guitars, IAMA and MacNichol Guitars in addition to a main stage performance on the Big Mouth Stage at 8:30pm just prior to headlining artist, John Gorka. Our 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive valuable cash prizes.
The Intermountain Acoustic Music Association, the Utah Arts Festival and Dave and Sue MacFarlane have all supported this contest. Each contest entrant has also contributed.
If you (or someone you know) is a songwriter, please consider taking part in the 8th Annual IAMA Songwriter Academy, which is also being held in conjunction with the Utah Arts Festival at the Salt Lake Library on June 25-28. Details are posted elsewhere on the IAMA website and on Facebook!
See you all on June 27th! (IAMA Members get free Festival admission that day with their membership card - JOIN NOW)
The original showcase started in back 1996 with Salt Lake's Community Radio Station KRCL, 90.9FM. The contest was soon being facilitated by one KRCL's longest-ever volunteer hosts, Susanne Millsaps who was noted for her Thursday morning show on KRCL.
Susanne eventually organized the songwriter showcase under the annual IAMA - Founders Title Co. Folk and Bluegrass Festival which was held at Deer Valley for many years and then at Snowbird Resort from 2004 until 2011.
Susanne Millsaps passed away in the fall of 2006 from breast cancer. The contest was proudly renamed after her just following her passing as a tribute to her years of dedication to music and songwriters. She will be forever missed! She gave tirelessly back to songwriters in a multitude of ways to make sure their words and music were heard and appreciated; sharing their music on her radio show, running the showcase, promoting and managing some directly, and providing performance spaces at FAI and FAR-West.
Susanne was a regular at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, as well as attending the Folk Alliance International conference and many of the regional FA conferences, and she was a board member for FAR-West and IAMA for multiple years. You could always find her sitting quietly at various song circles listening and enjoying the beautiful voices and lyrics. She and her husband Grant Hogarth started Magpie House Concerts which was the first modern house concert series in Salt Lake City, and which has spun off several other house concert series along the Wasatch Front. Magpie House Concerts is still going strong today thanks to Grant and his wife Laurel, who also took over running the showcase after Susanne's death.
IAMA is happy to have the showcase back under the association's umbrella once again and we look forward to continuing the showcase in future years in our new location at the Gallivan Center.
Past winners from 1996-present include: Gretchen Peters, Carla Eskelsen, Joel Cage, Jen Adams, Jim Gilmour, Jean Synodinos, Jaime Michaels, Michael Troy, Amy Speace, Neal Bradley Owen, Danny Donnelly, Kort McCumber, TR Ritchie, Russ Chapman, Peter Danzig, Chris Orrock and Rob Harmon. Many of these artists have gone on to achieve brilliant careers in music.
Other "Name" Performers who have been finalists in our contest include: Sarah Sample, Christopher Williams, Marv Hamilton, Holly Figueroa, Dan Hazlett, Dave Crossland, Pat O'Kelly, Dan Pelletier, Anke Summerhill, Kate McLeod, Sally Shuffield, Justin Roth, Shaney McCoy, Juliet Wyers, Karen Mal, Lee Penn Sky, Ryan Mintz, Dana Hubbard, Jen Hajj, Mary McAdams, Jill Jack, Steve Brooks, Holly O'Reilly, Stacy Board, Dave Eskelsen and Blake Guthrie. Please spread the word about this contest to your songwriting friends.
We would also welcome anyone at our annual Songwriter Academy (formerly known as the Snowbird Song School, which started in 2008). This event will now take place in conjunction with Utah Arts Festival on an annual basis. Please see www.iamaweb.org for details. The cost is minimal for such an extensive weekend of workshops and networking with a tremendous group of national touring songwriter instructors at the helm!
Please feel free to contact our coordinator with any questions regarding the Susanne Millsaps Performing Songwriter Showcase or the IAMA Songwriter Academy:
Guy Benson
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A day after Kate Gosselin was fired from her blogging job at CouponCabin.com, the author of a controversial ebook slamming the mom of eight has spoken out exclusively to RadarOnline.com applauding the move.
Robert Hoffman, who accused Kate of child abuse in his book Kate Gosselin: How She Fooled The World, told Radar that he is encouraged people are seeing through Kate.
PHOTOS: Kate Gosselin Goes For a Run
His book was removed by Amazon after a challenge from two powerful law firms, but Hoffman, a pal of Jon Gosselin, has not given up his attempt to have it publicly distributed.
Radar was first to report Kate's firing and Hoffman issued this statement: "Although I won't celebrate Kate's most recent loss of employment from her couponing blog, I am encouraged that more and more people are seeing through her facade and realizing that Kate Gosselin isn't who she claims to be, and I'm hoping that more people will come forward to speak out about what they know to be the truth about Kate Gosselin's eight-year web of lies, abuse, greed and manipulation – for the sake of the Gosselin children."
PHOTOS: Kate Gosselin Through The Years
The author's words are only slightly more stinging than the statement from Scott Kluth, CEO of CouponCabin. "A series of events have made it clear to me that Kate Gosselin and her contributions do not align with the authenticity which we set out to build almost a decade ago, and that Ms. Gosselin is simply not a good fit with the wonderful team and culture at CouponCabin," Kluth wrote in a statement posted on his site Tuesday.
And even more vitriolic criticism of Kate is emanating from people leaving comments on the site.
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One person wrote: "Thank you for dismissing that odious, grasping, faker. She did nothing but promote herself via your website. Good riddance!"
And that was kind compared to some of the other comments, including this one: "People bash her because she is a lying, mean spirited person that thinks the world owes her everything…Honestly, I can't figure out why anyone in their right mind would support her."
PHOTOS: Kate Gosselin: Keeping Up With The Kids
Many people said that they had stopped using the site as a result of Kate's involvement but would now return.
And about his now-unavailable book, Hoffman told Radar: "Regarding the book, Kate Gosselin: How She Fooled The World, which was pulled from Amazon by Kate's lawyers, it is currently being edited for re-release and will be available in the very near future. The re-release will include even more proof of Kate's network of greed and lies."
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With two starters, Kurt Thomas and Larry Johnson, among the league's top 10 in shooting percentage; a notoriously slow-starting shooter, Allan Houston, mustering a respectable 17 points per game (27th in the league); a point guard, Chris Childs, who is leading the NBA in 3-point percentage; and a proven scorer Latrell Sprewell, who averaged 24.2 points per game (5th in the league) in his last full NBA season coming off the bench; the Knicks have the tools to be an offensive threat, even when Chief Offense, Patrick Ewing, is sidelined. The mistake is to imagine that one or two in this motley crew can shoulder the burden alone. Twelve of the Knicks' 15 wins this season have come when four or more players scored in double figures. Five Knicks have posted two-digit scoring totals in eight of those games.
Sprewell probably has a few more 21-point shows in store, like the one he put on in the first half against Boston on Saturday. But early energy spurts can just as easily fizzle into scoreless second halves, like the one he suffered two days earlier against Orlando. Sprewell's job is to help the team win, not to carry it. His talent alone makes him a key part of the team, but his role as Jeff Van Gundy has continued to point out is still taking shape.
And while Sprewell seems relatively comfortable casting about for his groove, Houston is struggling when his pure-shooting persona doesn't turn up on the court. Houston can contribute even when he isn't in the zone, but he has to stay involved in the game. At times, Houston's empathy seems to get the best of him, causing him to defer to Sprewell in just one possession too many in the hope that his teammate will deliver the spark. When it looks like the Knicks are in trouble, stepping up doesn't have to mean taking over the game. It's usually just a matter of restoring the team's equilibrium after they throw themselves off kilter with a few errant passes.
As they proved so well in Chicago earlier this month, once the Knicks have fallen, they can't get up. So the task is to keep them standing. Watch out for that woozy feeling, Allan.
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When planning our Orlando family vacation I wanted a home where everyone could have their own space, option to prepare meals and not too far from the theme parks. After reading lots of reviews and searches online I fell in love with this home. I emailed and called Mike a few times with questions and he was always courteous and professional and made the reservation process seem effortless.
A week before our stay I received an email from the property management company detailing the check in process, area information etc. The check in process was a breeze and we were in our rental home within minutes.
When we walked into the home, I knew I made the right decision to stay here. The home was clean, spacious and looks exactly like the pictures shown on this site, there was definitely no misrepresentation. Everyone felt right at home instantly. Terra Verde is a nice, secure and quiet community and we had no problems with anything during our stay. Having a private pool was great so we didn't need to use the club house pool during the stay. There was even a grill available at the home and although we never used it, it was great to have the option.
I would recommend this place to anyone who wants to be comfortable and relaxed on their vacation and where everything is spotless and clean. The owner and management of this home have done a wonderful job on the decor and maintenance of this home to ensure guests have a wonderful vacation and I can't wait to stay here again!!!
Overall our stay at this property was incredibly lovely and we would stay there again in a heartbeat. There were a couple of glitches, the first being that the homeowner did not send us the code to enter the house but with a quick call to the the management company (very helpful to know that number!) there was a very nice man named Steven at the doorstep to let us in and he was there in a very short time period. We also found that the house got very hot at night, I assume that this is because the air con is set to turn off for a period of time a night but it makes for a very hot wakeup. The pool heat also stopped working a few times during our stay, apparently due to the fact that the filter needed to be replaced. Steven of the management company responded promplty to our requests to have it fixed but it was a bit annoying that it continued to happen. Overall, however, our stay was wonderful! The decor in this house is really beautiful, it felt like we were staying in a five star hotel. The beds were really comfortable and the mickey room was such a hit with the child that we had staying with us, it was complete with stuffed animals and all. The location at the end of the cul de sac was also lovely since the house backed on a greenspace and was in an incredibly relaxing environment. The wi-fi, cable and flat screen tv's were also a big hit! We stayed in this house during our wedding trip to Florida and it was pretty close to perfection, we will never forget this house or the memories that we made in it during our stay. Thank you Mike and Steven for making our booking and our stay so easy, we will be back!!
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A vessel sails into uncharted waters. Looking overboard the water stalls, stagnant and murky, Captain James Cook stands aboard the HMS Endeavor, in the distant lies an island, unmapped harboring dangers unknown and creatures unseen. An island away from the ailments and failures of the known world, representing the hope and excitement of a new beginning. Def.Rhymes.Divine was birthed on such an island, a metaphorical island surrounded by the seas of mindless repetition, and unoriginal styles, which plague the commercial hip-hop movement. This island is Colorado. And like the island which appeared through the fog to James Cook, Def.Rhymes evolved as creatures unparalleled within the Hip-Hop culture. Boasting a collective of MC's each specifically adapted to their element, Def.Rhymes runs the gamut of styles from conscience, to hardcore, to boom-bap, and everything in between. With members, Callahan Montoya, Speight The Villain, PlentyRhymez, Docktor Specktor, MindsI, D-Lo The Martyr, Manny Moonz, C-Def, SachmoFlo, providing unique rhymes laced over in-house production formulated by The.Remedy & Dubz P. Just picture a splotch of mold on a petri dish. That petri dish is an island in itself, situated away from the rest of the world. This is Hip-Hop. And within this island lays another island, one created all it's own, separated from the rest of the dish. This is Def.Rhymes. And like the giant ape, or the mold….We keep growing.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) - Starbucks (SBUX - Get Report), love the company! In fact, I love Starbucks so, so much that I want to scream from the highest rooftop in the normally rainy Seattle professing that unwavering love. Since I am unable to do that at the moment since its earnings season, these are the top reasons why I love, love me some Starbucks:
CEO and Founder Howard Schultz
A true winner and visionary in American business that has managed to spread these two traits throughout an expanding global coffeehouse empire. Walk into any (overseas included) Starbucks and I bet you a triple black espresso that an employee would know (and probably smile) a couple things about Howard Schultz. Go into a Wal-Mart (WMT)and ask who Doug McMillon (he is the new CEO...but also a longtime Wal-Mart executive...) is and see the answer that emerges. I love hard-working winners with passion and a positive attitude, it inspires me to win and I don't even work at Starbucks.
Starbucks stores
I love Starbucks stores, most notably the remodeled ones with the extra comfy seating and communal tables. Love those new brown, rustic communal tables, have got into great discussions with fellow millennials operating businesses that has led to tons of idea generation. Totally digging the free charging stations at Starbucks, too, which allows me to show new friends things I am working on by tapping on an Apple iPad, of course. Desktop? Ugh. Shout out to Starbucks' calming classical music. When you are as intense and game on as me, by golly, you need a place to find peace and to collect thoughts. That self-reflection nowadays is derived from the inside of a Starbucks as opposed to a creepy study room on a second floor college library (<---true story).
How can I not love the initiatives put forth by the Starbucks digital team? Almost every bricks and mortar retailer not named Starbucks is warning of vaporized sales and mass store closures amid a shift in how humans consume goods and services. Starbucks is leading in digital, and is well-equipped (increasingly so) to satisfy my visions of the world by 2020: real-time consumption of stuff with significantly less of an effort than in 2014. Wearables will be an integral component of that movement. BTW, did I mention I love Starbucks having 40% of its U.S. stores in drive-thru form? Love seeing that as it establishes a platform for the company to benefit from the rapid advance underway in in-car technology that integrates with wearables.
"Check your biases at the door when analyzing a company, or risk portfolio mutilation." -@BrianSozziAnalysts, well, analyze executive comments and trends. Personally, I analyze exec body language! If I entered a pre-earnings analysis on Starbucks (was a top pick for our clients in 2013) with biases of any form, then I guarantee I would have downplayed these important developments.


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Winners Announced for Architecture for Humanity Vancouver's "NEXT BIG ONE" Competition
Architecture for Humanity Vancouver Chapter has unveiled the winners of "NEXT BIG ONE," an open call for design solutions to high-magnitude earthquake and tsunami events that plague cities around the world. Project teams were challenged to propose a solution that "can mitigate natural disasters while simultaneously providing community permanence."
A jury comprised of leading architects and professionals from Architecture Research Office (Stephen Cassell), Perkins + Will (Susan Gushe), Bing Thom Architects (Eileen Keenan), Scott & Scott Architects (David Scott), and the City of Vancouver (Doug Smith) evaluated the projects. Entries were evaluated based on three key criteria: the exemplification of innovation in disaster design, promotion of community resiliency before and after disasters, and compliance with multi-hazard parameters for worst-case disaster scenarios.
DjavadMowafaghian Centre for Brain Health / Stantec
Stantec's design for the DjavafMowafaghian Centre for Brain Health at UBC, in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada is envisioned as a translational research facility defined by present and future medical practices that collaborate under research and patient care. To achieve this, designers considered the intersections within the spatial dynamics of the facility to coordinate interactions between researchers and clinicians. The facility is 134,500 square feet and includes exam / consultation rooms, lab benches, a full conference centre, a brain tissue and DNA bank of samples collected from consenting patients, and patient and animal MRI capabilities.
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The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver is on track to open in the summer of 2011. CIRS aims to be the most innovative and high performance building in North America, a "living laboratory" where professors, students and partners demonstrate leading-edge research and develop sustainable design practices, products, systems and policies. The building will push the frontiers of sustainable construction materials and building techniques. It will draw much of its heat from the ground, electricity from the sun, ventilation from the wind, water from the rain–all while reducing the university's energy use and carbon footprint.
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Wade plans to return from foot injury Wednesday
Nov 20, 2012, 5:44 PM EDT
Dwyane Wade missed Miami's last two games due to a foot injury, originally suffered in the team's Nov. 12 win over the Rockets.
The Heat won both without him, but they won't have to try to do it again Wednesday night versus the Bucks. After completing his second consecutive day of practice without any setbacks, Wade plans to return to game action.
From Michael Wallace of ESPN.com:
"No soreness today after a tough day (Monday), so I feel pretty good," Wade said after pushing through Tuesday's workout without any limitations. "Now I have to work my way back to get that (rhythm) back. But I'm excited to get back out there and start."
Wade actually missed three of the games on the team's six-game road trip when you include the one against the Hawks that he sat out due to illness. Miami won all three contests.
Erik Spoelstra hinted before Saturday night's win in Phoenix that Wade might have been dinged up beyond the foot injury, and that the extra time off was needed to make sure the small things didn't become larger issues.
"He doesn't have anything major, it's a bunch of little things right now that we don't want to turn into more," Spoelstra said.
Miami plays 12 of its next 14 at home, after opening the season on the road for seven of its first 11 games.
- charlescub80 - Nov 20, 2012 at 8:04 PM
Wade injury, issue # 774.
- miamatt - Nov 20, 2012 at 8:40 PM
I just hope he is really ready. There is no need to push anything in the regular season. Miami can do as well as it needs to for the next few months with or without Wade. The playoffs? That's a different story.
In any case, after a heavy early schedule, things ease up for the Heat. Only five games total in the next two weeks, and only one- December 4th against the Wizards- is on the road. Things will be much more concerning for Heat fans if Wade is still day-to-day after this lull.
- southbeachtalent - Nov 21, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Agreed, no need to rush Wade back. He should sit out untill he's a 100%.
- progress2011 - Nov 21, 2012 at 4:42 AM
For almost the same "identical injury / degree of strain " , Rondo only sat out 1 game.
This FRAGILE dude has sat out multiple games over the course of almost 2 weeks !
Maybe it's all that "Run-way Model – Diva – Girly – female- make-up – eyeliner wearing" type stuff that is making him even SOFTER !!!
This dude is falling from the elite ranks FAST !!!
- southbeachtalent - Nov 21, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Rondo is 26 years old.
FRAGILE?? No, more like a 2-time champ. Another worthless post from you..
- progress2011 - Nov 21, 2012 at 5:17 PM
No Talent !
Rondo is 26 has NOTHIN to do with my assessment.
Wade has been FRAGILE since he came in the league !
Attempting to claim, because he is now a ripe old age of 30, he is now a geriatric with osteoporosis !
The guy is friggin SOFT….more focused on modeling than playing BBALL !
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Navy to board Big East football in 2015
NEW YORK Navy is headed to the Big East, giving up more than 130 years of football independence to join a conference that is in the middle of a massive overhaul.
The Big East announced Tuesday that the U.S. Naval Academy has accepted an invitation to join the league for football only, starting in 2015. The conference has now added six new members in the last seven weeks after losing three members and having another school renege on a future commitment in the fall.
"Stability in the Big East was a very important aspect in our discussions with the commissioner," Vice Admiral Michael Miller, superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, said during a teleconference. "What we see is a very bright future for the conference."
Navy has been playing football since 1879 without conference affiliation, but academy officials said they believe independence will be too difficult to maintain as other powerful leagues grow. Athletic Director Chet Gladchuk said scheduling games late in the season, landing desirable television deals and securing bowl bids will become a problem for Navy.
"Opportunities to exist as independents into the future are clearly in jeopardy," he said.
Gladchuk said Navy and the Big East have been talking about the Midshipmen joining the league for a decade, but those talks got serious about a year ago - before the Big East was beset by defections.
"It's a marriage our membership has longed for for many, many years," Big East Commissioner John Marinatto said.
Navy football has been thriving over the last decade. The Midshipmen played in eight straight bowl games before slipping to 5-7 this season and have won a record 10 straight games against rival Army. But Navy's schedule will get tougher playing in the Big East, while keeping its rivalry games against Army, Air Force and Notre Dame.
"We have a definite challenge ahead of us," coach Ken Niumatalolo said. "I feel like there's drift happening between the haves and havenots (in major college football), and I want to be with the haves."
Gladchuk said the Big East will allow Navy to maintain its annual rivalries with Army, Air Force and Notre Dame, and that the Army-Navy game will still be the season finale for both teams, regardless of when a future Big East championship game is played.
"The Army-Navy game remains on that second Saturday in December," he said.
Gladchuk also said that Navy's television deals with CBS and CBS Sports Network had to be accommodated by the Big East.
"Partnership with CBS was one of the reasons this agreement took a little time to finalize," he said.
CBS owns the TV rights to the Army-Navy game and Navy's home games against Notre Dame through 2018. Navy has a separate deal with CBS Sports Network for the TV rights to its other home games that runs through 2017.
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-The calculation of fuel efficiency in different units (mpg, liters per 100 km, etc)
-A variety of different statistics
-Counting the cost of ownership of the vehicle
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-Support for multiple vehicles/cars
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-Units are now set for each vehicle separately
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Thread: rikkiniehaus sketchbook
July 10th, 2009 #1
rikkiniehaus sketchbook
(edited to get the little image on my sketchbook thread...)
Well, I decided I need to go back to drawing kindergarten; here's what I wrote on my blog:
After a very long period of unhappiness about the quality of my work, and most of all the paralyzing panic that grips me and keeps me from going forward, I have decided to go right back to square one.
When I look at my art, and the works of the masters I admire, it seems clear to me I have never really worked on my art (or, at least, not for a very long time). Just long, aimless shuffling & confusion. Sure, I got out my Muybridge almost every single day, and usually a little bit from an anatomy book; but both of these exercises were done in the most lackluster, half-assed way. Afterward I sat staring at my sketchbook thinking, "What now?" Then, I'd fritter my time away with panic, and follow it with a chaser of guilt at the end of the day. (And repeat.)
Where were the finished pieces? Any real commitment?
So, I'm starting all over, as if I know nothing (it seems I really don't, which is why I'm here). I am reminding myself to pay attention, to measure, to really look at things. To stop coasting with acceptable drawings I'm not really happy with. To get out my paint and do simple value exercises. And to commit to finishing new work. I even downloaded a free timeclock program so I am actually having to punch in; stopping to read email, get another cup of tea (or post on this blog), I have to punch out. It's shocking how little of the day real work takes place...
I've not been posting, or publicly accountable for anything. So, I take myself on a humbling (and likely embarrassing) public journey. But, it's well worth it because I'm serious about improving. And I need that improvement not as an end in itself, but to inspire & carry me on to the next level.
I'm here at CA for crits, encouragement & accountability, chatting with artists and to be open with my journey. Therefore, my first sketchbook entry is my Muybridge from this morning, ranging from a timed 30 seconds to something around 2 min, done with a fat dark pencil to help avoid fussing & trying to make the drawing too pretty (I can't think of anything more honest than that). I am back to trying to break to habit of getting lost in the details, the stuff they tell you from day one.
Nothing sexy or impressive, and I don't know how long before I post anything that's not an exercise or a copy from a book. This is more or less just a (rambling) intro.
Anyway, hello to all. And here's hoping I look back at this thread 30 pages from now and feel good about my progress!
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7/11 Stuff
Well, here's what I have so far today; just more Muybridge for now, but will probably be updating this post with something else later. These are timed 30 sec & 1 min, plus some 1-3 minutes sketches.
I just finished an anatomy class, so I'm really looking for specific things now (but trying not to lose the gesture in the process). I'm also reviewing things one part at a time, and I'm just going to keep cycling through the body.
Ok, back with anatomy studies from a couple different books. I am working my way up (I started reviewing the lower legs a couple days ago, my plan is to just keep the cycle going). I'm going to try to do still more tonight, plus some head studies wouldn't hurt...
So, a last little batch. So far, being on CA & posting stuff publicly has made me feel way more accountable. I want to just draw like a fiend & keep trying! From books, except the last couple.
Last edited by rikkiniehaus; July 12th, 2009 at 03:29 AM. Reason: adding new pics"The artist is nothing without gift, but the gift is nothing without work." - Émile Zola
Grandmassa Mr. Spect
July 13th, 2009 #3
7/12 Stuff
Nothing special, just more exercises. I never got to taking on anything new today, but I tried to be more focused with the stuff I am doing. Unfortunately, I made a hash of the scanning.
I am trying to get better with gestures, especially restrained ones. There was a guy lifting weights with tremendous strain, but no grand movements. I did that one about five times & never managed to capture that compact struggle he's got going on. I'm still cycling through the anatomy stuff, and hoping to get something different on tomorrow.
"The artist is nothing without gift, but the gift is nothing without work." - Émile Zola
Grandmassa Mr. Spect
July 13th, 2009 #4
Your small gestural and figure studies are good. Well proportioned, perspective is good and there's a believable center of gravity. Your linework is pretty good too. Let's just see where this goes now. =)
July 13th, 2009 #5
nice stuff. really like studies of the leg. keep it up
July 14th, 2009 #6
7/13 Stuff
ParinGallite: Thank you! I'm working on trying to get a solid feel, and using a timer on the short poses is helping somewhat. I hope to get really disciplined about it so I'm not fussing with details too early!
no87: Thanks! I'm definitely going to be studying as much as I can. Working my way up from the feet & back down again!
Well, here is my stuff from today. I found the Muybridge a struggle; thinking I was maybe in a rut, I did fewer & I traded out the anatomy book for some drawings of my little plastic skull from different angles. I find that pretty difficult (obviously)... I usually think I'm up for a challenge, but I ashamed to say that's one thing I did avoid because it was hard. So, I repent *publicly* and *embarrassingly*.
I finished up with a couple sketches from that Facial Expressions book. I haven't drawn many heads lately, and I definitely want more practice, (especially the head tilted).
"The artist is nothing without gift, but the gift is nothing without work." - Émile Zola
Grandmassa Mr. Spect
July 14th, 2009 #7
Excellent studies. Diggin' those skulls especially.
July 22nd, 2009 #8
7/21 Stuff
FourTonMantis: Thanks! I still need to do a lot of work on the skulls, but that's very encouraging!
I just got back after being out of town visiting mom for a few days. I took all my stuff with me, but shamefully I couldn't bring myself to draw. I felt guilty but just couldn't get into it; I don't know if I was just being lazy or if the different environment just got to me. I know I have to get going so I can draw anywhere, anytime, no excuses.
Anyway, today wasn't a great day, but I did finally get back on the horse. I did my Muybridge for a little bit, but I was going a bit nuts so I decided to do something very random; I put on Thick of It, and paused it to draw the characters. I wanted something that wasn't in the same old books, and some faces that were 'ordinary' yet interesting and expressive. Also, drawing from across the room feels more like life drawing (though I know it isn't really the same, but it's some variety at least). I'm happier with some more than others, but at least I got something down today. I need to get a whole lot more down tomorrow!
"The artist is nothing without gift, but the gift is nothing without work." - Émile Zola
Grandmassa Mr. Spect
July 27th, 2009 #9
cool idea pausing the movie.. I like that. Your anatomy studies are really good.. Keep at it man!
July 27th, 2009 #10
Nice linework and gestures in these, poses are swish, faces more so! Lets see where you go next!
July 27th, 2009 #11
Hay man!
Been meaning to drop by for a while now, cool stuff you've got in here!!
You've got an fantastic line quality that comes across in all your drawings, nice work.
Really diggin the skull and head studies, really convey a great 3D feel, good expressions as well!
Great stuff mate, looking forward to seeing more.
All the best,
biggjoee5790 - rikkiniehaus - Grandmassa Mr. Spect - Sunseaker
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July 28th, 2009 #12
WICKED' STUDIES an YER LINES ROCK! YEAH ME AN SOME OF MA FRIENDS WHERE PAUSE'N MOVIES TOO = TONZ O' FUN
July 29th, 2009 #13
nice portraits! got some interesting character to some of those faces. really liking the pencil stuff but quick thought maybe have ago at some pen drawings. it might help develop that line work further. anyway keep it up!
July 30th, 2009 #14
7/29 Stuff
biggjoee5790: Thanks, I have to carry through on my pledge to do more anatomy studies, it's been a couple days...
Grandmassa Mr. Spect: Thanks, I should do it more often & keep things interesting!
Sunseaker: Thank you! I've got to try some more variety (I love all the different stuff you tried in your sketchbook).
JailHouseRock2: Thanks for coming by & for the encouragement! I'm glad you like the skulls, wasn't too sure about those but definitely ready to try more.
no87: Thanks for the suggestion! I love the look of pen & ink, and I've seen some great stuff with ballpoint around here. I think the 'commitment' of it would be a big help, I'll give it a try!
Ack, I've been neglecting the posting; I have done some drawing the last couple days, but no scanning. These are a couple quick sketches of statues from my trip to the Huntington today (and a couple flowers - but too impatient to do a proper job *sigh*). Need to get more next time for sure!
"The artist is nothing without gift, but the gift is nothing without work." - Émile Zola
Grandmassa Mr. Spect
July 30th, 2009 #15
What you have done is pretty swish though, statue sketchs have good line weight and put mine to shame, flowers kind of skritchy, but then I always have to draw plants massive to avoid the same thing
July 30th, 2009 #16
GORGEOUS YOUR OBSERVATIONAL SKILLS r AMAZING!!!!!!
July 30th, 2009 #17
Damn nice statues sketches man, dig the flower drawings too, but like you say spend a bit more time on them next time!
Laters man,
biggjoee5790 - rikkiniehaus - Grandmassa Mr. Spect - Sunseaker
SketchBook (updated)
July 30th, 2009 #18
Great start to your SB! Love the small figures and faces you've been drawing. Would be good to do some figures from imagination to make sure you're learning what you're studying from observation. Keep it up
July 31st, 2009 #19
7/30 Stuff
Sunseaker: Thanks for the tip on trying these larger, I hadn't thought of that! I think if I did them bigger, I'd be less likely to rush.
Grandmassa Mr. Spect: Thanks! I usually work from observation, but as jackpot_anjr90 suggests I need to try some imagination as well.
JailHouseRock2: Thanks, I definitely need to get back in the habit of making longer drawings (the pen is helping, though!)
jackpot_anjr90: That's a good idea! I do need to make sure this is sinking in, and I hadn't really thought about getting the practice there (I usually only draw from my imagination when I'm doing just personal stuff, and no reference is available)
Well, I decided to take no87's advice & give the ballpoint pen a try; I had tried pen & ink before, but not really done much with ballpoint (I only had the pen because I was forced to use one for a class). I am still feeling pretty hesitant with it, but I *did* like how it slowed me down & made me really concentrate. I'm going to give it another go today.
(All from photos)
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Grandmassa Mr. Spect
July 31st, 2009 #20
That's pen? Sweet! They do look different, maybe more 3D/weightier? Whatever it is, defiantly worth playing around some more!
July 31st, 2009 #21
nice update man... I think the pen is a great idea. I use ballpoints and fineliners all the time.. and they really force you to think before you put down marks. Great practice
July 31st, 2009 #22
Very nice studies! I think you have anatomy grasped quite well!
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August 3rd, 2009 #23
I do not see an update :o Don't keep us hanging man!
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August 9th, 2009 #24
Sunseaker: Thanks for the nudge, I have been pretty bad about posting this past week!
laxon: Thanks, but I haven't been at it much this past week... I'm not sure how much I've forgotten since!
Ok, have been really bad about posting. I *have* been drawing, but not posting, and not drawing as much as I should. (And I got depressed at the idea of posting more Muybridge.) I think I'm back on the horse, we'll see.
I had been going with the pen for a while, but not being able to erase left me too traumatized. So, back to pencil, but I plan to keep chipping away with the pen in the background.
So, for variety I did some drawings off Carnival of Souls. No drawings of Saltair yet, but I might do some more later. (Well, all are from the film except the Haitian woman, she was from a Centron short on the disc.) Not the greatest likenesses of Candace Hilligoss, but hopefully better on the next batch. I think Herk Harvery would look better in paint?
"The artist is nothing without gift, but the gift is nothing without work." - Émile Zola
Grandmassa Mr. Spect
August 9th, 2009 #25
Oh wow, those last ones are great, really nice! You seem to be more confident with the expressions, love it!
August 9th, 2009 #26
you seem really comfortable with facial proportions.. very nice
August 18th, 2009 #27
No updates? Where have you gone?
August 18th, 2009 #28
Its neat watching your lines become more and more confident with each and every study you do. Your gestures and mini-bust studies especially. I love the amount of character you put into the faces you draw. They all show a very distinct emotion or feeling.
So far, the only advice I could give is to keep at it, and really start to get confident with your lines... maybe use ink for your facial sketches, try and let go of the security an eraser gives you. You'll notice your lines and sketches will become more confident very quickly
August 22nd, 2009 #29
Wowzers you really do have a magix touch now get to werk!
August 24th, 2009 #30
Wow I really love the faces you have drawn, please moar!
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|So the bulk of female characters are pretty much defined entirely by how they relate to men.
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Yeah, to be honest, that was off-putting :/. I'm hoping that this turns out to be good though. Been looking for a good slice-of-life anime to follow.
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|I totally forgot about this one, I can't wait! The English title is a nice effort at trying to replicate the pun of the original title.
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If by "bulk" you mean 2 out of 4.
I'm looking forward to this since I rather liked Love Lab
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And if by "defined" you mean "described from introductory descriptions that might not necessarily reflect the full extent of the character as shown in the story itself".
And even then, Ayaka's description only has one part that refers to how she deals with men, so she's not entirely defined that way, so really, it's 1 out of 4...
As for myself, this is one of the shows I'm really looking forward to. I seem to really like shows that feature some kind of -sou complex (Mahoraba, Hidamari Sketch, Sakurasou; Love Hina's pretty good too, I guess), and I liked what I've read from the manga so far. That I liked Love Lab a lot helps too.
And a valiant attempt to give a good, proper English pun to take the place of the pun in the original Japanese… but that title length would give light novel titles a run for their money. So I'll just be referring to it as Kawaisou.
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|Idk why but the concept reminds me a little of Sakurasou no Pet Kanojo.
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I had the same idea when looking through the characters. I hope it's about as good as that anime.
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And 2 out of 2 male characters are defined by how they relate to women, but that's apparently okey-dokey. "Is a true masochist", and nothing else, for the 2nd guy. The lead "admires Ritsu", so is defined by his relationship to one woman, and by being a transfer student (and "honest" if you consider something that should be the default for everyone a "trait". I'd consider "conniving" a trait, but not "honest"). So 2 out of the 3 listed male traits are defined by females...
(Yes, that's assuming masochist-guy isn't gay or bi. Then he's defined by sexual/romantic interests who may or may not be female.)
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|What a shock. A character has some sort of regard for another character. Surely this does not happen in practically every single anime ever. Hilarious.
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Hallelujah! the spot lights have started!
Kawai Complex is not high on my wanna watch radar............
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Every time the spotlight starts I think, "Wow, so soon?" but I suppose it is around that time! There's a lot to look forward to this season, so I'm excited^^
I'm not sure about this first show. It looks like it might be kinda fun in a quirky way but it also looks like it could be really boring and generic. I'll have to wait for the preview guide to see if it looks like any good.
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It seems a lot more explicit for these two than the others. Though I do find this line to be suspect:
The admiration and masochism only seem emphasized by sheer lack of definition. They sound horribly one-dimensional. A philia is not a personality. It'd be just as flimsy as trying to pass 'likes guys in tuxedos' or 'likes girls in thigh-high socks' off as passable character personalities.
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Not really feeling this one, it seems to me that it could get really boring really quickly. I might still give it a try, though.
The character list is confusing to me, it's almost like most of them got plucked out of completely different animes and thrown into this one, lol.
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There's more to women than looks/big boobs.
It's shocking, I know.
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This week, Justin takes on the old shojo/shonen categories, whether Section23 should still keep doing their own dubs, whether the Japanese will ever get on Spotify, and why anime based on American stuff so rarely shows up here. ― It's Memorial Day Weekend, the unofficial start of summer! I hope you all have something fun planned. I try not to go anywhere this weekend, because everyone inevitably tri...
Nisekoi: False Love Sub.Blu-Ray 3
Another love interest gets added to the Nisekoi pile, but is it enough to inject some life into this standard harem comedy? ― Anime romantic comedies commonly depend heavily on regular infusions of new characters to sustain and periodically revitalize themselves, and so far the first Nisekoi series has been pretty good about pacing itself on this. In its second quarter the addition of Seishiro shook ...