zaghrenaut

Okay, So I am finished with my Megaman bosses from games 1-6, I'm glad they all came out well... and I'll be doing the bosses from 7 next, that is next from the Megaman series... I'll be doing other non-megaman stuff for awhile... making fifteen guys makes me not want to make robots for awhile... but maybe in february of something... *shrugs*

So, I am still making my 16bit Lich, never fear, I just am doing other smaller sprites at the same time and obviously they get finished quicker... plus I'm a procrastinator... but I'll be finishing him up fairly quickly, I need the boards he is on to make another big piece, unless I make the new one in sections? Well I still should still finish Lich first...

While looking at what I've made organized into games and game series, I noticed I have a HUGE Final Fantasy section, and consequently my other series I've started only have a few... So for the next few months I'll be taking a Final Fantasy break (except for Lich and commissions)

So, Next up on my to do list is (in sets):

16bit Lich
Squirtle, Warturtle, and Blastoise
Sandman
ROTK portraits 02
Super Metroid 02

Okay, so because now that I have the internet at my house (sad that it's taken me this long) I plan on being online more often (redundant really), and instead of posting a bunch of pictures at once, I'll just do that when I finish with said picture... Okay?

My AIM is Zaghrenaut, for obvious reasons, add me to your buddy list and if I'm on there, I'm at home online and probably making more of these bead-sprites... but I'll be happy to answer any questions, or comments, or commission requests, or anything... yeah...

Since my last real journal (not counting the tagged one) I've only made the Dragon Warrior Badguys 01 and now these Romance of the Three Kingdoms Portraits... but I hope and plan on making more, here are some of my WIPs and future plans on what to make, give me your suggestions, I'll be happy to answer any question...

Future Ideas & WIPs:
16bit Dawn of Souls Lich
Super Metroid 01
Great Tiger Punch-Out!!
Megaman bosses ##
Megaman enemies 01
ROTK portraits 02
others...

Have fun and stay sharp... ^^
-Steven

I was tagged by Snukastyle from his journal... I absolutely despise chain letter, you're gonna die, survey type things floating around the web, but I'm going to try to be different... at least in the aspect of opening up... this topic was an easy one to start with... 8 random things...

BUT as you can see, I have deleted the rules and I have not tagged anyone else... call me defiant...

But eight random things about me:

1.) I first started playing videogames at the age of 4, though really got the hang of it at 5...

2.) I've been to college twice, once right out of college for three semesters at a local community college (for animation), then a few years later for two semesters at the Art Institute (for visual effects)

3.) I have been brainstorming for five (count 'em 5) different stories... one day I'd like to get at least one of them published (if not just written haha)

4.) I know just about everything there is to know about Final Fantasy VI... go ahead, ask me a question...

5.) I converted to the Mormon religion mainly for a girl... mainly... which I am not with, or ever was after converting... funny how life works...

6.) I like my steak rare... the bloodier the better... with horseradish... yum!

7.) I have a very large videogame collection, frankly EVERY game or acessory I've ever bought, I still have... I've found a checklist type collection based site once where you can post your collection, and request games from other buyers on what their willing to sell... I'll have to find it again and post mine up... (eventually)

and 8.) As you can tell, I have a huge problem (or fondness) for ellipsis points, the [...] that seems to be where ever I really intend on puting a period. I usually add two more... Which is quite the problem since I aspire to be an author... I obviously don't want you to trail on when reading, it's just habit, plus it forms a gap where one thought ends and another begins... see...

I'm back, and boy was I gone far too long...

I just got frustrated on the bead-sprite commission I was working on, so I took a break, gave me time to order new beads, and I return five if not six months later... Obviously that's the abridged version... and the break was only a month and a half, but the time away from the computer was what I was refering too...

So I'm back... and I promise not to take anymore breaks... and I have a plan to help me achieve that promise... See recently, I got the internetz at my house and now my laptop is connected...

...SOOOOO essentially now once I finish a set, a deviation, I'll be able to post it almost immeadeately afterwards, beads still cooling... at least that's the theory... but I do know that this long hiatus I have taken has been a positive one, granted I didn't make anything new (all of these new ones I made before I disappeared)

First of all, I got a car, a vehicle, it's a 2003 Kia Spectra LS, and it's a beauty, turns out when I rolled to see what my saving money skills are, I rolled a 20!!

Secondy, I still have my job at the LAS airport, given my track record for jobs, having this one for seven months now is impressive...

Thirdly, and sorry ladies of the world, but I have a new girlfriend. Ironically I met her at work, the airport, and eventhough she doesn't like videogames as much as I do, I can predict that we'll be super happy together... Now a girlfriend would normally make a busy schedule even busier but because she works with me (I met her while working not necessarily just at work), she has the same schedule as me... slightly different days, but when you work a modified grave schedule, having your girlfriend work with your schedule (instead of against it) always helps...

And lastly I got the internet at my house, I can now afford the internet and I decided to get it... this will help immensely, plus now I don't have to bug friends and family for the use of theirs...

Holy crap, I'm back...
-Steven

Post script - I'm currently finishing the 16bit FFI Lich that I started way back when... it's still there, luckily I didn't bump that table... I'll post it when it's finished, which I'm not going to start until all of my internet things are updated, which includes the 304 deviations and 478 messages I have to read and respond to... hahahaha, it feels great to be back!!

Hello All...

So it's been about five weeks and I present to you all fourteen new deviations... I didn't know I had that many until I sorted out the sprites and photoed them... I think the next time I'll try to only wait two weeks and have five or six new things to post... It's hard to promise anything when I don't have a reliable internet source... but I'll try to post more fequent... as i've taken on a crap load of challenges, and with the new coasters project I could be bombarded or I could be the same... we'll have to see...

So as I hinted about in the last paragraph, I can make anyone custom coasters, just pick six 16x16 sprites, a backgroung color for each and note me the specifics...

six 8bit ones -- $25.00 plus shipping
six 16bit ones -- $30.00 plus shipping

Also, I have rolled out the pokemon experiment... I'll be grouping pokemon together in sets of evolution and hopefully because there is so many of them, I'll have at least one in every post... :crossesfingers:

The main delay of time was the running out of Rust beads in the middle of Mr Dream... but I ordered some new ones and got him off my table... too bad I can't say the same for luke... The other delay of my time is work, four ten hour shifts, with a two hour commute each way, with the picking up extra shifts... It means I'll have more money to hopefully get a vehicle, but also possibly an internet connection of my own... we'll have to see...

Thanks for reading until this end paragraph, and as always commissions and suggestions are more than welcome... Cheers...

-Steven