Today marks the 3rd anniversary of the SykoGrafix.com domain name being opened to the public. Word.
It's no coincidence that I let this place loose on the first Hallowe'en of the 2Ks. Getting this place off the ground was important to me, and still is, and I wanted to make a bold statement right off the bat.
I like Hallowe'en a lot. It suits my personality. Other holidays are based on love. Christmas is based on love. Blech. Valentines day is based on love. Please. Thanksgiving is based on love. Give me a break.
Hallowe'en is based on fear! Now that's a holiday for me!
It's too bad that I'm not really in the mood to celebrate the only day of the year where I'm not a complete freak, but that doesn't really matter. This is SykoGrafix, and here, every day is Hallowe'en!
Sayonara.
Friday, October 31, 2003
Thursday, October 30, 2003
Turtle Power!
I got the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game.
IT ROCKS!
This game is so much fun. I love it.
Sayonara.
IT ROCKS!
This game is so much fun. I love it.
Sayonara.
Sunday, October 26, 2003
Back to Work.
Yesterday was my first day back teaching how to draw anime at Comic Book Masters after our break of several months. It went very well and I'm quite happy to be doing this again. I was missing it. The brand new group of students seemed to pick up on things very well and have a good time, and I'm quite grateful that a large group of returning students have come back to see me again. I'm a little out of practice, so my throat is a bit sore after all of the talking and funny voices that I did, but it was a lot of fun. Unfortunately, we did not have access to the TV this week, which I was very disappointed in, having spent several weeks up to that point preparing a whole bunch of cool anime to watch. That had better be straightened out next week.
Apparently, this website has become the subject of obsession at the school of one of my students. According to him, the line "you're a bad at anime", from "Stupid People HATE Ninjatron", is the current trend over there. I approve!
I now have a little bit of money in my pocket, and so I bought myself a copy of WWE Wrestlemania XIX for GameCube. I'll be talking about in on the board, so if you've played it please stop by and let me know what you think.
I also bought a Mattel Batman figure. Just the regular Batman with the zip line, not any of the goofy fruity coloured versions of Batman. He looks pretty cool. Fits in pretty well with the style and quality of Masters of the Universe. He'll be in charge here if I'm ever not around.
Special thanks goes out to several of the people who have signed my guestbook recently. Special thanks goes out to Joe Ng of Dreamwave Productions, whose new website, CandyStirFry, is awesome.
But a big "Wha..?" goes out to these folks.
Jeremy Lorenzo said "Can you send me a nearby office of by sending manga like drawings of anime?send it to me?" Uhh, yeah. What in the hell does that even mean? I know that is English, but for the life of me I can not decipher it.
And Winston said "Star Wars IS an anime fool. Also a Manga." What his point is, why he felt like he had to call me a fool in order to make it, and why he chose to use my guestbook of all places to do so, is far beyond my comprehension.
Sayonara.
Apparently, this website has become the subject of obsession at the school of one of my students. According to him, the line "you're a bad at anime", from "Stupid People HATE Ninjatron", is the current trend over there. I approve!
I now have a little bit of money in my pocket, and so I bought myself a copy of WWE Wrestlemania XIX for GameCube. I'll be talking about in on the board, so if you've played it please stop by and let me know what you think.
I also bought a Mattel Batman figure. Just the regular Batman with the zip line, not any of the goofy fruity coloured versions of Batman. He looks pretty cool. Fits in pretty well with the style and quality of Masters of the Universe. He'll be in charge here if I'm ever not around.
Special thanks goes out to several of the people who have signed my guestbook recently. Special thanks goes out to Joe Ng of Dreamwave Productions, whose new website, CandyStirFry, is awesome.
But a big "Wha..?" goes out to these folks.
Jeremy Lorenzo said "Can you send me a nearby office of by sending manga like drawings of anime?send it to me?" Uhh, yeah. What in the hell does that even mean? I know that is English, but for the life of me I can not decipher it.
And Winston said "Star Wars IS an anime fool. Also a Manga." What his point is, why he felt like he had to call me a fool in order to make it, and why he chose to use my guestbook of all places to do so, is far beyond my comprehension.
Sayonara.
Thursday, October 23, 2003
Transformers: Genesis - The Art of Transformers
The long awaited Transformers art book has finally been released. I was able to scrape together enough money to buy a copy this week, and let me tell you that after going through each and every page several times, it is amazing. It's totally full of awesome artwork from all of the various generations of Transformers. Dreamwave covers and lithos, CGI shots from Beast Wars and Beast Machines rendered by Mainframe, convention exclusive characters, and a whole wack of some of the best fan art you'll ever see.
Not only is this book nice to look at, but its release is a very important event in the history of Transformers fandom. A book like this proves the far reaching influence that the Transformers have had, and continue to have, on a lot of people. The artists featured in this book have been inspired by Transformers to create great artwork in a wide variety of styles, and I think that says a lot about the power that a franchise like this can have over people's imaginations. Transformers isn't a dumb fad or a trend or something childish without merit. It's the real deal. It has a rich history and a wide variety of characters. It's here to stay. And this book, appropriately labeled as "Fine Art", proves it.
What's more is that this is just the first half. The next part, to be announced later, will contain official artwork from Hasbro and Takara. I do hope that these books are met with a lot of success, and that perhaps further volumes would be released in the future. If that were to happen, I'd personally do my best to be one of the included artists.
If you have any interest in Transformers at all, please buy this book. It's worth every penny. Not only will you be getting over 100 pieces of awesome artwork, but your purchase will also be proving to the world that Transformers rock!
My hat is off to 88MPH Studios for a job well done against seemingly impossible odds.
Sayonara.
Not only is this book nice to look at, but its release is a very important event in the history of Transformers fandom. A book like this proves the far reaching influence that the Transformers have had, and continue to have, on a lot of people. The artists featured in this book have been inspired by Transformers to create great artwork in a wide variety of styles, and I think that says a lot about the power that a franchise like this can have over people's imaginations. Transformers isn't a dumb fad or a trend or something childish without merit. It's the real deal. It has a rich history and a wide variety of characters. It's here to stay. And this book, appropriately labeled as "Fine Art", proves it.
What's more is that this is just the first half. The next part, to be announced later, will contain official artwork from Hasbro and Takara. I do hope that these books are met with a lot of success, and that perhaps further volumes would be released in the future. If that were to happen, I'd personally do my best to be one of the included artists.
If you have any interest in Transformers at all, please buy this book. It's worth every penny. Not only will you be getting over 100 pieces of awesome artwork, but your purchase will also be proving to the world that Transformers rock!
My hat is off to 88MPH Studios for a job well done against seemingly impossible odds.
Sayonara.
Sunday, October 19, 2003
Buy something for the Ninja!
It has come to my attention that there were a few mistakes in my Stupid People Hate Ninjatron article. While I've since gone on to fix whatever was pointed out, I think that the points made in that article still stand regardless. Seriously, there's a whole lot of mistakes and typos all over the site. I never made any claims that I was a perfect writer or linguist or anything like that. But if someone is going to tell me how much I suck or something along those lines, and does so in an idiotic manner, than I think that making fun of them is appropriate. In fact, I think that it is my duty to do so! And I doubt that any mistakes that I make could possibly outweigh the brain dead ineptitude of those few detractors.
I wasn't making fun of their spelling, I was making fun of how stupid they are. And in turn, I was making fun of myself, since I ironically "wasted" my time writing it. But still, everyone seemed to enjoy it, and I have yet to read anything negative. So I'm happy about that.
Of course, if anyone has anything good to say about my site, they can spell as poorly as they want and I won't mind at all!
I wish I had some money. Really. There are so many games, DVDs, comics, and toys out now or coming soon that I am really aching to make some purchases. Granted, it's usually like that, especially around this time of year, but for some reason there's an exceptional abundance of material goods that I desire right now.
The new direct to video animated Batman movie, Mystery of the Batwoman, comes out on Tuesday. You all know what I thought of the last one, so I'm looking forward to seeing this one. Someone buy it for me. Please?
Sayonara.
I wasn't making fun of their spelling, I was making fun of how stupid they are. And in turn, I was making fun of myself, since I ironically "wasted" my time writing it. But still, everyone seemed to enjoy it, and I have yet to read anything negative. So I'm happy about that.
Of course, if anyone has anything good to say about my site, they can spell as poorly as they want and I won't mind at all!
I wish I had some money. Really. There are so many games, DVDs, comics, and toys out now or coming soon that I am really aching to make some purchases. Granted, it's usually like that, especially around this time of year, but for some reason there's an exceptional abundance of material goods that I desire right now.
The new direct to video animated Batman movie, Mystery of the Batwoman, comes out on Tuesday. You all know what I thought of the last one, so I'm looking forward to seeing this one. Someone buy it for me. Please?
Sayonara.
Wednesday, October 15, 2003
You HATE me!
The response for my "Stupid People HATE Ninjatron" article has been tremendous. I'm really glad that I was able to make so many people laugh. Just read some of the reactions at the Allspark, here. And of course, I'd still love to know what everyone thinks, so please let me know! I really appreciate it.
I'm way behind on buying comics. I just bought Dreamwave's TMNT #4, and it was great. It's an adaptation of the 4th episode of the animated series, but mostly from the perspective of Casey Jones. It's really a fascinating twist on the old story. Casey is really messed up! Highly recommended. Next issue is when original stories will start, so be sure that you're reading then.
On Friday I was at a basketball exposition game between the Toronto Raptors and a team from Greece. The Raptors played well and really took it to them, leading by well over 20 points. But with less than a minute left to play in the 4th quarter, something really weird happened! The power kicked off and out went the lights! It was crazy. It happened right before my eyes and I've never seen anything like it. They couldn't figure out what happened so after a while they just called the game finished. It was crazy.
Sayonara.
I'm way behind on buying comics. I just bought Dreamwave's TMNT #4, and it was great. It's an adaptation of the 4th episode of the animated series, but mostly from the perspective of Casey Jones. It's really a fascinating twist on the old story. Casey is really messed up! Highly recommended. Next issue is when original stories will start, so be sure that you're reading then.
On Friday I was at a basketball exposition game between the Toronto Raptors and a team from Greece. The Raptors played well and really took it to them, leading by well over 20 points. But with less than a minute left to play in the 4th quarter, something really weird happened! The power kicked off and out went the lights! It was crazy. It happened right before my eyes and I've never seen anything like it. They couldn't figure out what happened so after a while they just called the game finished. It was crazy.
Sayonara.
Friday, October 10, 2003
Guten Tag, meine deutschen Freunde.
Ok, so we got new updates. Whoo.
This week the site was visited by several Germans! Interesting. I wonder what exactly brought about this German influx, but it's welcome all the same. "susi" sent me some sweet kisses, which is a European thing, I guess, and "schmitti" said "nette seiten", which bablefish translated as "Nice Sides". Thank you, schmitti! I have been working on my sides! I also think that they are coming along nicely.
Please enjoy this temporary Hallowe'en design. It'll be around until early November. But don't worry, our 3 little Trick-or-Treaters will have a permanent spot in the art gallery at that time. Thanks to all of the board members for their fun suggestions.
I hope you dig my new written digital smackdown, "Stupid People HATE Ninjatron". I think it's pretty funny, and the irony of it all is quite intentional. Let me know what you think of it, and anything else, new or old, that you see around here, on the message board.
If you're on the mailing list, then the newsletter should have gone through. If you did not get it, please let me know. There seem to be some problems with sending it, so I don't know if it worked or not. In fact, even if you did get it without any problems, please let me know any ways so that I know it worked (and so that I know people are reading it!).
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians out there.
Sayonara.
This week the site was visited by several Germans! Interesting. I wonder what exactly brought about this German influx, but it's welcome all the same. "susi" sent me some sweet kisses, which is a European thing, I guess, and "schmitti" said "nette seiten", which bablefish translated as "Nice Sides". Thank you, schmitti! I have been working on my sides! I also think that they are coming along nicely.
Please enjoy this temporary Hallowe'en design. It'll be around until early November. But don't worry, our 3 little Trick-or-Treaters will have a permanent spot in the art gallery at that time. Thanks to all of the board members for their fun suggestions.
I hope you dig my new written digital smackdown, "Stupid People HATE Ninjatron". I think it's pretty funny, and the irony of it all is quite intentional. Let me know what you think of it, and anything else, new or old, that you see around here, on the message board.
If you're on the mailing list, then the newsletter should have gone through. If you did not get it, please let me know. There seem to be some problems with sending it, so I don't know if it worked or not. In fact, even if you did get it without any problems, please let me know any ways so that I know it worked (and so that I know people are reading it!).
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians out there.
Sayonara.
Saturday, October 04, 2003
Updates on the way? Maybe?
I am hoping.. hoping... that there'll be some updates around here by for next week. I hope to be finished with what I want to add by then. If not, I might just go ahead with what I've got anyway.
WIth this in mind, I'll once again remind anyone who is not signed up to the mailing list that it would be a good idea to join before I update. Not only will you be notified when the update happens but there'll be something special in there as well, to "Give a Reason", if you catch my drift.
Someone recently tried to sign up to the message board, but the confirmation e-mail did not go through. Please make sure that your e-mail address is valid and functional when you register. Otherwise you won't be able to join, and that would suck. If you're using a free service like Hotmail, you have to make sure that it doesn't fill up. The same goes with the mailing list.
Is it at all possible for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to kick any more ass? Geez, today's episode was amazing. It was full of incredible battles. It's one of the best things going on TV right now. If you're not watching it every week, then you're missing out.
Sayonara.
WIth this in mind, I'll once again remind anyone who is not signed up to the mailing list that it would be a good idea to join before I update. Not only will you be notified when the update happens but there'll be something special in there as well, to "Give a Reason", if you catch my drift.
Someone recently tried to sign up to the message board, but the confirmation e-mail did not go through. Please make sure that your e-mail address is valid and functional when you register. Otherwise you won't be able to join, and that would suck. If you're using a free service like Hotmail, you have to make sure that it doesn't fill up. The same goes with the mailing list.
Is it at all possible for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to kick any more ass? Geez, today's episode was amazing. It was full of incredible battles. It's one of the best things going on TV right now. If you're not watching it every week, then you're missing out.
Sayonara.
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