Monday, March 17, 2008
lupdates...
I miss my faery princess!!! I know that sounds weird but you just gotta love kids... they grow on you before you know it your covered in their little tendrillettes and you can't get them off you...but do you really want to... Please pray for the little bugger, though... she's gotta strange lump in her throat that's been a cause of some alarm... its not the worst nothing like...CANCER!!! ptl, but she still has to go into surgery this wednesday so lift her up in prayer then, eh?
ahhhh I've finished the tenth grade in math... which means I will have less monotonous studies to look forward to in the future...
I'm starting a new drawing book, the paper in the old one is being ornery... but I need to finish some out of the old one... the water elemental for one and another challenge piece involving water too... rain this time... but water still... the new one I've got is book bound as apposed to spiral bound... I don't know how long it'll hold out as those kind of sketch books don't have a good reputation...
where has all the randomness gone? I remember when I would just type what ever I wanted out of the clear blue sky... Well I propose a renewal of it... let there be random!!!
muahhahahahaha
-The Revig
Friday, March 07, 2008
nice...
heres some updates on what I've been up to lately... I think I'll start off with a few works I've been doing...
yes, yes I know I take forever... shutup, finish your greens, and be happy!
It was inspired by a phrase I had floating around in my head... like a remnant of a prophecy," you will come through this time, and though the fires rage around you they will only feed the blaze in your heart for me," strange, I know... but I am... incidently this is also for the challenge(convenient,no?) no.89 through the fire... as for the progress on this I'm almost finished with it, just need to finish the figure and do the background which should be interesting as it will be fire... surprisingly this one didn't take for ever to get this far... I hope I'll be able to finish it soon enough for you vultures :D
The Silent Lovers
it's still need some work but I was sick of just looking at it...
as a disclaimer: while writing the poem I had no recolection of the poem he did... but now that I think of it, it's similar, strange, I must of been subconsceincly influence by it... drat! I hate it when that happens...
The Silent Lovers
These stone
as black as ice
left from some memory.
are the sculls of men,
now hearing,
the silent war
of these two lovers hearts.
They speak no more;
all has been said.
worth saying anything
now that they're dead?
they're ears are seared,
with the pains of the other
That is why the only look,
not speak, to eachother
sometimes they're eyes meet
more meaning than words
passes between.
He brought her flowers once
black foxglove and narcissus
they withered long ago
now but shadows in the dust
she made him wings,
but he broke them
automated things
could not control them
kept from her besides...
Monday, February 11, 2008
The Room-- part two(finally:)
Meet Zane the soloist in this opera. as you can see he has issues... one mainly being he is opressed and in bondage against his will ("but you can't get out now your friends have locked the door..."). In our story he is the equivalent of that lost soul on the brink of being found as portrayed so expressly by this song... in other words he is the escapee to be--and consequently the main character here. he will be singing the chorus so to speak... I started this sheet last year due to incredible boredom during a trip to my sisters in louisville. Of course it was only a first concept drawing to get the ideas down as they fall out of my head--not the finished character ref sheet so if there are any errors just ignore them... I will be doing many more of these as there are alot of details that I want to work out and several things I will change.
Yes, those are spikes coming out of his shoulder. the original idea I had was that these spikes would appear on the characters as a sort of disease... Now that I think about it zane's will be running along the right side of his jaw, even though here they're on his shoulder in this first drawing. I decided to drop those as then it would seem like he was less affected by it than his "friends", who have them coming out all over the place, not to mention it would solve the problem of how to get that coat thingy off with them. I liked the concept of the lock around his neck as it symbolizes his bondage and imprisonment, besides he needed something there...
I like the leather glove especially the little metal plate things over the fingers...
The overall feel I wanted to achieve was a somewhat grunge(dare I say goth?), semi-archaic, mystical ambience yet still maintaining a modern theme. basically it will have the same undifinability as the music it comes from. I didn't want to stray too far into studds or spikes as that wouldn't really do it for me and besides they're rather cliche and if this is a comic I figured it would be best to keep things simple and free from unecissary and tedious detail... instead we're going with straps, rusty hardware, and scary looking armor :D
ahh, yes the head shots... I figured since I'll be drawing this bugger alot more I should do some of these for reference and to get a greater feel for him more than just your standard mugshot once in awhile. as with any comic one needs to get a greater three dimensional feel of ones character and so these are an attempt to do so. that dagger there is ment to be duel weilded and has a design I cooked up that would be his seal so to speak or rather his emblem. all the characters will have one and it will be a motif used throughout their design as far as the drawings go I actually like the one on top of his left side veiw better than the other one
I still can't figure out how to draw those chunks of hair so that they look right... both from that side and the top... but, ah well maybe I just need to revise it a little...
getting a bit more into details here. you can see the full emblem up there in the top right corner there... he's got it on his daggars, shoulder guard, lip ring, and finger thingies on his glove... I did this inorder to tye the whole concept together as well as give him a greater depth of culture (I think that's the correct term) than what would be apparent if I'd just left those parts blank... I always like doing that in my work... though now that I think of it it'll be a real pain to reproduce on a consistent basis... underneath all that is an idea I had for adding a tatoo to his right eye as it would make it easier to draw that side of his face... I may or may not keep it in... but, then again. I don't like his shirt though andin another sketch I changed it to a double set of rings instead of just one... which in my opinion looks better, along with a different collar.
and as you may see I was trying to see how the spikes at his jawline would work... so far I like it.
as far as technique goes I will be inking it in a great deal, but still leaving the pencil lines underneath to keep a rougher ambience to it... and to fill in those portions that would be too hard to ink otherwise. as far as colour goes it'll be pretty monochromatic with selective coloring where I feel is best.
one thing to keep in mind is that by no means are these the final design for this character. mostly these are still fluid and floating around in my head so at this point nothing's concrete. and I might not even follow through... I'm not so sure I should even be doing it like this, but if its made apparent that this is out of it and I mean really out of it, then I won't hesitate to abandon it... and f I am please don't hesitate to tell me... but at the moment I'm having a great time dreaming about it. And even if it does crash and burn at least I'll have the experience, no?
anyway, heres hoping this'll come to fruition....
-the Revig
A little something
None yet.
touched by a darkness
tainted within
its waves beating
an island of light.
mortal strife,
of natures bound.
choose which wins
the rule of your soul.
cheers!
-the Revig
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Valentines song
:D
from: phil in the circle I highly recomend you visit his site... he'sa lunatic!!!
Friday, January 18, 2008
new year's prayer
first I will give you the lyrics to the song I played... no I didn't play it paz's laptop did, but it was played none the less...
Another Dawn
-by Stephen Buckle
another year has come and gone
and everything around has changed
another day another dawn
and jesus you are still the same
another chance to give breathe
to those who cannot even breathe
another chance to make amends
or turn my back on anything
chorus:
And I say
how do I live without you Lord
You saved me what else can I ask for
how do I love without you Lord
you take away
but you've given me back so much more
Looking through pictures and pages
I remembered when you walked with me
You told me if I ever failed you
Your love would still be guaranteed
And all I want is to be near you
down whatever road I must take
your words have never failed to guide me
through the lies and mascarades.
(repeat chorus)
bridge:
when I'm dyin'
fallin' free
you come and rescue me
and how could I explain to you
everything you've done for me
fin-
And my prayer-
O'h, LOrd though I may fall lift me up. For I have no other strength but yours. Only you can start my life anew. May this new chapter of my life bring what you willand may I have the courage,
the faith, the fortitude to see it through...
-The Revig
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Sigh...
Please-by DeadStarKew
I might poem to it... who knows... I like the concept since I've had some experience with it myself...
-The Revig
Monday, December 31, 2007
Happy Birthday/Merry Christmas, Nathalie
may I present to you a peice that has been many months in the making (MANY. I started this for your birthday... in july) and the poem that originally inspired it (and nothing screams "BLUE!!!" quite like it)
You, a bird, fly high and free;
A fish, I see things differently.
Your world below a speck becomes;
My world and I embrace as one
Perhaps we'll not see eye to eye,
Since fishies swim and birdies fly.
Emotions, to you, brief gusts of wind,
To me, warm currents without end.
Much as I sore wish for wings
To revel in your airy flings,
A fish with fins I'm apt to stay
And with the other fishes play.
Yet friends perhaps still we can be;
You dive, I leap…momentarily.
And kiss the space that's left between
As you and I see worlds unseen.
Till when, some day up in the sky
In the legendary "by and by"
With wings and fins all placed aside
We'll meld as one by Jesus' side.
--Kiana Flame
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!!!
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
sorry!
and it is with the most deepest regret that I shall have to inform you that i have been forbidden from computer use for the next week... sorry to make you wait another week for content but there you have it... details and reasons why cannot be posted here as there is no time to type them now... but when it does allow you shall have them though I do have something written out I just need to type it up... savy?
My most sincerest apologies. I love and thank you all, though don't desert me yet!
-The Revig
Friday, November 09, 2007
Note: I found this pic while browsing deviantart... something I do now sparingly and not as heavily as before... the lord told me to keep it down to a visit a week... but either way the photographers comments say more than I ever could... full veiw of course, (because it's considered polite in that society)... their might be a poem written for this... who knows...
-The Revig
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
nude
I don't really like the text... might change it at sams request :D if I can find one that he likes...
and the figures in bird and fish are painted now all I need is the background...
-The Revig
P.S. the headphones are on backwards... :D
Sunday, October 21, 2007
I cannot touch again
what was once
so near
All I feel when I reach
is a mirror of my fear
Did I erect this defamy?
it's reflection is mine indeed
but changed it seems
an image of the nothing
I am become to be
A wraith faithless, finite
Fading
already it is blowing away
and all that remains
is the light of your face
as in my quavering hand
a hammer you place...
Monday, October 15, 2007
The Room part one
Now, one may ask "How would you accomplish such a feat? isn't a music video about the music? how can you convey something like that in a medium that is essentially silent?" to which I would, of course, reply"We use our imagination!"(I'm sure I left it around here somewhere...) I would simply use only the lyrics instead of any real dialogue so as not to prevent any mix up of characterization since I suck at dialogue (is a fact). What I am trying to acheive here is something where the images would coincide with the sounds and what you might be feeling listening to this song. Of course this would mean that I'd have to match the rythm and flow to that of the song which isn't something I've got alot of experience in... but lord willing with his help I'll be able to get the hang of it... eventually....
"The Room" is a classic storytelling song from which I'm sure countless skits and such have been done from, not to mention it has all the elements to make it work... dialogue, a somewhat hazy plot, and with the help of The Metanoya, atmosphere. all of which are what make a good comic strip of any length... which gives me much more to work with than most other songs... basically it's alot more literal than them. Sooo mix in a bit of creativity, prayer, inspiration and a lot of hard work and hey! presto! you have a comic stripp! or something around those lines...
-The Revig
P.S. sorry for the silence I've just gotten off a punishment :D
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Belly button
amuse yourselves while I replot my revenge on procrastination...
Friday, September 07, 2007
some more...
Given up
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Birthdaze
but first...
birthday gifts for two very special young ladies who shall always have me stalking them
to start off I will present you with a peice that I am working for nathalie even though I am horribly late
The Bird and The Fish (Lineart) and the WIP
as you can see it is an incredibly complicated image so even though I have made considerable progress on it it is still far from being finished, not to mention since I just got a spiffy new computer :D with vista on it, it will be a while before I can get the good ol' ps up and running again to finish it off.(which makes you wonder y I installed it in the first place)
Sunday, August 12, 2007
updates
as I've already stated I've been extremely busy not to mention I can't seem to find the time to post...
but that's not what I'm here for
I'm here to tell you all that I will be leaving either today or tommorrow on a trip to my sisters wedding in atlanta... I should be gone for the next couple of weeks, but hopefully she'll have a computer with internet there so I'll keep you posted. hopefully I won't get too drunk... but then again you never know this is after all my first wedding :D
toodaloo!
-The Revig.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
I just realized something...
Excuse me as I go and spend some time at the master's feet...
-The Revig
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
poetry
The Tree
Branches tire,
drifting off to sleep.
Dreams for hire
prance 'bout my feet.
Each, a fairy flame
in it's repose.
Each has a name
that the others chose.
Glimmer bright,
restings on root.
sparkled bedight
out in night, loose.
Away they float,
off to find a bed;
to set their notes
round some child's head.
As they leave
-closing darkness behind-
I rest my leaves
seeking sleep inside.
-
La-la-laling
Good day to you
O, sun of a pink tennis ball
throw the petroleum jelly against the wall
String gees on a shower cap
drip your puple hearts
I can be more faucety than that
Keep your bleach
I have my own
and more than you'll know to reach
Look for me amongst the stuck fireflies
I will join them who knows
But I'll have a toothbrush they'll buy
Blast that pen!
What was I smoking again?
-
Drifting
A shipwreck
Demiseless,
I float admist the debree.
Given up
Dwimmersome,
Wandering Nightmarishly
Never Drown'd
Don't know how?
Let me sink, merciless sea.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Kathy!!! (again)
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Breathe Again
save me from my asphyxiation
I want to breathe again...
-The Revig
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Randomites!!!
cause I could of always been the same
but you stepped into my house
made it clean again
cause I could of always been the same
but you took me back
made me pure again...
heh yeah I like poa... especially this song... probably because it expresses what I've been going through myself lately...
the black and white photo's are by ambie bambie from whose blog I got this video from... which is done by joe...
sigh...
-The Revig
Friday, July 06, 2007
Oh, look a bird...
I've been super busy lately, working mostly.... school too... I have hardly anytime to get on the computer and post something...
it's weird but I'm literally an errand boy here... my mom keeps on asking me to do things right and left... and I have to do them right away just drop what I'm doing and work on it... but the funny thing is I don't mind it so much. It helps me with my humility and willingness... not to mention it's good exercise and keeps me busy, an idle mind being the devil's playground after all... or something like that... hey! I'd rather be a doorman in the house of the lord than dwell in the tents of wickedness...
-The Revig
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Gypsy
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Dye Daily
Die Daily
umm... okay this obviously needs some explaining... for some strange reason it was inspired by the phrase"I killed my pride"from some random song... pride in this case sygnified by the statue of himself having come alive. so in a sense he's killing himself. therefore I made the posessed statue stabbing him but him stabbing the statue(don't ask me how it's done, but yeah that's the general idea) to illustrate that by "killing" (I hope) the statue he's killing a part of himself... or something around those lines....
gah, the texture! I painstakingly put it together on the statue, piece by peice, layer by layer... which my computer loved me for and showed it's apreciation by taking ten minutes to save the file... sigh I really should give the credit for it where it is due... but notifying the person of the usage of his texture is a leetle bit difficult since I don't have a DA account anymore and that's where I got it from...http://texturemattic.deviantart.com/ since I have to post a link to it... (his rules :D) yes I know I haven't been very good at keeping them but I will try for now on. I can't really give you the exact link to the texture since he's cleaned out his gallery... O really should stop using these if I plan to illustrate the xn... copyrighting could be a pain if I'm not careful... which is why fighter's song only uses brushes...something that I am incredibly proud of since all my work uses other peoples textures to a great extent... sigh
now that I look at this there are soo many things that I see wrong with it, but I couldn't abide looking at it any longer! come to think of it I started it in febuary when the weather was still docile and worked on it throughout... definatly the thing that made it take so long was the texturing of the statue as while almost halfway finishing it my computer decided to be turned off by a power cut performed by my dad while working on the house so I lost all my work on that and had to start all over again... which was alright I guess because by that time I had a process down and was able to streamline it a bit because usually the reason why texturizing something takes me so long is because I have no idea what I am doing and it's a process of trial and error using different textures and blending modes to see what looks best...(pant pant) all this to say... I HATE TEXTURIZING!!!
ohh lookie a signature!
incedently this peice is also for that challenge thingy:43. Dying, if you want to know... MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
-The Revig
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
SIXTEEN!!!
Well here's to fifteen!
it's been fun and a hell of a ride!
it feels weird being sixteen...
I hope I'll get the hang of it...
in time...
-The Revig
Friday, June 08, 2007
poetry...
this first one was, strangely enough, brought to mind and inspired by the word "grey" (or "gray" depending on where your from) this will be, of course, another one of my illuminated poems. I hate it when that happens...
Grey
When I was a child
so gay(HAPPY!!!) and free
the world was full of color
and I alone was king.
The sky fell through my fingers
the wind held my face,
in her caress everchanging
while she whispered my name.
The trippling creeks
laughed with me.
sticks were swords
and my fortress a tree.
But now time has flown
I see the world dim
through different eyes;
too fair, that dream, to live in.
Now the voices are silent, dry
This king's reign is ended
The fortress has fallen
My sword lies broken
Emaciated, the wind gnaws
against my bare skin.
No longer comforting
as it drives storm's clouds in.
And all the colors, slowly
do now but fade.
Where once played hues vivant
now lurk only shades of grey.
distanced
How can we
still be friends
(with benifit)
when seas
of land
come between?
Ourselves,
vessels derilect
Eachother,
our only shore
Our different paths
together we walk
Aching fingers breaking
the Silence
ever sporadicly
Never giving the hurt
the pleasure
of being felt
Though poignant
we feel
the others pain.
Can we find
our parts to play
in this masacarade grand
so soliloquosly acting?
Will we go on searching
in these mires of Silence
for our own selves?
Calling,
our names in dismay...
blah!
-The Revig
the good stuff
Thursday, June 07, 2007
I LIIIIIIIVE!!!
Due to reasons that are too complex to even begin to explain without going on interminably(somewhat related to school), I have been on a hiatus for the past month or so... originally it had started out as a usual 'no-computer' punishment I recieved at the begining of last month ending after Wordestock... But apparently I can't wait that long, so it I disregarded it figuring, of course that it would be forgotten almost immediately as others had been... little did I know that it would be knocked up all the way to the 31st with the only thing resonable being to buckle down and take it... and so I did... and, now that it's over it's pretty wierd resurfacing back to cyber space again...Still, it's not all that bad, I suppose. I've had some time to break out of my writer's block, not to mention all the progress on my artistic backlog, as well as sneaking abit of time into my cgs as well(vanity, vanity, I know... actually I'm almost finished with my latest pixelated masterpiece that's been plaguing me for the past 3 months or so... will get that to you shortly just a bit of touching up to do)...
anyway, alot has happened since that time...( most notably wordstock which we'll get to later, hopefully) not wasting so much time roaming about in cyberspace has certainly gotten me doing alot of thinking and praying that's for sure.
funny enough as it may seem, I don't resent the fact that I recieved this punishment, sure I don't really deserve it; I still think it was a bit harsh compared to the reason for it, and I really don't understand the why I got it in the first place. I'm actually thankful for it. many things have happened during this time I've spent away from the computer things that were incredibly hard to go through, leasons I had to learn and even alot of really big sacrifices I had to make. I can honestly say that I am not the same person I was a month ago. For it all... the tests and the trials, the forsakings and breakings...I am thankful and grateful, because through it all I have been able to draw closer to the one that truly means the most to me. I am now able to say "Jesus is enough." Because without him I would never have been able to make it through to the end, He is the wind beneath my wings, the breathe of life inside of me, the strength to make it through the day. And there is nothing I would ever trade to be able to honestly say that.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Fighter's Song
pretty nice huh? :D it was inspired by several 'fighter' songs, 'never', 'this is war','kicking up a storm', of course these are all songs that involve an army whenever I visualize them and orginally I had intended to depict this, but I just got so tired of looking at this so I didn't go through all the trouble of doing that and settled for this... but point in case this is intended for any 'fightier' song you can think of and is intended to express that same thing :D which is why I give it the same title :D
and for once here is a painting that I did not use texture on... not even an overlay for effect... just default brushes... and I say painting cause that it really what it is that I did with it... at least the background anyway...which was a pain... took me a whole week and a half I believe... the line art is old and obviously there are a lot of different shading styles blended together here which just shows how long I spent working on it... you can see some: cel(which is what I used to do before I got my tablet), low opac, smudge, and textural(the helmet). I also borrowed those little extreme highlights from luis royo... and I think I'll be keeping them for awhile :D
please don't mind the many mistakes...
P.S. the demon's supposed to be orklike... that's where I got it from anyway :D
enjoy
-The Revig
Monday, April 02, 2007
poetic experiences
Roots
I am trying to think but all that I find
are the tangled roots
of seedling thoughts
growing dead
cracking my mind
Broken before
these undead dreams
Feeding off my dread-
the chaos craven-
feinted petulence
calling to those inside
and...
Partent
Grieving your senses
locked in the wind
The headway of your water's
granting sanctuary
Gold leaf skin
wrapped about your hands
touch my agony
and burn my name
Failure to see
to reciprocate
(Pink belt)
:b
-The Revig
Saturday, March 31, 2007
12.Insanity...
12. Insanity...
this is an illustration of how I've been feeling lately. Although the original pencil was done a while ago during another time in my life when I was having a harowing emotional experience similar to what I've just gotten over with, and the inking was done just recently, I feel that it still holds true and is quite an emotional peice for me as a result...
It's magelyke... form my novellita that I'm working on... battleing with his own personal demons... similar somewhat to what I've been going through...
(I don't think I like the fingers...but there's not much I can do about that now is there...)
-The Revig.
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Hold Me In Your Heart
lyrics and music by nathalie fischer
verse 1:
Hello there am I dreaming
This feels too good to be real
Are you an angel
That came to save me from my nightmare
and I wondered what it would be like
If I loved you and you loved me
Would I ever be able to come back to reality
Chorus:
So tonight I'm dreamin'
And everything is seemin'
To fall apart
But could you
Hold me in your heart
Tonight...
Verse2:
So I'm sittin' in this empty house (cough*)
Wishin' I could hold you
Wishin' I could tell you
But I'm so scare yeah I'm so scared
Cause I don't want hurt you
No I don't want to hurt you
Repeat chorus
Verse3:
When I think about you I smile
your so different and special
I wonder sometimes if your thinkin' about me
cause I'm just way over here
Wishin' you were mine,
Tonight
Repeat chorus twice and end
here is a peice inspired by this song... It's supposed to be a very belated christmas present... come to think of it... what am I gonna do for her birthday???
Ah... dear nathalie, such a hopeless romantic how I miss our ramblings together... I never got a chance to tell you what I think of your voice...
it sounds like the way rain feels... soft and refreshingly cool... sometimes feeling like a drizzle and yet at others like a cloudburst filled with emotion, yet the rain is never too hard for beauty's light to shine through the clouds.
this is also:
16. Silence
-The Revig
Thursday, March 08, 2007
The Angels
The Angels
Their sorrow's gales
Dance with crimson sheets
Tears of blood
Run down marble cheek
They are statues
Their backs to the wind
Wings of cold grey
The watching seraphim
Stillborn of stone
Swathed in red
Bleeding for the world
Watching it end
and the piece it was written for:
full veiw for all the monoliciousness
as you can see I kinda intensified things in ps... the reasson for that was my scanner totally messed up the colors on it making the brown I used to shade the "sheets" way to pronounced... in the original the colors are in a much more delicate style of colored pencilling, but burning the
colors was the only way to get a uniform red... but really as with most of my pictures with this scanner they look much better in real life!
this is also for the challenge... though I really did want to use a peice to STEM's "Red" for it, I suppose this will suffice for
17. Blood
Also, I suppose that from now on instead of using just imageshack I'll also post the pictures like this with the blogger utility as well
cheers
-The Revig
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Gift Art
the first one was for teeny and is to a song that I could of sworn was written by her that I read on her blog. turns out, it was by some system band called "Children of Bottom"? or something around those lines. the was every "time I die"; if I had known about it's origins I wouldn't of put pen to paper about it in the first place, but heh too late now. it's not my fault she didn't specify! I would include it here but, her blog has mysteriously vanished into thin air for no reason, I can't exactly reconjure it so you'll just have to trust me :D it did though have something to do with a candle going out and angel wings being broken, if that helps explain it, but no nothing about stitches I added that myself, but if teeny would be so gracious as to provide us with those lyrics you might see that it was inadvertently influenced by them.
Everytime I Die
my scanner has betrayed me!!!
(and yes a candle does smoke alot like that)
The second peice was done for Flo and is in fact copied from a picture of teeny off of hi5, no it's not quite obcession... I had planned a different composition of the same subject but it wasn't working out so I just took this pic and added all the trimmings :D
Fallen
Both were framed and I gave Teeny's to her on the last teen meeting of the year. Flo's took a little longer in getting to her... a whole month in fact, but hey better late than never...
oh yes and these are also for the challenge :D
everytime I die for...
28. sorrow (maybe I might not even count it for this) :D
I'll have to figure something else out for that but it's that one for now...
and Fallen
88. Pain :D
quite refreshingly "macabraic" for lack of a better word
*cackle*
-The Revig
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Ghost
I was there but then again I wasn’t. I was there but no one else saw me. Only you noticed me. Only you cared. Only you reached out and touched me when everyone else just walked right through me, not even seeing me. I was a ghost to everyone but you.
Vicariously, we laughed, we cried. We sang, we promised a dance. You showed me the world of the living, and I showed you a glimpse of my sweet death. But, through it all we never truly felt each other the way it was meant to be. The way we meant it to be.
Time and distance drives apart what was once so close, and now they torture us. What little that was there is now crumbled to dust and blown away. I didn’t want this. If I could I’d strangle the Time and distance that separates us with my bare hands. I hate these things that tore us apart, I wish they never existed, I wish things were not so. I wish we were together. But for all my wishing I cannot ignore the reality that we’ll never be together the way we long to be.
I hold nothing against you. We are apart this way because of things beyond our control, but know this; if things were different I’d run to you, I’d hold you in my arms and feel your sobs, dry your tears, and whisper what I have forever longed to say. But there is nothing we can do. Now my arms go right through you. I am still the ghost I was, immaterial, unseen; now even more so to you...
Saturday, February 03, 2007
Stem--- heavenly music
The new stem album... in a word, yes indeed, it is heavenly. Their lyrics are in earnest, their melodies inspired, and the feelings invoked by each are stirring and gutwrenchingly pure. Both say so simply what I have felt all along, especially this last year, and no doubt I am not the only one who can say that. indeed, it is the songs like these that are making the revolution of today.
to give you a taste of what I mean here is the first song on the alblum. finally someone has said what I have felt all along...
Deathe Music
(V1)
Generation, defined by,
Words from a bleeding nation.
Long ago, music was so,
Different from what we hear now.
Feeling, meaning,
Now it's missing.
Celebrity masterpeices,
Rocking millions of sheep,
Deeper into their sleep.
(Chorus)I want the sound of,
Youth rebellion,
On the system,
Revolution,
Action,
Hate for evil,
Make me feel,
Something real in time,
Words that force us to action,
Chords that breathe
Dedication.
Turn off the radio,
Music, leave me breathless and bare.
(V2)I spent enough time hearing girls whine,
About their boys, sex, and toys,
Half naked, lip syncing,
Sex sells, so make it worth it.
Rapping, bling-bling,
shooting, bleeping,
Meaningless words for profit,
Skating, breaking,Desecrating.
Morals, don't think about it.
(Repeat Chorus)
(Bridge)
I know where I will go,
Run down this one-way street,
Whatever He will take from me,
I give it willingly.
It's death music,
system shit.
Pan, stay away from me,
Water poisoned for your soul,
You're gonna die on it.
(Repeat Chorus)
(Outro)
Why listen to the enemy, enemy?
Why cower to his vice on you?
Don't be as lethargic masses, friends.
Don't listen to the enemy.

Nothing to lose
Let's Go!
V1
.You can take everything from me now,
My pride and my selfish way,
Everything I used to hold so dear,
I swear it's making me sick.
Chorus.
Nothing to lose,nothing between,
Nothing can stop lean, mean machine.
Everything to gain, aeroplane,
Until my death I swear allegiance,
Cause I make my stand now.
I'm moving forward,
I'm with you now,
And there's nothing to lose in the end.
V2.
Here I stand, unafraid and fearless,
I'm ready, I've made my dying wish.
I've been here before, but I know,
This time with him I'll end victorious.
Repeat Chorus
Bridge.
You try to slay me and I'll rise above,
You try to slay me and I'll rise above,
You try to slay me and I'll rise above,
You try to slay me and I'll rise.
Repeat Chorus
End!
Friday, January 19, 2007
Traditional Media Comments
Thanks
-The Revig
Digital Art Comments
Thanks
-The Revig
Friday, January 12, 2007
Fanart Shmanart
I got a tablet for christmas!!!
(a little late no)
its only a 6x8 graphire though so don't lose your socks which is alright I guess as far as tablets go but still its not as good as an Intuos since it only has 512 levels of pressure sensitivity instead of 1,024, but still I'm not one to complain... mainly since the things cost a small fortune and I'm lucky to have even gotten one... so yeah I'm happy with this one... it works just fine so fine in fact that I finished my first peice with it within two weeks of getting it...
it just so happens to be a fanart for... "Earthsong" a webcomic I am reading
and incidently it is portrait of the name sake of the comic: Earthsong!
now what is this "earthsong"? good question I think our good friend wiki can explain that a whole lot better than I can. she is so much more better with words than I am. Wiki!
and of course after you have digested that substantial chunk of information you can visit the webcomic itself here
I'll have to tell you though that it is in redux, which means it's being redrawn... and another thing as of december 18th in order to encourage sale of volume one the last two chapters of it(of three mind you:D) are presented in text form... fortunatly I started reading it god knows how long before... which is probably why i did a fanart for it in the first place another thing because of this flux in information several of those characters listed in the article will not be showing up in the comic for some time... that is if you've followed it from the begining as volume three is going up...
-The Revig
Waited Too Long
Too Long
We never saw
That everything was wrong
Too late
Our hearts to break
Our song never wrought
Waited, too long
We’re lost to each other
With no one but ourselves
To blame
For our pain
Our worlds crumble
No passion fell
Now sing we
A lacryment song
A requiem
To our dream
Distortion bleeding
Waited, too long
I know this place
I have been here now
And now I know
-The Revig
Thursday, January 04, 2007
peices up
more drawings will be posted when I can transfer them,
but for now these are the ones I have up.
the scanning quality varies on account of my old scanner breaking down and my having to had use a camera. now though, I've got a scanner that eats my lines like cereal and white washes the rest. I want the older one back!!!
Saturday, December 23, 2006
links
on account of my blog being labeled as an "art site" on the family blog community's gallery next to my work, I have decided to make things more professional looking by putting up a list of links to my pieces. this way you don't have to go swimming through all my nonsensical posts searching for that one particular piece, but now you can access it simply and effectively via the links to your left<- savy?
the cgs are up first in chronological order as to when they were finished. the traditional media pics will follow as soon as I can get our good friend imageshack to host them for me. I probably, might as well, put up one for the challenge too, but time will tell
cheers
- The Revig
Friday, December 15, 2006
I got my computer back!!!
I got my computer back!
I got my computer back!
and in return it has been exchanged for a kick ass machine of 2.01 ghz, 1.00 GB of RAM, and 111 Gsof hard drivespace with a ninteen inch flat screen monitor and a six
speaker system(including a "sub woofer") for the optimum veiwing and listeningexperience eqauting total awsomeness and making us the envy of the san antonio area jk
of course all the thanks goes mostly to my brother dale whom without we might still have our dinosaur lets all give him a round big round of aplause.
*claps*
can you feel the music?
The Revig
Saturday, December 02, 2006
quitting...
(akward silence)
It wasn't going anywhere... and when I seriously thought about it I realised that that wasn't the way I wanted my life to go... it was an inroad for compromise into my life and I knew it. Every time I went on I felt it sapping at my convictions, and my strength to resist was wearing away fast... finally I gave in... I submitted my closure request and never looked back...
I will still continue with the challenge... though I'll have to completly rebuild the links here... still I feel it a worth while choice...
heres to the future
- The Revig
Sunday, November 26, 2006
lethargic lullabies
to be sung in a sing song drawl wilst weaving bed sheets around your prey...
Sheets
Take your time
to setlle down
Loose your voice
as in silence you drown
Guilt aside
just lie around
Make no noise
and forget your sound
-The Revig
rabbling
we went to gatti waste today with my half brothers... I humiliated myself on the stomping machine... I'M... OUT... OF... PRACTISE... (s if there was such a thing that one could be in) pummeled my brother at air hocky, after subjecting my right hand to a bizzarre massage on the adams family generator(BRRRRRRRRRZZZZZZZZZ), or wait... was that before or after I had a bite taken out of my fish on the "feeding" ticket frenzy machine I can't quite remember... it was all I blurr mostly, anyway I did a grand barrage of other things that I'm way to tired to remember or write down...
it amazes me
how spiritually dull
people can be
the stones SEE!!!
but your ears are blind...
-The Revig
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
art
I finished the second elemantal in the series this one being: earth. I really like how this one came out although it doesn't really follow the style of the other one nessicarily... but ah well with skills like mine you can't help but improve:D... ehh?
here are also two peices from the challenge I recently scanned:
8. Innocence
10. Breathe Again
Breathe deep... Seek peace
-Freakdearts
Sunday, November 12, 2006
poetry attack!!!
this first one was written sometime back when I still was fanatical about the craft
Troubled Waters
Singing to an audience
That's just not there
Couldn't care less
This silence
Too hard to bare
Endlessly crashing ambience
Layers piling up
Apon my skin
Of bells struck
I've had to much
Of this light too dim
Fearlessly passionate touch
Something feirce
Is in the air
A fire within my tears
My greatest fears
Of this dare
Toyingly haunting mirrors
Days of Nights
"I will not love!" shouts I,
Spreading wings in the wind
"For nothing can I find
in my humanity to give"
Amnesty to live
Death taunting grin
graces my face
I can no longer waste
my tears
so dear
as to be my only dream to shed
But, Oh! the dread
of endless days
Of sleepless nights
Without the sight
of your face
Oh how I pray there will come a day
when I can touch
It aches so much
And nothing can I do
to soothe
The pain
of these joyless days
Of dreamless nights
Without the sight
Of you
a little free verse, anyone?
Evanescent
GO, find your light
Bring what you have within
and it will be your guide
Every night you scream
your tainted soul
This insanity within you
furrowing upwards to find
Nothing to bring
To give
to the sorrow that thrives
Within your breast
Where is this peace that you long to hold
Hesitant to see it
in your own eyes
Silence reigns
Although your screams explode
And everything comes
back to your pain
There is freedom
Now your own song
and yeild to the light
Before...
enjoy!
Thursday, November 09, 2006
challenge update!
here is an update on "the challenge ":
1. introduction- finished
2. love- finished but unscanned(actually teeny has it... getting her to do anything is like trying to move a large boulder)
5. Seeking Solace-finished
6. break away-finished
8. innocence-finished but unscanned
10. breathe again 60% finished
no limits!
no limits!
inspired by the song(whadya know) "no limits" by steven mcnair
I quite like how this one came out as it was my first experiment at painting clouds in ps and I was kinda unsure as to how it would turn out...but I like the final impressionistic (orange ice cream WOOOT!)effect they have and I think I'll do all my clouds like this from now on...
the studs (yes those are what those little grayish things on his belt and too-low-contrast armband are) were done with a brush I created but came out different then I intended them to...
akward lens flare moment...
lineart in pencil... inking with pilot rollerball(fine) and colors in photo shop
Saturday, November 04, 2006
what happened how and why...
ANYWays...
well to make a very long story short, on the 13th of september I "crashed" my computer by downloading a virus which I thought was a patch for a computer game I wasn't even supposed to be playing. as a result I had a punishment of one months absense from any sort of computer usage... I'm serious not just online, but reading, writing, and yes shocking as it may seem art(of course that would be my cg I have been plenty busy with my other "genres"). about the only thing I could do was my school and put on music. aside from that the computer was completely off limits...I griped and groaned about it even tried to get around it by still playing the game... but, then I figured that if I kept going on like this I would get nowhere and still be unable to get the lessons strait, so finally I just buckled down and did it... that was a month ago... it was hard let me tell you that much... I even had it suspended a week twice(although the second one I was semi-expecting as it was on friday thirteenth*shrugs*)... but for all the times I was tempted I just told myself that I had brought this apon myself, there was no turning back, and the reponsible thing to do was to get it over with and learn from it for the experience that it was... but, then again it wasn't so bad it gave me a chance to step back from everything, see the big picture, and get a fresh perspective...
-The Revig
Friday, October 27, 2006
I'm baaack
oh nowhere dramatic except for the fact that since wendesday the 13th of september my computer use has been limited strictly to schoolwork and the "putting on" of music.
needless to, I can't say I didn't enjoythe period in a strange sort of way. for one it gave me time to back away from things and take a good look at what I was doing with my time. and for another I found I had all sorts of time for things that before I had hardly any to do as a result of my time glued to the screen. although I did miss the hours apon hours of mindless surfing, during the time, not to mention I had left my relations with Nats hanging on a line(quite literrally as she asked me"the Question" that very day) and my creativity was cramped by the fact that I couldn't even cg (not that it would of mattered as my hardrive got wiped a couple of days later as a result of my actions.[don't worry it was backed up] yes my hardrive, on the computer that originally had no internet access and [still does poorly now that it has] was commandeered by my brother to be used as the home pc... now it's a dinosaur!) and now I'm as disoriented as ever. but despite all that I think I'm all the better for it. at first I was really miffed about it all, but then something clicked and I just bit the bullet and now I don't know why but I'd do it again...
shortly shall you hear oh why I had this time of drear :D
-the Revig
Sunday, September 03, 2006
The Challenge!
winkies
pasted from theumbrella's journal (in other words these are not my actual words)
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the point of this challenge is to test and improve your skill as an artist. After 100 pics who wouldn’t be better. Please forgive me if this in any way excludes you from taking the challenge.
The rules
1.) Make 100 pics each pic having a theme listed below. Each pic should have ONE and only ONE theme to it, for it to count.
2.) No time limit so have fun
3.) The main picture should be drawn but not limited to. for all fair purposes, people are allowed to use their paint programs and photo shop to create the pic.
3a.) pics should be of own artistic ability. You may not edit photos, or break any other rules set out in the Da etiquette policy. Your pics can be anything from sketches and doodles to great master pieces. Just have fun with it.
4.) The list below is to be placed somewhere in your journal for others to see that......
A.)You are in the challenge
B.)What you have completed
5.) make sure to update this list and check off what is done and make a link to the pic
6.) In the comments for your art work note if it is part of the list and what ONE theme it is.
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THE LIST
1. Introduction
2. Love
3. Light
4. Dark
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
A-R-T
| art art art art art art art art... ART!!! here are the links to my "latest" cgs The cover to the glorious nathalie's album:My Pledge was worked on while I was finishing the first in a series of pics of The Elements which I started with (for no apparant reason) FIRE!!! the other ones are still up and coming I only have the lineart in pencil for earth but I will ink it in and start coloring it (in the same style as the former one, mind you) after I finish with an overly extensive peice that's been driving me crazy for the past month or so... which I may or may not submit to the Xn two new projects I have also "just started". a "comic strip/music video" for The Metanoya's version of The Room. although how could you call it a music video if it's a comic strip. I guess more like a music strip or somthing. I will put in the lyrics along with the character as well as what i feel it's saying... but don't be expecting too much as I've never done anything like this before... but I am still very challenged with doing it and can't wait for a chance to start working on it although I probably won't ever get aroud to it since I also am starting to do some concept art for a game for this guy down in mexico...but, it's nothing official...I still have to actually write him and tell him about it but shhh...I won't tell if you won't but i do vaguely know what I'm drawing since jesse goode does it "officially" and i breezed over some of the stuff he gave him... but keep your fingers crossed, kay? |
-The Revig
Monday, August 28, 2006
I liiiiiive!!!
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Monday, June 26, 2006
ghost?
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
broken wing is colored
heres the link
Broken wing
this was so difficult to work with I had to do the base colors for the wings three times because my computer kept on getting turned of or photoshop was closed without me saving... gah!
and then there's the textures I really did not want to texturize this one too much as all my other cgs are so I just used two from what I had and just slap them on on the background only as I wanted the figures to stand out...
the blood was fun...
Saturday, June 10, 2006
my last post as a fourteen year old
this is my last post as a fourteen year old...
My, how time flies... it seems just yesterday that I was blowing out the candles on a sloppily iced cake... and now that's just another memory... in the stacks... I have no regrets about this year... except... that I hadn't laughed more loved more and lived... more I wish that I hadn't been so scared... of the unkown... of being hurt... now I see that all my worrying was in vain... that i was holding myself back for no reason... I have no idea what tomorrow will bring... but I hope... I pray... that I will not fail the coming tests the coming trials... I still have my fear... but I am determined to overcome it...to master it...
I have become the fifteen year old...
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
updates...
well, I've started work on digitaly coloring my interpretation of "broken wing"... it's rather annoying because the lineart is pretty light because I'm using the pencil lineart so the colors get a little choppy around the outlines and I can never tell where they are when I brush against a dark color, but yeah besisdes that it's going well... here's the original image...
Broken Wing
we help at the foodbank today... making food boxes... it was quite fun first we had to fill them with one layer of cans then another with one box/bag of cereal and other boxes or bags, then another layer on top of that with jars... then we had to fill in all the empty spaces with what we call fillers or little packages and boxs of anything from oat meal to tea bags... the main goal was to get the best qualityand variety of food into each box as well as making it weigh enough... they had to be at least fifty pounds or else they didn't have enough food in them... we did about forty of them or four pallettes of twenty a very fun but almost exhausting experience... especially when you have your freinds there to joke and talk with...
we have some more people staying in the lodge... it's the guy's that came from nepal for wordstock I don't know how long they're staying though...
natalie called me last sunday... great conversation... of...of... politics... TEEN POLITICS!!!
yes you know they exist even though they go on right under your nose... quite scary... really... I hardly remember what the body of it was but most of it was me stumbling over my self about why I thought her breaking up with danny was funny(which I have no idea how or why it came up) while trying not to hurt here fellings... sigh it didn't work too well... and the conversation ended awkwordly... DAMN PHONOPHOBIA!!!...*hem*
marie claire is sooo pale! how does she do it? it must have something to do with those veils she's always wearing...
I hate this pic but it's the only one of me and melody dancing

I was so annoyed that Tim took this picture... not to mention we were camera'ed as well...
sigh...
*POOF* we are gone....
Friday, May 26, 2006
characters of the Bible in a monastery
anyways here goes:
Characters of the Bible in a Monastery
(And the various problems that ensued)
Brother Adam: Never did manage to retrieve him from that bush. Whenever someone would stroll haplessly by he would cry aloud “I’ve sinned.”
Brother Noah: Kept on making puddles in the yard while trying to make a boat and coax others to join him.
Brother Abraham: He was so obedient; one was tempted to think he was a Labrador.
Brother Joseph: Kept on asking others to lie down on a couch; when they would comply, he would ask, “Now then, tell me about your dream?”
Brother Moses: Refused to stop playing with (parting) the tomato soup.
Brother Joshua: Announced every dinner that the Covent wall will, “Fall down in seven days.” Laps around the grounds ensued every evening.
Brother Samson: Ever heard of Cousin It?
Brother Samuel: Kept on telling others about his “voices.”
Brother David: That un-tuned harp was driving us MAD!
Brother Solomon: I do not think he comprehended the term “Celibate.”
Brother Isaiah: Refused to wear clothes, even while on the ‘Missions to the Poor’ ministry.
Brother Ezekiel: Kept trying to sneak dung-cakes in for midnight snacks.
Brother Daniel: Encouraged Brother Joseph by telling him his “dreams.”
Brother Jonah: His story (slightly altered) inspired the movie “Jaws.”
Brother Zacharias: Could not stop saying, “His name is John, his name is John.”
Brother John (the Baptist): Staunchly insisted that, “It’s not my fault that I unwittingly created the salvation practice for millions of Protestants.”
Sister Mary: Insisted that she was still a virgin, even after the barn incident.
Brother Peter: Always was boasting about how he could walk on Brother Noah’s puddles.
Brother John: Kept on annoyingly mimicking Jesus voice while saying, “What is that to thee? Follow thou me.” Snickers and black eyes ensued.
Brother Judas: A manic-depressive who had to be kept from all forms of string; shuddered at the sight of metal. (Sister Delilah called him cheap for awhile because he did not ask for 1,100 pieces of silver.)
Brother Paul: Insisted that the way the Bible Cartoons portrayed him makes him look gay.
Brother Titus: Felt “special” because, once upon a time, Brother Paul wrote him two letters.
Brother Gabriel: Could be heard snickering every time Sister Mary or the word ‘men’ was mentioned.
Brother Michael: Argued constantly that since his prostate is larger then Brother Gabriel’s that he should have been the one to impregnate Sister Mary.
Brother God: All he says is, “I’ve chosen a bunch of MANIACS
may the grint be with and may you love free...
-The Revig
Thursday, May 18, 2006
cage
check it out here http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/33496078/ inspired by the Metanoya song which you'll find links to there...
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
woRdstOCK
six whole days of compromise shattering classes, awe inspiring experiences, and spiritually renewing, liberating, moshing... oh yes there was moshing... every night, laced fully with the cascading, flowing, and all out revolutionary spirit of god... our spirits were one as our ragged voices tore the veil... we were so totally and fully possessed that nothing else mattered... only the moments of pure power that tumulted down from the heavenlies were all we knew... those nights were some of the best I've ever known... I get chills just thinking about them now... the total and all out no limits ambience that permiated that hall totally blew my mind.... it was like nothing I've ever known before... and there is nothing that I wouldn't give to experience the same thing again...
so here's to wordstock here's to the school of prophets... may the revolution live on!!!
these are the things I know to be true
these things I've experienced
because as I moved
I felt the spirits presence
http://www.wordstockrocks.com/
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
salty
salt of the earth has a new song up.........NEW GENERATION!!!
here's the link...http://www.saltofearthband.com/
ENJOY!


