Themes on an Examined Life

comiccharm: ‎5th and final page of my Fantastic Four...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:51:51 +1100

comiccharm:

‎5th and final page of my Fantastic Four samples.

Reed looks haunted. PERFECT.

I really want to know what half those things in the lab are. That’s so metal!

Comic Charm: the 'friend zone' - my thoughts

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:39:00 +1100

Comic Charm: the 'friend zone' - my thoughts:

comiccharm:

So, despite my on-going optimism about the World and its inhabitants, I’ve been seeing far too much of this ‘friend zone’ entitlement BS over the past couple of weeks and I wanted to address my own personal problems with the term.

And how if any of my Facebook / Tumblr / Twitter / real life…

I, too, have seen people whinge on about being in this imaginary “friend zone” too many times over my (admittedly vast) span of years, and it always comes down to douchery.

I’m guilty of falling in love with one or two very nice people who didn’t feel the same way about me. I’m still friends with most of them, but I’ve lost track of some. You know what? That’s life.

What I most certainly was not was: demanding, threatening, complaining or dismissive. Sad? Sometimes. Grateful for wonderful friends? ALWAYS.

Friends matter. Feelings matter. You can have both, and not be a nasty cockbite.

In fact, this whole thing could be summed up as, “Don’t be a nasty cockbite.”

So. Yeah. Don’t be that.

Because, Anna.: TL;DR

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:30:37 +1100

Because, Anna.: TL;DR:

becauseanna:

Writing is one of those luxuries I usually don’t give myself the time of day to do. This quite a problem because really, if I think about it. Writing is my creative outlet. I’m not an artist or a musician. And aside from baking (which I’ll concede gets a little creative with me), deep down, I’d…

I hope that Anna finds her feet with this. Knowing you have it in you to create is a burden.

I Know Who The Next Writer On Batgirl Is...

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 10:19:52 +1100

gailsimone:

…and her name is ME!

I am typing this on a snowy road, cell service is about to disappear, I know everyone has a million questions, but…

BATGIRL, baby!

Thank you to DC for this privilege, and a million thank yous to everyone who wanted to see this happen.

I am ECSTATIC.

The best post-nopocalypse news yet!

"Hard Tech"

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:05:46 +1100

"Hard Tech":

parislemon:

Googler Jed Christiansen takes issue with my previous post about battery life. As he writes:

MG comes across as an Silicon-Valley-centric arrogant jerk saying that “battery technology is really ripe for disruption.” It implies that all he needs to do is call attention to this problem, and two hackers in a garage will start experimenting and build a battery that’s better than anything else on the market. The reasons improving battery technology is tough is because the chemistry and material science problems are orthogonal; the work isn’t x*2, it’s x^2. Even once you’ve solved the key problems, manufacturing at the scale required for specific use cases becomes a third problem, since it forces a re-evaluation (and sometimes a complete re-design) of the original chemistry and material science problems.

Ad hominem aside, it’s a fair point. But I also don’t claim to know how to solve the problem, nor am I arrogant enough to think a short post on my blog will lead to a solution. I’m simply pointing out the obvious: that this is a major problem. And it’s going to get worse.

Obviously, a lot of people are working on this problem. And many are doing good work, no doubt. But I still hold out hope that there’s something out there right now that no one has thought of yet that will completely change everything in the space. True disruptions are never obvious. And it’s foolish to brush the possibility aside. Then again, that mentality often opens the door to disruption…

MG notes that poor battery life is causing him and others some grief. He then goes on to suggest that battery technology could be an area of exploration.

Given that the chemical energy in a standard phone lithium polymer battery is larger than a stick of dynamite (and this was from a lecture I sat through in University some number of years ago now), I’m not betting the farm on any big improvements coming through. The issue isn’t power density; we can probably make batteries more powerful. The trick is to make them give back that power slowly enough that they don’t burn you, or explode. That’s a tall order.

I agree with him about battery life in general being an issue, but I think we’ll see this attacked from the other side: better radios, better chipsets and better displays that suck down far less power.

Damn. He’s got impressive musculature for a...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:31:34 +1100

Damn. He’s got impressive musculature for a 1-year-old!

comiccharm:

In the efforts to improve my Photoshop skills I’m working on a picture of one of my Dungeons and Dragons characters. This is Carillion, the half-human half-dragonborn son of my main character Antigone. He’s a widdle level 1 Invoker of Bahamut. <3

I got to play him for the first time during our last DnD session.

The ash from the Puyehue volcano caused a pretty impressive...

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 01:19:35 +1000

The ash from the Puyehue volcano caused a pretty impressive banded sunset in Hobart, Tasmania tonight.

ceebee-eebee: thetardis: ch4rmsing: A collection of all the...

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 01:17:04 +1000

ceebee-eebee:

thetardis:

ch4rmsing:

A collection of all the fashion sketches inspired by the different doctor-styles :)

Click for bigger previews:

Eleventh Doctor
Tenth Doctor
Ninth Doctor
Eighth Doctor
Seventh Doctor
Sixth Doctor
Fifth Doctor
Fourth Doctor
Third Doctor
Second Doctor
First Doctor

How about it Lady-Whovians? Any favorites? Any you’d wear? Love to hear back :3

the First Doctor is a classy bitch. Haha

These are so fantastic I can’t even deal with it.

thehappysorceress: Jem Jam by Bill Walko

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 01:14:30 +1000

thehappysorceress:

Jem Jam by Bill Walko

blackalice: Another fav of mine by comicscharm! :D I feel...

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 09:04:11 +1000

blackalice:

Another fav of mine by comicscharm! :D

I feel soooo lucky to have seen this piece in the flesh.

blackalice: Right on! Impressive.

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:59:00 +1000

blackalice:

Right on!

Impressive.

Android Gripes: Why do apps from the same company look worse on Android than on iPhone?

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:19:43 +1000

Android Gripes: Why do apps from the same company look worse on Android than on iPhone?:

android-gripes:

When I use an iPhone and an Android phone at the same time, I often find that apps from the same company look a lot different on these two platforms - the ones on Android usually look much worse.

Here is a couple of examples.

This is what Meebo IM looks on Android, the contact list screen and…

comiccharm: This was an odd request in the swap but I had fun...

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:32:43 +1000

comiccharm:

This was an odd request in the swap but I had fun drawing it, they wanted an Astromech Droid from Stars Wars in any colour. They gave some examples including a sketch card they owned drawn by Katie Cook of a chibi Princess Leia and a pink Astromech Droid. I decided to draw them a partner to that picture and draw another pink Astromech Droid with a chibi Padme.

"If you’ve ever thought that women shouldn’t write comics, you should go fuck yourself."

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:12:09 +1100

“If you’ve ever thought that women shouldn’t write comics, you should go fuck yourself.”

- Secret Six #31 Review

While I certainly appreciate and agree with the sentiment, um, does anyone actually think that anymore? I’ve read a lot of sexist crap coming from comics fandom before, but I have never once heard anyone outright say that “women shouldn’t write comics”.

(via ladiesmakingcomics)

Well, if you hang out for more than 10 minutes in my town’s comic shop…

(via brainvomit)

LEMME AT THEM >:(
(via ladiesmakingcomics)
As bad as those who say women shouldn’t draw comics, either.

ceebee-eebee: gailsimone: pivitor: I don’t think the...

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:18:16 +1100

ceebee-eebee:

gailsimone:

pivitor:

I don’t think the relationship is meant to be 100% healthy. Bane means well, but is a little too obsessive, and you’re right, also treating her like a child (not all the time, but sometimes. Enough that it’s noticable.)

Scandal notices and certainly has voiced her complaints, but for everything squicky about it, she wants a father figure as much as he wants a daughter figure. It’s not perfect, maybe not even healthy, but of all the dysfunctional Sixer relationships, it’s one of the nicer and sweeter despite any undercurrents.

That’s how I see it, too. It’s…hmm. It’s odd to read people trying to posit this relationship as some lovely purely wonderful found family vision that’s been forced upon them. I think it’s charming and lovely, but also sad and desperate. Like a lot of things in the Six, I don’t think applying sitcom standards to it is going to be that useful. I think feeling a little uncomfortable about it (even if you like them both and are wishing for the best for them) is the sanest response.

Bane doesn’t know HOW to be a father. He doesn’t know what the right thing is, and almost all his choices are wrong. At the same time, Scandal sees that he loves her and cares about her. If either one of them were mentally healthy, then it would be a completely different relationship. When broken people love each other, the result is rarely anything that fits well on a Hallmark card, you know?

I will say that this next arc will add some developments that might make people rethink this relationship very very very much.

This is definitely how I view it. One of the things that makes S6 my favorite comic is that every single character in it is broken. Twisted, hurt, scarred, fucked-up, psychopathic, or just plain weird. And within that framework, the interpersonal stuff is all like fun-house mirror versions of relationships. Some of them want to be “normal” people, others wouldn’t have the first idea where to begin, and some wouldn’t want “normal” even if they could achieve it. But when I accept that not a single one of these character is a good person (in any way I would define that) or a mentally healthy person (again, in any way I define that), everything about them and between them becomes that much more fascinating. I don’t like the Bane-Scandal relationship because I think it’s healthy or sane or the model of an adopted parent/child scenario. I love it because it ISN’T. It’s sick, and uncomfortable, and creepy at times, but it’s still one filled with love. And that makes me want to see more. It makes me 100% invested in them and their story.

What’s the old phrase? Love makes people do strange things, I think it was. What strange things does love make strange people do?

thehappysorceress: Delirium of the Endless Magic...

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:11:44 +1100

thehappysorceress:

Delirium of the Endless

Magic Monday

Incredibly chaotic, but there’s still something of Delight in the face.

comiccharm: A thank you to all my awesome supports, I love you...

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:11:00 +1100

comiccharm:

A thank you to all my awesome supports, I love you guys. You make the Internets that much more awesome just by being on it. <3

I saw this under construction. So damnably cute!

Cass was drawing it tonight while we were all watching Neil Patrick Harris - this is her happy face. :3

…as in, I mean, this is exactly what she looks like when really happy. It’s truly uncanny!

ceebee-eebee: mybatmans: This is what they practice all the...

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:24:04 +1100

ceebee-eebee:

mybatmans:

This is what they practice all the time.

Naturally, as you can tell, Batman is the best. Supes needs to bend his knees more.

I’m actually sitting here wiping my eyes from laughing so hard. I can’t stop looking at it. I’m hypnotized!

thehappysorceress: Adam Hughes Power Girl Adam’s simply...

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:49:57 +1100

thehappysorceress:

Adam Hughes Power Girl

Adam’s simply too good. Dead-set jealous, I am.

ignitions: Totally me the first time I tried sushi. Now I’m...

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:22:32 +1100

ignitions:

Totally me the first time I tried sushi. Now I’m addicted. And it looks like Atlee is eating some deep fried spicy tuna roll, lol.

Poor Terra. Sushi is an acquired taste.

Sure, I happen to like it, but I know a few who don’t.