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Digicel is having a back to school (yeah it's November, I know) sale for 80% off all their Flipbook versions - Lite, Studio, Pro, and ProHD. 

I just got Flipbook Lite for $20, when normally it's almost $100. I'm not sure how long the sale will last but I thought I'd let people know while it's still going on. 

Link to their site/sale page: digicel.net/pricing/

Lite
Normally: $98
Sale: $20

Studio
Normally: $298
Sale: $70

Pro
Normally: $598
Sale: $150

ProHD
Normally: $798
Sale: $200

Seriously, just spreading because animation software is Not cheap, and idk how long this'll last. 

For anyone who is actually interested in the daily Inktober drawings I've been posting: The rest (including today's) are going to be late (but I'm determined to submit them). 

The reason is because I'm by my sister, again; I agreed to stay over a few days to help out while her husband attends an overnight work meeting. She has a two year old and an almost 3 month old, so I'm kept too busy during the day to do any Inktober stuff.

(Aside from maybe a Very quick sketch in regular pen, but that hasn't how I've been doing it.
I've been doing: pencil sketches, final pencil drawing, transfer onto tracing paper, and finally using my lightbox to ink the final drawing (on Mixed Media paper). Yes it's a bit of a process but I like how the final products turn out.)  

I can't really say "Hey I'm going to go sketch for an hour" and leave her with the two kids, one most likely to be asking for me (she wants to play with me while I'm there), it's kind of rude when I'm supposed to be there to help... So I'm going to try doing them at night when she's put them, and herself, to bed.

So stuff will be posted late. Sorry about that! 

Yeah, it's been a while since I've submitted anything to DA... or even been on. My depression has been bad the last few months (post-graduation depression IS A THING. Be prepared), and honestly it's felt like I've been trapped between promises to family (long story, and I'm sure 80% anxiety towards my feelings regarding it) and that I have no idea when I'm allowed to move foreward. 

I have been drawing, just not as much as I wish. Usually sketches with colored pencil, as that's what I tend to have available. Hopefully I'll come out with more digital now that my brother-in-law helped me install Clip Studio Paint EX (so I can do animation, woo!) and registered my pen tablet into This laptop. I might try to work on a few 3D ideas too. I have barely touched Maya since Capstone ended, and I really should use it since I don't know how long I'll still have it for  

Hopefully in the future, I'll be offering commissions... just gotta make a few example pieces and get used to this software. It'd be nice to do so in between looking for work/eventually working. Wish me luck! 

It's not all gloom and doom though. 2 Weddings happening in the next 12 months. One in September, the other next year in Italy (I'm a bridesmaid for that one). I've also gotten into the podcast Welcome to Night Vale, so maybe some sketches for that in the future  

(And printer... but there's no ink yet ) 

But now it's actually possible to upload stuff again!!!  


I've also gotten into a new fandom....
          

My niece is ecstatic lol, she was like "FINALLY!"  xD 

So, expect some of that, and Capstone (our senior, final project) concept drawings... 

Tagged by who choose Archie the Ninja Penguin. 

RULES:
1. Post 8 facts about your character.
2. Tag 8 other Characters.
3. Post their names along with their creator's avatars

So here we are (because I'm procrastinating on writing a research proposal for my Shakespeare & gender studies class): 

1. Where did he come from (idea)?
   - So there was this little contest thingy a while ago called the "Comic Relief OCT [Original Character Tournament]" and basically you had to design a character and make sure they were comical enough to put in funny situations, and submit them into a tournament against other people's characters. Archie was the result of me going "Ok, I need a character that can be goofy, but skilled enough to win against other people's OCs. Preferably something cute. [And I love penguins ^_^ ]" And I just imagined this little penguin with a ninja mask, at one moment throwing ice ninja stars, and the next moment slipping on a fish (his left over lunch?) and landing on his face, after defeating his opponent. xD  
(Unfortunately, I never had time to enter him in it. Oh well. Maybe next time)

2. Where is he from (story wise)?
- The south pole. But he left after he felt that he didn't have the same desires as the other penguins (eating, traveling, fishing... penguin stuff). He saw that he could throw sharp icicles with deadly accuracy (impaling a fish from several feet away as it jumped out of the water), and was used his speed while belly sliding to his advantage. So he swam away from the south pole in search of someone to help him learn more skills.

3. Does he speak Human (any language)?
- Nope. He doesn't speak any human language. He just makes adorable/funny squeaks and squeals (Think something like Piplup from Pokemon, but with squeaks and such).

4. Where did he learn to be a ninja?
- He traveled for long time and learned from several different people (not just one), different skills. E.g. someone saw him throw an icicle ad showed him how to carve ice into other objects, such as ninja stars.

5. Are all his weapons made of ice? Don't they melt?
- Yes. And not with a storage container that holds a bunch of liquid nitrogen (Ha, that's good enough for a cartoon plot-hole, no?)

6. Favorite foods?
- Fish... What? He's a penguin. He can't totally fight his natural instincts. He can be rather obsessed with fish too, actually.

7. Strengths?
- He's quick (especially when he slips and slides on his belly), he can carve ice into sharp objects (yes, his flippers can hold a carving knife... cartoon logic), he has penguin cuteness so he's underestimated a lot, his cuteness also usually makes people want to help him (thus, people to help him learn new skills, or give him a temporary place to stay), deadly throwing accuracy, flippers for slapping people, and a beak that can act as a sharp object in a dire situation.

8. Weaknesses?
- He isn't strong... at all. But he slaps pretty hard. xD His obsession with fish, especially when he's really hungry, can lead to trouble - like wandering into an unknown portal because someone on the other end tossed a fish on a fishing line over towards Archie, and slowly reeled it in (*cough* The idea I had for getting Archie into the OCT*cough*) - In other words, hunger makes him oblivious. He can also be a little too innocent too, and thus not really understand the danger he's in at first. 

Welp, that was 8, and all I could really think of anyway. Questions? Comments? Concerns?

I Tag Whoever Reads This and Wants to Do It

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Btw, if anyone really cares, I'm sorry I haven't really been active. I've just been going through some stuff right now. The last month of the semester is here and I have work to do for classes (including a research paper, for a freaking gen. ed. class urgh), and stuff for work (I work in my school's Motion Capture studio; it's really cool, but I also agreed to do a demo reel for the mocap department and I did a WIP video, but my dept. head wants it longer and looping. Need to see what I can do...).

I'm also having family issues, we're not fighting, but things are strained for me; one reason is because my one brother tried to kill himself, and  just got out of a hospital and we're all kind of keeping an eye on him now (he doesn't live anywhere near me, so keeping an eye out through facebook is a bit stressful).
Second, I, myself, have been very depressed the last few weeks, and not just my usual 'on autopilot, I'm not happy or sad' attitude but full on just sadness at the slightest things (or for not reason at all) that I know logically aren't as bad as they seem. I KNOW that I'm not hated, or looked down upon, but it FEELS like I am. It FEELS like no one cares and that they would rather worry about their own problems and ignore that I even have any. And it FEELS like I'm all alone, and that isolating myself is a good idea lest I breakdown in front of them all... I'm not going to try to kill myself like he did, I promise. I'm too selfish for that. I'm trying to get through this, I'm just not sure how long it's going to take. Sorry for ranting. Thank you for caring enough to take the time to read this, though.