06/28/04
Well, instead of doing anything really productive, I went and made a bunch
more livejournal icons... like my site needs more livejournal icons!! With 77
new ones, it brings my count up to over 1100... yikes. I also yet again broke down
my icon pages into smaller segments for faster loading times, so now instead of
9 I have 17 pages. The new icons are a real mix of stuff (I just kinda putzed
with a bunch of pics I'd been meaning to make icons from), so just look on the icon page to see what
all was added. Some are from series I havn't done yet.
I also finished a leopard tail I was working on, and updated the Cosplay section
with the picture and description I have of that. Still working on ears to go
with it.
Randomly, for anyone going to Otakon... I might or might not be there. Things
are very up in the air right now, but if I'm still around for it I want to go.
06/08/04
Argh it keeps getting longer without much updating... um, I'm still alive. *ducks any shots* I just
wanted to let everybody know that even if I don't always get to respond, I do
read each and every email and guestbook comment I get. *dies at the counter
being at over 155,000 unique hits* (Yeah my counters are in Japanese I'm weird
that way.) I can't believe people still like me... I've been dealing with a
lot of RL stuff. Trying to make plans to move, was on vacation visiting my folks
for 2 weeks. Still trying to get a better job... yeah and I'm still highly
distracted by Gaia Online, I do still post new work on there (actually working
on scanning some new stuff I drew while on vacation now too.)
I have started more work on revising my art galleries, but is going to really be
a slow process. I have to decide how I'm going to reorganize everything and lay
it out, and am using a template more like what I have in the Cosplay section
now, which I'd like to apply to other sections of the site later even though
tables seem to hate me and try to do funky things when I'm not looking. I'm also
going to add 75x75 thumbnails for everything, which will take me a while to make
cause I don't know how to do it except by hand. The first gallery to be changed
will be my Himitsu one, since its small and I can see how it looks (and if I
want to change anything) before I apply that layout to my other galleries.
*looks at some old work* Ouch, I may not include everything, I've got some
pretty crappy stuff up that doesn't need to be there wasting space...
*pets website* I still love you, even if I neglect you for periods of time,
you'll always be there for me.
Eek, I'm going to be 24 in 8 days @_@.
Things Kitsune wants to do in a nutshell:
Change the Music selection (gak can't seem to pick something new...)
Redo all the galleries (really big project I've only started a tiny bit of)
Add some more stories to the Kitsune section (type them up from books I have)
Redo the layouts of many of the pages to be more like the Cosplay layout (not a
huge priority for stuff that's okay as it is)
Correct/add some info I've been sent for anime/games/books in the Kitsune pages
When will Kitsune get to all this? Not really sure... -_-; Don't hold your
breath.
Oh yes, a note, my images indeed still don't work since I havn't updated the
galleries. I've gotten a couple e-mails from people telling me that, and yes I
know, I'm sorry. If you go to the main Artwork page there are links from there
to my various galleries on Side 7, you'll have to browse over on that site to
see my work since the direct links I had were changed. I've also only been
uploading new art on Gaia Online since Side 7 won't allow me to add more. When I
do get my gallery pages redone and everything on my server I'll include it
though.
03/02/04
Gah its March already. Why does time have to keep moving so fast? Anyway, just
added a bit about my latest plot to attempt to earn money in the For Sale
section. I'm working on some shrinky dinks, on which I'm drawing cute pictures
and plan to force people at Otakon to buy. Because they're cute and silly. Also
randomly remembered to archive the last half of last year's updates. Man, that's
a sad list. Must update more!
02/24/04
Had a lot of fun at Katsucon ^_^. Some girls from Gaia actually caught a pic of
me there too. Don't have my photos developed yet.
Not much for updates. Some friends really got me back into cosplaying, so I put
up my plans for a foxy Kurama I want to do for Otakon in the cosplay section. I
also put up a new revision of the Cosplay page layout, which is kinda what I
want to do with the rest of my site. Opinions? Not quite done, but close.
I'm going to try to do some more updates in my for sale section. I just got a
check from Cafe Press out of the blue, so I was like "oh wow people are
actually BUYING crap with my art on it!" so I want to expand my shops a
little more.
Other than that busy with work and trying to do some more art I can actually
sell, cause I could use the extra money. And life continues ^_^.
02/11/04
Just wanted to let people know that I am going to Katsucon
(in Arlington VA) for the full weekend (Feb 13th-15th) with a group of new
friends. So if you're going here's your chance to "meet the fox" ~_^.
I'm going to try to whip up some artwork or something to sell since one of the
girls going will probably have a table in the artist alley section (and several
of them are also artists, likely even better than me, they've actually done con
prints before ^_^.)
I unfortunately am working all this week up till I go so I won't have much time
to work on stuff though. I'll at least have some paper and art stuffs along to
do sketches. I will happily take donations of money in exchange for bad
sketches, cause I'm poor and I shouldn't even be going but I wanted to get out
of the house. I don't plan on cosplaying, all my stuff is back home, but I'll
probably wear my fox ears and tail for a while if they cooperate. If you want
more info read my livejournal.
01/30/04
51 new livejournal icons! Huzzah I actually added something new to the website
^_^. Yeah I should add other stuff, but this should be good for now. A real
hodgepodge of different ones, from Magna Carta, +Anima, Disgaea, Rhapsody, Final
Fantasy XI, and a couple other random ones. More video game ones than usual, and
a lotta those I havn't made icons from before. Enjoy.
01/29/04
Added a small section of Gaia stuff. I've made a couple small websites related
to it, so I figured I'd give them a little area to be linked from here. So if
you're into Gaia stop by ^_^. I'm also making some more Livejournal icons, I
havn't in a while but have accumulated quite a few pictures I'd been meaning to
icon-ize. So those will probably be coming in the future. I'm also working on a
bit of a webpage re-design for my pages so I'll post that to see what people
think later as well.
01/10/04
Wow... its been a while. -_-; I'm still alive! I've just been so involved in a
lot of other things. Um, so just a very small update *ducks any shots* I just
have one of those sites that I either obsessively update or ignore because I'm
obsessively doing something else. I'm a weirdo that way. Especially if there's
something I'm avoiding doing *cough artwork section revision cough*
I've actually been getting e-mails from a lot of people asking for more
information on making my fox ears! So its been kicking in my head for a while,
but I finally wrote up a *very* detailed description which should answer
everyone's questions. That way I don't have to keep telling people the same
stuff and forgetting to tell some people some things and so forth. So check it
out if you were interested!
Also thinking about making animal ears to sell- foxes, cats, wolves, and such.
These would be on headbands, large barrettes, or hair ties rather than the
fit-over-the-ears ones my fox ones were, since I can only do that for someone in
person and its much more difficult. I've been getting some different types of
hair things to try out, and thinking a lot about it. So far I havn't been able
to find very much selection in furs however, seems pretty much nobody carries
them outside of around Halloween, which it certainly is not. I'm wondering if I
can somehow make patterns on the fur myself, but I don't know what to use... permanent
marker?
And I should have a new costume to add to that section in the coming months... I
had a Japanese fox spirit one in the works last Halloween, but was unable to
complete the obi for the kimono on my own (cause my pattern understanding and
sewing skills suck!) However I took the material and stuff home with me when I
visited my folks during Xmas and my mom made it for me! ^_^. She also said she's
make me a whole new kimono if I find the material, the one I had is a bit small
and very old (ie wearing out- much of the thread is starting to disintegrate.)
So that will be an upcoming project to finish.
Additionally, I've made some updated to the kitsune section (though also small.)
I added 3 video games and 1 movie to my listing, and 1 comic book. Most also
include pictures.
Finally, I've been getting a couple people saying I should take down my
doujinshi section (check my guestbook), that it infringes on the copyrights of
the Japanese artist and they are offended by it, so I may be taking that down
soon (though they didn't complain about my music.) Thinking on it. I don't know
if its actually a group of DJ artists who formed the group they referred to, or
people who think they should do it. Its just weird to get complaints now, since
I've had that stuff up for years. The doujinshi section really isn't that
important to me in the grand scheme of my site though.
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