=TheBourgyman

This was the third anniversary of my arrival on DeviantART! Well, it's more like yesterday now, shame on me for not telling it sooner. I hope I didn't ruin your day.


I wish I had something to offer you to celebrate the event, buuuuut... no.


On totally interesting news, my computer decided, for absolutely no logic reason, to send Winamp burn eternally in the depths of Hell by crashing it every time I attempt at loading it. Hopefully I could use an older version in order to have my daily dose of music (SOOOOO GOOOOOOOD), but it still pisses the hell off me. Hopefully I didn't have to use Windows Media Player. GOD NO.


Maybe that's a sign I should do a system restoration... I've never done on the 3 year old bugger... Man, it sure lasted long.


And now on totally INTERESTING news (yes, there's a difference), I've started a new Mario comic. If you've been reading my deviation comments and/or previous journals, you know what I'm talking about! I don't know when I'll be able to post it here, though.


By the way, thanks to all the people who expressed their support, or just plain commented on my last journal. Having these discussions I had with some of you was really beneficial and helped me taking "some" decisions. You'll see the results of these decisions soon.


Thanks for reading! See you next journal!

(Don't be lazy, just click and read the whole thing)

...is boring. D:


To sum it up: I finished university about a year ago, and I am working more-than-full time on a job that's absolutely NOT related to my field of interest, and which also involves me being far from home for long periods of time, leaving me with a crappy internet connection. OH, THE CRAPPY INTERNET CONNECTION. I HATE IT. SO MUCH. (Yeah, it's an unprotected wi-fi signal from a nearby house. I should be happy to have that.) BUT I HATE IT ANYWAY.


Surprisingly though, I'm not taking things pessimistically. My job pays well, I have a girlfriend who's waiting for me at home, and I get to freaking DRAW, even though it's not for a living, and that it takes like 90% of my free time (which is very limited).


The thing is, I don't really have a plan for the future right now. The original plan was to quit that dirty job of mine at the end of December, because it just isolates me from everything. But, what happens next? Going back to school, improving my art/animation skills, or starting something else completely unrelated? I'm totally lost as to where to search, and I'm not really in the good city when it comes to Arts. I have a hard time taking a decision, which makes me kinda lost and anxious and worried right now. And hungry.


So what do I do in this case? I shelter myself into my confort zone by drawing, you guessed it, Mario art! Hey, don't get me wrong, I LOVE coming out with ideas and jokes for the characters of the Marioverse, I even have a Mario comic in preparation, with all the script written down and stuff (features the Mario princesses... yes, that comic I was talking about earlier!) But is the Mario stuff gonna help a guy like me getting a cartoonist/comic artist/animator job? I do not think so, unless I get very lucky!


About teh original artz, I have some projects in mind. Getting back on my Supercrash project is one of those, seeing I haven't even touched it for many months now. I do have several stories for him written down, but I have yet to give him a formal introduction to the world (that is, a first story), and I feel like my final project from university is outdated, and is not up to the industry's standards in terms of story and art style, a thing I'm trying hard to achieve (as I really want to publish Supercrash and his world of superheroes). I'd have to redo it, and the feeling of repetitiveness the whole process would engender kills my motivation to do yet ANOTHER Supercrash introductory story (that would be the 5th one since I created him). That's basically where I'm stuck at, right now. I need MOAR IDEAS. And TIME. And food.


I am thinking about starting a blog/webcomic with my Supercrash stories. I've already had a lame attempt at webcomic booking at the beggining of this year, but I have a feeling that with Supercrash, it would be far easier and more interesting. But would a Supercrash webcomic ruin the chances of it getting published? That's the thing that worries me a bit now!


On the musical field, A newly established label offered me a contract for two of my old trance songs. I'm not positive about the popularity of those songs as they're pretty old (2001!), but one can't refuse such an opportunity, right? I'm pretty thrilled with that, as I've been out of the original composition field for a while now (3 years). I want to do original music composition again. D:


So, YAH. For those who wondered, that's where I'm at right now! Let's see how life turns up, it's always been alright so far... and I DO consider myself lucky for that!


Thank you for reading this! I hope that wasn't too long for you, guys! That entry was just basically a lame excuse to get rid of that other journal bragging about the Daily Deviation, but turned out to be a freaking long drama novel about me and my life nobody wants to hear about. And I hate drama. Internet drama makes me laugh. I should be laughing at myself right now.


And I hope you're all doing well, too!


Thanks for da support, guys and gals! See you next journal!

...but I'll say it once again, since I really mean it, despite all the repetitiveness: THANK YOU ALL!


I could've never guessed that this little piece of work: [link] would ever get a Daily Deviation. Well today it got one, and I am certainly not complaining about it!


Thanks a lot to =WolvenFlames for suggesting it and to ^Chimpantalones for featuring it!


And have a look at the new CSS! Nothing really fancy, but I'm satisfied with it for now. It's got the same color pattern as my website (which has been left unfinished for ages, lol). I have some additional work to do on the CSS though.


Well, that's it. Thanks for da support, guys and gals!

It's about time I stop neglecting my poor ol' copy of Smash Bros. Brawl and start BRAWLING a bit while I can!


Here are my numbers, for the interested:


Wii Code: 4183-1624-6579-5938

Brawl Code: 4425-1172-6983


And you, what's YOUR numbers? (Sorry, I can't keep track of all the numbers you've already posted, peeps. )


I'll most likely be playing with Mario. I warn you though, I'm not there often. And I'll most likely suck. Quite bad. Yup.


Just a question before signing out: Do two players have to have each other's numbers entered on their friend lists to be able to play together? And how much numbers can you enter in the said list?


Thanks!

Hmm, I might just as well remove that last journal entry since I'm not gone anymore.


I'll make a more formal journal with more news (along with a new CSS) some time soon. But for now, I'll simply say: HI EVERYBODY!