☀ 'til the daylight hurts ☀

ed2k9

2009-12-29T23:29:33Z

(shamlessly copypasta from DA)
I guess there's one of those picture memes going around like this? I've been doing this awkward format for quite a few years so here it is again!

at the end of 2008 I said "I imagine 2009 will have an eyeshield focus, and maybe more original characters. new series don't really take me by surprise, but there's always the possibility." that was creepily accurate, as I was pretty invested in eyeshield (and turning the characters into girls) until april, when the 493 project started. this is also when I really started coloring again, as well as my serious venture into the dreaded backgrounds. I'd never thought I'd say this, but backgrounds are becoming my favorite thing to draw/paint.

so I made a gradual shift from eyeshield to pokemon, then to pokemon OCs come september. then an insane amount of comics. mediawise, I carry on using photoshop, though in the last few months I shifted from throwing the sharpen filter on anything, to using a soft blur. I think backgrounds and comics have boosted my composition skills up a notch. I don't see any major style changes, other than more emphasis on body types and face shapes, which I'm still trying to push for most originality.

next year I predict to see even more pokemon, and my various OCs in pokemon OCTs. with oofuri getting season two, I might relapse into that series. but again, I don't foresee any new series, just revisiting my favorites again and again! what I want to do is use more real media, so I don't get too dependent...

for the curious:
ed2k8: 1 2
ed2k7: 1 2

crocoduck @ 2009-12-26T13:53:00

2009-12-26T21:53:31Z

um I was totally surprised by a wii yesterday.

so if anyone has any wii games they would like to donate/lend/sell to me, speak up! recommendations would be appreciated too!

ALSO I've decided to use the twitter I made ages ago to announce when I'm drawing live on ustream. probably not for anything else. I also am announcing on DA, but I figured it'd be too much to bother LJ with it each time.
usopp@twitter

crocoduck @ 2009-12-18T02:46:00

2009-12-18T10:46:53Z

• I GOT GOOD GRADES THIS TERM

• thank you for the card thanatoast!!

• I GOT A NEW PHONE with the old number BUT THIS MEANS I will no longer suck at texting!! the liberating feel of a qwerty... SO TEXTS ARE YES since I barely use aim anymore.

ALSO

I have been replaying the first three spyro games, which are some of the best of the 3D platform genre ever made ever. they are chill, easy, but not boring, and have some of the best music I've heard in a video game.

SO FOR NOSTALGIA'S SAKE I HUNTED DOWN THE OSTS. chill background music for anyone who would like to chill.

Spyro the Dragon
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage
Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon

I also finally beat crash bandicoot. number one. I've been stuck for fourteen years. don't judge me.

crocoduck @ 2009-12-02T16:05:00

2009-12-03T00:05:34Z

the ♥ fanart love ♥ meme

the only meme I ever do yayay

THE PRODIGAL ARTPOST

2009-11-10T00:28:05Z

remember to sign up for xmas cards: HERE

um I seriously haven't posted since july 14th
my output has been a little strange but not non existent.
not sure if I'm going to explain everything so if you have questions go ahead and ask
this is 80% pokemon
and relatively chronological!

girl marco

hiruma/yuki. I failed at doing eyeshield-a-day again this august

gaou/kisaragi

tatanka/clifford

riku

agonita skank. commission for nwoppertje

for thanatoast

commission for shadowinari

corpuscallae's rosemary for poke_arts exchange.

character for a original character tournament over at DA.

more of her

sketches for the first round

the first page. read the rest here.

I made it to round two! here are sketches

and the cover of the second round. read round two here.

and here is a little extra comic about saving a captive judge.

this was my soul silver team!

for deadfishie at poke_arts

garchomp

lots of original characters. marigold and tyler are uuuun's and harper is thanatoast's.

dino's pokemon

etc

I dunno

dino

anne louise

electric types

forgot grovyle's head leaf durp. in soul silver, there is a bug catcher with 3 level 53 metapods no lie.

marigold

I got ridiculous

why you shouldn't attempt 10 hours of class on one hour of sleep.

gunther, marigold, dino and co.

hermes. she used to be a harry potter character but I adapted her.

yuliana

regina rex

anne louise

her kecleon and nidorino

her kecleon and nidorino gijinka'd

lots of little losers. and rachel maddow.

human eve because that old wall-e lesbian picture popped up on tvtropes.

dino

dino's milf of a mom when she was a rocket

batch two. august, reyes, theodora and kit are uuuun's

janus the fruity

marco and maria as pokemon yes i know

bikini time. yuliana, anne louise, regina, marigold, hermes, reyes

leo

little dino and his lesbian pokemon

dino and marigold

marigold

huuhhurruuhh heeheehohooo

IT'S GOLD

leo

hiruma/marco

unnamed trainer based on bo diddley

gunther and leo

anne louise and hamlet if he were a nidoking

some dragons

marigold, gunther and rhyperior

this would take too long to explain.

dino's gardevoir and froslass and marigold's gallade gijinka'd and such

marigold's garchomp, ninetails and grovyle gijinka'd

second soul silver team... and the hazards of having onyx follow you around

cute fuckers

hermes

character sheet for another DA function

and a splash battle for it! THE END

crocoduck @ 2009-08-21T17:47:00

2009-08-22T00:47:22Z

31/493: bellossom

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I RENAMED

2009-08-19T03:11:01Z

meganezilla → crocoduck

half crocodile, half duck. missing link or dinosaur???

crocoduck @ 2009-08-14T17:43:00

2009-08-15T00:43:59Z

30/493: beldum

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oh my stars

2009-08-14T00:52:39Z

I looked back through my journal and I noticed I have a habit of saying I'll post about things or stuff in the future, but I never do. So here is a post about things, meaning my life beyond art posts.

• A cat appeared. We found her under our deck, and she was very sweet and friendly. After a half of a week, she'd moved into our house. So we had four cats, which is too many. Until it turned out she was pregnant and she had three kittens on my bed. Luckily this was four nights before I went off to Baltimore, so I wasn't displaced from my room for long. Plus, I got a new mattress out of the whole ordeal. More about the kittens later.

• I went to Baltimore. We (meaning soltian, kissenliebe, and eventually rizumcbutt) had a jolly old time preparing for Otakon and talking like the Robo-Geisha narrator. Even if the print shop messed up (doubled my order and forgot Soltian's), but that was sorted out and then there was Otakon. We got a prime placement in the Alley, our supports worked great this year and both Soltian and I hauled in the big cash moneys from our dinky art and commissions (I made about $900). I met a bunch of cool folks, and saw a lot of familiar faces from last year. I didn't leave the Alley, not once, but I sent a lackey to the dealer's room to snag me a Cranidos plush. Cranidos is my new favorite monster did you know.

• After Otakon we did a lot of hanging out, but we also went to Six Flags America, an experience much better than the first time. It was a cool weekday, so there were practically no lines. We went on the Ride of Steel three times in a row. And we made stoic superman faces. Well, I tried. This must sound so juvenile, but there is a lack of amusement parks in the northwest. I went on my first real roller coaster at age 18. This is sort of a big deal.

• However, during the trip, my wisdom teeth decided to say hello. So this last Monday, I had one yanked. Never had an extraction before, but the thought of it turned out worse than the actual procedure. It's sore now, but half as bad as it was before. One of the remaining teeth can be yanked in a while, but the other two are definite candidates for surgery. So that's fun.

• I have a cool hat made by a cool guy. I will take your fursecution as jealousy thank you.

• I have kittens

thank you liz for the pictures

There are two boys and a girl. One of the boys is fluffy and the other isn't. The girl is very fluffy and the smartest of the litter. They are six weeks old today and really need homes soon. If you're local and interested, let me know as soon as you can. Or if any of your relatives want a little grey ball of fluff. We will give you free kitten food. Or else it's off to craig's list with me.

• Today, I went to Uwajimaya/Kinokuniya and got myself an Arceus and a few other things. But now in the bookstore they have LITTLE BIGHEAD HUNTER X HUNTER THINGS. HxH merchandise is such a rare find. And look at how many styles they have! I bought two and got Hisoka (!!) and Silva (lolol). I will never be able to give up little dinky plastic things.

• I actually have shows lined up to go to, shock. I now have tickets for Harvey Danger, David Cross and Snow Patrol (shh). What am I.

• I may rename soon. It's looking like crocoduck is gonna be it. Watch out.

Congrats if you read that. This has been a yearly update please, thank you.

crocoduck @ 2009-08-12T03:26:00

2009-08-12T10:26:36Z

29/493: beedrill

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crocoduck @ 2009-08-10T01:38:00

2009-08-10T08:38:57Z

28/493: beautifly

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at long last

2009-08-05T10:39:51Z

27/493: bayleef

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hey no weenies

2009-07-30T18:05:20Z

what are all of your cosplay plans for kumoricon?
are we still doing eeveelutions?
hotel or no?
skit?

OTAKON 2009 LEFTOVERS POST

2009-07-25T01:20:12Z

back in portland! otakon was super great this year, but it's that time again

SALES POST

lots of images behind the cuts!

FATS stickers!
These stickers are the size of a quarter, waterproof, and fit on cellphones, computers, DSes, your friends. Put together your favorite pairs! Anything on the poster is available, I will reprint the ones I don't physically have right now on request.
Fats are sold in groups of 12 for $3, or 24 for $5.

Poster prints!
These are bigger than normal prints, many are closer to 11"x17", though sizes vary by piece.
Poster prints are $9, and are limited supply.

(click to see the bigger version)

One Piece Arms

Face the Music

Dinosaurs + One Piece

Hiruma Beefacake

Zolu Lift

Aerodactyl

Prints
Prints are around 8.5" x 11", except for the halfsize which are half of that! New stuff is at the beginning!

Prints - $5

Red Headdress

Who Zoo

Sogeking is Hope (note: also comes in HOPE, COURAGE, and LULULALA variations)

Brooke Boi

Zolu Lift

WII MAX

Work Time

Team Shrimp

Taiyo

Eat This Burger

Cooking Fudomine

Inukai Hiss

Inukai Love Book

Abraman

Absol

Aerodactyl

Aggron

Aipom

Alakazam

Altaria

Arbok

Ampharos

Arcanine

Arceus

Azumarill

Azurill

Bagon

Banette

Bastiodon

Dinosaurs + One Piece

Zolu Cake

Wall-e Lesbians

Inukai Train

Inukai Girls

Pi Day Inui

Oshiji

Data Spies

Data Dance

Data Hug

Hunter x Hunter

Hiruma Beefcake

Akihabara@deep

Firebaby

Waterbaby

Grassbaby

BARGAIN PRINTS - $3 each, 2 for $5

pressures of captaincy

golden pair love

inukai sleeping

otp

es21

raito

pikachu family

luxray roar

stararaptor

red xiii

tifa and red

HALFSIZE PRINTS - $3 each, 2 for $5

Originals
One of a kind! Watercolor and ink on watercolor paper! (click for bigger versions)
10"x14" WE LOVE FOOTBALL - $40 ($2 shipping)

3.5"x5" Mascot cards - $15 each ($2 shipping)

(note: Mizumachi is SOLD)

Shipping and Payment
Here is the hierarchy of shipping inside the US. The highest item you purchase will be the total shipping, for example: you buy stickers and a poster, you pay the shipping of just the poster, not the sum of the two.
Fats: 50¢
Prints (half-size and full): $2
Posters: $4

All prices are in United States Dollars (USD)

Outside of the US, please ask! I will ship there!
I only take paypal. Comment if interested!

This will be stickied later for ease of finding it.

OTAKON ARTIST ALLEY TABLE LOCATION

2009-07-17T01:27:49Z

AA01
IN THE VERY FRONT YES
COME SEE ME IF YOU ARE ATTENDING

I know there's a slight editing error to this but ALL FATS ARE HERE
new series: hetalia, gurren lagann, kingdom hearts 2, pokemon
expanded series: naruto, bleach, eyeshield 21

HELLO...

2009-07-15T04:26:08Z

otakon has almost arrived. tomorrow I will post about what I will have print and stickerwise. but for now, an actual, honest-to-god art post. a lot of con art.

compare this to this picture from 2006.

HAD TO GET IN SOMETHING ONE PIECE. why must I insist on drawing the whole crew? who knows.

this is an ID for DA... which I have't uploaded yet. that is me. and that is daisy, the very special, inbred shiny cranidos.

more of her, and a skuntank. I have more where this came from. SHE IS ALSO IN MY ICON...

probably not gonna finish this. gijinkas of gen II starters.

for an exchange

meet regina, done in paintchat. she is a badass dyke and she has some pokemons.

more of her. it got cut off a little, but her last pokemon is a bagon named delta

self explanatory I think

con stuff. of course for the 5 eyeshield fans attending.

one day I drew unsui, agon, rui, marco, kid, kamiya and onishi as girls.

rui in a dress. actually it's supposed to be girl rui but their body types are practically the same.

het canon again.

I don't know either. I have that dinosaur plush.

I don't know where I was heading with this

I found watercolors!

etc.

etc. etc.

something from class. "ideal transportation"

SO DID YOU NOTICE THIS ICON? kissenliebe made it and SOMEDAY she will take commissions for them. ADORABLE. ADORABLE BUG-EYED POKEMONS

all right

2009-07-09T17:43:03Z

who likes hetalia?

I need someone to help me decide what characters to make stickers of and help provide references. if you're willing, drop me a line. I would love you forever.

edit: ignore how many comments this entry has. all of the comments thus far are useless to me.

edit 2: ok only lindsay, kat and soltian are useless

edit 3: soltian is really useless

I should probably post about this

2009-07-08T04:31:04Z

heading off early to baltimore to hang with soltian and kissenliebe before OTAKON

I will post about table location (WE HAVE ONE BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE), and other otakon stuff sometime next week

see ya suckers

uh

2009-07-03T05:24:42Z

anyone local want a kitten in 6-8 weeks? they are tabby, two males, unsure about the third. they are blind and squirmy and hogging my bed.

crocoduck @ 2009-06-29T09:11:00

2009-06-29T16:11:34Z

Fucking jury duty.

I've got to be here until 5 and my pen just ran out of ink. So that's cool.

edit: all the afternoon trials got canceled so I can leave!!! thank fsm, I was gonna go crazy

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crocoduck @ 2009-06-22T01:43:00

2009-06-22T08:45:43Z

26/493: bastiodon

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substantial post about stuff later. right now I'm absent.

crocoduck @ 2009-06-09T02:51:00

2009-06-09T09:53:04Z

25/493: barboach

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crocoduck @ 2009-06-07T02:14:00

2009-06-07T09:18:24Z

24/493: banette

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face detail here

crocoduck @ 2009-06-04T22:41:00

2009-06-05T05:45:58Z

23/493: baltoy

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oh hey, only 470 more to go!

crocoduck @ 2009-06-03T02:53:00

2009-06-03T09:55:24Z

happy birthday dear kissenliebe. I can't wait to see you again :)

in other news, going AWOL for finals. I'll be scarce until next tuesday at the latest.

I actually cleaned it recently! "sogeking" is my HD and "I'd say" is a generic graphics folder. the two other drives are partitions on my TB external. background image is by this artist.