A Micron Pen and a Steady Hand

Trying out some new equipment I got for my birthday.

Presented without comment, because I'm tired, and I don't know if I can explain some of this stuff:

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More downtime at work means more sketches to eat away the spare minutes.

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A sketch for a future project. This is the first time I've tried for something anatomically accurate in years. I don't usually ask for critiques, but I think I ought to get into that habit. I'm going to be putting a lot of work into this, and I want to make sure it's the best I can possibly do.

Dear xkcd, if I have to hear another one of your nihilist pep talks, I'm going to punch you in the mouth.

New developments on the Mad Music Dementia Top 20:

IHOP climbs up to #10, making its fifth straight week on the chart.

Brutomax! 3: Revenge of the Canned Debuts at #1.

Yes, number 1.

I was pretty confident that "Brutomax!" would make it to the DT20, but number 1? That hit me by surprise. I mentioned in the Dementia Radio IRC channel that if it did, I'd eat my hat. Well, don't say I'm not a man of my word.

Thanks for all your votes! And keep listening for more funny stuff!

MMA members can listen to the latest episode of the DT20 right here.

I thought I'd be done after the second ad, but due to the overwhelmingly positive response the first two ads have gained, I'm both proud and ashamed to bring you the third entry in the Brutomax! trilogy! This is the longest and probably strangest of the three. Warning: strong language. Listener discretion is advised.

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This is just a quick post to say that I've updated the mix on "IHOP" a bit. I've boosted the lead vocals and evened out some other parts, and I've removed some clicking and crackling that somehow got in there.

And I just found out you can embed mp3 files in LJ. That's neat.

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I realize this is a bit late, but "IHOP" has been listed on the Mad Music Archive, and is currently up for voting for the Mad Music Dementia Top 20. If you're a member of the MMA, get your butt over there and vote! There's only 3 hours left!

IHOP (Parody of the theme from "Flipper")

An all-vocal ode to the International House of Pancakes, a self-contained universe magically suspended in a perpetual state of breakfast.

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Okay, when I say "properly", I mean, "the way I do it, which I think is better than the options they give you in the 'Image Size' dialog."

http://www.zencavern.com/art/how/size-reduction-for-web-viewing.htm

This is really only for anal-retentive pixel pushers like me. I might do more of these tutorials, if only to show how I do things so people can tell me I'm doing it wrong. :P

Chances are you've seen the most recent episode of Family Guy, where Brian and Stewie travel through multiple universes, one being a universe drawn by Disney. If you haven't:

The full episode
The Disney universe segment

For a split second, "Family Guy" was actually watchable. And did I mention that Brian was freakin' ADORABLE?! Okay Kobi, regain your composure, think manly thoughts…I really wanted to do something in tribute, but I wanted it to be something really special. Then I remembered that I also have a character named Brian! So ladies and gentlemen, I bring you Brian and Brian, Disney style (or something close to it)! Cranked up to maximum cuteness. I apologize for any tooth decay that results from viewing this image.

Brian (the dog) © Seth McFarlane
Brian (the centaur) © Kobi LaCroix

I thought this deserved its own post.

You might have seen this at a con recently; I know they were handing them out at Megaplex. Anyway, this is a flier I did for Wild Nights. This is gonna be their second year, and if you like furry art, campfires, affordable lodging and really good, "homestyle" cooking, this'll be right up your alley.

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I've been looking through some of my old art (mostly stuff I did between 1998 and 2003), and a few thoughts struck me: firstly, the styles of some of the really old pieces are radically different from what I'm doing now. Some of those radically different pieces were ones I hadn't even looked at for years, so they barely even registered in my mind as my own art. Another thing I noticed is even though some of them weren't technically very good, they seemed to have a lot of "heart". A lot of stuff from before 2002, before Yerf and art college made art No Fun Anymore, was full of a whimsical, amateurish spirit. Granted, they were mostly notebook doodles that didn't have to be polished and proper. It makes me wonder how good of an artist I really am today. I've improved in technical areas, like anatomy, perspective, color, etc. But I feel like maybe I've lost some of the childlike adventurousness in the push to get everything right.

Unfortunately, there's still more stuff from that time that will probably never be found again.

Some art from 2001 and earlier
You be the judge.

More live piano! Trying out yet another camera setup. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/Kobi-LaCroix-Does-Not-Disco

At some arbitrary time, when somebody asks you a question, any question, look down, shake your head, sigh heavily, and say, "you just don't get it, do you?"

Dr. Demento (yes, he's still around) is going to play "Brett" on his football-themed show on Sept. 20.

YEAH!

Brett (Parody of "Jet" by Paul McCartney and Wings)

As a parodist and a long-suffering Minnesota Vikings fan, I had mixed feelings about Brett Favre's 11th-hour decision to re-un-retire and join his former rival team. The Vikes fan in me was mortified, but the parodist in me was bouncing, giggling, and already painting his face purple. Good or bad, this promises to be a very interesting season. SKOL VIKES! and all that crap.

Apologies to Paul McCartney and all of Minnesota. Everyone else can eat my dust.

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