Sketchbook Sundays!

Tom the Fanboy · Post by **Tom the Fanboy** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:03 pm

Lunaroki wrote:Um, Thac0? Consider what you just said they were doing while they were here in the US and it's very clear that they are in fact tourists, not native American geese.

Oh I dunno man, you ever been to Jersey?

OK that was all fun but a little disclaimer here, I've been to New Jersey and it was all very lovely and some of the friendliest and nicest people I've met on the road lived in New Jersey. One guy yelled at us the entire time and that was because he didn't want us hurting ourselves trying to climb over a fence. I'm just playing up a stereotype for humor.

*whew*

Also, Lunaroki's comment made me wish to point out that the two largest college teams in Oregon are the Oregon State University Beavers and the University of Oregon Ducks. So with a little editting that sketch could be celebrating my home state! Whoohoo!

Narf the Mouse · Post by **Narf the Mouse** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:41 pm

Don't see very many Canadian Geese around here. We do get some ducks, though. Mostly, it's pigeons. And the occasional eagle, which is cool.

Thac0 · Post by **Thac0** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:11 pm

The joke was about the fact that jersey smells like poo in several places.

Yeah, most of them think that it's New York Cities fault, but the world may never know.

Alina P · Post by **Alina P** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:14 am

Lunaroki · Post by **Lunaroki** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 6:03 pm

Whoo, yeah! Sarah is so awesome in character! =D Totally badass!

Tom the Fanboy · Post by **Tom the Fanboy** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:41 am

Man, I hope those retractable blades made it to the final product!

SCHWING!

Alina P · Post by **Alina P** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:51 pm

I had meant to post this one during the Shadowrun storyline, but it got forgotten in the stacks of papers. This is an old, old sketch I did of our Shadowrun team, in the midst of a run on a Saeder-Krupp complex (hence, the stolen storm-trooper-esque armor). My character is the troll in the back with the big gun. Her name was Willow. The unconscious body strapped to her back is a cyber-ninja named Silhouette, and the guy with his arm blown off is Blitzkrieg, the team leader (a former military man turned Shadowrunner). The only people who weren't badly damaged yet at that point were the physical adept (Kanshi - the blood-spattered guy in front with the sword) and the street shaman (Caleo - the girl at the front right).

Ah, memories...

Alina P · Post by **Alina P** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:33 pm

This is kind of a crappy sketch (yee, gods, the proportions are off!) but I think it accurately sums up the sort of day I had.

It was absolutely gorgeous here today - 31 degrees (87 F) and not a cloud in the sky. And where was I? At work, pulling even more overtime.

To really rub in in, I had a nice, shiny new copy of Deathly Hallows just waiting for me at home, and I've only had enough time since we got the book to read through the first three chapters. It's teasing me, I tell you, teasing me!

Narf the Mouse · Post by **Narf the Mouse** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:18 pm

...Cookie?

CooperNRG · Post by **CooperNRG** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:27 pm

Ouch! I hate to rub it in, but I got in a game of golf today. Pretty nice day here as well (85 F)

Wxgirl · Post by **Wxgirl** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:39 pm

If it makes you feel any better I got about three weeks tops to finish up my topic proposal for my thesis, finish my two different advisor's summer projects and do thesis work on top of that. *hands you cookie dough* this works a lot better lol

Whmice · Post by **Whmice** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:47 am

and i thought my 4 exams in 8 days was tough,

Thanatos5150 · Post by **Thanatos5150** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:59 am

Um, a few weeks ago, I got cheated out with being on watch when Typhoon Man-Yi hit us?
I mean, I tracked the thing all week, I did olde-skool positioning, and plotting, and rudimetary forecasting based on the isobars and dominant direction of movement. It looked like it was gunna hit us - hard.

Turns out, our highest wind for the day was a gust of 40 kts. SUCKY!
And that was HOURS before CPA. At CPA, we were barely hitting 20 kts.
All in all it was anticlimatic. Weather Geek equivilent, I guess?
Oh, and cookie?

The Bellmaker · Post by **The Bellmaker** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:52 pm

That WOULD have been a great way to spend the day...I managed to slip in enough reading throughout my day yesterday to finally finish Deathly Hallows, and it really IS the best in the series...

Thanatos5150 · Post by **Thanatos5150** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:56 pm

I pre-ordered Deathly Hollows on Amazon.com.

STILL hasn't gotten to me.

Wxgirl · Post by **Wxgirl** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:10 am

Thanatos5150 wrote:Um, a few weeks ago, I got cheated out with being on watch when Typhoon Man-Yi hit us?
I mean, I tracked the thing all week, I did olde-skool positioning, and plotting, and rudimetary forecasting based on the isobars and dominant direction of movement. It looked like it was gunna hit us - hard.

Turns out, our highest wind for the day was a gust of 40 kts. SUCKY!
And that was HOURS before CPA. At CPA, we were barely hitting 20 kts.
All in all it was anticlimatic. Weather Geek equivilent, I guess?
Oh, and cookie?

We call ourselves weather nerds

or weather wenies (sp?) but that is more of an OU and Penn State term.

Man I want to be in a typhoon or hurricane =)

Thanatos5150 · Post by **Thanatos5150** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:39 am

wxgirl wrote:
Thanatos5150 wrote:Um, a few weeks ago, I got cheated out with being on watch when Typhoon Man-Yi hit us?
I mean, I tracked the thing all week, I did olde-skool positioning, and plotting, and rudimetary forecasting based on the isobars and dominant direction of movement. It looked like it was gunna hit us - hard.

Turns out, our highest wind for the day was a gust of 40 kts. SUCKY!
And that was HOURS before CPA. At CPA, we were barely hitting 20 kts.
All in all it was anticlimatic. Weather Geek equivilent, I guess?
Oh, and cookie?
We call ourselves weather nerds or weather wenies (sp?) but that is more of an OU and Penn State term.

Man I want to be in a typhoon or hurricane =)

*Clears throat*
Weather Geeks
The frikkin'(Often a, how shall I say, "blue-er" word) AGs
Weaher Nerds
"Satisfying my Weather Geekiness"

Et. Cetera.

This being said, I took a picture of the Typhoon flag as it was flying, but lack the programs to shrink it to a suitable size to make it an avatar.

The Bellmaker · Post by **The Bellmaker** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:09 am

just upload it into photobucket, and they can reduce it for you.

Thanatos5150 · Post by **Thanatos5150** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:37 am

Do they shrink filesize, too?

The Bellmaker · Post by **The Bellmaker** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:09 am

Yup. A 1023 x 731 (269 kb) File that i uploaded and resized ended up at only 5 kb after being resized to avatar size (100x75)