Draw Comic Book Action

Draw Comic Book Action

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Draw Comic Book Action. "Techniques for creating dynamic superhero poses and action". This is what I need to learn! You would've thought that reading comics and admiring the images therein would teach me all the information that I would possibly need to do this, right? Well, it's one thing to defrost a bit of bread in a microwave, it's quite…
Superheroes and Beyond!

Superheroes and Beyond!

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Now I'm back into drawing and stuff, I feel like I need to build up a reference library. I used to have "How To Draw Comics: The Marvel Way", but I have no idea where it is now, I think my brother may have it. Whenever Jane and I used to go to Hobbycraft, I always used to go off…
Ready Player One

Ready Player One

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By Ernest Cline The story is set in a not so typical apocalyptic future, brought about by man's excess. There are no robots or zombies or aliens, just hunger, poverty and desperation. People escape this bleakness by logging into OASIS. In broad terms, it's a Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game, with emphasis on the Massive. You can do anything you…

Happy birthday to me

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Another year, eh? I'm blessed. Levelled up to 33. Ridiculous. You know how I always say I don't feel a day over 25? This time I really mean it. Whilst I'm still not in the best shape of my life, I'm not a horrible mass of blubber. Still a work in progress, I'm getting there. As for presents, Jane and…

Attempt #3, Part 2

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Failed again, this time at 44 hours. While it was better than my last two recent attempts, I do feel a bit silly that I gave in so easily. Boredom got to me. I know that the cigarette I just smoked hasn't relieved my boredom in any way, but it has banished the thoughts of "I WANT A FUCKING CIGARETTE".…

Attempt #3

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...is still in progress. I finished reading the book (The Only Way To Stop Smoking Permanently) last night, went through the Final Cigarette ritual, and am now an ex-smoker. I'm feeling confident it'll last this time. My main enemy is boredom, as it can't be the stress that made me smoke, my life is so incredibly un-stressful. The book did…

Arrival

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The Only Way To Stop Smoking Permanently has arrived! It's much thicker than Easyway, and the print is tiny! It'll take a while to get through this one. Still, fingers crossed!

Attempt #2

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Failed today. I was smoke-free for around 16 hours. Rubbish. I finished re-reading the Easyway book last night and figured there's no time like the present, so stopped smoking at about 9pm, had a nice long chat to Jane about random things, slept, got up, played a bit of Marvel vs Capcom 3, and whilst I was waiting for lunch…

Attempt #1

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Failed this afternoon. I was smoke-free for twenty hours, which is quite pathetic to be honest! I smoked my last cigarette at 6pm last night. After which, Jane and I went out and had a lovely meal for Valentines/to celebrate me getting past the twelve weeks at Asda, and I didn't have a nicotine related pang at all. We got…

Easyway

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I bought Allen Carr's "Easy Way To Stop Smoking" today. I dearly want to stop smoking, and apparently this is the easiest way to do it. I'm not doing it because it's the easiest way to be honest, it's just that I've tried using my willpower and nicotine replacement products before, and it made me miserable as I was always…