Gonna be doing some painting on livestream in a few moments, come check it out if you like! - [link]

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Sorry, couldn't think of a worthwhile title. Just need to rant a little bit since that usually helps with this kind of thing.

What am I ranting about? Well, I'm in a bit of a creative slump at the moment. I'm still able to produce things, as you've seen lately, but most of it doesn't feel very fulfilling to me (and that's pretty important for an artist, I think). Part of it is that I haven't painted anything properly in over a month and when I say properly, I mean something that's actually challenged me and caused me to learn something new. That's usually my main drive; trying out a new technique, or attempting to figure out how another artist achieved something. Thing is, I just haven't felt like painting anything lately, hence all the sketches and flat coloured stuff (or iphone stuff) I've been doing. Normally this kind of thing blows over after a week, but it's gone on longer that and now it's starting to bug me.

Another thing that's irritating me (and is probably just in my head), is that I worry that people are going to be alienated by all the different stuff I draw and the different methods I use to do it. I'm not sure why I think that, but I do, and I can't seem to shake it. What I'd really like to be able to do is just draw/paint whatever the hell I want and post it without even thinking if anyone is going to be bothered about it, because really it's not my problem. In fact, one of my biggest issues with this kind of thing is that there are a number of professional people watching me who's work I've looked up to in the past, and now that they're following my work, I feel that only certain things are okay to post, lest I put them off my stuff. What's up with that?


It's all very silly, I know that, but that doesn't stop it having a considerable effect on how I feel sometimes. Now I just need to figure out a way to stop it!


TL;DR - I worry too much about what others might think of me


Okay, rant over!

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I was recently interviewed by for his website Pixelophy

Please check it out if you get the chance!

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Update: Thanks for the ideas guys! I started drawing some of them last night, but I got distracted so I didn't get nearly as many done as I would have liked. I'll carry on tonight and hopefully have it posted up by the end of the evening.

In other news, I recently hit 4,000 watchers! I know some people probably have billions, but I still think 4,000 is pretty neat, so thanks guys!

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...is now available on PSN and Xbox live, although you'll need a gold membership for the xbox version as microsoft like making new demos exclusive to gold members for the first week. Ughh. Anyways, it's a demo featuring just the classic sonic Green Hill level, and it's only going to be playable for 20 days, which is a bit weird, but I can't complain. I'd give my impressions on it, but I'm stuck at work right now so I can only pretend to know how awesome it is.

GO GET IT!

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Well it's my birthday again (it keeps happening?) and therefore I have to make a journal about it. It's true. It's written on my birth certificate that I must fulfill this basic task or face a hefty fine of 30 seconds in prison, and everyone knows how slow times goes when you're somewhere you don't want to be!

I was surprised to find that Google hadn't created a personalized birthday logo for me using letters made from cleverly placed alpacas. I'll let them off this time as I've only been alive 27 years and I've got a feeling you have to be over 153 for Google to recognize you even exist (or existed), still, it would have been a nice surprise.

I also got given a few bits of paper with the queens face on it, I think it might be her way of saying happy birthday. Thank you Queen Elizabeth 2.0!

And thank YOU for all the birthday messages!

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If anyone's got a blog out there and they're up for some good old fashioned link exchangin', let me know!

Mine's here: SketchyFun

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Here's a new video featuring an almost complete playthrough of both classic and modern green hill zones. It's basically the same footage as in the interview video I posted previosly, but there's a bit more footage in this one, plus you can hear the music clearly now. I have to say, the more I see the more excited I'm becoming. I know that's been a bad idea in the past, but I don't care. MY BODY IS READY. I'm really curious to see what the zone lineup is going to be like, I can only imagine how cool Chemical Plant Zone would look in this game, or even Hydro City Zone. What levels would you like to see make a return?

Check out the video here - [link]


Official trailer - [link]







I have to admit, it looks pretty damn good. If what they say is true about avoiding the physics problems of Sonic 4 (no Dimps working on it this time), then I think we might have a winner!




Who knows if it will be good, if it's as good as Sonic Colours then I will be happy. At the very least the trailer shows classic Green Hill elements and even Sonic's original design is in there. From what I've heard, they're supposedly taking the best 2D and 3D levels from the previous games and re-imagining them. I've no idea how solid that info is, but it fits in well with what the trailer shows. No idea how they'd make that work as a coherent game or story, I guess we'll have to wait and see.

You can watch the teaser trailer here - [link]

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Click here to watch - [link]

I think it looks pretty good. Might actually live up to the action in the original show's title sequence (which then rarely occurred in the actual show ). I like the designs quite a bit, but then I wasn't overly attached to the originals I guess. Still, it feels like decent cartoons are finally making a come back, and that certainly can't be a bad thing!

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I've had a Tumblr account lying around for a while but I've only now decided to start using it. Anyone else have one? Seems like one of those places that works best when you network with other people, so lemme know if you do!

Mine is here - [link]

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Anyone else got it for the 360?

I picked it up the other day and I've finally gotten around to getting a gold membership, too, so if anyone wants to add me on Xbox Live and have an epic battle (which I'll probably lose) lemme know!

My gamertag is derkhardpeck

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I remember having an idea like this when I first saw the adverts on TV, I'm glad someone actually went through with it haha




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Here's the Smurfette painting process steps I mentioned the other day:

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It's a pretty large image, 992 x 13140 (1.5mb) but hopefully it gives an idea of how things progress when I work on something like this. It doesn't really explain my process, so that'll have to be shown in video form at some point.

Enjoy, and feel free to ask any questions that come to mind

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If there's stuff in my gallery that you like, it might be a good idea to save it as I'm considering doing a little tidying up soon.

There's a lot of stuff in my gallery that I feel doesn't really belong there any more, and it's causing it to look very inconsistent. It's annoying!

After I've done that, I'm going to make a concious effort to actually upload regularly and try and bring this place back to life. It's become terribly neglected over the years and I want to change that as soon as possible.

It will require me to actually work on new stuff more regularly, but that's hardly a bad thing, right?

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My apologies for not having uploaded anything in a while, I've been pretty busy with colouring some work for 's next sketchbook due to be sold at Comic-Con this year (if everything goes to plan!). In fact I had the pleasure of meeting up with him again this past Friday as he was visiting Bath to do a recording session with Nicolas Cage for the upcoming Dreamworks film, The Croods. It was fun to see him and Kirk De Micco (his co-director on the film) throwing ideas around for various scenes in the film. Later we had pizza and Pimms, and I don't care if people think Pimms is a ladies drink, it tasted awesome and was perfect on a hot summer evening! So there!

Hopefully I'll be able to post some of the work I've coloured soon, probably after the books have gone on sale.

In other news, I was thinking of doing a "T-shirt a day" kinda thing where I basically come up with a new t-shirt design daily and see how long I can keep it up for. I'd probably set up a blog for it where all the designs would get posted, and then the more interesting ones could get posted here, too. I honestly don't know how difficult it would be, but I figure it could be good fun, and would be pretty interesting for anyone watching the progress. I'll have to think on it a bit more, but it's definitely an idea that's stuck in my head!

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It's my birthday! I'm 26! Where's my birthday hat? I need one before it's too late

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Here's my thoughts on it:

Pros

True 2D gameplay
Classic designs for environments and scenery
Badniks, Monitors(supposedly) and end of level spinning sign post
Decent retro-style music, original sound effects
Acts and Zones are back


Cons

Sonic's running animation looks very clunky in 3D
Sonic & Dr.Robotnik's newer designs don't mesh well with the more classic stylings of the game (personal preference)
Added homing attack could lead to bad level design (i.e enemies forming a 'bridge' over a large gap)


An interesting thing to note is that there is a locked character slot on the Sonic 4 website. I can't imagine it would be Tails or Knuckles since it'd seem strange having one without the other, especially since this game is supposed to take place after Sonic & Knuckles. I don't think it'd be Robotnik, since we already know he's in the game. I'd like to think there's a possibility of it being the classic design that Sonic used to have. Who knows, I guess we'll just have to wait and see!

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I just read an interesting post on 's blog titled "Creativity, Expression, Education, and 'The Dip'".
I thought I'd share it since I'm experiencing this myself and who knows, maybe some of you are experiencing it too.

Click here to read it - [link]



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Hey everyone! Hope you all had a good Christmas.

Christmas has left me with a wallet full of moths, so I'm opening up to take on some commissions. Not something I do very often on DeviantArt!

Flat colour - $30
Example: [link]

Full colour - $60
Example: [link]

Paypal only, please!


I'm happy to draw humans, anthro, sonic characters or pretty much any game/cartoon character. I really don't mind. Not too bothered by the subject matter, either.

Send me a note or leave me a comment if you're interested.

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What is up people?

I've finally ordered a new power supply for my NEW computer since the one I bought with it is cheap and can barely support my GeForce 260 GTX (unbeknownst to me at the time!). So now I'll finally be able to make use of it and play decent games on PC again, like TF2! I'm so out of the loop with that game..

I also ordered some new "The Art of..." books for Christmas. This time one of The Frog Princess and one of Planet 51. I haven't seen Planet 51, but it didn't get very favourable reviews overall. Either way, the art book for it looks very nice and has some nice background paintings and character design stuff so I look forward to flicking through it! I think I might be addicted to buying these art books... Still need to get my hands on the Kung-Fu Panda one, though.

Oh, and my sister just gave me a new HAT. Awesome! That'll keep winter out.

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