Looks like the page is fixed, it was down for a while earlier. today.
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Kout3uka
I still don't know what's going on with this, and I'm viciously livid about it.
Since it would be hearsay for me to go into the few details I know, I won't say anything more on the matter, not publicly.
I'll take a look through your portfolio again so I have the points of reference I need, then if you have any problems, you let me know. I'll stand by you, that's a promise.
Mamma Vash:
I've only been studying Japanese since late last year, so I've got a long way to go with it. I'm glad you can use the Kanjii.
I learned just about all I know computer wise from the now defunct Tech TV. It was a great cable channel devoted to all things technology, and their shows like the Screensavers and Call for Help were a benefit to many a computer novice who just needed to know how to tell the computer to work correctly. G4 bought out Tech TV and turned it to pure trash, even butchering the anime that Tech TV ran. Without that resource, I know I'm slipping with what I know. One other thing, I have a knack for beating the search engines. I seem to know how to tell them to find what I'm looking for. Sometimes it takes a few tries, but I almost always find the right information.
Maybe confusion is the word your looking for, or possibly chaos? You could use my standby for disarray, which is pandemoniom.
Gene Shepherd, I think that's the name you were going with. Senitmental stories and movies do little more than annoy me. The family dynamics are false, and in the case of first jobs, they are unrealistic so, I'm not interested in that kind of thing, reality is frustrating enough for me (maybe I should write a book on my experience with the Job Service, I can do sarcastic humor). I will take a look at those names however, because I can't really say I don't like something based on a description, that's wouldn't be right.
Sorry, but I had to do ths with links and not thumbnails. I was getting some very weird formatting glitches with the thumbnail table (my table coding may be full of bugs I'll troublshoot it later) so I just went with the easiest way to do it instead. Just click the links and the pictures will open in a new window.
Okay, in Lakin WV is a building sitting along State Route 62. Back in the early 1900's it was an industrial school for minorities (that's the polite way to say it without sounding discriminatory), it was intergrated in the 1920's I believe, and later taken over by the state to use as a mental hospital(I want to get a picture of the old mental hospital in Weston too, that is one freaky building. Another trip for another day). Now it is abandoned. The significance of the area goes back to the 1960's when the Mothman sightings occured, he was dominantly seen in what is now the McClintic Wildlife Management area, on a piece of ground that was used by the military in the 1940's to produce and store TNT. It's not too far from Lakin.
The front steps of the Lakin Industrial School give you an idea what the three story building looks like. It must have been a beautiful building when it was kept up. Most people who see the property believe
this building to be either a pool or a gymnasium, but no one can (or will) go inside to find out. And lastly, I have
the Director's house, which is also abandoned. Now I'll point out that the state of West Virginia still owns this property and tresspassing to take pictures of the interior of the buildings is not advised, nor appropriate. I took these pictures from the side of the road sitting in a car, not on the property itself.
I just mentioned the Mothman, which has been the subject of books and a (very badly portrayed) movie. What does he look like? Well, no one's gotten a picture of the real one that's good enough to tell by, but an artist made a statue for Point Pleasant, and I got some pictures of that. The
plaque on the statue tells the Mothman story better than I can, and is an intersting read. The
statue itself is a nice silvery color that will startle you if you happen to look over at it while driving through downtown Point Pleasant. It looks even better at
night, though my camera's night mode does weird things and turned the statue gold in appearance. Now, I took the night shot on a different night than I did the day shot, but I stood on the same crack in the sidewalk so it looks like I stood there for hours to take the shots at the same time.
I don't have any of the hiking trail/abandoned railroad spur yet, it's been too cold and windy to walk it. I know of a tunnel I want to get to in the spring, it's not to far from where I stopped and turned around the last time I walked that stretch of the trail. I'll get some of those up here as soon as I have them.
No, absolutely not. She's better off staying away from here if people are going disrespect her art and treat her that deplorably. No one needs that kind of aggravation when they're just trying to exercise their passion to create. It's not worth it, and it poisons the creative process.
Tell the parrots "Chirp" for me. Most of my days are good, they're a mix of highs and low, but a lot more fun that way.
Editorial:
Recent events have inspired me to put things into perspective for a moment. Fifty percent of my pictures posted here are hand copies of screenshots (sans BG), seventeen percent are shamelessly referenced from screenshots. According to recent articles on theotaku.com on the subject of reference work, that sixty seven percent of my art portfolio, here on MyOtaku.com, could fit the definition of plagiarism. My picture "In Human Form" was referenced from a screenshot, but not one hundred percent copied, right here in the archived Inuyasha site on theotaku.com. "Sleeping" is from a screenshot I made myself myself (click here to see the screenshot), "Getting Stronger", my Yahiko picture, came from a screenshot posting on animegalleries(dot)net. They don't allow direct image linking, so you'll have to look for it from the main page. Find the Rurouni Kenshin album, go into Miyoujin Yahiko, and it's right there on page one, and "Jim Hawking" once again, the screenshot I used came from the archived sites here, only this time from Outlaw Star. The other thirty three percent of my pictures are my own creations. "Dan" I can show anyone who asks for it, the original art on paper. He's in my physical art portfolio, but if they want to see the original "Envelope Sprite", they'll need to take that up with Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia directly. He has the envelope with the original art on it. I was not joking when I said I did that one as envelope art, and I was not joking when I said I sent it to a US Senator. Just some food for thought.
I'm not on staff here, I'm not a "Senior Artist", and I'm not a high profile member, but I do my best to be helpful when I can, and promote the site in a positive manner when and where ever I mention it. I use my blog here as the URL in my profile on message boards, not my Geocities web page. When I see another member being given a hard time, it hurts, friend or not. Now, considering what I've determined about my art posted here, I have to decide if it will be worth the time and effort to make any more of my works submission worthy. I'm not comfortable with that kind of pressure, the threat of plagiarism accusations, just to submit a few fan art creations to show off my passion for the art style, and the anime which inspired it. The emotional cost is very high, but the rewards of seeing people like a picture make up for the stress, so it's hard for me to make a final determination. I have a lot of weighing options, and soul searching, to do this week.
Anime Dreams!
