A grand new event is quickly approaching that will put your creative skills to the test!



Project Hades OCT is now accepting auditions! What is an OCT you ask? It's an Original Character Tournament that puts creative individuals in head-to-head duels! Go give it a look-see!

Hey, you know those literature deviations I occasionally post that five of you read? Well, you'll probably be pleased to hear that they will no longer be darkening the doorways of your inbox. From this day forth, only the luscious, honey-glazed, chocolate-filled goodness of visual art will be emerging from the gallery of TG-Garfieldo.

Unless I feel like writing again, of course.

But for those who care: #TBOS-OCT is finally over. More or less. There judges came to a tie between me and my opponents (the wonderful ~hisiheyah and ~simply-irenic, and I won't know the results for a few more days.

Honestly, I'm overjoyed that it's all over. The deadlines were terrifying, the nights long, and I rarely had anything to show for it other than an odd, rambling fragment of literature. Don't get me wrong; TBOS has been a hugely rewarding experiences, and I really feel like I've grown as a writer (even if such growth isn't apparent to the casual reader. Or any reader). This was my first OCT, and throughout the entire ordeal, I've felt like a clueless schmuck who somehow managed to blindly stumble his way into the finals, all while slowly ruining his health by trying to balance writing and real life (and failing fulfill all his responsibilities in either.)

And yet I'm devastated that I won't be able to join and do it all over again.


ANYWAY. I've finally started making little changes and additions Round 6 entry. About 8,000 words were written over the course of a single all-nighter, and I'm mortified by how incomprehensible some of it is. Hopefully I'll be able to get everything smoothed out. Eventually.

P.S. Sorry for the constant self deprecation. I swear I'm not fishing for compliments; I'm just dealing with a particularly nasty bout of low self esteem.

SO. MANY. LLAMAS.

I always make sure to send a llama to everyone who +favs my work. However, ever since Rube received a DD, I've had a considerable backlog of llamas waiting to be sent out. They will all reach their intended recipients in time, though. Thank you for your patience.

also hey look its campren

Anyone want their character to appear in my entry for the final round of TBOS?

I'll admit that I probably took on too many character during the last round. However, I still want to include some old competitors, even if they only have short one-line cameos.

Any volunteers?

(And yes, I'm still going to finish Round 5.)

Somehow I've managed to scape my way into the final round of #TBOS-OCT.

I could write up a huge journal describing how amazing ~Oreramar's entry was, how humbled I am to be allowed to proceed to the next round, and, and how I'm both thrilled and devastated to be up against the talented duo of ~hisiheyah and ~simply-irenic, but I won't.

Why?

'Cause I've got work to do. I'm breaking ground on my Final Round entry right . . . . about . . . now!

Original "Crisp Mountain" skin by ~48photography

Well, that was an interesting week.

I can't say anything for certain, but it looks like I'll have more free time in the next seven days than I've had all month. If this prediction proves to be correct, I'm definitely going to finish my TBOS entry regardless of whether or not it's been judged.


I did have enough free time this week for one piece of artwork.



I guess the time I spent making it could have been used to help finish my entry, but honestly, I needed a break from writing (not necessarily from TBOS, just from writing in general).


Also, this dude is awesome. If you like scribbly toons, Hirschfeld-esque portraits, and all-around retrotime goodness, you owe it to yourself to watch him.

~drawrstubbs



Only a fraction of his work is here on dA, so be sure to check out his tumblr, too.

I can't say I saw this coming.

First of all, I'd like to give a huge thank-you to `DomiSM for featuring me in the first place. Also, I think an equally monumental thank-you is in order for all the people who have shown their love and support--especially the commenters. You guys mean the world to me. <3 I'd reply to everyone individually, but you can only phrase "thank you, you're an amazing person" so many ways before it starts to sound shallow. Still, rest assured that all parties involved in this little escapade will receive llama badges in due time.  

Finally, I'd like to thank my kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Nettelmeyer, for occasionally giving me cookies for no discernible reason.

Okay, now the story of my reaction. (Yes, I know; I'm being terribly self-indulgent here. Just humor me.)

I slunk out of bed yesterday and crawled up to my computer desk, as I frequently do when I first wake up. My laptop gurgled to life, and I hopped on over to deviantART to see if I had anything noteworthy in my Deviations inbox. That's when I saw something that I had never seen before.

My Feedback Messages number was higher than my Deviations.

Needless to say, my heart missed a beat or two. I'd read enough stories from DD winners to know where this was probably going. But I still couldn't believe it. Me, win a daily deviation? For what? I couldn't open up my inbox fast enough.

It was really, really surreal to suddenly find that I had gotten over four hundred favorites over the course of a single night. It was even more shocking when I realized that I was getting two or three addition favorites every minute. For a while, I honestly wondered if I was still dreaming. Now that I think about it, I guess I'm still wondering that.

And lemme tell you: to say that I'm over the moon about this would be a egregious understatement! I'm thrilled! Overjoyed! Ecstatic! I want to run naked through a field of wheat, screaming to the heavens, "I got a dailey deviation!"

Okay, maybe I'm not that excited. But I'm still pretty darn happy about the whole thing. And, yes, DDs are technically not awards, just features. And sure, they don't mean all that much in long run. But still, it's an accomplishment, right?

At any rate, this whole ordeal has confirmed my suspicions that I might, in fact, be a halfway decent artist. However, the road to wholeway decency still waits to be traversed. Join me, won't you?



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In other news, my Round 5 entry for TBOS (the catalyst for this mess) is slowly being uploaded to my Sta.sh. If you have the time, I'd appreciate it deeply if you would look over 'em and let me know of any grammatical or narrative problems that I may have missed.

(No peeking, ~Oreramar! Scouts' honor, okay?)

Introduction: [link]
Chapter 1: [link]
Chapter 2: [link]

Somehow or another I've managed to scrape my way into the fifth round of #TBOS-OCT!



I really didn't think I'd make it this far. My opponent for Round 4, !Jared-hai, is a fantastically creative writer. He provided a wonderfully eerie and emotionally stirring this round, and also provided an awesome interpretation of Campren and his wren. Be sure to check out his side of the story if you haven't already:

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But as challenging as my previous opponents have been, I may have finally met my match. ~Oreramar has consistently provided gripping and intricately plotted stories. I feel doomed--but I've felt doomed in the past, and I pulled through anyhow. So I guess I just need to grit my teeth and start hammerin' away at that keyboard!


I'm still in the fairly early staging of plotting, but here's some of what I've come up with so far:

- The story will be set in a refugee camp for the Book's surviving champions.
- Several characters from TBOS's audition phase will play key roles in the story.
- Secrets will be revealed about Campren's past, and these revelations will have a very strong impact on the present situation.

Well, it's that time again: time to sift through my Activity and give llamas to everyone who has +faved my work within the last month. I gave out so many llamas that I ended up tripping dA's spam filter! I think that's something to be proud of.

But you know what's not something to be proud of? The 7 Days of Fail, that's what. In my defense, I did admit beforehand that I probably wouldn't get very far with it. Still, I feel bad for dropping the ball. So to make it up, I'll be finishing up the series with The 7 days of Redemption, wherein gift art will be given whenever I have time for it.


Next year I'll be sure to finish all the artwork before the madness of December hits.

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