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I love movie trailers, and for fun I like to imagine what a trailer would look like for some of my characters.
I often think of how a trailer for Stitches' Pariah of Hell would look. Now since Leviathan is such a big character, no pun intended, as well as a Boss character for the Stitches game he would definitely be in there. I keep thinking of a scene where Leviathan is pushing himself up out of the water, (with some deep bass, and ominous music setting the tone) just as he starts to come up, the water boils and steam rises concealing his form, but then the bright gleam from his eyes pierce through fog.
 I have a very entertaining imagination. Does anyone else think of how a trailer for their character would look?

Also I have a bunch of new stuff drawn for Stitches, Pariah of Hell,
Like variations of Hell Hounds,
A bastard son of the Arch-General Jackal
various Demons
and other stuff, but there's a problem, I don't have a good working computer that has photoshop and is compatible with my pen tablet so it's hard to edit my artwork the way I could before, or do any sort of digital work.

I grew up playing the first Killer Instinct on SNES as well as Killer Instinct Gold for N64 against my brothers. we got super competitive at times
From what I've seen of the new Xbox One version, I can't help myself from feeling very very disappointed at how shitty the characters look. Sabrewulf is my favorite character, and in the new one he looks like a giant blue Rat. Look at his eyes, they should be positioned in the front not the sides. (it's common sense to know that forward facing eyes mean it's a predatory, where as the prey have eyes positioned on the sides, that way they can see if something is coming at them) I loved how Sabrewulf looked in the KI Gold version with the bandaged muscular arms and bladed fingers.

Why couldn't they have Jago speak Japanese
they gave Thunder hatchets instead of tomahawks, and took away his Mohawk.
don't get me started on Glacius. his face my God

I'm taking a public speaking course and I have to give a demonstration speech. I choose to do a demonstration on how to draw a skull.
Here's where I need some help, tips, suggestions, etc. I'm doing the whole thing on a Dry Erase Whiteboard. I have little experience drawing on a whiteboard so if anyone has any tips at all, it would save me a lot of time.
I hate how when I draw over something or try to shade it ends up erasing as I go.
again if anyone knows of any tricks to it, like best ways to do shading or texture effects? Anything really.

First and foremost I'm living out a childhood dream hobby. I've always wanted a pond since I was small.
something about it just jives with me.

It's just a 32 gallon tub pond but it's still a pond of sorts. I have 8 Rosy Reds / fathead minnows and 1 Koi.

Also I've discovered something that instantly pushes my buttons. The source being my older brother's ignorance, complete lack of responsibility, and mistreatment of the fish he bought. And when I try to explain to him about what is wrong, he tells me I'm wrong, paranoid, and obsessed. >:C
He pretty much did every possible thing wrong.
it started out with some cheap fish he put in the 32 gal rain bucket that collects water that comes from the roof and gutters.
He didn't attempt to clean it or check what was in it.
He insisted they were fine, without food, filtration, aeration  and oxygenation, water changes, removal of any wood, pine cones & pine needles, rocks with questionable mineral content, cleaning of any sort, and to top it all off he wanted more so then overcrowding is added to the list.
The water was an amber, yellowish green,
So Stepped up and took over care.
I tried to save as many as I could before they all started dieing off.
while at the same time doing some crash studying on the subject of taking care of fish. Even after taking all out to clean the barrel, the torment followed as fungus started killing them off here and there. Out of the original 28 only the strongest have survived the hell my brother put them through leaving only 8 minnows left. For F*%K sake!
I'm pleased to say that the 8 left are healthy and happy, the tub has been thoroughly cleaned, brought to specs on quality living conditions for the fish. the bottom has marbles and round granite stones. I've become very strict on their care. I won't allow anything in their water unless I know if it safe. My brother still doesn't do his "homework" on the subject and suggests getting more Koi without any upgrades to filtration or providing the minnows with an aquarium of their own. "AHHHH" he hasn't learned from his past mistake. he may have bought the fish, but I'm not letting him kill the remaining fish and beautiful new Koi. It irritates me when he thinks things are ok without even checking.

Brother: "this clam shell is perfect"
Me: "NO, shells break down over time, dissolving into the water lowering the pH"
Brother: "how about this piece of wood, yeah this would work perfectly for a hiding place"
Me: "Uugghh, No, wood releases tannins" *CORRECTION* (I previously said that "tannins" are poisionious to fish, that is incorrect I was misinformed.) Tannins are not toxic to fish, but instead effect the pH of the water as well as the color, turning it a brownish color

Brother: "he's Yellow I'm calling him banana" which then became Pineapple Express
Me: *Face Palm* "that is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. They don't stay the same color, Koi change color as they mature and You're not going to call a fish that can live past 50 something as stupid as that" "Also see how the pectoral fins are rounded at the edges and are opaque, that means it's a she."
Brother: "A GIRL?" sounding disappointed...
Me:


Anyways She's a beautiful specimen, with yellow fins and head, with blue on her sides and dorsal, with a dark spot on her head.
Since she's a Japanese fish I want to give her cute Japanese name. I decided on Nami which means "wave". and when Nami is repeated like Nami Nami Nami, it sounds like a cute version of saying Om nom nom nom, which goes with how Koi are excited eaters. She is very shy and cautious, staying under cover most of the day. I finally saw her eating tonight, (I was concerned that she wasn't eating because we got some food just for her and she wouldn't come out of hiding to eat and never coming up to the surface) I find it cute how she hesitates and checks to make sure it's all safe before coming up to gobble the food and some Duckweed.

 I figured out all the mathematics for gallons per fish is required. I've gone on "adventures" to collect things that will benefit the tub garden down at the local pond and creek. I managed to get my hands on a marginal/bog plant Golden dwarf sweet flag Japanese Rush, some aquatic live plants Hornwort, Duckweed, and possibly Java Moss or Christmas Moss, Some Malaysian Trumpet Snails, Tubifex worms for food.
I've made some DIY filters making use of the whisper air pump I managed to find in the garage and an aqua pump, but I still want to do more and plan to install another filter for good measure as soon as I get another air pump. If I don't at least I'll have an extra air pump for the 10 gal aquarium I found in the storage room. that way I can have a much better quarantine tank. I'm going to get my water quality checked tomorrow, and pick up some supplies. My brother wants to get a male Koi for her to mate with. I think she may be a little lonely so I'm liking the idea, Still I would love to have a bigger container for them.
I want them to give them the best care I can so that they can thrive.

-- --(UPDATE)-- --

I've started collecting things (from my adventures) to make my own aquascape for my 10 gal tank.

• Smooth "river rocks" and Gravel from the creek to be used as my substrate
• Aquatic plants and moss
• Various clay types, so I'll be making my own ceramic clay that when processed completely can be used to make decorations after being fired.
• A hunk of Driftwood, which I had to saw off a huge stump while sweating off my bug repellent (It's as if the mosquitoes made a team effort, "his defenses are weakening attack now")

I haven't come up with how the Aquascape is going to look yet, so I'll have to draw some concepts. I had a really cool idea, for a Haunted Graveyard themed tank I could sculpt a realistic spooky looking mini tree next to a mausoleum on a mossy hill that has little tombstones scattered about, and to top it all off; put ghost fish (transparent fish that have a visible skeleton) in there, so it looks like a bunch of skeletal ghosts floating around a graveyard. Awesome huh?

 

Also I found the craziest thing as I made my way down the creek, a Gas Mask filter. My older brother said that it could have been from someone that had a meth lab, which actually sounds like a logical conclusion.

I've been putting together ideas and designs to attempt to create the most powerful biological filter, combining a number of filter types into one super filter. My design makes use of these filter types: a sponge, undergravel, moving bed, and finally multiple kinds of filter media. I have some activated carbon, so I could come up with an attachment of some sort if I really want to go the extra mile.