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  • Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Beginnings

    Finally got around to watching the first Madoka Magica movie. It’s just a recap of the first half of the series through episode 8. The backgrounds are more detailed, continuing the trend from the first television airing to the blu-ray version. It all looks very good. However, there is less impact to the scenes. For…

  • Fragments of Memories

    Hedgemage was my main character from first day I logged on to the end of days in City of Heroes. He was an Energy/Energy blapper that I had fun running epic adventures with. I always figured that his nemesis would be Circle of Thorns or some other magic-based group. Instead, he was always tangling with…

  • City of Heroes

    There are days where I really miss playing City of Heroes. Even after so many months after the game’s closing, I still get the urge to fly around Paragon City or run through its streets. I also miss looking down at my chat window and seeing Pinnbadges in sore need of context. Sometimes, there wasn’t…

  • Rohita Costuming Concepts

    Costuming concepts for Rohita in Bane and Black Mark. I like the asymmetrical low waistlines and hems for her. Her look is based on the 1920’s fashions. She is a flapper, after all. This particular set is rather basic.

  • Az Concept Art

    Some concept art of Azarola during Bane and Black Mark. What exactly does his night job for Rijan entail? Another trivia bit: Az’s personal firearm is modeled after the Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless in .32 caliber. Relatively small and easy to conceal, it previously served as his last line of self-defense on the open…

  • Max Brand: Way of the Lawless

    I finished reading Way of the Lawless by Max Brand. It was an enjoyable read with a really good action pace through it. Most people think of Max Brand as a Western writer, but this one is less Wild West and more contemporary to the time it was written. The cat and mouse games between…

  • Bane and Black Mark Concept Art

    A bunch of concept work for Bane and Black Mark. The top row features costume ideas for Madame Zuri, the professional fortuneteller. The second row has a couple of doodles of Rohita, the leading lady of the book. The bottom is just fleshing out a scene in a cafe between Azarola and Rohita.

  • Ilelune Concept Art

    Ilelune, a character featured in Spells and Silver Screens, the second book in the Black Mark series. Please forgive the smudges and whatnot, since these were doodled in my sketchbook over a year ago while on a trip. While the rest of the Black Mark world is more art deco, Ilelune demands the art nouveau…

  • Been there. Done that.

    Finally got World Completion on my Norn Ranger. I’ve taken a break from GW2 since my last post on the subject a few weeks ago. Sit out the Living Story ratrace and wait for the Orr temple event scaling to get fixed. The only motivation left was map completion, but my server hadn’t been green…

  • Tiger Swallowtail

    I finally managed to get some good pictures of the Tiger Swallowtail butterfly that likes to stop at my balcony garden. The flowers it’s feeding on are Sweet Williams. One of these days, I’ll manage to snag pictures of the resident female hummingbird. But she’s fast and usually gone shortly after I hear her telling…