Cross-posting from my tumbls, but I feel it's relevant to my dA too so... <XD

    5-8 years old: Drew mainly dogs and dinosaurs, sometimes Daffy Duck's head, and then around 6 or 7 I started drawing mostly Animaniacs and Sonic the Hedgehog.

    9-10 years old: The trend of drawing fanart for cartoons I liked continued, I drew a TON of Powerpuff Girls stuff, sometimes Dexter's Lab, and then when I turned 10, pokemon came out and I pretty much drew nothing but pokemon, and made up my own pokemon.

    10-11 years old: Yep, still pretty much just pokemon and made-up pokemon. I also sometimes drew Ryoko from Tenchi Muyo/Universe/whatever other Tenchi series was on Toonami at the time, because she was my favorite character, and also Ryo-Ohki because she was an adorable cat-rabbit thing and she was easy to draw. XD ; I also traced or heavily referenced some of the manga I had sometimes, mainly in an attempt to learn to draw as good as they did. _A_; Though I also did it to make wall decorations of my fave pics before I figured out I could just scan them on my mom's compy and print them out. Derp… Fortunately I learned pretty quickly that tracing wasn't really helping me improve, and it was pretty limiting anyway, so I stopped soon after.

    12-13 years old: Oh man, here we go… when I was 12, I got really heavily into Invader Zim. XD; So basically my art went straight from anime into some odd Jhonen Vasquez ripoff style. Also, around this time I started posting my artwork online, to the first online gallery I could find; Elfwood. I remember being really impatient with the fact that they moderated the pics before posting them up, you had to wait several days after submitting it for it to be approved and put up on the site. I had started to make my own characters around this time, but I was terrified of putting them online for fear that they'd be stolen by someone. <8D ; I made a few IZ fancharacters, mostly S.I.R. units. I soon found dA through an artist I'd liked on Elfwood after she moved from Elfwood to there. I got an account there while I was still 12 (BUT I'd turn 13 the next month, granted XD), named it spookydoom because I couldn't think of anything else and just wanted to start posting art already, and… yeah, stuck with it ever since. I spent the next year finding other artists I really liked, and finally gathered the courage to post my own characters, like Joe (a shapeshifting robot), and Radioactive Bunny.

    14-16 years old: Around 14 I slowly started to work my way out of being a JV ripoff, trying to go for a style somewhere between western and anime. I made Robo-N at fourteen, a dA ID being the first image I ever made and posted of her. (She was supposed to be an alter-ego for me at the time, I didn't change it to where we were separate until later on, somewhere in my late teens I believe.) I got into Megaman a lot, mainly the classic one. I THINK I ran into Andrew Dickman's art around this time, through his Megaman fanart. He was a huge inspiration for me. He really drove me to improve, because I remember wanting so hard to draw as well as him. I also made Chester when I was 14, if I remember right… back in 2003. I was really prolific around this time, posting tons of stuff in my huge effort to improve. I drew and posted lots of fanart, like pokemon and Megaman stuff.

    17-18 years old: I spent most of this time trying to develop the characters I had. I roleplayed with friends a lot, continued to experiment with different styles, and made tons of little comics. I tried to cut down on fanart to focus on my original stuff, but Guilty Gear came around and I fangirled the hell out of Zappa, so it was incredibly difficult. <XD ;; I remember meeting Para through my Guilty Gear fangirling, haha.

    19-20 years old: Aaand here's where I got obsessed with Endzone. There were so many awesome characters in that tournament, and it was being run by Endling, another huge inspiration to me. My favorite entries were Unknown's; Climber was such an endearing character that I remember really hoping he would get out of there okay.; So yeah, couldn't help myself… I drew tons of fanart for Unknown too. XD I actually met Mera through our mutual love of Unknown's animations and characters. I also tried a few OC tournaments around this time, which were pretty fun. Sadly, life got in the way and I had a lot less time to draw than I used to. My posts on dA became very sparse, though behind the scenes I was still doodling around and creating a new story…

    21-23 years old: Welp, here we are… My updates on dA were still pretty few and far between, but I started trying to make an effort to post more. I also finally took up commissions due to having troubles finding work. They were fun though, I got a chance to draw a wider variety of characters than what I've been doing. I started to draw pokemon again, but other than that I've been trying to keep fanart to a minimum. I dunno why, I guess I fear getting too obsessed over something and forgetting to draw my own stuff. <XD ; It's an odd fear though, because I still made my own stuff even during my huge Guilty Gear obsession, so… I dunno. @_@ I guess… I also worried about what other people would think. <8D ; I really need to stop doing that. But I digress! Recently I started working on a webcomic, which is something I've been wanting to do since I was 14, so… Hopefully this will be the start of a new era of awesomeness once I can start posting it. XD

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AND LO, EVERYONE CHANGED THEIR NAMES.
AND SPOOKY DIDN'T REMEMBER ANYONE EVER AGAIN.

THE END.

Sad thing is I'm somewhat tempted to do so too, BUT... I dunno if that would be a good move or not really. .H.
I've had this username for like 8 years. Everyone knows me by it.
And if I change it, welllll... I could never change it back. 8D ;;


_{M-maybe I'll just... capitalize it. .H.}

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Firefox 8 kept crashing like whoa.

You wouldn't suppose there's any way to custom color Firefox 11, is there...? ;
Looking at all this blinding white in my browser is making me miss Anycolor already.
Oh, and my eyes burn. It's making that happen too.

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THAT'S RIGHT, FIVE DOLLARS! Think about it... what else could you get with 5 dollars, huh? Some fast food? A burger perhaps? Okay sure so it might be delicious and whatnot, BUT THINK ABOUT IT! Eventually, that burger? It's gonna be poo. BUT several months later, you can pull up the picture I made for you and it WON'T be poo! Amazement! 8O Obviously you can see what the better deal is here, yes?

...Okay, for the two of you left who haven't gone and bought some fast food with it, HERE'S ALL THE DETAILS:

First, here's an example of what they look like:



IMPORTANT STUFF, PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING:

Before you order, take a look at the slot list to make sure there's at least one open that you could take. Chances are, there will be. XD ;

To order one (or more, if you want), send me a note on dA! If you don't have a dA account, I suppose you could PM me on tumblr too, but I do highly recommend dA notes just so I can keep things a little more organized. n_n; After I get your order, I will contact you back and let you know if you get a slot on my commissions-to-do list.

Include in your order a reference pic of some kind, it doesn't have to be in color. If you don't have any, describe them as best you can and I'll see what I can do. o3o;

To clear up some confusion, I DO ask for payment up front. If for whatever reason I absolutely can't complete the commission, I will contact you through notes (or tumblr, whichever you used to contact me) and issue a refund.

If you can't pay yet, as in anytime soon by the next day or so, please wait until you can before you order any. This is to avoid clogging up the slots.

Most importantly, don't pay until you're sure you have a slot. Until I send a confirmation note back saying that I've given you a slot, hold on to your moneys.

Send payments through Paypal to: Spookydoom520@aol.com
If you have any additional questions, note me. (Please don't use that email address for anything other than payments. I'm not likely to check the mail on it.)

CURRENT SLOTS FOR BUST SKETCHES:
1) ~Cloud9Necco - Paid - Done!
2) Open!
3) Open!
4) Open!
5) Open!
6) Open!
7) Open!
8) Open!

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Hey guys! Got some new videos up on youtube. oWo

First of all, I put together a vid of the best bits from my recent livestream of SCP-087! It's an interesting little horror game, and involves lots and lots and lots of stairs. Oh, and a monster in there somewhere too.
You can see it here: [link]

Secondly, I have a short let's play of From Primordial Egg that I did during another livestream earlier on, if you missed it. nwn It involves a baby dinosaur uncovering the horrors of an Indiana Jones cloning operation! ...Or, well, just rampaging really.
It can be found here: [link]

Hope you enjoy them!

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[link]

EDIT: It's over guys. XD Don't worry though, if you missed it you can rewatch it on my livestream channel!



NEVER FORGET.


I'm going to be playing SCP-087 with co-stars and ! If I finish it early, I might play a bit of minecraft afterwards too, we'll see. XD

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NOTE: Commissions are currently on hold. Don't worry, I'm still gonna finish the ones I have, but I just can't take any new ones until I've freed up some more time. Thanks. n_n;

EDIT: I've been trying to get justin.tv to work but for some reason I can't download their broadcasting program, I just get an error page when I click it. O_o So for now, looks like I'm stuck with livestream. As for right now, I haven't been well the past few days, I'm not sure I'll be able to put on a very good show right now. <8D ; Still, I'll be sure to post when I feel well enough to stream again.


Is there any streaming site you'd reccommend?

Livestream works fine for me, I guess, though it seems to have a nasty habit of baleeting everything. ;

Is there any other streaming site that'll do better? I know they each probably have their own little catches and stuff, like livestream's 50 people limit until verification, that sort of thing. I like to play music during streams, so a place that won't bust me for that would be good.

I dunno, I might keep livestream if there's nothing better. What do you guys think?

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NOTE: Commissions are currently on hold. Don't worry, I'm still gonna finish the ones I have, but I just can't take any new ones until I've freed up some more time. Thanks. n_n;

EDIT: WHOOHOO! I think I fixed it! 8DD As it turns out, the color profile on my compy was slightly wonky, so I deleted it and it automatically reverted to the default settings, so now it's back to normal. Hooray!

Okay guys, I need some help. <8I ;

For some reason, whether I'm using photoshop or SAI, whenever I save my images the colors get... darker? I've tried pngs and jpegs, and seem to get the same problem. I dunno if it's got something to do with the compression or what, but it's really getting pretty noticeable. If it's not darkened, the colors still get slightly altered in a weird way.

Here's an example: [link]

It's especially noticeable on the background and the gengar. Even then, none of those two look like the version I was working on, because BOTH got darkened even more when I saved the screenshot.

Anyone know what's going on, or how I can change settings to fix this?

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NOTE: Commissions are currently on hold until I can finish moving. Don't worry, I'm still gonna finish the ones I have, but I just can't take any new ones until I've freed up some more time. Thanks. n_n;

Hey guys, I finally got internets again! Aw man, so much stuff happened. @_@

Welp, I'm all moved in to the apartment now... I still got some stuff at mom and dad's house, but I'll pick that up later. Man, I miss my kitty so much. ;3; I've been having a hard time sleeping without him making it hard for me to sleep. Funny how these things work, huh? Can't sleep because it's too peaceful. <XD ;
Apparently he's missing me too, since he's been extra naughty the past few days, according to mom. I really hope I can find work soon so I can bring him here to stay. Right now though, I pretty much need to focus all my attention on keeping myself fed and sheltered, let alone a cat on top of all that.

I've also been having a ton of car problems, as per usual. _A_ The night we moved in, my driver's side headlight burnt out. No problem, right? I mean, I can just get it changed- NOPE. It burnt out because a rat chewed the wiring in there, so basically I gotta take it in to have the wiring repaired/replaced on friday. And of course, the other light won't even fasten in all the way because it's missing a clip. 8D ; I'm really glad my uncle works at the place I'm getting it fixed at, at least I know he'll do a good job. It just kinda sucks not being able to drive around after the sun goes down, especially since early on I was kinda stuck here by myself with no food until I went grocery shopping the next day.

EITHER WAY I finally got that mess all sorted out, and I finally got me some interwebs, so I'm happier now than I have been the past couple days. XD ESPECIALLY once I loaded up dA and found so many people wishing me a happy birthday! A big thanks to every one of you, it really means a lot. ;w;// Some people even drew things for me, I wasn't expecting that at all since I'd been so absent on dA and everything... Just... thank you, I don't even know what to say. I want to reach through the screen and hug you people, but I kinda don't want to smash my screen and be electrocuted and stuff, so yeah. >W< <33

Anyway, time to work on some commissions again. I'm probably gonna leave them closed for a little while longer until things aren't so up in the air and I've managed to finish at least some of the ones I'm already working on. I'm still working on comic pages too, though it is going a bit slow at the moment. @H@;

Oh, and unpacking, still gotta work on that too. Once my room stops looking like a landfill of trash bags full of folded up clean clothes, maybe I'll feel a bit more at home. XD

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NOTE: Commissions are currently on hold until I can finish moving. Don't worry, I'm still gonna finish the ones I have, but I just can't take any new ones until I've freed up some more time. Thanks. n_n;

WELP, tomorrow's the big day. @H@;;

I've spent the past few days packing and going through stuff, I'm seriously about ready to pass out. I'm still scrambling to get everything in order before we move in tomorrow morning...

It might be a bit before I can get internet working, we'll see. I need to buy a wireless adapter for my computer since it's a desktop that can't pick up wireless signals on its own.

Wish me luck, I'll need it!

P.S. Does anyone know how to fix the journal title to be black again? _A_ For some reason since it's a link now it decided to change into the color of my other journal links, so I dunno if I can change one and not the other...

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NOTE: Commissions are currently on hold until I can finish moving. Don't worry, I'm still gonna finish the ones I have, but I just can't take any new ones until I've freed up some more time. Thanks. n_n;

Hey there, just thought I'd post about what I'm up to as of late. uHu

This year's starting off all EXCITING and stuff! O3O

Because I'M MOVING OUT. *insert much fanfare and applause here*

If all goes according to plan, by the end of this month I'll be living in an apartment in the nearby city with my eldest brother. I'm already on the path to finding a job over there too, so I'll finally be employed again as well! And, if all goes well, it'll be a job I actually like too. >w<

So yes, a lot of changes going on around here. I'm hella nervous about it all, but it's definitely good news in the long run! I also learned the local college has animation courses available, so I will probably look into that too as soon as I'm situated there... and get a chance to figure out how the hell financial aid works. %B

Man, I'm gonna miss my kitty Clarence... ;3;/ I decided it best not to move him in with me until I've landed a job. I can't really afford to keep him until I've got a steady income... He'll be safe with my parents until I do, but still. Love that cat, even if he is a little troublemaker sometimes.

Anyway, that's pretty much what's up. I'm gonna be going through stuff and packing for the next week, and trying to finish my commissions in a timely manner. <XD ; I don't want to rush and do a poor job on them either though, so I gotta be careful. x_x Hopefully they won't mind a slight delay if necessary...;

I have a lot on my plate, but I'll definitely still try to post when I can. Until next time, see ya guys!

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GUYS GUYS

FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR

I GOT

A PLUNGER.

SERIOUSLY.

I laughed my ass off. XD But seriously they can be useful. Never underestimate the plunger! After all, whenever my toilet is unclogged, I can still use it as a makeshift weapon for self-defense or something. o3o/ Not as good as a crowbar, but it'll do. u3u

Anyway, hope you guys have an awesome new years day! >w<

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And happy holidays~ >w<

I hope everyone's safe and doing well! <3


I wanted to give thanks to and , who both drew awesome giftpics for me. >w< I love you guys! <3

Also, I'd like to thank for giving me a free year subscription! Hopefully I'll put it to good use! nwn/

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Whoa what the-

DA JOURNAL, WHAT DO


I THOUGHT STASH WAS ONLY FOR MARIO'S FACE WTF

oh wait that's "'stache".

Right, carry on then.

EDIT: ALSO APPARENTLY YOU DON'T NEED A PREMIUM FOR SKINS ANYMORE, OK DA. NO COMPLAINTS HERE.

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