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Jacktoon In reply to Sallaz [2012-09-16 20:58:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very muchly! I've been practicing other stuff recently but it's pretty hard, so I thought I'd just draw something kinda simple to take a break. So, that's why this exists and also 'cos there wasn't already a single picture of Spyro in my gallery yet which was unforgivable

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Sallaz In reply to Jacktoon [2012-09-27 20:10:48 +0000 UTC]

By chance got any other simple yet amazing drawings on your computer? :3 That really IS unforgivable. Shame on you.

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Jacktoon In reply to Sallaz [2012-09-27 21:20:07 +0000 UTC]

Well...I would love to say that I have many more simple yet amazing drawings on my computer!
But that would by lying!
When of course, the truth is that I spent my entire summer holiday being a lazy old layabout and actually did fudge all. Although I HAVE been putting a few drawings in my Scraps gallery instead recently. That's 'cos I'm trying to rebuild my technique from the ground up, so, most of it is kinda iffy. So, yeah, if you've missed my usual art output you should watch my Scraps (if you don't already.) But I CANNOT vouch for the quality

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Sallaz In reply to Jacktoon [2012-09-29 10:33:51 +0000 UTC]

Owwww, yes, I have been following your scraps, quite closely actually. I feel like a stalker now. XD

Completely unrelated topic, have you read the Canterbury Tales?

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Jacktoon In reply to Sallaz [2012-09-29 12:27:23 +0000 UTC]

Stalking doesn't exist on deviantart. Those sneaky synonym-dodgers called it "watching" instead. Speaking of which, I sta...I mean, watch your scraps but nothing much seems to happen. Surely YOU have some simple yet amazing drawings on your compu-*shot*

Aaaaand, although I've heard of them and feel as though I should no more about them, nope, I haven't actually read the Canterbury Tales. I THINK it rings a bell because it was part of my school curriculum...but they changed a load of the books for my classes in that particular year, so I ended up reading stuff like Jekyll & Hyde instead. :I

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Sallaz In reply to Jacktoon [2012-09-29 14:16:19 +0000 UTC]

Well played, dA, well played... Actually, I've got all kinds of stuff spread all over my room. XD And I was thinking about LiveStreaming later today, so if you're interested, keep an eye out on my journal. :3

Hahaha, I read Dracula and stuff like that. XD

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Jacktoon In reply to Sallaz [2012-09-29 20:09:50 +0000 UTC]

Hm. Now that you mention it, I've got all kinds of stuff strewn about my room or in sketchbooks too. I guess it's more of a case if I can actually be bothered to scan or photograph it all or not But, y'know, it's not like you're forced to upload everything here anyway, of course. But I just think it makes for a good catalogue in terms of a retrospective on your own work.
And nooooooo I missed your stream! Actually I missed the one before that too. Third time's the charm?

Huh, y'know, I can't say I've ever read Dracula before either. I like to think I read quite a lot, but it wouldn't be the first time I was wrong about something

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Sallaz In reply to Jacktoon [2012-10-27 09:39:29 +0000 UTC]

Ooooooohhh. I wanna seeeee. When I submit my stuff, I always see a lot of things I can improve, so it's actually quite useful!
I guess so. XD Not sure when I'll be streaming again though. :/

Hahaha, I liked it, it's a bit slow at first, but then things (or rather humans) start going down, so... There was something I didn't understand though. They said Van Helsing was Dutch, but he spoke in German sometimes and never in Dutch. What's up with that?

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Jacktoon In reply to Sallaz [2012-10-27 20:29:10 +0000 UTC]

Of course! I keep telling myself that one day I'm going to get my head together and actually finish some of the art I've started and upload a bunch of stuff, but for whatever reason I can never get motivated, so I've just been cramming a few doodles in my scraps. But yeah, you're definitely right; uploading everything here where you can see it more easily really does help you spot mistakes or parts you could've done differently. What was it, something like, apparantly, the average person makes in the region of 200 shoddy pieces of work before you do that "one good one" after which the cycle repeats. Even the best artists struggle to create that perfect combination of elements. "Okay" usually suffices for me though

And wow, I didn't know that about Van Helsing before. Seems pretty weird if you ask me. Then again, I have said before that my knowledge of German actually helped me translate some of the Dutch you tested me with. So maybe the author just decided more people would be familiar with German than Dutch and used it instead. I dunno.

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Jacktoon In reply to pouchnoubout [2012-09-16 16:59:18 +0000 UTC]

Anyone who never played the old Spyro games missed out haha, only kidding. They were pretty cool, but Spyro was similar in concept to Mario 64, so, y'know, of course there was bound to be people who'd prefer being a fat itaian plumber instead of a dragon (cough). The only main difference really was that there were 3 of them in the series rather than just one like Mario.

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Jacktoon In reply to wholetthemonstersout [2012-09-15 15:09:58 +0000 UTC]

Haha yeah, I know exactly what you mean. To me, the Spyro series literally was just the first 3. I tried the 4th one and, although it wasn't neccessarily bad, it was pretty brokenly made. :/
Also thanks for the fave! :U

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wholetthemonstersout In reply to Jacktoon [2012-09-15 15:19:08 +0000 UTC]

I also tried the 4th one, and I agree: it's broken like hell. I recall that one of the levels were invisible.

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Jacktoon In reply to wholetthemonstersout [2012-09-15 15:49:47 +0000 UTC]

Wow, one part was invisible!? I'm pretty sure I beat that game but I honestly can't remember anything about it (I like to pretend it never existed ). I know the graphics looked AMAZING at the time, but they also caused all those problems that made it impossible to actually play. :C

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wholetthemonstersout In reply to Jacktoon [2012-09-15 15:51:30 +0000 UTC]

Yeah! I was honestly WALKING ON AIR! I was so stumped...

To me, they DID make A Hero's Tale pretty good (in my opinion at least) but it's NOTHING compared to the PS1 games.

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