I just finished watching Good Game ([link] and one of the hosts on the show, "Goose", is wearing a shirt with a print of my tiger ([link].

I don't know who is selling it--obviously not me

You can see Goose wearing the shirt in the video on this page - [link]

My Feeling Blue image has found its way onto a pr0n blog -- not work safe, obviously -- [link]

That's my 15 minutes of fame

Hey watchers,

I've owned a copy of ArtRage for quite some time and so far only done one colouring with it (it was only $30).  I hope to change that thanks to a guide by *andreabianco on Speed Painting.  

I won't be doing a "speed" painting, but the advice in this guide has got me started in the right direction. *andreabianco has also provided a collection of useful presets to make things that bit more accessible to ArtRage noobs like myself.

So check out the guide if you have an interest in digital paintings, even if you don't have a copy of ArtRage.

I recommend everyone check out ~fl64 latest batch of art.  He has some really exciting and unique work there--the kind of stuff I don't normally see on DA but wish I saw more of.

Happy Australia Day, for tomorrow people.

I'll be spending my day with some close friends, cooking a BBQ of lamb chops, sausages and my own burgers.  Along with with a drinking a good Australian beer, Beez Neez.  And, of course, we'll be listening to Triple J's Hottest 100.

I hope my fellow Ozzies have a beaut day

My current portable music player is a 4th generation iPod brick--the last of the monochrome screen iPods.  I've got some good use out of the device and unlike most others, I've easily resisted the desire to purchase each follow-up iPod just because it's new.

But I've got to a point now where I think I would appreciate being able to watch some videos on my commute to to work and having invested in a set of Sennheiser IE 6 in-ear headphones I would also appreciate a device with better sound quality.

The thing is, I've told myself that the iPod range of music players can't possibly be the definitive portable music player.  Clearly they were in the early days of portable music players to have attracted such a loyal following, but today I should think that perhaps Apple is resting on it's popularity and other manufacturers have an opportunity to provide some compelling features and prices to show-up Apple.

So I've done some research and it seems this is not the case.  iPod alternatives are not that competitive.  They have their pros but not enough to put the iPod out of the option.  The best example is the Creative Zen X-Fi.  It has some neat features, like an SD card slot and wireless networking for streaming content from a media server.  But I need 32 GBs to allow breathing space for my growing collection of music, but the 32 GB Zen X-Fi is only marginally cheaper than an iPod Touch (if you shop around) with the same amount of storage, and the Touch has a much much larger screen.  I could get a iPod classic with the same sized screen as the Zen X-Fi for a fraction of the price--granted the Classic isn't flash based but at the end of the day I just want to watch videos and listen to music.

I'm kind of surprised that even today, the iPod remains to be fairly priced and competitively featured.  I should think that companies like Creative would be working a lot harder to make their products a no-brainer.

If you feel you know of a player that makes the iPod range look like a pile of puke, please let me know.

Clearly I have too much time on my hands.

I've re-categorised all my favourites, which I think is over 2000 items.  Before I broke down my collections by photos and illustrations, but now I've mixed those two mediums into broader collections that have a more defined themed.

I've probably made it a lot more difficult to manage them now, but I like that I'm not lumping completely differently themed pictures together.

Take a look and see what you might find.

Something fun to search for on DA - "succubus"

I've recieved a few requests to use my work for tubes now, so I thought I might make a post to clarify my stance on them.

First of all, pretty much all my work is colourings of other artists drawings.  In this situation I don't know who owns copyright, but I'm not going to pretend it's me.  I colour them for my own satisfaction and post them freely for anyone to appreciate (with the original artists permission).

From what I've seen of tube sites, the person who runs them crawls the web to find work they can use in tubes and post them in members only platforms.  Some claim to be non-commercial and yet have advertising on their sites.

Having received a few requests now I've developed a distaste for these closed communities requesting others to share their work.  And since I don't really own copyright the answer to all requests to post my work on tube sites is no.

Check it out, Inkscape 0.46 has been released.

I've been using the development versions of 0.46 for a long time and the new features introduced since 0.45 are brilliant.

Help spread the word about Inkscape by showing the news story some love, by Digging it, or blogging about it.

I've been offline for three months, so I only just seen the new collections feature for your favourites.  At first I thought it was a bit pointless but now I've organised most of my faves into collections I can see the appeal.  

A great deal of my faves focus on females which I've split into themes.  It's also handy for grouping together drawings I would like to colour some day.  I also have a few other collections that may be appealing to some.  I also have many works that don't appear collections at all yet and some collections are a little too broad.  

Anyway, take a look.  You might find something new to appreciate.

#Inkscapers are running a competition to create the new "about" screen for the upcoming release of Inkscape 0.46.

I've been using the development builds of 0.46 for quite some time now and I think the new features makes it a pretty exciting release.  Unfortunately I'm not going to have time to enter the competition myself.

Even if you don't intend to enter the competition, please show the announcement some love to help raise awareness of Inkscape.

Many, many, years ago - perhaps not long after I had very first registered with DA to post my first Litestep theme - there was a digital painting that was given a daily deviation which I have been reminded of and would like to add to my collection of faves.

I was hoping i'll be able to describe it and perhaps someone will be able to help me find the piece.

I'm guessing the painting was posted in either 2003 or 2004.  The style was very similar to `arcipellos work, perhaps sharing a similar colour palette to Her Silent Silhouette.

The painting featured a creature or monster that the Radish Spirit from Spirited Away reminded me of.  There was red flower petals scattered over the creature and on the ground - I believe the creature may have been eating them.  The creature was splashed with what looked like blood, but I believe might have been a combination of saliva with the red flower petals.

Finally, I believe there may have been a couple of nymphs either dancing around or draped over the creature - this aspect made me draw parallels between the creature and Jabba the Hutt.

If anyone knows the work, I would really appreciate if you left a comment.  I've been looking

I had to highlight ~mrmanders work in progress of Iron Man he has posted on Inkscapeforum.com.

Many may find it hard to believe it is being created with Inkscape, let along any vector program at all.  It is certainly a bold project as I can't imagine the effort involved to create all that detail.  I certainly can't wait to see the final product.

Just wanted to say, I really like the Gallery 2 changes.  It's nice to be able to put some of my stuff in folders for people to see.

I don't think I had a proper appreciation for how airbrush art was created before PC's and tablets.

Check out the gallery of *Armando-Huerta for a stunning collection of airbrush beauties.

More importantly, check out his journal entry on the making of BETTIE ROCK where you can see exactly what is involved with airbrush paintings.

For those who are interested, I've started creating a set of cursors for windows.  You can follow how they are coming along here - [link]

Although, I'm having an issue with the alpha channe on Vista - basically it applies some grey colouring to semi transparent areas.  I don't have the same issue with XP.  If anyone is familiar with the issue, please let me know.

If you're an Inkscape user and you look around, you'll discover very quickly that there isn't not an English speaking Inkscape forum for you.

For this reason I signed up on the Inkscape mailing list using Nabble.com.  I don't like mailing list so Nabble.com allowed me to participate on the mailing list with a forum-like interface.

After not too long someone posted about an Inkscape forum and a passionate debate about forums vs mailing lists started.  Along with how a forum would dilute the community unless it directly interfaced to the mailing list.

Regardless, on the weekend I set up a phpBB3 forum on my host and today I bought the domain inkscapeforum.com because I feel I can provide a good service.  But I've just announced it's existence on the mailing list and I'm quite nervous about the backlash from people who feel I've jeopardised the Inkscape community.

But I look at projects like Blender that has countless communities and I tend to think the more forums the more users who will be attracted to the product.

Plus, I think I can do a good job of running the forum.  If not, hopefully there will be no harm done.  Wish me luck.

I found an echidna in my yard at some un-godly hour of the morning/night last night.  Actually that's not quite correct, my dog, Mishka, found it.  And she barked at it for so long, after I finally woke up, I found my neighbours shining a torch into my yard to see was all the fuss was about.

I'm dissapointed I didn't have the mind at that hour to take a photo.  Whilst kangaroos are no rare sight in Australia, echidnas, platypus's, koalas, wombats and other famous Australian are quite rare.

It's been about 20 years since I seen an echidina.  I remember seeing two in my childhood when I was living in the southern part of Australia.  I suspect they are more common in that region.

I'm not sure how the little guy got into my yard, since I have retaining-walls on almost all sides.  He must have walked straight up my drive way.

I had to lock Mishka in the house so she wouldn't bother my neighbours and the echidna with her constant barking.  But she continued to bother me with her whining and banging at the door.  I know from memory that echidna's aren't one to stick around and he would be long gone by morning.

I've started colouring an image ~renecordova drew - Sketch cover.

I've asked, but have yet to recieve permission.  I'm hoping it will be ok.

You can monitor my progress at [link] - These snapshots will be deleted if permission to colour the drawing is denied.