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Goin' home.--Edit.
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I was able to save my comic's update schedule by scanning in the next two pages earlier so I can work on them on the road. There'll be pages Thursday and Sunday on schedule. I'm also thinking of changing to a three-day update schedule. What's y'all's thoughts?
This is going to be an interesting Thanksgiving for me. Interesting, as in "hellish". Just spent the last few hours driving to Montgomery, Alabama with my bro. It's all cool, and in the interim since we last met he's moved on. But that's the only good news I have to report.
Peace all, seeyall later on Thanksgiving afternoon/night, with a report on how much I ate.
As a going-away message, drink more egg nogg!
This is going to be an interesting Thanksgiving for me. Interesting, as in "hellish". Just spent the last few hours driving to Montgomery, Alabama with my bro. It's all cool, and in the interim since we last met he's moved on. But that's the only good news I have to report.
Peace all, seeyall later on Thanksgiving afternoon/night, with a report on how much I ate.
As a going-away message, drink more egg nogg!
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Beautiful Skies history sample
5 min read
Ayup, just completed the histories of the Genos and Religsl they're up on the Wiki entry for the comic, but I felt like putting 'em up here; I know it's a bother to have to go all the way to the comic's site to get such information.
Geno history:
The Genos are the descendants of the colonists who left the Interstellar Council to rot in the Solar System, and spread out along the arms of the Milky Way. They founded hundreds of colonies, improved starship engines to travel the stars, and put plasma casting weapons into common use. After several hundred years of relative peace, the agents of the Fellowship could be found preaching to the masses on almost every colony world, excepting the trash worlds like Constantine XII. The political refugees and dregs of society watched from hiding on Constantine XII as their galaxy slowly came under the rule of the Empyr from Earth.
After Constantine XII gained it's status as a colony world, renaming itself Beautiful Skies, the Empyr took notice of the untouched souls and sent preachers en masse. It was the first step towards war. The colonists of Beautiful Skies did not like the Empyr encroaching upon their freedoms, and rebelled barely 50 years after gaining colony status. It was not long before the other colony worlds started to follow Beautiful Skies' example; however, the other worlds did not have the defenses that Beautiful Skies had spent a century constructing, while it was still Constantine XII. The Geno rebels on Beautiful Skies watched as their fellow colony worlds were burned, all the while fighting small skirmishes with the Empyr, waiting and dreading their turn at the flames.
When the Empyr's fleets finally converged on the rebel world, they were utterly crushed, to the surprise of both sides. The Empyr limped back to the Sol System, the Genos in hot pursuit with every ship that could still fly. As the Geno armada passed the Empyr's colonies on Pluto, the Jovian moons, and Mars, they returned the favor and obliterated them. Cornering the Empyr in the skies over Earth, the Genos finished off their enemy and started to lay waste to Earth. Before they could finish the job, 7 of the Genos' generals mutinied. Having to fight their own forces taxed the remainder of the Geno fleet, now reduced to a few capital ships and fighters, and they left the Sol System to return to Beautiful Skies, broken and dispirited.
Unlike the majority of the Empyr before the First Interstellar War, most in the rebellion had had extensive genetic changes. "Geno-typers" (which was shortened to "Genos" later) was what the colonists called themselves, as most of them were Children of Lamarck.
Relig history:
The Religs, or, as they originally called themselves, the Fellowship, have a long history going back to just after the third World War, while Earth was landlocked by the Interstellar Council. In the cold wastes of Russia, a following arose around a boy preaching a better way to live, following 10 words passed from his God to the boy. Eventually, the new religion spread around the world, but not before the boy was martyred by fearful Christians. This action caused the already tense world, almost on the verge of a fourth World War between the remnants of the Christian and Islamic strongholds, to plunge headlong into the last major war that would take place on Earth soil for more than a thousand years, until the Genos would come to burn the world in the Empyr War.
The Fellowship came out as the leading power in the Fourth War, and began seeking a way for the stars that were denied them several hundred years previous. They would take their religion to the stars. And so they did, easily breaking past the ancient, and quite dead, orbital satellites and stations the Interstellar Council had left. It did not take long for the Fellowship to subvert the many colony worlds with their Words, and thus the Empyr was born. After Beautiful Skies, then Constantine XII, a trash planet, rebelled, and the First Interstellar War began, the Empyr rapidly began to lose it's hold on the colony worlds, and, in an act of desperation burned the colonies that rebelled. Only Beautiful Skies was able to survive the onslaught, and pushed the Fellowship back to Earth. Once there, the Genos burned Earth, but left it after 7 of their generals mutinied. The 7 generals were remembered by the Fellowship, and are now the patron saints of the religion.
After a thousand years of rebuilding, the Fellowship once again sought the stars, and, forgetting the lessons of the past, rapidly colonized the Solar System and the surrounding systems, trying desperately to relieve the over stressed resources of Earth. The Fellowship took their religion with them, dutifully founding new colonies in the name of the One Who Passed the Words, the One God. Eventually, the Fellowship found Beautiful Skies, still hurting from the Empyr War. The two sides met for the first time in a thousand years; the Genos remembered their enemy, but knew relief that the Fellowship didn't remember their feud. However, that was not to last. Access to the Geno's data nets soon revealed to the Fellowship that the Genos had caused their strife so many centuries ago; not only that, but a majority of the Genos were Godless heathens. It was a double blow. In a surprise attack, the Fellowship dropped nukes on the Geno megalopolis of Barrild, killing billions. War was immediately declared on both sides, and has been raging for the past 11 1/2 years.
The Fellowship (and their collective) earned the derogatory term "Religs" from the Genos, who constantly referred to the Fellowship as "the religious ones." It was shortened to Relig later, and adopted by the Fellowship.
Geno history:
The Genos are the descendants of the colonists who left the Interstellar Council to rot in the Solar System, and spread out along the arms of the Milky Way. They founded hundreds of colonies, improved starship engines to travel the stars, and put plasma casting weapons into common use. After several hundred years of relative peace, the agents of the Fellowship could be found preaching to the masses on almost every colony world, excepting the trash worlds like Constantine XII. The political refugees and dregs of society watched from hiding on Constantine XII as their galaxy slowly came under the rule of the Empyr from Earth.
After Constantine XII gained it's status as a colony world, renaming itself Beautiful Skies, the Empyr took notice of the untouched souls and sent preachers en masse. It was the first step towards war. The colonists of Beautiful Skies did not like the Empyr encroaching upon their freedoms, and rebelled barely 50 years after gaining colony status. It was not long before the other colony worlds started to follow Beautiful Skies' example; however, the other worlds did not have the defenses that Beautiful Skies had spent a century constructing, while it was still Constantine XII. The Geno rebels on Beautiful Skies watched as their fellow colony worlds were burned, all the while fighting small skirmishes with the Empyr, waiting and dreading their turn at the flames.
When the Empyr's fleets finally converged on the rebel world, they were utterly crushed, to the surprise of both sides. The Empyr limped back to the Sol System, the Genos in hot pursuit with every ship that could still fly. As the Geno armada passed the Empyr's colonies on Pluto, the Jovian moons, and Mars, they returned the favor and obliterated them. Cornering the Empyr in the skies over Earth, the Genos finished off their enemy and started to lay waste to Earth. Before they could finish the job, 7 of the Genos' generals mutinied. Having to fight their own forces taxed the remainder of the Geno fleet, now reduced to a few capital ships and fighters, and they left the Sol System to return to Beautiful Skies, broken and dispirited.
Unlike the majority of the Empyr before the First Interstellar War, most in the rebellion had had extensive genetic changes. "Geno-typers" (which was shortened to "Genos" later) was what the colonists called themselves, as most of them were Children of Lamarck.
Relig history:
The Religs, or, as they originally called themselves, the Fellowship, have a long history going back to just after the third World War, while Earth was landlocked by the Interstellar Council. In the cold wastes of Russia, a following arose around a boy preaching a better way to live, following 10 words passed from his God to the boy. Eventually, the new religion spread around the world, but not before the boy was martyred by fearful Christians. This action caused the already tense world, almost on the verge of a fourth World War between the remnants of the Christian and Islamic strongholds, to plunge headlong into the last major war that would take place on Earth soil for more than a thousand years, until the Genos would come to burn the world in the Empyr War.
The Fellowship came out as the leading power in the Fourth War, and began seeking a way for the stars that were denied them several hundred years previous. They would take their religion to the stars. And so they did, easily breaking past the ancient, and quite dead, orbital satellites and stations the Interstellar Council had left. It did not take long for the Fellowship to subvert the many colony worlds with their Words, and thus the Empyr was born. After Beautiful Skies, then Constantine XII, a trash planet, rebelled, and the First Interstellar War began, the Empyr rapidly began to lose it's hold on the colony worlds, and, in an act of desperation burned the colonies that rebelled. Only Beautiful Skies was able to survive the onslaught, and pushed the Fellowship back to Earth. Once there, the Genos burned Earth, but left it after 7 of their generals mutinied. The 7 generals were remembered by the Fellowship, and are now the patron saints of the religion.
After a thousand years of rebuilding, the Fellowship once again sought the stars, and, forgetting the lessons of the past, rapidly colonized the Solar System and the surrounding systems, trying desperately to relieve the over stressed resources of Earth. The Fellowship took their religion with them, dutifully founding new colonies in the name of the One Who Passed the Words, the One God. Eventually, the Fellowship found Beautiful Skies, still hurting from the Empyr War. The two sides met for the first time in a thousand years; the Genos remembered their enemy, but knew relief that the Fellowship didn't remember their feud. However, that was not to last. Access to the Geno's data nets soon revealed to the Fellowship that the Genos had caused their strife so many centuries ago; not only that, but a majority of the Genos were Godless heathens. It was a double blow. In a surprise attack, the Fellowship dropped nukes on the Geno megalopolis of Barrild, killing billions. War was immediately declared on both sides, and has been raging for the past 11 1/2 years.
The Fellowship (and their collective) earned the derogatory term "Religs" from the Genos, who constantly referred to the Fellowship as "the religious ones." It was shortened to Relig later, and adopted by the Fellowship.
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The shit in da works
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Welp, as I wind down on Sunday's BSkies page, I'm reminded of all the other stuffs I've got to do. First on the list is to do a tutorial on shadows, especially the chiaroscuro kind. My favorite.
Next, I've finally got around to starting the next story arc, centering around an adrenaline jockey, a starship gunner with a sword fetish, and their pirate captain (who believes in karma). The 20+ page teaser chapter will not be a part of the main story, but I will be putting it up on the website under a new category, "Stories". Which also means that it's likely to not be seen. Oh well.
(On that long note, since I'm on the site where the character's creator's are, I've changed Arale's, Karma's, and Garon's designs a little. Minor changes, yes, but changes nonetheless. I will also be putting their bios on the BskiesWiki soon.)
Lastly, I've got personal work to do for a fellow artist, and I won't go far into that. But it's on the list.
Peace for now, and beat up your neighbor's kids when you get the chance.
Next, I've finally got around to starting the next story arc, centering around an adrenaline jockey, a starship gunner with a sword fetish, and their pirate captain (who believes in karma). The 20+ page teaser chapter will not be a part of the main story, but I will be putting it up on the website under a new category, "Stories". Which also means that it's likely to not be seen. Oh well.
(On that long note, since I'm on the site where the character's creator's are, I've changed Arale's, Karma's, and Garon's designs a little. Minor changes, yes, but changes nonetheless. I will also be putting their bios on the BskiesWiki soon.)
Lastly, I've got personal work to do for a fellow artist, and I won't go far into that. But it's on the list.
Peace for now, and beat up your neighbor's kids when you get the chance.
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Rascist rant
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I was in my school's Free Speech Alley all day today. We were celebrating our right to speak freely. And that is all the background you need before I go and vent.
Y'all see, there was a few shouting matches happening near the end of the day. One of them was a man complaining about the ignorance of people in general. But he had the motherfucking gall to state that he would willingly exist in ignorance of other cultures, simply because he was not raised in them. He said, and I quote, "If my daughter comes home with a white man, I'll know I've failed. There's something about me that she hates."
It is this kind of thinking that pisses me off. We live in a world where other cultures are wide open over the internet, and, if that is not enough, you can go visit other countries and learn about their peoples.
This man argued that we should not; it is impossible for us to learn other cultures. We shouldn't even try if we aren't born into them.
Is there no limit to his unbridled stupidity?
My art history teacher: born and raised in America. Her family went to Asia often, and lo, she knows Asian culture; it's amazing how much, in fact, she does know.
As a home-grown example, I was born in New Orleans. I went to poor schools where blacks, asians, hispanics, and a multitude of other ethnicities intermingled. I joked with Hondurans and Nigerians. I feel more black american than white; I often wonder just which portion of this country do I belong to.
What is this? Oh snap, refutation of argument! A white man feelin' black! Who knows what the fuck is really goin' on. Who'da fuckin' thunk it, huh? Really, now, is it that hard to see that cultures can cross?
My point? Don't motherfucking say that other people, other cultures, are fucking ignorant of other cultures, not in this day and age. There are people out there who want to know other cultures, are actively seeking knowledge every day about things that are unknown to them.
Is this world only one fucking racial background? No. Enlighten yourself. Do not use your ignorance as a shield. You all live in a world where cultures clash. Where ethnicities blur with every generation.
If you are going to use the weak argument that "I wasn't raised in that culture, so I shouldn't know shit about it." be ready to feel the burn. If you are too fucking ignorant to learn, then you are too fucking stupid for this world we live in.
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In a way, the man won. It is how people feel today. This man did not want to better himself, but live in the past, where people did not cross ethnic lines. He openly admitted that he did not want to learn.
This is the world we are entering. Fucking mess.
Y'all see, there was a few shouting matches happening near the end of the day. One of them was a man complaining about the ignorance of people in general. But he had the motherfucking gall to state that he would willingly exist in ignorance of other cultures, simply because he was not raised in them. He said, and I quote, "If my daughter comes home with a white man, I'll know I've failed. There's something about me that she hates."
It is this kind of thinking that pisses me off. We live in a world where other cultures are wide open over the internet, and, if that is not enough, you can go visit other countries and learn about their peoples.
This man argued that we should not; it is impossible for us to learn other cultures. We shouldn't even try if we aren't born into them.
Is there no limit to his unbridled stupidity?
My art history teacher: born and raised in America. Her family went to Asia often, and lo, she knows Asian culture; it's amazing how much, in fact, she does know.
As a home-grown example, I was born in New Orleans. I went to poor schools where blacks, asians, hispanics, and a multitude of other ethnicities intermingled. I joked with Hondurans and Nigerians. I feel more black american than white; I often wonder just which portion of this country do I belong to.
What is this? Oh snap, refutation of argument! A white man feelin' black! Who knows what the fuck is really goin' on. Who'da fuckin' thunk it, huh? Really, now, is it that hard to see that cultures can cross?
My point? Don't motherfucking say that other people, other cultures, are fucking ignorant of other cultures, not in this day and age. There are people out there who want to know other cultures, are actively seeking knowledge every day about things that are unknown to them.
Is this world only one fucking racial background? No. Enlighten yourself. Do not use your ignorance as a shield. You all live in a world where cultures clash. Where ethnicities blur with every generation.
If you are going to use the weak argument that "I wasn't raised in that culture, so I shouldn't know shit about it." be ready to feel the burn. If you are too fucking ignorant to learn, then you are too fucking stupid for this world we live in.
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In a way, the man won. It is how people feel today. This man did not want to better himself, but live in the past, where people did not cross ethnic lines. He openly admitted that he did not want to learn.
This is the world we are entering. Fucking mess.
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Boobs
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Yes, I have a rant today about a pet peeve of mine: huge boobs. Confused? Read on!
I was walking back from my art class earlier today when I chanced upon an oft-seen sight: a girl with boobs "out to here". Now, I love boobs. There doesn't a day go by that I'm drawn away from someone's face because, well, she has boobs. But there comes a point where they just get sickeningly big. I could have sworn this girl had sliced a watermelon in half and stuck the two halves in her bra (this wouldn't be a small melon either, mind).
Please, females, I beg of you: stop going overboard! Don't let your mammary glands become weapons of mass destruction! There's nothing sexy about being knocked out by someone's huge boobs.
Disclaimer:
Aside from the pricks who get implants, some women naturally have large boobs, for whatever reason. That is fine, just know that I don't find WMDs very attractive.
I was walking back from my art class earlier today when I chanced upon an oft-seen sight: a girl with boobs "out to here". Now, I love boobs. There doesn't a day go by that I'm drawn away from someone's face because, well, she has boobs. But there comes a point where they just get sickeningly big. I could have sworn this girl had sliced a watermelon in half and stuck the two halves in her bra (this wouldn't be a small melon either, mind).
Please, females, I beg of you: stop going overboard! Don't let your mammary glands become weapons of mass destruction! There's nothing sexy about being knocked out by someone's huge boobs.
Disclaimer:
Aside from the pricks who get implants, some women naturally have large boobs, for whatever reason. That is fine, just know that I don't find WMDs very attractive.
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