Month: November 2008

More Boob Tube Doodling

Posted on by Timothy Dempsey

I just had to run down – and back up – two flights of stairs to get my sketchbook once this face came across the cable. 

The only Michael Moore film that I’ve ever seen was Fahrenheit 911, and I recall enjoying it immensely. The kind of thought-provoking – albeit far fetched – film that was controversial immediately; a couple walked out in disgust and I remember a friend and his father bristling at my endorsement of the film at a bachelor party.
Say what you like, but he states his reaction to the ’08 Presidential election rather eloquently.

There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

Posted on by Timothy Dempsey

My colleague and good friend turned me on to YourFree360games.com recently (actually my son already discovered this sort of program and brought it to my attention, but I digress). The way it works is that you sign up for two online offers that earn you points; when you earn enough points you redeem them for merchandise. The trade-off is that they have your e-mail and can spam you for the rest of your time on our planet.

So in good faith, I offered up my AIM email and purchase two products. The result is that after redeeming the coveted prize – in this case Guitar Hero: World Tour with controller – my account was abruptly cancelled accusing me of violating the TOS (Terms of Service). To make matters worse, one of the orders pulled a bait and switch for merchandise totalling nine times my agreed purchase. Now I have to stay on top of that to return the merchandise.

Avoid YourFree360games and other similar points/rewards programs.

W.I.P.: Cherub Girl

Posted on by Timothy Dempsey

Here’s a quick character design I whipped up in some spare time.

The image is an original character and was done in about two hours or so in a digital sculpting application. Either she is wingless because I have real work to do , or she hasn’t earned her wings yet. Likely the former…

I am working on a more ambitious, realistic female character but it will likely take another week.

Sometimes rattling off a quick, fun design is a much needed diversion.

To the cherub: IOU wings