So I actually found some time to check in on the blog and maybe post a couple things, when I realize the site isn’t loading. Not entirely surprising, as this site is on my cheapie Dreamhost server, which isn’t known for its speed. But it wasn’t coming up at all.
Further inspection of my files looked suspiciously like my Wordpress install had been compromised. I got a couple files cleaned up and sure enough, the site was redirecting to some “virus alert” scam site. The kind of thing that does a fake system scan, says you have viruses, and tries to get you to give you money for a “solution”. I know from first-hand experience that people do, in fact fall for this.
So instead of going to bed at 11:00 as I’d hoped, I’m now going to bed at 1am after fixing it. Took this opportunity to get set up with a clean copy straight from the subversion repo at Wordpress. Been setting WP up that way lately to make upgrades as simple as running ’svn update’.
So anyways, no post tonight, thanks to some hacker ass-hats. But I’ve got some things going on that will result in more blog posts. More soon.
As you can probably tell, I’ve neglected this blog for some time. It’s all due to the usual excuse, lack of time. Having just bought a house and a baby on the way in September, I’m not sure how to rectify the situation any time soon.
However, I did just learn about a new service called AudioBoo that makes an audio recorder for the iPhone. It also lets you post directly to the web, and updates Twitter, blogs, Facebook, etc. And a few people I follow on Twitter have already started posting short audio blogs, so I thought it might be something to try.
I’ve got a total of 50 minutes or so in the car every work day, so it might be a good opportunity to get some thoughts posted to a blog without actually having the time to write a blog post.
So here’s the first one. Not sure if this will be a regular thing, but I’m game for trying:
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Okay, so after only three days, posting on here, Flickr and DeviantArt has gotten pretty old. So at least for now, I’ll be posting these ONLY on my DeviantArt page. So go check it out!
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So Day Two of my experiment could possibly be considered a “cheat”, as I just inked and colored yesterday’s sketch. But it took probably 3-4 times as long as the original drawing, so I think that counts.
I almost quit on this early on, as I just can’t seem to draw a smooth line on my Wacom tablet to save my life. In fact, some of the lines on his coat were actually done with the pen tool. I just had to give in.
All said and done, I think I’m pretty happy with this, being my first real artwork since I did our Christmas Card.
I’ve been inspired lately to try something to keep my creative juices going and not get so rusty with my artwork. Frankly, I have doubts about how long I’ll keep it up, but I’m going to try to draw and post a “Drawing A Day”.
Below is the first entry, Hellboy. Just pencil and my sketchpad, nothing fancy. Had to actually photograph it, as my scanner isn’t cooperating. Hope to get that rectified soon.
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