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by Ampere
Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:14 pm
Forum: Artistic License
Topic: Comic Script: Spider-Man vs. Dark Avengers
Replies: 5
Views: 252

DAMMIT!
by Ampere
Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:14 pm
Forum: Artistic License
Topic: Comic Script: Spider-Man vs. Dark Avengers
Replies: 5
Views: 252

Dude, let me know when you get to inks on this. This would be fun to do.
by Ampere
Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:14 pm
Forum: Artistic License
Topic: 2010 ad
Replies: 3
Views: 188

I have done some CGL stuff but most of what I'm doing is for other companies.
by Ampere
Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:08 am
Forum: Artistic License
Topic: 2010 ad
Replies: 3
Views: 188

I am one-sexy-bitch!
by Ampere
Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:07 am
Forum: Artistic License
Topic: 2010 ad
Replies: 3
Views: 188

2010 ad

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by Ampere
Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:41 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: What's your (least) favourite thing about the holidays?
Replies: 13
Views: 299

Favorite? Freebie days off. I work for myself so I usually end up working all the time. The holidays gives me a bit of an excuse to actually take a few days off. Honestly...I can take time off whenever I want to, but I don't...so I end up resorting to childish "excuses" to take time off sa...
by Ampere
Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:16 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: It's Oh So Quiet....Shhhh....Shhhh
Replies: 23
Views: 575

I'm about. Just extra productive with work lately so I've been doing an occasional drive-by only.
by Ampere
Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:56 pm
Forum: Words Without End
Topic: Dragon Age: Origins
Replies: 5
Views: 310

Dragon Age: Origins

I'm enjoying the hell out of it. Anxiously awaiting Green Ronin's TT version.
by Ampere
Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:55 pm
Forum: Words Without End
Topic: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Replies: 7
Views: 309

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

I'm on Xbox Live as Gimpy McStubbs
by Ampere
Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:52 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Social Media
Replies: 25
Views: 622

Social media, when you think about it, well predates the internet. Well...sure. Social Media can be traced back to the first life forms on the planet communicating with each other in some form. We just like to define everything, place it in boxes, categorize and segregate things. Any "line&quo...
by Ampere
Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:28 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Job vs Career
Replies: 9
Views: 265

Good point Dennis. Honestly, being an illustrator is part Career and Part Job. I'm not Todd Lockwood, nor DaVinci. I was happy before doing IT...sort of. IT was all job and no career. I guess the difference is that if I were to have a full-on career it would be screw off, slacker and game-nerd. That...
by Ampere
Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:48 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Addictions
Replies: 8
Views: 247

Social connections via internet. I work from home and have little in the way of human interaction during the week unless I make a concerted effort to go somewhere and do something with people...which I usually don't. On the weekends I do see people, so I'm not a shut in or anything. My wife works do...
by Ampere
Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:24 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Dream Job Career Plans
Replies: 22
Views: 421

Nah, no worries. I was an IT professional for 12 years and I've done two tours in the military (Navy and Army). I understand the more traditional side as well. I also take no offense. Having done my time on the traditional side, I think I can reasonably say that "put up or shut up" still a...
by Ampere
Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:40 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Dream Job Career Plans
Replies: 22
Views: 421

That's where my wife is now. For years I nagged at her about finding something she wants to do and go for it. There's nothing I hate worse than people who belly-ache about how much their job sucks but they do nothing to change it. So she decided she wanted to be a Crime Scene Investigations Tech. Sh...
by Ampere
Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:51 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Dream Job Career Plans
Replies: 22
Views: 421

Well...I'm part way there. Being a FT illustrator...CHECK! Having a good enough CV and Rep to keep the work flowing year round without looking for work...CHECK! To be honest, I want to get out of the RPG Industry. I also want to emigrate to the UK (first choice) and work in the Toy Soldier Industry ...
by Ampere
Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:43 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Social Media
Replies: 25
Views: 622

I think social media is just another bump in the internet highway. We've always had "social media" since it started. We've been sharing information easier and easier since the PC entered the home and started talking to other PCs. Like all technological advancements in the past millennium w...
by Ampere
Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:20 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Fight
Replies: 34
Views: 646

I can only commend 32 on his actions as he described them. I'd do the same, with the absolute risk of waking up in a hospital bed wondering what happened :D Me too. Honestly, that's always a risk. You never know who you'll end up facing any given day, or which day you're a half-second too slow and ...
by Ampere
Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:34 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Fight
Replies: 34
Views: 646

Serious Paul wrote:It's amazing what people you've never met can tell you about themselves in just a few short words.
Yep. Totally true.
by Ampere
Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:46 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Fight
Replies: 34
Views: 646

When I was in the army, several. Since then, none. Me and this one guy "Killadelphia" a true gangsta apparently and I had words on several occasions. He slugged me in the side/ back of the dome and I ate a brick wall as I was coming down the stairs. That sucked. Brushed it off, goaded him ...
by Ampere
Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:42 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Which Ugly Stereotype Do You Harbour?
Replies: 40
Views: 989

Ok, so we all have a variety of stereotypes we harbor. Do we care about it? One thing I've noticed is that some people seem reticent about their stereotypes, some don't. Me personally? My stereotypes aren't something I'm proud of. Actually they are something I actively endeavor to change. What about...
by Ampere
Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:25 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: What's your 'Shut up, sit down, get it done' trick?
Replies: 14
Views: 397

A dose of ritalin, crank up the tunes on playlist.com and a cup of coffee usually does the trick.
by Ampere
Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:17 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Ambition
Replies: 19
Views: 471

I want to be really good at what I do. As an illustrator, I do ok, but I know I get by on a rep of being reliable and just okay as an artist. I want to be better than okay. I don't want to have to be relied upon for being the dependable one. I want to be wanted as "oooh, I really like HIS work!...
by Ampere
Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:27 pm
Forum: Words Without End
Topic: Little Fears Nightmare Edition
Replies: 3
Views: 310

DV8 wrote:Did you do this cover, Amp?
OOh, no, not I. Veronica Jones did it.
She did this project of his, I've got the next one to myself (All Hallows) which is a spinoff of an adventure from back in 2002. Interiors and Cover.
by Ampere
Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:44 pm
Forum: Words Without End
Topic: Little Fears Nightmare Edition
Replies: 3
Views: 310

Little Fears Nightmare Edition

Article: http://www.flamesrising.com/13-doors-lfne-preview8/

Coverart:
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by Ampere
Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:41 pm
Forum: Artistic License
Topic: Space Hulk WiP
Replies: 1
Views: 182

Space Hulk WiP

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_zoUcBxJW7kc/SqfCncJDEfI/AAAAAAAAGXo/x6d64ShNnK4/PICT0002.JPG http://lh4.ggpht.com/_zoUcBxJW7kc/SqfCoIhknPI/AAAAAAAAGXs/Eb2d_lPciOk/PICT0003.JPG http://lh6.ggpht.com/_zoUcBxJW7kc/SqfCohNU7UI/AAAAAAAAGXw/2fbxPsZgMLg/PICT0004.JPG http://lh3.ggpht.com/_zoUcBxJW7kc/SqfCpHvPskI/AAAA...
by Ampere
Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:37 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Best Before...Whatever!
Replies: 18
Views: 456

I think we (my wife and I) tend towards a fairly spartan kitchen. The fridge is usually far closer to empty than full. Actually it's never full. We shop weekly for what we'll have the coming week and that's about it. Add to this we tend to have the same things all the time, with little variety...so ...
by Ampere
Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:59 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Best Before...Whatever!
Replies: 18
Views: 456

I think we waste a LOT of food because someone doesn't want to get sued. Most of the food tossed is still good and will be for a while. Hell most of it will be good for a long while if measures are taken and you nuke/ boil/ broil the shit out of it. Only things I don't mess with date-wise is seafood...
by Ampere
Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:23 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: "Kung Fu Guy" Brutalized in Dojo
Replies: 16
Views: 432

The latest is now in the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... eheadlines
by Ampere
Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:24 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: "Kung Fu Guy" Brutalized in Dojo
Replies: 16
Views: 432

"Kung Fu Guy" Brutalized in Dojo

Background Information Updated: Saturday, 29 August 2009 4:40pm (GMT) Bobby Joe Blythe posted a video to his YouTube account, bobbyjoeblythe007, on 1st April 2009 with the accompanying description. This dummy was in my shopping center while I was on a Bodyguard Job in Washington, DC. This guy was i...
by Ampere
Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:20 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Which Ugly Stereotype Do You Harbour?
Replies: 40
Views: 989

I imagine racial stereotypes come to mind first (for me). I live in a predominantly Caucasian part of the country and I admit that there are times where I see someone of X color doing certain things or acting a certain way (that reinforces the stereotype) and catch myself falling in to the mindset o...
by Ampere
Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:30 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Oh! Wait...Eeewwww! *dryheave*
Replies: 13
Views: 394

After a vasectomy you're supposed to wait a couple weeks before getting "frisky". Well...I didn't wait. For some reason I felt the need to get my groove on the same day as the surgery. "I'll go easy...I won't pop my stitches". Yeah, so afterward I realize I had popped my stitches...
by Ampere
Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:48 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: True Blood
Replies: 14
Views: 377

Ok, the last episode (and most of them so far have been like this) had one helluva cliffhanger.

My wife and I have been following the show live (or OnDemand when we're busy Sunday nights) and it's been better than I expected.

Without spoiling anything last night's episode was excellent.
by Ampere
Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:39 pm
Forum: The Embassy
Topic: Update Profile
Replies: 5
Views: 409

No worries. It's squared away now. Thanks Earl.
by Ampere
Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:23 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Watching me get hit
Replies: 18
Views: 433

You did good Jim. While your opponent got a few licks in, you largely brutalized him. You can watch him get more and more tired and sloppy and his morale drop while yours improved.
by Ampere
Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:09 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: End of Life Care
Replies: 16
Views: 498

Sounds like an excellent reason to discuss and plan for our own demise. Consider that Marius' example can happen to anyone at any time. It may sound morbid, but being a 20-something or 30-something and planning for our own ending seems only prudent. If you really don't want to linger on in a vegetat...
by Ampere
Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:02 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: The Ongoing Television Series Thread
Replies: 42
Views: 1046

I have found some fun series' via netflix "damn, I wish I'd seen this live". Why? What is the added value for you? I usually catch a series long after it's canceled and left to the DVD archives. Sometimes I do think that I missed out the first time around. Must have been wasting time doin...
by Ampere
Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:42 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: The Ongoing Television Series Thread
Replies: 42
Views: 1046

ROME on HBO was amazing. Got the DVDs. (Watched live) Currently watching True Blood. (Watching live) Pretty good. BSG was good. (caught on DVD) Supernatural is good. (on DVD) Deadwood was good and Carnivale was awesome. (DVD) Heroes Season One was great. (DVD) I tend to very rarely watch TV. We only...
by Ampere
Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:23 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Subcultures
Replies: 14
Views: 344

Gaming- I guess this breaks down in to a few different sub-groups as well: Tabletop RPGers. Tabletop Minis, MMO (Warhammer Age of Mythology) which has a lot of overlap with the previous groups, Console FPS gamers. Some of these overlap, some certainly do not. For example the Call of Duty Clan folks ...
by Ampere
Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:05 am
Forum: Bulldrek
Topic: The Sound off about something positive thread.
Replies: 158
Views: 4938

Me too. Be sure to get the novel as well. Gav Thorpe wrote it and it's only $5.
by Ampere
Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:34 pm
Forum: Bulldrek
Topic: The Sound off about something positive thread.
Replies: 158
Views: 4938

[threadomancy]
My 4gb ram upgrades arrived today. woohoo! That should help my Photoshop laggy-ness a bit.
[/threadomancy]
by Ampere
Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:19 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: The Great pR0n thread!
Replies: 47
Views: 1018

I must be in the minority, especially around these parts, but I have never really gotten in to porn. I have seen a little when I was in the service, when it was on and I was present. I have played a porn tape (dating myself) a couple times to see if it was cool. It's just not my bag. I have artistic...
by Ampere
Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:06 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: End of Life Care
Replies: 16
Views: 498

Terry Pratchett discusses this pretty well here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1203622/Ill-die-endgame-says-Terry-Pratchett-law-allow-assisted-suicides-UK.html If I'm going to be in a vegetative state, lose my faculties due to Alzheimers or something of the like...I choose to be released f...
by Ampere
Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:59 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: [United States] Health Care Reform
Replies: 63
Views: 1621

I think that our (US) media is so wrapped up in who they owe their allegiance to (who is paying their bills: The Left or The Right) and shooting for ratings by embracing the extremes of one side or another...that the real meat and potatoes of the issue is being lost to the vast majority in the middl...
by Ampere
Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:55 pm
Forum: Words Without End
Topic: What RPGs are you/do you want to play these days?
Replies: 43
Views: 1891

I just wrapped a WFRP campaign I was running and a Dark Heresy game I was in. Picked up a Vampire: Requiem game. I think a D&D 3.5 game is replacing the Dark Heresy: kind of a Dragonriders of Pern deal. Should be interesting.
by Ampere
Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:51 pm
Forum: The Embassy
Topic: Update Profile
Replies: 5
Views: 409

Update Profile

There's no option/ button for saving changes. The info in my profile is truly ancient and almost wholly incorrect. From my email to website, to the color of my toenails. I'm using firefox.

Cheers!
JP
by Ampere
Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:37 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Things I really like about Bulldrek
Replies: 49
Views: 1237

Seems like all the main reasons have been taken. I'll reiterate a few faves: * People can speak their mind, whatever the fuck ends up in there (which is terrifying on occasion) and the "OMG I'm Offended" is close to null. Minimal dramuh. Granted when people open their proverbial yap, they ...
by Ampere
Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:52 am
Forum: Bulldrek
Topic: Hmmm...
Replies: 14
Views: 854

I WAS the next guy!
by Ampere
Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:52 pm
Forum: Bulldrek
Topic: Count to 1000
Replies: 1239
Views: 16536

832 -1
by Ampere
Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:52 pm
Forum: Bulldrek
Topic: Hmmm...
Replies: 14
Views: 854

*Cash shoves Amp into a mixing bowl and whips him into a small lump consistency before adding the eggs and batter* *One pour into a pan and 350 degrees later, Cash flips Amp out and garnishes him with pineapple* Voila! Amp Upside Down Cake! Hey Short Round...watch where you're putting that candle!
by Ampere
Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:13 pm
Forum: Bulldrek
Topic: Hmmm...
Replies: 14
Views: 854

Ampere stuffs Caine_Hazen in a blender, and sets it to Frappe. Adds a couple shots of espresso and some chocolate...and consumes one Vente Caine-Hazen Mocha Frappuchino.

Mmmm...Tasty!

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