tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100947112024-03-07T17:06:05.655-08:00tylersdrawings.com Blog of infrequent updates, videogames, and sci-fi novels...Tyler Zacharias, illustrator and aspiring indie comic-booker's blog that used to be an art student log, then a place for putting up illustration friday entries for a while, then mojizu entries too, and finally an extremely rarely updated updater on ongoing indie comic book in progress. Now with more videogame and book reading editorialization. Yay! :)
Occasionally updated since 2005.
http://www.tylersdrawings.com, http://tylerzd.blogspot.comTyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-37351975166812082782013-05-14T17:09:00.000-07:002013-05-14T17:46:38.440-07:00Singlespeed road bike conversion projectConverting my 2008 Giant OCR3 road bike to single speed hipster dipster single-speed but not fixed gear because fixed gear is dumb and i actually want to have fun riding this bike project. Click photos for larger resolution.<br />
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<b>Things I added and/or changed:</b><br />
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-Drop bars changed to Misfit Psycles Nu-Bar flat bar (25.4mm)<br />
-Specialized grips<br />
-generic bell because that is now required by law in Calgary, AB <br />
-used existing Tektro brake levers. These came stock on the 2008 model; it was a sort of nod to cyclocross road bike brake setup. You can see them on the top part of the drop bars in the BEFORE shot.<br />
-front triple chainrings removed and replaced with a Brev 44-tooth track chainring<br />
-rear cassette swapped out for single 18-tooth cog with Misfit Psycles spacers and lockring<br />
-Misfit Psycles singlespeed chain tensioner (see below)<br />
-SRAM 1/8" bmx chain. I found out after purchasing a 3/32" chain that the track chainring is incompatible with the standard 3/32" chain size. So bmx chain required.<br />
-generic Mountain Equipment Co-op platform pedals<br />
-Rubena 700x28 reflective sidewall tires<br />
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and because I figure I might as well make this an exhaustive parts list:<br />
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-cheapo Canadian Tire brake cables<br />
-Shimano brake cable housing <br />
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Chain tensioner<br />
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Cog and spacers<br />
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Reflective sidewalls<br />
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Oh, that saddle is a WTB something or other. I bought it from Jenson USA website a few years ago.Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-58976508961914707032012-05-29T13:15:00.004-07:002012-05-29T13:15:59.875-07:00Nasa astronaut blogs from the space station<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Astronaut Don Pettit has been keeping a blog of his adventures at the International Space Station. Read his blog. Read it. <br />
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Really. Click link and read all of it:<br />
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<a href="http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/newui/blog/viewpostlist.jsp?blogname=letters">Don Pettit's Blog</a>Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-29812084331247520202011-10-11T19:36:00.000-07:002011-10-11T19:36:16.090-07:00Ms. Fortune smiles upon youOver the past year I've been following the production progress of an indie 2D fighting game by the name of Skullgirls. It looks to be awfully good, quite rad, in fact, and relevant to my interests for certain. Yesterday someone on a fighting game forum requested a smiley head of one of the characters in said game for use on a forum. I obliged. I made two. Here:<br />
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There ya go. Please note that this not my character, nor am I responsible for the posing. Just a retune and redo for usage as small forum sized smileys. Ms. Fortune and <a href="http://skullgirls.com/">Skullgirls</a> are copyright <a href="http://revergelabs.com/">Reverge Labs, LLC</a>. <br />
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Set for release 2012. Yay! Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-33445124864128364602011-07-12T23:33:00.000-07:002011-07-12T23:48:05.571-07:00What happened?Okay. So I burned out. Really bad. This past year was tough. I had been slowly losing motivation for about a year or two prior, then a moving related snafu and a bad apartment experience pushed me right off the rails. I stopped drawing for about 4 months. Now, I'm feeling a little better and am trying to get the mojo back again. Will do so in slow manageable steps. Fortunately this may actually translate into more frequent updates as I've decided on a change of pace away from the comic book for now.<br /><br />I've started writing short stories. For those, I've made a brand new blog. It will feature bi monthly (that's the plan) story + one supplementary drawing for each. It's called <span style="font-style: italic;">Bitter Notes</span>. here:<br /><br /><a href="http://bitternotes.blogspot.com/">New Blog</a><br /><br />and here's a rough sketchy for the new title banner of the new blog.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2pSd8tlHU2xRlwBxiwxlWJvdE0CuNp3EGM7W5UswB5qXvmChNex04JouAE8KnBe2jM9nF1tjfjJDyR1mRokJbKOkf2UnO0cjmrw9dsfIiWZagWiLdQxnryEn2az6SxfleGTx/s1600/BitterNotesROUGH.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2pSd8tlHU2xRlwBxiwxlWJvdE0CuNp3EGM7W5UswB5qXvmChNex04JouAE8KnBe2jM9nF1tjfjJDyR1mRokJbKOkf2UnO0cjmrw9dsfIiWZagWiLdQxnryEn2az6SxfleGTx/s400/BitterNotesROUGH.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628724270206614482" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This old blog will be repurposed as a portfolio archive in the future. My Tyler's Drawings website will act as a hub for the two blogs and will no longer be used as a portfolio site.Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-91239560656147804892011-07-01T00:39:00.000-07:002011-07-01T00:43:04.129-07:00snagupdate. I'm sorry. Hit a snag. Things happened. Took a break. Nasty writer's block. Depression. I'm trying. here is some music:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H37HJSEl4ug">Mclarty Party People</a><br /><br />:(Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-56182040559934253902011-01-24T18:40:00.000-08:002011-01-24T19:15:22.845-08:00Wooooo! (Super Meat Boy content)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgc5NSEzoA6ROBVwQJJnCDbd2tiBQZFhE6tqP_P9BUPYp9-Jw1IzXaOVwP6VEvTlsM4ZA2o_dvu0RzMUz4PWTTdpaWItmv6V5M0yGjt_mVLm2VKwYmUUpJF2ElMC8gcaZekp1y/s1600/super-meat-boy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgc5NSEzoA6ROBVwQJJnCDbd2tiBQZFhE6tqP_P9BUPYp9-Jw1IzXaOVwP6VEvTlsM4ZA2o_dvu0RzMUz4PWTTdpaWItmv6V5M0yGjt_mVLm2VKwYmUUpJF2ElMC8gcaZekp1y/s400/super-meat-boy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565948871448256082" border="0" /></a><br />I finally managed to beat this glorious SOB of a game last night. I'm totally counting this amongst my lifes greatest achievements. For realsies. <br /><br />Also, you need to buy Super Meat Boy. You also need to buy the soundtrack on account of it being filled with wall to wall bangers. Bangers I say.<br /><br />You buy this now. Go. <br /><br /><a href="http://supermeatboy.com/">http://supermeatboy.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.meatboymusic.com/">http://www.meatboymusic.com/</a><br /><br />Listen. At first it's all:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL-8rU8ltA4"><br /></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbf4zeyAXhw"></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dta4f6Nj2KM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dta4f6Nj2KM</a><br /><br />And then THIS happens:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hjyuQFhAsI"><br /></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hjyuQFhAsI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hjyuQFhAsI</a>Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-37991074713316199242011-01-05T03:02:00.000-08:002011-01-13T01:37:12.255-08:00Project Rophelcopter pages 1-18As promised.<br /><br />images are very much work-in-progress subject to change. some background detail for a few pages is missing right now as well. 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R. Martin<div style="text-align: left;"> Book 5 of A Song of Ice and Fire, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2782553.A_Dance_with_Dragons">A Dance With Dragons</a>, is estimated to release December 2012. That's a potential seven years in the works.<br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />My</span> book is only going to take <span style="font-style: italic;">three</span> years and change. So yeah. Take that, Martin. Tsk.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHitsuSjHtTsdP7fz8L6x5opeWZLYQCXMNILmboRn5gSgrhfxxPMMgCYyMVArlv59OPfbeDXthyjhkyEMqJauUud3Irhrc48eGW-gwNZ8XiGKVq0_Eq6d50zjEKwWqYnGWcm14/s1600/CoverTemp1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHitsuSjHtTsdP7fz8L6x5opeWZLYQCXMNILmboRn5gSgrhfxxPMMgCYyMVArlv59OPfbeDXthyjhkyEMqJauUud3Irhrc48eGW-gwNZ8XiGKVq0_Eq6d50zjEKwWqYnGWcm14/s400/CoverTemp1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547511327570235122" border="0" /></a><br />A big 18 page preview of <span style="font-style: italic;">Project: Rophelcopter</span> will be up next week [edit: minor delay on that, maybe I *am* as bad as Martin]. The whole book will be finished early 2011, probably. Available for purchase: ???. Depends on publishing. Will shop it around to agents/publishers when it's finished. If no dice, will self publish.<br /><br />--------------------------<br /><br />Onwards with my sci-fi novel reading binge, I started this one yesterday<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVzDSxD8OKoa7Kp0padM4U2770dYZRc24SEokGM8zwNZucP0YzK0hd56RPWzRJ58y56tzP-LrvFPtHzCAJ5tyNp4yNS1OZ_j07R0DV3lr-xpuSGuUnULccwirnTgGllhwd8aE5/s1600/snowcrash.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVzDSxD8OKoa7Kp0padM4U2770dYZRc24SEokGM8zwNZucP0YzK0hd56RPWzRJ58y56tzP-LrvFPtHzCAJ5tyNp4yNS1OZ_j07R0DV3lr-xpuSGuUnULccwirnTgGllhwd8aE5/s400/snowcrash.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547508355971575026" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Crash-Bantam-Spectra-Book/dp/0553380958">Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson, 1992</a><br /></div><br />30 pages in so far. Early impression: Whoa. Holy crap. Seriously.Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-46449996286535717982010-10-24T23:22:00.000-07:002010-10-24T23:24:07.576-07:00Now Playing - Super Meat Boy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMTvj5EIl71-qdIXO51GnyKMs7owFl7nN52QHl__WShbk0Lc6L7IyQfviUJbfp4SXn0lrZKb88kDC0qOsymMxBjUtebFXE1mItgw7XxMrmZLVGCokAZKYdjH-AEb70Wo6lHJO/s1600/08312010_Super_Meat_Boy_screen_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMTvj5EIl71-qdIXO51GnyKMs7owFl7nN52QHl__WShbk0Lc6L7IyQfviUJbfp4SXn0lrZKb88kDC0qOsymMxBjUtebFXE1mItgw7XxMrmZLVGCokAZKYdjH-AEb70Wo6lHJO/s400/08312010_Super_Meat_Boy_screen_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531864605540392674" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span>Crazy game. Similar to N+ but, like, more, and better, and funnier too. Also excruciatingly difficult in parts. Game of the Year so far, easily. Check out this soundtrack:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cqvItG1fZ4">World 2</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS0L4tvCtjU">World 1 (dark)</a><br /><br /><br /><br />-Also playing Fallout: New Vegas. Obsidian, please patch your game. It is teh brokenz. :(Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-50608274988442877822010-07-05T11:45:00.001-07:002010-07-05T12:20:17.246-07:00Reality Dysfunction<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDS12zP5MyyLnQtEv2wgcWjCSAQDTSTO0nSckit65kf383yzcDwakGM28gPxVTeGEXhJUFuIWXOUQoRFTSxVoh7FOvtGEMbw8VQzqWO6uIMs7SQ7gv8nidsbH-IJtVAmlpIBe/s1600/the_reality_dysfunction.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDS12zP5MyyLnQtEv2wgcWjCSAQDTSTO0nSckit65kf383yzcDwakGM28gPxVTeGEXhJUFuIWXOUQoRFTSxVoh7FOvtGEMbw8VQzqWO6uIMs7SQ7gv8nidsbH-IJtVAmlpIBe/s400/the_reality_dysfunction.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490495336177048786" border="0" /></a>I just recently finished reading this one. It is part 1 of a trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton. Large scale sci fi space opera w/some fantasy type elements to it. It's a good story approaching great in certain spots. I say <span style="font-style: italic;">good </span>because<span style="font-style: italic;">,</span> without giving away any spoilers here, Hamilton utilizes real world tie-ins in the story that I'm not particularly thrilled about. That's mostly because I think usage of real world historical figures in sci fi is kinda lazy, especially when your story takes place very far into the future (2600 CE). It is a little irksome that almost all of Hamilton's <span style="font-style: italic;">real world tie-ins</span> are from ~1900 give or take 100 years. :/<br /><br />Mini book review completed, on to the real reason for this post: Organic telepathic spaceships and why they make me giggle/smile in parts of the story where that is not at all an appropriate response to the goings on. In the story, there is a type of new technology called <span style="font-style: italic;">Bitek</span>. <span style="font-style: italic;">Bitek</span> is sort of genetically engineered life forms that function in place of standard metal and wires technology. So: a living, thinking, telepathic space station, for example. Or a spaceship. The funny part of all this is that these Bitek creations all have very cute personalities. So cute that I cannot help put picture them with smiley faces, flying around shouting, "Yay! :D" and making verbal "vroooo0mm! whoosh! pew pew pew!" noises when they are fighting other spaceships. It's hard to take the super grim life and death battles seriously when all I can picture is a bunch of these guys zipping around in the scene. Like this (sorta close to as described, flattish asymmetrical with a "crew toroid" for people to ride in):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwpnE_LnZbHVKLBp3WiD1uTk_Fnl9oQsIMfAnBOBJJWKvbaUef6oiPCksW81hZl0NRGMte7x4_zZuXMyTUXHLt10TshLBNgZTS25b7NfiisejDDXap-ZLkqajUuCwLWqm39Ry/s1600/RealityDysfunction1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwpnE_LnZbHVKLBp3WiD1uTk_Fnl9oQsIMfAnBOBJJWKvbaUef6oiPCksW81hZl0NRGMte7x4_zZuXMyTUXHLt10TshLBNgZTS25b7NfiisejDDXap-ZLkqajUuCwLWqm39Ry/s400/RealityDysfunction1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490500851704118450" border="0" /></a>Or better yet, ramp the cuteness up even further with my interpretation like <span style="font-style: italic;">this:</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXKTg7wPcjs85qnuMKhDFm7skE1gZlfbZn9bW8ESzR3sWp5eKjn-XApI4wElHQpC3zWXLKchQ0pbORYJejZC_NYx5oBDxFgWlwaqSx4txJXKABJYoXrk49drTZ3rIOnxbOmpi/s1600/RealityDysfunction2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXKTg7wPcjs85qnuMKhDFm7skE1gZlfbZn9bW8ESzR3sWp5eKjn-XApI4wElHQpC3zWXLKchQ0pbORYJejZC_NYx5oBDxFgWlwaqSx4txJXKABJYoXrk49drTZ3rIOnxbOmpi/s400/RealityDysfunction2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490501160515933282" border="0" /></a>pew pew pew ratta tatta zoooooooommm! xD<br /><br /><br /><br />------------- Next week:<br />Post E3 rundown: Specifically two-ish upcoming vidya games that I am all gosh darn golly gee omg yes excited about playing.Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-91558400940060490152010-04-07T23:39:00.001-07:002010-04-07T23:46:43.023-07:00Whale<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-SJ6kXppfjCZzn6S_o83wqhHu_G27nTavhe5EpexasXkdRAnH35P4ZYASybTCFsA-xyHhW-Q_6Ce44ScgjWFf5MlQTeFo5ZcBb0xMNJMMyTH9zRw0fQwWNJ8WhymVmZ3Qe-LN/s1600/Pg54sample.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 388px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-SJ6kXppfjCZzn6S_o83wqhHu_G27nTavhe5EpexasXkdRAnH35P4ZYASybTCFsA-xyHhW-Q_6Ce44ScgjWFf5MlQTeFo5ZcBb0xMNJMMyTH9zRw0fQwWNJ8WhymVmZ3Qe-LN/s400/Pg54sample.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457652750856426882" border="0" /></a>Scanning... scanning... scanning<br /><br /><br />Would you believe this sort of pencil work is about 3x faster to do than inking? Next book: no ink. Takes too damn long to do. Pencil straight to colours is the way to go.Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-564451048700271032010-01-07T18:19:00.001-08:002010-01-07T18:28:14.781-08:00Makoto in SSFIV, yes?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0lO7FjYm_qUIjCagDuiKXdfIyS3N6_RHaNx16rqal5zYL6SiP90fXdpBvK5cQuUyvoFiR8nkOSFNGmq5mpL4Ku2viTCvr3KIqE8ieKYWiRbEsiqglniNuk3GZ75Z4fOikiDej/s1600-h/MakotoFan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0lO7FjYm_qUIjCagDuiKXdfIyS3N6_RHaNx16rqal5zYL6SiP90fXdpBvK5cQuUyvoFiR8nkOSFNGmq5mpL4Ku2viTCvr3KIqE8ieKYWiRbEsiqglniNuk3GZ75Z4fOikiDej/s400/MakotoFan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424188150811881202" border="0" /></a>SSFIV - which is to say, Super Street Fighter IV. Makoto is a character from SF3: Third Strike. She is rumoured to be included in the roster of the upcoming SSFIV. If that is the case, i will be most pleased. Few months away from release and Capcom still hasn't announced the full roster, very irritating. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/2994/sf3makotosa1pn6.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 128px;" src="http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/2994/sf3makotosa1pn6.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-63779794137127179842009-12-29T12:41:00.000-08:002009-12-29T12:52:59.277-08:00SnippetHere the elusive update gingerly pokes its head out from the bushes. Cautious, tentative, yet eager to leap full force into the daylight when the time is right. And the time is right! Right now!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY07MUa91VzvGc90Dt0GsQFeQI2VNy5LZzkeDCmq6Wv_ALSBhFfzCuBuOEYuKsuOtAmAWCmbNeuup7gzvMl2MuKEv8rPfS9ZMmT9u_gfOaTsUpTOxLIqxO5WI3qGkBAAgM1RyA/s1600-h/Pg23InkSample.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY07MUa91VzvGc90Dt0GsQFeQI2VNy5LZzkeDCmq6Wv_ALSBhFfzCuBuOEYuKsuOtAmAWCmbNeuup7gzvMl2MuKEv8rPfS9ZMmT9u_gfOaTsUpTOxLIqxO5WI3qGkBAAgM1RyA/s400/Pg23InkSample.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420762483950278402" border="0" /></a><br />Here's a partial piece of what my inked pages look like right before I scan them in for colouring. This is the bottom half of page 23 of 'Project: Roffelcopter' aka 'B-Universe' aka Untitled Long Term Comic Book Project. Another flashback scene like the green coloured ones I posted some time ago.Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-37653748740713180972009-09-10T10:09:00.001-07:002009-09-10T10:12:57.779-07:00Intro colour test revised<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9E0HiaQMR45Et6JqvRD1RSlzeOKxpXTMU6urcIwlPS5WBv7tnq9ao502ExsFYtz9gfV2EPDIyC0a_PKB5BIMCIvVgIsbEuuCTGbHtmTjA-nrOqIVQSIZbN9ko_QKl9gLwQXRF/s1600-h/ColourTestSpread3REVISED.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9E0HiaQMR45Et6JqvRD1RSlzeOKxpXTMU6urcIwlPS5WBv7tnq9ao502ExsFYtz9gfV2EPDIyC0a_PKB5BIMCIvVgIsbEuuCTGbHtmTjA-nrOqIVQSIZbN9ko_QKl9gLwQXRF/s400/ColourTestSpread3REVISED.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379887206679814466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Works better like this.<br /><br />Inking and colouring of all pages is underway. Storyboarding complete as of July, 09.<br />total pages in storyboards: 103<br />total pages estimated for final version after editing: ~75Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-41871546986046208642009-07-02T22:11:00.001-07:002009-07-02T22:13:41.217-07:00Happy 60th Birthday Mom!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsyy2RNgoEADX7W2Zwx5AfDsvqZZ5GDCjsj5-h7fA7uxais2HDOqbgulHVLiKH-EDZeD8s2osBOw3P4e31Rz3_gsy4IYFsxEtVMVQJd0yWdum2giIVqxxedB_7EFW2NCJA5rY5/s1600-h/ViolinCritter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsyy2RNgoEADX7W2Zwx5AfDsvqZZ5GDCjsj5-h7fA7uxais2HDOqbgulHVLiKH-EDZeD8s2osBOw3P4e31Rz3_gsy4IYFsxEtVMVQJd0yWdum2giIVqxxedB_7EFW2NCJA5rY5/s400/ViolinCritter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354097324386763058" border="0" /></a>Something involving music was the request here.<br /><br />Happy birthday mom. :)Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-10671694773031418042009-04-14T02:03:00.001-07:002009-04-14T02:09:12.588-07:00Cross generational schoolgirl action<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRx8gdQMEGqVG8Tyq9JSKDLwoo1k8ePAdGBGbxkoElaWQsMSLFKRnfS8X7sZME9JVJUznnMvBcWFBhsvqpWVoYME83Xbop_WW0PwgV2-TN-XddDIPsSY7A0HVLITCOEAoGWPoF/s1600-h/SchoolgirlsSketch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 347px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRx8gdQMEGqVG8Tyq9JSKDLwoo1k8ePAdGBGbxkoElaWQsMSLFKRnfS8X7sZME9JVJUznnMvBcWFBhsvqpWVoYME83Xbop_WW0PwgV2-TN-XddDIPsSY7A0HVLITCOEAoGWPoF/s400/SchoolgirlsSketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324470302598691986" border="0" /></a>Quick contribution to a DrawingBoard.org thread. <br /><br />You know, I'm really starting to dislike that intro to my book posted below. It needs more tweaking. There's no sense of speed and the lead up to the helipcopter crash on page three doesn't work. The rest of the book is coming together really smoothly, just this intro that doesn't want to cooperate for some reason.Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-24381049237160800332009-03-18T07:13:00.001-07:002009-03-18T07:25:58.218-07:00Intro sequence colour test<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkY0EZMf3J-vRkUdkXsfhQFCyMncw7RNpO8qlj8UhHEyc6Y6k5W9T-DDRfv_Baw28ZS3zww5mXJAFBd0LA01JZMXH0Su9GradLZiHgzlRwXrDgRgGGYTLKjblQXOPNZu-5C5Cv/s1600-h/ColourTestSpread2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkY0EZMf3J-vRkUdkXsfhQFCyMncw7RNpO8qlj8UhHEyc6Y6k5W9T-DDRfv_Baw28ZS3zww5mXJAFBd0LA01JZMXH0Su9GradLZiHgzlRwXrDgRgGGYTLKjblQXOPNZu-5C5Cv/s400/ColourTestSpread2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314530938356236738" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWEqUj7JWkK1dwpZi1vXSD0TwlkZhyrFnGZhCY5uuTgwvyCj6mMhDIbdjrzvY5sYgGx4Sh0RVVzKDIPKaRiOlCjsqH9Q_llUVWzLnF4LdX2CIYRmWDrhXGmnOPx0RZ7nUy0mr/s1600-h/ColourTestSpread3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWEqUj7JWkK1dwpZi1vXSD0TwlkZhyrFnGZhCY5uuTgwvyCj6mMhDIbdjrzvY5sYgGx4Sh0RVVzKDIPKaRiOlCjsqH9Q_llUVWzLnF4LdX2CIYRmWDrhXGmnOPx0RZ7nUy0mr/s400/ColourTestSpread3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314531114396846434" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Howard goes out with a bang. Or a "KA-BOOM" as the case may be. :p<br /><br />This is pages 1-4 of the book. Same as the other colour tests, i'm leaving out most of the dialogue for now.<br /><br />What I might do moving forward here is to release the story in chapters on my website as I finish them, rather than wait until the whole thing goes to print. Say, 4 chapters, 20-25 pages each, something like that.<br /><br />Make sure to click on the images to see the full size versions.Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-17343296914744179132009-02-17T01:27:00.001-08:002009-02-17T01:35:51.199-08:00Colour test pages<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigr22B_u9gyprhdY-KimjlL_K04Oogv6N4KhgOil3530zinzxfhAOQ2k6beWdlkw77hc_Wdam1RbhEvK1v_SdmfVjvger6Q-scEkP7TBP88bdsIlsRDXyMvViphg4dhG1Tt4Yh/s1600-h/ColourTestPage2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigr22B_u9gyprhdY-KimjlL_K04Oogv6N4KhgOil3530zinzxfhAOQ2k6beWdlkw77hc_Wdam1RbhEvK1v_SdmfVjvger6Q-scEkP7TBP88bdsIlsRDXyMvViphg4dhG1Tt4Yh/s400/ColourTestPage2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303695666680045682" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeuB1GD-0h7uGogQC2ztHbWFW7hNTRKJCyHrl2HszCNpwidnWB8YZnB0iY4QUXK-2Ru8peYyRXlaIBBL9UAD2lOFUbl7rB0_im-yYRJ15xFYeR_Ej1MdXSgR1pKYvWYrmq8nTa/s1600-h/ColourTestPage3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeuB1GD-0h7uGogQC2ztHbWFW7hNTRKJCyHrl2HszCNpwidnWB8YZnB0iY4QUXK-2Ru8peYyRXlaIBBL9UAD2lOFUbl7rB0_im-yYRJ15xFYeR_Ej1MdXSgR1pKYvWYrmq8nTa/s400/ColourTestPage3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303695793098606450" border="0" /></a>Plugging right along. These two pages are part of a flashback sequence that occurs about a third of the way through the story. The fellow in the glasses is my protagonist. His name is Howard H. Reynolds. <br /><br />I'm working on the intro sequence right now. It was initially a 10 page car chase, then it was a 6 page car chase, and, as of RIGHT NOW, it is a totally redrawn four page car chase. I had to hack that thing to pieces and rebuild from scratch to get it to work. It works much better as a short flash of gun toting craziness, rather than the extended action movie thing I had going before. Fun times. Just fiddling with the colour on that part now.Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-77486302795959864942008-09-19T20:20:00.000-07:002008-09-19T20:25:25.004-07:00Something<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidCD22iFRDhrb8WkgzIqzAM0kbWuqc89V6cApChzhjXrUR1wWYoU2G6-3SPTFsp6t4V7aBhlG3Z6ZZmLHXNWC_Zus9_5T2WEofayQpKjcf-OgRTmQ7JSQsnMqt8_Kdr7kECSNx/s1600-h/IslandSketch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidCD22iFRDhrb8WkgzIqzAM0kbWuqc89V6cApChzhjXrUR1wWYoU2G6-3SPTFsp6t4V7aBhlG3Z6ZZmLHXNWC_Zus9_5T2WEofayQpKjcf-OgRTmQ7JSQsnMqt8_Kdr7kECSNx/s400/IslandSketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247938501189488882" border="0" /></a><br />There ya go. This weeks Illustration Friday topic is "Island" so here's <span style="font-style: italic;">something</span> island related to break the 8 month dry spell. <br /><br />43 pages and counting....Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-51613363298326579252008-02-10T02:11:00.000-08:002008-02-10T02:19:38.022-08:00Wizard of Oz... in space<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7bEyh0kCZjDOs3lxXFcY-nq0xSHbC865bdbblzisyNQjG8vLY3LHn33ZYds1qKl1kU99bISGvtDwWdpOZffLF-qurIWLcZCi0xPpp1ZvVWry8BqxspAiFHgo1rQHl_7mBA9W3/s1600-h/OzOnTheDarksideINKS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7bEyh0kCZjDOs3lxXFcY-nq0xSHbC865bdbblzisyNQjG8vLY3LHn33ZYds1qKl1kU99bISGvtDwWdpOZffLF-qurIWLcZCi0xPpp1ZvVWry8BqxspAiFHgo1rQHl_7mBA9W3/s400/OzOnTheDarksideINKS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165292418441202770" border="0" /></a>So the story behind this is I drew this up as a contribution to an Oz tribute thread over at the drawing board forum, but then promptly got distracted with starting a new comic project and never got around to finishing it. It'll get done properly eventually, until then here's the inks where I left off. <br /><br /><br />The aforementioned new comic project, -tentatively entitled "god", or maybe "destroyer of worlds" or something like that- is coming along nicely, thumbnailing is around 80% complete.Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-4511897252252972212007-12-24T00:30:00.000-08:002007-12-24T00:34:27.420-08:00Tintin fan art<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MNSLDCm_1CD_PWo74e38uLyV9LQnGdNlLb6rmqZ6z_4rLcmeLr-_-CX0vfItA5uzM0jJMddYMHGYj9tcEHV6srX-2g1hx_fco6AS0iJ1RQ5OrrSADpbCsjqbnruQMw3wZedp/s1600-h/tintin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MNSLDCm_1CD_PWo74e38uLyV9LQnGdNlLb6rmqZ6z_4rLcmeLr-_-CX0vfItA5uzM0jJMddYMHGYj9tcEHV6srX-2g1hx_fco6AS0iJ1RQ5OrrSADpbCsjqbnruQMw3wZedp/s400/tintin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5147454361121889298" border="0" /></a>Older brother asked for a Tintin styled t-shirt for Christmas and I obliged.<br /><br />Merry Christmas everybody!Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-41642191989468568182007-11-24T16:18:00.000-08:002007-11-30T20:59:08.085-08:00Womens Tennis is Awesome<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tylersdrawings.com/Tennis.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqy-wAGXEqMhyw5cWV3tpIfs5gqdS2F_WyQSbgpmiNlL2emC1CZ9F9trT_WTwcshvSEeTRS3ylbyKxcI9LxJ6G7L7w7CKRoU2x4YQngd3JCEVficPq-JI5XRWwhhOJNEok9pW7/s400/TennisBlogThumb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138864386152216626" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.tylersdrawings.com/Tennis.html"><br /></a>New artwork on the blog, 6 full pages of it, it's exciting times indeed. I hereby present, "Womens Tennis is Awesome".... because it is.Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-63530547916852997352007-09-14T04:22:00.001-07:002007-09-24T00:19:19.306-07:00Shaky Handed Artist's Guide to Inking<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyXuNCX6sBlPS4oAL55BGzlNg3uqMgAg8NFtTYY8gEyIQ_J2YGmKL5RE2hWiRXKjod5cwXMVJEONMKgg8v7cUdyG2_EED9LI9hX2MMKarnjdghDS5H66_F0a8GZtvkv7aBTnI/s1600-h/InkTutorialTHUMB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyXuNCX6sBlPS4oAL55BGzlNg3uqMgAg8NFtTYY8gEyIQ_J2YGmKL5RE2hWiRXKjod5cwXMVJEONMKgg8v7cUdyG2_EED9LI9hX2MMKarnjdghDS5H66_F0a8GZtvkv7aBTnI/s400/InkTutorialTHUMB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110020400448444482" border="0" /></a>Did an inking tutorial on request. 'Bout time I updated with some artwork eh? The complete tutorial can be viewed here:<a href="http://members.shaw.ca/tylerzd/images/InkTutorial.png"><br /><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://members.shaw.ca/tylerzd/images/InkTutorial.png"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Shaky Handed Artist's Guide to Inking</span></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Note-</span> the image is likely larger than your screensize, meaning your web browser may automatically make it smaller to fit the entire thing on your screen. If so, click directly on the image and you will be given the option to view it as full size. Internet Explorer shows a little box you have to click on, Firefox/Mozilla will zoom in on it automatically when you click directly on it. <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></div><br /><br /></div>Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-8159785173584769032007-05-25T05:17:00.001-07:002007-05-25T05:24:19.887-07:00And #3...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6aow7_MoAiLBwrzGNENj9u458CshcS5WJiUoehylMVQnTifw90KSPaItOGzwmDzAo9IBQUdJTIOxgvRFKgxFhe8x9R8uW4Jx1QxiVXPn05QHihUhjiQILOagF2-cPfpIY9lMn/s1600-h/BirdmanPlan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6aow7_MoAiLBwrzGNENj9u458CshcS5WJiUoehylMVQnTifw90KSPaItOGzwmDzAo9IBQUdJTIOxgvRFKgxFhe8x9R8uW4Jx1QxiVXPn05QHihUhjiQILOagF2-cPfpIY9lMn/s400/BirdmanPlan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068471648391770146" border="0" /></a>yeah.<br /><br />Terrible blogger compression on this one. Click here for a nice non blurry fullsized version:<br /><br /><a href="http://members.shaw.ca/tylerzd/images/BirdmanPlan.jpg">http://members.shaw.ca/tylerzd/images/BirdmanPlan.jpg</a>Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094711.post-12773445574545663702007-05-09T14:03:00.000-07:002007-05-19T00:12:24.371-07:00Project make portfolio better part 1 and 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbZdoCqOMGMXi125wX3x2AorZfCwVI-Wh2vR3qKZobUQ8ehp02D-DTqiy9xPCqii22Hadb9hDIWwp1JYMlRt-MZdzjq9JDT6l8KMyL9SUdphlXzhpM80jVDl0NcksbBiPPgSY/s1600-h/PolarAdventures.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066166058407669778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbZdoCqOMGMXi125wX3x2AorZfCwVI-Wh2vR3qKZobUQ8ehp02D-DTqiy9xPCqii22Hadb9hDIWwp1JYMlRt-MZdzjq9JDT6l8KMyL9SUdphlXzhpM80jVDl0NcksbBiPPgSY/s400/PolarAdventures.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvUD3josnuzWgGspwilOaK-X8VXCCDJ3Ng522aRTjvGCD9cTTg_czlpwwND7Cjw4N2yZ_PWRYPa2juHVcwxvFsh96rwX2l7WcBwBCEWMGvUnfg-v_VdXn6Zem1gju9pMQwF1Zt/s1600-h/CSIGang.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066165968213356546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvUD3josnuzWgGspwilOaK-X8VXCCDJ3Ng522aRTjvGCD9cTTg_czlpwwND7Cjw4N2yZ_PWRYPa2juHVcwxvFsh96rwX2l7WcBwBCEWMGvUnfg-v_VdXn6Zem1gju9pMQwF1Zt/s400/CSIGang.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><br /></span>Cartoon version of the whole CSI gang.</div><br /><br /><div></div>and another thing now up.<br /><br /><div></div></div>Tyler Zachariashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656393895924405481noreply@blogger.com