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Kodansha 5 x pixiv: “Kodansha Manga Scout Fest”

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:09:40 GMT

While fooling around looking for solid information that the competition was actually open to International Artists. I overlooked the fact that the Pixiv competition page is in English, which is much easier to read that auto-translate text from Google Chrome.

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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:55:11 GMT

A retrospective of 2012

1. What did you do in 2012 that you'd never done before? I had my wisdom teeth removed which was quite inconvenient considering the timing of the event.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don’t make resolutions.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? No

4. Did anyone close to you die? No

5. What countries did you visit? I didn't visit any.

6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012? A magic wand to make my dreams come true..

7. What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? April 5th as it was the day I had my Wisdom Teeth removed.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? I managed to do everything I wanted in an orderly manner.

9. What was your biggest failure?

10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I sprained my wrist...

11. What was the best thing you bought? I bought a dishwasher for 99p.

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration? Etc.

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed? NAMCO BANDAI Holdings who quickly shut down their European and North American anime distribution channels which drastically impacted on my ability to buy Gundam DVDs.

14. Where did most of your money go? Bills, Teabags, Printing...

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Getting my hands on a copy of the very first edition of Cluedo that hadn't fallen to pieces

16. What song will always remind you of 2012?

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

i. happier or sadder? possibly happier, maybe sadder...

ii. richer or poorer? not richer...

iii. fatter or thinner? who can tell?

18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Finding success.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of? procrastinating

20. How did you spend Christmas? Playing Resident Evil 6 with my brother for the most part.

22. Did you fall in love in 2012? N/A

23. How many one-night stands? N/A.

24. What was your favourite TV program? Qi, Fresh Meat, Some Girls

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?

26. What was the best book you read? I read The Casebook and Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

27. What was your greatest musical discovery? I bought Cibo Matto’s Viva la Woman (for the track Birthday Cake) when I heard that Jet Set Radio was heading to XBLA & PSN.

28. What did you want and get? Anything I actually bought myself

29. What did you want and not get? As I didn't get anything I mustn't have wanted it badly enough.

30. What was your favourite film of this year? N/A

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I had my Wisdom Teeth removed so I was in no condition to do anything.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Having a greater sense of hearing, but that is impossible.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012? Jeans & a Shirt.

34. What kept you sane? Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Diana Rigg, I’d been watching the Avengers on DVD

36. What political issue stirred you the most? The NHS

37. Who did you miss? N/A

38. Who was the best new person you met? CAB staff.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012. N/A

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:

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Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:02:23 GMT

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Winter is Coming!

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:00:05 GMT

It's time to put on an extra thick jumper and check on your elderly neighbours to make sure they're okay as Winter is coming! I learned this as I walked through the park and could barely see anything six metres away from me due to the fog (which was surprisingly confined within the park).

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Man's Crisis of Identity in the Former Half of the 21st Century

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:01:57 GMT

I've had an Obitsu head for over a year, but it wasn't until today that I was finally able to fix the head into a body as my TTL 1/6 headless body arrived this afternoon.

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And Finally...

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:03:29 GMT

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Who is number one?

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:30:27 GMT

The cover for Stir Fried Product #6 is almost complete!

Just a few more tweaks to be made before everything is ready and I can go back to complaining about the Black Labrador Retriever that pounces at me each time I walk to the Kitchen to make a cup of Tea!

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The 2012 Games

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:15:39 GMT

The Games of the 30th Olympiad have finished (although the Paralympics begin at the end of the month) and I had planned to participate in a few games myself, however this did not work out as well as I'd had hoped, especially as most of the games required more than one participant.

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Sat, 30 Jun 2012 12:10:07 GMT

I received a letter from the Japan Information and Cultural Centre through the post today. They had sent me a Final Fantasy IX keychain and also TEN leaflets for this years Manga Jiman competition which thematically ties in with the London 2012 Olympic Games which are just 27 days away!

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Tue, 29 May 2012 19:02:38 GMT

This past weekend I attended the MCM London Comic Con (as I heard it described over the tannoy) where one-hundred and thirty small press exhibitors were all squeazed into the corner of exhibition hall. As the event is primarily a promotional show there was an abundance of advertising for upcoming films such as Prometheus which you can see in Cinemas from this Friday (as early as 00:05) and G.I.Joe: Retaliation which you can see in Cinemas next March as its been delayed for ten months for re-shooting (and probably also get the toyline into stores outside the US).
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I attended the Eagle Awards on the Friday where there was refreshments aplenty but few of the nominees had turned up so it was a very short ceremony after which Brian Cooney announced that it would be the final Eagle Awards which put an end to my recently concocted idea that if I were ever to win an award I would have written an acceptance speech in Sign. Due to delays on the underground due to a power failure on the Jubilee line I was quite late getting back home and as a result had less than four hours sleep and spent most of Saturday trying to prevent myself from falling asleep.

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Does he have an interview?

Thu, 24 May 2012 22:15:35 GMT

A suit for the 1/6 figure arrived today so although I've still got to wait for the Trenchcoat and something to put on the feet. No idea what I'll do after that!

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The Importance of Playing

Sat, 12 May 2012 19:00:05 GMT

A few weeks ago I watched a video featuring John Cleese giving a lecture on creativity, the main message I got from it was to never underestimate the importance of being allowed to play. I have learned the importance of this, when confronted by a deadline whether due to my own making or otherwise my mind becomes frozen like a Deer in headlights; taking time out to play allows me to engage my brain in another way and makes it easier to reach a solution to my original problem.

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Figure X

Mon, 07 May 2012 13:00:15 GMT

After several months of forgetting that I'd actually started this thing I've finally gotten around to finishing the figure of X (no further information about this character can be found) as I realised that I had very little Milliput left with which to perfect his hair. There are a few more hurdles before I can say that the figure is complete (and forget about it again) such as that small problem of paint rubbing away which should be sorted with an application of lacquer and also the fact that I don't have a 1/6 suit or trenchcoat.

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Marking the Calendar

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:20:23 GMT

April is almost over and I really haven't got a lot done as there has been a lot of tings going on and has resulted in my calendar looking particularly full. This morning I had a Dental appointment which was a basic check up (they took some X-Rays, prodded my teeth and Gums) tomorrow I have a meeting at 11:30am and another meeting at exactly the same time on Wednesday and on Friday I have to see the Dentist again to get a filling replaced.

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An Unexpected Development (not necessarily to my favour)

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:00:04 GMT

I realised today that the Entertainment Supermarket of Silver Town is just one month away!

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Comfortably Numb

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:55:02 GMT

My appointment for Maxillo Facial Surgery was today at 12:45 at Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot. Most of the afternoon was spent sitting in the Short Stay Surgical Unit until 5:00 when I mad my way to Theatre 4 where I was prepped for Surgery and was soon reminded of my needle phobia. I regained consciousness at around 8:00, drank some water and ate some Ice Cream and was signed out at 9:00.

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Lets Fly, Lets Fly Away!

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:45:12 GMT

This week I have have found myself more distracted than usual as I've been asked to create a flyer for the charity School Aid. An existing flyer was created in Word which had the charities logo at the top looking more like a letter head and the paragraphs were in an odd sequence, asking for volunteers, introducing the charity then specifying the roles their volunteers would need to fill.

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Shake n' Bake

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:35:49 GMT

Today was Pancake Day and there as no shortage of them today as I'd bought a batch of fifteen large eggs just to be sure that there would be enough to go around. Unfortunately it had completely slipped my mind to make sure that there was any Jif Lemon Juice or Maple Syrup so today's pancakes were mostly plain.

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Matters of Great Importance

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:00:12 GMT

I have been lead to believe that today holds some manner of importance, however I have found myself distracted as of late and having had time to reflect I was last able to enjoy the art of conversing with beautiful women over ten days ago. Looking at my calendar, I'll be distracted for the rest of this month and next with only the weekend of the 25th - 27th of May set aside. Of course it's Shrove Tuesday next week so there should be pancakes aplenty and the following Wednesday is the 29th of February which is extra special as it only happens every four years.

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Distorted Panel

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:59:53 GMT

With Twelve of Thirty-Six Pages out of the way (six of them already toned and lettered) which means I'm one third of the way towards completing this issue, although I'll have to finish it all before I can consider who to put on the cover. One thing that did surprise me, after carefully measuring and lining up the panels on the most recent page I discovered that I'd managed to make one side of the panel 5mm shorter than the other which you can see in the photo as Google+ added a black background to the transparent area of the image.

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COLD!!

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:30:10 GMT

It's cold this time of year, which should come as no surprise due toi the fact that it is Winter. What DID come as a surprise however during Saturday evening I noticed that the drive was brighter than it should have been, I took a quick glance outside, noticed it was snowing then went about my business. A few hours later I mentioned that it had been snowing to my Brother who was playing Halo Reach and to my surprise was completely oblivious to the fact that it had been snowing (despite the fact that he had a clear view of the snow covered back garden). He quickly finished his game, went into the garden to throw snowballs at the window before going into the driveway to build a snowman.

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Hmmm...

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:15:16 GMT

I found this rather interesting:

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What Time?

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:30:11 GMT

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Recap

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:30:05 GMT

Its been so long since the I last drew these chaps I felt I had to redraw this little sequence to get the story going again. During the interval I seem to have misplaced the Beretta I was using as a prop for the firearm Petty Officer Joe "Musashi" is holding limply in his right hand, fortunately I was able to find an M93R as its similar to the prop I was previously using which was an M92.

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ICT Solutions

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:45:07 GMT

I became aware of an unusual problem earlier today as I tried to make a phone call. The problem was the fact that the phone line appears to be disconnected which is highlighted by a "TEL LINE DISCONNECTED!" display on the telephones caller ID, problems with the phone line are not uncommon, but what IS unusual is the fact that I still have Broadband (and have been watching Netflix this evening). I'm not 100% certain that the problem isn't due to the BT engineer adding an additional wall box using the extension cord that has been in use for five or six years (and has seen better days) however when I looked to see if the phone was still plugged into the box I noticed that it was conspicuously absent from the position the engineer left it. Due to the small problem that the box had been fitted to the wall with double sided adhesive tape it had fallen onto the floor!

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