1999 | 1998 | 1997 December 16, 1998- -10:27pm- HAHAHAHAHA SCHOOLS OUT BABY!!!! AND I AINT NEVER GOING BACK! That's right, the dhab-man is done with school forever! I'm off to Florida and some other parts over on the east coast for a much longed for vacation! I'll be back in about 3 weeks. In the mean time here is a drawing i did for an art contest recently...still don't know if i got any prize. CLICK HERE December 15, 1998- -7:11pm- Three down, one to go. All the hard exams are over. December 13, 1998- -11:09pm- My server's been going up and down periodically, so you probably will have problem accessing the site, it should be fixed soon. Back to studying December 11, 1998- -6:25pm- One down, three to go. December 10, 1998- -1:15pm- Middle of Final Exam, will be done on Wednesday. Scary stuff man....scary stuff. December 5, 1998- -2:53am- FYI: My server changed DNS numbers and all that stuff, so some of you probably havent been able to get to this site for a few days, and even now not everyone can get to it yet. December 3, 1998- -1:26am- Yeah BaBy! Yeah! Click here, Its funny! December 2, 1998- -12:44am- I'm gonna go back to my old e-mail until the new one becomes more stable. Sorry for switching back and forth so many time. So for now, use: [email protected] November 30, 1998- -1:17am- For those of you who regularly visit my site, what are your feelings about the "Whats New" java? I want to have something like that, but do you feel it makes loading up the page take too long? Send me your thoughts. If everyone hates it, i'll see about putting a what's new into the page without using java. November 29, 1998- -1:40am- I had problems with my e-mail for the last few days, if you sent something it was probably bounced back, sorry about that. It's working fine now though, so please send the message again it didn't work the first time. Guestbook was also down during this time but its ok now. November 23, 1998- -10:22pm- Below are the lucky 3 winners of the Sin giveaway, who can soon expect some real cool stuff. 1st - Brandon Lee 2nd - Jerry Watson 3rd - Robby Henrichs Congradulations! i'll be getting ahold of you shortly to work out the details. Thanks to everyone who gave it a shot. If you didn't win this time, don't worry, i'll have more of these. November 20, 1998- -1:45am- I have a new e-mail, its now [email protected]. My old e-mail will work till the end of the year though and i'll be checking both. November 19, 1998- -2:04am- Ok, the trailer ZIP is back sooner than expected, please don't send this link out to any mirror lists, its just meant for those of you who check this page regularly, to get it click on the prequel page, keep in mind the download maybe slow. I'm not sure how the server i've put it on will handle the traffic, but its worth a shot. November 18, 1998- -11:35pm- Yay, no longer a teenager, i don't feel a day over 12 though. -2:42am- It's here! The official "Starwars: Episode I" trailer has just been released, and i now have it on my site to download in case your having trouble getting it from other places. I'd suggest not viewing it and waiting to see it in the theater on a big screen with big sound (beginning Nov. 20th), but for those of you who can't wait (like me), click here now! November 16, 1998- -3:38am- It's here! Brand spankin new artwork and a giveaway to go with it! Click here to see my latest artwork, a picture of Elexis Sinclaire from Ritual's latest game Sin. And then once your done looking at that, click here to sign up for your chance to win cool Sin prizes courtesy of Ritual Entertainment! ENJOY! November 6, 1998- -7:14pm- Since my scanner now works, here is the scan of the MG:Solid Cover. -1:42am- Wow, updates 3 days in a row! I'm on a roll! Anyway, just here to say i changed the Guestbook and Links menu items over on the left. I never really liked the way they used to look, and only got around to fixing them up now. Hmmm, i should be working on my paper thats due tomorrow. ok, bye. November 5, 1998- -4:19pm- So there i was minding my own business checking out the latest game mags at the newstand and all of a sudden something familiar catches my eye, i turn, i look, and i can't believe my eyes. There on the cover of the November PCGaming World is a drawing of mine! And i didn't even know it was gonna be there! How's that for a suprise. Luckily this was an authorized use and not a rip off. I had done the image for Valve and they in turn sent it to PCGW to use. Anyway, it was a really wierd feeling seeing it there unexpectedly. I've put it up on the Art Page. Or you can click here to check it out. i'll post the original image in a few days. November 4, 1998- -12:25am- It's Alive! It's AAALIIVEEE! Ok, well actually the reformat went well, i just had midterm studying to do since then and just finished the midterm exams yesterday. But i have some projects i'm working on that will limit my time, therefor low occurance of updates for the next month or so. That said, i will however be posting a number of new drawings i've been working on (between 3-6 new ones, so stick around). Hopefully i'll get at least one up in the next week or so. No promises though, the next 1.5 months is going to be very busy for me. Hope everyone had a good halloween btw. Oh yeah, if you haven't gotten the Heretic II demo yet, get it! Fun game, especially in deathmatch mode. October 18, 1998- -3:24pm- Reformatting my computer today, so if you don't hear anything from me for a while, it means i messed up. October 14, 1998- -12:21am- Added a countdown timer down there below the menu showing how much time i got before i graduate. Can you tell i can't wait? I started writing a new about me page. I figured the current ones been up for about a year now and is kinda old. Also i'm gonna be starting the Celeb-morf again. This time it'll be regularly updated (I plan to do this by making a bunch in advance and just posting them every friday). A lot of people have asked whats up with the mysterious once red and now blue marble....uh, well, we'll see. I'll let you all know in due time. October 7, 1998- -4:52pm- Well decided to put the original of the Metal Gear:Solid picture up instead of waiting for my scanner to work, so click here to check it out. I'll post the scan when i get the scanner fixed. October 4, 1998- -11:00pm- Yay! It's been a year since I opened my webpage! I looked through some of the old commentary stuff since day one and its kinda wierd, because its like reliving (ok, not really) the whole last year in a few minutes. A lot has happened since last October, i've gotten great exposure out on the net; and unlike a year ago, i can actually make a few bucks off the drawings. I must say i was suprised by all the positive feedback i got when i first started, and that really encouraged me to continue on the site and practice my art so i could get better. So thank you to everyone out there who sent e-mail or signed my guestbook with kind words, I really appreciate it a lot. Also I wanna say i'm sorry if you wrote a message but never got a reply, I really wanted to be able to answer all my e-mails, but there was just too much to be able to answer them all in the time i had. If you sent something in the last year and haven't heard back yet but really want a reply, please send another note and i'll see about getting it replied. I've got some big stuff planned for the coming year so stick around, you ain't seen nuthin yet. September 29, 1998- -11:41pm- ARGHH!!! Scanner still not working. I'm gonna reformat my system anyway in a few days, maybe when i reinstall everything (correctly this time) it will work again. Btw, school started yesterday. Last quarter of school forever! . Taking a couple art classes and a sociology class. Always loved sociology and psychology, if i didn't want a career in the art field i would have picked sociology as my major. I'm blabbing on because i need to fill up space so this right column doesnt look too empty since i moved the last huge commentary to the archive. Moved the Whats New thing to the top since someone suggested it in the guestbook. September 21, 1998- -1:59pm- Still trying to get my scanner working. If i can't fix it soon, i'll just post the original drawing, instead of the scanned image (see below for what i'm talking about). Also, in the next week or so, i'll be posting some new Half-life art. September 14, 1998- -3:05pm- By the way, i'll be posting a scan and the original drawing of the latest magazine cover i did (EGM Sept.98) in the next few days as soon as i get my scanner working again. -2:32pm- Added a "What's New" script below. I'll put there what the latest additions to my site are such as new drawings, new morfs, and such. This is a trial run just to see how it goes, i may decide to take it down later on if i think its just wasting space. Thanks again to Ben Lincoln for creating this script for me. Check out his home page for more scripts he's written. -12:40am- I'm back! Didja miss me? Anyway, time to catch up on piles of e-mail. September 4, 1998- -5:07pm- Going to Cali for a couple weeks on a much needed vacation . I'm not sure if i can check e-mail or not, so if you dont get a reply, thats why. September 2, 1998- -5:50am- .....must.....stay......awake. must.....finish....work....in.....time. -4:28am- If your gonna be sick with a fever and bad cough and decide to put off work till when you feel better, make sure its worth the headache of staying up till early morning trying to meet a deadline. Cause uh, i'm kinda wishing i did the work while i was sick, so i could be in bed now instead of having different body parts fail one by one until.....well...there goes my finge... -August 31, 1998- -3:00pm- Some wierd stuff happened with my guestbook and all entries between Jan 7 and Feb 22 are no longer there. I have no idea why, but if your entry got lost, feel free to sign up again if you like. -August 25, 1998- -2:48am- BLADE is a seriously cool movie folks. I don't usually like vampire movies, but this is something else. Very intense fight/action sequences, very good directing and spectacular editing, and Wesley Snipes does a cool job in the title role. Yeah, sure, some small parts didn't make sense and there were some little plot holes, but the rest of the movie more than makes up for that. So go see it! But that's just my opinion. . (Quite gory at some points, so not recommended for the kids.) -August 21, 1998- -11:13pm- WOO-HOO!!! School's out baby! 9 weeks of summer school finally behind me. Too bad i only have 1 month of summer break though, but it's better than nothing. I'll be spending some time on getting this site more close to being finished. Hopefully i'll get all the rest of my computer art up in the gallery (stuff from when i first started). Still trying to come up with a design for the gallery too, haven't been able to come up with anything i like yet. Hmmm, what else. I saw the The Princess Bride on video again today. What a classic . Ranks up there as one of my favorite movies. Hmm...ok well back to trying to waste as much time as possible. Gotta make up for lost time -August 16, 1998- -12:46pm- Brian Stokes (not the Broadway Brian Stokes ), my reply to your e-mail got returned....i think the address isnt working. if you see this send me an alternate address please -August 15, 1998- -11:07am- Entering the last week of school for summer quarter. Final exams abound. Stress levels through the roof. Up side is, when its over i get 1 month of summer vacation. Btw, Mobius, so far, most of the people i've talked to liked Dark City Oh well, i guess its just a matter of opinion. Heh -August 12, 1998- -2:12am- Why can't i be the six million dollar man? -August 8, 1998- -5:39pm- By the way, even though the link on the left says "Monthly Giveaway", I doubt it'll be every month. I think i'll be changing it to "Once in a while Giveaway". -August 6, 1998- -10:02pm- Looks like we got ourselves a winner! Or more like 3 winners! Below are the lucky 3 folks who can soon expect some real cool stuff. 1st - Matt Simis 2nd - Kurt Miller 3rd - Raj Ghatalia Congrats! i'll be getting ahold of you shortly to work out the details. Thanks to everyone who gave it a shot. If you didn't win this time, don't worry, i'll have more of these soon. -11:51am- Updating this from school. Just so you folks know what the hex is going on here and why i haven't posted the winners. A couple days ago, i installed a new harddisk and basically was starting from scratch again, and i had some problems getting things working and back up to speed. Anyway, most stuff is fixed now and so i can now post the winners. I'll do that as soon as i get home for sure, thanks for your patience. -August 3, 1998- -8:15pm- Hmmmm, having some technical difficulties over here. I'm still pretty sure i will have the winners picked today, but if it doesn't happen, please don't loot and pillage my house. -12:00m- Ok, no more signups for the giveaway. I'll pick the 3 lucky winners and announce them today (the 3rd) when i get back from school. seeya! -August 2, 1998- -12:28am- Today is the last day of the giveaway, so i'll stop taking entries at midnight. So if you still haven't signed up, you've got the rest of the day! -July 29, 1998- -6:05pm- Keep the entries coming There are over 1,500 already, and there's just a few days left before i pick the winners!. -July 26, 1998- -12:53am- I've released a new image, this time of a Skaarj from the hit game Unreal! Click here to see it. And to go along with the image: Its here! My first giveaway! If you haven't got the game Unreal yet, or you just want another copy, go on over to my giveaway page for a chance to win the game and some other cool Unreal stuff. There is link over on the left there also. A big thanks to Epic MegaGames for providing the prizes! -July 19, 1998- -1:51pm- Why is it that midterms, final exams and the like all happen to fall on the same days i need to have stuff done for work? Sheez. Anyway, good news! I was able to get some time added to the day, however not as much as i hoped. Originally i wanted 32 hour days, but because of budjet cuts this last millenium, the big folks upstairs were only able to give me about 1.7 seconds more per day. Thats about 10 extra minutes a year. Oh well, I guess thats better than nothing. i'm still working on getting Freeday official. -July 17, 1998- -12:46am- I've got some friends in high places with some good connections, i'm gonna see if i can make a day 32 hours instead of 24. While I'm at it I think I'll ask for one more day added to the week....uhm, lets call it Freeday, and smack it in the middle of Saturday and Sunday. I'll let you know if this works out. -July 14, 1998- -11:07am- My body is slowly breaking down due to something, probably lack of sleep, but i'm feeling real bad these past few days. By the way, here is another one to add to my list: Small Soldiers - -July 12, 1998- -6:28pm- Movie Mania time, Here is what i think of the flics i've seen so far this summer: Out of Sight - Truman Show - Armageddon - Mulan - X-Files - Deep Impact - Godzilla - -July 7, 1998- -2:03am- FYI: Working like crazy, and studying like crazy (I'm taking summer school). By the way, i'll be having a giveaway REAL soon. It won't be Half-life yet, but another cool game everyone wants. -June 27, 1998- -6:55pm- Finished the Links page. It's got a bunch of sites that i go to often, check it. -1:42pm- oops, i was out most of yesterday and i totally forgot to post this, sorry folks. Anyway, click here, to see a cover i did for PC Gaming World. And click here, to see the original art. -June 25, 1998- -4:25pm- I'll be posting another picture tomorrow. -4:08pm- Finally! I was having problems getting into my ftp server the last few days so i couldn't update. Anyway, I've added 2 new images to the Art Gallery. Basically the same picture, just 2 different versions of it. It's the second EGM cover i did, that i promised to post ages ago. To see the image as it appears on the magazine click here, to see the original click here. -June 6, 1998- -7:58pm- I'm right in the middle of final exams now, hence the lack of updates. I'll be done next week. -May 25, 1998- -1:20am- New picture added to Art Gallery. It's just something i did for fun, art for the sake of art i guess. I was watching some TV a few hours ago and this picture came into my mind so i thought i'd draw it. Click Here to take a look. -May 20, 1998- -11:37pm- Been real busy with school lately . I'll try to get some new stuff here soon, sorry y'all. -May 13, 1998- -1:08am- Sonics didn't make it. -May 5, 1998- -4:22pm- sup. next time your near a newsstand, check out the June issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. Its a lot different than the original drawing i did, so I'll post the original here in a bit along with a scan of the magazine cover. -April 22, 1998- -12:17am- I finally updated the Celeb-Morf Page with a new morf. I morfed Captain Kirk from the original StarTrek with Captain Picard of StarTrek: The Next Generation. -April 2, 1998- -8:24pm- Go over to VRGN for a look at a new picture I drew for them. The quality and size of the picture on their site is real low for bandwidth purposes, so i'll put up a hi-quality/800x600 version of the picture here later today or tomorrow. -April 1, 1998- -4:18pm- Well, I was planning on doing something real cool for april fools to this page, but i never got the chance to finish it. So i just threw up the lame drawing to the left instead. Ah well, hopefully next year. -March 27, 1998- -7:05pm- F.Y.I.: My site will be down on monday for a period of time while the server upgrades, i'm not sure how long that will last. Also i have 2 new pictures coming within the next week or two. So be sure to check back soon. -March 24, 1998- -3:18pm- Ok, got my scanner working finally, so here is a scan of the cover i did for EGM. -2:46am- Hey, next time your around a newstand, check out the April issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, i did the cover art. It's my first ever, so i ran into some problems, but still i learned a lot from it. I'll post a scan as soon as i get one. -March 23, 1998- -1:52am- Here is the new picture I promised. A few months ago, John Guthrie over at Valve was kind enough to invite me over to their offices which is a few minutes away, to check out there upcoming 3D game, Half-Life. Oh boy, this game is gonna rock! What I saw was not even near completion and even still it was impressive. So here is a picture I drew, a slave alien from the game Half-Life. It was actually drawn sometime last November, I just never got a chance to post it. Also, I've re-written the notice I had up before, so please read it here. -March 19, 1998- -Party Time!- WOOHOO!!! School's out babeeee! FREEDOM!!!! Well, at least for the next week and a half. I still hafta work though, but who cares! at least I dont have to wake up at 6am in the morning! YEAH BABY, YEAH! Be sure to come back this weekend, I'm gonna post a new picture. -March 10, 1998- -6:56am- Hey, anyone know where I can get a bunch of squibs by this weekend? hehe. I doubt it, but I thought it'd be worth a shot to ask (no pun intended). I need a few for a school final project, but i hear you need to get a liscense for stuff like that. Hmm....maybe i'll just attach some m-100's to a packet of ketchup and go the home-made road. Then again, i'd prefer to survive through this project. -March 9, 1998- -1:23am- After this week its time for finals, so even though i havent updated this page lately, uh, i for sure wont until its all over. I'll have lots for you all after that, i promise. -February 27, 1998- -2:22am- As you can tell from the time, uh its late and I am going crazy trying to study for an exam i have tomorrow. But I'm taking a break, and since I feel so bad for not updating this page in such a long time, I decided to pull something from my art archives here on my hardisk and post it. Its a picture I drew from the old Ultima Online beta-testing days. To see it click here -February 19, 1998- -1:20pm- Ok, the guestbook is working again. My server went through some changes last month and some files were moved around by accident. -3:06am- *GASP*....Just coming up for some air. Oh yeah, I just realized today that the Guestbook isn't working so don't bother trying to sign it until further notice. Just finished mid-terms, but I'm still busy busy busy. Sorry for the lack of anything new, RealLife takes precedence at this point. I'll be back pretty soon though. Ok, I now return to the dark underworld of education. -January 21, 1998- -7:06pm- FYI, I won't be updating this page that often for the next week or so, due to school and work. Also if you sent me an e-mail, it may be awhile before you recieve a reply, sorry. -January 16, 1998- -6:17pm- Wow, this quarter is tough for school. I thought i was getting myself into all easy classes, but 2 of them are pretty hard. I just was thinking today that it'd be interesting to see how long this page lasts. Who knows maybe i'll still be updating when i'm 70 or something. Hehe...that'd be funny (or sad, depending on how you look at it). -January 6, 1998- -12:08pm- Bah, just when i think i have time to relax, school starts. Anyways, all you 3d level designers, head on over to VRGN for a chance to win $1000(US) if your map wins! That's hella just for a map. -January 1, 1998- -real early- Ok, My first New Year's resolution: From this day foward i will never announce a deadline for this page again, unless what i'm announcing is already done. So its 1998 and the page isn't 100% complete like i said it'd be, BUT....But, I did finish the "How To" page and since i dont wanna show up at the new years front door empty handed I have posted that up, so hopefully my flame mail will be lessened by me doing this. So to see what i do when i draw my pictures, click on the Gallery and then follow the link. Or if you're lazy, click here. If you follow the How To pages all the way to the last page, you'll find a new drawing i did especially for demonstration purposes. But its new, so go take a look. Before i continue, please read this notice. It's got important info that i'd like everyone to read. So anyway, I hope everyone had a great and safe New Years Eve. The Space Needle here in Seattle was all foggy so it was hard to see all the fireworks coming off of it, but it was still cool to watch. Ah, the adventures that lay ahead for me this year. I can't wait