Mini-Rants Thread

I got bored last night (off-topic, but related to y'all talking about writing)

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The boat rocked slightly as it travelled across the soft waves deep in the Arctic Ocean. The night sky was lit up like a million suns, the many stars lighting the way for the young adventurous crew. They lay on the deck, the aurora dancing above, holding each other close to prevent the chilly air from penetrating their own little world.

"It's beautiful don't you think?" he says, his eyes sparkling under the moonlight. He had longed to see the northern lights for many a year, and to finally see it was a dream come true. The boy, interested as he was in the lights, could not take his eyes off the girl beside him though. Of unimaginable beauty, she was smart, funny and like him in many ways.
"They're amazing. It's a whole other world out there."

 

I used to enjoy drawing when I was in Middle School up until High School, granted I was never good at it

Also unlike most other people who learned or studied drawing accurate depictions of people's faces or doing caricatures, I was actually fascinated with Matt Groening's art style. In case you didn't know who that is, Matt Groening was the creator of the Simpsons. I liked his art style because it was easier to learn, actual muscle mass, body proportions and even joints didn't matter when drawing in his "Simpsons" style. And even before he produced "Futurama" I was actually drawing myself as well as my friends in "Simpsons" style art but with "actual" (as in real life) skin colours and not Yellow.

However a lot of the people around me (including my so called friends) thought the art style was too childish and stupid

Also at around that Time, the Anime revolution was at its infancy and people were more into that. I tried getting on the trend but Anime art has more rules and guidelines in it that even doing caricature so I lost interest immediately.

Here are examples of my crappy drawings back then:



This one is of me and my cousins:


This one is of my teachers:

 

I wish I could still draw though...

But ever since my stroke two years ago, my writing hand is no longer that steady. I can't even sigh my signature properly too.

Good thing I hadn't had the need to sign any legal documents lately.

 

@cahos what's with the pose in all those drawings?

Its really Simpsony and kind of cool

 

@Neon: Poses for the first two drawings are just some random shit I came up with which were easy enough for me to draw.

The ones on the third drawing however I copied off of several magazines I saw.

@Prectoriarn: My attack came out of the blue. I didn't even feel anything when it happened, except that when it did I was out Malling and then I felt a little dizzy so I decided to take a cab home. While in transit I was fully aware and felt nothing strange apart from my head throbbing.

When I got home I crashed (as in I slept right away) on our living room couch. Then when I woke up the next day, my right arm didn't have any sensation whatsoever and my left shoulder up to my left hand was hurting like hell.

What I find strange about my attack was that my left arm was the one feeling pain but it was my right that lost sensation.

Also in the first months after my attack I could reach my back with my right arm and feel no discomfort, but now that my right arm has gained some of its strength back I can no longer reach my back with it without feeling some discomfort.

My biggest depression during those first few months was I can not play games on a gamepad. Even something as simple as "Super Mario Bros." was tough to play for me.

I'm slowly getting my gamer's reflexes back though

 

Damn there's someone named neon?

So you were more afraid of not being able to play any games than worrying about having another stroke ?
True GAMER

 

Well gaming is the biggest part of my life after all as it's one of the few things I'm decent at

 

But are you getting paid for them like you wanted

 

let's see them, post their pics here