Ain't that always the way. You get in the mood.....then company arrives.

hey if you don't like the movie, i've got slides

"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."

Dragon whiskers, dragon toes
a dragon tooth and a dragon nose
Every little piece
Every little piece
We could make a million
by slicing him, dicing him

Every little piece
Every little piece
I can take a scissor
and clip him up, rip him up
Every little part is a work of art
Think of what a dragon heart would bring
Wrapped up in a ribbon and a string

Dragon liver can cure a cold
dragon powder grows hair
With dragon blood you'll never grow old

every item is covered with gold.
EVERY ITEM IS COVERED WITH GOLD

Every little piece
Every little piece
Dragon you're my wagon to destiny
you're the key
Every little shred moving me ahead
Every dream of mine will be fulfilled
What a dragon business we can build

Dragon cartilage keeps you thin
dragon fat is for burns
a dragon tear will clear up your skin

...watch the profits come rolling in.
WATCH THE PROFITS COME ROLLING IN!!!!!!!

Every little piece, every little crease
All lead me to the dragon
I'll buy him up, tie him up
Drag him from the cave
show him that I'm brave

I'll bind him up, grind him up
lop him up, chop him up
Can't you hear that jingle, jangle sound?

ooooh yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

IT'S MONEY MONEY MONEY BY THE POUND

butts.

maybe something good? maybe something bad? maybe something cabbage? WE JUST DONT KNOW.

my last blog post was fruitless. I should have known better than to look on this website for professional advice.

OH WELL LOL.
have a picture

Right.
I've been using a mouse forever now. A couple years ago, a good friend gave me a WACOM tablet for making -MASS-
While a lovely tool, I suck at using it. To this day, I still suck at using it. I'd love to show you guys my pathetic attempts at getting used to using the WACOM, but they are so hideous that Satan himself arose from the inner core of Tartarus itself and smote the JPEGS into a steaming pile of ash. Then he wizzed on them, wagged his skeletal finger in my face and said "don't do that again"

So I gave up. Something I do on occasion. However, long ago at a comic convention I was able to try another piece of glorious equipment. A CINTIQ tablet. I think it maye be the greatest thing I ever had the fortune to play with for roughly 16 minutes.
I vowed that day to appropriate one of those divine objects and use it to make digital cartoons that did not look like shit.
Thus far, this dream has not happened. And for good reason. CINTIQ tablet costs 3000 fucking dollars.

I work minimum wage. I spent less than that to buy my shitty 1991 Corsica, and still spent my life savings. So there's no way in hell, with things as they are, I'm ever going to afford one of these. At least not with my student loans DEVOURING my tiny paychecks.

So, I have given up on that dream. Instead, I am now looking for alternatives.
One such alternative I read about was the "Panoview PI500" and the "Panoview PI700"
They only cost 400 bucks. Well within my price range. Well...not WELL within. But cheap enough that I can accumulate that money and purchase one.

The Problem: searching reviews for those products online is only turning up BAD reviews. Apparently these things melt, explode, die, malfunction, and run on BATTERIES.

So thats out of the question.
Another alternative was a tablet laptop pc. They too have a touch-sensitive screen. However, the majority of them seem to be either very expensive (usually 1000 dollars or more) or are way too small to be any decent for art, graphic design, or making bright gaudy cartoons with.

Searching on art forums, animation forums, and people interviewing professional artists hasnt turned up any useful information.

All across the internet, art and design websites have contests where they give away these things. But I've run myself ragged entering my own crap in contests online, winning jack shit, and increasing my work load, and honestly I'm sick as shit of doing it. :( It just gets me anxious and upset. SO I AINT DOIN' IT NO MO'

So I am asking for help. Normally I'd post something this 'mushy' on my actual blog but seeing as noone reads that thing except for like 3 people, I figured putting this here would yield more fruitful results. (its called denial, folks).

Those very very very very very few of you who are on this site and know anything about tablet pc's, touch-screen laptops, and other forms of flat cintiq-esque things, I need your advice, your input.
Whats a good deal? Where can I get the tool I want that isnt going to cost my another fortune? One that you KNOW works?

So if anyone out there can help me find a good alternative that doesnt suck, I'd be much obliged. If you're reading this, and know of an alternative, but dont have a newgrounds account, then just contact me via my AOL Instant Messanger email address.

And thats all I have to say, really. I'm sure this search is probably fruitless, but how will I know for sure unless I try.

I'm going to leave this NG journal entry up for as long as possible, so I have better chances of someone knowledgeable on this subject reading it and helping me.

Good day.

and it's the 31st. COINCIDENCE? I think not.

also,

for those few who give a flying thermonuclear combustion engine, I have started work on Polypeptide again.

And here's a screen shot that shows you next to nothing about the flash at all and will answer none of your queries about it:

chances are you've already seen this.

WELL YOU GET TO SEE IT AGAIN GOD DAMNIT.

I am proud of this fucking painting. And thus, I am going to whore it everywhere until you people are tired of it.
And just to be EXTRA-PRETENTIOUS, I am moderating comments too.

HOR HEEE HOOOORRRRR HEEEEEEE HOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

edit:

also, I have accomplished something. YEAH ITS CRAZY. I finally did.
LOOK! I am in a real public gallery! IS THAT NOT AWESOME?