Chances of Happiness -- Spotty at Best

taking photo at mission.
not the assignment, but. yeah.
numero uno.

numero dos.

So, something -

;A;
Things are so busy now...

This blog is dead.

Dudes, are any of the "originals" still here? Cuz if you are, you guys should either make a new project (cloud 9? rofl) or try to revive this one. That said, here's some doodles to pass the time while you guys make a decision.

see you tomorrow?

decided to post on the last day of summer vacation :[, cya tmrw?

Snake

Because Kim forced me to.

I've given up on this picture. I started drawing it before AP's, stopped during AP's, and never continued it again. There must be a ton of errors. Ignore the hands, I never finished fixing them.

Oh and BTW, its the first picture that I've ever directly drawn onto Photoshop. Hooray!

Oh and double BTW, it's Naked Snake, minus eyepatch, from MGS. I didn't draw in his face camo yet, but maybe that would have made it more obvious.

yayyy. (:

(: yay.
I finally found my camera again, btw.
Lost it for like two months lol.
I'll try to be more active. xP

New Post & Suggestions.

I think Cloud 8 is becoming creepishly empty. I think it was so popular back then because people actually commented on the works posted so it offered some nice feedback and maybe a confidence boost. I'm sure if we all put the effort to say a small comment more people will be encouraged to post.

Thanks to Mingchen and Francis for attempting to keep it alive.

Anyways here's the following page. Tell me if there's grammar mistakes because I suck at that.

This took too long. -__-.

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higher quality here----v
http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs44/f/2009/143/3/4/Dota_Fanart__Lina_Inverse_by_McS378.jpg

http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs44/f/2009/158/9/5/Dota_Fanart__Omnislash_by_McS378.jpg

guhhhh...

I guess I'm doing the next part of the comic if no one else calls. FRANCES POST THE REFERENCES OR ELSE I'LL PESTER YOU TO DEATH IN JEFFERS. Well anyways the blue and red picture is a collab with Frances done in a free period during APs. We didn't really mean to choose gang-related colors though :P.
P.S. I'm sorry for the neopets spam ahahha

Finally.

I'm not very happy about this page.

I'm going to redo it maybe over the weekend esp the third panel.

Anyways here's the continuing page from the previous post.

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Where the Sidewalk Ends

Poem project for DI, I shall post because no one else is posting (HINT HINT), and Vanessa is threatening to destroy my life. I also like how it turned out :9
Go look up Shel Silverstein, he's pretty awesome.

Edits to the "rules"

Instead of going in order whoever wants to go next can go next, but you have to publicly claim it first, or fight amongst yourselves.

Also the page limit has been changed to...20 pages :O

I'm hoping more people will post after APs, I feel like I am taking up a lot of space >w<

Please read carefully :D

Hokay. So, this is called the "Comic book pass on" or perhaps "Comic Continuation" or perhaps "Call it whatever you want". Here are some general guidelines to follow, however, if you have a really good reason to not follow them, then we will respect your judgment.

Guidelines! :D

1) Please keep characters' personalities consistent. You don't have to copy my style, I discussed with Vanessa and she feels it's better to see everyone show their own style of making a comic. However, the characters' themselves should be consistent! :O

2) Please post within two weeks (deadline negotiable) or your turn will be taken by the next person. However, if you know you won't post, say so. On the other hand, if you really really really really have a good idea for the next part of the story and are dying to do it but for whatever reason can't within 2 weeks, that's ok too. Please post ASAP though.

2b) The order we're going in is on the sidebar that lists all of our usernames. I know lots of us have abandoned cloud8 though, so in order to keep this going, I will require that the next person in line MUST post a "I'm going next" notification within 5 days of the comic post, this way we can be able to tell who's dead and who isn't.

3) Following that note, if you really want to do the next scene but it's not your turn, tell the person whose turn it is and if he/she agrees, you may take his/her place for the turn. Your place will be given to the person in return.

4) Try to keep the story flowing, don't be afraid to be dramatic and creative. After all, they can't wander around talking and making jokes for ten pages. This means feel free to use flashbacks, fight scenes, character deaths (;_;), and etc, but do so wisely.

5) Don't be offended if the person after you completely changes what you had in mind.

6) While the story is continuing, only the person whose turn it is gets to post the next part, but everyone else feel free to do fanart, omake, story ideas, and your own art. (Keep Cloud 8 moving)

7) Oya, 6 pages max, unless you have this super awesome scene that you can't stand to see changed.
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Notes:
-I did not name the characters! I hate naming characters!!! :O So if you really want me to name them I'll go to the internet and search some random names. Otherwise, you guys name em.

- Imma post a more detailed picture of the characters and their clothing and stuff later on.

-When the story's coming to an end (Not anytime soon i think) We can all post our "ideal ending" and vote on who we think should do it.

- Since this project will take a looooooong time, in order to keep it from dying out let's do some other projects in between. Something that goes along well, such as a roleplay or a starbucks event or something.

BY the way, for those of you who haven't seen, my first four pages are right below this post! So...without further ado...*cuts red ribbon*
KNOCK URSELVS OUT

final note: *I did a scribbly page about these people with wings involving the "physics" and how "bird people" live. So if you want me to, I'll post that. Or if you'd rather have it in text, I'll make a long post about bird peeple.

FINALLY! :DDD

READ FROM RIGHT TO LEFT (like manga style)




pay attention to next post

Not yet, sorry!

I'm finishing the...fourth page now :P And it'll be posted by the end of this week. I realize you've waited a long time, and if I take any longer Vanessa's going to kill me. So just let me finish SAT II and then it'll be up! :O *my humble apologies*

meanwhile here are some clouds to keep you company.

please just be patient a bit longer ;)

i was studying biology and got somewhat sidetracked

Blah.

From all the nasty crap going on in school I thought the perfect way to procrastinate is to actually start what I've been planning for 2 years. So here is the beginning of it.

There

posted

argh everyone's dead

it must be the heat. ah well, I will do something when I get my scanner issue fixed. please post something in the meantime! > <

btw Kim Vanessa said you had a cool idea please enlighten us :O

25 essential expressions

I didn't make it, but this is a fun (and challenging) exercise to do. Print it out and try it with an original character. (hi waxcap! :D) and also remember to scan and post your results.

(does fullview work for this? I'm posting this in first period DI and I can't fullview it. ohwell, go to deviantart and search "25 essential expressions" or something, and get the original)

Vote

Which game idea shall we do first? Let's do a vote, so I can see how many people want to participate and which one you guys like most. If you don't like any of the choices, feel free to come up with one yourself and we'll discuss :9. ok. Put em in:
please fold your vote so it'll fit! :3

I'll count up the votes and start accordingly.

(For some reason I feel the vote number will be small.) (=3=)

Revival via game

We should do some sort of art game, some ideas I've gathered over time are:

1) character battles (one person draws a character posing, and the next person draws a character fighting that person's character, so it's like a battle, but you have to draw the fight. Magical powers welcome)

2) RPGing (ok, it sounds lame, but I like the idea of designing your own characters and having them interact)

3) weekly theme (pretty self explanatory, everyone draws a picture in the theme of that week)

4) sketch/story book pass on (since most of us go to mission, one person could start a comic on the first page of the sketchbook, and passes it on until it is finished. Rule: must follow the previous page(s) in some way)

5) cloud 8 events (such as 24 hour comics, coffee shop sketching, giant collaborative piece, etc.)

6) I dunno, you come up with one.

So basically we should come up with some sort of cool thing to tie cloud 8 together, what do you guys think?

LOL WE ARE NOT DEAD!

Lil bit o coloring practice.

I'm not particularly proud of it

But reviving Cloud 8 is a priority I guess.

HEAL HEAL HEAL WE'RE DYING

so look at some flowers.

aaa so inactive

we're pretty dead, each time i try to log on i forget my password...

Smoking PSA

Wow. No one has posted since January. Do not fear! I shall break the monotony with my not so artsy art thingi.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmvLhMikpCo

I don't know if this counts. But whatever. It's for that district smoking public service announcement contest. I spent a weekend on it, and there's some mistakes, so ignore that.

White board, Canon digital camcorder, and Adobe Premier Elements!

P.S. Don't you like my beautiful fingers?

it's cold.

so here's a picture from taiwan in summer.
still looks sorta cold though.
<3 Connie.

if anyone still reads this, I got a new deviantart account: aliensrunamok.deviantart.com

i was wrong it was 4 months.

all speed paints cept the 3rd, that took around 2' 1/2 hours