Voice-overs or not this growlanswer news makes me happy as a lark..... I am a huge growlanser fan... in fact I dare say its the only SRPG series I've enjoyed as much, if not more than, disgaea.... this news makes me wanna replay em bad!

story aside, I'm sold on the aesthetics here...... good golly, I hope we see an american release

Both. 9 out of 10 tattoos I do are all completely original. That is, not flash (pictures on the wall in the tattoo parlor) or from direct reference (brought to me from clients).

Much more work being a custom artist, but far more lucrative and rewarding.

Ya know, I come on this forum everyday now for quite awhile.... never do I check the bazaar....... and damnit... if only I saw this post earlier... some real gems you had in the art book department dice.... and you let em go at such a good rate.... im keeping an eye out here anymore, thats for sure

Today we have something special!!.... A clock/ steam-punkerly tattoo!!!

This was absolutely awesome to get to work on..... when a client brings me a concept I am already passionate about in some respect (gaming tats, anime, et cetera.....) it doesn't really get any better then that :) This job was a true blessing for me.



Now...... Moving on.....

...TODAY BEGINS "KLYDES PERSONAL TRIVIA CONTEST" (as detailed above) where brave souls from across RPGFan Forums unite to guess their little hearts out to win a steam-punkerly creation!

The first contests topic is "KLYDES FIRST CAREER PATH OF CHOICE!"

Before I decided to make visual art my lifelong pursuit and primary source of income I had many jobs.... however I did also have direction as far as to what was to be my career (not just an odd job to make a buck).... Plans however fell through, for various reasons which will be disclosed once the contest has ended.... Now onto the first clue!

CLUE NUMBER 1: This job has a dress code, or appropriate "work attire" if you will....

Stay tuned for more clues and remember your allowed 1 guess per calender day, so don't be bashful! Take advantage of each day to narrow down the possibilities! The ending date for this contest is Thursday Febuary 2nd

Thank you guys for all the wonderful advice on the previous page! I think I'm gonna listen and go with Y's 7 and Knights in the Nightmare first..... Although there was 2 titles I forgot to mention on the list that are irking me a bit as well..... The re-release of valkyrie profile for the psp and ar tonelico 3...I know the sentiment toward AT3 was bad but I gotta see for myself (I poured too much time into the first 2 to not at least entertain it).....


Totally having this problem with everything I play as of late.... LoL... I don't think I would have hated Star Ocean near as much if I didn't have 70 hours in Xeno already...... And now its starting to kill the Wild Arms ACF experience for me as well..... maybe I should finish Xeno BEFORE my other playthrough's before I start to think earthbound sucked too...

I envy all of you... I have extremely rare and weird gut problems and have a VERY limited diet.... so limited in fact I've had to eat doctor directed for the last year or so....... yesterday's breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack went as follows..... organic lean chicken breast atop a bed of organic spinach.... for each meal that is....... up til the snack.... for the snack I cheat a little and have warm almond milk (I'm not really supposed to have tree nuts or anything containing salt, including sea salt)...... I also absolutely must refrain from ANY soy, dairy, wheat and 99.9% of all grains,  corn (and corn by-products... check a list, its in freakin' everything) ANY sugar (including and especially fructose and fructose derived sweetener like agave and whatnot), most vegetables,  all fructans (spices such as garlic, chive or onion), and then to air on the side of caution I can't entertain any food dyes, preservatives and most things on a label you can't pronounce, and I can't go over 1500 milligrams of sodium a day..... for those who don't know, 1500 milligrams of sodium is like having 1 normal portioned meal with an appetizer pretty much anywhere you go out to eat..... other assorted things I can't have any of are cocoa, tea, sea vegetables, many fish, and anything else with a chance of having a high acidity or iodine content....

so whats the moral of the story? cherish your body and health, and eat those cotton candy bismark donuts I look at longingly everytime I go to sheetz because someday... you might not be able....

Worse part of all? I am chronic gum chewer and now have to order my gum over the internet from specific suppliers to the tune of 14.99  for a lousy few packs!! Aside from what I have to pay for in supplements and vitamins to get all the other stuff I'm missing in the diet..... I think my vitamin bills exceeds my food bill for the week-LoL

1 episode left of the 3rd season of Slayers... I thought I hated this series long ago and never gave it a chance.... now it seems so refreshing to watch something of the typical 90's fantasy fair......

Currently also about mid-way through Wild Arms: Twilight Venom.... and I can't even try to defend this one... it sucks.... plain and simple....

Just watched the first episode of "Another" and I must say, looks promising to me.....

On the Evangelion note..... all I hate to say is Rei kicks ass.... I have a Rei Ayaname tattoo on my thigh actually.... well started at least... I'm doing it on myself and am being a wimp about finishing it.... I went big.... REAL BIG (my whole thigh)...... thus I have a good 8-10 hours or so of color work before its done... I will probably wait til spring to finish it... I hate trying to heal my legs in the winter time....

As for the art and animation in the Eva Rebuilds... shear brilliance....

For anyone who noticed my whining about Star Ocean the last few days..... I'VE BEATEN IT!!!! Hahahahaha! Glad to lay this one to rest.... back to Alter Code F and Xenoblade for me now....

I'm torn on what PSP title and PS3 title to entertain next though.... I've narrowed the PSP selection to Blazing Souls, Wild Arms XF, Y's 7, or Knights in the Nightmare,.... as for PS3, I still have to get to Star Ocean 4 (I know..... I know... but I need to see for myself....) Resonance of Fate, both Atelier titles, Rune Factory, Hyperdimension Neptunia and White Knight Chronicles..... Soooo out of those little lists any suggestions?

With how so many titles require multiple play-throughs to achieve 100% completion I don't see how anyone could afford the time to every title they play.... In the days of SNES and PS1 there were a few titles I massacred every inch of but nowadays, even being a neurotic OCD completion-ist freak such as I am, I relinquish myself to just being happy completing titles....

Gotta admit right now though its feeling hard to move on in Xenoblade knowing I could still invest hours into sidequests.....

Also having a hard time not getting back on my Disgaea kick in the interest of affording time to other stuff on my shelf that needs attention..... But as we all know, when you play Disgaea... ITS FOR LIFE!!

Damn this looks incredible! How in the world do you guys manage your way through all the japanese language in these games though..... If there is some secret that I don't know about that would enable me to play these games (short of learning a new language) I would love to be enlightened... Do you just use translations you find online?

That is the bitter sweet nature of art my friend..... By that I mean, so long as you work at it, you get there... its a garuntee.... There is no limit, or roof to art and what you can do with it thus success is a direct result of the time and consistent effort you pour in (the sweet side).... That usually means, to make a living at it however, you have to pour in way more time and embark on way more projects than you'd care to. It can really swing from "pleasure and passion" to "work" in an instant for me (the bitter side)...

For me it just came as a naturally accepted fact of life that you HAD to be good at visual art.... My family is full of artists and while other kids hunted and fished with their fathers and whatnot, mine instilled in me the necessity to draw my little ass off since pre-k.... I remember thinking it odd when I finally began socialization in grade school that other kids didn't draw every day.... I remember thinking it was like eating or sleeping to some degree.... just something everyone did whether they really liked it or not-LoL

Wow your not kidding on the Millie thing.... what a rip.... I can't believe I poured this much time into this incarnation when now, upon looking into it, the SNES version looks to really have been leagues better.... Well that'll learn me... Then again I am still playing Wild Arms Altar Code F, so maybe I haven't learned my lesson yet-LoL... But in ACF's defense I am truly enjoying it, and I have already experienced the original so I guess its not quite the same scenario...

And now we have for today.... the 2nd series of time keys for your viewing pleasure!



Personally, I like making and looking at the creepy miniatures way more... but these babies sell like hot cakes for some reason and klyde has bills to pay....

ANNOUNCEMENT: I will  begin running a contest via this thread to win a FREE handcrafted item valued between 50 and 100 dollars (what people typically pay me for these obominations...) The contest will be called "How well do you know Klyde?"..... in the interest of my own entertainment....

Randomly over the course of a 2 week basis I will drop hints in regard to some given "Klyde Chroma Trivia"... as I drop the hints, you can guess at the answer.... Naturally these riddles of sorts will be regarding me personally, thus no one could know the answer unless they knew me personally, so everyone has a fair shot........ The rules are as follows:

1. One guess per person, per calender day.
2. I reserve the right to make the riddles and hints as ridiculous as I choose to... it is my own personal trivia anyhow.....
3. The same person can win as many times in a row as they can compete and win... in other words there is no restrictions in regard to participation and winning.... I don't care if only 2 people play along and the same one wins 3 contests in a row....
4. I reserve the right right to choose the prize for each contest.
5. Prizes will be revealed at random points.... that is some maybe announced at the onset of the contest.... some may not be announced until the contests conclusion.....
6. Disqualification... the only way to be disqualified is to break rule 1.
7. I reserve the right to amend the structure and rules of the contest, in between running contests..... that is, if I think of a better way to go about all this that proves to be more fun for me, I won't change anything until the next contest....

That about covers it!! My next post will start the first contest, so stay tuned :)

ARGH!!! JUST WHEN I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER!!!!..... I've been muddling through what I thought to be the last few hours of Star Ocean First Departure, just to finish it since I've already invested the time I have and what do I come to discover....????
This sucks.... and all I can say is it better not take too long..... my patience is wearing thin..... really want to get back to Xenoblade and Wild Arms ACF....
ACF may very well be horribly flawed but at least that is fun by way of puzzles and gameplay and whatnot.... this star ocean title is putrid..... I don't know how people enjoy to the same degree/compare it to the 2nd...... I wish I played the SNES version, as this PSP incarnation has seriously dropped the value of the franchise in my eyes... And this is coming from someone who loved "Til the End of Time"....