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Ema’s Corner

Wario wishes Shy Guy a Happy ♥ Day!

And now for more Soul Calibur V “Create a Soul” meddlings!

Create a Soul #4: Nightmare (as a Horsey). Old western-style Nightmare with horse head, cowboy boots and tattered houndstooth shroud!

Create a Soul #5: Edgar Roni Figaro from Final Fantasy VI. The young king of Figaro Castle, Imperial ally, and champion of the technological revolution…

Create a Soul #6: Kakuzu… in all his evil ninja zombie bounty hunter glory! I just wish they let you use more scars and tattoos ><”

J’s Corner

Tobi's a good boy!

At long last the Naruto: Shippuuden anime is approaching the Tobi versus Konan fight. The reason I am excited is not only that it is quite a spectacle, but also because it will provide the footage for my long delayed anime music video featuring the masked man of mystery. Over a year ago the anime started running filler episodes to buy time for the manga, and it only recently returned to episodes based on the “official” story. I have an approximately 85% completed anime music video that is only missing footage from this fight and I can’t wait to complete it. Not giving away anything now, but it will certainly be posted here when finished; yes it contains the scene pictured above!

Llama’s Corner

Unconscious Llama

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Ema’s Corner

J and I have been going to town with Soul Calibur V‘s “Create a Soul” mode. Below are some examples of our meddlings:

Create a Soul #1: Torgo (of MST3K fame). Please note that Torgo has equipped his staff, “The Master.”

Create a Soul #2: The Lla’ma. The Lla’ma uses the soul of Devil Jin (red laser beam!) to destroy her opponents.

Create a Soul #3: Siegfried (as Jashin-sama). This is the first Soul Cali where I really dislike Siegfried’s character designs. I used the “Create a Soul” mode to my advantage and created a “Jashin-sama” (or 90′s metal band) version of Siegfried!

Create a Soul #4: Hidan. I had to create Jashin’s most devoted follower… sans scythe (why did they get rid of Zasalamel!?).

J’s Corner

The oft-mentioned website updates are finally ready! You can see them now with a small design tweak to the site and the addition of profile pages for both Chicken and Llama!

a line of channel strips a mile long...

I spent a lot of hours this week mixing some of my new tracks. I call it mixing hell. Basically, this is listening to the same song or parts of songs over and over again. Eventually your ears just get tired, and you run the risk of making the arrangement/mix worse. I have to put a limit to the number of listen throughs before taking a break from the track. I might work on another track, or just noodle around or experiment making patches. It’s an odd thing that I will often spend a short amount of time getting the core elements of a track in place and writing it and making an arrangement, but a lot more time tweaking and mixing and making different versions or mixes.

Llama’s Corner

Sausage Tail!

Hourly Comic Day 2012

Originally scribbled for Hourly Comic Day (February 1, 2012):

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Ema’s Corner

I am having a lot of fun testing out my new Inkling! Here is a sample scribble from my “hourlies” that I used it on:

Dragon sketch (using the Inkling)

Overall the Inkling worked out well for initially sketching my Hourly Comic this year. I find it best to utilize the Inkling for preliminary/rough sketches while on the go without a scanner.

My finished Hourly Comic will follow this post

J’s Corner

I’ve been posting a lot of video game related stuff on my tumblr this week (and having fun with my Tom Servo figure…). The plan is to talk more about that kind of stuff there, and more about hutna.com specific stuff on the website, so if you like reading my thoughts about other people’s video games, movies, music, comics and comedy follow my tumblr or subscribe to it’s RSS feed.

KNOBS

Been using Traktor a lot recently after figuring out how to make it work well with my hardware. I am having a blast making mixes, and it is working great as a way to sort of cleanse my palette after finishing the last record. If I make one I like enough I might post it here for fun.

Llama’s Corner

Llama’s lettuce patch.

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Ema’s Corner

I plan to participate in Hourly Comic Day again this year. I hope to use it as an opportunity to put my newly obtained Inkling to the ultimate test!

Inkling

More recently I have returned to working on my cute-Legend-of-Zelda-enemy-fanart-thing. Below are a couple works-in-progress, but I still have a lot of little monster dudes to color (>ω<､)

Keese Darknut (lol)

I have a bunch of other art projects brewing… but nothing much I can show yet. More updates to come later!

J’s Corner

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has come and gone. That was fast. It wasn’t because the game didn’t entertain me; I have over 60 hours on my save. I just played the shit out of it. Even my flu (it was one of, if not the worst flu I’ve ever had) which took at least four days out of my gaming schedule, didn’t deter me in my quest. I managed to complete the game in all ways; all goddess cubes, all heart pieces, all side quests, all upgrades and I even baked a pumpkin pie for Zelda’s mom (not an actual thing you can do in the game for a character that never seems to pop up in Zelda games…). Phew! I’m ready for a break from The Legend of Zelda. Having cleared no less than six games in the franchise over the last eight or so months I think I’ve earned it. Resident Evil is starting to look like an interesting franchise to turn my attention to…

I am working on a few video, music and web projects for the site. Some of which will be up sooner than later (the flu again delayed these projects). I would say the web changes will come first, then a bunch of videos, and a new music project long down the road. I know Ema is working on some exciting stuff too, so hutna.com in 2012 is likely to be an even more fun place to be than in 2011!

Llama’s Corner

Praise the Sun!

“Mysterious Time Stream evolves you.”

E.V.O.: Search for Eden fanart series to commemorate our victory over one of the best SNES games ever (click to view the full version)!

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Ema’s Corner

I have almost completed my E.V.O. Search for Eden fanart commemorating our Game Center CX-style challenge. Check back tomorrow for the E.V.O. fanart post. In the meantime, here some rainbow meat:

I had always thought the flashing meat in E.V.O. (that awards increased life and evolution points!) was rainbow meat… the sprite art reveals that it is flashing GREEN meat:

Yum!

J’s Corner

My new desktop. It commemorates the beginning of me playing through The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. I sense that I will complete this quickly. The fact that I played through no less than five Zelda games in the last six months puts me in a position to be quite prepared for the game. My well honed Zeldar™ tells me I am about two thirds the way through the game; it’s possible I will even complete it this week! So far I am really enjoying the game. The music is probably the most stand out part of the game to me. I think it’s spectacular. The motion controls are great and the changes Nintendo made to the gameplay, mostly with the stamina gauge and in the level design, really make the game feel like a new game instead of “Ocarina of Time Part 5.”

Llama’s Corner

Llama is Super-Mega-Puff!

synAMA track 09 – ToSa SuTo

Download song + cover art.

Download album + covers.

synAMA micro site (iOS/android/smartphone compatible).

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Ema’s Corner

Meet 80′s Llama Cat! She is “awesome to the max!”

You too can enjoy the awesomeness of 80′s Llama Cat on you iPhone or Galaxy S II! Download the wallpaper sets below

For your iPhone:

80′s Llama Cat Lock Screen Wallpaper

80′s Llama Cat Home Screen Wallpaper

For your Galaxy S II:

80′s Llama Cat Lock Screen Wallpaper

80′s Llama Cat Home Screen Wallpaper

For the holidays we ordered customized 80′s Llama Cat microfiber cleaner cloths as gifts for lucky members of our family. One side features 80′s Llama Cat looking radical and the back side has the stylish houndstooth pattern:

J’s Corner

Tomorrow marks the end of synAMA‘s release. The final track, “Tosa Suto,” will be released. There is going to be an all in one download of the entire album and the album/track art; it will also be available as a collection on SoundCloud. The album took about four or five years to complete; a lot of tracks that were created in that time didn’t make the album. Maybe I’ll put them up just here on hutna.com. It has been really fun releasing synAMA on the net. I hope the songs make you feel something; either way, thanks for listening.