tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82831350014607983082024-02-18T18:46:30.371-08:00Just a Step Away from PanicKelsey Ranallohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212402926173537718noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283135001460798308.post-40694610990398587232012-04-18T15:48:00.001-07:002012-04-20T15:28:24.910-07:00More stuff I do when I actually have work to finishJust tell me that it's not possible, nay, LIKELY...<br />
To be a great horror writer, you need an oddly shaped noggin. I'm convinced.<br />
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<br />Kelsey Ranallohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212402926173537718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283135001460798308.post-49181428702348985832012-03-18T19:02:00.000-07:002012-03-18T19:02:15.719-07:00Card Game Update!So ARC The Game's new website is up and running which is AWESOME! Granted, I do miss having my piece fill the browser like it did while everything was under construction, but alas alack. Their new website is <a href="http://www.timetravelgame.com/">http://www.timetravelgame.com/</a> and my cards can be found in the Mercenary and Engineer decks. Keep your eyes peeled for when the game hits shelves!<br />
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In other news Issue #2 of Things Better Left Unsaid will be available in early April. If you haven't picked up the first issue then...well, golly it'd be groovy if you did. All the info is at <a href="http://www.jpfreemanpresents.com/">www.jpfreemanpresents.com</a><br />
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And that, as they say, is that.<br />
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<br />Kelsey Ranallohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212402926173537718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283135001460798308.post-6396030676027625192012-02-28T16:54:00.000-08:002012-02-28T16:54:05.715-08:00What I do when I'm supposed to be working<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This. Although I have to admit it felt good to just goof off with cartoony stuff for a minute or two. <br /><br />Kelsey Ranallohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212402926173537718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283135001460798308.post-32864263066304375242012-01-21T20:34:00.000-08:002012-01-21T20:34:53.066-08:00Stuff and junkReally quick update because I haven't in a while. Lotsa things have been goin' on and I've been swamped. But stuff is coming to fruition against all odds!<br />
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First off! The comic I'm illustrating, "Things Better Left Unsaid," is up for sale at <a href="http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=6539">http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=6539</a><br />
as well as in select comic shops in Maine. You can order your copy right through that site and enjoy it thoroughly. I'm not the writer, so you're better off reading the synopsis there. I just draw crap.<br />
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Also, Time Flux pre-constructed decks are on presale (that's a lotta "pre's" now that I look at it) at<br />
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A couple of the cards therein have artwork previously seen on this blog. It's also a super fun card game with a crazy in-depth story. A lot of love went into the project and I highly recommend it.<br />
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And that's it for right now! Working on paintings that may someday get finished (I hope) and end up here, but in the mean time BACK TO WORK!Kelsey Ranallohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212402926173537718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283135001460798308.post-5910725291203458062011-10-31T07:45:00.000-07:002011-10-31T07:46:42.696-07:00New stuffs! Huzzah!!!Quick update: New painting!! For the same project as the first, but more DYNAMIC! Sorry for the shouting, I just finished a big ol' cup of joe here. What would you do if you were being portal-ed somewhere you didn't want to go?<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What's more, be sure to check out <a href="http://www.timewarsccg.com/">www.timewarsccg.com</a> and if you have a few bucks, donate to their Kickstarter. It's gonna be an awesome game and donating now is the best way to get your hands on some limited edition cards and stuff!</div>Kelsey Ranallohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212402926173537718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283135001460798308.post-23414931945810415212011-09-30T18:55:00.000-07:002011-09-30T18:55:02.636-07:00Boy I'm bad at being punctual!Allo, all! Sorry for the absence...been doin too many things at once but hey, that's how I roll, yo. Is that what the kids say these days? I would rather like to come across as "hep."<br />
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But I have a new piece, so it's all good bro (hep?)! It's for a (for now) undisclosed upcoming project. But I can at least show you the art I'm doing for it! And so I present....<br />
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Hep?Kelsey Ranallohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212402926173537718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283135001460798308.post-35566405890404001582011-08-17T12:55:00.000-07:002011-08-17T12:56:16.126-07:00On improvising...SO! Been working with a painting recently, something a little more lighthearted than I usually go for. But it's been a blast so far. Here's a quick detail of the rough/underpainting:<br />
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Kelsey Ranallohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212402926173537718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283135001460798308.post-38419012102938624602011-08-04T12:41:00.000-07:002011-08-04T12:41:45.635-07:00Illustration Friday: ObsessionWell, this is my first time participating in Illustration Friday and...and I just couldn't help it! The weekly topic was "obsession" and I couldn't help but be reminded of my near-OCD checking for Silent Hill details. Downpour is gonna be out soon, and I've been ravenously devouring every yummy little detail I can find. I'm a survival horror junkie, I'll admit it.<br />
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For example, I had a near mental breakdown when I realized that the Tron: Legacy dvd had been released. I LOVED Tron: Legacy. The entire thing is basically a two hour long Daft Punk music video, and I can't imagine what could ever be bad about that. When I went to buy a copy, however, I discovered that the store I was near only had it in Blu-Ray, that movie format that I will never be able to afford. I checked another local store only to find they were totally out of stock. And that would be when the madness and panic started up. <br />
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The following comic is <i>the exact</i> conversation I had with my boyfriend immediately following the aforementioned event:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He's just lucky I decided at the last minute NOT to buy the celebratory glow sticks to flail around with during the battle scenes.</div>Kelsey Ranallohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212402926173537718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283135001460798308.post-65441532227517192922011-06-12T10:24:00.000-07:002011-06-12T10:25:25.043-07:00I just can't take it anymoreI've been playing The Witcher for about two months now and it's just....it's killing me. Slowly. <i>Very</i> slowly. Yes, I know the game has been out forever and I've had it for two years now, but the <i>40 freaking minute</i> opening cinematic always prompted me to walk away from the computer before even getting to the action. This time, however, I said to myself, "Kelsey, you like RPGs, you will like this. Hang in there until it lets you move all by yourself." Mistake.<br />
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Once you get into the game, cool things DO start happening. For instance, pretty soon you see a huge, terrifying dog-beast that happens to be <i>on fire all of the time.</i> Which is cool. And then the game informs you that it's your job to kill it and save the town. Which is even cooler. But...then this happens....<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And I figured that if I just buckled down and kept going, it would get more intense. I mean, that was just the beginning, right? There's gonna be some meat and potatoes to this thing eventually. But no. No. That right there? Yeah, that's the game. <i>The whole game.</i> Just insert different voices with the same character models for different chapters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh and speaking of voices, why does a white, Celtic-looking thug sound like he's doing a bad Samuel L. Jackson impression? Anyone?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At any rate, I plan to spend the rest of the day deciding if I'm stubborn enough to grind through the rest of this monstrosity or if I need a new cd-shaped frisbee. And then maybe I'll be able to actually paint something instead of worry how many monster brains I've collected so that I can get into a locked house in order to start that quest about the lost puppy which might allow me to actually progress in the story in about seven thousand more hours.</div>Kelsey Ranallohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212402926173537718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283135001460798308.post-15012192398712983072011-05-14T17:05:00.000-07:002011-05-14T17:05:21.300-07:00CAAAAAAAANDY!!This is just a quick (~30 min) paint-y sketch I did for some promotional banners for the chocolate shop I work for. Yay chocolate!<br />
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And starting to flesh out the blocking, heightening the contrast and sketching in his wings and the background gradient:<br />
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Also, just as an afterword...if you tell your boyfriend "Hey, would you mind um...taking off your pants, tying this sheet around your waist like a half toga and sitting in the hallway with an extremely hot light on your face while I take photos of you?" and have him just shrug and go for it...keep him.Kelsey Ranallohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212402926173537718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283135001460798308.post-686734749920924982011-04-23T16:26:00.000-07:002011-04-23T16:26:29.760-07:00HulloUntil the gallery show is over this Wed, there will be little to say at all besides "DEAR SWEET BABY JESUS AND ALL THAT IS HOLY WHY IS EVERYTHING BREAKING OH GOD THESE MATS ARE THE WRONG SIZE AHHHHHHHHHHHH," so I thought that beginning to actually write in this here blog-o-space would be a little tedious, if not grounds to have me put away in a little white coat <i>if you know what I mean.</i> But then I reasoned, hey, this here is a pretty blank blog-o-space (shweet logo aside) and not so interesting to look at. And then I came up with a solution.<br />
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So, until I am less panicked (the title of this blog is not a joke. really. stop laughing.), here is a picture of a cock..<br />
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