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Description This is my reference for #UndeadApocalypseOCT . For more information, check out my journal .

Here are some more references if you need them: [link] , [link] , [link] , [link]

Edit: Changed my outfit. I might change it back again later depending on how angry I get at my shirt when I'm drawing my audition comics.


AUDITION


Useful Post-Apocalyptic Skills
Good at fishing
Good with a baseball bat
Great memory
Has fired a shotgun
Took Kuk Sool Won lessons for four years
Worked as a student athletic trainer in high school
Has driven a boat , bobcat , and bulldozer
Walks off or laughs at big pain (getting hit in the face, breaking a bone, etc.)
Incredibly decisive and analytical
Understands she doesn’t have to outrun the bear

Post-Apocalyptic Problems
Out of practice with almost everything on the strengths list (Read: not physically strong)
Terrible eyesight like wow
Hates running
Whines about little pains (papercuts)
Can’t cook
Can be a picky eater
Prefers verbal confrontation to physical ones
Can get mentally hung up on things that don’t make logical sense
Afraid of falling (but okay with heights)
Cannot stand being cold

Crash Course in Res

It feels wrong to inform people what to think about me (i so naice, errbody luv me) so I’m going to throw out a bunch of short stories. Draw your own conclusions.


My favorite Disney princess is Jasmine. When I was little, my best friend and I both wanted to be Jasmine for Halloween. We got in a big argument and then I bit her on the face.

I am especially kind to the people who handle my food.

My right pinkie toe is attempting to escape my foot. I’ve broken it twice in the last couple of years. The second time was after I worked as a student athletic trainer so I set it myself. It wasn’t the most incredible show of field medicine but it still made me feel cool.

I draw myself very straight faced because that is how I think of myself. However, I get IRL compliments on two things: my art and my smile. Technically, my smile is my dad’s artwork since he is a dentist.

Even though the TSA will pat 6 year-olds , they consistently skip over me. I’ve been randomly selected to get pat down or put through the big scanner thing but they always either switch me out with someone else or just tell me not to worry about it.

There are crazy genes on both sides of my family. I don’t mean haha crazy. I mean burden on your loved ones, beat to death by the cops crazy. I worry that one day I’m going to wake up and not be myself anymore.

Sometimes, when I’m bored, I’ll say something that’s complete crap solely to see if someone will call me on it. They almost never do.

Every time someone starts adding disclaimers before presenting their artwork, my teachers will give the "if you aren’t good, why am I talking to you" shpeel. I’ve adopted this attitude myself. Whenever I hear someone being self-depreciating, I want to thank them for the warning and leave.

~yurlene told me that I'm going to get AIDs if I keep walking around barefoot.

*zombie-fingers and I are perpetually on the same wavelength. It's freaked us out a few times.

I enjoy learning about pseudosciences since they are full of such strange, fun ideas. I’m not actively trying to prove psychics and greys exist but my perception of reality wouldn’t be shattered if they did. Nature is so weird as is .

When I was in high school, my optometrist sent me to a specialist who informed me that I have the eyes of an 80 year old. I am apparently at a decently high risk for retinal detachment . I started drawing my glasses in place of my eyes around the time I got this news.

This freaked me out with its accuracy.


Feel free to question me about anything I've mentioned. I didn't add anything that I'd be uncomfortable discussing.
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Comments: 50

firewolf1800 [2011-04-22 21:48:02 +0000 UTC]

i set two of my bones before, granted it was middle and index finger (the door on a car that child locks on shut on them at a rest stop in the middle of no where Navada)

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Res-Gestae In reply to firewolf1800 [2011-04-23 02:12:51 +0000 UTC]

That's still pretty boss! I'd be a million different kinds of upset if I broke a finger, let alone two.

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firewolf1800 In reply to Res-Gestae [2011-04-24 00:02:30 +0000 UTC]

yeah my friends were freaking out cause they thought they were gonna fall off cause they were so bad C: they didn't though and i still have though they are kinda stiff when it's really cold O.o

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Crosse-Tales [2011-04-21 04:54:17 +0000 UTC]

Haha, you're not alone on the whole "don't wear shoes" thing. I don't either. Ever. I have wearing shoes. I don't even know where mine are. I only ever wear them when I go somewhere I have to wear them. And then a don't wear socks.

Shoes make me stumble anyway.

I have no worries about getting upset with my outfits...all my stuff is so plain. And black...and plain.

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Res-Gestae In reply to Crosse-Tales [2011-04-21 05:41:47 +0000 UTC]

Shoes are entirely too restrictive and distracting! My feet were meant to roam wild.

We've got until June 1st so we can be as fussy as we want.

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Crosse-Tales In reply to Res-Gestae [2011-04-21 05:55:29 +0000 UTC]

I can't usually find shoes that fit anyways. If I do, they are usually mens shoes. Not that I'm complaining. Most mens shoes are more...walk-in-able. Hahaha. I have big feet...

Haha, yay. That's a good thing, because I'm not sure if I can manage to finish a comic page any time soon. Gimp is still fritzing with me, and I've run out a ink. >>

Watch me try and fail a billion times, then finally get a page up about an hour before it's due. And it not be finished. xD

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Res-Gestae In reply to Crosse-Tales [2011-04-21 06:00:18 +0000 UTC]

What size shoe to you wear?

If you don't get more ink by June, then you've got bigger problems than an OCT!

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Crosse-Tales In reply to Res-Gestae [2011-04-21 06:08:06 +0000 UTC]

Size Ten. In mens. >>

Yup. I'm still a bit confused about how many pages we need to get out. I guess it's as many pages as it takes for us to get to a safe zone? I dunno.

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Res-Gestae In reply to Crosse-Tales [2011-04-21 06:21:50 +0000 UTC]

I'm an eight in womens. Your feet could eat mine. Are you insanely tall?

It's whatever you want it to be. I don't know if you paid any attention to my #JunkYardCity-OCT stuff but my audition was 4 pages, round 1 was 5 pages, round 2 was 11 pages, and round 3 was 7 pages. You don't have to do comics, though. I've seen plenty of people write fics , do animations , or do combinations of writing and drawing .

Most of the JYC examples are waaaaaaaaaaaaaay longer than I'd be willing to do but I'm a film student. We're taught very specifically to only include what counts and cut the rest. I can see why dilly dallying is fun/tempting but I'm also averse to it.

My thoughts on editing aside, you don't have to do any more or less than you want to do. There's a bit of strategy in deciding where you want to put your effort.

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Crosse-Tales In reply to Res-Gestae [2011-04-21 06:31:05 +0000 UTC]

I was 5'7" last I checked. I don't think I've gotten any taller since then.

Mine will probably be a combination of written and drawn entries, depending on how much time I have. Yeah, I've been fallowing the JYC comics for a while, though about joining. Figure I would be able to keep up. It kind of confuses me anyway.

I haven't ever drawn a comic. Well, not an actual comic. Just the random comics you tend to see here and there. Don't have much to them. Are...well...random. Never get finished.

Hm, true. The question will be if I can do anything at all. When it comes to things I need to finish in a certain amount of time, I always find my willingness to do it fade. I think I just get lazy when anything seems like it should be work. Even if I want to do it. Hahaha...ha...I'm gonna fail.

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Res-Gestae In reply to Crosse-Tales [2011-04-21 06:48:20 +0000 UTC]

I'm going to have to make a height chart because it's starting to sound like I'm going to be playing for team short in this thing >>

I'm debating doing my next JYC round that way. I think it'd be fun to do a purposefully storybooky round.

This might be the push you need to get started! Fish or cut bait, Crosse-Tales.

Hopefully having an opponent/team mate will motivate you.

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Crosse-Tales In reply to Res-Gestae [2011-04-21 09:01:44 +0000 UTC]

Hehehe, I need to make one too. D; Only because if I don't I will be drawing everyone taller or shorter than they are.

Awesome~ ;D

YUS! FOR I AM EXCITED! But nervous. Very very nervous. Especially sense my computer is acting up again. If it crashed it would figure...

It probably will. I do get a bit competitive sometimes~

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Silent-FireBlast [2011-04-20 13:14:11 +0000 UTC]

I always find it weird when I find out people I know online are that much shorter than me. I'm 5'9" XD

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Res-Gestae In reply to Silent-FireBlast [2011-04-20 21:27:35 +0000 UTC]

How can you be that much taller than me? :C

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Silent-FireBlast In reply to Res-Gestae [2011-04-21 02:05:21 +0000 UTC]

I'm still slightly in denial, myself.

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Synchros [2011-04-19 23:54:33 +0000 UTC]

After going through a bunch of people's references, I've been coerced/convinced to join. *gets to scribbling*

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Res-Gestae In reply to Synchros [2011-04-20 21:28:04 +0000 UTC]

Yesss. I almost noted you about this but I wasn't sure what your schedule was like. You're a busy bee in my brain.

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Synchros In reply to Res-Gestae [2011-04-20 21:32:00 +0000 UTC]

Well, I'm free now, so it's all good. Now I just have to find something to with all this free time! XD

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Res-Gestae In reply to Synchros [2011-04-20 21:37:39 +0000 UTC]

Sweet! I can't wait to see what you cook up. You don't have to do comics but I do love your comics.

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Synchros In reply to Res-Gestae [2011-04-20 21:44:22 +0000 UTC]

It'll be fun. I like working on comics, and it's a learning experience while. So do expect more of those.

Now I just have to figure out a way to get to Cedar Rapids.

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Hipster-Coyote [2011-04-18 14:56:23 +0000 UTC]

For some reason I figured you'd be taller than me. :I -is 5'10"-
YOU'VE CONVINCED ME TO JOIN HNGH

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Res-Gestae In reply to Hipster-Coyote [2011-04-18 19:39:45 +0000 UTC]

Probably because I'm older. I do the same thing and link age with height sometimes.

Excellent. The post-apocalyptic line-up we've got currently is unable to repopulate the Earth. Men-folk are needed.

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Hipster-Coyote In reply to Res-Gestae [2011-04-18 20:33:09 +0000 UTC]

:I I'll just do a more ragtag version of the AATR Human!Mix with a pipe or something. Hahaha.

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Res-Gestae In reply to Hipster-Coyote [2011-04-18 21:14:51 +0000 UTC]

Sounds like a plan, lol.

I already have such terrible ideas for comics. It'll be beautiful.

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Hipster-Coyote In reply to Res-Gestae [2011-04-19 03:00:11 +0000 UTC]

AAAAAA
You've gotten me thinking on what I'll have in mine!
At least I know how I'll do dialogue (I talk to myself a lot lol...so instant narration go!)

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Res-Gestae In reply to Hipster-Coyote [2011-04-19 03:07:51 +0000 UTC]

Lol, well, you already know how I feel about words in my comics.

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SharkNinjaBlueStar [2011-04-16 21:39:57 +0000 UTC]

I didn't know you were interested in the pseudo-sciences, interesting, what's your favorite "genera"?

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Res-Gestae In reply to SharkNinjaBlueStar [2011-04-18 19:37:48 +0000 UTC]

My favorite genre, you mean?

I'm not really sure. I've enjoyed all my religious studies and I do like the idea of telepathy but aliens hold a special place in my heart.

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SharkNinjaBlueStar In reply to Res-Gestae [2011-04-18 20:10:11 +0000 UTC]

forgive my pitiful spelling, I am a bit daft.

ah aliens, a close second in my book, right behind cryptozoology, which I ADORE

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FuzzySlipper [2011-04-16 14:59:11 +0000 UTC]

What's the minuscule writing right next to your left leg?

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Res-Gestae In reply to FuzzySlipper [2011-04-16 20:53:50 +0000 UTC]

Bonnie's right. It's a copyright.

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Tartly-Sweet In reply to FuzzySlipper [2011-04-16 17:01:09 +0000 UTC]

That would be the copyright I believe.

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ToaNovu [2011-04-16 14:34:34 +0000 UTC]

You're 5'3"? I always figured you were taller... but that means we're about the same height. Hm.

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Res-Gestae In reply to ToaNovu [2011-04-16 20:53:28 +0000 UTC]

What made you think I was taller?

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ToaNovu In reply to Res-Gestae [2011-04-16 20:55:24 +0000 UTC]

... the pictures you guys have drawn of you and Aaron, I guess?

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Res-Gestae In reply to ToaNovu [2011-04-16 20:59:13 +0000 UTC]

Which one ?

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ToaNovu In reply to Res-Gestae [2011-04-16 21:26:55 +0000 UTC]

Both, really. Huh.

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Res-Gestae In reply to ToaNovu [2011-04-16 21:35:34 +0000 UTC]

Even though I have some tall German family members, my Filipino genes shrunk me down.

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ToaNovu In reply to Res-Gestae [2011-04-16 21:48:37 +0000 UTC]

I'm just glad I take more after my Dad's side of the family and managed to just barely make 5'4". My Mum's 5'1". :3

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Res-Gestae In reply to ToaNovu [2011-04-16 21:52:20 +0000 UTC]

I don't know how tall my mom is but I am taller than her. Both of my brothers are going to end up dwarfing me, though.

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ToaNovu In reply to Res-Gestae [2011-04-16 21:59:47 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, both my brothers have passed me. I'm taller than my older sister though, so that's nice at least. :3

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massivepanic [2011-04-16 12:10:28 +0000 UTC]

YOU WILL GET AIDS EVERYWHERE.
and that color gray with that shirt is going to get you killed.

/FASHION PO-LEESE

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Res-Gestae In reply to massivepanic [2011-04-16 20:53:15 +0000 UTC]

Don't tell me what to do.

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DarkSybrant64 [2011-04-16 11:32:50 +0000 UTC]

You make me want to meet you. ha

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Res-Gestae In reply to DarkSybrant64 [2011-04-16 20:53:02 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah? That's good, right? XD

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DarkSybrant64 In reply to Res-Gestae [2011-04-18 16:54:18 +0000 UTC]

I would say yes. you are quite an interesting person

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Res-Gestae In reply to DarkSybrant64 [2011-04-18 20:09:07 +0000 UTC]

Pshaw, you flatter me.

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WingsofParadox [2011-04-16 09:47:18 +0000 UTC]

Believe Yurlene. BELIEVE HER.

I got foot-aids and now Im not allowed to walk barefoot (though I still do through my own house/room/garden/street/hometown(while drunk))

Okay so the only place I dont walk barefoot is in my flat, because I dont want to infect my flat mates.

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Res-Gestae In reply to WingsofParadox [2011-04-16 20:52:40 +0000 UTC]

Lies, I don't need protection. I'm invincible.

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WingsofParadox In reply to Res-Gestae [2011-04-17 16:11:03 +0000 UTC]

You're the barefoot Chuck Norris?

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