Artist Baton

~Your name?
Brent

~If possible, your age?
20

~When did you start drawing?
xD kindergarden?

~Which hand do you use for drawing?
The hand that I do most stuff with....my right (please, no jokes xD)

~Which is easier to draw - male or female?
neither xD I draw furries...wait.....xD okay male

~Which is easier to draw - long hair or short hair?
depends. I like drawing longer hair myself, but both are just as easy.

~Is it easier to draw the head facing towards the right or the left?
actually, facing right. I have no idea why, but right-facing...faces...seem to be a hell of a lot easier.

~Is it easier to draw the side view of the face or the front view?
front xD side views turn out horrible

~What do you have problems drawing?
full figures. I usually cheat and throw on a shirt....but the body muscles, legs, arms, etc. are hard as hell to get down

~What do you like to draw?
lol I mostly draw Sonic and furries, but I'm trying to expand my regions

~Are you a traditional artist or a digital artist?
traditional as it's the only way I can draw.

~Where do you start drawing from?
freehand the face and work from there

~What is your drawing habit that you are aware of?
I don't really think I have one to be honest

~Any tips for coloring/shading?
If you have to shade with pencil crayons,use a dark colour than the base colour....yes, it's obvious, but I got nothing else.

~How long does it take to finish a piece of art?
xD average is a day or so if I feel like it...sometimes it takes me months because I start it and procrastinate for three months xD

~What music do you listen to while you draw?
else random really. Depends on my mood at the time

~How long does it take you to come up with an idea?
random ideas take very little time (*cough* no time at all *cough*)

~Your favorite drawing utensils?
2B pencil, white gum eraser and gel pen

~Your favorite color/the color that you use a lot?
it's actually gray xD no joke. I use it to shade all white areas.

~Your favorite style(s)?
nothing particular really ^^

~What kind of artist are you aiming for?
the kind where people will actually look at my friggin art in the first place xD

I got tagged by my girlfriend hudini07, and so here is my addition to this tagged journal thing...xD


-----------• × • A L L | A B O U T | M E • × •--------------

- Name: Brent Johnston
- Single or taken: happily taken ^^
- Sex: Male
- Birthday: March 10th
- Sign: Pisces
- Hair color: sorta a brownish-black xD
- Eye color: green
- Height: 5' 9''
- Are you straight/bisexual/gay?: happy to say I'm bi, but men you don't need to run for cover xD I prefer girls, especially my girl

-----------• × • F A S H I O N | S T U F F • × •--------------

- Favorite place to shop for clothes?: Zellers and D-Tox (sorta like a Hot Topic if you can say so)
- Favorite designer?: ummm....the T-Shirt Company?
- What is your sexiest outfit?: xD I have a crocodile hunter-style jacket
- What is your most comfortable outfit?: ^^ track pants xD
- What do you usually wear?: due to the laws regarding public nudity, clothes are the best choice xD

--------------• × • S P E C I F I C S • × • -------------------

- What kind of shampoo do you use?: Panteen Classic
- What are you listening to right now?: Transmission Awesome Episode 24: Team FourStar
- Who is the last person that called you?: My boss asking about where his trailer was (long LONG story )
- How many buddies are online right now?: I'd say at least 20 xD I have four convos on right now in fact


-------------• × • F A V O U R I T E S • × •-----------------

- Food: Pizza and burgers (my heart will get its revenge one day xD)
- Girls' names: Crystal, Elizabeth (wonder why hmm? x3), Kelsey
- Boys' names: Malcolm, Skylar, Brent (it counts, shut up xD), Finn
- Subjects in school: machine shop, visual analysis
- Animals: eagles, wolves, coyotes, and raccoons to name a few

----------------• × • H A V E | Y O U | E V E R • × •-------------

- Given anyone a bath?: myself count? O_o
- Smoked?: bad habit...I avoid it.
- Bungee jumped?: want to, but not yet
- Made yourself throw up?: It sucks when I do naturally....so why force it to happen? O_o
- Skinny dipped?: talk to me in maybe a year's time and it might be different.
- Ever been in love?: glad to say I have and still am. x3
- Made yourself cry to get out of trouble?: nope
- Pictured your crush naked?: all the time ladies and gentlemen ^^
- Actually seen your crush naked?: oh yeah x3
- Cried when someone died?: it takes a big man to cry at times of sorrow....and I'm not too manly to admit I have.
- Lied: when you live with my folks, it's essential to be able to do stuff you want xD
- Fallen for your best friend?: well, Liz was a friend of mine, so it counts xD YES.
- Rejected someone?: lol never had anyone to reject
- Used someone?: no way man D<
- Done something you regret?: if I didn't I wouldn't be human.

------------• × • C U R R E N T • × •--------------

- Clothes: sleep pants and a brown t-shirt
- Desktop picture: Storm Hawks xD
- CD in player: mom's asleep, so no music.
- DVD in player: xD I forget...Ironman maybe?

----------------• × • L A S T | P E R S O N • × •----------------------

- You touched: MYSELF....*shifty eyes* I...mean my cat...yeah....xD
- Hugged: my cat Olly ^^
- You kissed: ummm......I forget....
- You IMed: Liz x3
- Talk to online: Liz, Mr. Pickles, Mason aaaaaaand my pal Sean
- You sexed it up with: HA hahahahahahaha xD....no one yet -_-
---------------• × • A R E | Y O U • × •---------------------

- Understanding: extremely
- Open-minded: if I wasn't, I'd be like my folks xD
- Arrogant: refer to above answer
- Insecure?: -_- sorta...
- Random?: xD four restraining orders and counting....xD
- Hungry: someone's mention food? I'm starving xD
- Smart: In certain categories yes. ^^
- Moody: sorta
- Organized: pffffft xD if I was I wouldn't loose stuff all the time
- Shy: -_- yeeeeeup.
- Difficult: depends on the definiton of "difficult"
- Bored easily: the computer is a wonderful thing.
- Obsessed: XD yup
- Angry: -_- short temper = angry at times
- Happy: oh yeah ^^
- Hyper: xD hell yeah
- Trusting: ^^ of course

------------------• × • R A N D O M • × •---------------------

- In the morning I: get up and go to work xD
- Love is: something that takes time to grow, but once it has fully blossomed, there is nothing that can truly break it apart.
- I dream about: Liz ;3
- Sexual preference: girls ^^
- What do you notice first in the opposite sex you're into: their personality. They could be the most beautiful person on this planet, but if their personality sucks, I won't speak to them.

---------------• × • W H I C H | I S | B E T T E R • × ---------------

- Coke or Pepsi: Canada Dry Ginger Ale xD
- Flowers or candy: Can you eat flowers? No? Didn't think so xD
- Tall or short: lol either/or

---------------• × • W H O • × • ---------------

- Makes you laugh the most: Unny Gorey, myself, and Mr. Pickles
- Makes you smile: all my friends do ^^
- Gives you a funny feeling when you see him/her: funny feeling?

--------------• × • D O | Y O U | E V E R • × •-----------------

- Sit on the internet all night waiting for that someone special to IM you?: oh yeah xD course, I don't wait for them, I say hello first xD
- Wish you were a member of the opposite sex?: ehhhh...nah I like being a boy.
- Wish you were younger: I was bullied when I was younger xD no thanks.
- Cry because someone said something to you?: both tears of happiness and sadness...yes...

-----------• × • N U M B E R • × •--------------

- Of times I have had my heart broken: 0 times
- Of guys I've kissed: 0
- Of girls I've kissed: 0
- Of CD's I own: 15 maybe?
- Of scars on my body: 3

hey all....have a question...

has anyone ever had an argument with their mom/dad/both and ended up feeling both enraged and horrible by the resolution? That happened to me tonight.


Okay, I'll bring you up to speed. I play a game called Chaotic (laugh if you must...I really could give a crap less right about now -_-), and there is a tournament coming to Toronto. I want to go with my friend Fox. (just a note, not Imago's mate). His story is full of facts that seem hard to believe, but he's shown me friendship and frankly, I trust him.


with this now in mind, I'll continue. I want to go to said tourney on Saturday...but the folks don't like Fox one bit. They have a "funny feeling" about him. Yeah, like THAT'S damned original; I only heard that about...

EVERY GOD DAMNED TIME YOU TALK ABOUT HIM D<.

Jesus, my folks claim they aren't judgmental, yet a) they judge Fox by only the facts I told them and b) they don't want to meet him. And don't even get me started on their opinions of others. >_< Numerous times have I heard they say mean things about people with weird hair colours, people who act randomly and funny despite their age (like myself -_-), and people who don't fit the general body size of the average Canadian. (I could have said thin and obese, but I didn't want to offend anyone with this rant.)


But, moving along. It's like pulling teeth trying to get them to at least read the info I printed off to show them. Basically, the registration ends at 10 am, so I have to be up at 5:30-6 am to catch the bus to make the connection. Yet, they think I'm as clueless with the busing systems as I am with fixing my computer (aka, I can't fix my computer without help.) This thing is at the Metro Toronto Convention Center you nimrods; I'm pretty sure that the city transit system has a stop nearby. You know, because I'm pretty sure that tourists and visitors would rather walk five blocks to get there instead of taking a bus right to the fucking front door </sarcasm>

Seriously...this argument even erupted into things beyond the topic. For example...my housing for college. My dad told me HIMSELF that he would handle the residence, yet I'm getting yelled at because I'm "not taking initiative" and "not putting college first." If I wasn't putting my education before other things, don't you think I'd have spent all the cash I saved up for my tuition on Transformers or something? She even went as far as to say, "Well, then find your own place to live, Mr. Know-it-All." Oh yeah, screw you too mom. -_-

And on that note....apparently having a collection of Transformers is a bad thing. "You should only collect a few of your favourites and be happy with them." Okay, two things wrong with that statement there mom. Firstly, I'm already doing that; I buy only figures that I like...I don't waste my hard-earned money on figures I won't like to own in the first place. That's like buying beer so it'll add colour to your fridge. Secondly why do you even give a shit? I'm spending money on things that I enjoy and use for stress relief, though I'm sure if I tried to transform one right now, it'd end up in the hallway due to the sheer frustration I'm experiencing.

This has dragged on long enough, but in short, there are days I wish I could just scream....tell them both to stuff it down their throats and let me make a decision...but then of course, I won't be able to even go.




Maybe everyone's right....maybe I need to get some guts....

hey everyone who actual care about me xD

just wanted to mention to you all that I'll be on my annual cottage vacation; four days and three nights of total R and R in cottage country.

It's gonna be a blast! (I look forward to this every year x3)

I will post some of the best pics from the vacation, so this is either your queue to be afraid or...to not be afraid....yeah....best I could come up with there.


I'll miss you Liz...I'll have my phone, so we can txt late at night. I love you baby *kiss* <3

stolen from

[ ] smoked.
[x] consumed alcohol.
[ ] slept in the same bed with someone of the opposite sex. (that comes later. Check back around next May or so ;3)
[x] slept in the same bed with someone of the same sex. (had to share a bed with a friend on a trip. Most...awkward....night...EVER!)
[ ] kissed someone of the same sex.
[ ] had sex. (sad virgin face)
[x] had someone in your room other than family.
[x] watched porn
[x] bought porn. (note the answer for "Had sex")
[ ] tried drugs.

TOTAL: 5

[x] taken painkillers.
[ ] taken someone else's prescription medicine.
[x] lied to your parents. (how the hell else am I able to do stuff?)
[ ] lied to a friend.
[ ] snuck out of the house. (if only xD)
[x] done something illegal.
[x] felt hurt.
[x] hurt someone.
[x] wished someone to die.
[ ] seen someone die.

TOTAL: 6

[ ] missed curfew. (since I never go out....)
[ ] stayed out all night. (SINCE I NEVER GO OUT....D:<
[ ] eaten a carton of ice cream by yourself
[ ] been to a therapist.
[ ] received a ticket
[ ] been to rehab
[ ] dyed your hair.
[ ] been in an accident.
[ ] been to a club.
[x] been to a bar

TOTAL: 1

[ ] been to a wild party. (I hate parties)
[ ] been to a Mardi Gras parade.
[x] drank more than three alcoholic beverages in a night. (hey, light beer counts damnit!)
[ ] had a spring break in Florida.
[ ] sniffed anything
[ ] wore black nail polish
[ ] wore arm bands.
[ ] wore t-shirts with band names.
[ ] listened to rap. (yuck)
[ ] owned a 50 Cent CD.

TOTAL: 1

[ ] dressed gothic.
[ ] dressed girly.
[ ] dressed punk.
[ ] dressed grunge.
[x] stole something.
[ ] been too drunk to remember anything.
[ ] blacked out.
[ ] fainted.
[ ] had a crush on a neighbor.

TOTAL: 1

[x] had a crush on a friend.
[ ] been to a concert.
[ ] dry-humped someone.
[ ] been called a slut.
[x] called someone a slut.
[ ] installed speakers in your car. (what car?)
[ ] broken a mirror.
[x] showered at someone of the opposites sex's house
[ ] brushed your teeth with someone else's toothbrush

TOTAL: 3

[ ] considered Ludacris your favorite rapper.
[ ] seen an R-rated movie in theater.
[ ] cruised on mail.
[ ] skipped school.
[ ] had surgery.
[x] had an injury. ("injury")
[ ] gone to court.
[ ] walked out of a restaurant without paying/tipping.
[x] caught something on fire.
[ ] lied about your age.

TOTAL: 2

[ ] owned/rented an apartment/house.
[ ] broke the law in the police's presence.
[ ] made out with someone who had a gf/bf
[ ] got in trouble with the police.
[ ] talked to a stranger.
[ ] hugged a stranger.
[ ] kissed a stranger.
[ ] rode in the car with a stranger.
[x] been harassed.
[x] been verbally harassed.

TOTAL: 2

[ ] met face-to-face with someone you met online. (...next...May.....)
[x] stayed online for 5+ hours straight. (lol 5 pm to 6:30 am)
[x] talked on the phone for more than 4 hours straight. (I love you Liz x33)
[x] watched TV for 5 hours straight.
[ ] been to a fair.
[ ] been called a bad influence.
[ ] drank and drove.
[ ] prank-called someone.
[x] laid on a couch with someone of the opposite sex.
[ ] cheated on a test.

TOTAL: 4

GRAND TOTAL:


If You Have Less Than 10.. write [I'm a Goody Goody]
If You Have More Than 10.. write [I'm still a goody goody]
If You Have more Than 20..write [I'm average]
If You Have More Than 30..write [I'm a bad kid]
If You have more than 40..write [I'm a very bad influence]
If You Have more than 50..write [I'm a horrible person]
If You Have more than 60..write [I should be in jail]
If You Have more than 70..Write [I should be dead]