October 27th 1998
This is the precursor update to my next major update. This site is about to recieve quite an update. Mostly it will involve uploading quite a bit of art. I just got back my computer after more than a month. I have around three to four new pictures and some major site navigation upgrading to add. It should be cool. Stay tuned...
September 24th 1998
Well my computer broke about two days after I got it back so a lot of my projects are on hold. I have three nearly finished drawings and one ready to color. All I need is a scanner. As soon as I get enough drawings I will start seperating them into categories so the page does not take forever to load. I have some other plans that include my Final Fantasy dedicated page and as soon as I impliment them I will integrate the page more into my site. That's it for now. Later.
September 19th 1998
I finnaly got my computer back from the shop and i go and sprain my wrist. Go figure. Anyways I added a new Final Fantasy VII drawing so check it out. I have a weird drawing of Sephiroth on the way that was inspired by this page I visited the other day. Check the link page. It is done by this fourteen year old girl who has about twice the talent i do in both art and web page content. Oh well go figure huh. Any ways her page is currently my favorite because she was the first to link my page to hers without me begging her first. I am moving up in the world, no? I also have this drawing of Rufus from FF7 that I am coloring so that should be up to. Of course this will all be after i can hold a pencil and mouse without looking like a gimp. Well that is it for now. Oh yeah, I am going to add a biography as soon as I can type for longer than three minutes without taking a break to rest my wrist. Later.
September 10th 1998
Hey I am back. I bought Parasite Eve from SquareSoft so that will probably be my new time waster for the next couple of weeks. I was searching around the web for more sites to add to my link page and I realized that there are alot of people out there that are alot better at art than me. If I was not going to the Naval Academy I would be depressed but over here that can get you in trouble. "Free thinking = bad." I am drawing some more Final Fantasy stuff and I will eventually "prettyatize" my images page but that will have to wait till this weekend. Untill then goodbye. And tell people to come here more often. Also write fake letters about thinking my artwork is ok, boosts my self-esteem, makes me work harder. Oh ya, I also will add a biography page, that seems to be popular on most of the sites I have been to. Later.
August 28th 1998
Ok I am updating to much, but who cares my webpage equals my choice. More importantly, no one reads this so I am writing to my self anyways. I started breakdancing today. Why? I dont know, always thought it was cool. I have some pics on the way from final fantasy that i should have done some time next week. I am getting a little better but still not up to par in my accounts. I figure my problemis that my background in art is comic book style, ie all muscles and spandex. Anime is mostly costume and clothes with little emphasis on muscular anatomy. I am learning and hopefully by the end of the year I will have something to show for it. Well that is all the rambling for now, I might link to a breakdancing web page, the guy who owns it also draws anime, and is quite good.
August 26th
I read a bunch of stuff about photoshop so I will be doing some more images with that program. I am currently coloring another person's artwork to get the feel of what I want to do with photoshop. Expect to see alot of Final Fantasy images in here. I am really trying to improve my artwork and I feel that looking at some of the quality final fantasy work most people have done will really help me. Also you might see some Neon Genesis Evangelion images coming as well. I am not as obsessed with Rei as everyone else so don't get your hopes up for that. Also I was "hired" by another rpg maker to draw some designs for his game. I look forward to doing that. The only thing is that he does not like anime style drawings so I will have to revert back to my comic book style. Oh well good enough for me. This weekend I am visiting my girlfriend so once again the two or three people who visit my site will not see any major updates for at least another week. Also to Vanessa Adams, thanks for taking the time to email me. Check out her work on my images page. She probably will not visit the site much but if so at least she knows my appreciation. These updates have become a place to yap my trap so I will make sure to keep the next one more serious. later.
August 21th
I updated my image section. It contains my images and a couple of other peoples as well. I am going to add some final fantasy images when I geet a chance. I ahve started programming and hopefully will get something productive done soon. That is all.
August 19th
I did it. I updated my site. I am so proud of myself you can't even imagine. Serously though I think it looks much better and hopefully more people will stay and look around when they accidently end up here.
August 16th
I am thinking of changing the name of this page to Raif's bunch o'lies. I have no idea when I will fix up this page. I need to make some cool buttons and a picture whenever I get around to that I will update the page. I am starting school this Wednesday which, unlike most people, means I will be programming a lot more. I am still drawing and working that route but I am now trying to write as well so I am working towards the right end. I should be getting some more pictures up on the page though shortly. That is all.
June 12th
I have not done much in the last couple of days except for draw. I did two very good drawings but I finally found a style I really like. It is probably not two practical for a game's artwork but it is great for character design. I will make some copies and scan them in. I am selling out and using front page express becuase I do not want to take the time to program out the design I want in the geocities html editor, that would suck. Anyways I will get on that and soon the page will get a more proffesional look if it is the last thing I do. Well that is all for me for now. Watch the page, I will fix it up.
May 18th
TODAY IS HERNDON. Anyone who knows anything about the naval academy knows that this is the day we plebes(freshmen) have lived the past year for. It signifies that we are no longer treated like dirt, hooyah. Anyway's enough naval academy crap. I plan to update the page some time this summer(finally). It will be a lot more professional looking with a more sensical structure instead of everything being on the main page. I have been practicing a more true anime style. Maybe some of it will find its way on the page. Who knows. Anyways this is my last update as a plebe so goodbye to the two or three people who actually read this, and say hello to a new Raif. Oh yah a word of advice. Don't watch the Clash of the Bionoids movie, it really sucks, especially if you have read the robotech books.
March 17th
Well I finally finished a drawing. It is my first try so be nice. Check it out in my image section.
March 1st
Lots of new stuff going on. First off I have started a Final Fantasy section that has a ton of the original art from the developers. It will expand to include alot of various Final Fantasy art as well as Final Fantasy art of my own. Check it out here. Also I got photoshop and now am in the process of figuring it out. I am also drawing quite a bit so maybe my stuff will not be crap, only time will tell.
February 13
Allright this is for you Ken. I have been drawing a ton. I just beat Final Fantasy so now I am totally motivated. I am doing a lot of drawing and Photoshop is finally on its way. To the maybe two people who come here, you can expect a lot of changes if I get a decent site I can start drawing in a lot of visitors, which in turn will motivate me to do more. That is all for now.
January 8th
Well ok here we go again. I am installing a different version of Borland C++ so maybe this one will work. I have not drawn much because I have been on vacation. Well I am back and I am energized so maybe I can actually gets something done.

1997

December 3rd
I did it. I scanned some pictures. Over the break I plan on learning alot of C and hopefully I will also get some more pictures done. I will be getting photoshop too so that will be a plus. I continue to work on the game but alot of it is not able to be shown since it is more conceptual stuff. I will start scanning everylittle sketch I do so that you know I am working. Of course when I say you I really mean the one person who actually reads this part of my sight. Hey email me and tell me who you are so I can just start putting your name in the update.
November 19th
Well believe it or not two million people have not visited this site. Some one screwed with my counter and I am to lazy to go fix it. I am now learning C++ so scrap that previous basic statement. I am continuing to draw but I have not gotten Adobe photoshop yet so it might be some time until I get some pictures up. I am going to radically redesign this page as soon as I get the pictures so be ready. Well that is it for now and since I get like no emails I guess no one has any problems.
October 17th
Once again it has taken me an eternity to make this update. Well here it is, I am going to program the first program in Basic. Before you head for the "back" button hold on for a second. There are about a hundred reasons but here are the main ones.
  • I need to get some product out in order to be recognized by other pages, i.e. I need more visitors, and hopefully with those visitors will come input.
  • I want to start learning an easy language then move in to c++ and start programming the improved version instead of spending about two years learning the language, how to program games, and write the code while still even designing the game.
  • I want to see how people will like my game.
  • O.K. I admit it I am impatient, I want to start programming and I can't afford to buy C++ this month.
Anyways some of my art will start appearing soon, I am finally going to walk my lazy butt and find a scanner. Then after everyone tells me I suck then I will beg the artist from that Final Fantasy page (see link section) to work with me.
October 7th
I apologize for the length of time it has been since the last update for the site. Not only have I been swamped with homework but also I am teaching myself how to program. I will probably add some cool stuff this weekend as well as change some of the images around on the site. As for the game, I have started working out some of the things like stats and how they will progress as the charachter levels up as well as designing some enemies. Photoshop is on the way so as soon as I start that up I will begin adding some of my own images. That is all for now, soon there will be some better stuff here.
October 1st
Well the site has been up for five days and we have had about 60 visitors(about 50 have been me checking the sites look and feel). I have set out to learn the language which I will program the game in. Right now I am leaning heavily towards VRML which is mainly a 3-D net programing language. I am going to scan some images to put in soon so I can actually give some sort of impression of the product I hope to produce. Things are progressing rather well considering the amount of free time I have here at the Academy, hopefully I should be actually churning out some content within the next couple of weeks. That is all for now.
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