FOR FULL, MORE INTERESTING EXPLANATION, CHECK MY TUMBLR: [link]

I reckon at this point I might as well call it official...

I'm going on art hiatus. Permanent? Possibly. I haven't enjoyed drawing in a long time and it takes a lot of effort just to get me to try to start drawing at all anymore. It's been months since I've really been able to do anything.

I won't rant, because I've already done that, but yeah. Don't expect any art from me in the foreseeable future, outside of occasional drawings and what-not for friends; unfortunately I've just completely lost my appetite for art.

Now that's not to say I won't be around. I'm still going to be doing my radio show and I love sharing that with all of you. In addition, I'm about to be hopping into some serious video production work, and I'll also be posting my writing here. Particularly on the writing; I'm getting more and more interested in some stories I have rolling about in my head and I'm giving serious thought to starting a novel.

But if you've got no interest in that sort of thing, then I suppose this may be goodbye.

If you want a fuller, more dramatic and interestingly written reason for my departure, check it out on my Tumblr here: [link]

I'd like to thank everyone who's stuck by me, and all the great friends I've made thanks to art.

At the bottom of the post on my Tumblr, I mentioned that this is not the end. I can't give up drawing; not permanently. I still have things to do. But for now, I think it might be best if I just let myself accept that it's hiatus time for it.

Take care, everyone.
-Johnny Whoa


PS, go check out 's Temperature project. She could really use your support and I've been working with her to help develop it into something amazing, and you'll love what she's got in store for y'all!

[link] Give it a minute, it's still uploading (10:46 PM Saturday night).

To anyone who missed it, tonight was the SECOND TO LAST SHOW of the semester! Next week I will be out of town and the following week will be the finale! I will do a couple of shows over the summer but they will NOT be consistent or routine, but I will still keep you posted on them!
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COME LISTEN. OR ELSE.
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_{Or else I'll cry TTnTT}

EDIT: Here's the show, guys! Hope you enjoy listening. I was kinda quiet tonight but there's a fun conversation at the end. [link]

Will be on the air very soon... Some idiot locked the station so I'm having someone come down to unlock it. I should be on air within 10 minutes of this post. Come have a listen! [link]

I'll spare you guys the full story of why my birthday was one of the most awful days in recent memory, but the punchline is that my dental insurance decided to drop me that day and I had to get a root canal done.
So on my 22nd birthday, I paid $500 for a root canal.
As Hanna can tell you, I was depressed as Hell for the majority of yesterday.

So I wanted to thank everyone who went out of their way to make it a better day, because I ended the day smiling and laughing none the less.

So firstly, a big thank you to everyone who came by my page to say happy birthday. Seriously, the turn out was amazing, especially for a guy who only posts like, once a month anymore.

And now, on to the gifts!

A wonderfully sappy Portal-themed piece from my Kitten <3

To top it off, she even made two Portal test chambers for me revolved around murdering all the turrets. ALL OF THE TURRETS. It was very thoughtful <3

Next up, a bitchin' cool piece featuring Jack Amatti by the amazing !

As much as I love the drawing itself, I think what really got me was the description she gave. "I love the idea of him fighting all these pointless battles over and over for the sake of his little girl. Poor Jack!" I just love the way she put that

Next up, a girl who needs no introduction. So she isn't getting one.

She gets an OUT-troduction This is an awesome League of Legends-themed piece by , because the three of us love this game. I may or may not be horridly addicted. But we have some great fun with it and I love this piece The contrast between her normal cartoon character style and her detailed game character styles is pretty sweet, and I love it

And last but certainly not least...

I'm floored by this. I am STILL geeking out about this. I'm an on-again, off-again writer and over time I've developed a series called "Wizard Rivers" that I'd love to turn into a novel someday. I've always written it for use in a television series (used it for a class). I haven't shown much of it to anyone, but Matt came up with a modified version of the first chapter and he's making a SEVEN PAGE COMIC ABOUT THIS. Jesus Christ that is just still so amazing.

So again, a massive thank you to all of you. You guys are amazing to me

Man that was a creepy show. Not because of what happened on air, but because of the calls we got. *brrr.* Stoners can be so weird. WELL, hope you enjoy listening! It's right here: [link]

Show's over, will upload soon <3


BIRTHDAY EDITION
Whose birthday, you ask? MINE. MY BIRTHDAY.
Is soon. So I'm celebrating it on air tonight
Come have a listen [link]

Oh God I needed that. Here's the show for anyone interested, it was pretty fun, despite the studio being a sweatbox: [link]

Oh thank Christ, I need this. It's been too long. Come in, let's rock!

[link]

As the title suggests, no show.

Last week, show was cancelled due to my music library being corrupt. Fixed it now though.

This week and next week it's cancelled due to Spring Break (information I would have liked to know before I drove to school :I)

The week after there probably won't be a show either because I'll be going to my great uncle's birthday, and it'll probably be my last chance to see him.

So yeah. See you guys in like.... 3 weeks.

In arty news, it's dead. My muse is dead. I can't bring myself to draw. I've never liked it but I've never had this much trouble trying to draw in general. I hope it comes back soon, I'd at least like to finish birthday presents for friends....

S'all from me for now. Peace.

SWEET VICTORY.

Thanks to anyone who donated, the Musical is now fully funded, and even with some excess! I don't know if any of you donated and I'm FAIRLY CERTAIN that you didn't, but I am truly grateful to anyone who did. And moreover, Doug is. His dream is becoming a reality thanks to you guys.

So seriously. Thank you.

EDIT: Great show for only half a show!
Not sure if I got it in, but a while ago we did some shock jock. A guy called in and totally disrespected the DJs in here and we tore into him on the air. Funny as hell. AND WE GOT A RESPONSE, so we know it worked. Gotta love it.

But even without the shock jock we had ourselves a good show. Hope you enjoy listening! [link]

OKAY SO.
Missed the first half of my show because of a basketball game BUT I HAVE AN HOUR SO LET'S PLAY SOME MUSIC!
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Decent show. FINALLY the recording worked right, so here it is for anyone who missed it [link]

OKAY LET'S DO THIS THANG: [link]

TONIGHT: Classic and Alternative Rock!
Hey guys! Whoa Radio will be live tonight NO MATTER WHAT.
Show starts in 40 minutes (8PM EST)! If you've got a request, leave it in the comments below; our online request system isn't yet functioning.

ALSO, please support MSJ: the Musical at the following [link] !

Come listen in here: [link]

Journal will update when the show goes live, when it ends and when I upload the recording, provided the recorder is functioning tonight!

Well that was the fastest month of my life.

For those out of the loop, I've been totally dead on DA here for one main reason: I've been visiting my! Hanna and I had a wonderful winter vacation, filled with junk food, video games, making fun of stupids, watching movies and of course, our particular brand of sappy romance. I... haven't exactly been posting or commenting on DA during it. Sorry

I can without hesitation say that this has been the best month of my life, but it's time to say goodbye now :c

In just a few hours I'll be hopping a plane back to the US. I really don't want to go. Finland might be cold as hell and crazy expensive, but it's also got the love of my life.

But it's back to the US, which means back to my job, back to school, back to video chats and hopefully, back to drawing once I have my workstation again.

I want to thank everyone who supported Hanna and I this winter. You've all been wonderful and in some cases frighteningly generous.

Wish me a safe trip home, and I'll see you all soon.

(Not permanently quit'cher worryin')

SO as you should probably know by this point, I've been dating *Huispe for oh... about 8 months or so now. About 5 months "officially" but whatever. Over the course of these months I've fallen maddeningly in love with her and her bright green eyes have been the joy of my days.
And I'm going to stop myself here before this turns into yet another terrifyingly sappy love letter.

I of course met Hanna here on DA about a year and a half ago or so through some of our mutual best friends, *AntiImage and ~s0s2 who are both awesome people. The problem is the whole time we've known each other, we have of course lived on opposite sides of the God damn planet.

Which, I gotta say, sucks. Long distance relationships? They suck. And you should only pursue them if you are both in love AND slightly crazy.
We meet these qualifications. We DESTROY these qualifications. We may be over qualified. I'll bet we could make a therapist need a therapist.
A physical therapist, that is. Because of the beatings we'd give a mental therapist.
Okay that one got away from me there, back on track...

BUT the fact remains still that I have yet to hold the woman of my dreams in my arms, and that is why tonight, in about 16 hours, actually, I will be hopping a plane to visit Hanna! I will be staying with her until January 24 when I will sadly have to return. REALLY not looking forward to that day but we'll burn that bridge when we come to it.

The point is, I don't know how active I'll be on DA over this time but I'm going to guess the answer is "not very." So apologies if I don't reply, comment or respond to much over this time. WORRY NOT, FOR I AM IN A BETTER PLACE.

Better, and colder. I'm gonna go pack a third coat....

See ya 'round, all!

Is basically how I think this site functions, at this point.

(Want to skip to the update? Scroll to the bold)

No, that's misleading. NOT "at this point," it's how it's always been and I'm frankly rather sick of it. And yes, I'm aware of the irony of a straight male protesting against the abundance of breasts available for free viewing.

But my point here is that DeviantArt is not the place for this crap, I don't think. And I get it, artistic nudes. Woo, go for it, photographers. Justify it however you want. And I've seen truly artistic nudes so don't think I'm against those! But when you want to do an artistic nude, MAKE IT ARTISTIC. It needs some aspect of art to make it... ART.

But no. Every day I log onto DA and the front page has some very plain, very dull pictures of girls just standing there naked or topless. No fancy pose, no creative work, just them, standing there naked for no reason. And the idiotic masses that inhabit this earth go "ZOMG, BEWBS, MUST FAVORITE" and these get pressed right into my face.
_{That sounded wrong...}

But like I said, it's been like this forever, why should today be special enough to make a journal pop out of me? BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE OF THESE IN THE DAILY DEVIATIONS RIGHT NOW.
THREE. THREE pictures of women simply EXISTING while naked are somehow given AWARDS on this ARTISTIC COMMUNITY.
And the biggest offender? This one: [link] (NSFW of course). That is a woman lying naked. Nothing else. Actually she looks hung over.
But what about this made it a Daily Deviation? Why does something like this deserve an award? There's nothing remarkable about it. It's just some girl who has lost SO MUCH WEIGHT that you can see her fucking ribs sticking through her CHEST.
That's not appealing! That's distressing! I'd be terrified of having a woman like that because I'd be afraid she would CRUMBLE IN MY ARMS. I'd be afraid that if I left her alone at home, I'd come home one day to a SKELETON.

I'm off track. Girl in picture? Eat a fucking cheese burger before you crumble to dust. Devious community? Stop promoting this crap. I'm tired of it. I come to the art site for creative and unique art, not for boobies. If I wanted boobies I would go to a porn site or something, Christ.



UPDATE HERE
So I'm slowly but surely working my way back into art. Expect a crazy long comic out of me in the next day or two as I finish my art trade with ~s0s2 (finally, I'M SO SORRY!)
I'll also soon be posting my addition to *TheArgoNinja 's collaboration soon, then working on my gift to *Huispe for her birthday <3

After that, my schedule is totally clear, and the cliché comic will finally be resuming. After that's over, I'll be working out some character designs and starting Meraki, while of course hitting up any birthday gifts that come up in the time being of course.

The reason I've been so inactive these past couple of months is because I've honestly had no time off to recover or work on art. I'm occasionally getting a Sunday off, but that's it. Last day off was TECHNICALLY yesterday but I got called into work anyway. None in sight for a couple weeks. Pray for my sanity, for it is waning TT_TT

Beginning of the semester I said my productivity would likely rise because I would be on a schedule, but frankly it crashed to a dead halt just because I have had almost no time off whatsoever. Looks like it'll probably persist until the end of the semester too, unfortunately.
Well, wish me luck. For now, peace!

That show was FUN.
And if you don't hear from me again, Steff killed me.
UPLOADED: [link]

WHOA RADIO will be going on air for the last time this semester in just a few moments! I'll be playing a classic rock show tonight and uploading the MP3 afterward, so I hope you all come on in and enjoy!

Come have a listen! Http://wcal.calu.edu

Ever since I went on that God damn AT with the Navy back in... what, August?
Yeah, August. Ever since freaking AUGUST I have had the worst art drought. I have totally avoided my tablet most of the time, I haven't been able to draw, and I've been considering more and more that I should quit drawing.

The simple fact of the matter is that I don't take much joy in drawing. I don't enjoy the process. Ever part (after sketching) is just a chore, and I dread it as much as I dread going to work or school every day.

That's why...
It's over. I'm ending that shit tonight.

"But for how long?" my mind has been plaguing me. And it's a good question. If I don't like it now, I'm sure as hell not going to like it in the future.

So here's my game plan. Tonight I'll be submitting an obscenely late birthday gift for Anti. Then working on one for Matt (also obscenely late), and then finally doing my part of an art trade with Steff and a small project Hanna and I are working on. After that, I'm finishing the cliché comic, because I want to know that at some point in my artistic "career," I finished a project.

Following that, I will be finally starting Meraki, the comic I started drawing for in the first place. I expect that will begin sometime circa Spring 2013 or so.  

When that's complete, we'll see what happens. But I don't expect that I'll draw much longer after that, beyond random works for friends or self amusement. I'd like to take up writing, something I do find some amount of pleasure in, and something I rarely have some amount of talent in. But Meraki should last a while, so that's not something we need to worry about for a little while yet.

Until later, ciao.

P.S.: This past Saturday there WAS a Whoa Radio show, but the online feed was broken. Still, if you're interested in hearing it, I've recorded and uploaded it as always. When I did it live it was a good show, but I haven't heard the recording. Gonna go draw to it (mmm. ego food...).
Here it is: [link]

PPS: No, I'm not sure why it sounds like there's a dryer running behind me on the microphone. Hardware is stupid.

That was awful. Got sick, got crank called like crazy. Just an awful night. But I totally uploaded the recording at least, so enjoy!
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Come take a listen! For those of you doing 24 hour comic day, I AM JEALOUS. But supportive.

IF YOU'VE EVER HAD A PROBLEM LISTENING IN, THE FIX IS HERE!
Google "Power 92 Tune In Radio" and click the result that says WCAL - 91.9 California, PA
OR click this link:
[link]

FOR THE ORIGINAL SITE, OF COURSE:
[link]

Hey guys, sorry I've been so quiet with... everything.

I know my art's hit a slump, and I haven't been commenting or replying on much.

Working through a bit of a depression while getting used to my new schedule.

Oh, and my truck's transmission just died, so there's that pleasant fact to piss me off. Figures. I spent the whole summer looking for a job and I finally get one running deliveries. First day of delivery, BAM. Transmission screws me over. Fantastic.

I'm not really concerned about the truck. It's just a beater, but I wanted it to last a couple more years at least.

Right now what I'm concerned about is money. Economy's in the shitter, my mother got laid off over the summer (though she's got a temporary assignment with the Navy going), and I lost my tuition remission at my school as a result. I never looked into scholarships because I wasn't gonna need them with my tuition thing. Figured I'd let other people have them.

Well now I do. Fan-fucking-tastic. Nothing like going into debt to barely learn about a field I'll probably never get a job in.
Having a degree was once a guarantee for getting a career, but these days degrees don't mean shit. College is the new scam, right behind auto insurance.

To top it all off if we can't repair my transmission I'm either gonna need to get a new one or a whole new CAR. Either way it's gonna be a nice big chunk of money out of my pocket. I can afford it, I know I can. I squirrel away money like crazy and buy almost nothing. My issue is that I'm worried I won't have enough left at the end of this to visit *Huispe in the winter.

Ignore this. Mostly rant material, I know. Just needed to get some of it out of my head.

Life sucks, get a helmet, carry on.

Edit:
Off the air. Semi fun show, woulda been better had I not gotten sick halfway through it. Damn you Flatz.

ALRIGHT LET'S DO THIS.
[link]

HEY GUYS.
Remember Whoa Radio? Do ya?
No?
Well you've hurt my feelings. Jerks.

BUT the point is tomorrow night (Saturday the first!) I'll be returning to my radio show on campus! It'll be loads of fun so be sure to tune in between 8 and 10 PM EST!

I'll update the journal when I'm about to go live, and remember I'm always taking requests!

That in mind, I always record and upload my shows, so if you won't be able to make it, leave a request here and I'll broadcast it anyway! Check the journal for updates as they come!

Until then,
Ciao!

Hey guys, just posting this here in case anyone's wondering what happened to that thing I was gonna be doing this summer.

Earlier this year I announced I would be doing a short comic featuring my Meraki characters (Lloyd, Terren, etc). I was actually working on it and was planning to release it as a flash comic. Did some of it in a livestream once, I think.

Anyway, point being it was cancelled, in case that wasn't evident. But this time for good reason.

Shortly after I started it I realized how much of it was going to have to be set in stone for the final version of Meraki and it got me thinking about the series.

Long story short? The series is going through a massive overhaul right now. I'm not sure how much of what it was is going to make it to the final version, but I've already destroyed the whole damn planet I'd set the original in so I'm gonna go with a LOT.
So sorry to anyone who was looking forward to that, but I AM still making the cliché comic (working on the next page right now in fact!), so at least I'll be doing SOMETHING.

Also, school starts next week. Normally that'd mean a big hit in production for most people, I suppose, but expect my production to increase. When I'm not on a schedule I get lazy. This should set me straight.

Later!

Commissions are still open for anyone interested

Hey guys!

Finished my AT on Wednesday. Mixed feelings about the whole experience. It was pretty good but the hours were killing me.

Not to mention how much stuff they had me doing over all that time. My back was killing me for the first two weeks there.

BUT it's over now, so I'm gonna be arting again! And with that in mind...

COMMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

If you're interested, send me a note and I'll send you the payment information.

Prices:
$1 per character for sketches

$2 for ink plus $2 per additional character

$5 for color plus $4 per additional character

and $10 for color with a background with still $4 extra per character.

Prices negotiable, pending on what you ask.
RULES:
I'm available for anything I don't find morally offensive, and I am willing to at least attempt pornographic commissions if that's what you're interested in (although it should be noted I don't have any experience in this category).
HOWEVER.
If you're interested in those, I DO have a few rules:
1. I will NOT be posting those here on DA. I may eventually post them on a different web site if I wind up selling enough but otherwise they will be done discreetly.
2. I will NOT involve children in those.
3. If your commission involves a character based on a real person, I WILL ask that person's permission before proceeding. I will NOT make adult content of anyone without their consent.


Alright! Send me a note if you're interested and we'll see about making this happen! Remember, all profits from this will be going toward a trip for me to visit this winter

HEY GUYS. Still on AT. Still working twelve hour days and such. S'awesome.

Actually it IS pretty cool. But that's not why I'm here right now.

If it's not yet plainly obvious that I'm in love with , then maybe you should probably check our galleries again.

So she's taking commissions to try to afford her half of a plane ticket to either come here or get me there (Atlantic ocean be a bitch, yo.)

Here's a link to her commissions page. And incidentally, I'll be opening commissions toward the same goal soon, too!
THIS IS THE LINK.

Thanks for giving it a look, we really appreciate all the help you guys have given us so far