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Lately I've been inspired by various fantasy stories and media, mostly LotR and D&D, so I've been drawing some fantasy weapons and shields. So for a bit, I'll be uploading various fantasy arms. It's all going to be on notebook paper, as I don't have any printer paper, what with being broke. So look forward to that for a bit.
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1. How long have you been on DeviantArt?
8 years. Made an account in junior high.

2. What does your username mean?
Guilmon is my favorite digimon, and 182 was just a random number

3. Describe yourself in three words.
Mellow, funny, lazy

4. Are you left or right handed?
Right

5. What was your first deviation?
"Jurassic Escape"
  Jurassic Escape by guilmon182

6. What is your favourite type of art to create?
Pretty much the only think I can draw is dinosaurs.

7. If you could instantly master a different art style, what would it be?
Photo-realism.

8. What was your first favourite?
This, according to DA.
  dinosaurs by impressionable

9. What type of art do you tend to favourite the most?
I'd have to say 60% dinosaurs, 50% MLP.

10. Who is your all-time favourite deviant artist? 
 I know this is a cop-out, but there are so many I love, that I just can't decide.

11. If you could meet anyone on DeviantArt in person, who would it be?
Probably :iconpinerain:

12. How has a fellow deviant impacted your life?
I used to be best friends with one outside of DA for a very long time. And another is my boyfriend.

13. What are your preferred tools to create art?
Pencil, paper, reference.

14. What is the most inspirational place for you to create art?
Probably in front of my computer, listening to music.

15. What is your favourite DeviantArt memory?
Recently, it would have to be doing the Species Spectrum Challenge with :iconpinerain:

Happy Birthday DA! Hope you get your shit sorted out!
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Today I saw two very exciting things. Two very exciting things that would normally not be related in any way (outside of fanfiction), but today have found common ground, though a common ground that most wouldn't find positive. I'm referring to Jurassic World and the 100th episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. And the common ground I'm referring to is that fact that even though both of these things were awesome beyond belief, a lot of people have favored them negatively. All because people can't seem to have fun anymore.


Jurassic World
Twenty or so years after the disaster at the original Jurassic Park, InGen and Isla Nublar have been bought up by Simon Masrani (Irrfan Khan), CEO of the Masrani Corporation, and used to create a brand new park called Jurassic World. The park has been running for the last five or ten years, and has become the single most successful theme park in the history of the world, serving 20,000+ tourists a day. Two brothers, Zach (Nick Robinson) and Gray (Ty Simpkins), are sent to the island by their parents to visit with their aunt, Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard), the park's operations manager. Unknown to the public, a new attraction is in the works: Indominus rex, a completely new dinosaur larger and more ferocious than even the park's T-rex, created by gene-splicing together various carnivorous dinosaurs and other creatures. Unfortunately, the I-rex proves to be more adaptive and cunning than anyone suspected, and escapes it's paddock, killing human and dinosaur in equal measure, causing the park to go into lock down. Owen Grady (Chris Pratt), the park's resident Velociraptor expert and trainer, is enlisted to take down the hybrid beast, while the brothers get lost in the restricted area of the island, which contains the ruins of the old park, while constantly being hunted by the I-rex. All the while, Vic Hoskins (Vincent D'Onofrio), InGen's head of security, and Dr. Henry Wu (B.D. Wong), InGen's chief geneticist, conspire to create more hybrid dinosaurs for military purposes. Hoskins also wants to use Own Grady's pack of raptors to hunt down the I-rex as a field test for their militarization, which Grady highly disapproves of. After rescuing the brothers, Grady decides to go along with Hoskins plan, and sends the raptors after the I-rex, following with Hoskin's soldiers in tow. Unfortunately, it seems that the I-rex was also made with Velociraptor DNA and can communicate with the raptors, convincing them to attack Grady and the soldiers. Grady, Claire, and the boys escape the raptors and go to hide in the genetics lab, only to find that Wu, the other geneticists, and all of the dinosaur DNA and embryos have evacuated, Wu having been air-lifted off the island by Hoskin's men. Hoskins explains his plans for militarized, hybrid dinosaurs, before being killed by one of the raptors. Our heroes run from the lab into the open, only to be surrounded by the raptors. The I-rex shows up, telling the raptors to kill the humans, only for Grady to regain the raptors trust, causing them to turn on the I-rex, where the I-rex swats away the lead raptor, seemingly killing it While the I-rex is fighting off the remaining raptors, Gray tells Claire that "they need more teeth". Claire realizes what he means, and opens the T-rex paddock, goading the T-rex into following her. The T-rex and I-rex meet and begin to fight, the I-rex seeming to gain the upper hand, until the lead raptor joins the fray. The T-rex and raptor manage to back the I-rex up to the edge of the Mosasaur tank, which contain the park's large marine reptile, at which point the Mosasaur leaps out of the tank and latches onto the I-rex, dragging it down to the depths with it. Grady and the raptor share a moment before the raptor runs off into the jungle. We end the film with the survivors getting medical attention, the brothers reuniting with their parents, and a triumphant roar from the T-rex from the highest point in the park.

My opinion: AXFADSFZDCGXCXFHFZXHZXFSDGDZ GO SEE THIS MOVIE OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!! Seriously though, this honestly feel like the sequel my favorite film of all time truly deserves. As far as I'm concerned there are still only three Jurassic Park movies: Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and Jurassic World. This movie has the look and feel of the first movie in spades, even adding in new elements like hybrid dinosaurs and a greater amount of gore, while retaining the wonder and beauty of the first park. The effects, aside from an atrocious CG black bird at the beginning of the film, are spectacular. The dinosaurs look as real as they ever did in the first film, having a much wider range of emotion, to the point they develop their own personalities. The action scenes are always tense and adrenaline rush inducing, while the quiet moments allow you to breath and take everything in. The human characters are actually great to watch, being very well portrayed by their respective actors. The film is a nonstop thrill ride from start to finish, culminating in one of the greatest fights ever put to screen. This movie is truly one not to be missed. Whether you're a Jurassic Park nut, a dinosaur fan, or just a movie lover, you will not be disappointed.


MLP: FiM Episode 100: "Slice of Life"
This episode eschews from tradition by following nothing but background characters throughout. We start by finding the donkeys Matilda and Cranky planning their wedding, only to find that the wedding invitations have accidentally set the date for that day! Throughout the episode we follow a different background character, from Derpy to Doctor Whooves to Vinyl Scratch and Octavia, all trying to prepare for the unexpected wedding. All the while, we get small glimpses of the Mane Six fighting a half bear, half bee monster called a Bugbear (D&D FTW) in the background. The entire episode is chock full of references and headcanon affirming/discrediting scenes, all culminating in a beautiful ceremony attended by Derpy, The Doctor, The Dude, even the princesses and Steven Magnet the sea serpent! This episode may have just beaten "A Friend Indeed" for my favorite episode of the show.


At the beginning I said that these to very different things have one thing in common: a lot of people don't seem to like them for some reason. What reason is that? Again, I believe it's because people don't know how to have fun anymore. I haven't really read any reviews of Jurassic World in order to avoid spoilers, but as far "Slice of Life" goes, all I've really heard is how much the creators are "pandering to the audience", panda jokes and all. I just don't get it. I mean, my face hurt I was smiling so much during the episode! I even accidentally "SQUEE!!"d when The Doctor said "Allons-y!" Honestly I think the only people who wouldn't enjoy this episode are people who know absolutely no references from anything ever. And really? "Pandering"? What other cartoon franchise ingratiates itself to it's audience by NAMING A CHARACTER WHAT THE FANS NAMED IT??!! You do realize that Steven Magnet probably wouldn't have a name if not for us, right? I mean, they actually made The Doctor British (Bitish?) and made his house look just like the Tardis! They actually care what we have to say people. A toy corporation actually TAKES OUR OPINION INTO ACCOUNT. In my opinion, the fandom really needs to untwist it's collective undies and learn to have fun.


The point is: Go watch Jurassic World, go watch "Slice of Life", make your life complete.
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I don't even know why I write these. No one, not even my boyfriend, ever looks at them. But that's not his fault. He never reads anyone's journals. 

At any rate, I think I'm getting into a bad place right now. My job barely gives me any days of the week, much less hours. Because of this I never have any money to help out my boyfriend, who's in an extremely tight financial situation right now. Thusly, he has to pay for nearly everything. He has to pay for both our food all the time, all on top of gas, his pet birds, and college expenses. I have no fucking idea how he puts up with me at all, much less wants to live with me/get married one day. He's a goddamn saint.

And then there's my own personal problems, what with a crap job, general laziness, terrible memory, masturbation problems (TMI, I know. No one's gonna read this anyway.) and low-level social anxiety. Pile all of that on top of the extremely low self-worth I've felt since I was a child, and you get a pretty whiny, pathetic, lazy, over-weight, good-for-nothing twenty-three year old.

I've hated myself for as long as I can remember. There's been plenty of suicidal thoughts throughout my life, especially during my stint at SFA. And there's only so much that power metal can do before the depressing thoughts creep back. To everyone else I might seem like a super happy, mellow kinda guy. But on the inside... Let's just say thank god for my ADD, because if I weren't constantly distracted by shit, I might not be typing this. This journal that no one will reply to, or even read in the first place. Hey me checking this tomorrow. I bet me five bucks that I don't have that no one will even read this. I'm on.
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The Pterosaur/Dinosaur Distinction, or IS EVERYONE BUT ME A FUCKING MORON??!!
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Recently a youtuber by the name of Jacksepticeye (go check him out, he's hilarious www.youtube.com/user/jacksepti… ) played an update for a hunting game which added dinosaur to it. Now so far he hasn't made any mistakes while talking about the dinosaurs (we'll see with subsequent videos whether or not he sticks to this trend). Partway through the video he asks the viewers what their favorite dinosaur was. The comments then became inundated with people saying that "pterodactyls" were their favorite DINOSAUR. That was several hours ago. Since then I have spent most of my Youtube time trying to educate these people who keep insisting that both pterosaurs and even Megalodon were dinosaurs. No matter how you explain it to them, they just say "But they're really old and lived with the dinosaurs so they were dinosaurs!" No. No they FUCKING weren't.

Has this sort of thing happened to you? Please share your idiot education stories.
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