Be the first to play Gears of War 2

I just saw this on IGN.com, thought I'd spread the word:

"Microsoft and Spike TV are looking for one Gear Head to be the first Regular Joe to play Gears of War 2. How do you get your name in the running? It's easy, really. All you need to do by Friday, September 19, 2008 at 5:00 PM Pacific Time is fill out this questionnaire and send it with a picture of yourself as well as a 150 word essay that speaks to why you should be among first to play Gears of War 2 to SpikeCasting@Spike.com.

Of course there are a few other catches that could stop you from making it to Sera. First, you must be 21 years old. Second, you have to be in the Los Angeles area for a three-day period either at the end of September or beginning of October. Other than that, everything else is pretty much run of the mill." -Nate Ahearn, IGN.com

Sounds pretty sweet. Good luck anyone who enters.

Marcus Fenix (Vector Speed Drawing)

This is the second in a series of vector drawings I'm gonna put out. First one was of Niko Bellic (GTA IV), you can check that out here. This time I decided to do Marcus Fenix from Gears of War 2. The games coming out November 7th, so I figured it was a good time to put the video up.

The illustration was done in Adobe Illustrator CS3. I used a program called Snag It to record the screen while I did it, then put it together in Adobe Premier CS3. I was having a bit of a debacle deciding what music to put in. I eventually decided to go with 'Jesse Cook - All that Remains'. I think it came out pretty cool.

Last time everyone was asking me to make the Niko Drawing into a t-shirt. Unfortunately, due to copyright, I can't do that. However, this time I decided to make it into a wallpaper, for your downloading pleasure. I just formatted it into the two resolutions listed below, I'm pretty sure thats what most people are using.


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