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Date: July 24, 2008
Artist: Akihiko Yoshida
Images added: 12
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Date: July 23, 2008
Artist: Yusuke Naora
Images added: 20
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Date: July 21, 2008
Artist: Miyako Kato
Images added: 28
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Date: July 19, 2008
Artist: Miyako Kato
Images added: 28
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Date: July 17, 2008
Artist: Yukihiro Kajimoto
Images added: 16
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Date: July 16, 2008
Artist: Tony Taka
Images added: 13
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Date: July 15, 2008
Artist: Tony Taka
Images added: 24
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Date: July 14, 2008
Artist: Hideo Yoshie
Images added: 6
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Date: July 11, 2008
Artist: Tony Taka
Images added: 24
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Date: July 10, 2008
Artists: Daigo Ikeno, N. Omori
Images added: 28
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Date: July 8, 2008
Artist: Satoko Kiyuduki
Images added: 22
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Date: July 7, 2008
Artist: Tony Taka
Images added: 26
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Date: July 4, 2008
Artist: ???
Images added: 28
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Date: July 2, 2008
Artist: Tony Taka
Images added: 28
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Date: June 30, 2008
Artist: Tony Taka
Images added: 28
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Date: June 28, 2008
Artists: ArenaNet Art Team
Images added: 31
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Date: June 26, 2008
Sizes: Normal, Widescreen
Wallpapers added: 18
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Hey, listen! Did you know?
CU has an artwork RSS Feed.
It gives you tips for every new
update here, and that means you don't
have to get them from me!
 RSS
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A drawing for July
July 14, 2008
My last sporadic venture into drawing was met with some positive emails, so I decided to have a go at another piece.
"Elegance" (1024x768)
Made in Photoshop 6 using standard brushes, pen tool, and smudging. Time taken: 8 hours. Font used: porcelain.
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CU celebrates 5 years online!
July 7, 2008
This day marks the fifth year since CU opened its doors to the world wide web as a much smaller and somewhat newbie site with a mish mash of contents. We've grown in leaps and bounds along the way, and you, the visitors, are responsible for that. Just visiting CU helps the site grow, so I'd like to say thank you for your support to every person who is reading this. Furthermore, thanks to everyone who has provided feedback or links to the site. Here's a look back on the past year, from 07/07/07 to 07/07/08.
Pageviews: 20,089,232
Top viewed galleries
Soul Calibur IV: 230,474
Final Fantasy XII: 193,106
Kingdom Hearts II: 187,395
Kingdom Hearts: 170,681
Final Fantasy VII: 154,852
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Top referral sources
Google Image Search: 537,388
Google Web Search: 404,978
Direct (favorites, address bar): 348,793
Other: (Yahoo, etc) 200,591
Top referring countries
United States: 635,703
United Kingdom: 98,466
Canada: 94,964
Germany: 59,056
Other (203 countries/territories): 603,561
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Search trends: MGS4 edition
July 1, 2008
Metal Gear Solid 4 has been enjoying strong sales around the world, and CU has been enjoying strong boosts to Metal Gear searches due to said game. Here's a quick snapshot of search traffic from June.
56,650 hits from searches via 19,796 different search terms.
2,736 hits via 521 different search terms containing "metal gear".
Top 5 searches:
"creative uncut" 6,794 search hits
"yoji shinkawa" 905 search hits
"metal gear solid art" 678 search hits
"creativeuncut" 593 search hits
"metal gear solid artwork" 448 search hits
On a side note, I find it amusing that 7,387 people apparently had to refind CU via a search; because there's no way that is a common search term. Is creativeuncut.com really that hard to remember?
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Summer makes me feel like drawing
June 25, 2008
I like June, such a lively month. Makes me feel creative, sometimes even adventurous. CU's original design was completed in June of 2003. Japan and England were visited in June of the following consecutive years. My often subconscious affection for the month probably has something to do with it marking the start of summer. Having moved from Florida to North Carolina
in the past, the winters here feel like forever. In a twelve month year, I'd say the winter lasts about thirteen months. So summer is heaven. Makes me feel alive. Also makes me feel like drawing—a hobby I rarely dabble in, despite CU being an art website and all. But this week I did exactly that, just drew for a whole day. Here's what I came up with.
"kazekaoru" (A light, cool breeze in early summer.)
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Bad publicity
June 19, 2008
I've probably made it obvious over the years that Square Enix is one of my favorite developers when it comes to games. However, after this last week I have to say that level of satisfaction does in no way extend to their personal operation as a company. Over the past week I have had the joyous anguishing experience of contacting their customer service twice,
over the course of which nine hours of my life were eaten. Eight of those hours were spent waiting for a customer service agent. And the best part? In the end, my issue remained unresolved.
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Jack Thompson: Ace Attorney
June 12, 2008
I don't think I'd keep visiting the Game Politics website if it wasn't for Jack Thompson quotes. The laywer, best known to the gaming community for spearheading lawsuits against violent games, stormed out of a hearing last week concerning the Florida Bar trial. GP secured a copy of the transcript from the hearing and it's full of awesome. Here's the best part.
| Jack T: | May I move the podium? |
| Judge: | No. Just everybody leave it in one spot. That's the way we usually do it in the courtroom. |
| Jack T: | Can we change that one spot? No? |
| Judge: | I'd prefer that you leave it right there. |
| Jack T: | Nice. Can I pivot it? |
| Judge: | Is that what you'd like, sir? |
| Jack T: | I'm asking you. |
| Judge: | Okay. That's fine. |
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Full transcript at: Game Politics
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