J.A.G

Car Review; BMW Z29 {concept}

dark_sephy — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 19:34:44 GMT

Looks: The z29, when compared to the z4, is definitely the better looking of the two. With it's slightly sleeker bonnet, it gives the new z29 slightly more edge to it, whereas the z4 has a 'plumpness' to it, especially with the ever so slightly curved bonnet. The front nose to the car has undergone a bit of plastic surgery too, with the rise from the bonnet gone the z29 now has a meaner look. Coupled with lights similar to those of the Ford Focus RS, it definitely gives the car more appeal.

BMW have once again gotten rid of that round, plump shape in the back end in favour for a sharper, edgier look. The repulsive back lights are now gone, and in it’s place straight line lights that actually suit the car have been put in place. Overall, the car has undergone some much needed liposuction, and it’s un-flattering curviness has been straightened out.

z29 to the left; z4 to the right

Specs:

	Z4 3.0i	Z29 3.2*
Horse Power	225	343
0 - 60 (secs)	5.9	4.2
Top Speed (mph)	155	167

Just looking at the specs gives you an idea how it would measure up to the z4. And with just a glance you can tell that the z29 would flat out beat the z4, even with its top engine in place. Actually, the z29 not only has the z4 beat, but the m6 coupe as well.

General: No one really seems to know whether or not the z29 is actually based on the z4 or not. Some say the z29 is based upon the z4; some say the z29 is a case study for the z4; some say it was a test platform for the z5; and others say they have nothing in common except the letter ‘z’. As you can tell, speculation is the name of the game, until BMW actually say what’s what.

So considering all the shush about it’s origin its expected that not too much is known about this car. What is known however is that the car is made up of very lightweight materials, which could also explain the large differences between the specs of the z4 and z29. Being made out of carbon fibre and aluminium - rear axel, front and rear module of the body - the z29 is about 440lbs lighter than the z4.

With it’s lightweight body the weight to power ratio of this BMW coupe is 3.4kg/hp, which puts it on the same level as such super cars as Porsche’s 480hp 911 Turbo and Ferrari's 540hp 612 Scaglietti.

Of course, with all concepts, no one but BMW knows whether this car will be put into production. Although by looking at the figures, and simply the looks, I would hope BMW had the sense to make this car a reality.

*M-Motorsport Tuned.

Intro

dark_sephy — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:27:57 GMT

So i've decided to put this journal to good use finally, and i finally have something i feel passionately enough about to write about; CARS!

Yes, thanks to both my friends and Top Gear i am a car fanatic. If you read my profile you would know that. And this isn't recent, it's been growing over years, since i started hanging round with my mates. In January i plan to start my driving test (yes i know, nothing exactly out of the norm about that), and for my birthday i'm going to start practising rally driving =) So by 2008 (whether it be beginning; middle; end) i plan to start participating in rally races, of course that's if everything goes to plan.

Anyway, shall we begin? This won't be a review you see in your local paper, as i've already stated, i haven't even started my test, let alone finished. This is basically my opinion, on looks and anything else i feel needs to be stated =) I'll do both new, concepts, old, and of course my personal favs.

dark_sephy — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:35:10 GMT

OMG, which one of you adorable people just gave me an 'anonymous gift' of 2 months paid account? I mean, i seriously didn't expect that when i opened up my email xD

THANK YOU, YOU LOVEABLE PERSON YOU!! ♥ ♥

~~whoever you are~~

dark_sephy — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:41:16 GMT

Yay new layout.

Yay new userinfo header.

Yay new icons.

Yay for the new-ness lol!

dark_sephy — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:09:34 GMT

OMG

I have to write a 1000 word essay on the West Memphis Three case.

HOW THE HELL AM I GUNA WRITE ONLY A 1000 WORDS ON THIS CASE? IT'S HUGE!!

...and my intro along takes up 200 words ><; !

dark_sephy — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:39:01 GMT

Started playing Dirge of Cerberus today, and it's good fun, only played the first stage so not that into yet but...

...OMG LOL AT VINCENT'S GAY MACHO VOICE XD

AND IS CAIT SITH FUCKING IRISH? OMG THEY SO DID NOT MAKE CAIT SITH IRISH! BASTARDS!

a lifetime;

dark_sephy — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 05:58:39 GMT

S E M I . F R I E N D S . O N L Y
» anything i can't be bothered to lock will be public
» anything i can be bothered to lock with be friends locked.

dark_sephy — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:53:41 GMT

I need to make a FO banner but i really can't be bothered XD

Anyone who's added me for the sole purpose of keeping track of my graphics, you need to go to badlydrawnicons and watch that, since that's my new graphics journal =P And this one is for personal use only now.

Ohh that reminds me, would people i've affiliated with kindly change dark_sephy to badlydrawnicons please ^_^

dark_sephy — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:44:52 GMT

Updated my new graphics journal badlydrawnicons

Preview:

(Click here for the icons)

dark_sephy — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 22:48:13 GMT

Advent Children; 3
Final Fantasy 10; 2
Tales of Symphonia; 7

Alichino; 7
Chobits; 4
Naruto; 19

RESOURCES: Can be found in the userinfo.
COMMENT & CREDIT: If taking any. Textless icons are not bases =/

g a m e s

o1. o2. o3.

o4. o5. o6.

o7. o8. o9.

1o. 11. 12.

#1; Made following this tutorial.
#1, 2 & 3; All inspired by regen.
#6; A quote from ToS (the mayor kat)
#7; Artwork by ruaki

a n i m e

o1. o2. o3.

o4. o5. o6.

o7. o8. o9.

1o. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15.

16. 17. 18.

19. 2o. 21.

22. 23. 24.

25. 26. 27.

28. 29. 3o.

dark_sephy — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 04:11:05 GMT

FinalFantasy 6 - 4
FinalFantasy 8 - 7
FinalFantasy 9 - 1
Naruto - 2
AIR - 1
YuGiOh - 5
Alichino - 8
Tales of Symphonia - 36

Total = 64

RESOURCES: Can be found in the userinfo.
COMMENT & CREDIT: If taking any. Textless icons are not bases =/

v i d e o g a m e s

o1. o2. o3. o4.

o5. o6. o7. o8.

o9. 10. 11. 12.

a n i m e

o1. o2. o3. o4.

o5. o6. o7. o8.

o9. 10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15. 16.

t a l e s o f s y m p h o n i a

o1. o2. o3. o4.

*o5. o6. o7. o8.

o9. 10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15. 16.

17. 18. 19. 20.

21. 22. 23. 24.

25. 26. 27. 28.

29. 30. 31. 32.

33. 34. 35. 36.

*o5. Yes, i do realise the irony of Lloyd calling someone else un-intelligent =P

At any point, if these icons don't show up, blame photobucket lol. It says thats it guna have some brief maintence work at around 11pm MST. So if you end up here while thats going on, just check back a lil later and im sure it'll be fine, that's if it effects you of course.

Also, alot of my other icon updates are down due to bandwidth problems (*whines*)

dark_sephy — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 16:50:00 GMT

SailorMoon: 10
Tales of Symphonia: 12
Zelda: 7
Final Fantasy 8: 1
Final Fantasy 10: 3
Final Fantasy 10-2: 2
Naruto: 9
AIR: 7
Alichino: 4
YuGiOh: 6
Last Exile: 1

Total = 62

RESOURCES: Can be found in the userinfo.
COMMENT & CREDIT: If taking any. Textless icons are not bases =/

S a i l o r M o o n

o1. o2.

o3. o4. o5. o6.

o7. o8. o9. 10.

Tales of Symphonia

o1. o2. o3. o4.

o5. o6. o7. o8.

o9. 10. 11. 12.

G a m e I c o n s

Zelda: 7 | FF8: 1
FF10: 3 | FF10-2: 2

o1. o2. o3.

o4. o5. o6. o7.

o8. o9.

10. 11. 12. 13.

A n i m e I c o n s

Last Exile: 1
AIR: 7 | Alichino: 4
YuGiOh: 6 | Naruto: 9

o1. o2. o3.

o4. o5. o6. o7.

o8. o9. 10. 11.

12. 13. 14. 15.

16. 17. 18. 19.

20. 21. 22. 23.

24. 25. 26. 27.

*The only difference between #14 & #15 is the spelling of colourful

ygo100 - Seto, Tristan & Joey

dark_sephy — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 18:20:25 GMT

ICON COUNT: 40/100
CREDITS: Can be found in my userinfo.
BLANKS: Are not bases. Please do not edit.
CREDIT TO: Please credit badlydrawnicons if you take any ^_^


001. Moment	002. Snark	003. Silence	004. Speed	005. Perfection


006. Darkness	007. Light	008. Power	009. Grace	010. Courage


011. Twilight	012. Monster Within	013. Danger	014. Calm	015. Pirate


016. Beach	017. Autumn	018. Winter	019. Victory	020. Unintended


021. Funk	022. Monochorme	023. Color	024. Dreams	025. Memories


026. Defeat	027. Heaven	028. Hell	029. Fool	030. Purgatory


031. Dance	032. Sing	033. Carpe Diem	034. Stars	035. Remembrance


036. Roses	037. Achilles Heel	038. Wonder	039. Fire	040. Plushie


041. Heart	042. Soul	043. Words	044. Firefly	045. Love


046. Lust	047. Zen	048. Kitten	049. Trust	050. Fairytale


051.	052.	053.	054.	055.


056.	057.	058.	059.	060.


061.	062.	063.	064.	065.


066.	067.	068.	069.	070.


071.	072.	073.	074.	075.


076.	077.	078.	079.	080.


081.	082.	083.	084.	085.


086.	087.	088.	089.	090.


091.	092.	093.	094.	095.


096.	097.	098.	099.	100.

ALTERNATIVES

dark_sephy — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 06:30:34 GMT

Dragonball Z: 1 | AIR: 3
Tales of Phantasia: 4 | Alichino: 8
YuGiOh: 6 | Chobits: 3
Tales of Symphonia: 10 | Misc: 15

RESOURCES: Can be found in the userinfo.
COMMENT & CREDIT: If taking any. Textless icons are not bases =/

Tales of Symphonia / Phantasia

o1. o2.

o3. 04. o5. o6.

o7. o8. o9. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14.

M i s c

o1. o2. o3.

o4. o5. o6. o7.

o8. o9. 10. 11.

12. 13. 14. 15.

* Some of the icons from 8-15 may look similar, but the colouring is oh-so slightly different. Yes, i am indecisive 8D

A n i m e

Dragonball Z: 1
AIR: 3 | Alichino: 8
YuGiOh: 6 | Chobits: 3

o1. o2. o3. o4.

o5. o6. o7. o8.

o9. 10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15. 16.

17. 18. 19. 20.

* All Alichino icons (13-20) were inspired by the great vixias

Tales of Symphonia, Tales of Phantasia, FFX-2

dark_sephy — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:42:00 GMT

27 Icons:
~ [3] - Tales of Phantasia
~ [7] - FFX-2
~ [17] - Tales of Symphonia

3 ToS Headers.

RESOURCES: Can be found in the userinfo.
COMMENT & CREDIT: If taking any. Textless icons are not bases =/


01.	02.	03.	no icon.	04.


05.	06.	07.	08.	09.


10.	no icon.	11.	12.	13.


14.	15.	16.	17.	18.


19.	20.	21.	22.	23.


24.	25.	26.	27.	no icon.

Tales of Symphonia, FF8, Elfen Lied

dark_sephy — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 04:16:56 GMT

Behind the cut you'll find:
~ [31] - Tales of Symphonia
~ [5] - Final Fantasy 8
~ [3] - Elfen Lied

RESOURCES: Can be found in the userinfo.
COMMENT & CREDIT: If taking any. Textless icons are not bases =/

I have to give a quick thank you to these lovely people; everything, savifa & kaiousei, for some of the screenshots used in these icons =D

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Elfen Lied, Sailor Moon, Misc

dark_sephy — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:11:26 GMT

I have 24 more icons up for grabs =D

Behind the cut you'll find:
~ [18] Elfen Lied
~ [5] Sailor Moon
~ [1] Misc

RESOURCES: Can be found in the userinfo.
COMMENT & CREDIT: If taking any. Textless icons are not bases =/

A warning before you go ahead though, nearly all the icons have lyrics from Rammstein, meaning to those who don't understand German won't be able to read them =P


001.	002.	003.	004.


005.	006.	007.	008.


009.	010.	011.	012.


013.	014.	015.	016.


017.	018.	019.	020.


021.	022.	023.	024.

Wallpapers, Headers & Icons

dark_sephy — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:19:17 GMT

Ok, well while i'm still working on my challenges for iconfiend100 i still like to make other bits and bobs as well =D So here are a few things i've been working on.

Behind the cut you'll find:

4 Wallpapers:
~ [2] - Final Fantasy
~ [1] - Lost
~ [1] - YuGiOh

2 Headers:
~ [1] - Jorja Fox
~ [1] - George Eads

6 Icons
~ [3] - Final Fantasy
~ [2] - Corsets
~ [1] - YuGiOh

RESOURCES: Can be found in the userinfo.
COMMENT & CREDIT: If taking any. Textless icons are not bases =/

Wallpapers:

1/ 2/

3/ 4/

Headers:

1/ 2/

Icons:

1/ 2/ 3/

4/ 5/ 6/

Notes:
Wallpaper 4 - Lyrics, Drowning Pool - Tear Away
Header 1 - Pictures of Jorja thanks to pumpkinpasties

Iconfiend100 - Final Fantasy 7

dark_sephy — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:22:54 GMT

ICON COUNT: 100/100
BLANKS: Are not bases. Please do not edit.
CREDITS: Can be found in the resources page.
CREDIT TO: Please credit badlydrawnicons if you take any ^_^


kiss	forgiveness	soft	are you there?	loneliness

working	dancing	abandoned	a misunderstanding?	vacation

hug	smile	tears	rain	sunshine

winter	innocence	so far away	silence	stars

in the moonlight	tickle	sweet dreams	blue	honorable

walls	happiness	sensual	food	over the rainbow

take your time	sugar & spice	holiday	beginner's luck	forgotten

misery ♥'s company	comfort	candy	present	hold my hand

spiritual	starving	joy	heaven	31 flavours

silk	keeping a secret	open doors	lace	forever and a day
50 Themed


051	052	053	054	055

056	057	058	059	060

061	062	063	064	065

066	067	068	069	070

071	072	073	074	075

076	077	078	079	080

081	082	083	084	085

086	087	088	089	090

091	092	093	094	095

096	097	098	099	100
Alternatives

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NOTES

Thank you to ps7_tutorials for the snow tutorial!

Sailor Moon, Final Fantasy, Misc

dark_sephy — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:52:00 GMT

[6] - Sailor Moon
[6] - Final Fantasy
[3] - Misc

RESOURCES: Can be found in the userinfo.
COMMENT & CREDIT: If taking any. Textless icons are not bases =/

Sailor Moon

Final Fantasy

Misc

Snow animation tutorial made by ps7_tutorials

Wallpapers and one header

dark_sephy — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 19:48:11 GMT

Well lately i've been making quite a few wallpapers, so i decided to share them with you lovely people =D Just comment to tell me if your taking any. And if you use the header, please credit dark_sephy

Click on the thumbnails to see orginal size. All wallpapers are 1024 x768. The header is 600 x 260 and contains slight nudity.

Enjoy!

Christina Aguilera:

George Eads:

Scarlett Johansson:

Willy Wonka:

Yuna - FFX + FFX-2:

Johnny Depp:

Eric Szmanda:

Sailor Moon Header:

10 Last Exile Icons

dark_sephy — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 02:02:53 GMT

Since taking up 2 challenges for iconfiend100, i don't think i'll be making any other icons for awhile (at least until i finish with those challenges). So i decided to post up the few i made before takin up the challenges.

Behind the cut you'll find 10 Last Exile Icons.

RESOURCES: Can be found in the userinfo.
COMMENT & CREDIT: If taking any. Textless icons are not bases =/

1: 2: 3:

4: 5: 6:

7: 8: 9: 10:

Joey - IconFiend 100

dark_sephy — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 01:52:59 GMT

Finally have the first batch of Joey icons for iconfiend100. I'll probably be posting them up in batches of 10, i find it easier that way. Usual rules apply =D

ICON COUNT: 70/100
CREDITS: Can be found in my userinfo.
PIMPAGE: jou_awards


001. kiss**	002. forgiveness	003. soft	004. are you there?	005. loneliness


006. working	007. dancing	008. abandoned	009. a misunderstanding?	010. vacation


011. hug	012. smile	013. tears	014. rain	015. sunshine


016. winter	017. innocence	018. so far away	019. silence**	020. stars


021. in the moonlight	022. tickle	023. sweet dreams	024. blue	025. honorable


026. walls	027. happiness	028. sensual	029. food	030. over the rainbow


031. take your time	032. sugar & spice	033. holiday	034. beginner's luck	035. forgotten


036. misery loves company	037. comfort	038. candy	039. present	040. hold my hand**


041. spiritual	042. starving	043. joy	044. heaven	045. 31 flavours


046. silk	047. keeping a secret	048. open doors	049. lace	050. forever and a day


051.	052.	053.	054.	055.


056.	057.	058.	059.	060.


061.	062.	063.	064.	065.


066.	067.	068.	069.	070.


071.	072.	073.	074.<	075.


076.	077.	078.	079.	080.


081.	082.	083.	084.	085.


086.	087.	088.	089.	090.


091.	092.<	093.	094.	095.


096.	097.	098.	099.	100.

ALTERNATIVES

The one's with ** beside them are one's that i've needed to change because they were fanart and someone requested that i don't use it ~~blah~~

Awards

dark_sephy — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 00:00:09 GMT

Well i don't know where else to stick these, and i don't really want em going to waste =D When i get more time ~~and can be bothered~~ i'll put the icon that actually won the award next to the banner itself.

1st Place/Overall: 10
2nd Place: 5
3rd Place: 7
Special: 20

Total: 42

yaoi_icontest
(thanks to _day_dreams for the banner)

_visualcrack_
(thanks to lainay for the banner)

adventawards

anime_medley
(thanks to _day_dreams for the banner)

final_chorus
(thanks to sidh for the banner)

ryuudan
(thanks to sidh for the banner)

(thanks to cdg for the banner)

ninja_stillness

naruto_lims

zelda_awards

tos_chorus
(thanks to cdg for the banner)

clamp_hush

clamp_icontest

ff7_awards

(thanks to marysia for the banner)

yet_another_ygo

ygo_icontest

ygo_chorus

ygo_verse

jou_awards

dark_sephy — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 19:00:03 GMT

[5] - Yami no Boushi to Hon no Tabibito
[8] - Naruto
[3] - AIR
[1] - Trigun
[8] - YuGiOh
[6] - Final Fantasy

[x] - No hot linking.
[x] - Do not claim as your own.
[x] - Credits/Resources found in Userinfo.
[x] - Credit is very nice indeed, but not a necessity.
[x] - Please comment to say which one your taking, it makes Sephy a happy bunny.
[x] - Looking for affiliates ^^;; If you want to become one, just comment and i'll affiliate you back asap =D

Trigun:
1:

AIR:
1: 2: 3:

Yami no Boushi to Hon no Tabibito:
1: 2: 3:
4: 5:

Final Fantasy:
1: 2: 3:
4: 5: 6:

Naurto:
1: 2: 3:
4: 5: 6:
7: 8:

YuGiOh:
1: 2: 3:
4: 5: 6:
7: 8:

Note: Alot of the icons are the same, just with minor changes ^^;