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[16 May 2008|03:59pm] |
For a kink at the kink meme, although I'm pretty sure I didn't read it correctly. The kink itself was kinda like three requests in one, so I just used my selective information absorption.
( FRAWRESS VICTOLY )
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| YAY. |
[07 May 2008|05:24pm] |
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I passed my class 5 road test.
Rejoice!
In celebration, I bought myself a sketchbook, a tub thing of varnish and 4 magazines. Came to... more money that I should've spent (plus the money I spent on the lisence) but hey! I was happy!
Then I spent most of the day yesterday drawing Johnny.
A bit of today too, although I would've finished earlier if I hadn't gotten lost trying to get home from Staples.
( GO GO JOJO! )
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| Steam!Phoenix |
[03 May 2008|11:49pm] |
Yeah okay... It was gonna be a lot more Epic™ than this, but I'm not really sure if it'd get off the ground so I might as well put this up.
So yeah, this was for a kink at the kink meme: steampunk!Phoenix.
( GOOD SHOW, 'OL CHAP! )
So I finally watched Children of Men today! I've been waiting forever to watch that movie, so now I'm in a good mood. And I can't stop thinking about it.
I thought it was pretty good, but I generally like movies about bleak dystopias. I have genres that I like for specific mediums, and for movies, dystopia is the one. And I also like dramas.
I tried reading the book too, a while back. Couldn't get past chapter 3.
For books, I generally like epic fantasies with lots of action. I haven't read a good one in a while, actually. I pretty much hate reading anything else.
For manga, I like shounen manga with lots of fighting and action cause they're so exciting. 8D Damn, I love cheesy fight scenes. And I guess I also like suspense titles like Monster and 20th Century Boy.
And for pretty much any medium, I hate vampires. I don't even know why I hate them so much, it just feels like they're all the same and everything has been done before. The only vampire book I really thought was different was Sunshine by Robin McKinley. That was a really good book.
Edit: My site overhaul is done! PLEASE TAKE A LOOK!
Also: ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) heart_mint got P3: FES and started to play it. Turns out some of the dungeon BGM's were remixes from Persona 2 (and maybe Persona: Revelations?). I thought she was going to CRY.
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| Sketchbook for sale |
[01 May 2008|12:02pm] |
Remember the sketchbook I was talking about a bit ago?
Well, they've been printed and are up for sale! 8D
There are 4 covers for you to choose from:
1. Sober (uh, sold out)
2. This hobo
3. Ironman
4. Super Special Awesome Cover
I don't really have sample pages except for the ones I've already posted in this journal before...
Anyway, they're $7.00 CAD, plus $4.00 CAD shipping everywhere. I think they have around 50 pages.
Pleeeaase support us! It's for a good cause!
And I'll put up pics of the other covers if I can get ahold of them.
So to buy one, please clickity click:
Please leave a comment or email me (with the email you paid with) with which cover you want, because if you don't I will just choose a random one.
Thanks!
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| Still reading SBR |
[29 Apr 2008|09:55am] |
14 volumes of text-heavy fabulous posing takes longer to get through than I thought.
Especially when I keep stopping to draw fanart. Which may or may not be a good thing, I guess...
( hur... hur hur hur )
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| STEEL. BALL. RUN. |
[27 Apr 2008|01:46am] |
My sister started to read Steel Ball Run after seeing some rather pretty covers, (and exclaiming her surprised that this is the same person who drew Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. I guess his style really has evolved, huh.) not to mention some of the more fabulous (LOLWUT?) ones.
Anyway, so I really did like the cover of Vol 10, it's very nice no matter how you look at it, so I started to read it too. Might as well.
....It's fabulous.
Actually, it's a lot less fabulous than the covers suggest, but hey, we have impossible physics and ridiculous costumes and overly dramatic shocked expressions, rubbery people who get tossed around, all in a world that generally works in a very strange way, and when you put all those things together you get an awesome comic that you can't help but love.
And because those costumes are so ridiculous (I honestly don't think any other mangaka can get away with them) I just had to draw fanart. I just haaadd to.
So, Johnny and Gyro, from Steel Ball Run:
( WELL IF HE HAS TO GET SOMEWHERE QUICKLY. )
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| Meme. |
[24 Apr 2008|03:39pm] |
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I'm not usually one for memes (I'm way too lazy) but I thought this one was cute.
1. Pick a fictional character that you like
2. Draw him/her in what you wore today.
The only reason I got changed today was to get a refund on a bag of weed-killer.
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| KICKING ASS AND TAKING NAMES |
[23 Apr 2008|10:57pm] |
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I was filling out a kink over at the PW kink meme, and the kink was Klaver/Apollo, kicking ass and taking names.
As in, cheesy yet epic fight scenes. fighting back-to-back.
Yeah, I love those, so I decided to take it on, even though I've never drawn a full action-scene before.
And I finally used my trusty MODESKIN KNOCKOFF (tm) book, so what the hey.
Warning: Romance (or bromance?), cheesy fight scenes, meaningful look exchanges, breaching laws of physics (physics police please don't arrest me), general OOC-ness, refusal to use rulers.
( FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT )
Thank-you, youtube instructional videos. I had to do a lot of research on meteor hammers to draw this.
Also, THANK YOU hiphopelephant ILU.
OH YES and thanks panda_ne for the German help. x___x
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| Life or Something like it |
[10 Apr 2008|10:28am] |
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I wonder where my rationale went.
So school's winding down, and what that really means is that I'm up to my ears in schoolwork.
Usually if I sit down and actually work, it actually takes less time than I originally anticipate, but that doesn't really help my stress level.
In any case, I'm not too happy since my painting still hasn't sold yet. But that's life I guess, I better get used to rejections.
So my class is putting together a sketchbook sorta thing, and we were gonna decide on the cover, so I scribbled something that could possibly be used for the cover.
( Sober )
Whether or not that's the cover, the sketchbook will for sure have some of my sketches in it, as well as some of my awesome classmate's stuff. And I originally thought it'd cost $10.00, but it turned out it'd cost $7.00, which is good, right?
Right now it's around 50 pages, so give me a holler if you're interested. It's for a good cause.
On a different note, my copy of process Recess 2 finally arrived.
I don't even want to go into detail about all the pains I had to go through to secure a copy of it. Mostly anger, on my part.
( WOOHOOO )
Anyway, yeah.
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| GIVE US A CONSISTENT NAME |
[09 Apr 2008|09:26am] |
I used to call it Phoenix Wright, until it stopped being about Phoenix.
Then I called it Ace Attorney, but now it's not about attorneys anymore.
GIVE US A CONSISTENT NAME, CAPCOM.
But aside from that, FANGASM.
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| I'm hungry. :( |
[06 Apr 2008|07:10pm] |
I haven't done any homework all weekend. Go me.
I decided to be a complete procrastinator for the last two weeks. I'll just take things as they come.
Anyway, my class has this sort of sketchbook thing going on that we're selling to raise money for our class, and I'm putting 3 sketches in. I was going to put my previous Godspeed sketch in, but when I looked at it again I thought it didn't feel up to par, so I re-sketched him.
( Commissioner Godspeed again )
The sketchbook won't only have my stuff in, it'll have lots of awesome stuff from my classmates (they're really awesome). I'm not sure how many pages it'll be but I think they're gonna sell for $10.00 CAD each. Give me a hollah if you're interested. 8D
So, I think I sketch a lot better on paper, as opposed to on computer. It just feels more natural, and I'm also not staring at a screen.
It's better to ink with tablet though. I actually like inking on paper more, but with the tablet I don't have to clean the scans, which I hate doing.
I sketched this pic of young!Jade on paper and inked it in photoshop. To practice inking and toning and all the good stuff.
( Howl, is that you? )
So a few days ago, the goggles I ordered arrived! Jubilations!
My parents have gotten completely used to seeing shit from "Army Surplus" show up at my house. I don't think anything can shock them after the gas mask.
( Goggles! )
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| AA and ToA Dump |
[04 Apr 2008|10:41am] |
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A few classmates saw the Squenix competition over at dA and said:
"Hey, Nuu, YOU should enter! You like japanimation and stuff like that!"
But... I never play Square enix games... The last one I played was Final Fantasy IX.
I doubt I'll win even if I enter, so I'll pass.
Anyway, a few sketches, Tales of Abyss and Ace Attorney ones.
Here's a sketch I did for an art trade for the totally awesome kay_willow for her totally awesome fic.
I'm not worthy.
( Jade, Peony, and braids )
( ToA sketches, may have Spoilers for Ace Attorney 4 )
Anyway.
So me and hiphopelephant haven't really made progress on our 40-chapter-fanfiction, but hey, I did draw Feenie in coveralls. Which... doesn't really say anything about anything, I guess. But it's a start.
( Industrial!Phoenix )
And some Apollo/Klavier. No, I haven't gotten over it yet.
( Nappy time? )
And now I should probably leave for a photoshoot. I wonder if they'll let me take their products out of the store. :/ :/
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[30 Mar 2008|01:38pm] |
heart_mint bought me a cookie, and demanded fanart in exchange.
And it seemed like mafia!guys is like the only thing she likes in the world or something, so she told me to draw Jade and Peony, Chinese Mafia style.
...I don't see how that's different from any other mafia, so I drew them Chinese Mafia style.
( Jade/Peony mafia style )
Anyway, so I was doodling a bit more because my tablet was being a bitch and refused to work all of last night, and also because it was earth hour (although that honestly had nothing to do with anything, I just lay there for an hour), and when I read this Jade/Peony doujin where Peony throws up after Jade kills someone in front of him, and I thought this really strong.
Well, these things:
- Why is Peony being a jackass for no apparent reason?
- I really think that Peony knows how to fight. I mean he might not actually do anything, but I really think he actually knows how to fight.
Then my mind started to wander off into the territory of... Hm, I wonder what he looks like when he's training. He probably spars with Jade too.
( feklah/sehigew? )
Edit: OH YES, DOES ANYONE HAVE THE OFFICIAL PIC OF PEONY? I HONESTLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HIS CLOTHES LOOK LIKE, I'VE BEEN USING FANART AS REFERENCE. D:
The other day I was talking to my friend and sending random oldie Chinese music videos to her, because I'm a dork like that. (Yes, I can sing all those songs. Sort of)
So I sent her the video for Shanghai Bund, a classic Chinese television series.
Man, I love that song. I'm gonna keep watching the video until I can sing it.
But I regress.
My friend asked me: "Did you know they're remaking this show? It's filmed in China."
I am intrigued.
She then shows me the opening video for the remake (if the song sounds different, it's because it's in Mandarin):
And holy shit, there shouldn't be so much concentrated sexy in one place.
Wow.
Considering that I bought and watched Blood Brothers for the 1930's Shanghai setting, this show seems right up my alley.
The main problem now is that my Mandarin isn't great and I can't read simplified Chinese.
Maybe I can find a copy with traditional Chinese subtitles somewhere...?
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| Emperor and Necromancer |
[26 Mar 2008|12:03pm] |
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Woohoo, I finished the pic!
When I was colouring, I was going to fill in the flat colours so that when I shaded it I could just use "preserve transparency" and not worry about colouring outside the lines, except when I was done, I didn't really feel like shading it anymore.
So I just lay a gradient on top.
I FUCKING LOVE GRADIIIEEEENTTSS
( Emperor and Necromancer )
By the way, does anyone have any good Jade/Peony fics to rec to me? They're hard to come by.
I had to do this assignment where I had to make a map of sorts, so I decided to do... the Court of the Air. From the book The Court of the Air. I took it out again because I forgot the place names (Middlesteel and Grimhope, it turned out), and flipping through it kinda made me want to read it again. Maybe later.
And of course, all that rambling was somehow supposed to lead into the fact that I sketched out a pic of Nathanial and Oliver. I can't remember what Oliver was. The line of Defense?
In any case.
( I'm still here, Oliver. )
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| Scribble Dump |
[25 Mar 2008|11:18am] |
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Easter weekend was well spent -- lying around, eating chocolate, drawing fanart... Ah.
In any case, I was trying to force heart_mint and hiphopelephant into helping me fill one of the kinks at the kink meme, (if anon sees this I guess I won't be so anonymous anymore...) and it started to go completely off rail into the realm of The-40-Chapter-Fanfiction-Complete-With-Concept-Art-And-Illustrations.
Not that I'm really complaining, but it's gotten to the point where if you switch the names of the main characters (*coughcoughphoenixandedgeworthcough*) it can be another story.
It could be interesting if we ever actually do it.
But I digress.
So I was thinking that, despite being my favorite pairing in Tales of Abyss, I've never actually drawn any fanart of Jade/Peony. I've drawn plenty of Jade back in the day (I feel old now) but Peony was hard enough to find concept art of as is, and I just never got around to drawing him.
Which is something I must rectify.
I was working on the lineart of this over the weekend, I'm done now and I've started to fill in the flat colours, but when I took a screencap I was only done their faces, so.
( Jade + Peony = Awesome )
And then, of course, I asked hiphopelephant what I should draw, and she said: "MAAACHIIIIIII".
I told her I'd draw her some steamy Daryan/Machi.
In which she replied "MAAAACHIIIIIII".
Which made no sense to me, but I assumed that was a yes, so I went ahead and drew steamy Daryan/Machi.
( Steamy Daryan/Machi )
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| AA Art Dump |
[20 Mar 2008|10:24am] |
Something (rather) amusing happened to me the other day but... I'll post about it later.
Another AA art dump, cause I never get tired of it.
( LOL I'M SO CLEVER )
Also, another pic I drew to fill out one of the kinks at the kink meme.
I don't have a thumbnail for it but I'll make one later.
( AU-ville )
Also, my sister promised to drive me to a hat store if I drew Klavier shirtless, so shirtless I did.
( shirtless!klavier )
And... yeah, that's about it. I wonder if I can skip my next class.
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| Honor Among Thieves |
[18 Mar 2008|01:03am] |
This is... a collaboration of sorts. I guess. It sorta worked out this way.
My sister, heart_mint wrote the story, and I drew the accompanying pictures.
It's about AU AA-ville, where Phoenix never becomes a lawyer and instead becomes head of a mafia famiglia. 8D 8D
Title: Honor Among Thieves
Fandom: Ace Attorney
Author: heart_mint
Artist: steam_pilot
Rating: G
Pairing: Phoenix/Miles? Sorta?
Preview:
( His heart hammers inside his chest even as the surprise disappears from his face. )
I think this had to do with her promising to write fanfic if I drew fanart for it.
So, there you go.
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