tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54294017674563214842024-03-12T20:07:47.248-07:00The Random Thoughts of TaylorThe Random Thoughts of TaylorTaylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-4942787114869688852012-02-09T21:04:00.001-08:002012-02-09T21:04:34.752-08:00An Encouragement<p>I know I said that I probably wouldn’t have another post until the reveal of a super secret project (Even though that could be mooonths), here’s one. So there.</p> <p>There are a great many people, including myself sometimes, that feel put down for the type of art they choose to draw, or the subjects in said art that they choose to draw. Whether it be because you draw anime, Disney, realism, Picasso style, whatever. There are groups of people that hate some styles for various reasons. Sometimes those people can be the first that you come across, and you feel as though you should not keep up drawing what you are drawing. I went over a pretty good amount of “I don’t give a crap about your opinion” in one of my previous posts, <a href="http://taylorsblogrockshard.blogspot.com/2011/11/breaking-rules.html">“Breaking The ‘Rules’”</a>. But nonetheless, I felt that it was important to me, and possibly to someone reading this, to repost <a href="http://arkham-insanity.deviantart.com/art/Internet-Billboard-284100350">this picture</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JCziCKPs8Mo/TzSlYPup4tI/AAAAAAAAAmo/ZpW87AqQ2CE/s1600-h/internet_billboard_by_arkham_insanity-d4p598e%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="internet_billboard_by_arkham_insanity-d4p598e" border="0" alt="internet_billboard_by_arkham_insanity-d4p598e" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QFjz2tACPxM/TzSlYQ-EEgI/AAAAAAAAAmw/pOJVloGHNPk/internet_billboard_by_arkham_insanity-d4p598e_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="613" height="264"></a> </p> <p>‘Twas on the front page of DeviantArt and was done by <a href="http://arkham-insanity.deviantart.com/">arkham-insanity</a>. It pretty much sums up the whole matter. Whatever style you choose to draw, or going on to other arts, whatever subject you choose to write on, whatever kind of music you want to write (Even if it is rap… >.> Hehe), or anything else… It is up to you. So long as you feel that the subject is right between you and God, then do it! I write morbid murder scenes in my notebook in church. Bloody church! Do I care what people around me may think about it if they happen to read it while I’m writing it? No, because I write what I like and I like what I write.</p> <p>I don’t know if I’ll actually encourage anyone reading this, but if I do, then fantastic! If you’ve abandoned what you really love to do for something you don’t like so much, just because some people don’t like it, I challenge you to go back to it, despite what they may say. I know from personal experience that sometimes it is hard putting up with teasing, ridicule or whatever else may come your way. But if you can just get yourself past that and get to the point where it doesn’t really matter, then I can assure you that the enjoyment you get out of doing what you love is worth it.</p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-29187834553343419592012-02-04T12:54:00.001-08:002012-02-04T12:54:49.828-08:00Oh, look!<p>This poor, neglected blog. It hasn’t had any attention from me since December. How terribly sad.</p> <p>… Anyway, what has kept me so busy that I’ve not had the time to write on here?</p> <p>Well, for one, a super secret project. Due to its super secret nature, I shan’t reveal anything more about it at this moment. When it is decided that it isn’t going to be super secret anymore, then I will post again with more details. :D</p> <p>Also, anime and Skyrim. They’ve eaten my soul. Not that I mind.</p> <p>Right then! I have a couple of pictures to share on here.</p> <p>First off, four quickly drawn clothing sketches. Took about 20 minutes on each. I got the reference pictures from HauteLook.com</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9EP-wN2v6t8/Ty2a_lyPZtI/AAAAAAAAAlo/f4G9e0_jEgQ/s1600-h/ClothingPracticeSketches_020212%25255B5%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="ClothingPracticeSketches_020212" border="0" alt="ClothingPracticeSketches_020212" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IDR8JeMgdeI/Ty2bAfLkp3I/AAAAAAAAAlw/GeaoDLucs7k/ClothingPracticeSketches_020212_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="583" height="487"></a></p> <p>Second, a speed paint thing that I did. Huzzah.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XJdTpj0zI-o/Ty2bBfx92zI/AAAAAAAAAl4/8B2Gc9hY4yc/s1600-h/SpeedPaint012511%25255B6%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="SpeedPaint012511" border="0" alt="SpeedPaint012511" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VyQVCOnKnv8/Ty2bC_dbcqI/AAAAAAAAAmA/12pTfMwnbXM/SpeedPaint012511_thumb%25255B4%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="549" height="549"></a> </p> <p>Third, a quickly sketched portrait of a woman. No idea who she is, but my Facebook people named her Allison Fernwinkle. Yes.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-68AGaTmBtlg/Ty2bDS8CfNI/AAAAAAAAAmI/zn2_L7crmVw/s1600-h/WomanPortrait-012812%25255B4%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="WomanPortrait-012812" border="0" alt="WomanPortrait-012812" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5mq-wVHKkTc/Ty2bD9vUuMI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/KZOc0bfospg/WomanPortrait-012812_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="467" height="467"></a> </p> <p>Aaand last, but not by any means the least…. THE UNDERTAKER FROM BLACK BUTLER! <3</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3OxYp1S_HiA/Ty2bEwdBAjI/AAAAAAAAAmY/nv4s_FcVy58/s1600-h/Undertaker_020312%25255B5%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Undertaker_020312" border="0" alt="Undertaker_020312" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KA_BPUWqiTw/Ty2bGC29vwI/AAAAAAAAAmg/Z-3cRYCy6Zo/Undertaker_020312_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="600" height="600"></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>My God, I love him. He’s right up there with L and Bakura on my list. So adorable. ouo I’m only 12 episodes into Black Butler and I adore him so very much.</p> <p>That appears to be all for now, until I write about the super secret project. Maybe I will post about something in-between there, I’unno. Anyway, until next time! :D</p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-40351688061593112492011-12-12T10:12:00.001-08:002012-01-17T17:14:56.247-08:00MyGlam Review (December, 2011)<p>Alright, so for those of you who may not have heard, there is a new thing for makeup addicts and non-addicts alike! ‘Tis called MyGlam, the website being <a href="http://www.myglam.com">http://www.myglam.com</a>. For $10 a month, you get four to five makeup products in a nice, little bag, mailed to you! These products range from deluxe sample size to full sized products. It appears to be founded, or at least run, by makeup artist Michelle Phan (<a href="http://www.michellephan.com/">http://www.michellephan.com/</a>) I’ve been following her for quite a long while now, and when she posted a video on her <a href="http://www.youtube.com/MichellePhan">YouTube</a> explaining the bag, I was rather curious.</p> <p>Upon coming across this, I was unsure. After all, I am a young teen with minimal income, and have to hang onto as much money as possible. No frivolous spending! (Yeah, right. XD) But it is only $10, so I thought, “Hey, why not? If it’s not worth it, I can just cancel.” My bag came this morning… <strong>And <em>good Heavens</em>, was it worth it!</strong></p> <p>To start off, the bag is <em>adorable</em>. </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-EfK-AdqDdYs/TuZEFialV8I/AAAAAAAAAj4/kieqZZlFDck/s1600-h/MyGlam_Bag%25255B2%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="MyGlam_Bag" border="0" alt="MyGlam_Bag" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-sCW2MWVGa2k/TuZEGNHDacI/AAAAAAAAAkA/sHEe7iFD-pM/MyGlam_Bag_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="244" height="143"></a> <font size="1">Picture taken from the front page of MyGlam.com</font></p> <p>It is rather nice quality, too! I would guesstimate that the bag alone is worth $7, or thereabouts. It seems to be quite sturdy, and has a cute little mirror inside, attached to it. The mirror on mine is black, not blue as pictured. The bag is one that I will definitely use to hold my makeup now.</p> <p>Now for the products inside of this magical bag of glamorous wonders. How good were they for the $10 I paid? Let’s see.</p> <p>I’ll start off with the <a href="http://www.nyxcosmetics.com/products/lips/lip-gloss/soft-matte-lip-cream">Soft Matte Lip cream by Nyx</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Dc7pd00UOCU/TuZEGsXv1uI/AAAAAAAAAkI/m_751Po5RJk/s1600-h/Nyx_LipCream%25255B3%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Nyx_LipCream" border="0" alt="Nyx_LipCream" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-CRXcucTjo6I/TuZEHM8MJ6I/AAAAAAAAAkQ/d3DmAjgjUI4/Nyx_LipCream_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="453" height="195"></a> <font size="1">Picture from MyGlam.com</font></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>I was a bit skeptical of this, especially being the fact that I am not always a big fan of lip colors. I don’t wear bold lip colors very often, or very much lip color at all, for that matter. But I tried it nonetheless. I must say, I am thoroughly impressed! The shade that I received is Milan, and it’s a pretty pink color. Perfect for my tastes; slightly bold, but not overpowering. The cream goes on very smoothly, and as claimed, not quite like a gloss, nor like a lipstick. And the best part? It is perfectly matte! This is a wonderful product that I will most certainly be using again and again, and will be heartily recommending to my lip-color loving friends. One of them costs around $6 by itself.</p> <p>Next on the list is the two products from Urban Decay.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-L8JrXxYs6-M/TuZEHQxp4QI/AAAAAAAAAkY/UDIWE72g-4A/s1600-h/UrbanDecay_PrimerPotion%25255B2%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="UrbanDecay_PrimerPotion" border="0" alt="UrbanDecay_PrimerPotion" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xaB7v6JdQtE/TuZEHp9xnxI/AAAAAAAAAkg/SyALbRiKbHU/UrbanDecay_PrimerPotion_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="70" height="244"></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-IV9qArtIHQk/TuZEIDKzi7I/AAAAAAAAAko/f8cl5JHwucE/s1600-h/UrbanDecay_Sin%25255B2%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="UrbanDecay_Sin" border="0" alt="UrbanDecay_Sin" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-eUWTRwcCTR0/TuZEITP25rI/AAAAAAAAAkw/QMocvCOMVNc/UrbanDecay_Sin_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="241" height="244"></a> <font size="1">Pictures from MyGlam.com</font></p> <p>I’m sure that anyone who ventures even a bit into the world of makeup has at least heard of <a href="http://www.drugstore.com/urban-decay-eyeshadow-primer-potion-original/qxp348388?catid=70690">Urban Decay’s Primer Potion</a>. Tons of makeup artists use it, and recommend it. After using it today, I have joined the group that recommends it. It works very well, making the eyeshadows more intense and lasting. Moving on to the eyeshadow that was included in the bag, which would be <a href="http://www.drugstore.com/urban-decay-shimmer-eyeshadow-intense-shadow-sin/qxp165472?catid=12978">Sin by Urban Decay</a>. There’s a good reason that it’s a best seller! It is a gorgeous champagne shade that shimmers something beautiful, and is great alone for a nice gleam on your eyes, or blended with other colors. The case is cute; it looks like a subway token, and has a lid attached. No more lost lids! Huzzah! The Primer Potion costs $19, and Sin costs $17.</p> <p>Now for the <a href="http://www.dermstore.com/product_Blush+Papier+with+Wallet_27058.htm">blush paper</a> and <a href="http://www.dermstore.com/product_Lavendere-Fresh+Oil+Blotting+Papier+with+Wallet+-+Lavender_27062.htm">oil blotting paper</a> from Mai Couture.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-F3J4J5lZFCg/TuZEIz8S1zI/AAAAAAAAAk4/max7BsX7rkA/s1600-h/MaiCouture_BlushPaper%25255B3%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="MaiCouture_BlushPaper" border="0" alt="MaiCouture_BlushPaper" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-KyJXwi4y5MM/TuZEJV_2RAI/AAAAAAAAAlA/qBpYenDtiDU/MaiCouture_BlushPaper_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="306" height="267"></a> <font size="1">Picture from MyGlam.com</font></p> <p>I have a mixed review on this one. It’s the only product that came in the bag that I wasn’t thoroughly impressed with. Let’s get the bad things out of the way, shall we? The blush paper is what I had a problem with. I am not a big blush wearer anyway, but I tried this to see how it was. The color that I received was Sunset Blvd, which appeared to be close to a shade that I wear anyway, when I do wear blush. But for convenience sake, I thought the paper would be a nice alternative. The problem? I could barely see it on my skin. Maybe it was the shade, I don’t know. But I’m very pale, so I would think that peach would show up on my skin, at least somewhat. I understand that it is meant to be sheer, but I couldn’t see it at all, even when I rubbed it on the back of my hand. Maybe an ever-so-slight tint, if anything, but it was barely there. Props to you if you love it, but it just isn’t for me. But that’s my opinion, don’t murder me. XD</p> <p>But what I WAS impressed with was the oil blotting paper! While I only got a small amount of blush paper, I got the full size packet of blotting paper. It’s a cute little case that is convenient to throw in my purse. It is lightly scented with lavender, which is lovely, and the product works very well! It does exactly what it claims to, that is removing excess oils from your skin without screwing with your makeup. I love it! It is something that I would buy again, and recommend to anyone looking for a good oil blotting paper. Blotting paper by itself is $13, with the wallet carrying case, $25. Blush paper by itself is $17.50, with the wallet, $29.50.</p> <p>This brings us to our last product in the bag. <a href="http://tartecosmetics.com/tarte-item-lights-camera-lashes-mascara?gclid=CMvwiNSM_awCFUTc4AodHUBp_w">Lights, Camera, Lashes! by Tarte</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-eR3wzQ9O4hA/TuZEJ5bH_WI/AAAAAAAAAlI/d8jzQXY1hgs/s1600-h/Tarte_Lights%25252CCamera%25252CLashes%25255B3%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Tarte_Lights,Camera,Lashes" border="0" alt="Tarte_Lights,Camera,Lashes" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1wDkSUUaZHs/TuZEKL12IBI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/EpRu3D82ibw/Tarte_Lights%25252CCamera%25252CLashes_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="142" height="379"></a> <font size="1">Picture from MyGlam.com</font></p> <p>I make no claim to be a mascara expert by any means. I don’t wear it all the time due to the fact that I already have long, dark lashes. But for when I do, this is now one that I would definitely turn to! Most mascaras that I’ve tried feel really heavy and I cannot stand to wear them. This feels nice and light, actually, and it did make my lashes even darker and fuller as it claimed it would. According to the website, you can apply multiple coats of it without clumping, which I can’t say one way or the other. I only put on one coat, so as to whether that is true or not, I cannot say. Nonetheless, it is a really nice mascara that was wonderful to include with the Sin eyeshadow. Put together, it creates a nice daytime look without eyeliners or anything. The tube costs $19.</p> <p>So all in all, MyGlam is a fantastic deal. Let’s see how much we’ve saved this month alone… $91.50 would be the price of all the makeup together, not including shipping and what not. Deduct the $10 that we paid for the Glam Bag, include my guesstimation of the price of the bag and <strong>we’ve saved an amazing $88.50</strong>!! Going with the least price on the blush and oil-blotting papers, that is. One thing is for certain; I am staying signed up for this wonderful website. I don’t know if I’ll be doing a product review every month, though I may. I felt it important to review the first bag for those curious, but we’ll have to see about the monthly reviews. (: I love this bag, and I am looking forward to many more months of membership with MyGlam.com.</p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-65491463596056297642011-12-01T10:42:00.001-08:002011-12-01T10:42:42.508-08:0050,101<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nCwMBpFXs9I/TtfKoGdB88I/AAAAAAAAAiY/1x5tQN74ans/s1600-h/Winner_180_180_white%25255B8%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="Winner_180_180_white" border="0" alt="Winner_180_180_white" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-CE6TwSy5j3M/TtfKoeM-NMI/AAAAAAAAAig/c4Ok51TFeKc/Winner_180_180_white_thumb%25255B4%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="184" height="184"></a></p> <p>I crossed the finish line with 50,101 words. But my book is not yet finished! I guesstimate that I have about another 10k words of plot left, give or take a few thousand. Christmas will put a hindrance on my finishing the book, due to having a slew of Christmas presents to draw, but I do plan to finish it in early 2012. You know, before the world ends. ;D</p> <p>So congratulations to anyone who is reading this and is a fellow NaNo novelist who finished a book this year. :D Here’s to a published book in the future, and to next year!</p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-55274233541119846652011-11-19T13:57:00.001-08:002011-11-19T13:57:40.190-08:00Hatsune Miku Picture + Speed Paint Video<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wGcs9iHxbjY/TsgmTpCEP_I/AAAAAAAAAho/dYlyL8shjLQ/s1600-h/HatsuneMiku_111611_2%25255B3%25255D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="HatsuneMiku_111611_2" border="0" alt="HatsuneMiku_111611_2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-u-bmtyNfK1o/TsgmUQDWzBI/AAAAAAAAAhw/cOK3-VtgskU/HatsuneMiku_111611_2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="509" height="587"></a> </p> <p>Miku! :D And a speed paint video to go along with it.</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:b6c8c39e-f830-4957-99a3-48924d14688c" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div id="e171add2-30d2-4b40-8331-c0cecde05378" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjGZ5NnMie0" target="_new"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ivKnOp5rgL0/TsgmU9WT3aI/AAAAAAAAAh4/ZMv9hknTABw/video7363c5a10fe1%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('e171add2-30d2-4b40-8331-c0cecde05378'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/hjGZ5NnMie0&hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/hjGZ5NnMie0&hl=en\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div></div> <p></p> <p>More info about the picture on my <a href="http://catc0617.deviantart.com/art/Hatsune-Miku-269849605">DeviantArt page</a>.</p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-12784275486192113462011-11-08T19:12:00.001-08:002011-11-08T19:12:02.768-08:00Breaking the “Rules”<p>Do you know what I often find myself doing, without even realizing it? Trying to please everyone. I speak against it often, and I very well know that I shouldn’t try to please everyone. It’s impossible. Why am I bringing this up now? Because I feel it is important to share this with whomever may be reading this. I don’t usually share overly personal things on this blog, so cherish this. ;D</p> <p>Let me start with one example to make clear the point I’m trying to get at. A few months back, I read one person’s opinion on anime. He is a comic artist that I was and still am a fan of. He happened to say that everyone and their mother draws anime now, and that people should deviate to different styles. I became so overly worried by this. What do people think of my art?! Am I just like everyone else because of the art style I’ve chosen? I went to the point of questioning my worth as an artist, even almost feeling <em>guilty</em> over it. Now I know what you must be thinking. “Oh Taylor, you silly mongoose! It’s just one opinion! Who cares?!” It’s true. It IS just one opinion. But because of my subconscious tendency to want to please everyone, to never let anyone down, I let it get to me way more than I should have.</p> <p>I’m not saying that he doesn’t have the right to his opinion of anime. He has as much of a right to his opinion as I have to mine. I’m also not saying that he doesn’t have a point; it’s true that everyone seems to draw anime now. But the fact is that <em>I shouldn’t make it my mission to please him.</em> I don’t even know him, and he probably doesn’t know of my existence. So does it really matter? No. There is no law saying that I can’t draw anime, or any other style, for that matter.</p> <p>I still am trying to break myself of this habit. Even just now, I made the same mistake again! I read a post on the NaNoWriMo forums about “rules of writing” or some odd thing like that. One of their “rules” spoke strongly against a “character looking in the mirror and describing themselves” scene. On my first or second day of NaNo-ing, I did a scene that was just that. Cole looks into the mirror, and he observes what he sees. Upon reading this “rule of writing”, I stared at my screen for a few moments, pondering this commandment. I, again, started to question my worth, this time as a writer. Is my book now terrible, and not worth writing at all, because of this? I scolded myself for even thinking of writing such a scene, one that has been used countless times. How could I commit such a terrible sin?! I felt guilty, and like I was no longer worthy to participate in the sacred ritual, the NaNoWriMo, which can only include the masters. Those who are trained in these “rules”. I am obviously unfit to try and take a place among these master who always know what they’re doing.</p> <p>Then, it dawned on me.</p> <p>Who. Cares.</p> <p>Who bloody CARES if I write a scene in which my character looks in the mirror and describes himself?! Sure, there are a million other ways to have a character’s appearance revealed, but so what if I choose THAT way?! Why should I feel obligated to abide by this person’s “rules”? I shouldn’t feel guilty for not following their standards. The only standards I should even begin to worry about living up to are God’s standards. This unknown person who took it upon themselves to establish rules to my writing is, in fact, not God. Chances are, they’ll never read my book. I may edit out that scene in which my character looks in the mirror, but so what if I don’t? It doesn’t make me any less a writer, just as drawing anime doesn’t make me any less an artist. I’ve read books that are simply <em>marvelous</em> and the character looks in the mirror, and points out their features. It may not be all of the said features, maybe just their hair color or something of the sort. But I didn’t throw the book aside and say “Bah! This writer <em>obviously</em> doesn’t know the universal law prohibiting such obscene scenes! I shan’t read anymore of this garbage!”</p> <p>So why, in Heaven’s name, am I writing all of this? What importance does this have to you?</p> <p>I hate my own faults, but I hate them more in other people, to put it simply. I want to tell you that it doesn’t matter if you do something differently than some other random person. Even if it’s someone close to you, not some obscure internet opinion, it’s okay. I don’t know if someone, anyone, reading this has the same problem I seem to, the undying need to please <em>everyone.</em> But please take it from a struggling person; you can’t please everyone. I know anyone can tell you that; in fact, you’ve probably heard it a million times before. Nonetheless, think about it. There’s always going to be someone, somewhere, that disagrees. Who doesn’t like the way you do things. But ask yourself; does this person’s opinion really matter so much? Am I going to let it impact my life so much that I stop doing something I <em>love</em> because they don’t approve? I try and keep those questions in my head whenever I feel like I am going to torment myself over someone’s opinion of me or something I do. Obviously, I fail at times.</p> <p>But no matter who you are, whether you’re an artist, scientist, writer, chef, ditch digger, <em>whatever</em>. God loves you, and the opinions of others don’t matter. Do what you do because you love to do it. I LOVE to draw anime. Yeah, I <em>could</em> draw a different style. I have proven that I’m capable of it. But why should I, if what I love to draw is anime? If you are changing or you have changed from doing something you love to something you don’t really like so much, even despise, just because someone said that they didn’t like what you’re doing… Please question it. I hate to see people unhappy, especially if they are for the same reasons I sometimes am. It may be that nobody reading this has this problem. Well then, that’s fantastic! But I hope that if you do, you’ll take the journey of breaking yourself of that with me. I felt the need to share this with you all, maybe for the off chance that it will encourage someone out there. Maybe it will, maybe it won’t.</p> <p>Another habit I seem to have is rambling about my bad habits. ;D But I digress. A ramble though this was, I hope that it has encouraged someone out there.</p> <p>Love you all, God bless.</p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-28737379048119213722011-11-06T09:15:00.001-08:002011-11-06T09:17:11.342-08:00Oh, dear.<p>Never, under any circumstances, should I write while in pain. Ever.</p> <p>Last night, I wasn’t feeling all that well. I was getting some really bad stomach pain. But since it’s the NaNoWriMo, I still had to write. Not a good idea, it turns out. The scene I was writing was the reading of the will of Cole’s father, Todd. (Oh, yeah... He dies)… But before I go into that, I must inform you that during the previous scene, that is, the funeral scene, I acquired three new characters that I’ve no idea what to do with. They’re Cole’s aunt, uncle and cousin, on his mom’s side. His cousin is named Vincent. He is one of the very few characters of mine that just came with a name and I didn’t have to think for an hour on what to name him. Unfortunately, I hate him, as do I hate his parents. Todd hates them too, and that comes into play.</p> <p>You see, I started writing this will-reading scene of mine. Before hand, I watched <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFldBVWFgWo">this</a>, so that may have influenced the loopy-ness. In any case, I did what I planned first, and gave Cole and Ivy their inheritance and what not. Then, against my better judgment, I let Todd continue on. He started addressing his sister in law, brother in law, and his nephew. Me being tired and ill, I didn’t question it as much as I should’ve, knowing Todd’s tendency to want to have the last laugh… and the fact that though he’s usually quiet, he has a very good sense of humor. He left them his, and I quote now, “very precious, very old and considerably treasured potato” which he saved just for them. That’s right. Their inheritance was a potato. But it comes in a fancy box, so it’s special.</p> <p>Good Lord, I must’ve been loopy to let Todd do that. It’s against NaNoWriMo law to go back and edit (I could end up in NaNo Prison!), so I must continue on with the potato haunting my mind. Though who knows? This potato could work to my advantage. It is the NaNoWriMo, where we take risks, add the most random of things, and hope it works. I think this is one of those risks.</p> <p>I must spend today in its entirety writing, as I seem to have fallen behind, due to being social, then being sick. Today I feel better, and socializing isn’t required until tonight. I seem to be in my right mind, which is still insane, but in a good way… So I must write. :D</p>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-51593111639041484142011-11-03T15:35:00.001-07:002011-11-03T15:35:11.523-07:00Happy November, You Wonderful People!<p>Oh, dear. I seem to have neglected posting on this blog. Oops.</p> <p>I told you in my last post that we would be meeting Cole’s sister, did I not? Well, I have more pictures of Cole to show you as well. I posted them to my <a href="http://catc0617.deviantart.com/">DeviantArt</a> a little bit ago and forgot to post them here.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ot7qGmE4Sm0/TrMXET9jp5I/AAAAAAAAAgY/eIAcrbkEpm4/s1600-h/Cole_Front_2%25255B6%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Cole_Front_2" border="0" alt="Cole_Front_2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xAWzDbhDhUQ/TrMXEgCcycI/AAAAAAAAAgg/wMrNFuWeBjs/Cole_Front_2_thumb%25255B4%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="472" height="472"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_FobD_vEVYI/TrMXFICKWfI/AAAAAAAAAgo/0ikcbXPiAkI/s1600-h/Cole_Front_1%25255B7%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Cole_Front_1" border="0" alt="Cole_Front_1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5zwmF-0l8r0/TrMXFRZnBUI/AAAAAAAAAgw/FYXWgzY0cz8/Cole_Front_1_thumb%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="533" height="533"></a> </p> <p>Cole from a front view. And, as previously promised, he now has color. Auburn hair and blue eyes. I rather like his appearance. He’s a fun character to work with, messed up as he is.</p> <p>Now we meet his sister.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gq-oCYy5aDM/TrMXFkFn-AI/AAAAAAAAAg4/4a1IosSiNTM/s1600-h/Ivy_1%25255B7%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Ivy_1" border="0" alt="Ivy_1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TPeGPiZz9zg/TrMXF_i9SVI/AAAAAAAAAg8/Ufn8EaGOKd4/Ivy_1_thumb%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="513" height="513"></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MQyWX3MPtN0/TrMXGFYY-iI/AAAAAAAAAhE/pQ_ajfg98QU/s1600-h/Ivy_2%25255B7%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Ivy_2" border="0" alt="Ivy_2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-iLu7WhZPqOA/TrMXGiN1Y9I/AAAAAAAAAhM/sw2vRh9K6JU/Ivy_2_thumb%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="582" height="582"></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>This is Ivy. Isn’t she pretty? I’m going to enjoy working with her character.</p> <p>Because I think it’s a rather accurate description, I’m going to copy here what I wrote on the post of them on DeviantArt.</p> <p>“I introduce to you my two main characters from the book that I've got planned for this year's NaNoWriMo! I cannot wait to really get to know these two during those 30 days of writing insanity! These are just some concept sketches for their appearance; I needed a good idea of what they looked like before I started to write about them.<br>If you have not guessed already, I'll have you know that Cole and Ivy are siblings. They are six years apart, Ivy being the younger one.<br>Ivy tends to be very upbeat and happy, but... once you've given her reason to despise you... she doesn't forgive easily. Not easily at all.<br>Cole is very laid back and quiet. Introverted, even. He has... quite a history. One that he'd rather you not know. He'd do anything, <i>anything</i>, to make sure it's kept a secret.<br>Oh, and by the way. One of them is dead.”</p> <p>Well, that’s that. Hopefully I shall blog more about them as I write. (:</p> <p>Ah, and I did a Halloween picture. Ashley from Wario Ware stars in this one. :D</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PI42IMtKm88/TrMXG3n5soI/AAAAAAAAAhY/hZxzz_dbcsY/s1600-h/Ashley_Halloween2011%25255B4%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Ashley_Halloween2011" border="0" alt="Ashley_Halloween2011" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6JBbflsAMo0/TrMXHp8lqGI/AAAAAAAAAhg/TwctzBpmna4/Ashley_Halloween2011_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="586" height="586"></a> </p> <p>Happy (late) Halloween, and Happy November! :D</p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-54032039299239227572011-10-13T18:11:00.001-07:002011-10-13T18:11:31.068-07:00May I Introduce You To…<p>I would like to introduce you all to the start of a man named Cole. I say “the start” because this is the first time I’ve seen his face, and more may come into view. ‘Tis black and white because I felt that was more fitting of how well I know him at the moment. My hope is that as I get to know him, more color and definition will come to his physical appearance. Why is all this so important? Well, it just so happens that he has a story to tell. One that he shall tell through myself throughout the month of November. Please keep in mind that he is not all he seems. Like everyone, he has secrets, parts of his past that he’d rather be kept silent. I said “like everyone”, so you may be wondering what makes his story so different. It’s because of the fact that his secrets are dangerous. While for most, the parts of their past that they’d rather people not know about is just some embarrassing things that they cringe thinking about. Cole, on the other hand, is a bit… darker of a subject.</p> <p>Well, no more on that. I’d rather not spoil the fun of November. Without further ado, here he is.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nc1qqIVsN1E/TpeMQDQV4vI/AAAAAAAAAfY/f-KEhtalbPQ/s1600-h/Cole_1%25255B6%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Cole_1" border="0" alt="Cole_1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QNpMl1xRNsc/TpeMQowrHZI/AAAAAAAAAfg/2BHnGy2-9nE/Cole_1_thumb%25255B4%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="595" height="595"></a></p> <p>Before tonight, I honestly had no idea what he would begin to look like. But I felt as though tonight was the night to find out, so I put my pen to it’s tablet and let it flow. And his face appears to have taken shape within the short time of twenty minutes, rounded.</p> <p>Next, provided my mind is willing, we'll be meeting his sister.</p> <p>Ah, and he does have a last name… But I’ve purposely left that out for now. For the time being, he is just “Cole”.</p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-89886882277752098422011-10-10T16:17:00.001-07:002011-10-10T17:24:57.163-07:00WIP Sketch - Echo<p>A request from a friend on Minecraft. :3 I usually charge for these such things, hence commissions, but~ this person is awesome, so I’m doing it as a request. X3 It almost seems like it’s getting me past my art block, so I find that payment enough. :D</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SMEZ9M-IRYM/TpOM1u06B-I/AAAAAAAAAfI/YRoMQ_rVH4A/s1600-h/Echo_ForChibi_SKETCH%25255B7%25255D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Echo_ForChibi_SKETCH" border="0" alt="Echo_ForChibi_SKETCH" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4e3W_Y_uMBI/TpOM2M9bMDI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/Sa82KDPyFX4/Echo_ForChibi_SKETCH_thumb%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="489" height="978"></a> </p> <p>Thought I’d put up the WIP sketch for you guys. ^_^ Watermark because I am paranoid. XD</p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-29117394318112131222011-10-09T10:10:00.001-07:002011-10-09T10:10:42.435-07:00Minecraft Doodle?<p>I won’t be posting This Sunday’s Outfit today. So I’ve something else to post today.</p> <p>I’ve been playing Minecraft on this awesome server called DewCraft (<a href="http://www.dewcraft.com">www.dewcraft.com</a>) and the people there are awesome. But a majority of the guests we get lack the intelligence to read the signs at spawn, which give instructions on how to apply. So I doodled this up for those wonderful people on the server in honor of the guest’s stupidity.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fPH5jt70cCM/TpHVjlC90OI/AAAAAAAAAeg/LTDffIEdx_s/s1600-h/Guestsyuno_Minecraft%25255B4%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Guestsyuno_Minecraft" border="0" alt="Guestsyuno_Minecraft" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Tlaj4mEHcNw/TpHVj54Y3XI/AAAAAAAAAek/NYVJKGQZS_Y/Guestsyuno_Minecraft_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="608" height="608"></a></p> <p>Yup. And that’s not just any character; it’s my custom Minecraft skin… personified. *le gasp*</p> <p>See?</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zMY4LyvgGC0/TpHVkKsp92I/AAAAAAAAAeo/OjGNlWr957Q/s1600-h/MinecraftSkin%25255B2%25255D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="MinecraftSkin" border="0" alt="MinecraftSkin" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qyWuZJGDybI/TpHVkaAIDbI/AAAAAAAAAes/fpaiXAcLuXc/MinecraftSkin_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="169" height="244"></a> </p> <p>Boo-yah.</p> <p>This will be on heck of a week, though. I go in for surgery on my wisdom teeth tomorrow. They’re putting me out… This should be interesting.</p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-2386620862035466812011-10-02T19:41:00.001-07:002011-10-02T19:41:13.958-07:00This Sunday’s Outfit (10-2-11)<p>Sorry for not writing at all this week. There wasn’t much of interest to write about, to be perfectly honest. But here I continue what I started last week, which is my Sunday outfit. (:</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-CxfWDcFWhQQ/Tokgx4ze_dI/AAAAAAAAAeY/qS5m3Rhe5kw/s1600-h/10-2-2011_3%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="10-2-2011_3" border="0" alt="10-2-2011_3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2BM9FkJea0Y/TokgyU-mJHI/AAAAAAAAAec/AuGpuJH6UjI/10-2-2011_3_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="269" height="712"></a></p> <p>A rather laid back outfit, though one of my favorites. :3 Very comfortable and cute, which in my opinion, is the best kind of outfit.</p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-10292827125155059692011-09-26T14:34:00.001-07:002011-09-26T14:34:43.109-07:00This Sunday’s Outfit (9-25-11)<p>Ha, I told you I had something cool to add to this blog! I am quite a fan of fashion blogs, and I thought I’d make my blog into more of a mix and add a fashion element. The thing is, I simply don’t have the time to make an Outfit of the Day post every day. Also, since I have no social life and spend a good amount of time at my house drawing and gaming, my outfits aren’t worth posting online every day, as they usually consist of jeans, a tee shirt and boots. So I decided to post my Sunday outfits, the one day where I actually wear outfits worth posting online. I dress up for church on Sunday, but not necessarily in a drab skirt or dress like most picture when they think of people going to church. You see, I like to put creativity into my outfits for church. Does it get me weird looks sometimes? Most certainly. But that’s what I aim for in life; it’s kind of like a score for me. The more weird looks I get, the better. ;D </p> <p>So without further ado, here was this Sunday’s outfit. A day late, I’m afraid, because I messed up something. But here it is.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-V5S6x4JLkG4/ToDv8SvBRKI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/a2qoHuPguZM/s1600-h/9-25-2011_3%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="9-25-2011_3" border="0" alt="9-25-2011_3" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WiuPlq_rUQI/ToDv8guXbpI/AAAAAAAAAeU/XXWy0mjkfnM/9-25-2011_3_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="339" height="682"></a></p> <p>A bit of a simple one for me, but I rather like it. I was up late babysitting the night before, and, on top of that, didn’t sleep well. So I was going for something a bit quick and comfortable. You’ll probably see those boots often, as they are a favorite of mine. Also, black tights. I adore black tights and wear them often, even in the summer. As if I’m not strange enough, I have a strange thing about showing my legs. So when I wear shorts and skirts, I pair them with tights. I’ve not been quite daring enough to try colored tights yet, only black. Though I may, soon… (:</p> <p>Yes, I need to get an actual camera and not just use a cell phone camera. But I’ll get to that eventually. :3</p> <p>I have quite a few things on my winter wish-list for my closet… I’m thinking of getting into scarves this year. We’ll see how that one turn out. Some of the other things, I may end up sewing by myself, though we’ll see on that one.</p> <p>Among the things I want to get are a pocket watch similar to <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/74416305/victorian-style-roman-numerals-pocket">this one</a>, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/70704212/knitted-armor-gauntlets-scale-maille">these gloves</a> in black, and a cloak such as <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/62834497/unlined-basic-ritual-cloak-red">this one</a>, though I may make that myself. (: I have an eclectic taste in fashion, but I’m perfectly fine with that. Who wants to dress like everyone else, all the time?</p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-9475774836114799872011-09-25T14:35:00.001-07:002011-09-26T14:52:47.902-07:00Art Block takes another victim!<p>Art block has attached itself to my brain and won’t let go. It’s quite relentless, I tell you.</p> <p>I’ve started numerous sketches, the finished product in my head. And a glorious finished product it is! … I sketch some, then I lose interest. The only reason I can think of is because I come to a slightly more difficult part of the picture, and then think to myself that nothing is right in the world, and it’s all this drawing’s fault. So I save it, saying that I’ll work on it later. Then I don’t. The next day, I just start yet another sketch and the vicious cycle continues. This has been going on for about a week or two now. And it’s driving me to insanity, the little distance that I had left. ;D</p> <p>Take, for instance, this partial sketch.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-RGZdLKGAHxI/Tn-euGl5htI/AAAAAAAAAeI/Pjc9Mm1_WQ0/s1600-h/Sparrow%252526GarretWIPSKETCH%25255B19%25255D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Sparrow&GarretWIPSKETCH" border="0" alt="Sparrow&GarretWIPSKETCH" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3Y75Gt9qW5c/Tn-eubLlM2I/AAAAAAAAAeM/KCFncHa0Siw/Sparrow%252526GarretWIPSKETCH_thumb%25255B17%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="611" height="705" /></a> <span>(Now that I look at it again, his arms bug me… I must fix them eventually…)</span></p> <p>I had much fun sketching this one while it lasted. It’s a picture of a couple OCs that belong to my best friend and I. Yes, that bird is immensely inaccurate, I know. But I was just putting a quick sketch in there until I stopped being lazy and drew an actual bird. But that aside, I got the one character’s basic pose done without giving up. I surprised myself. Then I moved on to the second character… and things went south. </p> <p>I wanted the envied element of perspective in my picture, which meant that my mind created this epic pose for her, and I, of course, thought that I’d just draw it with no trouble, even though the part that is coming out at you and must be drawn perfectly was her hand. I am terrible at drawing hands, and it takes me forever to do so. So I started the hand… And then spazzed with frustration, deleted the hand and gave up. This picture has been sitting around for a few days, and it probably thinks that it is going to rot in my save files forever, never to see the light of day again. Hopefully, that will not be the case, being as I had high hopes for this picture.</p> <p>So basically, aside from a half hour a day of attempted drawing, I’ve been spending my free time playing Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Minecraft in spurts. I play one of them for a half hour or so, then switch to the other one. After repeating that a few times, I go on Facebook and stare blankly at my newsfeed for a while, then go back to gaming. I know that I should be working on starting my math work (I’m homeschooled, and homeschooling + the attention span of a A.D.D. ridden goldfish = a failing student…) or reading some Shakespeare… But I just can’t bring my mind to concentrate on anything for any length of time these past couple weeks. Ah well, I will hopefully resume a normal mindset and be able to do something productive soon…</p> <p> </p> <p>Ah yes, and I was going to start something cool on here today, a weekly occurrence on my blog… But unfortunately, I messed up something vital to this weekly occurrence, so it’ll be posted tomorrow. But from that point forward, it will always be posted on Sunday. Just thought I’d let you know.</p>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-58289685861349465422011-09-21T18:18:00.001-07:002011-09-22T09:22:53.067-07:00The Amazing Redesign and Return!Oh my. It's been a long while.<div><br /></div><div>Probably the first thing you'll notice, if you've visited my blog in the past, is a complete redesign. It's still in progress and may have minor changes soon, but the main part is done. A whole new header and layout. (:</div><div><br /></div><div>You can read some older entries if you so desire, but they're not all that good (the art, and before that especially... the writing. *shudder*.), to the point where I might clear out some of the oldest ones... I've not decided if I shall yet or not. **EDIT** I did clear out the oldest posts. In the oldest posts, I was twelve years old. I took quizzes, and posted their results here with terrible grammar. So I deleted those horrible posts... And I cleared out a bit of the old art, leaving only a few. While before the great purge, I had about 128 posts, I now have 40. Wow. /edit</div><div><br /></div><div>I plan to be much more active in my blogging, not only writing about art and possibly noveling and such, I'll actually write about other things as well. SO PREPARE YOURSELVES.</div><div><br /></div><div>I aaaalmost created a Tumblr account. But I said, "Nah. This blog is WORTH IT." XD</div><div><br /></div><div>Well. Expect posts from me soon.</div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-73621207399662809302011-05-05T12:26:00.001-07:002011-05-05T21:09:30.092-07:00The Amazingly Delayed Update!<p>So I just realized that I’ve not updated this blog since last November. Wow.</p> <p>So here’s a quick update! I’ve still been doing a ton of art, surprise, so I’ll put a few on here… To read about them, just click the titles and it’ll take you the Deviant Art page. (:</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TcL53DhMVyI/AAAAAAAAAck/jtlgCZzBYI0/s1600-h/BeyondBirthdaSP%2845minutes%29%5B4%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="BeyondBirthdaSP(45minutes)" border="0" alt="BeyondBirthdaSP(45minutes)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TcL53j5XT_I/AAAAAAAAAco/nWkueTuIhSU/BeyondBirthdaSP%2845minutes%29_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="409" height="409" /></a> </p> <h3><a href="http://catc0617.deviantart.com/art/Beyond-Birthday-SpeedPaint-201726248">Beyond Birthday SpeedPaint</a></h3> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TcL535IYOLI/AAAAAAAAAcs/47nR1dmYAms/s1600-h/EmoGirl2%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="EmoGirl2" border="0" alt="EmoGirl2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TcL54Xm5UDI/AAAAAAAAAcw/APfByzJ6gOk/EmoGirl2_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="411" height="411" /></a></p> <p> </p> <h3><a href="http://catc0617.deviantart.com/art/A-Smile-in-Gray-201993647">A Smile in Gray</a></h3> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TcL54z53G_I/AAAAAAAAAc0/JSMcsw-Yumc/s1600-h/here_comes_a_new_challenger_1_by_ry_spirit-d3boqf9%5B4%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="here_comes_a_new_challenger_1_by_ry_spirit-d3boqf9" border="0" alt="here_comes_a_new_challenger_1_by_ry_spirit-d3boqf9" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TcL55cGT43I/AAAAAAAAAc4/ctKS1NJCSW0/here_comes_a_new_challenger_1_by_ry_spirit-d3boqf9_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="411" height="298" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://catc0617.deviantart.com/art/CE-The-New-Challenger-207669546">CE The New Challenger</a></h3> <p>(I only did the character on the left… Ry belongs to<span > </span><a href="http://ry-spirit.deviantart.com/">Ry-Spirit on DeviantArt</a>.)</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TcL55znlBKI/AAAAAAAAAc8/NDjLDcxzk-M/s1600-h/Nathalia%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Nathalia" border="0" alt="Nathalia" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TcL56UGeO-I/AAAAAAAAAdA/YtO72zaD_uA/Nathalia_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="412" height="412" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://catc0617.deviantart.com/art/Nathlia-207440147">Nathalia</a></h3> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TcL57c7wG8I/AAAAAAAAAdE/HvK-C1kc8Dg/s1600-h/RealmofCarendell_GroupPicture_3-9-11%5B4%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="RealmofCarendell_GroupPicture_3-9-11" border="0" alt="RealmofCarendell_GroupPicture_3-9-11" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TcL58Am7cxI/AAAAAAAAAdI/wscaw1BpQEk/RealmofCarendell_GroupPicture_3-9-11_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="411" height="334" /></a></p> <p> </p> <h3><a href="http://catc0617.deviantart.com/art/Carendell-s-Saviours-206400048">Carendell's Saviours</a></h3> <p>So yeah, that’s a sum-up of the good art that I’ve done. I did a lot of in-between art, but these are the pieces that I like the best. (:</p> <p> </p> <p>Oh yes, my brother and I started doing some Let’s Plays together on YouTube. (: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/GCatLetsPlays?feature=mhum">http://www.youtube.com/user/GCatLetsPlays</a> is our channel, if you’re interested. We only have 2 videos up, because my brother keeps forgetting to send me the other recordings that we have so that I can post them. >.> Nyeh.</p> <p> </p> <p>Well, there’s not a whole lot more to say, surprisingly.</p> <p> </p> <p>*waves*</p>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-86885066796559468882010-11-30T12:10:00.001-08:002010-11-30T12:12:17.956-08:00November is COMPLETE!<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TPVaRSpV1bI/AAAAAAAAAb8/UuWEeDJZr_M/s1600-h/nano_10_winner_240x120-7%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="nano_10_winner_240x120-7" border="0" alt="nano_10_winner_240x120-7" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TPVaR9xn-lI/AAAAAAAAAcA/n5NHWzCZisc/nano_10_winner_240x120-7_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="407" height="212" /></a> </p> <p>Guess who finished the NaNoWriMo with 50,735 words? :D</p> <p>My novel was called Tormentor, and I finished it. I couldn’t be happier! :D</p> <p>So in celebration of finishing, I have two pictures that I’d like to share :D I drew these during the month of November and told myself that if I didn’t reach 50,000, these pictures would never see the light of day. XD</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TPVaSVqrl-I/AAAAAAAAAcE/mg76BOxdL7Y/s1600-h/AceCrystal%5B6%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="AceCrystal" border="0" alt="AceCrystal" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TPVaSznXlBI/AAAAAAAAAcM/GQT1mIt6y9A/AceCrystal_thumb%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="410" height="386" /></a> </p> <p>“Love that would last an eternity, one that Hell’s most fearsome troops could never break" - Crystal ♥ </p> <p>Here are my two main characters, Crystal and Ace. ♥♥♥ </p> <p>Obviously, they are a couple. o3o I want to steal Ace from Crystal, even if he is my own character. Me loves him ouo </p> <p>... Anywaaay, I've been wanting to draw some sort of kissing pose for a while now, and these two gave me the perfect excuse to do just that :D </p> <p>And Ace may look kind of sinister in this picture, but he's actually a really nice guy ^_^</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TPVaT4p2hhI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/-3F07Adn8EI/s1600-h/TeamCoolBeans%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="TeamCoolBeans" border="0" alt="TeamCoolBeans" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TPVaUd1nPEI/AAAAAAAAAcU/7rGqRZ-sfZs/TeamCoolBeans_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="406" height="341" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p>Here are my three OCs, (from left to right) Crystal, Tyler and Ace. :D </p> <p>I wanted to try a different style of shading for this one (: I like how it came out ^_^ These are my three main characters from my NaNo Novel, not including my villans. (I drew a picture of my villans, but it didn't come out good at all... I'll redraw it and upload later :meow:) </p> <p>So Tyler, in the book, called the three of them Team Cool Beans. I love him. XD Ace doesn't like the name, but he'll just have to deal with that. :D</p> <p> </p> <p>So yeah! WOOOOOHOOOOO!! *Throws confetti in the air and does celebration dance*</p><p><br /></p><p>Ah yes, and I completed my novel to the sound of the Ninja Training Song from NinjaBridge by LittleKuriboh :D WIN!! XD</p>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-32122715682628051432010-11-21T13:37:00.001-08:002010-11-21T13:37:49.965-08:00To Make Leaning Unnecessary<p>A little meme that I came across through a friend… Yeah lol Decided to give it a try (:</p> <p> </p> <p>1. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random</a> - The first article title on the page is the name of your band. <br />2. <a href="http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3">http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3</a> - The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album. <br />3. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/">http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/</a> - The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover. <br />4. Use your graphics program of choice to throw them together, and post the result.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TOmRKwUq0SI/AAAAAAAAAbs/PQ9lMNFc4s4/s1600-h/AlbumCover%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="AlbumCover" border="0" alt="AlbumCover" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TOmRLWNaKfI/AAAAAAAAAbw/umx8VVqEwzg/AlbumCover_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="411" height="281" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p>… Yeah, that’s what I came up with. :D</p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-46795754422770501692010-10-19T09:44:00.001-07:002010-10-19T09:44:25.227-07:00The Realm of Carendell PREVIEW?<p>OK, so a looong while back, I did Sims 2 pictures of the characters from my book, The Realm of Carendell. You can see those <a href="http://taylorsblogrockshard.blogspot.com/2010/03/sims-2-book-characters.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> :D Anyway, I did actually draw the 2 main characters, Arabella and Daravon :3</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TL3K4zoCukI/AAAAAAAAAbc/hdVzhqfqVGI/s1600-h/Daravon%26Arabella%20FINAL%5B5%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Daravon&Arabella FINAL" border="0" alt="Daravon&Arabella FINAL" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TL3K5_5rBlI/AAAAAAAAAbg/E5ZwirCGVes/Daravon%26Arabella%20FINAL_thumb%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="405" height="405" /></a> </p> <p>Full Size and HQ here <a href="http://catc0617.deviantart.com/art/The-Hybrids-179029362">http://catc0617.deviantart.com/art/The-Hybrids-179029362</a> (Oh, and a speed paint <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b0p-bw-528" target="_blank">HERE</a>)</p> <p>So, yeah… That’s them I guess XD Just yesterday, I reached 10,000 words on the book. 3,100 of those written in one night, one sitting. o.O Anyway, in celebration, I posted the introduction page to my book on Deviant Art :D <a href="http://catc0617.deviantart.com/art/The-Realm-of-Carendell-PREVIEW-183165265">http://catc0617.deviantart.com/art/The-Realm-of-Carendell-PREVIEW-183165265</a> You can check it out there ^_^</p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-7675458609215827992010-08-06T19:15:00.001-07:002010-08-06T19:15:24.876-07:00My AngeL<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TFzBnGYfcgI/AAAAAAAAAbM/6YAHfShEkkQ/s1600-h/L_Wings_Colored_WithLetter%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="L_Wings_Colored_WithLetter" border="0" alt="L_Wings_Colored_WithLetter" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TFzBuy9R3EI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/9WeAEHFrl98/L_Wings_Colored_WithLetter_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="410" height="331" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p>L with wings. This has NEVER been done before. XD <br />XD Anyway, a slightly different style than I normally do, but I like it :3 <br />My first time attempting wings like this... Came out pretty good if I do say so myself ^.^ <br />Overall, I'm pretty proud of this picture :D Let me know what you think! (: <br />Done from sketch to finish on Paint Tool SAI</p> <p>HQ: <a href="http://catc0617.deviantart.com/art/My-AngeL-174295104?q=&qo=">http://catc0617.deviantart.com/art/My-AngeL-174295104?q=&qo=</a></p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-4233521731033019162010-08-01T11:20:00.001-07:002010-08-01T11:20:07.632-07:00New pictures and speed paints!<p>OK, so it’s been a while… And I’ve done quite a bit in the time gone by ^_^</p> <p> </p> <p>First off, new speed paints! :D</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TFW6x5RwFPI/AAAAAAAAAas/IReAfJwVE6k/s1600-h/Hatsune%20Miku%5B4%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Hatsune Miku" border="0" alt="Hatsune Miku" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TFW6yIx5HlI/AAAAAAAAAaw/Hbiot1m_ZBU/Hatsune%20Miku_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="409" height="486" /></a> </p> <p>Well, look at that! I finally finished Hatsune Miku! 8 hours of work. 8! HOURS!! o.o Anyway, I'm VERY pleased with the result! :D Horrible background though... I might fix that later... Oh well XD <br />Done in SAI, from sketch to finished product (: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShkMizv8MvI" target="_blank">Click here for the Speed paint video!!</a> <br />I APOLOGIZE FOR THE HORRENDOUS QUALITY OF THE VIDEO!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TFW6yjxdKDI/AAAAAAAAAa0/2oo7bBkDgSg/s1600-h/Saria_Goodbyes_TouchedUp%5B4%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Saria_Goodbyes_TouchedUp" border="0" alt="Saria_Goodbyes_TouchedUp" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TFW6zB3Yg9I/AAAAAAAAAa4/k-DiWOLj4Mg/Saria_Goodbyes_TouchedUp_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="409" height="485" /></a> </p> <p>Saria! :D </p> <p>The one problem I had with Ocarina of Time was when Link left Kokiri Forest near the beginning of the game, and he didn't hug Saria or nothing. I mean, he may never see her again!!! ... Anyway, this is how I pictured her after he walked away. </p> <p>Awwww, she's crying =[</p> <p>... Anyway, hope you like it ^_^ </p> <p>I drew this without a reference, by the way, so I'm sorry if I didn't draw her completely right... I glanced at a pic of her right before I did the line art, and then later on while coloring just to make sure she had blue eyes XD </p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE2gVKiIMWk" target="_blank">*Click here* ZOMG SPEED PAINT VIDEO!! XD</a></p> <p> </p> <p>And I also returned to my sketchbook and drew Rem!!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TFW6zlSpF3I/AAAAAAAAAa8/6qq44agvqN4/s1600-h/Rem_Finished%5B4%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Rem_Finished" border="0" alt="Rem_Finished" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TFW60DgR6TI/AAAAAAAAAbA/BO62BqvuEBI/Rem_Finished_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="409" height="496" /></a></p> <p>K, so I was watching Death Note, and I watched an episode that Rem was in. So I got to thinking, "Hey, I should draw her!" ... I hadn't done anything in my sketchbook in forever, since I got my pen tablet, but I decided to go back to it ^_^ <br />Bleh, I'm horrible at drawing books -.- <br />My scanner fails, so you can't see most of the shading :/ Oh wellz <br />Anyway, enough rambling XD Hope you like it (:</p> <p> </p> <p>Aaaaand I got a new DeviantID!!</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TFW60lRqvLI/AAAAAAAAAbE/BJ7Wd_csLG4/s1600-h/deviantID2_withtext%5B4%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="deviantID2_withtext" border="0" alt="deviantID2_withtext" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TFW61ngWFfI/AAAAAAAAAbI/hFoR_bA0KdI/deviantID2_withtext_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="405" height="481" /></a> </p> <p>Well, I figured I was in need of a new DeviantID... So I drew one!!! XD <br />... THE "R" IN "FOR" GOT CUT OFF!!! >.< <br />To see the high quality, either go to my DA page (<a href="http://catc0617.deviantart.com/">http://catc0617.deviantart.com/</a>) OR click this link: <a href="http://catc0617.deviantart.com/art/New-DeviantID-173471520">http://catc0617.deviantart.com/art/New-DeviantID-173471520</a> <br />...Yup that's pretty much all I have to say ahahaha</p> <p> </p> <p>… And that’s about all I’m going to write about… If you want to see anymore of the stuff I’ve done, go to my <a href="http://catc0617.deviantart.com/" target="_blank">deviantART</a> (:</p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-59214826165008699482010-06-22T20:25:00.001-07:002010-06-22T20:25:39.814-07:00Catching Up…<p>Good gracious it’s been a while since I’ve posted on here!!</p> <p>I’ve done a lot of art in the past month or so… I’m not going to put it all on here, but if you’d like to check it all out, go to <a href="http://catc0617.deviantart.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#00ffff">my deviantART</font></a> (:</p> <p>Anyway, I’ll post a few good ones I’ve done (:</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TCF-jR215aI/AAAAAAAAAZo/DbyAGVxPRqs/s1600-h/Bakura_Angry_Contest%5B4%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Bakura_Angry_Contest" border="0" alt="Bakura_Angry_Contest" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TCF-kqKB4ZI/AAAAAAAAAZs/Qbd9SUz0hmA/Bakura_Angry_Contest_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="403" height="534" /></a> </p> <p>Darkness has a face... <br />Darkness has a name... <br />Darkness, thy name is... <br />Bakura. </p> <p>Inked and then colored with colored pencil, than smoothed and edited on the computer with GIMP. (: This is my entry to the <a href=" http://yami-bakura-fangirls.deviantart.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#00ffff">Yami-Bakura-Fangirls contest</font></a> (: I doubt I'll win, but hey, it was fun :D </p> <p>Drawn on June 5th 2010</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TCF-ljXjjeI/AAAAAAAAAZw/q2H4Cjs0mPs/s1600-h/Crono%20Colored%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Crono Colored" border="0" alt="Crono Colored" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TCF-mdOUDJI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/ZL4aNCF1oK4/Crono%20Colored_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="401" height="443" /></a> </p> <p>Hey look! Another game I'm obsessed with! XD Chrono Trigger is one of my top 5 favorite games. SNES FTW! XD </p> <p>Anyway, I was bored, so I drew Crono (or Chrono... Whatever lol) because he is my 2nd favorite video game character ever. He is only second to Link in my opinion XD </p> <p>I used a <a href="http://www.snesclassics.com/wallpaper/1280/chrono-1280.jpg" target="_blank"><font color="#00ffff">reference picture</font></a> ... That one is a lot cooler lol </p> <p>Drawn on June 9th 2010</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TCF-nvOJXjI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/YdV0EeQZFiQ/s1600-h/Link%20%26%20Navi_CGI%20Colored%5B4%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Link & Navi_CGI Colored" border="0" alt="Link & Navi_CGI Colored" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TCF-o3E39hI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/w4NMIgQL9Dc/Link%20%26%20Navi_CGI%20Colored_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="403" height="536" /></a> </p> <p>3rd (and final) upload of this same picture XD You can check out the other 2 uploads on my DA (: I'm afraid I'm not all that good at coloring on the computer... But I got a new painting program (Paint Tool SAI), so I decided to give it a shot :D Please excuse the crappy background... I suck at them hahaha</p> <p>Drawn on June 13th 2010</p> <p>-- After that drawing, I got a marvelous new pen tablet for my birthday on June 17th :D YAY! --</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TCF-pSfYAXI/AAAAAAAAAaA/91UtVjn1Jy8/s1600-h/WinterGirl%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="WinterGirl" border="0" alt="WinterGirl" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TCF-qa7X7JI/AAAAAAAAAaE/ilWzlh6pybM/WinterGirl_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="402" height="478" /></a> </p> <p>Random girl I doodled on Paint Tool SAI (: I must say, I'm rather happy with it ^_^ Snow is kind of an odd thing to draw in June, but oh well XD</p> <p>Drawn on June 22nd 2010</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TCF-rMdjB9I/AAAAAAAAAaI/vTV7gsTVW98/s1600-h/EmoGirl%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="EmoGirl" border="0" alt="EmoGirl" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/TCF-sCT1-dI/AAAAAAAAAaM/b5pws_DsZ9E/EmoGirl_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="403" height="480" /></a> </p> <p>A random emo girl I doodled on Paint Tool SAI (: The hand is sort of unproportionate to the head in the way of size, but oh well XD It's a doodle hahaha</p> <p>Drawn on June 22nd 2010</p> <p> </p> <p>Remember to visit my <a href="http://catc0617.deviantart.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#00ffff">deviantArt</font></a>! It holds high quality versions of these drawings, plus many more! :D</p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-46614418021619345342010-04-27T10:12:00.001-07:002010-04-27T10:12:31.012-07:00Destiny<p>Well, well, well… More anime. Surprise! XD</p> <p>Anyway, I got a new art program (: It’s called Open Canvas 1.1 (: It’s really awesome! It’s made for pen tablets… I’m using my dad’s pen tablet XD</p> <p>Anyway, here is what I drew on Open Canvas ^_^</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/S9ca-7qN42I/AAAAAAAAAZY/Up8niSietck/s1600-h/Destiny%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Destiny" border="0" alt="Destiny" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/S9ca_aPl67I/AAAAAAAAAZc/Dn6DgaRzl5g/Destiny_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="522" height="358" /></a> </p> <p>She has blue hair. That’s pretty freaking awesome. I wish I had blue hair… o.O…</p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-55926545897921425562010-04-13T20:49:00.001-07:002010-04-13T20:51:55.441-07:00Kaiba Bros.<p>I bring you another anime drawing (what is this, the 10th one this week? o.O). And this time, it has a character I’ve never drawn before! ^_^ MOKUBA KAIBA! He's so adorable ^_^</p> <p>LOL! This one was a really really fun one to draw XD </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/S8U7QU0dEmI/AAAAAAAAAXY/8plxotk3AXI/s1600-h/Kaiba%20Bros%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Kaiba Bros" border="0" alt="Kaiba Bros" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/S8U7RuHSEnI/AAAAAAAAAXc/5cSzIJa38vY/Kaiba%20Bros_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="409" height="285" /></a> </p> <p>XD Mokuba should learn eventually that Seto is nearly impossible to distract when he's on his computer XD What does he do on there anyway...? XD Maybe he goes on Facebook o.0 Anyway, hope this makes you laugh a bit ^_^</p> <p>I based Kaiba’s pose off of a picture I had, but I used about 5 pictures of Mokuba to create the one I did, so I’ll just put the picture of Kaiba ^_^</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/S8U7STUK1SI/AAAAAAAAAXg/gZTaIvLRX3E/s1600-h/Seto%20at%20Desk%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Seto at Desk" border="0" alt="Seto at Desk" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/S8U7TIDALaI/AAAAAAAAAXk/kJQLhcSpXDs/Seto%20at%20Desk_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="294" height="224" /></a> </p> <p>Yuupp… Oh yeah, and I found a most amusing picture today while looking for pictures of Kaiba… Ironically, it’s of Yugi, but in any case, it’s AWESOME!</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/S8U7UQNFAZI/AAAAAAAAAXo/ppSsjLLMfJM/s1600-h/iDuel%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="iDuel" border="0" alt="iDuel" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/S8U7VMX0fCI/AAAAAAAAAXs/lVIDS3P911M/iDuel_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="273" height="361" /></a></p> <p>:D EPIC! I have it set as the background on my computer ^_^</p>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429401767456321484.post-90371501176712733072010-04-13T15:04:00.001-07:002010-04-13T15:04:14.515-07:00Seto Kaiba (again?)<p>Kaiba!! He's epic! </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/S8TqLct1KDI/AAAAAAAAAXI/0HJ4cNBfGe4/s1600-h/Seto%20Kaiba_Full%20Body%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Seto Kaiba_Full Body" border="0" alt="Seto Kaiba_Full Body" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/S8TqTTgl-_I/AAAAAAAAAXM/yAp2YX8Dhqg/Seto%20Kaiba_Full%20Body_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="402" height="541" /></a> </p> <p>This is my first time drawing a full body... And I chose the character with the most extravagant outfit XD I love the way Kaiba walks (yes, he is walking in this picture, not floating)... He always looks like he's walking with a purpose :D It's EPIC! (:</p> <p>As tradition (lol), here is the picture I based it off of;</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/S8TqWXkKEcI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/FB6ZMn8XotM/s1600-h/Kaiba_Large%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Kaiba_Large" border="0" alt="Kaiba_Large" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wZOwnNygdj8/S8TqXWB3-eI/AAAAAAAAAXU/IYCTgQvuIzw/Kaiba_Large_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="405" height="469" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p>You have NO idea how long it took me to find a full body picture like this… :P All I kept finding were what they call “3/4 shots” , where all you see is from the chest up o.O</p> Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11655854610570600159noreply@blogger.com0