Happy November, You Wonderful People!

Oh, dear. I seem to have neglected posting on this blog. Oops.

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 DeviantArt a little bit ago and forgot to post them here.

 

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.

Now we meet his sister.

This is Ivy. Isn’t she pretty? I’m going to enjoy working with her character.

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.

“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.
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.
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.
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, anything, to make sure it's kept a secret.
Oh, and by the way. One of them is dead.”

Well, that’s that. Hopefully I shall blog more about them as I write. (:

Ah, and I did a Halloween picture. Ashley from Wario Ware stars in this one. :D

Happy (late) Halloween, and Happy November! :D

May I Introduce You To…

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.

Well, no more on that. I’d rather not spoil the fun of November. Without further ado, here he is.

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.

Next, provided my mind is willing, we'll be meeting his sister.

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”.

WIP Sketch - Echo

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

Thought I’d put up the WIP sketch for you guys. ^_^ Watermark because I am paranoid. XD

Minecraft Doodle?

I won’t be posting This Sunday’s Outfit today. So I’ve something else to post today.

I’ve been playing Minecraft on this awesome server called DewCraft (www.dewcraft.com) 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.

Yup. And that’s not just any character; it’s my custom Minecraft skin… personified. *le gasp*

See?

Boo-yah.

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.

This Sunday’s Outfit (10-2-11)

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. (:

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.

This Sunday’s Outfit (9-25-11)

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

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.

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… (:

Yes, I need to get an actual camera and not just use a cell phone camera. But I’ll get to that eventually. :3

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.

Among the things I want to get are a pocket watch similar to this one, these gloves in black, and a cloak such as this one, 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?

Art Block takes another victim!

Art block has attached itself to my brain and won’t let go. It’s quite relentless, I tell you.

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

Take, for instance, this partial sketch.

(Now that I look at it again, his arms bug me… I must fix them eventually…)

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.

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.

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…

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.