Trying out my new markers. They’re no better and no worse than the old ones of the same brand, although for a moment I was very impressed for some reason. I forget what the reason was, because you can see how well they work on shading large areas. : P
Also there is no orangey-pinky-brown, so no skin colours for us! D :
Trying to draw myself in Colby’s style without looking either in a mirror or at any of Colby’s drawings. Fail!
I’m going to try again later, because I think Colby’s style would work really well for my hair when it frizzes up like this.
This was my goodbye picture for my buddeh, Andrew, who I used to go running with. Unfortunately, I was out of inspiration, so I just scribbled this at midnight two days before I saw him. : P He said he liked it anyway.
Mwahahaha, behold my powers of fangirling. : P
The guy in front is supposed to be Ryder Hesjedal; following him is one of the Schleck brothers (pick your favourite đ ) and last but definitely not least is Cadel Evans. …And then there’s me.
My first time drawing a bicycle. : P Yus, I copy/pasted. Whatever. IT’S ALL FOR THE KAWAII.
Wow. Just wow. So many crashes today, and bad ones, too. I am shocked. I feel so bad for Hoogerland… I bet he pulls out. And poor Vino! He made such a great effort yesterday, and I was still looking forward to seeing him ride on. Phil and Paul say that with a broken pelvis, his cycling career is pretty much over; he was planning on making this his last Tour anyway, but it’s really sad to crash out (even dramatically). And then everyone else who went down… sending them hopes that they heal quickly!
BUT. Thomas Voeckler is the most adorasquee cyclist in the business. Andy’s cute, but Voeckler… wow. Did you see how happy he was?!?
Adorable griffon alert, if you haven’t already seen it.
  
Yeee! It’s done. Please let me know if I left out any details. Like logistics or maybe some shading looks funny or you don’t like the font (Trajan Pro)Â or something. Click for giant version, and then you can download it and print it if you like. I know it doesn’t fit on a regular page. I’m gonna just print it on larger sheets of paper and have strange white stripes down the sides. Continue reading
Three weeks until my grad recital! So I’m working on the poster. Here is a preview. The background will probably be a light colour but I may change my mind. I do like pictures with deep rich hues in addition to pretty pastels.
Thoughts? What needs improving? I think I need to touch up the end of the nose because it’s not really coming out of the face like a nose should. Also my eyes aren’t that bright brown.
I was busy today. Classes, homework, a little practice, and I went shopping because I am playing Lilith with AlexR on Monday, and apparently it’s tradition to dress up as a demon. Soooo… I needed a demon costume. So I bought my first ‘little black dress’ and it is totally cute, but it’s a lot less than I’m used to wearing. And I decided to draw a picture of it. End of long boring story!
Also the dress is cute, but both the buttons that keep the halter-part on broke the second time I put it on, so that’s kind of stupid. And I don’t actually have the fangs yet. I have more shopping to do tomorrow. I have the finny ears, though.
This is a small picture because I was just fooling around with large blurry brushes drawing female figures – trying to get the proportions right again – and I liked this one. But I didn’t feel like making a super-detailed picture, although I could have.
I reread The Secret Garden and it is sooo not a girly book; it’s a book about health. And I would like to try some of this healthy stuff. I don’t think I will seriously take up gardening, but it’s just kind of inspiring to see – here are people working hard out of doors, and they love it! They’re strong, and they like to sing, and they are happy and friendly! And of course the part where Colin stands up is the awesomest thing I read all week. Maybe all month. I haven’t done a lot of reading recently.
Off to the weekend, where I play in 3 recitals, listen to two more, and have an audition. Eeek!
Hi! Would you like to see a big version of the new header? Of course you would. XD Click for big version!
So why these people? Why not more actual Adhemlenei characters? Well, (*pompous tone of voice*) here at Adhemlenei, we encourage diversity. So, the fact that only one character on this header comes from the Adhemlenei makes no difference. My head is full of lots of stuff!
But yeah, there’s FlairĂ©, because he is awesome and my favourite, and then there’s Ceniro, and Rana, and Esgalwen, and my guardian angel… I’m not sure why he showed up.
FlairĂ©: Because you think he’s hot.
Ooookay, besides that. I mean, I can draw him any time I want, but why now?
So that’s representing the kalmaei, Fire Emblem, Zelda, and Middle Earth. And me. Twice. : P
In case you didn’t see them yet, you should scroll down and check out the latest two pages of Eros and Psyche, and then go to the next page and look at Aur, because I drew an Aur that looks like Aur. (He’s from the Wayrift webcomic, which made of win.)
This painting has been in my head since… Sunday, July 17th, around 5:00 PM. This was during an Evensong sermon at CCC, in which the pastor spoke to us organists about how we were all wonderful people but not adventurous unless pushed, so she challenged us to ‘step out of the box and head into the wilderness’ like John the Baptist and Christ and anyone else you can think of who went into the wilderness. Now that day I was really having a bad day, so the idea of ‘wilderness’ terrified me and I nearly broke down in church… but I did get this picture in my head, and I decided I felt like painting it because it’s an interesting picture. Continue reading
Is this really what I’d do if I were rich? …Dunno. Check back later.
So this just popped into my head – first the song, Douce France by Charles Trenet, which is an absolutely gorgeous song and you should listen to it, and then the picture. The picture is what I would do if I were rich and could afford a convertible and enough time to go on one of them old-fashioned ‘road trips’ – oh, and if I had the inclination to go on a road trip. : P Anyway, so I’d drag Leslie and Kevin and Organist along with me, and we would crank up Trenet to top volume and just cruise happily. And we’d all wear sunglasses ‘coz we’re cool like that. Actually I’ve never seen Kevin wear sunglasses. But I’m sure he has them. I’m not sure what’s happening in the back seat, but it looks like Kevin wants to see the map but Organist won’t let him.