Time off

I've only had one day of freedom so far, and I already feel like I'm going to go nuts if I don't find something to do. I suppose it's because my time was being taken up by schoolwork, as well as art in my free time. Now I have all sorts of great ideas and no way to work out a schedule because I'm not in school. I'll sit down to paint, and I'll suddenly go into panic-mode because I feel like I have assignments to do. Argh! I hope I get this nonsense settled before my vacation is over...

On another note, today I fell down the stairs and whacked my elbow really hard. It's been about 8 hours now, and the side of my hand is still tingly. I have some bruises on my back and my tailbone is a little sore, but I still start laughing like a maniac when I remember WHY I fell down the stairs.
I fell down the stairs because I was having a Science! day (basically my excuse for wearing a lab coat around the house) and I discovered that if you stick your earbuds in your nostrils and open your mouth you get an awesome stereo.
Please don't ask me how I figured that out...
Anyway, I figured that sharing is caring so I went downstairs to share my groundbreaking discovery with my dad when I lost my footing and slipped down the stairs (See: http://www.youtube.com/user/DudeCrushClaws?feature=guide#p/f/29/KedGncdV-T4 ). I then proceeded to laugh my ass off, scaring the hell out of my very concerned father, and making me laugh even harder.

I can't laugh at his reaction too much, though. I blacked out the last time I fell down a staircase. I couldn't see or hear anything, but my body picked itself up (and I think was muttering to my dad and my sister) and continued walking towards the next flight of stairs. Luckily, my hearing started coming back and I could vaguely hear people yelling my name and a really loud ringing; my eyesight also started coming back, first in gray-scale, then slowly filtering in as color bubbles. Very luckily, this happened just as I as put one foot down on the next step, thus preventing another fall down another flight of stairs. In conclusion, I am very grateful that my dad is a concerned parent and I try very hard not to scare him.
I could tell a bunch of other fun stories, but this is not "Crazy Ass Injuries and Stuff," so I will leave it be for now. :p

These pictures are from 2008, which would put me at 14-15 years old. This is still the upside-down sketchbook, but I guess I was having another one of my "Holy crap! What year is it?!" moments when I started this thing because some earlier pages say Nov. 2007, but the rest say Nov. 2008. Derp.

Everyone has a bad day!

MegaMan looks like a turtle, IMO. A cute turtle, nonetheless.

A drawing of InuYasha from memory. Possibly one of my favorites in this book.

Quite a difference from the first one, eh?

My least-favorite-navigator, Pallette. The bird in her hair is a nice touch!

Teapot. This was likely a teapot belonging to one of the studio's members who left it lying around.

IT CAN SEE INTO YOUR SOUL!

Enjoy!

Bad Art (a mini rant)

Yes, my friends. The internet is a treasure trove of bad art. I'm glad that I explicitly stated in an earlier post that I am scanning in OLD sketchbooks, because I seriously just saw an entire gallery filled with pictures, by a 23 year old that look worse than my 12-13 year old self could draw. D:
I want to encourage people, but the first step to solving a problem is to admit you have a problem. I mean, seriously, don't expect a truckload of praise for your art if it looks like something semi-sophisticated chimps crapped out. ARGH.
On another, but similar, note, there is a museum in Massachusetts that I had the benefit of going to see in person. That museum is the one and only "Museum of Bad Art." Check out this link: http://museumofbadart.org/

On to the continuously-improving pictures!

I enjoy looking at this picture. The shading, the movement... it's pretty good for a 13 year old.

Hoss. At this point, I still used a very light touch with colored pencils, which did not afford me the full range each pencil can offer!

Neato. Wish I could remember where I got the pose from, though.

Look at the exhale! I need to try something like this again.

Some boy. Actually, there's a story behind him, but it's quite long and confusing. So there.

Seeing as it is 11:52 on a Friday night, I'm going to go get a bowl of Lucky Charms and count myself lucky that I managed to grab a bowl before my brother consumes the entire box by himself. Muaha.

Schnuuding

It snowed quite a bit last night. This, of course is not unusual for November on PEI. What was unusual was how nice the fall was up until this point. In fact, the beautiful weather is supposed to return this weekend. Very odd indeed.
Oh yes, I nearly forgot:
Happy Thanksgiving, Motherland! We're having our American-style turkey day on Sunday. Mm-hm.

I like the shading in this picture. Does having three swords count as overkill?

Axl and Zero, goofing around.

Can't exactly remember the story behind this one, but Accel adopts a kid somehow. >.>

This was pretty neat. I used a calligraphy set to ink this trio. I only wish their poses weren't so stiff!

Two of my favorite baddies, Sesshomaru and Itachi.

This is actually the end of my (yellow) 2006 sketchbook. There's no need to be all disappointed, though! I found another 2006 sketchbook (brown) in my cottage the other day.
Prepare yourselves!

Last of the 2005 Book

I can hear a collective sigh of relief now... "Thank GOD. She's finally done with that horrid book!"
... I hope that isn't the case; I was only 11 or 12 :(
In any case, here are the rest of my ninjas:

This one is saved as "hood-rat." Hmmm...

Awww - It's Coaty! The most wonderful serial killer coat wearing cat ever :)

Sasuke look-a-like. Or is that is supposed to be him?

Not a profile, for once. Yay me!

This was actually a rather nice ending to the sketchbook. It makes me think of falling leaves.

I hope to scan a few pages in from my next sketchbook to post for tomorrow. Expect a lot more MegaMan in the next book!

Some more 2005

I finished scanning in my 2005 sketchbook. I know I have others around that same age, but I can't seem to find them. I'm hoping that I'll start getting into some of the fun stuff before Christmas, but we'll have to see. On another note, my last final exam is December 8th, so I'll have oodles of free time to work on some paintings :D
 Okay, here we go:

This was a fan character that I drew for my little brother. We were both HUGE narutards.

Sayaka with some coloring. I'm pretty sure the profiles were inspired by the MM artist Bobcat...

Another horse, this time blinkered. Ah, to be a city kid wishing for horses (never again, hopefully).

This one is actually pretty cute!

Enter the InuYasha series, lol.

 I really like looking back on old sketchbooks. Sometimes it's nice to see how far you've come, and sometimes a peek at the old books can give you some new ideas.
... and, uh, here are some hovering cats on glass! http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleybaccam/cats-on-glass

Some Oldies...

Hi guys! I think my first matter of business will be to scan in my circa 2005 (age 11) pictures. I probably won't be getting to some new stuff for quite awhile, but I do hope you will enjoy seeing how I've grown :)

My first sketch in my 2005 sketchbook. You can see the influence that copious amounts of anime watching had on me!

I have always loved horses. That is all.

This was my very first OC (Naruto-verse) I ever had. I don't remember too much about her, but I'm pretty sure she was a mary-sue. This picture was my pride and joy, haha.

Another OC, definitely ignored forever after her creation.

Takuzo, the token male character. I'm pretty sure that at this point I believed I was a ninja, too.

Well, that was my selection for today. Hope y'all enjoyed it. Chemistry exam tomorrow. Blarf.