Thursday, January 25, 2007

This will be long, but don't worry, you don't have to read it all

OTAKU TIME: 10:34PM (Man, I've got to try and update earlier than this...) I hate being sick! My throat burned for a while, but at least it no longer hurts when I swallow. So much for staying in full health after escaping getting a bad cold, eh?>_< *Sighs* Anyway, I'd like to thank everyone for their understanding of what I was going through. It seems that I'm not the only one that has been experiencing this. *Glares out the window* Stupid weather... My hands kept getting pins and needles, because I was always sitting on them. Why? Well, I don't have any gloves to wear, so this was the only thing I could do.-__-' Oh, speaking of the weather, it snowed a week ago! It actually snowed! It sure took it long enough; appearing in the middle of January. It would have been better if it came at Christmas, seeing as how the snow only stayed for one day... it was gone the day after.>_< This next part will be kinda long, so you don't have to read it. I have umm... separated it from the rest of the post, so you can skip right to the end if you want. But I'll let you know now that my mum is completely fine. Well, she still coughs every now and then, but not as often as before.^_^ -------------------- I wanted to mention this earlier on in the mouth, but I kept re-writing it to try and keep it short, though still have enough written to tell you what happened. It didn't work... so I'll just go on and tell you, instead of making you read more than you need to. *Sighs* Okay, my New Years didn't exactly go so well, as some of you already know from CK (ChocoboKnight). I woke up to CK's panicked voice telling me that Mum fell down the stairs, and said something about her nose being all busted up. I don't think I got out of bed so fast in my life! I followed Robert (ChocoboKnight. I'll just call him Robert for now) into the hallway where I saw Mum sitting with her back against the wall. I was shocked at all the blood that covered the right side of her face, and a little bit that had got on her neck, too. Robert told me that he had spent a few minutes trying to get her up before he came to me. I asked her if she was okay, which was a stupid question, but I couldn't think of anything else to say. Mum said she was fine though, but the way she said it was worrying. It was so calm, and her eyes didn't seem very focused at all. Robert tried to get her up so we could take her to the hospital, but she said to give her a few minutes. It brought tears to my eyes of how weak she looked right then. I tried so hard not to cry, but it was hard not to. Whenever Robert mentioned that she fell down the stairs, she'd ask "Did I?" and he'd say 'yes,' and then she would question "How many?" and he would answer "I think all of them." and she would say "All of them? I don't remember..." These same questions were asked constantly, barely a minute passed by when she would ask what happened to her, and then we tell about her falling down the stairs, and she would ask "Did I? How many?" God, I was so scared! She was always so surprised and confused with our answers, even though we said them dozens of times before. I went into the kitchen to regain some composure as I wiped away my tears and filled a bowl with water. I then took that and a clean cloth to the living room where Robert had finally got Mum to sit down on the couch. From there I began to carefully clean the blood from her face, crying quietly as I did so. Robert kept insisting to her that she had to be taken to the hospital, but she didn't want either of us to catch the horrible cold that was going around by taking her there, so we reluctantly stayed home, though we made sure to keep her awake, because we didn't know if she had a concussion or not, but we knew not to let her sleep if she did. Her memory had gotten better after an hour or so, and she managed to call our cousin Catriona (Mum's the only one that knows her number *sighs*) and get a lift to the hospital. Mum came back a couple of hours later, and we found out that she'd be just fine, and that she didn't have a concussion after all. The woman that had checked up on Mum said it was normal for people that had hit their head to lose their memory like she had (falling into a brief unconsciousness, anyway... I think). Do you know what's amazing? She fell down 14 steps and nothing got broken! All the blood I cleaned from her face came from a cut at the top of her nose, and maybe the inside of it, too. There was also a dark bruise on the right side of her nose. And she had a bump on her forehead, and the back of her head. The knuckles of her right hand was bruised, too. Really, it looked like she got into a fight, which is very common for people to do on New Year's... But we like to stay away from trouble, though that doesn't stop trouble from finding its way to us.-__- Oh, I didn't say how she fell down, did I? Well, it was a bad combination of: lack of food, lack of sleep, a horrible head cold, which all lead up to extreme exhaustion. So, she had fainted at the top of the stairs (She has never fainted before in her life! So she was shocked about that). She commented on how there wasn't a worse place to just suddenly pass out. I had to agree, and I couldn't help laughing at the way she said it. Okay, that's what I've been putting off to post about since the day it happened. I was never good at keeping something like this short and simple... I'm sorry to those of you who actually took the time to read it. I hope I didn't take away too much of your time. *Bows* Thank you for reading, though.^_^ -------------------- On a final note, I'd like to thank my eldest brother Michael and his wife Darlene, and my Dad for their Christmas cards and gifts! Though I accidentally got a paper cut when opening one of the envelopes (deadly things that they are!) I still loved the cards. And I can't believe I got that many CDs! Let's see, I got: 1 Aaron Tippin (I think that's for Mum, but it had my name on it. I'll keep it safe for her. *Grins*) 1 Brad Paisley 1 Diamond Rio (the Platinum Collection) 1 Jo Dee Messina 1 Josh Gracin 2 Josh Turner (A fast favourite of mine. I LOVE his voice. So deep!) 1 Rascal Flatts 1 Sawyer Brown 1 SugerLand 1 Toby Keith ("A Little Too Late" is on it! I really loved the video to that. Soooo funny!^o^) 1 Trace Adkins 1 Tracy Lawrence I hope I didn't miss any. Oh, I also got Reba McEntire from my Mum. *Smiles* Yes, I got a lot of CDs this year, but I love them! Music is right up there with anime! I wonder who I should listen to, to help me sleep... maybe Rascal Flatts, or Tracy Lawrence. I'm a sucker for sad love songs. Don't tell CK that, though! I'll never live it down.^-^' Okay, time to end this post. Again, I'm sooooo sorry for letting it drag on this long. I better shut up before I say any more.^-^' Bye for now.^_^

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Saturday, January 13, 2007

   Cold... So Cold...

OTAKU TIME: 9:50PM (Okay, now is the latest I have ever updated) The weather has been bad these past few days. The winds are really strong, and there are times when I stare at the widows, expecting them to suddenly slam open when I hear them rattling so loudly. It gets really annoying, and it's freezing in here! ...I guiltily admit that instead of drawing and reading, I've been in my bed to escape the cold. I tried to shake it off, but I knew it was a losing battle once my teeth started chattering together. Good news is, the weather is calming down, so it's not so cold anymore.^-^ CK's Birthday is on Monday, so he might update then. If he doesn't, then I will. Hmmm... I wonder if my cover will fit on this chair... it is pretty thick... Bye for now.^_^

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Thursday, December 21, 2006

   HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Wow, this has got to be the latest update I've ever posted... It's my brother's Birthday today! My eldest brother, Michael. *Smiles* I drew the picture above for him, but I didn't have any time left to colour it (but maybe that's a good thing, since I'm still unsure of where to shade and where not to...). I can't remember the last time I drew a cake... ages ago, I think. Man, I wish I could draw food like the food in Tom and Jerry. They never fail to make my mouth water. lol.^_^ If you're wondering who that is in the drawing, it's me. See the necklace? Yup, that's my name! And I'm wearing a Christmas hat since it's so close to Christmas, and there's a party hat in my hand for my brother's Birthday, so this is a mix. And I drew Kilala, too. She's kinda annoyed with me, because of the party hat I put on her head, but I thought it would be cute! Anyway, I hope he likes it.^-^ (You don't have to read this next part if it's too long. I don't mind.) Guess what? Two of my "How to Draw Manga" books have arrived! It's going to be a big help with my drawings. They even have the proper way to do paneling, showing how square and rectangular panels are more commonly used because they make the manga easier to follow. It says that they frequently appear in shonen and seinen manga (manga for elementary school age to teenage boys [so it says]). The shojo ("girl" [again, so it says]) and ladies manga have the panels in all different kinds of shapes, making it look a lot more complicated. It says that they allow you to produce "dramatic compositions", but to take care, because they can make the page difficult to follow for the reader. You got that right... *Mumbles* Oh, and it says not to draw the characters' heads the same size in every panel, since it creates "visual monotony", making it boring to the reader. (I'll have to remember that...) It also has different kinds of "Speech Balloons", for shouting or complaining; cheerful and excited voices; for expressing fear or weariness in a voice; and one for portraying loudspeaker announcements or emotionless voices. (You can tell I used some words from the book, eh? lol.) And it has "Thought Balloons", but there's not much to say about them... Well, I've talked enough about my manga books for today, but you will be hearing more from me very soon! I do have to post my drawing of Miroku and Sango, after all. *Smiles* I'm going to visit everyone today, and when I've done that, I'll go through your archives to catch up on everything I've missed. Sure, it's going to take a while, but I will do my best. Bye for now.^_^

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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

   Fell asleep

Another picture I joined up with snapshots. Ayame from Fruits Basket.^-^ First, I want to thank you guys for answering my question on Friday, I finally know what a mangaka is. lol. And I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday, but I didn't say that Monday was a sure thing. I said that I would "most likely" be back on Monday, but that didn't turn out like I planned. *Sighs* Well, I wanted to work more on my drawings yesterday, but I accidentally fell asleep... I never should have gone to bed to escape the cold, but I somehow (easily *cough*) convinced myself that I would only be under the covers until I warmed up. Then, I thought to close my eyes for just a few minutes... Man, I always make that mistake. I think to shut my eyes for a few minutes, and I end up falling asleep for hours.-__- Anyway, some of you were wondering what part of the FMA movie I found too creepy to look at. I don't want to spoil anything for you, but for those of you who really want to know, just highlight the white writing at the end of the post. Question: If you had the chance to beat up an anime character you dislike, who would it be? I have no idea why I asked that, but it just came to my mind for some reason... My answer? Envy from FMA. Why? Well, let's just say that she/he (not really sure of gender) was the cause of death to someone I really care about. *Sniffles* I better get to visiting everyone. Bye for now.^_^ SPOILER! Don't read unless you are completely sure that you want to. Gluttony is absolutely disgusting looking in this movie. He is HUGE and he no longer has only one head, but another three (and they're not alongside his main head, either). I don't really know how to describe him. He is seriously... well, deformed. His legs (or what look like legs) hang limply from his neck, and another pair beneath his belly. You should see the layers of fat! His belly could be a house, though I don't think anyone would want to be in there. *Shudders* Well, the part I couldn't look at was when Gluttony had Wrath in his mouth, and I felt really shaky inside at the noises it made when he crushed Wrath between his teeth. When I was brave (more like stupid) enough to come out from behind my hands (I shielded my eyes at some point), I saw blood spill out of Wrath. A RIVER of it... Well, to me it seemed like that... I was shaking uncontrollably through that scene. I never want to see or hear that ever again!T_T

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Friday, November 24, 2006

   Two Days Late...^-^'

Yay, a Fruits Basket picture! I've had this sitting in my computer for over a year now. I took snapshots of that scene and joined them up to make the complete picture. I hope that made sense.^-^' Anyway, thank you for telling me what you're afraid of. Most of the fears mentioned are things I'm scared of, too. Yup, there aren't many things that I'm not afraid of.^-^' Well, I know I said I'd be here on Wednesday, but CK (Chocobo Knight, my brother) updated that day and I can't update on the same day as him. So I just thought to update on Thursday, no big deal, right? But when Thursday came, my mum reminded me that it was Thanksgiving over there, and that you guys would probably be too busy to update. So, here I am today. *Sighs* I guess two days late isn't so bad, I could have come next Wednesday. lol.^-^' I hope you guys had a wonderful Thanksgiving. The food always looks so delicious on T.V. *Smiles* I'm pretty sure I'll hear about it on your posts today. I can't wait!^o^ CK and I watched the Full Metal Alchemist movie. Some of you probably already know that, but I thought I'd just mention it anyway. It was fantastic! But there was this one part that had me shaking. Man, I couldn't even look at it, and the sounds were awful! But other than that, that movie was the best anime movie I've seen so far. I hope they make another one.^_^ I have a question! What is "mangaka"? Is it the same as "manga," or is it different somehow? Well, I better get to visiting. You'll most likely see me again on Monday. *Smiles* Bye for now.^_^

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Monday, November 20, 2006

   Fear...

Well, here I am, just as I said I would be. *Smiles* Anyway, sorry for updating this late in the day, but I was drawing earlier. And while I was drawing, I felt this tickling feeling at the top of my left sock. You know the feeling you get when a hair brushes against your skin? Well, something like that. So, I looked down, and you know what I saw...? A SPIDER! Man, those things creep me out! But I somehow managed to keep myself from screaming, and just kicked the thing off of me with my other foot. *Sighs* Now I feel like my skin is crawling all the time because of that, and it's worse than normal since I know it's still alive. I don't know how it got so close to me, I can usually sense spiders when they are near. Don't ask me how; I just can... *Shrugs* Well, I'm arachnophobic, so I am terrified of spiders. Even the ones that appear on T.V have me diving for the remote to quickly change the channel. But I didn't scream this time, so that has to be an improvement, right?^-^' Anyway, I'm sorry to those of you out there who like spiders, but I just can't help my fear... Tell you what; how about I try and catch them and set them free outside? Of course, it will take a lot to muster that kind of courage, but I will try. And I did overcome my fear of moths, so I might overcome this one, too. It will just take more time, is all.^_^' Oops, there I go again... I didn't mean to talk about that for so long. I think I've said more than enough. So I'll finish off with a question: Question: What are you afraid of? See you on Wednesday! Bye for now.^_^ P.S. Thank you for your nice comments on my Buffy drawing on Friday. It really makes me feel better to know that you like my drawings. Old and new. Thank you!^o^

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Friday, November 17, 2006

   Hi!

Hey, just posted to let you all know that I'm not dead, and I'll be posting on Monday. I apologise for keeping you so long... again. I know I must be really annoying a certain someone out there, but I didn't want to update without anything to go with it... like I'm doing now... Oh, I know! I'll post an old drawing of mine! That's a drawing I did of Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I know you wouldn't be able to tell it was her by looking at it. Heck, I wouldn't know either if I hadn't drawn it. But it was like the 5th realism (that's human) I drew in my life. Let's see, Shania Twain was the first one, and I drew her again later after that, then it was Will Smith, and some game character named Steve (I'm not sure if that counts or not...), and then Buffy. No, wait! I drew Garth Brooks too. But that turned out awful... you should have seen his hands! Ugh. I was never ever good at hands, I'm still not.^-^' Anyway, all those I mentioned were drawn between the ages of 12 and 14... a time when I drew without that much care about making mistakes. Man, I wish I was still that carefree... *Sighs* I regret missing out like three years of drawing. That probably explains the slowness of my drawing progress... still taking the time to ease myself back into it. Maybe things will go faster when I finally get my book on how to draw manga, eh? But I might not get it until January, though. Doh...T_T Oops, I didn't mean to write this much. I only wanted to drop in and say hi. I guess I get carried away sometimes. But it feels good to be updating again, even though I didn't plan on this... *Looks up* particular drawing to post with. Still, it's better than nothing. *Smiles* Well, I better get going. Bye for now.^_^

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Wednesday, October 25, 2006

   Hi, Hi!

Hey there! Sorry for the late update... Anyway, I've been working on a drawing for Halloween. It's going a bit slow 'cause I wanted to get the right pen for the line art. I have never used pen on my drawings before, but I thought I was ready to give it a try... *Sighs* I was not. Oh well, I guess it will take some time until I'm confident enough to 'ink' my drawings. I'll stick to pencils for now.^_^ Anyway, I've been working on page two (and something else) for "Rin's Question" (written by lordsesshoumaru. I'm just drawing it. I like drawing fanart for Inuyasha fanfics more than for the show for some reason...) I probably would have posted it today if I had managed to finish it yesterday. Actually, I probably would have gotten it done on Sunday if I hadn't been "forced" to watch CK's favourite anime. lol. But I still enjoyed it. It was very funny.^-^ I have another question. You see how full-demons are repelled by Tetsusaiga's barrier? Well, how come Shippo was able to hold it in episode 130, "Shippo's New Technique, The Heart Scar!"? Was Shippo's power too weak to be sensed by the sword, or something?O_o Oh, oh! I have another question! In episode 16 "Mystical Hand of the Amorous Monk, Miroku," remember how he stole the Jewel shards from Kagome, AND herself while he was at it? Well, when he made his get away, he was on Kagome's bike. He was actually riding the bike, with her on his lap: How did he know how to ride the bike? Better yet, how come his robes didn't get tangled in the chain? Hmmm... Don't worry, I still love Inuyasha, it's my favourite anime out of the ones that I watch. I just can't help but ask these questions.^-^' Well, I better end this post now. I don't want to put you off by making it too long. *Smiles* I'll visit as many people as I can. I'm going to have to get up early tomorrow, so I might not get to those of you who updated later on in the day. *Sighs* I'll try my best, though. Bye for now.^_^

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Friday, October 13, 2006

   Plans For Page 1

Hi! I was going to update two days ago, but decided to work on the plans for page one of Rin's Question (fanfic by lordsesshomaru) instead. Remember I showed a picture of that a few posts ago? Well, I realized how many mistakes were in that one when I read Rin's Question again. You see, in the first one I drew, Sesshoumaru was sitting down, when he should have been standing up. *Sighs* Well, to make sure I don't make another mistake like that, I printed out the story and keep it beside me while I draw.^-^ Here it is so far: (Click it to see it bigger) I would have had more done if I didn't get distracted by "A Town Called Eureka" on Wednesday, and "Tru Calling" yesterday. Both of them had another episode come on after it, so they took away two hours each from me. Also, I had to take breaks from the drawing because my back kept getting sore... I tried to ignore it but it just got worse. *Sighs* Anyway, I worked on it again today, but this time I was sitting on the computer chair. And you know what? My back didn't get sore! Yay! The chair is very comfy... But I don't think I can steal it away from the computer. It wouldn't be fair to my mum and brother.^_^' Please tell me what to change about the drawing above. It's just the plans for the first page, so it shouldn't be a bother if I change or add things. Like, lowering the eyebrows of the Rin in the first panel. And I think I need to add backgrounds. It looks too plain without backgrounds... About the Panels: 1: Rin is looking to the sky. Jaken is kneeling behind her, poking a turtle. 2: If you're wondering what the things are in this panel, they're clouds... I think I'll need to redraw them. They don't look very... cloud-like...^-^' 3: Rin is looking up at the 'clouds.' 4 & 5: In the forth panel, Rin has her head turned and her eyes closed. In the next one, she is kinda looking over her shoulder... Well, I tried to make it look that way. You know, like she's turning? I think I failed at that. So that's another thing to re-draw.^-^' 6: Sesshoumaru from behind. This was surprisingly the hardest thing to draw. I didn't know what to do with that stupid pelt. From the angle he's at, I don't know if I should draw his sleeve over the pelt, or just leave it as it is. Tell me what you think.^_^ Before I end this post, I just wanted to say thank you for what you said about my drawing of Sesshoumaru! It really made me feel better. I feel like drawing more now because of your nice words. Thank you! *Hugs* You guys are the best!^o^ I'll going to try my best to visit you all. Bye for now.^_^

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Monday, October 2, 2006

   Sesshoumaru

Hi everyone! I'd apologize for being gone for a while (again) but I think you've gotten used to it by now. And I'm pretty sure you're annoyed with "I'm sorry" appearing in every post. I know I'm fed up with me right now. *Sighs* I'd be on a lot more if I had my own computer, but it will be a long time until I get one...-_- Anyway, I drew this a few days ago: I forgot what his armour looked like, and the yellow and blue sash that goes around his waist, so if they don't look right, that's why. *Smiles* I'm not really happy with this drawing... The top half of his body looks odd... and his head is kinda big, but I think it's his hair that makes it seem like that... Oh, and I see that I forgot to draw the red pattern that goes on his left shoulder, but I think I'm going to need a picture for that.^-^' Hmmm... Maybe I should start printing out pictures of the characters. All the pictures I have of them are on the computer, and I can't just sit in front of the screen while I draw... *Sighs* (WARNING, I'm going to be talking about my problems, so skip it if you want to.) I would really like to draw things on my own, without pictures, but everytime I try I always start new ones without finishing the sketch I was working on to begin with... most of the time pushing the drawings away before getting even HALF the sketch done! I also hate making mistakes, and I feel like kicking myself each time that I do. So my drawings get absolutly no where... It never used to be like this; I loved drawing very much when I was younger, but I didn't care about making mistakes back then. I do now, so nearly all of my sketches get binned. *Sighs* I thought I'd give the one above a chance, since I actually got further on that one than any other I have in my ever growing pile of unfinished crap. (Sorry, I've been feeling very low-spirited lately, but don't worry about it. It should go away with time...) Enough of that, I'll talk about something else. Hmm... Oh! I've got a question! You know how Sesshoumaru can fly, right? Well, if he has the power to fly, why did he need a boat in episode 5 of Inuyasha? Was he saving his energy for when he 'retrieved' the Tetsusaiga, or was it just an excuse to rid the world of more humans? Such a puzzling guy he is...O_o Anyway, CK and I got to watch more Inuyasha! It was good. Naraku was his annoying self, Inuyasha was mad and yelling about Naraku going to be killed with his sword that day (Sorry, Inuyasha. Naraku is still going to be around for a while yet.), Kagome shouted Inuyasha's name God knows how many times, and Sesshoumaru came and went with barely over 10 words leaving his mouth. lol. Well, even though he doesn't say much, he's still my favourite character. He's so easy to poke fun at. Hehe.^-^ Well, I better end this so I can get an early start in visiting your sites. Bye for now.^_^

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