Saturday, January 7, 2006

  Ugh. X_x
I was up 'till 11:30 last night doing my 20 questions on the Civics and Economics Study-guide I told you about yesterday.
Those questions are HARD as CRAP!!! And I didn't even finish all of them! -_-'
On top of that, I e-mailed my work last night to my work-partners, and it didn't go through! Grrrr, I hate exams!!!!!

Allrightie, now that I got that out of my system, I can move on.
I'd like to apologize to everyone for yesterday's post. I know that it's true that every once in a while you need to vent how you feel, but I honestly think I do it too often. Most of you visiting almost never use your posts to vent, despite the fact that I have it waaaaaaaaay easier then you do. I'll try to count my blessings and quit whining.
It was just the fact that the stress from my upcoming exams was...well, is really starting to get to me. It'll probably take me all weekend to get that one Civ. & Econ. study-guide finished, and that's just one exam preparation. I still gotta' study for every other class (see yesterday's exam schedule)!

Anywho, now I'll stop ranting. (Sorry my apology for ranting turned into another rant. ^_^')
I'd also really like to thank you all for your wonderful comments on my 2 latest pieces of artwork. Thank you so much following my vague example of what kind of comments help me improve, because by doing so I learned so much more then I do on the critiques I'm used to.
In particular, I'd really like to thank ElvesAteMyRamen and Living Doll for their comments. Elves made me realize I was forgetting something on my zombie-clothing: Wrinkles.
>< Ahhh!!! How could I be so absent-minded!? *smacks fore-head* As soon as EAMR suggested doing more wrinkles, I realized that I hadn't done any wrinkles on most of my zombies!
I seriously cannot believe I forgot something so obvious. Believe it or not, I started on a new zombie pic right before I received any comments on those two pieces, and ya' know what I said to myself while I was doing it? "I think I'll add some wrinkles to this one".
Duh, Logan. You shoulda' added wrinkles to all of them!
Anyway, thanks for the comments on how to improve my hands as well. Otherwise, I probably wouldn’t have ever noticed that it was the wrists that needed work.

I do have some comments in response to your comments on those pieces, but since this post is already running long, I'll save those for next time, OK? ^_^

So, do you guys like my new Quote of the Week? It's been a while since I've done one.
So, is anybody else here a fan of Aqua Teen Hunger Force? That show has always amazed me with how if you sit and watch it, it makes total sense, but afterwards if you think back to it and actually reconsider the events, it's the weirdest and craziest thing you've ever seen!
And I've always loved the way it sort of parodies things that happen in Sci-Fi and Horror movies and such. The episode I took the quote from is one of my favorites, and is about how after repeated cloning, the Aqua Teens suddenly have an evil TV (duh-duh-DUH!!!). The TV starts showing things like the Aqua Teens killing each other in an attempt to turn them against one another, demented kid-show programs, and all sorts of other evil twisted things.
I even took a picture to illustrate a particularly funny moment from the episode. Check it out.

Meatwad: "Something's wrong with that TV!"

Frylock: "There's nothing wrong with the TV."

TV: *starts doing what's shown in the below photo*


Frylock: "OK, something's wrong with the TV..."

XD I found that part hilarious!

I'll leave you today with a fantastic piece of artwork by an artist who goes by "Arehandora".

I was positively floored that this is fan-art and not professional art. As you may have guessed, the title is "Kagome In Wonderland".
The technical aspects of this piece are stunning. The lines are unbelievably clean, the proportions are spot-on, and the style of the Inuyasha anime is mimicked perfectly.
But I find the artistic aspects of this piece even more impressive. The idea of translating the Inuyasha characters into Alice In Wonderland roles is priceless. The choice, flow, color and accuracy of the clothing and costumes is flawless yet inventive (if I were to have drawn this, I would have had no idea where to begin on drawing the clothing). Each character's expression is well done and lively, particularly that of Sango. XD Plus, all the little details on the objects and characters themselves really makes the pic. The appearance of Inuyasha's dog-ears and his bunny-ears, the price-tag on Miroku's top-hat and the crack in the tea cup, the choice of a playing-card background, all of it is the mark of a true artist in my opinion.
On an interesting note, it took me a few glances at this piece to realize just what Shippo was supposed to be. At first I thought the cards were an actual piece of scenery rather then a background, and that he was stuck half-way through a card for some reason.
But then all of the sudden it hits me, and I go, "Ooooh, he's the Chesire Cat!!!". You all remember how the Chesire Cat would fade in and out every time he appeared, right? (and did I spell “Chesire” right?) On that note, the artist did a brilliant job of choosing which character would parallel which character, taking into account stature, appearance, personality and interactions with others.
I think this is a masterpiece of anime art. What do you think?

Keep an eye out for EAMR today. She may submit that new Kingdom Hearts pic!
Ooh, I can't wait!
For those who don't know already, she chose Atlantica as the world for her setting. I'm extremely happy about this choice, not only because it's one of Disney's most beautifully designed environments for a movie, but also because I'm a well known fan of mermaid characters, particularly those of the anime world. (Yes, I know. Go ahead and laugh it up, I know it sounds girly but I stand by it!)
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