Saturday, March 18, 2006

  Hey everybody. How are you today?

*YAWN!*, *stretch*, I've been up for several hours now, and it's only 12:46!
O_O So this is what it feels like to not sleep in? It feels great! ^^
I was up late last night ('till almost 3 AM), but I was up and functioning by 9:00 AM this morning! Ah, it's great feeling like you're living a full day rather then a half of one!
I must have slept pretty well last night, because staying up that late usually means I'll be in bed 'till almost noon.
Nothing like a good sleep, eh?

OK, now on to something you actually care about... ^^;

Thank you to everyone who left such great comments on yesterday's post.
And thank you to Elvzy-chan for leaving such a great comment on my 'Aces High' piece! Same goes to The Erin-chan, while we're on that subject.
I really appreciate the specific praise and critiques you guys give. Like I keep saying, that's the only way I can improve.

I had no idea my faces were getting so weird....
Thank you for warning me about that. ^_^"
You see, the eyes in that piece weren't drawn like they were fully open (he's not squinting, per say, but he's not all wide-eyed or anything either. The expression was supposed to look like a relaxed sort of stoic look, you know what I mean?). But, I guess I sort of overdid the minor increase in distance you'd have between the chin & the eyes when a character doesn’t have their eyes open all the way.
I'm also working with the noses. I used to do the Poke'mon-esque tiny, pointed cliché' anime-noses on my pieces, but from reading Naruto I learned a more realistic style for noses.
As some of you may remember, back in 2004, about when I made said change to my style, EAMR posted a little tid-bit about Naruto on how she admired the realistic noses.

Speaking of Lindsey-chan, guess what....
She finally got her DSL!
*whips out some large wedding-bells and starts tossing mounds of streamers and confetti*
FINALLY!!! Ugh, Verizon took their sweet-ass pimp time in getting it installed & operational, didn't they?
Oh well, better late then never.
I commemoration of Lindsey now being able to experience all the stuff our Otaku has to offer, I'm going to re-post the song that inspired my most recent picture!
It's "Aces High", by Iron Maiden! Here ya' go, Lindsey-chan!:

I'd really appreciate it if you gave it at least one listen if you can, especially if you're one of the few who enjoy my new WWII aviation style.
Make sure you turn up your volume nice and loud for this one (it's the only way you can hear all the intricate instrumentals).
And listen for the bass in this one. It's awesome!

"Running! Scrambling! Flying!
Rolling! Turning! Diving! (Doin' it Again!)

Running! Scrambling! Flying!
Rolling! Turning! Diving!

Run, Live to Fly, Fly to Live, Do or Die....
Run, Live to Fly, Fly to Live, Aces High!!!"

I love this song soooooo much! ^.^
Thank you very much to all those who gave it a listen!

Oh, and thanks to all who gave Lindsey-chan some support yesterday! She's feeling a good lot better now. b^_^

Before I go, I have something to ask you all....
I recently got into a new anime, but I'm afraid to tell you what it is.
It's an anime guys normally aren't into. Why? Well, how should I put this....it's one of those "sparkly" animes. Yep, that's a good way to put it: It has lots of sparkles.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's one of the gayest genres out there, but that's not why I like it. I like it because it's cute and really funny, not because of the plot. And believe me, it is cute!

I'm just afraid you guys would laugh at me if you knew I was in to that kind of stuff. >///< I sure as Hell know Josh would....
Meh, what do you think? Are you guys open-minded enough to not make fun of me if I share my reasons for what makes it such a good anime?
The other animes I like are enough to prove I ain't no light-weight when it comes to anime. Bebop, Champloo, Chrono Crusade, GitS:SAC, FMA & Trigun aren't exactly going to get you called down for being a girly-man, are they? Nope. You guys know I ain't no girly-man, even if I happened to like a few things about one of the girliest animes out there.

Meh, it's up to you.

Anywho, I'll hopefully be going on a manga-run today.
If it is, it'll almost certainly be solo, because it'd be too late to contact Josh now.
Oh! And I finished my homework last night! =^^= Tonight I'll be free to draw! Hooray!
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