Saturday, September 1, 2007

Had a family party yesterday for my cousin Steve and his fiance. They drove up from North Carolina two days ago I think. So, I barely see Steve at all. He usually only comes up from NC for really really big family gatherings (like reunions and weddings) and it's not like those happen all the time, so yeah, we don't see him much. His fiance is really nice though. They're getting married in May next year, so I'll get to go down to NC for the first ^-^ That'll be fun.

I was standing around all my cousins and realized just how short I actually am. Didn't help that Tim kept going: "Nat's short, Nat's short..." >.< We had some deep discussions about Harry Potter with my aunts and uncles. We didn't want to spoil some people though, so we had to stop whenever a non-reader of the 7th book came by XD I've drawn more pics to my PoT/Naruto series. I just haven't scanne them into my comp yet =P But here's what I have so far:

-Inui Sadaharu and Aburame Shino
-Mukahi Gakuto and Deidara
-Hiyoshi Wakashi and Sasori
-Akutagawa Jiroh and Nara Shikamaru
-Kawamura Takashi and Rock Lee (this was hard, cuz Aoi Kentarou is very much like Lee as well)
-Ootori Choutarou and Tobi
-Kaidoh Kaoru and Juugo (DUDE THEY LOVE ANIMALS! THEY LOOK LIKE SCARY PEOPLE BUT LOVE FLUFFY ANIMALS!)
-scared Tobi chibi
-Hidan and Itachi chibi protecting Deidara chibi ^-^
-Jake and Todd chibis =P

So yeah...I've got a few things to scan. I want to call my friend Katie today cuz, well, I won't be able to see her much once college starts for me. I guess she won't be coming to my college this semester. She's gonna take it off and just work. It's understandable, given that she had a horrible experience her first year of college. On a side note, I'm kinda in the 'what now' stages of my major. I decided on Visual Arts, cuz I love to draw. I can see myself doing this all the time because it's something I love to do. BUT...I want to illustrate. It's what I'm technically good at. I can draw other stuff if I really have to, but I just prefer to draw in my own style. I've tried searching for manga and/or illustrating colleges near me, but no such luck. There HAS to be one somewhere in the US. I'm not gonna learn Japanese quickly just so that I can go attend their Manga University in Tokyo (as much as I'd LOVE that).

I then got to thinking that, well, if this major doesn't work out for me at all, I could change it to something else. Like criminal justice, or something to do with animals. I always said I didn't want to be a veternary because I wouldn't be able to handle putting animals to sleep. I'm not comfortable with blood of any kind (in real life. I couldn't love Hidan as much as I do if it bothered me so much that I couldn't stand seeing it in a manga XD). So yeah, it's a possible second choice for me. I want to take some criminal justice classes my last semester though. I TRIED picturing myself as a cop, and the mental picture is scary. I'm not a very mean person. I'm shy around people I don't know and I don't like yelling at others. And I'm not a fan of guns at all. I hate them.

So I think I'd suck asa cop. My cousin's gonna be a state trooper, but he's so much different than I am. And my other cousin is trying to get into Law School. I know he works for a DA now...I think. I just feel that my major is so kinda...blah. When my relatives hear what I'm doing, they kind of give me this 'are you serious?' look. They all know I'm the artist in the family and yet they probably didn't expect me to want it as a career or whatever =/ And hell, I'm still improving. I'm nowhere near that great yet. Anatomy is still an issue I'm working on. It takes time and effort to be good at art of this particular style. It annoys me when some people are like: "oh, you draw anime. Well it's not that hard, is it?" It is if you don't know how to draw the human body at all. Anime is like realism...only obviously more stylized and cartoony. You have to know the basics of the human form before you can draw anime. I found that out like...last fall semester =P That's why I was so happy when we had our nude models come into art class. It was a chance to practice drawing the human form. And my professor was happy with my stuff. So I'm definitely gonna take a figure drawing class maybe for my spring semester or my next fall semester. Depends when the class is available. And I really want to take Intro to Illustration next fall. It might help me in some ways.

At one time, I remember, I wanted to be a paleontologist. In 6th grade, I think that was. I loved dinos so much and could name every single one perfectly. I drew them all the time. And then I got into anime and my likes changed. I still love dinos, just not to the extent that I did back then. I had been called "Dino Girl" in my 8th grade year book, no joke. At another point, I thought maybe I could be a writer. I love to write and read, but eh, I think it's more of a hobby rather than a career for me. I couldn't imagine writing to make deadlines. I'm a slow thinker about stuff anyway. That's why I haven't drawn up my own manga comic yet, even though I really want to. I have the characters and some of a plot, but I don't have the tools or the patience.

Yikes, this post wasn't meant to be so long and rant-long, but eh, I like to type a lot for some reason. It's the inner story writer in me XD So...I think I'll end this now. For those of you that aren't in college, enjoy your youth (haha, I sound like Lee and Gai =P). I'm still a little kid at heart, even if I am almost 20. gah...that's scary. I'm gonna be the big "two oh" soon O.o I'M NOT READY YET!!!

...bye ^-^
Comments (2)