Ed, Al, and Ciel

Hello world!

*Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh...* of course no one responded to my plea. I gave you people a whole week! I shall now just make the conclusion that I don't have any bros. Tear! 

Anyways, I started thinking about what I would do since it was most likely my question would not be answered by Internet folk. I have decided that I'll try to put some of all three kinds of posts in each post. It would probs make everyone happy, especially me in the future. 

Friday was a day off for me because it was the end of the first quarter in school. (Yay! Partay!) I knew that everyone would wake up a bit later because of that, so I woke up as early as I could while still sleeping 8 hours. It was actually pretty hard but I could. At about 8:00 AM I hooked up the laptop to the TV and began watching Black Butler. I wanted to try to get as much as I could before someone else wanted to watch TV, because I don't get golden opportunities like this often. 

No one tried. 

I sat there for almost the entire day having a Black Butler marathon. Obviously, I got up every few episodes for a food or bathroom break. Taking out that time, I watched from about 8-6. I repeat. I kept watching until past 6:00 PM. I stopped because I had watched every single episode done. I started at Episode 17 of Season 1, watched 5 of the 6 specials (one was of "The Making of Season 2" and it seemed boring), and all of Season 2. When I told my mom I had watched 25 shows in a row, she almost passed out. My eyes hurt a ton, but TOTALLY WORTH IT. 

I am actually proud of myself. Thursday night I thought "Tomorrow, I'll try to finish the series, or at least pack in as many hours as I can." I got to that goal! It was one of the most useless and happiest days of my adolescence. 

Today I finished Fullmetal Alchemist! Yesterday my dad and I went to our weekly trip to the library to pick up our holds, which I usually finish the next day, and this time was no exception. 

After about a month of reading, I finally got books 21-27 and enjoyed an awesome ending. I almost could no longer wait to see Alphonse in his body again. I really hate endings, because it means you will not learn of their adventures anymore. You are never 100% content, even with a good happy ending. Although I have to admit, the author did come up with a happy ending that was realistic and not TOO happy. Aragawa, you genius!

On our way back from the convention I talked about last time, I asked Broranges if he preferred Edward or Alphonse Elric. (You always have preference of one main character over another, no matter how slight.) He said Edward only because of the amazing thing he does at the end- "Oh no! I almost gave it away!" Thank you for not spoiling it for me Broranges, because I hate spoilers. But it just made me rage inside wondering what the heck that could be. I don't want to spoil it for anyone else, but I'll admit, once again, that the author is genius. 

But even after that, I still think that I like Al more. There are characteristics of him that I like more than his brother's, and lots that I have in common with him. For example:

1. 14 years old

2. Have one older sibling, that's it

3. Have been/are the same height as older sibling and/or taller

4. Trust in older sibling a lot

5. Am closer to dad than sibling

6. Interested in Xing/Asian culture

7. Love cats!!!

I'm already imagining meeting them and fangirling and hanging out with them and becoming buds forever. I have never felt more inspiration to draw a comic to express my feelings as ever. In fact, just a little bit after reading, I went to work to practice drawing them so I can do this comic. 

Strangely, I am quite incredible at copying pictures in books or on paper. Not tracing. Especially if I am copying it as the same size as the original. This was my first try at drawing them. I took it from one of the last pages in the last book. Only difference is that I had to take Ed's eyes from a different section, because where I drew this his eyes are closed and the point was I wanted to practice his eyes too. Obviously, I had eye resizing issues. When I saw what I did, I drew this. 

I really did nope away from the table in my head (hehehe that's sounds funny). 

Anyways, I plan to practice more on them, perhaps to the point where I don't have to copy a lot anymore. I even plan to do this at school. I really hope this helps with my drawing-hair issues... 

So... yeah.

My New Bros and Broranges

Hello followers!

What could I possibly mean by that? I mean you people on Feedspot following my blog! *gasp loudly* I never thought so many people were actually interested in this thing that can barely be considered a blog. After all, it's pretty much a private diary that everyone can see. (...) But considering it's the internet, I can do more than just talking about events. I could also express my feelings about certain topics and record my progress on projects. But now that I know others for sure are reading it, it's kind of gonna be more awkward writing on here...

So, now that I know for sure there are people reading my posts, I want to know what they want. I can mainly talk about life events, drawings, or opinions. I want someone to comment! Please! I don't know what my followers (or bros) want from me! DO IT! *said menacingly as I hold a gun against their head* (just kidding I'll just hug you if you do it)

But until that happens, I'll tell you about Anime Banzai! ♥

This was my first convention with cosplay, and honestly my dad and I were quite surprised by how many costumes there were. I don't have literally ANYTHING for cosplay, so I just wore some jeans and sneakers, and I put on my Hello Kitty shirt (so I had something to do with Japanese stuff). We brought Broranges, I guess as his birthday present. He wore a slight cosplay, but I don't think anyone realized it was supposed to be a character. He tried to copy Light Yagami from DeathNote:

It's a cool idea, except that you could only recognize him because of the DeathNote, and perhaps hairstyle would help too. Broranges doesn't have hair long enough and light enough, but he didn't have a wig. Yeah, people probably thought he was overdressed and was carrying around an apple, not as a prop, but as a future snack.

Anyways, so all Broranges and I did during the 2 hours (?) we were there was wander through the hallways and rooms and buy some junk. I got a cat ear hat for $13, he got a Pokéball plushie for $5, and we both got an L button for $2 each. (We also got some Ramuné which he was trying for the first time.) 

(My hat and button!)

Although lines were annoying, there wasn't enough space, and they didn't have as many activities as I'd like, it was still fun. My dad asked someone who worked there if they were switching to a bigger location next year, but she said they were stuck with this place through 2015! So I guess we won't go again until 2016?

I guess that's it... so remember bros to comment! Also, say if you'd rather be called something different, like friends, stalkers, peeps, internet addicts, or just followers. Tell me! You won't regret it!

Name?

Hello world!

Sorry, I accidentally missed a week!

Still practicing my character and figuring our her back story and all of that. I realized that as an artist I have to practice from different angles, like how they show in the books. It took some thinking, but this is what I got. Of course, the head is attached to a BODY, but I already know (somewhat) how to draw in profiles and stuff. Been doing it for most of my life, after all. (Sorry my pics are so bad as usual but you can still see it, right?)

I have figured out, through lots of daydreaming, that she is actually quite amazing. She has a ton of talents, like art, dancing, instruments, etc. but most people don't know that because she can't talk. I had the idea and it wasn't strange because I have a cousin who has problems with his throat, so it's hard for him to eat and talk properly. (He drools all over the place, which is quite gross, but it's not like he can control that.) But what this girl has might just affect her vocal cords or something because I don't think it would be hard for her to do anything, or if it did it was extremely minimal. She just has no voice.

Then I started daydreaming from the perspective of another person, who happens to be the new kid, wondering about her. 

(The thing resting on her chair is a binder, in case you can't read what I wrote above it. I imagine her to be one of those few people that don't even bother with a bag and just have a giant binder. One of my friends did that for a year.) (Also, I drew the desk how it is in my school district, where the desk and chair are one piece.)

Something I would do, if I was the person observing her (in a non-stalker way) would maybe ask someone who's known her longer about something I noticed. Such as, why does she have a hat? For stupid reasons my district doesn't allow hats, and it is enforced by those ladies in the hallways. (As my sister said, even if you don't think they are there, they ARE. Constantly watching... *shifty eyes*) Even if this character's school allows them, it would seem strange if the girl wore the exact same hat every single day. Their friend might say something like "I've heard in the beginning she got in trouble, but eventually the staff just ignored because without it people might not even recognize her." 

And as this scene I drew, she fell asleep during class. (I'm pretty sure it's impossible for me to fall asleep in school, no matter how boring. As far as I know, I never have. I just can't. Is that good or bad?) Apparently, it was obvious she was snoozing even if she doesn't snore, but the teacher didn't even bother. Then if this person ask their friend about this, they might say something similar to "I think her grades are so good that teachers don't care if she misses certain parts of class because it wouldn't affect her." And it is TOTALLY TRUE. 

And as the title says, I still freaking need a name for her! I keep thinking "Mouse," but I don't know if that sounds close enough to a name. But I still want something that has to do with the thing that she doesn't really make much noise in general. What is something quiet that would make a good name for this girl?

Oh, and last thing. Tomorrow is Brorange's birthday! D: I actually have the idea of what to give him, and it did take thought, but I plan to get it in an untraditional way. Can I convince my mom? I'll tell about what actually happens tomorrow or whenever I can. But prob tomorrow cuz I don't have school until Monday. Yeah, that's right. Word.

(P.S.- did you notice how many parentheses are in this post?)

SOME OF THE BIGGEST NEWS I COULD POSSIBLY RECEIVE AT MY AGE

HI WORLD!

Future me, do you remember the Adventure Time fan drawing you did in July?

Weeeeeeelllllll, Finn, the human (FB page) started this week a thing where the current admin posts fan art every Friday. I sent them the pic again last night, and it was posted! *fan girl squeal until pass-out*

I shouldn't be making such a huge deal out of it. After all, they probably just posted all of the pics sent on time. But it still feels like an honor because I wanted it so much for so long (not really, but still...). It ended up with over 175 likes!!! (last time I checked)

Of course, some people critiqued it, saying that it looks bad (one lady said "is this person five?") but I seriously don't care. I had literally used this app for a few DAYS before making the picture. And I obviously wasn't trying to make something super realistic and professional. I just did what I imagined in my head, and it came out how I wanted it. I am happy with my artwork, and that's all that matters, right?

Anyways, this was such a momentous occasion for me. It makes me happier that I started this blog in the first place, because writing something like this would have been harder on paper. 

Yup.

DP Comic and New Character!

Hello Earth! (that doesn't sound right...am I an alien now?)

Since last week, I started doodling more inside class. As I said before, this really surprises me. I'd always found drawing in free time fun, but I rarely have had free time since 7th grade. (I know, I'm a butt- I prefer drawing at school than at home, where I have all the time in the world!) But since a few weeks into the new school year, I finally got a schedule going. (I end up doing the exact same things on certain days, like talking to a certain friend before school on Tuesdays and Thursdays or something weird like that.)

My school is set up as A and B days, where you have 4 classes each day, and you go back and forth, like:
A: math, chemistry, drama, PE
B: english, spanish, foods, history (I just wrote random classes for the example)
So one week is A, B, A, B, A; and the next is B, A, B, A, B. Does this make sense?

Anyways, so on A days I go to a certain friend's lunch table (since he likes doing handshakes I'll call him Handshake). I usually bring lunch from home, so I finish earlier than some people. I leave, go up so I'm near the door to my next class, just sit on the floor and take out my notebook, where I guess I'll be keeping most of my drawings.

That's where/when I do most of my artwork now. Just from the few days I've been doing this system, look at what I've accomplished!

And I finally came up with a new character design. First I started with kinds of hats, then faces, and then the outfits. I experimented a little, and decided on the official characteristics. (Oh, and at the top left corner was an attempt at drawing my book character with different eyes... not good. I can't figure out how to draw someone I came up with myself!)

She pretty much has the hat I've always wanted. It looks kinda like Finn's hat. I saw one just like this but it had his face on it too, but I just wanted it white! Grrrrr Cartoon Network! Her hair is short, because I feel like hats look better with short hair, and I want it to look different compared to me, who has ginormous long permed hair. She also wears huge sweaters that always cover her hands, cuz I like doing the same thing, and I no longer have to worry about hands! (kinda like Mabel on Gravity Falls, but generally are simpler) She wears either skinny jeans or straight leg jeans (no conture). Her shoes will probably just be black with the white rubber stuff on the toe like Converse.

I tried drawing her sitting with her knees up, just like how I look while drawing her! XD

(the first she's looking up, and on the second I tried to get her to look more downwards, but it just makes her look sad)
I'm not the best at it, but for some reason I still like drawing like that sometimes.

She's pretty much done, except for her name...

Now to the other thing I was gonna talk about.

I discovered a fan-fiction comic book on Google while I was looking for pictures of Danny Phantom (I wanted to try drawing his hair cuz I suck at guy hair).  As usual, I found a ton of awesome fan drawings. Then I saw a picture that looked cool, so I went to the link. Turned out it was part of an entire book! So after that, every time I got to get on the laptop, one of my priorities was reading the whole thing. I finally accomplished getting all the pages downloaded onto my desktop so I can read it as often as I want until the laptop dies!
(Here is the link for all you wonderful bored people! http://slifertheskydragon.deviantart.com/gallery/293913)

Something cool I found was that the artist held a contest for other people on deviantart to send different versions of Danny with different back-stories, and he put a bunch of them into the last page ever made. I looked at all the submissions the internet let me see, and it was awesome to see all of the great Dannys created, especially the stories behind them. Oh how I love back-stories!

There is one thing that bugs me, however, is that on the last page, the artist tells that it's becoming hard to publishing the pages on a weekly basis and for people to be patient. I can't find the date where pictures are published on deviantart (which is stupid cuz I wanna know!) so instead I went to the earliest comments on there. Now get this:

The last one was done on Christmas of 2010.

I am super mad at them! He talked about how he was losing motivation to keep going with the story. But there were, I think, 43 pages of comments, all of them saying they wanted more. And they all started since the end of 2010! There was even one from a few days ago! Is that enough motivation, Mr. Artist?! I wanna rip him apart!

But it's not because he stopped posting on deviantart. Nooooooooo. He is still doing new artwork TO THIS DAY.

*deep breath* RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!!!!! *flails arms about and runs into a wall*

I love using the star thingies to show action! *stares upon all beneath her and smiles creepily* *thinks ooh, how I'd love to feast upon all your flesh and bring fear upon the world like Light in DeathNote* *realizes she's a horrible person and runs away shaking from tears* *then remembers slifertheskydragon and how he refuses to continue a story people have waited almost 3 years for* *stalks him on the internet and finds his address, shows up at his door, and go freaky insane on him and ends up torturing him to death* *escapes with no trace of her murder* *notices how much she enjoyed that experience* *now smiles creepily at the laptop screen stalking others, waiting for someone to annoy her and think I bet you taste delicious and continue with her crimes* *ends up worse than when this paragraph started and goes to an insane asylum and bring disgrace to her family*

...What's wrong with me?