Saturday, July 24, 2010

Holiday ( An exceptionally Long Update)

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So I return! I had an awesome Holiday. A very English holiday. This one was insipred alot by my holiday and all the amazing things we did/saw. Asakati is having a tea party in his giant avery, and everyone is 23.7 seconds late. :c This took a bit of time, but im happy with it! I plan to colour it. I managed to finish the other half of the page of that other thing as well.

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It took me ages to draw that halftone, but it was pretty relaxing at the same time. Anyway,. The first evening we were there we went to Tom's parent's usual resteraunt, The Willow. It's a vegitarian resteraunt that has that whole vibe thing going on. Not like hippies or anything, it's actually pretty chill. Relaxed, and they tolerate his parent's well enough ( they're quite proper you see ). They tend to have a jazz night every once in a while (every friday? i think) and there was this woman there this evening. Stunning and with an amazing voice.



She definately had a voice to remember very strong and confident in her singing. And I liked the content and stories behind each song she played for us so we bought a cd of hers. It was only £5 so it was worth it mang. You can check her out here! We had a good time. I'm not the hugest of fan of veggies, but I managed. They made me a baked potatoe with baked beans specially for me anyway, so that was nice of them. C:

The train ride on the way there was pretty fun as well, cause we had D with us.

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She even got her own seat.

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She was very well behaved the whole time. Everyone admired her <33.

So we got to go to alot of places like Becky Falls. It's like a little forest place that has walks you can go on, so we did the difficult one with D and she hopped from rock to rock, and even drank water from the stream. It rained like crazy on and off, but we still had a really awesome time. We also got to go to Woodlands park. It was like this small theme park type thing that had one of those fun house things in a building. Oh god, the slides were HUGE in there. Like, to get on the slides there, you sat on a ledge, and the drop was like falling down a wall that curved at the bottom. Oh god. So scary ; _; I wish I took pictures cause it was just INSANE. So we really had a good time. Even Tom managed to go down the slide. I started to go down but then like, stopped myself by holding on the rail screaming " NO NO NO I CANT I CANT DO IT Dx!!!!" I must have looked right foolish.

We also threw a party for Tom's father, Jonathan, as it was his birthday soon and the whole family was there. Claire made some really awesome salsa and like, spiced shrimp. Really really good. We gave him his presents and things and had a selection of different cake slices from different dellicatessens. He also bought some iced wine for the occation! ( I -love- me some iced wine. One day I'll have to buy some for my side of the family. They'd love it too).

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It's very very pricey, but oh so worth it. It's made a very special way, and apparently each grape used to make it only makes about a drop of the actual wine. A very precious drink.

We went to alot of national trust houses and things, like Castle Drogo. That was a good little (actually huge) place. They let me play the piano there, though very badly. I should take lessons. (the whole while we were totally forgetting to take more pictures D:).Also went to a few places in Totnes for coffee and things or a drink. I got a cupcake somewhere.

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The last day we went to like, a butterfly farm. It was incredibly humid, but the buterflies were just gorgeous. And they flew so close x: I was afrid i might break one or something. They also had this otter thing next to it, they were so cute D:.

We also went to a tea/cake house. It was so dream like.

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Such a selection of cakes, they even had more by the window. Unfortunately (for me) alot of them had fruit in it and things :c. I don't like weird bits in my cake. Strait up chocolate for me!! So instead I got a scone. Easily one of the best scones I've ever had.

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And a hot chocolate. Tom got himself a banana milkshake.

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Incredible. It really was.

And here's some magic!

Soil&Pimp Sessions ft. Shiina Ringo - My foolish Heart
Peter Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Waltz
Sergie Prokofiev - Cinderella Waltz
Maurice Ravel - Bolero

Also, Shiina had an album that came out June last year. I had no idea!!

Original Intention
Marunouchi Sadistic (Expo Ver.)
Fake Fellow(my personal favorite so far)

The whole album is really awesome, and available on UK Amazon. It's well worth it, The entire album is well good.

Alright. Enough. *flies away on a rainbow*


P.S: Thank you Dion *thumbs up*. Im pretty lazy most the time. Perhaps I should start inking again.....



Sunday, July 4, 2010

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Started this at Tom's parents house while we were all sitting around having a chat. Might switch it up a bit later.

Going to Devon in a week!

But I also have to open shop on my own Mon - Thursday :ccccccccc

Thursday, July 1, 2010

The Morrow

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As many of you may know, Yeshua has a thing for Cephi. Maybe one day things will work out; however, she would probably still be uneasy about thier growing relationship. Thats okay though, because he holds her well.


I got a bunch of kick ass stuff for my birthday. Really crazy and unexpected but really fun. I got a huge ass boque from Tom's parents, as well a print from a woman in Devon ( I think its from Devon... ). I have a better photo of the print, but I'll have to get that later. The boque was a total surprize. I was in the shower when they came so tom had to go get the door.

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Then I got some other really cool stuff like, a watercolour sketchbook. I've been in some real need of water colour paper as I have none, and I love me some water colours. I also got the Gattaca soundtrack. An absolutely amazing movie with sounds that follow suit. I've been wanting this soundtrack since I can remember watching the movie when i was like 12 or something. So happy I finally got it.

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And Tom bought me some American stuff! Takes me back. Missed my stuffing and oreos and everything. The best gift ever and it was perfect. Nothing was missing. There was also a hershey's cookie and cream bar, but I ate that already :c. I had a really awesome time and got much love from everyone. Thanks for all the birthday wishes <3!

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I hope everyone gets to enjoy the summer. Within a little less than 2 weeks I'll be on vacation in Devon myself. Wild horses and cattle and all. D will have a good time <3. Doggie D so much fun <3.

And with that I leave you some of the magic of which is Michael Nyman

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Michael Nyman - All Imperfect Things
Michael Nyman - The Morrow
Michael Nyman - It must be the light

<3

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Today



My birthday, it is.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Parker 0.5mm



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One of the many battles Jesus must face to find what he is after.As you can see, he has little to no chance of winning.

So I got one of those moleskine sketchbooks. At first I was a bit weary as to the size and quality of the book, but they are pretty the neat and having a change in paper is good every once in a while. It picks up light strokes very well so its quite easy to get a good array of values without loosing your lighter tones.

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This one is actually the first picture I drew in the book. At first it seemed difficult with the book being smaller than what I'm use to, but it just feels different all together, so I think it will be a good chance to bring out detail and things that I use to do.

I got one that I did in my old book.

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They're falling the wrong way it appears. I'm not sure if I'll get around to actually finishing this one. I still have quite a few pages in this book , about 20 maybe. I don't like changing sketchbooks that much though. Its exciting but so sad at the same time...

As far as what I use.

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Parker 0.5mm. It's my magical pencil that allows me to draw anything and everything. I've been using this thing since Christmas last year for nearly every pencil drawing I've done. Normally I'm against using mech pencils and whip out about 50 Derwent drawing pencils, but theres just something about this one. Magic, I say. Magic. In fact, it's so cool that if you click on the picture it will enlarge to the biggest picture you'll ever see of this bad boy...

Today is Tom's Birthday!! Happy Birthday Tom! I got him some things, that he likes. And a cool National Geographic card with a turtle on it. Awesome. I got him this one shirt that's brown and red, but he thinks its purple and pink. What a nub.

And some more music. Philip Glass. You're soo cool.

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Philip Glass - Voilin Concerto : Company I
Philip Glass - Voilin Concerto : III
Philip Glass - Violin Concerto : Akhnaten Dance ( Act II Scene III )

The entire Album is pretty awesome. It's definately worth it. Especially since it's only about $8 on Amazon

Sorry for the super long update after not posting for even longer. Life gets busy :c . Keep it real ya'll.



Saturday, May 29, 2010

Dear Anonymous Reader,

You've made me happy.

Sometimes I think I get carried away with self importance and forget such things as humility and the simple enjoyment of creating art and sharing my stories. SO ; I dedicate this one to you. Dearest sweetest anonymous reader thats reminded me I shouldn't be upset or annoyed or expect attention.

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I missed this story so much. I think perhaps maybe I should take a small break from drawing to get back to developing my stories more. They always grow and grow in my head but I never write them down. And thats no good if I plan to share them someday.The on the far left was shown before a long time ago.

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I havn't figured out the dark haired one's name for the story. It definately looks like Asakati, but I'm not sure if I want that to be his name for this particular one. I had the picture up on me dA some time ago, but took it down alongside everything else when I thought it would be good to take a break.

I guess I may have improved by a hair's breadth...

While I'm in a picture sharing mood, heres some pictures of one of the rooms at the shop I work at.

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Lots and lots and lots of them. With many little girls looking for the right one just for them.... I'm really wanting one myself at this point.

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They're only £225. Though we might have to bump the prices up to £250 next year. But even that isn't asking for much. The lady across the street from us sells them at £500 a peice. So we're really not asking for much concidering how lovely some of the dresses are. Speaking of the store, I have to open up shop from Monday to Wednesday by myself. Ricardo is going to be there to help me , but I'm still quite scared, scince I'm supposed to be in charge. I've never had to play store manager before. Not sure what to expect :c.

I'm sure I'll be fine.

Screw unhappiness.

And thank you my anonymous love. Perhaps someday we can have tea together. Nice and proper.

Oh and while I'm in a sharing mood; heres some soft sounds from Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Amore
Morelenbaum2 & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Praias Desertas
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Chanson



Thursday, May 20, 2010

No one gives a rats ass

So here, have this thing.

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I just feel like I'm wasting my time and the time of everyone else at this point.