just some huge art

This took me a really long time. I'm going to bed now. Goodnight.

1-10-12: brown paper packages, young revolutionaries

   When I arrived home from school yesterday, there was a very large parcel waiting at my door. It was addressed to me. I ran inside with it and ripped it open while my mom was still getting out of the car. Inside the box was something moderately large and heavy and rectangular, wrapped in greenish-white paper. It was from Barnes and Noble. I ripped off the packaging to find this:

   The Art of Rise of the Guardians! It's this huge book with a ton of concept art from the film. It's really fascinating and gorgeous. I wanted it for Christmas, but I had forgotten about it. Apparently, it's a late gift from my aunt. Thank you, marvelous aunt! <3

There is some really fantastic, inspirational art in here. Lots of really cool sketches of the characters and colorful paintings of backgrounds and CGI models of things. When I first opened it, I skimmed through the book, but then I went to the table of contents and searched for Jack, of course. :3 His concepts are really interesting. I would have taken some pictures to put on here, but I was too lazy, so here are some photos from Google Images. 

    I think that I might enter a piece of Jack Frost into the Art Extravaganza this year. There are some gorgeous paintings in the book, an I might do one in this sort of color chip style. I haven't had much painting experience, so we'll have to see. I wonder if they accept digital art…?

   Speaking of digital art, I finished my drawing of Enjolras. :D

   I had issues with his clothing, which is why his outfit is so simple. But I did try my best to make him look like Aaron Tveit. :3 His hair was the bane of my life for a while there. I'm glad this is finally finished. Now I'm working on a drawing of Rose Lalonde.There will also be more Les Mis art coming. Muahaha. 

Now I leave you with a quote, because I've been forgetting to do that recently. From Enjolras: "Who cares about your lonely soul?!" I think that sums up his soullessness pretty well. xD

  

1-6-13: more art and some enjolfabulous

Here's Jade Harley and Becquerel. If I ever get a large white dog with pointy ears, I will name it Becquerel. 

Ugh, her foot is going to annoy me forever. It looks like a squashed pickle. *note to self: learn how to draw feet properly**note to self: learn how to shade properly* *note to self: learn how to do art*

I'm going to draw the boys from the barricade next. It shall be fun. I started a drawing of Enjolras. It's a bit of a close-up, and I'm using a specific color palette. This one, to be exact:

I was really sick yesterday, but I'm better today. School starts tomorrow and I am not ready. Bio quiz Tuesday. Gotta finish my Christmas blogs. How can I continue to write Christmas blogs if it's no longer Christmas?

On a better note, I found this fabulous gif.

Let's just not talk about the old Spiderman franchise. Or the fact that school is starting tomorrow.

Maybe this gif would be more appropriate.

Yes. That gif is more appropriate.

Can I just say that I find that gif reallly funny, though? Because the Doctor just opens his mouth like a whale or something and the woman just bounces over to him.

Now that we're on a gif tangent, here are some of Enjolras. Bask in his glory.

 That third one would technically be considered a gif of Aaron Tveit, not Enjolras. So there is that.

Okay, now this one. See the face he makes? I freeze-framed it for your convenience.

This needs to be my new icon. For everything.

Okay, that's the end of my gif tangent. Now I'll go mourn the end of vacation.

12-31-12: year old

I finished my first proper tablet drawing, so here it is.

It's John and Vriska from Homestuck. Whoo.

So today is the last day of the year. I don't know what to think about this. I'm looking forward to better things in 2013, I guess, but what if worse things happen instead?

I haven't posted anything about how Christmas was. I guess I'll do that.

I woke up and everyone opened presents. That was fun and all, yes, presents, woot. I got the aforementioned graphics tablet that I wanted, as well as a Ravenclaw scarf and a few other things. My great aunt surprised me with an American Girl Doll - Julie, to be specific. She said that her fondest Christmas memory involves me getting an American Girl. I didn't want it at first, and was quite bewildered by the gift, but I think I'll treasure it. Maybe I'll rename it.

After that, I spent a few hours doodling on my graphics tablet, and then we gathered up some family members and visited this restaurant with a huge buffet of Chinese food. It was incredibly delicious, and fun times were had. The dessert was amazing. 

So that was Christmas. I hope you had a nice Christmas.

Tomorrow is January 1st. I'm ready for it to come. Not ready for school to restart, either. :3

Now I leave you with a quote from Paper Towns, which is a book I recently read: "What a treacherous thing to believe, that a person is more than a person."