IT'S THE WORLD THAT'S WRONG!!!!!!!!!!

secret something

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 17:22:00 -0500

Heeeey I’m William and here is my list???

These are all OCs. Anything would be good really I’m not picky!! I just like looking at nice drawings and such

Robin- A regular girl who is good at fighting and wants to be a hero even though everyone says she isn’t supposed to. She can be kind of crude and simplistic, but not stupid.

Marcy- Robins best friend. More reasonable and level headed than Robin; is good with fixing broken things. Usually kind of stoic.

Paveline- A gentle travelling soul. Has a penchant for intro and outrospection. From my webcomic Para-Ten.

Yet-Unnamed Hero/Magical Girl (??) Character. I don’t have too much story for her yet.

1, 2

There’s also Neeka but I am updating her story and maybe design. Still you can use her if you want!

bahijd: 作画 Sakuga: The Art of Japanese Animation I’ve...

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:58:49 -0400

bahijd:

作画 Sakuga: The Art of Japanese Animation

I’ve seen this before but I’d like to leave it here for easier access.

Don’t give up, my friends. Be patient and don’t give up!!!!!!!!

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:36:50 -0400

Don’t give up, my friends. Be patient and don’t give up!!!!!!!!

ruffresia: むぐうう 2011-12-04 03:16:12 (2)

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:23:10 -0400

ruffresia:

むぐうう

2011-12-04 03:16:12 (2)

showerfriendlypunkrocker: There is no need to give yourself so many labels. You’re either goth, or...

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:18:59 -0400

showerfriendlypunkrocker:

There is no need to give yourself so many labels. You’re either goth, or you’re not.

Exactly

Thank God mira

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:21:30 -0400

Thank God mira

Reblog with your usual Subway order.

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:15:18 -0400

maydoze:

marifornia:

timelordlaura:

Footlong subway club on white bread with American cheese, toasted, with lettuce, tomato and mayo.

*q* I want one right now

6 inch teriyaki chicken on italian herbs and cheese bread, american cheese, teasted with lettuce, tomato, olives, green peppers and light mayo. ;O;

6in ham and turkey on italian bread with american cheese

GOD I AM SO BORING

Footlong meatball on wheat. And when I say meatball I mean only meatballs and nothing else

am I cool look at me participating in tumblr

thepinkpopcorn: Ten Things To Do When You Feel Like...

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 02:21:00 -0400

thepinkpopcorn:

Ten Things To Do When You Feel Like Crap:

1. Have a really hot, long shower. Cry if you need to. Sit on the ground. Feel sorry for yourself. Let the steam soak into your skin. Let the hot water wash your face clean. But the moment you turn off that water, you are done feeling sorry for yourself. Make a decision to move on from that sadness.

2. Clean. I know, cleaning is boring and annoying - but how about that feeling you get when you are finished? The smell of the vacuum. That feeling of accomplishment? Who knows, you might even find money along the way. Totally worth it. It’s like starting with a clean slate.

3. Call a friend you haven’t spoken to for a while. If your first choice doesn’t pick up, choose someone else. Ask them all about how their lives are going and tell them about yours. Not only will it take your mind off whatever crappy thing you have been plagued by, but you will laugh with them! Laughing triggers endorphins and endorphins make you happy!

4. Go for a run or a walk. This get’s your endorphins and dopamine going crazy. You will get more energy and more happiness just because the chemicals in your body are running around!

5. Stop and take it all in. Walking in the night? Stop and look at the stars. Breathe in the cold air. Feel alive.

6. Stop whining. Ever heard the saying “love life and life will love you back”? Or, the idea of the power of attraction? It’s true! If you sit around saying “why me, waaaaa waaaa” then bad things will happen to you. You’re already defeated. If you start saying, “I will be happy, I will accomplish my ambitions, I will find love, I do look amazing, I am a great friend” etc., then not only will you start to believe them but you will be amazed at what amazing things start to happen.

7. Drink tea. This always works. Not a tea fan? Try hot water with a slice of lemon and some agave syrup.

8. Make a conscious decision to stop holding certain grudges. We all have people we have held grudges on in the past. Let them go. If you feel like you owe this person an apology, don’t be too proud. Send them a sincere facebook apology. Sincerity is in the intent, so even if it’s a 2 sentence apology - as long as you mean it it’s worth it.

9. Cook some really nice, warm food. Stimulate your taste buds with anything as simple as two minute noodles or as lavish as a three course garlic bread, pasta bake, chocolate mousse triple combo.

10. Write down a list of goals to achieve for the week. As simple as “buy insect repellent” or as large as “jog for 25 minutes non stop” and tick them off when they’re done. You will feel very accomplished and that alone will help pep up your mood!

These are all good things that I know and have been forgetting too often lately. 4, 5, and 6 I think are particularly important.

When I stop and really think about my life things aren’t so bad and I’ve been letting myself feel sorry for myself more than I ever have in my life these days. I feel like I’ve become the thing I always scoffed at four or five years ago. Never give up!!!!!! BE THE BEST!!!! BELIEVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 夢をあきらめないで！！！！！！

oops wrong blog

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 23:29:23 -0400

oops wrong blog

Anime run or somethingIf you ever wondered why Inuyasha ran with...

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 23:28:00 -0400

Anime run or something

If you ever wondered why Inuyasha ran with his arma like that it’s probably because it’s a lot easier to animate. I kind of regret putting the hair on the same layer as the shirt because I should probably have done it differently. But I didn’t!!!!!! So I left it in. Ah well

kinda wonky but I kinda LIKE IT THAT WAY!!!! yeah

dramatic reading from this awful fiction

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 01:46:21 -0400

dramatic reading from this awful fiction

tag questionnaire

Mon, 14 May 2012 12:17:00 -0400

Just for you Julia since you tagged me

Rule 1 - Post the rules.

Rule 2 - Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post and then make 11 new ones.

Rule 3 - Tag eleven people and link them to your post.

Rule 4 - Let them know you’ve tagged them.

1. If you had to choose which decade from the last century you would live in for the rest of your life, which would it be?

That’s hard because the 20th century was a pretty tumultuous time. I’m more interested in living in the early parts, perhaps anywhere from the 1900s to 1940s, despite the wars happening at the time. It would have been interesting, I think, to be a part of the Jazz age as well as the dialectics of eugenics, racism, genocide, etc. that were happening then. And maybe I could have met John Steinbeck.

2. Name your top 5 fictional characters.

Kino, Sam Hamilton, Baron Humbert von Gikkingen, Pierre Bezukhov, Jacuzzi Splot. There are others I might have put if I hadn’t come across them so recently, but I like to see how long characters stick around in my head before I list them as “favourite.”

3. If you could live in a story world from a film, tv series, book, game etc., which would it be?

Hmmm actually I’d love to live in the world of Kino’s Journey, where all the countries are so spread out it’s possible to spend your whole life traveling and exploring different areas, learning different things about the nature of humanity, without having to like, get visas. I also always thought the lifstyle in animal crossing of just getting by helping out other people would be nice, it might get a bit boring if it was confined to such a small town area though.

4. What’s the song with the highest play count in your music library?

Lost Coastlines by Okkervil River

5. What are some of the things you find particularly aesthetically pleasing in a character design?

Hmm I like pretty simple designs I guess, nothing too flowery… I like contrast. For example if there’s a billowy shirt, show off the form of the legs, or if there’s loose pants or skirt, show off the form of the arms… And in general just interesting geometric shapes such as in Doraemon or Professor Layton are more interesting to me than nice clothing choices not that it really shows in my art.

6. If you owned a shop, what kind of things would you sell?

Books, including comics, and pastries. Maybe select films. A bookstore bakery opening in Portland 2014 if my plans to be an animator fall through.

7. What food/drink do you buy at/take to the cinema?

Typically just water. Usually I’ll eat out afterwards or just not at all. My mom used to take us to CVS to buy candy because it was cheaper than the theater and we could get more.

8. What would your dream house be like?

Julia a lot of your answers I could just put for myself… ha ha. I’d like a lot of windows, I like sunlight, as well as a lot of open space without too much cluttered furniture within the house. It would be nice to be in the mountains, in a forest, perhaps by the sea. Maybe with solar panels so we could live off the grid. I’d also be happy just living in like a cabin… I don’t need/want much in terms of luxury.

9. Is your desk/workplace organized or chaotic?

paper everywhere always

10. Do you prefer looking at sketches or finished work?

I like both just as much, really.

11. Do you prefer strong lines or a strong style of painting in art?

I like both just as much. I think I prefer painting when it comes to full illustrations with backgrounds, but in character art strong lines can be very attractive. I can’t seem to pull it off myself, I’ll always be a painter I think…

Julia’s questions:

1. Do you talk with your hands? Are there any weird things you do?

I think so, sometimes I’ll even jump or move my whole body for emphasis. My voice isn’t very expressive so i guess I make up for it with body language.

2. What’s your favorite traditional medium? What digital tools do you like best?

I like painting in watercolor because it’s easy/cheap/fast but I also love oil painting. I just never do it because it’s a hassle to set up… gesso the canvas, sand it down, gesso it again… plus I need turpentine and a cloth rag to clean my brushes. Digitally I always use photoshop. I wish I could use paint tool SAI more but it’s for PC only, and the PC partition on my computer disappeared when it broke a month ago.

3. What was the last really good thing you read?

Well I just finished reading Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami! Which was lovely.

4. If money and time weren’t an issue where would you go on vacation right now?

I’d probably go visit my friends all across the country and world. Seattle, LA, San Jose, New York, South Dakota… Portugal. Ha ha. And like any good weaboo I’d love to go visit Japan, especially northern Japan. South America would also be a cool place to visit… Argentina.

5. If you could speak another language fluently what language would it be?

Japanese so that I could read Kino’s Journey, French so that I could read all those comics Julia likes. Spanish so I can write flamenco in Spanish.

6. Do you collect anything? What do you often buy for yourself with your money?

MEMORIES. Ha ha. I’m not really a collector; in the past my money mostly went to instruments. Sometimes I buy books or comics. These days a lot of my money goes into travelling which is collecting memories in a way.

7. What’s your least favorite part about drawing?

I don’t know, if i have a good idea I like the whole process. My least favourite part is when I just can’t seem to get somethign right, or think of anything good to draw. Also I hate thumbnailing comics, but in a way I love it too. it’s just mentally taxing.

8. Do you take good care of your teeth?

Ye I brush and floss twice a day.

9. Do you like your current hairstyle/haircut?

it’s pretty good it’s getting a little long though.

10. How often do you cry?

Hard to say probably at least once a week depending on what I’m watching/reading ha ha ha. I can’t remember the last time I cried for something relating to my actual life and not a story though. Maybe in 4th grade when my hamster died.

My Questions

1. How many close friends do you have that you can tell pretty much anything?

2. How many books do you read a year?

3. What do you look for in a good story/are there any similar qualities that run through your favorite stories?

4. If you could simplify your life goals to a single purpose, like the seed a tree grows from, or a river that all others come from, what would it be?

5. have you ever had an existential crisis?

6. Would you give up a career for love, or vice versa?

7. How often do you notice what shoes people are wearing?

8. Are you happy with the way your life is going and the person you are becoming?

9. What do you think of America’s current educational paradigms? How do you think they could be improved?

10. What is the value of privacy?

Wow my questions aren’t fun at all

I don’t know who to tag, if I follow you on this account I’d probably be interested in your answers…………. but like no one looks at this account ha ha

moominboy: adventurous-ismy-middlename: Classic Boston. by m a...

Mon, 07 May 2012 22:38:00 -0400

moominboy:

adventurous-ismy-middlename:

Classic Boston. by m a y a* on Flickr.

there’s a popeyes chicken in the brownstones to the left and a guy who says the end of the world is coming who shows up during red sox games

And my school is just around the corner on the right

That citgo sign is like a beacon for lost college kids. fancy that it’s just off BEACON STREET

huliia: huliia: Me and Ashwara did a Drawr art...

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:59:34 -0400

huliia:

huliia:

Me and Ashwara did a Drawr art trade!

Basically I try to mimic his art and he tries to mimic mine.

wuh this is from 2010 but people should do style swap trades more often it’s hella fun!!

I want to try this again I think I could do a better job with your style now ha ha ha

Instead of me drawing in my style with a slightly different face

I did the accent meme because i’m a 13 year old...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:40:00 -0400

I did the accent meme because i’m a 13 year old girl

1.    What is your name/username?

2.    Where are you from?
3.    Pronounce the following words: Aunt, Roof, Route, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Pajamas, Caught, Naturally, Aluminium, GIF, Tumblr, Crackerjack, Doorknob, Envelope, GPOY, Polka Dots, Tumblr, Papaya, Penthouse, Subtext, Smile
4.    What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
5.    What is a bubbly carbonated drink called?
6.    What do you call your grandparents?
7.    What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
8.    What’s the bug, that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
9.    What do you say to address a group of people?
10. What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
11. Choose a book and read a passage from it.
12. Be a wizard or a vampire? n
13. How old are you?
14. Is it cold where you are?
15. What is your favorite color?
16. What color are your eyes?
17. Do you have freckles?
18. When is your birthday?
19. What was the last thing you drank?
20. Do you know anyone on Tumblr in real life? If so, who?
21. Would you rather: Have a million dollars or a million friends? Eat a taco or a quesadilla? Be a shark or an elephant?
22. Do you speak a second language? Say something in it.
23. Do you think you have an accent?

24. End the audio post by saying any THREE words you want.

theheaterishot: This is the other style I draw in at times....

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:55:00 -0400

theheaterishot:

This is the other style I draw in at times. It’s more realistic and gives me a chance to play with different types more.

But y’know what? I just don’t like it. I post art in this style on occasion, it gives me a chance to be more varied and… I just get so fucking bored with it.

I can’t say why. I just don’t like it.

Discussing stylistic choice is a little weird, for one no one’s really wrong in their opinion, ‘cause it’s just an opinion. And it doesn’t matter how many technical points you make, it still ends up being an opinion.

So basically everything I say now is just based on my own opinion.

I kinda never felt the need to vary much, I never told character types through body structure very much.

This is something my friends and I discuss on occasion as we’re guilty of just everything looking the same. And it’s weird to say but at times it feels like a stylistic decision.

Sometimes it just means we have to tell the character more through their words and actions and that’s fun in its own way.

This probably all just sounds like an excuse to keep the style that I have.

And it kinda is.

I had a friend I tried to work on a comic project with once and he was upset I didn’t keep with my more realistic style. I guess you can say there’s more freedom in variation but for me it ended up being restrictive in a sense.

I just like drawing the way I do.

When planning out A Well Lit Path, I did put in more different facial structure and such for Alex to work off of but most of the time in my work I just don’t find it necessary.

I dunno, man. I don’t really have an excuse for the way I draw. Just, sorry.

I’ll probably just keep drawing and improving on my style, even if it means any variation is contained in my style.

Even so, I admire artists that are varied.

This might not be the appropriate place for it, but I feel like I should talk about myself as an artist.

I kinda hate drawing illustrations, haha. I never really liked it and I never once considered communication arts as a major.

Yet I draw all the time.

Which kinda lends itself to the fact I have a difficult time calling myself an artist.

I feel very comfortable calling myself an artist in terms of video, I really like editing and experimenting with filming but drawing I always thought of as more of a hobby and compulsion than anything else.

I also strongly identify myself as a story teller, I really like to write for visual mediums, and comics was always one of my favorites.

So I never really liked the pure act of drawing, I really liked drawing in terms of comics.

I liked getting better at drawing to tell better comics but that was oddly about it. Other than that I don’t end up striving for self-improvement a lot in art.

I know that would upset a lot of artists but again, I mean it in terms of pure art. I was never interested in self-improvement in drawing, but I was interested in self improvement in drawing in terms of comics.

I liked that getting better at anatomy or something meant I had better comics, not that I made better drawings.

I guess the reason I bring it up is because it makes me wonder about myself as an artist. I know a lot of artists get peeved at other artists who never try to improve, and rightfully so. I get peeved at writers who write whatever niche they’re known for.

Could I call myself an artist? Am what I’m doing insulting to other artists as a result?

I don’t really know. I just know whatever I am, it’s not an illustrator or an artist.

I always want to keep getting better, of course, but my reasons end up being different.

In life drawing class, I kinda sit stupidly when people ask me about my work. I just end up not thinking about it a lot, I just do it. But I think a lot about story telling, which kinda makes me believe that I don’t really like drawing, I just think I do.

Is that weird? That’s probably weird.

Jesus, it’s hell-a late. I’m going to bed to think about it some more. Really shouldn’t’ve taken that nap in the afternoon.

I dunno. What do you guys have to say on the matter?

I generally agree with you!! I think I’m coming from more or less the same place. We’ve talked about it before, but I as well consider myself a storyteller before I consider myself an animator, illustrator, etc.

I put a little more emphasis on improving myself illustratively, I think, in terms of like, painting and such, but even in the case of my illustrations, they all just feel to me like preparations for something bigger. I illustrate so that my animation can have better visual impact, I practice anatomy so that I can understand the body and see it in any pose, for comics or animation.

Without a narrative context, I can’t really create work with much meaning. I kind of envy them, but not in the sense that I’d trade places with people who can create such work.

And anyways, in terms of same face styles I likewise agree. There is more to a character than their face, and a reader can usually identify with a good character more through context than through what their face looks like. It’s the same, in a way, as how a comic or film will work without color. Color is a tool, and it is an aspect of reality, but it isn’t necessary to create meaningful work or something that people can identify with.

And the thing is honestly, a lot of my favourite artists draw very similar faces all the time so it’s really no wonder I do, and that it doesn’t bother me much.

I talked about it with a friend once, and he vehemently disagreed, saying that I’m just limiting myself by not making use of this tool to differentiate people. But like I said, it’s just a tool, it’s optional, and if I don’t feel more from visual stories with vastly different faces, and I can achieve it on my own, there’s no need to make use of this tool.

Actually, I feel the same way about the whole “silhouette” character design idea, which is that a good cast of characters should be recognizable from each other in silhouette, to which I say, maybe, sometimes, if you want. And I feel the same about the idea that a character should be recognizable naked and without hair. These are all tools you can make use of, and they can be useful techniques, but they aren’t strictly necessary or required.

That said, I do enjoy good well thought out character designs with variations such as in Okami, Professor Layton, WInd Waker, etc. But I also like characters like in Miyazaki films and Tezuka films. And really, of all those listed the stories that moved me most were ones by Tezuka and Miyazaki who have only like 3 or 4 character face and body types they draw (especially for main characters). Would more recognizable silhouettes and varying face types make their stories better?

I honestly think it would be irrelevant. I really don’t think it would be more moving, any more than live action is inherently more moving than a cartoon (although there are probably soem who think this is true. But for I’ve been moves as much by drawn stories as filmed ones).

It seems in terms of character design in comics and animation people just want to draw like old disney animators, and think your skill or cognition is poor if you don’t.

Anyways gosh I wrote more than I expected!!!!! I hope i expressed myself clearly, although I don’t think I did which is why I kept writing in hopes I could… figure it out.

theheaterishot: Mock up of a band poster I’m doing for an...

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:10:00 -0400

theheaterishot:

Mock up of a band poster I’m doing for an assignment in print class.

I made a couple but this is my favorite. Just trying to figure out layers at the moment.

Just a mock up so it’s messy.

I am not a graphic designer. Haha.

AW YEAAAAAAHHHH loOKS GREAT VI SHE’S GONNA FRICKIn’ STOMP YA!!!!!!!!!! LAY IT DOWN!!!!!!

By the way bro this is my personal tumblr where I’ll be writing stuff that I think about. I forgot to tell you about it but now you know!!!! If you’re into it!!

Maybe add three or four more exclamation points to the poster

Secular Humanism

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:33:00 -0400

Politics should always be considered from a secular perspective, because there are all kinds of people with all kinds of beliefs in the world, but we are all human and secular humanism is the morality you have left when you strip away religion.

Everyone is welcome to make their own religious choices in their personal life, but creating public policy based on unprovable religious beliefs is unsound at best.

You can’t argue morality to an naturalist from a Christian standpoint, or even from a Christian to a Buddhist, etc. An Buddhist doesn’t help a man so that said Buddhist can get to heaven. If you tell a person that doesn’t believe in Hell that he shouldn’t kill because he’ll go to hell, why will he listen to you?

Regardless of belief, humanist morality is a way to communicate from any human to another human, from any religion to any other religion. You don’t have to give up God in order to argue from this perspective, but it seems to me the only sound way to create public policy (and to me, to argue about morality outside of a Church).

I could probably say more about this, but I have to get back to work woops

“Welcome to this world, have as much fun as you like while helping others have as much fun as you are having. Be kind to those you love and be kind to those you don’t, but for god’s sake, you’ve gotta be kind, and respectful because we’re all one soul. Be the best fucking human that you can be!” -Andrew Jackson Jihad

miraongchua: how bad can i be luv u mira :*

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:18:06 -0400

miraongchua:

how bad can i be

luv u mira :*

Chasing your dreams is harder than running 4 miles every day

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:04:00 -0400

I’ve been stupid and lazy for like the past month, and it feels like I am betraying myself. The only thing I’ve done right is running every day. I feel like I running is just an easy way to prove that I’m not completely wasting my life because it’s something I know I can do.

I sit down to draw comics and I just doodle stupid crap, usually characters for Robin in the City, and I wonder if I was working on that I would feel more compelled to work every day after I do commissioned work. before I know it, four hours are gone and I have to go to bed or I just don’t want to draw anymore. Or is it music that is really calling to me?

Then I stay up until 2AM. I could at least stay up reading, but the book I’m reading is about following your dreams and it kills me, because I know that’s what I should be doing right now. I know all the answers, and yet when I get up to work I just go sit on the back porch and look at the dirt and my toes. Or I go downstairs and play piano, and sometimes I’ll write a song, which is good, but not usually.

I’m getting my paid work done but that’s not fulfilling in the same way. It’s art but it’s about as fulfilling as any part time day job. I know what I want to do, I want to tell stories. This is supposedly my passion. So why can’t I be so vigorous as to fulfill myself?

Most of the time, when I feel bad about my career or think I’m failing, I think it stems less from being unpublished, less from being unemployed, and more from looking at how I spend my time, and seeing so much waste. This hour could have been spend writing. That hour could have been spend drawing pages, now I could be doing thumbnails.

Or is it because I am lonely? Am I? I never wanted to think I was someone that needed people around all the time, but if I didn’t want to talk to people, why would I be on twitter all the time? I certainly used it less back when I was in school, back when I had a room mate I could talk to, etc. Never doubt the value of a good friend in making your life feel fulfilled. At the same time, standing next to the trees can be as comforting as a friend, and I am not in the city anymore. More than anything, I think it’s just a lack of willpower, and allowing my brain this easy sense of pleasure that it doesn’t deserve. But then, am I cutting short the value of the people I interact with every day on the internet?

I comfort myself the opposite way a lot of people do, as in, I cut things out of my life. I don’t smoke, I don’t drink alcohol or caffeine, and I try to avoid high fructose corn syrup, etc. I can tell myself, “Oh, well at least I’m not doing THAT. And I’m running. My body too is running great,” and it makes me feel like I’m in control. But what good is it if I’m not using this body to accomplish something? If I can cut these things out, I can cut out other distractions.

I want to be around good friends, I want to accomplish things that fulfill me and contribute to the world, and someday be able to support myself. I can be happy on the road, I know I can, but right now I feel like I’m just sitting by the wayside watching the clouds pass, and I can’t just do that forever. It’s time to tighten my laces and start running, but this time not with my body.