The King's Song: "Scrub Scrub Scrub"

   Here's one of the random songs I've been listening to/ had stuck in my head (next to "captain america throws his mighty shield" [HISHE version >:} ] and "Have you got my location?" from Arkham City soundtrack). This was not made by me, but I still think it's awesome though! :D Hope you get a laugh or too out of it well!  

Tools of the Trade

   Wondering what I use to draw? It's really nothing terribly expensive or special. :) Just some random art utensils. Here are my "weapons of choice", hope you enjoy! :D :
     
     1) My favorite drawing pencil. I use it mostly for final lines or to draw dark hair (which I draw a lot of 8).  And the small eraser is great for removing unwanted lines or marks in tight spaces. It's a mechanical pencil so I like how I never have to worry about sharpening it. X)
   
     2) Primary layout pencil. It's like a H2 or something so it draws super light lines. I like using it for the sloppy/scribbly first lines that I make when I'm just getting the idea down onto paper. Before my Grandpa gave me all these nice H2 pencils I had been using regular HB ones. With HB, it's a lot harder to erase and often I would be stuck with a 'ghost' in the background. Now I can almost leave the primary lines in because drawing light is no problem with this pencil!
 
    3) This is my 'random pencil'. During college I didn't like to carry around my pencil case so I would just use a regular mechanical pencil for shading or fine lines. I also use a pencil like this to do my random doodles or quick sketches.

   4) The blending tortillon (not quite sure how that's spelled :/ )! This is a must for anyone who would like to draw smooth textures, from skin to flowing material such as the metal of Jango's Westars. It also comes in handy when one wants to draw, faint, almost marker-like, shadows. An artist can even use  it to draw an entire picture--all you need is some graphite or charcoal on your tortillon. As you can see, my tortillon is darker on one side than the other (since it is sharpened at both ends). This is for when I want to blend either dark or light areas I would use the corresponding  end so that the additional graphite on my tortillon won't make the shading too dark when I want it to be light. (Kinda confusing, sorry. :/)

   5) Dark line graphite. This is the pencil I use to do thick or dark lines in a background. It would probably also work for drawing quick, scrawly sketches. Like a background I use it to draw large dark objects as well. Ones that don't have a lot of color or texture discrepancy that would require precise details. A good example of what I would use this pencil for, other than backgrounds, is things like space or Batman's cape.

Whatever drawing utensils you use always remember to choose ones that feel right in your hand and that you are used to handling. A good drawing doesn't require one to have expensive art materials, rather a plain old pencil and an imagination. :) Good luck on whatever you may endeavor to draw! :3

My Minecraft Adventures!

  Ok, so this is the first building thing I've made on my new Minecraft that my best best best best (*a trillion XD ) friend gave me. I called it Torchlight (random name I know. :p ) and it's like a little outpost on a canyon wall overlooking a lake. There's lights all over in those glass things so one can see it from afar at night. I am currently working on a boardwalk path that leads through the forest and wherever I choose to make my next structure. :) I've also been constructing these floating globes that I call 'markers' because if I'm lost I need only to climb to a higher elevation and see them to know where the path is. I'm planning on building some things/places from my books so please keep an eye out for those as well as I get to them. XD Enjoy! (p.s| sorry the picture is so small, that was as big as I could make it without having it hang off the side. :/ If you right click on the picture and select the "open in new tab" you can see it as a larger screenshot. :D )

Commander Cody Drawings--The Leap (final)

  Yay! The final for the 'leap drawing' is here! I finished it while I was on vacation. The bottom portion seems a little plain so I may add stuff to it later. So this picture is of Cody leaping off a building that is exploding in the background. Enjoy! :D

Slow-mo: Kites (birds of prey)

   Check out this interesting video I just found. I like birds a great deal (hence the number of old hens I have X3 ) and thought this really showed how cool they are! :D One can really see how precise and controlled hey are when they are flying. Check it out! :]

Drawings by Me! --Works in Progress

  Here are some things that I have been working on (because if I didn't do anything creative this summer I would probably shrivel up and die. :p :) ). These are all from my Clone Wars books that I've been writing. I don't want to give too much away of the plot but I'll tell you as much as I can about what's going on in the pictures. :} Enjoy!

  This is an android named Seven. Essentially he and his kind are guardians to their Masters. Seven is a good guy. An interesting aspect about his character is that he is a droid trying to be a human. I really wanted to explore this concept of an inorganic being trying to be more like and understand a living creature. The only thing I regret about Seven is that we don't really get to see a whole lot of him, as he does not appear directly in my CW novels until the end. :L This is because I really don't want the other characters to be hindered by his presence (he's one of those characters. :) aka the one that explains everything in the end.....) Perhaps I will think of a way to integrate him into earlier novels so we can get some more screen time with him. ;) Sorry, his shoulder is kinda shiny. The light is reflecting off of the penciling there. :/

 
  Sorry if this one is kinda hard to make out, I was trying to pencil lightly so it wouldn't show through when I paint over it. This is a canvas that I have penciled in the environment for one of my books. I haven't finished quite yet, Cody is kinda floating in the air right now. X7 It's a mushroom forest (I almost said 'mushroom kingdom'. in a Mario voice. :/ ) that Cody, Ryan, and Watt are patrolling somewhere in the beginning of the story. Sorry if you don't know who any of those clones are (except for Cody, perhaps). Hopefully I'll be able to show you all my concept drawings of them sooner or later. :7

All My Chickens!!

Here are all the chickens I currently have. Enjoy! X) I will post their names under their pictures. You will probably notice right away that there are more pictures of some of them than others. This is because a few of the chickens were afraid of my camera for some reason and I had to catch them to get a good shot of their faces. X7 While others, like Black Beauty are very photogenic and don't mind the camera one bit. :D I've also just realized that I forgot to photograph my hen, Raven! :c I will have to make it up by taking LOTS of pictures of her then posting them at a later date. ;]

Steam (my Dad named her that because that was his chicken breed of choice when we were ordering and he's a fan of steampunk. :7 )

Poofyhead (sorry, this is an old picture. His 'hair' is even crazier now!)

Black Beauty

Little Chick (I know random name. ;P That's what happens when you're a little kid naming your pets. You pic whatever comes to mind first. )

Charlotte

Ebony

Francis

Ginny

Mae

Dotsie

Nutmeg

Rosemary

Scarlett

Sugar (being a broody mother and staying in the box all day. :P )

Susan