Voluntary Madness

I am starting to hate holidays. I'm not leaving for the summer camp until the beginning of August, and I neglected to organise anything for self in the meantime, so I'm stuck at home. Well not really, but right now I'm too lazy to bother. XD

I am reading instead, have managed to finish Nation (PTerry, as usual, is amazing), Day Watch (I love the books for the concept and the heartache, but the first person pov drives me nuts! Especially the first part. GAH. Bonus points for tying the 'verse to Christian mythology, I'm a sucker for that!) and am now reading Princess Bride. :)

Plus, there's the painting. :) It's not going fast or anything, sadly. :( Soon after the previous post I had a tiny accident and ended up with a pebble imbedded in my skull.* Fun times, let me tell you. I'm perfectly fine, no worries there, just, you know. An excuse to be a lazy bum. XD I managed to finish my second 7thnight_smut assignment, so yay me! <3

edit: * um, I just realised how it might sound. Not in my skull, obviously, but my forehead. I fell off a bicycle. XD

( painting process 2 )

I really had fun with traditional painting. Huh. I should maybe use up some of my vacation to do some more. :) Maybe a complimentary picture in cool tones?

( The painting! )

Acrylics on canvas (12"x16"). I have no idea how long it took me total - I made the first doodle in class, on the margin on my notebook, and then over the course of three days it was painted. :)

So I mentioned I spent half my time dreaming up pictures. This is one of them. Partly because I have been reading Avalon recently, which is a vague inspiration, and also the quote in Angel, "Do you know what she is to me? My daughter." This was the episode with the pregnant lady and the judgement, methinks this was the first episode of season one.

( The most Christmasy one )

Also, I started watching Merlin and I am noticing the appeal. It is adorable crack and joy to behold. Also I started watching Heroes and that mostly makes me roll my eyes. Wacky coincidences abound and it's all kinds of crazy.

Oh! yami_tai, I got your card just today, thank you! This is due to our lousy mail-checking skills, for which I apologise.

Cinderella III is pretty good, if you're depressed and up for some crack. It starts sometime after the wedding, and one of the sisters steals the magic wand, which the stepmother then uses to turn back time and enlarge the slipper at the crucial point. The rest of the movie is the mice and birds and Cinderella and the Prince trying to figure out what went wrong. Oddly enough, it actually makes sense, at some points. Except for the beginning, of course, and the reason for the whole mess - I mean honestly, what was the fairy godmother even doing there? Hello? The prince had his worldview turned into smush, when bluebirds and mice started giving him intel, though it must be awfully useful, when he gets around to being king and ruling the country.

Never mind that the story screws up everything Cinderella ever was. It was hilarious, the good kind of hilarious - the kind that you just know was intentional. I was wheezing so hard! The animation was decent, too.

( Photoshop, behave! )

Painting with Photoshop is a very addictive thing. And also very annoying. XD Especially since I'm still quite undecided as to whether I prefer to do realistic or anime art. *sigh*

( Sparkly this way )