August Art Dump! Woot.

So... Just like my 'September art dump' from last year, this is basically just a collection of sketches and sometimes coloured drawings that I did in the previous months... (a.k.a mostly my favourite ones.) It's kinda also like a small note to future me. (*waves to future me-- probably one day reading through this*)

(P.S A reply letter to 'Younger Self' from 2016: Yeah, I've been practicing the left eye... Still not getting it perfect (see below-- oh wait) but I've been much better at it lately *nodnod*. As for hands...? Haha...ha...ha *dies* I'll get back to you on that... Or, you know... not.)

(P.P.S- A letter to 'Older Self': HIYA-- MAKE SURE YOU PRACTICE HANDS AND WORK ON POSES. PLEASE.)

A completely random portait of a completely random, unknown character, of whom I do not know their name... with a flower in her hair.

Big sister.... Little sister

Having the characters drawn with crossed arms ('cos I have mostly figured it out now) is probably my instant-go-to way for whenever I attempt to draw the lower half of a character's body... Just so I can avoid drawing hands. (I have a problem.) (also, you may see the crossed-arms thing pop up in my drawings a whole heap.)

My lil’ super-powered, secret agent Ember.

*Gasp* I DREW HANDS?! 

*further gasp* OH WAIT, WHAT AM I SAYING-- DON'T LOOK AT THE HANDS. *ahem* Just ignooooooore the hands.

I did this one a while ago (t'was my test drawing from when I first bought my new drawing tablet) and I think I did okay... 'cos all of a sudden I could BLEND COLOURS AND PEN PRESSURE WAS A THING. *happy sigh*

A Ginger Ninja :D

Probably got in trouble for something or other.

A quick rough sketch I did of a younger [and genuinely happier] Valencia, yet another one of my OCs xP (I have way too many to keep track of, agh..). 

Brinley :D

I started with a DTS (draw the squad) but lost my motivation for it about halfway through and decided to just draw Brinley by herself ;P

(It was this one, if ye were curious)

(Not my drawing, I just found it on Pinterest)

“Stay away from her.”

I don’t know who these kids are yet… but I love ‘em.

I just randomly drew them and thought:

'Awh. Das cute... I should give them actual personalities and names... And friends... And a villain.... and their own story... and allll the feels."


*glances at schedule and sighs* One day I'll get around to it.

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BUT ANYWAYS-- That's my art from the last couple o' months and stuff!

-Sarah

The Music Tag of....Musical-ness. Yay!

Hi :)

Okay, now that's over and done with, let's get on with the actual post!

Ze Rules

1. Thank the person who tagged you.

2. Answer the questions.

3. Tag others.

4. Add you own question to the tag for your nominees to answer.

5. Include the rules in your post.

Thanks Clare for tagging me!

Do you play any instruments?

Yup! I can play the clarinet, violin (still learning that one though, but it doesn't sound like cats dying anymore thankfully) and sort of piano... Meaning I can only play one song (both parts)... Yah.

(It's 'Ode To Joy' if you were curious.)

What is your favourite music genre?

Uhhhhm... To be honest, I don't really know? I think the music I listen to mostly has a jazzy/pop feel to it. I also like sound tracks and musicals...Especially stuff like 'Les Mis' and 'Phantom of the Opera'.

I can't really pin down an absolute favourite.

Is there a music genre you absolutely cannot stand?  

Rap music. Okay- in some songs I don't mind it, but only because there's just a tiny amount and when it does come on, I just stop singing. No big deal, I know the best part of the song is just around the corner... I can wait.

What is your favourite way to listen to music? (CD, vinyl, MP3, radio, etc)

MP3. Definitely. CD's aren't too bad though I guess... until they get broken.

What/who are your three favourite bands/singers?

Oooh, tough one! All time favourite or just the ones that are my current favourites? 

Also: Do they have to be in a band and/or a singer? 

...In order to be able to answer this question I'll just guess 'no' to the last one.

No. 1 - Lindsey Stirling,

No. 2 - Mandisa,

And finally,

No. 3 - Britt Nicole.

Some honourable mentions are Pentatonix and Owl City :)

And now for Clare's question! :D

Do you have a funny story to do with playing music or band, if so please share it?

Mawhaha..Yes I do.

So this happened at a town band practice... We had stopped in the middle of a song (I can't remember which one, sadly) because no one was really paying attention to the dynamics of the song.

The band conductor asks if any one could hear the flutes and clarinets, since we had the melody.

And basically...

An elderly man grumbles behind me: I couldn't hear any of them!

Fellow clarinet player whips around in her seat: *jokingly* That's because you're deaf!

Elderly man leans forward slightly: What?

Fellow Clarinet player: Ha!

She then grins and elbows me in triumph.

I thought it was hilarious.

The End.

Oh wait, I still have to tag people? Erm... Okay. *Tries to think of people I can tag* ....Um, nope. No idea. Therefore, I shalt just leave it open for whoever stumbles across my blog and wants to give it a go. Yah, have fun :)

Your Random Musical Question Of Awesomeness: How good are you at sight-reading music?

The Adventures of Pizza Ninja Supreme and Her Trusty Long-Suffering Sidekick! (An Introduction to the Character)

Huh... That's weird. Usually I like to wait till the last few days of the month before panicking and writing up a blog post.

But here I am. Early. Since when does that happen? O-o

..More importantly, how does that happen? o-O

Well, it all started when I randomly mentioned  how I wanted to create my own graphic novel/comic one day on a group chat with my ''Camp Nano'' buddies (we shall never disband! Mawhaha)...

One thing lead to another, and my friend Jane and I ended up with the super amazing concept of Pizza Ninja Supreme (*puffs* bit of a mouthful that is). 

Then came the brainstorming, where we worked out what Pizza Ninja Supreme (from now on wards shall be referred to as Pizza Ninja, 'cause that last word is simply too much for everyday use :P) looked like, how she behaved, and whether she was more Pizza or more Ninja (very important).

Thankfully, figuring out what kinda power she would have was never really an issue, as it was pretty much the first thing decided. (Hint: it's kinda in the name...) 

Jane's a superhero now! :D

Surprise! They have to do with Pizzas. Still not sure how it works exactly... But hey! Imagine having the ability to create gourmet pizza's out of thin air! Who cares about the science-y part, right? :D (Hm..  science/pizza, science/pizza... Sorry Science, but pizza wins every time.)

Of course, her personality would've been a little bit harder to pin down, but Jane nobly offered herself as template to be based off. From there it was a simple matter of figuring out much sense the character (and her world) had to make!

Also featuring, the Sidekick! Whoever she is *shrug* Need to work on that a bit more...

Basically, none at all...

"Oh wait"

All that's left to do is work out a plot, come up with a suitable Villain and hey, presto its-a ready! :D

September Art Dump. Yay!

Okay so. This is kinda like a letter to older-me to show what my artwork was like when I was sixteen... 

Hopefully I won't come back to this post later in life and go 'Woah... okay... THIS SUCKS' but at the same time I kinda hope that I do 'cos that'd mean I actually get much better. If that makes any sense?

No? Okay, moving on to the art!

(P.S Hi, older-me! I hope you've been practising drawing the left eye! Or hands even!)

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Based on this photo I took while in the car:

I love clouds....

Well... As you can see, I didn't get it the exact way I was hoping too, but oh well!

Sadly, I didn't have a photo reference for this one... Probably for the best seeing as it is called 'No-Where'.

Little Girl in a Poncho :D I found a cool looking poncho-reference sheet on Pinterest so this happened!

Just messing around with the colours and brushes in Krita... Turned out okey dokie :) (except for the eye.. I honestly have no idea where I was going with that.)

My first ever sketch of a male character (belonging to one of mah friends) that actually ended up looking pretty okay :D

I drew this one for my little sister (little little sister not my other older little sister) and basically it's her character from the same story as the previous drawing :D 

Now lastly, -cough- but not least...ly? -cough- ...I drew my character, Lillianna Maple from an online game called 'Guild Wars'.

Basically, it's a game that my brother got me into (it's all his fault) that has a steampunk-fantasy-medieval feel to it. (With a bunch of magic, if you couldn't tell from the picture... She's a Mesmer and the butterflies are kinda a trademark thing for the Mesmer class...)

Oh, and she's pretty much the only drawing I did this year that I actually had enough courage to colour in with pencils (-gasp-) and didn't fail completely... Yay!

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So anyway, I did have a bunch of other drawings I did this month but most of them either failed spectacularly or I just didn't feel like waiting for all of them to load. ;P (plus, these ones were my personal favourites)

Well, that's all for now.... See ya next month!