How to do the 'Art' (A Comic)

Well... I completely stuffed up the "one post each month" thing for April so I do apologise... (*cough* But to be fair I could not find anything, for the life of me, to post about.  *cough*)

So... uh, anyway... Hope you enjoyed this comic!

The Liebster Award

I seem to be the master of procrastination as of late... Waiting until the evening on last day of March to actually write this post and all that. (I spent lunch time and upwards making the picture so I was technically working on it... Sorta.)

Anyway, on to the actual post!

Thank you Jane for nominating me (or is it 'tagging'? Or is it just 'award/ed/ing'? Oh well.) and for letting me come on your magical floating island!

Whoops... Try to not think 'Frozen' when you look at this picture... Also, is it just me or does that font make it look like 'lobster' instead of 'liebster'?

The Rules:

~ Link back to the person who tagged you.

~ Answer 11 questions.

~ Try To Tag 11 bloggers.

~ Ask them 11 questions.

~ Let them know you've tagged them.

~ Have Fun.

The Questions:

~ What's the last song you listened to?

Hmm... I think it was 'Don't Want to Live for Me' by Moriah Peters.

It's really cool.


~ What are some of your favourite book covers?

To be honest, I don't think I really have a favourite...

I do really like this one though:

Not My Picture... Obviously

Such a beautiful mixture of colours! And the lighting! *dies of happiness*

Okay... so maybe it is my favourite after all.

~ What's the weirdest book you've ever read?

Er... For some reason 100 Cupboards keeps coming to mind... I guess having 100 magical cupboards that teleport you to different realms in one's bedroom is kind of weird.


~ What's a job you dreamed of having as a kid?

Hmm... How early are we talking? The earliest I can remember actually going: 'Oh wow, I wanna be one of those.' was when I was around the age 6 to... I dunno, 8 maybe...? I was watching a Barney movie (Shush) where they were writing stories for... something or other. And they just started talking about what writers did and how they were called 'authors' and so forth.

I thought it was such an awesome sounding job that a few days later I declared to my family that I wanted to be an "Arthur" too and started writing my own little stories... None of which I will post on here because...  Ergh. *shudders*

Thanks Barney!

(And no.... that wasn't a spelling mistake. I actually did think an 'Author' and 'Arthur' was the exact same thing.)


~ Do you like pizza?

What is this "like" stuff?

I LOVE pizza!


~ Are you any good in the kitchen?

I sure like to think so.

Probably good enough to be able to survive off the pantry by myself for a few days... providing I'm not stranded in the bush or on a deserted island. (Floating ones don't count... I'm sure there would be lots of magical fruit that wouldn't need cooking.)


~ In a group of people are you more likely to be silent, talking or cracking jokes?

I really don't know...? I think I'm a mixture of all of them... Depending on who I'm with of course.


~ If any fictional character could be your best friend, who would it be?

Ooooooh.... Tricky. So, so, so, so, many to choose from!

I think I'll go with Jenny from Ranger's Apprentice. She's pretty cool.


~What's an interesting/random quirk you have?

Well, whenever I'm on the computer I somehow always find myself chewing on my headphones cable... Or chewing on my lip if said cable is not in reach.


~ Generally speaking do you use a bookmark or random piece of paper?

Pretty much whatever is around me be it a (unused!) tissue, a scrap of paper, a closed pen, an actual bookmark, another smaller book, a slice of pizza... wait.



~ Do you prefer ebooks or paperbacks? Why?

Paperback! Always and forever paperback... Must be the smell of the paper or something, plus its nice to flick through. For some reason, I've always found the sound of paper against paper oddly satisfying as I turn the page.

~The End of Questions.~

Hmm... I think I'll tag... I KNOW!

Corey @ CJR Odyssey and Zach @ Zach's Abode

But since neither of you gentlemen have done the other stuff I tagged/nominated ye for, I think I'll leave it open for anyone who wishes to do it (be it once more or for the first time).

I'll also tag Alice @ Hope In Our Savour ... You don't have to do it if ye do not wish to :)

Here Be Your Questions:

1. Do you know where these Awards/Tags things ever originated? If not, do you have a theory?
2. If your town flooded over and you could dive through the sunken buildings, what would you try to retrieve?
3.  What is your favourite home cooked meal?
4.  Cats or Dogs? Or neither?
5.  What did you have for lunch yesterday?
6. What's the best bit of advice you've ever received?
7. Top five favourite books?
8. What's your earliest memory?
9. What time do you wake up in the morning?
10. If by some strange magical reason there was only to be one season each year, which would you like it to be?
11.  Do you think The Liebster Award could be easily mistaken for The Lobster Award?

~Sarah

For the first time in forever.... A BLOG POST!

So I've been working on this thing-a-ma-bob for a while now, couple of weeks.. Maybe a month? Gosh,  I dunno any more.

Anyway, after finding a really cool head (drawing) tutorial on Pinterest, I decided to give it a go for myself...

Everything was going really well and I started to  try and decide which story character of mine to use as a reference for hair and facial expressions...

See? So far so good...

And then, with a story character already in mind, I got to work on the fringe and then noticing how it looked like a fairly well known Disney Princess (Need I say more?) instead of my intended character, I guess you could say my pencil slipped with wanting to experiment with the similarities further...

Well darn...

Nevertheless, I quickly got over my disappointment in letting my pencil slip so much that it -in the end- looked nothing like my own character and decided to 'Sharpie-fy' the drawing. (So that I could trace and colour it in GIMP.)

Tracing...

Traced... Wait-a-minute, is that even a word?

So far, so good... Until I tried to add some colour to it, that is.

After a few many failed attempts of getting Elsa's complexion just right (I kept getting the colours too red/pink, too dark, too pale... etc) I pretty much gave up, knowing I hadn't even touched the shadowing part and that would be waaaaaaay too much stuff to do.

But I did it anyway and was left with 24 layers of lines, colours, shadowing and random other stuff I did that I can't remember... 24 LAYERS! Yeah, it was a bit overkill. (For me anyway.)

But then I had a lovely idea... Why not make it into a silhouette? So much more easier to do -not to mention I might have a bit more fun since I haven't tried that for a long, long, time.

So having made up my mind to go with that idea instead, and with a lovely playlist of violin music blasting through my headphones (Specifically Lindsey Stirling's violin music) I got to work...

First, I made yet another tracing of Elsa's head and hair shape... Although a bit more carelessly, this time.

Then I had to fill it in with the same colour...

Next, I added a darker blue background... Smudging together different types of blue shades so it didn't have a solid colour look to it.

Deciding that the solid coloured blob known as Elsa's silhouetted head was a bit boring by itself, I chosen a random texture brush that looked a bit like ice and went crazy.

And then for the final touch, I found a fancy font off the internet and wrote the words "Let it Go" in her head for no reason other than it would look nice.

To be honest... It turned out much better than I thought it would. So that's nice...

The Lovely Blog Tag... Tag.

Well... I must admit that at first I wasn't going to do this but there was a threat I couldn't ignore. Yes, I'm looking directly at you Jane! Threats aside, I suppose I should thank you for tagging me so... Thanks, I guess :)

Yeah... I was a bit bored earlier so I thought I may as well make one myself.

The Rules:

1. Write seven fun facts about yourself.

2.Tag fifteen other lovely blogs.

Fif-wait... Fifteen!? Ahahahahahahaha... Nope. Sorry, I'm pretty sure that I don't know/read that many blogs!

On to the facts!


Fun Fact Number The First:

My train of thought is really, really weird at times... Especially late at night.

For instance, a couple of nights ago, while I was trying to sleep, I noticed that there was a light shining from underneath my closed door... My very first thought was this:

Huh. Seems door's design is malfunctioning... Better later fix.* 

It took me a minute later to realize that my door's design was in fact completely fine and that the light shining under it was just the hallway light that had been left on... I thought that was a bit funny afterwards.

(*: And yes... That was how I meant to write it)

Fun Fact Number The Second:

2.A) I can never draw the left eye as well as the right one... EVER.

2.B) My artwork seems to have improved a bit since I was around 10-ish years old. So that's always a nice thing...

From this....

To this... Yay!

It seems that so far, adding colour is a major improvement!


Fun Fact Number The Third: 

I own eleven white feathered/orange beaked Alsebury x Pekin Ducks and three multi-coloured Purebred (I hope) Call Ducks! The names of the ones I can remember (or actually have a name, if you prefer) are Albert, Abigail, Nosey, Limpy, Nibbles, Buddy, Princess, Babycino, Espresso and little duckling Chai... They are all very cute.

I also have four two budgies.. One named Crumpets and the other is named Frodo Baggins! I used to have another budgie named Samwise Gamgee but he flew back home (No, I don't think Frodo told him to). The other two budgies are sadly not mine even though I feed them and make sure they don't die... Moving on!


Fun Fact Number The Fourth:

I can play the clarinet which is quite fun.. Well, when it doesn't squeak anyway. I'm also learning the violin which is pretty cool.


Fun Fact Number The Fifth: 

*Pant* Almost there... *Pant*

I am a Divergent Time Lord Hobbit and Agent of SHIELD of the Rebellion... Or if you prefer, I'm a crazy geek for a lot of things, including, but not limited to: (In no particular order after Doctor Who)

Doctor Who,

Star Wars,

The Ranger's Apprentice and Brotherband,

Agents of SHIELD,

Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit,

The Princess Bride,

The Chronicles of Narnia,

Pirates Of The Caribbean...

annnnnnnd.... Well, I did say "not limited to", right?


Fun Fact Number The Sixth:

If given the chance, I would happily wear medieval or pirate styled clothes for the rest of my life. Even if it's a dress... *Gasp*


Fun Fact Number The Seventh:

Okay last one! Uhm...

I am not looking forward to learning how to drive, however useful it may become!



Done... Yay! Alright so... Tagging time...

My brother Zach at Zach's Abode (Because your blog looks lovely :D ) and CJR at CJR Odyssey (Because you seriously need to do another post and because your blog is also lovely)

Well... It's not fifteen but it's two more closer then zero!

See ya next post! (In however many months that will be...)

The Broken Bow

The Broken Bow

Now I should have been more careful- I know, I know.
One lesson and two practices; that’s all it had taken.
There was no warning at all, not even a slight crack,
It happened so suddenly I was taken aback!

So shocked was I;
To see it was now completely snapped,
I noted sadly to pay closer attention next go,
For I had just gone and broken my brand new bow.

T’was a good thing I had kept my old, warped bow.
Putting aside my shock and surprise,
I feigned indifference and shrugged it away.
Nothing I could do about it, at least I would still be able to play.

But forever I will regret the day I snapped my new violin bow.

The Bedtime Book Tag

A book tag now?! Well, okie day then.

Zach loves to make his own pictures for these tag thingy things and I asked super nicely so...  Thanks bro!

Thanks Clare  for nominating me! (Yes, I've finally decided to get on with it... Yay!)

On to the questions then...

1. A book that kept you up all night.

Well, I'm pretty sure it wasn't ALL night, but when I was reading the Winnie the Horse Gentler  series (by Dandi Daley Mackall) I think I did come pretty close...

2. A book that made you scared to sleep.

Definitely would have to be 100 Cupboards (by N. D. Wilson)... I made the mistake of stopping at the part when that old guy comes out from a room that was supposed to be magically locked with absolutely no way inside! I was kinda freaked out to put it mildly.

3. A book that made you go to sleep.

Hmm, it would have to be The Magic Faraway Tree (By Enid Blyton)... My dear little sisters simply LOVED to play the audio book at night and would often fall asleep before the the disc had finished, and so I was pretty much stuck with listening to it since I couldn't be bothered to turn it off myself.. It was very boring.

4. A book that left you tossing and turning all night in anticipation of its release.

Definitely would've to have been both book eleven and twelve of the The Ranger's Apprentice series (The Lost Stories and The Royal Ranger). I also remember getting super excited for the next Winnie the Horse Gentler book in the series to arrive via the mail (It wasn't exactly released then so I'm not sure if that counts.)

5. A book that has your favourite boy/girl relationship.

 I'm not usually one for books with  romance in them (some are okay though) but out of the few that I have read, my favourite relationship would have to be... Prince Aethelbald and Princess Una from Heartless (by Anne Elisabeth Stengl). The relationship between  Posy and Prince Kyran from The Word Changers (by Ashlee Willis) would probably have to be my second favourite. 

6. A book that would be your worst nightmare to live in.

Well, for me it couldn't really be Divergent (Because everything was "mostly" alright at the beginning) but the next book Insurgent however... If I ever got to choose between going there or staying here via magical portal I think I would just stay here thank-you very much!

7. A book that reminds you of night-time.

For some reason the first book that came to mind was The Hobbit (By J.R.R Tolkien) not exactly sure why...

8. A book that had a nightmare-ish cliffhanger.

The only book I can think of with a cliffhanger that really bugged me (though I wouldn't say it was night-mare-ish) would be The Ranger's Apprentice The Burning Bridge... Poor Will and Halt :(

9. A book you actually dreamed about.

Hmm, I remember being in Dauntless from the book Divergent (by Veronica Roth) which was pretty cool until I died so... Yup. I was also a Ranger once from Ranger's Apprentice (by John Flanagan) which was much cooler ( probably because I didn't die)... Ah yes, that was my favourite dream about a book for a long while.

10. A book monster you wouldn't want to find under your bed. 

I definitely would not want to find the Balrog from the Lord of the Rings... No thanks, no way, nuh uh, nopetity nope nope...


Well, I guess that's it! So I think I'll tag Corey from CJR Odyssey ... Have fun!


~Sarah

The 'Solve this Riddle' Tag

Well, here I am with another blog post after only two months this time! Yay! What an amazing accomplishment...

Hmm... I seem to have a small habit of starting my blog posts like that but oh well...


1.Copy and paste the image onto your post.

'Kay, done that... Next!


2. Copy and paste these rules onto your post. 

Err... Yes, I do believe I just did that.

(I''ll just put them here for those who want to read them without me interrupting each time)
1.Copy and paste the image onto your post
2. Copy and paste these rules onto your post
3. Thank the person who tagged you.
4. Answer the 5 riddles that are provided by the lovely person who tagged you.
5. Tag 5 or more bloggers.
6. Provide 5 different riddles in your post for the people you tagged.
7. Comment the link to your post on each blogger's blog or let them know in some way or another.
8. After a week from when posting this tag, comment the answers to your riddles on your own post.

3. Thank the person who tagged you.

Thank you so very much Jane and Clare!


4. Answer the 5 riddles that are provided by the lovely person (or people, in my case) who tagged you.

Jane's Riddles:

1: This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?

Hmm... I think I know the answer to this one!

2: What meets you at the end of everything?

 I might have an answer for this one.

3: What do the letter 'T' and an island have in common?

Not sure to be honest...

4: What has a head, a tail, is silver and has no legs?

...I may need to recruit Zach's help... Thank you Zach :)


5: What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don't want to use it?

I know! I know! At least I think I know...

Clare's Riddles:

Riddle One: A man went on a trip with a fox, a goose and a sack of corn. He came upon a stream which he had to cross and found a tiny boat to use to cross the stream. He could only take himself and one other - the fox, the goose, or the corn - at a time. He could not leave the fox alone with the goose or the goose alone with the corn. How does he get all safely over the stream?

Isn't one of these a bird that can swim? I have no idea...

Riddle Two: A farmer in SA owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase and ask if he can pick it up in five days time. The farmer knows that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver?

And I thought I was finished math for the day... Luckily I had a Zach with me!

Riddle Three: Why was the belt arrested?

Ahahaha.... I have absolutely "no clue."

Riddle Four: You heard me before
Yet you hear me again
Then I die
'till you call me again

'Might know and I might not... This could be a lot of things.


Riddle Five: Can an English man legally marry his widow's sister?

Wait-a-minute...


5. Tag 5 or more  bloggers (Please please please don't tag me back!).

I hereby nominate Corey at CJR Odyssey!

(I'm just gonna ignore the "5 or more" part of that rule...)


6. Provide 5 different riddles in your post for the people you tagged.

The First: There were 10 horses and 9 paddocks. How do you fit all 10 horses in the paddocks with only 1 allowed in each paddock?

The Second:  When you don't have enough of me, you feel a kind of gloom. But when you are using me, it is time that you consume. What am I?

The Third: Imagine you are swimming in the middle of the ocean and a bunch of hungry sharks surround you. How do you get out alive?

The Fourth: A man who couldn't speak went into a store to buy a toothbrush. He pretended to brush his teeth with his finger to tell the cashier what he wanted. The cashier understood and the man went home with the toothbrush. Then, a blind man came into the store wanting to buy sunglasses. How could he tell the cashier he wanted sunglasses?

The Fifth: What has rivers but no water, forest but no trees and cities but no people?


Have fun! (If you decided to do it, that is... I ain't forcing you to do it :) )


7. Comment the link to your post on each blogger's blog or let them know in some way or another.

Done.


AND NOW FOR THE ANSW--

8. After a week from when posting this tag, comment the answers to your riddles on your own post. 

Oh, not right now? Okay then...


See you next post! (Whenever that will be...)