I just doodled this today… It was supposed to be Val and Gwen in their old age, but I have no idea why they’re dressed as if they’re Zy’s great, great grandparents. Then again, by this point, Zy would probably almost qualify to be a senior citizen himself.
What I’m working on. I should post more of these. Then I’d actually have stuff to post.
Achiru: XEI.
Xei: Yes?
Achiru: WHY AM I MISSING A MEME? I THOUGHT I WAS DONE.
Xei: You’re missing a meme?
Achiru: There’s nine to a set. Why do I only have 8?
Xei: Really. Let’s see. Vera, Raven, Ria, Val, Lucky, Xie, you, Pony, and Zy. That’s nine. Keiai, Ari, Zitami, his brother, Gwen, Yhat, Ryu, that guy and the android. That’s nine. Erica, Diiefvs, Keiseki, Lauriah, Hari, Rwen, Saki, and me… Oh wait. Ahahaa. Whoops. I forgot to count Vera and Keiai the first time around. I was only counting your artist’s-comment-description-thingy. I’M SORRY.
Achiru: You’re gonna make me look like an idiot.
Xei: I look like an idiot all the time, it’s no big deal.
Achiru: You’re wonderfully sympathetic.
Xei: So who should we do last?
Achiru: Who’s still around? Do we have any guys? The last set is pretty much all girls…
Xei: Well Dan is going to a wedding.
Achiru: Jana has a dance perfomance coming up.
Xei: Jana’s a girl.
Achiru: I wasn’t listing guys. I was just listing people. There’s Varu.
Xei: There’s Chrysanth.
Achiru: But he’s gone on summer vacation. Like everyone else. IT’S SO EMPTY AT THE STUDIO RIGHT NOW.
Xei: There’s got to be someone around here…
HOLY CRAP. I’m finally DONE~ *dances* I can’t believe it took me three freakin’ years to finish the last set of Fanservice Memes. Which means I finally have something to post every week for a month, so it doesn’t look like I’ve disappeared for good on DeviantART, ha ha…
In the meantime, Xei keeps telling me to update this blog, but I really can’t think of what to write or post, since I haven’t been drawing much.
My days aren’t particularly extraordinary… I suppose I could practice mindfulness enough to APPRECIATE something ordinary every day. That should be a good thing to work towards.
I really do like teaching, but it really draws a lot of energy and attention. So while I’m at school from September to April, don’t expect to hear from me… Apparently the job market for teachers will be good when I graduate in 2013, so hopefully I will be able to secure my own classroom, whereas many other teachers had to sub for years and years.
I’m starting spring courses right now, which is not busy yet because it’s just the first week. I do have some doodles to scan, but all in all, it’s going to be a challenge keeping up the “Achiru” artist side of me. By that, I mean the typical anime-style comic work I do.
As much as I am committed to my various art projects, I need to establish a bit of capital for myself and continue to strengthen my arms/body, so just rest assured I won’t be abandoning any stories so long as I’m still living, even if it takes me THREE YEARS.
So I keep forgetting that watching ATLA and now Korra through entire time span has been a large chunk of everyone’s lives.
Some people went on to have actual careers on the show, some people fell in love with other people because of the show/s, other people had babies!
SO EXCUSE ME AS I GO AND WRING MY HEART INTO AN EMOTIONAL MESS
I NEED A MINUTE D: D: D:
Close up version at my DA also
Ha ha… I watched it in college… And I am still in college. XD Meanwhile, I apologize for the lack of Internet activity because being a teacher is a full time job even while you’re a student-teacher. I will eventually find time to do art… I remain hopeful. Xei has kept his fingers crossed.
Meanwhile, I am excited to finally see cartoons that embody all the complexities of reality: race, gender, politics, economics, geography, history, culture, different types of families etc. etc. It’s SO DAMN nice to have a show that is responsible about its content, teaches good moral lessons about growing up, and isn’t garbage in any domain. It’s got top-notch art, voice acting, music, storyboarding, screenplay and have I mentioned complexity?
Also, it’s very Asian-influenced.
It’s a dream come true.
School has eaten up all my time! :O But besides that, here’s some terribly proportioned pen and crayola marker doodles. Whenever I’m at a party or shopping mall or just people watching, sometimes an article of clothing will catch my eye as “Oh, Xei would wear that!” or “I think that would suit Raven,” or “Ria would be all over this design,” but of course there are other characters that aren’t so happy about having more clothes than they could possibly ever go through. But it’s not like they have to keep them after trying them on, right?
The background. I want to know how they did that.
EDIT: Ha ha ha, I don’t mean the screen projection, I meant the art/ink animation in the projection.
Is it compassion and care even when you feel undeserving and unworthy?
Is it that helping hand or reminder, that act of kindness you were shown, even though you turned it away at the time?
Is it the kisses and hugs, physically embracing and celebrating the feeling of connection with another human being?
Is it the conversations you have over tea or coffee that you never want to end, even though you really have to go use the toilet?
Is that love?
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Musings from a seminar activity.
It’s really annoying when you geek over your own story with no one to share it with because that would be spoiler-ish due to the fact you cannot physically update everything as fast as you write it. The process from writing to sketching to drawing to scanning to editing to colouring to adding text can take so bloody long.
Yes, I have considered it, since I like cosplaying myself but don’t have the time and funds for a costume project on top of the other things I’m working on. That will be filed on the list of art-to-do, which will probably be done sometime this year.
