aww...a kitty

Awww ^_^ but a cat-dragon...that'd be interesting...hm...do I have any more room in my sketchbook? Anyway CHECK YOUR EMAIL TARA!!!!!

Go Away!

Aww! He thinks he's so big and tough! And he's only about as big as a cat. Not to mention his coloring. Yes, he is a dragon in case you can't tell. A front view (Yes, someone couldn't tell that he was a dragon, so I am telling you). He says "GO AWAY!"
Heheh. Yes, Ellen. I rarely count a picture as finished unless I color it. Sometimes I do better than others...
For some reason, the scan sort of screwed up some of the coloring. Mainly in the grass/sky. Oh well. SIgh.

Arg

I really envy your coloring skills!!!!!!!!!! >.< I wish I had the patience to do that!!!!! or the pencils at the moment!!!!!!

Link and Haku

Thought I'd post a couple of my random pictures. So, here ya go. Wolf Link from Twilight Princess, and Haku from Spirited Away.

Under the Masks

So, notes about the story I'm working on now. Previously I referred to it as "creature story" since it didn't have a title yet. Now I have a title for it. It's called "Under the Masks." Hence the title of this post. This is the one I was SUPPOSED to be writing with Stephanie. Though her creativity is incredible, she never seems to finish anything! She has 2 online rp games she started making (I was helping her with one) and she's neglecting the poor things. I wish she'd finish because I want to play them! Bla. So, since Stephanie hasn't written anything yet, she's going to help me with ideas. I REALLY like some of the creatures she's designed. I got her to post some on the blog earlier. I'll show the links.
http://dragonspen.blogspot.com/2008/08/image-dump-ichione.html
http://dragonspen.blogspot.com/2008/08/image-dump-nitwo.html
http://dragonspen.blogspot.com/2008/08/image-dump-santhree.html
So, I asked her permission to use some of her creatures. Mainly the bird masks in the third post and the other strange creature just above them. Right now they're acting as monsters because they're being controlled by something evil. But they'll be freed soon! Don't worry Steph! I won't keep your creatures evil for long! They're too cool!
I've asked her to help me with a few other things with this story too. So, even if she doesn't WRITE ANYTHING, she is being helpful. I just thought you should know that.
Oh, just because I can, I'm going to post the links to her games in case she ever FINISHES them. Hahah! It's fun to capitalize words!
http://www.acornrack.com/Wyrn/login.php
And here's the one I was helping her with.
http://www.acornrack.com/freesia/login.php

Last "tidbits" from "Light of the Sun"

Okay. I should probably finish writing about "the Light of the Sun."
So, here goes.
You know, it's hard to write about places like Egypt and the Amazon when you've never been there. I wish I could go there to get first-hand experience, but it would be kinda expensive. My uncle went to Egypt, and he did actually almost get pick-pocketed by a gypsy. She was standing in front of him, waving her hand in his face. An as he was distracted, she got his wallet out of his pocket. But Uncle Rob realized that he didn't feel his wallet in his pocket anymore and he got it back from the gypsy. So, whatever the "Hunchback of Notre Dame" tells you about gypsies, there are at least some out there who will try to steal your wallet. And some friends of the family, I think it was in Italy, had gypsies break into their house. Beware when going abroad.
Will says he can't take naps. Well, neither can I. And it almost always takes me over 2 hours to fall asleep in the night. At least I don't have to worry about falling asleep during school... What really bugs me is that my dad can fall asleep in 30 seconds. I've timed him. It's really fun. Count to 30 and then say really loudly "ARE YOU ASLEEP YET?"
Oh yeah. I complain about airports in this story too. I hate all the security and waiting in lines and everything. A few jerks had to ruin everything for us by trying to blow planes to shreds. And now we all have to put up with all the security. It's really insane, most of it. All you do in airports is WAIT WAIT WAITTTTTT! But at least the flying part is fun.
Oh, I complain about cell phones in my story too. I hate cell phones. My mom got one for me to bring to college, but I never use it except to call Jenny at lunch and find out where to meet her. And that's only every few weeks. They're so complicated and annoying... I don't like them. I mean, they're good for emergencies, but some people LIVE on their cell phones. I swear. I'm old-fashioned in a lot of ways. Despite my age.
And clothes! I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND why some people think some clothes are cool. Will complains about how this happens with his sister. The object is NOT to show off as much of your body as possible, please. And boys, I don't want to see your underwear hanging out from over your pants. Did you know that "fashion" originated in jail because the prisoners didn't have any belts to hold their pants up? Some "cool" clothes are absolutely disgusting. Here's another example. I'm not saying that jeans are bad. I wear them all the time. But why would you want to pay $1000 for a pair of jeans with holes in them? It seems the worse clothes are, the more expensive they are. Well, not always. There are some good expensive clothes out there too.
Alcohol. I don't understand it. How could anyone want to drink it? I've never tasted it, but it SMELLS TERRIBLE!
Oh, Sobek, the crocodile, says something to Will and co. He says that he's not allowed to take them to El Dorado, but he won't stop them from holding on as he swims towards El Dorado. My english teacher last year, Mr. Thurtle, inspired this quote. On the day of the AP exams, all the students were asking if we had to come to class that day. Mr.Thurtle kept saying "I'm not allowed to tell you that you can't come to class." But it was obvious that he didn't care if anyone came to class. I went to class just because I'd feel bad skipping. And guess what? There were only 2 of us in class that day.
OOH, the riddle. All good treasure hunts need a riddle, right? The riddle really wasn't that hard to write, amazingly. I really want to know if a real person could figure out my riddle if they had access to internet sources and everything. If anyone who hasn't read the story can find out the riddle, I'd be really really impressed:

The riddle itself be a clue.
For during a certain place and time,
This creature be a fierce gatekeeper.
Only those quick-witted enough
To reply “man” may pass,
While those with falseness on their lips
Will not escape with their lives.
Our version of this creature sits a sentinel
Who has lost one of his five senses.
The younger brother to our guardian
Remain in his mother country,
Though the old capital be much changed.
Though he be water-logged,
He of the alabaster skin
Waits for you to greet him.
Shake his paw
And look him in the eye.
If he likes what he see,
Only then will he release the key.”

Actually...

Actually, NIcole, I did try a couple of the ones you've recommended. And the 2 (I think it was 2 that I've tried) didn't seem that interesting for the episodes I've seen. Sorry. I guess I"ve already found the 2.5 animes that I like. 1 is the Ghibli movies (I include them all in one for simplicity sake) 2 is cardcaptors, and the .5 is the first season of Pokemon. The few new episodes I've seen are far too repetitive for my taste. But the some of the movies are good. As are the games.

well...

Hm...Nicole's actually posted...and she included my response to her post in like a few sentences...I guess there's not much more for me to do...nya...

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Tara, watch the ones I'VE recommended! I think you'll like Matantei Loki Ragnarok a lot, but another great one-one of my top favorites- is Ouran High School Host Club. Ellen knows this one too, and should recommend it with undying passion!!! (note: I just re-watched a few of those episodes, and it makes me really happy and hyper)
And yes, yes, let me say it for you: "Finally! You've posted! What the heck's wrong with you?! What have you been DOING all this time! Post more often! Geez, Nicole!"

Maps

Well yeah I definetely had way too much fun with the continents ^_^ I figured the random lines on the continents could be explained by either ravines or canyons, or ditches, or something like that. meh.

Bla

Well, I hoped at the end that they would actually reach paradise and everything would be okay. And I liked the wolves and Cheza. So, I kept watching it. And then they started killing everyone. And then they destroyed paradise....

If you look at Kriayshun just right, it almost looks like a face. And I noticed that Haminal looks like a human a bit. I didn't see the shooting star.

hee hee ^_^

Sorry bout that tara, but if you didnt like the series you could just stop watching it. There is another one that I think you might like, it's a lot happier than wolf's rain. It's called +Anima, it's more of an action comedy.
Was wolf's rain really that bad? I like the story line and the art style. Admittedly the ending kinda sucked, but I liked the bit when it changed to our world setting and all the characters were back. :D
Anyway I liked my ideas for the other continents ^_^ Haminal looks like a shooting star, and a person...kinda. And Kriayshun looks like a hand or the moon. I had way too much fun with this :D

Climaxes, you Idiots!

I'm MAD! Ellen, you're the most horrible person ever! You had me watch 30 episodes of that thing only to have everyone DIE and have paradise get destroyed!
If you're going to spend that much time building a plot and everything, can't you at least give the readers/watchers a decent and SATISFYING ending?!?!?!?!
It's like that stupid book I read! It was a LONG book! And the whole last part was building up to a person who could change the whole world just by writing something. And another guy who was collecting power to try and save everything. And then the girl says "I don't think I'm going to write the world into a better place," and the guy says "I think I'm going to throw away all this magic I've been collecting. I won't even use it to stop the FREAKIN HURRICANE that's coming!"
No, I won't mention names of books/series, but that kind of stuff makes me MAD! I hate spending all that time watching/reading only to have everything just go splat at the end!
Stop doing that to the endings, you freaks!!!!

Soreina

Here's the map I made of Soreina. Forro Village is the location of the story I"m working on now. It was SUPPOSED to be written with Stephanie, but I have yet to receive a chapter from her. So, I decided to keep working.
Thanks for the continents Ellen!!!!

Thanks!

Thanks Ellen! You just happened to pick the one hour all day that I wasn't home to call. So call tonight! Now I'll put all 3 continents together on my computer, if I can find out how to do it. Might involve a lot of printing and scanning...

Haminal and Kriayshun

So here's the last two continents on Soreina! And I'm posting it here cause Tara doesnt pick up her phone!!! >.<

Note: Kriayshun goes on the left, Haminal on the right

Laney

Here's a random picture I drew of Laney, the werewolf. I know it's not the best. It would have been better if I had colored it a bit better. It's just to get my image of a werewolf straight. Long neck, muscular shoulders, hind legs that are like a rabbits-ready to launch the werewolf forwards. Long forearms, sharp claws, Ex.

Soreina, Magic-Earth, and Earth Connections

So, I think I mentioned the connections between Magic-Earth and Technology-Earth. How Magic-Earth was created at the dawn of humanity because the earth wanted to give a home to both magic and technology since she knew that the two would have a difficult time living together.
So, now we get to Soreina (the dragon planet). As you may have heard, in the past, dragons and other such creatures were not thought of as mythology, but as real-life creatures. But there was a turning point when humans started killing all the magical creatures. So, Earth split again to form Soreina as a haven for them. In addition to taking all of the magical creatures, she also placed several humans on the planet so some dragon-friendly could continue to live in peace with the magical creatures.
So, there are only 2 types of creatures that can easily pass between the worlds. Wizards/magicians/witches/druids/whatever you want to call them can learn to open doorways between the worlds. But unicorns are also inter-dimensional beings. They can freely jump between worlds. I may have said this already, but I'll reiterate.
So, there ya go.

Dad's Movies (again)

I'm going to try to actually posts Dad's movies on the blog instead of just sticking them on the side. I'll give it a shot.

Wah!

Wah! Sorry! I used a link that requires you to sign in. I'll fix it. Try it now.

On your mark?

Tara I cant access your fanfic!

On Your Mark Completed

I forgot to tell you. I finished writing out a story version of On Your Mark. Here's the link. Enjoy!

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4567085/1/On_Your_Mark

Taysia!

Gah! computers are confusing! But I finally color-coded Ellen's beautiful map of Taysia on the computer. I hope I didn't screw it up too badly. But now you can see where all the countries are and their names and everything.

Light of the Sun "Tidbits"

So, more notes on "the Light of the Sun."
So, ya gotta wonder, don't ya? When we read stories or legends written in the past, they talk about magic (and even dragons) as though they were real. I'll take dragons as a good example. Cultures all over the world that had absolutely no connection to each other had dragons. Different kinds of dragons, yes. But they spoke about them as though they were real. Just like in the legend of king arthur. They had wizards like Merlin and everything. It's nice to think that there was once magic in the world.
More random notes:
If you had a chance to go on a really awesome quest? Do you think you'd team up with strangers? Like Will does? I guess it depends on who they are.
And after an adventure is over, how do you go back to normal life? This doesn't come up so much in my book, but you really get it in "Lord of the Rings." Frodo goes through all that and gets scarred in many ways. And when it's all over, he gets dropped back into normal life. That would be really strange. I just can't help but wonder...
Cats. Like Bast in my book. They always seem so superior, don't they? Hahah!
On to another topic. So, there's a lot of different types of vampires, werewolves, and ghosts. So, I selected traits of them that I liked and tried to come up with good appearances for them. Yeah. A random little note.