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Welcome all to Elricbrothersfan's Blog! Just in case you were wondering, I'm Elricbrothersfan! Ha ha ha ha! This is my blog!

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Yep. Kinda hope that was obvious and went without saying, but it's always nice to have it in writing.

Here's a little bit about myself:
Nickname(s): Elricbrothersfan, Elricz, Elri, El, Elricbros, Al, Elly, Anna (my IRL nickname that I forgot to add) (the list just keeps on growing, but I don't mind!)
Gender: female (Would all pervs please leave now. I don't want to have to start transmuting little prison cells all over the place here.)
Likes: Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (duh, that's why my screen name is Elricbrothersfan), Ouran High School Host Club, Naoki Urasawa's Monster, the Pokémon franchise, Soul Eater, crocheting, knitting, reading, friends, taking quizzes, anime and manga in general, making my own cosplay outfits (sorry, no pics), and it goes on...
Dislikes: pervs, slow internet connections (I regularly smack my laptop when it freezes up, aka all the time), preps (only because they're so... perfect, and I don't even compare), dogs that bark too much at all hours of the night and day (including my own adorable furballs), brussels sprouts (doesn't everyone hate them?)
TheO Friends (aka those that I have chatted with at some point and either subscribe to me, I subscribe to, or both/all, in no particular order): Keba Si Rota, Viollet, Spectre, IJNeptune, pandabearluv, sasusaku 4ever, dragonseiryuka, Blindloverr713, ultramaniaclover, Immortal Queen, TheDarkEclipse, AnnieSquiggle, FrAiSe TaRte, Strawhats Luffy, copycatkid, Manga Kid, chichi6, fuko chan, zxJohnFanime91xz, Inphinity, DemonsandAngels, Zuzu Uchiha, raven1995, somegirl, moletta, Angel, willotaku, fanglord, Linku-kun, infinatelove42, 36inc, sweetboy96
Enemies: none other than my laptop, and if you read above you'd know why
Cosplay: Edward Elric (Which, technically, is crossplay, plus I'm not blond, so... yeah, it was weird), currently growing my hair out to do a Conqueror of Shamballa version of Alphonse (I'm too frugal to buy a wig, plus my hair's just the right color, haha).

~Elricz (It's me, so don't freak out and think someone stole my blog! I listed Elricz as one of my nicknames so... read and don't freak. Which almost rhymes.)

Some of my favorite quotes:
"When I was a kid, I said to my father one afternoon, 'Daddy, will you take me to the zoo' He answered, 'If the zoo wants you, let them come and get you.'" ~Jerry Lewis

"一期一会" (Ichigoichie, each moment only once) ~Japanese Proverb

"He who laughs first, laughs last." ~ French proverb

"I don't know how to deal with [...]" ~ Crona from Soul Eater

Okay, there are more, but I can't remember where I got them from. So I'll add them later.

Chibi Fullmetal Alchemist Set... FMA Chibiness to the max!

View Count: 4,387 OHMAIGAWSHOHMAIGAWSHOHMAIGAWSH I hit four thousand!!

Art Process!

A brief overview of my art process:

Stage 1: Research
I usually go on Google and look for reference images to get a good idea of what I'm going to be drawing.

Stage 2: Sketching
Done on anything ranging from notebook paper to cardstock, just a few experimental sketches before trying to make a final product.

Stage 3: The Final Drawing
If I'm going to color it, I'll go ahead and use a fine line Sharpie and my magical "light table"--a glass-topped coffee table with a bright light underneath--to trace my final from my sketch.

Stage 4: Scanning (or to a lesser extent, taking a photo with my cellphone camera)
I try to aim for the scanner, but since I technically don't know how to use it, I must rely on my dad to help me submit my art.

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Okay, so that's the brief overview. A slightly better explanation of how I did my Link Fanart that Jen requested:

Stage 1: Google a bunch of pictures of Link from Zelda.

Stage 2: Sketch a bunch of terrible pictures of Link based off the two reference pictures I chose.

Stage 3: Quickly attempt a better sketch... with my new Ticonderoga pencils that I have fallen in love with because they are awesome... and decide that I like the sketch enough to go directly to the final drawing using my light table. (More info on the actual fanart can be found in the fanart description.)

Stage 4: Turn my almost-dead cellphone on to take a picture, then connect it to my computer to crop and submit.

Hopefully deciding to use my cell camera wasn't a bad decision...

And, conveniently enough, the light I usually use for my light table broke right after I finished tracing. It was, of course, one of the most important parts--the swiveling head snapped into four nice little pieces. Of course, feeling bad for breaking an already-almost-broken lamp, I tried to superglue it back together... and nearly glued my fingers to the lamp.

*sighs* The things I do for art to be a good daughter.

Nonetheless, I hope you like it, Jen!