Thanks to all those who checked out my latest drawing!! I got a record number of faves and comments on it both on here and on Deviant Art…within a 24 hour period I mean.
I think everyone has a soft spot for sweet, squishy anime moments like that. Everyone likes a good hug!XD Anywho, if you haven’t seen it yet, I’d appreciate a look and a comment:
The Budweiser Clydesdale horses came to our casino the other day. They were supposed to have a big parade and everything but it got rained out and canceled. My mom and I came back the next day to see them…it was pretty disappointing because they’re HUGE beautiful horses…but they had them locked up in little pens and we could only see their heads. Lame! One of the ladies who worked there eventually brought one out for people to pet and take pictures so that was cool.
I don’t know how many of you had heard but Budweiser…the all-American beer…has been bought out by a Belgian company. And we wonder why America’s economy is going to sh*t. Barely anything is made in America anymore!
But it’s been rumored that this new Belgian company is going to get rid of the Budweider Clydesdales! I mean, I hate beer and Budweiser is no exception, but the Budweiser Clydesdales are an American icon! I loved all the commercials during the superbowl that involve these horses. Hopefully, this new company will get over themselves and keep the pretty horsies.^^
And speaking of horses, this caption makes me giggle:
Life: 07/18/08 | Posted By: ElvesAteMyRamen | | Tags:
I finally finished my Ouran High School Host Club fan art I’ve been talking about! It’s been getting such wonderful reviews from everyone which makes me very happy since I worked hard on this. I adored drawing and coloring it though…helps that it’s also my fave scene from the show. I just love the Tamaki/Haruhi coupling to pieces.XP But yeah, a couple have mentioned it looks almost like a vector of a screen shot…it isn’t! For one, I stylized them more-so to my own new style I’ve been working on, which is the long-and-lean style like CLAMP’s and two, that particular full-body shot of Tamaki and Haruhi didn’t look like that…in the actual show, they had been borderline chibi-fied (something I never liked since it was an emotional, serious moment and the chibi style didn’t suite that moment) so, with my “artistic license” I drew it the way *I* thought it should have been done! Hazzah! Gotta love that whipping out that license. But yeah, ‘tis my 2nd attempt at coloring my works on the computer, so please take a look and comment, I’d appreciate it:
So, I’ve been very busy lately…summertime usually equals relaxing and vacations to most but for me, it’s the opposite. It’s the busiest most stressful time at the casino I work at. Lots of overtime, lots of overwork, lots of me getting stressed and easily irritable. But it’s okay, I deal. I’m tough. The drawing above that I talked about helped me in the sense it kept my mind occupied the little time I am at home. I just am in an overall better mood the entire day if I’ve worked on a drawing. I was probably going to try and throw something together for Adam’s evil cupcake contest he’s holding if I can gather the time. I got to see FuzzButt yesterday though! He kinda behaved himself too!
Here’s a picture of him I took that I think came out really well! I was more-so shocked that he let me put the camera this close to his face without swatting at it:
Life: 07/16/08 | Posted By: ElvesAteMyRamen | | Tags:
I bought a new fish today. It’s another clownfish…it’s so cute and small!! I already have one clownfish but clownfish like to be in groups so I got another one. It really does look like Nemo and his father now…since one is all big and this new one is all teeny and the little guy keeps on following the big one around like a dad. ‘Tis cute.
I visited my parent’s house yesterday and got to see my kitty, FuzzButt!!! He was being a trouble-maker as always. Our doggy, Harley has been being bad lately so my parents will put her in a kennel when she does something she shouldn’t be doing and you know what FuzzButt does? He sits right there in front of the cage of the kennel, teasing Harley! Prances around in front of it, paws at the door, jumps on the top…just mocking the poor pup! lol! He’s such a turd. I still do want to make a mini-manga based on FuzzButt because he has quite the comic-worthy personality. I never mentioned it before but the idea for my neko, thief character Bug in my manga:
Is based on FuzzButt! He has that sneaky, devious, sarcastic personality that will mimic the way FuzzButt is but more…humanized! lol! Even one of my other characters, the elf Estel, refers to Bug as ‘FuzzButt’ from time to time. Just a way to leak something from my real life into my own story, I suppose…even though FuzzButt is a white fluffy puffball and Bug isn’t but still, similar personalities.XD
More captions, heehee!
Life: 07/10/08 | Posted By: ElvesAteMyRamen | | Tags:
I made this banner today (the same that is now in my profile):
It was after a friend and I somehow got into the topic of the elves’ pointy ears. I was telling her about how I wanted to see the new ‘Hellboy’ movie because the main antagonist in the flick is an elf and I was reading a little interview with the actor who plays the elf and he stated, "I don’t know what it is about wearing those pointy ears…but the ladies love them!" That cracked me up because I remember reading an interview with Orlando Bloom and he had said the same thing when he was playing Legolas.
I do love those pointed ears though...dunno what it is about them….
I started a new drawing and it’s one I’m doing all on the computer. I decided that this is a world going digital and although I love traditional, I need to start broadening my art palette and practice more with digital works. It’s a fan art based on Ouran High School Host Club! WOOT! I drew it by hand but the coloring and the rest will be done on the computer. I love how the sketch came out…probably since it just happens to be depicting one of my fave scenes in that show. I think I may be able to bring my laptop into work too…it’s a Tuesday so it’ll be slow at the casino and another supervisor had brought in her laptop before so I don’t see why not…that will allow me to be able to work on my artsies while at the job and I know my boss doesn’t mind…in fact he encourages me to draw at work! Heehee! Well, obviously, as long as it doesn’t get in the way of my actual work…but that’s just common sense and I never abuse the freedom my boss gives me when it comes to what I can do on my down time.
Heehee!
Life: 07/08/08 | Posted By: ElvesAteMyRamen | | Tags:
So, my boys and I went and saw the movie, Wall-E. It was incredibly awesome! I admit I wasn’t too excited to see it since the way they advertised it just didn’t interest me but the movie was amazing. I couldn’t believe how emotionally connected I got to a character that couldn’t even talk but for a couple words and noises.XD The movie was great, I totally recommend it, the short before it was so hilarious as well so make sure and get that early!! At one point during the movie though, they showed Wall-E playing a game of Pong and there was this mother with her kids sitting a little in front of us and when that came up she goes, “Oh wow! Ping! The first video game ever created…blah blah blah.” And I mutter, “The game was ‘Pong,’ not ‘Ping’ you jack a**.” My friends heard me say that and cracked up.XD Gosh, that game was WAY before my time and even *I* knew the name of it. Duh.XD
Other than that, work has been keeping busy as heck. I hurt my back a couple weeks ago but it feels 100% fine now which I’m thankful for…but now my wrist is acting up again. *grumbles* This is my wrist I had surgery on a few years ago and off and on, it will just…hurt. It feels like it’s sprained and it gets worse when the weather is muggy so I’ll wear my wrist brace till it starts feeling better. Remember that lady I told you guys about that complains and whines non-stop and if you have a problem she’ll be guaranteed to have one worse? Well, I’ve been wearing my brace for the past week and it’s not feeling any better but I never complain about it even though I hate wearing it but I come into work tonight…and SHE is wearing a wrist brace too!! She’s going on saying how now her wrist hurts and that she’s going to be going to the doctor because she probably has carpal tunnel and all this bologna. She’s trying to out-pain me…again!! But the thing is, my wrist truly HURTS and it’s a constant nuisance/worry for me because this is my drawing hand and when it’s throbbing I don’t like to over-do it and then she has to come in trying to get attention off of a pain she probably barely has? Ergh, I can’t stand it and while she’s complaining to me about how much it hurts I pretty much just nod my head and quietly seethe thinking to myself…she probably has no idea what it really feels like. I hate complaining so maybe that’s why I have a low tolerance for whiners.>_< Rant over.
*snicker* I love this picture:
Life: 07/07/08 | Posted By: ElvesAteMyRamen | | Tags:
