September 30, 2007

Elfin (and Turmith)

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Filed under: Miniatures, Pencil — Tags: , , — Illinia @ 11:46 am
(stare)

(stare)

Elfin (and Turmith)
drawn June 26, ‘06
posted for Sep 30, 2007
(294)
wilflorinaiconYay! Something that turned out! If you don’t remember them these two heads are representative of my Silver Helm guys. Turmith, or at least part of him that was abandoned due to NOT turning out, is on the left. Elfin is on the right, sans armour… and what a handsome fellow he is. So earnest looking. He’s my favourite. Here’re the minis, to remind you: Turmith, Elfin.

September the 30th? Oh, right, that’s the day I found out Michael G goes to the same church as I do! We were kind of late (as usual, due to Mom ^_^7) and we sat in the back, and the time came for the exchange of ‘peace’ (handshakes) and I turned around and… Oh my goodness! There’s someone I know! I don’t remember the last time I’ve been so pleasantly surprised.

We drove him home and talked about visiting foreign countries. Mostly Israel because he’s been there.

Sorry, I gotta go. My brother’s watching Bill Nye on VHS and I want to see.

September 29, 2007

Fai and Touya

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Filed under: Japanese franchise fanart, Pencil — Tags: , , — Illinia @ 11:44 am

Back to back, although complete strangers to each other

Back to back, although complete strangers to each other


Fai and Touya
drawn July 1-2, ‘06
posted for Sep 29, 2007
(293)
marthtitlepenciliconMy two favourite characters of Tsubasa Chronicle are Fai and Touya. Touya’s hair is completely terrible. I’m not sure what the kanji say anymore. I think ‘challenge’. The little Touya is better. And these guys would never have met in canon, so I guess I just stuck them together. Man, I like Touya’s big sword. It has no detail here, though.

Saturday the 29 I remember I was excused from cleaning the house because piano practice is more important, and Mom was doing it next week because Grandma and Grandpa were coming. And Uncle Dean. I think. I’m not sure of anything anymore… Well, they did come. That’s not what I’m unsure about.

September 28, 2007

Fai poses for the camera

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Filed under: Japanese franchise fanart, Pencil — Tags: , — Illinia @ 11:42 am

He usually likes dodging, but it's fun to knock out multiple targets, too.

He usually likes dodging, but it's fun to knock out multiple targets, too.


Fai poses for the camera
drawn July 1, ‘06
posted for Sep 28, 2007
(292)
ceniropointingavatarighty. Colby Purcell once declared herself to be “a screaming fangirl for Fai!” I agree.

I’ll back up. For those of you who missed my explanation months ago, there is a lovely Japanese manga and anime called Tsubasa (’wing’) Chronicle. In it, the Princess Sakura loses her memories, which become scattered through worlds in the form of little white feathers. She, her archeologist boyfriend Syaoran, and their new companions - the gruff ninja Kurogane, the teasing magician Fai, and the mandatory puffball, small, rabbit-like Mokona - travel the worlds to get them back. The memory feathers, that is.

So, Fai rules. I guess by this time I had watched up to the episode in which there is a temple floating in the sky with a narrow path up to it and bad guys come out of portals and attack them. Fai, forgoing his magic, does a whole bunch of really cool acrobatics fighting them off. He pretends to be lazy, but he’s really cool to watch. This picture is terrible, especially the bad guys (blobs, as usual) but it’s my first Tsubasa fanart…

And another thank you to Colby for providing the link to the YouTube video of Episode 1 and introducing me to YouTube and Tsubasa at one stroke. You can’t find it on there any more… copyright issues. I bought the DVD, as I think I said once. Not the pinnacle of excellence, but it’s Tsubasa, and that’s enough.

Um, Friday the 28th is also non-existant in my head.

September 27, 2007

Flairé

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Filed under: 1. The Adhemlenei (The Four Kingdoms), Flairé, Pencil — Tags: — Illinia @ 11:37 am

Whump

Whump


Flairé
drawn June 26, ‘06
posted for Sep 27, 2007
(291)
shalelochfrediconSo, my fanart of my original character. That just seems wierd to me, me drawing fanart of my own thing. Fanart. But that’s what it is.

This is also a pretty good picture of Flairé, though not as good as the last one. Anatomy is still my bane, though his left hand is not too bad. I think he’s supposed to be landing. That’s why his wierd shirt is flapping all around.

I dinna remember this day, Thursday Sep 27. I think I was cheerful all day.

September 26, 2007

Flairé

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Filed under: 1. The Adhemlenei (The Four Kingdoms), Flairé, Pencil — Tags: — Illinia @ 11:32 am

Sproing!!!

Sproing!!!


Flairé
drawn June 26, ‘06
posted for Sep 26, 2007
(290)
ranaavatar…

…

…

It’s Flairéeeeeeeeeeee! (glomp)
Flairé: (completely unfazed) Um, yeah. About time, too.
Oh, go on. Anyway, I drew this for my brother’s Dungeons and Dragons homebrewed rules, version… uh… 2, I think. Or was it 1.1? I can’t remember. Anway, I wrote out his backstory (see below) and then I drew a picture of him to go with it… and fell in love with it. Completely. Like a 13 year old fangirl. I mean, look! He’s got such beautiful hair, and his eyes are exactly Flairé, and the skirt of his tunic isn’t totally wacky, and he’s tall and slender and graceful. My mom doesn’t think much of this picture. His pose could be improved, I’ll admit - his back needs to curve more and give even more sense of movement. And I used my cheat for drawing hands. But the hair…

Flairé: Now for my biography. … “Flairé is the eldest son of Prince Flaer and Lady Zela. Already unbelievably ancient, he often embarks upon long journeys all over the world, keeping his skilled technique polished and helping random people with good hearts. Always optimistic, Flairé is rather flippant for an elf and has a ready smile for every occasion. When not adventuring, he lives in the North-Western Hemisphere on a large island with mountains and forests with his parents and his only sister.” Yep, that sums me up. And you started spelling my father’s name correctly. I’d put kalma instead of ‘elf’, but I guess it’s clear the way it is.

Isn’t he lovely.
Flairé: I guess I am. I’ve developed since then, too.
Yeah, but this is the best drawing of you.
Flairé: I don’t know, you’ve done some nice ones recently, too.

The form is exactly the way my brother printed it out for use. As I recall, Kevin was a human thief, though I can’t remember very well, and Mom was a hobbit named Brunella, though I’m not sure about that either. Yes, we convinced Mom to play just one level of D&D. Holy cow.
Flairé: Moo.

Wednezday was a day that was a long time ago. Oh, yeah! I remember! The mist when I started out to the bus stop (about 8 a.m.) was incredibly lovely. It was a ‘misty, moisty morning’, and also a perfect BC morning. Just gorgeous. It disappeared by lunch, though. Mist. Beautiful. I like it.

September 25, 2007

Ike uses Rescue on a Con 1 Heron-girl

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Filed under: 4. Fire Emblem fanworks, Fire Emblem 9/10, Pencil — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Illinia @ 11:26 am
Blobby good guys? That's new

Blobby good guys? That's new

Ike uses Rescue on a Con 1 Heron-girl
drawn June 12, ‘06
posted for Sep 25, 2007
(289)
rinakoavatarUm, I guess I felt like drawing Fire Emblem 9 people. Imaginary cookies to people who can identify everyone of the Greil Mercenaries, and the Laguz in the back. Hints: the person lying on the ground has ‘hungry’ written over her, like so:

Hungry

Hungry

So she must be Ilyana. ^_^7 Then the crazy hawk is Janaff. And Mia is not recognizable, but she’s next to Rhys. Reyson is the bird in the middle in the back in the sky.

That was fun, even if I somehow came out with scribbly good guys. (unheard of, huh?)
I can’t remember what happened Tuesday. I probably went to choir and had a FANTASTIC TIME. As usual. Oh, and I believe Leslie and Michael G were both amenable, as of this date (Sep 25) to practice choir stuff on our own sometime. (As of today Oct 11 we actually did practice. More on that later) Michael M is in first choir, so the Vaughen Williams would have been a lost cause. I don’t think I know any second basses, though I think I might know a second alto.

September 24, 2007

Serge

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Filed under: Pencil, Uncategorized — Illinia @ 11:25 am

Brahms is good for you!

Brahms is good for you!


Serge
drawn June 8, ‘06
posted for Sep 24, 2007
(288)
kuuichiiconAnother nice guy I met at Provincials was named Serge, and he was from Vancouver, I think, and he had trouble with his piece. His hand started to hurt, and then the bell went ding by accident, so he had to stop anyway, but then they realized it was a mistake and he had to go back and keep going. Oh, dear. Anyway, we had lunch with him one day.

Monday? A Monday happened? Oh, well, I think it went well. My motto for catching up is going to be: “If I can’t remember it, whether it was happy or unhappy, it doesn’t really matter anyway.” I think that’s a bit like Perelandra, you know, where they’re discussing enjoying the same things over and over until they’re no longer enjoyable. So if I don’t remember, but I figure I must have had a good time, that’s good enough. Although sometimes it’s annoying when I can’t remember jokes to tell other people.

Oh, this must be the Monday Nick handed out some ’sight reading excercises’ to Via Choralis. Here’s the first one:

Sopranos: “We’re the sopranos; we always sing the melody. We may not be Valkyries, but we like to sing on top!”
Altos: “We are the altos, we ARE (original lyrics: we’re not) the best readers, but it’s a snap when we only have three notes.” (E, F, and G)
Tenors: “We are the tenors, we love to sing lyrically. We sing so sweetly, except when it’s too high!” (hitting high C on that note, too)
Basses: “We are the basses, we love to sing low notes, but sometimes they scold us when we get behind the - beat.”

The other one is called “Faerie’s Aire and Death Waltz”, and it’s been Arranged by Accident. ‘Nuff said.
Insert peanuts and release the penguins.

N.B.: Serge is now dead. I don’t know why, but we are all very sad.

September 23, 2007

Andrew

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Filed under: Pencil, Uncategorized — Illinia @ 11:22 am

Marimba makes organ look like child's play

Marimba makes organ look like child's play


Andrew
drawn June 7, ‘06
posted for Sep 23, 2007
(287)
eliwoodsadiconThis is supposed to be a pianist named Andrew, who used to take lessons from the same teacher I did. He’s now a famous percussionist. After meeting him in Prince George - since that’s where he moved to (before moving elsewhere to go to university…) - and then going home again I realized I hadn’t used my camera at all. So I tried to draw him and some other people to remember. My drawings are all terrible.

I realize I’m weeks behind, and my carefully kept mental diary is rather messed up, so nothing else to go with this picture.

September 22, 2007

Sangwine and Bactine Dance

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Filed under: Other fanart, Pencil — Tags: , , , — Illinia @ 11:18 am
Swirly? Swishy? Pretty?

Swirly? Swishy? Pretty?

Sangwine and Bactine Dance
drawn June 6, ‘06
posted for Sep 22, 2007
(286)
sorencharlotteiconLinT! And now for the actual fanart the last two pictures were leading up to! I am really pleased with this, even though I tried drawing eyes at least twice and each time it spoiled it, so I left them out which is something I’ve done before, or since then, or something. I think they still look good. And it’s shaded! Decently! And they might be somewhat in proportion! Oh, yes, I am not ashamed of submitting this to the fanart contest - even though everyone else did much more fantastic art. Aja won, and Andrael placed as well, but I can’t remember which place. Colby hasn’t put up the fanart on her new site yet; she’s still dealing with the archives. Which, of course, are much more important! Whee!

I drew this in the airport for some reason. I can’t have been going to organ camp yet… oh, right, I was going to the Provincials, in… I forget where. Vernon? Prince George? I forget which one, but I’m leaning towards Prince George. If that’s it’s real name. My memory is terrible right now.

Though not for what happened on Saturday! I went to a six (total, with driving time) hour workshop for Via Choralis, and then I played piano for three whole hours like I’m supposed to in the first time since I decided to do three hours, and that’s about it. One person, to whom I mentioned Teen Angst, in a similar way to how I mentioned it a few pages ago, commented on the fact that I haven’t lost my sense of humour. Well, I was very happy right then, I was having a good time, and nothing was going wrong, so I need a sense of humour to make people not sorry for me! No feeling sorry for me! Rahr!

n.b. I am now at Oct 10 in currently, so I will try to fit more time in to catch up. Really. I’ll do several batches a day. I just finished an important assignment, so I might have a little tiny bit more time to work on this. Until the next important assignment comes up…

September 21, 2007

Bactine

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Filed under: Other fanart, Pencil — Tags: , — Illinia @ 11:13 am
Rahr, Sangwine!

Rahr, Sangwine!

Bactine
drawn June 5, ‘06
posted for Sep 21, 2007
(285)
zeladanceiiavatarLinT! Bactine was waaaay harder to draw than Sangwine. I chose to draw my favourite picture of here, on page 61, last panel. My favourite picture of Sangwine is on page 69, panel 5; at least, that used to be my favourite panel. He’s evolved into something even more handsome - well, he’s an elf! What do you expect? But back to Bactine: She’s hard to draw.

Friday I can’t remember, but I wasn’t depressed. Theory for year 2 is still insanely easy.

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