October 30, 2007

Marth Comic Page 10

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Weak Arm, Strong Heart Page 10

Weak Arm, Strong Heart Page 10

Marth Manga pg 10
drawn Sep 25-26, ‘06
posted for Oct 30, 2007
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esgalwenavatarThis is quite a good page, despite its obvious drawbacks. Yes, I know you’re saying: what kind of comment is that?!? It’s the way I think. I found the Japanese quotes from a GameSpot FAQ.

The translation is:

 

Kyou mo ikinobiru koto ga dekita
Marth
Today, I have survived.

Kurushii tatakai datta
Roy
It was a tough battle.

Their other quotes sound so like them! I wish I were Japanese and had been able to experience them in all their original Fire Emblem glory! Oh, well. They’ll be around again sometime.

Just one more page of this thing!

Art contest! Take a look! Deadline Dec 1! I forgot to add prizes, but they’re here now!

October 20, 2007

Marth Comic Page 9

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Weak Arm, Strong Heart Page 9

Weak Arm, Strong Heart Page 9

Marth Manga pg 9
drawn Aug 26, ‘06
posted for Oct 20, 2007
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zelaavatarsm2This story is almost done! Hooray! It finishes with the end of this big sketchbook. On this page, I started getting a little smarter about the words. I just drew the pictures. LinT must have been inspiring me! So the words have been 100% added in Photoshop. Marth look incredibly stupid in frame 9. But I like frame 6, marthmangapg9detail and also frame 4 isn’t bad but it was drawn about a month later. And that’s quite possibly the best kissing scene I’ve ever drawn, since they aren’t actually kissing.

So far today, I watched my brother play Lego Star Wars II and the beginning of Star Wars Ep III (up to the part where they crash on the runway). The beginning of that movie is really brilliant. If only it were done with X-wings and TIE fighters, and Mon Cal cruisers and Impstars, and if ONLY HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN WERE A BETTER ACTOR, and one or two fewer dumb one-liners, then it would be Star Wars perfection incarnate.

But so much for my resolution to be a good student and practice at 9 in the morning like some people. Okay, so they go to orchestra rehearsal. That doesn’t change the fact that they’re practicing. But, I am planning to do piano after I’m done here, and then go on a walk around the golf course in the first time since school started, and then I’m going to finish theory homework and start on history homework!

Art contest! Take a look!

September 15, 2007

Marth Comic Page 8

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Weak Arm, Strong Heart Page 8

Weak Arm, Strong Heart Page 8

Marth Manga pg 8
drawn May 25-26, finished June 5, ‘06
posted for Sep 15, 2007
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crownstarsiconOoh, now this page is cooler than the last one. Marth in frame 4 notwithstanding, the first, second, and last frames are pretty good. Yep. Especially the last one. And more action commences.

The race music from the Reivers Suite really makes you sit up!

And I finally put up all the pictures from the last week. Go me. Blah.

Well, I finished Decline and Fall at about lunchtime! Time for the next book! Oh, right, what I thought of it. I think I liked it best at the beginning, since the bad things hadn’t started piling up. The guy’s just in the wrong place at the wrong time, and Margot is manipulative, and it’s certainly British satire, and the first thing I thought when I finished the last page was “Wierd” even though I hadn’t thought that all the way through. And, yes, I read it in order! My favourite part, of course, is when Peter “pulled out the vox humana and played Pop Goes the Weasel“. Yesss.

Oh, I am a nerdy organ student. Even though I’m a pianist.

September 14, 2007

Marth Comic Page 7

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Weak Arm, Strong Heart Page 7

Weak Arm, Strong Heart Page 7

Marth Manga pg 7
drawn May 25, ‘06
posted for Sep 14, 2007
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wilflorinaiconYay! Another page of Weak Arm, Strong Heart! I really, really like Marth’s face in frame 4. The rest is not the greatest, but it’s okay. And it’s fighting, too. I find it hard to do fight scenes. Good thing with SSBM as the source I can use their predeveloped arsenal of moves. Although I’m not sure what Sheeda’s doing. I guess it’s easier to do cool lady-spearfighter moves than even sword fighting. Maybe. I’m not sure. And she looks retarded in the second to last panel. Ow, they’re taking a lot of damage. Will they be defeated???

Oh, yeah, text. Um, in panel 4, Marth is saying:

Oog… This is going to be hard. Er.
Then in the last frame, Roy is saying:
Come on, Marth…
And Link and Zelda are saying:
Marth, Marth, Shee-da! Marth, Marth, Shee-da!
Wow, yesterday was cool. I talked to Michael pianist about modern music, and he sounds exactly like my last piano teacher.
Michael: You’re starting to like it.
Me: But I don’t wanna like it!
Michael: (laughing) Yeah, but you are!
Or something like that.

Then I did my theory exams, and David Clenman said I got 39 out of 40 on the easy and timed part, and that I scored very high on the other parts and that he’s impressed. I only took an hour to do each one, so for two hours I read my history book. It reminds me of The Day the Universe Changed, which I now recall I should talk about as well. Anyway, and I bought a muffin and it rather crumbled all over me. I was wearing my sports shirt because I brought all but one of my books to school, but it wasn’t as heavy as last week. I’m getting strong fast or something, I think.

Then I had a very interesting conversation with Michael violist, and we talked about high school and music and stuff, and he recommended I try reading Evelyn Waugh. So I took his advice and before I went home I went and borrowed Decline and Fall from the library. Poor fellow, he’s gotten sick and his arm hurt from trying out Brahms. But, he also got a haircut, which he’s been trying to do for a while!

The Day the Universe Changed is a fascinating 10 one-hour episode TV series by James Burke, an English reporter, I think. Some of his points made in the first episode are dated, or proved wrong with time (it’s an old series) but the rest of it is brilliant. The premise is that when what we knew about the universe changed, for us, the universe did change. It’s not widely available on DVD yet, and our taped version is getting old too, but it’s viewable on YouTube! Go watch it and expand your mind with cool stuff!

August 1, 2007

Marth Comic Page 6

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Weak Arm, Strong Heart Page 6

Weak Arm, Strong Heart Page 6

Marth Manga pg 6
drawn Feb 11, ‘06
posted for Aug 1, 2007
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woodelvesiconI’m baaaaaaack!

I had a great time in Calgary, meeting lots of nice people, three from last year, not including teachers. I played Simon Preston’s Alleluyas for Simon, and he seemed to like it. Those lots of nice people - there were only 14, not like last year, which was 18 - were three Korean girls, incluing Kwiho from last year, and a Japanese girl, Yu, and a bunch of Americans - so not quite as exotic as last year, but that’s okay. Three of the Americans are studying at Westminster (Canada) and one of them was here the year before I went the first time. Although they said this is the first year a Japanese student has come. Yu has beautiful handwriting. There were three Canadians - Mark, studying at Queen’s, Kingston, and Gwen and me. Mark’s a really great guy, and plays well, too. I think I was a lot less shy than last year because I talked to everyone without really… being shy. Last year it took a lot of courage to say ‘hi’ to Winand. This year was a much more fulfilling experience in that respect. I got to play on some horrible organs and some fantastic organs. If you go, and you’re scheduled to practice on the U of C practice organ, BEWARE. It has two working stops at this time. 8′ Swell flute and 16′ pedal reed. Ugh.

I tried to play the Zelda Wind Waker-style theme on the Theremin at the museum. Better than last year’s Fire Emblem, but not great still. I’m talking about the tune played while sailing on the Great Sea, where the notes go down to a IV chord after the run from I to V. If you know what I mean, which you probably don’t. Go see the Hylia and listen to the piece.

I also found a musical Wii at the museum, and played the beginning of my Bach on the theatre organ.

And I met a lady from Victoria on my flight back. Maybe I’ll see her around.

Now Cesar told me about something that I should join, but I can’t get on because it wants my university e-mail which I don’t have yet.

The rowan tree next door has red berries now.

I can’t believe it’s been a whole year since last camp. I had my digital camera, and I had just discovered Tsubasa… I found out that Yu is a BIG CLAMP fan. She almost screamed when I showed her my cell-phone screen, which has a background of Fai and Syaoran, just to say: here are some wierd people. I wasn’t actually expecting her to know (and love) them. Yay.

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