Basically, school is a soul-sucking monster that makes it so drawing anything non-academic is impossible. IMPOSSIBLE! Once in a while I'll update this. I'm also ultra slow when I do draw something, so... there's that too.

I drew this today while having a Disney movie watching marathon. I started out studying and then decided I felt like drawing. xD This one's one of my otaku senshi, Sailor Iceguard. The pose is not supposed to make logical sense in terms of how she's holding the sword. If I ever get around to it, it will be like a stained glass window with her in the center. If that makes any sense at all! Also those goddamned antlers why did I decide on that. >.<

oooooh I really like how this looks so far and I think a stained glass window would be awesome!

What colors would you use? Like a pastel blues and ice colors? ooorr?

Thank yew. <3 Yup, those are primarily the colors. Silver/cold gray, icy blue, slate blue, white. If I get around to the stained glass part, I might slip in a tiny bit of pale yellow to offset the cold colors a little.

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I. Love. This.

The art style is extremely clean and defined, and the proportions are fantastic~. (This is coming from someone who draws horses and sucks at people, XD.) Her sword is epic, though, and I like the design of Iceguard's pauldrons. Simplistic, yet still ornate without being overly flashy. ^^

Thank'ee hon. ^^ The pauldron will be a liiiiittle more decorative. The band that goes across the top is engraved and the disc on the front of the pauldron will have antlers on it, but I couldn't handle drawing them yesterday. I am really impatient. >.>;

Loving the shoulder armor... protector... things. (words are not working today.)

Out of curiosity, is there any significance to the little 'ball and chain' coming off of the swords handle?

Pauldron! Shoulder armor protector things works just fine too.

There isn't really any significance of the little ball, at least right now. It's just a light blue crystal that will match the ring on her pauldron. I'm still kind of undecided with it, so when I color it, I might remove it. xD

Now for some non-Sailor Moon art, just because I can access my photobucket again (!!!) and I happen to like these. I was in a beginning painting class last semester and every Tuesday, we had a "ticket" due as a way to get into class. It was a small 4x6 painting of anything on masonite board. I wasn't a huge fan of painting, so I was like I'M GOING TO PAINT A GIRAFFE FOR EVERY DAMN CLASS. I think I managed... 4 giraffes? Then I branched out into other animals. >.>; A lot of these are cell phone pictures so I could easily show my family, which means the colors are off and I'm too lazy to fix them.






^Why yes, that is my icon. ^^ It's based on a photo I took at a mosque in China.

My family has indeed jacked all of these paintings. LOL

Wow, that is from your beginning painting class? I mean, wooooooooooow. Love them all!

Aww, thank you! <3

You have some SERIOUS talent!! I love love love the giraffe and think that is looks 100% professional! Wow..

<3 Thanks Galaxia! They're kind of fun to do.

My favorite one has got to be the tiger~. I love big cats, and I think that the unusual coloring scheme really brings out the stripes. I also like how you did it's eyes. ^_^

Great job on your senshi! I love your profiles, I can't help but smile when I see some well defined noses and lips ;D

Also kudos on those paintings, the tiger's eye in particular. That color scheme is gorgeous. <3

Thanks Dybbuk. <3 Definitely a product of my life drawing class. Some people in that class want to draw muscles all the time, and I end up with a fascination with lips. LOL Lips and noses. It's really weird. xD

Okay, academic art time. xD I am actually working on something for Puu, but I've had these scans open in photoshop for the better part of a week, so I figured I'd post them. They are all abysmally dusty, but I assure you the prints themselves are immaculate and it's the scanner that is a dirtball. I haven't the patience to clean them up pixel by pixel, so dusty they remain until I can figure out a better way of getting them onto the computer. They're all film process, so I developed the film and printed them by hand. c:

Self Portraits - These were done for a class assignment. I hate self portrait assignments. >.>



(My prof's favorite of this set.)



Personal work - These were also for class, but I was only graded on three (starred). We're just supposed to be prolific in our production, so I take pictures of a lot of stuff. Also anything Chinese-ish-looking has to do with an event we hosted in which Xu Bing visited our teeny little school (!!!!!) and his work was exhibited in our teeny little gallery (!!!!!), and I figured I'd take pictures of the stuff while I had the opportunity. I'll label those with the artwork titles. Anything with "square word calligraphy" is English, btw. Try to read it!

Quotation from Chairman Mao, Square Word Calligraphy - Xu Bing



Square Word Calligraphy - Xu Bing. This is a display of one of the practice books.
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Book from the Sky (just part of it, since the actual piece is bigger than our gallery...) - Xu Bing


Qi Shufang Peking Opera Company. That's her on the right. She's tiny and hilarious. The guy (Monkey King) is her husband.


Misc personal work

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(^My dog... c_c)

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omg hopefully these don't stretch the forum. Some of them did on another forum and I resized them again. So... if someone in another browser has some of these just blow up the forums, let me know. c_c

Puu requested I draw Sidus in her Red Dwarf form quite a while ago, and I finally had time to actually do it. Her weapon just turned itself into a ranseur, and so she's kind of like wtf. Also injured. But no blood on the lines. xD

Lookin' good! Already messaged the minor edits that are needed, but I really am liking the outcome so far. :3

Thank you, Roo! *Super huggles.*

Wow Roo!I love your pictures as much as your drawings! Very intense!

Indeed! The end result should be pretty epic, considering she was just thrown into a phone booth, XD. And not into the door. Glass and tin aren't her friend. ^_^"

But~, she's still up and kicking. Yay for stress induced power-ups, XD.

Thanks guys~. <33 I'll get the edits you talked about up soon, Puu. c:

Update for Puu when she gets online tomorrow. ^^ We'll see if I guessed correctly on the pauldrons!

Holy crap! That looks amazing Roo!! Love the photography as well!

Wow, I'm really amazed at your photography, Roo. There's something almost poetic about them that I can't describe. They are really enjoyable to look at. ^^

You guys are sweet, thank youuu! <3

*dies* It takes me ages to color things. xD But! I have Sidus "done." There will eventually be a phone booth and blood from being chucked around by a baddie, but for now, this is what I have. Backgrounds are just my bane and it'll take me even longer, so I wanted to get the colored version of just Sidus up.

Also, help with the pose came from here. ^^

*Dies from amazement.*

How do you do this, Roo? XD, this look absolutely amazing!

Wow Roo! Your coloring is amazing!!!!! I wish I could do that!

Thanks guys! No more coloring for me for a couple days at least now. xD Takes so long!