oh the water nymph

This is the Xivilai I’ve been talking about in the last two entries. I’ve never put so much devotion and enthusiasm in an artwork. This is also the longest I’ve ever worked on any artwork, taking about 48 hours of work. I’m so proud of this.

Now to another painting, a gift for an old school friend of mine. I want to leave her speechless.

EDIT - MY PARENTS GAVE ME A CAMERA!
YAY

so I tried it out

and it was good, so I looked for some textures

but who do we have here?

hello Isaac
finally I can take pictures of your awesome self

The Xivilai is still in the works, but it’s looking good so far. In the meanwhile:

melting the lock with his reality alteration skills, he looted everything he could take and headed out of the marauders’ hide

Now that I think about it, I’ve never ever drawn him not smiling in some form.

Tonight I wanted to make fan art for games which don’t receive enough attention. At first I thought about tackling Borderlands or Dead Space, but I ended up with a Xivilai from Oblivion. I have spent about one hour trying to find a dynamic pose for him without messing up the anatomy or going too overboard with perspective, and I got a good starting point for a watercolor painting which I hope to finish later today or maybe tomorrow.

After finishing the sketch, I took a break and wanted to read some books from Oblivion. Some of them are really beautiful. I came across Spirit of the Daedra, which should be a book written by the Daedra themselves. One passage left me amazed:

“We do not die. We do not fear death.
Destroy the Body, and the Animus is cast into The Darkness. But the Animus returns.
But we are not all brave.
We feel pain, and fear it. We feel shame, and fear it. We feel loss, and fear it. We hate the Darkness, and fear it.
The Scamps have small thoughts, and cannot fear greatly.
The Vermai have no thoughts, and cannot fear.
The Dremora have deep thoughts, and must master fear to overcome it.”

I feel better about myself.

Two artworks, I don’t feel like writing today

Gift for Roserade.

This is my Fear, my personal demon. to defeat you someday

I’ve spent these last few days at Jacopo’s for his birthday. We had an awesome time. Originally, this entry was about what kind of awesome time did we have, but then I noticed that I just can’t blog about my life. It makes me feel stupid. Long story short, we had an awesome time. 8)

Hey look I drew a me. It should be my Pokémon Trainer but really, it’s me. I blame Kate for that.

as ridiculous as it may seem, it’s actually a very accurate representation of my person. which also explains why I tend to draw people with weird anatomy when I have no one who can model for me: my whole body is double-jointed. and yes, I can actually do that with my tongue.
THE TIME HAS COME FOR ME TO EMBRACE MY FREAKINESS

Last night I had some weird dream. Basically, I was with Jacopo in a medieval city; after visiting a few places, we entered a tree. The inside of the tree was some sort of dark world completely secluded from the outside, which gave us an idea about how to use that to our advantage. You know what happens next. In the middle of it, something happened. When we got out, I realized that from midway to the end I’ve been doing it with Daevion. Then he kidnapped me. Random people tried to rescue me, but Daevion casted all sorts of spells on them and they went away. Jacopo was outside too, and he said that I had to choose between Daevion and him. I answered that he only exists in my imagination, so it was not like I was cheating on him. He said that’s ok, but since we were in my subconscious he was actually real there!
…I’m not sure what does this all mean D: though I was really waiting for Daevion to appear in a dream, I did not want for it to be like this D8 also I’m sort of disappointed that this was such a blurry dream and that I couldn’t get a good look at his face. I wish I could get lucid dreams at will.

This one is for Amy. Featuring Silver the Hedgehog with her.

…too bad she wanted her Sonic character and not her actual human character. *facepalm*
Though, I am still rather proud of this one. I had so much fun drawing the destroyed cityscape.

Two more to go!

One year ago I opened this weblog, so…happy birthday, I guess?

I also just noticed the number of artworks I’ve been posting here since then. Take a guess. 50? 100?
181.
Holy shit.

Anyway, I stole a meme from Kate. These song memes are just so hilarious, with their silly questions. Anyway, it’s one of those memes in which you put your playlist on shuffle (in my case, my whole library) and then every song is the answer to a question.

1. Where do you live: The Enemy (Dark Tranquillity)
   I live with my enemies! …sadly, that’s actually true. :(
2. Describe your first love: La Tregua (Klimt 1918)
   A truce from the ugliness of it all. Is it true, Jacopo?
3. What is your favorite thing to do: Haven (Dark Tranquillity)
   I love to invite the darkside in, into my haven. It somehow fits.
4. Describe your current love: The Promise (Within Temptation)
   Fuck, that song is about a lover dying D:
5. What do you like to wear: Astronomy Domine (Pink Floyd)
   I wear stars and planets, uh uh uh uh uh
6. What is your challenge: Keep the Car Running (Arcade Fire)
   and it’s quite a challenge considering that I can’t drive
7. Who are your friends: Sunset Coast (Rayman M Soundtrack)
   Are my friends characters from the Rayman universe? That would almost make sense.
8. Describe how you look: Destroyed (Within Temptation)
   LOLOLOLOLOLOL
9. What did you do last night: Midway Through Infinity (Dark Tranquillity)
   That’s a pretty close guess.
10. What is your goal in life: The Canyon Behind Her (Dredg)
    But I already found the other half. Or does it mean that I should fall into a canyon?
11. What do you do when you’re angry: Forever (Stratovarius)
    I stay angry forever. Which is also why I never get angry.
12. When do you have sex: Lance Battle (Pokémon Soundtrack)
    But I don’t even like Lance anymore.
13. How do you want to die: Cold (Lacuna Coil)
    Hypothermia D:
14. What do you say to your parents: The Howling (Within Temptation)
    Hey mom! Hey dad! AWOOOOOOOOOO
15. Where do you hang out: Heroes to Us (Kalmah)
    I hang out wherever the heroes are.
16. What do you think of society: Paradise Lost (Metal Gear Solid 4 Soundtrack)
    Makes a lot of sense.
17. Describe your most recent heartbreak: Indifferent Suns (Dark Tranquillity)
    He just didn’t care.
18. What is your excuse for everything: My Wings (Lacuna Coil)
    I couldn’t call back because of my wings. Yeah that will work.
19. What are your thoughts on a Friday evening: Revolvers (Hearts of Black Science)
    I will kill you all on a Friday evening
20. What is your unanswered question about life: Mother Brain (Super Metroid Soundtrack)
    Is it gone forever?
21. What is your favorite color: Cassiopeia (Dragonland)
    I’d like that question to be asked more often only to answer with something completely unrelated, like this.
22. What is your advice to those less experienced: Survive (Lacuna Coil)
    The best piece of advice ever.
23. What would you rather do right now: Laughing Octopus (Metal Gear Solid 4 Soundtrack)
    Just…no. Google her name. D:
24. Describe your best friend: Viva Violent Fellow (ONE OK ROCK)
    hahahahahaha
25. What’s under your bed: Fall of the Hammer (The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Soundtrack)
    This is the theme of the random encounter with a monster, so I guess it’s time to check what are the dust bunnies up to.
26. What is your most prized possession: Symbols (Thurisaz)
    ???
27. Where will be your honeymoon: Under a Glass Moon (Dream Theater)
    So ~romantic~
28. What is on your to-do list: Cry for Eternity (Dragonforce)
    It would be fun, though.
29. Where would you rather be: Gemstone Temple (Rayman M Soundtrack)
    A nice place where to be.

All I’ve been working to lately are school stuff and these three gift artworks that I’ve yet to finish

but today I maed a snaek

oh noes, it’s a snaek!

A big thanks to the anonymous guy who sent me that lovely clap message on 11/09. It looks like it ended up in the Spam folder because Gmail is conspiring against my happiness. If you’re out there reading, thank you!

I accidentally a bunch of user pictures. Do whatever you want with them (except claiming them as yours and selling them).