Merry Christmas!

I'm back again, probably with my last post for this year. (I'll be out of town until New Years come Monday...)

Anyway.

Merry Christmas!!

(And a happy New Year!)

Hopefully, I'll try to post more in 2015 than I did this year... oops. High school has taken over my life. But I'll still try.

Jack and Katherine would wish you happy holidays too, but they're a bit busy... ;]

PLEASE DO NOT USE OR RE-POST DRAWINGS WITHOUT THE ARTIST'S PERMISSION. THANK YOU.

Thank you everyone who has blessed me by commenting and encouraging me on my art. You guys make my day!

Merry Christmas, 

and God bless us... 

every one.

Laziness, Christmas, and Newsies

Well.

It has been a while, hasn't it?

Life has been crazy. I'll start with that; however, the only real reason I have not updated this blog is because I'm lazy. (That, and I didn't know what to post and what to say...) My little sister keeps telling me to post a sketch dump, but I hate posting stuff that I'm not at least a bit proud of. 

*cough* Perfectionist alert! *cough*

Yeeeah... I should have a better excuse. Oh well.

*shuffles awkwardly, trying to think of something to say*

Can you believe Christmas is here ALREADY?!?!? Time is flying by faster and faster, it's scary. O_O So many important decisions coming up. Ugh.

Anyway, I should post some arts shouldn't I?

I'll share some sketches I've been working on this last (school-free) weekend: NEWSIES!

(For those of you who don't know, I freakin' love this show. The music, the story, the characters...AHHHHHHHHH!!!! XD AND I'M GONNA SEE IT IN APRIL!! *screams incoherently* I'M SO EXCITED!!!

PLEASE DO NOT USE OR RE-POST THE FOLLOWING PICTURES WITHOUT THE ARTIST'S PERMISSION. THANK YOU.

Katherine and Jack

Jack Kelly, cowboy dreamer...

Crutchie

Katherine Plumber

PLEASE DO NOT USE OR RE-POST DRAWINGS WITHOUT THE ARTIST'S PERMISSION. THANK YOU.

So yeah. It's really exciting 'cause I think I'm improving. What do you think? :D

Hopefully, I'll get another post before the year is done... We'll see. ;]

Adios amigos!

I love Books

I felt like posting something today, so here you go:

Have some photography I did with my sister's iPod.

:)

The quality sucks.

I seriously need some more bookshelves...

...'cause they're three rows deep in my closet.

And here is a little doodle I did last year. I thought it kind of fit this post. ;]

Until next post!

Commissions, Commissions, Commissions!

Hello again beautiful world!

After returning home from two weeks in Cali and one in Colorado, this girl is ready to sloooow down. -__- But, now I finally have time to post again!

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine had a birthday. I made her a card, and she used the chibi I drew for her profile pic and put a link to my blog in her profile. Now, she's a crazy awesome photographer guys. Seriously. 1.3K followers. Check her out here or her instagram under the username @brighter.stars. (Her instagram has more photos.) I say all this because I all of a sudden got a heck ton of page views and a couple commissions! Three requests in three days in fact.

*cue brain explosion*

Let's just say I was flabbergasted. It took a bit, but finally I found out where all the traffic was coming from and my friend received a very hearty thank you!

So, to all my commissioners: THANK YOU SO MUCH!

*hugs*

I always feel so special when I discover that email in my inbox... :)

This experience  has been amazing; however, it has also made me realize that some things will be changing:

1. Commissions are no longer going to be free.

(I have no idea if this means I just flushed all future commissions down the toilet... but hey! I work hard on them!)

2. Commissions will be closed until October.

(With school starting again, the next two months are going to be busy and I will not have time to spend on requests.)

3. I need to become better.

(We all have room for improvement! Maybe I'll be able to take some art classes??)

And now I'll shut up and just show you the commissions I've been ranting about...

For Natalie.

This took a while, but it was a good challenge!

Thank you for your quick and continued communication!! (It was very appreciated...)

For Emma.

I enjoyed drawing this for you.

Thank you for your kind words! 

For Sophie.

Although slightly vague, I still enjoyed drawing this for you. Thank you!

And now, I really will shut my cake hole and let you continue with your business. Thanks for reading!

Ciao!

Quidditch

Whassup everyone!

I've been in a really good mood lately. Know why? SCHOOOOOOOOL'S DOOOONE!!! (for the summer...)

"So, what are doing now that you are free?" You might just be asking... or not. But I'll tell anyway. ;] I've been having a fun time working on my story, Time Riders, cleaning, organizing, reading, drawing, hanging out with friends, listening to music, and looking for ideas on Pinterest (man, I love that site). I also got my driver's licence! *throws confetti*

Yep, I'm staying busy. ;]

As mentioned, that lengthy book list of mine is finally getting attention (yay!). After finishing An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L'engle, I started rereading the Harry Potter series. *squeals* I adore those books!! They've put me in a very Harry Potter mood lately, so...

...here is a chibi of Mr. Potter playing Quidditch.
Look at that determination.

Lol. That, or he just needs to go real bad.

Aaaanyway, I'd thought that I'd add these following pictures drawn for my dad's Father's Day card.

Awwww...

Daddy's little helper...

^^That one's my favorite^^

I'll probably draw some more Harry Potter characters, (always have wanted to draw Luna...), but we'll see.

Make good use of your precious free time! Exercise your brain, stay active, and enjoy your family and friends. Seriously! School starts back up in August. O_O

Adios amigos!
*drives away*

Shiro-chan Sketch Dump

It has been way too long...

seriously.

I don't know what's gotten into me lately, all this never posting anything anymore and all. *sighs* I know how much you guys are wondering what I'm up too and if I've disappeared off the face of the earth and... *smiles sarcastically* Hahaha, yeaahhh-no. Nope.

Oh well. It's summer break! At least I'm posting now!

My sister keeps telling me I should do a sketch dump, so I finally agreed to do it. These are from this week and will give you a little glimpse of what I've been doing lately. ;)

First of all, I should mention *cough* warn you *cough* that this sketch dump is primarily doodles of Toshiro Hitsugaya from Bleach... only'cause he's one of my favorite male anime/manga characters ever. Yes, I know I'm weird that I fangirl obsessively over a short guy with white hair and a title complex who is older than your grandma.

This came about after I wrote a little poem for school in which I ended up killing poor Shiro-chan... (and the entire 10th division really...o_o) Aaanyway. The girls hanging on him are Momo, (left), a childhood friend that has feelings for Toshiro, and Trixie, (right) my OC.

Speaking of OCs...

I discovered Trixie likes to cosplay! She discovered this fact when we went to Comicon.

This is her in her shinigami uniform. (*whispers* She really thinks she's a shinigami too, but don't tell her she otherwise, she won't listen...)

Since our internet has been restricted during school hours, my creative brain is constantly active... which means I've been drawing on sticky-notes or anything else within arms' reach...

(Yes, still Toshiro...)

And a little comic I drew randomly the other day:

Question: Are you and Momo in a Relationship? :3

Haha... yeah right. I think you might have to rethink that a little more, Tohsiro. ;]

Okay, I should stop there. Oh? You want some more? I have some more! 

*dodges tomato* 

You don't? But I do ha- 

*dodges watermelon*

Hey! Shiro-chan's favorite food! 

*ducks and narrowly misses zanpakto flung at face* 

Toshiro: *yelling from somewhere nearby* STOP CALLING ME THAT STUPID NICKNAME!!

*mumbles* You let Momo call you that... *huffs*

Fine then, Captain Hitsugaya. I'll get off now.

.....

Man. You guys must think I'm crazy. Heck, I think I'm crazy! So I guess we're all good here. ;]

Until next time!

Welcoming my OC

I'm baaaaaack!

*waves enthusiastically*

And I am here to announce a new/first original character of mine! You may recognize her from my little procrastination comic I posted earlier:

...but now I have decided to officially named her and "flesh her out" some more. ^_^

Say hello to Trixie! (aka Trix...)

She's pretty much based off of me, but I wanted to give some personality quirks and stuff that I don't have, such as her absolute adorableness... ;] ...but she also shares many of the traits I have... *cough cough* procrastination *cough cough*

Here are a couple doodles of her I've done so far:

Practicing facial expressions. Yes, I need to work on them some more. *facepalm* Please ignore the top one.

"Ta Daaa!!"

(This is my favorite so far... :])

Paper planes...

Ripping paper

(This was actually drawn as clip art for a school presentation I did on papermaking.)

I will be continuing to draw her and work on different aspects/styles. It's been a lot of fun trying to hone in on my own drawing style! :) What do think of it?

See you next post!

A Happy Birthday to You

Oh look! A new post!

I am actually very excited to be posting this because it marks a significant milestone in my "art life":

My first (real) Commission!!!

*squeals loudly*

It was sooo exciting!! XD But enough about me.... *cough*

I'd like to thank Shaun H. for being so brave as to commission me. ;] He even was so kind as to write a little testimonial once I was finished: 

"I commissioned H.L. for a piece of personalized artwork as a gift for my wife and she delivered it to expectations and at very short notice!  Very talented, very professional.  Thank you." 

Haha... I'm smiling like a loon right now. (Ahhh, easily excited...) 

Anyway, here is the finished drawing:

Meenu, I hope you had a wonderful birthday! XD

TO ALL MY LOVELY READERS:

I LOVE COMMISSIONS!!!

(I really do.)

If you would like to commission me, just click this little link HERE. All ya gotta do is fill out a form. *wink wink*

I also love ANY AND ALL COMMENTS from you amazing people!! It's not that hard to leave a comment, honestly, and I love your input. Please help me improve my artwork! :D

Happy Easter everybody!

Procrastinating... again...

Yes, I know I promised to post within the week... 

...almost a month ago.

*guilty face*

But hold the tomatoes for a second! I have a valid excuse!

I've been so busy with homework, and softball, and an upcoming piano recital, and robotics club, and... *sigh*... that I barely get much time to doodle, much less draw.

My life is crazy.

Well, I did draw this little chibi me the other day in one of my school notebooks:

This is me. Way too often.

*cough* I have problem with procrastination. It's very sad, I know.

I need to work on it...

...tomorrow.

Just kidding. ;] I really am trying hard to curb this procrastinating tendency of mine. A verse that comes to me often is Proverbs 27:1 (NLT)

"Don't brag about tomorrow, since you don't know what the day will bring."

Haha. God really does know us humans well. He knows all our bad habits. With His help, not just my own, I know I can fix my "putting-off-til-the-last-dang-minute" problem.

Hopefully it'll be better by college... ;]

I'll post again when I can.

(There, no lying.)

30 Day Drawing Challenge... Days 1-6

Hello beautiful world! 

Yes, I am still among the living. ;]

During Spring Break, I decided to start a 30 Day Drawing Challenge. I've wanted to do one for a while now, but have been too busy to start it. The one I'm doing is by ComCom!. So, without further ado...here are days one through six.

Day 01: Draw yourself as a superhero

-I know, very exaggerated. But I like it and I'm the artist. ;]-

Day 02: Favorite character from childhood

-I used to adore Snow White. Maybe it was her way with all those fuzzy creatures... hmmm. -

Day 03: Famous Robot

-Ugh, I hate drawing robots. I tried drawing Wall-e, but couldn't make him recognizable. So I drew R2-D2. -

Day 04: The current or last comic you read

-"Lackadaisy Cats" by Tracy Butler. You should check it out. Three words: cats, St. Louis, and the Prohibition. ;] -

Day 05: A video game character

-Chibi Link, from Legend of Zelda. Kind of rough (WIP?)-

Day 06: Current favorite series

-Pandora Hearts is my favorite series right now, and probably will continue to be so for a while. ^_^ It is awesome!! *squeals* Oh, sorry, the boy is the main character Oz. -

I will try to post a lot sooner than last time. (With more drawing challenges. It's 30 Days remember? So prepare yourself! lol.)

Until next time. :)

Drawing Tips #1 - Mouths

Since, I haven't been able to draw much lately, I've finally decided to at least post something. This reference sheet was actually for a friend of mine. (It's not recent...but so what? It's my blog.) ;]

So, here it is:

I will try to post something more recent within the next week or so... (for those few who actually check this humble art blog regularly. *cough* Yeah right. *cough*) Lol.

Feel free to leave a comment to request a certain tutorial. I'd love it! ;)

Adios Amigos.

Experiment No. K-9

Wow. I am really bad at this blogging thing sometimes.

*facepalm*

Even with school, however, I'm still finding time to draw! I've been working more on just quick sketches, random drawings, originals, et cetera. (So nothing really "blog-worthy".) Finally I drew something I can be proud to share! *claps*

However, it needs a bit of explaining...

Note: This will make more sense to those who have read Maximum Ride.

Okay, the explanation:

This (unfortunate) boy is a mix of wolf, bird, and human. His name is KIX (named so because of the tattoo on the inside of his arm K-IX; IX being the Roman numeral nine). He received the ears, tail, and wings from The School--an illegal scientific research organization, and also the main antagonists in the MR series.

He is probably about three to four in my drawing, (or your best guess... *shrugs*), and very sad. :( Wouldn't you if you were a scientific experiment?

I cannot claim the "rights" to him though, he is the OC (original character) of another talented writer, of whom I do not know her actual name. She wrote a fanfiction for Maximum Ride titled "The Wings of Wrath". Her writing was very beautiful, but the things I best liked about it were her OCs. I almost can't believe they're not in the actual series! And since I'm into drawing animal/human characters lately, from the moment of KIX's introduction I wanted to draw him. There are other characters and scenes I want to draw from that story, but I'm not promising anything yet.

Originally, it was going to be a more comic/manga style...but as usual I got a bit carried away... ;) Anyway, hope you like it!

^_^

Just the flat, full picture...

[Graphite pencils (2H,HB,6B) on white 70lb paper]

Ciao for now!

Let the Little Children come...

"But Jesus said, 'Let the children come to me. Don't stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children.'" 

Matthew 19:14

Hello dear friends!

I thought I should probably let you know I'm still alive... ;) but because of school and such, this is going to be very short.

I sketched this little friend of mine at church last week. It was amazing--she actually sat (relatively) still for, like, three minutes! O_O Lol. Little kids are so cute!

Adios amigos.