A Drawn Out Talent

I may not be the only one to do this, but amongst most of my peers here at Sand Creek, I'm one of the few.  My special talent is drawing - people in a style similar to anime.

Everyone can draw, of course, but not everyone has the ability to draw humanoid beings, animals, landscape, etcetera.  Here's how I draw my unique style of people.

I start with the head.  I have to start with the head or everything ends up outo proportion.

I draw a circle (or almost circle) to start with the top of it then create the lower half with a roundm triangular shape and I add the neck with two swoops on either side of the bottom of the head.

After the shape is done, I draw the nose with a long bridge (most artists will draw a cross shape as guides for the eyes and nose, but I use the bridge of the nose instead).  Below it I'll draw a line for a mouth and a line below that for the lower lip (sometimes a line under that for a more defined chin.)  And then I draw the eyes.  I start with the upper eyelashes, usually a line that curves slightly up, and then to the side (right if it's the right eye, left if it's the left) I draw the shape of that side of the eye.  Inside the eyes shapes, I draw irises and the pupils.  Then I start on the figure of the person.

Depending on the gender, I'll give them broad or thin shoulders.  I'll draw small bumps at the end of the swoops I used to draw the necks and created an odd stub-looking appendage for the bicep.  I repeat on the opposite side.  Starting at where the elbow meets the forearm, I draw another stub and then a rough hand shape.

I draw a torso depending on the gender and start on the hips which are usually just a slightly more curved part of the torso.  From the hips I draw more stubs for the legs to the knees and more pointed stubs to the ankle.  I usually don't draw feet.

After that, I add the desired hair and clothing and I have my finished product!

It'd be easier to show this with pictures but that's not available to me now.

New Technology

I don't have an awful lot of recent technology.  I have a phone that only texts and calls, an old computer, and a wii.  That's about it.  I'd love to have a wiiU.  It's the latest console from Nintendo and has an abundance of games that I'd like to try out. I'd also like a higher-tech phone.  My phone is useful and all, but I have a limited amount of any form of messaging and there's moments where I'd like internet access away from home.   I'd be able to keep in contact with much more people that way.

Technology that I'd like that hasn't been invented yet is nervegear.  It's a form of gaming technology existant in the anime Sword Art Online that puts you inside the virtual reality of whatever game it is you decide to play.  I assume this could also be used in the movie industry.   You could experience your own personal movie, get in on the action or just sit and watch from the sidelines.  How fun would that be?

I'm excited for what new technology will come in the future.

Four Day Weekend!

This year for Thanksgiving, we had a 4-day weekend.

On Thursday, Thanksgiving day, we made Christmas ornaments and ate a small meal before putting up the Christmas tree.  We had no lights, so we only put up the tree.  After eating we painted the ornaments and also painted small canvases that came with the paint set.  After watching two movis (Rango and The A-Team)  we went to my Dad's for the rest of the weekend.

On Friday my dad, my brother Joseph, and I got up early and went to the Maple Market at the Adrian Mall, where we sold candy bars and attempted to sell some Party Light candles.  There was very little business, despite it being Black Friday.  Tha'ts a little depressing.

On Saturay, we repeated the same process of going to the Adrian Mall to sell candy and candles, but this time I brought along my art supplies and offered to sell art comissions (payed-for art requests).  I had no business but I got a few compliments and that made my day.  I also bought a crochet little cactus that I found absolutely adorable and a cookies-and-cream "mustache" chocolate lollipop.

Sunday was a lazy day.  I had slept downstairs on a couch because I felt like it and I woke up at almost noon.  I played The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword all morning and then I was on the computer for a while until dinner.  After dinner I went upstairs and watched the two episodes of Sword Art Online that I had missed on Toonami.  My mom picked me up afterwards and we went home where I spent the rest of the night on the comptuer playing random MMORPGs (Mass Multi-player Online Role Play Games).  It was fun.

And now we're back to school and Christmas break is quickly approaching.  I'm excited!

Thanksgiving

Each year during Thanksgiving, at least my immediate family will get together and have either a big meal or a small meal.  It's a time to get together and, of course, be thankful for what we have.

We eat either turkey or ham with a side of corn or some sort of vegetable.  In recent years we've had smaller get-togethers becuase of the recent divorces in the family and the food was abundant and delicious.  My favorite thanksgiving food is corn for whatever reason.  It's sweet, but not too sweet and I love it best with butter and salt.

My mom wants to start the tradition of putting up the Christmas tree on Thanksgiving or the day after (depending on who we're with that weekend) and that's when we really start asking about Christmas presents. 

I like Thanksgiving.  It takes place in my favorite season and some of my favorite foods are eaten on that day.  I like the entire thankful spirit it brings about that is completely crushed by Black Friday.  I'm happy to spend it with my mother this year.  Should be fun.

What is My Type of Dull Evening?

My dull evening is a lot more dull than what most people would consider dull.  I spend my life at home on a computer, so I just spend all day sitting in front of a lit up screen, occaisionally having to step between my cat and my dog from killing each other. 

A dull evening for me is when no one is online and I can not find any youtube videos to entertain me.  That's actually a qutie rare event.  When I find myself without anyone to speak with or any games to play, I will go on a YouTube adventure.  I'll start by watching an average video of someone on my subscribers list.  I'll go check out someone they made a video with then see an interesting title in the related section and I eventualyl end up on a completely random video with no relation to the first video.  Things can get very interesting.

A dull evening for me is when I have nothing else and I can't even find strange videos to watch.  I've got a simple life.

Why is it Important to be Honest?

I believe the only reason to tell a lie would be to protect those who should not be involved in an issue, otherwise, I don't.  It is especially important to tell the truth when people's lives will benefit from it.  The truth can keep you out of a lot of trouble.  I don't think I like a lot during the week.  Maybe once.  I don't keep count of how many times I've lied. 
I do my best not to lie to anyone, but it is inevitable because not everything we know or have is something we want exposed. 

The only time the truth would not be something to tell is when the lies your telling will protect an innocent or more.

Youmacon 2013!

Youmacon was absolutely fabulous!

I had so much fun.  I saw all sorts of voice actors and people in bizarre and unique cosplay.  It was wonderful.  We walked and stood a lot but it felt very worth it.  I ended up with several autographs from people such as Sonny Strait (Krillin in Dragon Ball Z) and many more!

The highlights of the event were the two voice actors Todd Haberkorn and Chuck Huber. 

Todd Haberkorn is one of the most popular anime voice actors.  The roles I know him best for are Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail and Death the Kid from Soul Eater.  Todd was a very kind person and a very attractive person as well.  He was awesome and funny and was quite charming.

Chuck was a bit strange.  He is known for very strange characters.  I know him best for the characters Franken Stein (two words) from Soul Eater and Shou Tucker from Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.  I learned he is a father of 6 and he was a big goof.

The rest of the con was very fun.  I'll have pictures to show soon!

Na, na, na, na, Here at the Con

At the end of this week I plan on attending an anime convention on Detroit called Youmacon.  It will be held at the Detroit Ren Cen and Cobo Hotel with a lot of panels and plenty of guests.  It'll be my first convention I won't see Vic Mignogna at, but this will give me the chance to focus on other guests.

The guests I'm most excited for are:



Todd Haberkorn

Todd Haberkron voice actor popular for the voices of Death the Kid from the anime Soul Eater, Italy from the anime series Hetalia, Allen Walker from the anime series D. Gray Man, and Natsu Dragneel from the anime series Fairy Tail.  He is also featured in the fan-created series, Star Trek Continues as Mr. Spock



Chuck Huber

Caitlin Glass voice actress popular for the role of Winry Rockbell from the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

Chuck Huber voice actor popular for the voice of Franken Stein from the anime Soul Eater.

Brad Swaile Canadian voice actor most popular for his role as Light Yagami from the anime series Death Note.


Prince Baka

I'm cosplaying for it as a character named Prince Baka from the anime, Level E.  It's a show about how an alien prince who loves to torment people comes to Earth to escape an arranged marriage and in turn terrorizes a small nubmer of Japanese citizens.

I'm hoping to see some fellow Rangers there.  It's a slim chance but, the chance still exists. A Ranger, or Risembool Ranger, is a member of Vic Mignogna's fanclub, named for the home town of his most popular character, Edward Elric.  I am one of them (see my sweatshirt I wear all the time).

Either way, I'm very excited for this convention.  I plan to Vlog about it so stay tuned for more updates!

Halloween!

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This year, Halloween falls on a Thursday.  Up until this year, I've gone trick-or-treating (except for one year when I went to Youmacon instead).  I've gone as a variety of characters and other things.  My favorite place to go has been a nursing home near Bixby.

I don't remember most of the costumes I wore in elementary.  I remember going as Barbie with a mask, being a blue fair with a big blue wig and purple wings, a simple witch outfit, but not much else.

I love M&Ms and anything with chocolate in it such as Snickers.  The best candy to get in your bag would be one of those chocolate bars and a snack-size bag of anything.  I recall favoring bottle caps quite a bit. 


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We don't particularily follow the tradition of carving pumpkins like most people do.  I'm pretty sure the only pumpkin I ever carved was last year.  Mine ended up falling into itself a bit and then complutely ruined by someone kicking it in.  That was a bit sad.

I'm still looking forward to the end of this month though!  Stay tuned for the adventures from Youmacon!

Fall

Fall has begun!  I love the colors and the cool air it brings.  It's my favorite season!  My favorite things about fall has been Halloween and Thanksgiving.  I'm a big fan of anything with sugar in it and up until this year, I'd go around costumed getting free candy from strangers, though the biggest reason I'm not doing it this year is an Anime Convention I'm going to.

Vic Mignogna during Youmacon 2010

That's another thing.  Every year either the last few days of October or the first few days of November (or somewhere between there) an Anime (Japanese cartoons usually based off of Japanese graphic novels called manga) Convention called Youmacon.  It's been a few years since I went last, but I'm going again and I'm expecting a blast!

I Am a Perfect Person...or Am I?

We all are perfect in our own little ways.  Some of us are the perfect students, some of us are perfect athletes, some of us are perfect artists, some of us are perfect nobodies, whether or not we like to admit that.  There's always, always something we want to change about ourselves, be it a bad habit or a physical trait or anything of the sort.

What I want to change is my tendency to hold things back.  I will conceal emotions of depression, anger, even joy sometimes.  I let it pile higher and higher until it breaks the camels back and I blow up.  If they are more negative emotions, I break down and go off on somebody.  It's not pretty.

I feel like I'd have a lot less stress if I were able to releive myself of my emotional stress right away or sooner.  Stress causes weight gain, acne, and other issues.  Losing this stress could help me lose the extra chunk I've gained, I'd have less issues with my image, I'd not have to worry about pimples so much, the list goes on.

I'm sure I'll grow out of it eventually.  I've started relieving anger by ranting to someone who will agree with some of the things I say and help me cope.  It's very relaxing and I often feel much better afterwards.

Releasing the tension will lesson stress and make me so much more relaxed.

Work of an Art Nerd

As an amateur artist, I like getting compliments on my artwork, no matter the source.  Drawing is mostly a hobby right now, but I want to do more with it in the future.  Critique is key for me to improve to a more professional level.  Critique is important for any form of improvement artistically.  Whether you just want to look at the pictures or actually make a comment about them, here are some artworks I've created.

Find them at  My deviantART page



Here is a video of me drawing. 

Find the drawing in the video here:  Link

A Short Tour of the school

SC Pep Assembly

This previous Friday (September 27),  we had a Pep Assembly to finish off homecoming weekend on the day of homecoming.  Though it's not as fun as the year previous, I enjoyed myself :)

Choir sang the National anthem for everyone

Juniors played a game where we ran around and made shapes.  Our grade also won the tug-o-war against everyone but the teachers. 

There was also the "relay race" that the sports team did.  My favorite part had to be Ethan Perry face planting into whipped cream to get the gumballs inside.  It was kinda right in front of me, so it was really amusing. 

Something like they did last year would be great.

Dressing for Spirit Week 2013

This week is Spirit Week up here in Sand Creek!  I didn't really dress up much other than "To the Nine's" day.  I would have dressed up for Pajama day but I was absent.

Yesterday was Western Day.  There were a lot of cowboys!  My friend Durand went all out in an old-timey outfit based on a railroad owner.

Today is Camoflague day.  Lot's of people are all dressed up.  Durand and fellow reenactors came in reenacting costumes.  Durand was in full "uniform."  It was pretty awesome.

Tomorrow is Green & White day, or basically School Colors/Spirit day.  I'm hoping I'll be able to find something.

In the future we need to get more creative with the themes.  We need to keep pajama day...I love wearing my pajamas.  But a formal day was a little bit bland in my opinion.  Maybe something like, I don't know, Character Day.  Dress up as a fictional character?  I don't know.

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A Whole New Blog!

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What do you have to look forward to here?  I don't know, we'll see.  Now we're off to adventure!