Sister Patricia Wilson with her Deity, Athena

Hey all! I've finally finished another of my illustrations featuring a character of mine in normal human form with their Deity in the background; this time it's Sister Wilson with her Deity Athena:

She is actually among the first group of characters I created for the Unholy Paladin Project about 8 years ago; among Samuel/Aeacus, Justin/Deimos, and Adrian Kadmon. Her design has improved significantly throughout the past several years; to the point where even through she's a nun, she still looks sexy! :D

Her first name is a reference to a girl I grew up with when I still lived in Norfolk VA (on whom I based her personality), and her last name refers to Mr. Wilson, the neighbor from Home Improvement (it's kind of a joke reflecting how Mr. Wilson's role in that show reminds me of a confessional at a church; how he's always giving advice but you never saw his face...).

It took a while to paint the Athena Deity behind her, since it was hard to tell whether the area of the paper was just wet, or actually had the paint on it... that's one of the few disadvantages of using watercolor, I guess...

Another one down! :D

I finally finished the drawing I was asked to do by "Zabora" of her main character of the aforementioned name. It took a while for me to get the character's design to look right, but I think this one turned out pretty well.

I'll upload it to DA later, when the site isn't having server issues. D:

UNLIMITED PORTRAIT WORKS! {:D

It has recently come to my attention that I really need to practice drawing faces... so I started doing portrait work again to try to get my skills up where they should be.

PH33R MAH CRAPPY ARTZ!!!

Heather:

Amanda:
Heather's running mascara was REALLY hard to get to look remotely right (I failed hard at it...), and Amanda's eyes didn't turn out quite right either (she's Asian-American, so I was close... but my own limitations as an artist prevented me from doing them as well as I should have been able to).

As a side-note, I just wanted to say Archer is one of the greatest heroic anime characters of all time.

I am eating my food is eating my bowl?

They say that no matter how long you live, you learn something new every day... well, this was my day to learn...

IF THE STYROFOAM CUP NOODLES WITH KIMCHI BROTH SAYS "DO NOT MICROWAVE," THEN DO NOT MICROWAVE!!! D:<
*ahem*

Usually, when preparing instant cup noodles, the method of preparation would be no big deal. However, as I peeled the shrink-wrap off of my lunch, a bowl of delicious shrimp and kimchi ramen, I couldn't help but notice the instructions' insistence on putting boiling water into the container. There were no microwave instructions, but I figured "hey, it's just cup noodles, right?" and promptly stuck it in the microwave. Hey, I was hungry and had no means of boiling water!

Upon taking the bowl out of the microwave, I didn't notice anything too unusual... but AS I WAS EATING IT, apparently microwaving activates the acidity in the kimchi, and the broth began to eat the bowl. Usually, if a container is not made to be microwaved, it will begin its disintegration while STILL IN THE MICROWAVE. However, this time I had the opportunity to watch a show with my meal. It was more fascinating than what was on TV, anyway!

Well, I managed to eat quite a bit before I noticed the fact that my noodles' broth was eating the bowl (faster than I was eating them!) So now, a few hours after lunch, I'm left oddly full, and with the aftertaste of packing peanuts. Delicious!

More Model Madness!

Just some minor updates to the progress on the Bawoo!

I managed to do some small repair work to the joints on the back unit, and modified it a little so that the Bawoo Attacker's thrusters will move a little more like those on the V-Dash Gundam. Due to having some spare parts around, I decided that I'd go ahead and do some other slight mods to the machine as well...

Ingredients:
"V-Dashified" Bawoo fuselage
spare Zeta wings
merging the wings that the Bawoo comes with
spare Kotobukiya polycaps
extra thrusters (oops not pictured)
LOTS O' PUTTY! (not pictured)

...WHAT COULD HE BE THINKING?!?!

I'm also almost done with my custom color God Gundam! Check it out! :D

...too...shiny... :D

The King of Hearts emblem was a pain to get on the kit, too... having to cut off of a PAPER STICKER (darn cheapass Bandai of America...) a tiny yet highly detailed symbol the size of the head of a Sharpie... plus, the sticker had a blue backdrop (so the kids they think are the only ones who would buy the kit would not have to do any painting), so the cutting had to be painstakingly precise... D:

New project: 1/144 NG AMX-107 "Bawoo"

Hello!

I just recieved 10 old "Non-Grade" ZZ series kits from one of my buddies on the hobby forums! The first one I decided to work on is the AMX-107 "Bawoo," Glemy Toto's personal mech from the series.


The parts are on four runners, all of only two different colors: neon orange and yellow. Given the age of the kits, the plastic is just a wee bit brittle...

The piece with the fuel tanks on it , which also supports the thrusters and wings, was only held to the kit by a tiny little peg, which unfortunately snapped very easily... D: With a bit of sanding and the addition of some polystyrene "support braces," it shouldn't be too hard to fix. ;)

So now the only problem is the color of the plastic. For colors as bright as these, there is only one option:

Yep, the good-ol' trusty can of primer. I usually skip this step, since I usually just do small detail work and weathering, but for this I'll make an exception! Unfortunately, due to the way the parts are set up, the kit cannot be painted until it is fully assembled if you don't want the plastic scars to show, since it cannot be snapped together to remove parts and subassemblies for painting and the only parts that are actually removable on the finished kit are the arms and head... (the instructions actually advise painting the parts on the runners, which doesn't sound like such a bad idea at this point...).

Projects in progress

I am currently working on:

Drawings:
-Patricia Wilson with Deity Athena: sketches done; inking sometime soon
-Deity Enyo redesign: (feel the AGONY!!!) I hated the old version... am hating this one so far as well...
-Deity Kannon redesign: sketch about 40% done
-Narcissus redesign: sketch done, not inked yet
-Illustrations of Amanda and Megan: both inked, but havent started color yet
-Trevor Belmont from Castlevania: this will be the new version from Curse of Darkness; the original looked too much like David Hasselhoff... (lol)
-And some gift art for four people on Deviant Art...

Model Kits:
-1/8 Misaki Mizuhara ver. Eclair resin figure kit: STILL NOT STARTED!!! D:
-1/144 HG Zeta Gundam with B-Club conversion package: 70 percent done; I just need to finish some of the painting on the wings...
-1/100 HG FF90II-L: was mostly finished, but I made so many mistakes in painting that I'm considering stripping the thing, priming and painting all over again... but can't since some of the internals can't be taken out of the armor due to how Bandai did the parts divisions... D:
-1/200? God Gundam: about 90% done, I just need to finish the shoulders and the back unit, apply clearcoat, and do panel lines

There is not enough time in the day!!!

YOU ARE SHOCK!!!

Actually, this post has nothing to do with Hokuto no Ken, but the expression just seems to fit what I'm feeling right now. :D

I've been tracking the progress of Vicious Project's Re-GZ Master Grade Conversion kit for quite some time now... I fell in love with the kit all the way back when it was in the initial planning stages. I was expecting the kit to be around $170, but then lo and behold, I found THIS.


...Needless to say, I put it on reserve...


This will be my second conversion kit, and fourth resin kit overall. By the time it finishes production and I recieve one in about 3 months, I should have enough skill to be worthy of it! :D


YOU ARE SHOCK!!! :D

Edit: The kit is temporarily unlisted on Hobbyfan since they want to make sure that they will be able to produce enough before listing it officially; the blog of Vicious Project (the sculptor of the conversion package) can be found HERE.

MAXIMUM THE HORMONE!!!

As many of you who read this Blog (all 3 of you lol) may know, I'm a huge fan of the anime/manga series DeathNote. As with most anime series, when it went into its second season they changed the intro and ending sequences, and put in new music. I really enjoy the music that Nightmare did for the first season (I even featured their intro song "The World" in one of my previous Song of the Week posts); and was somewhat unsure of how well the new music would turn out since they are being done by a different band.

Well, to be quite honest, I hate the new intro song, "What's Up People?!". It fits well with the imagery of the new intro, and the frantic pace of the story arcs that this season will cover, but the song itself doesn't hold a candle to "The World".

HOWEVER...

The new ending song, "Zetsubou Billy" is incredibly good. The one minute of it that you hear in the ending sequence isn't enough to get the full effect of the song; the full thing is amazing though. And the drummer Nao sings the second verse! <3 also="" amusing="" and="" as="" br="" crow="" daisuke="" dressed="" it="" lead="" paul="" pretty="" s="" seeing="" singer="" the="" up="" wall.="">
DeathNote second season intro on YouTube

Zetsubou Billy on YouTube

DeathNote first season intro, just for old time's sake!

Transformers... SHOES?! (0_o)

Proof that Capitalism is indeed alive and well! :D

Apparently, in the interest of making as much money as possibe by combining two highly sought-after manufactured types of goods from two economically strong nations (giant robots for Japan, and overpriced athletic footwearfor America), Takara and Nike have joined forces to create what their executives assume will be the top product of the year:

That's right, Transformers sneakers.

In the box with each pair of these snazzy Transformers-themes kicks, there will be included a SMALLER, TRANSFORMABLE TOY modeled after the shoes it is included with! And the real kicker (pun intended): The robot transformations are WEARING THE SHOES THAT THEY TRANSFORM INTO.

Here are some pictures from a Japanese site where I came across this news story:



So far, only Optimus Prime and Megatron have been announced; but considering the incredibly persistent nature of both companies' advertising and merchandising departments, I'd say it's a safe bet that there will be more.

DA-related stuff...

Yay! I was fiddling around with the CSS stuff for my journal on my DA page, and came up with something that looks a little better than the original journal... I have no clue how to add buttons, other sections, or other stuff; but at the very least changing colors and adding the above banner makes the place look a little better.