Mostly arts. And then some Inside Out.

I really need to start blogging regularly. It's start to become a joke around the house--"Maybe I'll get something productive today." "Yeah, and maybe Dee will blog."

It's really sad, the lack of motivation I've had lately.

Listening to for King & Country and hand-lettering their lyrics makes me feel better.

 I'm on a paper-doll making craze. With the light box I got for my birthday, they're so easy and fun to make. So currently, I'm working on a set of them and telling myself that they're "for my little sisters." (Admit it, you'd play with them too.) Having four little sisters, that's the number I'm making. Although I probably should have done five in the event that we all want to play at the same time.
I might have to do that now.
Curse you, brain.

Anyway, Josie is one of the dolls, along with Avalon, Bianka, and Rosalie (never posted any pics of her, so you'll just have to trust me when I say that she's one of my characters). These four don't have a story, but I like to say that they go to the same private school and have all sorts of adventures together. Wearing cute school uniforms.
My brain is weird like that.

Random sketch.

 I decided to do an action pose? IDK. That's Marcia, one of my newest characters. (I know, I know. I come up with a character, post a picture of them, and then never mention that character again. I'm sorry. My brain just really likes coming up with people.)
Marcia's from this fantasy-sci-fi-steampunk-dystopian world, and the basic idea I have for the story is probably a little bit too much like The Hunger Games for me to get away with it. But I'm having fun, so I really don't care.
(Also Marcia's name is pronounced mar-see-uh. Not Marsha.)

Sashi, a character from Marcia's story.

 See, here's the fantasy part of the story coming out. Sashi's a winged, which is a race of humanoid people with wings and birdlike claw feet. So yes, I did make her feet look weird on purpose. It was not a mess-up.

There's a filter on this one for the edges, but the random erased bits around her were I actually did on the paper. It was fun to play with. :3

Steampunk. So cosplaying as this.

Random doodle.
But like. I think I found my Halloween costume for this year.



So Inside Out was fabulous. By decree of Dee Aethelwyne, you are all hereby ordered to go see it if you haven't already. If you've already seen it, you have my permission to go see it again.
It was really, really good. Waaayyy better than Frozen. I'm basically like

and then I'm like

and then I really think about the feels and it's like

and then sometimes I pretend that I'm okay and just be like

Also this is my new favorite thing to say:

Check out Anger's newspaper though.

And everyone asks me who my favorite emotion is, but like, please don't make me choose. I really like them all, but my absolute favorite character is Riley. She just is. A few friends and I are planning a cosplay group, and I get to be Riley. Super excited.

Off to see Inside Out

I've been wanting to see Inside Out since... well, since before it was even released. As soon as I heard about it, really. It just looks so good. And really, really unique. The fact that the emotions are characters themselves--*crosses fingers for /finally/ an animated movie with good characterization*--just... I don't know. It really grabbed my attention, you know?
I JUST REALLY WANT TO SEE IT OKAY.

A family friend called on Sunday to let us know that the old drive-in theater about an hour away was actually showing it this week. We were going to see it Tuesday, but then the forecast called for rain, and who wants to watch a movie at a drive-in, while it's raining? So we moved it to tonight.

*squeals*

Excited because:
1) Inside Out. 'Nuff said.
2) It's a //drive-in theater.// How cool is that? I've never been to one before, and I'm really excited to see what it's like.
3) I think I've seen a grand total of six movies in theaters ever. My little siblings have seen even less. So just going to the movies itself is exciting.
4) I'm an excitable person.

Okay, that last point isn't totally true. My fifteen-year-old sister is far more excitable than me. Being the reserved, introverted person I am, I just don't show my enthusiasm outwardly--except in extreme cases. Such as the OYAN SW. But contrary to popular belief, I do get excited. I just keep it inside where it'll last longer.
And I get inwardly excited very easily. Can't wait for my dad to get home so we can eat and get out of here.

Anyway. I just needed to get all of that out. Thanks for listening to my ramblings. I'll be sure to post a review of the movie sometime in the near future.

Have a picture.

In which Dee rambles about stuff.

Not the most amazing gif ever created. But I drew it. And I am proud of myself.

Kaela Underkoffler. She looks all sweet and fun in this picture, but she's kind of a major pain.

The only thing I like about this picture is the hair. And possibly the jeans.

Made my little sisters a set of paper dolls. Avalon's on the left, and Bianka on the right.

Picture of all of their clothing.

I've got magnetic paper in my Amazon shopping cart. I think that'll be nice for future paper dolls. (Because seriously these were so much fun to make. I am totally doing more.)

I know it was over a month ago, but I'm just going to talk about my birthday for a minute. Or ten.

It was a bit rough starting off--family drama while I was still half asleep, yay--but by the end of the day things were much better. I got a /ton/ of Copics--a set of greys, brights, and a skin tone set. However, I already had that skin tone set, so we called Amazon to see about returning it. Turns out you can't return Copics. But they gave us our money back anyway, and I got to pick out a different set and then give the extra markers to one of my best friends. So it was cool.

And I got a silver wig. It's long and curly and absolutely perfect for cosplaying as Conni. (Although I wore it a little too much back in June and it's kind of a mess right now. But I will fix it.)

I also received a light pad for drawing. (It's like a light box, but in tablet form. Pretty cool.) It's immensely helpful for all sorts of art projects, including paper dolls and hand-animated gifs. So yeah, I'm loving that too.

For my birthday, my grandma also paid for part of the cost of my trip to Kansas, to the One Year Adventure Novel Summer Workshop. (In addition to my art obsession, I am also fully addicted to writing.) I had a blast, and came back with tons of memories, advice, and passion for my writing. I've been writing away the last several weeks, trying to get this novel finished before August 15--the OYAN contest deadline.
It's not easy, man.

I'm kind of just rambling, because this is what happens when I go for a month without posting and a lot of stuff happens. I feel the need to fill you all in, but then I get tired about halfway through.

I think I'm just going to sign off and go back to writing. Because I am severely behind today.

Someday, I'll post regularly.

I swear, it'll happen someday.

*skips apologies and excuses this time and just proceeds to throw art at you*

I really don't know.

 Apparently she looks like a cross between Miku and Rin. I just think she looks like Bianka.

I really like steampunk. 

Steampunk Girl is actually colored in shades of pink (pink Sharpie, no less). Half of me was like "Noooo you're ruining it" and the rest of me was like "YESSSS."

So I put it through a sepia filter and now all of me is happy.

I forgot to crop it oops.

Meet Rory, folks. I cosplayed as her the other day and I want her hair so bad please may I cut it now.

I've been wanting short hair for ages. Currently, my hair almost reaches my waist. Several of my friends--and friend's siblings--enjoy playing with it, which is okay by me, but I really don't like doing anything with it myself. It spends all of its time in either a ponytail or a braid.

BUT LOOK HOW CUTE AND SHORT AND AMAZING RORY'S HAIR IS. JUST LOOK AT IT.

I just really want short hair.
Also blue hair would be cool.
But I'll settle with just plain brown short hair if I'm only allowed one major change.
PLEASE.

So my birthday is tomorrow.
It's kind of funny, because I've been so focused on the workshop I'm going to in two weeks that I completely forgot about my birthday. (What is this thing called a birthday? You mean I have one of those?) And then yesterday Mum was like, "So what kind of cake do you want?" and I just gave her this blank stare for several seconds before it really sunk in.
I'm going to be seventeen.
Oh man.

Okay, actually, I've been seventeen in my head for weeks. A month, actually. Back in May was when I decided. It's my way of making up for last year, when I didn't completely realize I was sixteen until July. (True story. I told someone in an email that I was fifteen, two weeks after my sixteenth birthday. And then had to email back and tell them that, no, I'm actually sixteen now, I just don't know what I'm saying anymore.)

Tomorrow, I will be seventeen in both my mind and in actuality. It will be lovely.
I should probably get my permit sometime soon, though.

A sketch dump.

*whispers* May I be forgiven now?

Ever run into that problem when someone asks how you've been doing and you say busy, but then can't come up with a response when they ask "Doing what?"
That's kind of how I feel.
I should have this nice long list of excuses as to why I've neglected my blog for over a month. But I've got nothing. I don't even have I've been drawing a lot to excuse myself. I didn't even finish a sketchbook in the last month. (Although I am dreadfully close to running out of paper in both of mine.)

Chibi Dee.

I had this spectacular idea to draw a chibi of myself every day for a week, just to give myself something to draw. I think I managed about three days. And I only like how this one turned out.
Might color it digitally once I'm done with this post.

The t-shirt I'm wearing in that sketch is actually one of my favorites. It's this heathered grey color, with a black lacy design on the front. I love it. My sister says it makes me look goth. I really don't care. I kind of ruined the goth look with the bright red Converse I was wearing at the time.

Conni. Remember, Livvie drew her a while back?

I think this is the first time I've actually liked how a picture of Conni turned out.

This is my most recent piece of digital art. I spent pretty much all day yesterday on it, and tried out so many new coloring methods with it... I think my favorite part is the eyes. I had so much fun with those, even though they took forever.
Mum says her outfit makes her look like she's from Star Trek. I've never seen any Star Trek, nor do I know even a little bit about it, so I couldn't really say.

I've been poking around on Etsy more lately. I finally reached the decision to open the store in Mum's name, and have her "manage" it, even though I'll be doing all the drawing. (Currently, the only listings are for art commissions.) As soon as it's officially open, I'll post the link here. :)

Some people actually blog about useful topics. I don't know how they do it.