The Etsy store is a go.

Yes, faithful followers of this blog (if there are any of you left). I have done it. I finally started my Etsy store.

It's pretty pathetic how long it's taken me to get started, actually. I need to do better about getting on top of things...

Anyway, here's the link: https://www.etsy.com/shop/FaerytalesandFantasy?ref=l2-shop-header-avatar

As you may notice if you actually clicked the link and scrolled through the shop, I have a $1 art commission listing currently up. This deal is for you, if you want to leave me a review after you've commissioned something from me. Really. That's the only condition. I'm not so demanding, am I?
There are only five of those available, so if you want to buy one, I'd recommend doing so rather quickly.


Unfortunately, I don't have time for a long blog post right now. We've got a few extra kiddos spending the night here, so I've got to go "be social" and keep the house in some semblance of order before archery practice this afternoon. But I am determined to get up another post before Christmas, so keep an eye out for that.

In the meantime, have a few recent sketches that didn't make it onto my Etsy.

My newest character, Abbie. I've drawn her way too much lately.

Experimenting with styles. I actually colored her. With green hair. Yes I did.

And an Elsa 'cause why not.

(Have fun seeing how many of my characters you recognize on my Etsy. Maybe I'll have a special prize for whoever figures out the most. Yes, that would be fun. Leave a comment with your score.)

October Weather is the best weather.

It just is, okay? I can wear sweaters and long jeans and boots, and the leaves are pretty, and it smells nice outside. It's the only time of year I enjoy being outdoors.
Plus, it's the perfect weather for hot chocolate.

In honor of the cold weather. No idea who she is. She kind of looks like Mira, though... An older, modern Mira?

And filters because I can.

I have an obsession with vocaloids. I don't even listen to any of their songs, but I keep drawing chibis. Help me.

Miku.

Not a vocaloid! Bianka redraw. I'm working on coloring this one digitally. I'll post it eventually. XP

My friend Nixie's character Delilah. We're doing this Percy Jackson fanfiction thing, and this is her character. She's the daughter of Demeter, and she's really sweet, until you make her mad.

Left to right: Delilah, Isla (my character, daughter of Aphrodite), and Sunny (daughter of Apollo, Nixie's younger sister's character). My sister has a character too, but I was lazy and didn't draw her. Oops. 

No idea who this is. But she looks like she could go to school with Bianka, Avalon, and the gang.

Also.
I watched The Reichenbach Fall.
Nothing will ever be okay.

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.