If only there were a decent beach up here

So school recently ended for me (Went on way to long because of snow days) and now I can actually be somewhat social! (for me that means leaving the house about once a week...)

Anyways, so far Summer has been great, but unfortunately the first day we had some classic Washington rain and grey sky.

 There was a pretty tree in my backyard that I noticed while I was making some lunch so I decided to go take pictures of it. (Don't worry my camera didn't get wet)

Later in the week my friend and I went into Seattle to see 'Ocean Waves' as part of the Seattle International Film Festival. It was a pretty cute movie in my opinion.

As far as the rest of the summer I have some pretty awesome plans! (Which includes going to a beach that's not freezing cold!) So make sure to watch for those posts.

Music Spotlight: Daft Beatles

Music is a big part of my life so I decided to post about some of the music I listen to! I listen to quite a wide variety and my preferences tend to shift with every week that passes.

Anyways, this week I'm going to talk about a person that puts their music under the name of "Daft Beatles" Now, as you can imagine from the mashed up title (Taken from Daft Punk and The Beatles) the music is a variety of mashed together songs.

You can visit their Soundcloud Page here: Daft Beatles

 Just so you can get an idea of what the mash-ups sound like here are a few of my favorites. (But of course there are many more that I love)


Depeche Mode Vs Eurythmics - SWEET SILENCE - @daftbeatles MASHUP by DAFT BEATLES
Daft Punk Vs The Beatles - 'Eleanoround The World' - THE ORIGINAL @daftbeatles MASH UP by DAFT BEATLES
ADELE Vs JAMIROQUAI - WHEN YOU GONNA LEARN TO ROLL (110 BPM @daftbeatles MASHUP) by DAFT BEATLES

Sketch Dump 2

Adding onto my series of sketch dumps here are some of my digital sketches that I've done in the past months.

The top left is Merida from Pixar's Brave. Bottom right is Paige from Tron: Uprising. The other two are avatars from a forum I use. 

Field Trip!

Today there was an end of the year field trip for my school, so of course I went! (It's not like I had anything more social to do anyways) 

On the trip there I ended up on a bus with no one next to me... But luckily I had my camera and my good friend Skelebunny to keep me company. 

We finally arrived and it was great. Just from stepping in you could tell that there was plenty to do!

 Bumper Boats with water sprayers. Needless to say I was very scared with my camera around this attraction. 

Skellebunny absolutely rocked the fedora!

Sketch Dump 1

So as the school year comes to a close I decided I'm going to do a huge Sketch Dump from everything I've drawn during the year.

In this selection most recent to least recent goes from the top left, top right, bottom left, then the oldest is the bottom right.

Clearly some of them are unfinished and others are much more complicated than others. I really wanted to finish the top left picture but I started losing time for it, sadly.

The Making Of: Spring Afternoon

Not to long ago I did an art piece that I titled Spring Afternoon (really cheesy and horrible title, I know) and I saved some Work in progress (WIP) pictures of it so I could look back at the process.

I started with a sketch like this. The sketch is colored and a bit more detailed than usual, but that's what I ended up with anyways.

Next, I vectored over the sketch and ditched the lines, and of course added a bit of detail.As you can see, it's not exactly the same as the sketch. I tweaked and changed a few things such as the eyes and mouth.

Finally, I added more detail, shading, and a background to pull it all together.  For the background, jewel/gem things, and the bow I used gradients to get that nice fading effect.

Woo Hoo! New Blog!

Hey there! Um, I'm not really sure what to say other than this is my new blog! I plan to post pictures, art, and just other stuff relevant to me, I guess.

There should hopefully be one post every week, but no promises!

Anyways, hello new blog and non-existant readers. Hope to post again soon!