~Long time no see~

Hello, my dear blog! I've been neglecting this place because of reasons. I actually have quite a lot of unfinished sketches, but I just... don't feel like posting them, even though I know not many people view this blog. But I finally decided to create a post here after a long time.

So this arrived in the mail yesterday. It's a tiny Alibaba charm I won in a tumblr giveaway. IT MADE ME SO HAPPY. I never participate in giveaways like these because I know I have no luck. But I'm a follower of the blog where this giveaway was held (and it's all thanks to them reblogging a Magi fanart I did), so I instantly became a probable winner. Apparently, I do have some luck after all, hahah~

Magi. I seem to have a serious affair with this series. It's just a terribly mainstream battle shounen, but something captivated me in it. I keep drawing the characters. You'll see it below.

This is an old unfinished sketch from last December. Levi/Lacie from Pandora Hearts. I dunno why I made Lacie's hair look like Alice's here.

My first Magi sketch ever, lol. I can't draw Aladdin. (Also from December. I started watching Magi in the beginning of November, then read the manga in December.)

Alibaba from the same sketchdump the previous Aladdin sketch is from. After this I decided to draw Sinbad. It was a mistake...

My Pandora Hearts OTP, Vince/Ada. I was suddenly inspired to draw this when my mom was watching some crappy romance movie in the other room. The women were wearing pretty dresses and the main couple died in the end. I guess this drawing is kind of OOC. But I wanted to draw it anyway.

Sinbad and Kougyoku from Magi. I drew this in January after not being able to resist the temptation to draw them any longer. I don't exactly ship these two but they look cute together or something. :B Oooh the wonderful unrequited love!! XDD But hey, they actually have a few pretty cute scenes together, Kougyoku is adorable, lol~

This is a super quick random sketch. I think they kinda look like young Roy and Riza from FMA... 8D

Ja'far-kuuunnn. Magi. I didn't like how he turned out and redrew his eyes today. He looks better now.

The stories about waka!Sinbad and child!Ja'far are some of my favourite things about the Magi fandom. All there is about them in the manga is like... A SINGLE FLASHBACK PANEL showing the young assassin Ja'far attempting to kill Sinbad. But there are hundreds of doujinshis inspired by that one panel and I have to admit I became intrigued by it too.

OOOH GO TO HELL SIN. I can't really draw you anyway, you don't look like yourself. My anatomy skills improved a little, but I still suck. I actually coloured this, but I prefer the uncoloured sketch. Btw I also started messing around with this and drew him different facial expressions, but this was the "default" one. And he's not really naked, I just made it seem so by cropping the pic. :B

Super quick crappy Alice scribble. Pandora Hearts, obviously. I'd really like to finish this~~

Quick Gil scribble. My mother told me he was handsome yesterday. Oh my God, the world is coming to an end... (My mother hates every character I fangirl over.) She also thinks I'm totally obsessed with Gil and I only like guys who resemble him in a way. Real or not real. That's why I like Josh Groban too. Yes, totally. :B

Here's another Aladdin I did a couple of days ago. This one turned out better than my first Aladdin, I think. His proportions are also better (I cropped the body off of the first one), though Aladdin is still too chibi for me to draw, lol. I wanna put his staff in his hand and colour this.

Eyebrow-kun. STAHP. GET OUT OF MY HEAD. NOW. I don't wanna fangirl you.
He really arouses my inspiration. There are probably around 5000 mistakes on this sketch, but I still like it. I hate that my Sinbad sketches turn out well. And I totally drew this instead of working on a commission... -___-

Ok, that was A LOT. Haha! I have some more Magi and even some OC stuff, but those are terribly sketchy unfinished things and they are simply unworthy to post. Now I'll go and try to finish the things I should have finished ages ago~ ^^;;;

So tired...

Today's date is 12/12/12. How cool. 8D We won't have another date like this in our lifetime.

Anywho, I didn't forget about this blog. I just don't have anything to post. Seriously. I have a few new sketches, but all of them are shit. Here are some screenshots I've shown to friends:

This is a wip shot of the pic I did for the calendar project, I spent a lot of time on it and I think this is one of my best linearts so far. I tried to keep it relatively clean.

And this is a sketch I abandoned. It's kind of cute, though. Maybe I'll continue working on it one day.

I wanted to reply to some comments on DA, but I had a pretty rough day and I'm so tired now I don't feel like doing anything else... I'll save it for next morning. Good night~~

If Gil was real...

... then he wouldn't look like I draw him. :B

Lalala, still art block. And I managed to cut my right thumb today with my COMPUTER! XD;;; Seriously, a part of  the "A" in the ASUS logo got stuck in my finger as I was cleaning the damn thing! Who thought it would come off like that?! I managed to pull it out of my finger, but it was bleeding like hell. It's a small cut but it's pretty deep. I hope it heals a bit by Monday.

Anyway, I haven't been drawing much. Tomorrow is Break's birthday, but I missed Vincent's birthday too, so I'm not gonna draw anything. I'd decided from the beginning that I wouldn't draw for these "character birthdays", but I always feel a little guilty for not doing anything while "Happy Birthday" drawings keep popping up on pixiv. ^^;

This is pretty much the only thing I've been working on recently. This will be (?) a commission for HockeyWitch. I still dislike his face, but I think I might leave it like that now. I've been messing around with it for 2 months...

It looks like this at the moment. My task was to draw Gil like he is on this picture but in a semi-realistic style. I'm not satisfied with the result, but I'm too lazy to try redoing it all. I think I realized it just now that the mouth looks awkward, haha...

I've been working for 3 months. However, this job is only for a certain period of time and it will end next year. To be honest, I'm both scared and happy about it. I'm scared of not being able to find another job, but I'm happy that I won't have to work here forever. I do like the people there and it's an okay job, but I want something more. Something where I could use my skills and solve problems instead of just being an "errand girl" and doing the most basic or least pleasant stuff nobody else is willing to do. I really don't want to complain, but the payment could be better too. (Well, it's a job for rookies so...) I like working there, but I think I'm capable of doing more.

And... and... I played Slender! In my opinion, the game is much more annoying than scary. I watched a few people play on YouTube, but their screen didn't seem as dark as mine most of the time. I can't really figure out where I'm going even with the flashlight switched on. I attempted to play a few times, but just gave up and quit after collecting 1-2 pages because I got bored of the endless walking and the trees. (Slenderman got me only once after walking for way too long.) The drumming in the background is also annoying as hell. My other problem besides the blinding darkness is the speed. Walking is frigging slow. Running should be better, but in this case, I can see even less. The scariest part of the game is the sudden flickering screen. That really made me go "Huh!?" a few times. But I think people overreact and overhype like always.

Okay, that's all for September, I guess. I don't know if there's anyone besides Axl16 who's following my ramblings here, but see you next time~

Of Vincent and cell phones

Yo! I didn't forget about this blog, I just don't have much to post lately. :(

 Doodle of Lotti. I did this some time ago.

I like to do really quick doodles of Vincent whenever I feel like drawing something quickly. I don't like this one any longer, but it turned out okay for something drawn fast.

VincentxNoise. Yes. I ship Vincent with everyone. And I noticed I got a lot more confident at drawing hands, it's so much easier to draw them without references now.

Something  super quick I drew today.

Dear Vincent!
Please stop flooding my brain with random ideas just for a short while and let me get other stuff done. Thank you in advance.
Your biggest fan,

Amarevia

PH 76 came out today. Probably the shortest chapter so far. But it's pretty emotional... Alyss, ALYSS! Yes, Alyss FINALLY APPEARED! INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE SISTERS AAAH!! We finally get to learn how Alice became one with B-Rabbit and stuff. Nice~

I got my first salary in the beginning of August. To celebrate it, my auntie got me a mobile phone holder thingy as a present. It's purple and it has my name on it.
Then my mom started bugging me because of my crappy old Samsung phone. Every time you open it, the screen goes black after 4-5 seconds, its camera doesn't work any longer either and the phone itself is pretty outdated nowadays. (I think it's a model from... 2006-2007? And it already wasn't of the best or latest technology when it came out.) So yeah, mom is crazy about touchscreen phones and decided she'd buy one for me. We finally went and bought one a week ago. It's not the most expensive superawesome model either, but it's light years better than my old Samsung. It's a Nokia. My first phone was a Nokia too, I was a bit angry at my mom when she "exchanged" it for a discount of the price of the new Samsung. I'm not into cell phones in general, but currently, I'm in love with my new Nokia phone! It can even play MP4 video files my MP4 player can't play. :B And it's so easy to put shit on it from my computer! My biggest problem with my old cell phones is that I can't connect them to my compy (I don't have special data cables for them) and for some reason, I can't send MMS with them either, so there's no way to save old photos and audio recordings I'd made with them unless I keep the phones too.

I guess it's pretty easy to tell it's my phone, ahaha~

Mom is planning a big renovation in our apartment. It's possible that I won't even be able to use my compy for a couple of days. However, I have internet on my phone now, so I might be able to go online and do a few things. (Not much, tho.)

I'm feeling pretty tired and crappy atm, so I guess I'd better go now... I'll continue working on commissions tomorrow~

Goodbye peaceful NEET life!

I'm starting work next MONDAY!! I'm excited and worried at the same time. But that other girl who's gonna be my colleague is very kind and she's older and more experienced, so I hope she'll be able to help me. I wanna be friends with her. I'm very inexperienced and naive but I learn fast. No matter what, I'm gonna do my best! I won't earn a lot of money, but it's better than nothing. HECK, I'LL EARN MONEY!! Even if it isn't much, it will be my own money I earn with my own work! Yes! Finally!
And I have a shiny new bank account! (I had no bank account in the past few years.) I think that as soon as I get my cards, the first thing I'll try to do is buying a premium membership on deviantART. Just to see how it works. And I'm gonna buy a new cellphone when I get my first payment. I dislike cellphones and rarely use them, but this modern world requires you to own one. They ask for your mobile number EVERYWHERE! D:

So I wrote that first paragraph yesterday. Today I got in a lethargic mood for no reason after coming home from the doctor. And I'd really need to draw something this weekend. OTL I actually have a drawing I should do for a group activity before the 1st of July. It's not that I haven't been drawing, just nothing turns out well. Here are some sketches I did in June:

I love it when Jack or Vincent does this "shhh" pose, lol~ Very fast sketch.

Ozu. This sucks. It was a bad idea to attempt drawing this pose.

Gil and Vincent. I drew this when I was feeling shitty.

No, this is not a rape scene, I just felt like drawing angry yelling people.

This idea has been sitting in my head since retrace 69 (January). I drew a basic sketch back then, but it was horrible, so I redid it recently inspired by this RP. This new sketch is much better, but still could use a lot of work and refining.

And I did this last Saturday when I finally felt like drawing again after a tiring week. I wish I'd have the patience to work on it some more, but I haven't touched it since then.

Okay, so I haven't been able to complete anything lately and I'm afraid work's gonna kill off all that little hint of inspiration that I have left. But I'll try. Maybe drawing would help me relax after work... Though to tell the truth, drawing is not relaxing for me at all because I tend to stress over everything. This pose is odd, this arm is too long, this facial expression is not right, etc. etc.

Oh well... I can't promise anything, but I'll try to draw something with Lotti for now~

Rampant spoiler sketches from PH 65+

Wow! I think it's the first time I actually managed to finish/colour everything from a previous post. Yay~

Anyway, I got so inspired by retrace 73, I finally decided to draw a bunch of sketches of Gil, Oswald and Jack... They are under the cut because of the spoiler content.

I should have seen this coming

I wanted to finish a drawing today. I was working on it in the morning, then I took a break. Then, Mom was like "Let's go to the cemetery"!
FFFUUUUU. Why does this always happen? ALWAYS when I actually feel like drawing. WHYYY...? TT___TT