Happy Birthday to My Dad!

The rabbit was the first thing that I ever drew on my tablet. :3 It's only fitting that I turn it into something for my dad. Yay!

Onion!

Onion makes me cry sometimes, but I love Onion!

So you may be wondering, where the heck did I get the idea of doodling a pet onion?! 

Well, here's what happened...

The other day, my parents bought this huge bag of onions. Because we use onions a lot. And onion is good for you. But it also came with a bunch of fruit flies, ugh. So we took it to the backyard and started sorting through them, you know, to make sure there weren't any bad ones. We also peeled the outer layer of some that were looking really beaten up. Then, my brother chanced upon this perfect, cute, little onion and showed it to me. My dad was like, "You can keep it under your bed as a pet!" My expression was this: -__-

But then my brother was like, "You should draw us a pet onion."

And so I did. :3

By the Gods... It has HAPPENED!

Ever since that art piece that I had done for the LoL contest, I've been wanting to delve into the world of digital art. At the time, although I had coloured my traditional piece digitally (and with a mouse, might I add), I guess it just wasn't good enough. Now with the right tools and equipment, I was very excited to get started.

Now, I'll admit that it was kind of hard to get used to. The thing with drawing on paper is that, well, it just happens, right there on paper, as you draw it. Digitally though, each stroke is like an out-of-the-body experience because it's delayed, yet at the same time, not. It definitely takes a lot more effort into making each line precisely the way you want it. And even though erasing mistakes don't leave creases in the paper or residual marks, erasing things digitally (as clean as it may be) can be meticulous. One pixel makes all the difference! 

Anyway, onto the piece itself. This is the first day I really dabbled with my tablet (a Wacom Bamboo... my parents said I can get an upgrade if I get better with all this). I had drawn a *secret* first, but because I can't post that just yet, I figured I'll put that on pause and doodle this! Hmm, I don't really know how long this took me, but I realized that I do not like drawing in photoshop -- I'll only use it for colouring. I drew all this in ArtRage Studios. It was really fun! And tiring on the eyes though, because after staring at it for so long, I developed this rather nasty glare when I looked at my screen. *shifty eyes*  

The hardest part of this was I guess getting the lines just right. I have no idea how much times I ctrl+Z-ed, but those two buttons were well-loved today. That and I couldn't decide on how to position the beret. I think it's nicely balanced when I position it right on top of the head. But I also like the quirkiness with having it slanted... Anyway, you know which one I picked, but that isn't to say that I didn't have 10 layers of different beret-positionings in that file.

As much as I enjoyed this, I don't think I'll ever stop doodling on paper though. There's something raw with drawing on paper, something pure. I like looking at the pattern of the fibre of the paper as I run my pencil over it... Oh and I also have to credit Jazza for his tutorial video on his colouring and shading technique which I found fascinating (and used).  I would like to learn to paint backgrounds... Soon.jpg, lol! So... that's about all I have to say about the experience, I think. Expect more digital art to come! :)

Steampunked!

All I knew is that I wanted to draw something steampunk-y. I didn't really have any idea other than that. This doodle started on August the 17th, lol. I guess I wanted to convey the idea that beneath the fluffy exterior, we're all just machines underneath (that's why the cogs and gears are showing through). Positioning of each of the critters proved to be difficult too. At first I was thinking of a tea party (I am the reference point in this doodle)... But then the angle was off. So why not just go crazy. 

The bunny in this doodle doesn't represent anyone really. I was just reminded of the bunny that I would see on most of my walks and figured why not. It's so cute. :3 

There are so many oopsies in this doodle. As always, it's not straight, lol. Second, because I free-hand all my drawings, one of the cogs is imperfect, lol, and that's why I covered it with the curved metal thinger at the top. And third, the angle of the table... yeah. lol Oh and Dizzy is accompanied by a cupcake because there was too much room on the swing and I didn't know what else to draw. 

I originally thought of a story to go with this doodle, but I have since forgotten what to write. 

I think it went something like this:

I often walk by this large window. I would look in and see myself.

*shifty eyes* Mmmhm. 

I swear I'm not crazy!

So after Patch 3.11 came out, I noticed that the champions had a more prominent, black outline. No one else seemed to have noticed and when I pointed it out, it was met with a silent "you're-cray-cray" response. ;__; But see! Okay, let's not look at the fact that I take random screenshots in game or that I actually put time into this to prove a point or that "BEFORE" is off centre in the picture AND of a different font to "AFTER" (oh gawd, OCD is kicking in)... BUT SEE! (Tempted to change but see to but um, lol. :P) LOOK! THE OUTLINE!!! It makes them look crisper!... *sniffles* I like to zoom-in in-game (and that children, is the use of the epizeuxis... at first I kept thinking that it's an antanaclasis... or it can be a diacope... which are all the nuanced uses of the rhetorical device of repetition... I digress. And yes that's what I learned in university... *shifty eyes*) especially when I wait for minions to spawn and whatnot...

I love you, Lulu. :) You'll always be my main. (This is, btw, taken after the 3.11 patch... LOOK! And boy, do I feel like Tim the Enchanter when I say, "LOOK!" lol. It reminds me of the Rabbit of Caerbannog scene.) So, the reason why I took those "before" screenshots in the first place was because I was going to do a post showing my appreciation for Lulu and... it's too late to explain myself, isn't it?...

In other news, a while back when Fiora was one of the free champions in the rotation, I endeavored to solo Baron. Huehuehue, I did it!

...Didn't go so well with Teemo.

:)

The Weight of Water

Storm after storm
The water piles up
A weight I struggle-
I cannot hold.
It is an ocean,
It is a hole overflowing,
It is us undone,
And I am drowning.