I'm Moving

Hey there readers, if I have any left lol. I just wanted to say I'm moving to Tumblr. Don't worry I will keep what I've posted here, but all my new work will be posted on the new site. I hope you still check out my stuff, and I've actually posted the first part of a story on there. Please come by and check it out. :D

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The Thirty Third Day: More Emo Stuff From Yours Truly

Well idk where to start with this. Zach (my ex) told me today that in order for me to get better, to be completely over him and able to function on my own that we cannot talk at all. I won't be able to text him till I am completely 100% better, he will know too, which sucks cause I can't just lie. As much as I hate to admit it he's right. Doing this gives me initiative to be better because then we can be friends, I'll be able to talk to him on the phone without him getting aggravated and without me crying my eyes out. Its just gonna be so hard, he knows me so well, I told him everything, which I know is bad. I should be able to tell other people stuff, not just him. So for the next couple of weeks, hopefully that's all it takes, I will probably have my ups and downs.

So besides telling me this he also told me about my personality flaws, which despite what he thinks I knew about I just didn't want to admit them because I didn't want to add them to the growing pile of stuff I deal with. He told me that I am immature, I'm needy, and that I need people to constantly pay attention to me, along with a whole bunch of other things that I can't remember. Now several of these I agree with, I am needy, and I am immature. However I hate when people pay attention to me, I don't like being the center of attention, I prefer to be off to side but not a wall flower. I asked him what things about me are immature and at first he refused to tell me, saying that its bad I need him to tell me. I admitted that putting statuses on Facebook saying "Dear so and so, please have my babies, you're sexy" are bad which it is. He then said that drawing naked men the way I do is bad, not because I draw them but instead of making them artistic nudes I make them smutty. He also said that the funny conversations I have with my best friend Mindy, where we jokingly call each "bitches" and "whores" or where we pretend to be different people, are immature too. I agreed with him but I'm sorry, I don't care if doing those things make me immature I'm not changing them. Those two things really make me who I am and if I were to stop doing those two things it would completely change me. So apart from those things I am going to change and become a more mature adult, after all I am almost 20.

I am getting tired and losing my train of thought, so I may continue this post another time but as for now this is my life right now. Whatever, I'll deal with it, I should be used to dealing with pain by now.

The Thirty-Second Day: Jesus Chronicles Part 4

Ok, so I know I haven't posted weekly like I promised, and true I due have more time on my hands but life has been kinda crazy so you will just have to deal with it. However, I was doing my dishes tonight and I thought up a new part for The Jesus Chronicles. So hear it is, hope you enjoy!

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Well, again I was doing the dishes when *POOF*

Devil: Hello babe

Me: GOD DAMMIT!!! Why must you always poof in while I'm doing the dishes, I nearly broke that plate. Its Fiestaware, do you know how expensive that is!?!? DO YOU!?!?!

Devil: Well I'm sorry but I just came in to give you this. *kneels down and pulls out engagement ring*

Me: OH MY GAWD!!! No way, no way, really? Yes Yes I will totally marry you Charles!!

Devil: Kyle!! What did we say about using my real name?

Me: Oh, sorry *monotone* I'm so sorry for using your real name my dark lord, please forgive me *rolls eyes*

Devil: It's alright, now, who do you want to invite to the wedding?

*POOF*

Mary: WELL ME OF COURSE *hic* I of course must be there *hic*

*POOF*

Jesus: Mother, what are you doing here? I told you to never come here!

Me: RELAX *hic* They are just a bunch of fags, what are they gonna do, shove glitter down my throat!!!! *chugs down drink* Well, I wouldn't mind that if it was vodka flavored glitter.

Devil: Well Jesus, guess what? Me and Kyle here just got engaged.

Jesus: WHAT!!!! How dare you enter into the sanctity of marriage with this boy!!!

Devil: Whats wrong? Jealous I got here first?

Me: Ooh, can we have Chinese food at the wedding, I love crab ragoons!

Jesus: *laughs*

Me: *coldly* Excuse me?

Jesus: What?

Me: Did you laugh at something I said?

Jesus: Oh, well I just think it ridiculous that you want Chinese food at your wedding!

Me: HOW DARE YOU INSULT THE FOOD OF ALL FOODS, CHINESE FOOD IS MANNA FROM HEAVEN, IT IS ONLY THE BEST FOOD EVER CREATED AND IF I WANT TO HAVE IT AT MY WEDDING I WILL, GOD DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!

Mary: Woah *hic*

Devil: Kyle, darling. It's quite alright. We can have whatever you want at the wedding. He has no say.

Mary: Ummm, *classy, british accent* dearest Kyle, if I might be so bold as to wonder if I perhaps could be the bar tender, why it would mean so much to me *hic*

Me: Nice accent Mary, but yes, you can be the bar tender

Jesus: Big mistake

Mary: SHUT UP!!!! Yes, yes, yes. I'm the bar tender, my dream has come true, free unlimited alcohol. WOO HOO!!!!!

Jesus: But you already have free unlimited alcohol.

Mary: But that shit you call liquor in Heaven taste like its watered down. ITS SHITTY!!!

Jesus: Mother! Control your tongue.

Devil: I think perhaps you should remove her before she does something bad

Mary: NO, I want to stay here with the homosexuals, I want to learn about glitter and shopping and why gay men have such perfect abs. Why don't you have abs like that Jesus, don't you lift weights, are you too afra- *POOF*

Me: Oh thank god, I thought they would never leave

Devil: Me too, now, I think perhaps we should think of what we want for desert at the wedding

Me: Ooh, lets have chocolate chip pancakes, and at the reception we can watch Toy Story 3

To be continued...

Playlist of Feelings

So last night I had a great idea to make a list of songs that describe how I felt during the relationship and how I feel now. I know it random but I think I will be fun. It will be listed by the part of the relationship then the song plus artist that is also a link to the song.

First Week -- Stole My Heart by Little and Ashley

Weeks of Happiness-- Fever by Kylie Minogue


Never Felt This Way-- Never Saw Blue Like That by Shawn Colvin


I Would Do Anything For You-- White Diamond by Kylie Minogue


Cheated-- Learning the Blues by Katie Melua

Getting Better-- I've Got The World On A String by Michael Buble

Rocky Bit-- Once Was Love by Ingrid Michaelson


Good...For Now-- Bushel and a Peck by Doris Day


Break Up-- The One I love is Gone by Katie Melua


Dead Inside-- Hollow Like My Soul by Emilie Autumn


Alive Again-- Piece by Piece by Katie Melua


Emo-- Am I Blue by Ella Fitzgerald


Great-But not Perfect-- Be Ok by Ingrid Michaelson


Everything is Just Gonna Get Better!-- Haven't Met You Yet by Michael Buble


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Yay! I finished, I do realize there is a lot of repeat artist but their songs best described my feelings. Enjoy!

The Thirty First Day: My Life Up-To-Date

So I thought I would post an entry just about my life so far and where it's going and all that wonderful stuff. A general summary of everything that's happened in the past couple of weeks would be "Really stressful" or "Incredibly emotional". I am going to split this entry into five sections, School, Family, Work, Love, and Personal.
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So, first up is school. That's a crazy issue right there. After going to the Art Institute of Pittsburgh for three and a half quarters I have finally realized that I cannot get to where I want by going to this school. I knew from the beginning that the major I went into (Media Arts and Animation) was not for me but I thought it would help with drawing comics. I found out this quarter that it focuses mainly on the computer and not old school 2d animation. I researched schools and found a great one, The Academy of Art University. It is based in San Francisco but it also has 100% online classes. I will be getting my major in Illustration, which is exactly what most comic book artist take. The classes I will be taking are exactly the type I need, including ones on comic page layout and fantasy creature design. I haven't applied yet due to money issues but hopefully that will all be resolved soon enough. This school looks so perfect, it seems exactly like what I've been looking for. Here is a link to the Academy's Illustration section: Illustration
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Well now onto family. Life here in the Reinhardt household is crazy. I have two brothers but I seem to get stuck with all the chores. My mother says everyone has designated jobs, but then how comes I get stuck with doing others work. It is my little brothers job to feed the dogs and I ended up doing that yesterday and it's my older brothers job to take out the garbage and I did that tonight. My mother constantly yells at me, and won't listen to me when I try to explain things. She gets mad when I say I do everything, and if I try to tell her to do something she get angry. If I could get counseling for this family I would in a heart beat. For once in my life I would like someone in my family to listen to me with yelling or interrupting me. *sigh* We also extremely tight on money. I don't have the money to apply to my new school now and our car just broke down so money will be stretched even further.
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As for work, I have applied to a couple jobs. Crazy Mocha and Starbucks, I didn't want to work while going to Aip because it's really stressful working on my homework projects and then dealing with working too, but money is so tight I need to work. However since I withdrew from Aip I have more time on my hands, and when I eventually do go to school I will be online, so I will have a more flexible schedule. I may not be able to go to my new school until the spring semester due to money, and if that happens I will at least have more time to save up for my own laptop and other things for school. If anyone has ideas for possible places to apply please let me know because I need the money. :)
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Aah, now for the love section. This is gonna be long. You remember that guy Zachariah Davis I posted about I while ago who I was/is so in love with. Well, we broke up, or more like he broke up with me. I understand now why he did it, he didn't feel a "connection" with me, he did feel one with his ex though. It all started about a week after our one month anniversary. His ex Adam had come to stay with him, I was fine with this because I too was staying at Zach's place that night so I knew nothing would happen. We all had a fine time together, I had to leave the second day to go home, Adam had stayed on to go to Anthro-Con. I went back to Zach's the next day and saw just in time for Adam to leave. Zach and I went up to his room to lay down, and Zach told me he had slept with Adam, when he explained it to me he made it sound like he raped Adam, he lied. Him and Adam had made love which hurt me so much. Zach decided that to apologize to me we would go to his home town for the week of the 4th of July. The ride there was fun enough and I was feeling fine and had a fun first three days. The fourth day Zach was talking to Adam on the phone and I listened through the door, I did it to make sure I could trust him again. The snippets of conversation I heard made it sound like he was going to break up with me, when I confronted him he told me that he was having trouble building a "connection" but he did love me. We both agreed to keep trying. The rest of the week was going fine until we decided to go to a party his parent's friends were throwing. Zach and I decided to stay up all night and just go to the party. We got there and had some food, but Zach had become extremely tired and was leaning against so he wouldn't faint. The host of the party thought we were making out and asked us to stop because he had children there. We both became very angry and got into Zach's car and sped away. His parents got angry that we got angry and followed us home and proceeded to yell at Zach and then his father had the nerve to call me out as if I was his own child. He then told me to my face that "He didn't want me there." I managed to make it the last two days, but the ride home with his family was so stressful. During the drive a female driver cut his father off and he proceeded to chase the girl down the high way like a child, I was seconds from screaming at him. Anyway, we made it home and Zach and I were fine, we had a great couple of days after that. Then he came to my house about four days after the family visit and I knew something was wrong because he had brought the books I lent him. He broke up with me. The entire world fell apart, I had never felt so hurt. He always said my eyes had this amazing light in them and in that moment he say them die, I am not exaggerating, he said that. I understand why he did it and I know how sorry he is, we are still great friends and he still apologizes for hurting me so much.
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Now basically I am going to try and get all the thoughts that are bouncing around in my head out and typed out. I feel fine now, I'm not upset or angry anymore, I don't want to die or give up. But I was mad at one thing, after he broke up with me he went back with his ex. I knew it was going to happen but out of of respect for me and my feeling he could have waited more than two days. Everything else I was just upset about. I loved him (I still love him and I'm never going to not love him), I wanted to marry him. There are few things I am sure about in the world but there are/were two things. 1) I want to draw comic books and 2) I wanted to marry Zachariah Davis. I still don't think he knows how many times a day I spent fantasizing about being with him for the rest of my life. Whenever we looked at engagement rings or furniture I think he thought I was kidding about buying them for us in the future but I never was, I was never more serious. I am over him now, he doesn't believe me, but I am. I know I will find the one for me and feel that connection. However I am always going to love him, no matter what, he told me my love has to change but I won't let it. I won't let those feelings just vanish into nothing. I just hope he knows how much he means to me and how I will never let him go, I will always be there for him.
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Well, thanks everyone for listening to me rant about everything. More drawings are to come and more stories!!!

The Thirtieth Day: New Story

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Ok, so first off, brand spankin' new pictures of The Baron and Tristan, and a new drawing of them together!!!!

I gave The Baron a new weapon, instead of a broad sword, he now has a large axe. Tristan is also wearing a slightly more provocative outfit than normal.

Now on to the story. I do not have it completely fleshed out yet but this is what I do know: There are many other worlds than our own (Tristan's world), and sometimes things from other worlds cross over to ours and vice versa. Well in this story a queen in another world crashes into our world causing the worlds to collide and create chaos. She wages war on our world all for her scepter that she claims was stolen by Tristan. This woman is known only as the Red Queen (no Alice in Wonderland reference). Tristan and The Baron must use their powers to counter the Queen's assault on our world and Tristan will discover the true origin of his scepter and even the Rose Stone itself.
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The Twenty Ninth Day: Brand New Story, Brand New Tristan

Well ok, I didn't make a brand new Tristan, but I designed him some new armor that looks amazing! I call it the Engel Armor (Engel means angel in German). The two pictures you see above are the first versions of the armor. All of the areas that aren't black on the armor are actually reflective like mirrors.

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The picture posted directly below is the almost final armor, there is one more change I would like to make that just popped into my head moments ago. I am going to change the shapes of the blades on the chains into the shape of wings. I realized that there was nothing "Angel" like about the armor but I wanted to kee p the name and then it hit me, "Make the blades wings!"

The next post will be about the actual story that this armor is involved in, and in fact the armor isn't a main element of the story, Tristan's Rose Scepter is.

The Twenty Eighth Day: Yet More Random Drawings

The Twenty Seventh Day: Uploading random drawings.

Ok here are some drawings I managed to do during the quarter. There aren't any stories behind them, they are just random characters. Now that I have more time on my hands I might go back and re-draw some of them and work more on the stories behind them. This is a very short post as I am just trying to post up the work I was able to draw when not dealing with crazy classes and a shit ton of school work.

The Twenty Sixth Day:SORRY FOR NOT POSTING!!!!!!!!

Hey readers, I know I haven't posted in a couple months and I wanted to let everyone know I haven't forgotten about my blog or anything, I simple got overwhelmed with school work. However school is over for this quarter so I finally have time to update, and my new quarter coming up will be less hectic (I hope). I am going to update at every weekend I PROMISE. If however classes become crazy I will at least let my readers know that I will be gone for a while. So now that everthing is explained, let me update whats been going on with my life.

First, school, classes were fun and a bit crazy. I had two different drawing classes and a photoshop class, I also had math but I dropped that because I had no idea what the fuck the teacher was trying to teach, we had a two hour class and she tried to teach four chapters in that amount of time. Also, she was Indian, and I totally have nothing against them, but her accent was sooo thick I had trouble understanding certain words. I finally got so frustrated that I dropped it. My drawing anatomy class was interesting, I never cared for the teacher though because he thought that drawing comic books was foolish or taboo. But I did learn some important things in his class. My visual indication class was very very fun, I learned alot of important things and I believe it improved my own drawings quite a bit. Photoshop was fun, but I just didn't really get into it. I like computers but I prefer to do my work on paper, if I ever use photoshop it would be to color things not making them.

Relationship wise, my life was pretty crazy. I attempted to go back with my ex boyfriend, Jeremy and it went well for about two days but then old stuff started happening again. My friend Mindy said I was crazy for doing it and she was right ha ha. After that though I found or thought I found the perfect man. His name was Kurt and I believed he was the one for me. He was punk, with a little green mo hawk and eyeliner and painted fingernails. ANYWAY, after spending an amazing two weeks together, were we spent all our time together and held hands and made out EVERYWHERE, he tells me "hes not ready for a relationship and we can be friends" of course, sooo after contemplating suicide I picked my self up (yes I realize it was only two weeks but I latched on too quickly and along with other stressors I kinda had a slight maybe kinda nervous breakdown). BUT after almost giving up hope I went onto the dating site I use (okcupid.com) and received a message from a guy named Zachariah Davis. Now from first looks he didn't look like my type but I don't know why something just compelled me to reply. After speaking for 3 hours online I knew something was different about this boy, and we met the next day at school HE GOES TO MY SCHOOL!!!!! We talked in the library then went to his dorm for lunch and both said almost at the same time "Let's be boyfriends!!" I could probably spend the rest of the night talking about him and how hes everything I've wanted and looked for but I'll try to be quick. ILOVEHIMANDHESAMAZINGANDPERFECTANDSTUNNINGANDSEXYANDFANASTICAND INTELLIGENTANDFUNNYANDGREATANDEVERYTHINGICOULDPOSSIBLYSAYANDILOVE

HIMMORETHANICOULDDESRIBEWITHWORDSANDMORETHANTHEUNIVERSEANDSOONANDSOFOURTH!!!!!!!!

Well now that thats over with I'd just like say again that I shall be updating regularly now and I hope everyone enjoys future post and loves my work and see how its improved. Thanks everyone!

Stheno, Euryale, Medusa--The Three Gorgons

This is one of the three gorgons in the new story. This is Medusa, who is the queen of the gorgons. She cursed Oberon's wife Titania with slow petrification. She did this because she is jealous of Titania's immortality. Medusa and her sisters, Stheno and Euryale (who are immortal) are searching for a way to make Medusa immortal. Oberon sends Nathan and Rodrick to defeat the gorgons and the gorgons believe the weapons the boys wield are the key to getting what they seek.

This is Euryale, whos name means "farspringer" so I made her tail longer, and her wings more aerodynamic, so she can travel fast and gain distance. I also made her snake hair longer, and thicker, unlike Medusa's short thin "viper" like hair.

This is the third sister, Stheno, whos name means "the mighty". So I made her more power orientated. She has no wings, and a shorter, fatter tail, focusing more on strength than speed. She also has long talon like finger nails. Her hair is also for long, thick boa constrictor like snakes.

Nathan and Rodrick Story

So these two boys are Nathan (the left), and Rodrick (the right), are on a vacation in Ireland when they are transported to the mythical fairie underworld. While hiking they discover a giant rock with a large hole going right through it. Now ancient fairy lore states that a stone with a hole in it allows you to see into the fairy world. The guys, knowing this, thinking it would be funny to crawl through the rock and see what happens. Much to there suprise they actually crawl into the realm of fairie. Once there they try to leave but the rock is destroyed by a large explosion. The boys run, hearing a loud sound behind them, they attempt to look back, but a voice screaming not to look back, they keep running and fall in a hole, which close behind them. After awaking they are informed by a tall, antlered man that they are in the palace of Oberon, king of the fairies. He then reveales that he himself is Oberon. The boys, a bit shocked ask what was chasing them, and are told it was a gorgon, one of three in fact. Oberon then tells the boys that he is charging them with defeating the gorgons, and by doing so he will allow them to go home. He then gives the guys four mythical weapons. Nathan wields the legendary "Sword in the Stone" and a pair of magical gauntlets. Rodick wields the sword Excalibur and the hammer of Thor,  Mjölnir. Oberon tells the boys the weapons powers will allow them to look at the monsters and tells them where to find them. After fully realizing the situation they are in, the boys start walking only to meet a "mysterious stranger", she tells the guys why Oberon wants the gorgons destroyed. It turns out the gorgons cursed his wife, Titania queen of the fairies, with slow petrification. Instead of the instant "turning to stone" that most of the gorgons use to kill their enemies, Titania is slowy being turned to stone. The reason for this, the stranger says, is because Medusa, the queen of the gorgons, is jealous of Titania's immortality. The stranger also reveals that the gorgons are searching for a way to make Medusa immortal, since she, unlike her sisters Stheno and Euryale, is merely mortal. After stating this information, the stranger runs off. Now Nathan and Rodrick know why they must defeat the gorgons, the only question left is, how?

The Twenty Fifth Day: Evil Assassin

Ok so first off, sorry for not posting recently, I have more drawing classes this quarter so I'm busier. But I have managed to get more of my own drawings done.

So in the story about Lee, the assassin who gets her abilites from music, she also has compitition from another runner. A mysterious assassin known only as "Z". Z is jealous of Lee's technology and abilities, and wants them for her own. Her plan is to kill Lee, and copy the technology into her body. In an attempt to kill Lee, Z kidnaps Lady Blade to use as bait. Lee tracks her down, and manages to defeat Z, but not before learning that Z is actually a clone of Lee, however the procedure was botched, creating a "not complete" version. Hence why Z is out to destroy Lee, to prove she is the better one.

The Twenty Fourth Day: Assasin

So I was walking home from the bus stop a couple of days ago, when I thought up the greatest idea for a story. I knew I wanted to do a story about an assasin, but I couldn't figure out what to do. Then suddenly it hit me. The assasin has many different abilities, but she receives these abilities from listening to different songs. So if she wanted martial arts abilities, she would listen to a fast paced, action type song. If she needed stealth skills, she would listen to a slow paced, quiet song. All of her songs are sung by her boss, Lady Blade, a popular singer.

So the main character is Lee, is a "runner", runners do many jobs, bounty hunter, assassin, security guard, etc. She works with her close friend Lady Blade, a popular singer in the futuristic city of Pandora. Lee is the only runner of her kind because she gets all of her abilites from listening to music. She has two mp3 devices surgically implanted in her body, and mini speakers are inside her ears. Lady Blade sings all of the songs that Lee listens too.

Here is a close up of Lady Blade, and a full body shot below.

Here is the picture of Lee below.

The Twenty Third Day: Evil Mermaids

 

So these are the evil mermaids, the Reevers, that assist Odette in taking over the castle. They are smaller in size than typical mermaids, and not as sophisticated. Also they don't use a normal language, they use shrieks and grunts to communicate. They are extremely violent also, ripping enemies to shreds in the water. No one can figure out how Odette got them to follow her seeing as how they normally kill any outsiders.

Now a little more on the story. Odette is actually Minerva and Eliza'a sister, banished when they were very young for consorting with dark forces and attempting to overthrow the kingdom. The Queen used her magic to erase the memory of Odette from the girls memory hence why they don't remember her. Odette having been banished, lives as an outcast for years, devolping her magic and learning dark arts. Using this, she took control over many clans of Reevers living in the deep depths of the ocean. She then exacts her revenge, launching an attack on the palace. Using the Reevers to create chaos, she makes her way to the palace, and cold heartedly kills her mother. Minerva and Eliza witness this, and knowing they cannot win, flee the palace and the city. Still in shock over their mothers death, they know they must figure out a way to help save the city and take over the palace, probably killing Odette in the process.

The Twenty Second Day: Mermaid story

So I was so pleased with how my mermaid turned out for my Van story that I decided to do a story with mermaids as the characters. The story revolves around two sisters, Eliza and Minerva, who are daughters of the Queen. The live in a underwater city know as Hark, Minerva is a born warrior, and is the captain of the queens guard. Eliza is due to become the queen someday, and though not as skilled in the fighting arts as her sister she is quite skilled when it comes to magic. The two sisters love each other dearly and are always seen together, Minerva though sometimes quiet and reserved, when shes around Eliza she is a loud and fun loving as ever.

The perfect life is thrown into chaos when the castle is attacked by Reevers, a type of mermaid less sophisticated and more violent. As Minerva and Eliza race to the Queen's chambers they arrive in time to witness her murdered by Odette, a mermaid they have only heard of in gossip and rumors. She was banished from the kingdom when she attempted to overthrow it years ago.

When designing the characters I wanted to make Minerva and Eliza different looking but similar at the same time. I feel I accomplished that very well. I loved drawing Odette, my original plans for her were to be an old hag but my hand just went on its own and started drawing this beautiful but evil looking woman. I knew I wanted to give her a different tail, I knew I wasn't going to do octopus tentacles, because then it would be too "Little Mermaid" so I thought what is one of the more sinister creatures of the sea, and it hit me "Eels". I love how her tail turned out and it really add to her "evilness".

The Twenty First Day: Siren Singer

So this is the main badguy of the Van story. Her name is Serena and she is the new singer at the big club in town called Hart. She mainly performs her own original opera/pop songs, but she also does covers of popular songs of the time. The truth is she is actually a siren, and she is using her magical voice to slowly suck the power from the people of the town, and bend them to her will. She is taking their power, and using it to perform and ancient ritual to turn herself into a being of ultimate power. Van, Will, and Shannan must figure out who is controlling the demons in Darkrock, and who is causing the people of the town to act so sluggish and zombie like. Will performs a spell that reveals the evil, and it leads them to club Hart during one of Serena's shows. After some research they discover that Serena is over 500 years old and is performing a certain ritual based on ancient astrological correspondences. The time of the ritual is also during Serena's final performance. The concert will be set up at the local cemetary, "for a touch of gothica" said Serena, when really she set it up there to draw power from the many dead bodies and the people attending the concert. The Guild crashes the concert and battles Serena twice, once before transformation and once after.

This is the creature that Serena turns into, after her final concert.

The Twentieth Day: Monsters

So first off I wanted to say I'm sorry for not updating the blog for the past two days. I think I am going to start updating every other day so I have more time for drawings plus I am back in school and I won't have as much time as I did on break.

But I did get some drawings done of the bad guys in my new story about Van. I drew three creatures, Wailers, a Mermaid, and Vampires.

Now the Wailers are basically like henchmen. They do the dirty work for other demons and such, kinda like the putty men in power rangers. They are called Wailers because they emit this shrieking cry, kinda like a woman crying or something. They have no legs and use their hands to pull themselves along the ground. They can stand up though on their tail like appendages, but not for extended period of time. Normally they act as watch dogs. alerting other demons to their locations.

The next creature is a Mermaid, I wanted to include some sort of sea monster because the town of Darkrock is a coastal town. Now mermaids generally leave people alone, but every now and then you get a bad batch or if someone steals a mermaids treasure they are forced to do that persons bidding. They can go on land to attack their prey but not for really long extended amounts of time. They emit loud shrieks, and use their spiked tails, and claws to attack enemies. They also can hypnotize people, making them drown themselves or end their lives in other ways.

The last creature I drew so far are the vampires. Now to normal people a vampire may appear as a normal person. But to Van and other people with second sight they appear as decayed forms. They have extreme mental powers allowing them to glamor themselves and enthrall humans.  They appear natually as the corpse they are, so if a vampire was only dead for a couple days, it wouldn't appear that decayed, but if it is a century old vampire, they will look like a horribly decayed falling apart corpse. This vampire I drew is just an example, the left side is how we see them, the right side is how they appear to Van and The Guild.

I am going to upload more pictures of potential monsters, plus the main demon that is taking over the town in this story.

The Nineteenth Day: More Van details

Ok so here's the story of Van. His full name is Vanhelsing Rodrick Michaels and he's nineteen years old. He is sent by his mother to live with his godmother in the town of Darkrock because she is going on an important archeological expedition  in Haiti. He discovers his godmother, whos name is Margaret Williams, lives in the local museam. She then drops the bomb that he is actually part of a mystical bloodline of demon slayers. Van, being very easy going accepts this, especially he's been seeing alot of strange things lately.

The demon slayer works this way. The trait is passed through differnent generations of people. Its not determined by sex. A demon hunter can be boy, girl, there was even a set of twin demon hunters. When the person reaches a certain age they become able to see the creatures such as demons, vampires, werewolves, fairies, etc. They are also given the power to defeat these creatures and are aided by a set of magical vambrace. The vambrace allow the wearer to summon forth any weapon they own. Basically its a magical storage system. The vambrace also grant the wearer intense fighting and marial art skills, but the wearer still needs to learn how to harness these abilites and use them properly. It also allows the user to communicate with anyone from the guild.

The Guild are the slayers team mates, it consist of The Mage, The Sage, and The Hunter. The Mage is the primary magic caster of the group and The Hunter helps to track the demons and such. The Hunter is special because he/she is always a demon, or part demon themselves. The Sage is The Guilds teacher or mentor, giving them knowlegde and guidance.

After learning all of this, Margaret charges Van with finding the rest of the guild. The vambrace are supposed to assist him in this. While enrolling at The Darkrock University the next day, he discovers The Mage, a boy by the name of William Bradley, Will for short. Turns out Will was waiting for him, having had a premonition of the whole thing weeks before hand. They both are immediatly attracted to each other, and Will admits to having seen this happen too. They both agree to look for the hunter together and discover her later that night at a local club. Her name is Shannan Kooper, and she is half banshee. Being half banshee, she really isn't that shocked. She agrees to meet the group at the museam the next day.

Now that the group is all together, they must learn to defeat the monsters grouping in the town of Darkrock.

 

This is William, The Mage.

 

This is Shannan, The Hunter.

 

And this is Margaret, The Sage.

Van: Destroyer of the Dead

I'm going back to a story I thought up back in ninth grade. Its about this boy Van, short for Vanhelsing, who discovers hes a demon hunter. Originally when I created the story it was a mirror of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I had Van as the slayer, another character who looked an awful lot like Willow cast magic, and a random character much like Xander, there was also Van's uncle who acted as a "watcher" type character. For this new story I've totally changed the story, since I'm older and have more ideas. Van will be the slayer, but there will be a mage character and another character known as The Hunter. I did create a sort of teacher character that will be Van's god mother. I will post more details but as for now here is Van.

The Eighteenth Day: Home from the Cabin

So on Wednesday, me and my beloved friend Mindy, creator of the blog "Adventures of a Red-Headed Step Child", went on a trip up to my family cabin. Me, being the positive thinker was convinced we would make it there safely without getting lost or anything. Mindy however was convinced that we would get lost, and of course we did. My cabin is located in the Slippery Rock area of PA, and we ended up passing it immensly. However we used her gps and located slippery rock and proceeded to stop at the grocery store for food. We then called my father who directed us to the cabin. However once we got to the street it was located on, I thought I would be able to see it. Now my cabin is completely hidden from the road, if you don't look carefully you will pass up the barely visible tiny driveway. We ended up passing it three times. Finally we made it to the cabin and got set up. I immediatly started making beef stew while Mindy made amazing nachos. After watching a movie we then had dinner and went on another adventure to the store, after coming back me and Mindy were chilling on the couch when we heard a shuffling noise upstairs. We both thought the place had been broken into, but there was nothing there just our over active imaginations. We then proceeded to make a fire, which was interesting, and then make smores.



The rest of the day went well. When it came time to turn in for the night, Mindy fell asleep easily, but I however stayed up till till four in the morning reading my book, for some reason I got really scared and couldn't sleep so I distracted myself reading. Eventually I did fall asleep however.

The next day, Mindy made haluski and after that we went home. Mindy's gps took us home through these country back roads. Finally we made it home after a really fun time.

Wisps: A mages companion

So I figured out what I wanted the mages to be able to summon. Instead of large creatures I thought up small, floating wisps. Each mage can summon one, and some have their wisps with them at all times. Each wisp has a different shape for each mage. Marlena's wisp is a butterfly, The Witch of Deveron's wisp is a  crow, and Agoth's wisp is a falcon. Victoria's wisp is special, instead of one wisp she has three, and they don't have definite shapes, no one has ever recorded this before, and everyone is stunned and amazed by this. Wisps also show the mood of the user, changing color, they do have a base color though, but everyone is different. Marlena's is purple, The Witch's black, Agoth's is red, and Victoria's are silver. Wisp don't engage in direct combat, but they can spy on enemies, and black mages use them to posses other mages. There are ancient scrolls that dicated certain mages being able to turn their wisps into powerful weapons. But no has seen this act for eons.

Hope everyone enjoyed these post and likes my new story, I am going to write out the first chapter soon, I hope it turns out well.

P.S. I will be up my cabin for the next two days, so now updates then. Sorry guys.

The Seventeenth Day: Banshees and Bad Guys

So this is a banshee, they are prominent bad guys in my new story. Banshees are created when white mages are sacrificed to dark gods by black mages. Their throats are cut, their hearts ripped out, and all the blood drained from their bodies, hence the open hole in the chest, the ripped throat and the multiple cuts. Their scream does immense damage to foes, and if they get close they rip out your heart, forever seeking to replace the one they lost. They float along ground like the wind, silent until their ear splitting screech echoes throughout the land.

These are some of the other, less prominent baddies. The flower monster is called a Virepod. They sneak along the ground like snakes, then constrict their prey crushing it like an anaconda does, they then injest the prey whole. The large snake creature is a Drikai Leviathan. They are ancient creatures that are very rare and hardly seen. They burrow underground, digging large holes to drag enemies into.  And the flying creature is a Wudan. They fly in large flocks, preferring to attack their prey in large groups, ripping it asunder with their large claws and beaks.

The Sixteenth Day: Evrac

Only one drawing today, sorry but I just kept getting distracted. It probably doesn't help that I was up till four in the morning playing on my DSI. Anyway, these blobby, tar like creatures are the Evrac, I was going to draw a single Evrac, but I had this great idea to draw them flowing upward out of a jar. A single Evrac is about the size of a soccer ball but they can change their shape into almost anything. Tables, rocks, humans, whatever their master demands, however whatever they change into remains black and sticky. These creatures aren't challenging to defeat in small amounts but get more than 20 together and you have trouble on your hands.

Tomorrow I will hopefully post some pictures of more bad guys and possibly the creatures the mages can summon.

Creating the Characters

So I had alot of fun designing these characters. I looked alot at Steampunk fashion pictures, and realized alot of the stuff I draw is already Steampunk-ish already. Besides Victoria, the character that took me longest to draw was The Witch. I loved drawing everyone though. I love Agoth's sleevless coat, and The Witch's entire outfit turned out amazing. Marlena's hair was awesome and turned exactly how I saw it in my head. All the characters are amazing and tomorrow I am going to start drawing some more enemies and I came up with an idea that every mage has a creature they can summon to aid them, sort of like the Aeons from Final Fantasy X (BEST GAME IN THE WORLD, SEQUEL IS EQUALLY AS AWESOME). Now I'm not sure if these creatures will be giant or what, I think I shall let my pencil guide me and see what happens.

The Fifteenth Day: New Story, More Characters

So finally got time to post the back stories of more of the characters in my new story.

This is Agoth, the royal wizard Vedrac. Being only 25 he is the youngest mage to reach the Zenoth class of magic. He has worked at the palace since he graduated from his sorcery lessons at the Royal Magic School of Japolean. He meets Victoria and immediatly sees the spark of magic in her. Wise way beyond his years Agoth decides to teach her his ways. Instantly he can tell that she will be a great mage, and easily reach the Zenoth class. After The Witch of Deveron's attack on the palace he realizes that Victoria must leave the castle and journey to meet The Witch and defeat her.

This is Marlena, the Queen of Vedrac and the surrounding nations.  She is extremely beautiful, but also intelligent. Rumored to be part Fey (fairy), she became queen when she married King Robsum, who died in war shortly after. Now the soul ruler of the kingdom she has become one of the greatest. Keeping the kingdom peaceful and happy she is much loved by her subjects. Unbeknownst to Agoth, she knows of his magic lessons with Victoria, and though she remains quiet she absolutly approves. Victoria is The Queen's hand maiden, and Marlena knew the moment she saw her she knew Victoria was brimming with magic.  It was actually Marlena who forsaw the great journey Victoria would go on, and she told this to Agoth, who agreed, having a similar vision himself.

This is The Witch of Deveron, her real name is unknown lost eons ago. All simply know her as The Witch of Deveron. She first appeared in Japolean during the War of Shadows, a great war that she herself started. During this war Marlena married into the kingdom. It was The Witch herself who killed Marlena's husband. The Witch was finally defeated when a group of mages managed to destroy her or so they thought. She has returned but her reasons remain unknown. She does however bear  scars from the war, due to the porcelin mask she wears upon her face. She hasn't really made herself known though, until she attacked the palace with her Evrac, tar like blob masses that assume many shapes and sizes. Her true goals remain unknown but everyone in the kingdom knows they cannont be good.

The Fourteenth Day: New Story

So yesterday was my last day of English class. For our final we had to write a paper, we had three choices, write about a current event, compare and contrast something, or write a story. Now of course I chose to write a story and the idea I came up with was totally awesome. The story was about a maid named Victoria who works in the Queen's palace. While working there she meets the royal wizard Agoth, the two become close friends and he proceeds to teach Victoria the ways of magic and she quickly goes from pupil class to a second class sorceress. However the castle is attacked by The Witch of Deveron, a woman once believed to be dead. Victoria is sent on a mission to discover what she is up too, along the way learning more magic and more about herself. Now I didn't right all of this in class, but I do plan to write it out and publish it here.

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This is Victoria, the main character of the story. She works as a royal maid at the palace of Vedrac in the city of Naperol. She started at sixteen and is now 19 (nearly twenty). She loves her job but what makes it better is the wizard Agoth. Shes been learning his magic for nearly 3 years now, and loves every moment of it. She is an unofficial second class sorceress. Confident in her skills and always eager to learn more Victoria is an amazing student and will  soon progress to become an adapt sorceress. Magic in the world of Japolean, the world where Victoria lives, is set up in a system of class. Starting with Pupil class, then moving to Third, Second, First, and Zenoth class. Only the strongest mages make it to the Zenoth class, however there are ancient stories of mages moving on to a level known only in whispers as the "Billax" class, a class of mage so powerful nothing would be able to stand up to him/her.

Tomorrow I will upload pctures of Agoth, and the other characters from this new story. Oh if anyone has any ideas for a title I'm willing to hear them out, because I'm totally stumped haha. 

The Thirteenth Day: Kraken Alexiaa

So I totally came home yesterday after my last class and went for a walk to the grocery store, then after ward came home again and passed out on my couch. So obviously no post yesterday, I'm sorry readers. But I have plenty of new drawings for today.

I drew Alexiaa in her kraken form, and after much erasing and new sheets of paper it turned out pretty good. The thing I had trouble with most was her face. I couldn't figure out how to make, did I want humanoid or totally crazy, finally I figured on crazy opening flower type thing. Overall I like this drawing. I'm getting better at drawing giant monster things.