blue skies and french fries

i decided it was time for a change, so i've replaced all of my old icons and tossed out my old layout. i've also cut down my flist by quite a bit, mostly journals that haven't been updated in years. there are some people who have disappeared off the face of lj and a part of me hopes that they'll some day come back -- and when you guys do, drop me a comment here and we can reminisce about the old days or something maudlin like that. ;) if i've made a mistake of cutting someone, please let me know and i'll add you back (and shower you with apologies). this is also a chance for anyone else who's doing some flist-cleaning to cut me -- no explanations necessary.

still no scanner. so, lots of (bad) photoshopping to compensate (very multicoloured!). you have been warned. >_o

( 4 sketches under the lj cut, whee~ )

i've been drawing a bit over the break (i love doodling because it relaxes my mind completely -- which may be a good or bad thing when i do it in class XD;) i don't have a scanner right now, though, so i just took pictures of them with my camera (thus, beware the poor quality!):

( it's been so long since i posted any drawings! )

i told myself that i was going to draw a lot during my four months of summer vacation. clearly, that didn't happen. X3; i did get a chance to sit down and draw a bit today though.

i wanted to try out my dip pen, but i can't control it very well and it scratches at the paper and leaks a bit from the tip. does anyone have any suggestions or tips on handling dip pens? well, i gave up on the dip pen halfway through and used a 0.28 gel pen instead (thin-tip gel pens are <3). i wanted to practice CG-ing, but i got lazy and impatient, so i did some sloppy toning instead. X3;;

( in which kyoya is smug because he can successfully twirl a pen )


i was rooting through some papers and i found this rough sketch: ( loveless-ish )

i haven't been drawing much in the past year, but that doesn't stop me from wanting to buy art supplies... XD;;

just to be on the safe side, i'd consider this entry to be non-worksafe (for those of you who like to browse lj and watch anime *coughcough* during work ;)).

remember this picture? that's the one that broke my scanner and i had to take a photo of it with a really old camera. so i scanned it in today (no damage to this scanner, thankfully XD) and did some touch-ups in photoshop.
( oshitari and his cookies :D )

since twincest seems to be so popular, i did a sketch of hikaru and kaoru. warnings: nothing suggestive, but some nekkidness, and a teeny tiny spoiler for episode 5.
( twins do *everything* together )

i need to practise my chibi-drawing skills (for various reasons i won't get into here XD). so...i'm up for requests! just comment with the fandom, character/pairing, a scene/object/whatever (optional) ...you know the drill. :D
i doubt there'll be a whole lot of requests, but just in case, i'm going limit it to the first five requests (for the time being, anyway).

it's not quite february the 14th yet, but i figure i might as well make a post now (because i love you guys that much ;D).

( nothing says 'happy valentine's day' like oshitari in pink. with cookies. :D )

i also uploaded the three different versions of 'valentine kiss' (from PoT only, not the original):
atobe - the very first 'valentine kiss' - suwabe-san sings so well! ^0^
oshitari - oshitari's voice = omgsmex - need i say more? ;D
shishido - this one just came out recently - i think the backup singers are atobe, oshitari, and kabaji - shishido is so much with the cute! :3

*huggles you all♥*

top_cagnotte picture-thingie:
( how should i know where oshitari and oishi found copies of 'icha-icha paradise' and 'passionate trousers'? )

i've barely studied for soc. i knew taking those cold meds were a bad idea! i'm so damned sleepy right now. ~___~

i got this flyer today about studying abroad during the summer -- oh man, i would love to do the hong kong or tokyo one. *____* it's four to six weeks during the summer and you get a full credit. *flails excitedly*

satanicgoddess, i got your card today! ^___^ yes, we'll all definitely meet up one day! *determined* ;D

just a sketch because i am still muse-less ;____;

( [kkm] gunter<3! )

i wanted to test out a new pen, so i inked this sketch of kanda:

( [d.gray-man] kanda )

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i was going to write a bit more rl things, but i'll leave that for later (maybe in a locked entry X3). besides, i can't remember what i was going to say anymore. XD;;

oh, oh, and i forgot to add, new PoT bromides! i reallyreally want to see the full set! (the oshiato one just kills me XDD)

wah, for some reason, there are several episodes of 'kyou kara maou' that just won't open after i downloaded them. i'm using two different torrents (both are the huge 1-39 packs) and selecting individual episodes to download at a time. yet when the torrent shows up as complete, i'm still not able to access the file. >__< a lot of the files do work, it's just a select few that don't. i wonder if using a different BT client will make a difference...
so now i'm downloading and watching 'yami no matsuei' (so pretty and bloody~~) while i figure out what to do about KKM. u___u

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drabble-the-first~~

for myfigments:

( [hikago; isumi/waya] prompt: warmth )

for trixie_chick:

( [loveless] soubi )