p u s i l l a n i m o u s

ToI is a lot of fun! It sure moves really fast though, and I keep messing up the friendship stuff, but OH WELL. I'm still not used to playing one player Tales, but it hasn't been TOO horrible yet. I do miss having a much more expansive list for helping keep the AIs in check. I'm shocked by how loaded I am so early in the game though! Fifteen life bottles already? Jeepers! I really like the characters so far~! What's also exciting is Layton 3 is coming out soon! Ahhh, I can't wait! I'm also planning on waking up early to watch Pokemon again tomorrow. And for some reason Fire Emblem really likes coughing out remakes. I...kinda want a new one. :(

Oh, and before my computer crashed on me last night in the middle of a doodle, I'd doodled more things beforehand! I tried to do something fancier but it just wasn't coming, so just have a couple of character shots. I lost one quickie to a crash--no biggie! It's not as tragic as some...other times have...been.

( LUCY! I'M HOOOOMMMEEEE!!! )

Finished reading A Streetcar Named Desire before the bad acting in class--not that I can do better, but my brain sure can--ruined it was amazing. Naturally, I laughed at the STELLAAAAAAAAAHHHHH part for, well, obvious reasons. I'll analyze it while my classmates read it aloud in class and hopefully rereading it'll prove certain conclusions I drew from it. I can't read to save my life and I always seem to be totally off analyzing, so, er, baby steps? This is the first book I liked from this class!

I've been too tired to do much of anything after school, so lately I've become a library regular flippin' through tales by H.C. Andersen! Hans's namesake canonically. I don't like all of them, but I'm trying delve into Hans's mindset since he adores children's literature. God keeps invading and preaching and making miracles, which is why Dusk doesn't like Andersen, but Hans enjoys the simplicity and appreciates all the gaps left for the children to fill. I did enjoy "The Shadow" a ton, which sounded so different compared to the others I read.

I made Hans like "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," but unfortunately I didn't like it as much as he. Now that I've actually read it instead of reading summaries online (laaame), Hans totally would like this story. He's a lonely reclusive character that holes himself up with his books and manages to gain a crush (I caved and made it canonical--why yes, I can like romance) and gets a roommate forced on him to the dismay of both parties and adjusting to it all is just too difficult for him. Of course he'd love reading about a bunch of animate toys. Hans probably likes all the God-filled ones, too, but I don't plan on diving into that in CF. I made Violette like Pinocchio, so once I felt I had read enough Andersen for the day, I picked it up!

Right now (I only nicked the book), Pinocchio's hard to compare to Violette. I looked up certain similarities once upon a time, but I can't remember them. I'll keep reading, and maybe they'll hit me. It's such a painful book to read though! Pino's such a rascal and Gepetto's too easily persuaded. I was appalled by the Cricket's untimely demise. Is it sad that this horrified me more than anything I read of Andersen's? 'Cause it did. For now, I'll see if any situations can be drawn parallel to what Violette goes through or manage to find some strong enough tie somewhere.

I neglected reading the assigned Soldier's Heart in favor of fiction. Samet writes wonderfully, but I have yet to develop patience enough to read fifty pages of a sophisticated essay in one go. Children's lit has that emptiness to it that fascinates me. Usually I'm not in the mood for fairy tales and created Hans as an outlet for my fascination of them, but now I can say I do like the genre. Maybe it's just my moods, I don't know. I just need a break from all of this adult stuff. I'm not well adapted to the world of today. Just how much talent is necessary?

Oh, oh. I should add that I read all of the available scans of Pokemon Special in the span of a week. I'm so cool. :>;; It has the hottest characters ever shutup.

Because when those emo days decide to smack me like a wave on the face! I! draw!...FACES!!! 8D
( A couple of faces! )
I don't like my self-defeatist attitude toward everything. It's so annoying, BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO EVER GET OVER ITTTT AAAGGH. ...So yep. :|b

Ugh. I didn't do so great on that calc quiz, but that's not too surprising. If only I had more time to thoroughly check my work. And if only she didn't pull off so many points for simple arithmetic errors. It's ok though! I got lots of Ds last semester and magically pulled out a B+ by the end, and this time I actually have As to cushion me, so I'll be ok! >:( I'll just...try to do better...next time. >>;; I have calc homework today even though I just had a quiz today, and I have no idea how to do it. DX

During the school newspaper meeting, I was typing up a chunk of CF. I wasn't slacking off or anything, it's just I'm the cartoonist, not one of the writers, so I only get told a few things, then I'm done for the day. But someone noticed that I was typing. And then she was all LEMME READ!!! DD8 And I was all AAAAAGH NOOOO. DDD'8 But she got me to let her read it. AND explain the plot. T__T;; Good grief, that was scary and embarrassing, and I still feel a bit icky from it. I hadn't even proofread it yet! Ahh, well, what's done is done. And speaking of CF...
( Falling back into the CF groove. Image within. )

Also, SHIKI!!! YEEAAAHHH, IT'S NOT DEEN! 8DD I love Shiki for its art, so even while there are a few series from DEEN I like (Shion no Ou, Jigoku Shoujo seasons 1-2), I didn't want them to take another Fujiryu series since in terms of consistency and consistently good looking art...they suck. I liked Le Portrait de Petite Cossette, if I remember correctly...soooo THIS.♥♥ OH YEEAAAH.

Drew something silly today and yesterday!
( Colorful yet blandly colored! )
Ahahaha, that is but a chunk of the CF cast. And everyone's hair color is so natural, right? Tell me about it. Hans's and Kai's faces are lopsided, what the heck is a bg, and ffff, the coloring. But it was fun to do! I like drawing emotions on people's faces--I think I like that most about drawing in an anime style: exaggerated emotions. Zarenth looks like an emo ghost. XD;

Busy weeks are approaching and more. :/ If anyone remembers the mystery crossover I considered doing a million years ago, it looks like we'll do it! Just waiting for the third Layton game to come out here and to start reading Umineko!

I've just not been making anything decent lately. :/ So I tried something I haven't done in awhile to prove to myself that I've improved at something. I was supposed to get some head and hair movements in (these frames won't have any of that even though their hair seems to warrant it), but this took more time than expected. XD; Just eye, eyebrow, and mouth movements. Le WIP!
( Puny simple animated GIF here. )

Will get to replies at a later date! D: I am so behind on work, gaaaah.

And when I should be sleeping, THIS is what I'm up to.

I have to wake up early tomorrow, and it's 1:30 AM.

I'm bright.

Oh-so-very bright.

No, I don't know why this isn't that WIP from a few days ago.

( Nothing spectacular--it's a mini art dump with oddly large images! )

Now to tack onto this.
( Centrifugal Force character rant. )

Veggie sandwiches are delicious. |DDDb
It's 2:32 AM, and I'm hungry.
I really should be asleep.

( the complaints section )

HEADACHES ARE SO ANNOYING. LEMME WORK YOU BRATTY, UNCOOPERATIVE NETWORK OF NEURONS.

Working is starting to wear out my muses. I want to continue working on my story. But I remembered why I named Hans Hans. It was because his favorite fairytale as he "grew up" (as much as he COULD grow up) was H.C. Andersen's Den Standhaftige Tinsoldat, in its awesome Danish title. His "last name" (back in the story's early stages when they HAD last names) was from E.T.A. Hoffmann's name because he liked his Nußknacker und Mausekönig (in its original German title because it pleases my non-German-understanding ears) and its ballet rendition. Hans is a fairytale kinda kid, especially when it comes to inanimate objects made animate (he also likes the ballet Петрушка, the Oz books, and the book, of course, Le avventure di Pinocchio). He's read and watched all of these (only recordings and dinky library books since he's lived in that facility all of his life) in their original languages since he knows a kagillion languages for the sake of something (zOMG, PLOT *slapped*). His taste in books aren't exactly the same as mine (Andersen's stories are charming, but he's far from being one of my favorite authors). XD; He's read more love stories than I probably ever will, HAHA, so, yes, he does like Romeo and Juliet--I do not. Have I been working on Hans a lot lately? Why, yes, I have been. But work comes first! *punches something*