Picture Saturday-- Rawr

I had a lot of socializing this week.

Socializing is hard for me!

I'm tired.


On the other hand, we went and watched Scorch Trials today! Not gonna lie, I hate zombies, and when one jumped out... I may have yelled in alarm, like,

Zombie: "ARGH"
Me: "AAAHH!"

Very amusing for the creeper behind us, I'm sure.

24 is another reason why I'm tired. Stress. Stress everywhere.

Anyhow, I have some art to show you guys so la!


1.) A friend of mine has a punkish hairstyle now. He shaved most of it really close, and the top he left kinda long so he can do manbuns... So I saw him, and I just went, "YOU LOOK LIKE SOKKA." and he gave me the poop stare and walked away. I think I insulted him.

apparently there was a hair in the scanner that I didn't notice until I was editing.
Irritations.

2.) Here have some terrible fire and Zuko being hawt. (No pun intended. Heeeeee! I slay me.)

3.) I drew a really quicky sketch of Chloe.

4.) Here, have a random girl on the floor with a knife. 24 makes me draw strange things.

5.) This guy is so gross and stiff. But I like his jacket. And his face.

6.) I sketched Jack Bauer without a reference photo.

7.) So I colored in Zuko some more. Rawr.

8.) THIS REALLY TERRIBLE LITTLE LOTTE THING. I dunno, Christine's mouth got out of control.... and other stuff. Like I forgot to do Raoul's other shoe.

9.) So I've had this character festering in my brain for a while. And all I knew about him was that I wanted to name him Tristan Ross. And now, between watching 24 and rewatching Flashpoint with Sammi, his character bloomed and I was finally able to draw Mr. Tristan. As you can tell, I was very excited.

10.) And then I was like TRISTAAAAAAAAAAAN.

11.) Rawr, Tristan Ross. Raaawwwr.

12.) He has the weight of the world on his shoulders and it makes him a sad potato.

13.) A really hot sad potato...

14.) Oh, and he has a friend who's name is Kate, and they're just friends.... but not for long, because I'm a freaking sap, and I like romances.

15.) The lineart for the Masquerade drawing I did for Jess. I'M SORRY IT'S NOT COLORED IN, JESS. I MEANT TO. It will be colored in next time.

16.) Floating, falling... sweet intoxication...

Boom, shockalocka!

Okay I'm out of here.

*What do you think of TRISTAN ROSS!??
*Favorite picture?
*Favorite black and white?

Love ya guys!

Picture Saturday-- Phantom Paper Dolls

I don't even know what happened, but all of the sudden it's been two weeks since my last blog post and that's not good. Oops.

First of all! Before I say anything else, my Raoul post is almost done! This being said, it's kind of morphed into more than just a defense post, and it's turned into more of a "my thoughts on Phantom" post.

This means the cruddy thing is really long.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ALL.

Would you rather I did the post in two parts? (They'd still be pretty good sized posts.)
Or would you prefer I did it in one fell swoop? (The post's a novel, basically.)

Let me know, so I can format and stuff, my dears. :)

For everyone who wondered how the Giants game went.... we got creamed. *cough*

I worked a lot this week, which is nice, because I can always use a little extra money, ya feel me?

Somehow, I managed to do something to my thumb and my pointer finger on my right hand, and now typing is tricky, because they hurt.

Also, 24.

Jack should just be president, that's all I'm saying.

Bella's doing a petition to get Tale of Two Cities back on Broadway, and she would really love it if you guys could sign it for her. It's here.


Anyway, this Picture Saturday's going to be a little different, because I'm posting paper dolls rather than drawings.


I had a good time making these, even though they were movie costumes, rather than Broadway ones. I get that movies and stage performances are supposed to be different, but I kind of wish they'd kept the costumes a little closer to the stage version... that's just my preference.

Anyway! Here we go!

1.) The dolls themselves, because LOOK AT HOW AWESOME HIS FACE TURNED OUT! (And Christine looks sweet, which made me really happy.)

2.) Some of the pictures I took with them wearing their outfits didn't turn out so well, my phone's camera has issues sometimes, but here, have Christine and her Think of Me gown.

3.) The dressing gown from Angel of Music, because seriously, that's one of the most important outfits of the show.

4.) So his masks made me really happy....

5.) Christine's Wishing dress, because prettiful...

6.) The Masquerade gown, which is glorious... (And surprisingly tricky to draw, omgoodness.)

7.) The Phantom's masquerade costume. (Did you know it's called Red Death? CAUSE I ONLY JUST FOUND OUT.) Also, not gonna lie, this is my favorite of all of them.

8.) And finally, Christine's bridal veil and gown from the Final Lair, and this is possibly my favorite of hers. Her dress turned out better than I expected, those pleats gave me some trouble.

Ta-daaaa!

Ehem, I finally sat down and watched the whole Phantom movie with Sammi, because she loves the movie and she wanted me to watched it without bias... I liked it a lot more than I thought I would.

It's a lot better when you watch it all the way through and not just the clips you can find on youtube. I will say I actually like the way Gerard portrays the Phantom better than Ramin whatshisface, because he acts more like Michael Crawford, who will always be the epitome of Phantom to me.

Also, I think the hate movie Raoul gets is wrong. The guy is a good actor, and he sings really well, and he wasn't a wimp, which is what I hear people say about him a lot. I mean yeah, his hair is long and... yeah, his hair's too long. But it's accurate to the time and he was really cool, so I think he made up for it.

Basically the main problem I have with the movie is that they made it quite a bit dirtier than the musical, the Music of the Night, and Point of No Return made me really uncomfortable.

Anyway, there you have it!

What do you think of the dolls?
Which one is your favorite Christine outfit?
Which is your favorite Phantom outfit?
Did I capture the feel of the costumes?
Let me know about the Raoul post, pretty please...

Let me know!

Love ya guys, and I shall be back soon!

Picture Saturday -- Oh no it's starting again.

So the Phantom kick is back in full swing.

And I'm not even sorry. 

You can blame Mary, because she commissioned Phantom paper dolls (!!) and I was forced to listen to the musical again.

For research purposes, you see....

Also, we're showing the 25th Anniversary to one of our friends on Monday, and it got me back in the mood.

These paper dolls are supposed to be based on the movie costumes and not on the musical costumes, and this makes it trickier for me, because I know the musical costumes really well, but the movie ones require much research. *Cue Treskie googling pictures, and watching POTO movie clips, and becoming even more set in her opinion that the movie could have been better...*


Anyhoo.

I'm not going to show you guys the paper dolls until they're done, and until Mary's seen them, so... that's why there aren't that many drawings this week.


1.) Here, have some ugly scribbles, because I sat down and my hand went, "NOPE!" (Though I have to admit, I think I captioned the kid at the bottom hilariously.)

2.) Here, have another kiss. I'M SORRY, I'M FEELING SAPPY, OKAY?

3.) Here, have the sketch of Raoul proposing to Christine, because I will ship them all the way to Gallifrey.

4.) Here, have the one I drew for Amy, because... because...

5.) Here, have the finished one from last week. (I can't decide if I should color it in or not, yea or nay?)

6.) Here, have one of Raoul, who has had just about enough of the Phantom's nonsense.

7.) Here, have the one that I'm mad about, because this one was supposed to be a rough draft, but her expressions turned out so well that I need it to not be just the rough draft, which means I have a set of pictures I really love on low quality paper, and I'm MAD.

8.) Here, have Raoul being sad and awesome, and ARGH, I JUST LOVE THAT CHARACTER SO MUCH, I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN.

9.) Here, have the Phantom doing the "No no, dark is good, dark is your friend, darkness makes Batman."

Here, have a gif of Zuko being fabulous.

Ugh, it has been a week, guys. I will fill you in probably sometime in the next few days, but yeah. It's been interesting.


And now I will pepper you with questions, because that's how I DO.

Did you groan when I said Phantom? (Because I'm aware that this obsession is bordering on worrisome.)
Favorite drawing this week?
Should I do more guitarists? 
Do you know the Muffin Man? 

Okay, I'm done now, Treskie out.