Sketch 75 - My Magic

Felt like drawing my character Purtalic. Really miss my friend MBJ. I have been trying to get a hold of her for a while now. I guess she must be busy. Today was a sort of relaxing day. Company came over and things got a tad lively. Not much to say. In a drawing mood and a gaming mood but with company over its extremely hard to do either.... Not looking forward to my imminent death tomorrow. I have to work 8 hours tomorrow and Sunday. Yesterday I worked 3 hours and was in extreme pain, because they cant just let me work the counter. Its stocking and magazines and bending and just everything to make my side turn into an inferno. So wanted to draw something soothing.

Not sure what I will do for the rest of the night. Have a major headache from the dogs not listening and not in the mood to socialize. Also getting depressed lately. Feel horrible about myself, for things that are happening. Too much thinking and worrying and I am bringing myself down. I have friends in trouble and I don't know how to help them.

Well enough for my depressing rantings. Goodnight world! Love ya <3

Sketch 65 - Long Day

Blast from the past. This is a character design that no one has seen on the internet before so here you go. Work was everything today from bored out of my mind, to pleasant, bad weather, angry drivers, really pissed off drivers to the point of driving past me and racing through a construction zone.

Very tired. So I will post this treat for you . I think I drew it back in 2007? Was gonna be for Pyowaan but not sure any more. See you all tomorrow!

Goodnight world! Love ya <3

Sketch 27 - Right On the Mark

This is the new concept for Nynde. This one took longer to plan out then Purtalic's. Had to put a bit more thought into this one because of her childhood she is in battle a lot as an archer. Plus I was trying to go for more coverage and functionality. Also for her being half demon and dragon-ling I decided to give her red eyes like her father. I think it suits her better.

Today has been an odd day. Got up, did about 2 hours of dishes, then worked on art, then volunteer appreciation dinner and then home to finish sketch and relax. So soon will be the relax part I hope lol. It's been a long day! Tomorrow Im gonna try the Zumba class at my gym. Looks interesting. Well gonna keep this one short. Goodnight world! Love ya <3

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Sketch 26 - The New Snow

A new concept I have been working on for my Purtalic character. I like it. I have always been fascinated by gypsy type clothing, although this has a more color coordinated scheme. I like how the fabrics lay and flow with good coverage that plays with a body's curves. I like this new outfit. What do you all think? With her being a magic user I think it works! Plus it looks like something royalty would wear and not too impractical for close combat.

If my personal trainer Andy is reading this, I want to be able to wear this come August! lol This will be my goal. Because if I can look like this (minus the ears and ridiculously long silver hair) then I would be happy. Also I know this is a 'sketch' blog and all but I am sorry for how sketchy this sketch really is. I plan on doing a cleaner copy at some point soon. First to work on the new outfit for Nynde.

Also work on the wallpaper has begun! It really is hard trying to get 11-13 people on a group shot worthy of a wallpaper but I will succeed! The whole composition of having to play people and perspective and stuff is challenging.still not sure if I should do a street scene or a splice type. Let me know what you guys would like.

Well I'm out for the night. Goodnight world. Love ya <3

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Sketch 23 - Power Waves

Metablue. Southern queen of Asaro. Strong willed and passionate, however strict and sarcastic in her teachings. A high elf warrior she has become a role model for her people even as she found love in a human and gave birth to a hybrid, her people support and cherish her. After her lovers death she has not sought out love nor rejected it.

A lot of the original character designs were cloth and leather based which even someone who is nearly immortal probably wouldn't go out in battle with so I have been having fun making the outfits a tad more realistic and conforming to the times they live in. I hope MBJ doesn't kill me for this outfit change. I love it personally and I think it suits her character. Elegant yet sexily badass, what human wouldn't want a piece of that? After changing up the characters, I realized that Nynde and my character haven't been updated for awhile. So I might re-work their outfits over the next few days. Gives me a few more ideas until I get more requests.

My stomach has been in so much pain these past few days. I don't know if its something I ate or over working myself at the gym or what, but the pain is excruciating. So today I'm supposed to top up my prepaid cell service and the whole system is down. Now they will charge me because I didn't top up my account in time. Also has anyone ever had it where you call client support and its suppose to be a free call and they charge you a relatively small amount that's actually a ridiculous price. But you pay it anyways because your too frustrated to care at the time and you go through a million automated options before you reach someone and they start to transfer you to the right department.... so you think. The next voice welcomes you to a whole different company (solo mobile is a sister company to Bell mobility) and the people there tell you that they can't help with your problem and you should call your people back. I almost threw my phone into the wall. So aggravating. Anyways, more stress to add to my migraines.

Seeing as I am poorly I will be heading to bed shortly. Until tomorrow, goodnight world! Love ya <3

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Sketch 22 - Tied Destiny

Ryona. The Daughter of Metablue and a human sire. Because of her Elvaan blood, she ages slowly and has well surpassed her fathers life span. Orphaned as a child, Ryona grew up not knowing of her heritage or of her royal blood until a crush on a forbidden love opens her world to new possibilities.

So much fun re-doing her outfit. Much more suited to a warrior half elf that makes her a bit more 'squishy' than the full bloods. Still a sexy outfit if I may say so. I wanted to give her long hair but the short really suits her best. Plus long hair gets in the way when your trying to swing a sword. I would love to see this made into a real costume... would be so awesome. Tomorrow will be the last of my character draws unless someone wants me to get into all the secondary characters and bad guys.... I do have a request for Wednesday's however.

On another note, trying to fit 11-13 people in a wallpaper picture is sooooo hard. But I will get it done eventually. Anyone that knows me will probably expect me to not even have it done before I hit the 1000 mark (the rate Im going that wont be too far off). Much love to all my readers/watchers out there. Seeing all my views from around the world makes this so much easier.

Last night my cousin and I were to lazy to clean off the spare bed so we share my double... with the 2 Jack Russel Terriers.... I got like NO sleep last night. Then up for a shower and then to the gym where my training was re-scheduled because of a power failure. Also posted a new video of the week that's English for once. Been so tired today it is unreal. Happy to have the sketch done today and it looks great. I think that will be all for today's so goodnight world. Love ya <3


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Sketch 19 - 12 Going On 21

Entali Steelblade aka. Tali. The 12-year-old sister of Damien who's mental state is that of a 21 year old. Because of her mentality,  she's very logical and has no idea how to act her age. She is a black dragon-ling and because of her rarity her brother likes to keep her hidden and protected.

Not too sure about Tali. She's not a productive character in the story but important none-the-less. I've always wanted to draw her though and I'll admit I had a lot of fun drawing that outfit. Sadly not much else to say about this character since her creator barely talks to me.

Today I finally got my BigBang CD. Not impressed with how the items actually arrived. The poster is worse for wear and the CD case was dirty. Oh well I still love it. As well at the gym today I was weighed and found out I have neither gained nor lost any weight, however I have gone down in inches and my body fat percentage. Go me!

Get to see my cousin tomorrow which should brighten my smile. His silly antics always make me laugh. It is April fools day and I have not done any pranks today...so ashamed. But I did celebrate Sakura Kinomoto's birthday with eating a strawberry.

I guess today's will be a short one. Goodnight World ~ love you <3

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Sketch 17 - Noble Snow

Purtalic Tamakai Lahncey. Or PTL for short. Northern queen of Asaro. Sister to Metablue, Partner to Pyro, Mother to Nynde and Daemon. A high elf whose element is ice and the cold. She may not be the sword wielding battle maiden like her sister but her magics are bar-none the strongest. She is one of the few remaining bloodlines for the ancient dragon-lings that now watch over the lands as protective spirits.

My character! Oh how pretty she is. I love her outfit and if I were to choose a "look" goal for my gym training it would be too look like this. Curvy and muscular but lean and sturdy. Because this is the character representing myself, I went the extra mile. I know I know like a parent I shouldn't take favorites but come on its me! Or at least who I would like to be. Bold, daring, kind, smart, leader, and cant forget modestly powerful. Keep dreaming right? Yeah I know lol.

So sorry for the late post. Had a lot to do today with my eye exam and getting stuck in traffic on the way and yeah. Left the house at about 12:30 in the after noon and didn't get back home till about 6:00 pm. So tired. While I was waiting for my exam I did some shopping and found "The Book of Awesome" which after reading a bit into really is awesome. The book started out as a blog by Neil Pasricha @ 1000awesomethings.com. It put a smile on my face on the first page. So if you can find it I highly recommend it (its cheap too!).

I also have a BIG thank you to give out to the generous person who donated $100 for my Japan donation pool. THANK YOU!! That brings us up to almost half the goal amount. Oh and for only 17 days/blogs/sketches I've gone over 400 page views (having it set up so it doesn't include my own). Thank you everyone! I hope I am living up to your expectations. Maybe for the 500 view mark I will post a free wallpaper for people to download if you like.

Well time for bed. Goodnight world! Love ya <3

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Sketch 15 - Diamond Frost Smile

Nynde. The daughter of Purtalic and Pyro, making her Princess of the Northern races. A mix of royal dragon-ling blood and demon, she is light of her people and the nightmare of her foes. Her demon blood gives her a temper unlike any other. After her first love dies, she finds refuge in a heart similar to her own.

Ah Nynde. My daughter in the story. When I had a fan-art contest, she was the most popular pic. Speaking of fan-art I should find it all and post it. Maybe? Got to the gym today and they said I had a balance on my account, I had a feeling it would come up because of my card being a visa debit and Canadian businesses aren't up to the technology yet. So Im expecting about $50 and it was $80 .... my jaw dropped. So after some negotiating its down to $40 so I am happy.

Got a lot done today, surprising. More work on the commission done, sketch done early, gym, chapter 1 almost finished and job hunting. So tonight while I wait for man to get home, I am gonna play minecraft! Perfect wind-down game seeing as steam still hasn't gotten back to me on my account yet (its been 2 months.... wtf is going on!) Or might feel up to playing Civ 5. I hate war games but I LOVE civilization games. Blame my ex-husband and father-in-law for that :P many nights playing civ revolution on the x-box. Which makes me think of our nights playing magic the gathering and other tabletop games. Oh the arguments and the tears that were shed. Those were some good times.

We were doing so well with the donations for Japan and then it stopped. I guess people don't wanna hear me sing haha (don't blame you). Anyways ttfn world~

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Sketch 14 - Natures Pawn

Tyson Melborne. One of the few wood elves to leave the confines of the tribes to pursue a life of the blade.  Starting out as a bounty hunter, Tyson found himself trailing an ancient celestial being and wound up time traveling to the past with him. He is then dragged along on an adventure and eventually joins the royal army.

Tyson isn't one of my favorite characters but he does have a special spot with me. He inspired me to make his outfit unique. Its a mix of present and past. I also wanted to give him kind of an Australian surfer accent/ personality. He's the happy go lucky warrior who loves his life but is always determined.

So by request I am trying to re-write the story. Almost have the first chapter finished and ready to be put up on the website i made for it. Got a bit more work done on a commission piece that has been taking me longer then it should but he is a really good friend and I want to make it really good for him and his lady. Been getting back into minecraft again. That game is soooooo addictive! Working on a castle atm. Once that is done I would like to work on a mega build of some sort. maybe a re-creation of some sort. Maybe Venice? Or My home town. ^-^

Well off to do something! Love you all <3

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Sketch 13 - Grey Belt

Kohaku Shinrai. The only known grey dragon-ling to exist. Because of his mixed blood, his childhood was tormented with slavery and abuse from which he met Damein. Damein, an assassin born of black took him as a partner and turned him into the fighting spirit he is today. Kohaku goes on to fall in love with the ruling princess of the north.

Ah Kohaku. Another of my favorite characters to draw at least. MBJ and I worked on Damein and Kohaku's back story quite a bit. He probably has some of the most personality work I have done on any of my characters which is surprising since he is a secondary character. For those that don't know what a dragon-ling is, its a dragon who can take on the persona of an elf. In the world MBJ and I created they are considered a higher being. Why would a dragon need to become an elf? Well considering their size, it is hard for dragons to enter buildings and socialize with other races. This would have been an evolutionary step to help the race from dying out.

Upon request I will start typing out the story in my free-free time because in my free time I'm working haha. I should be heading to work right now but it feels good to just stay here. Ahhh nice day at home.

Love you all <3

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Sketch 7 - Memories

I am late in posting. Sorry! Been a VERY long day. Very bad long day. So this picture is of Purtalic and Metablue .... I tried going for a 'teen' look. Not sure if I succeeded or not. I have not drawn them in a while and really wanted too. It was fun! I miss these characters. I miss my MBJ. ANSWER YOUR PHONE WOMAN!!! haha Anyways. Need to keep this one short tonight. Have to get up early. Goodnight world!

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Sketch 6 - Hold Me Goodnight

No color post today as it was a VERY long day. I had a request to do a dragon. I used to be good at dragons... not as good as MBJ but they weren't too shabby. However I kinda just went with the flow and an elf showed up there and yeah... thats what came out! Dragon looks horrible elf is got wonky proportions but hey its a 'sketch' blog. I love dragons and elves and fantasy stuff. Its amazing to think if this stuff really is real, hidden among the drabs of our reality. That's what I love about imagination. What's the say that WE are the fantasy to these mystical beings and creatures? Alternate universes, multiplications of galaxy's with life that we will never see! I swear I'm not crazy and I am proud to still have an open mind and an active imagination.

I tested the tattoo machines I bought today. The rotary machines are a lot quieter to the normal ones. So I hope it will help with some customers who are a little tensed after hearing the machine start up. Also I went to go get contacts and my eye prescription renewed only to find out the doctor is only in on Wednesday. Seriously....one day a week? How do they stay in business?On another note ... my separated husband and I will have our 3 year wedding anniversary tomorrow.... weird timbit for you.

Ah sugar.... timbits... uhhhg *drool* how I miss thee~ My trainer started me on a no sugar diet... it sucks and for those not in Canada, Timbits are doughnut balls made from the holes in doughnuts and are from the Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons. But enough about my day! Good night world! Still looking for sketch ideas!

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