Gwilan's Angel

Hey there, hi there, ho there... and welcome to Kipin's crazee life. *maniacal cackle*
This is Edana (not Elatha; sorry for any confusion) Forrest, Gwilan's younger sister. *points*

She was slain by Brennan ab Toralt in one of his frequent fits of rage and is now the cutest li'l angel ever. When she feels like it, she follows her big brother around and gives him pointers on life. The first time Ellian sees her, she understandably freaks out... but I actually haven't written that part yet, or I would post it, lol.

Here's Edana's bio:

Edana Forrest (deceased) – Gwilan’s younger sister, RACE/SPECIES: Irlican-Zraelish, AGE: eight aurons, GENDER: female, BUILD: slighter than the rest in her family, very small feet, fluffy little wings (after death), SKIN TONE: rosy, HAIR: short, crinkly and flame-red, EYES: green-hazel, VOICE: chirping, CLOTHING: brown boy’s tunic and russet leggings, went barefoot most of the time, COD: Brennan, careless slaying

The wings came out gudd, the feathers were drawn in mechanical pencil first, then outlined in ice-blue Prismacolor, then highlighted in pale turquoise Prismacolor. Unfortunately, you can't tell that at all from the cruddy pic. *sighs loudly* Ah well... such are the woes of scannerlessness. *wretched sob* But they look pretty in real life. The arms and legs... not so much. Kipin was bad and she drew the tunic before the legs, hence the strange angle they are sticking out at, and how short they are. The arms are an acceptible length, but the hands - gaah! - are atrocious. Just look at the wings, they're the best part. XD Hmm, why don't we have smileys on Blogger?! I miss 'em from the Picnic Club site, we use 'em all the time over thare.

Almost done with Chapter Four!!! Squee!!! *falls over in relief*

Commander Kip

Not even going to bother...

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G'ranna

Figured it was about time for another dragon. :D Good Day, by the way, and happy sixty-degree weather to y'all. This rather horsey-lookin' creature is G'ranna, my seeing dragon, who used to be in my room in a box-frame but is now adorning our fireplace mantel downstairs, along with another family favorite, Willie the Strong Guy. The Sculpey I used to make G'ranna had a bunch of fine glitter mixed in, hence the shiny effect. And the reason she has the bowl of icefire and the funnee ears is because she is a very compassionate dragon and she can influence my dreams on occasion (say, if I'm having a nightmare or something. Very helpful.) Apparently, all listening dragons have big funny ears, but I kinda think they made her look like a horse, oops. Ah well. Isn't she a pretty color?

Made a LONG time ago (right after Char and before Guppy, I think) with sparkly Sculpey and lotsa love. I hadn't yet discovered the wire mesh until recently, so there's no framework in this one.

Commander Kip the oh no, all the double-enter spaces went away again! Gaah, stupid format!
Spare Farid!
Normal is overrated!
Oh my. Kipin's doggie is making funny noises...

Bring On the Bad Guys

Gaah, phear the cuteness! I actually like how this turned out, thanks to Amzi, who gave me the idea for the runic border.

Okay, some clarification: First of all, I invented those runes all by my own self. The spirally squiggle means water, the one next to that with the two pieces coming off means fire, the next one that looks like some kinda messed up keyhole is earth, and the last one with the dot in the middle stands for air. Ha! *preens self* I did in fact mean for the border to run off the page on both sides, and I do apologize for the odd shadow at the bottom, but I blame my camera for that. *needs scanner badly* The thingy floating about Kaelo's mangled hand is supposed to be a fireball, but it ran into the border and you can't really tell. Oh yeah, Kaelo's the one on the left, and the other shorter one is Gwilan. And yes, they have very small feet. Why? Because that's the only kind I know how to draw, lol. Gwilan's hair, for the record, was a royal pain, and even though you can't see it in the pic, I love how Kaelo's ear came out. Nice and pointy, squee! Also, the reason his right hand is so very mangled is because I couldn't figure out how to draw it, so I was using my friend Hannaliese's hand as a model during lunch at school one day, which was pretty funny to watch... she was eating a sandwich with one hand and holding out the other one while I frantically scribbled it down and attached it to Kaelo. Our friends were sitting there laughing their heads off, which didn't make it any easier to draw steadily... Ah well. Best I could do under the circumstances.

Oh, you want the bios?

Michaelo ab Toralt (Kaelo) – prince of Zraeland, RACE/SPECIES: Irlican-Zraelish, half Fae, AGE: 13 aurons, GENDER: male, BUILD: slender for a male, SKIN TONE: fair, HAIR: light brown, EYES: light grey, VOICE: neutral, CLOTHING: homespun brown tunic, dark green cloak, belt and bandolier for daggers, FAMILY: older brother, Prince Brennan, mother, Queen Conorhia, father, King Toralt, PETS: a pet-companion Drog, Croakr, FRIENDS: Gwilan Forrest, BEDROOM: a dagger-throwing target, ITEMS: carries a variety of small weaponry, HOBBIES: rudimentary magic and knife-throwing, ABILITIES: able to read minds, communicate with animals, and cast simple spells, TRAITS: friendly with others, very compassionate, WANTS: his parents and Kyren’s parents to stop fighting with each other, Saabra (hee), FEARS: his brother, Brennan

Gwilan Forrest – Kaelo’s companion, RACE/SPECIES: Irlican-Zraelish, AGE: 13 aurons, GENDER: male, BUILD: short and sturdy, SKIN TONE: ruddy, HAIR: flame-red and tousled, EYES: hazel, VOICE: low and gravelly, thick woodland accent, CLOTHING: homespun brown tunic, dark green hooded cloak, belt with pouches for medicinal herbs, FAMILY: father, Sir Erec, mother, Lady Elatha, younger sister, Edana (deceased), PETS: none, FRIENDS: Kaelo, BEDROOM: archery target and worktable, ITEMS: short bow and quiver, medical supplies, HOBBIES: archery and field medicine, ABILITIES: uncanny aim (does that count?), TRAITS: rural accent, gruff but gentle, WANTS: his father to accept his decision not to be a Guardsman, FEARS: Drogs, snakes

Questions? Just read the book... oh, wait... the book's not out yet. *sheepish grin* By the way, if you ever hear Kaelo say, "This is my last dagger", don't believe him, 'cause it never is. XD

Commander Kip

Spare Farid! Pleeeeeeease?

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Untitled charries

Good Day and happy SNOW to you all!

Okay, let me explain... These two pages of randomosity are stuff from the story collab my friend and I started writing. The skinny guy with the short curly hair and the messed-up collar is Jereth, my wizard, and the potbellied guy next to him is Beylon, the Irish fisherman my mommy invented. (She also invented another Irish bad guy named Yarlow, but he's on another page.) On the next sheet, the one crowded with a bunch of arbitrary scribblings, is Lawrence, the guy with glasses and a backpack; a couple of anime eyes my friend drew; Pussywillow, the dustbunny from Cricket magazine; another dustbunny, an evil one with squinty eyes and pointy teeth; Kress, the wild-haired selkie in the interesting dress (she's my favorite little spitfire in distress, yuss she is, I luvz her dearly); one of Kress's hands, note the webbed fingers; her selkie pelt, shaped like a rather limp seal; and a VERY GOOD drawing of HATTIE! Gaah, perfect capture! I drew the body and my friend did the eyes. The first one always comes out the best... we've never been able to draw her that well since. Gaah, she's so cuuuuute! *falls over*

Hmm... I might post again today, since I just used my pretty new purple camera (squee!) to take pics of more of my drawings, and they're all just sitting in my docs file right now, waiting to be revealed! The Kaelo and Gwilan pic is done, and has been named 'Bring On the Bad Guys', which made mi padre laugh.

See you soon!

Commander Kip the Squee! Snow! Yay!

Spare Farid!

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Dragon Nativity

Dooy Gad... I mean, Good Day, or good evening, or lo que sea... too busy to care...

Kipin is off to her biannual choir lock-in tomorrow, which means... packing. And everybody knows how bad Kipin is when it comes to packing. Right, Lady Arin? *sheepish grin* Kipin has to pack her entire closet and most of her books and almost everything in her room and pretend she's moving in for a week. Right? So that's going on right now. At least it should be. Instead, Kipin is sitting on her lazy duff in front of her computer, too lackadaisical to move. (We did contact sparring in taekwondo class earlier this evening. Explains everything, doesn't it, preciousss?)

Oh yeah, the pics. These liddle beauties were my madre's Christmas present - a Nativity made out of dragons. Smart, huh? 'Twas me padre's idea, and a good one too. The red one with the shepard's stick - what's it called? - o ya, a crook, is Joseph, the blue one with the big brown eyes is Mary, and the mini white one coming out of the eggshell is the widdle babee Jesus. D'aww! Ain' 'e a sweet'eart? I luvz his cute liddle face. Notice the family pic: Mary is taller than Joseph. Why? Because Kipin was too lazy to go get Joseph, who was already done, as a size ref. So we have an exceptionally big-boned Mary. I can explain! Female dragons, I have decided, are generally bigger than the males. It could happen, y'know! *defensive pout* Most female spiders are bigger than male spiders, right? So there, I rest my case.

Gotta go pack! *dashes off in a mad rush

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*chants* SPARE FARID! SPARE FARID! SPARE FARID!

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What Kipin Used to Draw Like (Holly)

Good Day, everybody... hmm, why do I always say 'everybody' when only one or two people are allowed to read my blog??? Ah, such are the questions that plague me.

Yes, Kipin used to draw like that... gaah, spare me! *covers eyes* This is Kipin's oold ooold rendition of Captain Holly Short, from the Artemis Fowl series. Gaah, the face! Can you believe Kipin used to draw faces like that?! *goes into storytelling mode* Once upon a time, before Kipin learned her anatomy, she had a sudden all-consuming urge to draw that most noble of elf policewomen, Captain Holly Short. So she got out a pencil and jotted down a head. Unfortunately... *dramatic pause* ... Kipin couldn't tell whether the head she had drawn was the head of a figure or a head of spring lettuce... so she erased it and tried again. And again. And again. And eventually, she ended up with something remotely head-like in shape.

This interesting proccess continued for the rest of the body, especially the left hand, which never really came out to Kipin's satisfaction. And several years later, when the Artemis Fowl graphic novel made its debut, Kipin compared the Holly illustrations in the book to her own profile drawing, and was ashamed. Very ashamed. For she had royally botched Holly's adorable pixie haircut!!! O, the horrah!!! *dies*

All right, kids, that's your story for today. Stop by again to be captivated by the wonder and awesomeness of Mother Goose's Human Sidekick!

The pic was done in regular old 2b pencil. The wooden kind. Waow, Kipin hasn't drawn with one of those in years...

Commander Kip the Much Improved

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Azurion and Amethyst

Yes, yes, Kipin is aware that she already posted today... but gaah! Aren't they CUTE?! *dies*

I luvz these two to death (Lady Arin and her sidekick have them now.) The blue one is Azurion and the purple one is Amethyst. Lady Arin, I suppose your sidekick could call Amethyst, Amy if she wanted. Anyway, I had to paint the boxes with acrylic paint before gluing the dragons to them, and mi luvverly madre used her awe-inspiring supergluing madskillz to fix the dragons to the lids. Dragons made out of wire mesh and Sculpey III, as usual... although Kipin did get a bunch of cool new Sculpey stuff for Christmas and her birthday that she hasn't had a chance to try out yet, like... GLAZE! Yes, you heard right - GLAZE! Kipin totally freaked out when she got it (didn't she, Lady Arin?) Ah, happy day! Anyhoo, I am now in possession of: Studio Glossy Glaze and Satin Glaze, by Sculpey; Sculpey Bake & Bend; and Sculpey Premo. The Premo and the Bake & Bend are supposed to stay flexible after kilning - ahem - baking, but I haven't had the time to test that theory out as of yet.

Commander Kip the Should be Doing Her Spanish Homework

Team Farid!

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Celtic soap

Good Day, peoples! Here be ye soap that Commander Kip promised ye. Behold! These are the rectangular ones:

And these are the... not-so-rectangular ones.

Note to self: refridgerate before trying to dig out of mold. Yeah, Kipin tried to gouge them out of the mold with a paring knife before they had their stint in the fridge. Hint hint - it didn't work very well. Definately not doing that next time. Guess what else I'm not doing next time? Trying to add a few extra drops of semi-hardened soap to a not-quite-full mold. That just makes a bunch of messy ugly bumps on the bottom. Rawr, sez I.

Used the Spa Indulgence Celtic Knot kit for these and gave most of them away as Christmas presents. Project Stress Level: super flippin' HIGH. Ye be warned!

Commander Kip the Suddenly Swamped with Schoolwork and in the Process of Developing a Lisp after all those Words She Just Used that Started with 'S'

Spare Farid, you nasty movie producer! Spare him! Pleeeeeeeaze!

Normal is overrated!