happy Halloweenin' to y'all

and I can't WAIT to get some pics of my costume up here, because it is the embodiment of epicness, and did I mention that I love my grandma and she's a brilliant genius? I did now. This is the ref sheet I drew her when I gave her the pattern: And because she is made of awesome, it came out just like that only AWESOMER. Can you imagine? Gaah, I can't wait to show you it. Pics coming soon. I mean eventually.

And I hesitate to show you this because it is a fossil from last year and also not done. I will probably never finish it and just draw it completely over, with better skillz, you know? What's goin' on here is that Kelsier just threw that big metal safe out of a very high window and leapt out after it, using Allomancy to slow his fall by Pushing with steel against the safe when it hit the ground. Now he's just showing off and hovering there for the heck of it.

Gaah, my non-existent year-old skillz. Or lack thereof. It pains me so. I remember when this was, too, it was exactly a year ago, because Dad gave me Mistborn to read right around then, and I was drawing this in the car on the way to the pumpkin patch, and then it started pouring down rain and we went to the Great Mall and went flopsying about over there instead. It was great.

I love Halloween. Gaah.

No seriously, I dressed up in a different costume every day this week and went to school with 'em on and everything. And everybody was like "Whut, this haz nevar happended buh-fore. No wai no wai!" It was pretty funny. I was an airship pilot on Monday, a dragon Tuesday, a fairy on Wednesday, a ninja Thursday and a gypsy Friday. Saturday I had to wear normal-people clothes because I was at National Portfolio Day most of the afternoon and I wanted to make a good impression. And today I am an Allomancer with a beasty mistcloak and very frightening knives. Buaahaha. And I'm doing homework and answering the door, alternately. Also, I went with Reedfrost and Blondycakes to see Legend of the Guardians earlier this afternoon, and the verdict is: terrible plot, but GORGEOUS movie. See it for the art. It's beautiful. But you have to completely forget about the book storyline, because they pretty much ignore it and do their own thing. It kinda messed with my head a little bit. But Ezelryb was frickin' amazing with his cockeyed ear tufts and squinty glare and missing toes. I love that guy. *hearts* And Grimble, I love him too. All the old weird growly ones are my favorite. They rock.

Now on to more productive endeavors. Have I mentioned that I love my cloak?! Gaaaaah!

Commander Kip

*flat glare* How very adult of you.

Normal is overrated!

the fortress of Terabithia

Another fossil. Seriously, LOOK at it. I can't believe I was as proud of it as I was when it was first drawn. Yep. That's crayon. Crayon only. And I thought the Bridge to Terabithia movie was very well done. The ending always makes me sniffle. I like that actress. She does a great job. So yeah, this was back when I was obsessed with tree houses, obviously, and since the fortress was in a tree in the movie, I thought it was the coolest. Whatever was I thinking with the shield? It ruined it, preciouss! Eat it raaaw! (Just kidding.) Oh, I remember why I was so fond of this; I loved how I drew the tree. It took me forever cuz I did nearly-individual leaves. Can you imagine? *dies*

No more relics for a while, I promise. See, this is what happens when I go through my old art. Stuff pops up and I'm like, Oh yeah, I was so proud of this way back when. *sporfle snort cackle* And now I look at it and go, I drew that? Naaaw. Surely not. XD

Commander Kip
TEEN TITANS! (Not Moe, not Moe! *flails wildly*)
Normal is overrated!

Andra

Take a look at this ancient relic! It's Princess Andra from the Tales of Castle O'Konnor story. Ooooold. Well, not THAT old, actually... it's from last year, during art class, when we were supposed to be drawing portraits of a live model, and then class got over and the model left, and I had only done the braid. XD So I turned it into Andra, 'cause it sorta looked like her. Mind you, this was done before I knew how to draw. Lol.

Writing excerpt that I am rather proud of:
“Eran!” I screamed. “What are you doing? Tell them to stop!”
“Can’t do it,” he shouted back over the roar of battle-hungry warriors. “Stay out of this, Andra. I would hate to see you get hurt.”
“You don’t seem to care if they get hurt,” I fired back, motioning to Father’s soldiers.
His voice dropped in volume, and I had to strain my ears to make out his words.
“They are not you, my love.”
I tugged myself free of Eran’s bodyguards and stormed over to him. “If you really loved me, you wouldn’t be attacking my father’s men! My friends are down there! Please, Eran.” My voice sounded whiny and desperate, even to me, but I had to at least try to save the squires. “Call off your men. Eran, I’m begging you…please.”
I saw the conflict on his face for an instant before it became a stony mask. He sounded cold and dispassionate as he replied, “No.”

Hehe. This bit happens near the end of the book, when Eran turns out to be a traitor who was smuggling in mercenary soldiers in order to take over the kingdom. Pretending to be Andra's suitor proved an excellent cover for him... but he sure blew that when his men started attacking the O'Konnor soldiers. Bwahahaaaaaaaaaa. Eran does NOT turn good in the end. He dies. So there.

So Eran and Andra and Eran's burly bodyguards are all on the top of the wall, watching the battle down below. Andra's friends the squires are down there in the fray, and of course she's worried to pieces about them, and she just found out that Eran doesn't really love her, and she's kinda going to pieces. But hey, can you blame her? Eran is eeeevil. *swats him* Eeevil eeeeevil boy. He's in league with Fable and Claptrap. Until Nath kills him, anyway.

Commander Kip the randomly digging through old computer files (that's how I found all this decrepit stuff...)
Total Pwnage.
Normal is overrated!

Magick Ink

Oh, the horrah! *dies* Kipin hasn't posted since January 29!!! That's more than a week ago! Sorry, everybody!

Okay, this pic really has nothing to do with anything, but I had it sitting in my art file, so here you go. I drew it a long time ago, but it's acceptable, due to the fact that there are no people in it, and I am rather fond of it still. The words in the background are just short paragraphs from books, designed to make the pic look cool. I had just drawn the magic ink and the quill to begin with, but they looked rather boring there in the middle of the page all by themselves, so I added a 'background' to liven things up a bit. And yes, I realize that I spelled 'Magic' incorrectly in the pic, and I assure you, it was deliberate. *laughs* Everybody go watch the LOtR movies if you want to get the joke. I just saw them last weekend and they were amazing!

So sorry, I've been busy and under the weather and working on two new fanfics, so please excuse the lack of Savvy lately. I swear I'll write Part 5 soon!

Commander Kip the Obsessor

My Precioussss...

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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

Normal is overrated!