SPOOKABLES!

First order of business: HAPPY HALLOWASN'T - I MEAN HALLOWEEN, PEOPLE!

Also, my art professor is the best thing ever. We didn't do our scheduled stuff in class yesterday. We carved awesome pumpkins instead. And because we're art students, the only rule was that we couldn't put faces on them. We had to get creative.

 Yes, that is a Weeping Angel. On a pumpkin. Believe it.

 Here's my fairy house with a ridiculous number of windows.

 That hanging one? Disco pumpkin. Ohyes.

My mommie sent me not one, but two lovely ecards this morning. Yay family! I need to send them their I'm-sorry-I-didn't-come-home-for-break package. Note to self.

Was up late last night carving my second pumpkin of the day with Matt. Somehow we're always the last ones awake in the lounge, usually not by choice (argh Great Con) but I did come out with a fairly nice carving of the new Doctor Who logo. Pics of that one later, along with my costume, I hope. 

Also last night, D&D one-off happened. Zombie Apocalypse at St. Olaf. Yeah. I totally want to play tank in my regular campaign now! It was such a blast, and I think I did more damage than the damage-dealers. Plus, epic theatrical take-one-for-the-team moments are always marvelous. I got skewered by mutant zombie claws and still managed to decapitate the thing with my acid-coated katana WHILE SKEWERED. It was awesome. And in the regular campaign on Saturday was brilliant as well. My character dressed up as Black Widow and got dual-wield pistols and lots of extra Seduction stats, we got trapped in the Amnesia house and killed Slenderman, and I got to keep the pistols!, even though it's technically a fantasy campaign. Whoops. *tries to look guilty* *fails*

So how's all your Halloweens going? Cheers!

Commander Kip

*exasperated flapping of arms* "Clothes are hard!"

Normal is overrated!

Thing of the Day: Halloween playlist

Hai gaiz, let's get into a Halloweeny mood here. Playlist time! Have some eerie/mystical musics.























Not an exhaustive list, but I'm pretty sure my blog will be impossible to load if I put any more videos in this post. Enjoy!

My parents sent me a skirt in the mail. From the Renaissance Festival. Because they love me.

Also, I made myself useful in D&D this week and used a Death Stone thingy to kill an annoying orc while the rest of my team was flailing around with their arms all dead and shriveled. It was awesome. For once. I also got to be psionically linked with a zombie mouse in order to eavesdrop on the Varalosian Council. That was fun too. And then sexytimes in the tavern! Because we have a habit of ending our sessions with either a battle or sexytimes. Yay.

Shutting up about D&D now. Fun stuff planned this weekend, because college is a great idea. Should prolly go finish all the homeworks first. Bye.

Commander Kip
"So Eric's not a necromancer, I'm not drunk, Sam's not a thief, and Matt's not a dragon. What about Austin and Tyler, what aren't they?" "Here."
Normal is overrated!

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Have some.

A random elfchick with a 'fro, for example. Theory bores me. (The tune in the background is snippets of Laura's Hill by Gary Stadler.)

My Great Con notes always just turn into drawrings. This in particular was a result of the Disney movie binge that happened over break.

This, I was just bored in Theory again.

This is old, from before Italy. In the third Inkworld book, Inkdeath, there's a part that mentions how the Black Prince cut off all his hair in mourning for Dustfinger. I love the Black Prince, so I decided to illustrate.

Raven in modern clothes, for no particular reason. Again, Great Con notes getting out of control. (I'm totally being her for Halloween, you guys. So excited.)

From the sixth Artemis Fowl book, The Atlantis Complex, when Artemis is about to go out in the pressure suit and Butler's telling him to be careful. I gave up on Butler, in case that wasn't clear.

First page of my new sketchbook. Always I end up with something crazy on those first pages.

Some sketches for my current project in 3D Art. Oh yeah, I'm supposed to finish it this weekend. Crap. *so very far behind*

And a D&D sketch of Arturus, Ileana, and Cane. I seriously gave up on Cane, because I have no idea what Warforged actually look like and I'm way too lazy to look them up. Maybe I'll finish this... eventually? In any case, the joke is that Arturus, Eric's Shardmind, is supposedly not a necromancer. But after seeing him commune with the dead and reanimate skeletons and the like, we all pretty much know he's lying to our faces. However, he continues to insist that he's not a necromancer. My character, who is definitely drunk much of the time, pokes fun at him almost constantly for continuing to deny the fact that he's a necromancer. And then Cane is just obsessed with dubstep and it's hilarious.

Made my first Assassins kill today! *danceparty* And I'm still alive and everything! Super frickin' impressive, guys.

Oh, and I figured out how to access my family's Kindle account on my phone, so I'm reading Mark of Athena as of right now. THE REUNION WAS SO PERFECT. Thank you, Riordan, for ending the horrible, horrible suspense.

Commander Kip
"They can smell fear just by lookin' atcha, so keep quiet!"
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Top 5: Hottest (Male) Book Characters

So I'm gonna do another thing. It's sort of like Thing of the Day, where I do it semi-regularly in order to show you guys sumthin I think is cool, but in the case of Top 5, it'll be a list of five things - characters - that all fit into the same category, and five reasons why they fit into said category. For example, this is Top 5 hottest male book characters, and the next top 5 will probably be hottest female book characters. I'll use a picture from the Internet, if I can find one, and a drawing of the character done by me or another artist. This should be fun. Here we go!

(1. Jace Wayland from the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Claire

Jace is at the top of the list for me, replacing Kartik, who was at the top of the list previously. Why: (a. He's such a cocky jerk at the beginning of the series, and so hard to get along with, but so hot, and ninja skills, and he slays demons and stuff, and just aaaaugh. And as the story progresses, we find out that his jerkishness is hiding a very sweet, wounded boy, which just makes us love him even more. Angsty backstory for the win. (b. Black tattooey things are never not sexy.  (c. One-liners. Jace is the king of one-liners. Everything out of his mouth is hilarious. (d. He has a never-ending supply of angelic weapons on his person at all times. Just knives flying out of everywhere. All the time. It's awesome. (e. He's freaking gorgeous, and he pulls off golden eyes way better than Edward Cullen. Also, he's super hot when he's in pain. Then again, I think that about most hot dudes, because I'm just demented that way.

(2. Artemis Fowl II from the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer

Oh, Arty. Little babbie Arty. All growed up now. We grew up together, Artemis and I, and my childhood friendshippy feelings towards him turned into a raging crush. I may have mentioned that I finished The Last Guardian, and yes, I did cry. Partly because it was sad, but mostly because it was over. Anyway, he's second on the list. (a. Criminal. Mastermind. Already I'm in love. And at the beginning, he was a child criminal mastermind. Mr. Colfer, brilliant move. Best antihero-turned-hero ever. (b. Pale, vampiric good looks. Also, different-colored eyes, but that's later. (c. Brilliant, but socially awkward. Because that's always adorable. (d. Fiercely loyal to his friends - and has awesome friends. Probably the funniest, beastiest, quirkiest, most lovable team in all of YA fiction. (e. So much character development. So very much. In the first book, he is so totally Lawful Evil, and by the end, so totally Lawful Good. He goes from kidnapping Holly for fairy gold to *SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER* to keep her safe. A complete flipflop. Of awesomeness.

(3. Dustfinger and/or Farid from the Inkworld trilogy by Cornelia Funke

(Didn't want to use the actors, even though Paul Bettany for Dustfinger was a very good choice, so here's a lovely sketch by GoldSeven on DeviantART.)

Again, I grew up with these two. And I list both of them because I truly do love them equally, and I think they're equally hot. I do not ship them, however, because they both have their own lovely ladies. (a. They play with fire. For a living. The end. Also, they subsequently spend a decent amount of time shirtless, which never hurts. (b. Their coloring. Dustfinger is a pasty redhead. Farid has dark skin and curly dark hair. Both of which I love. And Dustfinger, at least, has the sexy facial scars. (c. They're both so sweet with their ladies. *jealous of the ladies* (d. Spoiler - they both die and are resurrected by a loved one. Points for adorableness. (e. They have horned martins as pets. Horns on things that shouldn't have horns is always a great idea.

(4. Elend Venture from the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson

 Sorry, no drawings of Elend. Apparently, I've never attempted to draw him. I should fix this. Anyway. (a. He's a bookwormy, eccentric wealthy scholar type. Socially awkward. Reads at parties. Rumpled clothing, messy hair, the whole bit. (b. At the beginning, he spends his time being physically protected by his tiny dangerous girlfriend because he doesn't have any boss skills yet. Gotta love the role reversal. (c. He rocks the scruffy beard, which not many can do. Nuff said. (d. In the second book, when he's learning how to be a king, his mentor makes him wear white all the time. It's super classy. (e. Spoiler: he does finally get boss powers and start whooping up on bad guys and stuff. Then he and tiny dangerous wife get to do the boss battles together and it's adorable and awesome.

(5. Captain Jack Havock from the Larklight trilogy by Phillip Reeve

Wow, I know a lot of Captain Jacks: this one, Captain Jack Harkness, Captain Jack Sparrow. They're everywhere. And all of them are so freaking hot. But let's talk about Jack Havock for now.
(a. SPACE PIRATE. You all are aware of how much of a thing I have for space pirates. (b. Brown skin and flopsy hair. I am a fan of it. (c. Angsty backstory. Whole family turned into trees. Captured and experimented on for much of his childhood. Forced into piracy to keep himself and his crew of quirky aliens out of the clutches of the British Royal Navy. Angsty backstory stuff. (d. Most of his vocabulary is curse words and "ain't." Because, you know, pirate. (e. He gets shot, bitten, clawed, and otherwise wounded liek all teh tiem, and you know I love it when that happens.

Kay, that's the Top 5 for today. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. If you haven't read any one of those books, read it immediately.

I should prolly do some actual homework now. Wish me luck with that. No Assassins today, which means I get to wear a skirt because I don't have to wear a holster for Sir Beast. Kinda nice for a change. I was getting sick of pants. Watched Atlantis last night, by the way. Forgot how much I love the crew in that one. Particularly Audrey. She kicks butt. Although I love Sweet as well. And Vinny. And Mole. And Mrs. Packard. And Cookie. And Helga, even though she's evil. And I would like to make the argument that Kida has one of the most interesting designs for a Disney princess ever, period. I mean, hello, glowing blue tattoos! And cool hair. Kida is such a babe.

Commander Kip
"Can you swim?" "Yeah, I can swim pretty... girl... good! Pretty - I meant pretty good - pretty - I can swim pretty good."
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life, the universe, and...

... drawrings. To prove that I still can.

Mark of Athena is out now! I have no way to get ahold of it, of course, what with lack of monies, but I drew a picture of Reyna all the same because I'm SO EXCITED.

Martin from Standard Action, a sweet little webseries based on Dungeons and Dragons. I like Martin because he's a grumpy, bitter jerk, but so cute. Like Darcy. And Rochester. I seem to have a thing for those types.

Zeus. Because Kippy has had faaaaar too much Greekyness of late. FAR TOO MUCH. And we have so much Bible to read over break! *cries*

Whoa, and I'm not sure how this little guy happened. Anybody remember Derek from that weird little spything I wrote ages ago? Savvy, or whatever? I feel like this is probably him. Snipping cables, as is his wont. That weird smear on the paper? It's tape. I tried to brush the eraser shavings away, and the edge of my ring caught and tore the whole page. I had to tape it back together, and my smeary fingers got the tape dirty on the sticky side. Rrrrr.

And now, my hastily improvised Nerf Maverick holster! Yay camouflage duct tape!

I added a strap around my leg so it doesn't jounce around so much when I run. Unfortunately, the strap is just tape, and it doesn't buckle or fasten, so I have to step in and out of it like a strange pair of underwear. But it works, and it looks cool, so whatevs.

Side note: I think I figured out what I'm gonna do for my Halloween costume, and it should be pretty awesome. I got several of the parts I needed at Ragstock yesterday. Now I just need some - well, I say some, I mean quite a bit - well, I say quite a bit, I mean yards and yards - of purple fabric...

Yesterday was good. Right when we got back from shopping, I got killed in Assassin, which made me the first blood of the game. ARGH. But the whole game played itself out in one day, and my assassin was the one who ended up winning, so it was all cool. And I think we get to play again this weekend, since the first game ended so quickly. Also, yesterday, I got me some Halloween Oreos. It doesn't feel like Halloween until there's Halloween Oreos. And my friend Anna got a shiny new Maverick to play with, so we spent a goodly portion of the day shooting the crap out of each other. And she gave me her air restrictors once she'd removed them, so now I have an air restrictor bracelet. And last night, we went to the drag ball they were having in the Pause in honor of Coming-Out week. It was interesting. I had to borrow a shirt from Matt, because the woman's button-down I was wearing didn't quite tuck into my pants and it was awkward, but since Matt's shirt hung down past my knees, there was more than plenty to tuck in. Suspenders work rather well for containing a MASSIVE TENT of a man's shirt. Also, suspenders are cool. Anyway, after that I had to work the desk, so first Anna sat with me and we watched the first episode of Sherlock (holy crap - SO GOOD, and it's hilarious how impossible it is NOT to ship Sherlock and John in it. Even the other characters ship them. It's hysterical.) And then Anna went to bed, and I had to sit there for another hour, so I talked to Milady for a bit and then watched Firefly with Matt. Egad, Out of Gas makes me go through too many feelings. Because of the timeskips, I think. Much like Doctor Who.

Oh, and Friday night, Anna and I watched Treasure Planet because she'd never seen it and it's awesome. Once she found out Emma Thompson was in it, she was sold. And she thought Doppler and Amelia were adorable together (which they totally are.) You guys, I love that movie.

Oh, crap, I should prolly go to lunch. It ends in fifteen minutes. Later!

Commander Kip
"Shut up." "I haven't said anything." "You're thinking. It's annoying."
Normal is overrated!

nearly break!

Sup dudes. For me, fall break starts this evening. Heck yeah. But first, I need to edit my Great Con paper. Ulp. 

Campus looks like this right now. It's pretty marvelous.

Omnomnom leaves. Look at this - a gorgeous old harmonium!

There's me dressed as a pirate for International Talk like a Pirate Day. I'm making that face because my phone is demented.

Our awesome box fort, with Alex making a sexyface in the window. It's been fortified substantially since I took this picture (and the walls are slanting less) but we're going to have to deconstruct it somewhat in order to build a tank around Elinor's electric scooter for Halloween.

A terrifying bit of the stairwell in the art building. HOLY CRAP THERE'S LIKE FIVE NESTS OF SILENCE IN HERE. What, what am I talking about?

Three of the maquettes I made for my sculpture class.

So I was gonna go home for fall break, but then I didn't work out a ride and I also discovered that there's a whole bunch of fun stuff going on here. So no. I'll miss seeing my family, of course, but I'll Skype them this weekend. It'll be fine. Since I'm staying here, I get to (1. work a few hours at the dorm front desk, (2. watch Sherlock - I promised Matt I would, (3. play Assassin with some other kids in my dorm, (4. go Halloween costume shopping at Ragstock, (5. go to a drag dance in honor of Coming-Out Week, (6. go to the Firefly marathon at Carleton, (7. and wash my sheets. It should be a pretty awesome break. Although our Great Con professor assigned a buttload of reading, which makes me sad. I thought it was supposed to be a BREAK?... Eh, whatever.

Commander Kip
*hurls self off parapet* "This is what Greek art does to people!"
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a ridiculous amount of drawings

Decided to finally post the enormous backlog I've been procrastinating on. It's hard to remember what I've posted here or not, because sometimes I post stuff on DeviantART and not here, and vice versa, and then I get confused. So apologies in advance if there are repeats mixed in. Here's the pile in no particular order.

New sketch of Juniper from Black Ribbons. The Darklings are called Shadowkind now.

From the Odyssey. Telemachus comforting his mother.

Four from Divergent by Veronica Roth.

Murtagh from the Inheritance cycle. Gah, he was hot in the last book.

King Orrin and Nasuada from the same series, also last book. Spoilers for Nasuada's scars...

Thalia Grace from the first Heroes of Olympus book with her winter camo.

The Them from Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.

Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider franchise.

Nico di Angelo from the Heroes of Olympus series as well. Hawter and hawter with age.

Karou from Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor.

Jem Carstairs from the Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Claire.

Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase in their twenties, being adorable.

Vin from the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson, infiltrating Kredik Shaw with a fistful of bloody coins. Because she's a ninja like that.

Jace Wayland from the Mortal Instruments series, being sexy.

Commissioned drawing of Ewin from Pippin's novel (flipped image.)

River Tam from the episode "Safe" of Joss Whedon's Firefly.

Simon Tam, also from Firefly.

Raven from Teen Titans, doing combat training or something.

Now, random elfy!

I dunno.

Rochester!

More random.

My grandpa.

Yet more random.

My DeviantART profile picture. (Should add Whovian to that list now.)

 Very old digital coloring of my character Rosephayne Stone. Like, extremely old.

Mahogany Gabb from the steamverse mess.

Rivenwick and Andros, also from the steamverse mess, doing their usual sexy violent thing.

Kavra Faileas from Irlica. Blighted. Poor guy.

There he is again, before the Blight struck.

Fairly recent drawing of Kyren! Tried to redesign her armor. Didn't work.

Aaand a rough mockup of Ileana's clothes. Her boots are different now though.

*topples over* Woof. There.

Watched 300 last night with some of the other Great Con kids. I was expecting it to be halfway decent, but no, that was a lie. It was fun to make fun of it though. I also played a game of online Diplomacy with some kids from my dorm, and I was Russia, and I lost Moscow because one of my friends accidentally attacked my support-holding army in Warsaw. So mad. It's one of those games where everybody hates each other afterwards. And after all that, I was up until the wee hours of the morning watching Matt play Civilization 5 against Leif and John. Not sure why I thought that was a good idea. Now I legitimately need to do a bunch of homework. Later, dudes.

Commander Kip
"Wait, you gave them plague cauldrons? Why don't we get nice things?"
Normal is overrated!