tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59996839887667190122024-03-12T19:12:56.569-07:00My mind has become animatedLivie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-38109115391437730772012-01-02T19:13:00.000-08:002012-01-03T06:09:49.922-08:00I got the whole wide world in the palm of my hand!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RTU3rKghil8/TwJypL0_qpI/AAAAAAAAAt8/685Hp33fNKM/s1600/pigfrog_new.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RTU3rKghil8/TwJypL0_qpI/AAAAAAAAAt8/685Hp33fNKM/s400/pigfrog_new.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693238930824997522" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><u>after</u></span></div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jzsy3QGjc2A/TwJyouSmL-I/AAAAAAAAAtw/uRWtko_9SWk/s1600/pigfrog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jzsy3QGjc2A/TwJyouSmL-I/AAAAAAAAAtw/uRWtko_9SWk/s400/pigfrog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693238922896093154" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><u>before!</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><u><br /></u></span><br /></div><br /><br />The bottom one I did with Photoshop, and the top one, I inked the digital sketch traditionally with Speedball ink and a brush. This just goes to prove that I draw MUCH better with traditional materials. The lines make it, I recon! And my digital lines need work. (They're both colored digitally)<br /><br />I see a few arguments on how digital isn't art, compared to traditional. This goes to prove that digital is just as hard and demands just as much skill from the artist as traditional does.Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-69246991211803805442011-12-13T20:56:00.001-08:002011-12-13T20:58:03.308-08:00Kermit: I need you<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XYF5PcBHU-E/Tugso0YA79I/AAAAAAAAAtM/zczIPqGa8Y4/s1600/kermit.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XYF5PcBHU-E/Tugso0YA79I/AAAAAAAAAtM/zczIPqGa8Y4/s400/kermit.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685843609321009106" /></a>On my brother's birthday, we all went to see the new muppet movie...<div><br /></div><div>Kermiiiitt!</div>Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-55999514102242707142011-09-06T08:00:00.000-07:002011-09-06T08:02:17.630-07:00Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Cover<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vCKIxHG2AkM/TmY1xGYekuI/AAAAAAAAAtE/mjlWiPyKa_o/s1600/alice_lowres.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vCKIxHG2AkM/TmY1xGYekuI/AAAAAAAAAtE/mjlWiPyKa_o/s400/alice_lowres.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649261900226007778" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(110, 113, 115); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: medium; "><div class="copy" style="color: rgb(110, 113, 115); padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Alice “cover” FINISHED! (I was going for a more story-book look with this one.)</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span>Now for my favorite part which inspired the drawing:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">“`But I don’t want to go among mad people,’ Alice remarked.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">`Oh, you can’t help that,’ said the Cat: `we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.’</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">`How do you know I’m mad?’ said Alice.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">`You must be,’ said the Cat, `or you wouldn’t have come here.’”</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">-Lewis Carroll - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 6: “Pig and Pepper”</p></div></span>Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-74869559467763167142011-09-05T20:52:00.000-07:002011-09-05T20:54:31.172-07:00Moby Dick cover<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JTD87yPw2Uo/TmWZHWEIe7I/AAAAAAAAAs8/R8sZ4HKohd8/s1600/mb_lowres.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JTD87yPw2Uo/TmWZHWEIe7I/AAAAAAAAAs8/R8sZ4HKohd8/s400/mb_lowres.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649089659067202482" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; background-color: rgb(234, 234, 234); "><div class="copy" style="color: rgb(110, 113, 115); padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">“We then turned over the book together, and I endeavored to explain to him the purpose of the printing, and the meaning of the few pictures that were in it. Thus I soon engaged his interest; and from that we went to jabbering the best we could about the various outer sights to be seen in this famous town. Soon I proposed a social smoke; and, producing his pouch and tomahawk, he quietly offered me a puff. And then we sat exchanging puffs from that wild pipe of his, and keeping it regularly passing between us. If there yet lurked any ice of indifference towards me in the Pagan’s breast, this pleasant, genial smoke we had, soon thawed it out, and left us cronies.”</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Herman Melville - Moby Dick, chapter 10: “A Bosom Friend”</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">finished piece for my Library's Benefit Auction that is to take place on the 10th! Woo!</p></div></span>Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-73912171775170603272011-08-21T18:47:00.001-07:002011-08-21T18:51:18.590-07:00Dreamin' Bout Those Dreamy Eyes<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BuS1VPyeaAY/TlG1e4BpSUI/AAAAAAAAAsg/PFEsYEJvH0Y/s1600/Bone_breaminboutdreamyeyes2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 288px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643491350111930690" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BuS1VPyeaAY/TlG1e4BpSUI/AAAAAAAAAsg/PFEsYEJvH0Y/s400/Bone_breaminboutdreamyeyes2.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-racN1TlIM40/TlG1eTYYFfI/AAAAAAAAAsY/his4qgss9SU/s1600/Bone_breaminboutdreamyeyes1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 288px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643491340275160562" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-racN1TlIM40/TlG1eTYYFfI/AAAAAAAAAsY/his4qgss9SU/s400/Bone_breaminboutdreamyeyes1.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Yeah, More Bone fanart! I can't seem to get enough of these guys. </div><div>I couldn't decide whether I liked it better with the rainbow color overtop, or without... so you get both! </div></div></div>Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-50423169951518226712011-08-21T18:35:00.001-07:002011-08-21T18:46:04.479-07:00Moby Dick: Bro hug<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sFAd95_WIY4/TlGye4bwazI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/UlvYCNtOyOs/s1600/brohug.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 341px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643488051686566706" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sFAd95_WIY4/TlGye4bwazI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/UlvYCNtOyOs/s400/brohug.jpg" /></a><br /><div>I just really needed to draw a happy pic today. My gal Karly is coming over on Tuesday, and this is what I'm going to do to her when she gets here. >:D She's my best friend from childhood and conviently shorter than me... Makes it easier to give her these types of hugs.</div><div> </div><div>This is Ishmael and Queequeg from Moby Dick, by the way! In case you can't recognize them in color!! On a technical note, I really botched up 'Queg's tattoos, and I don't think I gave the man enough bulk, either. I'm still getting a grasp of their designs... but, man, are they just so fun to draw! :D</div></div>Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-91748271913839150162011-08-17T21:07:00.000-07:002011-08-17T21:16:11.421-07:00Moby Dick: new hat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XoBL8ww7BKs/TkyRzTm1IKI/AAAAAAAAAsI/WmaD7Tt-zY0/s1600/newhat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XoBL8ww7BKs/TkyRzTm1IKI/AAAAAAAAAsI/WmaD7Tt-zY0/s400/newhat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642044743810883746" /></a><br />So, I got a chance later today to actually sit down... and so I read some Moby Dick (I'd like to get the book finished before I have to return to my schoolin'). I got the the part where Queequeg saves Toshtego, and then I was stupid and scanned ahead. I didn't read any plot, but I fell on this sentence that said Queequeg lost his hat during a boat-lowering for a group of whales.<br /><br />Then I had to draw this.<br /><br />Ishmael, Queequeg doesn't trust you judgement!<br />Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-19079238912080904082011-08-15T19:49:00.001-07:002011-08-15T19:51:32.893-07:00Conversation - Bone fan art<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NwQj7pQ-FPs/Tkna_Ez2QMI/AAAAAAAAAsA/3xD8N6Tj-Pw/s1600/bone_conversation_color.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 354px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641280785416077506" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NwQj7pQ-FPs/Tkna_Ez2QMI/AAAAAAAAAsA/3xD8N6Tj-Pw/s400/bone_conversation_color.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Just a little doodly piece I just finished. I should be doing other things.... But I am so distracted! Gah!</div></div>Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-30362773555409653672011-08-07T19:36:00.002-07:002011-08-07T19:57:31.262-07:00Moby Dick - DoodlesSo, I'm working on reading Moby Dick by Herman Melville right now... I'm about half way through. It's hard to put down! I absolutely love Ishmael and Queequeg. They have such a strong and awesome friendship! And they, when together, are mostly always hilarious. Sarcastic humor at it's best!! I can't pick a favorite part... It's all good.<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4GOLuISAQxM/Tj9Mk4DlzBI/AAAAAAAAAro/K4LOlCeUixo/s1600/img007.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 304px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638309454897597458" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4GOLuISAQxM/Tj9Mk4DlzBI/AAAAAAAAAro/K4LOlCeUixo/s400/img007.jpg" /></a><br /><em>"If there yet lurked any ice of indifference towards me in the Pagan's breast, this pleasant, genial smoke we had, soon thawed it out, and left us cronies. He seemed to take to me quite as naturally and unbiddenly as I to him; and when our smoke was over, he pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married; meaning, in his country's phrase, that we were bosom friends; he would gladly die for me, if need should be. In a countryman, this sudden flame of friendship would have seemed far too premature, a thing to be much distrusted; but in this simple savage those old rules would not apply."</em> --Moby Dick, Chapter 10 : "A Bosom Friend<em>"<br /></em><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aNcmQ9ZlDbI/Tj9QLp_b8CI/AAAAAAAAArw/IujQ5TVHrRg/s1600/mobydickdoodledump.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 159px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638313419671859234" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aNcmQ9ZlDbI/Tj9QLp_b8CI/AAAAAAAAArw/IujQ5TVHrRg/s400/mobydickdoodledump.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Cd1nxTLUxs/Tj9MkVXmLlI/AAAAAAAAArQ/jKFRQFihPcw/s1600/img014.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 316px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638309445586267730" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Cd1nxTLUxs/Tj9MkVXmLlI/AAAAAAAAArQ/jKFRQFihPcw/s400/img014.jpg" /></a><br /><br /></p><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lsH1agxUZEQ/Tj9MkPWCAhI/AAAAAAAAArI/smDcCbh8DB8/s1600/img013.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 316px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638309443969090066" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lsH1agxUZEQ/Tj9MkPWCAhI/AAAAAAAAArI/smDcCbh8DB8/s400/img013.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><em>"Let me make a clean breast of it here, and frankly admit that I kept but sorry guard. With the problem of the universe revolving in me, how could I--being left completely to myself at such a thought-engendering altitude--how could I but lightly hold my obligations to observe all whale-ships' standing orders, 'Keep your weather eye open, and sing out every time.'" </em>--Moby Dick, Chapter 35 : "The Mast Head"<br /><br /></div>Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-43850738991946851162011-06-07T18:01:00.001-07:002011-06-07T18:13:30.935-07:00Elisa Rose<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C6RJKL-huaY/Te7KeYqxxgI/AAAAAAAAAp4/dztT692g39c/s1600/Elisa_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C6RJKL-huaY/Te7KeYqxxgI/AAAAAAAAAp4/dztT692g39c/s400/Elisa_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615648408744347138" /></a><br />We had to put my goat, Elisa, down yesterday. We knew she had cancer for a few months, but it wasn’t affecting her quality of life, so we just kept an eye on her and tried our best to make her as happy as possible. She was her normal, hyper, happy self on Sunday, but Monday morning she started acting uncomfortable, and by 5 o’clock, we knew it was time.<br /> <br />She was buried by 8:00, and I’m still in a bit of shock.<br /> <br />She was a great goat. She was my 4-H project for a few years before we were both too old to do it. The first day I brought her home, she was scared from being taken away from her mother, so I sang to her and that calmed her down. I took my schoolwork (I was homeschooled) out to the barn everyday for a few weeks. I always did my math with her in my lap.<br /> <br />I held her as the vet put her down, and sang a little song.<br /> <br />Yeah, yeah. She was just an animal. But I don’t care who you are, it’s so sad when a pet dies.<br /> <br />I loved that goat. She was such a sweetheart.<br />Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-15988167752285733972011-06-07T14:56:00.000-07:002011-06-07T15:30:55.413-07:00Booklist 2011<p align="left">Novels:</p><p align="left"><br />Count of Monte Cristo<br />Man in the Iron Mask<br />Frankenstein<br />2,000 Leagues Under the Sea<br />The Man Who Laughs<br />Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde<br />Alice in Wonderland<br />North and South (British)<br />The Bride Collector<br />Michal (Wives of King David)<br />Hollow Kingdom book II<br />Hollow Kingdom Book III<br />Unfinished Tales (Tolkien)<br />Treasure Island<br />To Kill a Mockingbird<br />The Great Gatsby<br />The Catcher in the Rye<br />For Whom the Bell Tolls<br />The Grapes of Wrath<br />Brave New World<br />The Call of the Wild<br />Swiss Family Robinson<br />Lord of the Flies<br />Bluebeard<br />White Noise<br />Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders<br />Huckleberry Finn<br />Cyrano de Bergerac<br />Dracula<br />Ulysses<br />War and Peace<br />The Old Man and the Sea<br />Gone with the Wind<br />Till We Have Faces<br />Kidnapped<br />Watership Down<br />Moby Dick<br />Island of Dr. Moreau<br />Through the Looking Glass<br />The Mysterious Island<br />Robinson Crusoe<br /><br /><br />Series:</p><p align="left"><br />Tarzan<br />The Inheritance Series<br />Redwall<br />Book of Lost tales (two volumes - Tolkien)<br />Drawn to Life (two volumes)<br />The Rescues series (9 books) (Margery Sharp)</p><p align="left"><br />Comics:</p><p align="left"><br />Maus<br />Calvin and Hobbes<br /></p><p align="left">Re-Read:</p><p align="left"><br />Don Quixote<br />Les Miserables<br />Lord of the Rings<br />the Phantom of the Opera<br />the Narnia Series (7 books?)<br />Wuthering Heights<br />Hunchback of Notre Dame</p>Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-22769684127544854392011-05-28T17:00:00.000-07:002011-05-28T17:05:20.174-07:00Bjorn and Anja<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eibP0zZ5_Ec/TeGNIn7fBcI/AAAAAAAAAps/TRE2lQm3gxE/s1600/Bjorn_and_Anja_1colorWIP1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 221px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611921789977298370" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eibP0zZ5_Ec/TeGNIn7fBcI/AAAAAAAAAps/TRE2lQm3gxE/s400/Bjorn_and_Anja_1colorWIP1.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dPPXpHuK6Zg/TeGNIFKxX0I/AAAAAAAAApk/UMB6B9Xhw3M/s1600/Bjorn_and_Anja_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 221px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611921780646174530" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dPPXpHuK6Zg/TeGNIFKxX0I/AAAAAAAAApk/UMB6B9Xhw3M/s400/Bjorn_and_Anja_1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />Sketch and color testing of my characters Bjorn and Anja. He’s a Scandinavian troll-type with some giant in his genes, hence how HUGE he is. (she’s 5’10”, so he’s quite the imposing figure.)<br /><br />I made him as a stop-motion puppet two years ago for a school assignment: here’s some pics from a past post: http://livies-mind-has-been-compromised.blogspot.com/2009/11/stop-mo-puppet.html<br /><br /><br /><br />They’re from a Swedish fairy-tale re-telling I’ve been working on “on-off” since my senior year in high school. (first pics of them are on lined paper) Tale’s called “The Princess Who Danced with a Troll Every Night”—long winded title! But it is so rich, even in the simple fairy-tale style it’s written in, and it ends so abruptly! I have a bit written on it already, but part of me is wondering if I should switch to making it into something sequential… That might be fun.</div>Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-88174585366692027262011-05-28T16:48:00.000-07:002011-05-28T17:00:08.670-07:00Final Projects Illustration 222 - Heads and Hands<div><br />Had to do a self portrait over aperiod of four weeks (the first week was just taking reference photos) and this is what I got! I used black and white charcoal on grey toned paper.<br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SCbTwwtyWyo/TeGKK9exI0I/AAAAAAAAApE/JCVyeSN2Tyw/s1600/14_2_large_oMoy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 308px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611918531587285826" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SCbTwwtyWyo/TeGKK9exI0I/AAAAAAAAApE/JCVyeSN2Tyw/s400/14_2_large_oMoy.jpg" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 286px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611919041955230882" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tXfApOm_PV8/TeGKoqv99KI/AAAAAAAAApM/3BGxpEhe8o0/s400/11_2b_large_oMoy.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br />And along with that, on the final week our assignmnet was to choose a reference photo with at least the full head and shoulders and use whichever medium we wanted to make it. I just got back into the Lord of the Rings, and I re-discovered that I really liked the character of Grima Wormtongue, so I popped in my DVD and took a "screen cap" of him and painted it using Acrylics. It was a load of fun!</div><div> </div><div><br /> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xOsl5M8XVfY/TeGL6fGV_xI/AAAAAAAAApc/0wQD0NBoUGs/s1600/14_1_large_oMoy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 303px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611920447577128722" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xOsl5M8XVfY/TeGL6fGV_xI/AAAAAAAAApc/0wQD0NBoUGs/s400/14_1_large_oMoy.jpg" /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NLQMXAsYaTc/TeGL6W7lMMI/AAAAAAAAApU/G5m3_J2dnns/s1600/14_1_reference_oMoy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 281px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611920445384503490" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NLQMXAsYaTc/TeGL6W7lMMI/AAAAAAAAApU/G5m3_J2dnns/s400/14_1_reference_oMoy.jpg" /></a><br /><div> </div></div>Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-25750665435394887792011-05-21T09:42:00.001-07:002011-05-21T09:46:52.492-07:00The Best Books Never Get Old<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ioq2KTlMPDM/TdfrummjlPI/AAAAAAAAAos/u7Kpu84ae1I/s1600/goodbook_bone_size2_small.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ioq2KTlMPDM/TdfrummjlPI/AAAAAAAAAos/u7Kpu84ae1I/s400/goodbook_bone_size2_small.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609211046782014706" /></a><br /><br />Fan art I drew for Jeff Smith's Bone. This was created using brush and ink on recycled brown paper, and then colored in Photoshop.Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-65644048020763200412011-04-24T20:17:00.000-07:002011-04-24T20:22:06.196-07:00It was for Me.. Happy Easter, 2011<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GwKrfIg00_c/TbToxp77PHI/AAAAAAAAAok/d1Ily0hxZB4/s1600/Easter_colored_2011.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 290px; height: 400px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599356176496802930" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GwKrfIg00_c/TbToxp77PHI/AAAAAAAAAok/d1Ily0hxZB4/s400/Easter_colored_2011.jpg" /></a><br /><div>I don’t understand why the Creator of the universe would suffer and die the most painful death imaginable, and then raise from the dead three days later, all so He could pay the price for my sins. Why? Because He wants me to spend eternity with Him.<br /><br /><em>Eternity.<br /></em><br /><em><strong>Me.<br /></strong></em><br />I just don’t understand how someone could love me that much, but he does…<br /><br />I hope you had a Happy Easter, everyone! I hope you’ve experienced the love I’ve found in Christ. It is beautiful, and there is nothing like it.</div></div>Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-17017274880248750802011-04-15T08:48:00.001-07:002011-04-15T08:52:59.191-07:00Suzi<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IL0qMsIrbl0/TahpTkCcEqI/AAAAAAAAAkk/-v0pue1hnKc/s1600/peaceoutgirlscout.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IL0qMsIrbl0/TahpTkCcEqI/AAAAAAAAAkk/-v0pue1hnKc/s400/peaceoutgirlscout.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595838321820177058" /></a><br /><br />Summer Colors! :DLivie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-65017647282893466112011-04-12T15:45:00.001-07:002011-04-12T15:48:09.887-07:00Mouths and noses from heads and hands<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EYwy6eovl0c/TaTWevCeCEI/AAAAAAAAAj8/shD0ae6ghsE/s1600/8_2b_lrg_oMoy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EYwy6eovl0c/TaTWevCeCEI/AAAAAAAAAj8/shD0ae6ghsE/s400/8_2b_lrg_oMoy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594832460612241474" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FxdmZaF__Js/TaTWeeFrZFI/AAAAAAAAAj0/5vobNWn1Kb0/s1600/8_2a_lrg_oMoy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FxdmZaF__Js/TaTWeeFrZFI/AAAAAAAAAj0/5vobNWn1Kb0/s400/8_2a_lrg_oMoy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594832456062297170" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aiUXbdSGya4/TaTWVe17THI/AAAAAAAAAjs/jTWFuC_rgLY/s1600/8_1b_lrg_oMoy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aiUXbdSGya4/TaTWVe17THI/AAAAAAAAAjs/jTWFuC_rgLY/s400/8_1b_lrg_oMoy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594832301645843570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4xR74H3GH2c/TaTWVefzN8I/AAAAAAAAAjk/dSsmNTH_IYs/s1600/8_1a_lrg_oMoy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 158px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4xR74H3GH2c/TaTWVefzN8I/AAAAAAAAAjk/dSsmNTH_IYs/s400/8_1a_lrg_oMoy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594832301553039298" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WRQTRzkxVHc/TaTWVBP3xxI/AAAAAAAAAjc/4oyrm2WWDZg/s1600/9_1a_large_oMoy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WRQTRzkxVHc/TaTWVBP3xxI/AAAAAAAAAjc/4oyrm2WWDZg/s400/9_1a_large_oMoy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594832293701601042" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T5pEHeBFOw4/TaTWUxshgKI/AAAAAAAAAjU/yRXeO-5cUh8/s1600/9_1b_large_oMoy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T5pEHeBFOw4/TaTWUxshgKI/AAAAAAAAAjU/yRXeO-5cUh8/s400/9_1b_large_oMoy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594832289526808738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F9Ipg8_MDzI/TaTWUpEqvYI/AAAAAAAAAjM/1soho3S2NQ0/s1600/9_2a_large_oMoy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F9Ipg8_MDzI/TaTWUpEqvYI/AAAAAAAAAjM/1soho3S2NQ0/s400/9_2a_large_oMoy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594832287212158338" /></a><br />Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-43296964761093954742011-04-12T15:44:00.000-07:002011-04-12T15:45:17.815-07:00Brenda<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QFsRAU_yL7w/TaTV4LRQ3MI/AAAAAAAAAjE/UNqc2hSuSmw/s1600/brenda_formal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QFsRAU_yL7w/TaTV4LRQ3MI/AAAAAAAAAjE/UNqc2hSuSmw/s400/brenda_formal.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594831798175587522" /></a><br />Oh yeah, she's stylin'Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-79917678367346709432011-04-12T11:16:00.000-07:002011-04-12T12:25:16.754-07:00Carl and Brenda Sketch dump<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-stQ1eE-iPIM/TaSm5z4euvI/AAAAAAAAAi8/hj1gQCK8Jzs/s1600/bigdump_april2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 121px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-stQ1eE-iPIM/TaSm5z4euvI/AAAAAAAAAi8/hj1gQCK8Jzs/s400/bigdump_april2011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594780149210856178" /></a><br />Make it big to read the little descriptions! :)Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-61596490087605926292011-04-12T11:06:00.001-07:002011-04-12T11:15:07.129-07:00the difference inking makes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uOs1ipAxx5Q/TaSVDv1NZzI/AAAAAAAAAi0/VcoZH2e4iYU/s1600/dream_pencilInk_compare.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 193px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uOs1ipAxx5Q/TaSVDv1NZzI/AAAAAAAAAi0/VcoZH2e4iYU/s400/dream_pencilInk_compare.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594760528712787762" /></a><br /><br /><br />This is an old drawing from last year. I found the pencil version on my hard-drive last night, and thought: what fun to compare! I like Fone Bone much better in ink, but I think I prefer Thorn in pencils. Ain’t it fun how drawings change from sketch to ink?<br /><br />(Can’t get on the academy, so I thought I should update my blogs…)<br />Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-47909503181428771482011-03-29T20:27:00.001-07:002011-03-29T22:09:51.518-07:00Stuff from Heads and Hands!<div align="center"><br />These are the "finished" pieces from my class "ILL_222 Heads and Hands"<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pvpUNylL1ys/TZKj9KUfeTI/AAAAAAAAAiE/RD5rzE_Ed_Q/s1600/6_3_ref_oMoy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589710358657857842" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pvpUNylL1ys/TZKj9KUfeTI/AAAAAAAAAiE/RD5rzE_Ed_Q/s400/6_3_ref_oMoy.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XuskLZxi1BM/TZKj9PHL0gI/AAAAAAAAAh8/zUW7O1wq7BY/s1600/6_3_Drawing_oMoy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 336px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589710359944221186" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XuskLZxi1BM/TZKj9PHL0gI/AAAAAAAAAh8/zUW7O1wq7BY/s400/6_3_Drawing_oMoy.jpg" /></a>This was the midterm project. We had to copy a master's original. I chose a piece by William Bouguereau. He is a wonderful artist... This particular piece is a "detail" of his piece "Yvonette"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gK253wSNJ3A/TZKj8kv5W_I/AAAAAAAAAh0/cDHm3xVFFqw/s1600/6_1_lrg_oMoy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589710348572253170" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gK253wSNJ3A/TZKj8kv5W_I/AAAAAAAAAh0/cDHm3xVFFqw/s400/6_1_lrg_oMoy.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ypoWP3Svz6Q/TZKj8SG1fqI/AAAAAAAAAhs/fmqTVAcYsjk/s1600/5_2_b_oMoy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 262px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589710343568195234" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ypoWP3Svz6Q/TZKj8SG1fqI/AAAAAAAAAhs/fmqTVAcYsjk/s400/5_2_b_oMoy.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y3sVn5Is9Xg/TZKj8YGZfBI/AAAAAAAAAhk/WUQyEjc6YRU/s1600/5_2_a_oMoy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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width: 305px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589709627711119026" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cCEZEN49mR0/TZKjSnVNXrI/AAAAAAAAAg0/Pg_Gf0Hd4H8/s400/3_2_large_oMoy.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jinIUoAED74/TZKjSLhsZYI/AAAAAAAAAgs/Hy1KPZBRb-g/s1600/2_2b_oMoy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 321px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589709620247291266" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jinIUoAED74/TZKjSLhsZYI/AAAAAAAAAgs/Hy1KPZBRb-g/s400/2_2b_oMoy.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t8j9JYYbT7I/TZKjSKHlR6I/AAAAAAAAAgk/Z3Ep8pEfJOs/s1600/2_2a_oMoy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 297px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589709619869337506" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t8j9JYYbT7I/TZKjSKHlR6I/AAAAAAAAAgk/Z3Ep8pEfJOs/s400/2_2a_oMoy.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hNAJGNrK-QU/TZKjR73ojcI/AAAAAAAAAgc/npA2WV_Z4og/s1600/1_3b_oMoy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 248px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589709616044346818" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hNAJGNrK-QU/TZKjR73ojcI/AAAAAAAAAgc/npA2WV_Z4og/s400/1_3b_oMoy.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o4jEMJr8b5I/TZKjR1IS5cI/AAAAAAAAAgU/25hq5UNUNe8/s1600/1_3a_oMoy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 305px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589709614235182530" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o4jEMJr8b5I/TZKjR1IS5cI/AAAAAAAAAgU/25hq5UNUNe8/s400/1_3a_oMoy.jpg" /></a>Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-2832788423643964662011-02-27T20:41:00.001-08:002011-02-27T20:51:56.190-08:00Happy Birthday, Jeff!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UCTQqkimyGY/TWsnqnBg5kI/AAAAAAAAAfs/JJvrm7jFeNs/s1600/bone_3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UCTQqkimyGY/TWsnqnBg5kI/AAAAAAAAAfs/JJvrm7jFeNs/s400/bone_3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578596176411813442" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x9viRy0okPA/TWsnqVa28WI/AAAAAAAAAfk/FnQHCVkOxgc/s1600/oMoy_portf_ink2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x9viRy0okPA/TWsnqVa28WI/AAAAAAAAAfk/FnQHCVkOxgc/s400/oMoy_portf_ink2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578596171686277474" /></a><br />I found out it was one of my favorite Illustrators/comic book artist, Jeff Smith's birthday today (Feb the 27th)and so I thought it appropriate to post some of the fan art I've been unashamedly doodling in my spare (HA) time.<br /><br />I think I've said it a few times, but you really have to read BONE. It's one of the most genuine stories you'll get your fists on. And, the art is awesome to boot. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll be left wanting a LOT more even though the book has more than 1300 pages. <br /><br />I have tried and failed to describe it, so you're just going to have to read it for yourself. <br /><br />Thorn and Fone Bone are my favorite characters---you can't pick one between them. They're too much a part of each other to pick a favorite from the two.<br /><br />disclamer....Bone, Thorn, and Fone Bone are Jeff Smith's! Again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :DLivie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-64252541082557572872011-01-14T18:34:00.000-08:002011-01-14T19:01:00.149-08:00Merlin and VivianSo, I've been listening to Heather Dale songs alot lately. They not only sound nice, but tell stories! Now, I don't know about you, but those sound-good-and-tell-a-story songs are my favorite. They're fun to listen to when you're doing something mindless and boring. Lately, my favorite of her's has been "Hawthorn Tree."<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9LuQnBSSTt0?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9LuQnBSSTt0?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />This stinkin' song has reminded me how much I love Arthurian legends. I have this huge hardback of Tennyson's Idylls of the King (illustrated by one of my favorites of all time--Gustave Dore')<br /><br />I also had to do a quick google search on Merlin and Vivian. I love how different the story get's each time it's told. (My favorite versions are the ones where she imprisons him to save him. And they love eachother unconditionally. I'm a sap that way.)<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KUemr48WE9Y/TTEIZVnVHcI/AAAAAAAAAc4/YzggoUlL0yE/s1600/sanguine003.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562236246171131330" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KUemr48WE9Y/TTEIZVnVHcI/AAAAAAAAAc4/YzggoUlL0yE/s400/sanguine003.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center">(Words in this one are adapted from one of Tennyson's Arthurian poems) </div><div align="center">Also, Merlin's being moody.</div><div align="center"><br /> </div><p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KUemr48WE9Y/TTEIZHTSuGI/AAAAAAAAAcw/VBS92Pt7kAU/s1600/sanguine002.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562236242328991842" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KUemr48WE9Y/TTEIZHTSuGI/AAAAAAAAAcw/VBS92Pt7kAU/s400/sanguine002.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center">"Maid as fair as Apple Blossoms"<br /><br /></p><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KUemr48WE9Y/TTEIY3s1-yI/AAAAAAAAAco/Jfsnik0ML50/s1600/sanguine001.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562236238141192994" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KUemr48WE9Y/TTEIY3s1-yI/AAAAAAAAAco/Jfsnik0ML50/s400/sanguine001.jpg" /></a><br />"My eye's are old, but still can see."</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left">Fun fact: Sanguine pens make almost anything look remotely nice. Also, I experimented and didn't do a pencil sketch underneath the inks on any of these. I just drew these straight ahead, no planning, reference, or anything. Okay, I looked up Apple Blossoms to make sure I got them right. But that's it. </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">I almost forgot that Merlin was a crazy old bat living in the woods for a loooong time. Which is awesome---You gotta love those crazy mountain men. Apparently, because of this, he's often associated with Apple tree's in the various legends and literature he shows up in. (Apple Trees=Apple Blossoms??) Man, I love Heather Dale and her ability to actually care enough about these fun old stories to actually put little things like that into her rhymns. </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Gotta love it!</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">~Livie<br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div>Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-67129105761215225022011-01-01T17:17:00.001-08:002011-01-01T17:19:43.643-08:00Last drawing from 2010<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KUemr48WE9Y/TR_SXGKysRI/AAAAAAAAAao/FYtQUOSXlTQ/s1600/omoy020.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 294px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557391759433183506" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KUemr48WE9Y/TR_SXGKysRI/AAAAAAAAAao/FYtQUOSXlTQ/s400/omoy020.jpg" /></a><br /><div>wheeeeeeee</div><br /><p> </p><p> </p>Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5999683988766719012.post-42780697195975455162010-12-28T13:12:00.001-08:002010-12-28T13:18:27.088-08:00Merry Christmas 2010!!!!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KUemr48WE9Y/TRpTEhlBjEI/AAAAAAAAAag/e3tmmkl3Itk/s1600/christmas_2010.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 230px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555844427513171010" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KUemr48WE9Y/TRpTEhlBjEI/AAAAAAAAAag/e3tmmkl3Itk/s400/christmas_2010.png" /></a><br /><div>Here's my late Christmas Picture! This is Brenda O'Conelly and Carl Wilson, (my characters that I'm very tempted to make a comic about) signing in ASL (American Sign Language) "Merry Christmas" to you! Brenda looks like she's making a gesture to her boobs. Sorry Brenda.</div><div> </div><div>I have so much "other art" to catch up one now that School's out until February! I actually have a whole buch of things to catch up on, not just drawing, so... I will be incredibly busy for... forever. </div><div> </div><div>How was your Christmas? Did you do a slew of fun things? I hope so. Here's to a happy new year!</div>Livie Lightyearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837440670218360513noreply@blogger.com2