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Shock Shojo
May. 15th, 2003 10:26 amLast night was art night over at the ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
smuga's with her husband and jess_roqs and later on Ray.
We had a most excellent warm up sketch session, hindered slightly by cats.
Then we all had such a productive night, Jess cross-stitching an amazing pattern, and the other three working on some DVD menus, or writing, or drawing.
smuga and I have decided to do a short shojo manga. She's writing and directing and I'm drawing. Hah! It's so funny, between the character design and the first panels, I'm already drawing poses I'm not used to and more menfolk than tend to show up in my sketchbook. I call it shock shojo, because, in a way, it's the only way to do it, jumping right in is the only way to start. She's laid out some ideas for the first three pages, and I'm off, trying to get characters to remain true to themselves, and struggling with poses and emotions.
But it's really interesting, and very nice to learn from the DnT crew, they went through these initial steps not too long ago with Death and Transfiguration.
I'm excited to see how this will all end up. No doubt there will be improvements. We will all have to wait and see. :)
Last weekend I had a poor Friday missed Buffy and the Leo Crew, crossed wires and such, compounded by forgetting my tyme card pin and driving for an hour downtown, without knowing where I was going. :P
But Saturday was very productive, I went back over to Mom's and with her help, finished refinishing my 7$ grill!! I completely scraped all the burnt gunk off the front window that lets you see the food, and sanded a variety of areas. Then we spray-painted the whole thing with black high temperature paint, it looks really great.
That night I went downtown, and tried to catch Julia (the owner of the Full Circle Galleria) who was supposed to be playing at the catacombs, but I came too late, and had to pay 5 bucks for lots of music I did not like, I kept waiting to 'get' the music, but blah, just not my thing. There were a couple artists from the Kill Rock Stars label, if you are in touch with the 'scene'. Some parts were better than others, but I was down there alone, and left pretty much right before the sirens went off.
The Tornado warnings... Then I got my jeep out of the parking garage and drove right where the news radio was warning people to go down to their basements. It was raining in sheets, and I white-knuckled it all the way home. There was a moment where it was so dark I turned my lights off and on because I couldn't tell if they were on. And then, just as I was about 5 min from home, they announced on the radio that there were clouds touching the ground a C and Happy Valley Road, which is not too far from my parents place, and not too far from our place. But, thank God, I made it home safely, and saw my husband and Doug waiting in the basement. I was shaking a bit, and a little worked up, but it was nice to be home, and safe, and, what an adventure. squee, bad storms are no fun.
Sunday was Mother's day, I went off to church with my parents and grandparents, sat in my Dad's Sunday school, which was brief for a Mother's day appreciation Muffins. Then after church we all went out to Rex's(where we had our reception for the wedding almost 2 years ago) Carlo came and we had a nice meal. Then he and I left to do some birthday shopping for his Dad's birthday which was Saturday, but we were doing dinner with him Saturday night.
Dinner was nice, grilled steak and Cajun chicken, beans and rice, quesadillas, shrimp, and a funny story about how they got locked out of their house Saturday night after their big shopping trip in Chicago. I got to meet Talia's brother, whom we were told to call Fito, or Feeto, he seemed very sweet. We also talked about a potential trip to Mexico in August. Apparently one of my husband's cousins is getting married. It would be nice to meet his family down there.
Then we swung over to try to catch my Mother in Law for the end of Mother's day, but she was in Eau Claire, we did manage to drop off her card and such, and called Eau Claire to wish her and her mother both Happy Mother's days. Whew!
Also, finally, on Tuesday, we had my parents and brother over for more of a Mother's day dinner. We used our new grill (yah!!), and it worked great. We have a deli nearby and picked up a whole bunch of delicious things, and I made a huge salad with 3 colors of bell peppers, romaine lettuce, and some celery and cucumbers too. Success!
(psstjess_roqs , is this enough of an update?! )
smuga's with her husband and jess_roqs and later on Ray. We had a most excellent warm up sketch session, hindered slightly by cats.
Then we all had such a productive night, Jess cross-stitching an amazing pattern, and the other three working on some DVD menus, or writing, or drawing.
smuga and I have decided to do a short shojo manga. She's writing and directing and I'm drawing. Hah! It's so funny, between the character design and the first panels, I'm already drawing poses I'm not used to and more menfolk than tend to show up in my sketchbook. I call it shock shojo, because, in a way, it's the only way to do it, jumping right in is the only way to start. She's laid out some ideas for the first three pages, and I'm off, trying to get characters to remain true to themselves, and struggling with poses and emotions. But it's really interesting, and very nice to learn from the DnT crew, they went through these initial steps not too long ago with Death and Transfiguration.
I'm excited to see how this will all end up. No doubt there will be improvements. We will all have to wait and see. :)
Last weekend I had a poor Friday missed Buffy and the Leo Crew, crossed wires and such, compounded by forgetting my tyme card pin and driving for an hour downtown, without knowing where I was going. :P
But Saturday was very productive, I went back over to Mom's and with her help, finished refinishing my 7$ grill!! I completely scraped all the burnt gunk off the front window that lets you see the food, and sanded a variety of areas. Then we spray-painted the whole thing with black high temperature paint, it looks really great.
That night I went downtown, and tried to catch Julia (the owner of the Full Circle Galleria) who was supposed to be playing at the catacombs, but I came too late, and had to pay 5 bucks for lots of music I did not like, I kept waiting to 'get' the music, but blah, just not my thing. There were a couple artists from the Kill Rock Stars label, if you are in touch with the 'scene'. Some parts were better than others, but I was down there alone, and left pretty much right before the sirens went off.
The Tornado warnings... Then I got my jeep out of the parking garage and drove right where the news radio was warning people to go down to their basements. It was raining in sheets, and I white-knuckled it all the way home. There was a moment where it was so dark I turned my lights off and on because I couldn't tell if they were on. And then, just as I was about 5 min from home, they announced on the radio that there were clouds touching the ground a C and Happy Valley Road, which is not too far from my parents place, and not too far from our place. But, thank God, I made it home safely, and saw my husband and Doug waiting in the basement. I was shaking a bit, and a little worked up, but it was nice to be home, and safe, and, what an adventure. squee, bad storms are no fun.
Sunday was Mother's day, I went off to church with my parents and grandparents, sat in my Dad's Sunday school, which was brief for a Mother's day appreciation Muffins. Then after church we all went out to Rex's(where we had our reception for the wedding almost 2 years ago) Carlo came and we had a nice meal. Then he and I left to do some birthday shopping for his Dad's birthday which was Saturday, but we were doing dinner with him Saturday night.
Dinner was nice, grilled steak and Cajun chicken, beans and rice, quesadillas, shrimp, and a funny story about how they got locked out of their house Saturday night after their big shopping trip in Chicago. I got to meet Talia's brother, whom we were told to call Fito, or Feeto, he seemed very sweet. We also talked about a potential trip to Mexico in August. Apparently one of my husband's cousins is getting married. It would be nice to meet his family down there.
Then we swung over to try to catch my Mother in Law for the end of Mother's day, but she was in Eau Claire, we did manage to drop off her card and such, and called Eau Claire to wish her and her mother both Happy Mother's days. Whew!
Also, finally, on Tuesday, we had my parents and brother over for more of a Mother's day dinner. We used our new grill (yah!!), and it worked great. We have a deli nearby and picked up a whole bunch of delicious things, and I made a huge salad with 3 colors of bell peppers, romaine lettuce, and some celery and cucumbers too. Success!
(psst
jess_roqs , is this enough of an update?! )
