Peacocks

So, I've been lazy. It's not that I haven't been drawing, I've been doing a lot of that, it's just I haven't gotten around to blogging them. But I have just entered study leave, so you'll have plenty of blogs coming up.


This is actually based on an old drawing. (I'll let you see that too).


This morning I cleared out my old art desk which I hardly ever used as it was too high up to sit on a chair at, and too short to lean over, as well as being in the garage which is always really cold and dark and creepy. But I found an old micro project I did based on birds. This project actually got me really keen on using pen in art, and eventually that pen left my paper and ended up on my hand. Then I went and replaced it with eye liner. :) But I really liked the drawing, and I've been wanting to do some peacock art for a while, and so decided to do this. It's partly in eye liner, and partly in silver gel pen.
But that's not really enough to blog about, so I began to think about what peacocks mean to me, and actually a lot of ideas emerged. First of all, peacocks make me think of fashion, as I've been thinking a lot about fashion at the moment, and I came up with this idea for a peacock dress, well, 4 actually. Then there's this Harry Potter wedding dress thing I thought of, and this too incorporated peacocks, white ones like the ones in Mayfoy Manor.
Also peacocks are amazingly noble,creatures, as they are: a)beautiful, b) often seeing living of important houses because they are beautiful, c) they have a really posh way of walking and d) they always hold their heads high. So not only do peacocks appear noble, the also look like they have a lot of pride, just like us. There are times when our pride stops us from telling others what we really think, it keeps us stubborn, and maybe keeps us away from what we really want because we're too afraid that we'll be embarrassed. In "The Little Princess" (which I finished reading yesterday for the first time despite loving the film as a child and having Frances Hodgson Burnett as one of my all-time favorite authors), pride also makes an appearance.
To be honest, my head hurts, and it's spinning and I feel like I'm going to be sick, so I'm going to stop blogging now, if that's okay with you.
Oh, and one last question, what is your AIA book?
Mine's "Does My Head Look Big In This"

Vein Trees

(I apologies for the terrible quality photo. 3DS, not meant to be for A level stuff. Not that this is, but...)
So this is one of the two big things I'm drawing at the moment, vein trees, as well as peacocks. I've been washing them off every day, and I thought I should blog about it because i'm weird.

So yes, vein trees. It's literally trees I draw over my veins. I don't like looking at veins, especially on my wrist, because I use to self harm, and, ok, sometimes I do get very tempted (arguments, exam pressure, revision pressure, etc.) and when I see veins, I see blood and self harming. And feel kind of sick. Because, i don't know, I just do .It's especially my veins. And recently in lessons, we're constantly revising, and I find myself colouring in/ drawing on my veins. And they look a lot like trees. I went over this one in eye-liner because it makes it look a bit more Japaneses I think.
So this got me thinking about veins and trees, and this song popped into my head.

Yep, the Lion King. Amazing movie, and especially this song. Because everything is linked. Trees look like veins because they're both alive, and they both grow and we need both. Without trees, this planet would be a mess. Without veins we couldn't live. Then we die, and rot, and our atoms go into the trees, then the tree grows fruit and our atoms go into the fruit, then someone else comes and eat the fruit, and we become part of someone else. So our veins become a tree, which becomes another person, which could become a tree, and so on. It's a never ending circle.

Being arty

I finish my art GCSE, and now I want to get arty. No, this actually came from spending way too much time looking at all the amazing body art on Deviant Art. I was especially interested in the Hunger Games stuff, and became a little bit disappointed. Yes, the eyes were amazing, but a lot of the nail art is quite boring and uninspired. But basically, it was book covers over and over again, and I think with nails (especially if you can use the official Hunger Games nail polishes), you could do something a bit more artistic. Fire patterns are too obvious, but (here's my idea) an arrow going across all the nails one one hand (excluding the thumb) in gold, on a coal black background with little hints of flames, then a mockingjay on the thumb= awesome. But I can't do that yet. Stay tuned.
No, but I wanted to incorporate this idea onto my hand art. This is actually using black, cream and a hint of pink eye shadow with my gold gel pen. Originally I was going to blog on Egypt today, but then I had a sudden urge to do this. The coal dust black is obviously district 12 (the coal mining district), and the cream and pink is the closest I could get to fire colours.


But yes, I am still obsessed with the Hunger Games. I know it's not that good, but I consider this vital course work in my procrastination GCSE.

(edit)
After I wanted a Peeta one to match (by after I mean 1 minute later), so it's on a black background again for 12, with green smudges to represent camouflage as Peeta's a boss at camo “Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying.” And bread for the boy with bread, and I thought it needed a bit more, so I put real or not real. What do you think?

Harry, Hunger Games & Hillywood

I had this done in America, right outside Harry Potter World. Isn't she a beauty? And, to be fair to Universal, Harry Potter world was amazing. Except they had Olivanders in Hogsmeade. And butter-beer is just... not good. But I freaking love Pumpkin Juice, it's so nice, especially when not frozen, like when you get it from the store, not in the 3 Broomsticks (I have been, and eaten, twice in the three broomsticks. And drank in the Hogshead. Where they don't sell muggle drinks). Yes, I love it (present tense intended).

Yes, so I drew this the other day. It was partly inspired by the henna from Hogwarts (been there too. My god-mother went on Harry Potters forbidden journey 20 times! I went on 4. My god-sister and I district 12 saluted Fred & George), and partly inspired by Cinna (and my art gcse stuff). It took about 2 hours to do, and is done entirely in gold gel pen (this is the Cinna bit, his famous gold eyeliner). It was really relaxing to do, especially since I've been revising so hard for my exams (first ones up tomorrow, if you don't include art. Which took 2 days, but we got to talk and eat biscuits and listen to radio 2).

(yes, I have loads of images of this). My favorite thing about the Hunger Games at the moment is the fashion. I have a fashion thing at the moment, but I still love books, and action and sci-fi, and the Hunger Games combines all these loves so perfectly. I'm still disappointed at the fire dress in the movie, I mean, seriously? I was imagining loads and loads of gems, or at least some on the dress. In my imagination it is just encrusted all over with gems, mainly red, but going to yellow then a bit of white and purple at the bottom, like in the book. Or at least have some in a flame pattern. Admittedly, what they did in the movie was quite clever, but it's no way near as good as the book. But the opening ceremony outfit was just perfect. Didn't like Katniss' hair, but the costume... Pure amazingness. I only just noticed the absence of any crowns, but I think with the hair, it would have spotlit it. The little bit on the shoulders, much better than in the book. Furthermore, whilst the candle dress was nothing like I was imagining, (I was thinking candle yellow shade of Luna Lovegood's dress for Bill and Fleurs wedding kind of thing), it is exactly what they said in the book, she does look very innocent and girly, and it's defiantly a candle colour. I think I just went for Luna's dress because the material would reflect the light well, and I think the material should defiantly be reflecty. Also, Ruth was so cute, but when looking through some of the opening ceremony costumes in the official tribute book, I fail to get how they're related to the district.

Finally, I got a mockingjay pin for £10. Oh, and one more thing I'm really obsessed with regarding Hunger Games, is Hunger Games parodies, especially song ones. If you haven't seen the Hillywood Hunger Games parody, you defiantly should. It's not their best by a long shot, but it defiantly is great, and if you are as Hunger Games/ fashion crazy as I am, you'll defiantly love it. It's actually my new favorite song, after Taylor Swift's "Eyes Open", and possibly "Girl on Fire" by Arshad. One good thing about "Girl on Fire" is that it's very much an accurate song regarding the book. Oh, and Whitney Lee Milam has some awesome Hunger Games stuff too. And Sherlock, and yeah, check her out too. May the Odds be Ever in Your Favour.

Jack Ashley

So, I'm back from America. Been back since Sunday, but had way too much hw to blog. I'm not going to tell you about America. I'm going to talk about this guy instead.

Lord Jack Ashley died yesterday (20th April 2012) after catching pneumonia. To be honest, I had never heard of him before today. But from just a short conversation with my mum, I was amazed. He was the first deaf member of parliament, and did so much to change the lives of the disabled. For instance, he campaigned for wheelchair access to all public buildings, such as banks, shops, school, etc. But what he mainly campaigned for was the deaf and blind. He came up pretty much with the idea of subtitles on a TV. But that's not what touched me the most about his story. It's that all his work, it was about 20 years ago. Here and now, it's not unusual to see someone with a disability. Wheelchairs, blindness, being deaf, there's nothing strange or unusual about these things. Yet until 20 years ago, it was virtually impossible for them to go to school, to get into a shop or bank, to go to the solicitors, to have a normal life. I knew it wasn't always the way it is today, but I assumed, I don't know what I assumed. I thought it would have been done way back, in the 50's or 60's. Not the 90's. It seemed like such an obvious thing to take care of, to make sure that everyone could, basically, live their lives. Whilst it is amazing how fast things have changed in such a short space of time, things still aren't ideal. Yet they are constantly improving. Now you don't just get subtitles for the hard-hearing or deaf, but audio-description for the blind. And it's not just for TV anymore, now it's in the cinemas and everywhere. Which is good. We should live in a world where everyone can live life to the fullest possible and experience the same things, even if it is in different ways. But that 20 years really struck me. the drawing on my hand was inspired by now I reacted to what I heard about Jack Ashley. The wolrd represents how we all live on one planet, and the stars remind us that it's the only one we have, but it is so beautiful. The cross was for when my religion was ignited and I felt like I had to pray. Also, the news really touched my soul and made a real impact, and my religion is at my heart, as is where this story is.Then there's the man in the wheelchair, with a peace symbol for a wheel. That's what I felt best summed up Jack Ashleys story. RIP Jack Ashley. You changed the world so much, for the better.

America, here I come

So, Easter holidays are here is the UK. And so I'm off to America, Florida, Orlando with mon famile et some family friends. Which should be supermegafoxyawesomehot, because I haven't see Rachel in FOREVER. Ok, 1,2 years. Still a long time. So, can anyone guess what I'm looking forward to the most? Yep, 10 house point to (INSERT YOUR HOUSE), I can't wait to go to Harry Potter World. I mean, they advertise a British pub with British food! Last time I was in America, I have Turkey Twizzlers every lunch and dinner. I was over-the-moon to go to Epcot and eat Chinese food. They also had fortune cookies there, and let me tell you, I love fortune cookies. Like, Harry Potter movie love. You know, not as much as the books, but still, LOADS! Tell you what I also got in Epcot last time. A Kimono. Here's a photo.

5 years and quite a few inches taller, still wearing it. I love it. But I'm also kinda worried about Harry Potter world. I mean, they have Olivanders in Hogsmeade. And about 6,7,8 shops. You know, I was raised on these books. I waited for my letter to Hogwarts when I was younger. But I'm also exited. I'm just worried what house to buy for because I didn't know about Pottermore, and so I haven't been shorted, so what if I buy for the wrong house? I think I'll be Hufflepuff, though I might be Ravenclaw. So, I'll probably buy for Hufflepuff anyway. I also have a friend who is defiantly in Hufflepuff, so if worst comes to the worst, I'll have to give it to her. There's also a drawing of Tinkerbell's wings up there, and that is becuase I'm team Tinkerbell. My mum's nickname for me has always been Tinkerbell and so, I buy loads of Tinkerbell stuff. I also love Winnie the Pooh (I still sleep with my Winnie the Pooh teddy sometimes), but I'm mainly Tinkerbell. I never actually liked Minnie, probably because my uncle got me this weird Minnie toy. She just, yeah. One final thing, in America, hopefully I'll get my prom dress, so I might have a photo of it when I come back. There are no prom places in my town, so I have to cross the Atlantic in hopes of getting one. Oh, oh, and I get to go to an America church on Easter day. So yeah, won't be around for a few weeks (well, maybe one or two), so have fun without me, and I'll see you when I get back.

Hunger Games!!!

Loved it. Kinda

Yep, I saw the Hunger Games. It was quite good, but not OMG-I-FREAKING-LOVE-IT good. Just, you know, good. (Yep, the postcard is random, but I got it whilst waiting for my friends in front of the cinema. I think it's cool. I just love quotes. Quotes are cool. I so want to build a quote wall, but I need to find a load of pain non-treated card postcards (pretty specific, hun?) so, it you know where I could find some them tell me. And yes, I'm going more into holding things, but I just can't draw lately. And yes, this is becoming once a week, and I should really get into the main part of the blog, becasue this is more end stuff. I'm so sorry if this is boring.)
So I saw the Hunger Games movie. We actually went on the day it came out (then what took you so long to blog. A: GCSE's. Gosh, I have so much homework Y:... A: Moving on). I actually went to the dentist first and got in a bit of a fight with her. Not going over why, but it was a draw.
So I saw the movie at 5: something. It was really good. Not as good as I hoped it would be, but it's true(-ish) to the book, and it shows some things they'd need for the sequel and my favorite bit was with Seneca Crane, towards the end. I know, probably not the best, but it was so good. I'm totally not going to put any spoilers here. It fits in the story, both in the book and movie, and the roses made me go Alice in Wonderland (not related), but kinda. For people who didn't work it out (ie, me) he's the guy with the awesome beard. I just love his beard. It's cool, I could write a blog about the beard, well probably not.
Also the way they treat Rue is just so perfect. I cried a few tears, just gentle, caused by both by the flowers and also what happened after. It was just so beautifully done, and kept to the story, but was still unique.
But, tbh, it wasn't amazing. It seemed a bit slow in places, especially at the start (or was that just me?) and ALL of my favorite lines were missing, and scenes, and they made the ending... THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED!!! Well, it was, kinda, but no, it wasn't. I don't know. Your opinions. ?
But that was my second date. Poor guy never finished the book, so he missed all the awesomeness and eugh... They missed the mutations near the end (well, ok they were there, but not the omg-so shocking, just normal muts) and the part that made me cry in the hospital with Peeta (come on, you can't really tell, well, you can. Sorry) and Stay Alive. They missed Stay Alive!!! I loved Stay Alive. Perfect Katniss though. Loved her. Jennifer Lawrence did such an amazing job, and she's still young, but totally felt like Katniss to me.
And... Ok, too much relationship moi blogs. I'll stop.
Dr Who. Sometime soon. I hope. I need to.
Oh, and I love eyes open by Taylor Swift. Disappointed that none of the songs from district 12 or beyond made it in, but whatever. It's like Almost Alice with the Alice and Wonderland movie right?