My New and Old Favorites

Hello, people of Earth! So been really busy, moving to a new home, took a week-long vacation, and hosted a bridal shower. Been crazy busy with my life this summer. But now that I am settled, I'm getting back to work on my art and such. 

If you don't remember or haven't been reading my blogs, I have mentioned how I am an editor on Ebb and Flow Gamerz videos. I am Poe in these videos, a pink flamigo. I'm hardly in it but I still enjoy doing these videos. I still edited their videos during my vacation, that's how dedicated I am, heh-heh. 

Here's a short video of their channel, I wanted to make it as a commercial AD kind of thing, but they just published it just like a recap video type of thing, which is fine, I did put a lot of work into it. Check it out! I couldn't stop watching it once I finished it.

I have done a lot of drawings, when I should be working on my book Sweet and Sour, ha...Anyways, I did see the movie Cruella, and I absolutely loved it. Went and saw it again the next day. I think I want to be her for Halloween, I just really like her a lot. I drew her of course in my style, you can watch the speed art of it on my channel, link here. 

I think they did a really good job with the movie, I loved the style, the plot, it was different than how I expect which totally blown me away. For when I saw the commercial for Cruella, it looked like it was going to be something different than what it really was, which I think that's great, all movies should do that, make the commercial seem different than how it really is, but yet the same? Hmm... maybe not, I'm not an expert on movies.

But do enjoy making youtube videos.

I really enjoyed watching my own speed art videos that I'm deciding to record myself painting whenever I do paint. And Cruella was something, or someone I really like, I want to do more things or people I like. The next one I did was Lindsey Stirling.

I discovered her in 2013 and did fall in love with her music and dancing. In December of 2020, she did a stay-at-home Christmas Concert and I really enjoyed it. And my favorite dance was the one that she dances with her hair hang. I'm sure a lot of people liked it too for she was so amazing at it, but I loved how she showed how she was training for it and how hard it was. 

Yes, 2020 was hard for everyone, but honestly, it was my best year, 2019 was my worst. But anyway, the point is I do love her message about how hard it was for her to do this performance and it did inspire me to do more. I have been afraid to try to figure out how to publish my book, and such, but she did help me to find that courage. I don't know why she did but she did, and that's why this is my favorite dance by her.

Her hand holding the violin was the hardest part of this picture. And I kind of wish I could figure something different for the background but I was playing around with it for a long time so I think this was the best I could do...at least for now, I conquered! I will get better, and maybe, possibly, been thinking about it, go to school for the art of some kind. I don't know for sure but have been thinking about it.

First Twenty Pages of Sweet and Sour Book 2

 Hello, people of Erthe! 

June has started and I'm already so busy with so many other things! Since I got my second book of Sweet and Sour done I've been adding page numbers and doing a little editing myself, but for sure someone else needs to edit for me because my grammar is bad. But you can check out what I've done so far. Reminder, it's not really edited.

Twenty pages. That's it. So far. About less than 200 pages left to go. This is going to take a while.

My first book is still not published, for I do have someone editing the first book for me and I honestly don't know when she will finish it, but hopefully soon since it is summer break for her. But who really knows, for me this month of June seems really busy. So much is happening and I don't want to feel so overwhelmed with everything. But for sure I want to finish doing book 2 with the page numbering and editing the best I can.

Youtube Stuff

  Hello, people in Erthe! 

On Tiktok, a lot of artists like to do challenges. One of them is the "draw this your style" challenge. I have done a couple of these art challenges, and this one I found I decided to record it on my neat Ipad Dimitry. 

I like Fantasy a lot, so it was really fun doing this picture. I also decided since I recorded it that I will make a speed art video and I personally think it's cool watching speed art...maybe not for anyone else but I know that I do so hope you find it relaxing and give it a like and subscribe even.

I have been working on another animation called "Death By Peanut," which is based on a true story. I've been working on it for six months now...and part of the reason is that I didn't work on it for six months. Now that Sweet and Sour book 2 is done I am trying to get it done.

I know that I haven't been on top of my youtube lately, but I still want to do videos for myself. I have been more focusing on working on Ebb & Flow game videos. I highly suggest you check them out because I think they are great.

If you like video games, people playing video games, and a little commentary with some animation action then go check out Ebb & Flow Gamerz. I am Poe the editor flamigo. I love doing their videos with them. 

This here is the game Among Us, this one is one of my favorite videos because I got to play with them. Check it out! Also like and subscribe, it's fun to watch!!

With summer coming I am super busy in June. A lot is going on with my life and part of it is that I'm turning 28...yep I'm getting older. And honestly, all I want to do is getting my hair done. It's been a dream of mine to have my hair pink. Will it come true? We'll see...

I have Finished Sweet and Sour Book 2

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.......I have finished Sweet and Sour book TWO!! It took me almost two years to do. The first book took me over two years, and I was trying to get it done sooner but I can't seem to go fast, I am just so slow. When I would draw in my sketchbook it would take me only six months or less, I don't know why doing it on my tablet takes longer, it's odd. 

But just because I finished drawing the book...doesn't mean it hasn't been edited. It needs to be edited, I'm still waiting for my editor to finish the first book, and then possibly I can get it published. Hopefully, I'm still unsure how to do that.

I am taking a small break and then will start on the third book. The third book is most likely going to be the last one, I know it is going to be a very small series, but it's good and I want to work on other stories right away. 

It is very exciting to me to know that I finished the second book at least, for it seems to take forever with no end to finish one book. I do hope I can get them published. For now, here's a little bit of the second book, probably won't make any sense if you haven't read the first book, but it's just a little taste of it.

I've noticed how I haven't posted any videos on my channel and decided to work on one. So I am still busy, being a mom and working on art projects, will it go anywhere? Probably not, but I still enjoy making videos.

And I've been doing requests from people, my older sibling has asked me to draw Autobots for my sibling's oldest son's birthday cake, and I hated it. It looks great, but it was awful to draw, I don't want to draw robots again.

Heaven and Earth

 

This picture represents Heaven and earth. 

I was laying in bed one time and was thinking about my life, how blessed I am where I am right now but also how hard it has been. I have been going to therapy to help with my problems, and I think everyone that has just the smallest problems should try therapy, but that's totally up to you. I know that I got to the point of my life that I needed help, so therapy has been a miracle to me. 

But anyways, therapy has taught me a lot of things on how the mind heals and such. I am a religious person so I have experienced very spiritual moments during my therapy sessions. I have painted a few paintings about what I experienced but I'm only going to share this one because it is sweeter and I think it could apply to anyone.

I am swinging with a tree branch and a light rope from heaven, representing that I feel heaven around me while living on earth. The tree is a vision I had of me being buried in dirt and can't get out until a tree blooms up out of the dark and blossoms. I am sitting on the swing with two eggs, it's hard to see that but I am, the two eggs represent my kids. 

I am swinging with my kids, and it feels like I am heaven. 

There's more to this picture but that's all I will say about it. I just want to mention how I am so close to getting Sweet and Sour book 2 done! I am still making my goal that by the end of April I'll have it done and then take a short break and then get into book 3 and hopefully book three will be the last. It might possibly go to four books, but three sounds good to me.

Like I have explained many times before this was a test runbook for me, it was supposed to be a short story, but with my other stories that I hope to do will be a lot longer and it will be great!! I've been rewriting one of my stories that I have already finished drawing years ago, it took me five years to finish and I want to recreate it. Still have the same idea but add here and there. It's always good to rewrite a story for I feel like it gets better each time.

There was a time when I was 13 that I wanted my first ever story that I have ever written to be published. It was called The Lost Fairy. It started off as another comic book but I wanted my older sister to draw it for she was a better artist than me at the time, but when she wouldn't take the time to draw it for me I decided to do it and...I did a few pages but felt like I was doing a terrible job so I tried typing it. 

Typing was hard at first but it did get easier over time and soon enough I was a pro at typing. I would pass my typing class in a snap. I was that good, and still am, well now let's not talk about how bad my grammar is, my English is terrible. But I can type fast at least. Hehe. 

The Lost Fairy book was my project during my jr. and high school years. I would finish the book and then decide to start it over. All the way over. There would be times when it got erased by accident or didn't save, but I would rewrite it over and over again. The last time I rewrote it I find it perfect...well maybe it was, honestly I have no idea what happened to it, it could be lost on my parent's computer but who knows. I just know that each time I rewrote it, it was different but yet the same and I got better and better at telling a story.

My sisters would read it and would critique it for me. The main problem I had was telling it in the present or the past tense, for some reason that was a big struggle. And even though I am a little better at it, I still struggle with it. I am not a great writer, no not one bit. But I do love making stories and that's what I want to do for the rest of my life. 

High Adventure Music Video

 

OK, so something cool happened last week. 

My older sister has been telling me how she's been wanting to a music video to this song by Aladdin broadway version and I've never seen this musical before, (I've only seen the cartoon and real-life one) but never the broad way one.  For a few months she has been wanting to do a music video to that song and she and other siblings of mine have decided they are ok doing it, and I enjoy making music videos so I was totally cool with it, even though I have no idea what this song was. 

When the day came that we wanted to make this video I felt so unprepared for I didn't really listen to the song, and had a few months to listen to it, but I never really did! But in the end, it turns out really great! I played the part of Omar who is funny and I think it turned out perfect since I didn't know the song well I just acted dumb the whole time. It was fun, and it has been a long time since we have made a music video. We use to do them all the time growing up. 

You can check it out here.

So you know how I've been talking about Sweet and Sour book 2? 

You don't?

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Well, I have been. I have finished the first book in 2019 and been working on the second book since. I am so close to getting it done!! So I have decided to get it done by the end of April! I have no idea if I can make it, but I feel like I should because once book 2 is done, then I can get book 3 going and then get this story done! 

It's a short story for sure, but I have enjoyed making this story. It could be a very long book if I wanted to, but I honestly want to get started on my other books that are my favorite. Sweet and Sour are still good, (at least I think so, maybe it isn't for others) but I didn't want to make it a long story, I originally just did it for practice because I had no idea how to draw on my Wacom tablet Stirling. Now that I do know how to use it, I want to be one of those authors or illustrators that published so many stories before she reached the age of 50. 

I am almost getting close to turning 30 and it freaks me out that I haven't published anything yet! 

It's my dream, my reason to live!

No, not really, I am still happy being a mom...most of the time.

Once Sweet and Sour book 2 is done, I will do a quick edit myself and then post it here, but want a better editor to look at it for I know that my grammar is terrible. Just terrible.  My English has never been the best, and I'm sure just by reading my blogs you would agree with me because I tend to not write very well. 

That's all I guess I'll have to say to this blog. So I'm just going to post random pictures that I have done in the past.

Tears of Joy

If you haven't seen the Among Us video by Ebb & Flow Gamerz, I highly checking it out. Here's the link. It is pretty good, I got to play with them along with another sibling. If you don't know, I edit Ebb and Flow videos and I am the one that is called Poe and my character is the Flamingo with the sunglasses on. Tatoe is the penguin that played with us as well. It was a lot of fun playing with them, hopefully, we will play with them again soon.

Making these videos are fun and I am happy doing them. But it can also be stressful for I got so much going in my life that when I do their videos I need at least three days to do one. For I have to watch thru a video they send to me, cut some parts out, make notes on what to animate, animate, then edit it again putting the animations in the video. It takes a lot of time, that's why I can only do one video a week. I don't know how people post a video daily, that just seems so impossible for me.

There were a few videos that I made that only took me a day to do because the video was easy and simple. But most of the videos I need at least three days to complete.

Besides that, I am getting really close to finishing Sweet and Sour book 2, once I get it done I'll do a quick edit myself and post it on my blog here. I'm already drafting the third book and it's getting really intense, I cannot wait for it to be done! This book has a very good message and I wanted it to be a short series for I want to focus on other books, but I am happy with Sweet and Sour I do love the characters and the plot and hopefully others would too.

And besides that, I have done more colored requests. Here below are what I've done, I only colored them, my friend drew them and got paid on each one. It's not much but still something.

Naruto

Vampire girl

I actually don't know what this show is called. I've seen small videos about it and the only thing I know is that the ladybug girl likes that cat boy.

I got an iPad Pro Air. Yep. I did. I have debated whether or not to get a Ipad or a new laptop for the longest time, I did a lot of studying and decided to get the iPad pro air. I couldn't get it thru amazon for some reason, I got everything else, the pen, the case, etc. But the actual Ipad, nope. So I did go to Best Buy and told the salesman exactly what I wanted and of course, he was trying to get me to buy something else, but I kept persisting that I just want the IPad Pro Air 4th generation. He showed me a laptop that was nice, but "no" I said, "I want the Ipad Pro Air 4th Generation," so he finally pulled it up on his computer and saw that they had one in stock, and added a pen and a black magic keyboard to go with it. And I said, "I already got a pen and case, all I need is the Ipad Pro Air 4th Generation," he did gave a curious look and tried to convince me to get this certain pen and keyboard, but I already spent money on what I need now all I need is the iPad pro air fourth GENERATION!! He finally got it from the back and I paid it and got out of there.

That was fun.

 I got MedibangPaint Pro on my Ipad and tried it out. It was different but got used to it right away.

The picture below is the first picture I did on it, I named my iPad pro air Dimitry, inspired by the game Fire Emblem Three Houses.

 

This picture is called Tears Of Joy, for I received some news that made me so happy, overjoy, overwhelmed, so exciting, so thrilled that tears rolled out of my eyes for five hours. I was truly happy. I don't know if I should share what the news was for I've been keeping it quiet for over a year now. But, for now, it did give me great joy, and never been so happy and relieved, so I decided to draw how I was feeling at that moment, and I was wearing a headband with my hair up in a bun. The person I draw represents me on how I was feeling and wearing at the moment.