Monkey/Stone

Messy messy, but I'm trying to complete these quickly. I think Tiger/Earth will be more simplistic (here's to hoping).

Stone/Monkey was influenced by the story of Sun Wu-Kong (Wu-Kung/Wukong/etc.) from The Journey to the West. He was born from a stone egg on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit. Wikipedia actually has a good summary.

JttW condensed

And have a puppy dog:

Oops

I just realized that I screwed up the Chinese element list. It doesn't have Stone, but rather Metal. Ack! But I've already started on Monkey/Stone, so I guess I'll replace Crane/Air (since Air isn't part of the system) with Metal. Which animal would be Metal? D:

Oh, and I remember why I chose Tiger for Earth. Tigers are considered guardians of the dead(they're carved on tombs) and the dead are buried underground/in the earth. Another reason is that tigers take care of pesty demons who want to destroy crops.

I finished Crane on Monday, but the fixatif screwed it up so bad. I'll post the travesty later.

Stoof

Been watching Dead Like Me (created by the same guy who did Pushing Daisies), one of my fave shows. Why can't we have more quirky shows like this that do well? ):



Anyway, here's some stuff:

First work in Figgy Painting

2nd one, which didn't have much done to it since I had to skip class when mom landed in the hospital. Small head. >.>

Air/Crane WIP. Eh. Not too purdy, but I'm trying.

I didn't photograph the other two (Monkey and Tiger) since the lines won't show up well. Maybe later. 8D

My Little Qilin

MLQ NOT my idea. ._.;

It looks like a lion/goat, but I was rushing. >.> I think I got the point across. Love the wood though. :3 And the leaves.

First pic is closest to how it is in reality, color-wise. The second is just a closer view(with no flash).

Time to cut those borders!

Soundtrack:
Imogen Heap-Getting Scared

Angry Angel

Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds
The "acting" is quite narmy in places, but the music is killer. I've been listening to this for years (since I was just a wee one). It's creepy too with the descriptions about how the aliens kill people.
First song-Eve of the War (Very beautiful. And rockin')

Maybe I'll compile the whole opera in another post. (Need to find all the songs on Youtube and put them in order)

The funny:

 I'm not really a Sherlock/Watson fan when it comes to the new show. If anything, they'd have a "romantic friendship," kind of like Frodo and Sam from Lord of the Rings.
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Waaaaaaaaaait, maybe not. Those two were preeeeeeetty gay. XD
I hope this new Sherlock stays asexual, despite what Moffat has said. We need more characters who are ace. Sherlock may be an ass (and fictional), but he's OURS, dammit! We wanna keep him. Well, some of us anyway. And the homoeroticsm is fooling no one, guys. Can't say there's nothing going on when certain things happen. -_-;

Anyway, nighty night. After tomorrow, I can relax a bit and go through blogs and dA comments. Finally.

TEH QUILINZ (WIP)

I'm still working on this bugger. That's bad, but I've already explained the whole Mom situation to my professor so hopefully she won't wring my neck when I show up with only three pieces tomorrow. 8D Since CNN is taking over the art building this Thursday, class is cancelled so I hope to get the other three done over the next week.

This thing is pretty messy but I love textures in nature and I can't stop fooling around with it. The professor wants us to work fast, but you know, I would rather appear with something nice rather than six things that look all scribbly and ew. But that doesn't mean she'll like them. XD (She has the most confusing expectations and tastes, I swear. But she did get points in my book for enjoying Sherlock, so yay confusion?)

Since I haven't explained my reasoning for pairing up the creatures with an element, I thought I'd do so now. >.>

Foo Dog-Fire: Or should  call it Shishi? These creatures aren't considered dogs, go figure, but more as lions. They guard entryways and aren't really associated with fire so my pairing is a bit arbitrary. I just thought that a fire creature would deter intruders. And the "flowers" are round to represent the balls male Shishi are portrayed with.
I want fix this guy since he doesn't look lion-ish at all. XD

Dragon-Water: It's his Year, yay! Dragons are considered guardians of bodies of water, storms and floods. So the water theme fits, eh?

Qilin/Kirin-Wood: Or Earth if you prefer. The traditional Qilin are more dragon and lion-like in appearance but I drew inspiration from the interpretation of the "Kirin" in the Japanese novel series/anime, The 12 Kingdoms. (translations galore! And a wonderful anime too) They're deer-based and look similar (not much) to Western unicorns. Qilin are believed to appear in the gardens of future good rulers. In the novels, Kirin, like all other creatures, are born from sacred trees. So, that's why I chose all this Wood stuff. >.> I'm coloring it similarly to the way I completed Sailor Demeter. The "branches" are meant to be the mane/tail so that's really why they look like tendrils rather than hard wood (*snerk* Hard wood. >.>)

Crane/Phoenix-Air: Kind of obvious. But this one can also represent the Spirit coupled with the Phoenix.

Tiger-Earth/Soil-I had a reason for Tiger to be paired with the earth, but I can't remember it. CRAP!

Monkey-Stone/Mountain: Monkey could probably work with Wood due to its association with trees, but I'm taking inspiration from the The Journey to the West. Monkey, in this story, was born from the Mountain of Fruit and Flowers.

Keep Calm and Play With Pastel Dust

 Camera was acting odd so these aren't the best photos. >.> (excuses excuses) I'll be getting rid of those borders; I just need them to hold onto so that I don't smear anything when I'm holding the paper. (Must find spray for these)

Water/Dragon

Fire/Foo Dog

Wood WIP-Qilin/Kirin

How am I going to complete this stuff before Tuesday? D:

Series WIP-Fire

Let's see:

Water/Dragon - not done
Fire/Foo Dog-almost done
Air/Crane-Phoenix-eh
Earth/Tiger-ah
Wood/Qilin(Kirin)-eek
Stone(Mountain)/Monkey-AAAAAAAAAAAAH!

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Foo Dog below (even though it does look dragon-ish)

Old Junk

These are from last semester, except for the last one. 8D Just now posting them. Shame shame.

Tripping/falling Homura- part of a comic panel for the DW/PMMM crossover, which is definitely on hiatus until at least May. I also have another DW story kicking around which involves that universe's Death (I blame the audio books and dramas, and my love for all things Grimmy).
On a random DW note, it appears that Mister Master(master of the universe, not counting, bahahaha!...Sorry, the poor dear screwed up.) has a Twitter account now. Some of the people I follow jizzed their pants at the news, I believe.

For the final in Figgy 2, we had to put clothes on three of our figures (on tracing paper taped on top of said figures). They were fun.

Here's my "nocturnal scene" for the class too. Meh. >.> (Ghosts in closets-oh boy, oh boy.)

Since I had to drop out of Painting/Drawing research the last time, I'm redoing the class now (don't ask). For my first series, I'm referencing Jimmy Wright and doing pastel abstracts of Chinese creatures(some real, some not) and plant life, with elemental influences. (If that makes sense) The first WIP is a dragon, with a Qilin/Kirin, tiger, crane, and Foo dog to follow. (Dunno what the sixth will be)

I'll put up my first Figgy painting too, when I bring it home. The professor says I mix color well. Yay? >.> (Not too fond of painting, honestly)

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No new music at the moment, since I've been listening to audio books mainly (The Hunger Games, etc.)
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And Derrot has posted three entries this past week. I need to read those (how did I miss 'em? I follow too many blogs, AGH!)
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Aaaaaaaand, loving the new Sherlock series. <3 More please?