Eden's Junk Drawer

Hey guys, just a notice for anyone who may still be interested in my work, I am moving to life_of_eden. I'll be leaving this journal up for a little while, but eventually I'll be shutting it down.

So! If you're following me to the new page, woohoo! If you're not, sayonara! Either way, here is a picture to celebrate and end and a beginning:

Fandom: D. Gray-man
Characters: Allen, Rabi, Kanda
Medium: sketch and PS9

(Yes, I know it's small. You'll have to visit the new journal to see the full size pic >D)

Well, I suppose most of you have given up on me, eh? Ah well. Should be expected after another long absence XD;

Well, the long and short of it is, I've been busy. Really really effing busy. Some of it I can talk about, some of it I can't, but I promise I haven't given up on drawing or fandom or anything. It's just hard to juggle so many things at once, and despite the fact that the semester has ended, I've got plenty to compensate that small liberation of my time.

Now is about the time I'd promise to have a new picture up this week or some such, but, as I will be leaving for Japan a week from today, I'd rather not make any promises I'm probably not going to have time to keep. I've gotten some rather large projects heaped in my lap for this summer, some school-related, some not, but for any interested parties out there, I -am- going to be selling prints of some of my work through a new online retailer: Argonaut Comics They're pretty new, and they'll be bridging the gap between anime/manga and american comics once things get going. As it is, the online portion of the business is just off the ground, and the actual brick establishment will hopefully be open for business towards the end of the year.

Anyways, for anyone still keeping tabs on this journal, just letting y'all know I'm still alive!

SO!!! I'm finally allowed to announce it! Thanks guys for all your patience and support!!

Here are the official results!

GRAND PRIZE
Rob Ten Pas
Manga Title: Bomango


SECOND PLACE
Yasmin Saaka
Manga Title: Girl/Boy

THIRD PLACE
Eden
Manga Title: Departure



PEOPLE'S CHOICE AND RUNNER UP
JD. Robinson
Manga Title: 10 Simple Rules



RUNNERS-UP
Anthony Go Wu
Manga Title: Orphans

Ryo Kawakami (writer/artist) and Jamison Taylor (editor)
Manga Title: Little Miss Witch Hater

Nichol
Manga Title: Chronicles of the Big Feet


WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO~!!!!!!

10K kiriban pic for the kids over at devART. I'm of the opinion that he just found out that the girl he likes likes him back :D

pencil sketch + PS9

This is what happens when happy music eats your brain X3

Well! This one sort of sneaked up on me! I'm a longtime fan of Last Exile, but I've never done any fanart for the series and then BOOM! Suddenly I find myself sketching out Dio. Hee, Dio <3

Fandom: Last Exile
Character(s): Dio Eraclea <3333333
Medium: pencil sketch + PS9, my usual M.O.

( I loffs me teh Dio-samaaa... )

Hmm hmm! Some artwork!! Started as a scribbly sketch for...something else *coughcough*

Title: watching+waiting
Medium: pencil sketch and PS9
Fandom: Original

( They DO have names, but they're a secret for now :3 )

The problem with trying to incorporate anime-style art into your art homework is that the assignment prompts often lead to more than one good idea. Sadly, this was one of the times when I had at least 3 or 4 good ideas, and only enough weekend in which I could bring one into actuality. And even then it was a rush job.

However! It gave me an excuse to try a new sort of coloring style, much faster and looser than I'm used to, with NO blending allowed, and no usage of the Color Balance controls. Honestly, I think I spent more time editing and cleaning the line art than I did coloring the pic X3

Ignore my crappy hiragana. I sort of suck at making "e"s. >o<

Title: pull you along
Medium: pencil sketch, PS9
Prompt: illustrate what you think a future fashion trend could be---annoying, impractical, ultra stylish...your choice

( I want shoes like his XDDD )

In continuing insomniac masochism celebration of RSOM, I bring to those of you who still watch this journal for art, my VERY FIRST EVAR short comic, in TWO PAGES of non-blinding color!!

It's weird, it's strange, but the idea wouldn't leave me be (plus I realized I can also turn this in as my assignment for drawing class Monday night X3), so I sketched it out in pencil and let photoshop do the rest. My attempt at imitation watercolor!!

( BEST FRIEND by Eden )

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in December/January I was sweating it out, trying to get an entry finished for Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga contest, right? And this time around I actually FINISHED.

Well, a short while ago, whilst sitting ALONE checking my email, in an EMPTY HOUSE, with ALL of my friends out of town, I received word that my entry made it into the Top 20 Finalists group, and, starting WEDNESDAY MARCH 8TH will be part of an online vote on Tokyopop's website for the 'People's Choice' award!!!

SO! If you're reading this journal, and you don't think my art is half-bad, take a moment during the week of March 8th - March 14th and cast your vote HERE. My entry is titled "DEPARTURE", and if you decide you like it best, please vote for it~!!!

To celebrate, I'm going to try posting a WHOOOOLE lotta art between now and the end of the voting period, starting with a new piece, which is the result of my playing around with some new drawing and coloring techniques. It's really quite dreary here, so I wanted to show winter in a more...aesthetically pleasing light. Heh.

Title: .fuyu.winter.
Fandom: original
Medium: PS9

( I actually avoided overusage of Color Balance this time! )

Just caught the first episode of Ergo Proxy, which looks like it's going to shape up to be one of those futuristic, android-themed animes that you may not always understand, but will watch anyway because the animation and character designs are JUST. THAT. FREAKING. COOL.

So cool, in fact, that I felt compelled to do a quick fanart of the main character, Lir, who is...are you sitting down?...A GIRL. Yes. I've drawn another girl, and somehow the world has managed to avoid falling into extreme peril. I really love her character design. Mostly just the eyeshadow, I think, but it's cool nonetheless.

Because I'm so spectacularly lazy, I'm not going to bother uploading this picture, but rather give you a link to deviantart.

Okay, so maybe I'm not THAT lazy...

( In which I do strange and abstract things with her head. WOOHOO. )

Was totally avoiding homework last night, but NOT because I didn't feel like drawing. FINALLY, I've got some more DeathNote fanart XD;

Series: DeathNote (L & Raito/Light)
Medium: Pencil sketch colored in PS
Time: about 5 hours start to finish ^o^

( Temporarily hosting on imageshack while I work on relocating the site )

Yeah, I still do that art thing, only now it's mostly school-related. As soon as I can figure out how to balance my schoolwork schedule with the rest of my life, I'll get back on the anime/manga stuff ASAP. In the meantime, here's a pencil study I turned in as a homework assignment in my drawing class:

Linked to my devART account while I work on switching websites!

*PROCRASTINATING*

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Well, that was fun.

And Friday dawns...


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Happy Birthday to meeeeeeee~! 21 years at 7 pm tonight!

Actually I'm not that excited about getting older. What I *AM* excited about is certain projects nearing completion, nyahaha :3 In less than a week, I....do not have the courage to finish this sentence XD;;

Well, either way, Friday is Friday is Friday and the parents are getting me Chinese takeout, so I think I'll celebrate that too XD

*is crazy, rambly, and spattered with ink*







What a way to begin the year X3

Good God, how long has it been since I've been around here, eh?

Just letting everyone know, I *AM* still quite alive and kicking, but i've gone on a Personal Projects hiatus (which basically removes me from 95% of my typical online activities) that shall remain in effect until either the evening of the 8th of January (my birthday!) OR the morning of the 14th of January. If all goes well...you'll all be able to tell, I'm sure :3

Wakka, Eleya, I can feel your good thoughts even though I'm hundreds and hundreds of miles away. It used to be a burden to try and live up to (or in some cases, surpass) people's expectations...but these days, trying to live up to your faith in me gives me the strength to keep moving forward <3 Thanks so much for the support.

Mei, I MISS YOU TOO. <3333 I promise, you and Gummie will be at the top of the spam list when I make my (hopefully triumphant) return.

And to anyone else out there trying to achieve big things or at least keep deadlines from biting you in the ass, DON'T GIVE UP HOPE!!! Opportunities tend to be right around the corner as long as you've got your head up to see them!!

Ahahaha ahahaha ahaha ahaha aha...

XD;;;

Taking a moment to record the latest events, because really, when I deemed today to be the Day From Hell, I had no idea it would take me so literally...

Bear in mind, I have the following work to do or make decent headway on today:

Art History Formal Analysis paper
Essay for workshop
Plan for showchoir set
3 chapters to read for historic costume test this tuesday
Study Japanese katakana for quiz monday
Write partner skit and 5 yes-no questions for japanese class
Beading mosaic on commission
Call Liz about working
Call Mr. Heid about showchoir set
Work on manga scripting/storyboards

So, with these things on my mind last night, I went to bed. Then... :

-Woke up an hour later than I'd intended
+Mom made blueberry muffins
-Went to Harriette's this morning to install Microsoft Word on her computer, because she felt a bit too unknowledgeable to do it herself
+In the tradition of grandparent-type-figures everywhere she slipped me a $20 for doing this simplistic task
-Couldn't properly access the picture-CD on her computer to get the photo I needed for my art history paper
+At least I have a semi-good picture of my topic in the museum brochure from yesterday
-On the way back from Harriette's, we got into a minor car accident (car tapped us from behind)
+The lady we bumped into was actually pretty nice
-The police took too long to get there, I had a pile of work a mile high to get to, so I ended up walking home.
-It's 2 miles from where we were hit to my house...

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+Oh well, at least I got some exercise.

Practicing drawing with just the tablet. Because I totally don't have an art history midterm tomorrow.


...No, really.


Title: +heartbreaker+
Fandom: original character
Medium: drawn/colored in PS7

( Yay for saving paper! )

*SHOCKU* Art? So soon?! Why yes!! And for a fandom I thought I'd long since abandoned! *o*!!

Title: +m i s s i n g y o u+
Fandom: Saiyuki
Subject: Gojyo <3

( Lyrics from 'Missing You' by Big Dismal )