I Love Me Some Potterlock

Hello guys!

I know public school finally let out, so welcome to the party. It’s been pretty nice out lately, and it’s finally begun to feel a bit like summertime. We’ve got a long way to go, but we’ll get there eventually.

Okay, so first of all: the Homestuck Update. Yep, after two months of absolute chaos and craziness, Master Hussie delivered. It was definitely a strange update, but an update nonetheless. The explosion of Homestucks rising from the ashes surely was a sight to see.

But one question arises: Where is John Egbert?

We just don’t know.

Also: Animal Crossing: New Leaf. //high-pitched screaming//

Next up: More Sherlock. And Harry Potter. Well, combined. It’s Potterlock. Yep, you got it. The beautiful world of two lovely British stories combined? The battle of wits between JK and Moftiss seem too good to be true.

But oh, it’s real, my friends. We climbed this whole mountain. Have a Potterlock doodle.

Ah, now, what house? I know there’s some debate of house-sorting for both Sherlock and John, but I’ll let you imagine what house they are in.

You’re welcome.

Cover Me in Rag and Bones

Well, hello! I hope everyone has had a fantastic beginning of June.

It’s really quite hard for me to grasp, but school is out for the summer. I’ve mainly been staring off into space questioning the meaning of life and also watching Sherlock for hours on end.

Not a minute wasted, let me tell you.

I’ve done it, kids. I’m converting everyone I’ve ever met into a Sherlock fan. It’s quite incredible, really. I should get a Nobel Peace Prize, except maybe not for peace. More like the Emotional-Abuse-To-Not-Only-Oneself-But-Unto-Others-Who-Were-Kinda-Asking-For-It Prize. Oh Lord, I would be in the top spot for that one.

So. If you’re a Sherlock fan (if you aren’t, I praise you for putting up with this whole blog), you’re probably aware of the heart-wrenchingly beautiful fanfiction Alone on the Water. If you’re a fan and you haven’t read it, you have to. I spent a Skype session last night talking to my best friend about it and Sherlock in general, and she asked me why people would go through this kind of torture.

Perhaps, I enjoy the pain. It reminds me I’m alive. (insert wistful look here)

Anyway, the song that Alone on the Water is linked to is called “Sorrow” by The National. I listened to the beginning of it a while back and thought I wouldn’t like it. But then, I listened to all of it last night, and found myself not only googling how to repeat videos on Youtube, but also playing the song on the piano. And also obsessing over Lionlock, which is perfect in every way imaginable.

At least I recognize that I have a problem. That’s the first step to recovery, is it not?

Well, I also found myself drawing a picture inspired by Alone on the Water. And I found myself crying. But hey, forget I said that and just look at the drawing, will you?

I can say I’ve spent the start of my summer vacation weeping over possible scenarios of painful proportions and venting to my friends about it. Then again, that’s normal for me, so.

Did you know that they’re making Sherlock and John dolls? Like, legit dolls that look absolutely incredible. When they come out (and note that I’m quoting Sherlock here), I will be crying: “I need some, get me some!”

And that’s implying that Sherlock is, to me, of the likes of some kind of drug. Which may or may not be the truth, if you take a hard look at this blog.

I’ll leave you to your deductions.

I’m Fawning Over You

Well, well, well. Look who it is…(it’s me, if you’re wondering)

Really, I can’t believe it’s already June. For realsies, though. It was January like, 3 hours ago.

I had an absolute blast at the school trip to Williamsburg on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday! It was totally crazy with my grade, and I know we’ll remember it for a long time.

Sounds very vague, doesn’t it?

Oh well.

Anyway, before I get to any art, I just wanted to say that an old doodle for a Homestuck fanfiction was featured on a lovely tumblr blog in appreciation of TOSOTH! If you’re into that kind of stuff, check out the post I was featured in and peruse it. Tubesandwires (the Mod) was extremely complimentary and polite, and you should definitely look around if you’re into EriSol. Also, read TOSOTH. I wasn’t even a huge EriSol person, but I cried anyhow.

Okay, back to Sherlock.

If you don’t know already, some people like to make some really cute Sherlock AU’s (alternate universes). Sometimes, people think they’re crazy or weird, but one has caught my eye and I just had to draw something for it. It’s called Fawnlock, designed by tumblr user bennyslegs. It’s actually very cute, and even though it may sound weird so some, I just had to draw it.

So, here it is! My first Fawnlock doodle. Please, for the love of God, click on it for better quality. I swear, it always seems a little blurry. You can even see where I drew his little eyebrow hairs.

Sorry, I’m getting a little weird.

Hopefully it bears some resemblance. He’s a cutie either way.

Have a great week, everyone!

A Mind Like a Rocket

Hi guys!

I think you all would love to know that my Sherlock cult is ever-growing, and we’ve added a guy into the mix. I’m so proud of my little army.

I’ve been having all these final exams lately (what an inconvenience), so I haven’t been able to draw as much lately. But good lord, I definitely do not enjoy taking a 3-4 hour long math test. You might even say that it’s “not my division.” (Sorry fandom, had to do that. It’s Lestrade’s fault…) There’s only two more to go! They’re probably going to be the hardest ones, but the grade is going to amusement parks and all that jazz for 3 days, so it’s okay.

For the past week or so, I’ve been attempting to draw a bit more realistic Sherlock. It’s a bit tricky at times, but Benedict has such an interesting face, that it can be really fun. I had to do it, man. It was inevitable, really. So here’s this week’s doodle:

Yep. I don’t really know what to classify it as. Semi-realism? Attempted realism? I dunno. It’s just a doodle, really. I’m just trying to figure out what the heck to call this. It’s not like I spent a week working on it, so it’s just a little dabble in making Sherlock’s face more…Sherlock, I suppose! I liked making his eyebrows. And his cheekbones were pretty exciting, too.

The typography thing off to the side was to make the whole “machine” a bit more relevant. I made a drawing last week that was more in depth and psychological with the whole idea of him being a super-computer, but this’ll do.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it! Check back next week to see what I’ve cooked up.

The Head and The Heart

Hello boys and girls!

You’ll be pleased to know that I’ve created a small but rather powerful cult centered around Sherlock. Seriously, I’ve converted more recruits this week and got my whole family into it to. Some powerful stuff this show can do.

For reals, it’s gotten to be a problem. My friends and I changed our icons on Quizlet to weird Sherlock faces, and my classmates were genuinely concerned. Then, during Spanish, I started putting in Sherlock quotes into Google Translate and playing them out loud. One of my “Holmies” almost started crying in the computer lab. She wrote “stop” at least 60 times into translate and it began to sound like she was threatening to stab me.

Oh well, same thing.

You’d also be glad to know that I won the English award for the 4th year in a row! I was pretty glad that I won, and I even got this really old book, which was pretty cool. I was sitting with my classmates during the ceremony and we were taking bets on who won what. I have to say, it got pretty heated at some points. Next up is the Athletic Awards.

I have another doodle for you all today. I’ve been thinking nonstop Sherlock, which you can definitely tell by now. It really goes without saying, but I suppose it’s just a fair warning to readers and things. You know, like a “viewer discretion advised” type thing. It’s your fault, anyway. And also BBC’s, but whatevs. We’ll just go with it, like always.

I’m obsessed with these two. Their whole “head and heart” and “the brains vs. the brawn” dynamic is awesome. Seriously, it’s spurred lots of art ideas for me. Ugh, those two are so perfect, it hurts.

Again, I love me some color palettes, man. They are perfect for when you have no idea about what you’re doing. Which, for me, is practically all the time.

Have a great week, everyone!

If Lost, Return to John

Hi everybody!

I am finally feeling better than I was the last two weeks. I mean, aside from the couple jillion nosebleeds, I’m perfectly fine. Perhaps it was the medicine, or the lack of doing things. Maybe both.

So! Happy Mother’s Day to all those mothers out there. They’ve done some pretty rad stuff, like create people and things. That’s pretty nice of them.

Okay, so I watched some of the Star Trek from 2009. Turns out my uncle is a huge fan of Sherlock BBC as well, and told me that if I’m going to watch the new Star Trek, I have to see this one. Hopefully I will get to see a lot of Benadryl Cabbagepatch (as we like to call him) in the new one! I hadn’t known too much about Star Trek, really, so it was pretty cool to learn more about it. Spock seems pretty rad. I like his eyebrows.

Now, I remember seeing a photo along the lines of this: an older man was wearing a shirt that said “if lost, return to Rita.” Then, off to the side, you see an older woman wearing a matching shirt that says “I am Rita.” So naturally, being the person that I am, I had to give shirts like these to Sherlock and John. And also naturally, Sherlock would be returned to John. It just has to be like that, man. There’s really no other way.

I suppose there’s some hidden angst in the whole “return to John” thing (*cough* Post-Reichenbach *cough*) but I’m not going to go to deep into that for the sake of our sanity. Besides, by the time I finish, Season 3 might even be out.

I was experimenting with a different style on this one. Not really sure what to call it, but I had fun!

Oh, and by the way, I’ve gotten yet another friend into Sherlock BBC. Earlier on, she resisted, because she thought they wouldn’t be as good as the books, but look what happened…she’s on Tumblr keysmashing all about it. I’m so proud of myself.

Well, hope you enjoyed the matching shirts, and see you all later!

Life in 221B Doodle

Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone!

I’m taking Spanish in school, so I got to have some pretty rad Mexican food during class, along with a fiesta. I know, you’re jealous. We might even have a piñata on Monday. Although, I heard that more Americans celebrate Cinco de Mayo than Mexicans, and even then it’s mostly in Puebla. Crazy Americans.

Anyway, I’ve been seeing that the world is totally Cumberbatched since the Star Trek: Into Darkness is coming out. I can say that I am as well, and have spread this “disease” to many of my friends. It’s okay, though. It’s the good kind of disease. Think sickeningly sweet or something along those lines. I’ve watched this video and if you’re a part of the “Cumbercollective” you so need to see it. I almost started crying, it was so perfect.

I’ve got somemore artsy fartsy doodles for you all today. In a frame, mind you. I really do go that extra mile for you all. (That was sarcasm, by the way.)

And because I needed a close up of their cute faces, I did exactly that. Not sorry at all.

Gragh! I wish the photo quality was better. I can barely see the folds in the curtains. Oh well, it’ll have to do. I might have been playing around with Picmonkey again and used some banners and stuff…no biggie. I’m learning, so please go easy on me!

Have a great week, everyone!

Anti-Heroes and Singing Weirdos

Hello everyone!

I currently have a rather horrible cold right now, so I’ve been a bit dormant this weekend. But, I do have some exciting news for you all!

Get ready.

Okay.

Here we go.

So! I got to play piano and sing “Skinny Love” for my school’s Variety Show last week! I think you all would be very proud of me. I guess people were suprised by my voice, because apparently I brought people to tears.

I mean, that’s pretty insane to think about. Although I’m brought to tears by reading really good fanfiction (ahem, Alone on the Water, I’m looking at you), so.

It was pretty cool to hear myself singing in the auditorium after being hooked up to a microphone thingy stuck to my face. It went suprisingly well (I wasn’t as nervous as I thought I would be), save for a few mishaps. For one thing, I had a sore throat right before the dress rehearsal. That sucked, but at least it waited it out until the day after performing to really kick in. And, (get this) there was a freaking stinkbug crawling around on the piano for my night performance.

Yep. Just my luck, apparently, because it chose to crawl around the keys I was playing the most. I kind of wanted to punch Mother Nature in the boob right then.

Just minding it’s own ding-dang business, crawling around on the keys. I almost had a heart attack, but I pulled through.

Anyway, there’s my story of my first singing/piano performance. I’ll get a copy of me singing next week, which is pretty exciting!

So. Now what you guys really came for…this week’s doodle! I seriously am in love with colourpod.com. So, I combined our lovely Katniss Everdeen and a color palette to create this.

Well, have a lovely week! I hope you guys don’t get sick, man. This stuff blows.

Bye!

My Dandelion in the Spring

Hello everybody!

So, last week I saw the Hunger Games: Catching Fire trailer.

Yep.

Before it even started, I was getting emotional. I almost broke down during a commercial for diet pills.

And of course, I was screaming. And practically crying, too. All those feelios from the past year came flooding back, and holy crap, I couldn’t even control it. Like, wowza. I’m going to be an utter mess when it comes out.

Also, it got me thinking on Mockingjay, Part 1 and 2. The only parts we’re going to see Peeta in during the first part of Mockingjay is when he’s being tortured. And, might I add, that Katniss will slowly realize that something is very wrong with how he’s acting, and she can’t do anything about it.

Zip. Zilch. Nada.

And when they rescue him? He’s gone completely batty and thinks Katniss killed his family.

//starts sobbing

Anyway, I’m going to go ahead and give you a doodle of Peeta because he is a QT and I was playing with palettes and things. So, here’s my doodle.

Why are my pictures turning up so big on here? The world may never know. I’ve been seeing quite a lot of dandelions popping up, so of course, I thought of Peeta. It’s depressing that I get so many feelings from weeds.

Well, I hope you enjoyed Peeta’s cute face and have a lovely week!

Happy (Belated) 4/13!

Hey guys!

I hope my fellow Homestucks had a lovely 4/13! I know I did. Lots of doodling and being a generally psychotic human being was part of the 4-year anniversary agenda.

For those who are uninformed, 4/13 is the day that Homestuck started, back in 2009. John Egbert and Jane Crockers’ birthdays were on that day, too.

So, yes. This was my very first 4/13 as a Homestuck. I remember last year my friends wore orange to commemorate it, and I had no idea what they were doing.

Ah, how the tides have changed.

Also, before I forget! The Catching Fire trailer is going to be shown tonight on the MTV Movie Awards! I REPEAT: WE WILL SEE THE TRAILER FOR CATCHING FIRE. THE. TRAILER. FOR. CATCHING. FIRE. TONIGHT.

I’m screaming internally right now. I can’t even take this. I’m too fragile for this crap.

Whew, deep breaths. In, out. Iiiiin…..ouuuut….

Okay, I’m bouncing in my seat. It could be much worse, let me tell you (Sorry, just had to delete some keysmashes right there).

Anyway, to commemorate my first 4/13 as a Homestuck, here’s my (first?) drawing of John! Happy Belated 4/13, everyone!

Ta da! You can’t even fathom how long it took to upload that picture without making in blurry. Guh, I’m not very talented in technology, as you can tell. Hopefully I didn’t butcher his look to badly…he’s a QT and I totally need to draw him more. I used this color palette, and this website that is totally rad!

Thanks for reading, and look out for the Catching Fire trailer tonight!