A quick sojourn in RL…

[gnine]

Spent a lovely day yesterday with two of my Japanese friends (both former students, one who is now a team teacher with me. Gotta love how that works ^_^) at Lake Biwa. Like most other places in Japan, there was a LOT of people. But still, was fun, the water was the perfect temperature, the weather was gorgeous and there were lots of nice tanned good looking boys running around being very GAY cute.

In the evening we went to a beautiful fireworks show in Otsu, shot up over the lake. Probably the best fireworks display I've ever been to. LOTS of fireworks (10,000 the advertisements were saying) and several varieties I'd never seen before. All in all, a great day.

Now packing/getting ready to leave for Hokkaido. xparrot and I will be gone a week up there, and we're not taking our babies, so unless we hit an internet café along the way, we'll be pretty much incommunicado until the 16th. Or if you have our cell phone number, we'll have those along.

I'll post about Hokkaido when I get back…I swear. Yes mom, I'll even include pictures. Really I will…er…

In other, slightly fan-related news, as one might have noticed, I've been posting practically not at all, and one of the main reasons for this is I've been in a creative slump. No art, no vids, no fic, etc. But recently did two sketches, one of Alec and Seregil from Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner series (the pic is semi-inspired from one of the snippets she posted of the 4th, upcoming book) and the other is…um…HP-related, actually. Cause um, well, I can't help it, I like the AS/S pairing faaar more than is healthy. So this pic would probably be something along the lines of them coming out to their dads and Harry and Draco just not taking it very well…







As always, C & C very welcome.

Comments

[byakkodan-slash.livejournal.com]

Wow. It's lovely to see your art evolve.

First off, the Alec/Seregil pic just makes me squee. Big time. When's that fourth book due out?! *ahem* Anyway, I love the sketchiness in this. Love the drape and the play of the bedsheets. You really got the feel of the fabric there. I'm not crazy about Seregil's left arm. I feel the bicep muscles are not anatomically correct. But outside of that their bodies are niiiice. Once again, you do necks oh-so lovely. But the hair makes the picture. The way the wisps of hair fall carelessly over Seregil's forhead, and the way it is draped over the pillow gives Seregil an air of inattention or tiredness.

As for the second one, I love the pinched face you gave Draco, it really fits with what I see him as. He looks older, but Harry doesn't look like a 30 year-old war vet, he looks like he's 17. It's probably the hair. That being said, he does look older than the boys on the floor. They're really the best depicted in this picture. The languid tilt of Albus's head, how he leans back on his hands, and how Scorpi-what's-his-name gives an obviously fake yawn to demonstrate his non-caring. Their pose is natural, and they interact and touch one another well in the picture.

*pretty!*

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Whee, I always do so love your art critiques, you give the best C &C, nice equal amount of both. And I totally agree, Seregil's arm has been bothering me as well, neither the muscles nor the position looks quite right. Ah well. Also, *grr* to the hands, on both pics. I swear, hands are the bane of my artistic existence!!! *sigh*

Err, she says she's almost done writing the fourth one, so hopefully by Summer '08...*crosses fingers*

Glad you like, again, thank you thank you! *huggles*

Also, your icon is love! ^_-

[utopiantrunks.livejournal.com]

Hehe. ^_^ The boys look so cute in the second pic, and I like the fathers' expressions. Alec and Seregil look very pretty, too! Ooh, I wanna read the next book...

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Yay, thanks ^_^ And yeah, VERY desperate for the next, she keeps giving us shorter and shorter tantalizing little snippets, the evol woman!

[cerisier.livejournal.com]

Is your phone number still the same?? I only ask because of the stopping-by-Kyoto-tomorrow thing. XD

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Yup, still the same, and still living in the same place. What time you planning to be by? *probably should look into that "cleaning" thing that is all the rage when guests stop by...hmm....^_-*