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The happenings of this evening... Enjoy.

Hands 1

Reference images found on deviantart.com. Search 'hand stock' and pull from the pool. All referenced images are available to view on my profile's 'favorites' in the 'hands' folder. Profile name: radonvalley

Oh yeah, that random hand with no 'traced' pair is from the Hana Kimi manga. I didn't keep the trace of that image because it wasn't useful - the main image was lineart enough to draw from.

Peace.

Mary/Jerik Sketches

Some randomness, but mostly i'm trying to flesh out Mary and Jerik from Radon Valley.

Of course just click on them to see the original size :)

Peace.

Oh yeah! And i'm mostly using the manga "Hana Kimi" for reference material. Just FYI.

Verse of the... Week?

“Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.” Proverbs 19:20-21 NIV

So, this has been the verse of the day for... three days now. Is that important? Even if it's a glitch, it's made me really pause and think about this verse for *pause for emphasis* more than a day. Hey! Imagine that.

So listen to advice. Accept dicipline. If you do these things, at the end of your life or time or the trial you will be counted as one of the wise. But know this: you may have plans in your heart, and these plans may be all well and good, but it is the Lord's purpose that will prevail. If you a truly wise, you will be seeking His will and making it your own.

Peace.

Crazy Guy Email

It was as it's drawn.

Contemptuous Rose

Contemptuous Rose

TMN

Contemptuous rose,

Set apart from

Flowerbeds

For you

Choke

And poke

Your neighbors;

And thus you live

Derisive alone.

Nothing like a little poetry at 9:00 on a Tuesday morning O_o
But it's good because i actually had structure to the poem this time! XD
Praise.

Accountability Calender

So i've got this calender were i keep track of days where i eat sugary or fatty foods. After a really crappy weekend i sighed and stated the obvious - my calender was gonna be all black Xs.

My roomie, being the sweetest person ever, put smiley faces on those days instead... but she used red pen. This is our story:

Sano and Me

Hey! This one doesn't suck! :D

Ok, so i traced a piece of this image: http://www.mangareader.net/279-19732-10/hana-kimi/chapter-92.html
Then i used my mostly-traced Sano and made a similar feeling character (me, heh...) without tracing anything :)

I think it turned out pretty well. But now i wanna keep drawing and not do my midterm :[blah]

Another without reference:

Heh... needs a reference XD oh well, i'm improving at least :)

peace

Boxed in Blue

Will Be Important

Should i have capitalized "be" in the title? Probably not. Oh well.

I've been working on learning how to draw - a bit manga, a bit cartoon, overall enough to get the point across - in order to illustrate this: Radon Valley

What i've discovered is that i have a toon hand. Radon Valley, though, is a more serious novel. So i've gotta get my act together.

This is what i've been able to do without a reference image so far:

It's not bad. It's not good, but it's not bad. (Plus... i think i'll avoid coloring my renditions of Radon Valley until i've had more practice...)

A little toony, strongly influenced by manga, but i think i'm on the right path.

What's difficult is... well, everything. I've noticed drawing something every day has been more helpful to me than drawing one good thing every now and then. The more comfortable i become with my hand, the more things it'll be able to do.

Is this image important now? No. Is Radon Valley making a splash yet? Of course not. Will it be important later? Definitely.

I plan to rock the world with Radon Valley. Rock. The. World. And in order to do that, it's got to be drawn. It's good in book form, but it must be visual. God be with me ._.

 - TMN

Such is Homework

Here's a little sketch. It's mostly funny because it happened just like that. It's also funny because i enjoy comics in general :)

So without further ado, i present to you "My Convo with Ben."

Peace.

 - TMN

Learning How to Draw

Ah! it's the worst thing ever! i'm too old to have such crappy drawing skills as these!!! D: It would have been okay in elementary school, but MAN do i stink at this stuff :(

Why am i trying to draw, you ask? Oh, well that's a rant i've gone over about a million times in my short little life so far, but it's a rant worth-while.

Radon Valley is my first complete novel. It's great, it's epic, but it needs to be drawn. It's good as a book, but it needs to be visual. As a nobody, though, i need an artist to partner with me out of sheer adventure! Yeah, like i've found one of those lying around. So i've sent emails and contact info and all this stuff for years now. YEARS! Sigh. So my friend said to draw it myself. I said "i've tired!" She said "try again."

So here i am, trying again...

...

Yes.

I Could Drop You...

But I won't.

I had this thought the other day (the other day meaning like a month ago). It was really for a story i've been writing about two people who are undercover of sorts (not like spies, but just people with secrets about their identity). They know about each other and test each other's ability to stay hidden in society. One person (X) takes it a little too far, nearly revealing who the other person (Y) really is. In response, Y (who is stronger and taller) grabs X by the shirt and pushes him over the railing of a bridge but doesn't let go.

The lake below isn't too far down, but fear grips the throat of X - the fear of falling. Y looks at X with serious eyes and says, "I could drop you, but i won't." Y sets X back on his feet and walks away. X, who hadn't considered God to be real let alone have character or personality, suddenly understands what Christians mean by 'the fear of the Lord.'

So the thought here is that the Lord could drop us but He won't. Why won't He? Because He is above reproach, He is of strong character, He is both understanding and righteous. We fear the Lord because of what He can do. It's respect more than 'i'm so scared' kind of fear. The fear you feel when standing before a person of power. In my case, a rightfully angry parent who could punish me and i know i deserve it. Or, more up-to-date, a boss or leader figure who is disappointed in my productivity, or lack thereof.

Anyway, that's the thought. I'll publish it one day, so don't steal! :P The reason i haven't had a public blog like this before is because i don't want people to steal ideas, but i want to share my thoughts to perhaps inspire people in life or in art. Be inspired! And love the Lord :)

 - TMN