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Working even harder
2003-06-22 23:33:39
I spent approxiametely 16 hours standing up, leaning forward and painting this weekend. That's about 7 hours yesterday, and 9 hours today. My knees are shot, and my back is killing me. I have to wake by 7:00am to hand it in tomorrow at school, and be prepared to write my art exam. My father was worried I would't get enough sleep tonight. But I assured him everything would be fine. Like, come on. I'll get about 6 hours tonight! That's definitely plenty. ~_^
So how'd it come out? The 2 parts I did first look awesome. The 2 parts I did last look terrible. It's because I was tired you say? Maybe... but I think it was because it was the two hardest part at the end. I just can't draw faces when painting, anime or real life alike. In pencil is fine, because I just keep erasing until I get it right. But you only get ONE stroke when painting. You mess it up, and you have to re-paint it again, wasting a lot of time. So Shinji and Mana look a little goofy when it comes to their eyes. -_- I can't do much about it now. Luckily when you look at the painting as a whole, you're eyes aren't drawn to them, they're drawn to the big silhouette of Evangelion Unit-01. Did I put a bit of anime on my poster you ask? You guessed correctly! I just can't seem to get inspired with anything else.
You know what's funny? The whole time painting, I listened to some of my CDs. There was 3 of them, each 80 mins long (hour and 20 mins). I listened to eachone about 4 times, one after another. I have no idea if that even comes out to the right amount of hours, but it's an approxiamation. lol
Nighty night everyone. I hope we all have a good night's sleep.
Kevin (Anime Jedi) -
Working hard
2003-06-22 11:07:27
I spent 6 to 7 hours yesterday on my art project (up to 2:30am). It takes a lot out of you just standing there and painting. -_- I'll say more when I'm done.
I was just cheking out some of the stuff on Amazon.ca/.com to see how Americans and Canadians are different when it comes to there media. Well, when it comes to the top 100 in DVDs, Canadian purchase much more anime. But I guess there's a good reason for that, we don't have as many places to buy it. I'm always hearing about Best Buy and Suncoast, 2 places that are not in Canada. lol I'd say more, but I NEED to go eat, or I'll really become a starving artist. ~_^
Kevin (Anime Jedi) -
Banners
2003-06-21 10:19:35
:: sobs ::
My best banner to date was just shut down. -_-
Sometimes I just have no idea on what's going on. The ones I don't think will make it, do. And the ones I'm positive about don't! Talk about buildiing yourself up just to get shot right down again.
I'll show you all! I'll make more! That are worse, and will probably make it with enough votes! -_- :: shudders :: I don't even want to think about that.
On other news, I think I'll probably be spending all weekend on my art. That's if I can even get around to working on it again. It's hard to start. But once you're going, you can't stop. lol Lots of painting, glueing and drawing left to do. ~_^
The Cowboy Bebop movie comes out on Tuesday. Sounds pretty good, right? Maybe I'll spend a bunch more movie on more anime. lol
I read a hentai manga yesterday that was simply hilarious! I call it hentai because it did have some parts that are inappropriate for younger audiences. Though it was so funny. The best part was the very end. It had a type of moral to never give up. It cheered me right up last night. For the first time, I felt like I had a purpose. Or at least a goal to strive for. You know, always look on the bright side, again. It was soothing. ^_^
Kevin (Anime Jedi) -
I feel empty...
2003-06-20 12:55:30
I think I did very well on my Shelter exam. It was quite easy. Maybe a few parts I had some trouble on, but that was it.
:: I love typing on my dad's computer because it makes me feel so fast. Yes, his computer is much faster than mine, but the the text only shows up on the screen very slowly. After I write a full sentence, it has to catch up with me. The only problem is that I have to wait after writing a whole paragraph and re-read the whole thing to fix up all my mistakes. I wish I knew what was slowing down his computer, because it really shouldn't do this ::
I guess I should comment on Kiki's Delivery Service. Well, great movie! I watched it just recently, I thought it was very well done. It may not have been as long as Spirited Away and Laputa (Castle in the Sky), but it felt like it, in a good way of course. The animation was nice, and the plot was cool. The only thing I may not have agreed on was the very end with Jiji meowing. He wasn't speaking to Kiki anymore because of "lost magic", so with him doing that, we don't know if he can really talk anymore. -_- I noticed at the end it said dedicated to Phil Hartman. I hadn't realized he had died, how sad.
How come in anime, people never seem to keep the spelling of characters name's the same? Or they just seem to forget and accidently use both the English and Japanese spelling ways during the course of the movie or series. lol Like Jiji or Gigi! Or in Evangelion, Toji or Touji. Or Kaworu or Kaoru. It gets hard to get the facts straight when both are used during the course of the series or movie.
Oh ya, I almost forgot! I feel very empty inside for some reason. I don't know who I am anymore. I'm always thinking about how to act and so on, but last night was weird. I saw a friend at the driving range and automatically turned to being nice. Without thinking. Is this the real me? Or is it just a facade I use because I'm scared they'll think I don't like them if I act differently? Just like Shinji, I don't necessarily fear people, but I fear the image they have of myself inside their minds...
Man, how was Shinji ever able to concentrate on school work with all this on his mind? I guess he didn't really, because I remembr hearing in one episode that his marks were dropping. -_-
Sorry about all the mistakes, this computer is pretty harsh to work with. But it has a pretty sweet monitor. ~_^
Kevin (Anime Jedi) -
Not good at all
2003-06-18 20:15:33
I think I bombed my Physics exam. I thought I knew a good portion of it. I knew I wouldn't get better than an 80% or something, but I'm just hoping to pass right now. If I didn't... I think I'm going to go nuts. -_-
I walked home from the exam, instead of taking a ride with friends so I could rethink, and vent about it. I was really ripping into myself about this exam. I"m starting to think that Engineering may not be the right path for me. -_-
Once home, I watched 4 episodes of Evangelion. Up to the episode where they make Touji (or Toji) the 4th child. It's a good series and I don't mind watching it again.
After, I swam for a bit. First time this year so far jumping into the pool. It took me a good while too, I just couldn't get myself to go in. I rathered to sit by it and enjoy the breeze. lol
TANC got a new host. Which is really nice because we don't need to worry about Lycos anymore. But it's kinda bad because we have to restart all over again. You win some, you lose some.
I have another exam tomorrow afternoon, so I can only hope that there's not another repeat. Luckily there's not as much calculations in Shelter class. lol
I've been avoiding going online lately. I really hope people don't take it personally. Like those I talk to by e-mail and boards. I'm sure many are thinking that I'm ignoring them or something. But I'm really not. I just find myself drifting from the person I've become. You could say I'm at a little bit of a "Figure out who I am" phase.
Kevin (Anime Jedi)
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