My Drawings

So as you guys can already tell, this blog post is based around my most recent drawings. I drew this title page for my friend Monica, since she loves manga and anime. I also love it. I drew it in shoujo the best I could with notebook paper and a sharpie, all freehand. Now, I may have copied some ideas, but I would never duplicate a mangaka's art! This took me about a week, even for only one page (heh heh. . .if I were a mangaka, then my drawing would probably be done waaay past the due date. . .T_T)!! But it was worth it, and when I gave it to my friend, she seemed happy.

Hope you guys enjoy it too, and let me know if I can improve it in any way (just don't be mean about it, because I'll be honest, I don't take harsh criticism very well)! And just an FYI, you may have to crane your neck a teeny bit due to the fact that I couldn't figure out how to rotate it. Dx

This is the entire page.

This is my friend in a full Japanese-style school uniform, even though I added a bit of my style here and there to jazz it up (; And notice the sparkly detail in the background! If you are wondering what the Chinese characters say, it means "Shen Ming Nuan," or "Bright light." I went to this website http://mandarintools.com/chinesename.html to find out what her English name meant in Chinese; it came up with the zodiac year, meaning, pronunciation, and characters. From there, I just copied the characters onto paper in a bold form.

Heehee--this is her freaking out (which she doesn't do often. . . .that's mainly my reaction whenever she tells me something big ^__^)

She swims, so I added a few drops of water and snorkeling goggles. That's right, strike a pose, girl!

Ooohh, dramatic! Notice the blue aura.

Please remember to comment, and thanks for reading this!

Jai Jen,

<><><>Kristen

Updates

Yesterday my school's band, chorus, and orchestra went to Carowinds (in case you don't know, it's a roller coaster park.) I was in a group with Monica (I follow her blog), her boyfriend, and my other friend. The lines for all the good rides took FOREVER, but it was worth waiting an hour for Nighthawk!! VERY hot and sticky yesterday. . .we weren't allowed to change out of our band polo shirt. YES. Polo. The worst kind of shirt you can wear outside all day in 85 degree temperature. All of our school's groups got SUPERIORS!!!!!! The band did fabulous; we played Marchus Maximus, A Song Of Hope, and Engines of Resistance. The composer for A Song Of Hope was one of the judges--it was almost scary! But the Superior and fun was what counted the most.
This week is the EOGs--ugh. But I'm prepared. I studied, and I've worked hard all year. On Friday, my team is doing a live wax museum in our Social Studies class. We are studying East Asia; for my person, I got Empress Wu Zetian. She's from the Tang dynasty!!! My last name is Tang, and so that explains why I have a giant TANG ORANGE JUICE on the title of my blog. To LeahPeah: I tried to find the Loveless song to put on my playlist, but I couldn't find it. Any ideas? I am currently working on Dorothy for my Wizard of Oz line in manga drawings. I am always so meticulous in my drawings; if one little, insignificant detail isn't right, I erase the whole area. But not everything, because then I will have wasted time. I have to go to my sisters' dance recital now--bye!
Jai Jen!<><><>Kristen