Yeehaw! Ride ’em Cowgirl

Howdy y’all,                                                                                                                     Time Taken: 4 hours

First off, I. Hate. Hands.
Secondly, if you’d so kindly look to the top right corner, you will see a line of text in bold red as I’ve done so here. This is how long I took to finish the current post picture. As everyone kept asking “How long did it take to draw?”, “How long does it take to colour?” and “How come you’re so amazingly awesome in general”, I have taken the courtesy of putting it right here on my blog. Yay. Hope you’re happy, because now I’m going to have to keep track of how long it does indeed take to finish a stupid picture. Still, might be interesting. Though don’t expect this to appear on my old posts because I have better things to do than remembering how long it took to draw a cartoon. Which reminds me…

Anyway, back to the topic. So, cowgirl huh? “Why?” you ask (or probably not and just accepted it because that’s the kind of person you are). Well, I felt like drawing it. And I also really like country clothes (though I can’t draw them). And because I was due another picture. And because I wanted (needed) to do something different.

Hey, I’ve noticed something, these posts keep getting longer and longer. Is that a good thing? Should I now just shut my cakehole and post the not-so-long-awaited pictures and just be done with it? I have no idea, but it probably won’t happen anyway 😛

What do I usually write about? Random garbage like this? I honestly can’t remember. Here, have a picture of a cute puppy:

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Aww… Isn’t it so cute. Not mine though…

I’m tired. Enjoy the girl (who I hope isn’t too slutty) below. Dem boots though.

Cowgirl - June 2014
Cowgirl – June 2014

A Poem by Cas

I am the king of procrastination

But what defines this term?
Is it how long you procrastinate for?
Or how many tasks you procrastinate on?
Or what you do when you procrastinate on said tasks?
Maybe it is how often your computer autocorrects procrastinate to procreate
I think I have all these qualities
But still,
How can I be the king of procrastination
When I am a girl?
I guess,
The title queen of procrastination just doesn’t have the same ring to it

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Hi everyone! I remember Chell telling me anyone can post stuff on this blog so I decided I’d try it out. Sorry for stealing your limelight, Chell! Also forgive the horrible spacing I don’t know how to fix it. Hopefully the cool font makes up for it. Anyway I won’t post that much poetry here because I have so much and it’s all random nonsense really.

OK I’m done now.

EDIT: I fixed the spacing but then decided I liked it better with the gaps so I left it as is.

First Gijinka Post – Monokuro Boo

Howdy y’all,

Today’s update features my very first gijinka. Exciting, isn’t it? It was inspired by Smizzley’s black and white pigs, ‘Monokuro Boo’, which are a merchandise (much like Hello Kitty). I felt as if I wanted to expand my horizons and decided that this would definitely be on the right track. So, without further ado, Monokuro Boo! Hold on! Wait a moment! I didn’t explain what the hell ‘Gijinka’ is, now did I? Well, you’ve probably already looked it up. Ah, well. I’ll explain it anyway since I have nothing better to do…

Gijinka (擬人化; western term “humanisation” and pronounced gee-jin-ka) is the Japanese meaning of “humanoid”, “personification”, or “anthropomorphic. Rather than referring to just any animal with human characteristics, a gijinka is most often a fan re-design of an animal-like character in a human or humanoid form. The characters often seem to wear a cosplay of the base character rather than having real animal features, which can also be found back in real life cosplay of those characters.
Some examples:

Gijinka Pikachu
Gijinka Pikachu
Gijinka Umbreon
Gijinka Umbreon
Gijinka Luxio
Gijinka Luxio

I think I’ll make a page on gijinka. That sounded so good because I so did not copy someone else’s explanation…

Interesting Fact: ‘Monokuro Boo’ was not originally called that. It was at first “Monotone,” with “mono” coming from “monochrome” and “ton,” a word for pig. This was the pun that originally inspired the designer to create black and white pig characters. The name “Monokuro Boo” is also a derivation of the words “Monokuro” (“Monochrome”) and “Boo” (the Japanese onomatopoeic equivalent for “oink”).

Oh, and one more thing, if you don’t know what ‘cosplay’ is, here is the definition for your convenience:
Cosplay (コスプレ kosupure), short for costume play, is a hobby in which people dress up in costumes and fashion accessories as characters from (most commonly) manga, anime, comic books, video games, and films.
Some examples:

Pokemon Trainer - Unova
Pokemon Trainer – Unova
Team Rocket - Jessie
Team Rocket – Jessie
Vocaloid - Miku Hatsune
Vocaloid – Miku Hatsune
X-Men - Mystique
X-Men – Mystique

Anyway, so now you know what gijinka and cosplay is, as well as the origins of Monokuro Boo. You must be so happy to have learned quite a lot. Now, go enjoy this lovely picture of pig-people and think “Wow. Isn’t Chell just the best at gijinka?”

Note: None of the examples are mine… I wish they were

Monokuro Boo - June 2014
Monokuro Boo – June 2014

Facial Expressions (w/ Toshiki)

Howdy y’all,

Because I won’t be available for the next few days, I thought I’d give you  the next manga drawing in line.

This one is a bit different form the others, as it’s all about one person and drawn with various expressions. I stuck with Toshiki (to get to know him a bit better) and this is how it turned out. I’m not really satisfied with the result but for a first time, I thought it was pretty good. My faves are ‘cheerful’, ‘regret’ and ‘concern’, oh, and ‘anger’. Tell me what you think (or don’t, I really don’t care, except I do, kinda) but most importantly, enjoy. That is all.

Chell out

Toshiki Facial Expressions - May 2014
Toshiki Facial Expressions – May 2014

‘Like’ Button on its Way

Howdy y’all,

I asked my bro (Nessie) if it was possible to add a ‘like’ button (from popular demand, not me being all egotistical) and he said “Yes,it is possible” and so in the next few days, Nerstor will be working on a ‘like’ button for you all. How lovely. But in the meantime, you call all look in wonder at my most recent(after this) post: The Sexy Witch Girl.

Have fun and Chell out

‘Sexy’ Witch Girl

Howdy y’all,

Now what you have all been waiting for: The witch girl! YAY! I finished colouring it ages ago but I didn’t want to post everything together (like I did with everything else before I deleted them and reposted).

So, ranting time. Um, well, when I asked what someone wanted me to draw (as I ran out of ideas) Keira suggested a witch, to which Cass upgraded into a ‘sexy’ witch, whatever that’s supposed to look like, because all witches are obviously super sexy. Being the copy cat of everyone else’s work (whether of the internet of my manga book) I looked up ‘sexy witch manga’ (not really, the results would probably be very inappropriate) and ventured into the unknown world of Google by looking up anything with the word ‘witch’ and ‘anime’ or ‘manga’. I had a few interesting results such as:

Witches and Wizards Witch-Hunter-manga-31432546-390-548I suppose the last one made a bit of sense, seeing as (I assume) is a witch hunter, but the first one? I think it’s some site called ‘Witch and Wizard’, or maybe it’s some manga. Well that makes some more sense.

Anyhow, after my extensive research I came across a few pictures I liked a lot (but I’m not going to show you because you’ll realise how bad my picture is compared to them 😛 ). I am proud to say that this latest picture is the most altered and original drawing (in manga) I have done! Three cheers for Chell!
I’m probably boring you now and you just want to see the picture (but I bet you skipped straight ahead to that) and for me to stop procrastinating. Well, without further (oh, and Cass said it looked sexy. I think she needs to look up what the meaning of that word is, unless she actually thinks everything is, then we need to get her looked at) ado, ‘The ‘Sexy’ Witch Girl’!

Witch - May 2014
Witch – May 2014

Wild

Howdy y’all,

Because I haven’t updated for a while (and because I’m so nice), here’s another post.
Aren’t archers so cool? And aren’t foxes so cute (or should I say Kawaii)? I went for the ‘wild’ (stated by title above) look because, yeah. I felt like it. The girl’s eyes are supposed to look like that and all of those whiskers. Again, the pose was copied off my book (hey, I’m still learning) and the hair was not my invention? Is that right? Anyway, the clothes were originated off the original picture (surprise, surprise) but I made a few alterations such as lowering the dress and changed the sword into a bow and arrow, with a quiver on her leg. Naruto inspiration for the win (or just Naruto FTW)!
I also like foxes and so practically ripped off Nintendo for their design of a fox (Vulpix) with a few alterations (did you expect anything less?).

Wowee. That’s a lot of parentheses in one post. FYI (for your information), the girl is Yuki and her fox is Miyu.

Yuki and Miyu - May 2014
Yuki and Miyu – May 2014

 

Everybody looks like this when Having a Cuppa

Howdy y’all,

Today’s post is not very exciting but is good nonetheless! Please enjoy.

DISCLAIMER: I hate coffee >p

So today we have, what seems to be a boy (around 18), enjoying his nice, hot steamy cup of coffee. Now look closer. What you will find is that it’s actually tea. I know, anticlimax. The thing was though that I was (yet again) basing the below picture off another picture and that one had coffee. The problem was that I didn’t have the colours and that I thought that would be too much black >P. Soooo, I changed it to ochiya (‘green tea’ in Japanese. You learn something everyday). Though I guess it doesn’t look much like green tea, more like pee. Great. I made a guy drink wee. Aren’t I nice?

Have a nice day y’all.

I like my coffee - May 2014
I like my coffee – May 2014

Fan Art – Ouran High School Host Club (OHSHC)

Howdy y’all,

Recently, I finished watching Ouran High School Host Club (or just OHSHC for short) for the second time and I fell in love with the Hitachiin twins all over again. These two devilish guys are just the funniest ever and really add to the comedy. OHSHC also has a deep story for each character which I really enjoyed. Maybe I should start doing reviews? Anyway, here are the twins Kaoru (left) and Hikaru (right).

According to Smizzley, there is a Japanese Drama and is apparently crap. “Don’t watch it. It’s terrible” she says. I will heed that advice and I advise you to do the same.

Kaoru and Hikaru Hitachiin Twins – May 2014
Kaoru and Hikaru Hitachiin Twins – May 2014

Fan Art – Naruto

Howdy y’all,

I’ve been watching Naruto lately and decided that I felt up to the challenge of drawing the unique characters. Looking back on my drawings, I think I did a rather fine job.

Though I still don’t like Sasuke (right) nearly as much as Naruto (left). I was trying to draw him to the side but I ended up making him fat. Sorry Sasuke!!!!!

The second picture is another character from the Naruto anime series: Shikamaru. What caught my attention was his often occurring phrase, “What a drag…”. What a great view on life. Three cheers for our lazy friend!

Naruto and Sasuke - March 2014
Naruto and Sasuke – March 2014
Shikamaru – April 2014
Shikamaru – April 2014