Supplies Necessary (Thursday)

So, yeah, I need to get paper.

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I hate this, working with no results.

I don't know why I even try these days, no good ever comes of it.

Yes, most of this post will be a pity-party and random thoughts about what I need to do, so I give you permission to disregard this post.

Have a nice day.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Ever get that feeling that the whole world's conspiring against you?

Yeah.

It must be.

Because quite frankly, if the world didn't give me so many issues, the little stuff wouldn't be a problem.

So I need paper, but more importantly I need to shake off this artblock/incompetence/laziness/unmotivatedness/stupidity/lack of confidence thing I've got going here.

I mean, I don't even want to draw these days.

=|

I'm not satisfied anymore. Nothing I do is good enough. Every time I look at someone else's work I just get more disappointed than inspired, because I feel I'll never be as good.

Maybe I've been trying too hard to be good than thinking about being original.

Then again, when I think I'm good enough I want to create something new and exciting.

I really don't care how many of you say I'm good, in response I'm always thinking 'I'm not as good as they are.'

Maybe I've been focusing too long on drawing.

Maybe I should try painting, or pastels, or charcoal.

Maybe I should try drawing landscapes, buildings, or animals.

Maybe I should just quit.

I do need to focus more on school, but I don't want to work on that either these days. Well, I always think school's boring, but I've felt less inclined to put effort in.

I just know any art teacher would hate me.

I want to do what I want when I want to do it, and I really don't care.

Even most of the projects I set for myself have never been finished.

I have a lot of things to consider.

Go with God,

~Allie

Slowly But... Slowly (Monday)

FAR too slowly.

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I've found I've been thinking far too long about drawing other's characters, and so therefore will be inventing more of my own.

I will also be thinking of recreating the 'me' character.

Frankly, I'm far too boring outwardly to be seen as the great intellect I am. (Laugh and you will die a slow and painful death involving rope, plastic spoons, and hot lava.)

So yes, expect to see the Minstrel again, considering she's the only character I consider mine.

I'm developing her more so that she has a personality.

I've also got a male character in the works, I haven't quite decided who he is yet, so you'll have to wait.

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Go with God,

~Allie

Friendly Little Artblock (Sunday)

Friendly Artblock is Friendly.

So yes, that image pretty much sums up what I've been dealing with right now.

Every time I reach from a pencil it bites my hand, crippling it.

That's the reason there's been no arts.

I've got a feeling that this means style changes are on the horizon. It's never a pretty and smooth road to take.

-sigh-

And for those of you out there who thinks artblock is laziness, SHUT UP.

-.-

For me, artblock means that I cannot, under any circumstances, draw well.

So, like many others, I choose to simply wait it out. I refuse to play its little game.

I will now, hug my cat, read a book, and play videogames until Monday.

Go with God,

~Allie

Valentine's Day (Monday)

I was browsing Deviantart, and saw all of this sappy Valentine's day stuff.

So I thought of drawing my heart-eating demon to celebrate the day.

I didn't feel up to the task of drawing her actually eating a real heart, so I came up with the idea of her being a Pacman eating little hearts.

:)

Then I tried to actually draw her, then I got distracted, so I drew a cute little girl-monster instead.

Some tongue she's got there, huh?

And the little version of her is supposed to be proportions, but her arms are way too wide.

I thought of adding hair, but thought it'd be better without.

:)

So, yes. Today you get demons and monsters. Happy Valentine's Day.

Go with God,

~Allie

Get It? (Tuesday)

-.-

This happens.

Every time.

Either someone doesn't get it and I must explain (because they do not read the actual POST) or they will question my motives.

-.-

So, yes.

Don't be ignorant, listen to what the artist has to say.

^.^

Makes the world go round.

I tried to make the image clearer, but I think I'll have to go back over them with Prismacolors from now on. They scan better.

Should really get back to work on my story...

Go with God,

~Allie

Details, Details... (Monday)

I hope you can read this.

PLEASE.

Tell me I'm not the only one who notices this?

You don't have to tell me you always imagine this happening, because, quite frankly, if you were that much like me, I'd be worried for your sanity.

I mean. Come. On.

Really?

These are the women you think went on quests?

O.x

No, I've not drawn the girl in the last frame before, but I wanted a girl who was an antithesis of the first.

Seriously.

Putting a girl who dresses like that on a quest would be nothing but a burden. If I had to take her, I'd marry her to a foreign king/prince ASAP.

-.-

Well, I hope you enjoy.

Go with God,

~Allie

Yes, it's (Saturday)

I drew this at a sleepover.

It was a ten-minute sketch with some ink and color. I like the shading on the dress.

Well, other than the sleepover, my sissy's home. :)

And her friend sent her with a nice, full-sized sketchbook. Used, but whatever, got plenty of paper in it.

I've been meaning to get one, but turns out good does come to those who wait.

I got two new markers today. A light pink and a very light grey. Cassie took me to the store where we ran into friends.

Yeah, that's about it.

Scrapbooking pens are great for detailing.

Don't ask about the position or the dress, I just wanted to try the effect to see if I can still proportion legs to a body. I'll let y'all be the judge of that, cause I'm undecided.

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Go with God,

~Allie

Monsters in the Castle 3 (Thursday)

The little prince cried hysterically. “But it was there! I saw it, right over there!” “That’s the wall dear, no monsters can come through the wall,” his nurse soothed, trying to get him back to sleep. It was very late, and it had been a long day for the little prince’s nurse. “You didn’t see it, it was really scary!” The nurse shushed him and replied gently, “All right, if you see the monster again, close your eyes and say a prayer, when you open your eyes again, the monster will have left.” The boy nodded and calmed. His nurse bid him goodnight once more and left him alone again.

The little prince was restless, and woke several times. The monster was in his dreams, and once, when he woke with a start, he saw that face again. He squeezed his eyes shut and prayed for it to go away. He peeked through one eye to see that the monster had gone. He was quite nervous for the week following, and several times saw the face out of the corner of his eye as he went about his daily routines. As he grew older, he saw the monster less and less. Though he couldn’t sure, he thought there had to be at least two of them.

On his twelfth birthday, the prince woke up late. He stared at the ceiling over his bed for a while smiling. Today he was going to have a big party, eat all of his favorite foods, see all of his friends, and get to open all the presents that had been arriving over the past week. Then he heard it. The noise had woken him. He’d almost forgotten about it. He slowly sat up, trying to pinpoint where the noise was coming from. There it was again, coming from beneath him. He got out of bed and knelt down. Lifting up the bed skirt, he peered underneath. All he saw was a great pair of eyes looking back at him. They seemed quite as shocked as he was. Suddenly, as if just realizing what he was looking at, he shrieked and run full-speed out of his room. His attendant looked under the bed while he cowered just on the other side of the door. There was nothing there.

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So, I posted the first two paragraphs with the third.

I just wanted you to see how it's going so far. I'm not really sure I like the choppiness of it, but it's just how it's coming to me. And don't worry, he stays 12 for like... 4 whole paragraphs.

=P

Go with God,

~Allie

Grudgeling (Wednesday)

Introducing

GRUDGIE!

The grudgeling.

If you're not in drama, you don't get it, but you can enjoy the cuteness anyway.

:)

Why yes, that is a rear view of Grudgie.

Watch This. It's cool.

I'll get back to the story tomorrow, I want to work on it more today.

Go with God,

~Allie

Monsters in the Castle 2 (Tuesday)

The little prince was restless, and woke several times. The monster was in his dreams, and once, when he woke with a start, he saw that face again. He squeezed his eyes shut and prayed for it to go away. He peeked through one eye to see that the monster had gone. He was quite nervous for the week following, and several times saw the face out of the corner of his eye as he went about his daily routines. As he grew older, he saw the monster less and less. Though he couldn’t sure, he thought there had to be at least two of them.

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Since you requested more, you get the next paragraph.

This is turning out to be a very short story.

I'll likely not post another paragraph until I'm happy with how it's going, but illustrations may pop up next if I get around to them.

Have a nice day.

Go with God,

~Allie

Monsters in the Castle (Monday)

The little prince cried hysterically. “But it was there! I saw it, right over there!” “That’s the wall dear, no monsters can come through the wall,” his nurse soothed, trying to get him back to sleep. It was very late, and it had been a long day for the little prince’s nurse. “You didn’t see it, it was really scary!” The nurse shushed him and replied gently, “All right, if you see the monster again, close your eyes and say a prayer, when you open your eyes again, the monster will have left.” The boy nodded and calmed. His nurse bid him goodnight once more and left him alone again.

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So, yes.

I've got an idea.

I'm gonna try to write it.

Maybe try to do some illustrations for my ideas

Let's hope I don't give up or change my mind.

Go with God,

~Allie

Faith (Saturday)

Yes, I'm a Christian.

Yes, I do feel sorry for non-Christians, simply because they do not know my God the way I do.

Yes, I do go to church every Sunday.

Yes, I do wear modest clothing.

Yes, I believe in forgiveness and Grace.

Yes, I believe anyone can be saved.

Yes, I'm a Methodist.

Yes, I do feel distant from God sometimes.

Yes, I have questions about my faith.

Yes, I believe everyone else is entitled to disagree with me.

No, I do not believe preaching about hellfire and brimstone will make anyone come to the cross quicker, in fact I myself shut down and stop listening when it's brought up.

No, I don't like being hit with the same piece of Scripture when it's clearly not answering my question.

No, I don't read my Bible every day, though I feel I should.

No, I don't believe you have to be baptized in order to be saved.

No, I do not approve of homosexual relationships.

No, I'm not homophobic.

No, I don't believe you should have sex outside of marriage.

No, I don't believe I'm 'better than you.'

No, I don't think people should get flamed for having doubts/questions/concerns/opinions/or anything that may rub you the wrong way.

No, I don't think you're right just because you think you are.

Yes, I'm a Christian, and

No, I'm not conforming to this world or your opinions.

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Just felt like doing this.

Showing that I don't stick to the standard. Honesty is refreshing, isn't it?

Just for the record, if you're going to tell me that I'm wrong,

SAVE IT,

I don't care.

I do, however, accept positive comments, and if you agree with anything above, go ahead! I like it when I find people with similar opinions. Gives us things to talk about.

If I get any comments telling me 'this is why your opinion is wrong' it will be promptly deleted or, if you're commenting on Buzz, the post will be deleted and no one else will get to comment because you were ignorant.

=D

Glad we're all on the same page now.

Go with God,

~Allie

Family Life Skills (Monday)

It'll do that to yah.

I really hate this book.

My mom hates it too, she's finding me a new one, in the meantime, I'm going to be covering the chapter on finances.

So, yes, at every turn I feel like I'm expected to act like the 'stereotypical woman.'

You know, the one who thinks that getting married and making babies is the only thing in the world worth living for?

...

Yeah, sure, I want to get married. If that's what God calls me to do.

He may call me to be single.

YES THAT CAN HAPPEN TO A GIRL.

-.-

I know a girl who's been called to be single, and been called into the mission field.

YES, you model of ignorance, a woman can be a missionary without a husband.

All I'm saying is, is that I really just want to live my life the way God wants me to live it without being under all this pressure to be the 'Biblical' Christian woman.

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(Just for the record, it's the scan, not the drawing that's crooked.)

*Puts on fire retardant suit*

Let the flame war begin.

Go with God,

~Allie

100th Post!!! (Thursday)

WOOOOO!

*lotsaconfetti*

100!

I made it to 100 posts!

Who'd've thought?

And in commemoration, I'll tell you the mystery guy currently sitting in the D of my Drama folder cover.

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Ready?

You sure?

All right..

Here we go...

...

You sure?

Ok,

Now for..!

...

waitasecond...

Ok,

Now for..!

...

Am I making you mad yet?

Ok,

I'll stop now.

The guy who has been driving you crazy (anna) is none other than King Caspian from The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader!

I still blame you for not knowing who he was.

-.-

This has been the AllieCat Creations' 100th post!

*lotsaconfetti*

Go with God!

~Allie

New Cover (Wednesday)

YAY!

New cover!

Tis spiffy.

I'll give you one more shot, who's the new guy?

I won't blame you if you don't know. *points blame anyway*

Ignore the floor color, I know it's bad, but last time I used that technique was for a night sky. (SO much black.)

And my (yes, that's me sitting in the 'a') eyes are dark, because I accidentally started coloring them with my new dark red. I tried to cover for it with like 3 layers of dark brown.

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Why yes, that is a man in a fez and bowtie having a staring contest with The Goose.

Go with God,

~Allie

Progress (Monday)

I'm making the new cover.

I would've scanned it if I hadn't started coloring already. It has to be color or lineart. The End.

So you get the old one!

I still like it, but I wanted a new one.

It meets the requirements, follows the old theme with the background and letters (let's face it, twas a good idea.)

There's also a new, never-before-drawn-by-allie character on there.

Figure out who it is and I'll give you a cookie.

:)

Hint: He's a seafarer.

So! In this one there are (from top to bottom, left to right);

The Master

Allie

Adam

The Doctor (10)

Katelyn

The Goose

The Doctor (11) (Don't ask, just watch the show)

Jenna

And this be the end of my post!

Go with God!

~Allie

Update (Sunday)

So, yes.

I've been lazy.

Mostly been trying to get back into the swing of school and such, but snow got in the way and shut down the city for a few days.

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I finished 'The Picture of Dorian Grey.' It was so wonderful I'm reading it again to make sure I didn't miss any of the goodness.

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Ashley's gonna say I'm weird for liking this book so much.

I really do.

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I was doodling during a church meeting and now I've been charged with designing a t-shirt logo for a fundraiser.

I still want to design a t-shirt for theater, but I don't think my ideas would be liked.

And I'm not sure if I have the name of the play right.

ugh

I should know these things.

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I want to redo my theater folder cover.

I could make it look better now that I have markers.

I'd have to use white construction paper...

It's requirements are 2 Doctors, 1 Master, Me, and The Goose.

GO!

with God!

~Allie

Individual (Wednesday)

Individuals.

Everyone is thought of as an Individual, or would like to be thought of as such.

Are we an Individual,

Or are we simply the thoughts and ideas of others, put together in such a way as to be thought of as 'unique?'

Impressionable.

The age at which, some would say, is one's greatest time of learning.

Do we truly learn,

Or do we simply absorb what others want us to know in the way they want us to know it?

Impress.

To push an idea upon.

To Impress an idea to the Impressionable in such a way that it is accepted and carried out.

Impress your own personality onto an Impressionable,

To live through them.

Control.

To influence.

To keep one Impressionable so that you may Control their behavior.

Keep the Individual from coming to light.

Lies.

We know what is Truth.

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So, yeah. I've been reading 'The Picture of Dorian Grey' and am simply fascinated by this book. It made me wonder these things, so I typed them up all pretty.

I really don't know what kind of writing this is, so if you know, I'd like to put a name to it.

I hope it speaks to someone.

Or makes someone scratch their head and actually think.

Go with God,

~Allie

Starting Over (Saturday)

Yes, I'm crazy, but do you see the problem?

I was trying to put the outline of the face on and it wasn't right. No matter how I tried, it didn't fit.

I did some measurements using the tip of my pencil as the measure (the drawing was supposed to be twice the size of the reference). The eyes were the right size, but the nose was too long. So I marked off where it should end.

Now his face looked fat.

Why?

I measured the eyes again.

Fine.

I then measured between the eyes.

They were one length too far apart.

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This is what I get for finding out how to measure after doing the eyes and nose.

I really can't fix it, it's best just to start over.

It was a learning experience.

I need to get to work on requests.

Just a warning, requests will be closed as of Monday, when I'll be starting school back.

I really hope I get to finish this some day.

Go with God,

~Allie

Coming Along (Friday)

Just thought I'd update on my redo of Ben Barnes.

It's coming along.

Better than last time. I'm being uber careful.

I've got the eyes, nose, and mouth done for the most part. I'll probably be fixing the mouth as I go along. (I finally found a way to make it look like the ref.)

Oh, and I tossed my block eraser at the cat because she was being stupid, and when I went to go pick it up a few minutes later it was gone.

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Wait for it...

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Mazie ate it.

Yup, my dog ate my eraser.

I'm telling you, if she's not supposed to have it, she'll find it and try to eat it.

The two of them were fighting over a piece of piping earlier.

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHugh

This means I have to go buy a new one.

-.-

The eraser, not the pipe. That managed to survive the assault. (Will have to ask my dad about it tomorrow, may be important.)

And the roads are supposed to be iced over starting Sunday.

Guess I'll have to make do with the kneaded.

Keep it locked up so that it doesn't get eaten too.

-sigh-

At least the picture is coming along.

Go with God,

~Allie