I misunderstood the point of this ride

Sometimes when I take a vacation, I have the worst time getting back on the internet. Behind on everything, languishing correspondence, etc. I spent most of last week camping on a little island in Maine, and nearly all of it with sweetvalleyslut, who is now headed back across the Atlantic for another year. It was fantastic. (I'd pretty much like to spend the next week reading and sleeping, but you know. Doesn't work like that.)

I'll catch up slowly, but in the meantime! Two links. First of all, ratcreature is running a poll about fanart style preferences. (It asks you to rate a variety of styles, such as "realistic," cartoony, manips, etc.) This is something I'm always curious about! You should go take the poll. ;)

Also, it's the week after Vividcon and there are tons of new vids and recs floating around! I've barely made a dent, but I really have to post one rec of my own. See, for years now, I've been embroidering this one vid idea in my head. I was never going to make it--I definitely don't have the time or the inclination to learn how to vid--but I'd occasionally consider trying to beg or con someone else into making it. Except, as it turns out, I don't have to.

sisabet's Clark/Lex Bad Romance vid is pretty much everything I've ever wanted. It's made up of clips from Smallville, the Justice League cartoon, Superman Doomsday, Superman Returns, and all kinds of comic panels (including all my favorites from Lex Luthor: Man of Steel, oh my god ♥). The song choice is perfect, and I mean ... this sort of blended-canon DCU is still the fandom of my heart. Oh my god, I can't stop flailing. :DDD You should go watch it now; I need to go watch it again. Eeeeeee. :DDDD

Ack, so I realize there are a lot of people I really need to get back to about various things. I'm sorry, guys: I'm buried under a pile of comic pages I'm trying to complete for a July 1st deadline, and well, I'm not sure I'm going to make it. /o\ Stupid over-complicated inking style. The only things I'm looking up for at this point are work, food, sleep, and trying to finish writing up a post about boycotting The Last Airbender on the bus. (Please boycott The Last Airbender. Some elaboration coming, hopefully ASAP.)

Hopefully I'll emerge by the weekend! I'd also like to gush a bit about Leverage, the Doctor Who finale, and how I've finally caught the genuine urge to watch all of Star Trek: The Next Generation in order. (Erm, side note: I don't suppose anyone has some good Picard/Q recs? For after I finish the comic, you understand.)

♥

For the umpteenth time: coloring art is hard. Bleurgh. Trek fanart just doesn't seem to want to be b&w, though, so maybe this will force me to do better at it! (I'm pretty excited about my piece, anyway!)

On a related note: the author sign-ups for trekreversebang end today! There is still time to get in on the action! You too can write 6K of Star Trek fic based on someone's amazing fanart. (Can't wait to seeeeee, omg.)

I finally got around to watching the fifth and sixth TOS movies with my roommate recently. (How much do I love living with such a huge sci-fi geek, even if she's not a slasher? Although, I did discover that she wrote Vision of Escaflowne fic when she was a teenager. Ha.) The fifth was . . . well. Nobody was lying about that, although I rather enjoyed the shore leave stuff at the beginning. Undiscovered Country was certainly an improvement, and now I understand lots of fandom references better (this piece in particular). ;) I'm almost done with the original cast now, woe. I should watch the rest of TAS at some point.

I'm still re-watching Farscape, also, and just . . . holy shit. I didn't think I'd forgotten how much I love this show, but I guess I did, because wow. Also, "John Quixote" makes so much more sense if you've actually watched the whole series in order up to that point. ;)

I got my portfolio assembled last night, so now I'm just going to ignore it and focus on fandom until the weekend. Yeah.

Happy March? (Stop raining already?)

I am pretty thoroughly submerged right now! I've been working on coloring my yuletart piece for days and there is so much more to do, which is kind of ridiculous. I'm not sure I've done such an elaborate coloring job (if still full of fudging and workarounds because I fail at Photoshop). . . ever. How does fandom always do this to me?

I really would like to finish it before I go home Wednesday evening, but that's looking more and more unlikely. /o\

Every time I surface briefly to glance at my flist, somebody has posted pictures of Adam Lambert kissing some dude. (Well, maybe that has just been today, since I guess he kissed the dude last night? But it feels like longer.) Ahaha, you guys. I am . . . not really taken with his music, for the most part (apart from the album title track, which is pretty spectacular), but your enthusiasm is endearing. Plus the shitty homophobic comments I stumble on elsewhere on the tubes almost make me wish I were more into him; I am kind of glad he exists, either way.

I'm only a little bit bitter that none of my fandoms has a David Bowie song challenge (so far as I know). :p

Anyway I'm behind on my un-canceled television (Merlin, White Collar) because I can only watch actual DVDs while I color (our player won't play my video files), and after I finish my drawing I have six pages of yuletide source notes to immerse myself in . . . so I guess I'll remain pretty absent for the holiday duration. However! The MCR publicity machine has started revving again, slowly, and I am pleasantly anticipatory for the coming year. :) Even though it will not contain a second season of Eastwick (was I the only one watching that, dammit? boo).

And whoops, I owe a couple of you holiday card exchange info. (Speaking of things I should really try to get done this week, and whee, more Photoshop. /o\)

I have some reservations about the Decemberists' new album, but for the life of me, I have not been able to get "The Wanting Comes In Waves" out of my head since Saturday night.

So I'm thinking that I'd like to participate in Sweet Charity (not before time, as this is apparently my last chance). I've never signed up before because I'm kind of uncomfortable with the idea of doing commissions in general; I don't see myself as having the chops to do illustration I haven't specifically chosen myself. (Particularly since drawing romantic/sexy art can be really hit-or-miss for me, much as I wish otherwise.)

But, I had a brainwave! I could offer to make a short comic out of someone's drabble (or just a description, or even a script). That's more in my line, and something I've wanted to try again since doing that Eroica comic based on mosellegreen's ficlet. I'm thinking I'll limit it to My Chemical Romance (with optional Pete Wentz, Lyn-Z or Alicia, if my bidder wishes), since that's the fandom/band I feel most confident about right now.

I'm kind of stuck on what to put down for a minimum bid, though! I see a lot of people putting $1-$3, which seems low for the amount of time and effort I know I'd need to put in. Then again, I've never tried to put a price tag on my art, and this is for charity. (I'm kind of worried that this is too specialized or random an offer, anyway. :/ And I'm nervous about being able to live up to the expectations of a generous person who is actually willing to pay for my work!) Guess I'll sleep on it, as sign-ups are still going for a few more days.

Time to go ink to an episode of "Being Human;" I've watched two episodes so far and I love it. :D

My mother sent me the most hilarious email this afternoon, entitled "I need art!!!!!"

I need some of your newer art to post in my office. Where can I download online and print to office color printer! Need now!! Need, need, need—arghhhh!

WTF, how is she so adorable (and kind of nuts)? ♥ (I really ought to draw something suitable for public consumption this year.)

On a mostly different note, you should all IMMEDIATELY go check out guinsky's Unholyverse fanart here. It's beautiful, and the level of detail is absolutely astonishing, and she is generally kind of my favorite. SO. :D

Returning to the usual, totally frivolous subject matter of this journal: good lord, but it's an embarrassing week to be a fangirl. :/ Not remotely classy, bbs.

On the brighter side, My Chemical Romance's version of "living like the rest of us." ♥ Mikeyway is working on a comic book? Ray Toro is in a Weezer cover band? WHAT? (And Bob is oh-so-mysteriously . . . in his hometown. LOL MTV.) Gerard also rambles a bit more about the new album, which is intriguing. (Social commentary? How the world is now? Oh bb. ♥ I love it when you talk about your ~art.)

I kind of want to draw pointless comic strips about MCR forever. Why can't that be a valid lifestyle choice? I could collaborate with Bob Bryar on his solo project! >:(

(I'm mildly frustrated because I get to hang out with this awesome guitar-playing geeky boy today, and we're going to work on our respective comic things, but I don't think he'd so much get the bandom stuff . . . so I have to stick to original work and keep the ten pages of reference photos tucked out of sight. I need to work on my original stuff! There are potential deadlines involved! So of course, all I really want to do is draw Gerard's precious face. My life, so hard. STFU, self.)

In conclusion, oh Pete Wentz. How so precious?

SO MANY ARTBUNNIES OMG. WRY IS WORK?

I'm not really sure why I keep trying to keep all my ideas a secret until I produce them. I mean, it makes sense for presents and things like poncho!Vicky-T, but not everything has to be a surprise. Maybe if I talk about some of them, I will still be motivated to work on them even when I'm all tired after work. (Not today, because I have a cilghal to drag around Harvard Square in search of comics! But more often!)

Standard Lilith!art disclaimer: I am insanely slow, and I make no promises. I want to draw so many things and never do! But I always hope to improve on that. :)

( things I want to be drawing right now kthx )

Of course, I won't work on any of this next week, because I'll still have all the Big Bang fic to catch up on. :DDD:

In other news, I guess I'm going to have to learn to conduct myself in fandom without hiding behind sweetvalleyslut anymore. Yikes.

(Everyone think good thoughts for her with me, okay? She is my beloved very bestest of friends in the whole world, and all kinds of mush that you wouldn't even believe, and she is going out into the world in such a freaking literal sense! Where she will ROCK THE SOCKS OFF everyone in eastern Europe. ♥♥♥)