Sailor Mars

I did this for someone as a little end-of-school-year gift.
They really enjoy "Sailor Moon".
This is Sailor Mars from the show. I wasn't in the mood to draw Sailor Moon... she's pretty ditsy and annoying. Actually... all the sailors are that way...
Well, I like the colour red :)

Seigneurie

Here's some old pictures from a school project I thought I should get out there.

My group built a model of a 'seigneurie' for our history project (which got us top marks!)

It's a strip of land along the St. Laurent from colonial New France. Our model is about 2 metres longs and includes trees, rows of agriculture, an animal pen, a wind-mill (which spins around), and a little house.

I did most of the calculations for the model pieces and helped paint allot of it... actually... I did allot of just about everything...

Our drama presentation was... interesting.

We had to act as though we were a Quebec farm-working family, and to present information about each of our daily lives.

Everyone in my group knew we had really bad drama marks, so we decided to present our project... in song. My teacher recorded it... supposedly so that she could watch it at home and mark it.

Did I mention I baked some tortieres with my dad for the project? That's a kind of traditional Quebecois meat pie usually eaten at Christmas or New Years.

Between the huge diorama, the off-key singing and the free food we got an A+!

Katara Necklace

Oops! I almost forgot to upload this!

A poorly crafted attempt at Katara's necklace from "Avatar: the Last Airbender". My sister and I were REALLY bored. We also made a little forest spirit that you can view in my older posts.

Anyway, just an attempt at jewelery making.

Since it's technically art, I suppose it belongs on the blog.

Bring Me to Life

Yet another T-shirt hot off the press.

This time it features Astro Boy on the front and Pinoco on the back.

Both characters are creations of celebrated Japanese animator Osamu Tezuka. You can learn more about him and "Astro Boy" by following an extensive list of links in my previous entry titled "Astro and Beyond".

These characters have interesting similarities beyond being close to my heart.

1) When robotic scientist Dr. Tenma lost his son Tobio in a car accident, he was convinced of resurrecting him by creating a replica robot to replace his son. But when the robot was completed, Dr. Tenma soon discovered that no robot could replace his son. The new Tobio could never eat, nor sleep, nor grow to be a man as his son would have. He heartlessly sold the robot to a circus.

Meanwhile, the new Tobio had come to love the Dr., feeling in his heart that he was his dearest father, and perceiving that he was indeed Tobio. He went on to become Astro Boy.

2) I won't get into much detail about Pinoco. Please follow this link to now the specifics of her story: (link).

When Pinoco was little more than a bundle of central nerve and organ systems, and no body to carry her in the world, she sought the help of Dr. Black Jack to repair her. He brought the 18 year old a new life, giving her a synthetic body of a young girl to fit her nerve and organ systems.

But when Pinoco met her sister once more, transformed, she too, like Astro, was abandoned by her only family member. One that neither loved not cared for her.

Please follow this link to the first English subtitled episode of Black Jack that features Pinoco: (link).

Anyway... sorry for the rant. This T-shirt is a design dedicated to my love for both unfortunates and their similarities. Please enjoy :) There's more where this came from!

P.S. in some pics they look kind of... lop sided. It's only because of the way I was holding the camera.

Astro and Beyond

Recently, much like my long-reigning Disney obsession, so too has come a new one. Tezuka anime.
He was an animator who became famous for his children's' cartoons. They were a blend of imagination, darkness, reality, and the simple way of showing children the darker parts of life through creative and lovable characters. He went on to fabricate some of the most well known anime shows of all time such as "Astro Boy" and "Kimba the White Lion".

To learn more about this great animator with imagination and storytelling far beyond his time, go here: (link).

To learn more about "Astro Boy", go here: (link). To see the first episode in Japanese with English subtitles, go here: (link).

To learn about "Kimba the White Lion", go here: (link). To see the first episode in its original English dub, go here: (link). To see the first episode of the sequel series in its original English dub, go here: (link).

My love of Tezuka's animation prompted me to see the new Disney movie based on his "Astro Boy". It was... mildly entertaining. A lot of the concepts were unlike the original show, but it was still... alright. After seeing the movie I drew this picture from memory.

I highly recommend following the links above. I am expected, because of my age, to watch garbage shows on TV like "Glee" that teach me nothing and are bleached and powdered to the point that virtually no reality is present.

Unlike those shows, however, Tezuka faces the dark subjects, like racism, abandonment and one's own inner demons. Though his shows are old, can be described as 'hokey', have annoying theme songs and old-style animation, past the first glance, there is a heart and soul to his shows that modern TV can not provide.

I'm sure "Glee" can not make me ponder my purpose in the world, destiny, or my own inner workings.

Mai in Red

More Airbender fan art :) tee hee!
Just doodling at the breakfast table while staying at my godparents' house. She sort of popped up as I was mindlessly scribling.
If you dont know, this is Mai from the Airbender cartoon series (follow this link to find out more about this great show: link)
I didn't really know what her outifit looks like, so I made one up for her. Personally, I think she looks good in red, rather than her usual black :)

Potterish

That's right. "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" has just been cartoon-ized. (I know that's not a word...)

I felt a little Potterish (yet another non-existent word) and scribbled this in front of the TV. It should probably be coloured to finish the project, but meh, I'm busy as it is ;)

Anyone else pumped from Potter 7 pt. 2? I know I am! REALLY excited!