Miscellany and Musings

Here's the deal, we got 5 wntries for the FMA Big Bang this year, and only two of them have artists. TWO! and I am doing double duty this year as both artist and author.  So if you or someone you know does FMA fan art or just likes to draw in general, please refer them over to THIS POST WHERE ARTIST SIGN UPS ARE.

Please help if you can!  The entries are not as long this round as in previous rounds, which means less arts.  We need all the help we can get!

Jesus it's been a while since I made a post!  In case anyone was wondering, all I've been doing is working.  Working and fighting with the new cell phone company (but I finally got that all squared away yesterday thank fuck).  So I got the cell phone, got it working (no problems with this replacement hallelujah) and have really been enjoying texting in the 21st century lol.  No more pressing the 3 key three times for the letter F.  Got my first full check and about fell out of my chair.  I've never made that much money on a paycheck in my entire life and I can't wait to get out on the main floor to get my pay increases.  Then I really might fall out of my chair.  Speaking of work, we learned how to troubleshoot phone issues last week and have spent this week actually taking care of these kinds of calls with real customers.  It's been hell.  But I got my scores back from the first day of this and they told me I'm already doing good enough to go up to the main floor and start doing the regular job.  No way- I'm staying in the training class as long as possible!!

Ever since I got this job, good things have been happening to me all over the place. Today was exceptionally great because Joey was accepted into the best public elementary school in the county, a traditional school called Greathouse Elementary.  It's less than a mile from the house, takes 15 minutes to walk there, and has a waiting list.  Kids who get in in Kindergarten are extremely lucky, and Joey got in.  In January I got a letter from them saying they were full and to reapply next year.  So glad I got a chance on one of the open spots.

Also got a sample box from Kmart in the mail from my reward points thing and it had a full sized bottle of nail polish, some ouchless hair ties, some nice perfume samples and a body wash sample!

Getting ready to start up our YMCA membership again, and none too soon.  Sitting all the time really packs the weight on.  I've been trying to eat really good when I'm at work, bringing my lunch, usually snacking on carrots or oranges in between calls, nothing too carb heavy.  I'll get it all figured out again soon once I get on my regular schedule.

Forgive me for not being as active in writing as I normally am. I don't have hardly any time to myself anymore, and Big Bang is taking precedence over all my other projects atm.  I want to finish this thing, whether big bang is a thing or not this year.  And may the old gods and the new bless and keep seta_suzume (my illustrator last for last year's big bang) for illustrating my children's books.  I can't even begin to tell you how overjoyed I am to be able to work on this with her.

Ooh, Joey's alseep on the couch, maybe I can grab 40 winks too?

ETA: Dammit I forgot to mention why I wanted to post in the first place!!  So at work, a buddy showed me this pic-

and I got to thinking about the crossover to end all crossovers.

The Wall at Castle Black (Game of Thrones), the wall at Ft. Briggs (FMA:B), and Wall Rose (Attack on Titan) could be a giant triangle that protect a large city/country called the Seireitei (Bleach). The giant titan/white walkers threaten to take over the nation when a pair of brothers put their differences aside and team up with their gigantic swords to rain down immortal demon justice on them (InuYasha and Sesshomaru).  I want to read it, not write it.  So who wants to take on the task??

Remember last year's big bang dust jacket? Well, I need some for this year, so me and bay115 pulled some of our favorite parts and would like if you guys could give some short reviews based on what you read.  I just need a handful of them, along with what name you'd like me to use to credit you, and a body of work you've written.  Check that link for an example.  Below are the excerpts- have fun! And thanks in advance!

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but it's going in my big bang fic.  I need this as Palace entertainment!

So I'm working on this Big Bang fic, which involves Ling and Lan Fan, and apart from that I don't think I can say anything else.  Suffice it to say that at some point I have written Ling's mother into the story and I felt compelled to draw her.  Now people, this is just an unpolished sketch.  I wanted to draw her as shocked at Ling's return (why her hands are posed like she's going to be sick o_O), and I'm really no good at drawing hands and feet, which is why the hands present are crude and there's no feet at all.  I think he bears a strong resemblance to her, what do you think?


Her name is Rui, yes she has a bit of a double chin, and I modeled her hair from an 1800's woodcut print of a chinese musician.

TAKEN DOWN DUE TO VIOLATION OF THE RULES!!!!  Guess you'll have to wait!

okay, last preview I swear.  This is all just roughed in sketching anyway, the final product will look way nicer, and I still have some surprises up my sleeve >:D

I broke out my portable drafting table and set myself up with an isometric grid so I can create a proper 3D perspective in proper proportion for my FMA Reverse Big Bang art.  Last time I did pretty well just eyeballing everything, but I kept having trouble with the shadows and the lighting so I think this will really help me out.  I'm actually surprised I remembered how to do the damn thing.  I haven't drawn one in over 5 years O__O

I have 2 ideas of what to draw, but I haven't yet settled on either of them.  However, when the time comes to put pen to paper again, I'll be more than ready.

This incredibly moving story was written by lynx212 and is a gut wrenching rollercoaster of emotion.  These images were half drawn, half manipulated, only because I wasn't comfortable yet drawing so much.  Lynx has been awesome to work with, and I hope you guys like her story as much as I did!!  As always, view at full size for optimum enjoyment ^__^


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