Jump to content

HahliLavender

Premier Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    324

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Blog Entries posted by HahliLavender

  1. HahliLavender
    I'm sick, possibly with Strep Throat. So I've been pretty board all day with spontaneous urges to draw and play music from Kingdom Hearts on the piano. Part of the drawing I've worked on all day you can see below. After I made the head I decided to give it a body, so I did. (Click the image below.) It was drawn entirely in photoshop with a graphics tablet. I might redo it sometime to give him different clothes, because I'm not too sure about them.
     

    Click for full drawing
     
    Character bio:
     
    Meet Sketch. A confident artist and generally optimistic person. Sly and clever, He'll win almost any argument; and whether it be luck or powerful observational skills he's usually always right. He knows this, but tries not to come across as arrogant.
    "Sketch" is just his nickname, given to him for the fact that he's always drawing. Not many people know his real name, but if you ask him what it is, he'll likely reply, "What is it not?"
    One day when he was snooping around an old study while on a tour in a famous artist's mansion he found a quite unusual pen. He smuggled it out and later discovered that anything he draws and signs with his "souvenir" soon becomes reality. He could draw the future.
     
    You know, that's actually a good plot stool. Maybe I could use it to reach the story on the top shelf.
     
    ...
     
    I think the fatigue is getting to me.
  2. HahliLavender
    Come up with a funny caption for the screenshot below.



    Leave a comment with your caption and by next Tuesday I'll add my 3 favorite captions to this post. Each winner will receive a virtual trophy!

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Here are the winners, and thanks for your submissions!

    1st Place
    "Batman never tried supersized batgrenades again."
    - Xaeraz:Toa-demon/Dr.Zephyr

    2nd Place
    "I don't just jog every morning, I do it with an explosive to improve my time. I'm dead if I don't get it home in time!"
    - ChocolateFrogs

    3rd Place
    "Extreme Basketball"
    - Cap'n Bionicle

    And here's your virtual trophy!


    [url="http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=78&showentry=26158"][img=http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Air-Master/OtherImages/virtual_trophy.png][/url]

    And a small version...



    [url="http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=78&showentry=26158"][img=http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Air-Master/OtherImages/virtual_trophy_sml.png][/url]

  3. HahliLavender
    Just... so you know.
     
    I've finally gotten to play Kingdom Hearts for the first time! I don't know why I haven't played it sooner. I seem to have a habit of getting into things after the hype subsides. Unfortunately I'm only renting it. But I'm definitely going to buy it after I return it.
  6. HahliLavender

    Costume Design

    By HahliLavender,

    My sisters will be learning about the american pioneers for school, and will be making costumes appropriate to that era. I was invited to make a costume if I wanted to, but I don't quite fancy old west attire, so I'll be making a different costume. One I will enjoy wearing. I won't be doing the same lesson plans, so I'm not bound by a specific time period. I sketched out a general look I want for my costume & colored it. It's something of the Steampunk variety.
     

     
    This is just a draft to give me a general guideline as to what I want the costume to look like. Unfortunately my scanner doesn't work, so I had to take a picture of the drawing with my camera. That's why the sketch itself looks a little... off.
     
    I have a vest from a previous project that I plan to use in this one, my dad has a manilla-colored collar shirt, and the pants are no problem. I just need to get a hold of some combat boots (preferably these) and make a frock coat and some goggles. I have glass lenses for the goggles, I just need some leather, a small buckle, and some thick thread. As for the frock coat, I need advice as to what type of fabric I should use. I've made a frock coat once before, using a Jack Sparrow costume pattern, but the fabric I used was canvas. (like the kind they make Chuck Taylors out of.) XD It turned out ok, but not as good as I'd hoped. But at least I have a bit of experience.
     
    Any tips or suggestions?
  7. HahliLavender

    Seal Of Approval

    By HahliLavender,

    Since everyone seems to be handing out "approval" images for the blogs they enjoy reading, I've decided to make my own. if you are...
     
    Aanchir: Rachira of Time
    Arch-Angel
    Arpy
    Binkmeister
    bonesiii
    Brave_Dragon
    Brickeens
    ChocolateFrogs
    Danska: Shadow Master
    Jalina Taekwondo Toa
    The keyblade master of light
    Lady Kopaka
    Lady Ranna ~ Spirit Keeper
    ~Laughin'Man~
    Lyger
    Nikira
    Nukora
    Sunburst
    Turakii #1 Lavasurfer
     
    ...then you may add this to your blog if you wish.
     

     

    [url="http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=78&"][img=http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Air-Master/Blogness/seal_of_approval.png][/url]
  8. HahliLavender

    Promises

    By HahliLavender,

    I don't usually blog anything personal, but I just feel I need to share this. I realized this when I woke up this morning; but before I start, let me say that I know not all promises are about or for something or someone special, but those are the kind I'm talking about.
     
    Someone once convinced me when I was young and impressionable, that you should never make any promises, because you don't know if you'll be able to keep them or not. That it's just safer not to commit. And for a long time I believed that. But now I see how wrong that is. If you never make any promises, you can't be held responsible for anything, you have no obligation to take action, and that makes you lazy. I know that a promise made close to the heart, when broken, can really hurt, but you shouldn't be afraid to take that risk. It's the risk of losing what you may care for that makes the promise all the more special and gives you the determination to fulfill it.
     
    This was a very unexpected answer to a really complicated feeling I had for a long time, and I hope it can help anyone else who may relate to what I've just written.
  9. HahliLavender

    Books!

    By HahliLavender,

    I just got back from the library. I got The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, Firebirds - an anthology edited by Sharyn November, Airborn by Kenneth Oppel, and a mammals encyclopedia for photo reference. I want to learn how to draw wild cats, and such.
     
    Also, I just got my first blog award! Thanks Arpy!
     
    UPDATE:
    I joust found out right now that one of the books I got at the library, Airborn, is going to be a movie! I had absolutely no idea of that when I checked out the book! What an interesting string of events!
  10. HahliLavender
    I've just noticed, that those Japanese characters on the packaging of Exo-Force sets that reads トクシュブタイ (or tokushubutai) are the Japanese words 特殊 (tokushu) meaning special, or unique, and 舞台 (butai) meaning stage, setting or scene. So tegether, they mean something like, "unique setting."
     
    I don't know if that was intentional or not, but I thought it was pretty cool so I thought I'd point that out.

  11. HahliLavender
    Wow, it's been almost four months since I've blogged last. I guess I just lost interest here for a while, but I'm back! And I make no promises of a regular blog upkeep. But right now I'm gonna work on updating my blog's look, and squeeze a decent title out of my brain.
     
    In the meantime you can entertain yourself with the words spoken typed below...
     
    I've got another baby sister, born in June; which makes makes her sister number five! Guess I'm still the only boy in this family. (besides my dad.) But I'm the oldest, and that comes with it's perks.
     
    I've recently gained an interest in playing the piano and have taught myself a bit of how to read sheet music! But slowly. It takes a while for me to figure out which note(s) I'm supposed to play. I've already made up two songs, but they're not complete yet.
     
    Also, I've been interested in The Books of Ember Series. The City of Ember is the first book in the series, and is gonna be a movie next year! I can't wait! The book is about two kids who attempt to save the people of a dying city where there's no sky. The only light comes from flood lamps mounted on buildings and lampposts. I've read the second book, The People of Sparks, as well. All I have left is to read The Prophet of Yonwood.
     
    Let's see, anything interesting I could tell you? Well, in July I went to Massachusetts for a family reunion of people related to me who I've never met, but spent a few days prior in New York (no, not the city) with some relatives I've known my whole life. I was much more comfortable there.
     
    Oh, and sometime in... april or june, i forgot when, we (my siblings and I) got a Wii! But we don't have any actual games for it yet. Unless you count Wii Sports and Wii Play.
     
    Well those were just a few significant things I could remember right now from the past four months. And hopefully I'll update this blog more often.
  13. HahliLavender
    Life on Mars was my favorite Lego theme when it came out, and now Lego is releasing Mars Mission, a theme almost identical to LoM, and I'm real excited about it! And as I was reding the descriptions of the sets on S@H, I started coming up with some ideas of how the Life on Mars story could tie into the Mars Mission theme. This is my favorite...
     

    --------------------------------------------
    The residents of Mars & Earth are friends, and together develop new ways of comunication, transportation, and energy efficiency. The Martians discovered a new type of energy crystal deep beneath the planet, and requested an elite space team from Earth to assist in the harvesting and technological development of these energy crystals. But their not the only ones who have learned of this crystal. Just as production is going up, aliens from an unknown planet invade Mars to take over production of the crystal harvesting and claim its technological possibilities for themselves. So the Humans and Martians team up to defend what's rightfully theirs. But the aliens hold a secret too valueble to be killed... Can the Martians and Humans discover the secret and reclaim their right to the energy crystals? Or will the aliens prevail?
     

    --------------------------------------------
    It's kind of like Life on Mars meets Rock Raiders. Tell me what you think, or post your own ideas.

  14. HahliLavender

    日本語研究

    By HahliLavender,

    I've been recently studying Japanese more, and I think I'm starting to get the hang of the language! It's not as hard as everyone says. Maybe because I enjoy it! The hardest part for me is probably putting words in the correct order. The sentance structure is "Subject, Object, Verb." I can put together small sentances though.
     
    Props to the first person to correctly translate this...
     
    私は十六歳です
  15. HahliLavender

    Horseradish

    By HahliLavender,

    Today was rather eventful. We went out to Mimi's Cafe for lunch with my grandparents and aunt for Mother's Day. Not my favorite restaurant, but it's pretty good.
     
    Afterwards, we went to Borders which was right next door and browsed around. I got "Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid" by Lemony Snicket! There's lots of unusual analogies, and interesting things you don't usually think about in that book. And some are just funny. For example...
     

    So true... 
    Anyway, Mimi's Cafe & Borders were right next to a mall, so we walked around, browsed through some stores, and I bought this really cool "tricktack" wallet at Sharper Image! >stock photo< (on the other side is an ID card slot, and money clip.) I'm glad I got it... I really needed a wallet.
     
    Well, today was a good day (if not a little hot). Here's to another... woah, wait. I've recently had a dream of this exact experience!
     
    ...
     
    Cool! B)

  16. HahliLavender
    If you're reading this, then I suggest you stop for a second to read this.
     
    These are just my thoughts on the matter...

    I'm glad TP posted that. General Discussion is overflowing with stuff like that. It's called general discussion. Things should be disscused there. Almost every topic I see there is a question that anyone can easily answer with just a few words. Easy post counts. Don't get me wrong, some of them are pretty good questions. But In my opinion, some of those topics are just scraping the surface of being spam, but following the rules just enough to be allowed. Like eating something on the experation date.
     
    Now, questions are usually the most common things to start discussions on, but questions so simple, anyone in the world could answer so easily are best avoided. But all the examples I can think of would go in S&T. In fact, the S&T forum pretty much eliminates the use for GD. Now, I don't browse S&T very often, so I'm probably missing something. But I just thought I'd point that out.

    Come to think about it, there are so many other forums here that questions seem to be the only things to put in there. But if the question is good, then there could be a real discussion-- a word which Dictionary.com describs as "an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., esp. to explore solutions; informal debate." --It's just that everyone makes one post in the topic, then their gone! From the "discussion" I mean.

    Well, this is pretty much me thinking out loud, attempting to make a point... Where's the discussoin? So I'd like to end with a song... Sing to the chorus of "Where is the Love?" by Black-Eyed Peas.
     
    People asking simple questions
    Easy posts, a new hot topic
    All the questions are the same
    "What was your previous name?"
    I know, I know there are other
    topics that can be discussed
    But people got me got me questioning
    Where's the discussion?

  17. HahliLavender
    The LGD and COT forums are no longer available! *gasp* Are they permanently gone, or will they eventually come back?
     
    Maybe thinking it's a joke is the joke, and they really are gone! Or maybe thinking the joke's a joke is a joke, and they'll be back soon? Or maybe this was the prank! To make you think it was a joke, but realizing that it's most likely not a joke that it's a joke! Or... wait...
     
    ... I lost where I was going...
     
    Oh well. It'll still makes since if those forums are permanently gone. After all, this is a Bionicle site.
     
    Wait... maybe they were going to do this (for real) anyway, but waited until April Fool's Day so we'd all think it was a joke. Then we'd later realize it wasn't! That'd be a good prank. Though, disappointing to the people of those forums. Oh well, I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens. But if someone could please give a firm answer, are they gone for good?

  18. HahliLavender

    Lemon

    By HahliLavender,

    Somebody's trying to prevent anyone from using this name.
     
    --------------
     
    Also, I've updated my blog a bit.
     
    That's funny... blogabit...

  20. HahliLavender

    Icy Rain

    By HahliLavender,

    It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring
    He went to bed, and bumped his head
    And didn't...
     
    Gosh, nursery rhymes are morbid.
     
    It's raining here. And everything is covered in ice. Dangerous, but it looks cool!
     
  22. HahliLavender
    All day yesterday (and today until about 5:15) we had no Internet! That was rather hard, due to the fact that we have Vontage. (An Internet-based phone service.) So we couldn't even use our phone! But I'm back again! In case anybody noticed I was gone. *sees that nobody noticed* um... well, it felt like a long time.
     
    Anyway, I drew a Bionicle-Christmas-themed picture a while ago, colored it up in Photoshop, and it just needs to be uploaded. But I'm wondering if I should wait till it's closer to Christmas to post it. Or should I post it tomorrow?
     
    On a random note:
     
    I was bored, typed Vakama's intro from MoL and recorded Microsoft Narrator narrating the said typed content.
     
    >Download & listen<

  23. HahliLavender
    I just got my my Free the Band prize in the mail! As mentioned in a previous entry, I won a T-shirt, lanyard and poster. Unfortunately, the poster is folded, so there's crease marks on it, but it's a good size. Probably around 2' long by 1½' wide. The lanyard card I got has Hewkii on it, and the shirt looks pretty good.
     

     
  24. HahliLavender
    I saw President Bush!
     
    A short summary:
    We were invited by some friends to see President Bush land here in Air Force 1 to make a speech. It was pretty exciting! We got in the crowd (very near to the front, just behind the VIP section) at about 1pm to wait till he arrived. There were three bands, a country one, a school one, and a percussion one, and cheerleaders from two different schools. We waited and watched the previously mentioned entertainers until about 4pm until Air Force 1 finally arrived! Then President Bush walked on stage and gave his speech, which lasted about an hour. The speech, not the walking. After his speech we watched him board his plane and take off.
     
    Afterwards when we were leaving, the line for the shuttle to take us back to the parking lot was so long, we decided to walk. we walked for a mile or two untill we finally got to our car. Then once we got home, at about 6:30, we ordered pizza!
     
    It was a lot more exciting than I can describe right now. I might add more details later.
     
    Also, if you were there tonight (Arkansas) then I'd like to hear from you!
     
    Photos:
     
    Air Force 1

    Prestident Bush 1-2-3-4-5

    I took a lot more photos than that, but those are just some of the better ones.
     
×
×
  • Create New...