Date: 2009-11-27 00:51 Subject: karaoke, the great american tradition Security: Public Tags: blather, i love fandom

It's Thanksgiving, so we have three Korean moms downstairs right now, singing karaoke. They are adorably out of tune and sync with each other and the music, but are making the effort anyway. Every so often they manage to hit a note of spectacular awfulness. My sister and I are not even trying not to laugh any more (but we only laugh because we think it's cute, honest!)

( etc... )

Date: 2009-09-16 15:18 Subject: people are jerks Security: Public Mood: frustrated Tags: argh, gender

 Dear World:

would you please leave Caster Semenya the hell alone? 

I read on wikipedia about how another athlete, Santhi Soundarajan, was actually stripped of a silver medal after she had won it because of the results of a gender test. Imagine training all your life and winning an olympic medal, and then having that taken away from you days or weeks afterwards because of something you have no control over, while simultaneously having your privacy violated on a worldwide scale. And being treated as a curiosity or a freak by people who don't understand that gender is not a dichotomy. 


...aaaargh. okay I get this 'being angry/frustrated' thing, now. I really, really get it. 

Date: 2009-05-30 22:28 Subject: gender-switched star trek Security: Public Tags: shoppin', star trek

Based on liviapenn's gender-reversed Star Trek casting post (the new movie cast, not the original series cast.) I don't know much about these actors, but once I'd seen this I knew I had to make a mock movie poster manip of it. Miss Spock! Mr. Uhura! Way too much fun to pass up. So I didn't fill out those job applications today, but it was clearly in favor of FAR MORE IMPORTANT THINGS. ^_^




Clockwise from top right: Uhura, Kirk, Spock, and Nero. The photos are all of the actors in liviapenn's entry.
click for a larger version
and here's the real movie poster it's based on.

It was hard to find a picture of Leonard Roberts* in an Uhura-like pose, but Yvonne Strahovski's picture I barely had to touch-- the lighting and expression and everything were perfect. Although the picture itself is... no well, actually, it's pretty much what Kirk would act like as a girl, now that I think about it. :D

*ETA: It has come to my attention that the actor used for Uhura here is, in fact Jimmy Jean-Louis, and not Leonard Roberts. Sorry for the mix-up!

Date: 2009-03-25 22:50 Subject: House Big Bang Challenge Round Two: Down the Rabbit Hole Security: Public Mood: accomplished Tags: big bang, fanart, house

Title: Down the Rabbit Hole
Pairing: none (gen). House, Wilson, Jack Harkness
Rating: PG
Spoilers: none
Format: Digital painting
Created with: Painter 10, GIMP



( click here for notes and full image )

Awesome Links:

Mer's story, World of Weeping  or start here if the archive is not working.
Hllangel's artwork for this story
Alexwhitewell's artwork for this story (will be updated if a link shows up!)

The Big Bang archive is temporarily down, but a list of alternate links to stories and art can be found here.

Happy reading/viewing!

Date: 2008-11-26 19:52 Subject: Faces, day 5: Cameron Security: Public Mood: busy Tags: cameron, fanart, house md

Part 5 of 11. More face painting practice with House characters as the victims. : )

11 - Chase
10 - Taub
9 - Stacy
8 - Foreman
7 - Cuddy
6 - Kutner
5 - Cameron
4 - House
3 - Thirteen
2 - Wilson
1 - Amber

Date: 2008-11-22 19:10 Subject: Faces, day 4: House Security: Public Tags: fanart, house, house md

Today: House-the-character! I'd been holding off on this one 'til now. I love Hugh Laurie, but he has a hard-to-draw face. (Well, for me, anyways.)




( click here for art )

Date: 2008-11-17 15:13 Subject: Wilson's LLB to be played by David Nykl Security: Public Tags: babble, house md, sga

Hahah, no, I'm kidding. But I did find a couple of interesting pics for comparison.

*image credits go to robertseanleonard.org and puddlejumper.co.uk.

Date: 2008-11-15 21:57 Subject: Faces, day 3: Thirteen Security: Public Tags: fanart, house md, thirteen

Thirteen! Sorry if you hate her. I totally understand. She gets a lot of screen time. I kinda like her, although I'd obviously rather be watching House and Wilson. (Although, to be fair, that applies to most parts of the show that don't involve House and Wilson.)

( clicky )

Date: 2008-11-14 00:12 Subject: Faces, extra: Hugh Laurie Security: Public Tags: fanart, hugh laurie

Very sketchy picture today of Hugh Laurie-- pre House era. Uh, no, I don't know why his finger's in his mouth.

( pic here )

Date: 2008-11-13 03:53 Subject: Faces, day 2: Wilson Security: Public Tags: fanart, house md, wilson

So, this is a practice picture-- the first part of a daily exercise of drawing peoples' faces in order to understand them better. And of course by 'faces' I mean House characters.

( pic here )

ETS: a lot of rambling.

Date: 2008-09-07 17:04 Subject: Faces, day 1: Amber Security: Public Tags: amber, fanart, house md

I thought I was going to draw House or Wilson or one of the team, but my brain apparently had other ideas:

( click for art )

Date: 2008-08-30 19:29 Subject: what now? Security: Public Tags: babble

Okay! So, now that I've made this... I have no idea what to post. Figures. I'm working on the premise that anything's got to be better than the default message from the Livejournal Welcome Wagon, though.

So. Uh. Hi!

(listens to my voice echoing in the void of empty cyberspace)