#rachelelm

[southfacinghoney]

My head is filled with her art when I hear this song.

[mendelpalace]

Buncha Link and Navi pics by Rachel Morris... who is on Flickr, for those who've missed her since she closed down her Tumblr page. 

[harleyrossillustrates]

So the awesome Rachel M did this cool One Piece linework and released it online and I knew I had to have a go at colouring it. Here's what I ended up with, after a long period of mucking about.

[docgold13]

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[noidrejemy]

Rachelelm wanted to see it.

I haven't done the drawing part. RFA did it.

I've shown this to a friend and he told me it is inspired of the manga One Piece. Since I am a complete ignorant in manga I didn't know.

So here it is. The colors are utterly off compare to the manga. And I may have confuse some elements.

But I like it like that. There is an old look in it.

In the end, coloring is a very hard work. It was interesting to do.

[descourageux-blog]

rachelelm replied to your post: rachelelm said: don’t burn out! I don’t know why...

haha, I know what you mean - at least as much as a beginner can. I wish my dojo had training every day.

I feel for you, sister. I really do. When I used to only train boxing, I felt horrible whenever I couldn't train. Now that I have BJJ and judo, I do a minimum of two and a half hours of training every day Mon-Thurs up to a maximum of four hours, and I do no-gi and/or MMA most weekends. I'm bathing in martial arts right now.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me - having nothing to do but class, having no bills, having lots of income from working all summer with no bills to pay - so I'm milking it while I can. And saving some of that money, of course.

[descourageux-blog]

rachelelm said: don’t burn out!

I don't know why I even worry about shit like that any more. I always feel dog tired until the second I step onto the mats. The second my toes touch the padding I am alive and awake with the knowledge that I was born to choke the fuck out of people.

Then I come home from my three hours' training with more energy than I had beforehand and can't sleep and the cycle continues.

w/e

[descourageux-blog]

rachelelm replied to your post: I hurt my forearms in boxing yesterday - I’m still...

Man, my sensei would love you.

All my coaches love me and all of my friends are worried that I'm going to die and/or flunk out.

Clocking another hour and a half of boxing and an hour and forty-five minutes of judo today anyway, injuries or no injuries, homework or no homework. Also adding ankle weights tomorrow. Yolo