#twistedimagery

[thickerthanectoplasm]

Hi! just to clarify for Phanniemay when you say the work must involve elements from the show does it mean it has to be strictly canon stuff or can it involve pairings and AUs?

AUs and pairings count!  Anything that has anything to do with Danny Phantom.  

I say “elements from the show” as a means of saying it doesn’t have to be canon.  AUs take elements of the show (the characters, some of the concepts, etc) and put them into other times or locations.  

[twistedimagery]

New Art Blog

I apologize for not mentioning this sooner but I made a new art blog, where I’ll obviously be posting more art there. There’s a link to it on the side of my blog or you can check it out here. Happy viewing!

[nijuukoo]

Hi! I tried to ask you this same question on deviantart so I hope you don't mind me asking again here. Anyway, I just wanted some advice on how to get better at digital art. I tried several tutorials including yours but everything I do just seems wrong or it never comes out like the examples. I would also like to know if it takes you long to create things on Photoshop? I really admire your work and creativity by the way!

Hello c:

I guess looking for many tutorials online and experimenting with techniques is some of the best ways to advance in art. Like others i’ve told, don’t be disheartened when something doesn’t turn out the way you thought it would, even when you follow a tutorial. Like baking, even if you follow the directions to a tee it may not turn out the way it looks like in the recipe, but it doesn’t make it any less delicious XD the more you do something, the better you’ll get at it, and the easier it is to get into rhythm. I still struggle getting things the way I want them to, but i’m constantly researching and looking for different approaches to a single problem.

I commend you spending time trying new techniques, but keep in mind you gotta start focusing on those that you’re most comfortable doing and which suits your style. Start allotting more attention to one, and refine that technique. Art isn’t a science (or math lol whatever makes more sense), it’s organic, requires time to grow, and is essentially a melting pot of experience and advice given by other artists. there’ll never be a single “correct” path to a solution—if one method doesn’t cut it, there’ll always be another way to make things work.

Time spent on art depends on what it is i’m doing. If it’s something i struggle with, then it’ll take me more time to finish something because i’m constantly looking up more references, tutorials, etc. On the other hand, if i’m drawing something i’m amazingly inspired to do, I can sit for several hours and draw non-stop. There will be pieces I can finish within a day, others, maybe a month. There are several occasions where everything was technically done, but I ended up spending another couple hours just refining it, tweaking the slightest bits of colour and stuff until I finally decide to put down the stylus and let go. Art is unpredictable, but it doesn’t mean you can’t handle it :)

[twistedimagery]

My First Day as a Teacher

You know that saying that teachers never forget their first day teaching? I'm never forgetting this one. When I first arrived I thought the class before me was done, but it turned out the instructor was just letting them out for a bit -_-; Also I didn't have dry erase markers so I used a big newsprint pad and sharpie marker that I brought just in case. Throughout class I was trying to remember everything I wanted to say, and I think I might forgot one or two things from what I practiced. In fact everything I did in class did not feel like the way I practiced by myself. Honestly I did not feel like a teacher, I felt like an idiot rambling things she vaguely remembers learning in college. I feel like crying, not because I had trouble with the students or anything, but because it was so overwhelming. I'm so afraid of what I'm going to read when I give the students the evaluation sheets at the last day of class. I don't even know how I'm going to keep this up for the next 7 weeks. I am SO not meant to be a teacher T_T I'm REALLY questioning why God gave me this job.

[twistedimagery]

Disney's Frozen- Casual Movie Review

(Posted from my Facebook) Just finished watching frozen, and I will say I wouldn't mind watching it again. Though minor things I think are flaws: 1. The villain/antagonist of the film. The movie seemed to be setting up the Duke of Weselton/Weaselton (?) as the bad guy in the way he tried to get Elsa killed because he thought she was monstrous. Then more than halfway through the movie, Hans abruptly turns from the nice prince helping out Arendelle to a petty and manipulative bastard who wanted to marry into royalty just to gain power. I think if the Duke and Hans were working together somehow it would make more sense, but either way they're not memorable like the classic Disney villains. 2. "Frozen" didn't feel like they really developed the character's relationship with each other, especially Anna and Kristoff. I didn't see much signs of them gradually falling in love, but I guess there were moments that showed they cared about each other. And of course Kristoff did run back to Arendale to save Anna. As for Elsa and Anna there wasn't much emotional drama one would expect with sisters who have lived separately from each other and the world for years. Not sure if there's anything that could've been improved between them to make their reconciliation at the end more satisfying, but I wished Anna would've fully regained her memories of Elsa's powers so she'd really understand her sister's feelings. other thoughts: - I thought Olaf would be too gimmicky as a side character, but he turned out to be pretty sweet at times - Don't think Kristoff got much character development. When he talked about liking reindeers more than people and how some people want to be alone, I thought they would bring up some special backstory about him, but in the end he just seems to made to be the love interest. - I felt this movie was made to follow the hype with "Brave's" theme of Mother-Daughter bonding with sisterly bonding. I'm guessing this movie is influenced by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen", but I wondered what would happened if they followed the original story, or why they chose to deviate from it? I'm not bashing the movie, but I can't say it's a perfect Disney movie. Still, like I said it's entertaining enough to watch again so I'll least give it an 8/10

[twistedimagery]

Kingdom Hearts 1.5 remix Artbook

I FINALLY GOT THE KINGDOM HEARTS ARTBOOK!!!!...only I'm now sort of disappointed :/. Happy, but little disappointed. I guess I was expecting and hoping there would be a lot more features in the art book, like some details behind the concept arts and ideas of kingdom hearts, it's most of the things I've seen on the internet already. I definitely expected the book to be bigger, but it's cool that the book is also used as the case for the game. Now all I need is a PS3 unless the PS4 will be backwards compatible.