Log #2

2007.11.21 「Vongola Sextet」 I started Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! 4 days ago and have now seen all the released chapters including 14 episodes of the anime, which I think is inferior to the manga and therefore have stopped watching. I seriously didn't think I'd fanart this series at all. The first 7 volumes were boring as heck and painful to plough through but come volume 8 IT BECOMES AWESOME. Of course, the first 7 volumes thing may put off newcomers, but I trudged on in the expectation that it would get better. And it did. And my favourite character is this blue-haired, violet-eyed girl who I wish actually had black hair instead of blue because it makes sense ._.

So, from top left: Hibari Kyouya, Chrome Dokuro, Yamamoto Takeshi, Sawada Tsunayoshi (main character), Rokudou Mukuro, Gokudera Hayato. All Ten Years Later versions, mind. I still need to draw Lambo and Sasagawa Ryohei to complete the Vongola set.

2007.11.16 「Swimming Class」 Crackiest pairing I've put out yet that involves LFFL for an obvious reason. I wouldn't have put it up had Realms not said "It's very tame." Meaning it's a lot more bloggable than the ArthurxLFFL. Started 3 months before, I only picked up from where I left off last night after Realms nagged at me to show her it o_o. All I can say is, thank goodness it's over and done with as this was always in the back of my mind every time I posted a new piece on LJ (I kind of liked how LFFL came out).

In the famous words of a certain fanartist on Geass LJ comm: "I was too lazy to draw clothes." So ignore the bit of skin showing. Snerk.

2007.11.14 「Alannah Girls v1.0」 Being away from Australia's fashion landscape made me forget how much I miss Alannah Hill, Lover, Third Millenium and, in general, shopping at The Strand. And, even though I don't buy them: Leona Edmiston, Nobue and Akira. And, occasionally, Scanlan & Theodore, Sass & Bide and Zimmermann. Sigh. I was browsing through Alannah Hill's Spring/Summer 2006 runway photos, fell in love with many pieces and had to put them on my favourite Geass girls.

Far from finished. Will finish sketching, "ink" and attempt to colour later.

2007.11.10 「Mothership」 ...is what I call this crack AU pairing. Blame Realms for suddenly going "Ooh, I'd love to read a MariannexMrs.Kururugi fic!" We've had lengthy discussions on this non-existent mother of Suzaku whom canon does not even bother to mention in passing. Since Suzaku has his father's wide eyes, the mother's could be narrower. Her hair is a similar shade of brown as her son and falls to the small of her back in ringlets. She's a repressed traditional Japanese wife with a petite build and frail, sickly characteristics. A little not right in the head, too, which explains the son XDD.

「PEACE: Emperor version」 I tried colouring it but it came out ghastly. I, argh, could NOT bring myself to age Lelouch! ;_; But that's okay. As Hope has reasoned, Lelouch might be one of those people who age gracefully.

2007.10.08 「PEACE: Empress version」 Truth be told, I'm feeling a bit squeamish about releasing this piece in its full-sized glory. Partly based on Realms of Life's five-chapter speculative fic, Lelouch isn't actually Lulu AKA LFFL in that one (XD) but I felt the need to take some liberty with it since I'm currently crazy about Christian Lacroix's haute couture which you can't apply on Lelouch. Truly, ageing the characters isn't a fun exercise - frontal view, on top of that. Pity, I had to hack their faces in half since you can no longer see Lulu's eyepatch. Will quote the paragraph that inspired this image once I do another version that's more loyal to the fic.

The suite in question, just recently baptised The House of Mirrors:

Stage I. The Emperor's Waltz

Stage II. The Path of Carnage

Stage III. The Lady of the Lake

Stage IV. The Book of Hours

Epilogue. The Palace of Silence