<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174197427453315175</id><updated>2011-07-08T06:23:06.974-07:00</updated><title type='text'>tallow and soot</title><subtitle type='html'>come watch me watch you</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://somestrangeblackout.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7174197427453315175/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://somestrangeblackout.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>asis rhaxma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01710302763019723634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m6QqtuciE4w/SOwSpyvLZRI/AAAAAAAAAAM/TBtH_sO1hyk/S220/l_b3ff7e03011c0e7b2cdd7f22c236a637.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174197427453315175.post-7093077860931651230</id><published>2010-01-24T22:59:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-24T23:37:48.935-08:00</updated><title type='text'>today is the greatest</title><content type='html'>for a few months i've been considering starting a blog so i could have a place to dump all my sketches/works in progress/finished pieces. today i finally decided to do it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i rarely show people my unfinished work or sketches because i'm never happy with them. in fact, i'm pretty ashamed of most of the stuff i draw. but in a way i feel like posting all my work here (whether finished or not) will help me understand that everyone starts somewhere, and that we're all just trying to learn. hopefully doing this will motivate me to work harder and i'll make some real progress!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i'll start with a few recent things i've made with MS paint. it's all i have to work with at the moment (i have no paper and no pencils.. how sad is THAT?) and while the end result is usually quite messy i have a lot of fun with it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m6QqtuciE4w/S11Eul_KRKI/AAAAAAAAABI/V-h2DmStfQE/s1600-h/ivy.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 310px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m6QqtuciE4w/S11Eul_KRKI/AAAAAAAAABI/V-h2DmStfQE/s320/ivy.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430572292940383394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;here's a saria bulbasaur. (originally it was supposed to be ivysaur but i have no idea what ivysaur looks like haha)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i got smash bros. brawl for my birthday and i've been playing it quite a bit. it makes me want to draw SO bad and i dont know why! every time i play it i feel all inspired. i usually do doodles like these in under five minutes. i try to do them quickly, but i also try to think when im making them. (no matter how messy they end up)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m6QqtuciE4w/S11Fj68SEGI/AAAAAAAAABQ/Sq-kEfTaIn4/s1600-h/shivesrc.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m6QqtuciE4w/S11Fj68SEGI/AAAAAAAAABQ/Sq-kEfTaIn4/s320/shivesrc.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430573209098522722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;this is a naked shivers. i love when people draw characters in poses with their chests all puffed out. it's one of my favourite things to draw. i have a lot of work to do but im beginning to understand bodies and legs and arms. BEGINNING to!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(oh, and shivers is (c) Jim Arnold at www.shojojim.deviantart.com )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m6QqtuciE4w/S11Jzw0GbaI/AAAAAAAAABg/m9bulst-QFY/s1600-h/sariapoint.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m6QqtuciE4w/S11Jzw0GbaI/AAAAAAAAABg/m9bulst-QFY/s320/sariapoint.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430577879304269218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and here's the last thing i'll put up here for today. this is my character saria pointing. mainly i was trying to focus on the pose/body. i'm not terribly pleased with how the expression came out, but i do have to say i'm pretty proud of the arms and hands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;that's all for now. hopefully i'll have more stuff to share soon, so keep checking back. :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7174197427453315175-7093077860931651230?l=somestrangeblackout.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://somestrangeblackout.blogspot.com/feeds/7093077860931651230/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7174197427453315175&amp;postID=7093077860931651230' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7174197427453315175/posts/default/7093077860931651230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7174197427453315175/posts/default/7093077860931651230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://somestrangeblackout.blogspot.com/2010/01/today-is-greatest.html' title='today is the greatest'/><author><name>asis rhaxma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01710302763019723634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m6QqtuciE4w/SOwSpyvLZRI/AAAAAAAAAAM/TBtH_sO1hyk/S220/l_b3ff7e03011c0e7b2cdd7f22c236a637.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m6QqtuciE4w/S11Eul_KRKI/AAAAAAAAABI/V-h2DmStfQE/s72-c/ivy.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
