Some day relatively soon [or not] I'mma get me a new layout that I can actually read the text on. Yea~! ;D [wait what?] And like update my profile and stuff. Yuh-huh.

So yesterday I said I was going to make some Kamen Riders, and look, I did! That makes a total of four! Yeah, not very many. I only made two yesterday; Decade Complete Form and NEW Den-O to go along with the Decade [regular] and Diend I have from summer.

( All four under the cut! )

I plan on making the rest of the Heisei main Riders at some point, though since I have Decade, Diend, and Decade Complete I feel like I should make Kuuga [and perhaps Kivaara?] just to complete the set :B;;

Speaking of which, does anyone have any good references of the back of Kuuga's armor? D: Mighty form, that is.
I'd also like to try making a Kivaara too [NATSUMIIIII♥], but the lack of full and back pictures of her makes it pretty hard D:
Also I was wondering if anyone would be interested in commissioning some. Just a question D: *flail*

Just after a conversation I had with SORA-CHYON in which we discovered the approximate timeframe when I started getting into Kamen Rider [thank you, Den-O. Look what you've done.].

ANYWOOZLES [?], have some terrible Kamen Rider fanart! None of them are colored because I'm lazy and I suck at coloring.
I must find a way to make the characters look more like themselves and less generic. Perhaps - learning how to draw faces, hmm? *So Fisty Kated eyebrow quirk*

KAMEN RIDER FANART
Decade x2
Den-O x4 [ALL OF WHICH INCLUDE KOTARO. WTF, SELF]
Double/W x1

Ugh big pictures are big. Sorry.

( Under a cut )

SO THERE'S AN ARTDUMP FOR YOU. Gosh those pictures are big.
Please do not repost anywhere without my permission everrr D:

NINJA ASSASSIN WAS THE BEST MOVIE EVER!!
If you want a semi-legitimate excuse for watching a little over 1.5 hours of shirtless Rain. :Db

( Plot:Gore:Gratuitous-Rain-ab-shots ratio = 1:5:8.75 )

Overall, the film was not very good. XD I say this somewhat affectionately, because really - we weren't expecting it to be good. We went to see it for Rain (we're not even avid fans of him. It's just cool to see someone like that in a Hollywood film), and that was mostly it. I kind of wanted to see cool action scenes.
I wouldn't recommend this film for anyone who wants something really high quality, or for people who have weak stomachs or who can't handle a lot of gore. The acting is passable, and the plotline is pretty simple. But if you're a fan of Rain and want to see him on the big screen in America, speaking in [accented] English - go for it! Just don't expect something amazing. :D

( Highlights of the film?! )
Lol "highlights." Being the laundromat scene, the film knowing enough not to take itself seriously, and RAIN'S ABS. Mmmhmm.

( I LOVE PREVIEWS )

Tomorrow I will hopefully see The Road!! Yaaaayyyy Viggo Mortensen. It's like two special people in a row. [??]



PS: YOU HAVE A SPECIAL HEART.

Eff. I'm going to die.

This is confirmed by the dramatic Double music playing in the back of my head.

:<
I want a break already! [we don't get one until Thanksgiving, hoohoo.]

/BAWWWW

My new wallpaper is VERY BRIGHT and VERY PINK MAGENTA PINK (and kind of magenta also. Can we call it Fuchsia and pretend like it's even more manly than ~Magenta~ which is obviously manlier than Pink?).

( LOOK AT IT HERE <3 )

For the record, Ryota came out my favorite. If you'll notice, there's a steady decrease in quality from left to right - that's the order I did them in. Kimito's facial shadows gave me so. Much. Trouble. D: (even if it WAS a trace! Wtf self).

I like it, even if that's a bit shameless.

:(

Ignoring Shotaro completely, Phil is Kamen Rider Wikipedia HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA

I just wanted to say that. I'm sorry.
but it's true! Phil is like Wikipedia, and then some. And he looks like Johnny's.

Sculpey III and I have been friends for a long, long time. Used to make Sailor Moon characters out of it with SORA-CHYON. :DD THEY WERE BOMB. And we made some Smash Bros characters, too! You know, that all probably started me doing this stuff...

So I made little figures of characters from series I like. Or not, in the case of Naruto [I made some for a couple friends. :D THE NARUTO TURNED OUT THE BEST, SURPRISINGLY.] It's fun and they turn out cute most of the time! Back in the summer of 2006, I made the Seigaku Regulars for fun... and then I kind of didn't make any for a year or so. Then October of 2007 or something, I made some Naruto ones for a friend's birthday. I used a different style, though, inspired from my awesome Sarubobo cellphone strap. :'D Then this year I made some again. :| What a weirdo I am.

BUT I HAVE PICTURES! They're under the cut.

Prince of Tennis:
- Seigaku (Regulars)
- Fudomine (the myu characters; Blond!Tachibana)
- Yamabuki (Dan only)
Kamen Rider Decade
- Decade
- Diend

( Handcrafted, just like artisan hams. Also, imageheavy. )

I'm kind of running out of shelf space. :D;;;
Um, I'd make these for friends more often, but I'm afraid they'll break easily... or else I might sell them, too. D: I'm not like pro or anything, so I've no doubt that they'd break pretty fast. D:

Yosh! Running with Joanne later. :D TIME TO prove how fat and out of shape I am! MAKE A CHANGE! IXACISE! EXCERCISE! YEAHH.
...I'm so out of shape, I hope I don't die. D:

I want to do sucky Shinkenger and Decade fanart but I still have two concentration pieces and one breadth for art to dooo... and I probably can't use copyrighted materials noooooooooooo... *rolls around*

Plus I've had Aitsu Koso ga Tennis no Oujisama [the DL3 version] stuck in my head all day. XD BEST TENSIONNN (YOU ARE THE BEST~) BEST CONDITIONNNN (PRINCE OF TENNIS~) YOU ARE THE BEST, YOU ARE THE PRINCE OF TENNIIIIIISSSS!
...yeah.

Also Kabuto suddenly re-infiltrated my brain and forced it to create... Pokemon!Kabuto. WRYYYY. XDD
Synopsis: A group of specially selected Pokemon trainers fight to protect the world from the wrath of the evil Team ZECT. Tendou Souji, a young charismatic trainer, leads the bunch with his right-hand man, Kagami Arata. What adventures and rivals will they come to face on their journies?! Find out... never. *Insert Pokemon Kabuto theme here*

Tendou naturally uses Kabuto as his main Pokemon, which later evolves into *evolution theme dodododoo!* Hyper Kabuto! AKA Kabutops.
Kagami probably has a Pinsir, or that blue beetle Pokemon from one of the newer generations whose name I don't know. :D But probably a Pinsir.
Tsurugi owns... I don't know. Some scorpion Pokemon what's good with a sword. Also, he owns a Farfetch'd, because it's appropriate somehow.
Yaguruma had a Beedrill. But then he was stupid and the Beedrill left him for a new master [Kageyama] and he got emo. Later, he went out and caught... a Scyther. Because it's the closest thing to a grasshopper I can think of. XD
Kage-pon got Yaguruma's Beedrill. But then the Beedrill left him, too [It went to Tendou eventually], and he went out and caught a Scyther under Yaguruma's guidance. But his was silver, because it was special, and that's how you tell them apart. :|
Oh, and Daisuke. Uhh, Daisuke has a Butterfree, a Beautifly, and a Yanma [which I know nothing about, but it's there because it's a dragonfly]. He wins for having the most Pokemon! He's also always accompanied by his Breeder-in-training friend, Gon/Yuriko, who also acts as his Pokedex when he's being dumb.

Yeahhh Pokemon Kabuto. Hur hurr, expect badly 'shopped pictures or crappy fanart in the future! :D

:D Happy Earth Day, everyone! I just typed "earth" as "bearth." orz;;

I don't know what other people think, but I'm pretty sure that we humans are completely trashing this planet. Not on purpose, of course, but really, just look at what we're doing to it every day. I myself can't really explain how much Americans alone consume each day - something like that is better said through the artwork of Chris Jordan, who portrays American consumerism in a beautiful, but slightly horrifying way.
I mean, really, you should look at his stuff:
HERE are some examples. His main site is here.
Look at all those things that people use in such short periods of time! It's terrible. D:

So we should all do what we can to help preserve this planet, not only for ourselves, but for the rest of the world and everything living on it, as well as the generations to come. I'm not trying to make people go out and reforest the earth right now, but there are small things that you can do that will help the earth out in the long run, especially if more and more people catch and begin practicing these things too. :D I sound like such a green advocate, but really. This planet has it rough. D;

So some things that will help! :D
- If you have to have water or coffee throughout the day, instead of buying bottles and cups all the time, get your own reusable one instead. There are some pretty cool-looking water bottles and coffee mugs out there that you can get. Or if you don't want to spend a lot of money on a water bottle, you can just reuse a normal Talking Rain or Aquafina bottle. I know Starbucks uses recyclable cups, which is good, but using your own is better, I think. If you're not sure about brewing your own coffee to take to work or school in your handy-dandy mug, I'm pretty sure most chain coffee places like Tully's or Starbucks will make the coffee in your mug for you if you ask, so there you go.
- On the note of using your own things, use your own bag when you go grocery shopping. There are also some really neat bags out there that are good for groceries. ;D If you don't have one and aren't sure whether paper or plastic is the way to go, uhh, I can't really help you. Both paper and plastic bags have their merits and downfalls;
= Paper bags require trees to make, and the amount of energy that goes into making them is much higher than that for plastic bags. However, plastic bags have a lower recycling rate than paper bags [according to the Wall Street Journal]. You can put paper bags with your normal recycling and not worry about it, but plastic bags you generally can take to any grocery store and they'll have a deposit for them there.
You can always reuse your paper and plastic bags, too. We use plastic bags to line our household trash cans, and paper bags can... make really funny masks.
- On the note of recycling, PLEASE DO! I can't believe how many people actually just DON'T recycle. You can recycle most cardboard and paper products, and certain types of plastic depending on your state. Well, actually, you can recycle most any types of plastic, but some types may have to be processed elsewhere. And about that:
= There are 7 types of plastic out there. The most commonly recycled are types 1 and 2, PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) and HDPE [high-density polyethylene). PET is used for things like water and soda bottles and lots of food product containers. HDPE is used for things like shampoo and detergent bottles, as well as milk bottles and plastic grocery bags. Other types are PVC, LDPE, PP, PS and "Other," which are recycled depending on what state you're in. These are types 3-7. Type 5 is often used for milk product containers such as yogurt, butter, margarine, etc., so look out for those. You can tell what type of plastic something is by looking on the bottom of whatever it is - there'll usually be a small recycling symbol [the triangle of arrows] with a number inside. It doesn't hurt to recycle plastics, no matter what the kind, but I'm not exactly sure what the collection companies do with the types of plastics that can't be recycled in their state.
- If you're going to get a new phone or camera or computer, ask yourself if you really need one. And if you do, can you somehow reuse your old one? TONS of phones and computers are thrown out every day, and they're very hard to take care of. There ARE companies that will recycle electronics like that, but the process takes quite a while, I believe, and a lot of energy. Other times companies will ship the phones and such to places in China or other countries and pay villages to take them apart. This process is very dangerous and a health hazard; there are places in China where little kids take apart phones and such, and the chemicals from the electronics pose huge health concerns for them. You can donate phones and other electronics to charities or other organizations.
- In general, try to use less things. There's the whole "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" thing for a reason, right? Reducing is a good, good thing. Reusing is great, too, and will probably save you some money some time.
- And a note about batteries: batteries can be really gross leaky things if they're left for too long. There are places you can drop off batteries to be recycled; find out where one is near you! There are certain kinds of batteries that are more toxic than others; Alkaline batteries are generally okay - these include Duracell, Energizer, etc., but some batteries are made from mercury or nickel, and those aren't so great. The battery will generally say whether it's alkaline or not right on it. Rechargeable batteries are good, too, since batteries are pretty expensive.

I know it feels kind of like "how is one person doing these things going to make a difference?" But really, if more people start doing the small things, all those little things will add up and make a big difference in the end. So try to live a little bit greener, and get the people you know to do it also. There really isn't a reason not to do some of these things - being too lazy to find a recycling bin is not an excuse to recycle your Starbucks cup. Besides, green living is in these days. 8D So yes, there's my green shpiel for now. Let's make this planet a nice one, or at least preserve it a little longer! Go-On!
Holy fuzz this post is long.