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Newest work from my tablet.
I made a sketch then went over it in ArtRage.

Original image.

The BEST XMAS EVER

The 3 best things:

1). LittleBigPlanet (got about 20 quid to spend on PlayStation Network!!!!)

2). My new tablet (Bamboo Fun Wacom Tablet, came with Photoshop Elements and ArtRage)

3). Drawing LittleBigPlanet on my tablet!!!!!!!!!!



Copied off the box image.

I'm still learning, so it's not that good. Oh well. It was done on ArtRage.

(Raloay told me on LBP what she got - Ratchet and Clank: tools of destruction, LittleBigPlanet, and a ...have a guess... WACOM BAMBOO FUN TABLET!!!!!!!!!!)

Happy Christmas from Booyah

And here's a nice YouTube vid for this festive occasion.

Hamster on a Piano (eating popcorn)

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww itsh shoo shweet

*Insert catchy name here*

After the long wait (very, VEEEEEEEEEEERY LONG wait) here is my guitariiiiiiiiiiiiiist

Death Star Canteen

The 'Star Wars Canteen' sketch by Eddie Izzard.

I didn't make the vid, by the way.
Contains some swearing.

Guitarist

Just a sketch, but I am just trying out a new program for my art. I might edit this pic like I did with the Naruto one. When I get the hang of it I might post the result.

What I think:

Proportions: OK
Shading: good in most places, one or two bad spots
Guitar: Hrm, no strings. D'OH!
Fingers: Are they SUPPOSED to bend that way?!

Overall: 8/10, one of my best sketches but could still do with some tweaking here and there.
Please comment and tell me what you think.

EDIT: It's what John looked like in the eighties :D

How to confuse an idiot.

Lol, this is the funniest video EVER! The best bit is at 1.11 when he falls on the kid's sandcastle.
"MOMMY!!! Waaa!"

Naruto

OK, I've found this anime on YouTube called Naruto and I'm really into it. So into it that I decided to spend my WHOLE WEEKEND DRAWING NARUTO!!!!!!!!! Here it is:



This is what I copied off (I couldn't be bothered to draw the kunai cos I'm lazy). Posting the picture will totally humiliate me because I'm useless at art, but here's the pic anyway.


Viola ( that's pronounced 'Vwalah' for all you non-french people out there)

It was VERY VERY COMPLICATED to do. I had to draw a base sketch, scan it in, and create more layers than I really needed. But hey, layers make the world go round. I used GIMP for this and no fancy brushes. (Golly, I make it sound like I know what I know what I'm doing. I wish)

Click to enlarge, but that may lower the quality a little. Oh well.

EDIT: It doesn't lower the quality. We can all breathe a sigh of relief.

FAKE EDIT: Lol, enlarge the image and you can see the pencil lines from the sketch. Heh heh heh.

JuZ WunN4 P1aY ViD30 GaYm3z

OMFG

School- uhh, not that bad really.

In the grand scheme of things, school ain't that bad. I'm getting a reasonable amount of homework, but not so much that I'm writing all evening and get through 90 ink cartridges and that I wear down the keyboard.
Ok, I give up. I'll admit it. School is awesome. In all honesty, I have never had a better time at school. I feel so grown up (wow year 7 I'm so old) I'm in a tutor group with a nice bunch, the teachers are awesome, the classes are awesome, the lunches cafeteria is awesome and the homework is awesome... wait...what?

DON'T BLINK.

I AM SOOOOOO BORED AND HAVE TOO MUCH HOMEWORK

OK, I know it hasn't been too hard but I've still had quite a lot of homework. I was thinking about setting up my own chatroom, but all the ones I've seen have been public. I don't think any of my friends have yahoo or msn. Oh well. I'm bored and have no idea what to do.

Back to school blues (version 2.0)

Weeeeeeeeeeeell I went back to school yesterday and in all honesty it wasn't that bad. Sure the school is big and if you turn left there and right there and go straight on past the science labs, you do eventually end up in Coventry but WHO CARES? Another thing is all the year 11s are big and scary(I would say 'like Shrek' because he is big, but he isn't that scary) and they swear lot (unlike Shrek)

First avatar

I made my first avatar today. I used Gimp. Once again I cheated and got the pic off a Club Penguin Comic.

Back to school blues

I'm going back to school in a couple of days - moving up from Primary! Luckily I'm with all my friends (except one, she's going to private). I have all my stuff ready - new bag, books, usb stick, stationary etc. Oh well, today I'm going to a friend's house (sup raloay?!) and that should take my mind off things a bit :-)

My first signature!

It was done on Gimp and took me a few hours. I did the background, but I got the pic off google. Please comment and rate.

'Weird Al' Yankovic

This is HILARIOUS. Seriously it's worth the 11 minutes of your time.



I DID NOT MAKE THIS VID. It was made by the user 'cotter89'.

My first pic using layers!!!

Now that may not sound too great in writing, but let me tell you this:
The following picture took me (in total, I did it over a couple of days) about 3 or 4 hours.
There was no base sketch - I did it FROM SCRATCH on the computer.
I don't use a tablet.
I did it all freehand - no curve tools or fancy brushes.
Without a guide, I figured out how to make an image transparent and how to use layers.
I used GIMP version 2.2 (or something like that)

Let me tell you this... it is BLOODY HARD TO DO.

So here is the pic... hope you like it. (sorry about bad quality.)



I was inspired by the Olympic spirit in Club Penguin, Team Red vs. Team Blue. As you can tell, I'm a team Red fan :-D

Dragon Cave!

Dragon Cave is a site where you can adopt dragon eggs. The more website clicks the eggs get, the better they grow. So what are you waiting for? Click it now!!!

This is... good to know...

A cute cat I drew :-)

Cillit BANG!

This is possibly the best video ever. I dare you to watch it all.




NOW YOU'RE GONNA BE SINGING IT ALL DAY HAHA

(limescale, rust, ground-in dirt. They're a challenge they're a challenge th-th-th-th-they're a challenge)

EDIT: OK...uuuuh....that vid doesn't work, but DO NOT FEAR, FOR I, WITH MY AMAZING SKILLS WILL GIVE YOU A LINK TO THE VIDEO! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGooQ8yYC0c NOW RIDE FORTH, AND WATCH THIS ANNOYI- SORRY, AMAZING VIDEO! IT WILL LIVE ON IN YOUR HEARTS FOREVER - as the annoying video that the annoying girl in your annoying class showed you

Holiday!

It's the

!!! S-U-M-M-E-R H-O-L-I-D-A-Y !!!

I've got lots to do and I'm also going to stay with family, so I won't be bored-
THE GRAND PRIX HAS JUST STARTED OH MY BLOODY GOD DAD AND MUM AND ME ARE SCREEEEEEEEEAMING GO LEWIS HAMILTOOOOOON!!!!!

Sorry.
Back on topic.

It's the holiday and when I go back to school, I'm gonna be in year 7. Sadly, I have left my junior school, but I am also looking forward to my next school. My SATs results were good also, straight level 5s. I hope you all have a good holiday.

France!

I'm going to France with school on Monday and I can't wait. It's my first time in another country, so I'm also a bit apprehensive. I'm having to do loads of packing but I'm going to have everything I need. I'm going to Normandy, and I'll be staying in the Chateau Du Molay. I'll be seeing the Bayeux tapestry and we'll be going to a biscuit and goat cheese factory. I'll need to brush up on my French then. Au revoir!

RuneScape

Hello again blog readers.

There's this game called RuneScape that I'm really into right now. It's this 'Run - around - fighting - or - doing - quests' kind of game. I even drew a picture of what I (hope) to look like!!!! My online name is ALWAYS Etak1996 in online games unless that's already taken (hence I'm called Etak1996, duh). I usually go on server 52 so be sure to look out for me!

Panfu (hahahahaha)

Now you'll probably be thinking thinking 'hey, what is this dork going on about? ' and I'll tell you what it is. It's the worst internet game ever, and a total copier of Club Penguin, mentioned in earlier posts. I'll start off with a few screen shots.

(From top: interface and chat bar, player card, games, POH (player-owned houses to you non-computer-freaks) and catalogues.)

So as you can see these pictures are very similar. They are quite small, so remember to click them (I say it every time because people always ignore me and probably won't bother to read this anyway so a very big thank you to those of you who do. At least SOME people still know I exist) I even sent an e-mail to Club Penguin Support to tell them about this site. They are aware of the problem and having it dealt with. I suppose with Disney on their side, Club Penguin can do anything. When I first heard 'Panfu' I thought is was a Kung-Fu Panda fan site. Haha.

The funny thing is, when you type 'Club Penguin' into Panfu's chat, you get one of those 'Golly gosh you naughty child' warnings that make me want to start banging my head on the keyboard.

Well THAT was a disaster

OK. Saturday was the day... the day of our school fair... the day I ran a stall... the day that was a disaster ( *insert evil laugh here*)

Ok, so, I arrived and everything was hunky-dory. The person supplying the safe (our stall was 'Crack the safe') was a few minutes later than we arranged but oh well. He lost the instructions to the safe so he had to tell us everything himself. Soon someone from the other stalls came along to crack the safe and he did it on his first attempt because he knew the code from when the safe was brought into school. Lisa wasn't very happy because he won a really cute toy that she had brought as a prize. So me and my friend had the 1st break (we had half hour shifts because I wanted to see the gymnastics display, tee hee) my friend DEMANDED on doing apple bobbing, so I went on ahead to the jewellery stand and bought a cool ring (it's a pink butterfly with little gems, it's cute) I then went on ahead to see my friend's stalls. It was soon time to swap over, so me and my friend did the shift, which was ok. When it was our break again we dashed outside, grabbed an ice cream and watched the gymnastics (very good, both the display and the weather!) We went inside and I went to my friend's 'decorate a cake' stall. I made a cake for me and did a biscuit for my friends. I went back to the stall, where Richard was waiting for me. He wanted to go home early so he left the safe with us. Only he didn't leave it with US. As far as I was concerned, from then on out there was only a ME!

And so the rant begins. You may find that the caps lock gets a bit... 'over-used' in this paragraph. Be warned.

I was left on my own for LITERALLY 15 MINUTES AND HAD LOADS OF PEOPLE COME TO THE STALL. YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE QUEUE!!!!!!!!!! Of course, there was only one safe and each person had 2 goes. So it took a while. AND IT TOOK EVEN LONGER WHEN THE SAFES ALARM WENT OFF AND IT STOPPED WORKING AND NO ONE HAD TOLD ME THE FLIPPING COMBINATION. I lost loads of customers! My Dad arrived and he tried to help open it (which he did, eventually. Well done John.) Then my friends came and didn't realize JUST HOW STRESSFUL THE WHOLE THING HAD BEEN. We had to shut down early and I went away with a stinking headache. I won't be doing a stall again.

BannedStory

I've found a character simulator called BannedStory, and it's based on the game MapleStory. You can find it at http://www.maplesim.com/app/index.html It's quite complicated, but fiddle around a bit and you'll soon get the hang of it. Here are some quick pointers:

1. You'll need layers. If you want to create a character/mob/effect/pet/chat bubble, you'll need a layer. If you don't have a layer, you can't add anything.

2. To remove objects or clothing, click the tiny plus sign by the side of the character you want to delete the object from. It will make a list of all the objects; find the unwanted piece and click the little dustbin and it will go.

3. You can also animate your picture. Click the little blueish window (above the plus sign) and you will get a drop-down list of all the pose options. Pick which one you want, and then select 'animate character' and, hey presto, your character is animated.

Here are some examples of my work on the simulator (Remember: to enlarge the images, simply click them.)

Eurovision

Waz up.

watched Eurovision last night. I either wanted us or Greece to win. A few were just so mad I nearly died laughing (Bosnia & Herzegovina cough cough) Best Eurovision song eva. Only Ireland and one other country gave us points. Bring back that turkey.

Even if the world stops lovin' I could never stop lovin yoooooooou!!!

For John... Jak and Daxter

I present to you... Ratchet and Clank!

OK. The first one is the uncoloured version, just so you know how I do things (not very well, usually) The second is the finished piece. Ratchet is the fuzzy one, (he's a Lombax) and Clank is the robot. You can't tell because I scanned it in, but Clank, Ratchet's wrench and Clank's name in the title were all done in metallic pencils. As always, click for a larger image. Enjoy :)

A weird day

Today was weird. To start off, I had a day off cos of my sore throat. Spent an extra two hours in bed (hence, I got up at around 8.30am) Spent the morning on OnePlusYou doing quizzes (no, not dating people. I only go on the games) and playing Ratchet and Clank:Tools of Destruction on the PS3. Great game, great graphics. If you're a 10ish year old kid, love the R&C series, have completed the games and have a PS3, I really recommend it. Good game.
Went to Sainsbury's with Mum. Got some Impulse (buy 1 get 1 free, bargain). Unfortunately Mum won't let me wear it to school cos apparently the school caretaker get allergic reactions when she smells them. I know this because we were getting changed in the science room and all the other girls were spraying their sprays, and the caretaker storms into the classroom and rants about her allergic reactions. Anyway back on topic.
Went to the pharmacist and got some medicine for me (it tastes HORRIBLE, that stuff. URGH) and went home and finished off last bottle of medicine. Played Ratchet and Clank while eating lunch. Two cheese sandwiches, two salami. Lots of watercress. Mmmm. Made lots of progress in my game.
Practiced guitar. Suddenly became uber jealous of the other class, doing their music thing. Hope Victoria was ok. (she had to borrow my Fernando's Theme grade 1 piece, she'd lost her sheet, lol) Grr lucky them. Hey, I wonder what my class did. (Probably read loads of Kensuke's Kingdom without me. Bum. I hate my throat.)
Then got a headache. Ate an orange. Really helped. Was ok for a few minutes. Them throat came back. Then Dad came home, and we all decided I couldn't go to Guides cos I was too ill. I agree, I am too ill, but I would've endured the pain in going to school (no offense teachers, I meant the pain in school) just to do wide games at Rough Close. I honestly would.
Oh well. Will probably go draw Ratchet now. Will post the picture later if I have time.
UUURGH WILL DIE SOON... MUST - TAKE - MEDICINE!!!

Oh yay... NOT.

83% Geek

OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets

I think being ill and having a sore throat is getting to me. Either that or I just like the number 42 too much.

I just hope I did that well in my SATs.

I Scored a 100%!

OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets

lol... Marvin.

OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets

Yeeeeeeeah!

The SATs are over, so I'm going to be extra nice and show my hate for Myspace!


Created by OnePlusYou - Free Online Dating

Oh yeah!!!

The tests weren't that bad actually. But I'd better do well otherwise I'm going homicidal. The other class get to have a mini music concert tomorrow and they have to take in their musical instruments. No fair.

Yikes, that reminds me, I haven't practiced guitar for two weeks because of the SATs!!! AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!


Created by OnePlusYou

SATs blues

SATs started today and we got the science ones over an one with. Not as bad as I thought they would be, actually. Tomorrow we've got a spelling test (which I'm dreading) a shorter writing task and a longer writing task after lunch. Not bad, I guess. AND WE DO ART IN THE AFTERNOON AS WELL. H-E-A-V-E-N

On a happier note: I found this cool video on Youtube, really funny, you gotta see the others.

I never told you, did I?

About my guitar exam...

I got a high merit, 5 marks off a distinction (my guitar teacher acted as if this was total rubbish and I could have done better, yadda yadda...)

Anyway, I'm off to write my book (it's a comic, based on a game I play. I've written 2 about Club penguin and 1 about Adventure Quest)

It's so hot

NOTE: I did not know about the white dots. When I posted it, they just appeared. They are only visible when you make the image full-screen. PLEASE COMMENT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!

Editing

I enjoy editing pictures and photos on my computer, but I also like drawing them from scratch. Here are a few of my most recent pieces; I'll post more soon. Click to enlarge the images.

I think the weather is getting to me

No, seriously. This afternoon when I got home from school, I went to tidy up my bag, and I was like, "Oh God, I left my glasses at school, now I won't be able to read my book or blog or play Club Penguin or go on the internet. How the hell could I forget them?"

lol, don't read on if you think I'm clever. Now I see why I need glasses.

Guess what? I WAS HOLDING MY GLASSES.
One of my 'duh' moments.

Ha ha, this is great...

I was messing around on JustSayHi.com (I post results from their tests a lot, click the results for a link) and look what I found!!!






Oh, one more thing




but

OH ITZ SOO HOT I'M GONNA MELT

AAAAAAAH IM MELTING

*Kate recovers dignity*


Oh... Yes. AAAANYWAY

93%

AARGH

Beware. I have pooooowers.


Hi 6R!!!! (You know who you are. You will see me soon. Muahaha)

Man, I think this heat is getting to me.

I'm not usually this


RRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDDOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM


I think I'll go shut myself in the fridge and totally forget about the SATs. SATS STINK OF STICKY STICKS THAT SUCK

Aww maaan... I'm a geek.

73% Geek

What the hell is this?

Muahaha. I took this photo a while ago on my Dad's phone and he can't remember what it is! Look closely. Can you find out what it is?

Umm.... forgotten me yet?

Well, considering it's been such a long time since I last posted, I thought I might as well tell you everything that's happened to me now.

Ok. In mid October I got a PS3. I have Warhawk if you'd like to play me. I'm Hickz for Warhawk (it's my Dads game so I can only go on as him) but my online account name is Etak1996, if ya get what I mean.


Uh...


Did my Guitar grade 1 the other day. It went really well - I hope I passed! I am singing the three songs right now-catchee moosick.

Anyway.

That's it. It's my Easter holiday so I might be able to get back to ya in the next couple of weeks. Thanks for reading.