Megumi

[QUOTE=Mimmi] [size=1][color=#800000]I'm guessing you're referring to me here ? If you are, I would like to refer you to the part of my reply where I said "[i][b][color=black]some people[/color][/b][/i]". If what I stated had been [b]my[/b] opinion, I would have said "[i][b]I[/b][/i] believe that", as opposed to "[color=black][i][b]some people[/b][/i][/color]". I was merely trying to look at it from another point of view.[/color][/size] [size=1][color=#800000]I hope that cleared things up, and if it didn't... then I'm all to happy to further explain myself in a PM. My intention in replying to this poem was [b]not[/b] to further diss people's beliefs, and if that's how it came across then I apologise.[/color][/size][/QUOTE] I'm sorry, I misunderstood that part. [quote name='Winter]']There is a reason why its easier to jump on Christians than it is Jews. I think it has something to do with the era of the Crusades and the hundreds of years of occupation by force, murder, violence, and destruction from Christian crusaders. The inquisition ring a bell? And thats just a piece of the cake.[/quote] Near every religion and every people have history of bloodshed behind them. You can't hold all Christians accountable for the evil some people did in the name of Christ. You must remember that Christ taught us NOT to kill. They acted against their own beliefs. The Jewish people have just as bloody a history, only it was a longer time ago. By your reasoning, since you're saying Christians don't deserve as much respect because past Christians did some bad stuff, I guess there's no need to respect Germans. And hey, look at all the bad some Muslim people are doing right now. Guess they're free game too. Why do people keep bringing these things up? Christians have killed in the name of Christ. Muslims have killed in the name of Allah. Jews have killed in the name of Elohim. Does that mean any of them are right? Are any of them particularly worse than the others? Murder is murder, and against every one of those religions. The world is full of hypocrites, yes, but should true followers have to suffer because of them?

For the first thing, I find how this poem is labeled pretty offensive. People tend to get away with dissing Christians a lot easier than they do with making fun of other religions. Tell me, if this poem was labled "Anti-Semitic," how many people do you think would jump all over your back? Please, it doesn't have to be "anti-" anything- it's just atheistic. Secondly, you write that we believe God is passive. You misunderstand- I believe God is very active in our lives. And the devil himself isn't really very active- all he can do is tempt.

I've decided to post a few of my poems here, and what better way to start than with my only comical piece I've written so far? Kind of disturbing, with all it's metaphoric gore. Written about the same time as midterms last year, but still one of my favs. Someday I'll find a way to make it rhyme... [U]The Tragedy of an AP Student[/U] My head is going to explode It's a ticking time bomb Running out of ticks Another essay Just one more project Is all that it will take Like a balloon Filled with too much air It will be there Then *pop* It's gone Precalculus equations splattered on the wall History facts pooling at my feet Biology concepts dripping from the crater That was once my neck A gory mess of education Will be all that is left They'll look at my smoking corpse Shake their heads in sympathy "Such a bright girl," they'll say "It's a pity she took AP courses" When my head explodes.

Ooh, I loved Hitchhiker's guide! Granted, I read it three years ago, and can't remember much of it. I think I got to the third book and started getting bored... the writing style was funny for a little while, but once the novelty wears off, it's a little irritating. I remember especially the main course of the day offering to carve himself up, I think I found it mildly disturbing... and I remember the babel fish. Why those things out of the whole book, I don't know.

Yay! Some completely new doodles! These were done entirely with Prismacolor pencils, no sketching out with pencil. They aren't meant to be very detailed and didn't take very long. One is a chibi Kenshin, the other is the "Spirit of Falling Cherry Blossoms." Yes, I made it up. >.>

Wai! It's Edward! ^____^ I just discovered the wonders of unliscenced manga online... and have been taking full advantage of it. Full Metal Alchemist is probably my favorite of the ones I've found so far, so I can't help but love this banner. (Now to find the anime... >.>) Awesome font, by the way. And it's not too complicated, but simple and neat. Good job!

Have you posted some stuff from your comic here before? Because I swear I've seen it before... just can't remember where or when. x.x Anyways, I love your coloring... very clean, neat style, but keeps a sort of watercolored look to it. Not to mention you do wonderful clouds.

You're going to get it... >.> J/k. You aren't really supposed to post threads like this- you should just upload the art here. Read the forum rules first next time, okay? Anyways, I went to the site. I like your art, especially that first picture... phantoms was it? Very cool looking. I like the swirly "abstract" one as well. I need to learn how to do stuff like that with the computer someday. Did you draw that picture used in the last one (the pink one with the people in the background), or was it from something else?

Well, now that I've established myself as a decent-good artist, it's time to move on to invade the literature section... bwahahaha. Anyways, this is a short story I wrote last year for English class. We read a poem called "Mad Girl's Love Song" by Sylvia Plath, and shortly after, he gave us a free assignment. The poem, a weird dream I had had weeks before, and a little imagination kinda merged into... well, this. Warning, it's pretty dark... I still can't believe I wrote it- it's very different than my normal writing style. Yet, I've heard from several it's one of my best works. So, without further ado, here it is. ~~~ A Mad Girl?s Love Story by Megumi ~~~ "I love you. I?ll never leave you." The words resonate in my brain. Never leave me, Michael. Never. His arms wrapped around me, I feel safe. Safe from the harshness of this world, from the pain and tears that lurked around every corner of every hallway. Safe from those looks, from their glares, safe from reality. The bus pulls up. The air is cold, but I?m warm, because Michael is there with me, holding me. I step up into the bus, disdainfully glancing at the bus driver. He, as usual, ignores both me and Michael. I sit down, ignoring strange looks. I sit down in a seat near the front, away from the majority of people. Michael slips in beside me, and he looks at me, his eyes full of love. Suddenly, I feel much better. I smile to him, and he smiles back, his chocolate brown eyes warming my heart. My muscles relax. I?m safe. Michael is here. The bus stops, the school before us. I bravely shoulder my bag, and step out into the masses of people. I push my way through the crowd, heading towards my homeroom. I suddenly realize that I can?t see Michael anywhere. I panic and look back, skimming over the crowds, fearing I had lost him. There, there he was. I sigh in relief. I stand still for a moment and wait for him to catch up with me. He reassuringly puts his hand in mine, and we walk together, gliding through the crowd as gracefully, as much in unison as an ice skating couple. It?s third hour now, in the class I hate most, the one that I would gladly trade my soul to not have to go to. At least Michael is here, I tell myself. At least Michael is here. He sits next to me, no one else will. We write notes and glance at each other all class, smiling over secret things. Maybe they?re just jealous of us. Yes, that?s it. They?re jealous. Brittney and her friends come in. I breathe in sharply, even though this happens every day, there is no reason to be surprised. She glances over and whispers to one of her friends, and they share in a moment of cruel laughter. I look down, hoping they?ll just ignore me the rest of the day, even though I know they won?t. They never do. At least Michael?s here. At least he?s here. The library?s empty, except for Michael and I. No one can hear my soft sobs. I lean against him slightly, tears streaming down my face. "Why do they hate me so much?" I whisper, as he strokes my hair softly. "It?s because they can?t understand you, they can?t understand us and what we have in each other." I nod slightly. I close my eyes tight, killing the whole world. It?s just Michael and I. Crowded hallways, crowded rooms, crowded bus again. Too many people. They don?t realize, they don?t know, I can kill them all. I just close my eyes, and they drop dead. When I open them, like a phoenix, they come back. I wonder to myself, what will hapen when I die? When I close my eyes, never to be opened again, will they all die too? My bus stop. Michael and I leave thebus, and I sigh in relief for the death of another school day. It too, will be reborn, but I don?t have to worry about it right now. I shout in joy and run to the door, my hair streaming behind me. Michael laughs and races after me. We stand on my porch, breathing heavily, a wide grin plastered on my face. He leans in and kisses me softly, sweetly. I smile up at him, and open the door. I rush in, my eyes bright. Suddenly, I stop. My backpack slides from my shoulder. I see the bottles lying on the floor. Many bottles. Many empty bottles. The smell of alcoholreaches my nose. My eyes widen in fear, as I realize what it means. He?s back. He?s back and he?s drunk. I back up, turning around, looking for Michael, but he?s there instead. I gasp, and he grins lopsidely. He shuts the front door. I lay on the floor, broken and bruised yet again. I close my eyes, but the trick doesn?t work for me. I?m still alive, and I still hurt. A hand touches my shoulder. Michael?s there. I stand up and hug him, my angel Michael. I look up, and feelings of betrayal suddenly rises up in me. "Why?" I scream. "Why? Why don?t you ever do anything? Why don?t you stop him?" I bang my fists against his chest, too full of hurt to care. "Why didn?t you ever stop him? When he hurts me, when he touches me, why aren?t you ever there? Why?" Tears overflow from my tightly shut eyes. I collapse against him, weeping uncontrollably. "Why? Don?t you love me?" I open my eyes, my vision blurry for all the tears, but Michael?s not there I see the dents in the wall I am slumped against, feel the pain in my fists. I close my eyes again, exhausted. Michael. I think I made you up in my head. ~~~ "I close my eyes and the world drops dead I think I made you up in my head" -"A Mad Girl's Love Song," by Sylvia Plath

I like it. The colors are good (but anything red's always good to me) and it made me smile. Where'd you get the picture of Inuyasha going all demon-y anyways? I've been looking for a good picture of him in demon form and can't seem to find one anywhere.

Here's a few more doodles. These are a little older. One is just a bunch of hands I did for practice, because I still have trouble with them sometimes. All the writing is just comments my friend and I made on them. The second is a picture of Inuyasha, sort of chibi, and sort of scary... I don't like these as much as my other two. Comments please?

Sorry if I've sounded like a jerk in my past two posts... I'm just realizing I probably did. However, I'm insulted that because I didn't understand what you were going for in the picture that you automatically think I don't think for myself. What did I think when I first saw this? That you pulled some quote from a random song/poem, maybe changed a word or two, and drew a picture as a parody of it, using it to poke fun at religion just because you could. And nothing ticks me off more than that. I mean, it's hard to take stick figures and God's hemorrhoid resembling fist very seriously, so I assumed it was some kind of dumb joke without much meaning. And I have a few nitpicky points. Okay, you say God's fist is soaked with the blood of "innocent," making Him seem evil, but the whole message of your picture is that death is good, right? It doesn't follow. Also, "Ye art thanked" seems to me to imply that God is thanking the stick figure dude... it doesn't really mean "you're welcome." I'm sorry I don't really see the connection between a fan and death. Even when you explained it, it seems a bit... stretched to me. I mean, it could as well be a blood soaked vacuum cleaner, sucking us closer and closer to our demise. What's my point? I don't remember anymore. Oh, yeah, don't think I'm stupid because I don't think the same way as you. Yeah, I think that's it. Oh, I don't mean to make this into some kind of argument or anything... I think we're just on completely different levels, and having trouble understanding each other, so I'm trying to explain myself. Sorry if I'm still less than clear. Now excuse me as I go pound my head into some wall to try to get rid of this headache.

[QUOTE=James][color=#707875]Haven't you read our sticky about constructive criticism, Megumi? If not, I suggest that you do.[/color][/QUOTE] I have, and that's why I apologized in the post... but I didn't know what else to say. I wasn't trying to be mean, it was a legitimate question- I really did not know what he was trying to get at with the picture. It's hard to constructively criticize something that you can't recognize as being anything. Now that he has explained it, I'll attempt to amend my errors and post actual comments on the picture. Nice symbolism, but perhaps a little too deep... at first glance it is hard to distinguish it as more than lots of red, a stick figure, and a fist. It might also have been better to post the explanation with the picture, and saved a lot of people from confusion.

Sorry but... what the crap IS this?

[QUOTE=maladjusted][color=firebrick] Wow, you really like Billy Boyd, lol. [b]Almost[/b] as strong as how much I like Viggo. [/color][/QUOTE] ALMOST as much as I like Johnny Depp. ^_^ Really great banners/avas... high quality images, and I like the rip effects too. The only thing that bothers me is that whatever liquid he's drinking in the one that's in your sig is NOT water, so it bugs me to say "to be a waterbottle", but that's just me being a perfectionist spaz.

Yay! Original anime: my favorite. This will probably be the only CGed pic I'll enter- and you're lucky I was bored enough today to do that. I didn't spend much time coloring it, (I've discovered the wonders of "multiple" layers and dodge and burning) and I started out with a pencil sketch, so it's a bit messy still, but I really like it. So, here tis. [IMG]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/scan0002.png[/IMG]

Here you go! ^_^

I have decided to dedicate a thread to what 90% of ma artwork consists of: doodles. If you knew how many doodles I produced a day compared to how many finished pieces of work I do, you'd be amazed. These are simply what I consider good, but too rough and unfinished looking to be put up for fan art. I'll start off with two I did in school today, one of a catboy, and one of Kenshin. The writing on the Kenshin one is comments my friend and I were writing on it. I think I wrote "Ken-san! I haven't drawn him in FOREVER," and she wrote something about him having a far off look. Just so you know. And please, someone reply to this so I can keep this thread going for a while. I hate making new threads all the time.

Rather morbid... Nice clear images and text, and the colors are very fitting. However, I don't think the quote quite fits the characters... none of them are really THAT bloodthirsty.

I made for myself a cache of backup avatars because I was really bored. Than I realized I'll probably never use them, so here they are if anyone wants em. They're all in jpg, because it was late at night and for some reason my head told me Otakuboards only allows jpg avatars. They're just a bunch of random pictures, mostly screencaps. Take them, just don't link them please. [img]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/um06.jpg[/img] [img]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/teaser_arwen_1024.jpg[/img] [img]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/sess2.jpg[/img] [img]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/MIROKU01.jpg[/img] [img]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/mir.jpg[/img] [img]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/cap275.jpg[/img] [img]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/cap256.jpg[/img] [img]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/cap232.jpg[/img] [img]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/cap189.jpg[/img] [img]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/cap073.jpg[/img] [img]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/cap069.jpg[/img] [img]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/cap043.jpg[/img] [img]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/cap008.jpg[/img] [img]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/ava13.jpg[/img] [img]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/ava12.jpg[/img] [img]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/ava10.jpg[/img] [img]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/ava8.jpg[/img] [img]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/ava7.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/ava4.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/ava2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/av.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/megumi_kitsune/1061263203_oughtjack2.jpg[/IMG]

I LOVE the pictures you used. Very nice. Most of what I was going to say, Haze already said. I think the second one would be much improved if the guy on the far left was moved to the far right, and all the others moved down. It would add more symmetry to the banner, and utilize the space better. On a side note, I love your avatar. Especially Megumi and the little fox. ^__^

Iggy's siggy, eh? I like it, but the text seems a little out of place... I don't know how to describe it except that it's too white. :S It's just it's one color when eveything else is in gradients. That's the best I can do to explain.

Do you always go sketching in your kitchen? Seriously, they're pretty good sketches. Again, you might want to consider adding contrast to them- it does wonders for the detail. You might want to work on some more interesting subject matter- like sketching outside, or things with lots of texture that are more difficult to draw. Mustard bottles and salt shakers get a little boring after a while. I know, I had to sketch stuff like that for art class in middle school. Two and a half years worth of jars, bottles, vases, kitchen appliances, and shoes. Why shoes? I have no idea.

First things first: I HATE copying pictures "exactly." I copied pictures for the first year or two I started drawing anime, and once I understood the style and could draw on my own, I never went back. So, sorry for the lack of enthusiasm for the first round... but this is my least favorite. My problem is, I get so caught up in drawing and making sure the picture looks good on it's own, I forget to see if it looks like the other picture... so it doesn't really. *shrugs*

When Otakuboards so unkindly deleted my sig, I decided it was time for a change anyways. So I took the quote that was in my sig, and made it into a banner. The quote is from a poem that I really like (paraphrased slightly), I believe it's called simply "Curiousity", by Alastair Reid. A cat-girl picture seemed very much in order for the quote, and I liked the expression on her. So, comments?