drawn Apr 29, '06
posted for Aug 28, 2007
(261)
Whoohoo!
It's the Fire Temple! I love this picture. Link looks so good. The torches
work well as well. The shading is... my best shaded picture ever. I do know
the shortcomings: Link has small hands, the bottom of tunic does look like
a skirt, etc. But even so, the rendition of his face (what you can see of
it) is very good for me, and I think I managed to get the different colours
of his clothes to look different even in pencil. There's even some dynamicism
in the pose!My brother says this is the second best picture I've ever drawn.
I now own all the books for my fall courses. The linguistics book is great! I don't understand most of it, but what I do understand is... fascinating. The music theory book is NOT impressive... Year 1 music theory apparently starts out by explaining what a 'key' is. As in, say, C+. Ugh. Anyone taking music theory ought to be beyond this. 200 pages and they're explaining a plagal cadence. I will take the placement test (after a bit of review) and see if I can't do Year 2 theory.
Hey, and I met an acquaintance in the bookstore! Michael, the third music student Michael in Victoria, a violist from CYMC some years ago. Michael G. as opposed to Michael Mc. or Michael Mu. I'm already wondering how many Jennifers there will be in music, since Jennifer appears to be a popular name in this area. Seriously, in my (short) life, I've known about two dozen Jennifers. A lot of them were in skating, though. And all the three Michaels are taking different instruments, and only one does piano - from the same teacher as me, though.
Aaaaaaaaaah, I'm not so scared as I was last week. I can't wait to really start linguistics. It's brand new, and yet by reading so much about Tolkien, I already understand a tiny bit. The only disconcerting thing is that my conception of a long A was backwards.
I'm listening to the Red Pony music, and the Reivers music. It's great.
I just finished Chapter 3 of In the Darkness Beyond This World. The next chapter isn't even begun, but it's starting to take shape in my head. I think it will have a lot of dialogue. I also think that I will find a way to put the dungeons in, in an interesting fashion (e.g. lots of dialogue). Huzzah! I mean, enjoy!