Happy New Year a bit early

[aimeekitty]

Thanks for the awesome year, you guys. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I'll be out of town till Jan 4th.
I included some steps for making this one in the cut if you want. :)



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Reference images: (plus some googled images of fireworks and the London Eye)


sorry, I forgot to take pictures all the way through, so there's not that much of a progression here.



This time I traced in red pencil onto another sheet and colored on that, and then inked on top of the marker.
after the last marker image here (at the bottom) I added more fireworks (done with prismacolor pencil), some more black sky,.... drew in the Doctor's red pinstripes with a colerase pencil, and then highlighted Rose, the Doctor, and the London Eye with a white prismacolor pencil. Then I inked with a sakura pen (forget the type, sorry).
Still though, due to the dark colors and fireworks, I went in and darkened and highlighted a bit in photoshop. (the white of the pencil I used for the fireworks will only get so white... so it needs some help)

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Re: I like random

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

I told him start with Season 1, but warned him that he might notn like all of them and that he could probably skip around a little. but he's at least got to watch the first one, The Empty Child (with Jack XD) and the last finale ones.
As to Season 1, if you haven't already seen them, maybe try "Dalek", "The Long Game", "Father's Day" and "The Empty Child"/"Doctor Dances". Those IMHO are the best ones other than the finale ones in Season 1.

I agree about the Christmas one with Morrisey. But Morrisey in Blackpool, he's cheesey, but there's still that depth of character there. With the xmas ep, it just felt all cheese to me. I think you're right that they were trying to make it part of that character, ie, he's not the real thing, like you said, but I was just "BLAH" about his attitude and lines and stuff. She was a little weird too. Some of her stuff was cool, but some of her reasons for hating people were kinda forced. Kinda like,... "duh, men suck. get over it". lol. but she was hot, so I'll forgive her. :D

OH OH OH... Ok, so now that you love Tennant, you have to watch Blackpool and Casanova. Both are miniseries.
Casanova is a BBC miniseries with Peter O'Toole (FRIGGIN A AWESOME). Also directed by Russel T Davies! This was before Doctor Who, and when RTD brought Tennant to Doctor Who, apparently he said "do the Doctor kinda like you did Casanova". so you really should watch it. It's like the Doctor as a filandering fop (ie, kinda Amadeus ... fuck. I can't spell...)

Blackpool, it's about this small-UK-version of Vegas. Morrisey plays a cheesey gambling parlor owner... someone gets murdered, and Tennant is the seedy gumshoe who tries to solve the murder. But here's the kicker, it's a musical, done karaoke style. With songs by Queen and the Temptations. and dancing. I think it's kinda either a love it or hate it sort of thing, but I bet you'll like it.

Do not watch "Secret Smile" with Tennant. CREEPY. DO NOT WANT. (Tennant as a stalker.)

I think at this point, Tennant is seriously hot shit and will get to do some really cool st uff as long as his next few choices are good. Getting to do Hamlet in London and Stratford I think was a huge deal for him. (and he rocked it apparently). Also Doctor Who is huge in the UK.

yeaaay glad to talk to you today. I'm so fucking bored. I'm sick and I can't concentrate on work AT ALL. I have to wait for a while before I can go home without looking like I'm cutting out. I'll have to catch up on work later.

RE: Unicorn and wasp : couldnt they think of a better monster than that? what were they thinking?? anything would have been better. I'm sure there's some agatha christie villian that they could have done something cool with, but NOOOOO... Giant WASP/transformation/furrycrap. lol.

the sapphire waterfall cruise: MIDNIGHT! I LOVE THAT ONE. I think that might be my favorite ep of the 4th season, for serious. People look at me like I'm crazy when I say that, but the acting, and how they built the suspense with so few characters and just one set and you never see the villain. I fucking loved it. I totally agree.

Loved River Song, too. I wonder if we'll get to see her in these last Tennant eps, since Moffat said that TEN was "her" doctor. But I bet we wont. It's kinda cooler just to imagine what their life was like. It might cheapen it by actually showing it in the show.

did you know they're releasing River's Sonic? You can preorder it on Forbidden Planet. XD

Re: I like random

[lindze.livejournal.com]

dammit casanova isnt on Netflix and Blackpool is coming out soon, but not yet...i'll have to find them elsewhere.

yeah i think Tennant will be in more stuff. he's not all romantic-y and suave like all the big british stars here in the US though, and that worries me. I mean _I_ adore him--but apparantly unless you can play a awkwardly loveable british man looking for love in all the wrong places---you dont get work here. but I will keep hoping and dreaming!

Dude Midnight was TOTTALLY awesome! Those people are crazy. the whole manipulation of people's fears to make them do what you want was brilliant.

so...that means the new doctor her 'her' doctor? they may have to change that tho, wont they?? cause she said that Tennant was "the youngest Ive ever seen you" when she saw him. and since the doctor doesnt age, that would mean that wouldnt work, right?? But yes....I look at that fat diary of hers and cant WAIT to see if we get to meet her someday again and watch it play out.
Im so intrigued by who the new companion will be! I have to say, for its faults, i did love the line in the Xmas spec, when the Dr. said about the companions, "They break my heart." i was like ;_;!!! I want to soothe him in my bosom.
oooooo i want a sonic screwdriver! (and not morissey's version LOL)

Im glad to talk geek!!

Re: I like random

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

I have computer files (like avi's or something) of Blackpool and Casanova if you want me to make you a cd of them! But you'll have to watch them on the computer. let me know! :)

Midnight- Tennants acting in that was spellbinding! I loved that at the beginning when he's chatting with all of them and being all happy, that you can see how much he loves humans. He's so optimistic and cute about it... and then by the end they have crushed his spirit. It's just really fantastic arc for one episode, and done with so very little. Also liked that the house wife, who seems the most harmless at the outset, is the most icky of all of them.

With River, Moffat said at SDCC that River's whole story could have been inbetween episodes... and that there could be whole storylines that we don't know about.
I liked the idea of TEN's doctor getting older though, living a long time in that body and then meeting River Song. So I'm sad that we wont really see that. I mean..., at most we can guess that his body will live another year or two before he's going to regenerate into 11? even allowing for "extra stories inbetween" because his body will look about the same age as it did in the forth season, right? Specially since River's a human,... She'd expect the Doctor to age at a somewhat human rate.
Maybe some fucked up stuff will happen to him in the next four eps and he'll seem "aged" before he regenerates? Who knows.

That'd kinda suck to have River have her "story" with the 11th doctor though. Just doesnt seem right, does it? Maybe she'll meet him during ten (whether we see it or not) and then meet him again at a later doctor, like 12 or 13. I kinda like the idea of him keeping coming back to her in various incarnations. Kinda like, he explores the universe and when he needs bosom soothing, he goes running back to River Song. (OR US! I don't mind being your 4th wife, doctor!)

a lot of people dont like River either! I think they're just so "ZOMG" about Rose... but I think it's nice that we have hope for the Doctor's future. Even if Rose stayed in this universe,... unless she's all BadWolfSUPERHUMAN now, she'd age and eventually he'd be heartbroken again. They always break his heart!
but at least we have hope that he'll open up again because there's River! What a nice idea.

I think if people got used to tennant (here in the US) or if Doctor Who got more popular here, that he'd have a good chance.
OR, if they did another romantic "big cast" movie like Love Actually or Four Weddings and a Funeral... ... where he was one of like 5 leads...? then he could introduce himself to a bigger US audience. I have hope. Cause I think he's fucking adorable, but that's because of his ACTING. WHen I first saw him, I thought "papercut!" just like Donna, but now I think he's fabulous because of how I've seen him!

Re: I like random

[lindze.livejournal.com]

people are retarded when they get so stuck on something they wont let anything else in: IE RoseXDoctor. I mean, HELLO she DID end up with him! I guess doppelganger Doctor isnt good enough for fans???
I would LOVE disks of those shows! I actually CAN watch stuff like that on my big screen---we have our computers networked to our 360 so if its on our comp...its on our TV! should i paypal you some shipping $$?

btw, you have to check out this MAME cabniet. Brad found it when looking stuff up to update his:
http://www.craphound.com/images/mametardiscomplete.jpg
HOW AWESOME IS THAT.

and for the record, that housewife gave me the chills. i woulda thrown HER out the door.

Re: I like random

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

that mame cab ROCKS. if I ever have a big house and the time and money, I would so do that.

RoseXDoctor, I totally agree. I mean, they gave rose more than they will probably ever give a companion. She got to keep him for his whole (human) life. that's pretty huge. w hatever.

Sending you a dvd today! XD

Re: I like random

[lindze.livejournal.com]

oh wow! do you have my address already?? are you sure i cant give you any shipping money????

and its funny---i went looking for some Doctor icons last night and i was like JESUS ROSE. apparantly people love her more than i realized. i mean, i like her but WOW. honestly, Catherine tate was my fave for the 19th dr, but whatever! i actually PREFERRED that there was ZERO love interest between the two. like proper companions. and proves that not all girls just want to be lovey dovey.
and hahaha papercut....love it.

Re: I like random

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

is it the same roswell one? if you're worried, email me your address aimeeATaimeemajor.com :)

I agree, I thought it was almost a more selfless friendship, and thus meant more, that Donna wasn't all lovey dovey with him.

shipping, it'd be like a couple bucks, it's not a big deal ^_^

Re: I like random

[lindze.livejournal.com]

yep thats my address still!
omg thank you so much Aimee!!!!