Ezio Auditore on Canvas!

Hello all!
This is a painting I completed of Ezio Auditore da Firenze, from the series 'Assassin's Creed'. He is very important to me as a role model and mentor, so, I felt it was time to pay tribute to him. (As in 'AC Embers' it is well-known he passes on. *sob*)
This painting was done using hand stretched canvas and gesso, along with acrylic paints and the occasional touch of retardant for easy feathering of shades.
Please take a while to look at all of the details, such as fur, scarf, eyes, hair, beard, etc. A lot of love and care went into this piece, and is, I can say with great honesty, the best painting Ive ever done. =D

Welcome to 2012!

Well hey there!
Welcome to Two-thousand and twelve!
Or Twenty-Twelve as Im calling it.

Hah.

Hope all is well so far for you in 2012, and if it isnt, I hope things get better for you!

Have a great new year, dear reader!

Hugs!
The NA.

New Years Resulotion.

This year (2012)... I'm going crazy.
My resolution, or rather, plan, is to totally and utterly avoid junk food and get super fit! Ive been taking kickboxing for many months now but I want to stop eating crappy foods.

No chips,
pop,
frozen dinners/ lunches/ meals,
cake (OHNO),
.... Anything junkie.

I hope I have enough will power to stay strong.
Wish me luck!

(Now Im doing this so I can get fit!! Im not starving myself, just eating healthy!)

Holidays!

I have nothing to post about- so I'll post about Christmas! Yay!

Do you celebrate Christmas? Maybe Hanukkah? Im not sure of any other December-typed Holidays so I do aploigize if I did not say yours but I wish you a happy Holiday! :)

I am looking foreword to Christmas. I know I'm not getting much, but, this year Ive grown up a lot. I really dont want much, I got what I wanted for my birthday, so I think as long as my family is happy on Christmas holidays, that's fine with me.

What I am looking foreword to most, though, is New Year's Eve and Day. That is my Anniversary with my boyfriend, which I am excited to celebrate. I get to spend time with him, but also get to stay away from all the underage booze-parties my *ahem* stupid friends throw. Hooray!

I am excited for not being around sixty odd drunk teenagers because last year, I spent the Countdown to 2011 cleaning up coke and rum off of my friend's floor. This year I dont plan on doing that again!

Either way.
I hope that whatever Holiday you celebrate is a happy one, and that New Years is also wonderful!

Happy Holiday! ^^

BEARPAW Boots- Not Worth It.

For my birthday a month ago, my grandmother bought me a pair of extremely comfortable winter boots from BEARPAW Shoes. These shoes are comfortable, like slippers, warm, keep water out relatively well, and cost about two hundred dollars.

Two weeks into wearing them, the outer side of the shoe's seam ripped wide open. So, I got them replaced in a fit of anger. I'm not joking when I say this, but my new pair that I replaced the broken ones with, just broke. All I do is wear this boots around the school, Im not running up cliffs or anything! It's been SIX days since I replaced these boots and they're already broken again, exact same spot, bigger rip.

These boots are comfortable, but so, so not worth the money you're going to spend. Go to a Wall-Mart or Zellers or Target for a better pair of boots.

There Comes a Point in Time, When...

For the next couple of weeks we have a pair of Guest Artists who have come in to help my class design a structure for my school. And Okay, I understand that sometimes the artists come in have certain rules and regulations but when you come into an art class... People have sketchbooks, and usually will be using pencils, maybe pens.

Not using a pencil, okay, I can understand as well... But when somebody takes my sketchbook away from me is when I get really antsy. To explain, I was showing a friend a design for a dress that I created the other night (as I am an aspiring Fashion designer). No pencil in sight, artists and class doing nothing, I had my sketchbook not only asked to be put away, but when I didnt do it immediately (the friend had it!) the artist took it from me, took my pencil case as well, and placed them on the floor!!

*Angry twitch*

Nobody puts my art on the floor.
Ever.
T.T

That made me lividly, boiling-over angry.
Especially because my sketchbook is such a heavy part of my life.
I use it every day, all the time, from doodles to watercolour painting, to plain pencil sketches and ideas for fashion designs or paintings.

Not letting me use a pencil, babying me, and only letting me use a Crayola marker makes me agitated.
But tossing my artwork book and expensive felt-tip markers to the floor, really makes me mad.

Respect.
Please learn it.

Livid,
The NA.

Scared Myself with Google

I need to research images for a project I am doing concerning war, and how we glorify it when it is actually horrifying.

Needing research more, I turned off the SafeSearch of Google.

Two words;
Decapitated body.

Think Im gonna puke.

This is exactly what I'm trying to display with my piece is exactly this.
We glorify war with video games, news and songs.
But in reality, even a click away, come nightmares and nausea.

I cant even begin to think of trying to experience war for myself....

Feeling ill-
The NA.

Potential Prom Dress?

Dress

Lok at this thing!!
I really want it for Prom.

Haha, gonna work my butt off and get thinner so I can wear it and look AWESOME in it. <3

Love!
The NA

Romance in FanFics

Sometimes when people happen to fall in love with a series, or two characters in a series, they decide to write a 'fanfic'. Which is basically Fan-written fiction. Now, I love writing fan fiction but I draw the line at pairings that are obviously not together.

For example, currently I'm writing a Fiction about Assassin's Creed One.

Before you rip me in half, no, I won't make a stupid pairing.I dont put new characters in romantic situations with existing characters, nor do I put two existing characters into a romantic situation. The idea of Malik and Altair being romantic together is unappealing to me. Im all for gay love, dont get me wrong, but if two characters were not meant to be put together I say dont put them together.

*shrugs*

Maybe Im getting huffy about something small, but Im tired of having FanFics shoved in my face. A friend of mine has written Fics of everything from Manga to Stephen King novels and it creeps me out. Because every single time, the friend takes my favourite character and gets them sexually involved with a new or existing character and I HATE it. They asked if I wanted a Creed story a week ago and I put my foot down with a big fat no.

I dont do crack pairings guys.

So if you were hoping for a commission from me to romantically involve 'Bob' and 'Steve' from whatever show, I wont do it. Sorry guys, but, it bugs me.
There is hope however for you, because if you really want it, we can set up a specific agreement. :)

Love,
The Night Angel.

Earbuds.

I have come to the point of aggravation once again, and this has happened since Grade Nine, that I need to rant about wearing headphones in class.

In the MacLab for Cyberarts, people have a habit of blasting their music for the "enjoyment" of others. Now, if you ask a few of these people to turn the music down, or off, most often they turn it up.

Why cant people use headphones or earbuds or ANYTHING?!
People dont have the same taste in music, and it is incredibly rude to leave your music blasting and leave the room for a good ten minutes.

Rage!!

Please wear earbuds.
The NA.