Azrielen

Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssskin you~

azrielen — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:31:16 GMT

I just....love Jim Moriarty a lot, you guys. XD

Writer's Block: Are you afraid of the dark?

azrielen — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:14:23 GMT

Yes. But only is certain circumstances.

I am just fine with darkness if I am outdoors. Indoors, however, in any sort of confined space, I becomes absolutely terrified of the dark, to irrational/phobic levels. It's an interesting combination of Claustrophobia and Noctophobia. And the enclosed space need not be small. I could be in my dark apartment or a massive dark ballroom, but as long as there are walls, I am gone.

OH HAI

azrielen — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:20:06 GMT

This post is to let everyone know I am alive. Rarely updating, but alive.

Things I am addicted to:

- My iPhone
- Supernatural
- The West Wing
- Shitty reality competition shows of every variety
- Supernatural
- Discovering really freaking random fic on AO3. LOL angsty A-Team fic? IDEK I LOVE IT
- Mountain Dew (I CAN QUIT WHENEVER I WANT OK?)
- Misha Collins
- Waiting for freaking SWTOR to be released.
- Tumblr

I saw Real Steel today. it was far my awesome than expected.

Adios, Mishamigos!

Art: Illustration for "Wyrd Byð Ful Araed" : "The Fallen King"

azrielen — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:44:18 GMT

So, there's this story on the figure skating kinkmeme, called "Wyrd Byð Ful Araed." It's a viking AU, basically, and I've fallen totally in love with the characters and world in which it takes place. The writing style is also stark and powerful. It's one of my very favorite stories there, and I decided I wanted to illustrate a scene from it.

These lines really captured me when I was first reading it:

On the seventh day, Steinunn decides to damn Eyvind's shaky peace. He cannot let this desecration of his allies stand. But just as he's considering how many warriors the Volga Rus will need, their chieftain Yevgen Broken-Nose arrives at Heorot.

He's alone on the back of a starving horse. His once-magnificent cloak is mud-matted from weeks of travel, and the axe strapped across his back is fit for a woodcutter rather than a warlord. He has been stripped of all his arm rings, and one knee is swollen so badly that he can barely stand.

And I imagined Yevgen on his horse, this broken, once-great man now left without a kingdom, having barely escaped with his life. And then I thought of what a horrible journey that must have been, riding out of all that destruction. That image just really stuck with me.

So I painted this, based on that image of the broken king leaving his ravaged kingdom behind:

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It turned out far better than I anticipated it would. I've never really tried anything that detailed before! So I'm just really very pleased with it. :D

Random facts about parts of the image:
- His bracers are embossed with a Viking-style wolf symbol. Because of Bjorn's pet wolf in the story. IDK I just think Yevgen and Bjorn are awesome and melancholy together.
- The medals have Elder Futhark runes on them. The ones on the horse stand for "riding" (on the bridle) and "horse" (on the bit). The one on the medal at his shoulder stands for "inherited possession" which I thought was appropriate for royalty.

Random statistics because I think they're neat:
Painted entirely in Adobe Photoshop CS4.
Finished in about 30 hours over a week.
620 separate layers in the final file:
- 479 layers for the figure and horse.
- 141 layers for the background.

YAY IT'S DONE! Haha \o/

:P

azrielen — Sun, 23 May 2010 21:51:27 GMT

Today, mon bebes, is a no good very bad day.

And I can't even figure out why.

I'm just very angry at nothing. I don't generally get angry about much of anything. I'm a mellow, roll-with-the-punches sort. I was very short with my roommates, when usually I like them a lot.

This feels weird and I don't know what's causing it.

Maybe it's PMS? I've never had this happen before. :(

Even typing this, I am just very disgruntled at...everything. Boo.

Here, have a female goblin dancing the Single Ladies dance.

Time is money, friend~

concrete jungle where dreams are made of~

azrielen — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:53:32 GMT

So my father came up to New York and visited a few weeks ago. We did the touristy things that you aren't supposed to do if you actually live here. Good times!

We went to the Empire State Building, and the Intrepid Air and Space Museum, which is on a giant aircraft carrier at the docks and not nearly as boring as you'd think it'd be.

And then we went to the zoo!

That looks strangely comfortable.

Pimp tortoises say "wasssup?"

Penguins! I wanted to see the gay penguins, but it's not breeding season, so they were just broin' around.

I just really like penguins, ok?

Howdy!

O.o

I'm a bit rusty and this camera wasn't the best. I need to get my better camera fixed. Still, I think some of these turned out well. :D

Random Unexpected Post is Random! Also, Unexpected.

azrielen — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:45:32 GMT

In between trying to figure out a good TV show to watch, procrastinating on work, and feeling like shit because I'm totally getting a cold, I decided to do this random icon meme.

Yeah IDEK.

MAH ICONS.

default	oldest	newest


saddest	happiest	angriest


cutest	sexiest	funniest


fave ship	fave fandom	fave animated


best quote	best textless	best stolen idea


use the most	favorite

HOW MANY ICONS DO YOU HAVE: 49
OUT OF HOW MANY AVAILABLE ICONS SPACES: 54
IF YOU COULD BUY SPACE FOR MORE, WOULD YOU: No
DO YOUR ICONS MAKE A STATEMENT: Yes. Mostly that it's all for the LOLs and WTFery.
WHAT FANDOM DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: Bandom
AND THE SECOND MOST: American Idol
WHAT SHIP DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: Adam/Pretty Boys
ARE YOUR ICONS MADE MOSTLY BY OTHER PEOPLE: No, all but two of them were made by myself.
DO YOU MAKE ICONS: Yes
ARE THEY ANY GOOD: Sometimes. XD
ANIMATED ICONS ARE: Only awesome if they have a point.

DO THE MEME.
Coding can be found here

Zombie Twitters from Outer Space

azrielen — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:02:38 GMT

12:15 Shame on you, @GMA for believing in and promoting a hateful and senseless stereotype. #ShameOnYouABC #
12:20 Because @adamlambert was soooo disgusting @GMA earlier this year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg8FV8N7GZM #ShameOnYouABC #
12:21 LOL at my twitter-spamming of this. Sorry. I don't even care. I'm a so full of RAGE over this pandering, hateful bullshit. #ShameOnYouABC #
12:22 HAHAHAHA #ShameOnYouABC is No.2 on the list now. Hell hath no fury like an @adamlambert fan scorned. #