L I T H I U M * F L O W E R

Here, watch this:

2017-05-20T08:03:27Z

It's SpotMini. Enjoy.

so, um...

2017-05-18T20:32:56Z

Chris Cornell just died.

Star Trek questions for the friday five

2016-09-09T12:40:50Z

thefridayfive

1. Where were you on September 8, 1966? Did you watch the first episode of Star Trek that evening? If you are too young -- did your parents watch it?
I wasn't born yet, I don't think. I don't think my parents watched it either.

2. Who is your favorite Star Trek captain, and why?
Captain Picard. He was diplomatic and that, and really intellectual and such. :|

3. Who is your favorite Star Trek character of all time, and why?
Lt. Comm. Data, obviously. He was super smart and weird and an android. I've always found him really relatable. He's also the reason for my life-long obsession with robots and AI. :3

4. Which Star Trek series is your favorite, and why?
Star Trek: The Next Generation. I dunno. I just grew up watching it, and when I was a kid, it was the only thing that gave me hope for the future. I like the other ones too, but NG is my favourite.

5. Which Star Trek movie is your favorite, and why?
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. I just do.

another friday five

2016-05-20T20:27:44Z

thefridayfive

1. Can you remember the first book you read?
It was a Winnie the Pooh book. Disney Pooh, not A.A. Milne Pooh. It don't remember anything about it beyond that.

2. What was the last book (electronic or otherwise) you read?
Catcher in the Rye. I actually really liked it. I'm not sure what to read now.

3. Do you read for enjoyment, work or both?
Both. But mostly enjoyment.

4. What is your favorite genre of book to read?
Sci-fi, psychological, fantasy, all ages/kids stuff, slice of life, etc. I like all kinds of things.

5. If you could visit your younger self, what book would you tell yourself to steer clear of?
No. I don't really have any literary regrets. :|

friday five

2016-04-30T22:50:42Z

For thefridayfive.

1. What is the last animated feature that you saw and enjoyed?
I just rewatched The End of Evangelion, so there's that.

2. What cartoons did you watch growing up? Favorite characters?
There were a lot. I don't really want to get into this, mostly because it will take all day and I'm really tired. I've always been fascinated by animation and story telling, you see, and so cartoons were always a big deal to me. I've been thinking about The Tick a lot lately, so I think I should mention The Tick.

There's a lot of favourite characters too, but on the Tick, it was the Tick and Brainchild. :3

3. Is there an animated show/film that you dislike?
Um... Probably. I know there are things I don't like, but I can't think of anything.

4. How do you think animation could be innovative in the future?
...I don't know.

5. Would you post a link to an animated short or film that you think is particularly special or interesting?
The Cat Piano. It's really well done, and narrated by the Nick Cave. :3
(But just be aware, it's really dark. It's about a cat piano and narrated by Nick Cave. So yeah. There's nothing graphic, though, but there's some screaming.)

have some art

2016-02-25T01:12:45Z

I thought I should post some art here since I can't do anything else right now.

Chibis (Roman, Quincy and Yekaterina. 100 technique meme, number 17, draw something with not your usual style, be it a mock or not.)
BTW, Katya isn't a communist. She's just from Soviet Russia so she likes the hockey. It's been brought to my attention that I need to specify this, so...

The Space Between Two Universes.

Have some Lucas. He's a pyrokinetic. And yes, this was named after a Boards of Canada song.

The comic cover for chapter two.

Germany from Hetalia, Asuka Langley Soryu from Neon Genesis Evangelion.

The Future is Here

2015-10-21T22:18:31Z

Happy Back to the Future Day everyone. We are officially in The Future now.

Of course, all I can think of is this:

¯\(º_o)/¯

(Also, I really need to play Chrono Trigger again.)

friday 5

2015-10-16T22:32:16Z

thefridayfive

1. What pets do you have?
My cat, Schrödinger, and four spiders, Dalek, Tesla, Lovelace and Marceline the Vampire Queen.

2. Have you always had pets, even as a child?
Yeah. I got my first cats when I was 7 and 9/12. I've always loved cats. :3

3. What was the most unusual pet you’ve ever owned?
My spiders.

4. Do you ever pet sit?
No.

5. How would you finish this statement, “You know you are a pet owner when _____?”
...the thought of not living with a cat is weird and scary to you. :I

art post: i've been sketching a lot

2015-08-10T23:43:54Z

It's been at least 100 years since the last art post, so it seemed like a good idea to make a new one.

I've been rewatching Neon Genesis Evangelion (again) so I here's Rei. I put the pencil one on dA and the coloured one on my site. You can see both here. What lucky humans you are. ^_^

Levi from Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin. Pencil sketch, coloured in Photoshop.

Russia from Axis Powers Hetalia. Pencil drawing, coloured in Photoshop.

X+Y
Enjoy.

Some concept art for my comic. Specifically of a Tall Grey who's not Cilla/a hybrid. Another pencil sketch that was also coloured in Photoshop.
Also, this is a parody of the cover of Jose Chung's From Outer Space from the X-Files episode of the same name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Chung%27s_From_Outer_Space
...Which itself is a parody of the cover of Communion: A True Story by Whitley Striebe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communion_%28book%29
So yeah.

more friday five stuff

2015-06-26T22:26:49Z

thefridayfive

1. What is your fondest memory of something related to the stars or space?
I don't know. I don't really have one. I just love space and stars. They're amazing and fascinating and I love them as much as robots (which is to say a lot).

2. What is a celestial body that you find particularly interesting?
The Andromeda Galaxy. It's the closest galaxy to us and so it's a source of great fascination to me.

3. When you look at the night sky, what thoughts cross your mind?
That it's awesome and ancient and I have to know everything about it and I have to go there.

4. Have you ever seen anything weird or inexplicable up there?
One time I was walking home with a friend and we saw a ufo. It was a dark, circular object with a light under it, and was moving unnaturally. I don't know what it was.

5. Would you live in space or on another planet?
Hells yeah.

friday five stuff

2015-06-13T00:41:27Z

thefridayfive

1. What is your favorite scent or odor?
The smell of vanilla cake in the oven.

2. What is your favorite taste?
Eel nigiri, crab nigiri, black tea, Kinder Chocolate, pizza.

3. What is your favorite sound?
Trains in the distance, ambient electronic music, the sound of someone typing on a keyboard.

4. What is your favorite texture?
Flannel. Also, cat ears.

5. What is your favorite thing to look at?
Weird art and cat photos.

art post

2015-04-17T22:10:07Z

Is it just me, or has this site been really, really buggy for some time now?

Anyway, have some art.

It's all SFW and that. Enjoy.

Jump (Carbon; 100 technique meme, entry sixteen, sketch a dynamic pose of a human; feets can't touch ground and hands can't be on sides of the waist.)

Kitsune (30 day monster girl challenge, number 21, canine girl.)
I wanted to paint something simple and cute, so I made this.

Clothesline (Cilla and Lucas,a panel from the comic.)

The comic cover for chapter one.

woo art post

2015-01-24T07:41:58Z

So I thought I should make another art post.

This is that art post.

paperdoll (100 technique meme, number 13, draw digitally using tools that mimic brushes and tools in traditional media.)

Greenbird (100 technique meme, number 14, draw a face, design decorative makeup/tattoo to decorate the face.)

Cilla says what.

Xander and Carbon. They're shopping. The bags are full of books and games and that.

jedi (100 technique meme, number 15, traditional inks, colour with coloured pencils.)
This is Jedi. That's not her real name, that's just what everyone calls her. (Her real name's Yekaterina Yablokova, but that may change.)
She's from Roman's comic.

Obligatory comic update

2015-01-22T22:58:29Z

Okay. So.

I said I'd talk more about my comic when there were ten pages of it up. There are ten pages up now.

Sadly, I don't have anything to talk about in relation to it, so please just click the link if you want to read it or whatever.

I just can't talk about it right now. I just can't. I'm sorry.

Shingeki no Kyojin art show

2014-11-28T03:53:04Z

There's an Attack on Titan art exhibit in Tokyo that just started a few hours ago.

http://www.kyojinten.jp/

There's some photos of it here.

I'm a bit sad that I can't go see it. u_u

Comic!

2014-11-17T07:15:49Z

Okay, so my comic has been launched. Finally.

There's nothing there yet except the chapter one cover. Another page will be up next Monday, though. Or Sunday night, depending on your time zone.

For the past two weeks I've been working on this site, so it's nice to be done with the initial part.

The comic is here (in case you're wondering or you just want to bookmark it now or whatever): http://particlesofagreysky.com/

(Tidbit: The comic used to be called The Book of Rust. That was the working title. Now it's Particles of a Grey Sky.)

...I think I've earned some Zelda time.

A Softer World

2014-10-23T07:46:40Z

This comic.

I have nothing to add to that.

Just... that comic. :3

Art post

2014-10-16T05:09:13Z

I haven't done an art post since June, so here's another one.

They're ghosts.

Number 11 of the 100 technique meme, digital Sketch, lineart, colour. Use an hour or more for every step.
Have some Adventure Time fan art.

It's a me.

Number 12 of the 100 technique meme, traditional sketch, lineart, colour. Use an hour or more for every step.
Roman, Quincy and Jedi.

Another Friday 5

2014-09-22T02:46:23Z

thefridayfive

It's from a few weeks ago.

I dunno. I just like filling out forms for some reason.

05.09.14
Recommend one:
1) Book
The Attack on Titan manga. Judge Dredd. Understanding Comics. Tank Girl. (That's everything I'm reading right now.)

2) College/University/Personal Interest course
¯\(º_o)/¯ Cambridge, Oxford, University of Bristol, MIT, Berkeley...

3) Song
Yoko Kanno: Pulse, Nobuo Uematsu: Jenova, Squarepusher: 4001, Aphex Twin: Mookid, Boards of Canada: Music is Math, Symphony of Science: A Glorious Dawn. I could go on, but I won't.

4) Web Site
I don't really have one to recommend. Nothing has really seemed cool to me lately.

5) Something of your choosing (ie- author, video game, food, movie, etc)
Thomas Harris, Bravely Default, sushi, the Last Unicorn

speaking of Ecco the Dolphin...

2014-08-05T13:29:27Z

I just found this:

http://www.okcupid.com/profile/clickclicksqueak?cf=profile

It's Ecco the Dolphin's OK Cupid profile. ...well, I'm not sure if the dolphin is supposed to be Ecco, or they're a different dolphin who's just using Ecco's pic, but it doesn't really matter.

It's brilliant.

Brilliant. U_U

Some friday five stuff again

2014-08-02T05:21:17Z

thefridayfive

1. Which do you prefer: cats or dogs? Why?
Cats because cats are the best.

2. Which would you rather worship: cats or dogs? Why?
Cats. It makes much more sense.

3. How many cats do you have in your house?
One. His name is Schrödinger.

4. How many dogs do you have in your house?
None.

5. Do you have any pets at all?
Aside from my cat, I have four spiders.

Have an art post

2014-06-22T02:50:48Z

The comic is slowly coming along, as comics are generally very slow to make. I've also been trying to tech myself 3d software, though this has proved mostly an exercise in frustration. But whatever. Things are slowly getting done, so that's good. Of course, I'm also going through another bout of insomnia, so everything's going slower than it would normally, so yeah.

Anyway, I haven't done an art post in the last couple of months, so here is some art.

Carbon and Xander, having a snog during the date from entry four.

Number 10 on the 100 technique meme, draw an imaginary object.
I had a dream about this robot five years ago. He dances to Yoko Kanno's Spider Bites.

Exactly what it says on the tin. Nothing fancy, just a sketch I coloured.

Carbon and Xander cosplaying as the 10th doctor and a Dalek from Doctor Who. Obviously. =P

Some friday five stuff again

2014-05-09T19:39:54Z

thefridayfive

2^nd
1. Would you sell your soul to the devil and what would it take?
Yes, and the devil knows what it would take. ;P

2. Who do you think will be the first 5 people you meet in heaven?
¯\(º_o)/¯

3. Is life more fair to some then others?
Yes. Yes it is.

4. Do you think some people are just born unhappy?
Maybe. It's more complicated then this and you know it. ~~Unless you were born stupid.~~ ¬_¬

5. If you could have a magical power,(like the charmed ones) what would it be?
Telekinesis. But not like what was in Charmed. More like what Tetsuo Shima had, but without the body horror at the end.

9^th
1. What made you choose your LJ Name?
It's my name. It's the name of my site and my dA account, etc, so I named my lj account 'godlessmachine' to match and let people know that it's me.

2. Do you blog with a reason or is it just for fun?
Um... Can't a person do both?

3. If you blog with a reason, what is it?
Just to share things with people.

4. How often do you blog?
A few time a month.

5. Describe your blogging style in 5 words...
I don't know. ¯\(º_o)/¯

Art post

2014-04-16T20:39:04Z

I'm currently rewriting the comic this month with Camp Nano. I'm really sick of writing this thing, but it needs a rewrite so it's not complete rubbish. Though, luckily, it's almost halfway over.

Anyway, I thought it was about time for an art post. So yeah.

Prinny painting from last year I recently remembered to post places. This was actually practice to paint other Prinnies, but that never happened. -_-;

Number 9 in the 100 technique meme (digital drawing in black and white). Carbon and Xander.

Carbon and Xander, on a date. They're talking about bees.

Cilla, from the comic I'm currently writing. This is symbolism. Please enjoy.

I've been listening to Portishead a lot lately, so here's a new piece of St. Beth.

Some questions

2014-04-05T08:50:46Z

For thefridayfive

1. What is your favorite novel to screen adaptation?
The Secret of NIMH, maybe.

2. What novel to screen adaptation did you hate, when you had liked the book?
James and the Giant Peach. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely adored the animation. I just don't know why everyone who turns Roald Dahl books into films has to change everything about them. And not just the parts that wouldn't work on screen. I mean literally everything except the basic plot. It just never made sense to me why they would do this, especially since his books were exactly what kids liked.

3. When was the last time you went to the cinema and what did you watch?
Wreck It Ralph and Skyfall. I don't get to the cinema very often.

4. Sugared or salted popcorn?
At home, I like sugar popcorn. At the cinema, I like salted. No butter, though.

5. Cinema or DVD?
Both are good.