http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:lady-librarian&section=today deviantART RSS for by:lady-librarian en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:46:34 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/27204799/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/27204799/ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:30:20 PDT
- if a piece is done for or with someone on dA it goes on dA, all other polished/awesome pieces will be on the blog. The blog will ( in theory ) update once a week, probably on Mondays.

The blog can be found here: [link]

I also have another blog where I will be documenting the process of making my own nativity set and advent wreath for the holidays this year: [link]

( I am a Christmas Child, I am entitled to do these things. )

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/26270830/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/26270830/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:26:42 PDT MoonLover who has been on an icon making spree that is too cute! <3

Go check out ~MoonLover right now!

Also: more spamming of the new blog's website: [link]
I am happy with this artblogging thing so far, though it is a bit lonely. Is anyone else on blogger?

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/25758400/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/25758400/ Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:30:21 PDT [link]

Posting art there from now on. Slowly taking writing down from my gallery but will probably leave the art/drawings up for now.

I AM open for comissions and will probably add a paypal widget eventually. Cost of comissions will depend on effort, supplies, time and YOU. I promise not to be too costly. <3

Anyway, come blog with me, let's blog!

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/25144193/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/25144193/ Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:35:15 PDT
Anyway, I am still a little freaked out. I don't think I will be posting any of my creative works online anymore.

How does one put their gallery in storage?

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/25144183/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/25144183/ Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:34:52 PDT
Anyway, I am still a little freaked out. I don't think I will be posting any of my creative works online anymore.

How does one put their gallery in storage?

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/24716720/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/24716720/ Tue, 12 May 2009 08:05:29 PDT * There will be more Eleison comics when finals and projects are over.
* There will be more art is general when finals and projects are over.
* I will also be commenting on YOUR art more when finals and projects are over.

IN FACT:
I would like to open up to art and/or other trades for the summer. This means that if you want art from me but do not want to draw for me we can trade for other things as well. For instance: I like silly postcards. Let me know if you are at all interested!

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/24392229/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/24392229/ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:57:04 PDT [link] for ages now. I think it is time I started an art blog. I know I have dA, but I feel like I get very little feedback there and it is almost not worth it anymore. I guess it is partly because I am a sketch artist and do not really do "refined" pieces... but isn't the whole point of an art community about dialogue and suggestions from other artists? I might as well have a blog and it might as well be a pink blog.

Anyway, to get it started I thought I should move a small selection from my dA gallery. Suggestions would be lovely.

I will probably still post things here as well, old habits die hard and, though frustrated, I do not give up that easily.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/24346466/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/24346466/ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:06:37 PDT I think subscriptions are groovy, but I do not like you spamming my inbox with "WUT? YOU NO BUY SUBSCRIPTION?! BUY SUBSCRIPTION PLSKTHXBAI" once a week. Please stop.
Love, Colleen
P.S. Is it just me or does the new "Critique ME!" feature for subscriptions really lame?

Anyway: You want I should post Blair Comix? Comment yes or no.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/24134152/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/24134152/ Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:34:15 PDT
DrunkDuck: [link]
LiveJournal: [link]

If you are a member of either site, feel free to watch/fave the comic and keep up with it there. I think that (while I haven't worked out some kinks with the layout) LiveJournal is going to be the most rewarding to follow as I plan to also post extra art and maybe occasional prose companions to the comic as I go along. A lot, if not all, of those things will NOT end up on dA. I want to focus on other projects here now that this one is officially off the the ground and going places.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/24083428/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/24083428/ Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:29:20 PDT
<3

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/23634392/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/23634392/ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:32:15 PDT

Pick ANY character of mine and I will tell you their:
01. Full name
02. Best friend
03. Sexuality
04. Favorite color
05. Relationship status
06. Ideal mate
07. Odd Skills/Skills in general
08. Last Amusing Escapade
09. Favorite food
10. Crushes
11. Favorite music
12. Biggest fear
13. Biggest fantasy
14. Quirks
15. Bad habits
16. Biggest regret
17. Best kept secrets
18. Last thought
19. Worst sexual/romantic experience
20. Biggest insecurity

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/23572700/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/23572700/ Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:50:35 PST
This is for a school folklore project that you can follow at [link] .
I just want to see how your versions differ from one another.

Similarly, considering doing a Little Red Riding Hood art contest. Winners would be displayed on the blog and get the painting of Miss Red Riding Hood I am working on right now. Would anyone be interested in that?

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/23504322/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/23504322/ Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:40:17 PST little-librarian

Here are some of the "better" old versions to help clear things up:
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]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/23134076/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/23134076/ Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:37:00 PST
I should post more things. What things do you most want to see?

Doodles?
Paintings?
Poetry?
Those short stories I keep saying I will post?

I need direction. Consider this a poll.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/22904171/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/22904171/ Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:58:30 PST
I just want to try two things:

- Drawing a little more realism
- Bring more elements of real people into my fictional ones

Sound fun?

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/22680521/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/22680521/ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:43:50 PST
I am almost certain I am leading a double life.

So, how 'bout that poetry update? Was it good for you too?

I am off and on considering posting prose on here, but I just don't like the idea. This is less about a paranoiac obsession with protecting my work from thieves and more to do with the personal nature of my latest prose.

Art work and comic work is happening, but I don't know when the next posting of either will be.

That is all.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/22577399/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/22577399/ Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:29:03 PST [link]
CLICKCLICKCLICK!

It is begun for real this time. Will update sporadically, but hopefully fairly often. The format is nice and simple, so I can make pages/entries very easily and focus on story telling without stressing about panels and layout so very much.

I hope you all enjoy it!

I suppose I should make a bit of a disclaimer:
I am not very religious (ex-Catholic, in fact) and this comic has very little to do with religion. I just happen to like angels. I also like stories about little girls having crazy adventures. This comic/story is about these loves of mine meeting up and having a grand old time.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/22369138/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/22369138/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:51:10 PST
Also: my family is down to one computer. This is greatly delaying my plans to scan things. Please be patient.

In other news: "Eleison" the silly angel comic? SO ACTUALLY GOING SOMEWHERE. Look forward to it, please.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/22222820/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/22222820/ Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:50:02 PST
Where is the other half of my CD collection?

Whatever happened to that nifty magnetic dollhouse?

How about my sister's Eloise book?

.... just beginning to realize how much I have lost track of.

:fail:
There really ought to be a :fail: emote by now.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/21976143/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/21976143/ Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:54:22 PST
Also, I made a rather large mixed media "painting" this morning using a Sharpie, watercolors, and crayons. It is called "Stars" ( after the Janis Ian song ) and I will be posting it as soon as I have a digital camera on hand. It's not the best work, I'm still figuring out how to make watercolors do cool things on purpose. ( I have a lot of awesome watercolor "mistakes" to scan too! )

Things I want to work on artistically:
-Watercolors!
-Mucha imitation powers activate!
-Actually getting somewhere in comic making...
-Illustrating a full fairy tale. ( as opposed to just making plans and never actually completing )

What I am doing with writing:
-OLIVIA! I would love some beta readers when I have it typed. Please help me get a hold of some grammar.
-Short stories. I have tons to type up and I promise to post most of them here.
-Therapy writing/"Trips to Colleen"
-Poetry. It will be in your inbox, even if you don't want it.

Am considering putting out another "for me" publication on lulu books. Will include some of the highlights in this year's writing and some sketches. No one will buy it and it will be up for free PDF downloads. It will not feature middle school poetry this time - exciting, yes?

Also... thinking about saving up for a laptop. Preferably one with WindowsXP. Any suggestions?

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/21070230/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/21070230/ Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:56:19 PDT *Poetry: I remain able to whine in verse
*New Hades: EDITING in hopes that it will make me WANT to write the next part
*Short Stories: Editing what I have, expect new ones in November
*Here In Modernity: SO considering just writing in script form for radio show dramatizing


I am not too cool with the idea of posting my MAJOR prose works here. I may post pieces, but I mostly won't. If you are interested in helping me edit/testing my audience I will gladly email you drafts and such.

In the meantime: Poetry and short stories WILL be posted here for you reading pleasure.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/21034554/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/21034554/ Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:15:30 PDT onestar and other friendlings who left dA during "THE GREAT YELLOW ALIEN DRAMA."



WEIRD.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/20719374/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/20719374/ Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:29:57 PDT
I cannot do thumbnails, forgive me.

1. ~AmbrMerlinus
It is so tempting to declare Kenneth my "brother from another mother"... SO I JUST DID.

[link] "Oedipal Spawn" Because Antigone makes everything beautiful.

[link] "Life is Pain: chptr 1" Because it would be silly to start you off in the middle. A very good read, manages to be humorous and serious and mysterious and a lot of other "-ous" words too.

[link] "Kayla-shaped accessory" Because I'm so vain Carly Simon wrote a song about me.

2. =Sprkdragon
Is one of my favorite "cartoonist" type artist.

[link] "Purple" Yeah, I just sent you to a gallery folder. AND YOU WILL LOOK AT EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT IS AWESOME. And a story.

[link] "Happy Valentines Day Maxy" Best. Expression. EVER.

[link] "Siggy" I just like this character design. It makes me smile.

3. ~Gilrandir-Adrea
I owe her a painting from sometime over a year ago.

[link] "Roses" Do I even need to explain why I like this? Okay: roses/all flowers are timeless in beauty... and photography freezes time... so combined- *world explodes*

[link] "SHOUT IT OUT" Probably the best art meme to ever hit dA and a lovely look into who this person is!

[link] "Safety First" I admire anyone who actually sticks with that "100 Theme Challenge"- I know I could not! AND WITH POETRY?! This one is sort of philosophical, I like it.

4. *Oukami666
Appears to have a lot in common with me.

[link] "WHAT AM I GOING TO DO" Is a great example of how similar we are. Look: VEGGIES THAT GROW UNDERGROUND!

[link] "The Fortuneteller" I can just FEEL stories oozing from this image. A thousand words would be far from enough.

[link] "Green Lines" It is cute and I like green?

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/20606377/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/20606377/ Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:09:42 PDT
a. What initially prompted me to write about them.
b. One of their best traits.
c. One of their worst traits.
d. How easy/difficult I find it to write the character.
e. The moment where I feel that I truly captured the character.
f. My plans to write the character in the near future.

Stolen from *comic-chic with love.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/20354869/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/20354869/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:46:05 PDT
When we moved, the collection was lost. ( I still hope to find it someday, it is probably in storage with everything else that is allegedly missing. )

ANYWAY: As I am without a scanner, most of you have been suffering a void of my art. I DO have watercolor postcards though and am very willing to send you some art- which you can sort of request, but no promises to its content.

What I want in exchange is this:
Either a postcard made by you or one of something groovy near where you live. ( So non-drawing types can join in the fun! ) Postcards are usually fairly cheap, so I think this is a reasonable request.

To exchange snail mail addresses, send me a note!

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/20055884/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/20055884/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:39:23 PDT
In other news: watercolors will be the bulk of my up-loadable art work once I have a computer of my own and a scanner.

Also, I have a job so said computer and scanner are a lot more realistic sounding. Even if it is just waitressing at Friendly's.

I have hope that Staples will want to hire me too. Mostly because I really want to work there so darn bad. Office supplies are my favorite. I am an organizer freak.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/19933988/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/19933988/ Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:24:12 PDT
]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/19714661/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/19714661/ Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:36:30 PDT [link]

It's all like SKETCH BLOG!
And I can do it without a scanner, in fact scanners are not really involved at all. All my entries are mouse drawn. It is hard, but funfunfun.

So, yeah. Do you has a tegaki? If so, we can totally be tegaki friends as well has dA friends. ~AmbrMerlinus has one, and Merlinus is ALL THE COOL PEOPLE. What other incentive could you possibly want?!

Also, do to my mother deciding it was time we got channels that actually have programs worth watching: I now have the History Channel. PARTY TIME! There is no way to properly express my delight at this moment.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/19618163/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/19618163/ Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:30:00 PDT
I HAVE BEEN WRITING A "NOVEL."

Okay, several novels. But the one I am here to talk about today is for younger peoples. I want illustrations. For reasons unknown, I actually would like someone else to draw them.

Usually, I am a bit more like "DUDE, I can so WRITE and DRAW at the SAME TIME!"- but I honestly think my art and my writing are going in different directions and it is time they both saw "other people."

Anyway, this story is about a young girl. She is probably eleven. Sometimes I think she is six, but apparently she is a little bit older than that. ( Some people have no idea how eloquent a six year old can be! ) She is loosely inspired by Little Red Riding Hood and Eloise. Basically, she is a little terror running about a fairy tale world.

You may have heard of her before, when she was fourteen. She is Olivia, she can be found, avec Theo, here: [link]

Luckily, now she is younger and has very little sense of romance. She still, in my head, talks with a "monster" voice/font. She still does not tie her shoes. She just is not chasing after Theo all the time, she would rather climb trees or steal his horse or something.

So, style-wise, I am looking for something less "Colleen pretends to draw realism" and more "HEY! This is Olivia! She's little and vaguely cartoony. This suits her!"

Olivia would greatly appreciate it. She might even stop running around my brain in a red poncho/hooded tunic for five seconds and be all "thank you" about it. Then she would steal Theo's horse. She likes horses because they like to run around as much as she does. Her hair is a massive blond tangle, because she is sticking it to the man. Brushing your hair and tying your shoes is conformity, fools!

Ask me for a sample of the book if you are interested! I cannot, really, pay for the illustrations at this point. ( I am bankrupt. ) BUT, I can probably swap favors or send you random surprises and arts in return. Eventually, providing I get a "real job" sometime soon, ( Dear Businesses in My Area, WHY have you not responded to my applications?! ) I would love to give monetary compensation for such efforts. Should such efforts be made.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/19325368/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/19325368/ Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:30:44 PDT
Dude: dA, I check you first thing in the morning. Do you know how confused you just made me?

P.S. Thank you for letting me see thumbnails in my inbox.

Anyway, I plan to survive this "new" dA. I mean, for reals, if past changes weren't enough to kick me out... I am probably here for the rest of forever.

EDIT: Upon further trial and error, I found something cool! You can now put the "Random Deviant" and "Random Deviation" links in your tool bar! ( Customizing the tool bar is cool enough on its own, of course. GOODBYE NAGGING SHOP BUTTON! )

Excellent! A more convenient location for devART's best source time wasting. ( The search runs a close second, of course. )

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/19223156/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/19223156/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:57:09 PDT
I also forgot this part: A contest for which there will be a small surprise prize sent to the winner(s) by mail. IT WILL BE SILLY AND FUN, I PROMISE!

Ye ole contest information:

I would like YOU *strikes Uncle Sam pose* to draw ONE OR MORE of the characters from my comic-in-the-works, "Eleison". References can be found in my gallery in the Eleison folder. BEST FEATURE dA EVER CAME UP WITH. I LOVE FOLDERS.

ANYWAY, here is some more info on the characters:

Mikayla Darling: is twelve years old. She is the protagonist and she can see angels. Or so she says, she might just be crazy.

Mr. Jonathan L. Hall: teaches theology. May, eventually, be the Giles to Mikalya's non-violent Buffy. Has zero self-esteem as he is approaching 40ish and no one thinks he's groovy.

Margaret "Maggie" "Mags" Mitchell: is also twelve. And, yes, she is named after the author of "Gone With The Wind", although they actually have nothing in common. She is comic relief, mostly, and wears "hippie" pins on her uniform to tick Ms. Stacy off- even though Ms. Stacy terrifies her. Mags is a born rebel.

Stuart Blair: is a boy. I think he's eleven. And has slight violent tendencies, because no one wants to be named after Stuart Little and my old character Blair. FOR REALS.

Ms. Adeline Stacy: is probably a rare species of vampire that can take sunlight as long as they are dressed in awesome. Students and faculty a like fear her because she pays for everything and has tremendous power and, scariest of all, a beehive. Yay for being the St. Elliot's Academy chairwoman of DOOOOOOM.

Rebbecca "Becky" Chapel: is fifteen and a half, and therefor more adult than anyone ever. She is the RA for Mikayla and Mags dorm and has a long standing crush on Jonah... which, recently, has made her grades slip.

Jonah Wales: knows that his name is a pun. He also knows that no one will tease him for it because he oozes natural cool. Even Ms. Stacy finds it hard to tame his cool and knock him into submission. She can't even expel him for growing his hair out. Also, he is afraid of spiders. TELL NO ONE.

The Angels: have the best design ever. Also, they might not exist.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/19166376/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/19166376/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:31:25 PDT
Today, of course, is the day to really celebrate! THIS is the day Richard Henry Lee of Virginia's resolution on independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress. Very important stuff! Getting a legislative body to adopt such a radical thing is not something to be over looked.

To honor Mr. Lee, I dug out my "Founding Fathers" biography book and opened it to his biography for a brief refresher on his awesome. Then I listened to "My Name Is Richard Henry Lee" from "1776" on repeat for awhile. (Hey, it ain't accurate, but it is damn cool!)

At noon I headed to my first day of volunteer work at the Shelburne Falls Historical Society Museum. I gave three tours, located a special booklet in the "library"- and praised my limited knowledge of the Dewy-Decimal System, helped an Arms Academy Alum find her 1950 year book, and otherwise kept busy until four o'clock.

I could easily see myself working there long term. It was enjoyable to soak up knowledge AND be genuinely useful. I don't feel USEFUL at school and I don't particularly learn anything that could be called KNOWLEDGE when at a paying job. This is a happy in between for me.

To top off my day, I think I will read a chapter or two of "John Adams" or "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life."

(Anyone who wants to toss a good biography of Jefferson or Hamilton my way will have my eternal gratitude.)

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/18843981/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/18843981/ Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:47:12 PDT [link]

No entries yet, which is fine. Don't forget to note me with your entry, should you make one. I cannot say I am particularly good at checking all the deviations in my inbox these days due to the lack of a private/personal computer. I CAN promise to check the deviations linked to me in notes.

ALSO: [link]
I maintain the right to turn down a commission, especially based off shadiness and a conflict with my art styles and personal beliefs. ( I will not illustrate Kafka's "Metamorphosis" or anything else that I strongly dislike. )

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/18659444/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/18659444/ Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:55:34 PDT [link]

Yeah, I know, no one is going to buy it. Whatever. I just want it out there already!

In case you did not know: back in December I started hauling through all my teenage angst and poetry to assemble this little book. Some of it is bad, some of it good. I tried to edit it as little as possible, sticking to spelling and grammar, to give an honest portrayal of my high school age self.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/18605903/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/18605903/ Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:56:58 PDT DarthMalice66

BUT, more importantly, in case, somehow, our high profile internet lesbian affair awhile ago didn't put her on your watchlist:
~AmbrMerlinus does this crazy cool feature: "Deviants Say The Darndest Things" and totally does not get enough credit for it. Also, she does awesome art and has a very curious comic called "Le Lapin Noir." So, yeah, if you aren't watching her... what are you doing?!

Also, please remember the contest: [link]

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/18506014/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/18506014/ Tue, 27 May 2008 05:13:36 PDT
I also forgot this part: A contest for which there will be a small surprise prize sent to the winner(s) by mail. IT WILL BE SILLY AND FUN, I PROMISE!

Ye ole contest information:

I would like YOU *strikes Uncle Sam pose* to draw ONE OR MORE of the characters from my comic-in-the-works, "Eleison". References can be found in my gallery in the Eleison folder. BEST FEATURE dA EVER CAME UP WITH. I LOVE FOLDERS.

ANYWAY, here is some more info on the characters:

Mikayla Darling: is twelve years old. She is the protagonist and she can see angels. Or so she says, she might just be crazy.

Mr. Jonathan L. Hall: teaches theology. May, eventually, be the Giles to Mikalya's non-violent Buffy. Has zero self-esteem as he is approaching 40ish and no one thinks he's groovy.

Margaret "Maggie" "Mags" Mitchell: is also twelve. And, yes, she is named after the author of "Gone With The Wind", although they actually have nothing in common. She is comic relief, mostly, and wears "hippie" pins on her uniform to tick Ms. Stacy off- even though Ms. Stacy terrifies her. Mags is a born rebel.

Stuart Blair: is a boy. I think he's eleven. And has slight violent tendencies, because no one wants to be named after Stuart Little and my old character Blair. FOR REALS.

Ms. Adeline Stacy: is probably a rare species of vampire that can take sunlight as long as they are dressed in awesome. Students and faculty a like fear her because she pays for everything and has tremendous power and, scariest of all, a beehive. Yay for being the St. Elliot's Academy chairwoman of DOOOOOOM.

Rebbecca "Becky" Chapel: is fifteen and a half, and therefor more adult than anyone ever. She is the RA for Mikayla and Mags dorm and has a long standing crush on Jonah... which, recently, has made her grades slip.

Jonah Wales: knows that his name is a pun. He also knows that no one will tease him for it because he oozes natural cool. Even Ms. Stacy finds it hard to tame his cool and knock him into submission. She can't even expel him for growing his hair out. Also, he is afraid of spiders. TELL NO ONE.

The Angels: have the best design ever. Also, they might not exist.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/18427753/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/18427753/ Wed, 21 May 2008 09:02:22 PDT
I would like to hold a contest. A contest for which there will be a small surprise prize sent to the winner(s) by mail. IT WILL BE SILLY AND FUN, I PROMISE!

So, here is the contest:

I would like YOU *strikes Uncle Sam pose* to draw ONE OR MORE of the characters from my comic-in-the-works, "Eleison". References can be found in my gallery in the Eleison folder. BEST FEATURE dA EVER CAME UP WITH. I LOVE FOLDERS.

ANYWAY, here is some more info on the characters:

Mikayla Darling: is twelve years old. She is the protagonist and she can see angels. Or so she says, she might just be crazy.

Mr. Jonathan L. Hall: teaches theology. May, eventually, be the Giles to Mikalya's non-violent Buffy. Has zero self-esteem as he is approaching 40ish and no one thinks he's groovy.

Margaret "Maggie" "Mags" Mitchell: is also twelve. And, yes, she is named after the author of "Gone With The Wind", although they actually have nothing in common. She is comic relief, mostly, and wears "hippie" pins on her uniform to tick Ms. Stacy off- even though Ms. Stacy terrifies her. Mags is a born rebel.

Stuart Blair: is a boy. I think he's eleven. And has slight violent tendencies, because no one wants to be named after Stuart Little and my old character Blair. FOR REALS.

Ms. Adeline Stacy: is probably a rare species of vampire that can take sunlight as long as they are dressed in awesome. Students and faculty a like fear her because she pays for everything and has tremendous power and, scariest of all, a beehive. Yay for being the St. Elliot's Academy chairwoman of DOOOOOOM.

Rebbecca "Becky" Chapel: is fifteen and a half, and therefor more adult than anyone ever. She is the RA for Mikayla and Mags dorm and has a long standing crush on Jonah... which, recently, has made her grades slip.

Jonah Wales: knows that his name is a pun. He also knows that no one will tease him for it because he oozes natural cool. Even Ms. Stacy finds it hard to tame his cool and knock him into submission. She can't even expel him for growing his hair out. Also, he is afraid of spiders. TELL NO ONE.

The Angels: have the best design ever. Also, they might not exist.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/18176067/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/18176067/ Mon, 05 May 2008 06:26:45 PDT
So, no art until I get a new computer. Which, by the way, I am open to suggestions as to what sort of machine I should get. I have already decided firmly against another laptop for the time being. ( I never brought my laptop anywhere anyways... ) Right now what I am looking for in a computer is this: lots of space, internets, something more advanced than MS Paint for image editting, Microsoft Word or something similar, and the ability to play both CDs and DVDs.

At the moment I am leaning more toward PCs than Macs because of the computer games I like. *cough* Ragnarok Online *cough* And also for the sake of farmilarity. Unfortunately, I'm really not liking Windows Vista, as it apparently defines all things sucky. I liked WindowsXP well enough though. In fact, I miss it.

Cost, for now, matters very little as I don't really NEED to post my art right now or anything... and I am perfectly capable of typing things on the family computer as long as my siblings are not home.

P.S. :
This is also giving me the chance to finish all the request and other art I owe you all. Nothing increases producitivity like a lack of technology.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/18105984/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/18105984/ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:32:02 PDT
Anyway, this is, indeed, me, explaining my "nearly a month" journally absence here on dA. Cory really is dead and, more importantly, there is actual spring weather in these parts.

Sooooooo... I'll be back in the summer to curse the heat and show off the fruits of my absence.

(I DO check my inbox when I can, just don't expect anything earth shatteringly new from me.)

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As such, I am updating from the family computer right now. Don't expect much activity from me on here in the near future.

Sorry.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/17556486/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/17556486/ Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:03:45 PDT
Expect to see the cowgirls, lawmen, and outlaws as well as sketch requests very soon. Like, possibly tonight even, assuming I don't shoot myself in the head or get distracted by Buzz Lightyear and MarySueNaut having a silly love affair. (You KNOW it was bound to happen sometime, he is my favorite spaceman!)

Also, for those curious: Anime Boston was fun, but I doubt I will attend a full on Anime con ever again. It really isn't my forte, I'm more about comicry in general then any of the major subdivisions.

Or maybe I'm just saying that because I have developed an intense phobia of Naruto cosplay?! Seriously, there were just so many of them... it was scary!

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/17424896/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/17424896/ Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:29:13 PDT
That is all.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/17302707/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/17302707/ Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:20:52 PDT Sketch requests:
1- Victoria and Ben for ~Blue-Hawk-Dreaming in progress
2- Jareth and William for ~AmbrMerlinus
3- Super Hero Tom for ~BoyDoom
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Extras:
1- Girl Kicking Monster in the Head for *darthmongoose
2- Barden for ~NezumiPickle

Other projects:
1- Royal portrait "commission" in progress
2- Last of the Christmas arts planning
3- Illustration work for a school friend's novel in progress
4- Contest entry for ~Blue-Hawk-Dreaming
5- Contest entry for *HistoryFashionLovers

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FIRSTLY:
[link]

AMAZING "gift art" I recieved today. It is Jonathan, MY favorite character from my comic in the works. I suffer from an addiction to slightly receeding hairlines and frumpy men... and he is also named after two of my favorite founding fathers.

Now, as is my duty having recieved this gift art, I am now going to do the "10 Sketch" meme thing. Luckily, next week is vacation for me... so I should have time to finally finish the last few requests from Christmas and one project I took on in the fall AND be able to do this.

I ask two things only:
-PLEASE: no fanart requests. I do not follow a lot of the more common fandoms and I try to avoid fanart whenever and where ever possible in my own work.
-I can only draw a two figure maximum in this request and PLEASE do not ask for detailed posing. This is a SKETCH request and that should imply the ability for me to finish this in a more timely fashion.

Okay, here are the actual meme rules:
-I will take ONE request per person for the first TEN commenters on this journal.
-I WILL complete these sketches in a reasonably timely fashion.
-I HIGHLY reccomend that you do this meme if you either (a) have never done so before or (b) not done this meme in the past six months. I will NOT kill you for not doing so, I just think this is a meme that is worth doing and worth doing many times.

REQUEST AWAY!

The clubs:


]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/17170118/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/17170118/ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:35:54 PST
Anyway, there is not too much to report. I am going to invest in some nice paper tomorrow so I can start taking "Snow White and Rose Red" more seriously. I spent last night and a good portion of this afternoon deciding how I wanted to adapt the story and decided that I wanted to play up the personalities of the characters, particularly the sisters, more than the original.

A lot of fairy tales did not bother with personality beyond the first encounter with the character. Cinderella was never more than "good and kind" and her stepsisters "were so mean it made them ugly"- that's it, bottom line. ( And, I do believe the prince is just described as "the prince"! Poor boy, he is nothing more than his title implies! )

I also have been working on the next few strips of "Eleison", but I don't think I will be uploading until I have a good stack of them to work with. ( This will, in theory, enable me to update on a schedule without having to worry if the next strip is ready. ) I really do love this story very much and can hardly wait to share it with you all.

Other works in progress include:
-VERY belated post-its for Merlin and BlueMoon
-A contest entry for Blue-Hawk
-"Born in the Wrong Century" entry that I am VASTLY overthinking. ( I am being overly realisitic and making myself a lower-middle class woman at the out break of the American Revolution. As such, I keep thinking: "Damn, I would be married and have a bunch of children... and have to keep house... but HOT DAMN! I WOULD BE RUNNING MY OWN HOUSEHOLD." )

And to those of you wondering where all the poetry has gone, it comes and goes. I am sure I will write more in the future, I just have not been in the mood.

-Colleen


The Clubs


]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/17042863/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/17042863/ Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:41:42 PST [link]
COMIC COMIC COMIC COMIC COMIC!!!


Okay, so it's not actually that amazing YET. BUT I LOVES IT!

-Colleen

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/16902257/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/16902257/ Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:52:20 PST comic-chic linked two clubs in her latest deviation that are right up my alley.

I though I too should share:



I love clothing so much. I love history even more.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/16887183/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/16887183/ Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:53:20 PST -Lisa Loeb "Snow Day"

Okay, so it's not really a bad day for me, but that is the general vibe I am getting off others. And I have a cold, so it is a little bit unpleasant.

But I LIKE V-day, contrary to popular belief. I know, shock and horror, the spinster likes the pink consumerism holiday.

While I don't believe that there needs to be a special day set aside for love, I have recieved proof today that it does help. My dad does not go out of his way to call his father on Christmas or do anything out there like that, but today he gave my mom a sweet, heart felt card and a box of choclates. Classic and cliche? Yes- but very, very welcome and needed considering my mom's life at the moment.

Sometimes it takes a little fire under your ass to get you motivated to do something you should be doing everyday- showing people that you love them.

Gosh, that was corny. GO TEAM!


Colleen

P.S. Just because I am curious to see who actually does look at my work... even if you have nothing to say leave a comment on my work. It can just be "poke" if you want, or a smilely, I just can't tell if anyone is looking or if all those views are just me checking back over and over again.

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So I dumped regular sugar in it. When I finished drinking the tea the damn "Sugar In The Raw" was sitting at the bottom of my cup.

This moment was brought to you by "Completely Pointless Stories".

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/16729787/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/16729787/ Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:44:18 PST
A) Run off with the stuffed bastard
B) Keep rocking out with 'Merlinus, duh
C) Get a real life, loser
D) THREESOME!!!!11!!1!!
E) Get a subscription so you can do polls properly you dolt
F) Never use the word "dolt" again, way too Daph'n'Blair
G) DRAW THINGS FOR US WE HATE WORDS

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/16625609/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/16625609/ Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:30:00 PST
SO, with that in mind, the best way to get me to do a trade with you is to pop me a message on AIM. Why? Because I am only on there when I have nothing better to do and will therefor, most likely, be more than happy to draw you things.

Commissions are something I do not really do, same with requests. I have a few requests from ages ago now that I am still working on and I do not want to get anymore in until I finish with those.

Trades are easy, I can whip them together, but often times requests and commissions get set on the backburner because, for whatever reason, they tend to involve more work.

That is all.

P.S. My AIM thinger is softeleison

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/16603534/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/16603534/ Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:59:55 PST
"Eleison" will most likely premier on St. V's day, because it is a project full of love.

Also, Buffyverse fanfiction with Slayer!Kayla: would you read it or am I just an idiot or both.
Sometimes I wish I had the ability to make polls.

Then I remember that would cost money.

THANKS dA.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/16428282/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/16428282/ Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:36:41 PST
The last, long awaited post-its will be posted this evening. IN COLOR. Because I was stupid and made them LATE and must make up for that somehow.

Been working on the last two designs for the comic and the first page... which I have restarted MANY times. I think I am finally getting the hang of it though, we'll see. I would like to get it going this weekend with at least two pages.

In writing news, my collection of ( partially horrid ) teenage poetry is finally assembled. Actually, it has been for awhile, I just kept hoping I would find one last notebook that apparently got lost in the move seven years ago. Anyway, if you want a copy... NOTE ME. I'll get it to you somehow. I just need to print out my copy and take it to Staples as soon as I have enough cash to afford printing and binding.
I thought about using Lulu books or some other self-publishing bookseller site, but I really do not feel like this collection is worth other people spending money on. It was a labor of love and angst, and it includes works from the seventh grade.

Also in the works: some prose. Of the kind I will actually allow myself to show on dA and not some private forum. It is a fairly old story, but I am in the process of rewriting it. There will be knights, ladies, a frog prince, a fan magazine, something like rock'n'roll, and some Freudian Little Red Riding Hood metaphors. I hope you all will take the time to read it- I promise not to be too wordy and smart... because I am not that wordy and smart anyway. "I only know enough to talk strangely", to quote a poem from the above mentioned poetry collection.

Lastly, ~Blue-Hawk-Dreaming and I are vaguely starting a story project using the characters from this old thing: [link] ...and some "new" characters. It will be marvelous and there will be many grand Indiana Jones-ish adventures in a world that is similar to our own, but not. So, yeah, watch out for that.

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/16274687/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/16274687/ Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:07:31 PST AmbrMerlinus is indeed the Lady Librarian's internet lover. What this position involves is still a mystery... one that may or may not unfold in the near future.

Mostly, one would guess, it involves sending love over the internet.

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]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/16058780/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/16058780/ Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:47:18 PST
Just wanted to inform you all that the Post-its and a few other things are in my scraps... so, if you are not watching my scraps... maybe you should? Yeah, something like that.

Happy Holidays and Wintry Goodness to you all.


-Colleen

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]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/15846403/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/15846403/ Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:56:01 PST -Comicry
-CLUE party! *is excited*
-Abigail Adams ( not Johnny for once! )
-REAL LIFE

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/15671077/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/15671077/ Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:14:55 PST - Some PROSE! *GASP!*
- More poetry ( 'cause I like poems! )
- ~TheCity related silliness and portraits
- Hopefully no more journals for a looooooong while
( except, maybe, when I get my comic going and give y'all the link )

"Self-esteem is for everybody.
Self-esteem is for everyone.
You can dream and be anybody,
But self-esteem is how you get it done"

]]> ~lady-librarian http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/15610025/ http://lady-librarian.deviantart.com/journal/15610025/ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:37:29 PST
Critiques and suggestions will be noted if you haven't attacted my recent arts yet- DO SO PLEASE.

I will be posting more of the new stuff later this loooong weekend.

And, before I forget: Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it.

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