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I am Writing a Book about a Monk

Many years ago I began writing a book called ‘The Monks of Meres’ and managed to get quite far, writing around 80k words, most of which I was happy with. However, past this point I sort of lost track of the story; it was trying to say so many things that I didn’t know how to tie everything together.  It was trying to be a book about living in a cult, and waking up from it, as well as a detective…

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Who I Want in the Next Smash Brothers Game

I really love the whole smash brothers series but the DLC was so disappointing! It was made worse by the way they revealed each character, as each one got you excited only to disappoint you. I had never even heard of Terry, Joker, Byleth, Min Min and Kazuya, actively did not want Hero, Banjo & Kazooie, Pyra and Mythra, and Sora. I like Steve/Alex, but felt they did not fit in at all whatsoever…

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Top 10 Books I Read to Learn Chinese

I have mostly learned Chinese through reading books. They have been so helpful for learning words, grammar, and understanding complex ideas. I’ve read lots of Chinese books, from small kids books, to murder mysteries and massive sci-fi adventures. I hope that by sharing my 10 favourites it can help you decide what to read for yourself. Some of these recommendations are for helping you start…

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Everything I drew in January: Eva, Balatro, Zelda, Pokemon, and Frieren!

It's not easy to explain and comment on my drawings on social media, so I've complied my thoughts on everything I've drawn here for those who are interested!

I managed to draw a lot in January. The main focus became speed as the month progressed. Since November everything has taken a very long time to make, and I became fed up with it, and wanted to force myself to learn to tolerate imperfection in aid of getting it done, and hopefully getting it better next time. 1. Misato from Evangelion Seeing this I can’t believe this was a month ago, as it…

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Balatro is Epic!

I did not expect to enjoy Balatro as much as I have. It was just a small gift I got at Christmas but I’ve already played it for more than 40 hours somehow. It is really addictive and fun, despite overall being very simple. The game essentially boils down to one person poker, where you use special cards and powerups to play poker hands and try to get a score as high as possible. If you beat 24…

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AI Art is so Lazy: Frieren

If you go on chatGPT and ask it to draw anything general is will be able to produce something for you. If however you ask for a drawing of anything copyrighted, then you will likely get an answer like this: So if you say yes you get something like the following: Which looks nothing like the original character. But AI art of these characters does exist, so how does that happen? You could…

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Drawing Your Pokemon Requests: Braixen, Sylveon, Charmander and more!

I really like drawing requests, and since my last post, 7 new ones have come in, so here they are! Please let me know if there is anything else you would like to see from the world of anime and video games. Braixen I should have realised that asking the internet which pokemon to draw would likely result in furry requests. I don’t really have anything against furries, people are free to do what…

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The Struggles of reading manga weekly

I think reading weekly is a terrible way to read manga, yet if you really love a series like I do, it’s the only real way you can do it. If you like it that much, you just won’t be able to avoid reading it once you remember it’s now released. You just can’t forget. The manga that does this to me is Blue Lock. I’ve been a huge fan for a long time, and don’t seem to be able to give it up.…

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My Favourite Films from 2024

I watched a lot of the new films that came out last year in the cinema, so I thought it would be fun to go over my favourites. I tend to prefer comedies and avoid anything rated 18, so you might see a more different list than you’re used to. Dan Da Dan: First Encounter Dan Da Dan is a brilliant anime I need to watch more of, but I felt quite lucky to be able to see the premier in the cinema.…

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More Pokémon Sketches! (learning to speed draw)

When it comes to drawing, I am definitely too much of a perfectionist. I spend hours going over one picture in the attempt to make it perfect, even though I’m definitely not good enough to make it so. I want to fix this bad habit with speed drawing. The last time I did this was with the monster manga where I limited myself to just 30 minutes, but here, I limited myself to only 10. Normally I only…

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I joined BlueSky, does it fix the problems with Social Media?

After criticising social media so much, and honestly being fed up with it, I decided to give BlueSky a try, as it apparently much better, especially for artists. I’ve been using it for a good week or so now, so thought I’d share my thoughts for those who are on the fence. Training the Algorithm I don’t think it’s a problem to recommend things you are uninterested in straight away, so I was not…

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The pains of being a pencil drawing artist online

Just trying to explain why pencil drawings are so difficult to transfer from the page to the internet.

Yes that’s right, I’m calling myself an artist now. I draw all the time and put the pictures online, what more do you want? I’ve drawn pretty much entirely with pencil, and with it comes trouble. There is something about pencil drawings that just doesn’t work very well when you try to get them online. Of course the natural thing you would do is a scan, but let’s see what happens when you do…

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Can Blogging Make a Comeback?

Let’s begin by stating the obvious, I am a blogger writing this on my own blog, so I have my biases, as well as nostalgia for the good old days when we had a really active community. This may make it less hard to understand when I say that blogging definitely *should* make a comeback. Why blogging should make a comeback To put it simply, social media is pretty trash. It’s just generally not a…

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Disgusting...

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Drawing Evangelion Girls

I’m still continuing to draw in the new year, this time it’s Evangelion, which was requested by Lina when I drew Astro Boy here, thank you for the request! This is 6 years ago now, and I can’t find your blog to link to, but I hope this can get to you somehow. Sorry for the delay! Back in the day I did episode reviews of Evangelion, watching it for the first time, and it was really fun watching…

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Clichéd Song English Lyrics 烂俗的歌

I‘ve been listening to this song quite a lot ever since encountering it in 好东西 (Her Story) at my local cinema. I go to the cinema pretty much every week, watching films regularly, and it is easily my film of the year, and it’s not even close. This song is sang by the group 无条件投降 (Unconditional surrender) and I liked it so much that I found the original sang by 汉堡黄 (Burger Yellow, yes burger…

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December drawings - Assassination Classroom, AOT, Pokémon, Shiki, EVA, Animals and more

It’s time to go over the entire month of drawings showcasing everything I drew in order, so you can see how well I’m learning. There were a good amount of requests I could not make into blog posts on time, so I like being able to showcase everything. 1. Frog Last month a friend requested that I draw them a specific frog, the entire time however I was wanting to draw the Frog from the Hama album…