#hilary hale artwork

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Lily saying that she just googled edgy media for her dark media edge lord character to hold and that it doesn’t represent her actual opinion is so brain dead. Like so you’re admitting that you didn’t see ANY dark media for your video about it? AND all the random examples are incest because…. Like I might believe that if she just did Flowers in the Attic and other non incest things because it’s been made into a movie more than once but she also did like three other books no one has ever heard of. Like yeah I totally googled dark media and google AI gave me a list of incest erotica

When I looked up that brother-sister incest book Forbidden she likes to reference and put on charts on Good Reads it also recommended the brother-sister incest book Hale, which she put in the Wholesome vs Dark media video.

She of course conveniently copyright struck the VOD where I pointed that out.

The VOD that will be back up in 2 weeks because no lawyer in their right mind is gonna tell her she has a valid copyright claim to her videos full of media belonging to large corporations. And her strikes are technically claiming my voice, performance, artwork and graphics as her own.

Though it is hilarious knowing the darkest thing she's ever watched is Hazbin Hotel. She really does have the mentality of a 15 year old.

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Hans Schmidt

Hello, lovelies! I've been working on a digital painting of Hans Schmidt from "Violins & Violets" and "Vogeltje" on and off over the last week, and today, I finally gave him some hair, and a jacket to go with the trousers I will give him at some point, presumably! I'm having lots of fun, and I'm definitely glad now that I invested in a tablet! I'm trying to stick fairly closely to the palette I set up at the beginning, but I couldn't make his skintone without straying a bit! Hopefully it's looking fairly cohesive for all of you, though.

More soon, as I get to drawing it, around work for university!

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Anyone playing the Legendary edition and romancing Liara, I recommend the Mass Effect Genesis comic that plays before starting ME2. The artwork is kinda meh, but Jennifer Hale's narration more than makes up for it. The way Shepard describes joining minds with Liara the first time (when Liara saw the vision) sounds so freaking horny its hilarious.

^^^

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Best Graphic Novels of 2019 for Kids & Teens

[via School Library Journal]

Grades 1-4

Peter & Ernesto : the Lost Sloths by Graham Annable   

Grades 3-6

Guts by Raina Telgemeier, color by Braden Lamb

Stargazing by Jen Wang, color by Lark Pien

Grades 4-7

This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews

New Kid by Jerry Craft, color by Jim Callahan 

Best Friends by Shannon Hale, artwork by LeUyen Pham, color by Hilary Sycamore  

The Okay Witch  by Emma Steinkellner

Grades 5-9

Queen of the Sea by Dylan Meconis  

Grade 7 & Up

I Was Their American Dream : a Graphic Memoir by Malaka Gharib, color by Toby Leigh 

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, art by Harmony Becker

Grade 9 & Up

This Place: 150 Years Retold by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm & others., illus. by various.

Gender Queer : a Memoir by Maia Kobabe, colors by Phoebe Kobabe 

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O'Connell

Harley Quinn : Breaking Glass by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Steve Pugh                                                                                                                                                                        

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  “Start your chainsaws, because this is going to be a very groovy ride.”

— Kaila Hale-Stern, i09

  THE COMPLETE COLLECTION

Street Date: 10/16/18

Blu-ray™ + Digital SRP: $49.99

DVD SRP: $49.98

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Experience all three chainsaw-wielding seasons of the hilarious, critically acclaimed, most-watched comedy on Starz when the Ash vs Evil Dead: The Complete Collection arrives on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital) and DVD October 16 from Lionsgate. Legendary horror icon Bruce Campbell stars in this series that follows up Sam Raimi’s cult-classic horror film The Evil Dead. The Ash vs Evil Dead: The Complete Collection 6-disc Blu-ray and DVD includes hours of bonus content and will be available for the suggested retail price of $49.99 and $49.98, respectively.

  OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS

Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell), the chainsaw-wielding, wisecracking antihero of the legendary The Evil Dead films, is back for more gore-filled adventure in this complete 30-episode collection of the “Ash vs Evil Dead” TV series. Follow Ash’s journey as he returns home to Elk Grove, Michigan, meets his long-lost daughter, and unites with former enemy Ruby (Lucy Lawless) and fellow demon fighters Pablo (Ray Santiago) and Kelly (Dana DeLorenzo) for a final blood-splattering stand to save the world!

  SEASON 1 BLU-RAY / DVD / DIGITAL SPECIAL FEATURES

“Inside the World of Ash” Featurette

“How to Kill a Deadite” Featurette

“Best of Ash” Featurette

Audio Commentaries

SEASON 2 BLU-RAY / DVD / DIGITAL SPECIAL FEATURES

“Season 2 First Look” Featurette

“Inside the World of Ash vs Evil Dead” Featurette

“Up Your Ash” Featurette

“Women Who Kick Ash” Featurette

“Puppets Are Cute” Featurette

“Dawn of the Spawn” Featurette

“Bringing Henrietta Back” Featurette

“The Delta” Featurette

“How to Kill a Deadite” Featurette

“Fatality Mash-Up” Featurette

Audio Commentaries

SEASON 3 BLU-RAY / DVD / DIGITAL SPECIAL FEATURES

“Season Overview” Featurette

“Inside the World of Ash vs Evil Dead” Featurette

Audio Commentaries

CAST

Bruce Campbell                     The Evil Dead franchise

Lucy Lawless                         TV’s “Xena: Warrior Princess,” “Spartacus: War of the Damned”

Ray Santiago                         Meet the Fockers

Dana DeLorenzo                   A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas

and Arielle Carver-O’Neill       TV’s “Worst Year of My Life, Again!” and “Suburbs”

For Artwork: www.lionsgatepublicity.com/home-entertainment/ashvsevildeadthecompletecollection/

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Year of Production: 2015-2018

Title Copyright: Ash vs Evil Dead © 2015, 2016, 2018 Starz Entertainment, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Artwork & Supplementary Materials © 2018 Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Type: TV-on-DVD

Rating: TV-MA

Genre: Horror, Comedy, Action

Closed-Captioned: N/A

Subtitles: Spanish, French*, English SDH

Feature Run Time: 14 Hrs., 20 Mins.

Blu-ray Format: 1080p High Definition 16×9 (1.78:1) Presentation

DVD Format: 16×9 (1.78:1) Presentation

Blu-ray Audio: English 7.1 Dolby TrueHD, Spanish 2.0 Dolby Surround, French 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio*

DVD Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio, Spanish 2.0 Dolby Surround, French 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio*

*Seasons Two and Three Only.

ASH VS EVIL DEAD THE COMPLETE COLLECTION on Blu-ray & DVD 10/16 “Start your chainsaws, because this is going to be a very groovy ride.” — Kaila Hale-Stern, i09…

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Johnny Depp thanks fans for rely at People’s Choice awardings

The actor, who lately finalised his divorce, experienced a platform finish alongside the likes of Tom Hanks, Blake Lively and Finding Dory which was named good picture

Johnny Depp has thanked the public for their substantiate in the aftermath of his divorce from Amber Heard, a few days after the procedure was finalised.

Depp, who picked up the favourite movie icon loot at the opening ceremony, whose wins are voted for by the public, said he had attended the ceremony for you, the person or persons, who through whatever good times or bad have stood by me and trusted me.

The actor, who has picked up 13 previous Peoples Choice gongs, prolonged: And youve graciously invited me here once again tonight, so I appreciate that so much. You have no idea how much I appreciate that.

I was very deeply affected by the kindness of your recognition and by your shaft expressed the wish to my family and myself, which is why its specially meaningful for me to be here in front of you to say thank you.

People’s Choice (@ peopleschoice)

See Johnny Depp accept his award for Favorite Movie Icon #PCAs pic.twitter.com/ D8 fcH0JNuN

January 19, 2017

Last Friday, details of the divorce colonization which finishes Depps acrimonious divide from Heard developed, including her holding imprisonment of their puppies and his giving her$ 7m.

Depps career has not prospered of late. Recent films such as Mortdecai, Yoga Hosers and Alice Through the Looking Glass were not well-received, while crime drama London Fields is still stuck in post-production, and his cameo in Awesome Beasts and Where to Find Them too met with scepticism. He did however win acclaim for his characterization of Donald Trump in Funny or Dies The Artwork of the Deal: The Movie.

Elsewhere at the Peoples Choice bestows, invigorated fish epic Finding Dory won good movie, while Ryan Reynolds took favourite performer, Jennifer Lawrence favourite actress, Tom Hanks favourite stunning movie actor and Blake Lively the female equivalent. Critically derided tetraplegic romcom Me Before You prevailed favourite spectacular movie, The Girl on the Train favourite thriller, and Deadpool favourite war movie.

The honors are be chosen by online vote and their results are not felt to match with the Oscars. Since 2010, the nominees have been determined by media research busines Visible Measure, which weighs gathering action while watching online videos.

Other conquerors included Outlander and The Big Bang Theory on Tv, as well as Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears, who were mentioned favourite music artists.

The ceremony was hosted by CBS sitcom star Joel McHale, while Tyler Perry received such nights favourite humanitarian award.

Full list of winners

FAVOURITE MOVIE Finding Dory( WINNER ) Captain America: Civil War Deadpool Suicide Squad Zootopia FAVOURITE MOVIE ACTOR Ryan Reynolds( WINNER ) Kevin Hart Robert Downey Jr. Tom Hanks Will Smith FAVOURITE MOVIE ACTRESS Jennifer Lawrence( WINNER ) Anna Kendrick Margot Robbie Melissa McCarthy Scarlett Johansson FAVOURITE ACTION MOVIE Deadpool( WINNER ) Batman v. Superman: Sunrise of Justice Captain America: Civil War Suicide Squad X-Men: Apocalypse FAVOURITE ACTION MOVIE ACTOR Robert Downey Jr.( WINNER ) Chris Evans Liam Hemsworth Ryan Reynolds Will Smith FAVOURITE ACTION MOVIE ACTRESS Margot Robbie( WINNER ) Jennifer Lawrence Scarlett Johansson Shailene Woodley Zoe Saldana FAVOURITE ANIMATED MOVIE VOICE Ellen DeGeneres in Finding Dory( WINNER ) Bill Murray in The Jungle Book Ginnifer Goodwin in Zootopia Jason Bateman in Zootopia Kevin Hart in The Secret Life of Pets FAVOURITE COMEDIC MOVIE Bad Moms( WINNER ) Central Intelligence Ghostbusters How to Be Single Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising FAVOURITE COMEDIC MOVIE ACTOR Kevin Hart( WINNER ) Chris Hemsworth Dwayne Johnson Ryan Gosling Zac Efron FAVOURITE COMEDIC MOVIE ACTRESS Melissa McCarthy( WINNER ) Anna Kendrick Kristen Bell Kristen Wiig Rebel Wilson FAVOURITE DRAMATIC MOVIE Me Before You( WINNER ) Deepwater Horizon Miracles From Heaven Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children Sully FAVOURITE DRAMATIC MOVIE ACTOR Tom Hanks( WINNER ) Ben Affleck Chris Pine George Clooney Mark Wahlberg FAVOURITE DRAMATIC MOVIE ACTRESS Blake Lively( WINNER ) Amy Adams Emily Blunt Julia Roberts Meryl Streep FAVOURITE FAMILY MOVIE Finding Dory( WINNER ) Alice Through the Looking Glass The Jungle Book The Secret Life of Pets Zootopia FAVOURITE THRILLER MOVIE The Girl on the Train( WINNER ) The Conjuring 2 Nerve The Purge: Ballot Year The Shallows FAVOURITE MOVIE ICON Johnny Depp( WINNER ) Denzel Washington Samuel L. Jackson Tom Cruise Tom Hanks

Television

FAVOURITE Tv SHOW Outlander( WINNER ) The Big Bang Theory Greys Anatomy Stranger Things The Walking Dead FAVOURITE NETWORK TV COMEDY The Big Bang Theory( WINNER ) Black-ish Jane the Virgin Modern Family New Girl FAVOURITE COMEDIC TV ACTOR Jim Parsons( WINNER ) Andy Samberg Anthony Anderson Matthew Perry Tim Allen FAVOURITE COMEDIC TV ACTRESS Sofia Vergara( WINNER ) Anna Faris Gina Rodriguez Kaley Cuoco Zooey Deschanel FAVOURITE NETWORK TV DRAMA Greys Anatomy( WINNER ) Chicago Fire Empire How to Get Away with Murder Quantico FAVOURITE DRAMATIC TV ACTOR Justin Chambers( WINNER ) Jesse Williams Scott Foley Taylor Kinney Terrence Howard FAVOURITE DRAMATIC TV ACTRESS Priyanka Chopra( WINNER ) Ellen Pompeo Kerry Washington Taraji P Henson Viola Davis FAVOURITE CABLE Tv COMEDY Baby Daddy( WINNER ) Atlanta Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia Real Husbands of Hollywood Younger FAVOURITE CABLE TV DRAMA Bates Motel( WINNER ) The Americans Mr. Robot Pretty Little Liars Queen Sugar FAVOURITE CABLE Tv ACTOR Freddie Highmore( WINNER ) Adam Devine Kevin Hart Rami Malek Zach Galifianakis FAVOURITE CABLE Tv ACTRESS Vera Farmiga( WINNER ) Ashley Benson Hilary Duff Keri Russell Lucy Hale FAVOURITE Tv CRIME DRAMA Criminal Minds( WINNER ) The Blacklist Law& Order: SVU Lucifer FAVOURITE TV CRIME DRAMA ACTOR Mark Harmon( WINNER ) Chris ODonnell Donnie Wahlberg LL Cool J Tom Selleck FAVOURITE Tv CRIME DRAMA ACTRESS Jennifer Lopez( WINNER ) Lucy Liu Mariska Hargitay Pauley Perrette Sophia Bush FAVOURITE PREMIUM DRAMA SERIES Orange is the New Black( WINNER ) Homeland House of Cards Narcos Power FAVOURITE PREMIUM COMEDY SERIES Fuller House( WINNER ) The Mindy Project Shameless Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Veep FAVOURITE PREMIUM SERIES ACTOR Dwayne Johnson( WINNER ) Aziz Ansari Joshua Jackson Kevin Spacey Nick Jonas FAVOURITE PREMIUM SERIES ACTRESS Sarah Jessica Parker( WINNER ) Claire Danes Jane Fonda Julia Louis Dreyfus Taylor Schilling FAVOURITE NETWORK SCI-FI/ FANTASY TV SHOW Supernatural( WINNER ) Arrow The Flash Once Upon a Time The Vampire Diaries FAVOURITE CABLE SCI-FI/ FANTASY TV SHOW The Walking Dead( WINNER ) American Horror Story Orphan Black Shadowhunters Teen Wolf FAVOURITE PREMIUM SCI-FI/ FANTASY SERIES Outlander( WINNER ) Game of Thrones Marvels Luke Cage Stranger Things Westworld FAVOURITE SCI-FI/ FANTASY TV ACTOR Sam Heughan( WINNER ) Andrew Lincoln Ian Somerhalder Jensen Ackles Tyler Posey FAVOURITE SCI-FI/ FANTASY TV ACTRESS Caitriona Balfe( WINNER ) Emilia Clarke Jennifer Morrison Lauren Cohan Millie Bobby Brown FAVOURITE COMPETITION TV SHOW The Voice( WINNER ) Americas Got Talent American Ninja Warrior Dancing with the Stars Masterchef FAVOURITE DAYTIME Tv HOST Ellen DeGeneres( WINNER ) Dr. Phil Kelly Ripa Rachael Ray Steve Harvey FAVOURITE DAYTIME TV HOSTING TEAM Good Morning America( WINNER ) The Chew The Talk Today The View FAVOURITE LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW HOST Jimmy Fallon( WINNER ) Conan OBrien James Corden Jimmy Kimmel Stephen Colbert FAVOURITE ANIMATED TV SHOW The Simpsons( WINNER ) American Dad! Bobs Burgers Family Guy South Park FAVOURITE ACTOR IN A NEW TV SERIES Matt LeBlanc( WINNER ) Damon Wayans Kevin James Kiefer Sutherland Milo Ventimiglia FAVOURITE ACTRESS IN A NEW TV SERIES Kristen Bell( WINNER ) Jordana Brewster Mandy Moore Minnie Driver Piper Perabo FAVOURITE NEW TV COMEDY Man with a Plan( WINNER ) American Housewife The Good Place The Great Indoors Kevin Can Wait Son of Zorn Speechless FAVOURITE NEW TV DRAMA This Is Us( WINNER ) Bull Conviction Designated Survivor The Exorcist Frequency Lethal Weapon MacGyver No Tomorrow Notorious Pitch Pure Genius Timeless

Music

FAVOURITE MALE ARTIST Justin Timberlake( WINNER ) Blake Shelton Drake Shawn Mendes The Weeknd FAVOURITE FEMALE ARTIST Britney Spears( WINNER ) Adele Ariana Grande Beyonce Rihanna FAVOURITE GROUP Fifth Harmony( WINNER ) The Chainsmokers Coldplay Panic! at the Disco Twenty One Pilots FAVOURITE BREAKOUT ARTIST Niall Horan( WINNER ) Alessia Cara The Chainsmokers DNCE Zayn FAVOURITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST Blake Shelton( WINNER ) Keith Urban Luke Bryan Sam Hunt Tim McGraw FAVOURITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST Carrie Underwood( WINNER ) Dolly Parton Kelsea Ballerini Miranda Lambert Reba McEntire FAVOURITE COUNTRY GROUP Little Big Town( WINNER ) The Band Perry Florida Georgia Line Lonestar Zac Brown Band FAVOURITE POP ARTIST Britney Spears( WINNER ) Adele Ariana Grande Justin Timberlake Sia FAVOURITE HIP-HOP ARTIST G-Eazy( WINNER ) DJ Khaled Kanye West Kendrick Lamar Wiz Khalifa FAVOURITE R& B ARTIST Rihanna( WINNER ) Beyonc Drake Usher The Weeknd FAVOURITE ALBUM If Im Honest/ Blake Shelton( WINNER ) Anti/ Rihanna Dangerous Woman/ Ariana Grande Lemonade/ Beyonc Views/ Drake FAVOURITE SONG Cant Stop the Feeling/ Justin Timberlake( WINNER ) No/ Meghan Trainor One Dance/ Drake accomplishment. Kyla and Wizkid Pillowtalk Zayn Work/ Rihanna stunt. Drake

Digital

FAVOURITE SOCIAL MEDIA CELEBRITY Britney Spears( WINNER ) Kim Kardashian Lady Gaga Shakira Stephen Amell FAVOURITE SOCIAL MEDIA STAR Cameron Dallas( WINNER ) Baby Ariel Jacob Sartorius Liza Koshy Nash Grier FAVOURITE YOUTUBE STAR Lilly Singh( WINNER ) Miranda Sings PewDiePie Shane Dawson Tyler Oakley FAVOURITE COMEDIC COLLABORATION Ellen DeGeneres and Britney Spears Mall Mischief( WINNER ) Conan OBriens Ride Along with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart James Cordens Carpool Karaoke with Adele Lip Sync Battle with Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum Saturday Night Live with Alec Baldwin and Kate McK

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        The Amazing Colossal Irishman -- Get Outta Town (1960) poster  

Although I generally choose subjects for these essays which—in addition to providing fodder for my witty commentary—are reasonably competent in both an artistic and marketing sense, today’s poster doesn’t necessarily fit that criteria. This poster isn’t especially inspired and doesn’t seem to have that “hook” that might pique the ticket-buying interest of movie audiences. However, Get Outta Town is a sentimental favourite and the poster is worthy of examination.

As noted above, I have a soft spot for Get Outta Town (the movie, not the poster so much). Clearly a low-budget vanity project for actor Doug Wilson, the film has nice noir-ish feel to it, the location shooting adds verisimilitude, and the vernacularised title* draws attention (apparently the working title was “The Day Kelly Came Home,” which isn’t bad; the picture was re-released in 1964 as Gangster’s Revenge, which sounds like a generic translation of a Japanese yakuza movie title).

*[ Get Outta Town was the first in a planned trilogy, to be followed by Fuhgettaboutit and Whatsamattayou.  Alright, that’s totally not true.  As far as I know.]

Most of the behind-the-camera personnel behind Get Outta Town don’t have extensive Hollywood credits. Executive producer William B. Hale might be the same “William B. Hale” who made a 1950s documentary on the Watts Towers entitled “The Towers,” but this is unconfirmed.  Co-producer/director Charles Davis is only cited by IMDB as the director of one other, later independent film (assuming this is the same Charles Davis); cinematographer Larry Raimond has a handful of credits spanning nearly 3 decades.  Scripter Bob Wehling seems to have had the most work experience, directing a couple of features and doing some acting in additional to his writing chores.  Co-producer and star Doug Wilson has a handful of TV appearances on his resumé, and IMDB also indicates he was a film editor, although no credits are provided.

[To be fair, technical credits on episodic Fifties television series are not well documented, so at least some of these people could have been hard-working professionals, just not on theatrical features.  As an aside, Get Outta Town’s on-screen credits are in the familiar “Sixties TV sitcom” font, which subliminally reinforces the television-industry connections of the cast and crew.]

Get Outta Town carries a 1959 copyright date by “MCP Film Distributing Co.” (the production company is listed variously as “Albex Films” and “Davis-Wilson Productions”) and was released in 1960 by Sterling World Distributors (the 1964 re-release was handled by Beckman Film Corp.).  A fair amount of “paper” can be found for Get Outta Town, including the one-sheet poster illustrated here, lobby cards (I think I even own one), and an insert.

The poster for Get Outta Town (which spells the title Get Outta’ Town, although the film itself doesn’t have the apostrophe) isn’t horrible, but is rather bland.  The yellow background was, for some reason, a popular motif in some Fifties-Sixties cinema posters: perhaps the designers thought it was eye-catching or made the artwork “pop” more than a white  background would.  To me, it signifies “cheap indie film,” though, but I suppose that could be a conditioned response based on the number of posters I’ve seen like this, as opposed to a strictly artistic evaluation.

[More yellow-background posters, from a quick scroll thru www.wrongsideoftheart.com: Carnival Rock, Because of Eve, Cage of Evil, Curse of the Faceless Man, Eighteen and Anxious, Fingerprints Don’t Lie, Girl Fever, Girl on the Run, Liane Jungle Goddess, Red Lips, Right Hand of the Devil, Teenage Zombies, The Violent Years, Wild for Kicks, The Naked Road, Teenage Thunder, Operation Conspiracy, New Orleans Uncensored, Five Guns West, The Party Crashers, Chained for Life, The Incredible Petrified World, The Woman Eater, Voodoo Island, and many more.  The titles alone give you an idea of the class of movies that used the garish yellow background in this era.]

The main image is, of course, of producer-star Doug Wilson.  He’s big, burly, with muscular arms and a hairy chest revealed by his unbuttoned shirt.  There’s a sort of John Wayne-ish vibe about this portrait, and it was probably not coincidental.  I’m of two minds about this.  First, the art does convey the impression of a tough, action-oriented, even working-class protagonist, perhaps a truck driver or an oil rig worker or a longshoreman or a construction boss, etc. (this is somewhat at odds with the tone of the film itself, which is more of an urban crime picture).  On the other hand, Doug Wilson stars in the movie but he’s not a movie star, so a gigantic painting of him, mostly devoid of context, might not be the best sales tactic.  He’s looming over a cityscape, there’s a dead body and two women, but mostly this is DOUG WILSON, TOUGH GUY. Take it or leave it.  

Two women are pictured on the poster.  The poster’s text (to be discussed shortly) suggests these are the protagonist’s “two girl friends,” and we can surmise that Lefty is the good girl (modest top and skirt combo, tasteful necklace) and Righty is the bad girl (spaghetti-strapped gown with a fringed hem, bare shoulders), but they are both awkwardly posed and both share the same shocked and apprehensive expression.  They’re his “girl friends?”  They seem to be regarding him fearfully, not affectionately.  Maybe it’s awe of his massive masculinity that makes them look that way.  

Thus, while the artwork and design aren’t crude or confusing, the exact nature of the film is hazy.  Perhaps the text can clear this up?  But if you’re relying on the printed words on a poster to educate your audience about what to expect, you’ve got one strike against you to begin with.   

The Get Outta Town poster’s text is relatively on-point.  “Kelly turned the town upside down the day they killed his kid brother!”  Got it: revenge motive for town-inversion.  “He took the law into his own hands!”  His own big, meaty, tough-guy hands.  How would you describe Kelly?  “A two-fisted Irishman with two girl friends!” One girlfriend for each fist, it seems.

[Doug Wilson is credited as “Kelly Oleson”—I don’t remember if his heritage is explained in the film itself, but “Oleson” is a “Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname,” according to the unimpeachable source for everything, Wikipedia.  Even if you spell it “Olson,” it’s still Scandinavian, not Irish.  But I guess “two-fisted Irishman” sounds better than “two-fisted Scandinavian.” Unless of course you’re Scandinavian.]

The poster indicates the film has an “All-Star Hollywood Cast.” You keep using those words.  I do not think they mean what you think they mean. Perhaps you do know, you’re just hoping we don’t call your bluff.  “All-Star Hollywood Cast?”  Doug Wilson was in an episode of “Rawhide.” And two episodes of “Science Fiction Theater!” Jeanne Baird did a lot of television in the Fifties and Marilyn O’Connor played “Rita—Saloon Gal” in an episode of “Tombstone Territory.”  The rest of the cast is a mixture of people who made a few other appearances (mostly on television) and those whose sole IMDB claim to fame is Get Outta Town.  So we’ll give them “Hollywood Cast,” but I’m calling shenanigans on “All-Star.”

The text on the Get Outta Town insert poster is significantly different than the one-sheet’s. The top tag-line is hilarious: “ ‘Squirrel’s’ Tongue Slipped!”  No, it’s not an erotic movie shot at a furry convention, “Squirrel” is the name of a minor character in Get Outta Tongue.  He let something slip, you see, “...and Kelly’s Fists Went Into Action!”  [btw, “Kelly’s Fists” would have been a good alternate title for the film.]  “This Irishman cleaned up gangland when police didn’t!”  Also “His love for two girls solved a nasty crime!”  However, it also caused considerable heart-ache.

The poster for Get Outta Town isn’t bad—technically speaking, the art and design are professional—but it’s not unique or compelling, especially given the no-star nature of the production.  In a way that’s too bad, because the film itself is rather enjoyable in its way.

[prettylittlelyres]

Today in my lunch break I decided to draw a little picture of Nannerl Mozart in my journal. This is the first time I've drawn her in quite a while - I often draw Katharina Schmidt but rarely the amazing woman who inspired me to write her story! So here she is:

Maria Anna Walpurga Ignatia Mozart

A musical prodigy as promising as her younger brother Wolfgang Amadeus, Nannerl was forbidden to continue composing as an adult, and was strongarmed into settling down and marrying. Who knows what might have happened had she been allowed to keep composing, or had she defied her father's instructions?

[prettylittlelyres]

Settling down for a day of proofreading on "Vogeltje"! I finished the new draft partway through June, and, yes, I wanted to get the proofreading done by the end of June, but there was a lot of packing up to do that week. I've moved house again, and I'm finally back in my beloved Soton! I've missed my city so much, but I'm back after a whole entire year!

Between getting into a routine for housekeeping, cooking all my own food, and suddenly being a thirty-minute walk from my supermarket, it's been a bit tricky to make myself sit down and proofread. I've also been getting back into painting, and treated myself to a set of acrylics and some new brushes the other day. Here's my Grandma when she was tiny, painted from a photo (taken in 1936 or 1937) of her standing on her older brother's (my Great Uncle Norman's) boat on the creek by their house.

All this to say that progress on "Vogeltje" has been slow, to say the least! And, indeed, to say the most, because I'm well aware of the lack of sense inherent in writing a long blog post about not writing, instead of actually writing.

New project coming soon!

[prettylittlelyres]

She Has No Name - Celeste

Here’s where I’m going to keep all the descriptions of Celeste Newman, that involve the colour blue, her main colour. She’s the protagonist of She Has No Name, a dark academia romance novel set on Devon’s south coast. I’ll be updating it every now and then as I write more.

Chapter One

The blue-painted walls of my Sixth Form’s hall sway around me, mezzanine railings and balustrades swimming above me, and I look down at my feet. They’re a hundred miles away, imprisoned in tiny cerulean high-tops that I think might be glued to the floor. A swathe of my red-blonde hair falls over my face and gets tangled in my glasses. I brush it away angrily, and read. 

The day is a hot one, and I can feel sweat dripping down my sides under my Fair Isle sweater. It’s made from very fine cotton yarn, but that doesn’t mean much for the heat. The forecast was for rain, and we fully expected to have to sit indoors the whole party, but the skies turned blue between Exeter and Padstow, and suddenly my lovely jumper and beautiful dyke boots turned out to be entirely the wrong choice for the day. But I would probably die for the aesthetic if I had to, so… a little hot weather is nothing.

Chapter Three

“It’s OK,” I say, stepping forward and hugging her. “You try. That’s enough. Even if you don’t understand… you do care. And that’s enough.” I sneak my keys out of her hand, and pop them back in the pocket of my denim jacket as I pull away, smiling gently. “But these are mine, at least until tomorrow afternoon.” Then I hug her again. 

I tuck my hair behind my ears, showing off my double-pierced lobes. I’m wearing four different earrings: a silver ring and a sapphire stud in the left, and a tiny Delft tile and an enamel cornflower in the right. “Do you decorate the decorative, though?”

I did have my door closed for a little while, after all, while I changed out of my dusty clothes (because sometimes you just have to crawl under a new bed to see if you can) and into fresh ones, cable-knit navy tights and a denim skirt with a cobalt blue sweater.

Chapter Four

I settle down with my diary and start rereading an entry from a while back, from the day I got my results and realised Freymouth Miles was an option. God, my Head of Sixth Form was a dickhead. “You’re not Deaf if you have cochlear implants. Those make you magically able to hear, somehow.” Honestly. But, God, I’m so excited. I’m so excited that my hands shake a little bit as I lift my teacup to my mouth, and I slurp it just a little too enthusiastically, and end up with a mouth too full not to splutter, and spray tea all down my jumper. Luckily I manage not to get any on my diary. I’m not entirely convinced the ink I’ve used is waterproof, but I liked the cool, lapis colour of the cartridges I saw in the stationer.

Ladies and gentlemen, my second change of the evening. My patchy denim jacket over an azure chiffon blouse. Very snazzy.

And now here’s a fun little watercolour sketch of Celeste in a typical outfit for her. This woman has no idea what hot weather looks like, but she’d die for the aesthetic.

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I’ve spent the evening rearranging an old mashup (from last summer) of High on Humans by Oh Wonder with One of the Drunks by Panic! at the Disco, two exceedingly snazzy bops that go deliciously together, for the Katharinal.

This is a MIDI approximation of how a stringed reed instrument such as the Katharinal would sound, and demonstrates how it is meant to be played: in counterpoint, signature of the Baroque era.

The Katharinal is a fictional instrument I created for my book Violins and NOT VIOLAS. Hans Schmidt, a musical genius, dedicates his life to composing beautiful music and to inventing instruments, first trying to build a viola he won’t despise, then, when he realises he’ll never succeed, to inventing the most ridiculous instruments possible, because, quite honestly, if the viola can be accepted in the musical world, he might as well see what he can get away with.

Behold, the Katharinal, named after Hans’ sister Katharina (also a great composer, profoundly famous in-world and with her own novel, Violins and Violets), a cross between the clarinet, the melodica, the violin, and the lute. Where else but in the 18th century would you find a musical instrument invented from pure spite, that sounds like this?

(Yes, it has a single reed. Hans would never name a double-reed instrument after anyone he cared about, let alone Katharina, who hates oboes and all who play them.)

See below the cut for my drawing of the Katharinal, and sheet music for this arrangement.

(Yes, this is an alto clef instrument. I’m sorry. On the bright side, if you happen to be a reed instrumentalist and friend to a string instrumentalist, I’m sure it could sound rather snazzy as a duet.)

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Little sketch of Katharina Schmidt from "Violins and Violets" before I turn it into a big art piece!

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Curls of Smoke (update - 50k!)

Today I hit 50,000 words on Curls of Smoke! That’s 47,473 this month, plus the 2,691 I already had in my notebook. I’m going to keep writing, and try and push my “this month” total up to 50,000 words as well. Then it all starts again on 1st November, for official NaNoWriMo. I have no free time right now! University is crushing me! I love it! (I’m not actually being sarcastic. I really do love my course. I just need more hours in the day!)

Celebratory excerpt:

“Could you save up for a binder?” said Rhiann, “Like, sell paintings or something. If you put some of your artwork online, like on a print-on-demand website, I’m sure people would buy it. I know I would.”

Storm wrinkled their nose. “You’re just saying that ‘cause I’m in hospital and you feel bad. You don’t even like me, let alone my paintings.”

“Hey, that’s not true,” Rhiann insisted, “Of course I like you. I just… I don’t really know you that well yet… but I want to. You seem kind.”

“They are,” Florian said, finally managing to look up, and to smile at Storm. “Remember the day we met, in Art class, when you got me through a panic attack? You were so calming, it didn’t even matter that it had happened in front of everyone. I didn’t mind it. You taught me not to be ashamed. Do you have any idea how much that meant? And that first night, too, on the roof. Who else but you shares their spliff with someone they just met?”

This is the first time I’ve actually written all three characters (Florian, Storm, and Rhiann) together in this draft. I’m liking their interactions so far, so here’s a nice little picture I drew of the three of them together, a couple of years ago (while I was still working on the very first draft).

Left-to-Right: Storm Addison Bethfield, Rhiann Enfys West, Florian James Santino Fleet.

Drawn from @elloalexzander photos (beautiful goddess and style icon!). Artwork by Hilary Hale 2016.