#iamp: yukon

[acetechne]

and what is a maritime vacation without a doodling sesh with @rhinocio and co? (even if much of my Top Secret Work was concealed in my lap most of the time)

if i had ONE takeaway from these past couple weeks - you know, other than how privileged and special it is and I am to be a part of my friends' lives!! - it's Don't Touch The Black Rocks at Peggy's Cove They Will Kill You Dead to Death (if the locals don't get you first).

[surfingthesealand]

Drew the @project-canada girls as mermaids for Mermay! 🧜🏼‍♀️

[nakamopapina]

It’s done! The animation was a meme! The Soup meme!

Plus, Surprise for what the poll was for!! :D

I just finished it!

[roniebuttercups]

Who are your favourite characters in the IAMP? Mine are NB, NS, PEI, Newfoundland, BC, Saskatchewan, Yukon, NWT and Nunavut.

While I love all the characters my favourites have to be ONT, MAN & QUE. So the centrals!

[aufigirl]

HETALIA - PROJECTCANADA: 150th Canada!

You can view a larger version here: [link] 

This came way too late but here it is! Three days, drawing on a large A3 paper with a pencil and fine-line markers. (This is going to be a pain to colour)

This is Matthew with his 13 Provinces from the IAMP/Projectcanada.  (Provinces are created by @ctcsherry )

There are a few things I like to say… 

Flags and it’s a bad idea to draw them so tiny.

Drawing the Territories flags:

Me: Why must they be so detalied..? At least Yukon’s flag has a pupper

Drawing the Maritimes…

Me: AAARGH I STAND CORRECTED! PEI AND NB WHY?!

Drawing British Columbia’s

Me: cries

Also I added in the flowers because they looked a bit plain without them. 

[golden-aster]

I got to visit Whitehorse last summer. 

When I lived back east, it was about a day’s drive to get to Montreal. I knew it was an old city—older than anything else I’d seen—and tried to press as much of it into my memory as possible, saving the smell of rain on the cobblestones and the sounds of piano from a third-story apartment for my next murky Connecticut day. 

Living on the west coast kind of sucks. The weather never changes. Back in August, my mother got some ticket discount from Alaska Airlines. I convinced her to book a trip north. It was always our inside joke that I wanted to see Whitehorse, a tiny industrial town in the middle of nowhere. We spent a few days in Alaska and drove over the mountains to Yukon. As we reached 6,000 feet, my water bottle burst open and soaked the carpeting in our rental car. 

We stayed at a sled-dog lodge a few miles outside the city, down two kilometers of unpaved and unmarked road. We spent a few days hiking and visiting museums and admiring the plant life. I was recovering from a head cold that hit the morning we flew out, aggravated by the chilly, damp Alaskan summer. It was weird to finally realize I dream I’d had since sixth grade. 

That was the year I emerged from my childhood cocoon. Looking back, it’s the watershed moment when I began to use the internet and uncover the world in earnest. I don’t remember how I found Project Canada, then called the IAMP. I think Yukon was my favorite character, even back then. Nascent admiration for butch gals, I guess. Actually, my trip north wasn’t even the first time I’d gotten my family to visit Canada because of something in the IAMP. The summer between sixth and seventh grade I convinced my parents to see more of Eastern Canada. We did a multi-week tour of the maritimes, driving from one side of Newfoundland to the other in our packed minivan. 

I’ll never forget Belle Isle, or Lanse-aux-Meadows, or the iceberg in St. John’s harbor. I’ll never forget picking bakeapples as we made our way along the boardwalks, or the furious winds at North America’s most eastern point. I’ll never forget the majesty of the fjords, like something out of a Decemberists’ song, or the taste of cod cheeks and pineapple crush (which I still haven’t found outside Newf). 

Thank you, Project Canada, for making my world a little bit bigger. 

[standardizedbogey]

October Challenge 29: Clothes Sharing

Marie was one of the most competent sailors the coastline of Canada had ever known. She brought her work back home with her in the antique lighthouse-turned home. It was form after function, with every room built to accommodate the winding staircase and care for the light at the peak. Kate appreciated it, immensely.

More than anything, Marie considered herself a woman and acted accordingly. Nautical was incorporated in delicate chackies, in pastel blues and greens, all of it incredibly themey and adorable. That Kate didn't appreciate anywhere near as much, and she sat on the blue and white chevron sofa and tried to ignore the multitude of anchors, shells, and nautical insignias.

"How do you like it?" Marie asked, happily, as she came down with an armload of dresses. "Another touch or two and it'll be perfect."

"This must have taken a lot of work," Kate said honestly.

"Tons, but it's going to be worth it!" She beamed as she put the load down. "Adorable, right?"

"Very." Kate eyed the clothes. "Nothing too fancy, right?"

"Well, you said it was just a picnic. Can't risk something too nice getting grass stains."

"Guess that's true."

"Right, then, so just a sundress. Add some nice sandals and you'll be fine."

"Do we need to try on a dozen, then?"

Marie pouted. "There's only six!"

"Right..." Kate put on the best smile she could manage. "Well, let's get started."

Marie beamed back. "Right, this pink one first!"

Kate looked around at every adorable thing that surrounded her. "Yeah, the pink one."

[leanagar]

it is finished mostly

I just can't decide what Kate (Yukon) should be. I thought maybe a dragon (like Myrrh from fe8 or Fa from fe6, not a laguz), or something???

suggestions anyone?

[acetechne]

in true canadian fashion: sorry i'm late

although, in some ways, i'm actually early. You know what I realized doing this ambitious painting? this year is going to be the 15th anniversary of IAMP.

The call for auditions was uploaded September 22, 2009, and if I recall correctly my audition as artist and VA was accepted around October or November of that same year. I've grown a lot as an artist and as a person in that long time and for some weird reason I just can't let these guys go.

anyway, thanks for everyone who participated in the roulette, I know it doesn't seem like a big deal but I really struggle drawing all of these guys without losing steam. it really helped! especially since I don't do a lot of gouache work and I second guessed myself a lot. It warms my heart a little to see you guys engaged in this silly game.

what else is there to say. oh yeah, I put two types of maple leafs. the stereotypical sugar maple is in the upper right of course, but I also put a manitoba maple in the lower left because that's the kind of maple I'm most familar with where I'm from. it's long been my mission to bring the western rep in whatever I do, so it's kind of my love letter signature to my own constantly changing understanding of Who Am I and Where Am I From.

anyway. enjoy :) i enjoyed making it. thanks to ctcsherry for creating these guys

[surfingthesealand]

Haven't forgotten these girls... Happy International Women's Day! ♀️

[nakamopapina]

Remember that episode when Sealand posed as Canada, and got busted by England?

So I drew that with Yukon and Sask, for no other reason than for laughs. No other context!

I also got inspired by a certain scene from Prisoner of Azkaban, too.

[nakamopapina]

Working on another IAMP photo redraw

This time it’s a pic from Depot, because I thought the poses were kind funny.

(I just traced the poses)

I know two of the characters are gonna be Yukon and Ontario, still debating on the person in the center, but I’m gonna figure it out.

Good morning gamers where are the wips. What're ya working on. Whatcha scribbling. Whatcha makin'.

[acetechne]

self indulgent pre-birthday art time begins with some hairstyles for my best girl <3 which do you like the best?

[acetechne]

best girl yukon making some fireweed tea hell yeah

i grew up with fireweed in my yard but I didn't know you could make tea out of it until I was an adult. I keep trying to steal some to plant but I haven't had success yet, so this year I got some seeds from a swap that I'm starting indoors (along with some other things that are notorious for spreading haha) (I won't rest until I eradicate my lawn).

Anyway, I think you can make a tea out of both the leaves and the flowers, so it'll be fun to try.

[acetechne]

"Play" - Opus Daily Practice 7

aw yiss westie bestie curling time

i am stuck on zoom all day (still technically have an hour to go still sob) so this is about the level of art I can do while I'm trying to get a feel for this group, troubleshoot and listen for instructions, etc. One of the students brought up curling in the icebreaker, so it was on my mind all day!

[acetechne]

bonnie wins :) see you soon