The Beat and the Timing

Well now.  I guess it's time for my annual post to prove this isn't a sock puppet or abandoned account.  Or something.  Anyways, I'm back to writing fanfic, this time for my current obsession One Piece.  And older story that I'd almost finished years ago and refined and polished up the past few weeks.
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The sea train pulled into the station at St. Poplar on a stormy day.  The passengers grumbled as they got out, fumbling to find umbrellas or coats to protect them from the rain.  One woman didn’t bother though; she simply limped her way up the street, pausing to notice the houses covered in…were those soap bubbles?  Shaking her head, she continued on to the hotel, not wishing to spend more time getting wet than she had to.

When he finally woke up, Rob Lucci was relieved to find himself alive and alone.  Hattori fluttered to the window sill of what appeared to be a hospital room and let out a happy series of chirps before flying off again.  He closed his eyes again, falling back asleep.

The next time he woke up, the room was filled with the other members of Cipher Pol 9 perched on stools, chairs, the window ledge (next to a returned Hattori) and even crammed into the corner, filling the room.  They’d been talking quietly amongst themselves, waiting to see that their leader was truly going to survive after all.  The doctor squeezed into the room to give Lucci a quick exam and then left, saying the patient needed to rest in bed for at least another four days and warning the others not to tire him out too much.
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So I was reading the latest chapters of a fanfic called Duplicity over on FF.net by BeautifulSilverSilence (She's beautyissilver here on LJ).  In chapter 5, she describes the team (Kakashi, Genma, Raido, Asuma) needing to go undercover for part of their mission, and Genma ends up having to wear a kimono.  I loved the idea and felt compelled to draw it, so now I present to you:

Genma in a Kimono!

So I read chapter 73 last night and OMG!!! There was completely awesome image of Kimbley on page 30 that I just had to color today.  I'm not satisfied with the hair, the clothes turned out okay I guess, but the face is <3 !!!

One of the things I'm trying to work on doing is color/paint the images so that I don't need to leave the lineart showing.  This one turned out much better than my Kankuro piece, but that's to be expected with practice.

Enjoy!


Enjoy!

That's the sound of me being a busy bee!  I haven't been doing much of anything lately, just keeping myself occupied with around the house stuff and the like.  I did manage to get some things finished though.

Friday : Oceans Thirteen movie.
The husband got us tickets to see Oceans Thirteen on opening night.  We got there early (and I brought a book this time for the wait) and found good seats because we were afraid the theatre would be full.  It wasn't.  I guess the 7:20 showing isn't a popular one on Friday nights.  Still, I was fine with it since we didn't have to deal with idiots coming in late and wanting to climb over us to get into the row (like what happened when we saw Pirates 3).

I enjoyed the movie.  It wasn't Brilliant! or anything, but it was a good, solid and enjoyable movie all around.  They didn't need to do the "explain what really happened" after the fact bit as in the two previous movies, and frankly, I didn't mind the lack of twist at all.  It was all pretty straightforward and everyone played their parts well.  It'll be a definite DVD purchase when it comes out, and I must admit that George Clooney and Brad Pitt are aging rather well.