Back!!! Didja miss me?

Hey whoever you are!!! (If anyone still looks at this- doubt it hahahaha) I just realized I haven't been on here in just about EVER, so I'm going to start posting again!!!
I've been doing a TOOONNN of art lately, and I've been having fun trying different inking and coloring styles. I also tried my hand at digital painting, and I'll soon be posting the result of my experiment, a digital piece of the best character out of every manga and anime I've encountered, Mr. Yuu Kanda from D.Gray Man!!! (The best. Manga. EVAR.) I've also gotten kind of.. Into (COUGH BSESSEDWITHCOUGH) shounen-ai, and tried my hand at it using colored pencils and my favorite slash couple, Kanda and Allen from DGM. For now, the only picture I am working on is a WIP of something I started a few hours ago, of a lil Neko girl staring at a fish tank and drooling, hahaha. The background is going to take me a really long time... *sigh*
Whatever, at least I'm putting out 1-4 new drawings a week. That's a new record for me!! I work for four hours at a time, but still. It's something. Just yesterday I finished another picture of Kanda and Allen, this time being a little daring and trying to draw a kiss! It took me hours to do the initial sketch, but after that I did lots of coloring and shading (my forte!! I love shading *^*)~) and it was easy and fun. I haven't loved art this much in quite a while!
I also did a piece on Howl's Moving Castle, a movie by the most amazing and ever beloved Hayao Miyazaki. I had no normal inking tool handy at the time, so I tried doing a choppy, swishy sort of inking with the brush end of a blue Copic. (Thanks +Fern Ivy Bobashi Radish for letting me use your supplies hahaha) I can say I'm somewhat happy with the result. Doing Calcifer's yellow glow was hard, but worth the trouble, as I rather liked swirling all the different colors with the yellow.
Sme other drawings I've done this past few weeks include:
A simple, somewhat doodled picture of Dante from Devil May Cry
A few fanart sketches that I will be completing soon
A dynamic-pose marker piece of the amazing Lavi from D.Gray Man

I've been having a ton of fun, and I can't wait to update my gallery with all of this.
I'll post the pictures tomorrow!
~Talia

Traditional Art

Hi, whoever is reading XD
Anyway, to the point. I've never really been a traditionalist when it came to artwork. I thought,.hey, digital or traditional, it just has to be good. But lately, I've been seeing traditional art that was beyond the level of anything I've ever seen. Some are to the point I thought they were digital at first! Truly amazing. I've been trying to imitate this style but sadly my traditional work is not to that level no matter how hard I try. People on deviantart called Ambre-Akasora, Polkadotzombie, Chikukko, Matsuyama Takeshi and Emperpep became my idols and inspirations. I truly admire them. I wanted to ask, what's your opinion on traditional art compared to digital?

Follow the Half God Blog!!

Click here to view it Yeah so I fixed up a quick page for it, thank god I didn't have to code this time. It has a page linked to the SmackJeeves page, a page where you can read the actual comic, a page of characters, etc.

I'll fix it up later so you can read it easier, and add more stuff to it :3

So yeah if you want updates, info, etc on the comic, go ahead and subscribe! :)

I'm actually going to go fix that up now.

SmackJeeves Webcomic

I just posted my first Webcomic, Half God (made with friends) on SmackJeeves.. SMACKJEEVES IS SOOO HARD TO NAVIGATE! I'll probably make a quick site for it as well. I have so much editing and HTML coding to do... UUGGGHH HTMLS ARE HAAARRRRDDDD
Well if you'd like to check it out, here: Half God Web Comic
Don't worry, I'll update with more pages soon and edit the HTMLs and decorate.
GOD. DAMN. F******* CODING.
I NEVER WANT TO BE A PROGRAMMER =_=
Anyway, I'll also create a MangaMagazine page for it which will be considerable easier and faster.
Well, that's all!
Bye~

Bluuurgh-Summer

I can't believe it's actually summer! I keep thinking its just the weekend and that I'll see my friends tomorrow at school. I already miss most of them TwT since I'm nothing without my friends, now I'm stuck home doing nothing AND being nothing.
Oh well, I still talk to them on google plus.
I love my friends so much <3
Me being a crazed FANGIRL and avid reader of any and all non-overly explicit teenage romance novels, summer has always seemed like the season when everything sweet and awesome and romantic happens. Going to the beach and having a romantic beachside picnic, or going to the amusement park and following that myth about how if you kiss someone at the top of a Ferris wheel then you'll be together forever. (For example, my one of my favorite authors is Sarah Dessen)
Sadly, being the awkward lump of fat I am, that wouldn't happen to me XDD
In reality, my summer isn't sappy dates or bonding, it's video games, reading manga and aforesaid teenage romance novels, watching anime/dramas/whatever is on, drawing, google chatting my friends and hanging out around my neighborhood with +Tina Wang and +Fern Ivy Bobashi Radish.
Well, whatever, if I need some spoiling I can always go to my best friends. Screw romance, that shit is overdone! I could just sit and derp around and be perverted with +Amit Puthan or chat spam +Barton Qian and be just as happy as if I were on the top of some Ferris wheel XD
I'm looking forward to going to six flags.. I'm finally going to ride the TALLEST ROLLERCOASTER IN THE WORLD, KINGDA CA!!!
(By the way, if you didn't know this already, I'm a thrill seeker. My bucket list includes skydiving, bungee jumping, sky gliding, parachuting, etc) I'm also, of course, going to spend my summer nights watching and reading my favorite horror movies and stories.
Jeff the Killer and Halloween, anyone? xD
Well, that's it for my summer. Wish I could go to some of the awesome places everyone ese is going, sigh~~ >_< but whatever, I think creepypastas and manga are cool too.
What are you doing for your summer? Comment and tell me!

ELA Comic Fail

Lol yeah um.
So, we had a contest in my school to create a Greek Mythology project (as most people following this blog would know since I talked about it on my MangaMagazine profile and the rest are in my class, lol) and it was just against the people in our class. I was desperate to win, woke up at around five or six and went to sleep at around one or two for three days straight. And I did nothing but sit there and work. (On Saturday I went to a birthday party, but I was there for a few hours and then came back and worked until god knows what time.
I was pretty disappointed that I lost, mainly because I worked so hard for nothing.
I couldn't finish it and people who read it didn't vote for it because it was incomplete.. I worked with three other people and they mostly did the story and I reformatted it into a graphic novel by myself and drew the whole thing by myself.
It's my fault we lost T_T sorry!! +Emma VB  +Amit Puthan
Well it doesn't matter, I guess. Congratulations to +Sarah Kwok for winning :) her comic was great, it had an excellent story and the art was good, too. A little book containing a lot of awesome. xD
I was thinking of scanning and posting the pages here and on MangaMagazine.net and deviantART.  Would anyone read it?
Here is sort of what the pages look like, I scrambled them up and took a few pictures xD

I was sort of happy anyway though, because my sister, who is a really amazing artist, she's 23 and she did graphic designs for this company called Yours Truly (clothes) and she draws awesome conceptual and abstract stuff as well, saw the pages on the table and she came up to me and said something she never told me before. She said "Those comic pages on the table are BEAUTIFUL. They look like they were printed out. You really drew ALL OF THAT in THREE DAYS with no help?"

I felt really happy because it was the first time so something I drew caught my sister's attention that much and that she talked about it that way. My sister is one of my idols and it just made me feel better about losing.

Cool awesome new site I found!

Found this really cool site called Art of a Freak! There's contests and stuff to join and I'll be joining as many as I can ^w^ and you can get an apprenticeship to get better at drawing! I applied but nobody's taken up my offer yet. Me and my friend JoJo applied and I'm sure we'll find some mentors! ^w^ the website is http://artofafreak.weebly.com and you can go there and see people's entries for the contests too!!!! >u< really awesome. I like that alot of artists there are beginners so everyone is learning from eachother! +Tina Wang you should check it out Tina because you're all embarrassed about your art but you're really good and your art won't be insulted if you enter a contest there ^u^ I'll be metering some stuff in when I can so maybe if you look in the contest galleries sometime in the future my stuff will be there! :D I'm going to be a sponsor for this site and I'm happy about it because I LOVE THEM! x3 a girl on PaigeeWorld posted a drawing about it and I checked it out! It's super cool x3 Im actually entering the original character contest and I really hope I can win something! Cheer me on guys? ;u; well all my friends are super supportive so I know they will ! <3 I know I haven't posted a blog entry in a long time, LOL I wonder if my two best blog followers have forgotten me n.n KEVIN AND SABINA DO YOU STILL READ THIS?! OuO well anyway yeah any of you guys should enter their contests, it's not just anime! They have an abstract contest, an invader Zim contest and more going on right now. (I'm considering entering both of those ^u^) I hope you check it out!

Feeling better~

I had a little downfall with my self esteem lately (I might have cut once... Stfu if your in my class and reading this you should've known xD I'm just kidding I love you guys) Anyway I felt pretty damn bad but I went out with my childhood friends for a bit and felt okay.
+Tina Wang, +Amit Puthan and +Sabina Radjabova i love you guys,I have since kindergarten, I always will. Thanks for picking me up. But really, Sabina and Tina, stop kicking Amit so much! Dx he's our friend, stop hurting himmm.
We went and had so much fun. C:
I went back to deviantart and Mangamagazine, I'm so happy! I got some great critiques today and I can't wait to post my manga.
I got trolled by someone but my MM friends are awesome and made me laugh hysterically so idgaf anymore.
Especially one person posting his picture from tumblr, oh god... I died laughing.
The Mangamagazine community is fabulous.
BARFTON if you say "no" I will kill you xD
Tina, you too. No "no."
I have to work on my commissions Dx that DBZ one is HAAARRDDD!!! But once I finish it, ten bucks for me Cx
And, of course, the other one.
I'm opening a bank account and then I'll finally open my online store!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But I lost my iPad stylus so I have to get a new one before I design new stuff, so for now only the five or six designs I have can be used.
But that's alright for now C:
And I'm also gonna sell little canvas paintings~
THEYRE SO TINY AND CUUUTE!!!
>w<
Alright so lastly:
I want some fan art of Henry, Allegra, Kiki, and the gang to feature in the manga!!!
Whoever wants theirs featured, send it to taliamamane@gmail.com!!!
No entries as sketches, sorry~ >_< they have to be inked and shaded/colored.
Thanks.
Also, thanks to my Mangamagazine buddies!!! :D
XOX bye everyone~

Back to commissions~

Okay so I'm currently starting that DBZ commission and I've already saved enough money for a pack of manga paper. With the commissions I have left I have exactly enough money to get ANOTHER one. :3 But after that I only have one last commish and then... *begins Le crying* AFTER THAT I HAVE NONE LEFTTTTT!!!!!!!
If you're out there reading, maybe you can try getting one?
Just a suggestion...Anyway, here's what that Naruto commission looked like:

It's a bad quality photo but screw it i don't need better it was a real-life commission,
The person who bought it really liked it >w< I'm so happy! Also, the guy who got the DBZ one is best friends with the Naruto guy and he liked it, too.
So I bet he's excited for his lol. Just kidding, just kidding, I'm not one of those stuck up artists whom think everyone is obsessed with them.
Alright I gotta go to school now so bye~
XOX

ANOTHER ONE LMAO

SO, screw that other online store, I'm making A DIFFERENT ONE!!! XD On THIS one, the prices are RIDICULOUSLY cheap, it's way easier and more fun to admin, AND I CUSTOMIZE EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!! LOL xD and they don't take any percent of my money, and it shows up in searches online, and it's totally free for me to have, and I can have help with it and space out my time.
Overall, *dies of happiness* but I have to make a bank account to link it to, I'm making it really really soon, and OMG IM STARTING TO SELL.
AND ALSO OMG IM GETTING MANGA PAPER ON LIKE TUESDAY OR WEDNSDAY OR BY MOST FRIDAY.
I RAISED UP THE MONEY AND I KNOW WHERE TO GET IT.
AND I HAVE MY SAKURAS AND AQUAS AND PAGE LAYOUTS...
AND MY PUBLISHER!!!
So yea I'm so excited!!!
WOOOOOT!!!
If you're excited too, gimme a hug!!!
XOX IF YOU'RE READING THIS I PROBABLY LOVE YOU!!! xDD
Alright XOX bye my loves xD

New online store, that other one kinda sucked.

This one has better prices, a way cooler layout, and MORE PRODUCTS!!!!! I'm gonna sell shirts, iPhone and iPod cases, bookmarks, mini canvas paintings, and MORE!!!! I'm also gonna sell my custom made jewelry (Didnt see that coming did you? I'm actually pretty good at making jewelry xD)   And even better... They only take three percent from the cost, whereas the other one took 80%!!!!!!
I'm SO happy jaqueline (my new friend x3) showed me it!!! The site is called Etsy, and I'll give a link to it in my next post!!!!!! (I need to validate my credit card number and social number before I open the store officially xD) When I do, check it out!!! Everything is gonna be real cheap, the shirts are only TEN BUCKS!!!!!
The iPhone and iPod cases are hard to get, though *cries* I have to make them $20... But I think I'll get some buyers. After all, there's TONS of people on Etsy.
LITERALLY.
xD
I'm making bookmarks now, so I'll put those in the gallery.
x3 yay, I'm so happy!
I decided to take a 2 to 3 week break from PaigeeWorld and deviantART, I FEEL SO RELAXED!!!!!! I always see Westine (my over achieving artist friend, ugh she's so good) 's stuff and feel depressed, like a failure, etc. but now that I don't see it because I'm taking a break, I feel great!
Like I'm free!
And also, I already have a follower on Etsy even though I didn't post anything yet! XD
Thanks Doris, love ya! <3
She made this AWESOME Hatsune Miku doll outfit, it was SOOO cool! I faved it and she followed me :3 I'm dying to post the bookmarks on the store but my parents have to come home so I can validate my credit card. *cry cry cry cry OVER 9000 TIMES CRY*
Well I'll just make a whole bunch until they come. x3
I'll post the link and the pictures later so
BY MY LOVED ONES!!!
XOX

iPhone cases!

I made more designs~!! One for +Amit Puthan of a potato being all like a sir (xD) and one of Rin Kagamine, one of the most fabulous VOCALOIDS!!! :D I'm making a full series of Vocaloid cases, and I'm also making a Chibi Vocaloid shirt series! I already have a draft of the Miku shirt <3 then Kaito!!! AHMAGOD HE'S SO HOT //shot
Ahem. Anyway, lots of new stuff coming!
GET MY STUFF HERE: http://www.redbubble.com/people/taliatheotaku
If you buy one ill love you FOREVER! <3

That was sort of rash. I'm... Over it.

After getting yelled at (YES STERLING AND TINA I MEAN YOU) that I need to keep drawing I gave in.
Lul look forward to more idiocy!
Cuz I am gonna KEEP DRAWING, BITCHES xD

No more drawing for me

I think I'm going to stop drawing because I suck and I just waste all my time on it for nothing. Nobody even likes my drawings.

Online store!!! OMG LOOK AT MY AWESOME IPHONE CASE

OMG YOU KNOW THAT ONLINE STORE I MADE?!
http://www.redbubble.com/people/taliatheotaku/
THAT ONE?!
I added a Hatsune Miku iPhone case for sale!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's kinda expensive but that money goes to the website. I only get $6.20 so don't blame me for the ridiculous prices!!!
LOOK IT SHOWS WHAT ITNWOULD LOOK LIKE ON A PHONE!!!!!!
http://www.redbubble.com/people/taliatheotaku/works/10115688-hatsune-miku-iphone-ipod-case
Click on it to look, I'm telling you it's REALLY COOL!!!!!!
I'm gonna do a whole bunch more!!!!
Holy crap that design took me a while but...
SO WORTH IT!!!!
Um, I'd love you SO MUCH if you bought one?
I really would <3333
They're 37.50 O.O and only six bucks go to me the rest goes to redbubble =_=
So, AGAIN, if you bought one I'd be so surprised and happy I'd probably scream and jump around.
So please consider it if you're a person with money to spare <3
Anyway, does anyone have any suggestions more merchandise?

Yay for some areas but others I shed tears over.

Hahah, have more commissions to do... I did a Chibi commission from Katekyo Hitman Reborn!!! That I used a reference for though :P And the girl wants me to do it over again because I made the pants the wrong color! I think it's a little dumb but I can't refuse... Whatever. Also, a few friends in my class want commissions too. A really nice girl named Catrine wants Zuko from Avatar (I just drew him for someone else, too... You can never get enough Zuko <333) in black and white~! Also, the guy who ordered three commissions before wants a... ANOTHER ONE!!! Heh. Still gotta do that Naruto one and the DBZ one too. Thanks for all the support, everyone! <3
Never mind the commishes, T SHIRTS!!!
My dad needs to put money on his credit card for me to get the app, but I think I'm just gonna try and get even MORE commishes and buy myself an iTunes gift card so I can get the full version of that app and two other REALLY good art apps called sketchbook pro and procreate. Then, TSHIRT TIME!!!
Those bookmarks are coming along, when I finish them ill post pics and links to buy!
Thanks to my two blog fans +Kevin Mitchell and +Sabina Radjabova  xD
Now, apart from art...
This asshole I know.
This cheating lying ass.
Who I actually was STUPID ENOUGH to trust, like, and even kinda... Date...
HE IS "IN LOVE" WITH THREE OTHER GIRLS!!!
I emailed him telling him that I knew (he had been hiding it from me because he's in another school currently) and do you KNOW what that little fuck said?
"I don't really care."
I was so mad when I got it, I yelled at innocent bystanders. (Kevin, the aforementioned blog fan, and +Fern Ivy Bobashi Radish and +Tina Wang ) sorry guys! I'm alright now though. You can't help that there are asses in the world. Thanks to +Tina Wang  for supporting me when I was cryin when I first found out. You're a sweetheart. I'm still upset but ill get over it in time. I just don't think I'll trust a guy that much again, or at least not for a really long time.
I also found out today that someone I didn't like much (she's the popular girl and I thought she was kinda superficial) was actually really nice. Her name is Chloe, and me, +Tina Wang and her went out along with +Sabina Radjabova and the aforementioned Catrine today and had the time of our lives!
I think it was just what I needed after getting that email this morning.
I have such great, supportive friends.
Anyone have any ideas for what I should make those Vocaloid shirts look like?

OMG!! YYYAAAYYY!!!

I'm so happy and excited! It turns out the person getting the Dragon Ball Z commission is paying...
...
...
TEN BUCKS!
That pays for a FULL PACK of manga paper!!!!!!!
Ad my dad gave me money, which I'm going to use to buy a stylus for my iPad so I ca do actually good digital art and get the full version of the art app I use. Also, the person getting the NaLu commission changed it to a Naruto and Sasuke fight scene, which is like FOUR BUCKS!!!
And I have one more two dollar commission!!!
AND I'm selling bookmarks!
When they're done, I'll post pics~~~
Im gonna put them on ebay and stuff too so I'll put up links~~~
And once I get the full version of the app and get my stylus, I'm gonna start selling T SHIRTS!!'
Look forward to it!
XOX

More commissions, woo~!!

I got a commission to draw like ten million Dragon Ball Z! characters on one page!
That's like five bucks!
Someone else wants a full color NaLu commission!
That's like two fifty~!!
Two other people want full color commissions!
Four bucks together!!!!
$11.50 altogether~!!!!!
I can afford the manga paper now!!
<333 except...
...
Shipping and handling.
F***ing shipping and f***ing handling!!!
I NEED MORE MONEY TO PAY THAT!!!!!!!
Whhhyyyyyyyy...
Ugh =_=
Well, I'm going to start selling adoptables on deviant art, so maybe I'll make a bit more?
And I'm selling pixel icons, too.
Well~~ I'm okay for now, at least~~
I also found out how to get copics really cheap and probably will buy some <3 but only after saving lots of commission money.
Also, I'm gonna start selling t shirts, iPod cases, etc. of Vocaloid because they aren't really copyrighted. :D How~ awesome~is~that~!
BUY SOME OHMYGLOMP
JK JK
but no really.
I want you to.
Please :<

One down, four, five, six,... SEVEN TO GO?!?!

I just finished a commission, it took me like three days!!! I'm proud of the final result though. The buyer is gonna hang it up, I think. He's super critical but he was actually one of my first commissioners and bought THREE COMMISSIONS!!! He gave me seven bucks! So even though I don't like him very much he deserves a thank you. It was fun to draw!!! It's Ryuk from Death Note holding him in a death grip. I added the space background and Earth for fun, he said he loved e idea when I told him? So~ this is it~

It was hard! I made a lot of drafts and sketches before this. I tried to make it interesting and different, but it's your job to tell me if it worked! The supplies I used were Sakura fineliners, a Bic Mark-It, Aqua Markers, and a Bic White-Out Pen. I hope I did well!
So that's one commission done. But I still have so many to do!
One for my friend Joselyn, one for this kid named Arthur, two more for the guy that got this one, two for my friend Justin and one for my friend Elijah!!! SOOOO~~~~ MUUUUCH~~~WORK~~~
At least when I finish these I'll be able to buy manga paper, woo~!!!
I still want some other stuff though.
My dream is to get Copics!!! Lmao like that'll ever happen.
Oh well, gotta get to work yet again~~~
XOX Bye! I'll post later~

Working~

I have some commissions to do, but I already blew all the money! Lol. Actually, I still have another four bucks to collect, so once I'm done I get four bucks and that's all unless I get some more commissions!!! Oh well...
Anyway, I'm working on those. Also, I'm gonna get a custom iPod case with this picture on it:

I like the way it came out, so I decided I'd get a case of it! My own character on an iPod case... <3 cool!!!!!!!!!!!

My dads gonna pay for the case because its cheap. I'm so excited!!!!!!!

I'm gonna post a picture in the "my gallery" area of the blog when it's done~

Also, GUESS WHAT~~~~!

I won an art contest!!!! It was a Valentine's contest a girl was holding for fun. I won with this picture:

 I'll post the picture in my gallery~!

It actually started out as a random sketch and practice and I wasn't aiming to win, just wanted to try it out. I was so surprised when I found out I won! Happy too :) and I'm entering a bunch more too :) I'll fill more in about those later on.

That aside, I've really got lots of work to do, so I better go~!

XOX 

Commissions~!

Hey, everyone! =D I'd like to ask you to check out my commissions! (That means you request me to draw something and pay VERY LITTLE and you get to keep it if I know you and if its an online commission, you can pay extra to ship it or just not keep it lol. I am in need of art supplies like markers, fine liners, manga/art paper, and of course I have to pay for advertisement and publishing. Telling your friends is also really helpful <3 I'm trying to publish a manga here, ad it's an expensive dream I can't afford without some help!
Prices~ (they are as cheap as I could make them without losing money, I use expensive supplies and I work hard, so I need a little profit.)

For traditionally made requests:
Full- Color drawings with one character and no background or a simple background are $2.00
Inked black and white drawings with one character and a simple or no background are $1.00
Extra characters are $0.50 each if they are simply clothed, but if they have scales, hard to draw areas, etc. they are $0.75 to $1.00 depending on what they look like.

For digital requests:
Any sort of character on a pattern background: $1.00

With a background of a place: $1.50

I also can do custom commission requests like putting your commission on a t-shirt, iPod case, etc. and you can buy it like that!!! (Note: t-shirt, iPod case, laptop case, wallet, etc. cost extra and take longer to complete.) 

Contact me at taliamamane@gmail.com or http://taliatheotaku.deviantart.com/ for info on commissions and/or to request one!

Thanks a lot!

On a side note, I recently got some new markers and I'm making some great new stuff with 'em, woo! Lol xD

Please share this blog and help me out~! Bye~

XOX

I'm Talia.

Lol first blog ever. Don't know how to do this!
Well I'll introduce myself. I'm Talia and I talk too much, eat too much, and draw too much.
But hey,um, I can write and draw okay... Ish?
XD and +Tina Wang  is one of my BFFS!!!
She's awesome!!!
My deviant art it's got all my good art on it! I love deviantart.
I have this blog I hate. A lot. If you ask I can tell you, but only privately~ the owner might see. Lol.
I also love +Fern Ivy Bobashi Radish +Amit Puthan +Alpaca Llama +Shira Horan they are my awesome best friends who I love! (Warning: mostly perverts, two excepted lmao)
I ALSO LOVE ANIME, MANGA, RPG GAMES, VOCALOIDS AND...
...
...
MUSTACHES!!!!!!!!! XD
So, ya know, I'm a weird person. Kinda perverted but only in a joking kinda way xD I'm also an aspiring manga artist/author! (Mangaka) I have a manga series but I need to sell more art and get more money so I can buy manga paper. If you'd go to my deviant art and check out my commission prices, they're really cheap and I write a thank you note to everyone who gets one! (Commission is when you request me to draw something and buy it from me!) I will self publish my manga, too. As real books! Waiting for the day lol.
I hope you enjoyed reading this! :D
I enjoyed writing it!