Ease on down, ease on down the road

Hey guys, how was your Easter? Mine was fantastic, thanks. I spent it watching The Wizard of Oz. And after that, I was really inspired and drew the following pictures:

Yes, she is wearing Silver Shoes, and yes, that's on purpose. I knew I'd never be able to draw Judy Garland without a reference, so I just drew Dorothy as I imagined her in the book. Sans ugly prairie bonnet. I refused to give her one of those.

Oh, and through that picture.... I've discovered that I cannot draw a forest for my life.

This is for all those people out there who were convinced I only drew pretty people. LOOK I CAN DRAW UGLY OLD MEN.

But this isn't any ugly old man. This is the Great and Terrible Oz himself, book-version, of course. But I have to admit that the Sisters Grimm series has forever altered my perception of him. :P I'll never be able to think of him the same way...

Something about Wizard of Oz inspires me so much I don't even know what to do. Be it the story, the movie, or the stage adaption, I'm always brimmed full with inspiration afterwards. Maybe it's the colors. Maybe it's the story. Maybe it's the characters. I think it's all three.

But I think I'm not the only one who gets inspired just thinking about it. Why else would there be 22 films, 9 plays/musicals, 6 tv shows and, 5 comic strips based off of it? (thanks wikipedia!)

In other news, FOOLS opens this Friday. Here's a small sneak preview of what to expect when you come see it:

Yup. That's me.... in the fatsuit.

Just trust me, you don't wanna miss this play. ;)

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Hello, is it me you're lookin' for?

I really feel like I should name my blog "What I'm Currently Obsessed With" because I've noticed that this is pretty much ALL that I blog about. (it'd probably make more sense than what I have now, which is an obscure Hercules quote... :D)

There's a cycle to my obsessions, too. It's like this:

1. I read or watch something and become obsessed and draw fanart and reference it in ordinary conversation, etc.

2. After about a month of step 1, maybe more, my obsession wanes a little bit.

3. It's replaced with a new obsession, and I repeat step 1 with said new obsession.

4. I remember my old obsessions, miss them, and read or watch them again and become obsessed with them again.

5. Then it goes back to step 1 again.

That's....pretty much my entire life. :P

Well, anyways, what I'm currently obsessed with is watching BBC miniseries on Youtube. I've been reading them in book form, too. I just finished Jane Eyre... seriously one of the most beautiful books I've ever read. It was uh. maize. aang.... Please read it. :)

But yeah, if you guys haven't seen any of these, then you should definitely click on the links RIGHT NOW. Otherwise we can no longer be friends.... just so you know

~North and South~ is an absolute classic...

~Little Dorrit~ is just as classic as North and South...

~Emma~ This might just be better than the book. (and I NEVER say that)

~Jane Eyre~ A little overdramatic at first, but mostly is a fantastic representation of the book.

~Under the Greenwood Tree~ One of my personal favorites that no one's heard of. :P

~Wives and Daughters~ simply adorable.

~Daniel Deronda~ is pretty good.

~Our Mutual Friend~ has one of the most terrifying bad guys I've ever seen EVER. D: And is kinda confusing. But is wonderful besides that.

~Lark Rise to Candleford~ This is actually a television show. And the whole first season is kinda rough. But somehow addictive, and then it gets really good. Just give it a chance, okay?

And here are a few that I haven't seen yet, but fully intend upon watching in the near future.

~Cranford~

~Persuasion~

~Sense and Sensibility~

~Tess of d'Urbervilles~

~Anna Karenina~

~The House of Elliot~

~South Riding~

And that's not even half of it.... I'm discovering new ones every day. O_o

And I couldn't find Pride and Prejudice (the one with Colin Firth). But everyone should already have seen it, so we should be good. ;)

I'll fly away

This was like, my VERY first drawing of the characters from The Wall and The Wing...

It's okay if you've never heard of it. It doesn't even have a wikipedia page. And it makes me sad, because it has so many good things in it. But it also has some of the most random things in it. Including (but not limited to):

-man-sized rats that live in the sewers and have an obsession with cats

-an old man with grass for hair, who also has an obsession with cats

-albino alligators that live in the subway system

-hundreds of mechanical, secret-stealing, brain-washing monkeys

-gangsters that have zippers on their faces

In fact, when I first listened to it, all the weird stuff sort got in the way of what was really good. I almost didn't finish it, but curiosity got the better of me, plus I liked the narrator lady. She did a good job, so I finished it. And I kinda liked it...

Now, almost a year later, I needed something to listen to while I organized my room for a personal progress project. I didn't want to just listen to music because I get tired of it easily. So I found that audiobook, and remembering that once upon a time it didn't stink, I decided to listen to it again.

Now I'm mildly obsessed with it. Maybe it's because I already knew about all the weird stuff so I could focus on the characters and the plot twists. Bug and Gurl are SO wonderful. They are seriously adorable. AND OMG you guys,The Chaos King is like, 20000x better, too! It's the sequal, and there's nothing that weird, and Bug and Gurl are like, epic together. No kidding.

And in case you haven't guessed it, the two people in that picture are Bug and Gurl. This was a pretty epic scene, so I had to draw it. But it was like, my first drawing of them so both of them don't look quite right... at least Gurl doesn't. You can't really see Bug's face, can you? ;)

Nowadays, Gurl would look something more like this:

Longer face with a pointier chin, messier hair, younger looking, and taller, etc.

And if you were wondering what Bug looks like in my mind, it's something like this:

D'awww ain't he cute? I love him. :) Even if he's almost impossible to draw... I swear, this sad little sketch is the ONLY decent version of him I can muster.... and it actually sucks

I suggest you share in my love. Audible will let you download a free audiobook of your choice if you go to audible.com/mugglecast. And I think a lot of libraries have it. Make an effort, people. ;)