Poem- Fictitious Fancies

I have no words that glow

No tales of ringing steel

I have no loom of foresight

No worlds that are surreal

The portal through the wardrobe

Has closed itself to me

My companion who could run

Has run at last from me

I lost my magic ring

It fell through time and space

It crashed into a mountain

At silver warp speed pace

It takes imagination

To make a dream alive

It takes a leap of daring

To take dreams to the sky

I have no right to do

what I have seen been done

Instead I have the privilege

To share the light of One

No wand will ever choose me

No staff is mine to wield

I have only plain symbols

to make their minds all reel

No mockingjay will sing

No faction claim my work

My writing is not beauty

It has too many quirks

They say all things have endings

I think that very well

For without any endings

Beginnings would be quelled

Now one last word- “say please”

Please let me live my days

In peace with friends of paper

Who have loved me “Always”

Sketchbook #2

Heyloeth everyone! We're back to Sketchy Tuesday.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Years!

First: Simple lamp post.

Second: I attempt to get in some practice drawing a whole body. I used a reference photo and added some personal touches in the appearance of the dancer. The arms are questionable... one of them is too short I think. Oh well it's all practice.

Third: I used Photoshop to merge the two together. It's not anything genius but I'm pleased with it.

Merry Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Desolation of Smaug Midnight Premiere

A year ago, fans of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy were left in suspense at the end of

"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey."

A year later the joyous time has come upon us once more where Tolkien nerds can weep and laugh in joy at their pain being appeased at last. No more agony! We have the movie we've been waiting a year for! Everybody run around and celebrate!!!

Last Friday I was unbelievable and bizarrely thrilled to see the midnight premiere of "The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug." My first ever midnight premiere. For a movie related to my favorite books in all of this world. :D

MY TICKET AND 3D GLASSES!!! :OOO *LE BOUNCE*

This isn't a review, that would require too many spoilers which I don't want to give so soon after its release, and my view is too biased to be an honest reference point for the entire thing.

I will say I loved it. There were so many things I disagreed with (those of you who have read the book(s) will sympathize) but the more I've had time to relax and think about it the more I enjoyed it.

The picture below is a legit airplane that that they have in New Zealand. That place goes crazy this time of year concerning the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies. Postage stamps, coins, they have the set of Hobbiton in permanent residence there along with the Green Dragon... Honestly New Zealand is the closest thing we'll ever get to Middle Earth I think except for in our dreams and our imaginative reading endeavors.

Sketchbook #1

I've been working in my sketchbook all of December.

Alas I haven't been posting as much as I would've liked; life has been charging along with its usual energy. :)

I hope everyone has been enjoying their holiday season. Where I am we've had a decent fall of snow (at last!) though the forecast is threatening to send it away.

Here are some excerpts from my sketchbook. :)

Sherlock. I went over it with
watercolor.

I used a sketch I found on a Pinterest as a reference photo

I decided to draw a calendar and then fill it in with dates in
no particular order.

I punched holes in several pages to add texture. :)
The top page contains quotes from
"Atlas" from Catching Fire

Quick sketch of the dragon on my cover of the Hobbit book.
The swirls in the border all have different
locations of middle-earth written around them.

Tardis from Doctor Who.
Colored with prismacolor pencils.

I couldn't resist uploading a picture of the
snow Tardis my niece and I made! :D