Showing posts with label pokemon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pokemon. Show all posts
Friday, September 27, 2013
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Thoughts on Pokemon
The following is a little rant on my feelings of pokemon. I've been following pokemon since it came to the US, basically my whole life. It is a love of mine and it is true you can't love something without being critical of it. I have been talking to a friend, which this is in reply too, about how I'm not that excited about the new games. I will buy them and enjoy them but I know the charm is not the same. I'm not one of those people who say Generation 1 all the way. Generation 2 is my favorite to play but I don't see the pokemon being inherently better in the originals just because they are the first. I do love more pokemon from some generations better then others. Unova I didn't care for but Herdier in my mind made up for it. That being said I can still feel the charm when I replay the old ones that I just can't seem to grasp in the newer games, even with 400 hours logged into my Diamond.
I am still getting X or Y. I even have plans to get the limited edition X and Y 3DS XL.
On to the hate ish ness!
It is so easy to forget what you were doing. I don't know you would think it should be easier to remember all of it now that we are older. Then again when I was a kid I finished everything in one go, none of this put it down for a month crap.
I loved Generation 2 I felt it had the PERFECT amount of side activities that continued after the game but also helped the game. The berry system was better in Gen 3 but it was first put into place in 2 so let’s throw that in. Things like the bug catcher contest and the like where always right smack near a major event so you always knew where they were. You could remember that. With Unova I can't remember where crap is at all and technically between one and two I should know that shit.
When they added Pokemon eggs that was pure beauty because it allowed for ev training. I don't remember if you know what that is or not. Basically it is what made the Pokemon competitions so cool. It was easy to get into because it was right there on a huge strip and you can never forget goldenrod.
Ok battle tower I'm not all that interest in but I feel it is a good idea. They did pretty well with the area in Platinum I believe....or was it Emerald? Either way it was pretty easy to...not have to track down what you needed it was all in one little area and you could do it in just any old sitting. It was a good start and stop function if you needed a little bit of Pokemon but couldn't actually play the whole game.
Now I am one of the few people, maybe the only person, I know that genuinely liked generation 3. One of the reasons I liked it is the environmental lets go poke around here feel to it. I had liked the ruins puzzles and underground parts of caves in Generation 2 and 3 expanded on that. That being said those parts could be easily skipped over in order to get on with the story and you didn't get lost in them. I can't say that as much with Gen 4 and you really, really can't say that with Gen 5. It is more than just that. When you have to team up with another trainer in game to get through mountains because of double pokemon battles it gets fucking annoying...even if they do heal you all the time. Now Mount Silver was freaken huge but it had a reward at the end. Red you beat him and you said fuck ya I did it. You don't have that in the later games. In Gen 1 Rock Tunnel felt fucking endless but you could get through it without going back over and over to the pokemon centers. Best part when you got out of that mother fucker you felt accomplished. Maybe that is something I have lost in growing up but I just don't feel that with caves in the later generations.
Something else about Gen 3 they introduced Pokemon musicals. Ok this is probably one of the things that gets Gen 3 its shit rating but I don't think it deserved that AT THE TIME. Now with musicals and poffins and fucking movies and....toooo much. I can really appreciate the idea behind it. I mean Pokemon is a world. It is us if we had profound bonds with animals. It is our world and the Pokemon games are now trying to capture that more. Ethical issues are now being pushed forward as they would in the game. Professors use to be mentors that gave us simple advice. Now we have people like N and Looker and more Rivals that are no longer just people we have basic interactions with. They are representative of different messages. It is no longer a journey of making friends and sometimes helping keep people safe. With, you know some fishing and gambling on the side.
That’s the charm of Generation 2 and sometimes 3. They let you have that little personal touches of decorations and activities without having too many voices.
That being said pokemon has a beautiful range of topics for the undertones of the games. The first one was about greed and how if someone takes a stand they can rectify wrong situations. The second was about history and its effects on the present. The third the effects of the earth and its stability on the living population. The fourth how the universe and humans are affected by the choice of how to use science. The fifth ethics and personal opinion.
I love that diversity but at the same time I feel that message is over cast by the fillers.
Also what fillers should there be? I personally don't like how few trainers there are in some generations. I know you can re battle them but I would rather slowly make my way through an area then come back too it.
About battling I didn't like double battles and I haven't grown to like them more as time goes on. With that in mind it shouldn't be a shock that I don't like rotation battles or triple battles and I am unlikely to like sky battles in X and Y. Those features seem like they should belong in the battle frontier.
I wonder, really wonder, what kids feel when they first pick up pokemon and play the newest generation. Do they get the same feeling? Will they love it like I do? Do they feel it is too much?
And where is my college course for pokemon? I think it is time we had one.
When did hm's become...not a thing? They use to be a very important thing....and accomplishment worthy thing but they became not a thing.
I am still getting X or Y. I even have plans to get the limited edition X and Y 3DS XL.
On to the hate ish ness!
It is so easy to forget what you were doing. I don't know you would think it should be easier to remember all of it now that we are older. Then again when I was a kid I finished everything in one go, none of this put it down for a month crap.
I loved Generation 2 I felt it had the PERFECT amount of side activities that continued after the game but also helped the game. The berry system was better in Gen 3 but it was first put into place in 2 so let’s throw that in. Things like the bug catcher contest and the like where always right smack near a major event so you always knew where they were. You could remember that. With Unova I can't remember where crap is at all and technically between one and two I should know that shit.
When they added Pokemon eggs that was pure beauty because it allowed for ev training. I don't remember if you know what that is or not. Basically it is what made the Pokemon competitions so cool. It was easy to get into because it was right there on a huge strip and you can never forget goldenrod.
Ok battle tower I'm not all that interest in but I feel it is a good idea. They did pretty well with the area in Platinum I believe....or was it Emerald? Either way it was pretty easy to...not have to track down what you needed it was all in one little area and you could do it in just any old sitting. It was a good start and stop function if you needed a little bit of Pokemon but couldn't actually play the whole game.
Now I am one of the few people, maybe the only person, I know that genuinely liked generation 3. One of the reasons I liked it is the environmental lets go poke around here feel to it. I had liked the ruins puzzles and underground parts of caves in Generation 2 and 3 expanded on that. That being said those parts could be easily skipped over in order to get on with the story and you didn't get lost in them. I can't say that as much with Gen 4 and you really, really can't say that with Gen 5. It is more than just that. When you have to team up with another trainer in game to get through mountains because of double pokemon battles it gets fucking annoying...even if they do heal you all the time. Now Mount Silver was freaken huge but it had a reward at the end. Red you beat him and you said fuck ya I did it. You don't have that in the later games. In Gen 1 Rock Tunnel felt fucking endless but you could get through it without going back over and over to the pokemon centers. Best part when you got out of that mother fucker you felt accomplished. Maybe that is something I have lost in growing up but I just don't feel that with caves in the later generations.
Something else about Gen 3 they introduced Pokemon musicals. Ok this is probably one of the things that gets Gen 3 its shit rating but I don't think it deserved that AT THE TIME. Now with musicals and poffins and fucking movies and....toooo much. I can really appreciate the idea behind it. I mean Pokemon is a world. It is us if we had profound bonds with animals. It is our world and the Pokemon games are now trying to capture that more. Ethical issues are now being pushed forward as they would in the game. Professors use to be mentors that gave us simple advice. Now we have people like N and Looker and more Rivals that are no longer just people we have basic interactions with. They are representative of different messages. It is no longer a journey of making friends and sometimes helping keep people safe. With, you know some fishing and gambling on the side.
That’s the charm of Generation 2 and sometimes 3. They let you have that little personal touches of decorations and activities without having too many voices.
That being said pokemon has a beautiful range of topics for the undertones of the games. The first one was about greed and how if someone takes a stand they can rectify wrong situations. The second was about history and its effects on the present. The third the effects of the earth and its stability on the living population. The fourth how the universe and humans are affected by the choice of how to use science. The fifth ethics and personal opinion.
I love that diversity but at the same time I feel that message is over cast by the fillers.
Also what fillers should there be? I personally don't like how few trainers there are in some generations. I know you can re battle them but I would rather slowly make my way through an area then come back too it.
About battling I didn't like double battles and I haven't grown to like them more as time goes on. With that in mind it shouldn't be a shock that I don't like rotation battles or triple battles and I am unlikely to like sky battles in X and Y. Those features seem like they should belong in the battle frontier.
I wonder, really wonder, what kids feel when they first pick up pokemon and play the newest generation. Do they get the same feeling? Will they love it like I do? Do they feel it is too much?
And where is my college course for pokemon? I think it is time we had one.
When did hm's become...not a thing? They use to be a very important thing....and accomplishment worthy thing but they became not a thing.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Rattata and Philadelphia
I have so much to tell you. I went to Philadelphia from the 9th to the 16th and went to so many attractions I can't keep what I did straight in my head. The first day of the vacation I sat around with family friends and ate till it hurt. The second day was a family reunion in which....I ate till it hurt. When we finally started doing attractions we spent most of the days walking. We did as much free stuff as we could first.
I'm going to try and list all the places we hit up. I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to get them all though.
We went on the Duck Boats and Bus city tours and caught some of the history that way. Man I wish I could remember all the stories.
Beyond this I've been getting back into school. You know? Attempting to get things done in a timely manner and failing. The usual.
I'm going to try and list all the places we hit up. I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to get them all though.
- The Liberty Bell Center
- The Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent
- Eastern State Penitentiary
- The Betsy Ross House
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Christ Church and Burial Ground
- American Philosophical Society Museum
- Independence Hall
- Washington Square
- United States Mint
- Quaker Meeting House
- Elfreth's Alley
We went on the Duck Boats and Bus city tours and caught some of the history that way. Man I wish I could remember all the stories.
Beyond this I've been getting back into school. You know? Attempting to get things done in a timely manner and failing. The usual.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Sales Pitch
I have felt every emotion filming this. I had a ton of fun doing it the actual filming part. I loved looking up pokemon images to use. I also had a fit of nostalgia with the sounds. As for the actual video editing, well that was a bit of a hell. I still want to strangle the thing. I couldn't use the same video editor as before, it wouldn't let me post images over my video. I have no external mic so I couldn't overlay the sound. It was a mess. The carefully selected gifs didn't show up as anything but still frames. The quality is trashed, what happened to my large photos and hd film?!
It took a wile but the error was eventually fixed.
I'm thinking I'm just going to buy a mic and redue this whole film. No time for that now though. It is due today for speech class.
I didn't even meet the time requirements. Can't be helped though. I stayed up till 6am editing this. I need the brake.
I hope you enjoy it wile I go die of embarrassment at the horribleness.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Bookshelf Ink Drawing
I've been enjoying playing though. I bought the newest games in December and it is 2 months later that I'm finally playing them. Tumblr, once you've found it there is no getting out. I don't even have an account.
I recently finished up my midterms. They where mostly essays, yey. Sociology was hell, Literature was fine, bla bla bla.
I went shopping yesterday. I really need to stop that but not even the punishment of carrying two text books for a mile is enough. I found one on Literature and one called Gardner's Art through the Ages. A hundred dolor book for a $1.29? Sure! Course this just made me want to paint and...well keep me out of the art supply store please.
Monday, January 21, 2013
WIP: Rattata 3
Not much progress. I spend most of the day reading for college and watching Documentaries. I'm not sure how I feel about this one. I think it will look pretty good, yet awkward, when it is done. I wasn't really sure what to do with Rattata seeing as it's mouth was pretty extreme but I'll just have to live with it.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Pokemon Figures 3
Yesterday I watched the Vlogbrothers at Carnegie Hall and got so wrapped up in it that I completely forgot anything I might have posted here. I was rewatching it because I missed the opening and John said something that my Literature teacher had said in class that day. It was about writers and reader being collaborators. I now know I'm going to like this teacher.
For my sociology class we went to the library to go through how to use the databases. Well I already knew this so it was basically a waste of time and pretty boring. My human sexuality class was pretty nice. I will say one of the more opinionated girls....gets to me. I like the way he has things set up the only thing he puts on slides is a must, must know for a test. The rest of what he teaches is just him talking and asking us questions.
For my sociology class we went to the library to go through how to use the databases. Well I already knew this so it was basically a waste of time and pretty boring. My human sexuality class was pretty nice. I will say one of the more opinionated girls....gets to me. I like the way he has things set up the only thing he puts on slides is a must, must know for a test. The rest of what he teaches is just him talking and asking us questions.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Pikachu Plush
I like my teachers
so far. Don't like that I had to buy all the books. I mean really it
went down like this "Pick 8 chapters from the book to write your essay
on." I spent way to much money today on books, yarn, and zippers. Oddly
enough the zippers cost more then the books (non text book) and the
yarn.
Oh one of my
teachers is....a hard ass.. Not from his grading, as far as I know, but
he may kick you out of class for....just about anything. No phones at all in the class, if your kid is sick have them call security to come and get you, I'm just waiting for him to start on jewelry.
My friend had to prod me a bit to do this post....well tell me to draw pikachu. It is sweltering hot here, wtf, and I just didn't want to do anything. But I was good.
This got me rambling in my head though. I was thinking maybe I should try uploading on the weekends, two drawings and one plushie. Then I was all "no slacking you failure." I shouldn't be overworking myself. When have you ever worked too much?
I feel this isn't a choice I can make in the first month....let alone on the first day back to school.
This got me rambling in my head though. I was thinking maybe I should try uploading on the weekends, two drawings and one plushie. Then I was all "no slacking you failure." I shouldn't be overworking myself. When have you ever worked too much?
I feel this isn't a choice I can make in the first month....let alone on the first day back to school.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Pokemon Figures 2
My first skip of the new year. Shame shame. In my defense I got so much done. I went to the doctor in the morning. We managed to talk about everything that I wanted too as well as managed to avoid those I didn't. I had my blood drawn which went so much better then I could have hoped for. See I get shocky whenever I read or hear someone talking about blood. In Biology I even had the teacher stop her lecture on blood types and ask if I was alright. I didn't feel anything when my blood was taken. Maybe it was too quick but the prick didn't hurt so it is all good.
Now just to wait for what horrible thing is wrong with me.
After that we went to eat because we couldn't eat for 12 hours before the test. Then the shopping. I couldn't find any Zippers at the BX, Big Lots, or Staples, not that I expected too. At Big Lots I picked up 4 new fabrics for bags and a new thing of yarn which was just the cutest blue.
When I got home, and much of this morning, I started my first piece for my portfolio. Or at least what may become my portfolio. I have one year before I hope to be able to get into art school. I also have not forgotten this little gallery down the way. I'm trying to get my crap together so I can. I am such a failure in regards to jobs. I also finished up part two of my intro essays over at Imperial Anthology. I'm so looking foreword to being able to read more into the book now that I got that part out of the way.
Now just to wait for what horrible thing is wrong with me.
After that we went to eat because we couldn't eat for 12 hours before the test. Then the shopping. I couldn't find any Zippers at the BX, Big Lots, or Staples, not that I expected too. At Big Lots I picked up 4 new fabrics for bags and a new thing of yarn which was just the cutest blue.
When I got home, and much of this morning, I started my first piece for my portfolio. Or at least what may become my portfolio. I have one year before I hope to be able to get into art school. I also have not forgotten this little gallery down the way. I'm trying to get my crap together so I can. I am such a failure in regards to jobs. I also finished up part two of my intro essays over at Imperial Anthology. I'm so looking foreword to being able to read more into the book now that I got that part out of the way.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Pokemon Figures
Much of my day was spent doing chores. I also watched a bit of Boy Meets World. I've been watching the series and today was one of my favorite episodes, "And Then There Was Shawn." I love this series. I felt it was pretty simple but it covered all the messages that needs to be heard by those growing up. It covered the topics of respect for women and dressing as a women all in one episode, it covers commitment, love, respect for race and differences, and pretty much every topic you can think of.
Tomorrow I will be going and trying to find a new set of glasses. Wish me luck because the ones I've looked at so far are awful.
Tomorrow I will be going and trying to find a new set of glasses. Wish me luck because the ones I've looked at so far are awful.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Herdier's done?
I feel like I'm a bit of a dits for this one. I've moved the buttons I was going to use for his eyes one too many times and now I've lost them. I'm sure I will find them at some point but till then I can't avoid updating with "completion" pictures. Even with missing eyes I'm very excited for him to be sewn together. There are a few less details then I had planned but that is ok as well. I'm very happy to be showing this, almost, year long project.
Merry Christmas Eve Everyone
I would also like to say Happy 100th page view. Thank you everyone who has come to see my projects and those that have been fallowing throughout my updates.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Progression Picture: Herdier
He is almost done....but not within the time I promised myself. I think subconsciously I like to lie. Ether way, I am working. This post may not be the big tada I wanted but teasing works just as well. See I'm even lying to myself.
Pokemon Black and White was a wonderful game, I really hadn't worked up that much awe for a pokemon game in a long time. I did get that new feeling for a bit and I even feel in love with some of the new pokemon stronger then I remember for the first time playing a game. Normally my strong feelings for a pokemon in a select generation doesn't come about till years after. I remember using Slowpoke back in my earliest run threw of Gold but it wasn't till I replayed with the earliest team I remembered in honor of the remakes that I truly feel in love. Flaaffy is also one that I feel in love with around this time frame wile playing Soul Silver. Come to think of it maybe my weird love just comes from the fact that Johto is my favorite region, whatever.
I mentioned my Aunt gave me some of my yarn, that was this past summer, and in the pile was several new Red Heart browns, grays, and tans. It screamed use me, even thought Flaaffy was neglected and left unfinished, and my head went to Cubone but I realized that was hard. My senses came to me shortly after and my head reminded me how Herdier/Stoutland took the spot light in all my battles wile I was playing. My plan was born and a promise that he would be my biggest plushie yet. Ya totally not a stupid idea. That may have sounded fully sarcastic but I would like you to know it was only half sarcastic. For being such a big plushie was was very seamless in the making and quickly progressed so long as I wasn't distracted. Even so I was distracted twice for several months.
I came up with a new way to do paws and I've found it very helpful, I even used it on my Valentines Dog. Basically work in a round till the required size and tack down. Sounds to simple for me to be called clever but it looks good.
Even though this picture is at least 4 months old only one of those cats is finished. I'm really starting to dislike that dark blue and white one. Somehow I think it is going to end up as my mascot because it sticks around too long.
Pokemon Black and White was a wonderful game, I really hadn't worked up that much awe for a pokemon game in a long time. I did get that new feeling for a bit and I even feel in love with some of the new pokemon stronger then I remember for the first time playing a game. Normally my strong feelings for a pokemon in a select generation doesn't come about till years after. I remember using Slowpoke back in my earliest run threw of Gold but it wasn't till I replayed with the earliest team I remembered in honor of the remakes that I truly feel in love. Flaaffy is also one that I feel in love with around this time frame wile playing Soul Silver. Come to think of it maybe my weird love just comes from the fact that Johto is my favorite region, whatever.
I mentioned my Aunt gave me some of my yarn, that was this past summer, and in the pile was several new Red Heart browns, grays, and tans. It screamed use me, even thought Flaaffy was neglected and left unfinished, and my head went to Cubone but I realized that was hard. My senses came to me shortly after and my head reminded me how Herdier/Stoutland took the spot light in all my battles wile I was playing. My plan was born and a promise that he would be my biggest plushie yet. Ya totally not a stupid idea. That may have sounded fully sarcastic but I would like you to know it was only half sarcastic. For being such a big plushie was was very seamless in the making and quickly progressed so long as I wasn't distracted. Even so I was distracted twice for several months.
I came up with a new way to do paws and I've found it very helpful, I even used it on my Valentines Dog. Basically work in a round till the required size and tack down. Sounds to simple for me to be called clever but it looks good.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Welcome to My Crafters Blog.
I expect most reading this are dear friends who took the time to encourage me. I am thankful they have. That encouragement helped me to want to start this blog and with it I feel I am closer to my dream of having creativity in my life by using it. I want to use this blog to push me to work every day so I have something to show that yes I am getting somewhere with all my big talk. I wish to have a focus of making stuffed animals, mostly through the use of crochet, as well as ink still lives throughout my posts.
Still lives are so important to art they should be the biggest part of your drawing life. I can't say I have done well in this area but I believe if I make it a point to not only write about a subject but also draw it I can have still life drawing because as important as it should be. When I look at an object I not only see what it is but what it could be. I can see its outline as if it was already a drawing, I know I can make the art I see then others can see it too. There is purely good feelings that come from seeing what I have done and what I can do. I couldn't imagine what I would do, from how I use my time, to what I would talk about, or anything if it wasn't for art.
Well that may be a stretch but my thoughts often times do revolve around art, it is that ingrained. I find it really hard to say what got me into art. I have three different memories that tell me what may be considered the start. When I was around 4-6 years old we where lucky enough to have a home computer. It was mostly used for pacman, tetris, a few shooter games, but it also had ms paint on it. I remember drawing snowmen with the circle shapes as well as having a color by number program. Later on I was inspired by fake, long lasting tattoos that came out of vending machines type things at a skate rink. My mother was so made at my spending all the money she gave me on them but I enjoyed looking at them many years later. I remember trying to draw them in the 6th grade with an art loving teacher. I remember very distinctly that she had a skip science a few times for art projects. One was when she set up a still life of a boot, some flowers, and other nicknacks for us to paint with water colors. This painting is still hanging outside my room at my mothers. At the time we also had a poem assignment. I took it upon myself to do a second based on the objects in the painting.
A little wile later my parents would get divorced with my father moving to South Carolina. My Aunt N lives next door. When I went to see here she was crocheting and I asked to learn. She gave me my first hook, one I still use today. I made little clothes for my stuffed animals with the basic stitch I knew but after the 7th grade I didn't touch it much. My Senior year of highschool I ran into a thread on gaia called the creative exchange that got me back into crochet. I wanted to learn to read patterns. One of the lovely users helped me grasp it a bit and from there I looked at websites and videos to pick up what I didn't already know. I had used a pattern to make a bunny wile I was at school and a friend at the time mention a drifloon being her fav pokemon. Some how these two things crashed together and I made her a drifloon hat. My first project where a major addition to a pattern was made. The pattern was for the had and I came up with side flaps and all the details to turn a hat into a pokemon.
A year later I would pick up crochet again and make another big project. This time I depended 100% on the skills I had picked up and made a Flaaffy doll, my first free style plushie. It stands at 8" and took 100 hours spread out over a year and a half.
This year I have gone all out with making plushies. With the release of pokemon Black and White I had another pokemon challenge on my hand, this time a 12 inch Herdier doll. He is currently in the last stages. I have also made number of smaller plushies that I eventually hope to sell.
Today I finished one for my friend Liz on Zantarni. This "little" guy is 14" long and 5.5" tall and taking 20 hours to complete. I think his derp face is perfect for him.
Still lives are so important to art they should be the biggest part of your drawing life. I can't say I have done well in this area but I believe if I make it a point to not only write about a subject but also draw it I can have still life drawing because as important as it should be. When I look at an object I not only see what it is but what it could be. I can see its outline as if it was already a drawing, I know I can make the art I see then others can see it too. There is purely good feelings that come from seeing what I have done and what I can do. I couldn't imagine what I would do, from how I use my time, to what I would talk about, or anything if it wasn't for art.
Well that may be a stretch but my thoughts often times do revolve around art, it is that ingrained. I find it really hard to say what got me into art. I have three different memories that tell me what may be considered the start. When I was around 4-6 years old we where lucky enough to have a home computer. It was mostly used for pacman, tetris, a few shooter games, but it also had ms paint on it. I remember drawing snowmen with the circle shapes as well as having a color by number program. Later on I was inspired by fake, long lasting tattoos that came out of vending machines type things at a skate rink. My mother was so made at my spending all the money she gave me on them but I enjoyed looking at them many years later. I remember trying to draw them in the 6th grade with an art loving teacher. I remember very distinctly that she had a skip science a few times for art projects. One was when she set up a still life of a boot, some flowers, and other nicknacks for us to paint with water colors. This painting is still hanging outside my room at my mothers. At the time we also had a poem assignment. I took it upon myself to do a second based on the objects in the painting.
"That's How Beautiful Art Is"
Rosy red, blossoming vibrant colors in the plants.
Boots towering like black trees in the blue hazy sky.
Horses' shoes...
Horses' shoes...
How you see the horses upon them when carriages were still alive on the plains,
Riding into the vast wilderness.
Red caps, like the blazing sun of Texes.
All this in one picture, that's how beautiful art is.
I had the great honor of having it published in the 2003 Spring A celebration of Young Poets for the Rocky Mountain area.
A little wile later my parents would get divorced with my father moving to South Carolina. My Aunt N lives next door. When I went to see here she was crocheting and I asked to learn. She gave me my first hook, one I still use today. I made little clothes for my stuffed animals with the basic stitch I knew but after the 7th grade I didn't touch it much. My Senior year of highschool I ran into a thread on gaia called the creative exchange that got me back into crochet. I wanted to learn to read patterns. One of the lovely users helped me grasp it a bit and from there I looked at websites and videos to pick up what I didn't already know. I had used a pattern to make a bunny wile I was at school and a friend at the time mention a drifloon being her fav pokemon. Some how these two things crashed together and I made her a drifloon hat. My first project where a major addition to a pattern was made. The pattern was for the had and I came up with side flaps and all the details to turn a hat into a pokemon.
A year later I would pick up crochet again and make another big project. This time I depended 100% on the skills I had picked up and made a Flaaffy doll, my first free style plushie. It stands at 8" and took 100 hours spread out over a year and a half.
Today I finished one for my friend Liz on Zantarni. This "little" guy is 14" long and 5.5" tall and taking 20 hours to complete. I think his derp face is perfect for him.
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