Happy New Year's! (+ favorite posts and other things from 2017)

Happy New Year's everyone!:)
 Last year was amazing (and somewhat crazy!), and I am excited to see what will happen this year (2018).  To celebrate I made a post of all my favorite things from 2017...

             Some of my favorite posts from 2017: 

                   Character Karaoke tag 
           
                     Getting characters onto paper parts 1 & 2 

                 My Camp NaNoWrimo novel (2017): The Mystery of the Phantom of Dragonspire court 
  

       Movie reviews: Family Friendly The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Movies 


       Song Suffragettes 


      The Terrible Idea 

October Drawings (+ Drawing Requests) 



When did we get a fox?

The Mystery of The Stolen Crown (my novel so far) 


The Holiday Fairy 

           Some of my favorite movies from 2017: 

                                    Wonder Woman   

(Image from Amazon 

https://www.amazon.com/Wonder-Woman-Blu-ray-DVD-Digital/dp/B0714QRG4Z/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1513353829&sr=1-2&keywords=wonder+woman ) 

Rated: PG-13 

Though I haven't watched many super hero movies, I like Wonder Woman because it mixes mythology into it, and it has a strong woman character. 

                           Beauty and the Beast (2017) 

(Image  from Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(2017_film)#/media/File:Beauty_and_the_Beast_2017_poster.jpg) 

                             Rated: PG
                     I have loved Disney's animated classic, and I was excited when they finally made it into a live action movie (I was also excited when Emma Watson was playing Belle). 

                                 The Man Who Invented Christmas 

(Image from Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Invented_Christmas_(film)#/media/File:The_Man_Who_Invented_Christmas.png)

                        Rated: PG
This was a really amazing movie to see, especially because it was about a writer, Charles Dickens.
 I can relate to the things he does while he is writing (also I am going to do a review of it next December). I loved that he was able to talk to his characters, and that his characters complained to him about things (My characters do that to me all the time). Also another neat aspect of this movie is that it showed how Charles Dickens changed the way we celebrated Christmas.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 

(Picture from Wikipedia,
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_Dead_Men_Tell_No_Tales#/media/File:Pirates_of_the_Caribbean,_Dead_Men_Tell_No_Tales.jpg) 

Rated: PG-13 

This is actually a good movie despite what the critics say. Having seen the other Pirates of the Caribbean movies, I thought they did a good job with making new characters for the movie while still keeping Captain Jack Sparrow and Barbossa (along with some minor appearances of Elizabeth and Will Turner). 

Sherlock Holmes 

(Image from wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(2009_film)#/media/File:Sherlock_holmes_ver5.jpg ) 

Rated: PG-13 

As you can probably tell already, I love mysteries and I have recently gotten interested in Sherlock Holmes. This movie was not released in 2017, but I watched it for the first time this year. I actually listened to the music before I saw the movie, and I was amazed with the special effects, the plot line, and the way they portrayed the story of Sherlock Holmes. 

Despicable Me 3 

(Image from Amazon,
https://www.amazon.com/Despicable-Me-Blu-ray-Steve-Carell/dp/B072Y3LDZB/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1514151613&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=dicible+me+3 ) 

Rated: PG

This was a hilarious movie, and I am glad they made a third film (or fourth if you count Minions).
Despite the fact that the trailer was a little weird (and made it look like the movie would not be good), the movie itself turned out to be awesome.

Some of my favorite songs from 2017: 

I found many new songs and artists this year. Here are a few of my favorites,  

                                            Lament for Boromir performed by Karliene 

                                         You can also listen to it on YouTube Here

                                           I love this song because I, as a LOTR fan, love
                           The Two Towers, and I was excited when Karliene put the original
                           song written by Tolkien to music.  

                                               Disney Princess Medley by Georgia Merry

                                          You can also listen to it on YouTube here

                                       Georgia Merry is one of my new favorite artists!
                                        I like her covers of Disney songs. 

                                    Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Lindsey Stirling 

                                      You can also listen to it on YouTube here
                                 
                                       Whenever I listen to this song by Lindsey Stirling
                                          I picture detectives solving a mystery. 

                                             Will'o The Wisp by Jillain Aversa

                                              You can also listen to it on YouTube here 

                         
                        This is one of my new favorite songs, because the song is about Will'o the Wisps
                         (which are in Irish and Scottish Mythology).

                                           Two Hands by Kalie Shorr 

You can also listen to it on YouTube here 

                                      This is one of my favorite country/pop songs by Kalie Shorr
                                      (of course, besides Fight Like a Girl). I like this song because it talks about                                           how over dramatic writers, song writers, actors, etc. can be and how other                                             (non-writer) people react to them.

For the first time in forever (reprise) performed by Georgia Marie & Kayleigh Ann Strong 

                                      You can also listen to it on YouTube Here 

                             I thought they did a good job with singing this song (also with the acting, too!).
                            Even though they were not in full costume and the setting was different,
                I still felt like they made it feel like they were the characters from Frozen, which is one of                  the most important parts of acting and musical theatre!
                                     
         I would also like to give a special thank you to all my followers (on both my blogs). Thank you for giving me feedback on my writing and drawings... 
And I hope you all have a Happy New Year!:) 

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         What are some of your favorite things from 2017? Are you excited for the new year?

Love, 
Quinley 

December Drawings

Hi everyone, I hope you are having a good weekend. 

Today I felt like was a good day to make a drawing post. 

Here are the drawings: 

Wonder Woman in the snow, I based this on a scene from the movie. 

This drawing is my new header. 

I kept the theme of the dryad in the tree.

A Christmas elf, I liked how she turned out. 

 I had fun drawing her braids. 

Legolas in the snow, this was inspired by a scene from Lord of The Rings. 

I thought Legolas turned out well. 

Another Christmas elf,  I like how his hat turned out.

A drawing of a dreidel, I like how it turned out. 

This drawing was inspired by Lindsey Stirling's Shatter Me. 

I like the pose she is in. 

A girl in the snow. I like how her hair turned out. 

The Holiday Fairy, I tried to include most of the holidays in her outfit.

The holidays I have represented are Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. 

And this character will show up in a short story I plan to post on December 24th. 

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Which drawing is your favorite? And are you excited for the holidays? 

Also do you like my new header? 

Love, 

Quinley

October Drawings (+ Drawing requests)

                             
Hi everyone,
Today I thought was a good day to post a drawing post (I am also working on the next part for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: The New school Master?) 

A drawing of Anne from Anne of Green Gables. 

I like the way she turned out. 

I enjoyed drawing her, I like the shading of the eyes. 

This is a drawing of Hera from Greek Mythology, I like how her expression turned out...  

This drawing is based on a myth about a sculptor who falls

in love with his statue. 

A drawing of Mr. Robertson from my story 

It was hard to draw him at first, but after a few tries I liked how he turned out. 

A quick sketch of Wonder Woman, 

I tried to capture her personality in the drawing as much as possible. 

These are also two characters from my story, 

This drawing is based on the first scene. 

                                                          And two Requests: 

                                               Worf requested that I draw Worf from Star Trek,
                                              here is the completed drawing.


                                                     

MiddleEarthMusician  requested that I draw 

Scarlet Witch a super hero from Marvel.  

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Which drawing is your favorite? 

And do you have any more drawing requests?

Love, 

-Quinley 

It's September! (A drawing post)

Hi everyone, It's hard to believe that it is September!:)
Anyway... I thought I should start the month with some drawings:

A drawing of Lady Annabelle, 

one of my detective characters. 

I enjoyed drawing this, I used a mix of colored pencils 

and markers. 

This is a drawing of a siren, a mythical 

creature from Greek Mythology. 

Another drawing I drew on paper. 

This one is of Wonder Woman.

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Which drawing is your favorite? 

Love, 

Quinley