SOPA/PIPA Monday

Hey friends!

So many of you may have heard about SOPA and PIPA last week. The bills that were going through the US congress which would limit ability to share internet content due to copyright infringement. I watched a bunch of video explanations on the matter, and read several articles, but what I am about to share with you is my favorite...

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So it Begins...

...a Friday night well spent in the company of men.

"Gandalf? Yes... that was what they used to call me. Gandalf the Gray. That was my name.
I am Gandalf the White. And I come back to you now - at the turn of the tide."




"Their armor is weak at their neck and under their arms."
-Legolas winks





"I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends, and break all bonds of fellowship; but it is not this day! This day we fight!"





"You fool. No man can kill me. Die now."
- the Witch King to Eowyn





.... and then Eoywn says



Yep!
Just keeping the nerd-quotient up on this blog.

"O.k. I'll come if you stop saying that."

My sister and I have to admit something... we're Twilight fans. Now before any judgmental conclusions are made, hear me out.

We are aware of all of the faults in the Twilight Saga. We don't enjoy the Summit Entertainment paraphernalia that has been tossed across the media. We are not a part of the screaming girl club. We don't change our Facebook statuses to Twilight related topics, and we do not have posters plastered on our walls.

That being said, we see the movies as soon as they come out, and see them more than once in theatre. We search the web for new fan made art. We stay up to date with how the movies are progressing, and what Stephenie Meyer is working on.

One of our favorite aspects about the Twilight Saga is the fashion. Stephenie Meyer takes special care in the books to make sure her readers know each character's style. It is from using what Meyer says in the books as a base, that one may create whole lines of clothing based on each character. As an artist, and a person who is fascinated by fashion I have attempted such a task with the dedicated help and inspiration of my sister.

The two of us spend considerable amounts of time talking about the clothing, and accessories that would fit into the different character's style. Mainly we discuss the Cullen family. Their style is best described in the books, and is the most exciting to play around with.

With the release of Eclipse we wanted to involve our brother. He has attempted to be understanding of our Twihardness ever since we agreed to support him in his LOTR Battle Strategy Game obsession. In order for him to come with us to the show he had to dress appropriately. No Twilight actor's faces, no everyday clothes. He had to dress more fashion forward than he has probably ever had to before.

In honor of the wolves having more of a role in Eclipse, we decided to take the styles that we have created for the Cullen family, and turn them into La Push styles. So since I am an Alice on a regular basis then for this event my style was, Alice: La Push. My sister is a Rosalie and so she was, Rosalie: La Push. Our brother, Emmett: La Push.

I did up a few drawings of what we might wear:

Emmett, Rosalie, Alice


This is what we ended up wearing:

Emmett



Rosalie


Alice


Group


And even the actors playing these roles show some similarities:



My sister and I will continue to be Twilight fans, but we won't be caught dead in Twilight merchandise.

P.s. had to post in a hurry more pics coming!

Little Guys

So since Sunday night I have been house sitting for my Grandma and Grandpa. To keep myself occupied I decided to help out my big brother Skylar. You see, Skylar has gotten into a new hobby that consists of moving little Lord of The Rings models around in battles against other people who like to play this game....

ANYWAY! All of these little guys have to be painted. So THAT is what I have been doing.

Now I have no way of uploading photos of the work that I have done this week, but these pictures are of the work that my brother has done.

More importantly Galadriel, Lady of The Wood is in these photos.

I am very jealous of my brother getting to paint Galadriel. I would've killed for that task! However, I must say that Skylar did a pretty awesome job, despite the fact that he lacks skills in fashion sense.

You see The Lady of The Wood has impeccable taste. After all, with her powers and all those guys around her, she has to be the best looking thing on the battlefield!

Pictures of my work coming soon!!!