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Okay, so the other day I went to my orthodontist to check about the retainer thing and he said I didnt need to force the old one in, so he made me a new one that'll move my front teethback and hurt alot less :P so I've been wearing that for a week now :)

Also, I still haven't gotten around to reading Hush, Hush yet (I'm planning to read it next), although I did read "Daughter of egypt" a romance set in rome/egypt/atlantis in the time of Cleopatra.It was nice enough I suppose but I don't like books set that far back in time..the farthest I'd go is about 1400's..no farther than that. The story is nice in its variety, I like how it isn't focused on the romance, Its got a lot of action and drama too..still my fave combination is comedy and romance for light reading so this isn't one of my favorites..

Anyways, moving on to what I've been doing :) So I had a post a couple of days ago about the art course I'm taking, I've advanced, moving through the sketches and shading all the way to oil painting. I just finished my first painting and I wanted to share! So here's a pic of my painting, It's really tiny, for a painting, about the size of a postcard, a little bigger maybe but still smaller than an a4 paper.

I just realized the camera flipped it, the apple is actually on the left. Oh, well :)

On another note, I got some very good news yesterday! After waiting, in suspense, for a whole month I have finally gotten word back from the university I applied to! I got into med school!!!!! I'm so happy! School doesn't start till the end of september so I've got another two months of summer to fill up :)

Ever yours~

The Know-it-all

Harry Potter: 7 Books 7 Days Challenge

I am a serious HP fangirl, I've been reading and re-reading the series since I was seven and I've read all of the other books J.K.Rowling wrote, but I haven't read anything HP related since Deathly Hallows came out, I read it the day I got it, then re-read a couple of months later, but I haven't re-read the first five books since I was about 10, so when I heard about the 7 books 7 days challenge I immediately joined in! The idea is pretty obvious from the title I think, there are seven books in HP and you have seven days to finish reading them, you can do one a day or you can finish the first three books quickly and leave more time for the longer ones. It starts at 12 midnight on august first, wish you all luck if you decide to join in!

Photoshopping

My latest project is painting on photoshop, I saw this tutorial where this girl makes a "fantasy woman" completely from scratch on photoshop and she turns out looking gorgeous and (in my opinion) pretty realistic and 3d looking and oh-so-cool! She was using a tablet (which, alas, I don't have) but I wanted to try it out on my own anyways. I found a rough sketch of a womans face online and started working with that, using my laptop's trackpad and my finger in place of the tablet. I started with it on friday night and have been working on it on and off since then..not 100% done yet, just needs a few finishing touches I think, I stuck with the basic shape of the sketch but changed a few details to put my own unique touch to it.

Here's the original sketch (not mine, I found it on google) and the painting i did based on it :)

I think it looks pretty darned good for a first try, especially since I was kind of improvising my method since I dont have the same equipment. I added a base for the hand at the bottom but I'm not sure if I'm gonna keep going with that..Then I'd have to make a shirt or something and I think that'd cover up my hard work shading the shoulders (yes they still have alot to go till they look good but I'm working on that) Also a couple of people I showed this to said that her chin was a bit off, dunno how to fix that exactly but I'm gonna get to it :)

Tell me what you think of it :) what were your first impressions?

Ever yours~

The Know-it-all