Okay, so I don't mind the heat and all but if there *isn't* the weather-forecast-promised thunderstorm in Lancaster tomorrow to break the humidity, I'll be quite disappointed. It was once again absolutely sweltering this afternoon, after a cloudy (but still warm) morning, and everywhere I went I just felt sticky and headachey ( Read more... )

I've been drawing again lately, which I'm very very pleased about! At the moment I seem to be using a manga style most of the time, no doubt inspired by the copious amounts of manga that I'm reading at the moment. It's all good though; I'm sure I'll do more drawings in my usual style (see my deviantART gallery if you're interested in examples) ( Read more... )

I finally watched Akira last night. I got it for Christmas from dad, but for some reason I put off watching it for ages. I think it's because of all the hype and bigging-up of Akira that goes on - it's supposed to be an incredibly important anime, and the Matrix owes a lot to it etc etc. So I kind of avoided it for a while, waiting until I really ( Read more... )

Post weekend in Cambridge and week at home, I am having a lazy slobbing about kind of evening, wearing slobby clothes and watching DVDs. So far that has extended to the first disc of Azumanga Daioh, which is very cute and funny and silly (thanks for lending, Ross!). Now I'm debating what to watch next. I'm probably going to watch the first episode ( Read more... )

Going to Expo over the weekend had its side effects.

I started reading manga again, which is always a good thing. Firstly, I found out all about Sweatdrop first-hand. Sweatdrop is the UK manga studio made up of artists who do manga in their spare time because they love it, many of whom are rossmills's friends who live and work in Cambridge. And Ross has ( Read more... )