I see nothing wrong with this

Hello again readers! I'm sure you are wondering what I've been up to lately. I have been making the most beautiful computer background known to man, which, out of the goodness of my heart, I have decided to share with you all!

You're welcome. 

You have no idea how happy this makes me. I may just make one smartphone background size for all you technologically connected if I feel like it and if you ask nicely. Whatever the case is, however,  I hope you enjoy just how whimsical this picture is! I'm not sure who's expression I like best--I had a lot of fun drawing all of them. Perhaps more fun than I should have! 

I hope this brightened up your day!

Love and Sparkles,

Kayla 

Dreamside's Only Hope

....You're kidding me, right? Everyone knows the Dream Oracle is USELESS! Completely useless I say!

For those of you who do not know who this lovely character is, I would recommend trotting (or clicking, as the case may be) on over here to see the marvelous webcomic Cucumber Quest, written by the lovely Gigi Digi! 

 The dream oracle actually isn't my favorite character--although she is quite hilarious in her ineptitude. I wonder, has she always been this way? Or have years and years of the same thing made her bored and careless?--but I felt like drawing some fan art, and I had an abundance of blue pens and stuff in my pencil bag, so I thought, Why not? Plus, it gave me an  excuse to draw long flowy dresses, which is always a bonus not like I need an excuse to draw long flowy dresses I don't have a problem go away  

  Favorite character wise, I'm torn between Almond, Nautilus, and Peridot as my favorite character. I absolutely adore Nautilus, but Almond is a wonderful character and Peridot is adorable--if I was to cosplay any of them, it would be Peridot. As far as villains go, Noisemaster is the best (And I'm not just saying that because he's short) But the Nightmare Knight is pretty boss too. Probably my favorite scene in the book so far goes something like this:

Nightmare Knight: ...I have heard a great many things about you, great hero.

Cucumber: (To Nautilus) THE NIGHTMARE KNIGHT IS SAYING WORDS AT ME! (sob)

Nightmare Knight:.... And it appears they're all true. Well, this was a complete waste of time. 

Have a wonderful day!

Love and Sparkles,

Kayla

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Or Singles awareness day. Whichever works for you! I don't have much to post, except this cute melancholy picture of my favorite couple! Cookies for whoever identifies them!

But seriously though, aren't they adorable? I'm not sure when in the story this would happen, but I really want to put this pic in.... Anyway, this was just a quick doodle in my sketchbook that gained a life force of its own. I may color it, I may not, but either ways, I love it! 

Love and Sparkles!

Kayla

The Newest Disney Princesses!

Here is the next work in my "Mewify it!" series! (Name to change when I get a cuter idea) Here, I have taken the mew mews and drawn them like Disney princesses. I used "Disney approved colors" (which really means that each of the colors/skin tones used in this picture came from color matching with the Disney princesses.) as well as actual Disney faces as references. I will tell you what was used for each mew mew! Just a note, the princess I used for face reference is also the princess whose skin color I used.

Alright! From right to left!
Mint: I used Cinderella as her face reference-- I happened to find one that looked kind of sassy, just like our dear Mint! Her pose is loosely based off of one of Rapunzel's--again, so much sass! Her wings are based off of the bird wing style used again in Cinderella. Her dress color came from Jasmine, and her hair and blue accents came from Snow White's bodice.
Lettuce: I felt it was fitting to use Belle's face as reference for Lettuce! Belle has always struck me as very sweet looking but still more mature than the younger princesses. I felt she captured perfectly Lettuce's kindness and soft personality. Her pose is also loosely based off of one of Belle's. Both colors of green come from Ariel's Mermaid fins!
Ichigo: Ichigo's face is based off of Ariel! I patterned her dress design after Aurora's dress, and the color pink is from that as well. I came up with the pose myself. The red is from Snow White's hair bow. Her hair design is also mimicking Aurora's.
Zakuro: Zakuro has Aurora's face (only I changed it from smiling to Zakuro's characteristic model face) and Jasmine's pose (you probably recognize it, it's a pretty commonly used image) Purple was hard to find; most of the purple worn by princesses is more in the lilac/lavender range, not that deep magenta Zakuro usually wears. For the main color, I used the color of Ariel's seashell top, and the accent color is actually from Megara's dress in Hercules.
Pudding: Pudding is probably the most franken-mew as far as composition: I used Mulan's face for reference, but then changed to Rapunzel's eyes, for a more younger/active looking Pudding. She derives her colors from Belle's hair and dress. Actually, Zakuro has more of a mix of things used, but I actually morphed two different faces for Pudding, that's why I think of her as more mixed.

Speaking of New Disney princesses, I absolutely love Frozen! So. Freakin'. Adorable. I really love Anna and Elsa--they made it so that they complement each other perfectly! Plus, I feel a special connection, because Elsa's personality matches mine, and Anna's matches my sister, so it meant a lot to me!

I hope you enjoy this next installment! I don't know what or when the next one will be, so it will be a surprise for everyone!

Love and Sparkles,
Kayla

Tokyo Mew Mew ~Nya~

Well, it's that time again! The time when Kayla posts some of her art! (Which I know are your favorite posts, don't lie) I may seem to have been stagnant in my art as of late, but don't worry! I have simply been doing a lot of art homework, which looks really cool. However, I'm sure you don't want to see drawings of plants and cylinders, so I haven't posted anything (Plus, the art I've been doing in class is simply to large to scan. Once I get a camera, I may post pictures.)

So, I'm sure you're all wondering what it is that I have been working on (Don't look at the title, cheaters). I have been experimenting with a new style of art. I'm not giving up my anime, I just felt like I needed a more stylized-realistic style for when drawing realistic not anime people. They say that when you try out a new style, you should draw something you know really well, so, I drew..... Tokyo mew mew! (Shocked gasp!) Who would have guessed it?
Without further ado, here is Kayla's Art style 2.0!

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So, as far as this style goes, I personally love it. It still needs some work, but I think that, with practice, I can go far! There are a lot of problems that need to be worked out, such as derpy eyes!--where one eye is looking a slightly different direction-- but that is simply a problem of practice.  (Note: Lettuce's eyes are a little weird, because she has glasses in my original sketch. I erased them, but it kind of changed the shape of her eyes a little.) I think Ichigo came out my favorite, because dang! Look at her skirt! I'm really proud of the satiny texture I got. I tried to get the same texture on everyone sans Zakuro, but it looks the best on Ichigo's skirt. For Zakuro, I tried for more of a vinyl/leather effect, but it turned out kind of the same as the others.... oh well! Live and learn! Oh, and Zakuro's hair came out the best! Sleek and shiny, I can do! Pudding's messy mop of hair.... Well, I tried! And Pudding is a lot more forgiving than Zakuro.... I love the fur texture I used too! It's a technique that I am definitely going to use again. It worked the best on Pudding's gloves though. Also, fun fact: Mint's face actually started out as a doodle of Ichigo. The face looked a little too snobby, so I changed it to Mint. And, in Mint, please pay close attention to her tail feathers, because they are wicked awesome!

Feedback! Tell me, what do you think? Who do you think turned out the best? I want to know! Unless you think this is the most awful thing since moldy bread, in the which case, I don't want to know. Let me live in my delusion that this is a wonderful piece of art.

Love and Sparkles!

Kayla

P.S Just in case the above was a little confusing, I am not giving up my anime style!!!!! Let that be known. I am merely trying new things. Someone can have two styles, yes? At least Loki thinks so. He can use good style and bad style, and still be amazing! Right? good.

Because Loki can be used to justify everything.

For the Friendship of the Earth...I'll be of Service!

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Once upon a time...Kayla decided to draw the characters from Tokyo Mew Mew (Which is probably her favorite anime ever) as ponies (another one of her favorite things ever) and this is what came of it. She also decided to stop typing in third person.

So, here they are! My favorite mews as My Little Pony-or dare I say, Mew Little Pony- characters. :D Notice how I carefully made it so that none of their cutie marks are showing? That's because I didn't know what to make them.... I was just going to make it their mew mark, but I don't think that being a mew mew is their special talent....

Any way, this was especially fun to draw! I wanted to make it look like a scene from the last episode, so the background is based off of a screen shot I took from episode fifty.

Now, for explanations!
I decided that, as the leader, Ichigo- Strawberry Love, as I decided her pony name is- needed to be a unicorn. How else can you defeat evil with magical powers? Mint-or Mint Tea, from the prestigious Tea family- would of course be a pegasus. Lettuce- who currently doesn't have an official name, because I can't think of anything better than Lettuce Leaf- I decided would be an earth pony who turns into a sea pony when she transforms into a mew mew which makes her completely useless on land I'm so sorry. Pudding- same thing as Lettuce, any better ideas than Pudding Cup?- is definitely an earth pony. I mean, her element is Earth and everything. And finally, Zakuro- Pomegranate Rose-  didn't seem like she could be anything but a kickbutt unicorn (or an alicorn, but that would really fit Ichigo better, and we don't really need any more alicorns...) and then, voila! This wonderful picture happened from a silly little doodle of mew ponies!

Love and Sparkles,
Kayla

I am a Mormon

I made this after the last general conference, based on the talk "I know it. I live it. I love it." By Sister Dibb. http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/10/i-know-it-i-live-it-i-love-it?lang=eng

My Little Pony

So, here are some pictures of My Little Pony Friendship is magic that I drew a while ago! It started out as just Rarity, but then Kitsune suggested (more like forced) me to draw Fluttershy (not that I need much forcing to draw Fluttershy-- She's soooo adorable!) And then everyone else kind of followed. I think that Rarity, Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle turned out the best-- figures, since they're kind of my favorite ponies. I had a lot of fun picking out a brocade fabric for the back that I felt matched the Pony's personality. For their element, I also tried to base it off of a real gemstone cut that also matched their personality. Also, it is really hard to do Pinkie Pie's hair. I couldn't do it all shiny lines like everyone else's, because it's all skewampus curly.  If you couldn't tell, the way I colored them was the portrait part was in their body color, and then the background in their mane color. Then, I colored in the gemstone. 

Also, don't stare to long at Fluttershy or you will have a heart attack from the cuteness.