[Art] wherein Liz draws various things

Over on Tumblr, somebody suggested that for April Fools, fan writers should make art and fan artist should write stories -- a sort of conceptual bodyswap. I thought this sounded fun, and dug out my art supply box. At first I couldn't think of any fanart that I both wanted to draw and thought I had any chance in hell of pulling off, so I drew a random freehand mandala instead:



This is the kind of thing I used to doodle all over notebooks during lectures, only usually in a single color of ballpoint pen rather than multicolored Crayola markers.

Then I had the notion of making another mandala, only out of various Homestuck symbols. But before I started on that, I wanted to do something with the little strip of paper I tore off a printer sheet to make a square for my first mandala. So I folded it into quarters and drew four scribbled pictures of a tree over the course of an imaginary year. (I dislike waste. *shrug*)



After that, I got started on the Homestuck mandala. I'm using Beta kid god tier symbols only, because A) I didn't feel like trying to draw Hope or Rage, and B) more than four symbols in a single work starts to get conceptually overcrowded.



I'm still working out how to add Breath to this WIP, since it's not circular like Space, Time, and Light. Possibly four smaller diagonal versions in the corners of the page?

If anyone has suggestions, I am all ears! (And I'm setting this aside for the night, so you have time to make suggestions, should you wish. *grin*)

pepper update, April 2

Yesterday evening, I planted my remaining five seeds, for a total of thirty-three potential peppers. :-)


all thirty-three of my potential peppers, April 1, 2015

Of the first batch of seventeen, planted on March 15, fifteen have now sprouted. Very exciting!


seven visible sprouts and two no-shows, April 2, 2015


nine visible sprouts (one is also in the previous picture), April 2, 2015

The second batch -- eleven seeds planted on March 25 -- probably won't do anything visible until at least April 8, assuming they follow the same trajectory as their older siblings. And the last batch won't sprout until tax day, give or take.

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I bought six extra pots last weekend, but I think I may need to buy another batch. I will definitely need more potting soil!