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Best art of 2020 (Blogmas day 9)

| Alex/Elliot/Ricky

Hail and well met nerds, geeks, and dorks. August here. I hope you all are doing ok.

Today I have something I’m really excited about I’ve gone through my blog, looking for my favorite pieces of each month of 2020. Sadly for this year, I’ll only be doing July and on because of when I started my blog. (There’s so much HSMTMTS what the heck)

July

  • Sunflower
  • Potion bottle
  • Falling leaf animation

August

  • HSMTMTS line up (click for full image)
  • Feild sketch
  • Learning to shade (HSMTMTS)

September

  • Gradient maps (HSMTMTS)
  • Wish redraw
  • First HSMTMTS Fanart redraw

October

  • JATP Halloween
  • More HSMTMTS Fanart
  • HSMTMTS Halloween

November

  • Starlighter redesign
  • Carrie (JATP)
  • Playing with crayons

December

  • HSMTMTS Fanart redraw (again)
  • TOC character redesigns
  • JATP Christmas Fanart

I hope you guys enjoy. Leave a comment below, I’d love to talk to you! Remember, you’re going to be amazing. Look to the stars. Aim. Ignite!

Liebster Award #2

| Alex/Elliot/Ricky

Hail and well met nerds, geeks, and dorks! August here. Today I’m doing my second Liebster Award. I was tagged by B.! Go check her out.

The Rules:

  • Thank the blogger who nominated you
  • Answer the 11 questions the blogger asked you
  • Nominate 11 bloggers
  • Ask your nominees 11 questions
  • Notify your 11 nominees

B’s questions

  1. What colour best describes your personality?

Probably yellow. I’d describe yellow as sunny, happy, and sweet and that describes me pretty well too.

2. If you could only watch one movie (or TV show) for the rest of your life, what would it be and why?

This won’t come as a surprise to most of you, but I choose HSMTMTS. The series is super special to me and never fails to cheer me up on a bad day.

3. Who’s your favorite musician?

Oingo Boingo! My blog is actually sort of named after one of their songs, Cinderella Undercover.

4. What is a secret talent you have that nobody knows about?

I’m learning close up magic. Mainly card tricks, but I’m working on some others.

5. What’s your favorite TV show?

I actually have a few… I’ve already mentioned HSMTMTS, Julie and the Phantoms is great, I love the new She-ra reboot, and Kipo is amazing.

6. Do you like to cook or bake (or both)?

I love both! They’re both super fun.

7. What is your dream pet?

I’d love a big dog!

8. What is the book you’re most excited to read next?

Not Your Sidekick by C. B. Lee! LGBT+ rep, superheroes and villians, and awesome cover design? Count me in!

9. What is your favorite food?

My mom’s chocolate chip cookies! They’re amazing and one of my favorite things my parents make.

10. What inspired you to start blogging?

I wanted to share my art! I had started a blog before, but I had trouble keeping a schedule (still do) and never stuck with it.

11. How would you describe your aesthetic?

Paint, fairy lights, drawings and posters pinned on the walls, lo-fi music and showtunes playing in the background, scribbling down Ideas in a notebook, rainbows, blankets and pillows, preforming musicals alone in my room, flannel and hooded sweaters, Halloween, warm colors, all of fall in general, Disney, graphic tee-shirts.

(That took forever)

I hope you guys enjoy! Leave a comment below, I’d love to talk to you! Remember, you’re going to be amazing. Look to the stars. Aim. Ignite!

The Small Joys tag

| Alex/Elliot/Ricky

Hail and well met nerds, geeks, and dorks. August here. Today I’m doing the Small Joys tag. I was tagged by my friend, B. @I blog a little bit of everything.

The Rules

  1. Thank the blogger who tagged you
  2. List 15 of your small joys (they can be as weird, random and silly as you want to make them)
  3. Tag 5 blogger friends who bring you joy (and feel free to say why they bring you joy!) Have fun with it!

My Small Joys

1. Musicals

What can I say? I love it when people burst into song. Most of my main fandoms have a musical element to them at some point and it always makes me super happy listening to the songs.

2. Disney

This is definitely my largest joy overall, but I can’t talk about things that make me happy without mentioning Disney. Almost all of my favorite movies are Disney and a lot of my favorite shows are Disney.

3. The Two Princes podcast

I started listening to this a while ago and I am obsessed. The new season just came out yesterday and it’s so good!

4. High School Musical

If you’ve been reading my posts for a while, you’ll know that I love this entire franchise. I love drawing the characters and listening to the songs. It’s seriously one of my biggest fandoms.

5. Art

I love art. Painting, drawing, and writing are some of my favorite things to do.

6. Winnie the Pooh

Pooh Bear has been one of my favorite Disney characters for my whole life. He has brought so much joy to me that I had to mention him.

7. Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

I started this show one night because I was bored and was instantly blown away by the story, worldbuilding, and animation. I could rant about this show for an entire post and probably will eventually.

8. Fantasy

I love fantasy books, movies, and basically any media with epic creatures, magic, and crazy worlds. from the modern fantasy world of Onward to the beast filled world of my family’s DND game.

9. Percy Jackson

These books sparked my love of writing, myths, and sarcastic main characters. The books are a huge thing in my family and I love the musical. I am super excited to see the show when it comes out.

10. Julie and the Phantoms

This was another series that I started when I was bored and ended up loving. The music is amazing and the characters are all well developed and unique. Again, I could rant about this and I will.

11. Flowers

I love flowers. From the huge gardens my neighbors have to the bright colored wildflowers in my backyard. They are one of my favorite things to photograph and draw.

12. The Adventure Zone

This podcast is super close to my heart. The characters helped me figure out my sexuality and they are so freaking talented.

13. Halloween

Halloween is by far my favorite holiday. I love the pumpkins, The decorations, and the music.

14. Dressing up

I felt like this deserves its own point. While Halloween is famous for costumes, there are so many other times for dressing up. I love cosplaying as my favorite characters and finding or making all of the parts.

15. My stories

It may sound weird, but my stories bring me so much joy. Creating characters, a world, and so much more is one of my favorite things to do. I love using my writing to bring joy to others.

So that was the tag! I’m supposed to tag five other bloggers, but I’m going to do this instead:

I tag any of my followers for this! You guys bring me more joy than most things on this list. I love reading your posts and your comments. You’re awesome.

I hope you guys enjoy. Leave a comment below, I’d love to talk to you! Remember, you’re going to be amazing. Look to the stars. Aim. Ignite!

HSMTMTS one year challenge!

| Alex/Elliot/Ricky

Hail and well met nerds, geeks, and dorks. Elle here. If you haven’t noticed, I love HSMTMTS. It’s a huge part of my life and it’s almost been a year since it came out. To celebrate, I decided to create this challenge for all fans to do on the day it came out in your area (which for me is November twelfth). If you like the show, please share with other fans so that we can all celebrate together. I’d love to hear your answers, so plan for this post if you want to try.

This isn’t just a blogging thing. You can answer these questions on whatever platform you’d like.

If you decide to do it, please give me credit. Thank you all! Remember, you’re going to be amazing. Look to the stars. Aim. Ignite!

Tag Announcement

| Alex/Elliot/Ricky

Hail and well met nerds, geeks, and dorks. Elle here. Today I wanted to share a few details about a tag I’m working on. And, if you have any ideas, you guys can comment ideas for a title for it because my mind has blanked. Also, this is my 50th post here!

The tag basically is a challenge. To share how fictional characters changed your life. You can create any form of art, writing, drawings, etc. but it must show how they impacted you.

I’m working on an animation for mine and I’m really excited to share it with you!

And because I have no art that goes with this, here’s a random drawing/art print I drew a bit ago.

I hope you guys enjoy. Leave a comment below, I’d love to talk to you! Remember, you’re going to be amazing. Look to the stars. Aim. Ignite!

Meet the artist

| Alex/Elliot/Ricky

Hail and well met nerds, geeks, and dorks. Elle here. I’ve seen drawings like this around Pinterest and wanted to try for myself.

I hope you guys enjoy. Leave a comment below, I’d love to talk to you! Remember, you’re going to be amazing. Look to the stars. Aim. Ignite!

Awesome Blogger Award!

| Alex/Elliot/Ricky

Hello nerds, geeks, and dorks! Elle here. I found this on The Bibliophile Writer’s blog. She tagged everyone, so I thought it would be fun! I was also actually tagged by I Blog a little bit of everything (I don’t know what to call you!) so I’m going to do all of the questions.

Rules:

  • Thank the person who nominated you.
  • Tag the post with #awesomebloggeraward.
  • Answer the questions you were asked.
  • Nominate at least five bloggers and inform them of their nomination.
  • Give them ten new questions to answer.

The Bibliophile Writer’s Questions

1.Describe yourself using one word?

Creative! 😊

2.Would you rather die or live alone?

Live alone. I really like the quiet. (And when I get bored, I can sing musicals without people thinking I’m crazy)

3.What is your phobia/Which animal are you afraid of?

Atychiphobia, the fear of failure or not being good enough.

4. Are you a loud person, soft spoken or in between type?

In between. I can be loud with people I know, but quiet if I don’t know them.

5.From which country, state and city do you belong from and currently live in?

I live in Tennessee.

6.Which is you favourite book/movie?

I love Geekerella by Ashley Poston! (if you haven’t already noticed)

7.One interesting fact about you?

I’m going to graduate to a green belt in Kenpo Karate at the end of the month.

8.Which subject do/did you despised at school?

I hate math. A ton. Also sports, besides martial arts.

9.Are you a Mommy’s or a Daddy’s child?

Both!

10.What is your dream job/Are you a nerd, jock, or a geek?

I’m a geek! (I’m Geekerella!) My dream job is acting in film and tv or doing freelance art.

IBALBOE’s Questions

What is your favorite film and/or TV show?

High School Musical The Musical The Series! I’ve said this multiple times, but this show is really special to me.

Would you rather be able to only reread books or never reread books (so only read new books)?

Probably never reread. I don’t think I could handle not being able to read something new.

What made you decide to start blogging?

I wanted to share my art. Most art sharing apps my dad tried were 17+ so I couldn’t get them. So I decided to start a blog for my art!

What is your go-to food for when you’re feeling sad?

Almost anything sweet. (Not after 9:00 or I’ll be up until dawn)

What is a hobby that you have that you don’t talk about on your blog much?

I love to play the drums! I also used to play the piano and want to learn guitar.

What is your opinion on houseplants?

I love them and I need more of them. I have two in my room at the moment.

What is your biggest irrational fear?

Umm, I don’t know! Probably that I’m annoying people by talking too much.

What is something that makes you feel nostalgic?

Scooby-Doo! I used to watch this almost daily during the summer. We recently watched Scoob and I was getting flooded with memories. (highly suggest you watch Scoob)

What is one area that you have a lot of knowledge on? (eg astronomy, cooking, the Simpsons)

Disney! That’s one of the many reasons that my cousin and I started a Disney podcast.

Who is your favorite blogger?

How dare you make me choose! I won’t choose one, so I’ll give you a list.

I nominate…

I hope you guys enjoy! Leave a comment below, I’d love to talk to you! Remember, look to the stars. Aim. Ignite!

First draft book tag!

| Alex/Elliot/Ricky

Hello nerds, geeks, and dorks. Elle here. Yes, I’m doing another tag. But, this time, I was actually tagged by MADELINE! She’s awesome. This is actually one of her original tags!

RULES: 

  • Credit the creator of the tag (The Bookish Mutant)
  • You can use her graphics (which I’m doing)
  • Answer the questions to the best of your ability
  • Tag as many people as you want
  • Have fun, and keep on reading and writing! The world needs your creativity!

I always thought the concept of Rick Riordan’s books were super fun. I love the modern characters mixed with the ancient gods/esses and myths.

Anything nonfiction always takes me forever to read. Historical fiction is fun, though.

(Hahahaha, not me)

Any books with plot twists, that actually surprise me, seems really well thought out, in my opinion.

(there I am!)

I’m just going to say, Magnus Chase. In the first, like, five or six chapters, he died.

Um, I have no clue.

Nate Expectations by Tim Federle! (highly suggest)

I tag…

I hope you guys enjoy! Leave a comment bellow, I’d love to talk to you! Remember, look to the stars. Aim. Ignite!

My five things

| Alex/Elliot/Ricky

Hello nerds, geeks, and dorks. Elle here. I found this tag (I’ve been doing a ton of tags) on Rebecca’s blog. She tagged anyone and I needed some posts, so here we go.

Five things that have been getting me through quarantine

  • Blogging/podcasting- I’ve enjoyed being able to still put my stuff out there and share my voice even during these stupid times.
  • The internet/Technology- I’ve been able to “hang out” with my cousin over FaceTime, put together two podcasts, and listen to a ton of books!
  • Disney+- I can watch as many Disney movies or shows which is great. They’ve also been releasing some movies early because of quarantine.
  • Libby- Because libraries are closed, Libby is one of my most used apps, I get to listen to audio books and read a bunch of books!
  • My mom’s iPad- Procreate is a gift for digital artists. My mom lets me use her iPad to draw stuff for here!

Five blogs to check out

  • I blog– She isn’t lying when she says she blogs a little bit of everything. I only found her today (at the time of writing this), but she’s super cool!
  • Karleen– Her blog is only getting up and running, but she’s the same type of blogger as me, books and art.
  • Beck– I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, Beck is awesome! She’s one of the first book bloggers I’ve interacted with and inspired me to just be my weird self!
  • Madeline– I’ve mentioned Madeline before too. She’s another book blogger (No wonder I turned into a bit of a book blog, almost all of my favorite blogs are book blogs!) and is really fun.
  • Jaedyn– I met Jaedyn on Camp NaNo earlier. We have most of the same interests (Blogging, theater, writing, and Pinterest) so we bonded and kinda became internet friends.

Five foods I love

  • Chocolate chip cookies! Especially my moms. She makes the best cookies, cakes, tarts. I could keep going!
  • Spaghetti- It was always my favorite growing up (still is). It just has a bunch of good memories.
  • Ice cream- It’s ice cream. You can make a bunch of yummy stuff with it and it’s delicious.
  • PBJ sandwiches- we have these all the time and they’re always super good.
  • Apples- my favorite fruit. I love to chop them up and get a spoonful of peanut butter.

Five places I’d love to visit

  • All the Disney parks- I love Disney, but I’ve only been to Disneyland and Disneyworld and I’d love to see Disneyland Paris.
  • Salt Lake City- What can I say? I love High School Musical and it would be super cool to see East High.
  • New York- I’m quite a theater nerd and it would be AMAZING to go to New York.
  • Greece- I love Greek myths. I’d love to see a bunch of the buildings and statues.
  • Scotland- It would be really epic to see the Highland Games in Scotland. Plus there’s castles.

Five favorite books

  • Lost Hero- Rick Riordan
  • Geekerella- Ashley Poston
  • Better Nate than ever- Tim Federle
  • Drum roll, please!- Lisa Jenn Bigelow
  • The Ship of the Dead- Rick Riordan

So there’s that… I hope you guys enjoy. Leave a comment bellow, I’d love to talk to you! Remember, look to the stars. Aim. Ignite!