Howl's Moving Castle Fanart

While putting together the previous Studio Ghibli fanart entry, I realized that there were so many beautiful Howl's Moving Castle pieces there were and decided to make a separate entry for them. :)
(the click-through image link leads to a larger image, the link underneath is the artist's name and leads to the site I found the image on.)

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Twelfth

Studio Ghibli Fanart

I still haven't decided which Studio Ghibli is my favorite yet. I think I have it narrowed down to Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle. But then I feel bad, because I love the others so much. Anyway, here are some fanarts in no particular order.

Ponyo

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unhai

nasao

More free music that I forgot about!

So I cannot believe that I forgot about Viva Radio. It's hosted by American Apparel, so another hipster-y clothing company-fueled radio, but it's fun! It's a nice mix of retro music and some newer indie stuff. I have generally been using it as background music and it might be good for a chill party or something. :) Also nice if you're just browsing the internet or chilling in your room.

I've also been going through BandCamp, which is where the Beat Connection was hosted in my last post. BandCamp is this nifty idea where bands can put up their music and have it available for download (or just streaming) in various formats. One thing I really like about it is the option for bands to select 'name your own price'. So when you download it, you have the option of paying basically whatever you want from a set limit. It's almost like a donation. So if you like the band a lot, you could pay, say, $5 for a song and if you only kind of liked the band or were a cheapass, you could pay the base price of, say, ¢50. It's up to the consumer.
I was going to put all the little bands that I've found through BandCamp, but I think I'm gonna save that for a whole post of its own. That's how cool this website is.

Just a short post, but I had to share it. :) If anyone knows of anywhere else, please let me know! Also: any suggestions?
(FYI: For pictures, I generally collect them as I go and then post a bigger post with 'round ten pictures at once)
I'm also planning on going through DeviantArt and putting some stuff together from my favorite artists, so look forward to that!

free [legal] music

Yeah, it totally exists and I am all over it all the time. And I hope you aren't disappointed to hear that it's mostly indie-type music, made by bands who want to get their name out. And it definitely works. :)

Hit the fancy link below for a little list of places to download free, awesome music.

Miyazaki Tattoos

Because Hayao Miyazaki (and Studio Ghibli) are gifts to this earth, here are some tattoos (yes, that makes logical sense).

moar tattoos

Because I think they should be shared.

A Very Potter Musical

If you don't know what it is and you like Harry Potter, you have been failing for the past year or so. Please proceed to this link: A Very Potter Musical

moar gifs

I don't know what it is about gifs that really... get to me. O__O

jk. I just think they're funny.

i love tattoos and i love jellyfish/octopus/whales/elephants

I kind of lump jellyfish, octopuses/squids, whales and elephants in the "animals that i really love' category and I always seem to find really fantastic tattoos of those animals.

airplanes

Graphs

not just for math class.

Tender Art

Johnny Depp

You will never stop being attractive.

Mixes

I really really enjoy making mixes. I am still getting used to it, but I think making someone a collection of music is about as intimate as it can get. There is so much thought that goes into making the perfect mix: you need to pick the theme, the mood, the message. Then you pick the songs, the order... and then there's the album art.

Either way, I would really like to be more prolific in my mix-making, and it seems like 8-tracks seems like a good place to start.

Here's one I made a couple minutes ago. It is a bit of a chill-summery mix, but it goes from relaxing to a little more energetic at the end. Let me know what you think.


click me to hear the music!

Beatboxing

I've always been a big fan of beatboxing. I would never ever try to do it myself though. I would fail so hard. So here are some other actually talented people.

What I find really impressive most of the time is when the beatboxers go beyond just making beat-noises and actually make

These guys are CRAZY. The trumpet sound that the Australian guy on the right makes is REALLY impressive.

Scampi

I stumbled upon Scampi (aka chipswow) on YouTube a while ago and I love almost everything about her. She is French, she plays ukelele, she has a beautiful voice, she seems really nice. What more is there?

stream of consciousness

↓ REMINDS ME OF ↓

↓ WHICH REMINDS ME OF ↓

 ↓ WHICH REMINDS ME OF ↓ 

Dane Lovett

I found these via Kitsune Noir.

Dane Lovett paints these beautiful still lifes balancing natural cut sprigs with a little manmade elements like CDs and tapes. It's all acrylic and watercolor, which makes me really want to learn. I love how simple and bright everything is.

3-D Japan

Here's a collection of really beautiful and kind of mystical 3D-style stereoscope images of Japan. They have been colored, which I really love. Coloring in black and white photos is the best.

go to Pink Tentacles for more. :)

Gifs

So besides the crazy gifs on the 4chan and stuff, I have found some really crazyAWESOME gifs. Go to the provided links for a plethora of similar gifs. Like this one!

Ignoring my load of fans...

So I have decided to go ahead and begin the blog anyway. I have lots to say at this point and if it turns out I do not have the discipline to complete this, I will revert to simply copy pasta-ing on Tumblr. Not that I don't love Tumblr. 


So what I'm thinking of doing for this is to do what I normally do and lurk around WeHeartIt, FFFFOUND, BOOOOOOOO(???), Tumblr, art blogs, food blogs, etc and repost things, but instead of just putting the link and the image, I want to actually say something about it. My plan is to find a picture/video and then discuss/post related things and be awesome.


So happy trails and hopefully more than my three real-life friends (Ian, Aya and Rachel: I love you) will actually see this. Let the games begin. :)