Daily Archives: September 15, 2011

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Flight…

A conversation/debate I had during the weekend with a casual net friend:

~Nyxity
You must absolutely hate the wings I draw then. O.o…

‘Think you’d critique my gallery?

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*Tawadi
I was hoping this would stand in for critiques…
Aside from duct-tape wings, your art is fine. Better than most of the people this is aimed at.
The dragon bit is mostly aimed at people who do stuff like this [link] I love this person to pieces, but some of the refs drive me mad.

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~Nyxity
Heh, my case is similar to when people look for typing errors. Well, except that while I miss all of my mistakes, I usually miss the ones in other people’s works as well. 😛

I wike my duct-tape wings. :{

😛

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*Tawadi
Well maybe now youll notice them, both in your own and in others art.

Just dont try to tell me your people are flying away on those or Ill hit you with something. Probably a pillow.

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~Nyxity
If anything, the wings are usually just for the symbolism. That and sort of like navigators. For example: Cats’ tails. They can’t be used to hang upside down with like say certain monkeys. They can, however, be used as feelers, balance aids, emotional state indicators and such.
Besides, with angels and devils… they are supposed to be like spirits, ghosts and so forth. They have no corporeal form or at least not a heavy form like humans and most animals… they should fly just fine without wings… or float in any case. 😛
So yeah, if you see one of my ghosts, angels, devils or dragons flying… it isn’t because of the wings. They just use those to tell wind speed, direction and so forth. 😀

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*Tawadi
I give up on angels. No one wants to put muscles the size of 10gal drums on something thats supposed to be dainty and beautiful (though if a hummingbird were the size of a human thats what itd be like…)

“But but they use their magic to fly!!!” Then why do they have wings at all?

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~Nyxity
Navigators and aids, as said. Penguins and other birds with wings and yet are unable to fly. So why do they have wings? They use them as propellers in water.

I am down with the angels using magic though. The only things that uses magic to fly are fairies, pixies and such. 😛

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*Tawadi
Yes, propellers. Not navigators.

I theyre ethereal beings then why do they have wiiiiiiiiiings?!?!? >.< -illogic drives me mad-

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~Nyxity
Okay then, if using small wings, one could position them various ways to ease direction a bit, feel wind speed and pressure, tell where the wind is coming from on a more sensitive scale, keep the body more balanced… In turn, using those allows one to make judgements about their flight current. What would that be called if not navigation aids?
‘Not saying they are used for actual lift off or gliding, mind you. Heaven forbid.

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*Tawadi
If an ethereal creature with no material substance exists, and uses magic to fly, wind wouldnt be of concern. Why would it care about direction, speed, etc of something that doesnt affect it?

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~Nyxity
One, I’m not talking about beings that uses magic to fly. Two, just because it isn’t of material substance on our standard doesn’t mean it lacks substance. Thus, such things can affect it. Simple concept: angel/demon/ghost/spirit/whatever semi equals oxygen. Oxygen semi equals Helium. Though you cannot feel or see them on your own, they are there. They have no real material feel to them, but they do have substance. In tern they can be affected by certain things like weather. Wind, stillness, etc. In turn, air is moved when it is windy. It has no real choice in where it goes. Say an ethereal being is somewhat affected in a similar aspect. With wings, it can navigate where it ends up and make use of different winds directions, weather and so forth.
You seem to think I speak of one, things that fly using wings for the lift off and gliding aspect as well as something that is composed of absolutely nothing – which in turn would just be nothing in itself.

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*Tawadi
Ive never heard of angels being blown away by sudden breezes (wouldnt that make chapels interesting?), but I get the argument. If the magic is strong enough to create lift, wouldnt it also be strong enough to provide stability without having useless feathery appendages waving about?

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~Nyxity
Why do you keep bringing up magic? Screw magic. That is the lazy person’s excuse – an easy way out.

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*Tawadi
Because Im half asleep and forgot what we were arguing about?

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~Nyxity
*Snerks* Silly. Also we are debating about – I don’t think we are being hostile. Get some rest then you silly human.

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*Tawadi
-mumbles incoherently and drags self off to bed- Good night. XP

It was all started over a tutorial she wrote about drawing. It had been a long time since I really held a debate with a person. Exhausting, but rather enjoyable. I do have my various “reasons” for certain things that make no sense physically in our world/reality, though. I don’t necessarily think them out, but I do know what components make things work in my drawings – at least the fantasy ones.

I never mentioned it in the debate, but drawings of a certain character of mine has those “duct-tape wings” are made for flying. Despite they look like angel wings they are also made to act like a shield. This character is a goddess, so certain aspects that deny the physical laws of humans take place. Her wings are indeed like birds in the back that they are light, but they are also like metal in terms of bone structure. Titanium to be close. While they are used for flight, they are also used like shields during battle. Thus, despite they are so strong, they are also incredibly light.
The same works with a similar character who instead has wings that are more bat-like. They are translucent, but it more like a bullet proof glass sort of concept only it is quite bendable. Again they are very light and strong, and though the bone that is used happens to be quite thinly muscled, the muscles are sinewy and serve their purpose to mechanize the wings.The real muscle that allows the wings not to break off is in the back and shoulder muscles instead, thus causing the wings to flap like how one flaps a fan.
While I doubt those who do draw “duct-tape wings” actually put that much thought into their drawings/characters, I do believe mine at least serve their purpose. The main problem is that these things seem hardly necessary to write down when all I am doing is showing a picture. Well, whatever.

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Appointments…

Haircut Day went without a hitch. I did need to buy a new watch, got some face wash from Clinique and some body care supplies, though. I never spent so much on myself in one day before. It made me feel guilty. But, since I am reaching a quarter of a century by the end of the year I figure I need to start caring about my body a bit more. Thus, face cleanser with clarifying lotion and moisturizer it is.
I also stopped by Bath and Body Works just to check it out for myself once. I’ve been there before to buy things for my sister and soon to be sister-in-law but never really cared to go in for myself. So I picked out a fragrance that interested me, got some feedback from Mom to know if it suited and then bought various lotions. I admit, they moisturize my skin amazingly.
As for the need part, the wrist watch has become a necessity since I got my first one back in middle school. This is the third watch I’ve ever owned and perhaps the most expensive. My previous watch had needed batteries so Dad and I stopped at Wal-Mart to have the batteries replaced. No one was at the jewelry counter though.
After waiting for a pretty long while we gave up and decided to look for batteries that went with my watch. Wally-World had none, so we stopped by CVS. They had none either. Finally we tried Walgreens and they did have the battery needed. So, getting home Dad tries to replace the battery. It was all good and fine until he tried to get the back on again. In the end he broke the Quartz crystal on the face.
I borrowed a watch my mom never wore, but it needed batteries, too. So we headed back to Wally-World to see if anyone was at the counter this time. There was, but she couldn’t replace the battery because it wasn’t a Wal-Mart brand. Bah. So with her supervision Dad replaced it without breaking it. Sadly a day later the watch went ka-put.
So, since we were going on our haircut expedition we went watch hunting. We tried every store but couldn’t really find anything in my style except this one vendor. The watch was reminiscent to my first one, only it was a different brand. Costly, but I got it anyway. Based on my Dad’s knowledge of the brand and the fact that it is water resistant, hopefully it will last me a long time like my first watch had.
The next big day was two days later on a Sunday. Though my eldest brother’s birthday was in the middle of the week, we celebrated it during the weekend. It wasn’t much, really, but our family has always been pretty casual about these things. He and his fiancée arrived around one I believe.
There was chatting, talk about the wedding and so forth. His presents were some nice shirts since the ones he usually wears are kind of ratty. I couldn’t stay up for the whole visit though. I was struck with the chills and had been tired all morning. So once the talking went into areas of little interest to me, I headed off to my room and slept.
I woke up again around four and began cleaning up the kitchen. For lunch everyone had sandwiches, cheese and crackers. I had pretty much skipped lunch. Eventually my brother and his fiancée had to leave. Farewells were said and things settled back to regular routine. I did some laundry, cooked myself from pasta and don’t remember much about the rest of the night.
Labor Day Mom and I took an extra yoga class that week since she had off. It was okay. Not the best class we ever had, but it was okay. It was also the biggest class we ever attended too.  As for the rest of the week, it was pretty routine.
This week, again pretty much normal. I’ve been pretty tired recently though and during the evenings I have been coloring and drawing a bit. I finished coloring a picture I started a while ago. Again, it is my wrist that tends to inhibit me from finishing a picture any time soon anymore. I believe it takes me about a quarter of a year or longer to really finish a picture. After that I began coloring an old piece I did on the first day on my freshman year in high school. It took to nights to get most of it done, but I stopped because my wrist finally had it.
After that, my artistic muse still wouldn’t die, though. So, I drew something yesterday night. It is inked and in the beginning stages of being colored, but the marker I was using died on me. This is likely a good thing, else I likely would have really hurt my wrist again. I ordered a replacement marker with a few others last night though. Still, even if I get them soon I will leave the picture on hiatus until my wrist feels okay again.
Last night I couldn’t sleep well and ended up finally falling asleep around six. I had to wake again at ten because my dad came home so I could get my flu shot. We waited there for a while, finally I got my shot and then we stopped by a small grocery store to pick up a couple of things. He dropped me off at home again and I decided to start my chores. I managed to get almost everything I usually needed to get done on Wednesdays finished minus the vacuuming. Simply put, I was too tired and went to sleep around two in the afternoon I believe. I didn’t wake again until seven.
I felt a bit tired physically around ten, so I decided to try to fall asleep again. Yeah right. After three hours I finally decided to get up and started writing this. My body still feels tired and slightly achy though. Well boo hoo for me.
Well, for the rest of the month there is still that podiatrist appointment and the dentist appointment was moved to October. Other than that… I guess everything is on its usual track.