After watching the latest episode of Tsuritama (I’ll spare you all from my fangirling), I’m half considering cosplaying Natsuki the Sunday of Matsuricon.  I mean, come on, I’m going to be Tsubaki either Friday or Saturday - I’ll have practically the entire outfit with me already! LOL

…unless of course he doesn’t wear his school uniform at all in the last three episodes, because then I’d need a new wig or a different outfit, and that would pretty much defeat the purpose. XD

The other fun thing about my weekend in FL?  THERE WAS AN ANIME CONVENTION IN MY HOTEL.  I saw several cosplayers over the course of the weekend (though I don’t have any photos).  Talk about coincidences.

Would have been nice to hop over for a minute, just to check it out, but I never got the chance.  Hope everyone at Florida Anime Experience (http://www.floridaanime.com/) had a great time! lol

Had so much fun at Universal Studios Florida this weekend!  It’s such a treat just looking at everything - not a single corner of Islands of Adventure is uninteresting!  I just wanted to take photos of everything.  This park is gorgeous!  Much as I adore Cedar Point (and hope to be going again this year as well), I wish they would have put half as much effort into their atmosphere (and line cooling :P).

The only two downers were the changes to Dueling Dragons and the fact that the Pteranodon Flyers is apparently a kiddie ride…  I got turned away at the gate for being “too tall” (HA!), and I was really looking forward to riding that one again. :(  Maybe I got to ride it last time due to such small attendance because I certainly wasn’t any shorter!

I did find it funny how many people were all “Oh, this line is SO LONG!” when it was under an hour wait.  I’m used to waiting 1 or 2 hours for a ride, so these lines were a breeze! lol  (Oh Raptor, why is your line always forever and a day long? ;_; )

jh32488:

gwydionae:

Tomorrow I’ll be flying down to Universal Studios: Islands of Adventure in Orlando, FL to spend the weekend hanging out with a friend who’ll be moving across country soon.  I’m super excited about it!  But there’s one thing that saddens me…

The last time I was at IoA was back in 1999, during the park’s “testing” period about a week before it officially opened.  It was amazing!  My family and I had a blast, and my personal favorite ride was Dueling Dragons (see 13 year old photos above!).  It was the ride I was most excited to go on again… that is, until I heard that all of the gorgeous scenery was removed and that the “dragons” don’t even “duel” anymore!  I still remember walking through the castle, with knights either frozen to the wall or burnt to a crisp, and that feeling you get when your feet just miss from kicking the people on the other “dragon” - I should, I rode it at least three times in a row (there was literally no wait)!  I’m incredibly sad that everything I loved about it will be gone this time around…

But the ride itself should still be fun, and I look forward to seeing all the changes they’ve made in 13 years and reliving a great time with one of my best friends!  We have a breakfast appointment at The Three Broomsticks to look forward to first thing Sat morning, so that should start the weekend off perfectly. ^_^

sorry to bum you out but Dragon Challenge (as its now called) is nothing compared to what it was. the theming is all gone, you know the story, and the stained glass animation. not having the dueling takes away what was unique.

if you have any more old IOA and USF pictures please share! especially USF 

Yeah, I really was quite disappointed this past Sat, especially when red and blue pulled out at almost the exact same time and they purposefully slowed us down (it’s sad how we all have to suffer due to people bringing things on the ride they should have left in a locker…).  I’d be lying if I said I didn’t still like the ride itself (it is my favorite type of coaster, after all), but, much as I love Harry Potter, the old Fire and Ice theme was executed far, far better, and I missed it greatly.  I was glad the castle was still standing at least, even if it had been gutted on the inside.

I have a few more old IoA photos from ‘99 that look pretty nice (maybe two from USF, though one I’m only guessing that’s where it’s from - it looks like props from The Mummy, but it was years before the ride so…) - I’ll see if I can get them scanned sometime.

Tomorrow I’ll be flying down to Universal Studios: Islands of Adventure in Orlando, FL to spend the weekend hanging out with a friend who’ll be moving across country soon.  I’m super excited about it!  But there’s one thing that saddens me…

The last time I was at IoA was back in 1999, during the park’s “testing” period about a week before it officially opened.  It was amazing!  My family and I had a blast, and my personal favorite ride was Dueling Dragons (see 13 year old photos above!).  It was the ride I was most excited to go on again… that is, until I heard that all of the gorgeous scenery was removed and that the “dragons” don’t even “duel” anymore!  I still remember walking through the castle, with knights either frozen to the wall or burnt to a crisp, and that feeling you get when your feet just miss from kicking the people on the other “dragon” - I should, I rode it at least three times in a row (there was literally no wait)!  I’m incredibly sad that everything I loved about it will be gone this time around…

But the ride itself should still be fun, and I look forward to seeing all the changes they’ve made in 13 years and reliving a great time with one of my best friends!  We have a breakfast appointment at The Three Broomsticks to look forward to first thing Sat morning, so that should start the weekend off perfectly. ^_^

briannacherrygarcia:

Loki-Gargoyle! With a beak! Mainly because I just felt like it matches the mischievous nature of Loki like the Tengu Gargoyles, and because beaks have always been considered sexy in the Garg fandom, and because I wanted to make him vastly different from Thor’s design (after all, they may be brothers but they’re technically different species). I fixed up his horns and went overboard on the outfit.

Thor-Gargoyle | Sketch

Of COURSE Loki has to have a beak!  I haven’t been into Gargoyles since it first aired (used to be so mad when my bus was late on Fridays - it cut into my Gargoyles time!), but it just seems so obvious, lol.  Love this design (and Thor’s, too! <3)!

All my friends and family think I’m weird for liking Loki…

mtakara:

commission. Steph Brown Robin. I love my job :)

This is simply glorious. <3

(via marcusto)

marcusto:

Ok, this took me a while but one of the downfalls of working my ass off for a month is less posting. But now I that I have a second before plunging into the next double issue madness here are a few sketches I did at the Sketches for Pledges last thursday for a great fan Fiona McLoughlin.

Tim Drake and Steph Brown, Marko from Saga and Klarion the Witchboy with Teekle all done in ballpoint pen.

Tim looks so tall! lol  Man I miss Steph as Batgirl…

artofonna:

ITS DONE

*passout*

© Onnaevilsmith 2012 

Oooh, lovely!  I adore how this came out! <3

More Tsuritama doodles - love the friendship these guys have!  Early on I thought it was going to be the typical “kid who does things through EFFORT and HARD WORK!” vs “kid who’s naturally good and looks down on people” rivalry thing, but then episode 3 hit and I’ve never been so happy to be wrong (not that I don’t like those rivalries, lol).  Oh Yuki and Natsuki, you both had more character development in 5 episodes than most characters nowadays get in hundreds!  ”Great success!”

On an unrelated note, FINALLY saw The Avengers!  Now I can stop avoiding all the Loki related stuff that’s been coming across my dash, lol.