City of Ember

Bolt

Two movies I saw tonight and they are both awesome! Bolt had some of the funniest 3D animation I've seen so far and you can really see the improvement in 3D animation in general. Compare it to Toy Story or The Incredibles and you can really see the improvement. The story was amazingly cute too! One of the better Disney's of the last years.

Then City of Ember... A Sci-Fi sort of flick. It was soooo exciting with some unknown lead actors - who I thought were very good - and also Bill Murray and Tim Robbins - and the guy from Pirates with the wooden eye - hehe.
It was a really exciting movie which had me hooked until the end. Great movie. Not too long - 90 minutes - I advice everyone to see it - it is not a waste of time.

And other than that... I am doing great! Not much arty planned for the upcoming time, but I'm taking sewing classes and are looking forward to making my first cosplay outfits. I got a few ideas but do not know with what to start! Will keep you updated!

I'm mentally preparing myself for my first cosplay as Azula, on the 11th and 12th of October on the FACTS convention in Ghent - Belgium.

I have convinced a bunch of my friends to tag along as Avatarcharacters as well... And now I can say I'll be going with my best friends Mai and Ty Lee, as well as Fire Lord Ozai, Iroh and Katara!
And the Blue Spirit might also tag along (though I think he'll prefer his sandtrooper outfit )

We (= Ozai's angels) will be participating in the cosplay competition on Saturday at 2 pm. If anyone else is coming, come and check us out!

Obviously I will upload pictures of our cosplays from the moment we have some nice pics.

Talisje had this on her dA page, and I loooove these "shuffle"-thingies, so I copied it from hers.

DA RULEZ:
1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
4. Write down whatever snarky returns come to your mind afterward.

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1. IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY?" YOU SAY?
Give 'Em Hell Kid - My Chemical Romance

Ofcourse everything's okay! Do you actually expect me to share a clever opinion with you or something?

2. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Flying - Peter Pan Soundtrack

And all the girls say I'm pretty fly for a white... girl?

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
More than you Deserve - Anouk

Ehm... That the person is more than I deserve? Vagueness.

4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
I could be like that - 3 Doors Down

Yeah, kind of optimistic. I could be like eeeeverything today! ^^

5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
I am legend - main title

Lol. To become a legend. XD Dream on, Jessie.

6. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Cloudbusting - Kate Bush

Hmmm... What *is* cloudbusting actually?

7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
All I Need - Within Temptation

Lol. They think I'm all they need. XD

8. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Kissing You - Des'ree

Yeah they're in love with me or something.

9. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN?
Gorecki by Lam

"If I should die this very moment, I wouldn't fear, for I've never known completeness like being here." What can I say... I'm a pretty optimistic person, lol. XD Not that I think about death that much, but I'm happy with my life yeah.

10. WHAT IS 2 + 2?
The Frog Song - by Paul McCartney (We all stand together!)

... Vagueness!

11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Andrew WK - Ready To Die

Well, that's not very nice of me... 0_0

12. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Take me to the Other Side - Aerosmith

Yeah. Must apply to Stefanie or something. XD Take me to the other side!!! ROCKING STYLE!!! WHOOt.

13. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Salvation - The Cranberries...

Salvation? But of what? Society?

14. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Thriller - Michael Jackson

Either I want to be a zombie or a really great dancer.

15. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
I do believe in Fairies - Peter Pan Soundtrack

... Hmm... Not in love with fairies, but in love with plenty of fictional characters. That's a kind of make-believe, like fairies, I suppose. And I do believe in make-belief... Ehm... Not. Only sometimes. ^^

16. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Too Lost in You - Sugababes

Wow. That's a deep song for my wedding!

17. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Sail Away - Enya

Rofl. That song is what they always play at my dentist.

18. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Easy and Free - Ayumi Hamasaki

... Easy people, yeah. ^^ Love them. And free! TOTALLY!!! free your mind and the rest will follow!

19. WHAT IS YOU SECRET VICE
The Wizard and I - Wicked

... What's a vice? But I love this song. Ofcourse, in my own daydreams, that wizard is Snape and I'm Elphaba or something. Lol. Crossover dreams, gotta love em!

20. WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
I wanna have your babies - Natasha Bedingfield

I don't get this question...

Did it. If anyone wants to copy, go ahead!

Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young Prince lived in a shining castle... Although he had everything his heart desired, the Prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind... And kind of nameless too!



It is April First today, a day to be fooled and to question all you hear. What I am about to write is not something I want people to take lightly though... I am quite serious about this. This is no joke.

I am talking about Disney's Beast here. The same prince that got changed into a beast by the Enchantress, and later on was able to break the curse by winning the love of Belle. And that was when he magically transformed into the nameless prince that people say is actually called "Adam".

But here is where I question what I hear... I have questioned that name ever since I heard it, which must be many, many years ago. I have tried to look for the solid proof, the evidence... I have asked people if they could scan the page in the book where it said the name was so, but most of the time, I would just hear: "Oh, prince Adam? Well I didn't *read* about it in the actual book, I just picked it up online, someone said it was in a book!"



On Bittersweet and Strange, a Beauty and the Beast forum, the Beauty and the Beast fans have discussed his name for years. And we're still discussing. The fans can't find the evidence. Can you?



Even the Internet Movie Database (IMDB.com) used to mention Beast was named Adam at some point. It was submitted by someone saying it said so in the official Disney Encyclopedia by Dave Smith.
This lead to fellow-Beauty and the Beast-lover TrudiRose to buy "The Official Disney Encyclopedia A to Z" by Dave Smith. She read every page of it, only to find there was nothing about a "prince Adam" mentioned there.
She notified IMDB of this false news and they deleted the mention of this name by the end of 2007. But by then, even more people had picked up this name and assumed it to be official. But is it, really?

Others have said it is mentioned in a book by Don Hahn, but so far, I have heard no true confirmation on that...



All this fuzz about the name Adam has led me to wonder: is this an Urban Legend? Did someone, once, make up the name, get questionned by someone, and replied: "No, prince Adam *is* the official name! It says so in a book!" or something similar? Did that story get changed so much over the course of time that people started believing "Adam" was the name given to Beast by its animator, or the director, or the producer, etc?

Don't we all just assume this knowledge to be so because so many people call him "Adam"? I know that when people ask me: "What's the Beast's name?" I usually reply: "Adam. They call him Adam."

But WHO calls him Adam?
The fans? Or is there genuinely somebody working at Disney who called him like that? Is it official or totally the opposite?



This is where I need your help! I want to investigate this Urban Legend, but I want you to tell me where you heard the name "Adam" first! Did you actually READ it in a book somewhere? Good! Scan it! Send me the evidence! I've been wondering for years and if there is real evidence out there, I'm hoping to track it down this way!

DeviantArt is a great place to find other artists with a fascination for characters such as Beast. I'm hoping that, together, we can, once and for all, settle if "Adam" is a fan-given name or has true roots in Disney.
Thank you for reading!

Alright alright!

First things first. Since... yesterday, really, I am stuck without a job again. I am obviously looking for something new, but I'm not too much in a hurry at the moment yet. I'll probably go insane in a month though, which is when I'll start hurrying up with finding work.

But at the moment, I've got loads of time... That means lots of time for drawing too! And therefor I declare this month, February, as my official Disney Month! I'll try and bring you as many drawings from a variety of Disney movies as possible.

I hope you'll all like that and feel free to give me some feedback on the different works! Thank you!

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Finished works for February:

Human Beast: [link]
Emperor Kuzco: [link]
Shang and Mulan: [link]
Gaston and Meg: [link]
Beauty and the Beast relax: [link]