New models!

 Here we have Roxy Faite, one of my new models, for the Reflections comp.

And Flame Kishita with Kitty Softpaws for Marley & Me. I adore both of them. 

 Pic spam of Kitty ^^

Iridescent 1

Here's my Roxy! She's my second model, and I really like her. I made her for Iridescent Cycle 2: Holidays.

This is just a random shot I took in CAS. Notice how the shadow is heart-shaped.

This is my first try. I didn't really like it, so I continued working on it.

And here's my final product. We had to show our model celebrating New Years. I went with the idea of Roxy and her friends celebrating a traditional New Years' Ball, in pretty gowns and suits. And yes, the clock reads 12 AM.

Occupy in Amsterdam

This is an essay I had to write for English. I'm not saying that I completely agree with the Occupy Movement, but I don't wholly disagree either.
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The Occupy Movement has been all over the news lately. However, what is the Occupy Movement exactly? The Occupy Movement is a protest group. At the moment, they look for big, business-related places where they can protest. It originated because many people sympathized with Occupy Wall Street, and decided to Occupy something like it in their own city. Therefore, there are now 2684 communities worldwide. In most places, the Occupiers camp out in tents. Here in Amsterdam, we have Occupy Beursplein. There has been talk of removing them, but many people say to let them be. After all, there’s nothing wrong in protesting.

All they do is show, in a peaceful way, that they want to change the current financial situation and how. There are more groups like this, but most of them aren’t as peaceful. The Occupy Movement, on the other hand, stayed relatively peaceful, in most places, if the police came to break up the camp. It’s not only peaceful, but also worldwide. If you look at the map with Occupy Communities, you’ll see that there are few big stretches of land without their own Community. Because of this, the communities can lend strength to one another and that way make their voice even louder.

The system they use is a very democratic one; their General Assemblies go on until everyone agrees, instead of most. They don’t use a normal microphone either. They use a ‘people’s mic’, where everyone repeats what the speaker says, which is also an effective way of making sure that you can’t speak for a very long time, since you have to cut your sentences into multiple short parts. To show what you think about a certain point, they use gestures, instead of shouting to and over one another. Waving your hands, for instance, shows that you agree with the point just made.

Of course, there are also some points against the Occupy Movement. It’s impractical for those who go to the stock exchange, since most Occupy Communities are right in front of a stock exchange building, like Occupy Wall Street or Occupy Beursplein. And their list of demands is somewhat unreasonable, since they want, according to Bloomberg BusinessWeek, more and better jobs, more equal distribution of income, bank reform, and a reduction of the influence of corporations on politics. Thirdly, they can’t stay out there in their tents forever. When the winter comes, they’ll have to find either a warmer way to camp, or break up until spring.

So, are there more pros than cons? Yes, there are. Some might argue that the cons are very strong. However, they aren’t as strong as they seem. They want to make the ones that go to the stock exchange stop and think. They will return. The Occupy Movement is a bit like the “Arab Spring”, unstoppable once it has started.  The people that are participating have had enough. They want a change. And even though their list is, as a whole, unreasonable, their protests might just help with some of the points listed. After all, someone’s got to take the first step. And why not “the 99%”?

Sims 3 machinima

Here's the link to my sims 3 machinima.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nip7XW5DPS0&feature=g-all

Feathers of the Hawk Chapter 23

"Talents?" Eyolf asked.
"Yes," Kahu answered. "Talents. It is a certain gift that not all shapeshifters have. The ones that do have a Talent are the only ones that know about them. I tell you this, because you have a Talent for the weather. You can predict what kind of weather it will be. I have the Talent of Disguise, but I don't know Are's. He, and all other eagle shapeshifters from now and the past have a Talent. My father could predict if you were a shapeshifter and what kind you'd be. We don't know how it works, why some shapeshifters do have a talent and others don't. All we know is that not everyone has one, and that it is a gift. It is not something that runs in a family, unless this family is the Eagle family, because one who shifts into an eagle has a Talent. You can't share this secret with anyone, and most shapeshifters don't share their Talent with someone else. When you find someone who has a Talent, you must bring him or her to the leader or the second in command of the Academy. That is the only reason I can tell you this – Are didn't know that he had a son and he trained me to take his place after he had died. No one else knows about Talents, because once, a long time ago, the leader of the Academy placed a spell upon this information. He was Talented with Magic, the rarest of all Talents. I don't know anyone with that Talent, and I've heard about two or three persons with that Talent, out of the two or three hundred Talented that I've heard about. This spell made it impossible for anyone to tell this information, unless he or she is the leader or second in command of the Academy. It also forces you to bring a Talented shapeshifter to Are or me whenever you meet one. I don't know why, or how. All I know is what I told you. Any questions?"
Eyolf was silent for a while. Then he spoke. "If they are so rare, why do you know two or three hundred people with a Talent?"
Kahu made a sound like laughter, though a hawk's beak wasn't fit for that. "I said that I had heard about those individuals, not that I know them personally. Anything else?"
"Only one more question. Does this mean that your hair color and length were not an illusion but real?"
"Yes, it does. That was all?"
"Yes, it was."
"Good. Let's go back – I want to get some sleep before we go on." Again, two hawks took off. And again, silence returned to the forest, a silence only broken by the sounds of werecats and –wolves, changing under the full moon.

Feathers of the Hawk Chapter 22

Yay for introducing new things! And I remembered my promise to post on Sunday mornings!
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Feathers of the Hawk Chapter 20 & 21

Yes, they're in one post. Why? Well, because I posted them at school, where I CAN access Deviantart, but I CAN'T access blogger. So here they are, conveniently in one post. Conveniently for me, that is.