My Little Fanarts.

FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC people. Thanks for the life lessons My Little Pony.

I have done heads of all of the girls, for massive amounts of no reason at all. Cutey marks make great earrings. I may have to make some. Obviously these are the main ponies.



Don't judge me. I love effing ponies, and anime. My next post is original stuff, I swear!!

You wanted MORE fanart? OK!

Oh Netflix, once again you have brought me something amazing. My favorite Anime of all time. I have been watching it with Breena the last 3 days, as I mentioned before, but the fanarting bug has gotten more and more serious. I’ll start with my post about this, and then the other drawings I’ve been working on!

First, my OTP for the series, Zelgadis and Amelia. I always imagine Amelia having longer hair, so I just do it.


Then one of Xellos and Lina. Xellos is probably my favorite supporting character, and he and a gap commercial from my youth inspired my long lasting screen name, MeLLoXeLLoS.



And finally, the most important.

Woo anime fanart!!

I was making Breena watch Slayers with me while we we drawing, and couldn't help myself. I had to draw us together. My boyfriend has the novels that came out years ago, which is initially what spurred this rush of Slayers love.



Yeeeeeeah. I still watch Anime.

Christmas Wrapping...yes already.

Mom and I went shopping, and got a bunch of stocking stuff...so I thought, I'm going to wrap them the way I want to.

Admittedly, I hate the fact that My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music became a Christmas song that every bad jazz singer felt the need to cover. HATE IT. But I love brown paper packages tied up with string. Hemp string. And brown paper from left over shopping bags. It's not just for wrapping school books with, kids! get some double sided tape, and get a'wrappin'!


You can now enjoy not blowing huge money on wrapping, and still have it look really nice. This pleases everyone, and if you really want to, all you need is some holiday tags. Hell, cut out shapes and punch a hole in it, then tie on after the knot on the package, then bow over it. Go wild. And also look at my face, which is just as pretty as those presents.

The Boyfriend's Cat.

I was able to pump out a comic about my boyfriend's cat, Hawkins. It is a long comic, because he is a long cat. YES. LONG CAT IS STILL RELEVANT.

Tattooed Love Girls!

My series of La Pink Palace Salon drawings made me really wanna draw my little lovely I made up for the series.

I need a name for her! Someone give me a good name for her!

Be a Badger...about safety!

So my bosses decided that the badger is the best mascot, so I was left with the task of developing them.

I tried to do it in the style of school animal mascots. Fierce and fun! I really think I nailed it!

Before them we had these stupid owls. I didn't like them, and they did NOT go with the red background at all.


They sure do now!! I'm so proud of them!

"Logan recommended you."

It looks like LA Pink Palace Salon has another extraordinary client! Scott Summers needs a little him time too!

I may seriously do a series of these!

Everyone needs some pampering!

So, Geekery is something I enjoy. I also enjoy being a girl. So.

The Xmen:Salon Series.

There ya go, Megan!

FINISHED IT

THE END.

Multiple layers? SHUT up photoshop.

So, I've never done a piece with more than 3 layers. It's my secret to having so much finished work. Lack of time spent doing everything individually. Well, I took on the task of making the header banner for my friend Kayla's website. I decided to treat it like a papercraft. Now I'm jealous, because I want one. Then...I was like...OH MY GOD STUPID, YOU CAN MAKE ONE FOR YOU after. But seriously, I do better work for others, because I'm sick like that. Call it..."my area of growth!"

I must say, being an illustrator all this time really makes stuff like this hard for me, because I want BLACK DARK OUTLINES on everything. Bad Rachel. Quit outlining every little thing. Crazy beezy. This is the result if you don't!

Learn about me!!

Welp, cleaning out the old computer today, and I found an old meme...so I filled it out.

1.What is your name?: Rachel Ann Millar
2.What color pants are you wearing?: Pants?
3. What are you listening to right now?: not the voice in my head telling me to be productive...that's for sure.
4. What are the last four digits of your phone number?: none of your damn business.
5. What was the last thing you ate?: a bowl of cereal
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?: chartreuse
7. Where do you plan to go on your honeymoon?: Alaska
8. How is the weather right now?: overcast and perfect
9. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone?: my mumzy
10. What's the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?: eyes
11. Do you like the person that sent you this?: It has been 6 YEARS since I filled this out, so I will assume I don't like them anymore.
12. How are you today?: amazing
13. What's your favorite soda?: Diet Coke.
14. What's your favorite non soda: Tea these days, because I'm getting old.
15. How do you eat an Oreo?: Like normal people do.
16. Favorite sport?: To watch? Probably baseball.
17. What's the next CD you're going to get?: Haha, the CD that is handed out at the apocalypse I suppose.
18. Hair color?: Dark Brown
19. Eye Color?: Dark Brown
20. Do you wear contacts?: When I feel like it.
21. Siblings?: None.
22. Favorite month?: December
23. Favorite food?: BURGER
24. Last movie you watched?: Dogma
25. Favorite day of the year?: My birthday
26. Are you too shy to ask someone out?: Not anymore.
27. Do you like scary or happy movies better?: Depends on if I want to be happy, or watch people die in horrific and or ridiculous ways.
28. Summer or Winter?: Winter
29. Hugs or Kisses?: Kisses.
30. Relationship or one night stands?: RELATIONSHIP.
31. Chocolate or vanilla?: Chocolate
32. Do you want your friends to write back?: it would be nice, but I'm the letter sender.
33. Who is most likely to respond?: Probably Amy.
34. Who is least likely to respond?: Ruthie, but I do live with her. "Thanks for the card. I drew you a smiley face on a post it."
35. Living Arrangements?: SF 1 bedroom I share with Ru
36. What books are you reading?: Game of Thrones, soon to be book 2, whatever the hell it's called.
37. What's on your mouse pad?: mouse pad? Damn...this meme is DATED.
38. Favorite board game?: Still Monopoly, sadly.
39. Favorite magazine?: Any of the home design one, thanks to Pinterest.
40. Favorite smell?: Cut grass.
41. Least favorite smell?: hoarder house level urine/feces smell.
42. Favorite sound?: The Zelda secret sound, currently my message tone.
43. Worst feeling in the world?: nausea.
44. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning?: I don't really think when I get up. It's kind of an autopilot deal.
45. Favorite color?: Red
46. How many rings before you answer the phone?: Depends on if I'm laying down or not.
47. Favorite Child's/animal's name?: Hallie/Jim
48. Do you think the glass is half empty or half full?: Full for the most part
49. Favorite movies?: The Hannibal Series, Rocky 1-4, The Professional, Open Range, The Missing...and Steel Magnolias.
50. Whats under your bed?: My disconnected Wii.
51. What is your favorite number(s)?: 6
52. One nice thing about the person who sent this to you?: They probably have grown up by now. Shame I have not.
53. What CD do you have in your stereo?: Kinda need a stereo for this question.
55. Who do you have a crush on right now? Do people get "crushes" after 21? I will say my boyfriend.
56. Favorite Walt Disney movie?: Impossible question. I love them all. (LIVE ACTION MOVIES NOT INCLUDED.)
57. Favorite saying or words?: "Snaps!" Right now. Also "Derp" or "ChaChas", as a cute way to say liquid shit sickness.

Zinefest Doodle.

POST 101. OH MAN. I need to do a celebratory drawing for that...OR try to make it to 200 posts by December. Oh Rachel, shut up your thoughts.

Anyway, this drawing is of (from left to right) me, Kane Lynch, Ru, and Breena.

POST APE inspirations!

I am so into drawing right now,thanks to APE. I've decided tonight will be a night for Anime Fanart as well, since I'm seriously considering a table for Fanime. (FOR PROFITS AND AWKWARD PEOPLE.)

I'm sure there are many nice people, all joking and high school bitchiness aside. I am the most glad to get my Xmas card design done this year, WAY early. Not only that, but Then I got the brilliant idea to make them POSTCARDS too, so I can send them to people! WOOOO. so smart.

Christmas Cupcakes will always knock you off your feet!

AND. Candy corn makes for great cupcake snowmen noses.

Talked to Ru and Kayla about having a Christmas Card Party...because we are effing women. ALSO. 12 hour comic book day, for grandmas and grandpas that have to work and stuff! I may have to organize this.

The last thing is that I finally did a Brodown fanart I'd been promising for some...time...Here on Ru's blog. As it is gift art, I will not post it here, but I will take MAD credit for it. READ THE ASTOUNDING BRODOWN, kids!

SEWING? BADLY? SHUT YOUR MOUTH.

Yeah, so I am really bad at sewing. I accept that about myself.
Anyway. Victoria Ying is amazing. She has worked on alot of Disney stuff, including Tangled.

She made a design for a fabric that you can order with your own design at Spoonflower.com. She sells them on her etsy, and you can see the designs here on her blog!

But, I totally fell in love with the fabric, so I got it, and took it to my grandmother's in hope that we would be able to make 4 tea napkins out of them. of course that would be alot of work, ESPECIALLY since I suck forever at things like this. But, it is starting to shape up really nicely. We added some delicate lace that she had laying around, and then some blue ribbon!!



(I totally left it to her to finish, haha. Merry Christmas to me!)

Work Art!

I've been on Sign Team for Trader Joe's for a while now, and it's a really cool gig. I get to improve my handwriting, draw, and jam to my ipod for 8 hours. (No, it's not that gravy a deal, but it's so close to that!)

So, I had to make some quick signs, but unlike the others we've made in the store, I was told that my "STYLE" would be really nice to have for this project.



I actually remembered to take pictures of it, since I'm working on a portfolio of sorts! I don't remember to get everything, so I'm glad I at least got this one. I'm really proud of him!

Blast from the past, Anime Club

So, I found a copy I had made of the Anime Club flyer that Ru and I once ran. It's uh...cute.

So I had no choice to redo it. I added Edward Elric because it's a show that Ru likes alot. Still. Like I love Slayers, still.


UH. WE DON'T LIKE EVA. EVER. EVER. EVER.

Another comic, and hey! A fanart!

So, awful times continues with a little strip about my boyfriend and I. Being total winners at life.

The second is a gift art for my friend Charlie Irons.


That is all. I am on the final count down to 100 posts! SUPER great! I'm looking for ideas for a 100 posts celebration picture! GIVE ME IDEAS YOU PEOPLES!

Awful Times: My life as a comic

This is the first of many autobiographical comics. I will let it tell the story.

First of many posts!

I'm going to start with my favorite new show! Game of Thrones is the best thing to happen to me since Rome. An HBO series is like watching a movie that is as long as it needs to be to share all of itself with you, while keeping that beautiful cinematic quality. GUSH GUSH GUSH it's so good.
I had to do fanart immediately. After watching season one, I carefully chose my favorite characters. Arya of course, because she is a total badass, and Daenerys Targaryen. Khaleesi of all badasses.

I decided that Dany will be my first GOT fanart. I chose watercolor as the medium, and got to work. First, I referred to my Doug Sneyd Playboy artbook for some soft profiles and body structures. I then sketched her out, and used a brown fountain pen to ink it.

I started with her skin, pale, but slightly browned from the sun. Winsor & Newton paints made all the difference for really beautiful, true colors.


Watercolor has become one of my favorite mediums, since it really gives life to a drawing, even a tiny one. For my mom's birthday, I made her a really neat painting and put it in a Swedish frame I got from my friend's garage sale. The painting is very mexican in quality, and even transfers that feeling over to the frame!