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[Spritzie]

The rubber/plastic flip flops are horrible. I have a couple pairs, but I rarely wear them. The ones I wear a lot, the straps are fabric, and generally, the ones I wear, just has a separate strap that goes over the big toe, in addition to the straps over the top of the foot. Those are super comfortable.

[rachiee]

Yeah, I have some plastic/rubber flip-flops in my closet...they really aren't as good as Tevas. Plus, they're way too slippery even when your feet or the shoes aren't even wet. :S

Just one of the many reasons why I rarely ever wear plastic/rubber flip-flops, even to the pool or to the beach...

[Spritzie]

My plain ones just sit in the closet. Unless I'm dressing up or going to work, I rarely wear anything other than my Tevas during the summer.

[rachiee]

I rarely wear anything other than my Tevas during the summer.

 

Haha I'm pretty much the same XD

If I'm not wearing my Tevas then I'm wearing my black Converse shoes...or I'm barefoot. Including that pair, I have five pairs of Converse shoes. I do want to get some red ones and some gray ones to add onto my collection. :D

[Wembly]

I think I broke my toe today again sadly :sad01_anim: I was walking barefoot as usual and kicked a stupid box in the living room and little toe got caught on the edge and I kind of fell, in essence ripping my toe away from my foot. Ouchie. This would probably tell most people to start wearing something on my feet but where's the fun in that?

 

Side note, I've never heard of Teva before but I just looked them up and they have some pretty cool options, pricy options but nice. Maybe I'm just too cheap, I feel bad spending more than 30 bucks max on a pair of shoes/sandals.

[Spritzie]

They are more expensive, but definitely worth it. Like my first pair, we probably paid maybe $40 for them. I've had them for over 10 years, and worn them hundreds and hundreds of times. They really last incredibly well.

[rachiee]

@Wembly: :( That sucks, I hope you feel better soon!

Tevas aren't that expensive unless you find them on sale (obviously). Sierra Trading Post (a catalog) sells them, and I found some at an Ugg outlet store before, $10 a pair.

They're worth every cent no matter what you pay for them ;)

[wistiria12]

I just found a site called "Dragoart",its a site for tutorials on drawing!

 

Here what i'm currently drawing:

1.http://www.dragoart.com/tuts/8886/1/1/how-to-draw-an-anime-face,-anime-face.htm

2.http://www.dragoart.com/tuts/6034/1/1/how-to-draw-an-easy-fox.htm + http://www.dragoart.com/sl/tuts/3776/1/1/how-to-draw-dragon-wings.htm (JUST FINSH IT,I'LL SEND YOU A PIC SOON)

3.http://www.dragoart.com/tuts/8871/1/1/how-to-draw-cincinno,-cincinno.htm

 

I <3 DRAWING!

[Manta]

Dragoart has well-done tutorials. I've had a bit of an art block recently, but I remember I liked the way they did their steps. :D

[rachiee]

I've never been to any sites entirely devoted to drawing tutorials, but I think I've seen a few on dA and that's pretty much it. (The only tutorials I really ever care to look up are GIMP tutorials. xD)

Generally though, I don't use drawing tutorials. I consider myself to be self-taught in a way. xP

 

While the HOP is on the topic of drawing: what do you all like to draw? What is easiest to draw for you?

[Manta]

Meh, I consider using tutorials to still be mostly self-taught. Although I don't use them too often since I discovered the magic of reference images xD

 

I like drawing derpy chibis and anthro characters, mostly. I'm not too great at anything else, because I don't much like drawing other things :P I draw pokemon and swords on occasion though :)

[rachiee]

I love reference images. :P

To answer my question (lol), I like drawing people more than anything. They're really, really easy to draw for me. My favourite part about drawing them is doing the hair and clothes. It's a lot easier if I'm drawing a female's hair + clothes because I know more about female fashion than male fashion. If I'm drawing guys I'll give 'em a crew cut, t-shirt/hoodie/flannel/dress shirt + tie, jeans and generic flat shoes. :laughingsmiley: Goes to show how much I know and care about men's fashion. haha

I also like drawing Neopets stuff, but I usually have to have a reference with me to draw them. Before I started drawing Neopets, I sucked at drawing animals.

Oh, and I also like drawing cubes/other 3D shapes, houses, trees and inanimate objects in general when I'm bored out of my mind. My 8th grade math notebook is full of pen drawings of inanimate objects...as well as people. xD

[Wembly]

I'm not really good at drawing. I can only draw stuff after looking at a picture of something, and even at that its just cartoon stuff. I mean, I can't just say oh hey, I'll draw a yooyu, I'll have to go look at pictures of yooyus and kind of copy/manipulate it a tiny bit to get what I want.

 

I have never drawn a person yet. I feel like I would completely fail at it but I guess I should try before saying that though.

[Manta]

We should totally all do art trades!! :D I've been seriously stumped lately and haven't had any inspiration to draw...the few things I've started have just completely felt wrong. I hate when that happens <_<

[rachiee]

That sounds like a good idea! :D

But if I wanted to do an art trade or have people request art from me, I'd probably want to show examples of my stuff first.

I might put some finished drawings up on my dA or tumblr or somethin' if I feel like it. 8D

[Spritzie]

I've always loved art/drawing, but never really had the talent for it.

[Naamah D.]

I can't believe school is almost here. I have all of my back to school clothes picked out and I'm ready for the new school year. I wonder if there will be Students Against Destructive Decisions this year?

[rachiee]

School starts back for me in just about a month. I've barely started clothes shopping and haven't even started supply shopping yet.

All I got (clothes-wise) so far are a dress, a pair of jeggings (mmhmm yes), a skirt and a shirt.

My parents are saying money's tight (to me, it kinda isnt) so I'm probably not going to get as much stuff as I did in previous years, unless I decide to spend my own money on new stuff. I might just end up resorting to that if I see lots of cool stuff :laughingsmiley:

[Naamah D.]

I keep changing my carts for what I buy. My mom isn't checking them out until Tuesday. She's treating me to a pair of Converse though ^_^

[Noog]

Hmm, at least you guys get to choose what you wear. *places white polo shirt and khaki pants into closet*

 

I'll get my supply list/schedule tomorrow, a week before the first day of school.

[rachiee]

I haven't gotten my supply list yet- it usually comes in the middle of August or something. I already know I'll need an expensive graphing calculator, notebooks, and writing utensils. :P

What kind of sucks is that when the supply list gets mailed, I'm going to be on vacation...and I get back like, a week or two before school starts so I wont have all that much time to shop :/

[:)Doc]

I start high school next week. <_<

 

Terribly nervous. I'm taking two, 10th grade classes. :D I just hope I don't get picked on...

 

The cool part about my school is, that everybody is always talking about people don't normally judge you when you're there; there is no such thing as normal. Which is nice. :)

[Emily]

I miss high school school shopping. In university, it seems like you pay ten times more for a quarter as much. All those darn textbooks...

[rachiee]

Terribly nervous. I'm taking two, 10th grade classes. :D

 

Same here. *freshmen-taking-two-grade 10-classes high five*

Yup, I'm hecka nervous. Some of my closest friends are moving or transferring to another district and I don't even know how I'll survive school without them. :/

Also, I wonder if I'm gonna have any classes (or lunch period) with my friends that are obviously staying in the district.

On top of that, it's gonna be interesting to see how much everyone else has changed (if they have changed at all, lulz) over a span of two or three months.

[Spritzie]

Hmm, at least you guys get to choose what you wear. *places white polo shirt and khaki pants into closet*

 

I'll get my supply list/schedule tomorrow, a week before the first day of school.

 

I couldn't imagine going to a school with a uniform, though I suppose there's times when I really wish there had been one. (My HS was horrible about enforcing the dress code, so there was a lot of abuse in that area.)

 

We only got supply lists in grade school. After that, you were supposed to show up with the general things, and if the class required something extra, they would tell you on the first day.