Oh gee I have a lot to say on this thing...

Well, it never looks as good as it does in real life, does it? Some of you might remember my very first journal here: I don't like backgrounds. However, this one turned out really good.

okay, I got the hillside idea from a spot that I saw while I was in South Dakota on a family road trip. See, I come from... from... from a place where its pretty flat all around. So South Dakota was sort of a shock for me: So many hills. I saw this picture on the Devil's Tower 2.6 mile hike. First of all, I love hiking. Second of all, almost everyone was on the one mile paved "hike" around the base of Devil's Tower. Third of all, I had never seen a hill with boulders in it before.

I wanted to draw that scene on my paper. I brought up the image in my mind and started to draw.

For the boulders, I got the style from a tutorial I found while searching around Google. For the tree... well, it's just a well drawn tree for me.

Now, some of you may think that you don't learn anything in art class. Just a class to talk around and goof off, right?

Well, thats kinda true.

But, you actually learn things in art class. Thats where I got the grass from. My art teacher taught me how. Ignoring the fact that I'm one of the best drawers in my class XD.

I've searched around DeviantART a lot of times, searching for some good art to look at. I've found a lot of people who have based one of their pieces on this idea: An island floating in the middle of nowhere. Many famous people used this idea also(i.e. Hiyo Miazaki, The Gorillaz, etc.).

But I was right about one thing. Nope, no pretty nebula in the distance or beautiful sunset. Just some lines.

I hate backgrounds.