Inspirational Alchemical Lyrics

So, in this last post of mine, I mentioned some song lyrics from Revolutionary Girl Utena that inspired me.  I think I'll type them up here to share them and inspire me further!

"Time is hypothetical, illusory.
A stage device that we create the moment we are born.
Destiny, choices, goodbye.
You & I are the Milky Way.
We have no past, no future, only now.
All alone in the Universe, in the cosmic theatre.
That's me!  Wait!  My last evolution, revolution, everlution!"

"Universal light.  Mosaic light.
Lucifer, son of the dawn.
Apocalyptic light.  Michael's light.
Androgynous son of darkness.
Flaming light, heavenly light.
The hierarchy of heaven.
Illusory light.  Eternal light.
Tricks of the mind.  Capricious birth.
Nicocus Erebus Uranus Thalantos
The globe of Gyunus shining with light.
Gyunus, in every way, born in miracles.
The pleasure principle.
The Nirvana principle.
The certainty of death mainly light.
Life is merely...
...the moving shadow of the living.
In the universe of the mind.
...the drifting shape of the living.
Light, temporary existence.
Seeking eternity, namely the folly...
...of returning to the beginning.
Two sexes, two poles, two of me.
Up, down, left, right, two of me.
Angel, devil, two sides of me.
Inside I'm hollow.  Inside I'm hollow.  Inside I'm hollow."

"Friendship
Choice
Reason
Love
Adoration
Conviction
Self
Revolution"

"The eternal opposing relationship
Between the two sides of a mirror
The ever-growing ambitions
And the fickle, cruel lies
Ahh...
Ah, people are nothing
Ah, within the darkness
Ah, the sound of waves
The light & the darkness
Both of them, both of them divide me!
Born alone, that's the reason
That I am, that I am divided!
Twins
Twins by duty
Twins by schemes
Twins who are absent
To see what can't be seen
A false world surfaces
Made of props & painted backdrops
A false world surfaces
Earth is just a trick made by man
Earth is just a ball of glass made by man
Earth is just"

I might post more creepy alchemically esoteric lyrics as I watch more episodes, if there are other dueling songs that give me chills!

Some show-inspired Sketches

I've been on a semi-nostalgic anime kick recently (I mean, who hasn't?  The whole industry is exploding with blasts-to-the-pasts right now {google Sailor Moon Crystal if you need a reference}).  I've currently been engrossed in Dragon Ball Kai (currently on the Majin Buu Saga woo! can't wait for the new episode tonight!) and Revolutionary Girl Utena, the latter of which I have never ever seen and it has been exceeding my expectations beyond my wildest dreams (who doesn't love esoteric-alchemical-inspired-japanese-goth-rock during sword duels with upside-down-floating-castles in the background?!?!?!!!!  slash those gender stereotypes to bits!!!)

Needless to say, I've been sketching a tad during episodes to keep my hands busy.  Here's a few:

I was really touched by a couple of the dueling songs' lyrics, so they made it in here (I made a separate blog post about them if you wanna know what I wrote).  There's the Rose Bride Anthy Himemiya summoning the power of Dios and Saionji-practicing-a-fighting-stance reference quick-sketch (warm ups to get my hand going).

Here we have a silhouette of Nanami and the backside of Utena walking during the opening credits song as well as hair and mouth practice (I really like the rendering of the mouths in this anime - very androgynous and sensual and the hair reminds me of the hair animation in The Last Unicorn). 

I also loooove the eyes!  Here I've drawn stylized feminine & masculine eyes.  There's also Utena's profile, done in a mix style of my own and the show's.  Anime hands and legs (because all I seem to draw is heads and busts!!!)  The words I have written are, from left to right, as follows; "The angels who were passed over don't need wings to fly.", "I'll believe in myself because I want to believe.", "Absolute Destiny Apocalypse."

Now we're into the DBZ stuff!  Here we have all sorts of Space Armor!  The longer your spandex, the higher your power level!  The more armor you have, the higher your rank!  Or so it seemed to me...I'm probably way off (better check the fandom for that!)  I love how space armor seems gender neutral.  

Ah, the Prince of ALL Saiyans (or Saiyajins...I'm not picky).  I love how Vegeta specifies that he is the Prince of ALL Saiyans...like, all 2 1/2 Vegeta, all right.  I love his little angry cat face!  And, yes, that does say "legendary super butt" with a little heart next to it.  Don't judge.  We all have our extreme fan moments. (Also, yes, that is Usagi of Sailor Moon making an "oo" face with a horrendous attempt at a cartoon rabbit on the right there).

The purpose of these sketches was to attempt a cartoony/comic book style; I'm not necessarily going for realism...though a realistic drawing of Vegeta's ass might not be a bad idea...

CLEARLY I NEED MORE BRANDY IN MY TEA.