Bionicle Scifi Swing-posters and video

Ah the wonders of broken headphones and a little creativity. I've gone through lots of headphones in my life, many of which have varied in style and quality. But, instead of throwing them out when they break, I prefer to keep them and put them to good use; in this case an old swivel set now serves as a hanging scifi chair (more specifically an odd swing).

I didn't have to deconstruct the headphones in any way to make this seat; I simply used a few safety pins, and wrapped its cords around itself to create this hanging chair, fit for any medium or small Bionicle figurine (or even non Bionicle figurines).

I show more of the chair in the following video, and give example of how it works. ^.~

The figure you see sitting in the chair is named Poroka, a female stone type created for the Life of Lewa fan fiction. Her story and relation to the LoL tale will be revealed in the future; likely the far future. I used her because she's easily posed, and a perfect size for the seat. I love the look of the above left image, it's almost techno Nouveau, and the way she sits makes her look like she's reminiscing on a memory.

Speaking of techno Nouveau style, I worked off that concept and made the additional poster above to display Poroka in this scifi swing. The poster as a whole was meant to look like a factory floor, and Poroka keeps the gears running by moving around the room on a mechanical seat attached to the ceiling. Makes it easier to work on large areas high up. It's sort of a concept idea.

My two favorite poses will always be the above posters. Both hold a certain emotion that just says peaceful, gentle, yet strong (basic traits of Poroka's personality).

Enjoy, and have a nice day! ^.~

Biotuber intro-experimental video

   It's odd, and I have no idea why I made this, but I might use this intro one day if I ever start making more Bionicle related videos. This was more of an experiment, started when I was practicing vocal and sang Biotubers in ascension through the microphone. I liked it, so I used it for an experimental intro video.    Toa Firestorm got me thinking about Bionicle related videos...and seeing he's an encouraging fan of my work gave me the extra nudge to try something different, and be adventurous.  

The picture I used for my video was a quick digital compilation. I took one of my favorite desktop images, added the three virtues symbol, and painted light rays coming from the center of the image; a way to emphasize importance to the universe and make it slightly more....epic. :P   There is one other guy who made something similar to this; he used the same background, only made it green, and made the symbol bigger, also made it translucent with no additional light rays. Go ahead and check that out if you'd like http://darkjedi4.deviantart.com/art/Bionicle-logo-330502992 ^.~

Tribal Takanuva Tattoo

Yes! I'm glad to have completed the final tattoo set that crosses off the additional seventh member of the Toa Nuva team. This tribal Takanuva tattoo set of both colored and black and white is a special edition member to the the Toa Nuva tattoo set shown in the post Tribal Toa Tattoos.

I went for a sun doodle theme while working over Takanuva's mask, hence his element of light. I'll note the most defined sun patterns are around his mouth, and at the crown of his mask. At first I didn't feel this design was going to look very good, but after I finished it today, I guess it doesn't look so bad.

I may continue making tribal tattoo designs for each character in the Bionicle storyline; including the titans as some wished to see. Till the future, enjoy. ^.~

Lewa Doing the wave-Stop motion

  This is an old video that was a joint project. Me and my sister worked together to make this, and it was an anonymous test run video.    The Lewa figurine in the video is my traditional Life of Lewa figurine (note he has some different coloration, a sash, and pendant).    The video was made on my desk with a white paper backdrop, side light, old webcam, and Stop motion pro. Wasn't easy working in very tight quarters.    There is a joint video to this one which will come in the future, till then, have fun watching Lewa do this funny dance move. :P

Toa Nuva and Friends- banner collection

 Hey guys; I'm happy to officially share the following poster collection (above) of the Toa Nuva and friends. As I said back in the post Bionicle banner collections-and an announcement; I felt the need to make some Bionicle themed banners for fans out their without banners for their channels, and decided to make ones of the Toa Nuva and friends from the Bionicle Mask of Light movie. 

I used already created desktop images of each Toa and Matoran, then applied the usual filters to each of the them. I then used different brushes to create backgrounds that fit their element. It's unfortunate that after completing a large majority of them, and finally got to making Tahu's banner; the beautiful brushes I used for all but Pohatu's banner stopped working for PSE, meaning I can't use them now, which made my heart sink and caused me to feel fed up with digital programs. I'll note the brushes stopped working as soon as I was ready to make Tahu's banner, which is why his banner looks simpler and less fantastic...seeing I only have so many choices with default options of PSE.

Despite the unfortunate downfall of faulty PSE programming and not being able to use my favorite brushes now; the plus side is that I managed to make most of these final banners before that happened. So enjoy, and feel free to link back to my blog and DA page if you use the banners; it helps in getting my work seen. ^.~

Below I list each banner with a link to it's full resolution image which you can download for use. Remember, downloading full resolution image is the only way to use each banner. I've included the DIY video at the bottom of this post for you to see how to properly download and apply a banner to your channel. ^.^

Toa Tahu banner

Toa Lewa banner

Toa Gali banner

Toa Kopaka banner

Toa Onua banner

Toa Pohatu banner

Takua and Jaller banner

Pearllight Nova MOC

 This is Pearllight Nova; my MOC when she's in what I call super flight mode. To the date this is her build, and I love this form.

Details: Pearllight Nova is based off the concept of Pearllight's suit having what's called a Nova form; not the kind of nova that kills all life in a certain distance like a nuclear bomb, but essentially a suit mode that's powerful enough to aid in dire circumstances. Her Nova form isn't too different from her base form; see Pearllight self MOC for basic details. The only difference is her wing set, made from parts I'm unfamiliar with. Her nova form mostly aids in sky battles, but also aids in increased power spurts that aid in nova plasma blasts...which are seldom used.

In Nova form, Pearllight's wings have blue signal lights on the top set, that way her comrades know it's her. I'll note the wings are made from technique parts of some kind, and I used a couple white Bohrok legs to hold them. They're adjustable, and removable; I'll note Pearllight can actually take the wings off manually and hang them up. On the more technical side, you may wonder what the tubes are, and why they're attached to the wings. The tubes are basically hydraulic tubes that allow the wings to function naturally with Pearllight's suit. You'll notice the tubes attach to the main part of each wing and then attach to power ports on Pearllight's suit, which only form when she needs the wings. The rest is all basic, Pearllight doesn't normally use her hair blades when in Nova form, which is why they're in their holsters.

 A final note, the staff Pearllight holds was at first an anonymous addition to her nova form; later to become something more. I now feel the staff better relates to a story concept I came up with some time ago and shared in the post Bio-lock. There I mention about a weapon Pearllight finds called the staff of dimensions; which relates to a concept I may one day make into a mini episode for Pearllight Origins. You can read about what this staff is in the Bio-lock post; but anyway, that's what I feel Pearllight Nova is holding, she's using the staff of dimensions during her nova mode.

 I also made these two Pearllight Nova posters (above and below) for the sake of displaying her as a character. They kind of have a CD cover set up to them; might use that idea for a future project. 

Kind of was going for an electrical and sort of enchanting backdrop that expresses the qualities of my character and her somewhat enchanting abilities, like her main quality of being able to heal the injured or broken hearted.

And lastly, I made the panel above displaying Pearllight Nova in her MOC form next to a representation of her in chibi form, more revealed as her Human self. Reason I made this panel is because I felt like sharing and joining in with the small craze on G+ Bionicle communities where multiple people have made chibi versions of their MOC's with the silly chibi maker; and a few have even shared their MOC chibi's with me. So I felt it would be fun to make and share in return.

Pearllight banner

 Back in the post Bionicle banner collections-and an announcement I include a DIY video on how to make your own themed YouTube banner. I decided not to let my example banner go to waste (yes this banner is the one I was working on in the video). So instead of deleting it, I tweaked it to better fit my tasted and made it look better than it was in the video.

You'll notice I centered things better, and played with the text some more. Now it seems kind of cool... though  I probably won't be using it on my channel.

Trvia: The Pearllight image I used for my banner is an exclusive photo I never included in the Pearllight Nouveau collection.