Artist: AnaB

My current literary obsession… “The Hunger Games” trilogy, by author Suzanne Collins… I’m only half way through book 1 and I already love it! And after I learned there are plans for a movie, I had to put 2 and 2 together! You know me… books + movies = some crazy obsessive Photoshopping!

:: CAST ::
Jessica Stroup as Katniss Everdeen

This looks amazing right? Almost looks real! :]

Fall!

Now the dark begins to rise
Save your breath it’s far from over
Leave the lost and dead behind
Now’s your chance to run for cover
I don’t want to change the world
I just want to leave it colder
Light the fuse and burn it up
Take the path that leads to nowhere
All is lost again, but I’m not giving in

I will not bow, I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall, I will not fade
I will take your breath away

Fall!

Watch the end through dying eyes
Now the dark is taking over
Show me where forever dies
Take the fall and run to heaven
All is lost again, but I’m not giving in

Title: A Capitol Experience
Author: Claratrix LeChatham
Blurb:
An average, violent, bloody, Hunger Games. The tribute who will win is not decided, and you, the Capitol, have the power to keep your favorite alive. Happy Hunger Games! The Games have begun!

Excerpt:
Our mayor did eventually make an appearance; such lateness as his is frowned upon by the Capitol, however. More than likely, we will have a new mayor next year. Our current one has been increasingly inflammatory against the President. We’ll miss him, nonetheless.

I found it impossible to fully comprehend what he was saying, beneath his thick District Ten accent, and the voices of my peers. Theano, in particular. She grates on my nerves uncomfortably.

The speech the mayor was making came to a close awkwardly. Our escort, however, was vivacious as always as she skipped up to the platform. She was wearing an over-emphasized pair of glasses, though I had no doubts that her vision was perfect, and her hair was alternating streaks of purple and gold. The look did not complement her in the least.

“I know you’re all just as excited for the Hunger Games as me. This year, District Ten will have a victor!”

She performed a strange dance, pumping the air with her fist and alternately gyrating. It was likely awkward to do, and even more uncomfortable to watch.

We all breathed a sigh of relief when she stopped, and dizzily walked to the bowl from which the girl’s name would be chosen. A lesser person than I would have been hoping for Theano’s name to be pulled, but I was simply focused on my name not being chosen.

“Hypatia Leanodas!”

I hesitated. I had seen enough snippets of previous reapings to know that I was supposed to walk up to the stage to be led into the justice building. But how had I been picked? My father would rather starve than apply for any tessarae.

Out of thousands of slips, I had been only one. The odds, as any escort would put it, were in my favor.

Artist: Budotty

Description: Katniss, from The Hunger Games, done with watercolors. Believe it or not, this is a dress. All of the fabric is being blown around and all of that fancy-what-not, but when it’s all settled down, it really looks more like a dress. A dress with a jumpsuit sort-of-a-thing underneath. Ho, ho, ho.

Perhaps I should draw a sketch sometime of what the dress looks like without the wind blowing, but, that would require the use of my wrist, and I might just be too lazy to do that. HA.

I’m already aware that this does NOT fit the description of her dress in the book to a T. But this was my own vision of the dress. I think this way it really gives off the illusion that she is on fire, and that’s what is important to me.