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Damn it.
I just realised I never blogged about my holiday. Ah well, procrastination has become one of my many middle names, but I assure that I will get it done... >.>
Staying true to some sort of tradition, I'm blogging halfway through a school term about me starting school. If that made any sense. But yeah, the new school year has started (and I'm halfway through the first term).
There is a real sense of increased expectations for us Year 10s now- the workload has increased, and I have a hell lot more of responsibilities this year. Gah, gotta make an announcement during assembly tomorrow on anime club.
I hope I do well this year :]
Sad thing is, I really hoped to get this painting done before the holidays started. For some odd reason, I wanted to draw my old Naruto characters ( I blame Itachi. Damn you and your luring good looks/voice) , so yeah. I'm still only at the lineart stage, because I want to get the proportions and perspective right, but I can already visualise what the end product looks like :] I'm quite happy with it so far, but I haven't been able to do so much as touch it since school started. I do place school as a top priority after all (I should be studying now xD)
Gotta go now, have to finish my history homework on Menzies and his Communist Dissolution Bill. It's rather interesting, I have to say, but answering questions can be a pain.
Hi everyone :)
Did you have a nice Christmas? I know mine was pretty good, albeit being rather quiet.
Sorry for not updating earlier, I was procrastinating.
Anyway, I'm updating here to announce my hiatus. Well, I'm always on hiatus with this blog xD
But I'm going on vacation to Penang and Singapore tomorrow morning until the 15th of Jan. So that means no (or hardly any DeviantART). UGH. Noooooo >.< Not dA!
Haha joking.
Speaking of dA, here is my latest submission- 'Pierce'
Tried some semi-realism..It was fun ^^ (I was supposed to be working on an image of an oiran)
I'll try to get another Deviation up tonight- if I'm not busy packing. Already done the lineart and base colours :)
Have to use up most of the Internet data today too *laughs evilly*
So Bye-nee~
Maybe I'll blog from Penang in a few days 0.0
Haha, forgot to blog that the holidays have just started. Yesterday was the first day, and I got some friends to come over to my house. We had fun ^^ Played Singstar, watched Angels and Demons (which is epic!), and played some other games.
My school report was so far,the best of my school years (I came 3rd in PE. Me. 3rd. In PE. I could've come second if i had 2 more points though xD. But still. 3rd. Me.), and as I result I had extreme nerves before Presentation Day. Haha, can't wait till next year.
To tie in with the good news, my friend and I won first place in the Sydney Wylies Baths Art Competition for Secondary schools :)
I uploaded the entry to my dA account
I'm so proud of it :) My friend (Tijana) and I won $400, and we split it between each other. Our entry was shown in the local newspaper, The Southern Courier, and the entry, along with others will be displayed at libraries around Randwick next year.
Still can't believe it 0.0
But I'm happy.
I have much more free time now that I'm on holiday, so I've been busy with my art-- submitted this the other day.
It's one of my best, I think :)
I was inspired by UVERworld's new song 'Kanashimi wa Kitto'- the lyrics played a part in it, but it was mostly the part after Takuya sings with the orchestra in the beginning, when the rest of the band members start up the song (see the vid below at 00:50 to 01:00)
I had that part of the song, those 9 seconds or so, replaying in my head over and over, so 'Breathe' was mainly a result of that :)
I love UVERworld. I want to go and buy their albums and singles when I go to Singapore.
Oh, did I mention I was going to Singapore? FINALLY?
That's right, on the 31st of Dec, we are flying to Penang, and on the 7th I'll be coming down to Singapore. I told Rayson that, and suggested that 6/7 should have a reunion- I could try to pop in 8D
I am also going to get Namie Amuro's Past< Future album. And Gintama, or Gundam 00. Or even Macross (yes, I just started watching that 8D)
Well, today is officially marking the last day of school for Term 3 :)
I've got a 2 week break ahead of me, but it isn't all play lol. I still have to study for my yearlys coming up T_T That's why I am trying to finish my homework in the first week.
I haven't posted any updates on my art recently, but you can always go to my dA site to check it out 8D *shameless advertising*
But here is something that I'm rather proud of lol. I did this about a week ago, to coincide with my 2 year anniversary.
Go check it out in full view on dA ok? The image is actually really, really big, but I had to size it down for internet purposes. I hope you like it ^^
I looked back at my old digital 'art' and I really think I've improved over the past 2 years- after all, the main reason why I joined dA was to improve my digital art. I started from scratch, teaching myself how to use the tablet and painting programs, with the help from dA of course, so 'Walk' is kind of a milestone. Actually, it's more of a massive improvement? Maybe it is because I did a proper background this time....Hmm...
Also, I'm going to overflow you with Gintama news again 8D
The new Gintama OP and ED are out :) Kind of early, if you ask me, but who cares? (I'm actually going to miss 'Stairway Generation')
But the new opening is LOVE.
It's called 'Light Infection' by Prague, a group that I think is going to be my new favourite band. And even if the video isn't anything super-action-packed, it's full of cool camera angles (especially Kamui's scene and the beginning of the chorus with Takasugi). Heaps of Young!Gintoki and Shiroyasha footage, I guess put in there purposely because of the new DVD coming out to do with that. Kyubei's scene was really cool too. One note though- they didn't put in a better Okita/Shinsengumi sequence -_- *gives Sunrise evil look*
I guess it is because that the arc coming out isn't really Okita-centric.
*continues to give Sunrise evil look*
Tsukuyo is really cool too :) *random*
The new ending is also pretty good, but 'Asa Answer' and 'Wo Ai Ni' were more addictive :/
So this one is called 'Wonderful Days' by ONE*DRAFT (I can't remember how you get those fancy 'star' shapes to type out so that asterisk is there instead). I checked out some other songs by the band- they are pretty good, so you'll might want to check them out~
Ahh, sorry for all the spam, but I have one more video >_<
No, it isn't Gintama-related.
This is by Mao Denda, a R'N'B artist I recently discovered about. For some reason I can't bring myself to listen to a lot of english hip-hop/rap/r'n'b, but the japanese take on it is really good to listen to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyitI3Ue7nc
Unfortunately, I can't embed the video because Universal Music Japan (who posted the video) disabled embedding :(
I can't find it elsewhere on Youtube.
I've also started listening to Ringo Shiina, who really is a unique artist to listen to. She's got all those jazz, bossa nova influences in her music, in addition to rock and pop, and a whole lot of other genres (just check out her wikipedia page,so many xD) You may have heard her music in J-Dramas or movies like 'Sakuran' or 'Casshern' (speaking of Casshern, I BADLY want to see that movie). Perhaps you have recognised her as the vocals+guitar from the band Tokyo Jihen. Definitely a stand out from many other japanese mainstream artists, so you should check out her as well.
Hmm, or is it? I could just classify it as 'taking a break from doing my health assignment'.
Anyway, the last week or two have been really busy- but not with tests (for once). The SRC elections popped up again, the same day, we went to watch Ponyo on an excursion, we finally got our laptops from the DET...etc.
I got re-elected into the SRC though :) I'm so grateful and happy- I want to thank everyone for giving me another chance to do something for the school ^^ (not that they read this blog lol.)
I was quite nervous before giving the speech though. I was under the impression that no one would vote for me as I had been in the SRC for the past few years. Also, I thought that other, more popular girls would get in. But who knew, I got voted in again~ This will be my fourth time being in the SRC in a row- I hope I can do a good job!
Moving on, the school's Japanese classes went on an excursion to see Ponyo~ About time it got released into movie theatres, its been out for ages. So we walked down to the Ritz and got crammed into a tiny theatre.
It was a pretty good movie, for a G rated movie and all. I quite liked how it was based on the Little Mermaid- but I was waiting for the moment when Ponyo's father would have a flashback from his past. Didn't happen. He wasn't some bishounen either. Slight Disappointment. Not my favourite Miyazaki film though- Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle are my absolute favourites at the moment. I haven't seen Laputa or Princess Mononoke yet though D= Still, it was a really sweet film to watch :)
We also got our laptops, issued by the DET~ I got mine early because I had helped out at the Laptop information night (computer captain duty stuff). Everyone else is getting theirs tomorrow and on Tuesday. But it's pretty sweet- it's running with Windows 7 Enterprise, and has 160 GB of storage- brilliant for such a small laptop (it has a 10 inch screen). It also comes with $15 000 worth of software- but i slightly resent the fact that they installed Adobe CS4 Web Standard and not the Design or Production versions. That meant that they installed Photoshop Elements 7. Seriously, what's the point of giving us CS4 stuff when you give us a crappy version of Photoshop? But the Flash Professional is going to be very useful ;)
I love my laptop- but I have to complain- they install $15 000 worth of software, but they didn't put in anti-virus software.
That is probably the most important thing you need on a PC! We just have the inbuilt Windows protection, and I think everyone will know that that isn't enough. Just because the DET has an inbuilt filter on websites, doesn't mean it is going to be filtered from viruses.
My entry has turned in to a complain session lol. I have to stop. But one more thing.
I just found out that Kidchan, on DeviantART, has gone missing. Not literally- all her deviations have been deleted )=, as if she left the site. She has always been a source of inspiration for me, and a figure to look up to, and she's gone. I hope it is just a dA glitch. At least her Youtube account is still active, because I want to share this awesome video she made.
The song is 'Life Goes On ~ side K~' by CHEMISTRY, one of my favourite pop duos, and what Kidchan has done here is a AMV/[MAD] of Axis Powers Hetalia. She's done it with Photoshop and Windows Movie Maker. That is so cool. Most people use some other program, but she's done it with movie maker. I'm inspired!
Hey guys~
I've uploaded another deviation on dA~ Be sure to click on it and check out the rest of my crap gallery.
While taking a break from working on 'Kamui', I decided to get a free trial of the Japanese painting program Open Canvas (the absolute god's gift of fast, efficient programs besides Paint Tool SAI). At the same time I tried out another style of colouring. So the combination of staring at Kidchan's work on dA and other influences led me to this~
The title and general feel of this was inspired by Kate Miller-Heidke's song 'The Last Day on Earth'. Beautiful song, btw. *shock. i actually listen to english music*
This suprisingly only took me a few hours to complete. This is really short, compared to the amount of time I am spending on 'Kamui'. It's been so many days.. =_=
If you watch Gintama (epic anime, btw), you may know Kamui. He's Kagura's older brother, but that's all I'm spoiling for you right now xD.
This is a work in progress, so haha, yeah, this isn't the full picture. I'm only showing a little bit of it.
In reality (or rather, canon), Kamui is rather bloodthirsty, and at the moment the picture looks nothing like it, so I'll be sure to fix that up when finishing the colouring.
Pretty damn proud of the line art though 8D
See more of my work at my deviantART site :) http://www.aqua-ice-water-drop.deviantart.com/
