Venetian Masks pt2

It's another cat mask,but this time the style of the nose is more human like.
When I first saw this one I thought it was Indonesian batik,but if look closer,I think it might actually be tarot cards.
Got to love those feathers.Makes me think 'wise woman tribe leader' somehow.lol...
Think i should find out how to create those crackles.It was shown how to create crackles on wood in TV before but i forgot.1 layer paint 1 layer chemical,that's all I remember.
These ones look very oriental.
Casanova mask.I like the shape.

This one is prolly one of my favourites.The colour is very understated and it looks elegant.

At last I found out how Venetian masks are made.Sounds easy,and quite interesing.Here's the link

Introducing the new Scriptorium

I've created another blog to post my stories whenever I feel like it.Prolly won't be updated as often as this blog.But I guess it's something to encourage me to write more and make sure my creativity*cough* doesn't dry up.Looking back on when I was young,that creativity has dried up a lot though.

Here's the link: Criccy's Scriptorium

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Argh!! Tomorrow have 2D animation class again.It's the 3rd time this week I'll be going for that class.And I still dunno what we are supposed to show Tan tomorrow.Currently I've finished my flying bird,although it's depressingly jerky.Working on my double take now.Feel sleepy though...but class is at 10am tomorow!! argh!!! So far only done the keyframes!!!

I've reached a conclusion.

I cannot animate and listen to music at the same time.

My left brain needs a quiet environment so it can tell my right brain what to do next.

D8

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Whee...downloaded Maya already,so don't need to stay back in college to do work.Yesterday I just went into the 3D lab for awhile and it was so cold.

Also,I finally understand how to use Flash

I bought 'The Tragical Comedy or Tragical Comedy of Mr Punch' yesterday from Kinokuniya.I was in KL to take some shots for photography and so ngam the day before there was a 25% discount voucher printed in the Star.Somemore I didn't notice that voucher until i re read the newspaper the next morning.If you want the voucher,it's in the Worlds of Wonder section.Valid for a maximum of 2 comics,either American or Japanese comics.So after the discount,the book was RM46.10; quite worth it ,since it's full colour.And compare that to Tse Yein's Sandman comic which she bought for RM70 something.

There was a book fare at KLCC as well but I decided not to go because

1)I was very tired,woke up at 5 am to get morning sunlight photos

2)have to pay for entry.Yes,you have to pay to go in to buy their books.Selfish buggers...

Still feeling very stressed about college.I think it started from Flash animation class the other day.Perhaps I was too tired but I did not understand much about the class.Don't even know how to start.And then I saw the seniors work looks very nice,and some of our classmates also going to finish the assignment,but I still haven't started.I have to go for class again on Monday together with group 1 for sure.Another thing is that I don't feel as comfortable animating with a tablet as with pencil and paper.

Maybe it is compounded because I haven't started marker rendering either because I haven't bought thinner yet.I tried turpentine this morning but it didn't work.

And then Seamus makes me feel stupid when it comes to perspective.I plan to study perspective notes again either tomorrow or later after editing my photography shots.

For Maya,so far i think I'm still ok,except I haven't gotten a copy for myself yet.I'm going to try to do the assignment on Monday in the college lab.Hopefully I won't have any problems.Jason made it look easy anyway.

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But on the other hand I keep on thinking whether or not i really really am interested in animation.If not,then maybe later when the software gets more and more complicated I might have a problem and wonder what am I doing in DG major.Last time Syed always asked us if we enjoyed doing 2d animation.For me it was only okok.The technical problems became less and less throughout the term,but it wasn't as if I was getting a big kick out of it.

Maybe it's still too early to tell.Meanwhile my parents just asked me to try my best since I already think that illustration will not provide good job opportunity or pay,so I just have to think about my future.

Maybe I'm still hoping to come to a happy compromise later in my working life,as a designer of some sort.But either way we all have to work our way up to that post,since people generally start out as lowly inbetweening animators.

But I realised that I generally can't handle stress well.Eventhough it's sort of only a small problem,I still manage to stress myself out so much that I cannot sleep.That's why these past few days I purposely tire myself out by doing reading or studying or personal art projects,before I go to sleep.Kind of like last time when I was a kid,I was so afraid of my class teacher that I was scared to go to school and cannot sleep,just kept sighing a lot and rolling about.It seems that academic performance anxiety is still something that I cannot get over with since young.

I know other people probably have bigger college problems than me.No hardware,software,technical advice,moral support from parents,monetary problem,language problems etc.That's why I think if I was an outstation student I will just die.I think I am not mature enough to study overseas or anything yet.

Venetian masks!!

This morning I was surfing the net and decided to check some out.I remember I saw one very nice one when I was in Australia.It was quite a huge mask,with a curly jester hat made out of opera paper and bells.

They don't come cheap though.Very elaborate ones made of quality materials can cost up to USD400.the simple ones that cover only the eyes are around USD30~40.The materials that they use are very beautiful though,and usually the ones with more material look nicer.Anything from feathers to lace,swarovski crystals,laser cut metal,cloth,leather,opera paper,textured paper,gold or silver leaf,bells,beads,tassles....you name it they have it.

Anyways,enjoy the eye candy.

This one is from the Cirque du Soliel,actually,I was having a look at their website and from there decided to look for Venetian masks.I remember Cirque du Soliel was in Singapore once.They performed Quidam.I remember the headless man with the umbrella.
The one I saw in Aussieland was something like this but more elaborate.Don't you just love the opera paper and jester hat?
A cat face version
One with laser cut metal decoration.Looks so romantic.
prolly one of my favourites.
Lush feathery piece.I have  2 blank Venetian masks at home,i was thinking of putting feathers on them too.
Another jester piece.
2 mask combination.It is meant to be worn.Dunno how though.
These last few are designed by Claudia Hapeman.This piece is called Shangri-la
Very light femenine looking piece.BTW,they sell masks for weddings too.
A very powerful looking piece
I like the tassels on this one.

I suddenly feel very stressed now.This term we have to use Macromedia Flash and Autodesk Maya.And I remember that I am not that good at computers.Even last time Photoshop and Illustrator were difficult for me.Then I wonder why I went into animation in the first place,especially since got the word '3D' in front.

3D animation

requires a lot of computers.

but anyway,i think i was too tired in flash animation class the other day and didn't understand much about how to control it.So i think I have to join group 1 again on Monday and study one more time.

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But even since last time I was not sure about which to take,animation or illustration.I think truthfully I'm more interested in illustration.Even now I think of freelancing as an illustrator after I graduate.I think since I was young also I've always wanted to be an illustrator.But how come in the end I went into animation anyway? Because of money only.Because i heard that there is a shortage of animators and an oversupply of illustrators,therefore animators get jobs easier.For the same reason,animators get better salaries as well.

sigh...but I still feel like something is missing in my animation.You know how you can feel if something is going well or not?Eventhough my grades are ok,but I don't feel like a natural animator.Natural illustrator,then probably.

Sure,I like to tell stories, I like to draw.

But separately.

Since I was young I liked to write stories,draw illustrations,draw comics,and then I usually get praises for them.That's why I probably will prefer illustrating stories,rather than animating.I just feel out of my element.Maybe the feeling will change later,i dunno.But that's how I feel now anyway.The other day I read an interview of one of the animators at Pixar,who said the same thing.She studied graphic design in college,but later went into animation.At first she didn't like it,she always felt more of an illustration person,like to do those small drawing details and all.But in the end also she turned out ok in animation.Hopefully it'll be something like that for me later also.

At least I feel a bit better after hearing what Yip Sun said,he said that the lecturers told him,if he's confident of his drawing abilities,then go for something more challenging and do animation.I think I just have to keep on remembering that after all this,at least I'm preparing myself better for working life and not going to paint myself into a corner and become a starving artist.

Tse Yein let me borrow the first volume of Sandman.

XD

XD

XD

So far so good but I'm heartbroken that Dave McKean only does the covers...

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Aaaargh!!!Research for Seamus!!!!efvwyivuyldvvvhBHLWVBYHLKVBH

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Does anyone know any place with nice greenery and nice buildings?? Need to take photographs. D8

This is my current desktop image.Prolly the best characters in Mirror Mask,the orbiting giants.Besides the Griffon.And Valentine.And the various monkeybirds.

Also...this looks interesting.The next time i go to Borders I'll check it out.Pretty sure they would have it.Daym...Dave McKean's art makes me wonder why most comics have almost the same look.And they don't teach this stuff to the Illustration major people either,if I'm not mistaken.
This too.I know,people have been talking about Sandman since like last century,and I haven't read it before.
As you've prolly guessed by now,yes,I'm still fangirling over Neil Gaiman/Dave McKean.*coughsobuytheirstuffformecough*

End of post.

The party post

Sohs yesterday we had a family gathering at my condominium.Cos one of my Aussie aunties was on the way back from an international medical society meeting thingummy in a country which I forgot and decided to stop in Malaysia a few days before going back to Adelaide.

Then hor,I dunno why this time everyone so bersemangat make so much food.My mom boiled 2 pots of rice,then my cousin made 2 packets of spaghetti and an aunt had a platter of mantao also.In the end the rice and the spagetti were still more that 2/3rds left.Somemore before that my mom was wondering if we have enough food or not.But the hero of the day was still my jee yee,she made a container of kuih bingka,a container of pineapple tarts,a tin of prawn crackers and a pot of curry fish.Keng leh...her excuse for the tarts was that the pineapple was cheap and she had a lot of leftover butter at home.Needless to say,she bakes a lot.Sometimes she sells biscuits and jam back in Melaka.In the end we had a lot of leftover food,made me imagine packing the whole lot off to Burma or China or something.Could still feed a small village.As usual we resorted to dividing the food amongst our families.That's food for a few meals right there.

Also,one of my cousins brought his baby boy along.5 months old i think.Damn cute.When he first saw the crowd gathered at my place he opened his eyes big big .Can practically hear him thinking *gaspwhosthiswhosthiswhosthis*.Quite an inquisitive looking kid.My aunts were all happily torturing him by carrying him to the table where all the food was so that he can smell the food better,and try to tempt him with glasses of juice.And the kid would always try to grab at the glass of juice.Poor thing lah,some people still cannot eat funny funny stuff mah.

Rules:
1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they got tagged and to ask them to play and read your blog.


Starting time: 11:34 local time
Name: if you don't know then the fact that you are reading this blog is freaky.
Sisters: 2
Brothers: 0
Shoe size: 6 or 7.I just noticed that it's small compared to my friends.All the females in my family have the same shoe size tho,so we can always swap.
Height: err...dunno...and the emasuring tape is in my parents' room,so I won't bother.
Where do you live: Malaysia
Favourite drinks: Milo ais, rootbeer, Japanese green tea,chrysanthemum tea
Favourite breakfast: vegetarian maggi mee and orange juice.(unless I've been eating maggi mee for a few days in a row,they I will be sick of it.SPM days proved this.)
Have you ever been on a plane: yep.
Swam in the ocean: yep.Although I do not recommend swimming in Malaysian seas...can get kudis or tumour or heart attack.or any combination of the 3.
Fallen asleep in school: nope,remarkably.almost did tho,the KH teacher had that kind of voice that makes your mind wander,luckily she was only a replacement.
Broken someone's heart: i don't think so.
Fell off your chair: Oh yeah....I remember this as well,same as Sook,it happened to me in primary school.I was about to sit down and a classmate pulled the chair out from underneath.Maybe it was the same shithead...I told my mom and she went ballistic.
Sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call: no
Saved e-mails: only some.short or unimportant ones i will delete.i like to be neat.
What is your room like: it looks like a chocolate layer cake,brown and peach walls alternating.Has a few tonnes of art material in it.
What's right beside you: tablet,assorted stationery,cup of green tea,purse
What is the last thing you ate: pineapple tarts.teehee...my aunt gave us a whole container of it plus other stuff yesterday,There will be another entry on this later.
Ever had chicken pox: no
Sore throat: yeah,but not as many as most people.
Stitches: yes.any time i become too ambitious on the treadmill.
Broken nose: No.broken left arm yes.
Do you believe in love at first sight: err...not really.
Like picnics: yes!prolly not in Malaysia tho...
Who was the last person you danced with: err...I don't dance.
Last made you smile: Jerry Seinfeld.lol...I was reading his book.
You last yelled at: err...my dad gua..asking him if there's any car at the side of the one I was driving, and kan cheonging.i think my mom was lagi kan cheonging at the back.

Today did you:
Talk to someone you like: do family members count?I'm sad that way.
Kissed anyone: no
Get sick:no 
Talked to an ex: no ex to talk of in the first place.
Miss someone: yes,i think.As a passing thought.

Best feeling in the world: "having fun with people you're comfortable with" Ditto Sook Cheng.
Do you sleep with stuffed animals: yes.A stuffed sheep and stuffed dog.
What's under your bed: dust bunnies.I have one of those low frame beds.Can't hide anything under there.Except porn.Hey...there's a thought.
Who do you really hate: some people I will not mention.

What time is it now: 11:50 local time.


Randoms :
Q:Is there a person who is on your mind right now: yes,a few.
Q: Do you have any siblings: Yes
Q: Do you want children: err...i don't get along well with kids generally,but i guess one day maternal instincts will kick in.
Q: Do you smile often: i guess so.If you think I don't smile enough,then give me a reason to the next time i see you.If you think I smile too much,tell me so and I will kill you.Then I will laugh.
Q: Do you like your hand-writing: Iiiii do.Others don't.And don't bring up the question about artists having sucky handwriting,that's false science.I have a friend whose handwriting looks like calligraphy and another whose handwriting literally looks like cakar ayam.
Q: Are your toenails painted: no.staying off nailpolish after the report about nailpolish having harmful chemicals.
Q: Whose bed other than yours would you rather sleep in: err...I dunno.I'm convinced I have the best bed in the world.
Q: What colour shirt are you wearing: blue
Q: What were you doing at 7:00pm yesterday: having a family reunion.That will be in the next post.
Q: I can't wait till: I  can see my sister's baby.
Q: When did you cry last: err...dunno...prolly last term from stress.
Q: Are you a friendly person: I think i will be if you know me well enough.Although I do not wave to neighbours.
Q: Do you have any pets: nope.i want one!!!

Where is the person you have feelings for right now? if you mean like a crush or boyfriend,nowhere.
Did the last person you held hands with mean anything to you now? can't remember who it was.
Do you sleep with the TV on? nope.there's no TV in my room btw,unless you count my laptop.
What are you doing right before starting this tag?clearing up my dA account.
Have you ever crawled through a window? -not that I recall.I crawl under tables a bit too much in college tho.
Can you handle the truth? Truth??What truth??
Are you closer to your mother or father? Mother.prolly cos I was living with her alone for a few years.
Who was the last person you cried in front of? - maybe my classmates in highschool.Yes,I am an Emo Geek.Geekmo.
How many people can you say you've really loved? - err...family and a few friends I guess.Around 10 people? I'm sad that way.
Do you eat healthy? -i try to,but yesterday I let loose the monster in my tummy.
Do you still have pictures of you & your ex? - Another ex question.T-T
Have you ever cried because of something someone said to you? - err...no gua.See,my skin so thick.If people scold me,I'll prolly scold them back even louder and let the whole 5 km radius know.
How often do you go to church? - I'm...not Christian...only been in churches for my aunt's wedding like donkey years ago,and a few Christmas parties.
Ifyou're having a bad day, who are you most likely to go to? - my mom.and bitch to her.
Are you loud or quiet most of the time? - quiet.
Are you confident? - err...okok gua.more towards the non confident side.

5 things I was doing 10 years ago..(1998.. lol i was in std 3)
1-waking up early in the morning to go to school.the bus ride was fun,the air was cold you see.
2-playing with rain water.
3-oh...I started art class.
4-collecting saga seeds in school
5-feeding the chickens and geese and rabbits in school(without permission ahahahahahahaaaaaa....)

5 things on my to-do list today
1- practise driving
2- do some colour pencil portrait thinggy.still left the clothes and hair.
3- supposed to finish the sculpture,but i'll do that tomorrow.
4- supposed to do Seamus's essay.Later lah...his class was so uninspiring...
5- err...nothing else.enjoy my free time i guess.College is being kind to us animation students this past week.

5 snacks I enjoy
1-chocolate
2-oat biscuits
3-certain kuihs which names i do not know
4-tambun biscuits
5-nuts.no,the crunchy kind.

5 things I would do if I were a billionaire
1- Brag to Tatsun
2- Show off my (15)Lamborghini(s) to Tatsun
3- make those sticker advertisement thinggies with my face big big and ask for it to be stuck on top of Tatsun's and Ah Kok Wing's advertisements
4- help fund Anisa's choir boy sales and rental business
5- assasinate those people that I don't like.

5 of my bad habits
1-lazy to clean up my room
2-sleep late,wake up late.see,i'm doing it again.
3-think about world domination
4-*censored* 18 SG
5-*censored* 18 PL

5 places I have lived in
1-SS15
2- USJ5
3- SS12
4- Perth
5- Melbourne

5 jobs I've had

*gasp* I haven't worked before...
1-*to be filled*
2-*to be filled*
3-storyboard artist bitcher of my family
4- *to be filled*
5- director bitcher of my family

5 people I tag

Nisa

Joyce

Dom

Siao Chen

Tse Yein,in you dA journal.

OK,fine,I spare Yilyn this time.

Mirror Mask

OMG...you guys really MUST watch this movie!!!
It's prolly one of the most or the most imaginative films I've seen so far.

They had a perfect combination of talents going on there,Neil Gaiman's genius writing, Dave McKean's fantastic surreal photomontages, and the jazz music and the cast are good too.Listen to the dialogue,it's very good,witty,fun,balances the mostly dark visuals,since the darkness might make some people bored after awhile.The way the actors intone the script helped very much,especially the character of Valentine.As for the visuals,it's really very interesting,there's nothing else like it.It's just very sad that the film has a limited release in US and Australia only,maybe because the style was concidered too artsy.But the overall feeling of the movie is very unique,brings out the theme of teenage-parent angst very well,using a halucinating/dream-like environment,sort of like when you are falling asleep and nothing makes sense but at the time the nonsense mirrors your real life.

Trial,trial

Dun have to read this post,it's the same as the last one.Just taking my Japanese for a test drive.Gave up halfway though...

休みが終わったんだ。三週間が本当に不足だと思う。勉強の一週間と同じ長さだけ。休みに何をしたかなあ？少ししか出かけた、イリンさんの映画マラテョンとMidvalleyの以外に。美術も少ししかした、怠け者だから。

 それに、日本語をたくさん勉強した。いまは　インタミヂエットを勉強している。大学の仕事があっても日本語を練習しなければならないとおもう。練習しないともう一度忘れるかもしれない。

 その以外。。。古い映画をたくさん見た、Youtubeに。さっきに'Return to Oz'を見た、それには, 'Neverending Story'。今は、Jim Hendersonの 'Mirror Mask'を見ている。２０文の３だけでもすごいみたい。Bridge to Terabithia　と大体同じみたい。その映画の作家はNeil Gaiman。あの方はSandman とStardust　を書いた作家。

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And from here onwards I'm too lazy to continue.

So the holidays are over.3 weeks are really not enough.Feels the same length as 1 week of college.So what have I been up to during the holidays? Didn't go out much except for movie marathon at Yilyn's place and Midvalley to see the college exhibition.Didn't do much art,felt quite lazy,prolly because I need a break from art for awhile.Haven't even managed to finish my art exchanges and my sculpture.

On the other hand,I've been studying a lot of Japanese and came to know what I didn't even know that I didn't know.Currently I'm in the middle of Intermediate level.Letsee if I can spare some time during college term to study the rest.Must practice what I know though,if not sure forget again.Playing with the idea of translating my blog entries...

Also,I've been watching a lot of movies,mostly old ones,on Youtube.First I watched 'Return to Oz',then 'Neverending Story' followed by some random fairytale puppetry stuff my Jim Henson.From there I linked to 'Mirror Mask', also by Jim Henderson.I'm at part 3 of 20 now,so far it looks good,also a lot like Bridge to Terabithia.BTW, the movie storyline was written by Neil Gaiman,who also wrote Sandman and Stardust.I think I see a pattern now= childhood imagination.I think it's fascinating,right,anything is possible.I used to write a lot of short stories when I was a kid also,reading them again is quite fun.Also,I'm currently reading Alice in Wonderland.Cannot believe that I haven't read that before.I was wikipedia-ing that book,and it turns out that Alice in Wonderland is written in a genre called nonsense writing.Sounds insulting,but actually it's a proper name for a genre.It's a genre about writing that is purposely not making any sense and uses a lot of wordplay.

Oh well then,happy studying,people.

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Ah nostalgia

"Return to Oz".

I was compiling a list of animations when I remembered this live action film from my childhood.I didn't realise that it was by Disney also.I think it's quite unknown,but it's interesting to see all that old school special effects and the strange charm.Actually,since the movie was made in 1985,the special effects were quite advanced for it's time.Link out to see the rest of the film,it gets better later.Somehow it has the same kind of feeling as Tim Burton plus Alice in Wonderland and Bridge to Terabithia.I think the best part is the designs of Princess Mombi and her palace,and the Wheelers,which was taken from a book called Ozma of Oz.I used to be a bit scared of this movie when I was a kid,but now i think it's very unique.It's a pity that the 'slightly scary' elements made this show a PG rated show and put off more people from watching it,since the design is genius in my opinion.We need more of this kind of stuff nowadays,not the 'get rich easily' scheme that many producers are doing.

Meanwhile,i'm compiling a list of animations by Disney, Pixar, Don Bluth,Tim Burton and Hayao Miyazaki.Any more to add?

I got some interactive widget for you guys to play with,at the side and bottom panels.lol...I like my monkey...

lollololoololol....wth...

This almost beats anisa's badges

link

Which Horrible Affliction are you?
A Rum and Monkey disease.

Siao Chen's very fatt tag.

A Chinese must have come up with this tag.Why 8??

TAG NO.1

List eight (8) random facts about yourself. Tag eight people at the end of this post and list their names. Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving them a comment on their blogs.

#1. I don't like ice cream float in my pepsi
#2. I like to create to do lists eventhough I cannot follow them 100%
#3. I like dogs that look stupid.St Bernards most of all.They look like bears but less fierce and have a drooling problem
#4. I don't like J Co donuts all that much.Accept maybe the tiramisu one lah.That's the best one so far anyways.
#5. I like accessories, earrings,hats,bags,yeah,you know the drill...
#6. The best smell in the world is my own bed.It smells like safety and sleep.Sleep is precious,you will find out just how precious during end of term rushing for assignments/projects/tests.
#7. I used to collect various things when i was young,especially saga seeds and goose feathers in my primary school.
#8. i think Eli is a nice name.I remember I first heard that name because one of the Fear Factor contestants had that name.It's a guy's name,tho a lot of people think it's a girl's name and pronounced the same as Ellie.Actually it's pronounced as Ee-lye.


TAG NO.2

8 things I am passionate about:
#1. Music(instrumental,operatic,goth rock,or mixture of any of those 3)
#2. Art(this should have some subcategories...CG,art noveau,realistic looking manga,fantasy)
#3. Books(fantasy.er......yeah.)
#4. Fashion
#5. Making my grades. T-T sorry...I'm that geeky.
#6. Stuffed animals and dolls
#7. Animals
#8. Randoms pieces of knowledge that can make me more cultured *cough* like mythology,opera and history.OK,not really,but that's something quite recent.


8 things I say too often:
#1. lol
#2. u know ah....
#3. that's like,totally
#4. ...gay
#5. super seme
#6. looks/sounds so wrong
#7. OMGosh
#8. ....*gasp*....

8 books I’ve read recently:

I wonder why Siao Chen reads dictionaries...
#1.Maskerade-Terry Pratchett
#2. Who's who in Mythology
#3. Enchanting animal stories
#4 HP#5
#5 The last continent-Terry Pratchett
#6. some book about making fruit juices,read at the library just now
#7. National Geographic's Fashion photo book(more of saw than read)
#8. ICLS's beginner japanese textbook.(hahah...3 more textbooks to go)

8 songs I could listen to over and over again FOR THE MOMENT:

#1. Gothica/Fleurs du mal-Sarah Brightman
#2. Canto Della Terra-Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli
#3. I will be with you- Sarah Brightman and Paul Stanley
#4. Sarai Qui-Sarah Brightman and Allessandro Safina
#5. Nostradamus- Maksim
#6. Hana's Eyes- Maksim
#7. I'll fly away- Bond
#8. Night Flight- Vanessa Mae

8 things I learned in the past year:
#1. Animating smoothly is .NOT. easy
#2. Learning a language requires frequent practise. Seriously.That's why my Japanese is damn lame now.My BM is getting lame-fied as well.And college is lame-fying my England.
#3.How to do CG.A bit lah.
#4. Learned how to design metalic stuff and characters properly.(meaning,experimenting more leads to better design)
#5. Revived my manga drawing capabilities a bit.At least I've stopped drawing horrible swamp mosters.
#6. Learned how to drive.Also learned that all driving instructors are from hell.
#7. Learned to be paranoid about food poisoning (meaning those chemicals leaching out of plastic and stuff)
#8. Learned a lot of bad words and wrong stuff from college mates.Thank you,you guys are the best.


TAG NO.3
Would you go out with you? State the reasons why you would, and why you wouldn't, and then come to a conclusion at the end.

reasons for [i would]
#1 Same with Siao Chen,I am supremely loyal.
#2 Also same with Siao Chen.I'm honest.As in I dunno how to lie. Really. And that is not a lie.
#3 I think I would be quite caring towards my lover lah...but I dunno also,since I've always been single.
#4 I can be quite romantic....Gua.
#5 I'm mature...Gua.
#6 If I date myself means we have the same interests right? very good,then can sama-sama ber-bitching 24/7.
#7 I like company
#8 whatever happens happens. hahahah...that shows that I'm out of ideas oredi.

reasons for [i wouldn't]
#1 I'm sorry,I don't have any money to pamper you with.
#2 I also might not have much time when college starts unless you have lunch with me or do my assignments.
#3 I dunno how to woo people one.
#4 Eh...wait...does that mean i go out with myself as in my female self? Cos I prefer nuts to melons.It's practical science you know.
#5 I sometimes can be emo
#6 Sometimes shy to express my feelings.
#7 I'm not that good looking T-T
#8 I have bad habits that I will not be typing here.

Conclusion? :either way it would be quite sad if I date myself...

Who I tag :

#1 Yilyn

#2 Anisa

#3 Simone

#4 Dom

#5 Joyce

#6 you

#7 you

#8 you

the lonely post

I'm in a mood to be bimbotic. So sue me.

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Feeling very lonely now...

Anisa has Hafiz

Simone has her lesbo Eva

Yilyn I dunno,but I dun want to date her

Yen Yen has a Belgium boy toy and a crazy Malaysian fanboy

Sook Cheng I dunno,maybe have some boy harem or something

Xia Xun is his own harem

Najib got new girlfriend 

Chris and Moon got each other

Ah Sun also got girlfriend and Jason and Seamus

Tali got Warner

Ah Kwee got girlfriend

Alex got wife O_O

Amy got boyfriend

Mark got girlfriend

Leo got Debbie XD

Eldest sister married

Second sister have boyfriend

And I'm like all alone dekat tepi bersendirian

the fashionista post

Gah!! Fashion!!!!

this one is actually an artwork,not wearable fashion.Zips are getting sexier and sexier nowadays don't you think so?

Lol...Mao Zhedong...HK humour
Japan Fashion Week!!!

Wah...guys who wear traditional clothes in a modern way are hot.Admit it.Including those modern sarongs.
This designer is cool.I like the surreal Alice in Wonderland/carnival/druggie /mysterious feel.

I like that jacket.Gasp...and now you know I have a fetish for oversized jackets.
White and black,with loud shoes.
Very geometrical and structures dress.lol...
This designer went for all black designs.Waahhh....classic elegance and masculinity.


More towards street fashion,but I seem to like mixtures of a lot of fabrics.Accept I still feel pain when I see animal fur...
This one reminds me of Mr Sunny Day, my mad scientist in a yellow lab coat.
Gothic like look.
There's that multi fabric look again.

lol at the hairstyle...

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OK,this is the part when I start griping

Gaaahhh!!! I wanna go shopping,people!!! I need a shopping buddy,any volunteers??That's the problem when you have a mother who doesn't care 2 hoots about appearances and sisters who are not in the country...Actually before term break I was thinking I want to give myself a real makeover,clothes,makeup,shoes,everything.And then I realise I'm out of cash and still need to buy more expensive art materials.

I have a sudden urge to learn makeup,like Zhi Ni, or at least go up to one of those makeup counters and ask for advise.But those counter people are very intimidating!!!Sorry lah,but makeup is actually very important for modern women, even the guy who came to talk about job interviews said so.

And you know how I am,I like to experiment with fashion,but then again I tak sanggup to buy a lot of makeup materials,in case it doesn't work out and I end up wasting my money.But i want to try out dramatic makeup,all those fake eyelashes and advertorial fashion shoot eyeshadow stuff plus add in Bill Kaulitz and Visual Kei stuff and all.ahahahaha...I'm very vain one,but let's call it artistic because it sounds better.OMGosh...guys nowadays can do makeup better than me ok,that's not acceptable...

Where to shop though...Parade is nearest but not much variaty.Summit has a lot of lala shops that sell cheap clothes but not guaranteed can find anything worthwhile.Might be interesting tho.Pyramid??maybe...Times Square? I heard they sell a lot of nice accessories,but also very lala. One Utama(that would include Curve and Centrepoint by default,and Ikea since we're at it)? i feel like going,but very far and very crowded.But they have super a lot of shops and got Shu Uemura,and Shu Uemura has the most seme-fied lash bar.Ahahahaha...I think I'm going crazy raving about fashion...

End of griping.

Lol...funny advertisements.

Ok,after this I have to bathe already.Damn hot today!!!

It's very hot

and I don't feel like doing anything,so I'm lepaking online.

Seems that I share my birthday with:

1844 - Henry Heinz, American food manufacturer (d. 1916)

1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States (d. 1962)

1905 - Fred Trump, American real estate developer, father of Donald Trump (d. 1999)

1961 - Neil Buchanan, English television presenter

1962 - Joan Cusack, American actress

1973 - Takeshi Kaneshiro, actor/model

1976 - Emily Deschanel, American actress

1989 - Michelle Wie, American golfer

Also,on that date,the people who died:

1531 - Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (b. 1484)

this one made me laugh though...

2006 - Benito Martínez, Cuban who claimed to be the oldest person, died mildly ironically. Family didn't mourn - mostly dead also. (b. ?1880)

As for holidays and occasions,we have:

• United States - National Coming Out Day
• Poland - Water-based Pokemon Appreciation Day

Dom,remember the cheesecake!!!

The Fugly post

Yesterday I was procrastinating about painting my art exchanges and decided to redraw some of my old characters from 3 years ago.Pretty fun stuff.Those were the days when I was very free and could draw whenever I damn well wanted to.I remember when I was in form 1 or 2 I made a very long winded comic about the first few characters called 'Lupus' which was about a gentle  werewolf accused of murder.I managed to do 2 stacks of comic without even thinking up a solid storyline.Also,back in those days Harry Potter was all the rage,and guess what,my characters were students in Hogwarts.Lame leh...I surprise myself sometimes.

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Character #1:Alan.

Tall and athletic Aussie beach bum Alan with blonde spikey hair.Most famous member of the school archery team (nicknamed the Cupid Club because of Valentines favours they do to get funds).Has an outgoing personality, many rabid fangirls and an eyebrow piercing.Additionally, has a very much younger brother who's interested in nature,his name is Gareth.Has an elder brother who is a famous band member as well,I think his name was Harold.Later on,when I was thinking about remaking the comic, Alan's area of speciality in magic was supposed to be Sanubari,which is mind reading, mind and emotion control.

Not bad leh...all that from memory alone.

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after:

Too much surfing when he goes back to Australia equals a bad sunburn,freckles and hair getting more and more damaged due to the sun,pool water bleach and Brylcream.
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Character #2:Dermot

The short Irish boy with black hair and a thick white streak on his left fringe.Best friend material as he is the one who defends the werewolf guy whenever anyone makes fun of him or accuses him.Laidback personality,but don't piss him off,he knows Karate.Member of the school quidditch team*slaps forehead* playing beater.But either ways he's prooly my favourite character of the lot.I don't think I will be continuing Lupus,but I might be using Dermot's character for another comic,along with his younger brother Daniel.Speciality in the remake was Samudera,which is control over water.

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after:
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Character #3:Eros

OMG...that name was so random.Here's an article about the real Eros. I solemnly swear to think of better names next time.I think the name came from Eros Ramazotti,I salute his mom.

Anyways,Eros is the werewolf guy in question,who lives as an orphan since he was 6 due to a wolf attack.Very fair with white blonde hair and a withdrawn personality.Speciality in the remake was Bahang,or control of fires.

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Character#4:

Edward,the head student with ego problems.Very serious and excels in almost everything he does.Suspicious of Eros' background and often treats him unfairly,even more so when he is jealous of Eros's quidditch talent.Most people think that he is very cold,but his best friend is actually Alan.Polar opposites,but the get along fine.

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Next up,some assorted characters.

Character #5 and 6:Joey and Christoph

My mascots for Caffein workshoppe.Caffein workshoppe was a crash art project I had during school breaks.Joey and Christoph were of course sort of like my alter egos,the artistic twins.

before:

ok,fine,I only have chibi versions here.
after:

Joey.Represents the person I'd want to be,super artistic, outgoing, self reliable,friendly and beautiful.
Christoph.The twin brother that I would like to have.Reliable, supportive and mature.The twins dress exactly the same down to the earrings ;except for the monocle.OKlah,can sort of notice the quality of drawing suddenly dropped,that was because by then I was very tired already,drawing 7 characters in one shot, at night somemore.
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Character#7:

Sky.Not a very developed character,but one I remember well either ways.The vocalist of a band called Freestyle.Electric blue hair and green eyes,plus baby face.There are supposed to be a guitarist and a drummer but I forgot their names already.

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Kind of liked this pose tho.He and his emo pierrot makeup