Red Room

Quiz

2009-07-05T15:54:00.004+08:00

A quiz I took. Saw this on Melissa's blog and you know how much I love to procrastinate, therefore I took it for fun. XD In a sense, it's quite accurate. Blah. D:

Your view on yourself:
Other people find you very interesting, but you are really hiding your true self. Your friends love you because you are a good listener. They'll probably still love you if you learn to be yourself with them.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You are not looking merely for a girl/boyfriend - you are looking for your life partner. Perhaps you should be more open-minded about who you spend time with. The person you are looking for might hide their charm under their exterior.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You prefer to get to know a person very well before deciding whether you will commit to the relationship.

The seriousness of your love:
You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love.

Your views on education (If my teachers see this they will crai D8)
Education is less important than the real world out there, away from the classroom. Deep inside you want to start working, earning money and living on your own.

The right job for you:
You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

How do you view success: (Which is why I keep on putting off my CRS homework >_>)
You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.

What are you most afraid of:
You are afraid of having no one to rely on in times of trouble. You don't ever want to be unable to take care of yourself. Independence is important to you.

Who is your true self:
You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.

If you're interested, you can try the quiz here. Stopping entry here for now, may post another later, because this post is already on it's own, long. XD;

Sungei Buloh (?)

2009-07-01T23:38:00.004+08:00

Warning:: Post is IMAGE HEAVY.

Reason for the question mark being, uh... cause I'm not too sure of the spelling and stole the spelling off Imah's blog. 8D I know, I so rule at spelling, right?

Moving on to the point of the entry, last week on the last day of our holidays and almost the entire class went to Sungei Buloh for a class photography field trip. Of course, we didn't go there for nothing, neither did we go there just for practise either as the catch of the entire thing was that we were to be graded for whatever photos we would take on that day and had to choose the best 5 out of the bunch. The class with the highest collated marks, was to be awarded the winner, however I'm not too sure what we would win- but thinking about it I don't really think we would win anything either. o_O

After a half an hours bus ride, we finally arrived at our destination and after a short briefing along with the spraying of insect repellent (thanks Yan Lin, you're a saviour 8D), we set off into the deep dark woods- I mean, uh... down the bridge, towards the entrance.

Before we went in though, our class along with another class we always have certain modules with, stopped by at a cafe there to buy some snacks. Me, being ~~a big fat cheapskate~~ broke, didn't buy anything but decided to leech off classmates instead.

The prices of the items aren't cheap, so it's more worth it to bring your own snacks along, but oh well, why should I complain when it at least it puts some food in the tummy? My sentences are getting more awkward as I speak, so I'll let the pictures do the talking, well, along with some captions too, so at least you'd know what's going on.

An interesting sign. Was on the gate, while going into the place itself. Classmates went through the gates anyway, oh noes! Just kidding, the sign only works from the inside.

A shot taken of the lake and the tree/grassy areas. The photo was supposed to show the sky reflecting onto the lake, so it'd look as if the sky were the lake itself, but alas due to obstructing trees and me being made out of fail, this was my best shot of the scene.

A huge lizard I took outside of the cafe. They're kind of cute. XD

I shooting Shahrul, and Shahrul, shooting me. (Lame pun)

Another area of the place, where branches hang low just before the lake itself.

I fail at up-shorting, but two fatties are on the structure, trying to capture a shot of the people below.

Teacher holding up a leaf for a classmate to capture. This picture makes her look really young, like an adolescent girl. :D

After the shooting, we went to rest while awaiting for the bus to arrive and not wanting to suffer under the hot sun, went into the library to cool off. We fooled around alot, and Yan Lin tried to be a predator, but was pretty fail at capturing her victim.

Yan Lin, before some point of time, also "fell asleep" due to "fatigue". She willingly posed for this photo, so any unglamness is not to be blamed by the photographer (me).

Other goofing around consisted of Peter and Andrea having a hand wrestling match. I can't remember who won, though, I think it was Andrea who did. Who knew she had a few tricks up her sleeves? 80

It was a tiring day, but all the more a great experience. Shooting nature, is not an easy feat, especially if you're trying to capture the beauty of it, but, ah well, there'll be more practise sessions in future, and by then I hope I'd improve a little more to capture better pictures in future. Another one of our lecturers took great photos and I was really impressed by what he displayed to us in class.

After field trip, had an all nordic brothers outing with Denmark and Norway. We shopped for cloth, ate donuts, and invaded Norway's house again for fun and to steal her food. I like her bed, it's very comfy.

So, that concludes a really long entry, and I leave you now with a picture of the day, idea stolen of Yan Lin's blog because I wanted to sexpose her badly. See Yan Lin? You sexpose others, we sexpose you, so, mwahahaha! Think before you sexpose others next time. >:D

I think the trip was AWE-SUMMMMMMM!!!111

The End of June

2009-06-23T19:43:00.003+08:00

Is coming to a close, and with that I bare photos. It was my first time ever doing a shoot of a doll (thanks for Norgey [MapleGunMan] for letting me bring your baby home!) and I have to say, it's really fun taking pictures of him. Especially since he's very photogenic and all. I love his face up too and if I'm not wrong, he's a Kid DELF. The problems that arose from this shoot however were focusing and lighting problems. Since I started shooting around 5 plus in the evening, instead of natural sunlight I started with the room light (which isn't a very good lighting to be honest). The pictures were slightly grainy and out of focused as well.

I moved to another part of the room to test out the lighting there and it was better in a sense. XD Then moved to the window and then back to the floor again using a light my father bought to conserve electricity. So, without furthur ado, here are a few of the photos that have already been edited. Photos will be posted a few a day because editing is tiring (er... or rather, I'm lazy) Colour inconsistency are one of the warnings, so are inconsistent borders, photos taken by an amatuer (~~along with corny title names. Sorry Norgey 8'(~~) and yes, the colours of the photos were edited in photoshop. Camera used is an Olympus, and it is not a DSLR.

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I hope I did justice to her doll. XD And uhh... I guess if you see many entries that'll spawn under this date or the next few, there're just entries to sum up life so far, so, yup. Don't be surprised if that does happen ha ha.

EDIT: Decided to take off the titles because it sounded lame 8'D

PROJECTS RAEP

2009-05-31T14:02:00.002+08:00

And this is only ONE project out of the bloody THREE I have to complete, all counted in CA that's not even complete yet, hur hur, yeah it's not, I mean I'm gonna do an alternative layout, that's just one layout, if you realise the cards are not entirely in position. Whee I'm going crazy, THIS IS WHAT EXCESSIVE WORK DOES TO YOU. AND don't compare your workloads to mine please, if you're tempted to do so cause I know all of you are from different courses and we handle things differently. AT THE END OF THE DAY ALL OF US ARE FREAKING STRESSED SO YUP. AND ALL DEADLINES ARE NEXT FRIDAY BLOODY HELL. *bangs head against table* Yes, meaning the 5th of June. I'm so deep into shit I dunno how to drag myself out of... well... well... maybe I'll just stay up and drink coffee excessively! (Strangely, coffee makes me sleepy not awake)

I think my time of the month is driving me crazy. OH WHUT. BEFFY IS SO OPEN? WELL. WHAT IS THE TIME OF THE MONTH? YOU DUNNO I DON'T TELL YOU. Some people would know though. I DUNNO. It has driven me mad these past few days with it's stupid mood swings that I have to use alot of effort in order to not implode. I apologise greatly to whoever I offended during this period. I'm sorry but I can't control my temper with these things affecting me. It magnifies my mood greatly so usually over small things which I don't get angry at, it makes my temper so huge it seems as if I'm making a big deal out of it when it's not a big deal.

Well... well... I just needed to rant. I WANNA CG SO BADLY. *bangs head against table again* I wish I chose to draw instead of taking pics but you know, the cards would kill me most probably. 8D Ha ha. I hope I survive the coding that's gonna be coming soon... I need to speed up. Guh.

(We apologise if you couldn't comprehend whatever this mad object was spouting.)

Life So Far

2009-05-29T00:12:00.002+08:00

So, I know I haven't updated in awhile, but I actually swore to update my trip about Boracay and yet... lol. Because I had no pictures and wanted to actually get them from my sister, I eventually dragged it on and on until... well, you get no photos, no updates, no news... I DIED FROM A PLANE ACCIDENT AND THIS IS MY GHOST POSTING. WHO'S THAT GIRL FOLLOWING YOU AROUND IN CLASS? No I'm just kidding, and yeah I apologise for being insensitive about dying in a plane accident. So... if you're gonna ask me "HOW'S LIFE?" (I'm quoting myself, strangely) I can explain it with one picture:

Or well, maybe a few- once I start stealing from people's blogs hur hur hur. Above picture credited to Yan Lin, if not if she found out I stole this without her acknowledgement, she would chop off my head I swear. As you can see, from above picture (drone drone drone), I started Poly not to long ago. "WHICH POLY ARE YOU IN SUCKER?" you ask? Singapore Poly. "WHAT DOES THOU STUDY?" you ask again. I answer, Digital Media. "WHAT DO YOU DO IN SUCH A COURSE?" you ask again, being the using KPO singaporean. Too long to explain, too much information to give out. In other words, rolly polly Beffy is too lazy to explain. LOL.

For the past few days I've been faithfully "working" on my blog (lies). As you can see, it has a new layout, which I edited slightly, thanks to the makers, you guys are the bomb. *Insert thumbs up here* I will in due time change the icons as I have done with the words and uh. Well that actually took one day. The rest of the days were spent just listening to music and adding them on the list if I felt like it. LOL. Yup, hardworking indeed.

Assignments are due soon and I have to say one thing. FUDGE YOU ASSIGNMENTS, OH MY BROWNIE, THERE'S SO MANY TO DO (hoping at the least two people would get this *wink wink nudge nudge*). Uh. And I should probably start on 'em but as you know. Procrastinator. Yeah.

Also, just saying HELLO TO MY NEW ~~SUCKERS~~ FRIENDS THAT I'VE MADE IN SCHOOL. You guys are awesome! *Insert another thumbs up here* It's been fun talking to people I felt immediately welcomed instead of awkward during the first few days of school. So yeah. Hellos especially going to the fatty, the hannah montanna fanatic (or imposter, hur) and... the bee hoon. Heh heh heh. And to the Nordics family, even though you guys are horrid treating me as your maid just because I am married in to the family, I love you guys as well. My ego has also boosted due to the fact that I beat you guys in character rankings and no appearences in the comic whatsoever is no excuse for your unpopularity. Suckers Suckers Suckers Suckers Suckers.

And um. To those whom I haven't met often with, I haven't forgotten you guys. I miss you guys all the same, but blame school for my lack of presense. :D (In other words, I don't want to take responsibility even though I know I'm partially responsible for my ghost lingering around you guys for ages. LOL.)

Uh, that's it. I'll probably start posting rubbish again soon and I know this entry has been rather pointless, but it's just for show. So. BOO TO YOU. WAHAHAHAHA!!

School is in 11 hours time. Blegh.

OFF I GO TO DA BIAN LAND

2009-03-28T08:10:00.002+08:00

Eh I lied, but I am flying overseas to Philippines dudeeessss. SHORTEST ENTRY OF THE YEAR!

Ciao.

Giddyness

2009-03-26T20:16:00.002+08:00

Image above was an experiment with coloured pencils. The colours look better in real life and I had to photoshop it quite heavily to bring the colours out. I think my scanner is dying because coloured penciled drawings are fading quite easily. Time for a new scanner soon, I suppose? I didn't notice I accidentally brought out the orange (which isn't supposed to happen) so I apologise if the picture looks a little wonky.

The character in the picture of mine is Dreyeth. He's the character image that represents the nickname. I wanted to design more less normal looking characters and I guess Dreyeth should be one of them considering he has outstanding hair. XD Before I introduce another kind of newly made character though, I want to learn how to draw deathly skinny people first before I do so. For some strange reason, skinny characters look more diabolical. Either that, really obese ones do, which is pretty fun. Then again, obese characters can also look very friendly. Ah, the wonders of drawing. I wish to draw ugly people one day as well. It's quite fun to draw weird things once in awhile. Drawing good looking people can get boring.

Aside from drawing I'm back to RPing with my RP Partner ha ha. I guess it motivates me to write more? Am planning to start a little Tsuchiura x Everyone (well almost) writing project, because that guy from La Corda deserves more love (seriously. Rarely do I see fanfics on him and when there is a lot, it's from the same author. Not saying that the author isn't good, she is superb, but I like to see different writing styles) and... start on my original stories but I seem to procrastinate more then usual. Trying to learn CSS and HTML again back from the basics, but since I know the basics I'm just jumping straight into advanced coding to learn how to make layouts the proper way from now on.

Gah, boredom seems to be a motivating factor to my procrastination.

Have just been playing games and going out lately. Kinda the same routine again and again but oh well. Going out isn't so bad, cuts the boredom, plus I get to try different kinds of food. :D I ate crepes the other day and went to a kind of restaurant with Hui Xin. The portion wasn't so much for mine, but the chicken tasted pretty good. Also, watched the DMC movie the other day with people and it wasn't what I expected it to be. True, I guess my expectations were high since the anime was just awesome however, I could see why they toned down the crazy factor. They were trying to give it a realistic approach and I was glad they chose Kenichi for the role, because he was pretty perfect for it. He looks so much like Krauser with make up and he's so spastic, it's great. I like the movie's take on Jagi, he's such a sport while Wada scares me out of my socks. The boss lady, is awesome. I found the scene where you could see her tear drop kind of "aw" since it's a side of her you don't get to see, while the character I really disliked was the girl Negishi was in love with. I dunno, she just annoyed me, but in the anime I was neutral towards her.

It was also kinda cool seeing the guy from Kiss in the movie (wiki them if you're not sure who they are. If I'm not wrong their the band that started the face paint and all). XD I couldn't understand how Krauser won though in their fight though LOL. Oh well. Definitely a movie to watch for Kenichi Matsuyama fans (yes the one from Death Note), and for DMC fans as well, just to see a real life Krauser. Bathroom dancing scene for the win!

Also if you realised I changed around the layout a little. Added a banner to make the blog less empty and seperated the music part from the credits since I found out what exactly went wrong. Changed the font for the links as well.

Magic Rainbows and Unicorns

2009-03-09T14:40:00.006+08:00

Ah... I realised I just wasted the whole day re-watching an anime I've already watched before OTL. Well, Lovely Complex is a good anime afterall, no doubt, but now that I'm rewatching it, I wish Risa would've just gave up on Otani and would've gone with someone else, even if I do support that pairing. XD I don't mind her hooking up with Haruka, cause afterall, he does love her. Just that he hasn't gotten his feelings reciprocated at any point of time. (Poor Haruka) In fact I was pretty much pairing her in my head *shot for indecisiveness* with... other people since Otani was being such a jerk. Yes, yes, I've even imagined her with that dude who's a trap. *shot again*

Speaking of watching shows and stuff, I watched He's Just Not That Into You yesterday with my sister and mother. I didn't really mind watching the movie at all because of Jennifer Aniston (hey, she's pretty 8D) and it wasn't bad at all. In fact I enjoyed it and no, it isn't a bimbotic movie at all, to some who're wondering. *eyes a certain person* So I guess, for those who love romance movies and such, go ahead and watch the movie. It's not a full blown romance movie kind of thing, cause it shows the development in various relationships of different couples, but well, it's still pretty good. Also, caught up with Higurashi's new OVA, Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Rei (When will When Seagulls Cry come out? Gosh, I hope soon T_T idiotic manga left me hanging when it got to the good part. ~~Relatives killing each other ftw!~~) and this part of the episode left me quite speechless.

Another show that's good, most of you would've heard by now (for those that keep a close eye under anything popular in the anime/manga/internet stuff world) is Axis Powers Hetalia. God, that show is complete and utter crack I just love it. I love you Germany!!! *fangirl squee* Basically, it's about characters representing countries, retelling history using these characters. For more information you can probably check up wikipedia on it, cause I'm too lazy to dig out the page for you. Also watched the latest episode of Skip Beat! and as usual, it doesn't disappoint. I can't wait for Detroit Metal City to come out *_* Anddd... I dunno, even though it looks bad, what's wrong with re-living childhood memories again? I wanna watch Dragon Ball the movie! *shot*

Onto something interesting, ever since watching Miami and LA Ink, I've been slightly more interested in tattoos, so seeing this link today was kind of enlightening. Yes Petrina (though I doubt you're reading this), your nightmare has come true, there is in fact, such a thing as anime tattoos, but honestly, who didn't see this coming? To see these tattoos, click here to view them. I must say, I'm pretty impressed by some of the works done. The Zelda and Mario ones for example. And the Suzumiya Haruhi tattoo was pretty cute too, the colours were so vibrant. I wonder how it's like to tattoo... hmm... I'd probably destroy the persons skin after the end of the session. ~~*sadistic grin*~~ Which is why I wouldn't be a good tattoo artist.

Also, finally uploaded the pictures of Mishi's birthday party, uh, most of the pictures consist of food actually, well, rather, the evolution of a certain... good looking customised birthday cake. If you're wondering what the heck this consists of:

Let me list it down for you *grin* Firstly, comes the spongecake base. Yes, it was plain at first. Looked like it had a crispy exterior. The next layer placed on it was, tuna spread. Yes, tuna spread of different flavours. Followed by chinese new year oranges, ferrero roche and chocolate sauce. (C'mon, soya sauce is just sooo fitting with Tuna, we want something different for once *grin*) And there you have it, Mishi's birthday cake.

Initially everyone was staring at it in horror (we've created a monster!) but, well, some of us just went ahead and dug in. We didn't have diarrhoea (surprisingly, we were expecting it) and actually, the parts of the cake drowned in chocolate sauce tasted good (I shared my slice with Mishi 8D thanks lav~ <3). Since we had such a successful creation, we're planning on making more cakes in future (that'll involve peoples nicknames hur hur). For example... rain cake, anyone? After cake, we went for dinner (it wasn't so filling larh), and I must say the kuay chap (if I got it right lololol *shot) was great.

I think, it was my first time eating it. The broth mixed with the flat noodles was delicious. And uh, after that, we continued the night lamely, with most of the others playing catching while me and lovely (XDDD LOL) just continued to catch up with each other. Phew! Long entry eh? Have fun reading!

The Dark Abyss

2009-03-07T18:07:00.002+08:00

Hidden within the depths on my brain lies a side of me that... well, some people know exist already. I, the sliced beef on your plate, do admit openly on the interwebs (well, what's the big deal eh? Everyone can read whatever you type here, plus most people who read this don't even know you... or don't bother to, so, what the heck) that I am a closet pervert.

Take for example, a small thing such as this, has eventually made my mind go into the gutter:

This is not all that made me sputter in shock? Delight? I dunno, you judge for yourself. The next page just right after this panel had made my mind whirl in full speed:

Oh Tsuchiura, how dense you are *giggle snort*. ~~If you still don't get it, please focus your attention on the bolded words and then you may just get whatever thing my dir... clean mind is thinking about.~~ For the past few days, it seems that I have been blogging quite faithfully, judging from the fact that I've been posting once every day. Don't think this would carry on for long though, honestly.

Yesterday on the American Idol Wild Card special, I was a little baffled. To those who have watched, you would've known the shock of having 13 contestants this time round on the show. My favourites so far have to be Adam and Anoop, I did like to use Danny though he's a little too cocky for my taste at the moment. Who knows in future, he'll probably humble himself down or so? Another favourite of mine though didn't get in, because according to the judges he had not enough personality. I guess American Idol is now trying to have more well-rounded contestants? Meaning, they're not only looking for singing ability but a full package. Personality and singing, that is.

Because if we were to judge solely based on singing ability, Rick should have gotten in. :( I'm a little sad about that, he was a brilliant singer. His performance for the first round of the top 36 really blew me away. He has excellent voice control and when he sings, his voice sounds really clean. As if people in recording studios had done something in order to make the quality sound really great. But oh well, life's like that.

This has been another weird entry from yours truely. Eh, honestly, it was basically the comic strips that made me post in the first place LOL. And... Yunoki's a bastard! >:0 *gets stoned by Yunoki fans*

We Deliver... Whatever.

2009-03-06T16:56:00.002+08:00

I wasn't really planning on blogging today, because I didn't really have much to say, but well, something prompted me to post. XD Well, if you're homophobic, I'm not sure how exactly would you react to this commercial but well, it's all in the name of fun. It's nothing graphic, really, in fact it's quite innocent. The concept is pretty funny too. I'm not sure whether it's a banned commercial or not. It may have been banned in Singapore though. I dunno, please clarify with me, because for some reason it seems very familiar.

Hope you enjoyed it. *grin*

Vandalise! Vandalise! Cotton Bud Woes

2009-03-05T18:31:00.004+08:00

Is what I did to said picture above! Well, not really, I have the original somewhere, besides, vandalism doesn't mean slapping on random words of 'ohh no bg' on it. No bg meaning no background, because the deal was a half bodied pencil shaded drawing and a no BG couple CGed piece. I'm quite satisfied that I've finally finished the almost 2 month long wait auction order this week. What's more the CGed piece just took two days to finish, which is really quite an accomplishment for me! :D Though, yes, not much of experimentation yet again because I'm a big fat wuss who's afraid of destroying her own artwork, therefore I'm just stuck pretty much every time at the same style, barely improving, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

Once I'm done with all the commissions, art trades and free art I owe people though, I'm gonna go on a destroying art rampage. XD Meaning, finally experimenting. Something I should've done a long time ago. And then, I should probably work on perspective, work on my anatomy more, colour scheme and concepts behind a picture. Whoot, lots of things to do, so little time. Considering the fact that Poly would be starting in about, what, a months time no?

Which reminds me I still need to go cloth material shopping for Cosfest (anyone wanna go and look for a printed cloth that's quite impossible to find? 8D)... and work on my props... darn. ~~Yet I still keep on going on Neopets. What?~~ Ah which reminds me I forgot to blog about something quite riddiculous that happened just last wednesday. The previous night, which was a tuesday, I was digging my ears when suddenly the cotton came off of the stick. *cue over-dramatised gasps here* I didn't really panic because it happened before, but while trying to take the damn thing out I sort of pushed it in deeper, then went to my sister to ask for help. Well, she tried taking it out too, but to no avail and so the next day, I trudged down to the doctors, half deaf (That's situated in kallang. What the heck. Don't look at me like that!).

I don't know why but my father liked to... tell everyone the cotton bud was stuck in my ear, pretty loudly too, but well, in the end it came out *cue clasps* with some special thongs (no, not that thongs you perv)! Apparently this thing happening is quite common, so there's nothing to be embarrassed or worried about (in my head though I was thinking I would've needed to go for surgery, over dramatising the matter because... well, what else can a bored mind do?). Another common thing that usually goes into peoples ears are bugs, and according to the doctor, sometimes they have to put oil in the ear to down the insects before taking the insects out. It's difficult though, because as they take the insects out, the bodies are broken into parts. The horror! (not really)

Well, that's all that's exciting for now. Other then the fact that I'm suffering from identity crises (yet again, god, so please excuse me for my weird typing), everything's just been peachy and fine. 8D Also went to my restaurant the other day to eat dinner because they were promoting some dishes that're 50% off, and the chicken cooked in a claypot I must say, was really good. My superviser gave us free mango pudding too (she's so nice) which was quite good by the way. I also love eating vegetables at their place. Quite unusual for me to say this, because I'm a meat eater. This'll be all for now. :q

Massive Deleting Spree ; I Feel Squeaky Clean Now

2009-03-04T12:46:00.004+08:00

With a new layout, welcome to the semi-new Red Room. Why semi-new? Because the blog isn't new in the first place and also it's because I cleared all my previous blog entries. For some weird reason, (well, I am a weird person afterall, I admit) I just didn't want to reminisce about past experiences by just clicking a link, what's more, I find those entries embarrassing. They were practically filled with an immature mindset of a fifteen year old and were not particularly nice to read about. Most of them were practically mindless rants anyway, therefore, the massive clearance.

I also know that there tends to be a certain trend in my posts. Them being mainly about me complaining about something but well, life is just that boring, there's nothing much to talk about except basically that, unless you want to be faced with an empty blog most of the time, I do not mind either, actually. I'm a home dweller afterall and. Tagboard tags were also cleared, thanks to all those who tagged, I remember each and every one of you, but the messages needed to be cleared at some point of time. I guess this year is a new year to improve myself, I'm slowly starting on a lot of things, straying away from past experiences, trying to upgrade myself in various ways and one of the major obstacles I want to clear is to get over my inferiority complex.

I've been drawing for the past few days and weeks, trying out a slightly different style in drawing out stuff (that hasn't been scanned in) along with shading them (as shown above). I'm not really sure what possessed me to shade Nero from Devil May Cry 4 in that manner (referring to the picture above) but I wanted to try a bit of a messy shading instead of a neat, clean, smooth one as I always do. I have to say the results were pretty funny, but well, that's what you get when you experiment. XD Also tried a bit of showing the light from the top right instead of the usual front on and I guess I sort of did it right.

Please ignore the koraiyuu beside the Beffy nick. XD It's another nickname of mine, but I think I was thinking too much of neopets at that time while writing the watermark and closed the file, too lazy to re-adjust the curves of the picture along with gradient overlay the picture again. The URL beside Nero is the URL to my deviantart account. Feel free to see... the only five deviations up. LOL. I'll be starting on the commissions I owe people soon and am going to slowly start to clear the stuff I owe others so I can start experimenting with CG styles. XD I hope it'd benefit me in poly. It is also to my dismay that I have to join a maths course to catch up on my a maths once more because my course requires coding, but oh well. Wasted two years, have to live through another (I thought I could have escaped it though :x) stuck with the subject I dislike.

I'm also trying to start on writing once again. I have many plots in my mind on various stories that I'll be sharing with you. Firstly, a Murder Chronicle that I'm doing. Basically, characters killing off other people, how they react towards the situation and what drove them to commit such acts. It's going to be challenging, basically because I'm not a homicidal psychopath and it'll be revolved around very dark themes. Another series that I'm quite excited on starting on is a story revolved around a carnival, with the main character striving to become a magician. Lots of twists and turns for that story and yes, another dark themed story. Then there's 20 Degrees which, is going to be a little bit of a magical girl sort of thing, but very different from the Cardcaptor Sakura and Shugo Chara you know. And then... (lol there's too many plot bunnies in my head XD) a series that popped out in my head when listening to Britney Spear's Circus (I love the bridge of the song) that I'm also quite excited to start on, is a series following Alice in Wonderland, but a screwed up version of it.

It seems that most of my works are gonna turn out dark, but well, there're always those light hearted fanfics that I'd be starting on soon. XD I completed a La Corda D'oro fanfic already, but I don't exactly like it. It's a one shot, revolving around livejournal's 101 kisses and it does follow the requirements and the theme, but I guess what I want to strive for in a story is to bring the reader along on a roller coaster ride. Right now when I read it, I just feel very, quoting Homer Simpson, "Meh". And yes, Meh is a word now accepted in the english dictionary. I'm serious.

Well, this entry sure has been long but, "good" things have to come to an end eventually. I'll leave you with a very half-assed drawn Dante for now. He wants strawberry sundae.