Yet another mini update

The O Levels are almost over. ABOUT TIME.

Prom is in a week. Wow. Starting to be critical about my posture, fret about bags and wig and thinking whether I need another ring or not. Other than that, I can’t wait for the day to arrive.

Finished another piece of digi art. It’s REN *hearts around*

Skip Beat! - Tsuruga Ren

The hair is really odd, but I dunno how to explain to you so… I’ll work on it. Plus in here, he was supposed to be looking pissed, but ended up looking quite calm instead. Still need to work on how light falls on humans’ faces.

See ya later.

Just to get myself back in touch

Before I forget how to draw digitally. The hair looks a little odd, with the lines seemingly quite out of place, no? Oh, and I drew this in an hour. Hahaha… *weakly*

Just a woman.

Done with Photoshop Elements 6.0 and Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet

I’m still alive… half of it anyway. Back to the books.

蓮様！（＞３＜）～♥

This won’t do… I’m getting all worked up over a man who is just ink on paper. How long has it been? This sense of fangirly-ness eluded me until now, and to think I can believe that bishounens don’t affect me at all. How naive I am. Still, after shouting this on 2 platforms already (Facebook and Twitter), let me do it again. This goes to show how infatuated I am over this guy.

敦賀　蓮！　敦賀　蓮！　キャアアアアアーーーーー！！！　＞ｗ＜　愛してー　uhm, almost went overboard… *hearts floating everywhere*　*brushes them aside*

Apparently, the ACS (Independent)’s Photography Club wants to send all of us participants a certificate for the competition. And it’s gonna be sent to the school before being given to us. Waiting~

And, the Noahs’ photo shoot went by pretty okay, although it took only a morning and a couple of hours after noon, then it was over! Wow, shortest shoot I’ve ever been to. Now currently waiting for him to send me the RAW images, edit them than post them online. hum hum hum…

SYPC 2009

I recently went to join in this photography contest, organised by ACS (independent)’s Photography Club (those lucky peeps). I did not win anything, and I did not go there for this intent either. I merely went to gain some experience. Anyway I don’t hold a torch amongst all the others who have more experience in this field. So… photos anyone?

The light that falls on the blade... beautiful.

It just occurred to me: there’s no light falling on the knife. Damn.

Locked behind the barred door - release me!

It is done... It is over...

The theme is macabre, which we worked on by using the idea of a man driven by the need to spill blood. Only the last picture out of these three was submitted into the contest as one of the 4 pieces. We didn’t win anything, but it was fun. Oh, and ketchup is a bad choice for blood. Should have thought of it; it’s supposed to be more liquid-y and opaque. i don’t know how to describe blood but apparently, as one of the groups have done, food dye is a good substitute for blood, though maybe not as thick?

Read another version of my reflections of SYPC in my dA journal: http://vega-highwell.deviantart.com/journal/27028853/

:D

I now have a twitter acc! hahaha… look at the sidebar for it.

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Had my first photoshoot on saturday. tiring? camera be heavy desu… with the wide angle lens and flash kit on… to find photos go to ahpoke’s photo blog. 5 of them are taken by him, rest be mine. omake shots are his work too.

in the middle of prelims now… feeling kinda alright for the papers, though maths is of course not going to look any prettier than mid-years’. just a couple more till the end of prelims, then it’ll be a countdown to the GCE ‘O’ Levels. All the best for all candidates!

Ice cream buffet @ Swensen’s, anyone?

the GazettE – DIM

Released on 15th July 2009, DIM is GazettE’s latest album after three singles. I trust that many ardent fans must have already gotten their hands on the full album, but it doesn’t hurt to add this post. I do have a feeling though, that I’m attempting to liven up my blog…

PS Company finally had had enough and declared the removal of many GazettE videos from Youtube, The Invisible Wall’s promotional video being one of them, hence there’s no video for this entry.

Here’s a look at the cover for DIM, plus the song list:

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the GazettE – DIM [Regular Edition]

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the GazettE – DIM [Limited Edition

1.「剥離」( HAKURI)
2. THE INVISIBLE WALL
3. A MOTH UNDER THE SKIN
4. LEECH
5. 泣ヶ原 (NAKIGAHARA)
6.「エ リ カ」(ERIKA)
7. HEADACHE MAN
8. 紅蓮 (GUREN)
9.「子宮」(SHIKYU)
10. 13STAIRS[-]1
11. DISTRESS AND COMA
12.「感触」(KANSHOKU)
13. 白き優鬱 (SHIROKI YUUTSU)
14. IN THE MIDDLE OF CHAOS
15.「朦朧」(MOUROU)
16. OGRE
17. DIM SCENE

And of course, the download links: Part 1 Part 2

To me, the songs in this latest album really isn’t for listeners who are not accustomed to darker tunes. I won’t say much about my personal feelings, since I do not have a death wish nor an inclination to anger fans with my words. Hence, enjoy the album and feel the emotions that the songs put you through.

On the other hand, if you’re curious enough, click the emote: \(.-.)/

If the links are broken, please leave a note. To my current knowledge (as of posting this entry), the lyrics of most of the songs are already up, so check the web or here (my trusty site) for them. Oh and support the GazettE by purchasing their CDs! I plan to do so when I have a steady but meagre income.

The ABJDs are gone! *Gasp!*

Take a look at my wishlist of material goods. You’ll spot a very distinctive reduction in numbers, reason being that the 5 or 6 dolls that took up a great portion of the list is gone! All because of some very thorough thinking and hard reasoning with a couple of my friends, together with my exposure with these beautiful creations I finally woke up from that far-fetched dream of owning my own dolls.

I have a friend who happily lets me see her dolls and take really amatuerish photographs of them whenever a Canon EOS 450D is around. Everytime she says something about the expressions and feelings of the dolls, I just nod along and attempt to discern them from the otherwise lifeless pieces of sculpted resin. In my exposure to such dolls, there has only been one time which I really got to know what doll owners meant by their dolls having a spirit within them, thanks to Lyrios and my talk of yaoi… Other than that, the dolls just don’t seem much different most of the time.

Will you be able to see them once you’ve gotten yourself spiritually attached to it? Another friend of mine has such an attachment to his lady guitar, and with no hands-on experience in what they describe, I cannot put down their claims to be false. I can only keep mum, and I’m not saying I don’t believe it at all either. I just feel, perhaps my time has yet to come…

So gone are the dolls, totalling up to a few nice grands (in euros). Oh, what I can do with all that money… *fantasizes* Hence, the number of expensive hobbies I have has dropped to 3, although I’m still considering the feasibility of one of them…

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On a side note, thanks Kai, for the Distress and Coma ~Auditory Impression~ single. My gratitude to you, dude.

Random post on some random thoughts

Yeah, my birthday has arrived. I’m 16. Now I’m allowed to watch all ‘em NC-16 movies, so long as my mom returns me my NRIC.

I dunno why, but surprisingly, I actually received birthday presents last year. It’s my first, hence the fuss. Being a loner does not make you remembered by your classmates on whose birthday is it today. Plus I don’t remember my parents giving me any presents. My sister is another matter all together. But everything about the giving of gifts started last year, yeap.

First there was my classmates. Wow, what a shock I got (though actually quite mild. I was keeping a cool facade while my insides churned with amazement.) when a couple of them suddenly gave me something for my birthday. Touched? Of course, who wouldn’t. I’m not cold-hearted…

Then there was… the one who gave me guitar picks last year. Yeah, yeah, I obliterated your name cos there are others who are reading this post as well, so… *looks away and prepares to flee, just in case* well, I didn’t expect something from him either. Caught me off guard while we were at Vivocity. I’m correct, right? The picks were my birthday presents, right? Correct me if I’m wrong.

Then my sister. Ah… she has a job and an income, so she somehow became generous or what and asked me what I want as a birthday present. Being a total GE hardcore gamer, I just blurted “GVCs! (Game value cards) 60k!” “Yeah, yeah, fine…” And soon, there it was, 60k G-points for me to spend. This year it’s Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox. Still hadn’t finished it though, cos I’m reading Paolini’s Brisingr at the same time. Plus another 4 more books from the library, and my Mid-years are about to start full-swing, hoo boy…

This year, I don’t really expect a lot. The only thing that may interest me (currently) could be the prospect of eating cake. I do that every year, and even hope to bake one once in the June holidays. Just for the heck of it. On a final note to end of this really silly post, I don’t look forward to the presents that might come with the occasion, so if you’re having a headache on what to get, you can forget it. Even a simple “Happy Birthday Bya/Chang Lin/Thall(wo)mann!” is enough to lift my spirits. It did so when I was Sec 2 *smiles*.

Cheerio!

A new style to colour in the eyes

It’s time to draw a new banner. And I recently learnt how to achieve this effect in eyes.

trial - eye

3 layers and a whole load of hassle. But it looks pretty. Haha. And this is my 2nd try.

And try putting it into a real piece of digital art will look something like this:

i just wanted the eyes...

Sorry for the lack of touch ups in the above piece.

While working on it, my sister peered over my shoulder and promptly shouted, “OMG A NAKED MAN.” *scrolls down* “Oh, half-naked man.”

*Rolls eyes*

Sketchy, ain’t it? And I figured, loads of the stuff I post here are really not up to standards. Hopefully this will compensate for it.

Regarding prom, the fever has gone down; I’m left with the prototypes and half-finished drafts of the dresses. Hmm, they may only be back in the june holidays? No promises though…

ADD: Completed this a long time ago. If the colouring gets to you, I’m very sorry.

Ruki - face-palming?

click to see the full size. *flees*