I finished this like a week ago but didn't put it up till now. Had a lot of fun with this one but there's heaps i have to complain about it. It started off as following a tutorial i saw on the net for digital impressionism but i got completely thrown off so i started on this instead.
I still have no idea why i didn't save after 6-8 hours working on it but my comp froze and i had to start all over again. =[
Well in any case here's the drawing in it's finished form!
Gah, gotta shrink it so much to get it to fit, click on it to see it bigger please!
It's Lanzer although i chopped off his wings to make the picture simpler. I see some flaws i should fix up but kinda too lazy to do it.
This picture is pretty special to me cuz it's the first picture I've done that's been created using Photoshop and tablet. In addition, it was made after being on a 2 year hiatus from Photoshop. Picking up all the shortcuts again was a pleasant feeling of course. Throwing all the traditional mats out the window was kinda fun. I have to try this again with another character when I've the time!
Back to my game design essay~
So Much Purple...
The Eggling is a Lie
So what would have now been a flourish blog full of posts about my previously mentioned Eggling is now a single blog post 3 months later. Long story cut short nothing happened with the Eggling… I took 14 daily photos before going hum… nothing is happening. I do intend to get some seeds and try again but maybe in spring.
On another note I will be back now that uni started and I will be making stuff for uni that I’ll show off a little here every now and again that and some 3D stuff I do in Autodesk Maya cuz that’s one of my main subjects this semester which is all very exciting, minus waiting for the thing to download cuz of slow internet. Yay for free software though cuz I’m a student!
Eggling - Day 1
Yo sup been ages i know cbf talking about whats been happening gonna talk about the now which is the Eggling! YAYYYYY!
My sister was buying kk presents for people and i saw one that i liked so she gave it to me! =]
Now to document it's life! *puts on lab coat and professor type glasses*
So pretty much if you couldn't tell from the picture the Eggling is a plant in an egg, there's all sort of varieties form looking on their official site. Coincidentally enough i'm pretty happy getting the strawberry one cuz of the little bit of guilt i have in letting my strawberry patch die cuz of my neglect back in my last year of highshool. So pretty happy to get a chance to work with the little red berries again. They're from japan too! どうぞよろしく~
I really should have taken more photos but i wasn't planning to blog about this at the start. initially you get an egg and you're meant to crack off the top. From my experiences with egg shells you either get the ones where they just wont crack on the side of the bowl and you get the ones that are fragile as fuck so based on this i was gently tapping the top of the egg (that i didn't know was made of clay at first... fail...) and made an opening of like half a centimeter in diameter then read on the net that a hole of 2.5cm to 3.5cm is recommended...
Well everything is set up and it's sitting on my window sill, gonna move it in the mornings to the other side of the house to get morning sun, cuz i take care of my little Eggling. If i can wake up... O|¯|_
So here is Eggling, for lack of creative names, on my clean pristine windowsill + seashell. That cloudy stuff in there is the dissolvable paper that the seeds where in. Cuz i watered slowly the paper started melting and the seeds got blown off position... had to move them back in the center with my 2H pencil... now it's all wet lol. If i was to do this again i would probably water it back when i had a little hole so i could pour a lot of water in at once instead of random spouts of water pushing the seedlings everywhere.
Hopefully all is good and i get to save that extra packed of seeds they provide just in case it fails. then i can plant more strawberries! Will be back when it germinates!
Reading Material
Alright then so my sister demanded that I supplied her with reading material by doing one of the quizzes that was on a fellow cub’s blog, pumpkn! Cuz i actually like doing this kinda stuff i will do both! Let's GO! (...Skipping out on the 2nd quiz in the end... 5 is just too much for me)
- What is your name?
SHINJIRO TSUKASA! (NOW HEAR ME ROAR!!!) - When is your birthday?
October 29, 1991 - How tall are you?
168cm (Two bloody centimeters shorter than what i've always wanted...) - Do you have any siblings?
2! BOTH, GRILLS/CLAMS! - Do you have any pets?
Two dogs, one pompous brown one and a smelly fat white one! - What is your favorite color?
Red like my blood! =3 - What is your favorite song?
Errr... keeps changing but right now i guess it's Lia - My Soul, Your Beats! (look it up on you tub!) - What is your favorite restaurant?
Off hand... Desert House? - What is your favorite drink?
Cookies and Cream flavoured Black Tea... (WHY ARE YOU DISCONTINUED! WHY GOD WHY!!!!) - What is your favorite gum?
Extra, Spearmint or Peppermint - What is your favorite snack?
Err... Lindt Blueberry Dark Chocolate? - What is your favorite dessert?
MY PANCAKES!!! (Gotta love self advertisement...) - What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
Lychee! - What is your favorite movie?
...aww come on! Someone throw me a line here! - What is your favorite tv show?
ABDC? - When did you get into makeup?
WTF? Err... when i died and came back from the after life as a good lookin asian girl and at the age of 6 tried using my mum's lipstick and nail polish? Yeaaahhh! Good times... - Favourite makeup product?
My fingers? BEST PIMPLE/PORE REMOVERS OUT THERE! - If you won a million dollars, what you buy first?
HUSKY! - What side of the bed do you sleep on?
Left, Right and under the bed. - What is your dream car?
One that moves? (Never been into cars) - If you could take a spontaneous trip somewhere, where would it be?
THE TOILET! (Come on you know all trips to the toilet are spontaneous!) - If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Japan? or my Bed... hum... - What is your favorite day of the week and why?
Wednesday - Cuz it's called hump day. - What is your favorite holiday and why?
Hanukkah- I like saying Happy Hanukkah, rolls of the tongue nicely - Name 3 sites online that you love or visit frequently
http://aeful300.blog125.fc2.com/<- Fav Artist's blog http://www.pixiv.net/ <- Jap Art Community http://www.google.com/ <- Everyone's Favorite! - If you could have one famous person as a sibling who would you choose?
Dr.Phil, from what i've heard about him i think it would be a blast! - Do you have any piercings or tattoos?
Yeah, one in my left ear! =P - Money or love?
OR - Things you can't leave the house without
PSP, NDS, HEADPHONES, WALLET, PHONE - What are your turn-offs in a guy?
CAN'T HAVE BOOBS - What superhero power would you want to have?
Shape-shifting! - Are you a morning person?
LOL! YES I AM, I WOKE UP AT 5 AM TO BE AT MY BEST TO WRITE THIS! - What is your favorite book?
Book? Huh? - Do you sing randomly?
YES! - Left of right handed?
NO HANDED! (I was left but was converted) - Anything particular you wear everyday?
Thumbs up for, Thumb Ring! - Where were you born and raised?
ON EARTH (aka i can't remember) - What did you look like as a baby?
Human - What countries do you want to visit?
Japan, Tuvalu and Antartica - What does your purse/bag look like?
A bag? - What is the color of your ipod?
If i had one, black like my soul. - What is the last song that was playing on your ipod?
Current fav song? - What kind of phone do you have?
Sony Ericsson "something a rather" i - Do you have any bad habits?
YES! - Do you have a twitter?
YES! - A random fact about you:
I HAVE SAND!...
Movies, Toy Story 3
I went to see a movie on Tuesday which is kinda out of the ordinary for me, It's kinda like a big event for me to see a movie. The last thing I remember actually wanting to go out and see was wall-e or whatever that was and the movie before that I can’t even remember. Off hand I’m unable to like movies cuz one of the main things I look for is some character development and for me two-ish hours just isn’t enough for me to care when someone dies or betrays or other supposedly awesome plot details unfold. Though I tend to like comedy cartoon kinda stuff so toy story was perfect and seeing as I had seen the first 2 movies and enjoyed them. I decided to go with my sister, who was really looking forward to it, at the cinema. What I experienced summed up is:
- Lines lots and lots of lines, one for getting a ticket, one for waiting to get mac donalds, one very long one for popcorn and one to enter the movie at the spot where they check you ticket and send you to the room which I find pretty ridiculous I mean seriously how long does it take to rip tickets?
- A missing toilet doors, which I didn’t notice until liz pointed them out
- Guards. There were guards to prevent ppl from just going from one movie to another which I thought was pretty out of the ordinary and sad.
- A fantastic toy story. I was surprised at how much of the content was directed to an older audience. It made me feel good like they haven’t forgotten about their aging audience.
- REX IS AWESOME! (and Ken!)
- A crying baby in isle I, I think it was. May you shut up next time.
- A chocolate nipple.
I still can’t get over the ticket tearing ppl… I mean if I had their jobs I would be over the moon! I mean who doesn’t like tearing up paper? If I were left along I would throw the paper into the air in confetti like fashion and bask in the explosion of torn papery goodness. I mean tearing tickets does seem kind of fun… Right?
Cooking Time! Chawan-mushi!
Yep, so recently i decided to try my had at making a Japanese savory egg flan like thing... i dunno but it's nice! They came out really well only thing that is a bit bad is that they're slightly a little too salty but considering it's the first time i'm not too shattered. It was kinda interesting cuz one of the ingredients was mirin (japanese cooking alcohol) and that stuff tastes really nice on it's own... it's got a really nice sweetness. Course i didn't drink a cup of it or anything but yeah.
Photos from my phone! They're not too good but you get the picture... I can't find my digital camera...
There was originally 5 cups but i didn't think of taking a photo until later... =w=
The whole batch is gone now so i might try to make some more pretty soon and try to master the taste and then i can get the presentation down!
4 Months later...
February the 17th… storms… lost drawings that I poured my sweat tears and blood into… they’re lookin like seaweed now… yeah…
I still haven’t opened my window ever since that incident… well there has been a massive 4 month gap and I guess not much has happened after the first semester of uni life (although it’s not quite over I have an exam tomorrow on 3D modeling). When I found out that I would only spend about 2-3 days at uni every week I was pretty much thrilled thinking that I would be able to draw and create some awesome things to look at it’s a little sad to realise that I have spent about a single day that comes to immediate memory where I drew something.
I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised I mean seeing as how uncommitted I am to self goals it really shouldn’t come to much surprise when I don’t draw or meet up with old people I know. *cries at one’s own anti-socialism*
Well whatever I will make this my starting point and will get back into the swing of things! I will get back to drawing! (and now cram some info into my dense skull…)
Storms... TwT
Happy Lunar New Years! Late but better than never! So about something that happened a couple of days before New Year’s that’s caused much grief. Ultimately resulting in me migrating from my room to the room with the ps3 which I’m not complaing about now, but still to be booted out of your of room is a little... Well anyway other people who live in Melbourne “should” know what I’m talking about. The storm that hit not too long ago and what it did to my living quarters...
I recently developed, what I thought was a good habit... of opening the window when I left my room in the summer. This was because! My room is located on side of the house that the sunset hits which means that if I don’t open up my room and leave it shut all day, when I enter my room at the end of the day the room becomes a lot like the average family car that gets left in the parking lot of a shopping centre on a hot summer day, just without a dead forgotten baby in the backseat.
But apparently that’s not the best thing to do considering a storm hit while I was out getting a lamp shade for my dog (cute little v@g!n@ licking/biting bitch). TwT the rain practically soaked more than 50% of my room, unfortunately I don’t have a photo of because I did the normal thing someone should do which is salvage what I could and attempt to dry up the damn place... There were some major casualties...
(Lots of “heavy rain” caused this... (I want that game...) My laptop wouldn’t turn on for a while too... I hate the rain...)
It would have been fine if it was normal rain but this was a storm and because I live out in a hole, there’s clay and other smelly crap that mixed with the horizontally falling rain which made my room smell like a rat’s ass so it was kinda stupid to spend the night in there... the water that I was draining out of the carpet was brown too... TwT
To fix things I took a walk down the cleaning isle of coles and there is so much variety and in my confusing I grabbed 3 different products, a foaming carpet cleaner that doesn’t need scrubbing, air refreshing slash mould prevention spray, and this weird powder that you sprinkle on the carpet and vacuum up. The first thing I tried was the foaming carpet cleaner. I mean who could resist the mental image of shaving foam all over the floor and the awesome irrelevant picture of a teddy bear on the product?
(The cleaning team, Awesome designs...)
It breathed a new life into my carpet! But it still smelled like crap... but the carpet’s so springy and fresh! I can’t believe I used the whole can!
(I was so tempted to walk in this you can’t understand...)
I still haven’t used the powder that you sprinkle yet things are smelling ok but i’m still sleeping outside just because I don’t trust my room yet. I’m salvaging the picture that was sketched and got wet but I don’t have any intention of finishing it till I get moved back into my room which I should do soon to get back into drawing if I wanna get better... =w=”
On a side note mum has burned food 3 times since the new years has started, p.b and myself are convinced that it means burnt food for the rest of the year here is just one. Prawns left on the stove for the whole day.
