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1 exam finish.

means 1 picture i can draw.



very rough ya i know.

Barely 40 minutes of work(half of which was just sitting there thinking if it should be long or short hair(hence the lots of eraser marks around her head.)

into my 2nd week

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Ya i know, havent written anything. Been rather caught up in school stuff, which is highly interesting i might add.
I'm enjoying it so far.

Psychology test was easy and my method of "knowing rather than studying" seems to be paying off and so far i'm liking the teachers. Then again, its only in the first few weeks, the pressure hasn't built up yet. I can only hope that the rest of the semester keeps this way.

Been subconsciously sidelining my CSE 111. NOT GOOD. Computers can be interesting too.

Oh and i got this silly plan i want to put into effect soon.

I was advised, by a professional singaporean movie reviewer i met on IMDB forums, to "build up my resume" by making a movie blog.
I got about 70 reviews under my account at IMDB and a couple here but making a stand-alone blog focusing on movies would be useful to show future employers. Also it is an easier way for pals to "review my reviews" and tell me how to improve.

3rd of September was my birthday and for the first time in my non-primary school life, school friends actually celebrated it with me. (primary 1 don't count cos teacher made us celebrate everyone's birthday). Really touched by their kind gestures. First there was a birthday lunch then a surprise with cake. Yes i did cry tears of joy.

Thank you all, from the bottom of my heart.
Diana, Elaine and Priscilla, Munis, Selene, Pavin and Stefie.............whole class. Thank you.

oh ya. i got really out of practice in drawing. As in REALLY out of practice.
Just going to throw some of the more recent pics up here.

Very basic, each done in about 30 mins or less.


Kurogane from the manga "Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles" done in my "american graphic novel" style. What can i say, i already did YuGiOh and One Piece main characters in this style, and its about time Kurogane got some recognition. Yes i know, its a far cry from the gangly, skinny and long limbed beady eyed guy from the manga, but i love this kind of "Style switch".



"Hypnotoad". What more can i say. For a while a good pal of mine was going on and on about some "hypnotoad" and so i just decicded to draw my own.


Not really a recent work; i originally created this months ago. Its our friendly dimension hopping princess Sakura from Tsabasa Reservoir Chronicles as well. Acting upon advise from a fellow manga fan from school, i did some changes to hopefully keep her closer to the original without compromising the art style.
I even included a shot from the original manga to compare.




DO NOT ask me who this is.
If you do this is the answer
She is anyone, she is no-one. She can be me, she might not be me.(philosophically i mean. All my drawings contain elements of my own personality)
She is just another exercise in "style convertion" between my japanese inspired anime style, and my american graphic novel inspired comic style.

Pic of The Week

ok, a fact known only to my closest friends = I try to draw.

Yes i learnt drawing in the army. YAY
Originally born out of sheer boredom, this small time obsession with committing my visual thoughts to paper soon grew.

Been drawing for a few months. Progressed from simplistic jap anime-ish figures to more american graphic novel style.
I am still far from being an artist, and i do not expect to make a career out of it. Call me a "drawing guy". Still learning, still trying.
Drawing is my hobby, my way of paying tribute to the thoughts in my head.

I would like to thank a very close friend in the army for sticking by me. Without his help, my new hobby may have been PSP playing and not drawing.


Pictures of the week. Ok actually week-n-a-half. Lots of things to do this week and a half. Bt still managed at least 1 new picture. All these pictures are NOT complete. They can never be complete, why? Because i am forever learning and as long as i learn how to improve, it means the pics will be improved upon. But for now, i'll post them up. Feel free to look and comment. Next week i'll post up a number of pictures showing my progress from day 1(note i learnt drawing without an instruction book). Click on pic to see full size



1) Finished up my Gundam Wing tribute picture(USa Graphic novel style)
-though may consider adding more details later on(when i learn how to draw more convincing gears and hinges). And maybe expand the group to include the lesser characters.


2) Yu-Gi-Oh(USA graphic novel style)x2 different shading styles
- I'm not a fan of YuGiOh. In fact i dislike it. Its like a Frankenstein son of DragonballZ and Magic Cards, with a third party of Pokemon for more excitement. But i do see the potential it has if it was re-done in a american graphic novel style. It could touch on a number of complex themes(shown to exist at but not expanded or even talked about in the manga and anime, instead they are cast aside for the more shallower/common themes of teamwork, friendship and winning) like schizophrenia(dual personality), morality questions of justified vengeance, the existence of a soul, the ouija board debate and question of Predestination just to name a few. Sadly, like i said, the potential exists but be it because of the publisher demands or the writer's own folly, such potential was not tapped. Instaed you get a "typical" shonen jump series. Here's my take on how YuGiOh would look i he american graphic novel style.
2 styles of shading. My more subdued style incorporating what my pal tought me, and the other a more dynamic higher contrast style. Biggest problem i had was his frakking hair. It is unreal. NOBODY can ever have hair like that.


They don't believe me. They never believe me. Those ignorant fools believe its all a game, a childish card game. It is so much more than that. To play this game, is to play with the devil himself, to dabble in hellish forces beyond human comprehension. There exists a dimension, a dimension of pure evil. Through the cards, inhabitants of that hellish dimension gain access to our world, to possess our souls. The psychologists pass off the demon possessed individuals as merely having an obsession, an addiction toward a harmless card game. Unknown to the learned men, those "addicts" are "compelled" to keep playing the dark game, compelled by a sinister power from beyond. To it, humans are mere playthings, like the cards are to us.
Why doesn't anyone believe me?! Those blind, deaf, mutes!
They say i have schizophrenia, split personality disorder. Obsessive compulsive behavior patterns and sociopathic tendencies, LIES! Obvious lies fabricated by the dark powers that be.
They want to play the game? I shall. And I shall beat every single last one of them, cast those demons back to the pit they came from. I will never stop playing. I shall harness their own power against them by mastering this game. I will rule the game.........the game will not rule me.



3) a Witch from Left 4 Dead (anime style)
Done jsut ths morning cos i was bored. Never intended for it to be a serious work, it was just a 20 minute doodle. But hey, maybe i'll improve on it sooner. Though i think the sketchy murky dark look sits pretty well with the pic
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Mommy? Where are you?
You told me to stay put, you promised you'd come back.
Its scary here.
I hear the scary people all the time.
I hear the loud bangs, I am scared of loud bangs
I like the dark. , I cannot see the scary people when its dark.
You remember where you left me right?
I am so scared, i cannot stop crying
You said don't talk to strangers and i haven't.
They don't talk to me either
The tall guy is smelly and the fat man look funny
the other strangers don't talk much, they leave me alone.
But i don't want to be left alone.
I am hungry
Where did you go mommy?
Did the scary people get you?
I hear the bangs get closer
I hear the scary people roaring from far away
the strangers go and check out the noise
they don't come back too.
I will stay here in the dark so i cannot see the scary people
footsteps
light
Mommy?.........