:D Must see Artworks!!

HALLO, PEOPLE!!! (Man, I'm hyper today =D. GOODIE!)

Yezzie back in the house. (grins) I'm very hyper today (I think it must be the 7UP soda I drank at the school. LOL! Lame reason, I know. But it's true!!!)

Sports Days just passed by on Saturday. It was... cool. I got second place in the 400 meter relay. Seriously, my stamina has whithered. I couldn't run anymore at the last 100 meters from the Finish Line. And after I finished running, I couldn't stand any longer.

And the worst and unexpected news was... Ain (my friend) fainted during marching.

Not long time ago, I was inspired to write another story called Twin's Curse. Again, this is a suspense-drama-agonizing story. I won't be giving any sneak peeks or anything because I'm still thinking of the details. I think I'm gonna make the characters die in the story (grins) *Evil Authoress*

I'm gonna feature some outstanding art works from deviantART.com that you must see. (Tengok! Jangan tak tengok!)

These are from a female Canadian artist. Her deviant name is "Kaze-Hime". (Sorry if the pictures are too small. No space. =P)


The tools she used to make these beautiful pictures are from Adobe Photoshop CS2 and CS3. Seriously, I wished I had those kind of tools but they're only suitable to be used when you have a tablet. Coloring through using Photoshops are hard. But it's better than Traditional Tools (e.g. color pencils, markers etc.)

The next one is from shilin. The pictures below are based from her manga Blackbird >>> Click here to read her manga.



Wow, those are such stunning pictures. (Envious) Shilin also uses Adobe Photoshop CS2 and CS3 to color her pictures. They were done easily because she has a tablet. (Not a medical tablet that you swallow. A tablet as in a computer that is like "paper and pen" =.=)

Moving on, this time: Traditional Art!! The pictures below are from AiKo-FrikKi. She uses traditional tools which are prisma color pencils, faber-castell color pencils and caran d'ache color pencils/pens.



Man, I wish I was talented as her. T^T. Let's move on shall we? I love this person's work. Quite nice and wonderful. Almost flawless. (Gawks in awe) The owner of the art pictures are by Nefis. Her art was featured in my previous post called "Spring's coming soon".


The tools she used are mostly color pencils or Adobe Photoshop CS2 and CS3. No, I don't think she uses a tablet to color some of her pictures. That means she had to go through a lot of trouble to do the digital lineart and all those details. WOW!

I noticed that I'm filling this post with girl's work. LOL! Time for the boy's turn. Let's start off with this guy. All his work are made by color pencils.

Next in line is from this guy. Well, he calls himself 'pyromaniac'. I don't know why. =.=... His real name is Maximiliano Cabrera. His works are also made of color pencils only. Many people think he uses Photoshop but unfortunately, no. He doesn't use it


That's all I have for this post. Hopefully, I'll be able to find more stunning "must-see" artworks. (Cricks my neck) Man, I was solid and stiff the whole time. (Cricks my knuckles) Gotta go, people.

P.S: The pictures that you see in this post are NOT mine. The original owners of the pictures are listed carefully. All rights are reserved to the owners. Do not steal/claim these works as your own unless you have proof.

-Sayonara

Sneak Peek

Hello, people! Sorry, I haven't been updating for the last 2 weeks. >.<>

I'm writing a story called Cold as Ice. No, it's not a published book or anything, just some story I'm willing to update in FictionPress.com. And because of my hyper mood, my blog readers have the chance to take a peek of my up-coming story.

Well, I might be printing the papers out and give them to my class monitor, Marcus (Who is dying to read it). Well, I wouldn't say it's romantic since Marcus might get grossed out if he reads the lovey-dovey parts. (Snickers) I'll make it a suspense/supernatural genre. Goodie! (Claps)

Here! Have a sneak peek in the first chapter!

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Spaghetti hung from the tip of my mouth, my eyeballs felt as if they have popped out of my eye sockets and my mind completely shut down. I hope I don't sound like a moronic idiot or anything but did I hear the words correctly pronounced? Oh God, help me.

In front of me was my smirking mother who seemed pleased of my silly reaction. A strange feeling loomed over her as she slowly shifted forward towards me. I did not move at all but I did dropped my fork. Okay, I admit... I do look like a lunatic.

"Why are you so shocked, dear?" She asked in a sickening sweet tone. I twitched.

Finally, my senses functioned properly. I spat the spaghetti back on the plate, creating a huge puddle of spit on my plate. My mother glared at it in disgust. This is one of the reasons why she hates me being "not-so-ladylike". Remembering what I am suppose to say, I retorted.

"How can I not be shocked, mom?!" I exclaimed. I added, "You're sending me away to--" Rudely, she cut me off and continued my sentence. How rude...

"The prestigious Lockwood Academy," She emphasized the name as I shuddered.

"B-But mom! I don't want to go to that academy! I love being here! This is where I'm suppose to be!" Wow, how dramatic can I be?

"You're going to that Academy no matter what! Even if that means I have to cut off your allowances!" Her eyes beamed devilishly. I sighed in defeat. Why does my mother always know how to threaten me?!! I sometimes wonder if she is really my mother.

Pushing the thought away, I asked her. "Why are you sending me to Lockwood Academy?" I asked, ready to bang the table but I know it will only make my mother burst into a beast. Aiya...

"Because I want you to find a proper boyfriend!" She clarified. Oh please, not the boyfriend stuff again. If you don't know what my mother is talking about, what's she trying to say it 'I want you to have a real boyfriend!' For the last few years of my life, I've been dumped. A lot.

I don't know how long. Maybe... ten times, I guess? Yeah, yeah... It sounds weird. Being dumped for ten consecutive times. Oh, the joy! But I was used to the dumping thing and I don't usually get my heartbroken. I hate being vulnerable.

Rolling my eyes, I protested again. "Mom, I am not gonna chase anymore boys! I swear!"

"Nope. You're going to the academy no matter what." My mother clarified again. I feel suicidal now. Not good!

"Just for one reason?!" Well, I blurted that out unexpectedly. Shoot....

She looked at me with her green emerald eyes. "I'm sending you there for two reasons. One, find a proper boyfriend. Two, I want you to--"

Before she could finish her sentence, my breath escaped my lips. My breath was unusually cold and smoky. Feeling fear overtaking my mind, I immediately dived underneath the table with my mother. In a split-second, we both heard screeching sounds. I turned to my mother who had a depressed look on her face.

"Stupid vampires..." She cursed under her breath as she pulled out something from her pocket. It was a gun. Okay, I can see why my mother is sending me to the academy. She's trying to keep away from the dangerous vampires that visited us every night.

Loading her gun with her golden bullets, she clicked the hammer and was ready for action. I pulled out my gun as well from my pocket and clicked the hammer. Good, the bullets are loaded. We crawled out of the table and leaned against each other's back, clutching on our guns.

"As you see, this is why I want you to go there!"

Black smoke erupted from the red carpet beneath our feet. More black smoke clouded around us. Immediately, we began shooting as dark figures emerged from the smoke.

Bang!

I heard my mom shot the vampire who approached her first. I crouched down to avoid the talons of the female vampire's hand and shot her stomach three times. She screeched in pain as her figure turned into ashes. My mom shot the next two vampire who approached her threateningly. Their figures soon turned into ashes.

Okay, I have a really huge secret to tell you--Eeek!

Crouching down to avoid the vampire's long pale sword, I elbowed the vampire in the stomach before pointing my gun to the vampire's forehead and pulled the trigger.

Bang!

The vampire screeched in pain as the figure turned into smoke. Jumping backwards, a female vampire attacked me with her impossibly long talons. Her growl was icy and hollow. Aiming the bullets to her forehead, I pulled the trigger... sending bullets flying to her forehead. She cried and twitched pain as her whole figure submitted to gravity and turn into ashes.

As you can see, I am a vampire slayer. An infamous vampire slayer who is hailed by the name Charlotte Blackstone.

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Well, how was it? But that's only just the beginning. Sorry to say but the sneak peek you read just now might be tweaked in the near-future into a more suspenseful situation. Keep a sharp eye to know when the story will be fully published in FictionPress.com

(Grins) Sayonara! =D

Things in Life

Hi again, people. I'm here again with this post. Okay, ahem... Let's get to the point, shall we?

I borrowed 'My Kampung' CD from one of my former classmate, Aziatul since she is the only who has the CD. I watched MK and I totally regret for joining the act because of my kain, a long skirt that I was forced to wear. It ended up slipping a bit but good thing the teacher called me out of the stage to fix my skirt.

Then, I joined back the stage and I must say, I look like a complete idiot while dancing. Not because the skirt was slipping again, but because of the way I had to dance. Mr. Hadzir, the manager and teacher of the play, forced us to follow each of the scene's dance. I obliged.

Enough of that, I'm currently at my mother's office. Eating Tiger biscuits while typing this post... I finished 10% of a drawing that I'm doing. I was supposed to do portraits of each main character of JOS (New title: TFOR) but I decided to turn them into MapleStory characters (An online RPG game that 98.8% all Singaporeans play it)

I'm currently doing Awai Aigyou's portraits. I noticed that there are mistakes on the anatomy but too late, I have already inked it at the very last minute when I outlined the blue calaf she is wearing.

(Sighs) Holidays are in today people. Let's talk about what happened yesterday.

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Yesterday, I went out on an outing with four of my classmates: Min Li, Marcus, Howe Wee amd Hongrui.

First, me and Min Li came to McDonalds... being the first ones to come. I had to call Marcus since he was the person who arranged the outing. We found them at 7Eleven with Howe Wee, drinking Slurpees. Following them back to McDonalds, Marcus won't stop blabbering about himself being a so-called cool pro, which infuriates Min Li.

At exact 12 PM, we entered back into McDonalds and ordered our food. Then, we sat at the upper floor and began talking about school and some of our friends. I revealed to Marcus that my friend, Sandy, likes him. He was shocked at first but began accepting it. I could tell that Marcus also likes Sandy, since it's TOO obvious. (Giggles)

We had to wait for an hour for Hongrui to arrive to McDonalds since Marcus accidentally told him that we was supposed to meet us at McD at 1 PM. While waiting, we began talking about where to go in a famous shopping complex called One Utama. As soon as we walked out McD (to leave), we saw Hongrui.

Then, we ate some candy while Marcus calls his mother to send us to One Utama. At first, the situation was kinda awkward but funny in the end because Marcus' mother worries about him too much that we nearly called him 'Momma's boy'. LOL.

We all decided to go back at 3:30 PM while Hongrui decides to go at 3 PM since Marcus' mother told Hongrui's mother that he'll pick him up at 3 PM. We walked around, bought some cool stuff. Marcus and Howe Wee (known as MapleStory freaks) bought six A-cash cards (which cost RM24 a card)

Later, we walked around through different shops before finally eating at a Thai restaurant. I ate some fried fish sticks (I don't know what do they call it, but it was goood.......) with Min Li while Marcus, Hongrui and Howe Wee ate some soup, which I don't know what they call it.

At a gift store, Hongrui called his mother and told her that the four of us will go home because it was almost 3:30 PM. We went back to the Old Wing and waited at the taxi stop. We had to leave Hongrui behind because Marcus' grandfather arrived to fetch us. We said our goodbyes before getting into his car.

After dropping us at my house, Min Li wanted to play Maple Story so I let. We played until 5 PM, I guess because I wasn't keeping on track. I accompanied Min Li back to her house since she just live 25 blocks away from mine so it's quite near.

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That's all. I gotta continue coloring my drawing before I turn into a procrastinator. Hehe... X3

List of pending artworks (><)

I'm putting this in my blog for a reminder, just in case. (Groans) This is gonna be long, I think.

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Min Li - Tsubasa Chronicle -- 0% (Lazy to do it, not my favorite anime)

Xian Jing - Gakuen Alice - 80% (Working on it)

JOS book cover 3 - 'The barrier that sets us apart' - Rough sketching done. (Doing lineart soon)

JOS book cover 2 - 'The reminiscing tone' - 0% (Picturing the cover)

JOS book cover 1 - (Re-do) 'Something not as they seem' - 0% (Searching for reference)

JOS header - JOS book number __ and title -- (Deciding JOS's new name)

Kyara17 - Kyara herself, pearl - 80% (Background haven't started)

JOS protraits (Awai) - Earth and Water User - 0% (Re-working on it)

JOS protraits (Taiyou) - Fire and Lightning User - 0% (Searching for reference)

JOS protraits (Hana) - Magma and Time User - 0% (Practicing the details)

JOS poster - Just Our Story Manga - 10% (No time to do it)

Alya - Alya, the girl and fairy - 0% (Keeping it aside for awhile)

Puan Rajina - Goodbye Card - 0%

Mister Eugene - Teacher's Day Card - 0% (Practicing to draw him -_-")

Asningtiyas - Purple Morning Glory - 0% (Researching on the details)

All I want is you - Story book cover - 0% (Trying to picture the characters)

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Whew! That was a lot. (Sighs) Man, I'm ready to die. Urgh, too many on pending artworks. But I'm too lazy to do them and sometimes if I don't draw anything, I'll get stuck in an artist's block. Grrr.... I need the new name of JOS!!~!!! >.< (Sighs) I'll doubt I'll even finish these because I'm focusing on my grades and school. (Collapses)

It's 10:45 AM. I'm suppose to get ready to school! But too lazy. And I'm also suppose to go to my former school to buy the CD My Kampung and Umbrella (Two different dances I did during 2007) Man, I missed everyone who I danced with in My Kampung and Umbrella. (Weeeekkkkkkkkk! ;-(

-Sayonara

Cool and Breezy

I changed my blog's layout and song. It looks really cool and breezy to me. XD! I just love blue, its a very cool colour. The new song is called 'In This Life' by Delta Goodrem. God, I love the song. It's has lighter flow than her previous songs. Yet she sounds a lot better than before. WOOTS!

I'll make a header for my blog soon. Double WOOTS! Haha, but I think it will take time maybe until April I guess? Lol, I've been preoccupied with the things that is happening around my life. I'm trying to mantain my grades, pending art requests and joining a lot of sport events.

Busy, busy, busy... Damn, my sister was right. The life of a freshman/student in highschool is tough but I think I gotta keep going on. XP! I just hope that this year is better than last year, which I'll doubt. Kidding only! It's only February right? So the results in uncertain. =X

But I hope that there is some improvement this year than last year. Ah! I'm gonna buy the CD 'My Kampung' from my former primary school. (My Kampung is an act that I joined last year, which you will find in my second post XD)... I guess I gotta borrow it first.

Man, I can't wait! WOOTS!

-See ya, people!

Amending Just Our Story (JOS)

Hello people! =D. Sorry if I haven't been updating lately. It's just that I've been struggling to finish the endless list of homework and doing the athlete training. Yep, a lot has been going on lately. Especially 'Just Our Story'.

To my cousin and Nalissa:

I hope you don't topple off from the edge of your chair because what I'm gonna say next might be outrageous. But please understand, I'm saying this to warn you about our manga.

ONE: The name of our manga is unsatisfying. I know it's suppose to be a manga about the Mikomi Sisters' lives. But I decided to add a lot of twists and when I played the whole manga in my head... The title did not suit the story.

Solution: We need to find a new name for the manga. I'm currently busy searching for the perfect name but I'm preoccupied with homework and on-going (and up-coming) events.

TWO: There has been a lot of changes about the Mikomi sisters. I would like to keep this as a secret from the readers. (To know more, leave me an offline message, starting with "MANGA QUESTION 2")

Solution: As I said about having a lot of changes about the Mikomi sisters, the rate of the story (Which is currently K+) will might increase into a better and more complex situation. (Situation rated T) Plus, there will be drama included. (I know... It wasn't suppose to be dramatic but hey, what's life without drama?) -- (Okaay... That sounded weird) -_-"

THREE: Many things, villains, stuff and events has been added throughout the whole story but I'm sorry to say that.... We might be facing a hiatus to continue it because after amending it, (and finished writing the chapters) the manga will reached the climax. It will probrably takes us months to finish the manga and get to the 'THE END' point.

Solution: Try to go online more often so that I can have a discussion with you two (Cousin and Nal)... I know this year is starting to grow shaky but please, I can't handle this burden by myself!! I need someone to share it. (Only with a person who is related to the manga ONLY!)

FOUR: Characters' personalities. Yes, you read it. There are changes in the characters' profiles. More information, leave me an offline message through MSN or email me through my Yahoo! adress (Which you can find in my profile). The changes might be slightly confusing but we must change it to make a "flow" into the story

Solution: I'll describe the characters' new personalities. (But there might be not many changes) Later, we'll discuss about the other things, which I will tell ONLY if it's important. The rest, I'll handle it. (Rubs temples)

That is all I could say about the manga Just Our Story. Nabilah & Nalissa... Tolonglah... Can you please understand that I'm trying to change it for the better? No offense is purposely admitted.

-Sayonara

Talents fading?

Okay, I hope the title doesn't sound corny... Well, I guess so... And yes, my talents are slowly fading for some reason. Could it be because:

a. Rajin's block. (AKA laziness)

b. Artist's block (Cannot draw out the picture well even though you want to or no inspiration)

c. School. (Homework, the endless nagging sounds and of course, the athlete's training)

or d. Brain cracked. (Meaning as in my brain has been dissolved into shit.)

I would say it's A, B and C only. Well, I think D is also including. But no accurate answer. What do you think?

- Sayonara

Drowsiness..

(Shortest post ever) It's 10:58 PM at Malaysia... And I'm still not sleeping. I'm waiting for my nagging father to literally kick my ass to bed. I'm also waiting for my friend Min Li to literally kick my ass as well if I don't wake up at 8 tomorrow..-.- Damn.

Things that have been happening lately

Hi everyone! Sorry for not updating. Too lazy! Hehe... There was a lot of things that have been happening lately.


I got a cat, His name is FLUFFY! So cute. He's a porsheian cat. Kinda resembles Garfield's laziness. Chinese New Year is coming soon! Aiyo! My classmates and I had to do a lot of stuff. We had to do a play, give out ang pau(s), give a huge card to Puan Ang (She'll be retiring soon) and man, I have olahraga training every Saturdays.

Okay, I wanna share something I've been watching lately. I recently found out about an anime named Romeo x Juliet. I know it sounds kinda boring since some of you have heard about William Shakespeare's plays and one of them is called 'Romeo & Juliet'.

But trust me, the anime is totally different from the play itself. The characters has really good roles, the storyline is much, much, much more better than the play and it has the same wicked Fate and Drama in it. I could've sworn I cried while watching the last episode.

You have GOT to see it. Go to http://www.animegiant.com/ to watch it. To watch the last episode (Episode 24), go to http://www.animefever.org/anime_listing/ because Anime-giant doesn't have it. Oh my God, it has got to be one of most dramatic animes I have ever watched.

But I'm kinda pissed off about the ending. Damn these Japanese. They like to make dramatic endings when it comes to Teenager Ranted animes. I JUST LOVE ROMEO X JULIET! (Going fanatic about it, LOL!)

I'm currently writing some several stories, but I was unable -always- to type it out. To new writers or to-be-writers, I hope you know... That chapter 1/Prologue is always the hardest chapter to be written. SERIOUSLY!!!

One story, the first chapter.... I've been editing it since November 2007!!! GAH! My brain is wrecking already when I try to make the first chapter has everything that the readers came for to read it. But damn, I wonder what the friggin hell is happening to me, for goddamned's sake!

I'm writing a story called Cat Love(I think I'm gonna change the title cause it sucks. =,=) Not gonna give any spoilers, well only one. There is going to be a LOT of knowledge battles against the main characters.

Example: The song called 'You raise me up' has been covered more than 125 times, including by famous artists like Westlife, Celtic Woman, etc. (This fact is real! Don't believe me? Go to wikipedia and search for You raise me Up)

Man, why am I into this kinda of romantic stuff? Sheesh.

It's kinda frustrating in my opinion. To those 'drama-romance' fanatic fans, sometimes you may feel as if your life is kinda sad for not having the experience in 'love' that all the fictional characters has experienced.(Like Romeo & Juliet, Bella & Edward from Twilight by Stephenie Meyer)

But sheesh . . . It's kinda childish and irrelevant. More like redundant if the fanatic fans are trying to compare their roles in Life with fictional characters' roles in Fiction. Good thing I'm not one of them, thank you Allah! Now, I better log off before my dad starts to literally kick my ass to the shower.

Sayonara. =3....

P.S: To those to-be-writers (who are trying to get inspirations or idea), please go to http://www.FictionPress.com/ , look for the categories and Click! Your writing journey begins. And uh, try to get someone to help you - in case, you might topple off your chair in exhaustion and let the story rot into a piece of 70's crap.

Challenging 2008!

Hi again everyone! Is it just me 'cause I posted my last post on Jan 3, 08? Hehe, again forget about it! I'm a loudmouth! ^^" Now, let me start by recalling back this week at school.

School starting Jan 7, 08

It was really great! I never expected that I'll get more friends that I thought I would. =D. My old classmate, Sandy, is still with me and two of my classmates, Yoga and the infamous Abbas. We'll get to that later... -_-"

I had made up with a lot of new friends: Min Li, Xian Jing, Denise, Allyson, Ruvi & Letisha! Woohoo! I can't believe I'm starting to feel more out-going than my normal self (a.k.a moody self*) But I also noticed that my friendship with my online buddies are starting to loosen almost everyday.

Reason is, my dad is starting to ban me from using the computer after 7 PM. Oh! I forgot to mention that now my school coursework is starting at 12. 30 PM to 6. 40 PM. Yes, that 'late' I think. ^^"

I can't believe I've been holding more responsibility at the classroom. I'm now the class monitor's assistant, leader for Kemahiran Hidup and leader for Sivik group called Evolution. Damn! A lot of responsibilities!

Now, on 10 Jan 2008, I just got back from my sekolah menegah ... And guess what me and my friends had to do there? We had to jog around the field around 10 times. Me, being the only girl to jog for 10 times, got selected to do 15 times on Saturday.

I was glad 'cause finally I can loose all the fat that I have in my hips. I've been doing a lot more artworks now... again. My teacher said that a girl (dunno her age, maybe in high school) got hired to an anime organization and earned RM 50, 000! OH MY GOD!

I wished I got that job! >.<>SAYONARA