Revival of the Silver Dragon

Hey guys! ヽ(´ー｀)ﾉ

I'm in the middle of 6 commissions for a small local production so I can't really draw leisurely that much until I finish those 6 but yesterday I finished my first one (YEAY!) and decided to relax with some leisure sketches before bed.

For those who have known me since way-back-when, they would know that my nickname is derived from one of my oldest OCs, Ryu, who I created onto paper when I was 12 after a series of dreams that lasted 2 - 3 months. m9(・∀・) From there I created the world she was in for a manga project called Ginryu, which I have been polishing ever since.

Though with the arrival of other major projects onto the same universe like [INTOXICATED], [Le Noir Pain de Miette] and [Ripple] (yeap, they're all in the same universe), I couldn't focus on polishing Ginryu these past couple of years and I had the sudden urge to revisit Ryu's world again last week. ( ﾟヮﾟ)

So here's my loot.

The 3 main characters of Ginryu; (from left) Ryu, Sakuya and Sekara. I saw one of my favourite artists, Demi-luv do a similar concept so I thought it'd be fun to try it out too. ( ﾟヮﾟ) Full credit of the concept goes to her. And I thought their brief "character descriptions" above them can be some sort of a tagline for the series whenever I do illustrations. (Kinda like Gensoumaden Saiyuki) So far, I'm pretty happy with them.

Bust shots of Ryu and Sekara. I was suppose to do one of Sakuya too (so they can form matching pictures saying each syllable of the Manga title) but I couldn't seem to get hers right so I left it like this haha.

A quick sketch and shading of Sakuya. She literally is a living God since her character is suppose to be an Arahitogami.

Was playing around in Photoshop with Ryu's lineart.

Anyways, I'm off again for now. Need to get back to drawing the commissions so バイバイビイイイ！★

Oh yeah!! check out my previous entry to help out a talented artist in need of help!

Konpeito Dreams

Hey guys! (`･ω･´)

Just finished another stress relief piece I did with color pencils. I haven't touched color pencils for a really long time and well since this is meant to be a stress relief piece, I didn't dwell myself with the technicalities of it all. Over all I was pretty happy how it turned out.

Though the scanner didn't do it justice though D; it's really hard adjusting it since even here the softer colors completely disappear. ┐('～`；)┌ oh well. If you guys happen to meet me face to face I'd show you the original haha. It's definitely less choppy than the scanned version lawl!

This is one of my few symbolic pieces as I wanted something that would reflect what I was thinking at the moment ( ﾟヮﾟ) For this piece, I was going through a huge moment of self doubt so I wanted to get it out of my system and drew this piece.

The konpeito (if it looks like them at all), represents other people and their potential, mainly it's to represent the people around me whom I admire always for their abilities in their personal and professional lives. Hence them being all in pretty colors and all. I wanted to also portray how much I adore them.

The boy (my OC, Leo), represents my views upon the world. He's at that age where he's old enough but still naive and influential towards others comments thus he decides to stay in the bottle and "grow up" a little more before he becomes a full fledged konpeito himself. Whilst he awaits for the time he's ready, he gazes at the other floating konpeitos longingly, awaiting the day that he too can join them.

The bottle represents the state I think I'm in now. And the red string that holds the bottle jar's cap represents fate. And the kanji sentence 「私の番はいつかな？」　means "When's my turn?".

I've always felt that I'm the last in the race against others so I don't like putting myself in that situation. I always like to focus on the race I have with myself more than anything since I believe that different people have different growth rates. I for one, am a definite late bloomer so I often think of myself as a living proof of that fact. So whenever I do compare or put myself in a race against others, it takes a toll on my self-esteem.

But lately, a friend on mine expressed his views on this subject. He mentions that if you're not winning the race against others, it doesn't matter since you'll miss alot of the jest in things and someone else would've achieved it first. But does that make achieving success redundant? I've been taught that success is success no matter how long it takes you to achieve them. He simply is stating his beliefs I know, but since I respect and look up to him alot I can't help but wonder if that is true? Would I always end up being the "loser" if I were to be in a race against my peers?

But I'm just holding it in until I know my potential for sure. I believe this year will be an opportunity for me to really test my abilities and see if I do or do not have what it takes to even compete with them. But sometimes I just can't help but wonder, as I put in the extra load of effort in, "When's my turn to shine?"

Hopefully that time will be soon ('A`) Hopefully I'll become a konpeito myself soon.

Anyways!! I hope you like it as much as I had fun doing this piece :D

Bai bai!

Aikagi

hey guys ★

Couldn't sleep... it's 3.30 AM now so I doodled and got this;


One of my all-time favourite OCs, Rui at the tender age of 15 years old ★

He seems to be the only OC that I can write on and on about. This is him at one of the most important turning point of his life, so I wanted to put in that slight aura of distrust in him. He was being bullied badly in school so he often gives off that "don't touch me" aura.

Played around with my copic. I kind of felt happy at the end of this drawing haha. It's always stress reliving when I draw what I want when I want it.

I'm gonna try and go to sleep now. Oyasumi DEATH★

Brand New Days & Playlists

old picture is old haha. I even had my highlights back then. （　´_ゝ`）

Hey guys!! How are my little daisies today? （´∀｀）ノ

Okay so most of you who are on my facebook and twitter would already know about this and this would probably serve as extra spamage but......................

I GOT INTO NANYANG ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS HOLYYYYYYYYYYYYYY CRUMBCAKESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (屮ﾟДﾟ)屮

YEAP!! I was SUPPPER surprised when one of the ladies in Nanyang called my cellphone and told me to check my email or the documents and on top of that, I GOT THE GOVERNMENT GRANT!!! (ﾟДﾟ;≡;ﾟДﾟ) what that means is that, by cutting my fees in half (which is a HUGE help for my parents), I'll get to work in Singapore for 3 years. HOW COOL IS THAT? Σ(ﾟДﾟ) Not only I get my fees discounted but I get a guranteed job the moment I leave University!! ★ I'm feeling ultra blessed right now, THANK YOU GOD!!

To tell you the truth, I was more surprised about the grant than me getting accepted into Nanyang. (((( ；ﾟДﾟ))) I mean, I'm like 10000% shocked for sure at my acceptance but getting the grant was such a far-fetched idea for me, I almost cried when I heard the news. I actually even asked Ms Hiedi (the one that called us and helped us alot with our preparations and all), "Are you sure?!" LAWL!!

But all in all thank you so much for all the numerous support I received for preparing for the exam and all. (´ಥωಥ`) Especially in my moments of self doubt, I managed to pull myself together at the exam thanks to the support of those around me ★

Which means, I'll be in Singapore by July so preparations for logistics, Student Passes starts now. ( ﾟヮﾟ) So from July on, blog posts will be coming straight from the land of the Merlion!!! Do anticipate them!!

On the other hand, I've been slowly getting back into groove of drawing illustrations frequently. （´∀｀）At one time, it seems drawing too much manga has distorted my illustration flow for some reason and I can't seem to whip out illustrations like my friends or how I used to. (´；ω；`) But thankfully as of late, it's slowly coming back. I think it might be thanks to the increase of new music into my iTunes lately.

For this picture, I simply got the urge to draw a "sexy" themed couple picture. I really do appreciate pictures that can emphasize sensuality without showing off more than needed. It's like beautifully written love story without unneeded scenes of you-know-what haha. And plus since I always draw milder couple pictures, I thought why not give one a go. It just so happens that I felt like drawing Nadjwa and Ethan again. They seem to be my favourite duo whenever I feel like drawing couples haha. ┐('～`；)┌

Though I often elate any doodle or illustration I draw of my OCs to the actual story I wrote them in, this picture has no place in 「INTOXICATED」's storyline whatsoever haha. So don't worry, no raging hormone scenes will be entering my mangas anytime soon.

Anyways, speaking of new music, whenever I draw I often have a playlist in my iTunes to match whatever I aimed to draw. ( ﾟヮﾟ) Like for example, whenever I'm writing or drawing Le Noir materials, I'll loop my Le Noir playlists where I have picked music I felt was suited for Le Noir's scenes and moods. SO of course, while drawing this picture, I put on my "too sexy for anythin' yo" playlist (haha YES that's what it's called). I've shared names of a few songs that are in that playlist below.



What about you? Do you have those mood based playlists? ( ﾟヮﾟ) If you do, what are they and what kind of songs you have in them?

That's all for today! バイバイビイー★

BARENNNN TAIIIIIIINNNN ☆

や、みんな！ヾ(＾∇＾)　げんきかい？☆

I'm a day late but HAPPY VALENTINES to those who enjoy it with another (family or not), and HAPPY S.A.D day to those celebrating being single proudly haha.

For those who are living in Malaysia, we've all heard of the "Valentine Day Trap" campaign where several Muslim Departments rally together in campaigning against celebrating Valentine's Day for Muslims since they rationalized that it's a Christian based celebration (or in some cases, Greek based) and that it promotes pre-marital sex at the end of the day especially amongst the younger generation. Not to mention, they claim that it's a way for the Christians to pull Muslims into committing sins and embracing Christianity. (I know right ;;; )

As a young Muslim today, I definitely disagree with this. I was initially extremely appauled at the deplorable state of mind these departments have for other religions. I mean c'mon. It's VALENTINES.

Sure, yes, Valentines is based on the Christian priest, St. Valentines but it's to celebrate his love for his religion and the fact that he helped alot of people during his time in prison. Today it's not like people go to churches to celebrate Valentines. And not everyone spend it with their boyfriend or girl friend. (` q `;;) I mean, like I always spend it with friends and family. It's to celebrate our love for each other.

I mean isn't that what Islam is all about too? Love and embracing everyone regardless of who they are? I know at least the Prophet Muhammad S.A.W embraced others regardless of how he was treated. Aren't we taught to exemplify him?

Over all in all I was disappointed on how the departments were portraying Malaysian Muslims. Now people in and out of the country has a certain perception if you're a devoted Muslim. (.__.;;)

REGARDLESS! ♪(ﾉ´∀｀*)ﾉ I spent Valentines mainly drawing and doing work. Since my parents went out for lunch and all, I kept at my schedule. Oh and also spent time playing with my 3 year old sister ♡

I also took the time to do a quick doodle to relief stress. IT WAS AWESOME! so here be my loot. Featuring Alois Trancy from Kuroshitsuji II. He's not my favourite but I love love love his designs! Done in a little over an hour with Pens and COPICs. haha it's refreshing to do it in a messy sketchy style ♡


I'm signing off now so see ya in a bit guys! ☆

Air Wavveeess

Heyyyyyyy thar y'all funky people~~~ヾ(＾∇＾)

Okay so I made it through the exam relatively breathing, though the results are only coming out either February or March so I'll be dying till then thank you. oh and finished up all the Chinese New Year Hamper orders so I haven't had that much of a chance to come online and all.

Right now I'm busy preparing new badges and stickers designs from a few series. ( ﾟ▽ﾟ)/ Need to bring in 'em moolahs soon.

Though I'm just gonna update with a few scribbles and sketches that I did and scanned recently <3 Enjoy~!

my two OCs, Nadjwa and Ethan from Intoxicated cuddling up all nice and warm. ♪(ﾉ´∀｀*)ﾉ did this before bed yesterday.

Naoshi Haruki from the Otome Game; Starry☆Sky~in the Autumn~ as per requested by my Ototou-kun ☆ Did this in between sketching the chibis for the new badges / stickers.

haha a mashup of Rui's all around and a tiny Shinjiro peeking at the corner. I sketched these Ruis after I did all the prints for last AFA X as a stress relief under bout 2 hours or so. I'm particularly partial to the working Rui on the left Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ

polka and jazz

hey guys~( ﾟ▽ﾟ)/ｺﾝﾊﾞﾝﾊ

just thought that today was a beautiful day as I'm sitting down reading my motivational materials and my Baccano! soundtrack playing the smooth jazz rifts in the background so my hand itched to update on that haha. a few snapshots of my desk and stuff around it ♥

what I'm currently reading and listening to. ♪(ﾉ´∀｀*)ﾉ Loving Baccano! soundtrack to pieces! It's extremely relaxing. I'll be sure to add that to my collection of ost someday. I do this everyday to prep myself for work and relax my mind. Oh and this book is awesome. a definite recommended read ☆

my mum bought me this brown polka dotted water tumbler! (*≧▽≦)♪ Too cute for words. Though I think it was quite pricey so thanks mum!

I'll leave you guys with this chibi Shinjiro I'm drawing haha. Thinking of doing Persona 3 Portable Stickers or badges. (either 1 not both). Which ones you think I should go for? (*･∀･)／♡

ぬくもり

a little something I did for the KAMCAO website some time ago.
Background image is credited to: 憂雨

Good Evening Guys! ( ﾟ▽ﾟ)/ｺﾝﾊﾞﾝﾊ

Firstly I'd like to thank all my wonderful friends and GAR members that commented on my previous post and even hand me some good old advice that got me looking forward and running again. (*≧▽≦)♪ I'm so blessed to have such wonderful friends that kick me in the butt and pat my head at the right moments. YOSH! I shall do my best!! Thank you to all my senpai-tachis for surrounding me with your warmth!

So how you guys like the new banner and color scheme? ♪(ﾉ´∀｀*)ﾉAfter reading through all the heart felt comments yesterday at my previous post, I thought that the theme ”ぬくもり” or "Warmth" would be a wonderful theme to start on for the year 2011 ☆

So I picked out an illustration that I did that fits the theme best and played around with it in Photoshop and VOILA! Not too shabby right? Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ Oh and the Banner's extra brush is also the same as the background used for above's illustration so credit goes to the awesome artist. I even edited the Font Colors to match the illustration and feel ♡

Other than that, I also added new songs to the playlist on the right so feel free to play whenever you like! ☆ The first song is put as commemoration of the website's current theme and one of my current favourites; "ぬくもり" (Nukumori) by HOME MADE KAZOKU. This song never fails to keep me calm everytime I turn it on. (ﾟｰﾟ)(｡_｡)ｳﾝｳﾝ It's simply wondrous, the effect of the right songs has on your mental state. Other than that, I added "Hello Again~昔からある場所" by JUJU, "Break a Road" by Mamoru Miyano (a recommended listen!) and kept "ふたりごと" by RADWIMPS because I love it too much still. (*･∀･)／♡

I'm slowly getting productive again. I found some Gurren Lagann fanart that I did last year and gonna plan to complete a few before I go to KL again next weekend so I can scan them and upload them here 八(＾□＾*) がんばります！

Let me know what you think 'bout the new look of the blog yeah? (*･∀･)／♡＼(･∀･*)

バイバイビイイイ☆

Futari Goto

"Fine...but you owe me BIG time."

hey guys~♪(ﾉ´∀｀*)ﾉ

This entry shall be dedicated to my current fandom; Aragaki Shinjiro x FMC from the PSP game, Persona 3 Portable. I've been meaning to sketch a few shots of these two for a while now but I've been preoccupied with my other drawing work. What with major cons are close and whatnot.

But today I got up early (i woke up before my alarm rang..mmheh. haven't done that in a while.), so I decided to do some leisure sketches to warm up before continuing my Angel Beats! products.

The first one above was done last. actually. ( ﾟ ﾍ ﾟ ) I aimed to do a detailed sketch as fast as I can and timed myself while I was at it, thus all those anatomy and lighting mistakes. Overall in all I finished it in 2 hours and slightly more (ﾉ´∀｀*)ﾉ But this is my favourite of all the sketches I did since I love drawing Shinji in his butler suit and that expression hoho so cute.

well enjoy the rest :D

ohooo~ Shinji's sleeping face ;9



drawn in a set. :3 inspired by a scene made in a fanvideo of this coupling.

sketch of their first encounter. Not to fond of this one mmhheh.

random Shinji lawl 8D

Ikebukuroers

Art, concept, CG done by: yours truly, Reryu
Linearting: Sakura0104

TA DAAAAAA!!! a week filled with no sleep and hand trembling first time CG that it feels like a test of courage emotions paid off!! :DDD what you think? (*≧▽≦)♪

well initially I was in doubts with my badge making skills since my first attempt before didn't end up as nice as I wanted them to be ( ﾟ ﾍ ﾟ ) But I braved myself once again to pick up my faithful tablet and to tell you the truth, I'm pretty much happy with the result! honestly I thought it'd end up worse than this LAWL.

frankly speaking I had fun doing this batch of badges ♪(ﾉ´∀｀*)ﾉ especially Shizuo and Izaya's matching badges lawl (and no I don't support the ShizuoxIzaya shipping). I prefer their relationship to remain enemies because that's what makes DRRRR! tick lawl.

I had my doubts with Mikado's design since his was the last to be made of all 5 and I had NO FREAKIN' IDEA how to do his pose... (ﾟｰﾟ)(｡_｡)ｳﾝｳﾝ The pros and cons of Mikado is one and the same; he's too plain LAWL. Though I love him for that （￣ー￣）ニヤリ

whereas Anri and Kida's design went smooth sailing. They're not the easiest to do (especially Anri when it comes to inking her) but their certainly not the hardest. I enjoyed Kida's color selection especially.

Oh and those who are interested in owning these babies, please head over to the さくら の ショップ's page HERE to pre-order and purchase them. Your support would be a tremendous source of motivation for us!

well all in all, I'm satisfied but I can't sit down and rest just yet! I've still got a whole line of product design to be drawn all lined up perfectly for me to do ｶﾞ━━Σ(ﾟДﾟ|||)━━ﾝ!! Though I'm loving every bit of it. Nothing beats being productive and seeing your fruits of labor bear fruit!

Next up, ANGEL BEATS! (*･∀･)／♡＼(･∀･*)

Throwing vending machines never felt so light

Guess whooooo? 8D

lawl a W.I.P of my DRRR! products in the making ;D will post up a few when I'm done with them

Btw, addicted to the band RADWIMPS now D: darn. they've got good stuffs

Practice makes perfect

CG practice. Lineart NOT mine. MACCO (c) respectively.

after my long abandoned hope for CG style of coloring determination these past years, I decided to give it another shot. Partly inspired by my fellow peers after signing up at Pixiv, I downloaded the program SAI and decided to dig up for some linearts in my reference folders (since I do everything traditionally and I don't photostat them anymore, I don't have linearts of my own to kill) and stumbled upon the awesome MACCO's lineart of Hatsune Miku and Rin. Check out MACCO's awesome gallery at Pixiv here.

So far it's hardly progress and was experimenting with more of a cellshading thing but...... I dunno :"/ I find my color selection to be too dull for the skin.... it's not "popping" enough for me. And I'm kinda having trouble with maintaining a paint style for the eyes. But I guess nothing is achieved overnight or with just one try so I'll do my best to increase practice time. (￣ε￣ ;)

Anyways hope you guys are spending your Eid celebration happily and safetly!! :D Can't wait to see my girls when I get back to KL. <3

All pumped up! (photo heavy)

hey guys! ♪(ﾉ´∀｀*)ﾉ

A few weeks back, I decided to do a mini Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Fanbook to dedicate to my favourite series of all time and this past week, I've been busy drafting them all up! (*≧▽≦)ノ♪

There's a high chance the book will be available in AFA2010 so keep you eyes peeled as i'll announce them here when it's done!

I was planning on showing the drafts to my friend, Germaine who is also working on her drawings for the Fanbook so I took photos of them using my handphone and camera so pardon the slight blurryness. I'd scan them but I drew them all on a B4 manga paper and my scanner is A4. I guess time to buy a bigger one D: ANYWAYS! The previews:

The draft for the cover featuring Nia

close-ups

Nia's skirt. Was pretty proud of the way it turned out

an illustration featuring Kinon and Yoko in the Goverment Uniforms

close-up of Kinon

close-up of Yoko

A piece inspired by Episode 27 and the Song "Futari" by Yuya Matsushita. Nia and Simon

Had fun doing the roses, her hair and the hairpins

Viral with Sunflowers

Close-up. Wanted to recapture his expression in episode 26.

Sunflowers