My Very Cold Weekend

I didn't really expect this winter's freezing rain would have such a huge after effect on the environment, but seeing how heavy the trees bent from the ice.. it was quite an amazing sight and also terrifying. Many trees in my neighborhood snapped from that weight and worse thing was the power outage.

Crunch Time Over

The weeks have been flying by as the work towards the end of year and graduation art show time closes in. So much work.. so little time! Definitely a crunch time of sleepless week to get final projects done!!

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The crunch time is finally over and the Grad Show is going successfully! Reception night was great, lots of people came to see the show, talk, and just enjoy the gathering of like-minded creative people.

Up to Dates..

The poster votes are in and have been tabulated. Unfortunately my group's poster didn't win but it was a fun experience! Congrats to my friends' group that won and had a near tie! XD

School work is going decently well (I suppose) just hard to think creatively.. it's like my brain has been squeezed dry and it's running on fumes. However there will be more artwork to come! So thank you for the patience, my dear readers~ C:

Ciao~

Art is Infectious..

Let the parasites of creativity take hold and ooze out!!

Work by: Tora, Rayne, and Me

My team's poster for the grad show. Wish us luck in winning~ :D

Happy Thanksgiving!

A little late to say "Happy Thanksgiving" but I've been working on school homework, so here's a short silly animation that I've been working on in Flash. I'm not an animator so it's not too great, but I had a lot of fun in the making!

Nuit Blanche 2013

It was the first time I've ever attended Nuit Blanche and had a great experience. It's an interesting event where different exhibitions were displayed and interacted with in downtown Toronto. There were A LOT of people and so line-ups were certainly long, but it wasn't that bad.. However time to time, I felt a bit claustrophobic.. but the weather was decent for October. A relatively warm night with a strong cool wind.. which later brought the rain.

The large crowds of people slowly died down as the night became younger.. around 1-2am. As for my group of friends, we continued to walk to different locations to check out the different displays.. since our work shift doesn't start till 5am. Might as well enjoy ourselves! :D

Winter 2013 Anime Updates!

Winter is coming and so are new anime!

Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova
Coppelion
Diabolik Lovers
Diamond no Ace
Freezing Vibration
Galilei Donna
Gingitsune
Golden Time
Gundam Build Fighters
Hajime no Ippo: Rising
Kuroko no Basket 2
Kill la Kill
IS: Infinite Stratos 2 
Kakumeiki Valvrave 2
Kyoukai no Kanata
Kyousougiga episode
Magi: The Kingdom of Magic
Meganebu!
Nagi no Asukara
Non Non Biyori
Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle 3rd Season
Outbreak Company
Samurai Flamenco
Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai!
Strike the Blood
Walkure Romanze
White Album 2
Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru OVA
Yowamushi Pedal
Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta
Yuushibu

Will be keeping you updated, thanks for visiting~!!

Movie Magic!

It's the first time I have used Adobe After Effects not too long starting to use Flash and it was quite a lot of fun learning. Although in all honesty, I had some trouble understanding how the program worked in the beginning. Here is my first project with one of my Mother Nature/Mother Earth illustration.

Thank you for dropping by!

S2.American Horror Story: Asylum

I've actually finished this season quite a while ago.. before the week of school started; and I have to say that it's quite good too! There's a lot dealing with "faith and religion" in this part of the series because it is set back in time where mental wards were run by the church(?) I'm not sure of my history.. but anyway, I enjoyed the story and how it was presentented. The transitions between present and current future were smooth and easy to follow. However,  there is still the slight factor that it messes with your mind while watching. If one is an attentive viewer, you'd catch a lot of the details. I, unfortunately got spoiled by my sister,  so I knew what to expect at some parts.

That's all for now, thanks for dropping by~!!!

A Donut for Thought..

It's already been two weeks since the start of classes and I am having quite a lot more fun than expected this 4th semester. I'm sure it is still a bit too early, but I hope this pace continues.

Here's a little peek at what I've done in Flash, one of the newest programs I'm learning to use.. and it's quite fun! However, there are some nicks here and there when I have no idea what I'm doing sometimes.

Thank you for dropping by~!!!

First Day Back

It's the first day back to school. There's a lot more people in the fall semester in comparison to summer.. many lost new faces walking about the campus too. I realized that my walking pace was also much faster, I guess it's like trying to lose the freshman from following you to get around and asking directions. I know that is a bit mean of me, but personally,  I have a horrible sense of direction. So I wouldn't know how to give directions.. |||orz

Visual Development II
- Learned new insights and "rules" about composition and the personality of the camera to aid with both illustration and film.
- Reviewed the 180º rule when it comes to composition and was elaborated too..
- The geometry of a composition and other elements used it film and and human psychology.

Interactive Illustration
- Working in Flash! I'm gonna need a lot of help with this, but I think it'll be fun!

Just a little short blerb, thanks for visiting!

5.7k~!!

I am very appreciative to you all and I just wanted to say thank you to all my followers, readers, and visitors for the 5.7k pageviews!!!

S1.American Horror Story

I've recently finished watching season 1 American Horror Story, well, technically I decided to pick up on it again. I first watched it during my flight to Taiwan last summer and fell asleep due to it's slow, slow pace. I didn't watch it again until recently when my sister spoke about it and suggested it was good, scary, and something I'd enjoy. So, I gave it a try and here is my verdict:

Break Ending Soon

It's been a splendid two-week rest from school. I have been quite busy from the company of my family.. having gone to several outings with relatives and grandparents. It was the most I've ever went out in the span of two weeks (seriously, do not want more). Although, one afternoon was spent giving my aunt and grandmother a manicure which dragged into the evening (due to long talk).

Another thing that's new during the break!
Finally got a Wii-Fit plus, wooooo! So, mostly been playing that and working up a sweat. Who knew hula hooping could be so tiring when trying to aim for high scores, haha!! I do recommend it to those who haven't gotten it (yet). It's fun and you learn quite a lot about hidden physical strengths and weaknesses.

Work Spam!

It's been awhile since I've shared my work to my readers, so here it is! A little bit of what I have worked on.. and there will be more to come soon.

This is a relatively small maquette of two original chibi characters in Pokemon costumes.
It actually took a lot more time that I thought.. so definitely will layer more paint.

Break!

Summer semester is completed! I am thankful this rough and hard-worked semester is over. I learned a lot through the guidance of my professors and experience was rough but worth it. I'm glad I can have a good two weeks to breath, relax, get caught up with some personal studies and social time with my besties!! Gawd, I miss them both..

Time to get crazyyyyy~!!!!

Super Busy

It's already almost halfway through August and I have to say, it's been quite busy. The compressed course which required roughs to final renders in a day definitely raised the bar on pressure. Not to mention the bad-timing of large projects from other courses altogether increased the stress and decreased the hours of sleep. Not fun.. orz

I'll be posting my works after this week. It's Exam week, so FIGHTING!!!

My Bias on Plastic Surgery

[WARNING] I might be ranting a bit.. haha..;; 

It's quite disturbing nowadays when I browse about my favorite Korean artists and discover the issue of obsession on this artificial beauty, plastic surgery. The topic has been widely discussed over the web and (likely) over other news articles. Although I am biased about the procedure.. however, I don't oppose it if it provides the individual some kind of health improvement. Whether it be their own psychological health or physical health.. it IS their body after all. For example if fixing your jaw for your teeth to be aligned straight so that you could sing at your best or fixing your nose to help improve nasal breathing problems at night or something. (shrugs)

But then again.. changes just to look "beautiful as so-and-so.." it is a bit sad that one has to turn to surgery to rid their faults; faults that make an individual unique and beautiful in their own way. Of course it's much easier said than done. But comparing oneself to another different individual is not the definition of what is beautiful. You are your own person as well as whom you idolize.

Sowelu

It's been awhile when I first heard this song and FINALLY I found a quality download and watch the MV for it. It's so smexy good, enjoy!

It's so catchy

Work and Sleepless Nights

To ease labors of art projects in school is best to get started immediately, work fast any, and precise.. Easier said than done right? It all comes down to personal time management; which I need to strengthen! It's a bit depressing when one puts full effort into a project and gets fully thrashed by a critique.

Although, given the opportunity to improve on the project, I'm simply hoping I will be able to finish it!

Anywho.. time for bed~ Good night my fellow visitors. Thank you for stopping by~!!

Net Seizure

Internet.. we've all grown so accustomed to it. It's become a huge influence and one of our biggest reliabilities; whether it is entertainment, harvesting information, or communication.. our society has gotten much too comfortable with the easy access to almost everything.

And because of this.. is why it is SO frustrating when trying to do work!! Arghhhhhh!!!! (V n V)

More New Anime~!!

Just another list of the new ones and the ones I'll probably be watching!
I'll keep this up to date as much as possible ~

Blood Lad ~ This seems interesting.. about Demons and other Supernatural things (Vampires). I might watch.
Brothers Conflict ~ Romance and Harem type of anime.
Danganronpa ~ Action! Mystery! Horror and Psychological genre~ Though it's a bit weird...
Fantasista Doll ~
Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya ~
Free ~ It's a sport anime about swimming.. though watching it will give you ideas of BL due to fandom (which can be so annoying as it ruins the anime imo). But I'll try watching it and see how it goes..
Gatchaman Crowds ~ Adventure and Sci-Fi!
Gen'ei wo Kakery Taiyou ~
Genshiken Nidaime ~
Gifuu Doudou!!: Kanetsugu to Keiji ~
Gin no Saji ~ Seems prettying interesting. It's a comedy, slice-of-life anime

33 Degrees C

Today is so incredibly hot with the sun burning down overhead. I woke up quite early, around 6:50am to get started with work but fell asleep around 10-ish;;;

I ended up having a weird yet interesting dream influenced by the heat. It started with me sealing everything in my house air-tight and then filling it with water.. which then I simply swam around inside the cool water. I suppose the water was magic? That or it was my house because water did not leak out the open windows. So, whenever the wind blew in a cool breeze, it created air bubbles for me to breathe.

I guess this dream is mainly my want of cool water to go swimming? (⌒0⌒;)

Summer Break!

It's finally the break and it starts off with a humid rainy day. Time to get some chores done! Washed the cage of my sister's adorable hamsters and did laundry too. Starting break work tomorrow!

A New Start

It's JUNE~!!!!!!! Already! Time is going by so fast, it's quite surprising. I haven't been blogging too much as I've been busy with school work, but I do post quite a few things via Twitter as you can probably see~ haha!

Anyway, while listening to the radio, I heard this song and really wanted to share. It's a beautiful and touching song by Hiromi - I Need You/Aisaretai. Enjoy!

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Other news, the weather lately has been SO humid! The days are either very bright and sunny or murky cloudy and wanting-to-rain-but-doesn't.. The past few forecasts predicted thundershowers or a severe thunderstorm warning, but guess what? It didn't happen. Rain please, I need it! We all need it to cool down! C:

Currently listening to: 2 of Us - Yuya Matsushita

Kazaky

My current obsession: Kazaky! Thanks to my friends from class..~ This group of beautiful men can dance amazingly perfect sync and with sass in 6" stiletto heels. Not to mention they are a male group of ballet dancers, their form and bodily lines are just absolutely stunning to watch. Although I don't care too much about their lyrics, since they're rather simple, I just enjoy their amazing dance routines. They can strut and pose even better than any female celebrity I've ever seen. Their main target audience is towards women and hardcore gay men.. and I can totally see why (hur hur hur). I'd love to be able to dance as fluidly like them.. and man, I am so jealous of their gorgeous legs!

Thunder Showers!!

Today was super hot and the cooling refreshment poured down as an evening rain. It was very pleasant listening to the rain and gentle thunder. I hope it rains a bit more so the temperature cools a bit more.

End of short little blurb.. c:

Victoria Day

It's finally Victoria Day and the weather is so nice, maybe a bit too nice. Today was so hot and sunny with a warm breeze now and then. I hope it will rain tonight a bring the temperature down a bit.

Currenly it's 29°C but feels like 36°C! (・・;)..

Children's Illustration at Osborne!

I was a fun afternoon at the Toronto Library with my Children's Illustration class last Wednesday (May 15th)~ There was a lot of historical children's books, both amazing and beautifully done.. not to mention it was very educational learning how individual books were made and the materials used. Several of my classmates took photographs but not allowed to share due to the heavy copyrights on the material.

Afterwards, a bunch of us walked to China town and had some Vietnamese food before we all headed home.

It was so awesomeeee~!!!

Crazy Weather..

The weather has gone from warm and sunny to rain and slight cloudiness.. and now, as the temperature is dropping more, it feels like Summer leaped backwards and it's semi-winter-spring weather. Today's windy chills were the least of it, but quite surprising is the sudden hail. The weather's gone down to shits..

I don't miss this cold..!! ; A ;

Allergy Relief & School News

Allergy relief at last because of the rain!! Although, it is not like I was not content with the bright sunny and warm weather.. but it really did increase the damage of eye irritation and the continuous runny nose. But anyway.. it's nearing the end of my first week back and it's a pretty big jump back into work.. FIGHT!!!

And.. on a side note: Kuroko no Basuke NG-shuu is so stupid funny lolll

Thanks for dropping by~!!

Dual of Bad Dreams..

It's been awhile since I've had bad dreams that wake me up and ruin my sleep. I prefer my adventurous vivid dreams that tire me instead of these..

My first dream consisted of those swarm of tiny flies you would see hovering in midair in wooded areas. I suppose it's a personal peeve of mine to breathe in said insects because that's exactly what happened. I breathed in the tiny flies. So, what happened after was that these tiny insects started eating my lung tissue from inside and grew larger and larger until I exploded. Not a happy ending. I jolted awake at the moment of explosion.. it was quite horrifying since I felt the suffocation process. After calming down and going back to sleep another bad dream brews...

The one after was just terrifying. I have slowly worked my way to get a little comfortable with spiders the size of an inch.. any bigger and I would usually freak out. I assume that most people with arachnophobia, having a tarantula crawl anywhere near you would probably run you up a tree.. or cause a shriek and faint. My bad dream emphasized on my fear of spiders. Personally, what is just as bad as being eaten by a giant spider, is certainly having a foot-long hairy tarantula crawl up your pants leg and you are unable to move or do anything about it. Woke up with goosebumps and in cold sweat...;;;

Just... ugh...

It's May!

The weather is so beautiful today! Sunny and warm.. with a nice cool breeze.~ A great day at the park or even just out for a walk. I'd like to have a play day with friends at Wonderland or a trip to the zoo before my break ends.

And even though I've said to myself I'd do some practicing over my break.. I'm really letting it slip!!!! Dx

Google Sketchup

I don't know how many people have used Google Sketchup, however it seems quite easy and once you do get the hang of it, it does get a bit addicting to fiddle with.. as a beginner using the program, I spent quite a lot of time on it just building the simplest of objects. I did turn to tutorials for help though, and sometimes the program itself doesn't want to go your way (haha).

I tried to build a cafe for my first attempt at this program for a class assignment. This is how it turned out~

I will be working on improving this more..

School Work Spam!

A compilation of some work I did in school but didn't bother posting.. but since this is my journal and so, random stuff (good/bad) goes here too!

Playing around with textures and screen tones in Photoshop

Master's Painting WIP

A painting study on one of the masters and I chose Matisse since my professor gave me a working hint during my abstract painting class.

Here's what I have so far. ~
The lighting isn't very good so my colors are not showing very well, but I did my best to reproduce the colors.

My study version.

Matisse original; Woman with Hat 1905

She's Watching You...

A recently finished painting that I really liked how it turned out. Even though it was a rather.. creepy still life, it was good low lighting practice.

 It was fun but creepy when I walked by it at night..

Spring 2013 Anime List

New list of anime for the Spring season!!!! I will be updating it as much as possible. If you guys are downloading off of cyber12, please donate! Thank you!

Aku no Hana ~ This one looks pretty interesting.. the animation style is quite different to the type I'm accustomed to. Reminds me of Akira though...
Arata Kangatari ~ This seems like an interesting anime; adventure, fantasy, shounen..
Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge ~
Date a Live ~ Shounen anime with comedy, mecha, sci-fi and school romance; rated R - 17+ due to violence and profanity. Although it's "shounen" it's very.. pretty[?] not sure if that's the right word haha, but enjoy!
Devil Survivor 2 The Animation ~
Hayate no Gotoku! Cuties ~ I assume this is the remake of Hayate since the synonym of it is Hayate no Gotoku (2013).
Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko ~ It's gooooood!!!
Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Bride ~ A mix of action, comedy and ecchi (rated R+ Mild Nudity) including romance and school stuff! It's the second season of Samurai Girls.. and I assume it's for male fanservice huhuhu XD
Kakumeiki Valvrave ~
Karneval ~ I've seen quite a few manga images of this series. The artwork looks really cool too! I watched the first episode and I quite enjoyed it. It's a pretty good pilot episode I guess? XD

It's April!!!

It's like.. almost 7:30AM and I'm sitting here wide awake without a wink of sleep... all because I decided to drink some coffee in the afternoon, hahaha;;; ><  I am so sleep deprived, think I'll crash on my way to school x A x ~

But before all of that, my net was hiccuppy.. and I couldn't get my work done very well. However it's finally been back and working PROPERLY.. and so, this blog has become more of a journal with more random blerbs and super scrap work!!!

New art blog here: Bon Illustrations
It's brand new, so in it's baby stages. I will be updating it more often then dA with personal sketches and artwork. The ugly scraps will come here hahaha..;;

So random stuff included.. I can see the moon and it's day time! I should try and sleep a little...
-flops dead.. Zzz...-

Stamp Comic

A recent project that required to use our childhood memories to illustrate a 3-panel comic. However, my childhood wasn't really that great and so I was permitted to use whatever idea that came to mind.

At first the idea that came to mind was very simple. I chose three normal-like characters, a young girl as the daughter, a suited man as the father, and a more meaty man to portray as a butcher you might seen in old cartoons. That's the gist of it.. but as I started to build the story.. it just sorta spiraled into something morbidly dark ^^;;; I hope you enjoyed reading it..haha;; Oh and FYI, read the text as if you're reading manga (right to left)

Many comments after reading:
"Bon, are you ok?" or "Omg... O_O"
Yes, I'm ok.. and I didn't really intend it to go that way..? LOL

Typography Fun!

My final render of my location~ I had a lot of fun sketching the roughs, as I particularly like doing hand-rendered typography.

Medium: Marker and ink on card stock
Time: 12 hours

Say "Wassup" FINISHED!!

IT'S FINISHED~!!!!!!!!

Medium: Photoshop CS5.1

Time: 20 hours

I have to say I'm really really happy how this turned out and I'd probably want to print this as a poster! And maybe touch it up more with the background painted in too.

Say "Wassup" Pt.3

It's finally coming along and almost done~!!!! Looking at how it's progressing and I just shock myself.. as I've said before, digital painting is not my prowess, so I'm very happy I'm growing in this field. C:

My third wip where I changed the arm to be a wing instead of a paw..

Say "Wassup" Pt.2

Further worked version of my Dragon doodle I posted previously~ I'm not sure how to work that arm though but it says more than just a portrait now compared to the last one, haha!

Thanks for stopping by~

Book Cover WIP..

Book cover concept, work in progress~

My topic: Ancient Kings of Egypt! I chose a controversial Pharaoh, the rein of one of the first female Pharaohs, Hatshepsut. As her history is quite shrouded in mystery due to many of her reliefs being destroyed, I wanted to portray an atmosphere of that mystery into my cover.

Creativity & Concepts

Some final drawings on my theme of persimmons for my Creativity/Concepts class!

MAMA

Today was unexpectedly warm and went to the movies with one of my best friends and her friend too! The movie Mama was actually quite interesting. I enjoyed the suspenseful "oh shit oh shit ohhh shit"-moments haha, as well as the plot. Usually horror/thriller movies don't have a good story and mainly have gore and blood as the scare (not my preference of horror).

But I definitely recommend watching Mama!
For those who haven't watched or got the chance to catch it in theaters or.. don't have money to spare to watch in theaters: MAMA (2013). Enjoy~

Say "Wassup!"

Personally I am not very skilled with how things turn out when I paint digitally, as I'm not as proficient with digital media but I'm surprising myself now.. ; v ;

Here's a quickie~

It's a quick sketch.. WIP. I'll be working on it more and adding more refined details later (eyes, teeth, scales, etc..). Thanks for stopping by!

Doodle Auto-drive

One of the most relaxing and fun homework I've ever done.. DOODLING~!!!

WIP doodle during Creativity & Concepts class listening to a radio podcast and video.

Zombie Valentine

The newest episode of The Walking Dead is coming soon on Valentine's Day..~ Interesting how Zombies and Valentines would mix though.. but anyway, just a small doodle I did during my first week of school. xD

"Grruuuuar -zombie noises-"

And.. that is all..~
Lalala~ -flop flop flop-

Hands Up!

Some life drawing work with drawing hands~!!! A recent project where we illustrate our names in American Sign Language.

WIP rough sketching of the hands.

Year of the Snake

Happy Lunar New Year Snakes!!!

It's already passed the first day of the lunar new year and to start off the year, I've changed my blog quite a bit~ I finally painted an old piece of artwork and made her into my title.

On another note, I've collected a few lucky red pockets, yey~!!!! Hope everyone who's celebrating the new year collected some too! Though I haven't opened any.. I did peek at one or two, haha!! However.. it's considered to be bad luck as well as not opening the pockets until 15 days later.

But anyway... Best wishes to all you snakes, and hope you have a lucky, healthy and successful year.

Silly Creations

One of the newest project for school was a little tough.. I've never drawn caricatures before so I had a little bit of trouble. Thankfully, my classmate gave me some excellent help (you know who you are, thank you so much!!! ♥). She gave me great hints and suggestions as well as demos.

Here's half of my caricature project~ the positive side!

Media: Prismacolor and Copic mix
Time: approx 2.5hrs (most time spent finding/mixing my colors)

It turned out better than I thought I could do...

Right Now!

While browsing late at night before bed, I came across an older song by PSY. It was released in 2010 but it's just as catchy as Gangnam Style, enjoy!

Can't stop dancing~

La la la~!!!

It's been the first two weeks of school continuing my studies in Independent Illustration. I'm having quite a lot of fun and made some new friends~ C:  Although, I do miss my usual group in first semester.

Here's a preview of one drawing I'm working on.

Thanks for stopping by~
Anywho~ back to work!

Winter Season Anime

A new start to January and the winter season! There are more new anime releases and some seem quite interesting. Here's a list! (I'll keep it up to date as much as possible! Thank you~)

Amnesia ~ Anime based off an Otome game
Aoi Sekai no Chuushin de ~ This anime is still on-going.. the episodes are going quite slow.. :c
Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman ~
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukinai Next~ This is the continuation, thus the "Next". It's a comedic ecchi with parody and school life anime. The mixed genres are random and pretty funny to watch. The prequel was quite funny. Enjoy!
Chihayafuru 2 ~
Cuticle Tantei Inaba ~ If you enjoy comedic anime with action and mystery, you might like this anime! Personally, just from watching the first episode, it's pretty random and funny, hahaha! xD
Da Capo III ~
GJ-bu ~
Hakkenden: Touhou Hakken Ibun ~
Kotoura-san ~

Hello 2013!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I hope everyone had an enjoyable fun day celebrating and counting down to the new year! I had a pretty good hot pot dinner at my relative's home. I didn't do much celebrating this year.. well I don't really celebrate the new year, haha! It's the Lunar New Year that counts for me.

My neighbor celebrated with fireworks in their backyard and my parents watched the HK countdown to the 2013. xD

But anyway.. I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday! And here's to top it off... a movie link to a recently watched movie during the Christmas week! Enjoy~ The Possession

~ Personal side-notes and spoilers.. ~