Scraps and Doodles

A Song sent by Sarah

2007-01-13T20:11:00.000+08:00

I can't help but to post the lyrics of this song.
Truly, this is the way to gather peace in our lives...

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I will praise you lord my god
Even in my brokenness I will praise you lord
I will praise you lord my god
Even in my desperation I will praise you lord
And I can’t understand all that you’ve allowed; just can’t
see the reason
But my life is in your hands, though I cannot see you, I
choose to trust you

Even when my heart is torn
I will praise you lord
Even when I feel deserted
I will praise you lord
Even in the darkest valley
I will praise you lord
And when my world is shattered
And it seems all hope is gone
Yet I will praise you lord

I will trust you lord my God
Even in my loneliness I will trust you lord
I will trust you lord my God
Even when I cannot hear you I will trust you lord
And I will not forget that you hung on a cross
Lord you bled and died for me
And if I have to suffer I know that you’ve been there
And I know that you are here now

Even when my heart is torn
I will trust you lord
Even when I feel deserted
I will trust you lord
Even in the darkest valley
I will trust you lord
And when my world is shattered
And it seems all hope is gone
Yet I will praise you lord

My Landlady and her Cult Klan

2007-01-04T08:06:00.000+08:00

Current Music : Alanis Morissette - Hands Clean
Current Mood : Amused

Haha, i am DEFINITELY sure that my landlady is interested in newage occult. Not only i find books of "animals speaking" and her fascination with the Kabalarian philosophy (she changed her name believing she'll have more success), right now she's holding meetings where they place candles, play weird music, and hearing them ohming even with my doors closed.

It is quite a sight actually. It's almost like watching some youngsters playing the Ouija board. But these aren't youngsters. These are grown up women having too much time in their hands!

Oh, and now they are listening to some... recording of a "sermon". I believe it said " Breathe in.... breathe out..." And oh. Woozy music playing in the recording's background. It sounds like some advertisment for a getaway...

I know the last time when she had a party, they had a plant burnt!!! XD What's more, i saw some smouldering marks on their forearms. Was it some ritual?

If only they dont stare with me with suspicious eyes, i would sneaked up and take a video and post it online...

It has been SO LONG...

2006-10-14T12:01:00.000+08:00

Current Music : T.M Revolution : Invoke

Ahhh i know, i know.
Anyway, i am now in Canada... :P Heh! Studying in Emily Carr. More updates on that in HERE. I'll link it here and there, but mostly this is my art site.. I WILL DO MY BEST! To update my art... Oh man it has been too long. Farrrrr too long.

Anyway as all of you can remember from my previous post, i WANTED to do a new layout picture. And yes, unfortunately it has never been done, but guess what! One of my assignment is again on webdesign.. isnt this a FINE OPPORTUNITY!? It is!

So ... i resumed coloring it... however i am now so mugged with my academics i hardly have the time to rest, let alone draw. Sometimes i really question the purpose of academics in an art school.

I've added some texture sort to the shadow shading. How does it feel? :D Does it look more authentic? I do hope so, i kind of like the texture there!

Anyway i'll post more. I'll do all i can!

Mission : Webpage Revamp

2006-04-18T20:19:00.000+08:00

Current Music : Wolf's Rain OST 2 - Sad Moon
Current Mood : Tired

Ahh. How long was my last blog update....? Ohhh i dont want to see it. XD
Please forgive me, i will try, yes really try... to do a better job right now.

Anyway i have ideas of revamping my long forgotten website, and so here ish the main page's illustration! I like how it looked, and now its how to color it up!! @_@

This is the uncolored version of it. Coloring is undergoing on its way! Let's all hope for the best...!

Stay tuned for more!

It is DONE!

2006-02-19T19:06:00.000+08:00

urrent Music : Analog Fish - Speed
Current Mood : Thankful

And it is done. The dreaded Sheridan portfolio requirements. AUGH! What a nightmare...

I have been extremely bad at this whole portfolio thing. Much procrastination, depression and laziness have interrupted me to keep a constant flow while doing it up. However, i thank God, (yes, mucho much credit to Him!) ultimately i'm able to do it up. I have to thank my friends and family members as well... Without them i could have be in deeeeep trouble. Hyuk!

Anyway, here's the loot.

1) 5 observational drawings
- 3 human figures, 2 animal drawings.

Augh. Animal drawing nearly killed me. It is such a shame, my foundation is really, nowhere as solid as the masters i see in the internet and in the market these days! After this exercise i really felt a tinge of regret back in my 1st year in Nanyang Polytechnic... I lacked of understanding just how important life drawing is. But it's not too late. I hope i can slowly start getting my basics all over again.

2) Design an original character
- turnarounds
- 2 action poses
- expression sheet (neutral, angry, happy, sad, surprised)

Random boy character design! I thought of him to be quite a little rascal... getting in all sorts of trouble. Prolly has courage measurable to a piece of cardboard. (XD XD XD) I like the idea of him wearing braces. Kind of gave him a little more interesting bits, what do you think?

3) 2 compostional sheets of household objects
- 1 freehand line drawing showing an accurate observation of these objects
- 1 freehand line drawing based on the 1st composition, now affected by an external force

XD This is a very interesting assignment. I wonder if the one i did was alright? @_@lll Heh i like the orange gib. Hehehehehe...

4) 2 freehand line drawings of a room in your house
- an accurate observation of the room with a person, drawn in scale, sitting, standing, or reclining in that space.
- same room, but from the person's perspective.

Haha! Yeah that's me in my room, infront of my drawing table! =D Such a messy table... @_@lll I do have problems with perspective... i... can't seem to understand some bits. How do i derive a 2nd vanishing point? Often i stumble across that and i have to use my instincts to gauge how things should be drawn. :( Augh, the misery.

5) 2 freehand line drawings of a human hand
- hand showing anticipation of an action
- hand carrying out the action

I took quite some time practising how to draw my hands. Again, these exercises reminded me just how.... weak my basics are. Really embarrassing. T_T

6) Storyboarding
- panel 1 : character finds a box and shows curiosity
- panel 2 : character is frustrated as the box proves difficult to open
- panel 3 : character is pleased when the box finally opens
- panel 4 : character is shocked/happy when the contents are revealed (according to your idea)

Haha.. a plushy looking crocodile at the end? XD I kind of like the crocodile! The character design was given. Very old fashiony dude.

And lastly, 5 pieces of my personal work that best shows my artisitic abilities. I'll add it in later.

And thus endth my entry. Well, i guess i did all i could. Just sit tight and see what happens. Please feel free to comment, yo!

A Gentle Breeze

2006-01-16T21:50:00.000+08:00

Current Music : EIKO - Uchuu no Hana
Current Mood : Hyped

Another doodle before i do up my stuff. Just one of the witches ( design's not comfirmed yet! augh! ) caught in a spiraling wind of leaves.
While coloring this, i wished Singapore has Fall. It must be really soothing to see the rich earthy colors filling up the whole land, as red leaves scatter in the breeze... It must be some fantastic sight!

... pitter patter ...

2006-01-11T00:25:00.000+08:00

Current Music : KOKIA - Jiyuu Na Hito
Current Mood : Sick

Due to weather changes and the supposed monsoon season, Singapore has been experiencing days of constant rain... In fact it could result days of raining, as though that's the default weather of Sinagpore! It has been pretty cold these days as well... Pretty unheard of when you're country's slapped near the Equator...

And while trying to do up the remaining required drawings, restless notions surfaced, and i can't help but to dish this picture quickly. Although i did want to use watercolor in this piece initially, but i finally settled with colored pencils. Quite a bad choice actually, the paper seems to be rather oily... pretty hard to rub colors on it. @_@;;;

At least now i know!

... no guessing where these 2 are from. Edward and Alphonse Elric from Full Metal Alchemist, possibly one of my favourite siblings in fiction. ^_^

Yet another Figure Drawing session

2006-01-10T15:21:00.000+08:00

Current Music : Bent - Moonbeams
Current Mood : Sick

Wow, it's been ages since i have last posted! @_@lll Gwah... Got to stop the habit of rotting before it really takes it's toll.. @_@lll

Anyway. Had lifedrawing again last Sunday. Learnt a few bits thru feedback from my last drawing, and i thought i did improve a little this time round! XD Kind of varied my line quality... it does look livlier than my previous ones. What do you all think?

This was a warm up drawing... Silly me. I thought it was again one of those 1 minute gesture drawings... turned out to be a 15 min pose. *smacks head*

I had some problems figuring out foreshortening. Any tips? And augh. I gotta pay more attention to feeties... XD Boo for icky feet. 15 min pose.

30 min pose. I used about 15 mins on each drawing. The second piece of the same pose was done with a sketching pencil. I fell in love with it! It's much softer and more varied than my typical graphite pencil... It glides very nicely on the paper as well. Think i'll buy it soon!

30 min pose. I still can't seem to figure out how to shade into my drawings! Unlike my previous drawings in the last lessons, i didn't pay much attention to shading, this time round i was paying more attention to my strokes and line quality. It seems that without concrete knowlege on "whats lying underneath" in the figure, i can't really know what parts should i lok out for and to shade. Guess its time to read up again...

It had been tough, but i hope i'll continue and work harder than what i am doing now. I am soooo lazy!! Really miss drawing illustrations... T_T Hopefully things will get better soon. The hiatus got to stop! XD

Figure Drawing!

2005-12-18T20:53:00.000+08:00

Current Music : Soul Calibur III - Ephemeral Dream
Current Mood : Panicky

A fortnight has passed, today we had our 2nd figure drawing session! =D We managed to rally one more collegue to join in the session... The more the merrier! It is indeed great to do life drawing again!

However, unlike last session where it was a female model, today's model was a... dude! We (us female collegues) were pretty shocked, actually. Hahaha! No matter, we shook off the feeling of awkwardness quickly and get down to work.

Male's anatomy is really harder to grasp! It's so difficult! It took me quite a while to actually " see " the figure to translate it to paper... Really great exercise. We are definitely going for this life drawing session regularly now.

Comments and critqs are greatly appreciated! I think i found someway to shade ( yeah, finally! ), however its still a lil. crude! XD Will definitely try harder.

Alright, i HAVE to do something about my portfolio now. I am such a lazy procrastinator. Grrr...

Music Soothes

2005-12-13T23:11:00.000+08:00

Current Music : Ikue Asazaki - Obokuri Eemui
Current Mood : Brewing

Just a sudden spontanous little watercolor painting i did this evening! Had this imagery in me mind while on my way back from work.

Somehow while doing , i feel much destressed and strangely, encouraged. Pretty amazing... the feeling of holding a brush and a stylus. I must do more traditional things!! While surfing blogs i see amazing artists doing fantastic charming pieces using gouache and watercolors... They simply captivated me, and all i could think about is doing something like it as well!

Of course i have much more to learn in terms of technics. How do you all find it? Please feel free to comment and crit on it, i would very much like to learn from others! =D

Had a little subtle experimenting on this piece. The little strokes really pushed the picture more, it gives the characters a little more texture. I hope i can discover new things as i go along! T_T

Alright, i better start doing actual things... XD

Once Upon a Time : Pied Piper

2005-12-12T21:12:00.000+08:00

Current Music : Ayumi Hamasaki - SURREAL
Current Mood : Tired

Finally! Edmund from IFS showed me.... this!
Glad things worked out in the end. It was an extremely rushed project... Although i was working on my part (4 pages) rather diligently, 1 month to complete lineart and colors was simply too daunting. I could only manage to finish the job by actually taking leaves from the office and work on it at home.

As much as i have toiled thru this project, i have gained invaluable experience. I found how important the script is... The script given was pretty much detailed in terms of action and shot, it was from these specifics i could work on the thumbnails faster! Uncovered more weaker points in my work, especially coloring. I'll talk more on that later, for now, let's see the pages i did!! > throws confetti and blares fanfare <

There we go! 4 pages concieved and colored by me. TT A TT
I found the colors i use were VERY undynamic, really... boring. = ( It's too safe... Vegetation being green, bark being brown, the default local colors. What a great mistake!
I was a little distraught when i found out where i was heading in the midst of painting. Heh, talk about being an emo artist... XD But its better to know now then never, i guess i should always look ahead and try harder next time!

Goodness, it's been ages since i did something complete! But i must be patient... One of my greatest weaknesses is impatience; i tend to miss out the bigger picture. I shall leave everything into God's hands, and meanwhile i'll just do my best on whatever i'll do!

Till then! =D

Sketchin' and Painting

2005-12-10T00:57:00.000+08:00

Current Music : ColdPlay - Kingdom Come
Current Mood : Satisfied

Recently i have been extremely stressed in attempting to do up my Sheridan portfolio for admission. I was too caught up trying to see if my work cum style is good enough. Sadly it had a drastic effect, it leads to nothing but blank papers and a clogged mind.

Suggestions had been given to me to try some things to unclog it. So i decided to pick up the habit of sketching on the go and maybe try something more traditional...

And so i tried some water colors!

However.. sketching on the go... I am still not used to stare at people while i pen them down. I am rather conscious, i really don't really like to be stared back at either O_O. Maybe i should be more thick skinned...

Augh! Go Jing G

Figure Drawing!

2005-12-09T23:53:00.000+08:00

Current Music : Paris Match - Voice
Current Mood : Busy

Had figure drawing lessons (beta!) that is held somewhere really out of place with my collegues and other artists. Pretty nice session... First time i attempted nude life drawing too! It also reminded me how RUSTY i am with figure drawing...

When the session started, you had no idea how clueless i was... Totally lost on what to see, what to pin down, what to draw! Augh!

Anyway, below posted are the longer-held poses. I didn't scan the 1 minute gestures... way too many! X_X

And thus endth me post. Looks good for me to continue, i guess!

23 June's Entry

2005-12-09T23:12:00.000+08:00

Alphonse is afraid of thunderstorms.

Alphonse looked really tiny here. @_@

I did another one where Alphonse look in age with Edward... but it looks.. funny =O Hmmmmm

" Its All Right Now... "

XD Hmmm... I like Elric Brotherly Love. They are such sweetie pies ;_;

21 June's Entry

2005-12-09T23:11:00.000+08:00

Due to extreme weariness in the weekend, i didn't get to do any practice doodles---! And thus, i shall make it up tonight. Comments and critqs are encouraged. XD

Done during monday meeting. Quite a short meeting... nothing much contributed... Except for lean lookin' Alphonse XD

Warming up doodle. I kinda like that sitting pose.

Running people! XD I'm also starting to pay attention to the soles.... @_@

More poses and soles. Augh, the hands are so rotten... >promptly got killed by Jason<

Hmm, need more practice on raising arms. ... And hands. ; _ ;

Upsidedown leg...!!! (well, not quite upsidedown.. but aiyah. i lazy)

Non standing poses. Hahaha... i draw expressions as space fillers... XD

Comments and critiqs most appreciated...! >insert bambi eyed hamu here<

Shi Paintings ~ Collection

2005-12-09T23:03:00.000+08:00

11 June's Entry

2005-12-09T22:57:00.000+08:00

Doodling session is ..... cool!
I woke up early today and started the day with my sketchbook. I took most of the poses practices refrenced from a skatboarding pictorial magazine. Darn, i wanna go KL. KL has too much gold and treasure to be uncovered... cheaply. ; __ ;

Warming up doodle. Some poses referenced from the magazine. Attempted to draw another guy body on the right.. he looks mutated!

More skateboarding poses. My fan gerling took over and i drew SD Al and Edward... Huu huu huu~~ ° w °

Now trying out poses from my own head... I wonder if i improved...?

Shinobi addict! Again, i'm trying more poses from my own mind... Guess i need more practice...

Will draw more when i get home later! XD

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( ^^ she needs a name!! )

04 June's Entry

2005-12-09T22:49:00.000+08:00

My doodle blog has turned into a rant blog. Ain't too good XD
I hereby show you the doodles i make while at meetings! XD I wonder if boss minds them....

doodle01
i literally squeeze everything in...

doodle02
and leave a small section just for note taking... XD

naruto crack! XD uhm.. sasuke and sakura has springy heads....

Damn, i really need something to format my pictures nicely.. my doodlebook is kinda large... and if i reduce too much i doubt anything could be seen.. @_@

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I think i need alot more help and practice in gestures, poses, limbs, and what's nots... ; __ ;
Anyway, tonight's doodles.

doodle01
i have problems drawing guy's body... its either they get too curvy...

doodle02
or too wide! poor cloud has problems finding clothes now.

doodle03
i like the flow of the dancer's drawing. i think its by fluke.. ._. ramza's arms are extremely screwy, and i can't remember how he dresses... XD he looks as if he's wearing tights now... lol! and we have kneeling sephiroth infront of wounded aerith (i dunno why i drew that...) and a doleful looking tifa.

doodle04
trying out more diff. proportion bodies. i need to draw more moving poses rather than just neutral standing...! and oh, thats delita and ovelia there XD

doodle05
delita and ovelia fluff. final fantasy tactics is just too strong for me to forget... ; ___ ; how i wished the game could be longer... some sad sitting girl with a listening friend...?

Comments / critqs will be good XD What to look out for, stuffs like that. I'll doodle more...!!

And so, a New Blog is Done

2005-12-09T22:32:00.000+08:00

Current Music : Katamari Damacy - The Wonderful Star's Walk is Wonderful
Current Mood : Mixed

Oh, I am such a bandwagon jumper. XD
Because my old blog is sooooo littered with rants, it is a little .... private, to show it around, despite it being originally intended to be a doodle blog.

Haha!

Anyway, i shall throw in all the doodles from the previous blog and have them here. Good news, i do have new stuff, so please bear with me!

.... I really hope i continue with this, geez!