tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31133824081007539462024-03-16T13:49:22.258+08:00Searching for Liminality.Ciaee's SketchblogCiaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-65469033065284563632013-05-21T10:04:00.000+08:002013-05-22T17:18:29.169+08:00Misty Village!<i>The Riddle of Misty Village</i> is a fun little imaginary game project that I got to work on this Spring! I never thought it could be much fun designing the look and feel of a game.<br />
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I want to give a shoutout to <a href="http://chriscarman.blogspot.com/">Chris Carman</a> for offering a ton of useful feedback and Ryan Prothero the all the hard work he put into the coding/scripting/crazymathstuff. You guys are awesome! :D<br />
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<br />Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-59155650870736085032012-12-17T23:12:00.002+08:002013-03-18T12:28:50.949+08:00Year End/New Year Giveaway!<i><b>This event has ended.</b> Everyone who sent in their entry
by December 21, provided that the entries were complete with all the
information required, will receive a personalized copy of the calendar
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It's time for me to give something back to the people who like my work and also to those have been so supportive of me. So here's a small giveaway event. I had designed a tiny calendar and it's my sincere wish to mail one out to everyone, but I only have enough material to print 100 copies before the new year comes.<br />
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Oh, and here's the aforementioned calendar that may or may not be worth your trouble. :D<br />
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Again, I'm really sorry that my budget only allows for mailing to US addresses right now. I'll try to include everyone else the next time!<br />
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Quite shockingly, I was pretty productive during my break in Malaysia this time
around. I met a lot of cool people, visited a durian orchard, stuffed my face with durian, went to
Penang, stuffed my face some more with Penang food, checked out a fish farm,
stuffed my face again with fresh seafood, had chunks of stubborn goop removed from my sinuses and my septum straightened, stuck to my workout routine, spent some quality time with old friends and family... </div>
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... and on top of that, I actually managed to get a few *gasp* paintings done.<br />
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I'm feeling quite awesome right now, so hopefully this productive streak will continue... *crosses fingers*<br />
<br />Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-78813297784985854472012-05-22T12:55:00.000+08:002012-05-22T13:05:40.021+08:00Spring 2012So... it's the end of yet another semester! After eliminating the ones that will probably hurt your eyes, only 6 miserable images remain.<br />
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Still working on getting over my fear of drawing from life...<br />
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I seem to only ever make decent drawings when Connie models.<br />
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More work on my personal project (animated-short-to-be):<br />
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<br />Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-30968754750974429692012-03-21T16:07:00.014+08:002012-03-28T19:08:03.755+08:00College-Ruled Universe<br><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/print1Preview.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/print1Previewsm.jpg"></a></center><br />My crazy, talented friend, <a href="http://zodiacleo.tumblr.com/">Leo Dasso</a> is making a totally bad-ass game with its graphics drawn entirely with ballpoint pen on college-ruled paper. The game is a side-scrolling space-ship shooter that will be playable on Android systems, as well on PC and Mac. (Beta release date: July 2012) College-Ruled Universe has a <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1075607244/college-ruled-universe">Kickstarter page</a> and it needs enough support to become real, so if you think it's a cool idea that needs to happen please help out! <br /><br />Some delicious gifs as samples of what the game might look like:<br /><br /><center><img src="http://www.arachnidgames.com/images/skullGif.gif"><br /><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m12hsaPq4G1qb32k0.gif"><br /><img src="http://www.arachnidgames.com/images/flyGif1.gif"><br /><img src="http://www.arachnidgames.com/images/spriteGif2.gif"></center><br />For those who aren't familiar with how Kickstarter works, it's like this: You may pledge any amount of money to help back the project with a total goal of $6000. If this goal is achieved by April 7th, you get the rewards listed on the page (eg. the game, artbook, soundtrack, original artwork... etc.), the game becomes a reality, and love will continue to make the world go round. If the goal isn't reached, well, you get to keep your money but there will be no rewards, the world will be a less awesome place, and the game won't happen for a while. ):<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/albumCover.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/albumCoversmall.jpg"></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Game soundtack: <a href="http://soundcloud.com/docprop">Doc Prop</a> (Isn't the album cover just beautiful?)</span></center><br /><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1075607244/college-ruled-universe">Kickstarter page</a><br /><a href="http://zodiacleo.tumblr.com/">Leo's blog</a><br /><a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/592452?id=592452">Playable demo on Newgrounds</a><br /><br />Only 17 days left; spread the word!<br /><br>Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-356685135792972792011-12-25T18:35:00.007+08:002012-05-22T12:27:25.061+08:00Last update of the yearMerry Christmas, everyone! Phew, this semester was a roller-coaster. My body literally refused to function for a week. (Me: Come on! Body: Nope.) So after many days of sleeping, eating really yummy food and catching up with friends, I decided that I should at least update my blog...
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<center><i><span style="font-size: 85%;">some rough character sketches</span></i><br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/character-in-motion.jpg"></a><br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/character.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/character-small.jpg" /></a></center><br />
These are all for a story that I'm writing. I don't wanna give away too much, but it involves a girl with a birthmark, fishes and birds. :D<br />
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Definitely still trying to figure out the kind of look that I'm going for...<br />
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Book Arts completely knocked the wind out of me this semester. I wasn't expecting such a heavy class! However, I did have a lot of fun and Macy Chadwick is one of the sweetest and kindest teacher I've ever had. Here are some of the stuff I made for that class:<br>
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Everyone's gone home! D:<br />
<br />Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-38129297716961773722011-09-16T12:28:00.011+08:002012-03-21T05:57:17.335+08:00He loves me.I made a book that's also a daisy. It's not very big, but it contains all of my heart and my love. Hope you'll like! :D<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/helovesme.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/helovesmesmall.jpg"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/daisybook.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/daisybooksmall.jpg"></a></center><br />To address the many requests for tutorials, I did not invent the folding technique used for this book. This structure is commonly referred to as the 'star book' and I learned it in my bookbinding class. I came up with the idea of turning it into a daisy and did this by rounding off the corners and using more pages (9) instead of the usual 5 or 6.<br /><br />There are many tutorials online that you can find if you want to learn how to make your own star book. These are the best ones that I had found:<br /><br /><a href="http://poppytalk.blogspot.com/2011/10/star-book-tutorial-by-roughdraftbooks.html">http://poppytalk.blogspot.com/2011/10/star-book-tutorial-by-roughdraftbooks.html</a><br /><a href="http://poppytalk.blogspot.com/2011/10/star-book-tutorial-by-roughdraftbooks.html">http://billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/video-tutorial-star-book/</a><br /><br>Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-69249361565515778532011-09-01T12:56:00.007+08:002011-09-01T18:01:15.507+08:00Last sketch of the summerHere's a little sketch for y'all. 8D
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<br />Summerbreakiscomingtoanendwhyyyyy.
<br /><br>Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-15737409565585750402011-08-05T14:20:00.011+08:002011-09-07T15:17:42.447+08:00SCBWI conference starts tomorrow!I hope everybody's enjoying their summer break! I had the opportunity to visit Hokkaido with my family but fell quite sick on the trip and lost my hearing in one ear for two weeks after that. Still it was absolutely wonderful - the people, the air, the water, the flowers, the food, and bathing in the hot springs... it was exactly what I needed. Here are some pictures I took on the trip!<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Japantrip.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Japantripsmall.jpg"></a></center><br />I'm in LA right now with fellow artists <a href="http://isabellakung.blogspot.com/">Isabella Kung</a>, <a href="http://www.arteelin.com/">Arthur Lin</a> and <a href="http://www.allmyfairytales.com/">Lois Wang</a>. The SCBWI conference officially starts tomorrow and everyone's excited! For review purposes, I had put together little portfolio of work mostly done in the past year including some silly sketches I did over the summer.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/creatures.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/creatures-small.jpg"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/girls.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/girls-small.jpg"></a></center><br />Oh and here's a little something I painted to cheer my dad on for his swimming competition. He had just turned 60, and was born in the year of the Rabbit. He hit me on the head when I gave it to him! Haha, I could tell that it totally made him happy though.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/rabbitchan.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/rabbitchansmall.jpg"></a></center><br />He won. 8D<br /><br>Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-54849527880743840302011-04-29T18:02:00.015+08:002011-04-30T07:06:30.559+08:00Koi DreamsI've been trying to develop a story around a little girl with an imagination. (Vague, I know.) I'm not sure if anything's going to come out of that yet, but here's a painting based on the idea.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Ciaee-KoiDreams.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/koidreamssmall.jpg"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Koi Dreams</span></a></center><br /><b>Tools:</b><br />Pencil (Initial sketch), Photoshop CS4<br /><br /><b>WIPs:</b><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/KoiDreams-WIPs.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/koidreamsprocesssmall.jpg"></a></center><br />I'm also working on a book dummy of Hans Christian Andersen's <i>Princess and the Pea</i> for class and here are some characters from that project! These are some nice princesses the prince meets early on. In my version of the story though, he likes them! Unfortunately they fail the pea test :( and he marries a chubby, snotty princess at the end. I'll have to thank my friend <a href="http://paacart.blogspot.com/">Pétur</a> for giving me some great ideas in varying them up while I was designing these. They would've looked totally boring otherwise.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Ciaee-PrincessesWIP.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/princesseswipsmall.jpg"></a><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">Princesses! (work in progress)</span></i></center><br />Haven't been sketching as much as I'd like to in the past month, but here are some that managed to come out looking quite alright.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Ciaee-Nudes.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/nudessmall.jpg"><br /></a><i><span style="font-size:85%;">Some quick gestures (pen and markers)</span></i><br /><br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Ciaee-Sketches.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Sketches2small.jpg"></a><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">Randomly random randomness</span></i></center><br />And... more school work stuff!<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Ciaee-OilStudies.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/oilstudiessmall.jpg"></a><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">Oil studies</span></i><br /><br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Ciaee-FirstVenture.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/firstventuresmall.jpg"></a><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">First Venture (digital)</span></i><br /><br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Ciaee-HappyValentines.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/valentinessmall.jpg"></a><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">Valentine's Day mailer (reworked)</span></i></center><br />Children's Book Illustration class is such a joy to be part of! My classmates surprise my every week with their creativity and <a href="http://andillustrations.blogspot.com/">Angela</a>'s such wonderful and dedicated teacher. She has helped me a great deal with some of the pieces here. If you go to the Academy and are interested in children's books at all, I highly (highly, highly x10) recommend her class.<br /><br />I hope all's well with everyone!<br /><br>Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-88671596534119132862011-03-01T04:48:00.013+08:002011-03-01T20:37:14.470+08:00An update! Could it really be?I promised my friend <a href="http://andrewmar.blogspot.com/">Andrew</a> that I'll update, so here are some stuff from my humble sketchbook.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/sketches.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/sketchessmall.jpg"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Doodles from the past two months</span></a></center><br />I've always been afraid of sketching. I mean, blank white sheet + traditional media + crazy talented peers around you; it's terrifying! Rarely did I go to drawing workshops and when I did, I'd pretend I was sketching the model. I'd be writing or something... nobody's allowed to look. My circle of friends (mostly artists) knew me as the one who didn't sketch. That's fine, but I hate being afraid of anything. So I've been sketching. It's frustrating at times, but it's becoming less scary and I've found that it can be quite freeing.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/sketches-2.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/sketches-2small.jpg"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">A few better composed pages from the sketchbook</span></a></center><br />Been thinking of going into children's books lately. This could be my new direction from now. Class with <a href="http://andillustrations.blogspot.com/">Angela</a> at the Academy's been really exciting! Here's what I did for my first assignment. (holiday mailer)<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/stupidvdaything.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/stupidvdaythingsmall.jpg"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Valentine's Day Mailer</span></a></center><br />I took some pictures of my room to show to my parents, but I thought I'd post them here as well.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/room.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/roomsmaller.jpg"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(random sketch, children's books!, my room, my wardrobe)</span></a></center><br />Sorry I haven't updated in so long! I've been feeling a little lost and all over the place for the past year. Haven't been too productive either. =\ But I've been trying to get myself motivated lately, so that'll probably change. I hope to post again soon!<br /><br>Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-81081027389687150592010-11-02T13:31:00.002+08:002010-11-15T08:11:52.122+08:00Bars of soap on oilAbsorption. Awareness. I feel a sense of detachment as I observe others. I could stare at a person and study their face, their expression, pretend I could read their thoughts and not be afraid that they'd notice. I like it. The ice in my fingertips, the chill in the air... these things should bother me but they don't.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Things are more fascinating than usual. The cars glide by ever so smoothly. Like bars of soap on oil. Oil thickly spread on bowling lanes. Is this what it's like? Everything is music. That loud honk from the truck sounds ridiculously melodious. It's easy to brush things off. Jealousy is irrelevant. Responsibilities? It feels so natural to be selfish.</span><br /><br />Emotional pain tries to take me into its embrace. From behind, it hopes to take me by surprise. I'm not surprised. I stay silent, I don't fight it, I let it go through me. It will pass, and become... nothing. Soon, I will forget what the big deal is.<br /><br />Hazel eyes, amber eyes, brown eyes. Eyes that stay as eyes. Kaleidoscopes of color and speckles. Windows of the soul- what bullshit.Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-24615089482745376752009-12-13T05:50:00.011+08:002009-12-13T07:28:38.229+08:00Are you there?Part of a conversation with a dear friend.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/AreYouThere-Ciaee.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/ciaee-areyouthere-small.jpg"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">are you there?</span></a></center><br />The image of a girl listening to a seashell just came to me out of nowhere and the mood and atmosphere struck so clear that I had to draw it. Watching all 25 episodes of Soukyuu no Fafner in one sitting gave me the inspiration for the title, "are you there?" <i>(anata wa soko ni imasu ka?)</i> which is a recurring question throughout the series. The anime explores concepts like existence, choices and nothingness and although I'm not crazy about the art, the story was good and I really enjoy thought-provoking themes.<br /><br />This piece isn't popular on deviantART, but I'm very proud of it. :)<br /><br /><b>Tools:</b><br />2B Pencil, Photoshop CS3, Wacom Graphire4<br /><br /><b>Typeface:</b><br />Peach Sundress by the incredibly young (19!), talented and generous <a href="http://www.teaganwhite.com/">Teagan White</a><br /><br /><b>Process:</b><br /><br /><center><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/process.gif"></center><br /><br />I was invited as a guest artist to paint something for this year's Comic Fiesta 100 Days Countdown! <br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/ComicFiestaCountdown-Ciaee.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/ciaee-comicfiesta09-small.jpg"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">CF 2009 - Linedanser Coffy</span></a></center><br />This is Coffy, one of the event's mascot. (I took some liberties- her ears? I ate them.) You can read about Coffy and Tea here: [<a href="http://comicfiesta.org/?page_id=165">link</a>]<br /><br />I'll be having a table at Comic Fiesta this year, and I'm really excited because it's my first time ever! I'm busy making some last minute preparations now and I want to kill myself for not starting earlier.<br /><br /><b>Tools:</b><br />Photoshop CS3, Wacom Graphire4<br /><br /><b>Process:</b><br /><br /><center><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/CF_progressgif.gif"></center><br />The entire painting process looks so easy in the GIF! Gah. I swear, I spent almost an entire 24 hours just getting those fucking comic sheets right.Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-20311091737054076452009-09-20T05:58:00.007+08:002009-09-27T15:14:11.424+08:00Uncomfortable SilencesIt's 5.25am.<br /><br />I don't know what I'm doing or feeling. Today (or yesterday) was actually a pretty good day. I met up with a bunch of people at Borders to sketch, and had a lot of fun talking to a friend from Belgium about our backgrounds and how we feel about being in a foreign country... and then we went to a place that made good burritos for dinner.<br /><br />I'm not sure what happened, but I walked home feeling really sad. I didn't understand it at all. My wonderful roommates made me feel better for a while. And we talked about how Darren Hayes' "So Beautiful" made us feel. And I guess we all feel a little lonely inside because we decided in the end that it made us feel almost... envious. And happy and warm. But envious. I suddenly wanted someone to sing the song to.<br /><br />Anyway. That wasn't really part of what I came on to write, I think. <br /><br />I feel like I've never let anyone see me for who I truly am and I hate how it's so hard and how I just don't understand why I can't or don't. I wish words didn't exist so that there's no such thing as uncomfortable silences between people. I wish we didn't have to laugh and talk all the time to show that we like each other. I wish that language didn't exist because I think there's too huge a difference between how we really feel and what we say to express how we feel. I think a lot is lost in that transition.<br /><br />My eyes hurt now. I feel stupid and lost and confused and it's too quiet. I think need an hour-long hug and I really want to go to the beach right now. I went with some friends on Friday and totally fell in love with the way it sounded and smelled.Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-49928541465249573442009-09-09T14:32:00.007+08:002009-09-09T15:32:40.306+08:00The Dance of a Child Escapes TimeI finished the piece and even thought up a pretty title. Mummy and Daddy, hope you like!<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/TheDanceofaChildEscapesTime-Ciaee.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/The-Dance-of-a-Child-Escapes-Time--.jpg"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The Dance of a Child Escapes Time</span></a></center><br /><b>Tools:</b><br />Photoshop CS4, Wacom Graphire4, Straw Paper<br /><br /><b>WIPs:</b><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/TheDanceOfAChildWIP.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/The-Dance-of-a-Child-Escapes-Time-W.jpg"></a></center><br /><b>Link to deviation:</b><br />[<a href="http://ciaee.deviantart.com/art/A-Child-s-Dance-Escapes-Time-136047697">link</a>]<br /><br />Also, there's a one-page feature of my work in this month's ImagineFX issue. I saw it at Borders but it's so expensive! (15.99 USD + tax = RM60.52) *hyperventilates and dies* But <a href="http://jonathanwoodwardstudio.com/">Jon Woodward</a> was kind enough to send me a scan of that page. :D<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Ciaee_ImagineFX.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Ciaee_ImagineFXsmall.jpg"></a></center><br />I met a whole bunch of crazy students from the Academy of Art on Monday. (There were 10 of us in total, sketching at the cafe at Borders.) It was totally awesome meeting a group of people who share the same passion! I feel quite intimidated too- they're all so good at what they do. Me, I still need to work being able to draw in front of others. I'm terrible at performing under pressure. <br /><br />Been doing a lot of thinking too, about whether or not I want to further my studies and eventually lead a life here. I think I'm going to apply for the graduate program.Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-83181088152869988462009-08-31T13:13:00.010+08:002009-08-31T15:09:29.894+08:00I still exist!I still exist!<br /><br />Okay, I feel really bad for not updating. I talked to my parents on the phone today and I'm suddenly reminded that my dad checks my blog really often. DADDDY, I'M SO SORRRRY!<br /><br />So, what have I been up to? I'm working on 2 paintings and a short comic, and my excuse for not updating is because I don't really have anything completed yet. But posting a journal entry without any art in it is kinda against my personal blogging policies so... here are some WIPs. <br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Ciaee---Untitled-Dancing-WIP.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Ciaee---Untitled-Dancing-WIPsmall.jpg"></a><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">(Currently Untitled)</span></i></center><br />Mum wanted something related to dancing for the new house. It's almost complete, I think? My sister thinks it's not clear that the little girl is dancing. I might want to fix that.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/ComicDraftp12.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/ComicDraftp12small.jpg"></a><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">I am a watch (page one - draft)</span></i></center><br />A rough draft from my comic in the works. It's about a watch. I don't know.<br /><br />I go to Borders really often these days. It's a great place to work because there's no internet! The Internet is Evil, Tempting and Distracting. Seeing people around me busy with their work gets me motivated to work hard too. <br /><br />I love it here in San Francisco, although I miss my family. I really like the city and its people, I love how random people would come up to me and strike up a conversation and how the systems actually work here. I like that diversity is celebrated. It's been only 4 months and I already feel like I belong here.<br /><br />Malaysia? I want to love Malaysia. The country where I was born. 22 years I've spent my life there, and I still don't feel 'included'. When the politicians say 'rakyat Malaysia', I hear 'bumiputra'. I want to love Malaysia. I really do.<br /><br />But home. I wish it was just an hour away. My Mauritian roommates and I- we'd always talk about how good it would be if there's such a thing as teleportation... so that we won't have to choose. Why isn't it possible to be in two places at once? <br /><br />Anyway, living here on my own has made me realize how hard my mum had it all these years, doing most of the work around the house on her own. I know it's ridiculous that it took me 22 years, but thank you Mum. And Dad too of course, for the support all these years!<br /><br>Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-62211235036519393162009-06-03T03:24:00.013+08:002009-06-03T16:27:37.779+08:00Entropy is out!Here's my contribution to the Entropy Art Project.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Harmonys-Tune.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Harmonys-Tune-small.jpg"></a><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">Harmony's Tune</span></i></center><br />Entropy is a beautiful classically animated and self-funded short film made by two really awesome people, <a href="http://springymajig.deviantart.com">Dane Jacobs</a> and my good friend, <a href="http://pinflux.deviantart.com.de">Jeremy Hay</a>. Voice/Vocals by Megan McKenzie.<br /><br /><b>Watch the film in full</b> on YouTube: [<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwltCgkB6Pk">link</a>] (Running time: 3:45 min)<br />Buy the Entropy Pack here: [<a href="http://rhubarbzoo.com/?page_id=17&g2_itemId=458#">link</a>] (4.00 USD)<br /><br />The Entropy Pack includes the HD movie file, a 4-minute documentary on the making, pieces of art and wallpapers (resolutions up to 1920X1200) by 11 different artists and a remix of the music (which I adoreeee) from the film. The pack costs just $4, and in my honest opinion the beautiful music in the pack (Moon Melodies) is worth paying for on its own.<br /><br /><b>WIPs:</b><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Harmonys-Tune-WIP.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Harmonys-Tune-WIPsmall.jpg"></a></center><br /><b>Tools:</b><br />Photoshop CS3, Wacom Graphire4<br /><br />Some peekchures from Fanime:<br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/CiaeeFanime.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/CiaeeFanimesmall.jpg"></a></center><br />I was at Fanime 2 weeks ago and it was awesome! I saw quite a few people I know on deviantART and somehow managed to summon all my (non-existent) social skills to go up and say hi to them and then shove some of my prints into their faces. I did the same to a few well-known artists who were there like <a href="http://www.thousandskies.com/gallery.html">Elda The</a>, <a href="http://shadowscapes.com/main.php">Stephanie Pui-Mun Law</a>, <a href="http://www.azuzephre.net/azuzephre.net_-_The_Art_of_Jeff_Thomas/Home.html">Jeff Thomas</a> (azuzephre) and <a href="http://wen-m.deviantart.com">Wen-M</a>. *feels accomplished* 8D<br><br>Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-72975271498353343762009-05-11T23:41:00.006+08:002009-05-12T15:37:15.717+08:00Medusa, ATM & IDSome lame sketches I did a few days back, but was too lazy to post. <br /><br /><center><b>Medusa</b><br />Medusa being all emo.<br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Medusa-Ciaee.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Medusasmall.jpg"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/MedusaWIP.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/MedusaWIPsmall.jpg"></a><br /><br /><b>ATM</b><br />What I felt at the time I painted this.<br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/ATM-Ciaee.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/ATMsmall.jpg"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/ATMWIP.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/ATMWIPsmall.jpg"></a><br /><br /><b>deviantID</b><br />A simple sketch for my profile on <a href="http://ciaee.deviantart.com">deviantART</a>.<br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/ID-Ciaee.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/IDsmall.jpg"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/CiaeeIDWIP-1.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/IDWIPsmall.jpg"></a></center>Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-15882771778501136182009-04-26T01:04:00.004+08:002009-04-26T01:16:52.619+08:00Guilt, ropes and things.I want to run. Run so fast I'm breathless. I want to laugh. I want to be surrounded by friends. I want to cry and be embraced and be comforted like a silly child and be told it's okay. I lack... I don't know what I lack. I'm scared, I'm scared. I don't want to waste my youth away. So many dreams unlived. So much to be seen. Too many noises in my head. I don't know. I'm too careful, too afraid to be judged. Too afraid of everything. Guilt tugs at every corner. As I write this, I'm letting things...<br /><br />I'm not sure anymore. Nothing feels real. Sometimes I'm thankful for things like the internet, but other times I loathe the convenience and immediacy it provides. It makes one's physical self stay there rooted to the chair, eyes fixed on the screen, afraid to miss every second's worth of information. When you can't absorb all of it anyway.<br /><br />I want to smell new smells, breathe different air, take long walks and... laugh. These days my laughter feels hollow. Laughter out of amusement is quite different from a real, happy laugh.<br /><br />I haven't done anything but I'm tired. So tired. I want to cut all ties, break all promises and run. Run away and away from obligations. Guilt, ropes and things. <br /><br />I'm falling again. When will I hit the ground this time? I can then get up.Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-14755614929507720032009-04-17T19:12:00.008+08:002009-04-21T21:32:07.067+08:00Rasen<center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Rasen-Ciaee.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Rasen-Ciaeesmall.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">螺旋 (Rasen)</span></a><br /><br />私の何処かで<br />何かが消え失せ<br />サビついた怒りを<br />手放そうとしてる<br /><br />私は鳥になり<br />雑踏を飛んで行く<br />迷いは羽根になり<br />全てを振り切って行く<br />Life<br />My Life<br />My Fragile Life<br />やっと気づいたの<br /><br />この腕が伸びて<br />枝や茎になり<br />あなたを忘れる事で<br />天にまで届く<br /><br />人ゴミの中で<br />洗い流したリズム<br />足をつかむ誰かを<br />そっとすり抜けて<br /><br />私は鳥になり<br />雑踏を飛んで行く<br />迷いは羽根になり<br />全てを振り切って行く<br />Life<br />My Life<br />My Fragile Life<br />やっと気づいたの<br /><br />Life<br />My Life<br />My Precious Life<br />やっと手に入れたの<br /><br />---<br /><br />Somewhere inside me, something has disappeared<br />I'm about to let go of my rusted-together anger<br /><br />I become a bird and go flying over traffic<br />My doubts becomes wings<br />and I shake everything off<br />Life, my life, my fragile life<br />I've finally noticed it<br /><br />These arms of mine stretch out and become branches and a stem<br />And in forgetting you I’ll reach heaven<br /><br />Among the crowd is the rhythm that was washed away<br />I quietly make my way past someone who grabs my leg<br /><br />I become a bird and go flying over traffic<br />My doubt becomes wings and I shake everything off<br />Life, my life, my fragile life,<br />I've finally noticed it<br /><br />Life, my life, my precious life,<br />I’ve finally obtained it<br /><br /><i>- 鬼束ちひろ (Onitsuka Chihiro)</i></center><br /><br /><b>Listen to the song here:</b> [<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYmOR5MnkvA">link</a>]<br /><br /><b>Tools:</b><br />Photoshop CS4, Wacom Graphire4<br /><br /><b>WIPs:</b><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/RasenWIP.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/RasenWIPsmall.jpg"></a></center><br /><br /><b>Close-up:</b><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/RasenCloseup.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/RasenCloseupsmall.jpg"></a></center><br /><br /><b>Link to deviation:</b><br />[<a href="http://ciaee.deviantart.com/art/Rasen-119459031">link</a>]<br /><br>Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-7068064660520697272009-04-08T22:02:00.015+08:002009-05-04T10:29:44.306+08:00Round #1 : Speed Up!I felt that I was taking way too much time on every single piece, and <a href="http://dwinbotp.cghub.com">Edwin</a> (a friend of mine) felt like he's too impatient and always rushing his pieces done. And so we came up with this crazy challenge thingy to push each other out of our comfort zones, and we'll probably be doing this for the whole of April.<br /><br />Round 1: Speed Up - Finish 3 pieces in 5 days<br />Round 2: Slow Down - Spend 5 days on 1 piece<br />Round 3: Speed Up - Finish 3 pieces in 5 days<br />Round 4: Slow Down - Spend 5 days on 1 piece<br /><br />But being the awesome procrastinator that I am, I think I did all three in a little over one day. OTL <b>Brace your eyes.</b><br /><br /><center><b>Pink Marbles:</b><br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Pink-Ciaee.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Pinksmall.jpg"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/PinkWIP.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/PinksmallWIP.jpg"></a><br /><br /><b>Coffee:</b><br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Coffee-Ciaee.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Coffeesmall.jpg"></a><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">(I know. It looks like a bowl more than a cup. And so I phail.)</span></i><br /><br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/CoffeeWIP.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/CoffeeWIPsmall.jpg"></a><br /><br /><b>Mute Drownage:</b><br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/MuteDrownage-Ciaee.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/MuteDrownagesmall.jpg"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/CircleWIP.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/CircleWIPsmall.jpg"></a></center><br /><br /><b>Tools:</b><br />All 3 were done entirely in Photoshop.<br /><br />Argh, flaws all over the place! If anything, it was a pretty satisfying experimentation with styles, but I feel kinda guilty for not putting much thought behind these. Which also explains the 'failful' titles. Feel free to suggest cooler ones.<br /><br>Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-80984684201398200622009-04-01T20:36:00.012+08:002009-04-03T11:43:27.005+08:00Blue colored wishes in the rain<i>[beginning of rant]</i> Photoshop CS4 loves me. Really, I never had a single program crash on me so many times in my life, all in the span of one painting. It made me go crazy paranoid and save really often. Save, Save, Save, Save, Save As,Save, Save, Save, Save, Save As... etc. Which is fine. And so I ended up with about 26 WIP files, 27 including the final. All 26 WIPs were saved successfully, but Photoshop had to fuck up on my final edit and leave me a corrupted file. Thank heavens CGHUB required that we hand in a hi-res file for the competition, so I had a full-sized JPEG saved. Still. That's my lossless hi-res PSD file right there, gone. Anyhow, all hail CGHUB. You are my savior. <i>[end of rant]</i><br /><br />Here's my entry for CGHUB's Natives of the Lifeless Forest Challenge. You can view the other entries as they come in here: [<a href="http://cghub.com/challenges/entries/1">link</a>], and the WIP threads here: [<a href="http://cghub.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=62">link</a>]<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Ciaee-BlueColoredWishesintheRain.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Wishessmall.jpg"></a><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">Blue colored wishes in the rain</span></i></center><br />Anyway. If this image transports you, my work is done.<br /><br /><b>Link to deviation:</b><br />[<a href="http://ciaee.deviantart.com/art/Blue-colored-wishes-117829747">link</a>]<br /><br /><b>Thoughts on the painting:</b><br />I'm very used to fully fleshing out an idea in my head before starting to paint, but for this one I jumped right in with only a very loose idea. The painting started to turn in its own direction and slowly, the story became a mystery even to me. This new way of working is very refreshing. I hope it sucks you in like it sucked me in.<br /><br /><b>Tools:</b><br />Photoshop CS4, Wacom Graphire4<br /><br /><b>WIPs:</b><br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Ciaee-BlueColoredWishesintheRainWIP.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/WishesWIPsmall.jpg"></a></center><br /><br>Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-49802034986520460182009-03-24T16:38:00.037+08:002009-03-25T21:47:19.482+08:00Because I carelessly wished<center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/BecauseIcarelesslywished-Ciaee.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/BecauseIcarelesswishedsmall.jpg"></a><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">Because I carelessly wished</span></i></center><br />When I was a little girl, I often wished that I would turn into a mermaid. I only realized what a foolish idea that was after I watched a Cantonese movie called "人魚傳說." People wanted to capture the mermaid. =\<br /><br />Did this mostly for myself, but also for Corel Digital Art Competition 2009. You can vote for your favorite entries there. Vote for me ONLY if you really like my painting, ok? Don't do it for charity!<br />[<b><a href="http://www.ulead.com.tw/ulead/survey/competition/apac-contest/viewPhoto.cfm?site=en&viewpage=1&coun=other">All Submissions</a></b>] [<b><a href="http://www.ulead.com.tw/ulead/survey/competition/apac-contest/votePhoto.cfm?site=en&autono=1154">My Entry</a></b>]<br /><br /><b>Link to deviation:</b><br />[<a href="http://ciaee.deviantart.com/art/Because-I-carelessly-wished-117015173">link</a>]<br /><br /><b>Tools:</b><br />Painter IX, Wacom Graphire4, Photoshop CS4<br /><br /><b>WIPs:</b><br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/WishWIP.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/WishWIPsmall.jpg"></a></center><br /><br /><b>Close-ups:</b><br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/WishCloseUp.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/WishCloseUpsmall.jpg"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">click me! click me! CLICKKKK.</span></a></center><br />I've been working on a <strike>zomg top secret</strike> painting for a short 3-minute film called '<a href="http://rhubarbzoo.com/?page_id=17&g2_itemId=110">Entropy</a>' by <a href="http://rhubarbzoo.com">Rhubarb Zoo</a>. My friend, <a href="http://pinfluxsketches.blogspot.com/">Jeremy Hay</a> is a part of this independent two-man team and I love their stuff. 'Entropy' will be released as a pay-for digital download package very soon. Anyway, here's a silly little video they made for their friend's birthday 2 years back. Their friend, Frances, who loves her cat called James. It's nothing like Entropy, which is emotional and dreamlike, but it's AWESOME. 8D Everything, including the song and singing, were done by them crazy freaks.<br /><br /><center><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wgV3_amXuzw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="395" height="325"></embed></center><br />Someone posted this wonderful quote on <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/inspireplease/">InspirePlease</a> and it really struck a chord with me. It's pretty long, but definitely quote-worthy.<br /><blockquote>"Great paintings shouldn’t be in museums. Have you ever been in a museum? Museums are cemeteries. Paintings should be on the walls of restaurants, in dime stores, in gas stations, in men’s rooms. Great paintings should be where people hang out. The only thing where it’s happening is on radio and records, that’s where people hang out. You can’t see great paintings. You pay half a million and hang one in your house and one guest sees it. That’s not art. That’s a shame, a crime. Music is the only thing that’s in tune with what’s happening. It’s not in book form, it’s not on the stage. All this art they’ve been talking about is nonexistent. It just remains on the shelf. It doesn’t make anyone happier. Just think how many people would really feel great if they could see a Picasso in their daily diner. It’s not the bomb that has to go, man, it’s the museums." - <i>Bob Dylan</i> </blockquote><center><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/matches.jpg"><br /></center><br />Wow.<br /><br />I've been on Twitter lately. If you want to know what I'm doing every second of the day (ok maybe not <span style="font-style:italic;">every</span> second), follow me on Twitter! [<a href="http://twitter.com/Ciaee">Ciaee on Twitter</a>] Or you could just look under my shoutbox for my Twitter widget.<br /><br>Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-14473711919812531012009-03-04T12:53:00.006+08:002009-03-05T04:14:06.982+08:00Freedom Perched Upon my FingerSpent the whole night reworking this one and finally achieved something that I'm quite satisfied with. Click on the image for some full view goodness.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/FreedomPerchedonMyFinger-Ciaee.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Freedomsmall.jpg" /></a><br /><i><span style="font-size:90%;">Freedom,<br />For a little while that day...<br />It perched upon my finger.</span></i></center><br />Not going to elaborate on my thoughts behind the painting this time. I hope the image speaks for itself.<br /><br /><b>Tools:</b><br />Photoshop CS3, Watercolor, Painter IX, Wacom Graphire4<br /><br /><b>WIPs and Close-ups:</b><br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/FreedomPOMFWIP-Ciaee.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/FreedomWIPsmall.jpg"></a></center><br /><b>Link to deviation:</b><br />[<a href="http://ciaee.deviantart.com/art/Freedom-perched-on-my-finger-114821706">link</a>]Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113382408100753946.post-37127493411061370092009-03-02T12:48:00.011+08:002009-03-02T14:09:08.779+08:00I hate this."Finished" this yesterday noon. Very unhappy with the results. Will rework.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/SingMeToLife.jpg"><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/Imprisoned-SingMeToLife.jpg"></a></center><br />I hate how dead, lifeless and uninteresting this feels. I hate the (lack of) background. I hate how it's completely different from what I originally envisioned. I hate that it doesn't say what I wanted to say. <br /><br /><img src="http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/ciaee/SingMeToLifedetail.jpg"><br />Looks better close-up and cropped. If there's anything at all that I like about this painting, it's the hair. I had multiple orgasms painting the hair.<br /><br />Oh, and LEOMGWTFBBQPANDA, <a href="http://mayang.com/textures/">Mayang</a> is alive again. Go grab your maximum of 20 free textures a day. It'll only take 190 days to get 'em all.Ciaeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758106183312267387noreply@blogger.com5