MGLN Fanart completed~MadoHomu manga wip~

Other versions; no background and no colour ver, are all uploaded on my pixiv. The above are also uploaded on my deviantart and insta.

Just yesterday, I finished my second paper(hence got a little time to work on editing these wip~) and well, I find it harder than my first paper, partly cos the preparation I did was insufficient(in my opinion), thus I feel less confident when I entered the exam hall. And the first qn of the paper was not helping much with my confidence.
What's over is over so I can't do anything but continue moving forward; studying for my next paper which is on next monday and then another paper on tuesday before I could finally rest a bit and prepare for another 'war' of choosing my modules for next semester. (Fun facts: after this semester, I would have finished my year 1 and move on to year 2 which is said to be a hell year for me...-.-)

A short manga wip I did yesterday and today:(based on MadoHomu but inspired from Magic Kaito 1412 opening 2)

Page 1

Source for page 1 

Page 2(from right to left)

Source for page 2 panel 1

Source for page 2 panel 2

Page 3(from right to left)

Source for page 3 panel 1

The manga is not yet done; going to add in a few more scenes. Apologies if Madoka was drawn poorly; will make more adjustments and editing to her(><)
Basically, the scenes from Magic Kaito 1412 opening 2 where the Kaito cross path with the girl and when the girl notices it, he's gone, kinda inspired me to make it into a MadoHomu short manga.- There's this feel that whenever Madoka wants to get close to Homura, she, even if held dearly by Homura herself, is unable to get close to her (b'cos of what happened in rebellion). And until now, I'm hoping there will be a continuation where both of them (who suffered so much) can finally get their happy endings.
(Now listening to Kimi No Gin No Niwa and Colour music box ver~)

While working on this short manga, random thoughts of MadoHomu friendship story:

Once there was a shy girl

who had no friends 

until she met this girl and became friends with her.

However, not everything went well; not even this simple friendship.

But the shy girl was not going to give up 

Thus, began her journey

It was a long and gruesome journey 

that even changed the shy girl to a cold girl

Even so, the girl continued this never-ending cycle until she could finally find...

The ending she wants...

In the end, the girl she desperately wanted to save, 

sacrificed herself for the happiness of the other girls...

Leaving nothing but two red ribbons and a promise;

"we will meet again someday~"

That gives the girl hope and belief to continue fighting 

But the girl, no matter how powerful she is, will one day share the fate of many-

Despair- despair from not able to see the girl, despair that no one remembered the girl... 

The girl who reached out to her at first

And so, not accepting her hand

she grabbed her instead and vowed...

"I am not going let go anymore"

Yet... Is this really what she want?

The girl wondered while looking at the girl,

having fun with both her family and friends...

But not her...

It's hard to put to words but while listening to the rebellion opening and ending song music box ver, all the feels hit back to me... I mean such simple friendship between Madoka and Homura in which the both girls just want to be friends and experience life together but such simple yet beautiful thing has to be broken by this concept of 'magical girl'. What's even worse is that even after all the sacrifices made, they still can't get a decent happy end. And here, I really applaud Homura's determination for continuing her belief she would one day get an end she wants.

It's the same with Yuki Yuna Wa Yusha De Aru but seems like the ending was a happy one so it wasn't so bad... 

I suppose when you really faced a problem that will keep repeating itself, it's really sad to see the people themselves try to fight the odds when it's plain out that there is no way out unless some miracles happen or should I say sacrifices which normally don't end well.- b'cos no matter what, be it single or group sacrifices, there will be someone hurt. And well, it reflects the real world; there's no complete happy end, there's bound to be sacrifices to be made. But what made Homura's sacrifices overly depressing is the quantity of her sacrifices and her drive, been admirable yet she still can't get the simple ending of her friends been alive and walking with her down the journey of life. 

I think I ramble too much but sometimes, listening to anime songs can get me emotional to pen down my thoughts. 

A little updates on SIF:

Lately, I feel like giving up my jap acc; don't have the drive to play, seeing it as it's hard to maintain in the sense that I joined the server late thus, many events not participated and then the number of Ns and Rs to max level and bond is a hassle to do. In the past, I was hyped to play jap cos I got the latest UR Umi but now... I suppose it's cos there's no event interest me for now... Sigh... 

Oh and jap server reached 900 0000 members(though it's mostly likely 80% is dummy accs)

Free 7 gems~

That's about it. I think I have pen down much. This is Will signing off, ja ne~

Dark~

Love Live School Idol Movie 90s Trailer~

Just yesterday(Saturday), 90s trailer of the movie was out in Youtube. I'm sure all LLivers are all hype for it and even better, they r going to release the movie worldwide!

<Scheduled Regions and Countries>
Taiwan
Handler: Top-Insight International Co., Ltd.
Cities: Taipei and other major cities
Start Date: Early August, 2015

Hong Kong
Handler: Top-Insight International Co., Ltd.
Start Date: August 6, 2015

Korea
Handler: ANIPLUS INC.
Cities: Seoul, Pusan, and other major cities
Start Date: Early August, 2015

Thailand
Handler: Dream Express (DEX) Co., Ltd.
City: Bangkok
Date (Screening Event): Late August, 2015

USA
Handler: NIS America, Inc.
Cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Washington D.C., Dallas and other major cities
Start Date: September 12, 2015

Australia
Handler: MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY. LTD.
Cities: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra and other major cities
Start Date (1 Weekend Screening): September, 2015  *Actual date TBD.
 

New Zealand
Handler: MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY. LTD.
Cities: Auckland, Wellington and other major cities
Start Date (1 Weekend Screening): September, 2015  *Actual date TBD.

Malaysia, Philippines
Handler: ODEX PRIVATE LIMITED
Start Date: October 1, 2015

Singapore
Handler: ODEX PRIVATE LIMITED
Start Date: October 8, 2015
*Premier screening event date TBD.

Vietnam, Brunei
Handler: ODEX PRIVATE LIMITED
Start Date: Early October, 2015

Indonesia
Handler: ODEX PRIVATE LIMITED
Start Date: October 21, 2015

  Source: http://www.lovelive-anime.jp/worldwide/news.php

I'm glad that my hometown is inside and this time, I will find the time to watch it, considering this is an opportunity not to miss. And just seeing the 90s trailer, I can't wait for it to hit the theater!

Some screenshots of the movie trailer:

This part was interesting when Nozomi spoke in English~

Maki What?- Who are you kissing goodbye???

This was quite random(and hilarious) when I see it; must be a nightmare for Nico...>8<

NozoEli!-This scene was just too nice(even for a neutral like me to this pairing)-Did a fanart on it; will show ltr

And we have PanaRin moment~

Honoka been Honoka while Umi being embarrassed over the dress(look's great on her!><)

And Kotori can't miss her fave pillow in an overseas trip(wonder if they will put in wonderful rush inside...0.0)

And lastly this! Have me laughing at how much Umi really want to win in card games!(Let's hope she finally win~Haha~)

My thoughts on the trailer:
First of all, (a little recap) after the last episode of season 2, Hanayo receives a message that requires all muse members' attention and that brought to the coming of the movie. From the looks of the trailer, there's a high chance that the muse members won something like a trip to New York(which most ppl say the place is and I think so as well) And we see from trailer that once again, either
1. Honoka came late and missed the train
2. Honoka went to the wrong platform
However... Apparently, she didn't and was right or something since we see that she turned away from train platform, thinking she missed the train when the train that either came or went off, has all the other muse members inside.
Ltr in the trailer, we see Honoka trying out clothing with Umi so it is safe to say she made it though the methods of how is another matter to see in movie.
Moving on to other parts like Umi crying with Honoka and Kotori(I think) in the room.- For this scene, I thought it was like that time when muse members were talking about sexy dress and Umi also went 'sort of' depression over it or something but... Hearing and watching this scene a second time, it seems like Umi really is crying as to why... That makes me very curious though it made me wonder if it has to do with Honoka in which Umi was shouting at Honoka at another scene(and it is like a serious matter in my opinion...)
Beside that, we have other members' interactions like Rin hugging Eli at one scene, Kotori talking to Rin with Umi at one side and the scene of Hanayo been dragged away, shouting 'someone to rescue her'. There's also the part Nozomi saying something to Maki(which I can't make out what she said...)
In addition, there r quite a few fave pairing scenes like the NozoEli and PanaRin.
And lastly, the movie song- the trailer showed even more and I never knew that the fan can be used to create heart shapes with the 'light' from the fan and it was great I think though I still dislike Umi's hairstyle...
All in all, hoping there will be more reveal in another trailer or that the movie release date will be confirmed for my hometown soon!

With that, here's the NozoEli fanart I made based on that scene:

I find Nozomi's outfit hard to draw but in the end, Nozomi turned out much nicer than Eli; partly cos I screwed up with Eli's eyes... Wanted to draw PanaRin scene as well but that scene was too dark so I can't make out their outfits...

This is Will signing off, ja ne~

Dark~

Million Arthur and MGLN Vivid fanart WIP

Based on ep3 of MGLN Vivid

Did this last week(I think) after seeing the scene(below) in ep 3:

It was packed with quite a lot of feels(in my opinion)- Those two exchanging glances show so much that cannot put into words... I just got to draw this scene. I had kinda finished the colouring but I feel it is quite empty so gonna think of putting some background inside(and that will be done after my finals...)

Day 1(21/4-2 days ago): Sword Castle/ Blade Protector Arthur

Day 2:(22/4-yesterday): Tech Smith Arthur + Blade Protector Arthur

Day 3:(23/4-Today):  Sorcery King/ Mage Guild Arthur added; all 3 arthurs done

Million Arthur fanart based on the below:

Mentioned before, I like to do a fanart based on the 3 arthurs in their 'newest' million rare card designs and between my studying times(break from a day of study), I did each arthur each day. Started on Tuesday(21/4) and finished it today(23/4). 

For the first; BP arthur, it was the easiest to draw out of the three.-That's partly cos I drew him before so gt a bit of experience in drawing him. As for the next one; tech smith arthur... It's my first time drawing her and well, drawing female is still not my forte yet but while it is slightly harder than BP arthur, I had fun drawing her. Lastly, Sorcery King Arthur- I find him hardest to draw due to his unique outfit. The outfit has great design but compared to BP arthur(which is more simpler), it is harder to draw. Overall, I had a great experience in drawing the 3 arthurs. Currently, debating whether to colour or shade... 

Regardless, I'm putting all WIP touch-ups on hold until my finals are done! 

(The above wip are uploaded on my insta~)

Till next time, this is Will signing off, ja ne~

Dark~

誕生日おめでとう, 真姫!-[4/19/15]

Artist's notes:

Originally, I wanted to draw all members celebrating Maki's birthday with Nico carrying the cake but apparently, it's not easy to draw the other 7 members plus my book kinda limit the amount I can draw(not blaming the book but myself for choosing this base...) 

In the end, I only drew Nico carrying the cake, wearing her casual winter outfit in SIF. While for Maki wise, since the first time I see her winter outfit in SIF, I like it a lot and best of all is how she tie her hair at one side. 

And then, (mentioned before vaguely) it could be b'cos I read too many LL fanfics that I actually drew this scenario... I mean other than Umi, I suppose the other pairings are fine with me and seeing as Nico and Maki are the most popular couple... The idea just flow this way and well... It may not look like it but in actual fact... NicokissedMaki... To tease the birthday girl and I had no idea what in my mind made me do this but I did... 

(Confession: TBH, the previous original manga I made, Just A Dream, while I did deny that there is no Yuri but only BBF relationship(which is really my intention), I wouldn't deny the fact the Yuri idea never came into mind before... Let's just say my initial intention was towards BFF relationship and nothing more... But the more I think, yuri will be a easier route to work but that will defeat everything... Sigh...I think I've went off course; this is something I will further discuss in the second chapter instead...)

The manga is just a random fluff story for the diamond princess. Will be uploading to my Insta, Pixiv and DA. 

Once again, happy birthday, Maki~

Thanks for the 5 gems!

EDIT:

This is Will signing off, ja ne~

Dark~

LL Kuji~SIF Tier 1~Jap Finals~MGLN Vivid fanart on hold...

The week had been an interesting one. First of all, my last sunday... Went to play Love Live Kuji:

Got the L prize while my sis gt the M prize.

Sadly, I couldn't get any figurines... This is the first time I play it in S'pore and maybe b'cos it is love live, the rate at which the kuji tickets were sold was a bit scary- I bought my ticket when most of the figurines except Honoka's are still left with the pillow already taken. And then, my sis went after about a 1/2 hour ltr, all figurines fully redeemed... I was shocked... It really goes to see how much ppl are really willing to spend and even for something like this, the competition is this intense...

Moving on, SIF updates:

I managed to survive!!!!

UMI DAH!

At the last 1/2 hour, I was worried(felt asleep while keeping a close watch on my rank...) I may not survive from my calculations if the players are really going all out but apparently, I worried too much. This is my first time in tier 1 so it's an accomplishment and I must say it is a good training for me to work on expert songs where I kinda used to the speeds of some experts. Although being able to fc is another matter at hand...

In addition, new R cards added in both severs:

So far for Jap server, I only got Honoka idolised... While for Eng, I gt Nico(first) and Maki idolised... Almost got everyone except Umi and Honoka in Eng(which is an irony since they are my two faves... Spent quite a lot of friend points but still couldn't get them. Sigh~) Let's not get to jap when I've yet collect and idolise the other series(beside the newest) Rs...

Besides that, it is 2nd Annversary for Jap Server!-Free 7 love gems!

 
In addition, the love gem in relation to the June movie and this time it is...

Hanayo! And based on what ppl say, it is accordingly to the order of the members in the SIF side story from the back; Nico, Hanayo, Nozomi, Maki, Rin, Umi, Kotori, Eli and Honoka. Next week will be Nozomi's turn!(And kinda corresponds to the Promo UR Nozomi giveaway I think(?))

That's about it for SIF. And now my school...
I had two major exams this week; both jap finals and I guess I kinda screw up a bit...Monday was both my listening and written tests and I suppose there are many things I couldn't catch it in the listening... As for written, it was alright after I finished but after thinking back and checking, realised I made quite a fair bit of mistakes.(-.-)

Preparations made over the semester for Jap~

 And then, Thursday was my Oral exam... Again, I screw up from saying wrong things, missing out pointers and my accuracy sucks mostly due to my blank state of brain I gt after entering the exam room...
Not sure how well I will do but I will not S/U it; I want to see my results the way it is to see my own standard after all I really enjoy learning Jap and am serious about further studing it till I can finally read Japanese manga at least! That's why after my finals for this semester, during the 3 months break, I am going to make a daily activities diary in which I will record what I did everyday in jap so that I don't lose in touch when I continue to take it in the next semester!

After this week, my finals are starting next week(first paper on this coming Friday). All lectures and tutorials are done(with the exception of one mod...) so it is full-blown revision. A few more weeks to go before I can finally rest my fatigue body well for a long while.

A little updates on my current work:

The MGLN Vivid fanart wip that I posted a few posts ago, currently I am stuck as to how to make the background as it seems a bit plain to my liking so for now, it is on hold till maybe after my finals.

And ltr I will dedicate a single post for the diamond princess~

With that, that's about it for the week write out. This is Will signing off, ja ne~

Dark~

Failures for the week, Wip and Sif updates

This week really sucks a lot... Full of failures everywhere... First with the tests I did on Monday(mentioned on last post) and then had a mock jap listening test on Thursday which I could barely understand which had me worry for the real one on next Monday... And today, my last lab session... I managed to finish soldering the components on the PCB board but... Couldn't get the right results and that's what I fear while I was doing the board... I know definitely it would fail at the first time and need troubleshoot. However, 'what went wrong?' is the question that is the hardest to figure. And cos I finish barely on time, most of the lab assistants had already left so if I could figure out myself, that would be ideal. Unfortuately, life isn't a fantasy; what I can't do, I can't do- there's no way I could figure out the problem; I'm not good with complicated thing so yeah...

Complicated as in what way, huh? Well...

That's what I mean by complicated... It's hard to troubleshoot unless you're used to dealing with these... Just seeing the holes already grave me a headache. What's worse is that the smoke from soldering is really not helping.(Burnt plastic is the worse; I think I would have died if I was enclosed with that smoke.)
I think what makes this lab session worse than before is cos most of my classmates under the same lab group, succeeded in getting the right results plus the fact that the classmate under the same bench as me had long finished when I just came for lab. And trouble shooting with the teacher while I am working on mine, gave me pressure and stress... And that could be a cause of why I kept sweating and rushing to the point I made many mistakes as compared to before...

Basically, the week sucks and it made me rethink why did I take engineering in the first place... I mean I still rmb why but seeing so many failures in a week... My confidence level really dropped; I worry about my future in the other years... Sigh~  
Again, it could be b'cos the time I spent sleeping... Had been sleeping late to the point I feel drained just to go to school(as I've to wake up early) plus the fact that it's harder for me to gasp the things taught in both lectures and tutorials... In addition, I feel overly frustrated at myself sometimes... Guess I should start sleeping early...(Today will be the only exception) It's going to be hard but had to really change or my grades are the ones suffering.

Well, that's my ramblings for the week(just realised I posted twice) and I really need to pen down these feelings of disappointment in myself... A little WIP to share:

A fanart in relation to the adaption of MGLN Vivid! If you haven't realised, I based the art on this screenshot:

When I first saw the screenshot, immediately I told myself, 'I want to draw this scene'.- It packs a lot of feels in my opinion, especially with the song.

I will be colouring it and should be done by next week but again, it depends on my work load... Also, there're still a few scenes I like to draw on so maybe putting all fanart in one folder.

Talking about fanart, I finished the wip shown on last post. Will be posting on her birthday~

Oh yeah, SIF:

A love gem given in relation to the movie, coming in June! While it's nice to have love gem, this just make staying at tier 1 for Umi scorematch harder. For the first time, I've spent quite a number of love gems to keep myself in the rank. I mean tier 2 is the minimum but when the rank is so close to tier 1, I can't help want to maintain and for once get into tier 1.- It will be an accomplishment.
Also, if I managed to stay in tier 1 for jap then eng is nothing compared to jap plus I did my research. From how I spent my gems in jap in order to stay in tier 2(since this is my first time), I can say for sure I will get into tier 1 easily in eng server and that will be my target for the next Umi scorematch in eng; it's payback from the previous one!

And so, thank you for sticking with me until now. This is Will signing off, ja ne~

Dark~

Finals approaching, Kinokuniya stuff, WIP+old drawings, SIF and Spring anime:MGLN Vivid~

I think I am going to fall one of these days. Feeling like a zombie when I go to school and trying my best to keep awake to listen to the lectures- energy draining much... Also, had a jap vocab test and Business mod MCQ test yesterday, and well... the day sucks. First, I know for jap, I made mistakes in the test which I can blame myself for not studying enough but that wasn't too demoralizing. The most upset thing is the Business MCQ test. Can't believe I flunk it and what's even more hurting is that ppl pass... Sigh... Just thinking about it made me feel like a failure... I kinda lost my motivation in studying after that.(Luckily the test holds 10%- not too big of a %)
Maybe I was too tired or something yesterday, today I gt a little motivation back and planned for the weeks before my finals. I mean what's done is done; I fail my test and what can I do?- Move forward and deal with what's present + future and not the past.
Jap finals next week which will be a tough one but I will manage and after that week, one module will be done! Also, lab will be done this week so another module down as well plus I need not go for lab anymore next week, giving me more time to study and revise!

That's my 'fantastic' school life and now my sharing~

Stuff bought from Kinokuniya-

A small toy bought (by my sibling):

The toy will reveal after shedding its shell by putting the above green ball like thing into water and...

Ta da~ A small seal is born. FYI: recommendation to use a container not for eating to do this experiment; when the 'shell' is shedding, it kinda dissolves and makes the water green as seen above. In addition, the ball like thing has this washing powder smell and feel like washing powder as well(from how powdering it is.) It was a fun experiment but it was not worth the price. 

Latest Dengki G's magazine- Hanayo mini figurine. Next in line: Rin mini figurine!

Recently, I was looking through my old stuff I did back in my primary school days(to see whether I want). And I must say I had my ambition of becoming an artist from young but apparently, my skills aren't very good... Below are some manga I did back in those days...(quite bad but still they r mine so...)

With that, a sneak preview of a wip(work-in-progress):

Considering her birthday is this month and I doubt I have time to do one in her birthday week so did it early. I've yet finish doing the shading/colouring and this is only page 1; there're a total of 2.-Please look forward to it!
Some thoughts about it(I may mention again when I upload it...): I don't know how did my initial idea got strayed into this idea... I got a feeling I read too much love live fanfic that it turns into this...(The 'this' I am referring to will be said in my artist notes but for now, you can guess if you want to.)

SIF:

Both Umi(started on Sunday) and Maki(started yesterday) scorematch are currently on and once again, it's tiring to manage two accounts when I have my schoolwork to worry... And even worse, with Umi scorematch, I am planning to get into at least tier 2 to get another copy of her so more tiring than usual to maintain my position.

After grinding much(spent about 10-11 gems), I got her yesterday and now playing a game of endurance to maintain my rank- surprisingly I gt into tier 1(which is not intention) and trying my best to maintain but it's tough since ppl r still using gems in tier 1 so if I do want to maintain, I may have to use up all my gems at hand if I do want to stay at tier 1...Sigh...
As for Maki, playing at my own pace and saving for the event after the next in which my exam would be over by then; help make grinding easier for me!

And some achievement made in SIF:

First time FC Colourful voice- still gt 2nd sigh...(at least the 1st also fc)

My pure team really sucks... The  unfairness from getting 4th after fc... It's an unexpected fc; blueberry train expert.

Managed to fc these 2 before they go!(thanks to the little cheat I have...>8<)

Lastly, spring animes started last week. And I started watching Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha(MGLN) Vivid. The animation is fine; my only dislike is the new design of the characters. It is a bit weird as compared to before with the eyes being too big but the eyes were fine for the adults; definitely a no no for the young(like Vivio, Einhart). The opening and ending are great as well, considering Nana Mizuki and Yukari Tamura are the singers. 

Angel Blossom by Nana Mizuki:

Pleasure Treasure by Yukari Tamura:

Some screenshots of the opening and ending:

I'm planning to try draw some, especially the first one- got some inspiration from my first time watching the ending song. I know I also said I want to draw some Million Arthur work but I suppose that just mean I have quite a few fanart I want to do so going busy after my exam(maybe drawing a few during break from studying~)

Suppose that's all for the updates. It's nice to pen down once a while. With that and something to share before I leave:

Tulip gotten from KLM airline during a travel fair- try to let it live as long as it can, considering that it need to be in cold condition but S'pore is not exactly the place it should be... 

This is Will signing off, ja ne~

Dark~