Happy for nothing...

Last week, I held onto the hope of getting Eli to complete my collection here:

Yet, after buying another 5 more, I still couldn't get her; instead gt these:

Gt Hanayo, Rin, Nozomi X2 and Maki- One Nozomi is reserved. And the extra Nico I gt was sold this week so in a way, I gt back one box's money plus the one Nozomi reserved; gt another  

But before that, I was happy at first when I gt Maki as there was a person(keyword: was) who was willing to trade Eli for Maki so I was elated to see Maki until... The person asked me if I can trade Maki for Kotori instead b'cos he/she wants Eli and Maki... I'm like... If that's the case, y the heck did you ask whether to trade Eli for Maki???? Got my hopes high for nothing... Sigh... 

And thus, I'm stuck with seeing the 8 members and not 9...Sigh... Not sure if I want to continue trying to get her... The probability is very low yet am I willing to risk it... Maybe if my current ones are sold, I may consider?(Currently, there's someone willing to buy Hanayo, Rin and Nozomi yet it's not confirmed since he/she haven't replied... If he/she does, I may try my luck again...)

It all started with a wish for the Sea before it expanded to her friends; From just wanting Umi, it turned to collecting all members...Sigh... Should I forsaken Eli?- She's not bad but I just have no luck, getting her. 

And then, there's this to prepare as well:

Gng try get them all! Already collected all from volume 1: 

All 5 from volume 2 were sold online for $33 and I'm like... That's ex, considering that, one is sold at $4 each though of course, there's the factor of getting repetition. Going check out this weekends to see if it is already available or not... 

Think I'm going overboard with Love Live stuff.- The gachapon may be the last LL stuff I'm going to buy; it's time to move on...

It's hard to collect all members in a series; until now, I don't have a full set at all, sigh... 

This is Yaiji signing off, ja ne~

First week in school- EOY and LL request finally done!

School started for me and well... Let's say it didn't start with a good note...

First day(ramblings; skip if you dislike)

On my first day, I missed my school's shuttle bus because of timing change and got to take the morning trains(which is a horror I want to avoid, hence taking the shuttle bus...). That pretty much is the start of a lot of incidents I got...

First, on my way to take the train, there was a lady, already inside the station and asking for help to get the morning paper. I being I, decided to help but never thought you gt to queue for the paper... And ended up, getting scolded for not but still gt to take the paper(after queuing...) That kinda put my mood to even more bitter from not just losing the shuttle bus but also getting scolded...

Next, gt to withstand the crowded trains. And, I was never good with crowd; with how ppl are rushing, I who move at my pace sometimes may have offended ppl....Sigh...

After enduring the 1 and half hour train ride(while standing), I finally got to seat in my school bus to the school. Thought my bad day would end there but no!- The following one is the worst out of all...

I decided to print my notes in school, together with my friend. As this is my first time printing, with my friend who have experiences in it, I thought I would be able to do it with ease but how wrong I was... I managed to print but... Don't know y... What or should I say How my notes were printed was not how I anticipated; my notes were printed in single sided...
When I realised it at the first paper printed, I got a shock yet can't stop it. Can't help regret over the cost and most of all... The amount of paper I used(sorry trees...)
That literally put my mood down to negative on that day... And that stack of papers... Just seeing it made me go crazy... Sigh...

From there, you thought my bad ended would or should have ended but no!-Again... It was during my way home... Not sure if I'm wrong but I guess I tapped the wrong gate to enter the station and thus, causing the opposing person not able to enter and even confused him... Can't help feel embarrassed over it- Just how clumsy can I be?!!
Then again, I'm not sure if the gate I tried to enter was the handicapped gate which is a bi-directional one and that I can't enter b'cos my card has insufficient values, and maybe the gate just switched to the other side for the person whose card has value?-sry if it was hard to understand(><)

And that was my 'fantastic' first day in school as a yr 2...Sigh... But after that, it was alright for the rest of the week! Guess it could be due to my lack of sleep(much from bad holiday sleeping late habit...)

LL Request

Back in a few posts, I mentioned how I got my first art request and finally I'm done! 

Well, tbh, I don't feel it's good.- Cos of how I draw the members in the first place... It's my first drawing them in sunny day song outfits- it was a good experience! 

But in the end, the person who requested liked it so I've no complaints over it(I guess?) but I suppose I feel that I can do it better!- I shall try again; maybe during my break?

You can see this version in my deviantart and the other versions(+ this) in my Pixiv!-The other versions include the non-coloured, only non-coloured background and this without the words~

Deviantart: LINK

Pixiv: LINK

EOY 

EOY was held from 15/8 to 16/8. EOY stands for End Of Year(not sure why though). It is like an anime event where doujins and other anime stuffs are sold. There are some performances as well. It is held in an open-area but thanks the weather wasn't that bad when I went in the afternoon on the first day.

Like any other EOY, there isn't much to keep me there so I guess I finished walking after like 30-40 minutes? But I did buy some stuff:

Here's some photos took there:

EDIT: oh yeah, not sure whether it was here or on my way home, I lost my keychain that was hung on my bag...(Goodbye to my precure keychain...) Sigh...

LL X Puccho Candy

This is like a collaboration between love live and Puccho candy company. In jap, heard that it was sold at 257(if I didn't rmb wrongly) yen but at my local store, it was sold at $5... But I guess it's considered lucky that this was available locally(so I should be thankful despite the price difference) 

Initally, I was just going to buy 1 or 2, hoping to get my 2 fave; Umi and Honoka. But ended up, I gt Maki and Nozomi on the first try(-.-) Sigh... Feeling slight unsatisfactory, I went to buy another 4 more- Managed to get Honoka but... No Umi!!! Sigh... Seeing how much I spent, I decided to stop yet couldn't resist much plus since I already bought that many, might as well try buy all 9... 

In the end... I bought 9... And... It was unfortunate that... I didn't manage to complete the set; failed to get Eli(T.T) I got an extra Nico...

All (except Eli) siting together- remind me of the New Year Parade 2013 when Eli VA wasn't around...

And placed them with my other mini LL- still waiting for 2nd vol to be available locally!

Right now, I'm hoping there's someone willing to trade Eli for Nico...Feel incomplete without Eli(-.-) 

FYI: it isn't easy to make the mini figurine seat; they keep falling off due to the weight ratio of the head and body; esp Hanayo- she can't be seated! Hence, got to use a little blue tacks to do the trick(>8<)

That's pretty much my week worth of updates. I know I said the last post was my last weekly update but guess I meant to say there won't necessary be an update unless I gt time to do(like now) As school's just starting, my workload is not that bad yet so yes, I can still update but later... I may not unless I need to pen down and update may be irregular. 

Talking about workload, having a little struggle but not too bad and slowly progress(I guess) yet who knows? It's just the first week~ 

JAD Reddit

It would appear I won't be able to finish colouring the cover of chapter 1 so leaving that either on my school break or recess week.- depends much on my workload... 

This is Yaiji signing off, ja ne~

Yaiji~ 

[Weekly update]: SG50 week~

Summer Sketchbook 2015

Finally, compiled all works done in my sketchbook.- Uploaded onto Pixiv: LINK

Beside that, I also uploaded a video of it: 

FYI: Pixiv version has both the scanned and photo form of the works done but(due to limit of space) one of the work was not uploaded but the video version has it- it's the last work in the video if you want to see. The video ver. has only the scanned versions... 

In other words: There're a total of 33 works but Pixiv ver. has only 32 works while Video ver. has 33 works. Either way, it is recommended to see the Pixiv ver. since I kinda made the video a little too short so the slideshow may be a little too fast... 

Afterword
Initially, this sketchbook was supposing to be for me to work on more yuyuyu fanart(so that I can compile into a book...)- I did draw a few yuyuyu works; the first 5 till I run out of ideas and ended up working on more Love Live fanart instead...
Guess it first started from seeing Honoka in the idolised form of her momotaro outfit and finds her a nice pairing with another Umi idolised form from her first scorematch(I think).- That's when I started drawing other LL fanart from school idol festival SR card designs... Once in a while, I draw some other summer anime fanart like Chaos Dragon and Himouto! Umaru Chan.
It was all in all a good experience and a good hobby to pass my time during my break. Maybe I could work on another sketchbook during my next break(?) and titled as 'Winter Sketchbook 2015'?(Maybe not since I still gt JAD reddit to work on...)

JAD Reedit

Talking about this... I'm so sry to say, I haven't work on the cover of chapter 1... Was busy with other things; packing stuff, cleaning stuff, preparation for Uni , etc. I may try working during this week; make a small exception for this yet... I still gt another thing to settle(gng talk about it next). 

Will see how is it- So, this post will be the officially one to mark the HOLD on this project until my next break. 

First Art Request

I gt my very first art request!- I was overjoyed since having a request means there's someone who recognizes your talent; in other words, acknowledgment! However, it was no easy request when the person requested for a specific one where U's members are running on a rainbow walkway with the blue skies behind.
There r 2 problems- I'm not good with drawing characters running and backgrounds... Yet, I decided to try it out and it turned out... It wasn't that bad but I can say it's not the best either:

The person didn't say what outfit the members must wear so I chose Sunny Day song outfit.-Partly cos this is not just an art request but also a tribute request; to 'get into the mood', I thought sunny day song was a pretty much a happy yet departing song(though the ending song of the movie will be a better one...).

After colouring each member:

 
Ta da~ In the end, it isn't well done and I... Can't draw the legs and shoes well, thus leaving them off(hope the person don't mind). All that left is colouring the background but I decided to use my com to do that job; it'll be a waste of ink to colour the background with copic...

Hope (after colouring the background) the person will like it...

SG50 shopping splee

Yesterday, 9/8, was my nation's birthday. On that day, both bus and MRT transport is free of charge so I went for some shopping:

Though not much, they cost me a lot...(RIP $$$ T.T) I'll just showcase the bears and LL wafers~

Gunpla Petit Guy(all 4 designs)

Too excited to do a 'Live' building and forget to take pic of the box art... This gunpla isn't very hard to build(I can build without seeing the manual once I did it once) and I recommend this for all beginners; there're not many parts to work on so it's easy and fun to build! 

Oh here's a overall:

In celebration of SG50, took with the flag and SG50 RX-782 gundam

And, if you're observant, you would see this sticker on the box, 'Mid-Year Campaign 2015'. Yes, that campaign is something like a lucky draw where there'll be a card with code inside the box and you enter the code into the provided website in which you'll have a chance to stand to win the prizes available. Once entered, there'll a questionnaire to ans before seeing whether you r a winner; it's a instant draw by the computer. Using all 4 yet couldn't be a winner in the end...Sigh... If it was that easy, the prizes wouldn't be attractive like PG, MG, HG and RG gunpla.

LL Wafer

This wafer comes with a collectable LL card in each pack. I gt the 2 designs even though both r from the same batch; it's much like the Madoka Magica Wafer I bought in jap(shown in the special post 2: anime food) 

Gt Maki character card and ep 13 of season 2 card- love the scene of all of them lying onto the grass. I think either Maki really loves me since in the Kanda Matsuri X LL chocolate food(shown in special post 2: anime food), I gt the Maki sticker... And in one of the anime convention, bought a random LL good and gt her keychain... Well, she's not my fave but I don't dislike her(there's no way I dislike any of the U's members) plus she shares the same star sign as me~ 

Ramblings(Skip if you dislike~)

My break's ending in like... 2h time? Somehow, despite having 3 long months of break, I feel that I do not have enough when the break's ending soon yet feel it's too long during the mid of holidays... Sigh... 

It had been a great break of having fun and doing the stuff I want to do. As such I wonder... I've break b'cos my school has that. But when I go out and work, does that mean there's no more breaks for me? And just thinking I nid to start working in another 2 years, it made me want to go back being secondary school student instead.- The irony of wanting to grow up soon when I was young... While going out work means no school(no more studying), the fun of being a student participating student activities will be lost... Sigh... 

Oh well, that's the post-holiday me talking... Gt to get into my studying mode soon(within this week) before tutorials start... 

Aside from the school stuff, there's an anime convention this coming weekend- thinking of going but gt to see my workload first; nid to start doing tutorials... And then. the LL stuff coming in the month of September and October. Before I knew it, it's exams in the month of November when AFASG will be in~

Until my next break

All current art projects(like JAD Reedit) will be on hold- I may once in a while do some art to de-stress myself... 

And also, this weekly update will be off; updates will be random where I may come to blog to de-stress myself... I'll update more on twitter and insta~

That's about it then! This is the last official [weekly update] post~ This is Yaiji signing off, ja ne~   

 

Yaiji~

Toy Showcase: Love Live Hako Vision

If you're observant or have a good memory, you would have seen this in the stuff I bought from jap:

So, I have thought of trying out this 'new' toy but apparently, this needs the first LL hako vision made- mostly due to the reflective plate that I need.
As such, I need to go find the first version.- Manage to find some sold at my local Carousell. Cos it's at my homeland, it's definitely more ex but I was willing to pay a little more to see my toy work.

I ended up buying Nico's(gt a good reason for that; will explain ltr~)

Nico Hako Vision

Outer Box:

Contents inside:

Reflective plate

Screen

Think can be eaten...

Overall~

Setup completed:

LL Hako Vision 2nd ver.

Outer package:

This is like a random toy with 9 different designs so guess who I gt?(it has to do y I gt Nico's)

And I gt...

 

Nozomi!- well, I was really hoping to get my fave(Umi) or second fave (Honoka) yet gt her... I'm not gng complain much since she's still in Lily White so I still can see Umi in the movie given. As such, it'll be weird for me to go buy Umi's hako vision when the song is pretty much the same... Plus I love Cutie Panther song so yeah~  

Ticket case:

Inside ticket case:

0.0 signature from Nozomi VA, Aina Kusada

Another gum-think can be eaten?

Overall~

How it works:

Initially, I recorded the movie shown but the quality was too bad... Guess I can link a Youtube Video instead: 

It's in jap but from the person's demo, it should be easy to follow~ But if you can't, there r instructions inside to guide you along with pictures(even if the words are in jap...)

Afterword

About this Hako Vision... At first, I was worried that I gt a faulty one since no matter how I change the way I place my reflective plate, the movie is always played upside down... 

After some experiment... I found out you need to turn your phone in such a way that what is showing on the phone is upside down so that what is showing on the screen of the hako vision is upright.  

Think before the movie is played, there are instructions and warning on how to place your phone but... They r in jap so it's hard to understand... In the end, you just have to try and adjust till the screen fit alright! 

It's not a bad toy since you can see the U's member performing for you in 3D but my only complaint is how small the screen is. Maybe in the near future, there'll be a bigger screen type of hako vision- meant for Ipad-size types since the current one can only be used by small phone; about iphone size? 

That's pretty much the showcase of this toy. Hoping there'll be new variations of songs so that I can watch and listen to more different types instead of the same ones!

This is Yaiji signing off, ja ne~

Yaiji~