After exams, slowly, working my current artwork that I put on hold.
LL FB Challenge:
Hope it isn't too bad... There were many times that I really wanted to just draw with my right hand but gt to restrain. Did a lot of erasing that I felt so frustrated and wanted to give up; glad I made it!:)
Umi's my fave so of course I drew her and players of SIF will know y bunny for her~
LL fan-manga
Okay so during Kotori's bday, I 'promised' her that I would do a manga for her but due to lack of time... I made a half-assed fanart for her(and she also gave half-assed results when I scouted... Fair enough~) Since exams r over, I can work on it~
Here's the cover:
There... Will be some angst(cos I prefer that a lot...) but considering it's Kotori's bday fan-manga so the ending~
Here's the sneak peak(from my twitter):
RWBY fanart proj.
Very sry for neglecting this after I was done with teams RWBY and JNPR... Here's the newest update:
Again, very sry if these two don't look like them... If u can't see(which I believed a lot of them will...), they r Sun and Neptune... And these 2 r last of the good guys I will draw(I think); gng move on to the villians' side soon~ Should be finishing soon(latest should be by tmr...)
LL X Naruto Fanart
Just outlined today and likely to be colouring~
That's pretty much all that I did so far~ Will also be 'restarting' my Just a Dream aka. JAD proj. again; gng finish the touch-ups for chapter 1 and will work on the drafts of chapter 2... Phew, so much work to do despite exams over~
About... 4 days ago, it was my last paper and well... I wouldn't say I did well cos there was one qn I couldn't do; other than that, the others r fine unless I rmb the formula wrongly(o.o)
Out of the 4 papers I did, I have my worries I may fail either one since there was one which I wasn't sure of the answers so... Sigh...
Anyway, it's over so I can't say anything but wait for the results.- Hopefully, it's not too bad...To add on, I just gt my written and listening jp tests scores. Surprisingly, my listening did better; I expected my written to be better... And apparently, my written score is below average...sigh... Tbh, I'm not sure if the scores I gt are raw scores or moderated scores since 'sensei'(teacher) said he had to moderate cos everyone in this mod did well... Oh well, at least I know I pass~
AFA Day 1
Moving on, as my last paper ended on the friday which was the first day of afa, I rushed down after my paper.
In the midst, I kinda neglected my stomach.- I only ate the ice-cream from Love Live Cafe; chose Umi(naturally~):
Comes with a coaster and a postcard plus one free file~
'Umi' parfait~
It was alright but a lot of whipped cream which was... Well kinda match with the ice-cream but felt there wasn't much stuff inside... But it was nice~
After that, it was walking around to see(stuff to buy?) Didn't really stay long, partly cos my stomach was really hurting from the lack of food plus tired from carrying my bag(with my notes I studied for the paper)
Here's the stuff I gt and brought on day 1:
Free posters gotten from Odex booth~ Quenued damm long for it...-.-
While it looked like I didn't buy much, the amt I spent is a lot... Mostly cos of the preordered book(costed $28; rip my money...)
Here's the preordered book(close up):
Presenting [Rest In Peace] by Eulyin & Berryargento; Eulyin san who did the illustration and Berryargento doing the writing~
It was a great read; I don't regret pre-ordering but(maybe slight regret over the cost...-.-)
Finished within the night~
AFA Day 2~
Next up is day 2 of AFA where I truely(?) enjoyed cos I was more energized, gt a friend to accompany and most of all, I went in the morning so that I gt more time to explore(& partly also cos I gt my collection of autograph at 1200~)
When meeting my idol, I was... How to say... Maybe too nervous so couldn't greet her properly and was only able to thank her for the autograph...Sigh, I'm such a failure of a fangirl... Anyway, here it is:
About this autograph, tbh, it is dented a bit; didn't hav a good bag to keep it and it was heart-breaking for it to be damaged twice. Luckily, with the stuff I gt from doing some stuff at each booth, I was able to wrap it up like how jp ppl wrap free poster that comes with the magazine purchased:
Double protection; first layer: extra flyers to wrap it up and then second: plastic bags to really prevent anymore damage to it! May look like I'm some crazy ppl, wrapping up some treasure but it is really precious! Too bad to the damage that it already done but glad they r the only ones!
Tried a lot of stuff and in the end, day 2 was more of collecting stuff than buying(since I more or less bought the stuff I wanted on day 1~)
Here's loots for day 2:
A few close-up pic for selected items I bought:
Bought another bk from Eulyin again~ It's not everyday u find english doujin so I kinda just hav to buy(esp it's about my fave pair?) The art is great and all but again... Somehow I just find it... Not worth the money I pay?-That sounded bad, sry... But it was a pure fluff doujin; don't really hav any story so... Ugh, nvm... But the art is really great so no complaints><
Bought all designs; only gt yr 2 on day 1 and then yr 1 & 3 on day 2. Cards gotten aren't bad~(^8^) The wafers inside served as gd snacks~
Lastly, gt a poster with all the artists' signs(only for day 2):
Comparison~
Concert Experience~
This concert is my first time(hoping not my last) and it was great!- Had a fun time, hyping with the other fans.(Though there r 'fans' who were just siting down or just waving the lightsticks for the sake of waving than doing it to wave with the beats and rhythm...)
While I may not know most of the songs, I enjoyed much, waving my lightstick until my idols come out!(She was last to come... but did come out earlier for a small collaboration with another artist!) That was when I really went all out; shouting and jumping! Haha, think my friends see me, will be shocked~
While my voice, arms & legs(stood up for the whole concert) suffered, I'm glad I went all out!
このライブがたのしかったです！またライブをしましょう！
AFA misc.
A little something from 'waku waku japan' booth where after doing a quiz, tokens r given based on score and can be used to exchange stuff:
And I gt a pikachu mask for my sis and a chopper mask for myself~ And bonus; this will be my first selfie I ever took and uploaded here:
Or you can see the manga me here:(won by doing a survey~)
And a Love Live wall photo:
I will conclude the post here. Updates will be on next post; think this post is long enough~
Today marks my 2nd paper down and it was... a horrible experience cos all the confidence I gt slowly gt diminished with each question I tried at the start...
To further add in, I... Forgotten my best friend... The... Calculator... I panicked when I was going to take my stuff out for the exam and poof, no calculator!!! It's an (OMG) engineering paper; there will be calculations and there I was, without the tool to do the work!!! It was horrible but thanks to my friends, I managed to borrow one... It was a crucial moment at that time; a few minutes to the exam and I don't have a calculator!
Tbh, if not for my friend's friends, I was seriously thinking of letting this paper go but... Just thinking of the stuff I nid to do again for this mod made me cringe...
After the paper, I asked myself... Just what had I been studying all these times... Hoping I can pass though it will be a miracle I suppose...sigh...
Gonna move on to revising the next paper; luckily there's a day allowance~
Aside from the 'slight' gloomy stuff, I! Managed to! Get it!
The AfaSg 15 I love anisong autograph results r out and yes, I managed to get the one I want!!! She's been my idol since love live came into my life- after all, she's the voice actor(VA) of my fave LL char! And she's none other than Suzuko Mimori san!!! OMG, can't believe I gng meet her!!! Having a breakdown when I saw ppl posted the result(on fb) and my seat number is inside!!! asdfghjk!!!
Result for Suzuka Mimori san~ (Do check afasg page for the other artists' results~)
While I'm happy, I'm also nervous, stressed and... scared... I need to meet her... I need to meet her... What if I nid to shake hand with her???(ok, Yaiji, hold your horses!) Think I will go into a nervous breakdown on that day... Sigh... Shall wear my poker face on that day and act like how I will be when receiving a prize... That's right, it's just an autograph... Sigh... But nid to meet her... Omg... It's such a blessing yet... So much fear of giving the wrong FIRST impression...
Guess this is another motivation for to do better for my other 2 papers then~ Ganbatte, myself!
A little small update:
Completed Nora yesterday(uploaded on insta and twitter~). And both teams RWBY and JNPR r done~ Now wondering who else to draw next to fill up the space(already decided the next one or should I say next 2~)
Today's the start of the war with one battle down.
Didn't know I was exhausted(both physically & mentally) till I reached home. Once done with lunch, I(after playing Umi scorematch in Jp for a while) slept like log. Yet, not much energy or motivation to work today and instead, was drawing... Guess waking up early(at 0600) and to do a 2.5h paper(from 0900-1130) is too much for me.(haha) Shall work harder tmr instead when I gt a real much rest~
Thus, in a way, I gt time to blog a while~
Moving on, I just started a small proj of RWBY fanart. If you've followed my insta/twitter, I've been uploading the wip~ Started on a whim because it's bored studying all the time; need a break or two~ Plus RWBY just started its volume 3! And RWBY volume 1 in jp will also be released this yr! It's a huge milestone despite the fact that the creator already passed away- kinda sad(may he RIP) and maybe worried about RWBY but glad that the creator's legacy will continue!
Progress so far:
Really want to finish JNPR team by today but spent too long on drawing; Pyrrha & Ren took me a while so Nora will have to wait b4 I move on to working another set of characters~ Pyrrha was really badly done- both the drawing and position, sigh... Shouldn't hav put Jaune in that pose... Ren was badly done at first; I couldn't get his hair right but slowly, did it~(><) Hoping Nora will turn alright~
With that, you can see the progresses of this mini 'project' under this hashtag; #rwbyfanartproj at instagram; I placed all under that tag:
Also,
100 FOLLOWERS! Big thank you to all(my followers)! Will do something to 'celebrate' this milestone reached!
Tbh, I think it's been over a year since I started Instagram, using it as a platform to record my achievement in sif En when I first started but slowly die down as I get better.
And that my family was kinda 'complaining'(more like teasing) me of posting such stuff so I stopped. Instead, I focus on posting my artwork since it slowly become a hassle to post on deviantart/pixiv since I nid to switch on my computer while Instagram does not need to~
Furthermore, I can post my work-in-progress(wip) on Instagram so it was great-when I want to look through my progresses from how it started to how it ended.
In addition, I too upload some food photos to kinda let me rmb that I ate this before and on that day, blah, blah; like a picture memory.- In a way, Instagram is like a picture diary for me~
And hence, sometimes I write as much as I do in blog for the description(mostly for my artwork) which my friends sometimes question. I just like to write down my thinking process during the work and then the afterthoughts~ Once again, it's like a diary; like how I am doing on blog~
Once again, thank you very much to all those follows and likes for the past yr!(just realised today's wip is my 400th post~)
Oh and before I forget, (already uploaded onto twitter) here's the clean and clearer version of the Eli's bday fanart and Rin's Halloween and bday fanart~
Forget to upload on Instagram(><) but nah, not gng upload on insta...(already gt the completed work there but just not scanned ver~)
With that, that's about it. Shall call it a day(nid the energy to work tmr! Fight daiyo, Yaiji!) Another 3 papers to go before freedom! Can't wait for AFASG 15! Oh and in the end, I decided to go for the sat concert!(for Mimori san!>^<)
This is Yaiji signing off, ja ne~ *Listening to newest single(not out yet) of Printemps, WAO-WAO powerful day* Awesome song~
RAMBLINGS- DO AVOID IF U HATE UNNECESSARY VENTING-OUT! (THIS IS NOT AN UPDATE...)
Just nid a while to pen down my thoughts. As it is, right now, it is about 8 more days to my first paper. All quiz results have been received and if you followed my twitter, you more or less know the situation.
Not sure what to feel but for two of my core modules I took in this semester, I did great; I guess above my expectations! But the same cannot be said for my the other 2...
One of the two was demoralizing enough when I was the only one in class to fail the assignment(luckily the tutor gave another chance to redo) and then I've to fail the quiz(again...) Sigh... It really made me lost my confidence there yet the nature of the quiz kinda scream unfairness since it's computer type of quiz which means only final ans r taken into account... Sigh... I know I am being a sore loser here... But I kinda get over it and determined to do better in the finals! However... The other one mod really hurt me on a whole new level...
When I did my quiz 2 of that mod, I didn't know my quiz 1 result so I was confident I will do well since I do get the basics and stuff. However... Guess I was living in my own fantasy world when my tutor told me my results... It was a knife stabbed right into me when I saw the score for quiz 1... Can't help wonder what really went wrong(the same thought I had for the other mod quiz that I failed) yet I can't know since they don't return the quiz paper... Sigh... Failing once was saddening enough but I gt to face another when I gt my quiz 2 result today... Same score... As if I am glad I did not drop... Just exactly where I went wrong???? I want to know so badly in order to move on but I can't with the circumstances!
And I kinda understood y in some drama, ppl can only let go after knowing the details of the truth.- It's the same as exams, quizzes, tests, you gt bad marks. Fine but I want to know the why and how! Before I can admit defeat! I think that's y until now... I couldn't really let go and was really gloomy for the whole day...It's affecting my other modules, definitely.
Once again, I'm really trying not to be a sore loser by blaming on the quizzes yet... B'cos the quizzes that I failed are all cos the quizzes only take into account of the damm final ans! I mean there r ppl who r able to do it. Fine, I admit it but I am certainly not those b'cos I believe I'm not perfect.-I may make mistakes and it's impt to know if it is a major one concerning the basics, theories or just careless mistake of missing out stuff! Sigh...
What's done is done... I really lost a great deal of my confidence in the two modules and now, I'm worried of being confident in my the other 2 modules b'cos I'm worried my confidence gng betray me again... Sigh... I wonder how did I feel everything will be fine in yr 1? Sigh...
That's pretty much my ramblings for the year and semester... Need a outlet to vent out a bit... Guess I'm the type that bottle up everything and exploded when I can't hold it anymore which I'm feeling now; guess it was too much for me to wake up early for school and sleep late.- I was holding on without knowing and right now... I couldn't do it anymore; I'm tired and that made me lost motivation to study and just want to rest like there's no tomorrow... I'm gd at holding on but I never knew the built-up will be so bad... It serves as a gd experience for me and better manage myself in the future... Right now, slowly trying to make myself 'healthy' since sch's ending soon so no more early days but it also means finals r coming... Sigh...
I will do an update soon(likely to be after finals) on the blog but I'm always around on insta and twitter~
Once again, it's been a while since I blogged~ Been busy with quizzes and assignments; as of yesterday, all my quizzes r done!(Banzai desu~) As much I want to celebrate, I've my finals to 'look forward' to in another 3 weeks... And the irritating thing is that, contents hav not taught finished; it made revising hard... While I can revise the topics already taught, I can't do a full paper to see if I can finish b4 the given time...Sigh...
Next wk gt my jp finals; oral next wk and written plus listening on the week after the next... And then my core mod finals will start after my jp finals... Sigh... Not a single of week of rest; it's a straight train to finals... On the bright side, it will be done in 2 weeks so longer break~(Plus able to go to AFA with ease!)
As for my quizzes... Some of the results r encouraging(scoring slightly above avg) and some that just want to tell me I'll not make it for finals...
There's one particular mod... No idea y... I just can't do well... The assignment showed that I fail it; the quiz results also showed I failed and then, even when doing tutorials... I couldn't get the right answers for all... It's... Freaking demoralizing(esp when u don't even know what went wrong)... Making me just want to give up... Yet I know I have to do it(at least pass) to move on! My goal is to graduate within 4 yrs so that I will not 'extend' my stay.(Uni fee isn't cheap><)
I kinda understand y my seniors said this mod is the hardest after such an experience(i know this isn't a excuse to do badly) Just got to ganbatte then!(Like Uzuki~)
Moving on... While I may be busy, I still draw once a while so here's some work done during the period from my last post till now~
Fanart~(LoveLive)
Here's the clear ver. of the aqours fanart I did(after scanning~):
Next up, Eli's bday fanart!
I was 'kinda' under stress that my brain gt a 'little' fried while drawing this... I couldn't believe I was able to draw this...(-.-) Guess I had been reading too much doujins to think up of this(it was an idea on a whim...) Haven't scanned this so clear ver. will be uploaded ltr(when I gt the time to...)
And then, the colour choices... Wish I had planned more before colouring... It was too colourful for my liking but my friends and family said it was alright so guess it's fine then?(0.0)
Happy Birthday, Eli~(Solo scout twice on her birthday; only Rs in jp but gt 1 Sr in en~ Look's like jp has given hope on me...)
The following is a crossover between LoveLive and a certain great anime that had ended not long~
LoveLive X Naruto crossover!-Gt a little senile while listening to Boruto movie OST, Boruto & Naruto(Great OST btw~ Too much feel during the flashbacks when it played; not gng spoil much...) plus watching some Naruto scenes(like the Neji death scenes...), and then there's also cos I recently watched Boruto movie~
This is still in drafts/wip stage- haven't gt the time to do the touch-ups... Likely to work on it after my finals or when I gt the time to...(The same goes for another art of mine...)
Here's the OST:
Lastly, this was done yesterday to celebrate the festival plus the birthday of a certain cat girl~
Halloween cum Rin's birthday fanart to celebrate the both days~ The idea is from the time difference that results between America and Asia~ While it is still Halloween for America, it is Rin's birthday and thus this fanart is done~(And also partly cos I don't hav the time to do 2 fanart for the 2 days...)
As for the theme, it was a request from my friend or should I say I asked her so yup. She chose ghost and pumpkin.-Well it was suppose to be just Rin but she couldn't make up her mind which for me to draw so I just decided to make two with Rin as the ghost and the other mysterious char(which is Hanayo-I ship them>8<) for the pumpkin outfit...
It's my first time drawing; the ghost outfit was alright to draw but the same can't be said for the pumpkin outfit... There weren't much references; pumpkins r normally used as decoration than outfit and so... But somehow managed it out(I wanted to give up but it would be bad to my friend who requested~)
Will upload the clear ver(when i gt the time) after it is sent for scanning; like the Eli's birthday fanart~(Hopefully I can finish my other wip works so that I can send all for scan in one go~)
There's another one that I did- it is a bunch of ChikaXRiko moments in one work- yet to fill up the paper fully... Haven't gt the time to work on it plus no inspiration for now...(><)
Entertainment part of life~
Same as always, no plays in jp sif yet(maybe until Honoka or Umi events...) But the new set of SRs and UR sure is tempting...(Not like I can get it...sigh...)
En sif is as always; I still play during events but after done with events, it's sleep mode...
And then, there's IDM CG starlight stage...
I think I'm running out of motivation to play; I just skipped Nation Blue event and the event now... No idea what idols r those, no play... Plus this game just keeps giving events after like 3 days of rest?- It will be fine if I only gt this game to focus... With studies, I can only afford to play one game... To add on, it was demoralizing in the event to get SRs from playing normal songs- couldn't even get a single one despite playing and ppl r getting as if it is raining in their accs... Sigh...
For now, I will keep the game. If I lost all my motivation to play, then I will quit...(Gaming is not only thing in life...)
Wonder y can't a rhythm game be like cytus?- Allowing players to play anytime they want? Oh well...
Aside from my gaming life, gt more stuff to build over my break; keeping me occupy~
Finally, gt Kamiki burning gundam! I may not have watched gundam build fighter try(may watch after finals), this gundam caught my attention with how it can keep its sword behind him!- I've a thing for sword type gundam~(>8<)
The Akatsuki gundam is for my brother~(Surprised that there's a HD ver though...)
And then, there's gunpla expo in my hometown! Gt the limited edition RG Strike Freedom Clear Ver.-Kinda the only one that caught my attention out of the other limited gundam. The others r freebies from purchasing the gundam since it reached a certain amt of money spent...
Still wondering whether to buy the HD gundam in the poster and preorder HD super fumina... Not cheap despite it's a preorder...
'Afterword'
And so, more toys to keep me occupy for the break~ There's the mini manga project I need to work on(hope I haven't lost my motivation...)
It's nice to blog once a while. Helps with recollecting what had happened and think of the present and the future~
Thanks to quiz done, I kinda gt the time to blog with the work to do for next wk, more or less done~ Maybe I can give myself a small break- was feeling bored and gng a little crazy not doing anything while at home alone... Well, one need to rest once a while I suppose...
That's all then. I update more on twitter and instagram since it's easier to; will only blog when I gt time... And art wise, I may just upload on Deviantart. Will only upload on Pixiv when I gt a decent amt of work to combine into a pile.
This is Yaiji signing off, ja ne~ Until next time~
Yaiji~ (Currently listening to Noragami Aragoto Ending Nirvana by Tia, putting on repeat~ Awesome song, btw and the anime as well~) The Song:
