HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YUUNA!-21/3/16

I know it's very late but regardless, happy birthday, Yuna!

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*Gonna compile instead of separate submit art on pixiv~

Trying a new style to colour; pen shading and proves to be nice and easy to do(though there's a little patience needed to shade with the same pattern for it to work~)

Drafts:

Rough sketch before lecture starts~

Lineart- at this pt, the googles r still great

Tools used

The only thing I regretted is colouring that googles... It looks more like a mask than googles-.- The work is of Yuuna in skiing outfit(even though now is Spring in Japan...haha...) Guess I should hav stick to the rough sketch, without any googles...

Oh well~ The main thing is the fact that the pen shading works better than I thought~ And of course, due to limit of colours, hav to use a few copic markers(mainly for the skin~)

Thinking it's plain, decided to add in some leaves as background design- initially, it's supposed to be flower petals(you would understand if u watched the show) but don't exactly know how to draw(haha...) Plus, it was a little rush and hav limited time to do(considering my sch workload>.>)

Sadly, despite her being my fave and the one who attracted me to this anime(when I first saw her on dengeki G's magazine September 2014 issue cover:

All hail BUNBUN sensei!- Love his style a lot!!!

I had nothing of herT.T(maybe some magazine free gift, featuring her but...) No figurine or even a keychain(;_;)

Shall try expanding a bit(when I go anime shopping...)

This is Yaiji signing off, ja ne~

Yaiji~

Monologue 1: Am I working too much?

Loss of motivation...

As the semester's reaching the end, it means final exams r coming so studying should be even more intense. However... Lately, I have been losing the motivation to study or rather should I say to even wake up for the day...

So here I am, blogging to try get that thought out and maybe 'analyse'(sound weird o.o) why the loss of motivation- when u r studying a science course, even what u wrote r cater to science/research paper-.-

Sleep deprived... 

Don't know when it started but after that e-learning week/last week, the motivation started to disappear... And every single day, there's the thought of skipping classes but my character prevents that(or I'm gng feel all guilty during the whole trip home while thinking of the actions taken:/)

I will be honest and say that it all boiled down to the severe sleep deprived state I am in right now..Just today itself- since it's good Friday, a public holiday in my country, there's no need to wake up early for classes.(But b'cos of a freaking damm honk in the morning, my beauty sleep was disturbed-.-) I actually slept in for the whole morning... So much time wasted when I should be studying for next week's quiz...

It's like whenever,  just lying on a bed and sitting on the sofa, I just want to sleep... <This is how bad I am derived from sleep and there r times I even slept in the train while on the way home(when in the past, I don't...) against my will actually; eyebrows were so heavy that I just can't keep them open.

Question...

And then, we go to see y the lack of sleep? First, a little about myself:

Myself... Just an average human...

I never see myself as a genus or anything special but just an average human who is doing her best to live her life; and that is to study, get a cert, find a job to earn income so as to be able to support both herself and her parents.

But from young and my mom had said before, I tend to do things slow... And while I deny in the past, I don't now; I do do things slow to the point if something's pressuring for answer; those types that require ans on the spot, I get pressured myself and sometimes get nervous breakdown...

I tend to do things at my own pace and the efficiency depends much on the environment; I don't want to admit but I get distracted very easily, esp when ppl talk and I can hear unless I am too engrossed in my work(however, there r times I was gonna give up trying to solve the qn after trying for an hour or so; the focus is already bad and then ppl start talking or someone started to talk to me, I literally lost all my concentration on that qn to the point I may take a few mins to retrace my steps back.) < B'cos of this, there's this dilemma of doing homework with friends- at one side, it's nice to have companion(s) around to work and maybe ask qn, helping each other yet at the same time, my productiveness will drop a lot from the level I am at public place.

As such, I tend to plug in my ear piece to do work(but this is bad for my ears so trying to reduce; listen when need to through an ear piece, if not, just blast it from phone/laptop- of course when at home^^;)
Yet, music sometimes does get me distracted(again...), esp for music that I can't help started to think of story plots out from it; my art sense is triggered and I will be thinking of the plots while doing my work which is very bad since I am essentially multi-tasking 3 tasks at the same time; doing my work, listening to music and thinking of story plots- wonder where does the thinking of the homework goes(-_-)
I'm really a difficult person...

"Hard-working"?

Back to the qn, as a slow learner and worker, this means I spend a lot more time doing my work. As a result, I can work on one tutorial for the whole day in the room(and never get out- if not for my family, I would hav skipped all 3 meals...) until I finish it!

Guess b'cos of this... I feel that I am always behind time for the work I scheduled for myself to do for the day- at one pt, I started to question my schedule I made for myself and still find myself not able to schedule right; much due to my mood for the day which while I don't want to admit but I study based on feelings than logic even though trust me, I love to start working but my heart isn't in that work...

B'cos of the "ambitious" me, I try to use my time "wisely"; if it's not yet 2300, I will continue to work even if I finish one tutorial and before I know it, it is close to 0000... And a habit that I do before I sleep is to surf the net, play sif and find a fanfic or 2 to read and with all those, the time I sleep is almost close to 0100... And the next day, I'm gonna wake up at 0600... <Sometimes, I question myself how was I able to wake up anyway...

A cycle...

All these bad habits of mine r gonna be the death of me and it's a vicious cycle;
since I had been doing work all day, naturally as a human, I need my share of entertainment, thus the surfing of net after work but that comes with the cost of my sleep. B'cos I'm sleep derived, the mood to study is zero, I start late despite doing work slow so  I work long and late. And the cycle continues...

Trying to endure it all...

Tbh, I thought I could endure till the end but guess I'm not that "strong" to and definitely that wasn't a solution at all cos it'll just accumulate... And I learn that the hard way when my body starts to hurt here and there; waist, shoulder, back aches from sitting too long(were quite bad a few days ago and are too right now) Gastric pain when sacrificing lunch for work(less likely due to having friends for lunch after lectures^^)

Turned out I wasn't hardworking but a fo..!

To add on, I thought I was working hard(while neglecting my body and health) but turned out I was so wrong:

not exactly working right now; just studying but feel that it applies

I was a fool and I understand that when I actually skipped going out for lunch with my family for freaking tutorial questions that I didn't have an idea y they were wrong and spent hours checking again and again(turned out there were calculation errors that I couldn't figure out until after lunch- could be too hungry and tired that I did them and missed out while checking-.- All that efforts for nothing...) Luckily, my family actually bought back some food for me(or I will be having gastric pain again...)

It was at that point I realised I am such a workaholic(and fear for the future me...). If not for my family, I think I will faint one day without knowing...

That's the thing I nid to learn...

The irony...

I am a human- I tell myself a lot of times yet I treat myself as a machine, abusing myself... You can say... I... Don't hav self-love for myself... Sigh...

Sometimes when you're young, you don't see the consequences until too late when no matter how much you try to help, it will never be the same- I, who know this, can tell others yet can't apply to myself; what a hypocrite, huh?

I suppose that's y ppl said, the hardest thing to know is not others but yourself b'cos while you can see others all the time, you can't do the same for yourself and at one pt, you lose yourself while showing others the way...Such an irony and while the truth is there, it is hard to gasp and act on it, huh?

Afterword...

Sigh... How did the post get this this depressing? Such is life... Think I will stop here(or it's gng get even more gloomy...) This post's just here for me to vent my thought out. Feel free to ignore if you're just here for updates; u r welcomed to read(since it's a public post) but *warning: it will be depressing(most of the time)

**An update post will be scheduled this week; in the coming weekends for a certain Hero's birthday(after I send her fanart for scanning:)

*Look at time* I will signing off now or I'm gonna sleep late again and risk my revision for tmr- bad progress for today due to the de-motivated me-.-

Another 6 more days~>8<

This is Yaiji signing off, ja ne~

Yaiji

I believe for everything I did to & for myself!

[Updates] U's Final Live Viewing, Moment Ring~

Been a while(?) since I updated; work load getting heavier as the semester's reaching to the end/finals... Sparing a little time, blogging(or I'm gng go crazy, studying, doing tutorials and watching lectures...)

U's Final Live viewing~

When the list of countries that are up for live viewing was out, was delighted to find out my country is inside!!!XD 

And luckily(despite the early sale which the company didn't say...-.-), I managed to get it!!!>8<

Due to sch, can't go for the first day; well even if I could, I may not go 2 days; 1 ticket isn't cheap so...I know it's final live but still... Plus I gt sch on both days; it was just nice that my sch ends early on that friday!!!(it's lucky my lab wasn't on that week~)

With that, another 12 more days to go!!!-Can't wait for it>^< Still debating whether to buy a kingblade- a stronger lightstick or just normal ones that can be bought from daiso...

Moment Ring CD!!!><

After the gruesome wait(due to my sis' stuff that r released ltr), it is FINALLY HERE!!! But more imptly, UMI POSTER!!!(It's sad that it didn't come before/on Umi bday; could hav put with the shrine built for her bday~)

Looking gd(ahhh~)

^All thanks to my mum for wrapping her up!^^

Next for the SIF set, hoping I can get UmiPanaNico set but guess the poster is enough of Umi; gt the HonoMakiNozo set~

Not gng complain; there's Honoka, my 2nd fave, so yup~ Then, there's Maki~ Not my top faves but she who shared the same star sign, I can't help feel... A bond with her?(Some personalities as a fellow Aries r similar:) Plus I do get her sometimes(more than once, hoping for Umi/Honoka~)

Lately, had been reading this fanfic called [Let It Burn] from HERE 

It's based on HERO AU- u can look up the show. It's an awesome one; watch until like season 3/4 before the TV no longer shows... I won't say it's fluff cos it reflects how true it can be; characters don't exactly get saved by plot armor all the time like anime~ 

The fanfic is too gd to let it go!!!(esp for ppl who like angst~)- kept stalking checking the site for updates b'cos each chapter just made u want more!(Nice of the author to update the recent chapters fast:)

The recent chapters of that fanfic made me starting to gain more likes & respect for Nozomi~ And guess maybe anime/manga don't show much but her motherly love is shown more in such fanfic that man, I began to ask myself how did I miss that???(well, if she could stop doing those groping, maybe I would hav more respect for her...) 

Ta da~

Took me a few tries b'cos of wrong input of code... At the moment, left them in the storage until I can clear some space(haha...)

Work updates:

 LL random doodles

Just realised the blog isn't up to date with my current progress on this series:

Scanned version~ 2nd doodle set of Umi, Honoka, (young)Eli and Nico- this set features more in depth of their weapons. It also showcases Umi's inner wear and showing more details; realised the first doodle of her did not show much... 

Moving on, another short manga(latest update of this work; haven't upload anywhere but here~)

Knight Eli gng kills Vamp Honoka before Violinist Nozomi saw...(U r so screwed, Eli~)  And I'm a S; kept hurting Honoka- first from Tsubasa and now, Eli~

Backstory: 

These 2 r the current updates for this series~ All short manga gng take a while before I can finish- haven't touch-up due to sch much plus it's more work than doodles, haha...) 

Love Live Crossover

Watched the hit movie, Zootopia and man, I wished I watched earlier! And the theme song, "Try Everything"- had been repeating since I watched the movie!(now switching to Japanese ver~)

And drawing animals isn't my cup of tea(u can see from how I drew Nick/the fox). As a Love Liver, can't help draw the rabbit and fox-members of U's as well(truthfully, I gt influenced much by this crossover and how perfect it is- nid to watch the movie to see if true and guess it's not exactly... Umi as Judy is spot-on but Eli as Nick... Hmm... Possible yet not; a bit of each other~)    

To add on, did this doodle cos I lost inspiration and muse to draw(& there's the need to draw or get away from studying~) 

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Doodles...

Actually, I do a lot of doodles(mostly during lectures when it get boring and nothing to keep me awake but to draw or anything to keep me working...) but I don't always post them(esp those done during lectures; cos they r REAL random...) There r times I do post and mostly at Twitter(cos it's most easy~) 

While this blog is where I update my work, such doodles may/may not be posted here; it's a lot of work to find every single ones did... If u do want to see those doodles, u r welcomed to see from my twitter/instagram(I do post there too but sometimes~)

Misc.

That's pretty much all, currently. Studies gng get even more heavier than before so pardon if updates r slow or not at all... With that, *look at time* I shall end here(still gt a few lecture recordings to watch with regards to e-learning week-_- Hate that week very much despite less sch days...)

This is Yaiji signing off, ja ne~

Yaiji~  

Sonoda Umi-15/3/16

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, UMI!!! Shall share some backstories; how I came to like her as my fave!(I've shared in instagram on my first part special but will do the same here~)

Backstory: How Umi came to be my fave char~

Sonoda Umi... Wasn't my initial fave; my initial fave was part of the reason I started watching Love Live(I will talk more of her when her bday comes~) 

However, as a fan of blue, Umi did catch my attention~ It wasn't until I started watching the anime( and after a few episodes) that I started to like her or rather... I admired her! She's like the perfect model I ever like to be. 

The fact that she does Kyudo and even Kendo, made me love her even more!(I'm a sword fan and even more in sword fighting~) In addition, she brings in the light of the japan culture(I'm also a fan of that culture, haha) It's like everything that I love, found in one person.

For her personality, I can relate to her a lot; she's a hard worker- I'm not exactly that type but I certainly like this kind of ppl as opposed to smart but lazy ppl(esp those who don't do work but still get gd grades...where's the justice???) 

She's also quite dense which I definitely can relate to cos I am... Most of the times(haha~)

But the most prevalent one was how she's the 'reminder' or the voice of reason in the grp which I tend to be but only for ppl I am close and familiar with(don't exactly want to overstep my boundary...) 

And one more pt is the fact that she's shy!!!-That I can really relate to!

To add on, there's the fact she can be quite enthusiastic about physical activities like hiking which I think I too like to try such a challenge but of course if I can't, I know when to stop:)   

Over the short period of about a yr into Love Live fandom(wished I went in earlier...), she had and has always been my fave since now & I believe in the distinct future, that love for her will still not change(and maybe grow even stronger~)!!!^^

Shrine for the sea maiden

Here's my dedication for her~

I would say... Out of all the 9 members, I've the most merchandises of her~(But of course this is nothing compared to more dedicated Umi fans~)

Artwork 

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I would say this work took me damm long to do and finish!- But was worth it to do it for her!!! Plus it was for a competition organised for an Umi giveaway, hoisted by Love Live Wikia; LINK

Sadly, I didn't win any...(You can see HERE for results~)  But was in the notable entry category so it wasn't that bad~

Out of the top 5 I've seen... I will be honest; 3rd entry is the best out of all IF it was just an artwork competition. However, it isn't. That's y even though I'm... Kinda fine with the 1st(I would give A for effort but that's all... Maybe I gt too high of an expectation, esp when it comes to figurines, haha cos I know of a twitter person who could do damm nice figurines~), I wouldn't put it as the top 1st entry; maybe still in the top 5 but not the 1st... 

And then, there's the essay part- didn't read it but I supposed they r great?- esp the top 2nd? 

Regardless, I had fun doing the artwork(though it took up too much time; rip my studies...) and that's what matters the most!:) 

Afterword:

I will be scanning the artwork soon. Meanwhile, pls made do with this: 

If you like to colour, do ask me before u do(it's only polite to do so~)

Once again, happy birthday, Umi!!! 

And so, until next time then~ This is Yaiji signing off, ja ne~

Yaiji~

[Updates] 2nd Compilation up!!!

My one-week break's coming to an end soon... It's such a short time tbh- was able to get much rest but just the thought of going back to sch-.-(I want my sleep...)

And to add to the agony of starting school again. there's a test in the coming week(having the trouble understanding some of the materials tested... So screwed...sigh...)

Furthermore, a lot more events(that I signed up) and stuff(lab and assignments) coming up... If you asked the past me, I wouldn't sign up all these workshops like Matlab workshop but as I come closer to my 3rd and 4th yr... Realised how much of competition there is, both in sch and outside... To brush myself up, these workshops, though gng take up much of my time, I'm willing to go; a little sacrifice for the long run~ 

Final 2nd yr but it's a tough journey to walk; I supposed when I signed up myself to engineering course, I had prepared mentally for such hurdles. Tough life for now so that the future will be better; such a sacrifice I guess is worth it:)

Enough ramblings; let's move on to the updates proper~

Work updates:

2nd Compilation: Aki(Autumn) & Fuyu(Winter) Sketchbook 2015-2016

Finally, gt the time to compile the works done from September/October 2015 to this yr's early March(so techically it should be Spring but... Don't sweat the small details~)

Pixiv Link: HERE 

And Video Link: Youtube

Or you can watch here:

Enjoy the feel~

Didn't hav the time to do a cover page like I did for my summer sketchbook- much due to sch; since summer is during my sch break so a lot more free time as compared to now><

Random LL Doodles series

Still adding more works under it but they r all still in the wip stage- haven't gt the time to touch up(...)

Rogue Nico

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A little inspiration from this:

Nico look's OOC here- much due to the jacket making her looks fat when she should be of the smaller size type...(Well, she could be buffed-up due to being a rogue?o.o) 

Small doodle to showcase more of her weapon, a knife~

 KotoHonoUmi Angst manga...

The following 2 pages manga r inspired from the Tsubasa Vs Umi scene : 

• Umi POV:

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• Kotori POV:

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For these 2 manga, was hit by sudden muse that I actually drew and outline in one settling- hands were exhausted after that but what's worst, in the recent work of Kotori POV, my waist hurts badly from sitting too long- it is a accumulation; lately had been carrying my heavy laptop around that it is killing my back...

I decided to let Umi to be at the losing end of the battle... And supposed I'm a S... 'Killed' her in that battle... I just love angst somehow, esp for my fave trio and even more to my fave char... Must have sux to be my fave char(and 2nd fave; drew Honoka losing one hand though as a vampire, she can regenerate it but the pain...) 

A lot of touch-ups to work on; Umi's cap needs some refinement & Kotori... Look's too much like a male... Too OOC... Kinda rushed; was drawing straight from inspiration, without any organisation or anything- very different from how I do with Just A Dream(let's not go over there...)

And that's pretty much the recent wips done under this series~ Will be adding more; nid to switch focus on others so as to be fair. Had been dwelling too much on the 2nd yrs(well, what do u expected when they r my fave trio~)

Love Live SIF Experts playthrough~

Since it's token event for En and just so happen, the experts available aren't that hard, was able to record 2~

Bokura no Live Kimi to no Life:(special SID SR team- pretty obvious who's my faves~)

Kimi no Kuse: 

And I hav just revamped a bit of my Youtube channel; placed all record SIF playthroughs under this playlist, called: Love Live SIF playthroughs

The others like the 2nd compilation vid is under this playlist: Compilation of works

Afterwords~

That's all from me. Busy school days ahead; lab stuff to work on- still feeling sad from the failed PCB testing... Hoping during next wk's lab session, the lab techs can help... While excited for the product to work, the troubleshooting part and the worst... Getting wrong results sux so much that it leaves ppl frustrated over it(I think I lost a few hairs, pulling them from thinking hard what went wrong...) And there's lab reports to work on too...

And then, the art requests piling in my Deviantart box... Just thinking of those made me feel the dread(& slight regret for even posting that request notice...)

The only thing I am looking forward is U's final live!!!(Sale starting on 10/3, 1200- gng get that ticket!!! Though sadly I can only attend one day due to school...)

Until next time then, this is Yaiji signing off, ja ne~

Yaiji~ A little something before I end:

A huge dilemma, concerning my yr 3- managed to choose but was a hard choice-.- (Can't help doodle this situation...) 

Happy Birthday, Hanamaru chan!!!-4/3/16

Pardon the background><

Happy birthday to Aqours' Shrine girl!!! A quick work after back from school(even though it is my sch 1 wk break-.-) She looks OOC here; drew her too... Mature looking?(when she's supposed to be giving the innocent and child-like feel)

And also, today's the release of A level results so at here, I like to wish all the best for all A level recipients!!!

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Glad I managed to upload before today ends!:)

This is Yaiji signing off, ja ne~

Yaiji~