Updates: Presentation 1 over, Naruto Movie The Last, Shirobako ep 7 and 8 ramblings

This is like the 4th week since my school starts and I am getting less and less sleep, partly from coming home late and not able to do my work except in school...
Also, my presentation was done on Monday- I wouldn't say I did well since I stuttered and presented my part quite fast in my opinion... Luckily, it wasn't graded but this is just one presentation; I've 2 more to go...Sigh~ This is going to be the last time I am taking a business module.-.-')
While this week has been a horror, rushing my assignments and tutorials, I'm glad right now all has been settled as I managed to finish most work on Saturday. It was tough but this is University life so got to step up to the game.

Moving on, as said, I was going to watch Naruto movie The Last.

It comes with a goodie bag with movie merchandises; a folder, a fan and a poster.

TBH, while I enjoyed the movie, I had a few regrets of not staying home to work on my assignments so that I could help my aunts to do pineapple tarts for CNY in the weekends; partly that I enjoyed making them last year and also that I heard from my aunt that she may have to do until quite late; much later last year... I felt a little guilty since I readily accept her offer to help out when she suggested yet here I was cancelling the promise(-_-;
In the end, I stayed home to finish up my assignments, thus able to blog a bit today. A little something about the movie. I don't want to spoil much but all NaruHina fans should really watch; fans of this pairing will surely all 'Kyaa' and laughing most of the time since it focus a lot on this pair. Though I wished it focus on other pairings so that at least we know how the pairings even come about like Sai with Ino...Oh well, there's the next movie about Bolt, Naruto's and Hina's son to know more.

Lastly, I initially wanted to pen down my thoughts yesterday after watching Shirobako episode 7 and 8 but it was quite late already... So these 2 episodes focus a lot on Ema and also an animator's life. And all those things that Ema was going through, I can clearly relate to them. I once thought of myself going into the field of animation.
I had been fantasied by animation since young; the first anime that got me interested was Inuyasha but it was not the first anime I watched.-I think Digimon or Futari wa Precure was the first but at that time I see them as any children shows or what most adults would say at that time, cartoon...
I loved drawing since young but never drew well until one of my Secondary School friends taught me a bit of anime/manga style drawing and from there, I slowly improved. Since then, drawing had been a great hobby for me and I went another step up to draw manga after reading so many manga myself and of course watching anime as well. As such, I dreamed to see my drawings come to alive; moving than struck on the piece of paper, hence wanted to be an animator.
However, as I read up more, see more, hear more... Been an animator isn't like normal drawing; there're deadlines and then one has to draw accordingly to the storyboards done by the director... There's not much freedom and I doubt I can do it. Art is a time-consuming and patient work in progress. Having to be rushed to do, I'm worried I may end up hating it...
That's why what Ema was going through just showed my fear if I've chosen to go into arts... It is one thing to do what one likes but it is whole different thing when one makes it into a job...
It's good that Ema has a good senior to help her get that artist's block. Going for a walk or doing something relaxing like riding a bike can get a person's mind clear.

Drafts....

Finished but not cleaned...

EDIT:

Improved version...(The left leg should have been in front instead of at the back, my bad-.-;)

For me, going for a bike ride does help me clear my mind when I am frustrated over not able to solve maths and physics questions. But lately, b'cos of the busy schedule, I seldom does that... Riding bicycle is somewhat like drawing to me; it allows me to get away from reality for a period of time.-While it is short, I treasured it a lot. Sometimes when reality is too much, moving away for a while helps de-stress one.
I guess in a way Shirobako comes to show me the future if I've chosen to go into arts and well, there are bad pts and good pts that I really have no idea whether is it really good... Nonetheless, this show is great with its showcase of reality and humor added. It is a good show to watch after finishing my work!

One last thing, I finally has a complete set of tools to play with:

Went shopping on Wednesday to get the necessary components. I finally could make a decent circuit but... I kinda blow off 2 of the LEDs from not putting resistor to limit the amount of voltage and current going through the LEDs... Too excited and that's it... The LEDs can no longer light up(*-*;) Look's like I may have to make another trip when I got the time...

That's about it for this week. The weeks after will be going tougher but I will get through this!
This is Will signing off, ja ne~

Dark~

Ramblings-Slight regret over the past...

Just going to write down some of my thoughts~

I had been thinking how was that I didn't treasure the time I had in my younger days... With so many assignments to do in University, I wished I had spent more time doing what I want in the past; especially drawing. I kept telling myself I always have time to do yet as time passes, I realised that the time I have to do my own stuff is during semester break(or maybe not with taking part time jobs to earn some expenses or going for overseas overseas...) Right now, as I see artists coming up with fanart, I can't help work on my thought-out manga idea yet I can't with so many work to do...

I suppose what I have chosen to study is really going to dominate my 4 years of life till I graduate... In a year, 80% of my time will be on my course(engineering) while I guess about 5-10% will be spent on my drawing...(The other 10% is on small stuff like watching anime, playing game, daily stuff...) Part of me kinda regretted not choosing art course yet... I think taking such course may make me dislike art... While I love drawing a lot(since it allows me to bring out my ideas), I doubt I like it as a job... Working on an art work with the freedom of time as compared to one who has deadline and specific instructions of  how a piece of art work is to make-I would prefer working freely instead. For me, art is like writing, you need inspiration to make one piece and it is not something one can just do with knowledge like maths but rather with one's feelings, emotions. If one does an art work as instructed, that art work may very well be a good piece yet it has no 'life'...
That's just my opinion(at least I know I really can't do that) since each artist is different; there could be artists who still could put their souls into any drawings they are told to draw whether they like or not; b'cos this is how serious they are in art.
My belief is to always do my best in life yet I think I am an emotional person who though tell myself that I have to do this(Brain) yet fail to do or do badly depending on my mood and interest in that task(Heart). My brain and heart are mostly sending conflicting instructions and I'm sure I am not the only one but I really hate that yet if I really function based solely on my brain then I might as well be a robot; I am a human and (I guess?) it's normal to work according to one's heart.-The heart never lies in how one feel towards something.

So you can say the above explains how the other part of me is glad I didn't choose art courses. Even so I still dream of being an animator until I recently started watching Shirobako...

Shirobako opening 1: Colourful Box 

It is an anime series about the production of anime or life in an anime industry? Just the first episode itself amazed me; still rmb the video I watched that showed a bit of anime production of an anime I watched.-The amount of frames animator had to draw really blow me off my mind and during my secondary school time when there was a showcase of how to make frames, it was boring to the pt I fell asleep while watching the animator did the frames one-by-one(it was only about 4-5 frames...).-I think cos the guy did the frames in digital yet I can't imagine myself repeatedly drawing one thing for about 32 times with different poses, expressions just for that one small portion of that character changing expressions or just simply running...
Watching Shirobako shows me how hectic an animator's life can be and from the blog write-ups about the anime industry, the amount of money paid isn't a lot despite how much overwork one need to do... However, being an artist, I always dream of one day to see my drawings come to life yet knowing this harsh truth just kinda shatters my dream a bit and make me see the reality that in the end... Society values more of the brain...
In conclusion, I shall stick back to working hard on my course and only draw when free or during my semester break. It is a little sad not to be able to draw as often as I could in the past but I have to think of my commitment to my course. I may not like science as much as art(from the amount of calculations to do but the experimenting part get me interested as much as making an art piece!), I had made my choice and maybe through this degree, get a stable job. earn enough money to pursue my dream career of an animator? (Maybe as I watch Shirobako, I would think twice about it...)

Well that's quite a fair bit of ramblings. I had been thinking of how little time I could spend time drawing and worried that the manga ideas that I am so excited about to do, will lose my inspiration in them... By then, to me, it means dropping off this idea which is a waste since I really thought of it real hard yet just dropped it cos I lost my inspiration; thinking how did the past me even think this idea was great...Sigh... I suppose I could only work on my manga idea during semester breaks but for small events like Love Live members' birthday, I will still make a fanart to 'celebrate'. On this topic, SIF EN Rin scorematch has just started. Hoping Jap event don't come too soon.(School's getting a little more busier with each semester...)

And so this is pretty much what I wanted to pen down and it is great to write while thinking through this. With that, I'm going to get inactive; maybe blog when the need to pen my thoughts or some random stuff I did. This is Will signing off, ja ne~

Dark~    

Busy life~(Slight regret of not going for the LL 5th live screening...)

Had been busy over the week, working on my assignments due on next week. Right now, sleep derived from rushing to finish my assignments yesterday(spent about 4 hours; from 2200-0200 to finish a maths tutorial-.-) And with a presentation to do for tmr, let's hope I survive my next week...

Yet at the same time, next week is the week I can finally watch Naruto movie the final!-Already bought the tickets for both myself and my friend. That's something to look forward to I suppose!

Beside this, I(or rather my father did) recently bought these:

Breadboard

Components- Resistors, capacitors and LEDs  

Just this week, I started my first lab session and it was kinda a pair work but unfortunately for me... My partner didn't come.(T.T) I was quite lost at the start, considering this is like my second time using a breadboard and I have no idea how it really work until the pair behind my table explained(asked by someone who was also unpaired and paired with me). In addition, using the multimeter for a first time wasn't easy too with the change of ammeter, voltmeter and ohmmeter until the lab attendants helped. After getting the hang of it, the whole lab session was fun! And now, I decided to buy a set myself to try out! Sadly, there are still stuff I lack of; going to go buy next week. The most impt; the power supply or batteries aren't bought yet so you can say I can't really build a circuit yet. But by this week(after I go and find the stuff I lack of), I should be able to start experimenting! Can't wait to play with it!

Moving on, not sure if you rmb, I participated in the Deviantart Christmas card making event last year and sent my cards before going for my trip. I was worried that my card didn't get sent in time with no news of whether it was received until this showed up a few days ago:

I was relieved that yes, my card arrived in time and now, I get to enjoy 1 month premium membership! Once again, hoping whoever receive my card likes it! And maybe I will join again this year's event as well!

Lastly, these weekends were the 5th live of U's performance!

As a Singaporean, I have the privilege to watch the live screening... However, I didn't go since the cost of one ticket was quite expensive... Plus the fact it was a live screening and not a real performance... Part of me was glad I didn't go since I was busy with my school work for this week yet another part regretted not going after seeing the list of songs U's performed... Sigh~ I suppose there's always the BD/DVD set to watch... 

While I may have missed the 5th live, the announcement of the movie staged in June this year and the 6th live in Winter next year got me hyped! If the movie really comes to Singapore, I will definitely go for it! And maybe the 6th live as well! 

And so despite my University's life been stressful, these upcoming events keep me looking forward for it and move on in my life!(Not just Love Live's news; News of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vivid airing in April and then if I'm not wrong, Nisekoi second season scheduled for this year. Also, hoping for psycho pass movie to come to Singapore!) But before that, let's hope I will do fine for tmr's presentation... This is Will signing off, ja ne~

Dark~    

SIF updates, Jap 1 module and goodbye to my old friend~

Random short manga

Had been busy over the week. School work are getting harder by the week(well to be exact, much harder than my previous semester...) Plus with SIF having events on both EN and Jap servers, I am kinda fighting for sleep... Even so, I (kinda) managed to work this out and gotten the SR Hanayo from Jap server.

Welcome to the team, Hanayo!

Medley Festival is really a good way to level up; I am literally leveling up almost everyday. And thus with level up=using one love gem to replenish one's LP, getting this SR was simple but the process was more tiring than the other 2 event types since I normally play 3 hard or 3 expert songs in one go.-Playing 3 expert songs in one go is no joke; gives me heart attacks when I play.(Luckly, I'm still young) I should try making a short manga about playing SIF Medley Festival 3 expert modes and the player got about 900++ combo, heart rate rising to about 100++ before a good, bad or miss end it all... I got that feeling when I was playing expert songs and was about to full combo until that 'ding' sound was heard... That build-up of 250-300 combo was lost to that 'ding'... Sigh...

Full combo I did on the 3-hard-songs mode in the Medley Festival:

 
As for my EN server, I am planning on saving my tokens/charms for 4X mode and thus, right now I've only 1700++ points.-Quite pathetic~ But no worries I will get her(Nozomi) before the event ends!

While my EN account may not have notable achievement of getting the event SR or FC any hard/expert songs(yet), its rank has finally reached three digits!

It had been a long journey since I started last year in June/July.-Playing often in the first months even though I suck at rhythm game so much that I couldn't FC Snow Halation hard at the start and can't survive a expert song to been able to FC most hard songs, able to survive some expert songs and even FC expert songs! With this, my next target will now be rank 150 and hoping I can survive a expert song of 11 stars and FC more expert songs!(Those 10 stars and below?)

Moving on, I took up Japanese language module in my school.

I know learning a new language is never easy and thus, I kinda got anxious in learning fast for fear that I couldn't learn in time to do the exams in which there is composition writing... Right now, I've a hard time even memorizing Hiragana characters; let along learning Katakana or Kanji... In the end, I used the old school method to learn the characters as shown below:

I'm sure you think I am crazy but this is like the very first module that I felt so interested in and enjoy learning on! It's like the only module for now that I look forward to. You can say I don't mind the hard work I have to give to learn this language yet time do not permit, especially for my core modules... As said before, school work is really getting harder; tutorials of my physics module are killing me and I can barely able to do half of the questions... Hence, all my time is spent working on 'just' 5 questions that can drive me nuts trying to think of the solutions! Sigh... This is University life for ya...

Before I end off, I like to dedicate this section for my beloved file.

This file had been with me since my secondary school days (which is when I am about 13 years old...) and now it's time to 'let it go'. The cover is slowly breaking apart, leading to sharp corners that damage my bag... Without much choice(plus it should rest already), I decided to replace with a black folder... And so, sayonara my file~

That's about it then, I'm thinking of shifting my weekly update to Wednesday which is the day I am free from school.

This is Will signing off, ja ne~

Dark~

Kirarin Revolution fanart, SIF manga project sketches and 電撃G'sコミック February issue~

Fanart of Kirari Tsukishima from Kirarin Revolution. Did this as a thanks for my friend.-Decided to do a fanart for her and asked her what anime character she would like; she chose this character. It wasn't hard to draw, surprisingly since I'm really bad at drawing females. I guess drawing females in the previous manga project plus those sketches I did for my upcoming SIF manga project(Will show ltr) help in this area. Seeing as it is supposed to be a gift for my friend, I asked if she like a hard copy and she replied she would like to have it. Just giving her the hard copy will be a bit too simple so I went to make it into a poker card.-The number and the spade was all chosen by my friend through some questions I asked without telling her what do those questions mean... Hope this acts as a surprise to her(provided she don't see this blog...) when she received it by post!

Moving on, SIF sketches of the N members... Said before, there will be 9 and here are all their sketches(the sketches are a little light; haven't darken them...)

   
Basically, (if you couldn't see), the 9 N members are:

1. Reine Saeki(smile)
2. Ru Tatara(pure)
3. Yuri Mido(cool)
4. Coco Miyashita(pure)
5. Kasane Hasekura(smile)
6. Sachiko Tanaka(cool)
7. Shizuka Osaka(smile)
8. Rika Kamiya(cool)
9. Sana Yuki(pure)

These are the confirmed 9 N members that will appear. As to how I choose them... I chose based on their designs and personalities plus reasons for becoming school idols.-I did not regard their school year b'cos like I said before the third yr N members do not appeal to me much.(Once again sorry for being blunt) So these 9 members will consist of a mixture of yr 1 and yr 2 only... Though I can't make a fair number of yr 1, yr 2 and yr 3, I tried to get a fair mixture of smile, pure and cool attributes. Among these 9 members, Yuri, Coco and Kasane do not have a casual outfit which I could use for their practice outfit... This just means I need to think of one for each of them... But the most problematic one is the main character...I still not sure how should the main character look like but I roughly got the personality out and her story behind why U's or rather Honoka asked her for her help. It is a work in progress plus with school, it will take quite a while before I can start; preferably after my exams.

Lastly, I bought 電撃G'sコミック February issue

Front cover 

Back Cover

  
電撃G'sコミック Feb issue comes with a U's diary and a mechanical pencil!-In a way, I bought the magazine b'cos of the free gift. Sad that I couldn't get the pencil box that is from 電撃G magazine...

That's about all the updates for this week. I think I will limit updates to a weekly basis instead. Well till next time! This is Will signing off, ja ne~

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