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~

誕生日おめでとう, 私!-31/3/15

Power of 3- Milk Cow soft serve ice-cream with toppings~

Swensens' Fire house~

Birthday Cake

Another year old and man, even if today's your special day, there's still work to do. My day started with me getting to wake up early to get on the shuttle bus to my Uni which is tiring since I slept late as a result of coming home late... And then, before class start, went to rush to fc the event experts in both Jap and En SIF but ended up being frustrated. Then, 2 hours of lecture from trying to listen and understand, to battling with my eyes from closing... After that, 2 hours break- SIF rush again and...

Finally, managed to fc unbalanced love expert with 9 tries- huge improvement from before in my jap acc where I fc on the 19th try. Though the jap event expert was harder than I expect(couldn't even after putting all my available perfect lock members inside the team...I know it is kinda cheating to do that but 'desperate' situation calls for desperate measures...) 

Following that, went to tutorials where I learned concepts much easier from my tutors than the lecturers who were teaching on the topic... 2 hours of tutorials and finally, school's over for me but the battle's yet to be over; got to survive a gruesome 15 mins of bus ride, standing while holding onto the handle as if my life depends on it as the bus kept moving around, making me almost fell if not for the handle. 

Finally, my battle's over and I can rest to enjoy my special day with my loved ones. And that's my eventful day for today. Ate a lot of food today that I think I need to go exercise tmr(cycling I guess to a longer route than usual...) Also, I supposed since it is a special day for myself, I will kinda leave today a free day for myself; going have to work harder for tmr-got quite a few work due on Thursday to do... Also, this week(kon shuu)'s friday or Kin Youbi, is Good Friday so a free school day for me; great way to catch up some stuff.(though hate that I am going to miss my lab session...)

Finished Milky Holmes Fanart yesterday after coming back home. Luckily, I was only left with Cordelia to colour so it wasn't that time consuming but it still take some time to decide what blue will be great plus the eyes and the cap- it was hard to decide which colours. I only uploaded on my Insta; planning to upload a better version after scanning to DA and Pixiv but apparently, I found out something just today... 

It would seem that I've the same birthday as the leader of Milky Holmes, Sherlock! Never thought my 'sort-of' fave char has the same birthday as me. Seeing as it is a bit late to do a fanart for her, decided to dedicate this work to her. Tanjoubi Ometedou, Sheryl! {decide to continue with the plan of scanning before upload...Pls look forward in the weekends!} 

In addition, voice actor Maaya Sakamoto also has the same birthday as me. I don't know her much except that she sang 'loop', the ending song of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle- an anime that I loved in my childhood when it was shown on the TV but sadly that the anime plot did not follow the manga version... It kinda ruins the show in the 2nd season(first season was still following the manga...) 

To know both 2D and 3D ppl who have the same birthdays, I must say I am amazed by it. Oh yeah, before I forget:

Cover Pic 

Profile Pic

The full version of the cover pic and profile pic that I changed. Changed all for a new change so hope all like it. A little something about both pic: 

Firstly, I did the profile pic before the cover pic. You can say maybe it's cos I grew too many versions of Umi in the her birthday fanart that I learned how to draw beret type hat and loved to see myself wearing it, hence that heargear for my profile pic.

As for my cover pic... I'm sure you would have guessed; I got the idea from drawing Milky Holmes. After drawing 4 times of detective cap, I learned how to draw as well. Loved detective cap since the time Shirogane Naoto from Persona 4 wore it.(I've a similar one but it is squarish instead) Thus, the detective cap as heargear is 'born'. 

Lastly, my the current animes I watch, all ended last week; with one more anime that I've yet to watch the last episode. Time for new Spring animes to come; the ones I am inclined to see, would be Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Vivid, Nisekoi Season 2 and Digimon Tri. I still have animes I want to watch like Aldnoah Zero Seasons 1 and 2, Idolm@ster, etc.-Going to leave them for after finals. 

To add on, there're quite a few anime related events in June(after my Finals) like Funan Matsuri, Chara expo.-Maybe a motivation to study harder? 

And then, there's the next U's member's birthday.-Had started thinking of her fanart. Plus the fact that after my last paper, it will be Umi's scorematch in SIF!-So going to get her(a second copy) this time no matter how many gems I have to spend!!!

So many wonderful things to look forward to after the finals! Can't wait for it but before that, got to see my present state in which I still have lots of work to do so yup, got to work hard and try for my goal of getting 2nd class upper!

That's about it then. Going to just go watch the last ep of Milky Holmes TD and then rest for the day for a better tomorrow to do my work!

This is Will signing off, ja ne~

Dark~