[Updates]: 250th post! Happy New Year!!!

This will likely be 2nd last frequent update. Sch's starting in around another week; gonna busy esp after seeing how horrible 2nd yr can be-.-

Release of Results o.o

With that said, about my results... I really am surprised when I saw it. But before that, on the day of results, I didn't want to wake up early; was planning to sleep in till the afternoon but guess my body's more honest... I woke up at 0900- the time at which the result is out... Tempted to see yet didn't, for fear of the worst outcome- much like when I was receiving my A's level results...

In the end, decided to do one gunpla before seeing- the idea was to enjoy happiness(building gunpla) before saddness(resultsT.T) comes. However, this time was my heart; though I was building the gunpla, I kept thinking of my results to the pt it was suffocating, working on the gunpla but I held on till I'm done...

Here's the gunpla:

Had wanted to do this when I saw it been posted in fb but didn't watch the show so... Until there was discount, grabbed the chance and bought it.

And then, after done with ^that^ A promise is a promise even if it is one with myself, I went to see(it was before my lunch at that time I think...) and man, I think I just stared at it for a while, unable to comprehend... Too shocking tbh cos I didn't expected such a result!- It went... Really unexpected out of my days in Uni! 

Results r a "little" personal to show so~

It was the first time I gt an A out of the semesters I've been through(it's not a lot since I'm just at 2nd yr...) But what was most surprising is that the 2 mods that I was worried about & thought that even a C will be gd; as long as pass, actually gt a B-! B- isn't that good but still much better the mod I took in yr 1. And even better, my GPA increases as a result! 

This was really a... Miracle I think. Not in the wildest dream would I think the outcome is this... Good! 

My mom even said not to worry too much but u know that feeling when you think you did badly & the only thing you can do is pray for is a pass(so that you don't nid to retake) is overwhelming after Christmas since the release was 3 days after that festival... It was a cruel arrangement I feel from the Uni yet understandable since it lets u to enjoy before facing reality... But boy am I glad I did it! And with such unexpected results! 

Jap 2 was surprisingly the same grade as I gt in Jap 1(despite my under-performed written test...)

And you can imagine how my holidays r after that(from the amt of updates I did~^^) 

Work Updates:

Here's some recent works done, scanned:

It's quite late but... HAPPY NEW YEAR! 明けましておめでとう！新年快乐！

Let's say goodbye to 2015 & welcome 2016! Uploaded on my various acc:

INSTA | Twitter | Pixiv | Deviantart

New year work- featuring Yuru Yuri casts in their respective animal pajamas! Had wanted to draw them in that outfits after seeing it first in Season 1 ep 12(I think) during the school stay over. 

Ltr, the student council casts getting their own ones as well(All thanks to Kyoko Sama!-She'll be happy if she heard that~)

If I've to choose, out of all 'animal' pajamas, I say the tomato one is the best- cos first, it's not an animal & second it's cute; esp with how Kyoko san posed! Akari's dog & Chintsu's cat outfits r great as well~ The others as well=^=(Everyone's cute in their own outfit~) And, I'm glad I managed to 'fit in' Chitose- couldn't draw her full due to limit in space-.-

Yuru Yuri is a random anime that I decided to try watching after attending AFA15's anisong(my first time). Guess the Season 1 theme song sang by Akari's VA attracted me.-It's catchy; recommended to listen~ Plus, my fave VA is in that anime as well>^< 

Fun fact: you can see the pairing I ship from their shoe colours & my fave pairing from my fave shoe colour:)

Moving on, scanned angst HonoKotoUmi:

I think the quality of previous one is better; this one is a little light(much due to scanning) but much cleaner~ Won't be saying again what I want to say; pls refer to previous post.

And lastly, here's a recent work done(but not yet scanned- at least not the completed...):

Originally, it was just this: 

Quite plain, don't you think? So, decided to add more stuff to make it not feel empty: 

*Completed work but not scanned*

 Added 2 more Honoka~ 

The one in modern world is inspired from her 'recent' medley fest SR card while the outfit is my random idea.- It was an idea of drawing Honoka in half summer and half winter sch uniform but it turned out into a case of her not wearing her blazer properly~(maybe Vampire don't feel hot/cold?0.0) 

Then, the one in medieval times is real random!- just gt a little inspired to draw her like this & was practising more of positioning, details, etc. And btw, she's supposed to be like she falling but holding on but due to how I took the photo, it doesn't look like-.-

The separate periods/worlds/times was again a random idea cos I don't know how to make this work so... The medieval times isn't really medieval; I should have put olden world/times but oh well-.-(at least there's a 'connection' with both words starting M~ Like U's~) 

The background... I'm really am bad at designing background(thus partly y I drew more Honoka than do background...) so pardon the crappy background... 

Tbh, it was supposed to be just idolised magician Honoka with idolised circus Honoka since both r quite similar that I can't help draw!!! Here's the reference pics:

Still can't help fangirl over her in this outfit!!!>< 

Gng try working on both Rin & Nico with their idolised magician & circus outfits~ They r the ones like Honoka, awesome in their idolised magician outfits!!!(But Honoka's is still the best, esp her hair><) The circus outfits r all great! 

And this time, real hope it's MakiUmi UR pairing!!! It's been a while since UR Umi is out! Had been farming gems for her!-In a way, I'm glad it's Maki revealed first; more time to farm gems! 

That said, I might drew Circus Maki with Magican Maki- she looks dashing in both but gng decide after seeing her partner(UMI PLS!!!) first(if they look better together then I rather draw them both than different versions... Though I could always draw all 4...But Magican Umi isn't that...=.=)

Leftover works-.-

I'm gng try finish them. Like the RWBY fanart which took me a while to just sketch & outline out. Now for colouring which is a pain. I will try finish before my sch starts; clearing my current work(s)~

The crossover ideas may have to be put on hold or scraped unless I can find back the motivation & inspiration after my sch term is done which I doubt it's possible(JAD is an e.g-gng talk about it ltr) since it's hard to do it; I gt the bad habit of changing my motivation & inspiration...

That said, JAD is a problem... Don't get me wrong; I still want to continue but did not make any progress in this break- guess I was too engrossed in doing fanarts... 

And so, release of chapter 1 needs to be delayed to next break which is a longer one so hopefully~

I will be honest and say that the story ideas behind chapter 2 & 3 r already thought out(since the time I decided to start this project) but the pain in doing is to draw my thoughts out... And then, the procedures to do as well before the chapter can be released...

In the next break, I will try my best to finish chapter 1 and start a little on chapter 2. 

SIF recorded video(s):

Futari Happiness Expert:

Real sry about the sound quality, esp near the end...

Couldn't do Wonder Zone... Yet... I will try again. Not easy though since that 1 good/bad/miss & repeated playing made me lost the motivation to do it...

Gunpla building:

Beside the transient gundam I shown earlier, I did another one:

Guess I love Wing Gundam Base or something; bought the 2 custom made(in both series), based on Wing gundam but surprisingly, I bought no wing gundam(haha)

Here's the other one that I bought before and did last yr, based on wing gundam as well~

Still one more HG but it's not with me yet so~ And 2 more RG... Not sure whether to do them or leave it next break...

Little something to share:

Gt much influenced by this user called Coineater that I started to buy some 'accessories' for my figurines... 

Think I didn't post it(except on twitter):

Small bench- found while shopping 

"Honoka! U r occupying the whole bench!!!"-Eli('I can't sit...' & you can't b'cos of how u r... Made...)
"Zzzzz"-Honoka, suntanning to the sun~

*KotoUmi preparing to kiss*
"Umi! I nid your help!"-Eli
"Ahhh!!!"-Umi
And, upset-yet-trying-to-act-nice Kotori just smiled(awkwardly) at Eli for disturbing their moment~ 

Soldier Game trio meeting~(called by the leader? Eli)
"Eh? Why am I dragged into this??? Nani Sore Imi wakanai!"-Maki
"Come on, Maki! Help me!"-Eli
"Someone! Save me!"-Umi, mimicking Hanayo~

 Besides this, I(or rather thanks to my sis) bought/played this:

Wonder what's the secret...?

Oh wow, that's the secret one; the orange...

My sis bought for me^^ Gt the red one~

It's a mini schoolbag but it's pretty much realistic; the bag can be opened & put stuff!- I will go in depth when I gt it! 

Tbh, I didn't know the use till I see the guy, Coineater san who bought it and showcased with Eli Figma wearing it! You can see it here. 

And so, I... After much debate and thinking, decided to pre-order Umi Figma which is coming out next; in jan 2016! 

My only worry is that the bag can't be carried by her due to her hair-.-(I will make it work!) 

After showing my family of this bag's usage, they joked, saying to get more of the bags; for each love live member><(I will be broke...) 

About the figma, I feel it will help me in drawing better jap school uniform(for the summer that is which is a big help for JAD), school bag and also better poses since the figma can be moved around like how a human(of course there is limit~) Even better, Umi being one who practises Kyudo & Kendo, has the quaver bag!- Something I always love to try carry! Much inspired by anime and also real life when I saw students carrying in jap~^^  

Same as the bag, I will do a showcase & review when I gt her!(can't wait for it!><) Though RIP my $$$(but working a little in jan so it's not too bad)

Afterword

Writing until here & realised I had made this a long post(sry for the ramblings). I had always been one to get caught in my thinking(sometimes, missing or misspell words) & before I knew it, I wrote much... 

And so, I shall end here then. Another week to sch but sad to those in Pri, Sec & JC; starting sch tmr~ (But this feeling's gng end soon when the week passes; it will be my turn, sigh... Another semester to survive~ Ganbatte Yaiji~^^;;)

A little leftover-accomplishment to end 2015:

2015 had truly been a great yr for movies(esp LL!!!)

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

Yaiji~

[Updates] Holidays ending and results releasing...

With a blink of an eye, holidays r ending(which is sad) and just recently, Christmas ended... While it's a day of joys and gifts; a happy occasion, its end reminds me of the end of holidays. But before that, the release of results which is tmr... So scared to face it tbh; am planning to sleep in late and not wake up for it but... I've to face it one way or another so...sigh... Real hope I passed everything whether the grades r bad or not! Tbh, I just want to graduate in peace but life isn't that simple and easy I think. Let's just see it tmr then; it's sadness or joy...

Putting my horrible life problems aside, here r some scanned recent works:

Sry if it is light; this is the best since I did this with a pencil; without outlining...-.-

Had been obsessed with drawing Umi after doing the Kendo doodles~
Theme was 'Handsome Umi Chan'- Tried to draw Umi in suits, vests, etc; those male clothings instead of feminine.
Think that bikini KotoUmi I did not long ago, is giving drawbacks... Plus I had always wanted to draw Umi in suits and vests~ Ltr, it turned into drawing many Umi to fill up the paper.- I regret not drawing on my B4 sketchbk which has more space...(FYI: did this on an A4 paper)
The mini chibi characters r random cos my hand's itchy to fill up those small spaces(><)
The blue outline is a try-out but glad it turned out great!^8^
Fun fact 1: no. of Umi = my age next yr~
Fun fact 2: Each chibi char represent each member in U's~

Another Love Live crossover and this time with Kingdom Hearts!-As mentioned in previous post and decided to work with the good guys instead~
Not exactly happy or satisfied with this; esp the 3rd yr... 2nd yr trio with Sora, Riku and Kairi group is fine and 1st yr trio with 358/2 days trio is still... acceptable tbh(maybe Maki don't fit?)
Then comes 3rd yr trio... Nico. Really. Cannot. Be. Ventus. Her personality don't match; Eli could be but I feel she fits more towards Terra but again, it isn't quite a gd match and here... She look's like some goddess of war-.- As for Nozomi... Let's just say Aqua's clothing isn't gd for her but in terms of personality, I admit there's some matching.
I guess Nico ruined the crossover in 3rd yr; she would fit as Larxene(but frankly speaking, Larxene is the extreme end of Nico. Let's just say Larxene is quite a bitch nasty women while I believe Nico has her moments, she isn't that bad yet I can't deny that she can be like Larxene, caused by some extreme matters...)
I may consider doing organisation XII cross with LL~
There's another crossover idea I gt while packing my stuff and that is Mekaku City Actors X Love Live!
Not sure if it's coincidence or what but Mekaku City Actors have exact 9 ppl with the special eyes! That immediate connection set me to think of who to play who! It was hard and in the end, I went with adding Alisa and Yukiho inside cos besides the 9, there r another 2 that r dear to 2 of the 9!

After much debate and thinking, here's the cross:

1. Kido-Maki
2. Seto-Rin
3. Kano-Nico
4. Marry-Hanayo
5. Momo-Honoka
6. Ene-Nozomi
7. Shintaro-Umi
8. Hibiya-Yukiho
9. Konoha-Eli
10. Ayano-Kotori
11. Hiyori-Alisa

The roles of Hibiya and Hiyori were hard to give between Yukiho and Alisa- Tbh, Yukiho fit in both roles... And Alisa... Don't see her as either one. Yet cos I don't see much Alisa in the anime so I can't be sure. Decided to put her as Hiyori, the one who kept trying to keep Hibiya(Yukiho) alive in [Kagerou Daze]~

Next up, Eli... She gt the role that I really had no idea who in LL can fit cos in the anime(I didn't listen to the songs or read the novels) Konoha was real calm & quiet. And, Haruka was a passive guy so it is hard. And then, for Nozomi... She fits Ene playful nature but not Takane... Takane was kinda a tomboy in my opinion and Nozomi is far from that...-.- Shall ignore their 'past' selves...(But I won't ignore the relationship they had though*hint*)

For the others, Honoka is dead set as Momo- have u seen the hairstyle and then that optimistic personality??? It was an easy choice! 

Nico as Kano cos they both r playful, annoying but at the same time, can be serious and mature when they want to yet again, insecure and stuff... Maki as Kido- cos I kinda ship Kano with Kido(a bit) plus Kido's cool appearance but deep inside is a shy kid, fit Maki 'a little'~ 

Rin as Seto since they r both cheerful and serious when nid to and that kinda set Hanayo with Marry cos again, I ship Seto with Marry... Plus Marry's quiet nature fits with Hanayo's~

Lastly, Umi and Kotori~ If u know my past artworks, u know which pairing I ship more in 2nd yrs! Tbh, Umi as Shintaro is a bit... Off... Yet not impossible! Umi's smart- seen from the anime, getting good grades despite having so many activities(is she some genius or something???) and then her... Critical nature is quite similar to Shintaro and Ene(Nozomi) as the partner, it would be interesting~ 

Kotori as Ayano is alright cos they do give off that angelic feel~ And I can see, Kotori(Ayano) trying hard to be there for Umi(Shintaro) as seen in [Lost Time Memory]~

Gt 'a little' too engrossed with my idea(haha), pardon me~ I will work on that, hopefully finish before the yr ends~ 

Gng try do a compilation like what I did in June and it will be my 秋と冬(aka. Autumn and Winter) sketchbk! It's not a lot since this time's break isn't that long>8<

There's another work I finished but haven't sent for scanning cos I just finished today:

Much influences from Kingdom Hearts and I'm just Umi trashcan- can't help make angst Umi but dragged Honoka and Kotori along...(Tough being my fave trio but even more so of being my fave char, sry...) 

It was supposed to be KotoUmi in this:

Oh well~ (FYI: if u didn't know the manga, it's Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle) 

How u want to interpret that art is up to u but I think those words used pretty much say what I, the artist, want to say~

It was real random idea of just wanting to draw kotoumi but ended up drawing Umi(at first) and then added that HonoKoto Scene. Before I knew it*enter birth by sleep scene* I drew Umi sleeping(like how Ventus fell asleep) on a chair... Crying Honoka & Kotori. Then that Umi being locked away-inspired by Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle and Kingdom Hearts~

Before I forget, I'm thinking of making Yuru Yuri fanart as well(new yr work?) Recently just finished watching all 3 seasons- gd anime for laughters in life~

That's about it. Oh and if u didn't know or haven't read, Kotori Birthday fan-manga scanned ver is already uploaded:

Pixiv: LINK (without front and back cover pages)

Full Ver: LINK

Enjoy and sry for art quality><

SIF playthroughs:

Sweet Sweet Holidays Expert:

Diamond Princess no Yūutsu Expert:

Trying for Wonder Zone(but it's a pain to do...-.-) 

Till next time~ This is Yaiji signing off, ja ne~

Yaiji~

南ことりの誕生日漫画ー１２・９・１５

フルバージョン：
(Pls read from right to left~ Enjoy~)

For this pg, (sry about this) the top row was placed wrongly;
for the top row(only), pls read from left to right instead(much apologies for the inconvenience><)

Don't know y Pixiv doesn't allow me to upload the front and back pages(-.-) The stories r still the same as Pixiv but just without the front and back pages(wanted to make that to give a proper opening and closure but apparently, Pixiv doesn't allow for reasons that I had no idea...)

Pixiv ver: LINK

Hope all enjoy! Sry for the bad art; despite on break, I rushed the work 'a little'...

Gng do an update ltr~(this is a separate post to upload this 'late' gift~)

This is Yaiji signing off, ja ne~

Yaiji~

[Updates] Scanned Recent works~

It's another 3 more days to Christmas(the hype) yet at the same time, another 6 more days to the release of results(-.-) Time really passes and before I knew it, my break's ending soon in like 3 more weeks or so. A short break but nonetheless, needed to recover those lost sleep during exam period~

In addition, gt more free time to do my own stuff which is translated as drawing in my dictionary(& maybe reading, etc.)

Recent Works:

Here's some recent works done; scanned and uploaded on deviantart:

KotoUmi with chibi vamp Honoka~

ChikaXRiko(current OTP ><)

Kendo Umi Chan(sry for the lightness...)

Love Live Sunshine X Boruto

Crossover ideas~

Had been doing much Love Live crossovers- ideas of LL crossing-over with animes I watch like Noragami and Naruto, etc.

Example for Noragami, gt another crossover idea; Eli-Bishamonten crossover! Much inspired from the newest Bibi single cover; Eli really look like Bishamonten in that outfit! Then, maybe Nozomi as Kofuku and Nico as Daikoku- can already imagine their daily life~ Rin can be Kuraha(the lion) Tbh, I would put Umi as Kazuma but Umi as Yato is better tbh. Then, Eli(Bishamonten) crossing sword with Umi(Yato)! Can see that image now!(Haha><)  Over excitement for this crossover~ Maybe Maki can be Ebisu?- doubt that works... Oh well~

Beside Noragami, there's kingdom heart where I was thinking of doing Love Live as organisation 13~ As it is, U's has 9 members, then if add in Arise(3), Yukiho and Alisa, it will 14... Initially thinking of choosing one out(likely to be Honoka) as the hero; Sora? against the organisation 13 until I realise that in 358/2 days, there r 14 members(b'cos of Xion) so it's possible. However, that will put love live ppl as the 'bad' ppl though... Was thinking of adding the LL sunshine casts as well... But that will give an addition of 9 more ppl while the keyblade owners r only 7... Hmm... If excluded Arise, it will be just nice; 20... Oh well, that's a matter for ltr. Just gt another idea of putting either 2nd yr trio with Sora, Riku and Kari or Venus, Tera and Aqua or there's the Axel, Roxas and Xion trio... Maybe make 1st yr and 3rd yr as well(haven't done any for these 2 trios...) Too much ideas to cross, haha!

And then, there's persona 4 but that's for ltr~(haha)

Umi doodles~

Aside from crossover, had been drawing much of my fave char, Umi dah! Kendo Umi chan(see above ) was a random work cos I borrowed a guide bk about it and decided to practise drawing the posts, since Umi does learn kendo, what's better to put her inside and turned out fun~

My source of inspiration~

After doing Kendo Umi chan, I decided to draw more Umi with the theme in mind; 'Handsome Umi' Basically, all Umi doodles with her in 'male' clothing~ Had wanted to try drawing Umi in different formal outfit or jackets or uniform~ And the current progress:

Haven't uploaded anywhere(except here) so should be kinda... idk, honoured?(haha, just jking) Anyway, tried this outline to differentiate the different Umi~

You can see all progresses from the hashtag of #umidoodles from insta~

Suggestion board is still open~ I think I can squeeze another 2 more or so~ There's a chance I may add in another paper to draw more(haha) Kinda regret not drawing on my b4 sketchbk(the sketchbk was... Unavailable since I sent for scanning when I started doing all these doodles~) Anyway, don't hav much ideas left so unlikely to continue unless there r many suggestions(which I doubt...-.-)

SIF Video(s)~

Just done with another playthrough:

Fun to play but hate it initially until gt the hang of it when spammed in a recent scorematch(-.-) 

Gng try making playthrough for Sweet Sweet Holidays and Diamond Princess no Yūutsu(when I gt LP again~)

Kotori Bday Fan-Manga

Much apologies! Forgot to send it for scanning, thus the better ver is not ready... Will do it by this wk(for those who r waiting for it...) A slight late Christmas present then><

New 'home' for my figurines and gunpla!

Finally!- A dust-free home for them!(the figurines r not yet display~)  This will save my time from cleaning~(Haha) 

That's about it then! Until next time, this is Yaiji signing off, ja ne~

Yaiji(listening to 'simple & clean by Utada Hikaru'- feel slight nostalgia while thinking of kingdom hearts plus kingdom hearts 3 coming out soon!- hoping for a happy end tbh!

[Updates and Rambles]: Kotori bday fan-manga~

It's been a while. Had been busy working on the fan-manga- rushing so that I can show my friend when we meet...

Had uploaded sneak peak on twitter and insta- as much as I want to post the whole manga, insta constraint doesn't allow... I will upload here~ This ver is slight bad(b'cos I gt a bad camera...-.-) For now, make do with this; I will be uploading the better(scanned) ver in the weekends~

Without further ado, here you go~(total of 17 pages~)

Comments:

Most of what I want to say is in the AFTERWORD but (due to paper constraint) there r still some stuff to be said and it's a little personal to put inside~

It's a rather rushed work, tbh... But I'm satisfied with some like how I drew Nozomi and Umi in the Omake section~ Honoka look weird in some(Kotori as well)- Sry about that... The shading may not be obvious in some(maybe due to the photo cos it looks fine in the original~

About the Omake...
It's something I feel may arise in the 2nd yr trio; one of them will be left out when any 2 of them decided to be together...(I feel threesome is... While writers may look like it works, I doubt it does...) It's the same situation with Arise and hence, fandom include U's and Arise members so that no one left out! For me, tbh, I'm like any typical fan; shipping the canon ships like NicoMaki, NozoEli...

[Ramblings-refrain from reading if u dislike]

But when it involves my fave, Umi, I don;t mind any paring tbh(though there r some that r weird like NicoUmi? PanaUmi? RinUmi? I feel these pairing will be good friends than lovers...)
From what I've seen so far(on twitter, fb, etc.), KotoUmi, EliUmi, MakiUmi seem nice. NozoUmi- at first I felt it's weird until I see how artists and writers make it work~ As for HonoUmi... My two faves together is like a dream comes true but I normally tend to KotoUmi(haha)
I think I just went overboard with the ramblings...

Moving on... Here's the coloured ver of LL X Naruto:

I 'may' have screwed up coloruing Umi/Sasuke's outfit... And Kotori... The colours... Really sry if it's not like the one in Naruto; didn't hav the colours-.- Honoka/Naruto is... Fine; the colours that is. The eyes of all of them r the worst... Wish I could colour like anime style...

Aside from that, I'm back with recording SIF playthrough!- Just uploaded private wars expert playthrough on Youtube:

No idea y Rin kept appearing...(Where's Kotori, Eli, Maki and most importantly, UMI???) Oh and I'm not gonna do anymore Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage playthrough- I quit that game since I can't handle too many idols at once...

Oh and the new Lily White single:(recorded from sif)

Disclaimer: all rights belong to Klab and Lantis
Didn't like it at first but slowly liking it~(hope the other one will be nice as well!)

That's about it for now. B'cos of Kotori bday fan-manga, haven't touched my JAD... Not sure if I can finish chapter 1 before sch starts again...

This is Yaiji signing off, ja ne~

(Listening to this:

 and can't helped the feel when seeing Madoka at the start- Homura...Why??? I'm hoping the new concept done will give this series a nice closure...) Feeling to re-watch the movie again...

Yaiji~