To Do Before AX
Jun. 26th, 2010 01:57 am-my birthday/father's day/granduncle's memorial (on sunday 6/20)
-prints:
-(4 prints)
-(1) pokemon
-(1) ace attorney
-reprints (
-Business card!! (95% sent to printer)
-Ace Attorney cosplay: Kay (45% need to plan out design and look for material)
Err...probably more that I can't think of. Ah, 4 more days!! *dies*
DRRR print help!
May. 26th, 2010 10:06 pmhttp://gem2niki.tumblr.com/post/636632633/composition-wise-1-or-2
Should I go with 1 or 2? Click img for larger size.
This if for Fanime prints...11x17
EDIT: Okay, decided to stick with 2. I might work on 1 for AX...
Should I go with 1 or 2? Click img for larger size.
This if for Fanime prints...11x17
EDIT: Okay, decided to stick with 2. I might work on 1 for AX...
Need to catchup
May. 1st, 2010 11:03 pmI haven't really been updating my life. Just random moments... I will do that once school is over! Can't believe we only have 2 weeks left!! Meaning 3 instruction days and then finals afterward!
I need to start thinking of what to do for Fanime as well...Durarara print maybe...
lucathia keeps telling me to make a Ace Attorney print. HTTYD?!! XD
I really want to do a book!!!!Doujin, artbook, sketchbook, i dunno. Probably for AX XD;; Which I got a table...but selling my own stuff instead of with Mishiri.
lucathia will be my helper! XD We are also trying to cosplay Edgeworth Investigation. But I seriously need to lose weight DX I've gain so much orz;;;
Anyawys, Happy May!!!
I need to start thinking of what to do for Fanime as well...Durarara print maybe...
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I really want to do a book!!!!Doujin, artbook, sketchbook, i dunno. Probably for AX XD;; Which I got a table...but selling my own stuff instead of with Mishiri.
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Anyawys, Happy May!!!
Gintama <3
Jun. 23rd, 2009 11:33 pmI LOVE GINTAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At ep 114 now.
Some episodes made me LOL. Some made me cry. Some just made the burden feel uplifted.
I can't help but like all of the characters!!
Trying to squeeze in one Gintama print in less than a week T_T;; Weekend will be busy with funeral stuff...and then a few days after till AX orz;;
Which I'll probably finish tomorrow at work~~
To prep up for the movie, I was looking the trailers....and by god they age so quickly over time o----o;;; (What? They're not immortal?) And Shatner voice changed...not as deep anymore haha...
I'm hoping the movie enhances my enjoyment of the TV series...and not ruin it with all its high budget special effects etc. Tho it does look good to see it in more updated format...but god Kirk's hair so puffy and the uniform...ugh Kirk looks like he's wearing a bib.
No issue with Spock as his weight remains so consistent throughout the years.
There are a couple of episodes not up on CBS ): Need to go find those!!
/stargeeking
There's only like a 1.5 week left till AX?? NOOOO!!! Not ready for that either!! ARGH...
Finally sketched something for the Kyoko/Ren pic. When
kitmun mentioned THAT MAN NEEDS TO BE VIOLATED in my prev post I had an image of a dominatrix Kyoko rofl. Hindering my ability to think of an alternative. It'll be generic lookin' sexy pic instead...
jen_kat mentioned Natsu Kyoko. So I got a chance to look at those chapter at last. Next to Sunako (Wallflower), Kyoko is hawt *A* (puts her down in my list of female crushes)
If you think of Skip Beat as a live-action...how does that work? To get Kyoko's genkiness to a more mature looking adult. And she looked like she got taller? hahaa...
Also, Ren is freakin hard to draw....
To prep up for the movie, I was looking the trailers....and by god they age so quickly over time o----o;;; (What? They're not immortal?) And Shatner voice changed...not as deep anymore haha...
I'm hoping the movie enhances my enjoyment of the TV series...and not ruin it with all its high budget special effects etc. Tho it does look good to see it in more updated format...but god Kirk's hair so puffy and the uniform...ugh Kirk looks like he's wearing a bib.
No issue with Spock as his weight remains so consistent throughout the years.
There are a couple of episodes not up on CBS ): Need to go find those!!
/stargeeking
There's only like a 1.5 week left till AX?? NOOOO!!! Not ready for that either!! ARGH...
Finally sketched something for the Kyoko/Ren pic. When
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If you think of Skip Beat as a live-action...how does that work? To get Kyoko's genkiness to a more mature looking adult. And she looked like she got taller? hahaa...
Also, Ren is freakin hard to draw....
Print Price changes
Jun. 6th, 2009 03:51 pmIncreasing my new A3 print prices to $15~~
The older ones will remain $10 since I just want to get rid of them.
When you're printing at home (compared to a something like Kinkos), ink cost and paper is so expensive I'm barely breaking even (if I don't include the old prints) T____T;; But the quality is sooo high!!! And it comes out the way I want it...unlike freakin school printer turned 15 DGM prints into wonky defected colors T__T;; I have less faith in those printing places now...
I've asked my co-workers how much they sold their prints...and they're actually $15+... Hope price doesn't deter from people buying it... Tho I might just make fewer counts haha...
Now if I can just bulk orders those Epson A3 Paper somewhere....
The older ones will remain $10 since I just want to get rid of them.
When you're printing at home (compared to a something like Kinkos), ink cost and paper is so expensive I'm barely breaking even (if I don't include the old prints) T____T;; But the quality is sooo high!!! And it comes out the way I want it...unlike freakin school printer turned 15 DGM prints into wonky defected colors T__T;; I have less faith in those printing places now...
I've asked my co-workers how much they sold their prints...and they're actually $15+... Hope price doesn't deter from people buying it... Tho I might just make fewer counts haha...
Now if I can just bulk orders those Epson A3 Paper somewhere....
Print Progress + Fanime Table
May. 18th, 2009 03:03 pmNot one of the two print is finished. ORZ;;;
Skip Beat: At linearting stage (perspective took forever....)
Natsume: More final rough ins...
JISATSU!!!
I need to devote today to studying my two finals...which are back to back T_T;; And there's not the easy ones... ORZ;; Which gives me Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday to work on them?? (prob during work too huhu...)
I FAIL!!
My table for Fanime is T177-178 In the middle row but at the far end. Woah, I'm not sitting next to Wen this year? But we always sat next to each other every year....this will be new. haha..
Skip Beat: At linearting stage (perspective took forever....)
Natsume: More final rough ins...
JISATSU!!!
I need to devote today to studying my two finals...which are back to back T_T;; And there's not the easy ones... ORZ;; Which gives me Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday to work on them?? (prob during work too huhu...)
I FAIL!!
My table for Fanime is T177-178 In the middle row but at the far end. Woah, I'm not sitting next to Wen this year? But we always sat next to each other every year....this will be new. haha..
Print WIP: Skip Beat
May. 16th, 2009 03:28 am
I SWEAR SOMETHING IS IN MY EYE....argh...its probably telling me to freakin sleep!! Trying to get thru these as fast I can...but I just realized how I suck at perspective!! I still don't get it... Its easy to draw from observation...but to create the environment from my head...ugh..... i don't get it... Just getting thru the perspective took a while...
End up using Maya to help with blocking the placement...ORZ;; And learned how much I forgot how to use the darn program. Oh gawd....
Going for something Anne Leibovitz. At first I went for horizontal...but then I would have to detail and figure out all the objects perspective there...so cropped it to vertical instead. Charas don't really look like them yet haha.. They're roughed out. And also drawing chara sitting was tough for me T__T;;;
I definitely need to get more mileage with these type of drawings...too challenging at the moment.
Print WIP: Natsume
May. 15th, 2009 01:53 am![]() |
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Over doing with the color perhaps? XD;;; Not sure if I like the color.. Suggestions? But when I imagined it...i wanted the kimono overcoat majig brilliant warm and patterned...
Line work is still in rough stage T__T;;; I notice I'm capable of finishing prints pretty fast after reading my past posts. Tho I don't recall how....
But this time, I have freakin finals to top it off... *cries* Finished Sack pantomime! Need to get walkcycle done...but its like on my 4th redo already T____T;; I don't understand it!! ARGH.
Last day of Instruction
May. 14th, 2009 01:30 amNow its final weeeks coming up! I have two GE finals (Human Sexuality and Japanese) on the same day, right after the next T__T;; I wonder if I'll do okay....I've been slacking on my reading for Human Sexuality. Catching up will be intense!!
Also need to finish my Animation finals and portfolio -_-;; Lots of fine tuning on my sack pantomime. And I redid my walk...but need to inbetween it more.
At the same time, I'm going to attempt finishing two prints, Skip Beat and Natsume by Fanime. I'm going to play up with more bg and design elements XD;;; I'll work on more for AX and maybe get that one doujin completed.....
I'm kinda excited for Fanime!! Meeting people again will be fun! I just need to get out of the table more and hang out with them afterward. Dinner or something? :D
AX notified they received all my info stuff! So I'm going!! Not that excited haha... but we'll be hoteling at least and maybe go around Downtown LA more...
Also need to finish my Animation finals and portfolio -_-;; Lots of fine tuning on my sack pantomime. And I redid my walk...but need to inbetween it more.
At the same time, I'm going to attempt finishing two prints, Skip Beat and Natsume by Fanime. I'm going to play up with more bg and design elements XD;;; I'll work on more for AX and maybe get that one doujin completed.....
I'm kinda excited for Fanime!! Meeting people again will be fun! I just need to get out of the table more and hang out with them afterward. Dinner or something? :D
AX notified they received all my info stuff! So I'm going!! Not that excited haha... but we'll be hoteling at least and maybe go around Downtown LA more...
More prints plan....
May. 27th, 2008 07:25 pmI really couldn't tell what series was popular this year....seriously...it was very mosaic. Not one series dominated the con.
Because the stuff for fanime was rushed, I'm planning on working a few more prints while I'm in Japan for AX. I wonder what exactly people look for when they buy a print...or make them buy a certain print T___T;;; It's so damn hard to nail it.....
-Baccano!
-Reborn - Mukuro, Hibari, Dino maybe.... (similar to TsunaGokuYama OT3)
-D.gray-man
-Code Geass (Lelouch and Rollo? XD I wanna draw Rollo-poo~~! Maybe a small print)
-Original: Poyo Yo! Demon
I need to practice with diversifying my composition and making them interesting. I haven't really sketch in a while....
Japan thursday!! Eek! I got my phone. Now I need to pack up. But I have a bunch of stuff to finish for work first T^T
Because the stuff for fanime was rushed, I'm planning on working a few more prints while I'm in Japan for AX. I wonder what exactly people look for when they buy a print...or make them buy a certain print T___T;;; It's so damn hard to nail it.....
-Baccano!
-Reborn - Mukuro, Hibari, Dino maybe.... (similar to TsunaGokuYama OT3)
-D.gray-man
-Code Geass (Lelouch and Rollo? XD I wanna draw Rollo-poo~~! Maybe a small print)
-Original: Poyo Yo! Demon
I need to practice with diversifying my composition and making them interesting. I haven't really sketch in a while....
Japan thursday!! Eek! I got my phone. Now I need to pack up. But I have a bunch of stuff to finish for work first T^T
Prints 2008 Done!!!
May. 22nd, 2008 09:02 pmPricing might be $12. It's being printed by my supervisor's inkjet = higher quality than laser and waste a lot of ink = expensive.
I'm reprinting the Cloud/Aerith and Ouran (I fixed Tama's ugly face...a little better).
I dunno if I have time to make new ones by AX...but there were a couple I wanted to do T^T Namely, Zetsubou Sensei, Baccano, and D.Gray-man. We'll see....
I must love doing standing poses haha.....*need better composition skills* No leg shots? XD;;
Fanime Tomorrow! I need to make business cards now....
YOSHIYUKI SADAMOTO as Guest of Honor for Fanime!!! ZOMG!!! Another chara designer I worship. Can we get autographs...I'm going to check out all the Gainax panel :3 (and in exchange, ditch the artist table haha...)
School Semester Over!!
Japan trip here I come!!! Next week OMG!!! I need to buy gifts for my host family (which I don't know about yet...)
I got an A- on my Red Panda painting *A* Better grade than I thought I would get considering I didn't put a lot of effort into it.... I'll post it in my blogspot when I get the guts to scan or take picture of it. It needs some retouching tho....
Print - Takeru WIP help
May. 21st, 2008 02:58 amRoughly colored of the new version of http://gem2niki.deviantart.com/art/Sky-Takeru-17666651

It doesn't hurt to not add the other birds does it? and replace it with feathers? Maybe I need to add more feathers. I don't have enough freakin time to add birds T___T I don't really get why this pictures was so popular to begin with....was it because its Takeru...or the birds or what...
ARGH SO TIRED ;o; 3am. Finals tomorrow....I still have 20% to go for painting and this print and reborn print to go..... Must finish everythingtomorrow today.....
*short bedtime*
EDIT: Thanks for the suggestions guys! Added a few things....now I need to clean up the feather, cloud, and birds.... Tomorrow is FANIME!!! HOLY MOLY. I need to finish this and reborn tomorrow morning before I head to work T___T

It doesn't hurt to not add the other birds does it? and replace it with feathers? Maybe I need to add more feathers. I don't have enough freakin time to add birds T___T I don't really get why this pictures was so popular to begin with....was it because its Takeru...or the birds or what...
ARGH SO TIRED ;o; 3am. Finals tomorrow....I still have 20% to go for painting and this print and reborn print to go..... Must finish everything
*short bedtime*
EDIT: Thanks for the suggestions guys! Added a few things....now I need to clean up the feather, cloud, and birds.... Tomorrow is FANIME!!! HOLY MOLY. I need to finish this and reborn tomorrow morning before I head to work T___T
Stupid prints.... *grumble*
May. 18th, 2008 01:04 pmFinished Prints:

-Gurren Lagann (eek....kamina's abs are way too defined....
-Avatar
Unfinished Prints:
-Takeru
-Reborn (I'll go with HDW!TSUNA +YAMA +GOKU)
Should I reprint these....? They sold out last time...well Ouran sold out really fast.
-Ouran or the Doujinshi cover...
-KH beach...
-Cloud/Aerith...
Artist Alley:
Holy moley, I'm in the front....

I have the tendency to past by those table....because corners are evil!! Damn...not sure if it's a good thing. But easy exit, yay!
Where's everyone sitting at?
Now I have to go paint my stupid forest painting....need to finish it by Tuesday for critique.
-Gurren Lagann (eek....kamina's abs are way too defined....
-Avatar
Unfinished Prints:
-Takeru
-Reborn (I'll go with HDW!TSUNA +YAMA +GOKU)
Should I reprint these....? They sold out last time...well Ouran sold out really fast.
-Ouran or the Doujinshi cover...
-KH beach...
-Cloud/Aerith...
Artist Alley:
Holy moley, I'm in the front....

I have the tendency to past by those table....because corners are evil!! Damn...not sure if it's a good thing. But easy exit, yay!
Where's everyone sitting at?
Now I have to go paint my stupid forest painting....need to finish it by Tuesday for critique.
ARGH!!! Prints!!! + CG 6
May. 11th, 2008 07:06 pmOnly 2 weeks left till Fanime?? Are you kidding me?? SHIT!!!!!
I finished the avatar print. Started inking Gurren Lagann and roughed out color for Takeru. SHIT SHIT SHIT!!!!! There's Reborn, DGM, and Baccano (i have not even planned out) to do......
Stupid painting....
Aside from that, Code Geass 6:
Lulu, it's time to just look after Rolo as your new brother :D Forget Nunally.
I finished the avatar print. Started inking Gurren Lagann and roughed out color for Takeru. SHIT SHIT SHIT!!!!! There's Reborn, DGM, and Baccano (i have not even planned out) to do......
Stupid painting....
Aside from that, Code Geass 6:
Lulu, it's time to just look after Rolo as your new brother :D Forget Nunally.
*dies 5 million times* Shit to Do
Apr. 21st, 2008 01:24 amFirst off, NYCC Avatar Panel: ZUTARA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ♥ ♥ (
vejiicakes: Sorry, but it's a total yes for me XD)
Second, ROLLO!!!! I don't know if I really like him or I'm really confused XD;; When he gets all defensive or worrisome....he's too cuute XD
Third Shaman King How did I overlook this...was I too busy in March @A@;;; But hell yeah~~ The series will finally have a true ending *A*!! I miss Yoh!! I really don't like how shota everyone looks...Again I like style somewhere in between the time frame T_T;;;
And finally.........too much stuff to do....
I managed to tone some more pages today. Some finished...LOTS not even done T_T;; I still have the last page to ink out too haha... I received two guest artwork ♥ Still waiting on
chiizupan, but there's no super rush, since I am not even done. I'm crossing my finger that I can finish this by the end of April!!! I still need to send script to
lucathia to proof-read.
Tomorrow after work, I'm devoting the whole night to Color Comp!!!!
And other stuff to keep track of:
-Community Service Report
-Hunger Organization Group Project
-Photo History Essay
-Video/Article Review
-Finish reading Dogs and Demons
-Prints prints prints....I sketched out Gurren Lagann. Ready to ink. I roughly planned out DGM. The other series I have not touched one bit T__T;;; But Avatar and Takeru is already laid out, just need to update it. I'll definitely have to do Reborn and Baccano. Zetsubou and Ouran unfortunately might not cut it. I'm making a freakin Ouran doujinshi...so I might just reprint some of the older prints. That Ouran print last year was ridiculously popular @A@;;; I wonder if it still be....(I want to redraw Tamaki's face!! It's so ugly.)
Here's to lack of sleep! *eye twitches and pass out*
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Second, ROLLO!!!! I don't know if I really like him or I'm really confused XD;; When he gets all defensive or worrisome....he's too cuute XD
Third Shaman King How did I overlook this...was I too busy in March @A@;;; But hell yeah~~ The series will finally have a true ending *A*!! I miss Yoh!! I really don't like how shota everyone looks...Again I like style somewhere in between the time frame T_T;;;
And finally.........too much stuff to do....
I managed to tone some more pages today. Some finished...LOTS not even done T_T;; I still have the last page to ink out too haha... I received two guest artwork ♥ Still waiting on
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Tomorrow after work, I'm devoting the whole night to Color Comp!!!!
And other stuff to keep track of:
-Community Service Report
-Hunger Organization Group Project
-Photo History Essay
-Video/Article Review
-Finish reading Dogs and Demons
-Prints prints prints....I sketched out Gurren Lagann. Ready to ink. I roughly planned out DGM. The other series I have not touched one bit T__T;;; But Avatar and Takeru is already laid out, just need to update it. I'll definitely have to do Reborn and Baccano. Zetsubou and Ouran unfortunately might not cut it. I'm making a freakin Ouran doujinshi...so I might just reprint some of the older prints. That Ouran print last year was ridiculously popular @A@;;; I wonder if it still be....(I want to redraw Tamaki's face!! It's so ugly.)
Here's to lack of sleep! *eye twitches and pass out*