Winter's Sonata

Could not help feeling that there were still problems with the picture, so I relented and the perfectionist in me took over again. haha

Whitened her hairband, and changed a bit of the jawline, then added a more radiant pinkish glow to her cheeks.

Lastly, I framed it and added some words, to make it more presentable. Now it's worthy of being a wallpaper! (:

Autumn Memories

And it's finally completed! :) Not exactly but I've given up working on it.

This one is now crowned officially as "Most Time Consuming Piece"! Surpassing the lighthouse girl.

I finally figured out the main problems!
1. The trees and the trunks had no depth. - added some shading to the trunks. The leaves.... just some shading, too hard!
2. The treetops are all lumped together. - I tried to separate and distinguish the trees.. to some avail...
3. The ground looks funny. - because it had no shadows! Added in some sun-rays and tree-shadows. Very good! :)
4. The distant background is dusty and lonely. - Now there's the sea beyond the trees!
5. Her face.... - It was her mouth, her eyes, and her eyebrows... I finally figured after trying to change many things. I think the new one is not bad :)

Sigh.. Next!

Korean video

Check out this video! Stumbled upon it on youtube. Sweet but sad, great stuff!
Typical Korean kinda storyline, with an unexpected twist in the ending.

And.. she's quite pretty!

Autumn

Work in progress! Please comment!

[21 Nov]

Damn it.. the background is so not working out.. still trying..



[ 22 Nov ]

Now I've got 2 versions.. For the first one managed to solved part of the background by adding more trees.

Second one... is just a failure. ): Sandy barren ground with pine trees... and giant green feathers sticking out of the ground eh Andy? hahaha. FAIL...


Background always not working.. HOW??

Save The Earth

Welcome to the lighthouse once again! End World Era, the armageddon generation.

Click picture to enlarge.



It is the year 2047, the world is masked by a pollution so bad that Humans have placed themselves on the list of (critically) endangered species. Currently populating the list are about 9 other species of animals aside from humans, and includes hardy insects such as cockroaches and their likes.

Add 146,000 to this list of endangered animals, and you get 156,000, a figure which (roughly) represents the total number of different lifeforms inhabiting the earth in 2047. An accurate figure is not available as the number continually increases at an exponential rate. Out of the 156,000, only 10 of them are organisms that existed before 2010. Others came about from the environmental changes.

There is also much to be relieved about. PSI has stabilised at an average of 1210 over the past 3 months. Water toxicity levels stand at 84.5%. Buildings are still experiencing meltdowns from the intense air pollution.

Survivors still surviving are turning to technological aids for survival. Popular choices include gas masks and mock-4 suits. However there are also the few who choose to trust in traditional mediums and ornaments, such as feng sui and ying yang.

Let us now examine our feature girl in this month's Save The Earth! As always, this may or may not be our last publication, nobody knows. Her choice of accessories include the ever popular Twig of Hope. This twig with luscious leaves symbolizes hope, that one day greenery will proliferate and fill the earth once again. The twig with leaves also purifies the surrounding air, and negates an area of impure air around the wearer. On her feet are Ying Yang slippers, which ward off bad air and nasty water, protecting the lower half of her body. Her choice of her slipper design reflects her optimism towards her environment and the impending doom of the earth. That is precisely the attitude that all of us members of "Save The Earth" should exhibit, and that is what makes her our cover girl for this issue! Visible on her arm is the BCG mark, which comes from mandatory injections sanctioned and issued by the government. The BCG provides effective immunity against the harsh conditions that we live in now.

We've come to the end of this report, and now we'd leave you with the quote of the month:

" Are you sure that is a shark you see? "


Thanks to Adriel Fun for your contribution of ideas! (:

Sneak preview

Sneak preview sketches! Of a game that i loved in primary school. Forgot where i used to play it, but ever since then I had not been able to find it, even though i remembered it.. I remembered the game, but not its title.

Somehow randomly within the past week, I thought about it again! but this time a few keywords came back to me! So I googled dragoon, and i found it. Panzer Dragoon Zwei!

Here's a sketch of Lagi the panzer dragoon, when it was little, and its hunter who kept him so that he would not be killed. The village puts down mutant Coolias, and Lagi was a mutant who had grown wings.

and some background video from the game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUDBNBv-tRg

灯台女の子

After close to about a week of intense eye punishment every night, I'm proud to announce that a new drawing is born!

Toudai no otome, girl of the lighthouse. Sugoi na!

Somehow it doesn't look as nice as the previous drawing, even though i it's 10x harder and required more than twice the effort put in to the angel. She only took about 3 nights. This lighthouse girl took about 8 nights, partly due to the fact that the original draft was created using Corel Paint Essentials 3, which is really too pro and inflexible and im really bad at it.

So halfway through i finalized and exported the lousy corel picture, and carried on adding on to it using the total ownage freeware i downloaded. Alot of time was then spent deciding on all the colour coordination problems, much of which were spent trying out all the possible combinations, as well as asking around for opinions. Wa my color coordi is really quite crappy, need lots more practice. Halfway through i realized that alot of the dresses don't match, because of her white hair, so i experimented with black and brown hair, but i couldn't achieve my desired shade of brown using the mixer so i stuck with black.

The sky was a first time success! So was the colour of the sea! I was damn happy. The two colours were spot on, creating a soft and rustic ambience. The spread of clouds mask the sky, toning down the piercing rays of the mid day sun, creating a cool mellow lighting.

The rocks were also damn hard to draw, looked very sketchy and hand drawn. Tried re-drawing them alot of times, now its better but I think they could still be improved but I'm too tired to experiment anymore.

The last thing i drew was the flower, which by then i was so eye-tired and exhausted that i spent only half a minute on it.

So, here's the progressive sequence once again! Hope you can appreciate it as much as i do!




A draft was done using Corel. Very hard to draw due to sensitivity issues.
The foundations were laid; blueprints for the lighthouse.
The girl was half materialized, after having its head scaled down and re-drawn countless of times.
The rocks were detailed and some shading was attempted
Project was compiled, exported, and uploaded on blogger ( see prev prev post).
Restarted project after completing the angel. Plastic surgery done using Corel.
Finally gave up on corel. Used freeware and started colouring, and gave her lush and well moisturised hair.
The dress dilemna begins.

The hair factor was made variable.




Magenta the way to go!
Solidify all the buildings and re-rocked.

Toudai Otome!

Note that I can't read the title of this post, appreciate if you can romanise it.

Thanks for visiting! (:

Tenshi-san

Phwoaa I so love this!

Its a new personal best man! and it comes with colors!! that's a first!!
I am very very pleased with her voluminous hair, and i love her hairband and the feathers!

Sure beats hours and hours of paint mixing and inhaling.

Needless for words, enjoy!






[ Edit 8/11/08 ]

Now with smoother facial complexion and colored contacts! But still without legs