A W X Lore of Anskarion

Saturday, November 22, 2008

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!

Thursday, November 20, 2008

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??

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

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! (:

Saturday, November 15, 2008

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

Monday, November 10, 2008

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! (:

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

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


Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Update as requested

You want update you get update!

Awxion.blogspot, reliable and informative, the epitome of efficacy. Requests are always entertained and duly fulfilled.

I spent the whole of my night today drawing on a new program (quite old already actually [ but unopened] ) which i just installed yesterday. It's called Corel Paint Essentials 3. Exciting stuff.

So after finishing the first few seconds of the tutorial movies i started drawing on it. Here's the first and only product! Fresh from production 1 hour before upload:It's not complete but more or less there. Drawing using a computer is so strenuous on the eyes, my wearied eyes are kinda straining just to read what im typing now. Pen and paper is so much better.

Anyway, here she is! A sprightly girl perched on the edge of a wall by the rocky shoreline. She has a flower fetish and is attracted to lighthouses. She also has a face which gets uglier and more disproportionate every time i try to improve it, and a head which is still a little big even though i have scaled it down 4 times. Her hair is thin and delicate, flowing fluidly as it rides on the gentle sea breeze, and which is probably a little sparse. I had enough problems creating her flowy hair. will tackle the problem of voluminous hair another day.

This is where she lives, her hometown; a tranquil little town placed on the edge of a random part of Japan, built around a lighthouse. This modest town thrives on the profits earned by catching and selling fish attracted to the light at night. On the wall she sits and stares out at the space beyond, pondering, contemplating, wondering what lies outside this picturesque picture. She has not left the wall, not even once, ever since the day she was drawn.

The sea is calm and placid; motionless in fact, until the day the artist figures how to draw water and waves.

Walau, proportion, angles and perspective are such a chore to figure out. I had to spend two nights of staring at the comp to create this.. Need more practice man. Probably need a few more nights to finish it. I'm not colouring it cos i still can't colour. Wonder if im cut out for architecture..

My brother says i should tie up her hair, like Aerith's one, still thinking about it. But i think this hairstyle suits the flower more. What do you think?

Here is the last thing i drew using a computer before the above girl was produced, done sometime last month i think. But this was done with MS paint.
It's supposed to have some spooky elements to it but apparently they have all failed and no one can even sense anything fishy about it. So.. nevermind. Tell me if you can spot anything potentially scary.


About 3.5 more months to ORD.. SO LONG! I can't wait, just wasting my life away here. Everyday follow through motion and get things done, can't find any motivation to work, even if i try finding. Life is still happy out of camp.

And I finally finished watching my carefully rationed 12 episodes of my favourite anime Rozen Maiden after about a year. All of them died, but thankfully some got revived, which means, sequel!

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Stardust

Just came back from saturday duty in camp this morning.

Whoa ive had 3 damn nice movies/stories the past 3 days!

On thursday yongneng lent me a dvd with dvds, and we watched "Penelope". Nice show! Kind of a very light hearted kind of show which leaves you feeling happy.

Then on friday i was bored so i watched Stardust. Whooa damn nice man! totally love it. It's a fantasy fairytale kind of love story. Quite funny also. Very good man, you should watch it if you haven't. And the theme song is now my current fav, Rule the World by Take That. Check it out!

On friday my camp-mate Navin lent me a book to read during my duty. Mind you i havent read in 1935059 days, and ive only completed 35% of the books that i ever started on. Guess what i finished the book in less than half a day! haha. It was "A walk to Remember", quite a short book but niiiccee.. I know its damn popular. I'm slow lar. haha but im proud of myself for completing it. But i dont understand, so did she die or not? Sounded like she didn't.

So that's it, 3 love stories in a row. Whoa overdose man. Feel like falling in love now man hahah but thanks i'd probably have to wait for 1 more year before i get to meet anyone.

Going sentosa later! Class gathering, time to absorb some sun. Thanks for visiting!

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Law Dinner guest performance

YOO!

Haha. super long no post! Thanks for still visiting man! appreciated! (:

It's been a long time but nothing much (non-camp related activities) has happened to nothing much to update also.

Guest played in mingtse's band for Law Camp Formal Dinner! Was quite a special night man, im non-law but could still feel it. Can't wait to ord and go uni man, looks damn fun! Really enjoyed playing for them. Anywayy law has many hot girls man! hahah. Dress sense almost all good! cept for 1 or 2. Very easily pulled off the kind of high class atas look. haha. Got class.

We played Lovefool by the cardigans, mindtrick by jamie cullum, and a medley of Collide, I'm yours, and Superman (check out How 6 Songs Collide by Norwegian Recycling). Our playing was too rushed, and everyone screwed up here and there but all in all i think we were like damn good already. We only practiced for like 2 nights before the actual performance lar. hahah. 1st song was the most wasted total rush the singer couldn't keep up. Was a very dynamic band, and got like full range of instruments 1 drum 1 bass 1 guit 1 keyboard 1 violin 2 singers. 7 piece band wa aweseome! the intrumentalists were power esp the keyboard and violins. The singers were also GOOD! Amatuer but with potential. The guy's voice was nice and mellow, and the girl's voice is super sweeet! love it man. The violin was just filling in with her own melody, nice. The keyboardist also can do freestyle wicked. I was v pleased with my own playing that night as well was a new personal best!

The best part was probably that i got to make a lot of new friends, precisely what i need to break the monotony of army life. Made good friends man, like the guy singer, similiar interests badminton and cycling. Keyboardist turned out to be my brother's ex classmate. Was great that I got to play one of my fav songs too Lovefool.

Totally enjoyed the night, but just like the Genting holiday i went with my family/relatives just 2 weeks ago, it totally sucks to be thrown back into army right after that. Cruel reality man, the feeling is just crap, damn depressing. Serious withdrawal symptoms and low morale. haha.

Here's the band photo, minus the guitarist and keyboardist.


Once again thanks for visiting! (:



Sunday, February 3, 2008

Restore

still hoping to clear up my mess of a life.
but the sheer enormity of it.. not helping.
Just have to start slow i guess,
picking out the loose ends, unwinding and undoing
until i achieve something resembling what i was.
Still trying to free this oppressed mind
but God's here to help



im fine and doing well, just a little lost.
So don't worry about me, and thanks guys, i really appreciate you all. (:

Friday, December 28, 2007

Santarina!

WOOHOO! i just installed the graphics tablet that i got for christmas, and it works SUPER well.

The tablet is like whoa sleek black, and the pen is like whoaa super touch sensitive! its just like drawing on paper! just that need to get used to looking at the screen while drawing. I was just using a small fuss-free program I downloaded off the internet, was lazy to install the software they included.

Oh man she's damn pretty!

So once again, here's Merry Christmas from my sweet Santarina!

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Merry Christmas everyone!

Sorry but i'd like to repeat the title:

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! =DD


Sorry for stagnating for so long, once again i dont remember what i've been doing, but i know that I've been occupied with other things.


Before i forget, congratulations to those who have just attained officerhood! Gd job and i hope life will be better now that you're our of the pathetic "trainee" class. To those who are still in, shit man we still have quite alot to go through. For me it's just about 3 months left, but thanks all the tough stuff are all saved up for last.


And Happy birthday to David! haha

and Happy birthday Jasmine!

I know it's belated and repeated, but well the words are now immoratalized in this blog. haha


Army life is getting quite shiong now, and it's worse for me because ive been the cadet platoon commander for the past two weeks, lots of stuff to do. As if it weren't bad enough ive been appointed Ex fire unit commander for the deployment practices we've been starting to do. As the pioneer FU commander for deployment exercises, my job is just to thread where no one has thread, and to accumulate as much mistakes/errors and lectures that i can get so that future appointments holders can learn from my experience. Thanks. and Thanks for putting the toughest parts across the festive season. and Thanks that i have to book in on christmas night.




Im SO happy that it's a the festive season again! Tonnes of holidays! As this is the first year that i actually have a salary, i bought presents for lots of my relatives! I got stuff for all the kids only though, right up to the mature kids that are around my age, basically all within my generation. Also bought a very nice purple watch for my mom. MAN! It's damn fun to buy presents! The best part comes when you see them all happy and liking your presents, the sense of fulfilment is like wa ecstatic. I know you're probably like wth but k lar it's my first time. Bought mostly soft toys for the really young ones, and some cute and childish looking coin pouches for the old ones that are going uni next year just to make fun of them. haha. For another 6 i just got a Command and Conquer Saga pack for them to share, and the perk is that i can borrow to play too. haha. My younger cousin was like carrying the polar bear arnd all the time after that, shiok. But the bear was really damn cute, i even got one for myself.


As for myself, i got some nice casual clothes and stuff, one sketch book, and a pocky toy thing from japan, haha quite interesting. I bought myself a graphics tablet too, which means i can now start drawing stuff on the computer, and get them coloured just like the pros! nice.

gotta book in now. bye!