Needed to get something uploaded

Nothing new to report. Just wanted to upload something so I can link it somewhere else.

Two sketches: first is a witch vs zombies scene that was heavily influenced by this very simple but very nicely drawn pic of a witch fighting off pumpkins. I really didn't pull this one off and at one point ruined the perspective but I'll leave it here so I can learn from it. Second sketch is taken off my Guild Wars monk character cursing a silly assassin. Head disproportionate, messily coloured and costumes not exactly following original design.

Quid Pro Quo, Tit for Tat

Questionaire

Layer One: On The Outside
Name: CWY aka BeanieMan aka Baron Crovax
Birth Date: The maximum square root in a year

Current status: Unemployed and Single... sadly
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Black enough
Righty or Lefty: Right-handed, unlike those devil-lefties

Layer Two: On The Inside
Your Heritage: Proud Asian Banana
Fears: Things that I cannot achieve due to my overwhelming weaknesses and inabilities
Your Weakness: Low willpower, irresponsibility, physically weak and horrible mentality
Your Perfect Pizza: Meaty... possibly with seafood

Layer Three: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Your Thoughts First Waking Up: 'I need to get to the bathroom'
Your Bedtime: Late and whenever I like it
Your Most Missed Memory: Probably high school. Good 'fellowship' friends, close family and a very special bit that remains a secret forever.

Layer Four: Your Pick
Pepsi or Coke: Ginger Beer
McDonald's or Burger King: KFC.. coz I hate McD. They have crappy burgers and overcharge
Single or Group Dates: Single dates means less competition from the male offensive but focused pressure from the female offensive. Probably single is still better.
Adidas or Nike: Both are crap
Tea or Nestea: Nestea... sweeter
Chocolate or Vanilla: No particular preference
Cappucino or Coffee: Whichever's sweeter

Layer Five: Do You...
Smoke: Can't... asthma
Curse: All the F**KING time
Take a shower: Sure. I defecate regularly too. Thanks for asking
Have a crush: Probably not
Think you've been in love: Sadly... yes
Go to school: not anymore
Want to get married: Hmmm... succumb to my diseases alone and bitter... I think marriage isn't a bad idea
Believe in yourself: Hell no
Think you're a health freak: Hell no

Layer Six: In The Past Month
Drank alcohol: Copiously? Yes
Gone to the mall: Kinda
Been on stage: No
Eaten sushi: I've had one of those rolls. Don't think it counts as sushi.
Dyed your hair: No

Layer Seven: Have You Ever...
Played A Stripping Game: Nope. I'm grotesque enough not to be asked
Fit In: Not really. Other people have tried to but I always screw up.

Layer Eight:
Age You're Hoping To Be Married: Anytime before I die... preferrably while sex is still important to me.

Layer Nine: In a Girl/Guy
Best Eye Colour: I wouldn't care even if flames shot out of their eyes
Best Hair Colour: I wouldn't care even if it was the colour of vomit
Short Hair or Long Hair: Short hair's cuter... but again I am not going to be fussy because of this

Layer Ten: What Were You Doing
1 Min Ago: Reading webcomics
Hour Ago: Playing Guild Wars
4.5 Hours Ago: Watching Heroes
1 Month Ago: The same as above
1 Year Ago: The same as above but crying over my stupid thesis also

Layer Eleven: Finish The Sentence
I Love: meat, anything related to manga and anime and video games
I Feel: tired
I Hate: my weaknesses
I Hide: my genitalia
I Miss: Foo Chook Kin (it's a food item)
I Need: Money and women.. and superpowers

Okay, I normally don't do these kind of things but because it was personally requested and I can't say no to a lady... I acquiesed. I know how the game is played. Info is paid for by info. So there you go. No pic uploads today, but I might come up with some if I can spare the time to prepare for Animania this weekend. Doodling Contest!

I thought I didn't have to take tests anymore...

Hola, senors and senoritas. Especially the senoritas. Welcome back to the people who have just returned from a short trip to Japan. I hope your journey was fruitful and that you enjoyed the entire experience.

Man, it's been a busy week. Still actively seeking employment and being evaluated by all these companies. I thought I didn't have to sit for any more tests but here I am, waking up early and dressing smartly to go for these bizzare tests here and there. Some online, too. Well, at least there's free candy, and it's still probably better than actual employment itself. Still, we gotta do what we gotta do.

Anyway there's been fairly little time to come up with any new drawings. However, I did manage to sit down and come up with more Ouran fanart. Man, is this series great! I've dedicated two pictures (Pic 4 and Pic 5) to the Low-Blood-Pressure King Kyouya, specifically taken from Episode 17. Gotta love that glower. Pic 6, oddly enough, also comes from that episode and features Renge in a different attire. Better do your homework, kids! You'll notice that I'm slowly getting better at shading despite terribly shaky mouse hands. This is due to a new technique I've learned using Masks on different layers that allow me gradients of darkness and lightness. I quite like it, really! Still, some are terribly bumpy and jagged because I still haven't mastered the mouse (and mine's not the best quality either). For Renge, I intended to put some lighting in, but I just gave up after colouring the two Kyouyas. Generally the 'Magic Wand' allows me faster flat colouring, but shadowing still takes a lot of time and I still don't quite know where exactly should the shadows apply.

The first pic is something I came up with while at Minifest that I didn't upload previously. Sometime between certain events, if I recall. Pic 2 is Nagato Yuki from the Melancholy of Haruhu Suzumiya (that dancing anime!). Uh... I really wanted to colour this but after doing three pictures I couldn't bring myself to do one more, particularly since the picture itself is a bit off and I wanted to maintain my Ouran fandom. Pic 3 is a rough sketch of Adelle Nahashid from the manga Pilgrim Jager that I'm reading currently. The story is somewhat 'Priest'-ish and the art is fantastic (Mami Itoh, I believe, draws). A tad bit complicated but I love the gore.

Alright I've spent way too much time reporting this. This was meant to be a 'welcome back' in addition to a 'ahhhh... nobody's been nagging me for sketches for a while' note to the readers. Au revoir, mates.

It's Renge's turn!

Hot on the heels of the previous update.. it's Renge's turn! You know what? I've changed my mind... Haruhi is nice and all but who can beat the manic behaviour (and oh, so Otaku) of Renge-chan! Therefore my new Ouran favourite is the high-powered-motor-queen herself, Renge Houshakuji. Gotta try to capture that bit where she's going 'Moeeeeeeeee......!' Anyway got just the flower for the background from my mum's camera skills.

As for the other two... the first is just something I was experimenting on: pouting. Then I added in a dragonesque fellow to bulk it up. Need some consumate Vs there somewhere. The second is based on a (highly risque lesbian pirate themed) webcomic Boobs Ahoy. Um... not that there's anyone like that here but if you're the objectionable type don't bother.

Hooray for Haruhi!

Hooray for Haruhi and in more than one case. Haruhi from 'Ouran High School Host Club' and Haruhi from 'The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'. Both excellent in their own way, but Ouran's Haruhi has actually pulled my from my sci-fi fantasty genres into the realm of shoujo stories with reverse harems!

Anyway, feeling a bit adventurous, I've come up with another coloured comic. Good news is I've found an excellent way of colouring the comic that is really easy! See? I've even had time to try double-layered shadowing and putting one of my mum's pretty photos from Japan in the background. Not too shabby but it has it's drawbacks, e.g. demands on cleanliness, which I lack generally. You'll note that the sketch has several flaws too that I only realised when I was inking. Anyway definitely made colouring easier.

If I can think of anything to draw after this I'll try to get them uploaded.

Post-Minifest 07

Greetings after a long period of nothing. It's just been that kind of time and despite still being unemployed I've been up to my neck with things to do. These include seeking employment, binge drinking (well nothing compared to last time), midnight eating and Minifest.

Well, some birthday greetings to: Kiao, Laura and Dad. Perhaps I shouldn't divulge these names, but if privacy issues are sought I'll just deny everything. The drinking and midnight dinner was because of two of the mentioned birthdays. Ah... I'll need to get back to the gym after all that, which I have after the considerably long but eventful Easter break. Strange that despite how much I hate it, after a few days off I kinda feel a bit lax. The vast chocolate consumption could have something to do with it.

Anyway Minifest on Saturday was a blast despite being the small-scaled version of the main thing. Didn't watch much screenings since I'd seen most of it already so instead I wandered around and watched the many events: AMV screenings, sushi eating contests... stuff like that. Attended two drawing classes to improve on my body and mecha skills... but as you can see that kinda didn't work out too well. The 5th picture was drawn during the mecha class while the guy was explaining the details and giving pointers. It was my attempt to remember Evas. The last pic was drawn during the body drawing class. Totally wrong, but there's a reason why I had an inkling to draw it. I'll get to it. The 4th was a mecha I tried to come up based on some of the advice gained and a composite of stuff I remembered from my cousin's hobby. Turned out ridiculous. Seriously!

So Iron Artist was on again. Look... I tried to get some practice done beforehand but I ended up not doing it so when I was at Minifest I was really lacking practice and during my brief warm-up I knew I was in no shape to compete. So I didn't. Anyway, as always the competition only used pencils and had to comprise a theme of: Peppa-chan (Manifest mascot... a cute girl), gaming and Antonio (Oztaku mascot... an octopus). Competition was insane but the final judgement went to the professional artist they seeded into the competitors. Seriously... you should see his sketch of decided soft-H. I knew I made the right decision to stay out of it, but it did somewhat inspire pic 6.

The rest of the stuff: Pic 1 is of Sakura Kasugano, mostly because I've been reading Street Fighter Legends of late and find the story very amusing! Pic 2 just came to me while I was listening to Billy Joel's 'For the Longest Time' song, which has some special memories. Pic 3 is somewhat inspired by Haruhi from Ouran High School Host Club, although it doesn't really look like her. Episode 10 is the best so far!