5.30.15

Hoping this is a good one. Happy birthday.

Water

Not at all happy with these guys, but there is no more time.

So pissed with myself right now.

Struggling to finish these both by tonight, final deadliest of all deadlines. Summoning all my strength and resolve ever.

Happy birthday 白玄

Unfortunately rushed. @_@

Next

Exercise is good.

Progress

...is incremental and measurable by the week. I feel to be in a constant state of awe.

Class size is so small that we are essentially the same 9 people who go to the exact same classes five days a week. I'm living a reminder of what things were like in high school and earlier, with anticipation for certain candy in his wrapper-of-the-day.

Once upon a time, there was a Phil.

In other news, I met 白玄, who was essentially the first person I got to know in the circle back in November '12, the one who christened me 腰果 in the first place. I go to her place every weekend to button-mash Brave Soldiers...and fall in love with Saga's 3D model every time I look. One day I will make my own.

Meanwhile, it's quite frustrating to under-perform. To have a few days pass, and feel myself under-performing whilst still in the middle of performing.

Progress.

After-school games

How in the world do backgrounds work?

Forward

Gave up on the top5 of 2013 meme and instead just wanted to be done already.

Just a warmup, she said.

It'll be super quick, she said.

What is a face?

What is a name?

I kind of like his.

SSO promo

If everyone can only see just the small thumbnail version at all times, maybe this will actually still look good when I wake up tomorrow morning. Been trying for too many hours straight that I simply can't tell any more.

Nike

Gift postcard for the Gemini table @SaintSeiyaOnly next month in Shanghai.

Consistency 2

Sexy fucking beasts. Love love love.

And lol fuck you too clean lineart+cell shading. You and I were never meant to be.

Consistency 1

Part of a larger Chinese meme/practice on drawing the same face consistently. Except in my case, it's doubling as learning how to draw different expressions at all. OTL. Plus at the same time I desperately want to splash in to practicing hair/value/hue/drawing speed/etc. while also simultaneously hitting the doubt that if I don't even have a set style to call my own, does practicing consistency even matter? Ergo, another item added to the endless list of things to--

It feels I'm near conclusion on the search for that eternal spring of passion, and it does not seem to lie with medicine. Visualization, enabler of the future.

Hair exchange neighbors ver.

Holy crap this took way too long.......and as a result I'm now so tired of seeing this that I can't even complete the simple act of drag&drop layers to complete the shipping version as originally intended. Working...slowly...on a max of three more pairs.

[365-79] 2013.05.30

If you go

I'll be there

[365-49] "Kanon and Dohko play an interesting game"

Fin-fucking-anally. →_→

063. This new SAI brush I got is the fucking bomb.

Paint 4 by DarlingMionette

I think I'm never going back to smooth round brushes ever again.

Too bad I'm sleepy as fuck and died after scribbling for just ten minutes.

032. I'm confused too.

Under current conditions, this is about the farthest I can push.

360.2 Gemini and Sea Dragon

...What can I say about these two at this point?

According to interviews, Saga was the first character Kurumada created for Saint Seiya - before any Greek gods were borrowed, before Athena evolved from subjective concept to objective human form, before even Kurumada's meta-main character "Seiya" had his role designated - 性 was born. In contrast, I wonder whether Kanon was added as an afterthought, or out of necessity for a new big boss after Saga's legacy. But I know many who would much rather believe Kanon was created so Saga would not be lonely.

Canon: Kanon's name is under the dictionary entry for "brother complex". This is as self-evident as Hyoga's Oedipal thing for his mom - something that even male fans (or casual viewers) must acknowledge.

Fanon: ...Saga reciprocates.