Love Alive

There is another song that I have fell in love with recently. It's Love Alive by Minji. It is a song from the Japanese movie "252 -生存者あり". It's also in my playlist XD *pointing at the playlist excitedly*

Obviously, the singer is not a Japanese. She's a Korean. By listening to her way of singing and looking at her name, you could tell that straight away. She doesn't have the japanese-style of siniging. They usually sing in Jay Chow style --- "eat the words" XD Japanese tend to skip some syllables when they're singing or talking due to their pace of speaking (It's damn fast DX)
Minji, however, sings the lyrics with clear syllables, word by word. It's not like I don't like it, though.

This is the link for her live performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNCuZaU9YDE

Noctis and Stella: Their Last Kiss

I was looking for a subbed version of the new clip of FFVersusXII which is the clip that shows the first meeting of the mega couple *squeals* (I have to say, Nokuto-kun is SO HOT in the video. This is the first time I called a guy hot, mind you XP) And then, after watching hundreds of useless fanmade videos of the couple *grrrr~*, I found one particular video from YouTube that I really like. Both the clip and the music. The song is called Last Kiss by Bonnie Pink. It is Gantz ending theme, FYI.

I have instantly fell in love with the song X3

This is the video I'm talking about. I've got the song in my playlist, too. *pointing down at the blog*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAhtG6n3K2M&feature=related

Here are the lyrics:

akaku moeru kokoro kotoba ubaware SANSETTO
tatazunda jikan to omoi no fukasa wa IKOORU
tatta hitokoto de tabidatsu nokare no inai asu wa
It's bitter like beer for kids

yaseta yubi ni KISU o shitaanata o zutto wasurenai yo
tatoe hanarebanare demo
saigo no KISU o oboete iru yo oboete iru yo

hajimari wa dare demo junshinmuku na BEIBII
nigai mika jitte mo kujikecha dame yo walk straight
satta koto dakedo ame no naka zukizuki itamu yo
I'm lonely as floating ice

yaseta yubi ni KISU o shita ano meku mori o wasurenai yo
tatoe hanareba nare demo anata no KISU o oboeteru yo

doushite mo wakari aenunara mitodokeru yo kawa no you ni
dare wo nani o semete mo ii aishita koto dake wa kegasanai de

yaseta yubi ni KISU o shita anata o zutto wasurenai yo
itsuka aeru to shinjite saigo no KISU o kamishimeru yo
yaseta yubi ni KISU o shita naita anata o omoidasu yo
kore de owari da to shite mo saigo no KISU wa wasurenai yo
wasurenai yo
wasurenai yo
kare no KISU o wasurenai yo

Drawing Day 2009

I was "wandering" around deviantART last night (late at night. Again XD) and came across a certain journal entry that almost made me gone crazy. I did not even know there is such an event as the Drawing Day! I found out about it around 3 hours before midnight. I literally tossed away everything on hand (including that 4 cm thick Stat textbook XD), grabbed my most trusted mechanical pencil and eraser, and start sketching on a piece of A4 paper. It was such a short notice. So, I decided to draw something simple and easy but impactive.

I called it "Red Tears". Her eyes and tear are red. But it can't be seen here as my lousy scanner did some colour adjustments to it OTL >.<

Her eyes have a less obvious red than they originally are and the drop of tear on her cheek became...black~ Damn it! Baka scanner~

It is simple so it only took me 2 hours to finish it (including inking and shading).

I don't know about other people, but she sort of reminds me of Hiou Shizuka from VK. Maybe it's because of her hair and kimono (and that sad look on her face)? Hehe... I didn't intend to make the girl look like her but she just accidentally turned out this way. *shrugs*

Latest work

I'm too lazy to update the photobucket slideshow XP

So, instead of going through so much trouble in posting the photos=> update the slideshow=> copy the code=> repost the slideshow, I'll just post my latest work of art here. If you're interested to view my other works, you could always visit my page at deviantART and MangaBullet.

chuiqi99 (deviantART): http://chuiqi99.deviantart.com/

chuiqi99 (MangaBullet): http://www.mangabullet.com/chuiqi99/profile

This is the sketch I promised to give to my friend, but it's still not done. Still pondering whether to draw a garden background or a colour-splash one or one with shadings XDD

Ahhh~ I call this sketch The Black Couple XD

When I was drawing this, I kind of imagine the couple to be the top assassins in an underground organisation.

*Ahem* I tend to do that for every sketch...teehee~

Boys Before Flowers!!! My current favourite Korean drama XDD

I absolutely love the boys in the series. Much better than the taiwanese and japanese versions. My personal favourite would be Yoon Ji-Hoo (the one on the farthest right), in both real-life drama and the drawing because a) he's the cutest and most handsome in the group b) he's the easiest to draw and c) he's the only one that turned out looking good in the drawing T.T

Heaven with a Price

I have finally decided to use Copic markers as my primary art medium. Watercolour just isn't right for me. I am bad at controlling the colour and water capacity, which would pretty much ruin my work X(

I have found the heaven of manga art supplies at The Gardens! Yes. I'm talking about Art Friend. It has manga manuscripts and Copic markers!! You have no idea how I felt when I saw the whole rack of Copic markers. I felt like crying. Tears of happiness XD

However, nothing is without a price. This heaven of mine requires a price. A VERY HIGH price in fact. One Copic Marker cost about RM30. And I needed, like, 100 of them!! A 72-set cost about RM1150; 36-set is around RM610; even the smallest set, 12-set needs RM107!!! I'm going to go broke before I even get half of the number I need.

Conclusion: I'm going to have to start SAVING! No new clothes and accessories for at least half a year. T.T I have to save up money from my daily allowance, which is RM27 - RM30. I need to save up to two-third of it. It's not like I can spend more than RM10 at that lousy cafeteria in Monash *bleh*. So, it's going to be at least 4 months before I can lay my hands on my 72-set treasure. *crossing fingers*

The list of tools/supplies I need to buy:

1. Copic Sketch 72B set (The Ultimate Goal)
2. Manga manuscript/ Illustration pad/ A4 White cardstock
3. 0.3 mm mechanical pencil (Optional)
4. 003 Copic Multiliners
5. 005 Staedler Pigment Liners
6. White gel pen and ink
7. White acrylic paint
8. Copic colourless blender

= almost RM2000 *faints*

(And I'm doing this a week before my finals XP I'm SO dead~)