I had a lot of fun messing with the various effects, although sadly my voice has been kind of in and out due to a constant cold T_T
I hope you enjoy it!!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
ああ、夜が明ける (Aa, Yo ga Akeru) / Berryz工房 (Berrzy Koubou)
This is my rendition of "Aa, Yo ga Akeru" by Berryz Koubou. I sang this primarily for the Neko Neko song challenge!! ^_^
I had a lot of fun messing with the various effects, although sadly my voice has been kind of in and out due to a constant cold T_T
I hope you enjoy it!!
I had a lot of fun messing with the various effects, although sadly my voice has been kind of in and out due to a constant cold T_T
I hope you enjoy it!!
Thursday, January 19, 2012
[Outfit Post] Weekly Outfits 1/9 ~ 1/15
Another weekly outfit roundup! I went with more colors this time, not just black and white XD
Skirt/brooch: Bodyline
Skirt: Baby the Stars Shine Bright
Bolero/Skirt: Bodyline
Hairbow: Innocent World
Skirt/brooch: Bodyline
Skirt: Baby the Stars Shine Bright
Bolero/Skirt: Bodyline
Hairbow: Innocent World
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Draw All the Ponies!!
I don't think I've actually talked about my My Little Pony interest much on here, but I am in fact a fan, in the same way that I am a fan of my various J-pop groups. I'm not really obsessive about it, nor do I tend to produce much fan-art/fiction/anything, but I do enjoy it.
That said, I decided a good way to become acquainted with my new drawing tablet (other than Photoshopping different animal heads and bodies together for my research stimuli), would be to participate in some sort of drawing challenge. In comes Equestria Daily's Artist Training Grounds!
It's actually been postponed a bit, but the assignments for the first two days already were released. The premise is that there is a mock war between ponies and griffins, and all the assignments center around that. I figured I didn't produce *terrible* things, so I might as well post them here ^_^;;
Day 1 Assignment: Draw a pony in armor or uniform.
Day 2 Assignment: Draw a pony in training.
I forgot to color the lineart for the first day, so I was very determined to do it for the second day. I'm thinking about trying a different style completely for the third day (more like, a painting type thing, no clear outlines, more shading, etc.) but that might just be unfeasible ^_^;; I guess we'll see how much time I end up having.
That said, I decided a good way to become acquainted with my new drawing tablet (other than Photoshopping different animal heads and bodies together for my research stimuli), would be to participate in some sort of drawing challenge. In comes Equestria Daily's Artist Training Grounds!
It's actually been postponed a bit, but the assignments for the first two days already were released. The premise is that there is a mock war between ponies and griffins, and all the assignments center around that. I figured I didn't produce *terrible* things, so I might as well post them here ^_^;;
Day 1 Assignment: Draw a pony in armor or uniform.
Day 2 Assignment: Draw a pony in training.
I forgot to color the lineart for the first day, so I was very determined to do it for the second day. I'm thinking about trying a different style completely for the third day (more like, a painting type thing, no clear outlines, more shading, etc.) but that might just be unfeasible ^_^;; I guess we'll see how much time I end up having.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
[Outfit Post] Weekly Outfits 1/2 ~ 1/8
I actually found time to take outfit snapshots a couple of times this week! The theme seems to be a lot of black and white, for some reason ^_^
Cutsew: Innocent World
Skirt/Brooch: Bodyline
Bolero: Bodyline
Skirt: Dear Celine
Hairbow: Innocent World
Skirt: Innocent World
Reflecting a bit on my current wardrobe, I feel like I need to obtain some more vests. I really prefer skirts to either JSKs or OPs, just because they are (well, less expensive, first off...) more versatile for me, but at the same time, it would be nice to be able to have the look of a JSK sometimes with my favorite skirts. So that will be something I'm looking for (or trying to find time to make).
Cutsew: Innocent World
Skirt/Brooch: Bodyline
Bolero: Bodyline
Skirt: Dear Celine
Hairbow: Innocent World
Skirt: Innocent World
Reflecting a bit on my current wardrobe, I feel like I need to obtain some more vests. I really prefer skirts to either JSKs or OPs, just because they are (well, less expensive, first off...) more versatile for me, but at the same time, it would be nice to be able to have the look of a JSK sometimes with my favorite skirts. So that will be something I'm looking for (or trying to find time to make).
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Reflections and Resolutions for 2012
Time really seems to fly by nowadays, and yet another year has passed!
2011 was a pretty exciting year, and I would say full of mostly happy things. All of my friends and family have been absolutely supportive, and fortunately we have all been in more or less good health. I got to go to Paris for the first time, something that I have wanted to do ever since I was 12. I have continued to be involved with Neko Neko Maid and Host Club, and got a chance to see all the wonderful people I met last year at Mechacon again this year. I finished my first qualifying paper, and had the opportunity to present the work in that paper on two occasions. Financially, I've been doing well, and have been able to continue expanding my Lolita wardrobe, as well as indulge in a new 3DS and games for both of my DS consoles.
Of course, it wasn't all roses... Aaron's sister was diagnosed with breast cancer, and has been undergoing treatment for it (fortunately the outlook is very positive right now). My sister is still continuing to struggle with developing her career as a pianist, although she has shown signs of improvement in the past year. On a lighter note, my original Youtube channel was taken down, so now I am starting from scratch again. I am struggling greatly with my second qualifying paper, and that's something I will need to work out very very soon.
Generally, I don't really believe in making resolutions or anything for the new year, since I don't tend to keep them anyways (nor do most people, from what I've heard). However, there are certainly things that I would *like* to, or *hope* to do in the coming year. Many of them involve learning or re-learning languages. After my trip to Paris, I've decided I really need to re-acquire my former fluency with the French language, and I've been making an effort to read more books in French at the very least. I have also been slowly teaching myself Japanese, mainly through absorption by reading blogs and such in Japanese. I hope to continue this trend and eventually become moderately competent at reading, if not comprehending Japanese.
Of course I would like to be better at regularly updating my blog and other social media. I've started using the Tumblr queue, in hopes that it help me maintain a more constant posting schedule. That has been working well for the past month, so I'm hoping to start enforcing regular posting on this blog soon. As for making regular Youtube posts... well, that I would like to do, but often depends on whether I've had time to practice, whether conditions have been right to record... so while that would be lovely, I think that's a farther off goal at the moment.
My friend and I have managed to snag a table for the ACEN Artist Alley this year, and I have been busily manufacturing goodies for that. I would like to eventually get into a more regular pattern of making these things and eventually setting up an online shop on this site (I tried etsy for a while, and eventually decided it just wasn't for me).
I have been rather lax about practicing my instruments this past quarter, and I really want to make sure I keep up with my piano, so that's something I definitely want to work on. Related to that, I want to do more live piano+singing covers, as well as get back into composing songs of my own. Maybe an electronic keyboard should be my next musical instrument investment... Of course I really ought to practice all my myriad other instruments as well ^_^;;
I received a beautiful wonderful amazing Wacom Intuos drawing tablet for my birthday/Christmas, so a big thing for next year is getting myself to draw more, and teaching myself how to do digital painting at least mediocrely. Hopefully you'll be seeing more of my art posts as a result of this XD And in connection to this, here's a little doodle I made for my "Plans for 2012"
Happy New Year!!
2011 was a pretty exciting year, and I would say full of mostly happy things. All of my friends and family have been absolutely supportive, and fortunately we have all been in more or less good health. I got to go to Paris for the first time, something that I have wanted to do ever since I was 12. I have continued to be involved with Neko Neko Maid and Host Club, and got a chance to see all the wonderful people I met last year at Mechacon again this year. I finished my first qualifying paper, and had the opportunity to present the work in that paper on two occasions. Financially, I've been doing well, and have been able to continue expanding my Lolita wardrobe, as well as indulge in a new 3DS and games for both of my DS consoles.
Of course, it wasn't all roses... Aaron's sister was diagnosed with breast cancer, and has been undergoing treatment for it (fortunately the outlook is very positive right now). My sister is still continuing to struggle with developing her career as a pianist, although she has shown signs of improvement in the past year. On a lighter note, my original Youtube channel was taken down, so now I am starting from scratch again. I am struggling greatly with my second qualifying paper, and that's something I will need to work out very very soon.
Generally, I don't really believe in making resolutions or anything for the new year, since I don't tend to keep them anyways (nor do most people, from what I've heard). However, there are certainly things that I would *like* to, or *hope* to do in the coming year. Many of them involve learning or re-learning languages. After my trip to Paris, I've decided I really need to re-acquire my former fluency with the French language, and I've been making an effort to read more books in French at the very least. I have also been slowly teaching myself Japanese, mainly through absorption by reading blogs and such in Japanese. I hope to continue this trend and eventually become moderately competent at reading, if not comprehending Japanese.
Of course I would like to be better at regularly updating my blog and other social media. I've started using the Tumblr queue, in hopes that it help me maintain a more constant posting schedule. That has been working well for the past month, so I'm hoping to start enforcing regular posting on this blog soon. As for making regular Youtube posts... well, that I would like to do, but often depends on whether I've had time to practice, whether conditions have been right to record... so while that would be lovely, I think that's a farther off goal at the moment.
My friend and I have managed to snag a table for the ACEN Artist Alley this year, and I have been busily manufacturing goodies for that. I would like to eventually get into a more regular pattern of making these things and eventually setting up an online shop on this site (I tried etsy for a while, and eventually decided it just wasn't for me).
I have been rather lax about practicing my instruments this past quarter, and I really want to make sure I keep up with my piano, so that's something I definitely want to work on. Related to that, I want to do more live piano+singing covers, as well as get back into composing songs of my own. Maybe an electronic keyboard should be my next musical instrument investment... Of course I really ought to practice all my myriad other instruments as well ^_^;;
I received a beautiful wonderful amazing Wacom Intuos drawing tablet for my birthday/Christmas, so a big thing for next year is getting myself to draw more, and teaching myself how to do digital painting at least mediocrely. Hopefully you'll be seeing more of my art posts as a result of this XD And in connection to this, here's a little doodle I made for my "Plans for 2012"
Happy New Year!!
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