a start of a new beginning~
its been rather slack for this week, right after the Chinese New Year holidays, its back to school, but with only a few days left till the weekends, which also means.. more time ta' slack!~ XD and that is why I've enough time on my hands to drop a post.
yesterday, I had time to head over to melcolm's place to chill out and play SSBM (Super Smash Bros. Melee), and learnt a fair bit 'bout photoshop through him.^^ wahaha!, I managed to use his scanner to scan in one of my artworks, I'm gonna use it to practice my digital inking using photoshop for now~ =3 though its gonna be a problem inking the picture.. =/ reason being because I don't got a tablet, and I'm having a little problem using the pen tool with the mouse to ink my drawing. well, the good thing is I'm getting my new scanner soon (yay!~), should be getting it in a week or two. so perhaps I'll be able to scan in my works in future entries? well, depending on how good it is. By the way heres the pic, its not really my character, as the character is copied from the concept arts of the game, "Final Fantasy agito XIII". He is the Lancer shown in the concept art. It doesn't really look like him though, 'cause I drew it in my own style. as for the final workpiece, I'll post it here once I'm done with it, hopefully I can get a hang of the tools of photoshop.
..meh =/
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Labels: artwork
The year of the bright red pig!~
first of all, Gong Xi Fa Cai (Happy Chinese New Year) to all you guys who are reading my blog! The day of great food, great fellowship and a whole lot of great Ang Bao! (mm.. money is goood~ =X) hope all of you had a great reunion dinner with your family, and for those who don't celebrate Chinese New Year, I hope you guys will have a great holiday and week ahead! As for me, I'll be happily slacking off at home and gaming all day long during the holidays! =3
anyways, I recently got a new addition to my PS2 collection, its called, "Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia". Since I just got it, I don't know much about the game. to put it bluntly, I haven't even started playing it yet. I'm too occupied playing Legend of Zelda: Windwaker. =3 But anyway, the artwork and level design of the game gave me a good enough reason to blog 'bout it. The character sprites in the game are quite good, quite similar to that of Disgaea's, the level and background designs are quite good too, it gives a very "out-of-this world" feeling. (well.. its Fantasy RPG, what do ya expect?) And if I'm not wrong, there is a unusual mini-game, a Dating Sim sort of thing, where you use "dive points" in the game to develop relationships with a girl. and you can only get Dive Points on how well you care for a specific girl you want to get to know. The best part 'bout it is that the game comes with an official artbook! (muahaha I have more references now for drawing now~ =3) There is also an OAV anime for this title, which is cool! Soo.. Thats roughly what I know for now.. I'll update on this post if I missed out on any points. and I can't give a review now, since I've not played the game yet, so stay tuned! ><;
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Labels: Games
love is in the air~
tomorrow is the 14th of February, you know what that means! its Valentines Day! ^^ I'm not too hyped 'bout it since I don't have anyone to go out with, but for you guys out there who have your special person out there, I would like to share something with you guys! (This shows that my blog isn't just for games and manga drawings, I do have a lot of humanity left in me ya know? =/)
anyways, I just wanted to introduced a chocolate that is perfect for this day (well at least it is to me.. =/), its called Cho-Pan, manufactured by the famous Japanese company , Meiji. Cho-Pan has a few flavours, but from what I've tried so far, there are 2 different flavours, one of them is the chocolate flavoured one, dark chocolate for the pan-shapped outer layer and 2 layers of different types of chocolate filled in the pan-shaped chocolate. There is also a strawberry-flavoured Cho-Pan which I feel is ideal for Valentine's Day. It has white chocolate for the pan-shaped outer layer, and similar to the chocolate flavoured one, they have two layers of different strawberry chocolate, but for the strawberry flavoured one its a little different. They have some strawberry flavoured bits on the top of the strawberry chocolate enhancing its taste further. The pricing for this chocolate is rather costly, but its still within students budget. Cho-Pan cost about SGD $2.60 for a box of 4 and can be easily purchased at supermarkets or convenient stores, so if you're looking for a last minute buy, you might wanna consider this! ^^Screenshots:
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Labels: Food and Leisure
Adrenaline Skies~
I'm gonna keep this one short since its rather late now and I'm feeling pooped.. zzz. Anyways, I got my Beatmania Controller, and it totally feels like the actual controls in the arcade. It has a cool and slick feel on the outside, and its quite comfortable to use and allows me to play at ease. Its highly recommended to those out there who are playing Beatmania IIDX games on your PS2 and don't got the Beatmania IIDX controller. I just got my new Beatmania game last week too! ^^ "Beatmania IIDX 12: HAPPY SKY", its currently the best Beatmania game I've played so far. The soundtracks in the game are excellent, the cool sky background Bemani used was excellent, it has a digital yet realistic feel to it. The blue skin used during gameplay definitely suits the theme of "Happy Sky" Its definitely one of the best rhythm games around!
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Labels: Games
who said only zombies were evil?
so yea, I know I'm not updating as much as I should, but boy.. secondary 5 life is tough. =/ very different from the old lifestyle I used to have for the previous 4 years in school. well, I shouldn't complain that much since melcolm is much more busy compared to me. he has to balance both work and studies, I wonder how he copes it. anyway, I'll be posting stuff that happened when I didn't blog about for the past few weeks. (don't blame me, I just don't got enough time in my hands.. >.>)recently I got my copy of Resident Evil 4 (I know I'm a little outdated, sorry =_=), its quite different from what I expected, the game is more of a Horror action survival, very different compared to its predecessors. The game starts off with you as Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survival of the horror that happened in Racoon City six years ago, but is now a secret agent in search of the president's kidnapped daugther, Ashley. In his search, he goes to a small village to gather information on Ashley's whereabouts, but discovered along the way that the villagers were not human but something else.. something less human.
the game now focus more on direct action, rather than puzzle-filled gameplay, which is a good thing because I don't have to crack my brain too much to solve puzzles anymore! =D and this time its no longer up against blood-thirsty zombies anymore, its something else.. like a martian from mars! >.> nah, I'm just joking. but I'm not about to tell you what happened to the villagers or what are they. annd.. oh! how can I forget the ever vivacious but deadly Ada Wong is back in the game with an unknown motive! so if you haven't got yours yet, go buy the game and see it for yourself, hotshot! Its a cool game! ^^
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Labels: Games
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