so it's over, both anime festival asia and comicfiesta for 2011.

here's my cosplay attempt...
not myself but my mascot.



i altered an ordinary penguin plush to look like pen pen from evagelion. it is zero-budget and time spent is minimal. he guarded my booth and greeted my visitors with a silly stance during comicfiesta.

of course i brought him out for an outdoor shot, the tropical penguin thrives very well in kuala lumpur's climate.





secret study my haiku account

Here's where you'll find some of my stuff available in prints:


#GetWatchers: You need more Exposure, Watchers and Views? Join us Here !

my art projects:
project Resonance
project Rendevous
The Law for the Wolves
the 5th season
Journey
project KARUTA 2007
KARUTA cards available for sale
Ink Fragrance
Snow in Singapore

i have year-end events to announce, again:

~~~

12. 13 November 2011
anime festival asia 2011
at suntec convention and exhibition hall, singapore.
hall 403 and 404
doujin booth D1
sharing booth with and

~~~

17,18 December 2011
comicfiesta 2011
at kuala lumpur convention centre, malaysia.
sharing booth with

~~~

i wish i could see you there!

now i just have to go off to prepare my prints~~



secret study my haiku account

Here's where you'll find some of my stuff available in prints:


#GetWatchers: You need more Exposure, Watchers and Views? Join us Here !

my art projects:
project Resonance
project Rendevous
The Law for the Wolves
the 5th season
Journey
project KARUTA 2007
KARUTA cards available for sale
Ink Fragrance
Snow in Singapore

if you happen to be in singapore, please come over to join us at cosfest X, downtown east, D'marquee.
but i'm there as an artist with a booth, not a cosplayer:

Event Name: ComicsWorld Asia
Date: 25th and 26th June 2011
Time: 12.00pm - 6.00pm
Venue: D'Tent (Beside D'Marque where Cosfest is hosted)

my booth is at the row on the left hand side when you enter the event hall, farthest away from the entrance.
i will love to meet you. please drop by and say hello, you will receive a free gift if you tell me your username at dA. ^_^
see you!



secret study my haiku account

Here's where you'll find some of my stuff available in prints:


#GetWatchers: You need more Exposure, Watchers and Views? Join us Here !

my art projects:
project Resonance
project Rendevous
The Law for the Wolves
the 5th season
Journey
project KARUTA 2007
KARUTA cards available for sale
Ink Fragrance
Snow in Singapore

updating my latest project here in this journal, new entries will be added as they are being done.

projR2 is named "project rendezvous" as it is meant to bring writers together. as i am always inspired to draw and paint by literature submitted to dA, maybe there would be writers out there who would be inspired by my art.

my entries for this project so far:

-Etania teleth Zoa-

story writing by ~mistseeker *read artist comment*

.:Lilith:.

story writing by `alienhead *read artist comment*

The Hunters

story writing by !wolf-that-howls The Hunters.
story writing by `GunShyMartyr and ~AxDude
pending.

proj L

story writing by ~IfrozenspiritI Lorelei  .
story writing by ~mistseeker
pending.

The camera can't lie
writing by `MSJames A Bad Day
Writing by `PinkyMcCoversong Euphemisms for Goodbye

Doubt
Writing by ~lilytheshadow Death by Assasination
writing by *drop-asd
pending

Cupid
Writing by `RetroZombie Black Arrows - Chapter I
( a 50k-words entry! )
Writing by *drop-asd pending

Last Faerie
Writing by `danielzklein and ~IceyArticuno
pending

"Touch me, please."
writing by ~Loveforever09 Touch me, please.
writing by *Thamalasca Liquid Crystal
Writing by ~ShaperOfForms and ~princess88alasse. pending

please let me know if any more writers like to join in this project.

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Journal CSS made by ~caybeach
Brushes by ~gvalkyrie

i compiled my final fantasy fan art into calendars, now available for sale internationally

please note that i have decided to lower the price of the calendar prints because there is much less stock left after selling them in two events just past.

for USD 6 per pair only
USD 5 for every additional pair

to any part of the world, postage and handling to be advised.

each calendar card is A5 size, 148mm × 210mm, on 250gsm matt art card. print quality is very good. my customers and i have been satisfied with the service of this print shop.

here's a preview:

if you like to buy just note me with the numbers of the pair(s) you like to get.
i accept PAYPAL only.
you can choose any two for the pair, you will be automatically sent the first and second half of the year for each pair you order.

if you happen to be in singapore or kuala lumpur, malaysia this december, i would love to meet you at the following conventions:

Singapore Toys, Games and Comic Convention
10 - 12 December 2010
Suntec Singapore Hall 401 &402

booth name: Cirque Blanc (K22)
i'll be sharing booth with and

Comicfiesta 2010
18 & 19 December 2010
Manhattan Ballroom, Berjaya Times Square Hotel
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Booth name: the Silent Studio (row D1 left 3&4)
my sister will be selling her sock plushies at the same booth.


please come and drop by my booth and you can receive a free gift just by telling me your username on deviantART.

see you there!

:thumb161086691:

secret study my haiku account

Here's where you'll find some of my stuff available in prints:

#GetWatchers: You need more Exposure, Watchers and Views? Join us Here !

my art projects:
project Resonance
project Rendevous
The Law for the Wolves
the 5th season
Journey
project KARUTA 2007
KARUTA cards available for sale
Ink Fragrance
Snow in Singapore

please join the if you like to give good critique or like to get honest feedback on your art so as to seek improvement.

***

thank you all who threw in questions to the last journal.
here are all the questions and answers:


Q: definitely a painting tutorial!

A: there are quite a few walk-through in one of my folders in the gallery. painting tutorials were posted once in a while:



Q: do u use default brushes from photoshop?
and also do u play with the brush options to achieve what u have in your digital paintings?

A: i seldom use custom brushes. wet sponge brush of various sizes and opacity is my absolute favorite. i do not really play with brush options much too.
my digital painting method is almost like oil pastel/acrylic on real canvas, just spatter and smooth out where necessary using some smudge tool. although sometimes i like to play with filters, it is just a touch of them.



Q: what artists inspire you?
also i would love to see a walk through on your WIP! doesnt have to be a specific tutorial for me XD

A: i love norman rockwell, american illustrator for saturday evening post in the WWII time.
japanese illustrator such as takada akemi, manga artist tsukasa hojo were my past favorites. some of the recent game art by zera also inspire me.
and do i have to say that i love ff7? especially cloud strife?

as for walk-through, here are some samples:




if you like to see more work in progress, do visit my scrapbook.



Q: How long have you been painting?
Did you teach your self watercolor painting, or did you have a teacher?

A: painting and drawing seriously since 1992, as my art meme shows.



my chinese ink painting was self-taught, although in secondary and high school i joined a calligraphy club and learnt how to use the brush by a teacher who is a calligrapher as well as a watercolor artist.

my watercolor is not the western style but the oriental ones. the main difference is the type of paper used.



Q: How about a watercolor tutorial, walkthrough, idk something! We love your art, so anything would be good from you

A: thanks!
watercolor walk-through cannot be scanned, they are terribly wet and messy in work-in-progress stage. i'll have to discuss with a friend who like photography to help me take clear good pictures while i work on a painting.

i'm trying to find time for this. it is an interesting idea that i will gladly work out.



Q: Any tutorial would be good, but I'd especially like to see a hair tutorial I always have such difficulty drawing and colouring hair, and you do it so beautifully.

Also, how long have you been painting for? And what inspired you to start painting?

A: [link]

here's the hair tutorial. i hope it helps.

i've been drawing seriously since 1992. and i am always inspired to draw; it's quite impossible to not draw.



Q: Do you prefer creating original arts or fanarts and which is your favourite medium for it?

A: i prefer original art. if any commercial series did manage to get me, i like to paint them. final fantasy VII's cloud strife is like a ghost in my gallery. haha.

i prefer to work with traditional medium, they are faster and more solid.
but i have limited workspace (and fund XD), digital art which only require a laptop and a lot of patience seems to be a good alternative.


Q: Can you try drawing chibis ? Caricature chibis ???

A: i can draw chibi. i should do some of those again LOL too many serious paint work kill joy in some way.



caricature is out. i can't.


Q: Any preference on drawing male over female characters, or vice versa?

A: i have roughly equal number of male and female characters in my gallery, surprisingly.

technically there is no difference in preference over drawing male or female.
although as a female, i unevitably find good-looking males more attractive (and hence happier to draw) than pretty females.

HEHE. XD


Q: I think I have a lot of technical things to ask but... that aside, where do you find your picture inspirations? (as in the idea, the theme, the posture and picture compositions)

A: i keep an extensive collection of reference pictures that i love at the first sight, categorized into 'male', 'female', 'animal', 'architecture', 'landscape', 'texture', 'ff', etc.

the collection is still expanding as i browse fashion magazines and online stock providers. when i need ideas or inspiration i'll look into my library and i can usually form an idea what to draw for the next artwork.
i also collect artwork that i find inspiring. they are very good in helping to break artist block.


Q: HMmmmm... would love to see more tutorials on how you draw your animals like wolves .. how you get the initial sketch out, and how you render the fur
something more detailed.. like how you even got to the initial stage .. guidelines.. gesture lines etc

A: in fact, when i do photograph-referenced artwork, i don't draw guidelines. basically i traced a very rough outline to fix the positions of the main features of the subject. the rest are rendered portion by portion, layer by layer.

i will try to post a more detailed work in progress for my future pencil work.


Q: If possible I really wanted to know your inspirations
and tutorial can be just painting tutorial lor, like how to start painting
cos diff ppl start differently lol

A: my inspirations come from final fantasy
good poems and stories forms visuals in my mind will also move me to start painting.
the law for the wolves and my project resonance are good examples of poems and prose inspired art work.

***

i hope all of you can get more enjoyment from viewing my gallery in the future. please support me and help me do better.



secret study my haiku account

Here's where you'll find some of my stuff available in prints:


#GetWatchers: You need more Exposure, Watchers and Views? Join us Here !

my art projects:
project Resonance
project Rendevous
The Law for the Wolves
the 5th season
Journey
project KARUTA 2007
KARUTA cards available for sale
Ink Fragrance
Snow in Singapore

congratulation to ~fantasywingz for successfully catching the kiriban screenshot.

thank you all for your support. i'm flattered i took a relatively short time to reach so many pageviews.

i would like to collect questions from all of you who would like to ask me about my art. feel free to post your questions in the comments to this journal and i'll try my best to answer. the Q&A will be collected all together and posted in the next journal entry.

also, is there any drawing or painting tutorial that you like me to put up for you? if yes, do tell me too. i'll see how i can help.

thanks again.



secret study my haiku account

Here's where you'll find some of my stuff available in prints:


my art projects:
project Resonance
project Rendevous
The Law for the Wolves
the 5th season
Journey
project KARUTA 2007
KARUTA cards available for sale
Ink Fragrance
Snow in Singapore

it looks like i am near my 100,000th pageview, but maybe not.
that depends on how much you people would support me.

i will do a gift art for the first person who catch my 100,000th pageview and send me a link via dA note to a printscreen of the catch.

please be the first one to send, for i'll only do one piece of gift art for the one who meets the requirement.

thank you.



secret study my haiku account

Here's where you'll find some of my stuff available in prints:


my projects:
"projK07: Project Karuta 2007"
a collection of 26 x 2 playing cards, base on some entries for haikuwrimo 2007 by 26 haijin.
card deck available for sale!
"proj5s: The Fifth Season"
a collection of 15 haiku-inspired minimalistic artworks.
"ProjR2: project rendezvous"
12 artwork+ 24 artwork-inspired prose and poems.

if you are not familiar with projR please view the links below
"ProjR: project resonance"
a collection of 20 dA prose-and-poems inspired artworks.
get projR e-book here.

projK07 is done!
may i present the entire set of 26x2 cards, based on selected entries from haikuwrimo fall 2007:



please click on the image above to view the sub-gallery
anyway, the cards are sent to print and the card deck is available if you fancy a set. head over to this journal for a look: [link]

thanks for looking.



secret study my haiku account

Here's where you'll find some of my stuff available in prints:


my projects:
"projK07: Project Karuta 2007"
a collection of 26 x 2 playing cards, base on some entries for haikuwrimo 2007 by 26 haijin.
card deck available for sale!
"proj5s: The Fifth Season"
a collection of 15 haiku-inspired minimalistic artworks.
"ProjR2: project rendezvous"
12 artwork+ 24 artwork-inspired prose and poems.

if you are not familiar with projR please view the links below
"ProjR: project resonance"
a collection of 20 dA prose-and-poems inspired artworks.
get projR e-book here.

i have a new print account at "the untapped source".

why did i switch print service provider?
for low price, good print quality, friendly service and great professionalism.

enough said.

Here's where you'll find all my stuff available in prints:


links to prints of individual images are also found in the artwork description of each post in dA.

oh and yes, the order pages offer some really big zoom-in view of the artwork for sale. worth a look i think


my present project:
Project Karuta 2007" a collection of 26 x 2 playing cards, base on some entries for haikuwrimo 2007 by 26 haijin.
"ProjR2: project rendezvous"
if you are not familiar with projR please view the links below
"ProjR: project resonance" a collection of 20 dA prose-and-poems inspired artworks.
get projR e-book here.

i'll be in Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia, this weekend for ComicFiesta 2007. anyone of you who's nearby please drop by and tell me your dA username to get a free gift. it's always exciting to meet fellow deviants.



i thought it might be interesting to post some links to the websites i used to work on.
they are on free hosting so the bandwidth is very small, so please come back later if you can't access them.

The Silent Studio - Gundam super-deformed and master-grade gundam plastic models i did. i was very into this for about 5-6 years. i was the only female customer in that model shop i frequented who know more about U.C. Gundam series than anyone else there.

The Cat Mummy's Page just some cat craze: a site with cute pictures, quotes, miscellaneous info about our furry friends with pointed ears and four feet.


my present project:
Project Karuta 2007" a collection of 26 x 2 playing cards, base on some entries for haikuwrimo 2007 by 26 haijin.
"ProjR2: project rendezvous"
if you are not familiar with projR please view the links below
"ProjR: project resonance" a collection of 20 dA prose-and-poems inspired artworks.
get projR e-book here.

i have another new project. (okay, 'new project' is nothing new from moyan. )

project K07 stands for KARUTA 2007. it is a project to draw cards for a card game originated from japan.

this is an aftermath of haikuwrimo 2007.

so far there are 8 cards done out of 26.



more details about projK07 is in this journal and the card set will be collected in this folder of *moyanII.






my present project:

"ProjR2: project rendezvous"

if you are not familiar with projR please view the links below

"ProjR: project resonance" a collection of 20 dA prose-and-poems inspired artworks.

get projR e-book here.

november 1 announces the official end of haiku writing month for 2007.
i made it!
here are the next 15 entries.

Field trip
万緑に四葉を探す無邪気な子
banryoku ni yotuba wo sagasu mujaki na ko

seeking for four-leaved clover in the greens--
an innocent child. Barren
風と雲しか流れない荒地かな
kaze to kumo shika nagarenai arechi kana

only the wind and clouds flow
in this wilderness. Picture
遠山の美一角撮る窓の枠
tooyama no bi ikkaku toru mado no waku

framing a corner
of the beauteous distant hills-
the window. Flowers
雨止みや千枝に吊るす水の花
amayami ya chieda ni turusu mizu no hana

rain stops--
watery florets dangle
on a thousand sprigs. Independence
蒲公英や子供を風と旅させよ
tanpopo ya kodomo wo kaze to tabi sase yo

dandelion
sends her children off
to the wind Gotcha
万緑に鬼ごっこする紅娘
banryoku ni oni gokko suru beni musume

playing hide-and-seek in the greens
with the red ladybug. Enjoy
暑き日やごろごろ転ぶでぶの猫
atuki hi ya gorogoro korobu debu no neko

fat cat flips and flops on the floor:
sunbathing Harvest
稲波や風に撫でれる豊かな地
inanami ya kaze ni nadereru yutaka na chi

wind
caresses the pregnant land--
wavy wheat field. Reverence
アメンボも円光六つ足元に
amenbo mo enkou muttu ashimoto ni

even the pond strider
has six halos beneath its feet. Shelter
朝雨や屋根に留まる鳩一羽
asa ame ya yane ni todomaru hato ichiwa

morning rain,
a lone pigeon sits under the eave. Bookmark
本厚く挟む紅葉や秋残り
hon atuku hasamu momiji ya aki nokori

maple leaf in the thick book,
remains of autumn. Shirahime
月光に鶴の毛衣踊りけり
gekkou ni turu no kegoromo odorikeri

in moonlight,
cranes dance in feathered robe. Lazy mood
蝉歌は勤勉な子を寝かせけり
semi uta wa kinben na ko wo nekasekeri

cicada's song
lull the hardworking child
to sleep. Bliss
晩餐の母の笑顔や麻婆豆腐
bansan no haha no egao ya mabatoufu

mom's smile and szechuan tofu-
my evening feast. Linger
俳句日々窓掛けを抱く墨香かな
haiku hibi madokake wo daku sumika kana

haiku everyday
curtain embraces
ink fragrance.

see the previous 16 entries here if you happen to miss it.

i'll come back to painting soon






my present project:

"ProjR2: project rendezvous"

if you are not familiar with projR please view the links below

"ProjR: project resonance" a collection of 20 dA prose-and-poems inspired artworks.

get projR e-book here.

you'll be flooded by a deluge of thumbnails this round~
oh well, just something i've been doing this month and it is still in progress:

Wake up
窓のべの目覚まし時計鳥の歌
mado no be no mezamashi tokei tori no uta

my alarm clock beside the window--
bird's song. Lunchtime
昼飯をじっと見つめる子猫の目
hirumeshi wo jitto mitumeru koneko no me

the kitten's eyes
are fixed upon
my lunch. Nuisance
団扇をあざけるハエよ離れ去れ
uchiwa wo azakeru hae yo hanaresare

get away from me!
you fly who mocks my swatting fan. Moon
雲でさえ隠されない丸い月
kumo de sae kakusarenai marui tuki

not even the clouds can hide it--
full moon. Sway
そよ風に葉末はゆらりゆらりかな
soyokaze ni hazue wa yurari yurari kana

waver and wobble in the wind--
tips of leaves. Miss You
木洩れ日を浴びた君との昨夏かな
komorebi wo abita kimi to no sakka kana

light sifted through the leaves
sprinkled upon you,
last summer. Mess
紙だらけ書斎を崩す疾風かな
kami darake shosai wo kuzusu hayate kana

paper everywhere,
a gust ransacked my study. War
幼子や何も恐れぬ戦人
osanago ya nani mo osorenu ikusabito

the bravest warriors
who fear nothing:
children. Aquarium
左右上下魚は飼い主の真似をする
sayuu jouka uo wa kainushi no mane wo suru

left right up down,
fishes follow where the feeder goes. Droplets
雨漏りに叩かれ岩も凹みなり
amamori ni tatakare iwa mo hekominari

Raindrops from eaves
dimpled the rock. Silhouette
飛ぶ鳥や木の影一片去りにけり
tobutori ya ki no kage ippen sari ni keri

the tree
shed a shred of shadow--
a bird flew away. Harmony
木洩れ日や砕かれ蔭か千切れた陽
komorebi ya kudakare kage ka chigereta hi

that which descends from the leaves--
fragmented shadow or shredded light? Soccer
汗たっぷり二十二人とボール一個
ase tappuri nijuuni nin to booru ikko

covered in sweat--
twenty-two men
and one ball. Stranger
五月雨や傘に隠れる横の顔
samidare ya kasa ni kakureru yoko no kao

umbrella
hid her side profile--
rain in May. Retreat
帰り路や並木のお辞儀受けになり
kaeriji ya namiki no ojigi ukeni nari

the trees lined up
to welcome me--
going home. Morning
早立ちや霧を吐き出す青い山
hayatachi ya kiri wo hakidasu aoi yama

the green hills are oozing mist--
morning trip.

another 15 more days to go before this haiku mania is over. i hope you find my entries so far entertaining.






my present project:

"ProjR2: project rendezvous"

if you are not familiar with projR please view the links below

"ProjR: project resonance" a collection of 20 dA prose-and-poems inspired artworks.

get projR e-book here.

i've come up with a new e-book for my haiku account.
it's a collection of 31 nature-based haiku with photographs and commentary: all are my last year's haikuwrimo's entries.

haiku writing month this year is set on october. do come and join in the fun to watch or to participate to write a haiku a day for 31 days next month.

details are posted in `MSJames's journal.








my present project:

"ProjR2: project rendezvous"

if you are not familiar with projR please view the links below

"ProjR: project resonance" a collection of 20 dA prose-and-poems inspired artworks.

get projR e-book here.

tagged by
i think i've done something similar before:

RULES

1. Post these rules
2. Each person tagged must post 8 random facts about
themselves
3. Tags should write a journal/ blog of these facts
4. At the end of the post 8 more persons are tagged
and named
5. Go to their page and leave a comment telling them
they're tagged

8 facts:
1. i am hooked on crunchyroll.com lately.

2. i've got so much to do on my waiting list but am still browsing dA and watching jap drama.

3. i just lost one of my cats to her kidney failure. i am trying to find a new kitten to take her place... woe of a pet-owner.

4. yes, ~httpecho is my elder sister. she's a pencil artist and photographer. ~leeecho is her photography account. do check it out.

5. i am seriously considering getting a booth for comicfiesta 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, west malaysia at mid december. any of you out there attending this event?

6. i am currently working in my mind on the next artwork. another fantasy piece for an old dA friend who has been with me since my week one in this place.

7. i am back to doing more haiku stuff. !KorpiHunaja and i are doing a collab on translating each other's haiku into 3 languages (slovanian, japanese and english). before i plunge into this project i go back to do english translation of japanese classical haiku in the journals of my other dA account, *moyanII. if you would like to know more about the japanese haiku masters, do check out these translations.

8. my 31 entries for Haikuwrimo May 2006 is going to be compiled into an e-book. it is a collection of photos and paintings together with the haiku i wrote last May everyday.

whoever wants to do this tag please feel free to take it.

~~~~~






my present project:

"ProjR2: project rendezvous"

if you are not familiar with projR please view the links below

"ProjR: project resonance" a collection of 20 dA prose-and-poems inspired artworks.

get projR e-book here.

my present project:

"ProjR2: project rendezvous"

if you are not familiar with projR please view the links below

"ProjR: project resonance" a collection of 20 dA prose-and-poems inspired artworks.

get projR e-book here.

my present project:

"ProjR2: project rendezvous"

if you are not familiar with projR please view the links below

"ProjR: project resonance" a collection of 20 dA prose-and-poems inspired artworks.

get projR e-book here.

my present project:

"ProjR2: project rendezvous"

if you are not familiar with projR please view the links below

project resonance a collection of 20 dA prose-and-poems inspired artworks.

get projR e-book here.

the 1k kiriban winner he got the 1001st. no one claims the 1k, so the closest won. (1001 is a cool number too!)
thank you Todd for the story you wrote that inspired me to draw.



the 10k kiriban winner my friend and good critic who asked for a knight. i tried to do a regular knight but finally ended up doing a female one.



who will be the next?

*****

features this round!







my present project:

"ProjR2: project rendezvous"

if you are not familiar with projR please view the links below

project resonance a collection of 20 dA prose-and-poems inspired artworks.

get projR e-book here.