Ma first animation eva!

I'm so excited that I'm trembling while typing this down, just because I had finally learnt how to do an animation by using the 30-days trial Photoshop CS5 I downloaded a few days ago. Behold, the simplest animation ever that even a 7 year-old kid can do, the traditional, old, lame trick someone can do with animation, the blinking eyes!

Click the image to view animation, and a new tab will open up. I think.

I know my drawing looks crappy this time, no, my drawings are not that good other times too, but this is the worst in history. Still, who cares? Not you, you, and you. I'm in a good mood anyways, you can't bring me down.

I have just gone through my first presentation in this semester and it went well. Three cheers for ore-sama!

Aren't pianos just cool?

One of the many talents I wish I have is the ability to play musical instruments. Piano, violin, guitar, to name a few. Guitar was hopeless. I rented a guitar last year, and the result of my learning was... almost nothing. Damn.

OTL

There are no pianos to be rented (hell, how do you expect to bring a piano back home without a transport? A lorry, I suppose. But... I am an overseas student after all. I can't afford that luxury). So... the best option is to rent a keyboard, which is pretty much similar and easier to play. Oh no, it's not me who rented it, my friend did. I'm a cheapskate, SO WHAT?

Long story short, now I am able to play a few songs. And that is good enough. The sad thing is, I can only play with a hand, which is so not cool.. And it doesn't sound nearly as good as playing with both hands, if you get what I mean.

I once watched a Korean reality show where one of the hosts of the show said (not directly quoted, but it means almost like this) "I think guys would like to have an image of their girlfriends like this. Playing a piano, with sunlight coming down on her from the window behind".

Like this...... Almost.

And so... my pitiful inability in music aside, I'm going to show off a song that I managed to learn. It's one of the soundtracks in a famous Korean drama, "Full House".

WARNING

I played this with one hand, so it's really not that good. And it's not the full song too. Bear with it. Or you might consider not listening at all. But you don't want to break my heart, do you? *wink* <333

It's WINTER!

Yep, as the title clearly stated, it's officially winter in NZ now. Well... it's winter for quite a while already, but I haven't had the chance to update my bloggie. It's getting colder and colder, and windier too! Let's just hope that it will snow in Dunedin this year. Judging by the temperature now, the chances seem to be quite high. Which is awesome!... or not. For now, let's just pray to survive the cold, harsh winter.

The great news is, it's holiday now! For 5 weeks, to boot. It was great that I get to spend more time with my housemates and friends. So far, I have visited the cinema twice with my housemate. And guys, DO watch the latest X-Men, First Class. It's superb! Well, Pirates of the Caribbean 4 is not bad too. And it is very rare for me to do some free advertising.

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Today, I've tried colouring with my drawing tablet. It was not easy. Or rather, it was damn difficult. As always, I used Adobe Photoshop to draw but this time, I tried to draw and colour the image in one layer, and it took ages! At least I was rather satisfied with my drawing this time.

Randomness.

On a fine Saturday evening, a not so peaceful one since they're loads of assignments to do, I found myself sitting at my laptop, drawing with my precious drawing tablet. Geesh, I need to be aware of my time management. Doing my assignments last minute means getting less beauty sleep (lol on this one kekeke..)

Anyways, it is so fun trying things out with my drawing tablet. One day I'll be a professional manga artist for sure! Dream big, Atie, dream big (^ ^)v

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Sketches Made FUN!!

This is a sketch I've made today~~ A lame one, but hey, I'm still learning. It is harder than you think it is. Those who are better than me, this is not the time to show-off.

While drawing this, I kept on thinking what kind of expression could this girl be showing? Happy? Sad?

I think it's hope.