I got over mangastream. Now it’s cool. I’ve settled for low quality scans and dumb translations instead of nothing at all (I’m sulking – but i genuinely appreciated their effort <3).

Today’s watercolor experiment was all about celebrating anime and manga =) The very first anime that I’ve watched was CardCaptor Sakura. This painting is something to remember about the good ol’ day’s(when everything was free and anime’s actually aired on TV over here). =)

I used to be so in love with this series back then, I made my own set of clow cards. =D I was ccaaraaaazyy!!! =P

Unlike my previous experiments, I’m pretty happy with this o.O maybe it’s because Kero-chan is too cute anyway you draw??

This is a self-portrait doodle =P made it while I got bored with color theory(it’s fascinating). Pretty cool huh??? hehee… =D

And finally, an unfinished digital experiment(using MyPaint). Tried drawing sakura blossoms here o.O ahem!! It somewhat resembles the flower right???? It’s not finished yet, so there IS lots of room for improvement =D

Anyway I gotta go now. It’s 5 o’clock in the morning over here and I’ve not slept yet. My ma’s gonna wake up in an hour o.O I better get some sleep. Have a great time you guys!!

Ciao!

I’ve given my application to NTU, Singapore for MS in Digital Media Tech. Chances are pretty low.  But I think I should remain optimistic till I get rejected ;) I joined a local animation academy here, they’re pretty good so I guess I’ll get better at everything soon(I hope). =)

So that’s it for now.

Bahhhh!! What a SADDD POST!!

Sumimasen =(

Yeah! I know it… looks like a massacre o.O *sigh*

Well, it started out good….

…but I kinda goofed it up!! It was supposed to be a floral design o.O but it ended up looking like this(below) with a nerve ending at the center =D lol!! In the draft, all the squares had a flower in it.  My exceptional expertise with watercolor magically transformed all the flowers into giant black balls! T.T *sigh*

But I think it’s not completely useless. =) Maybe I should do some intricate design thingy in the black areas… hmmm… let’s see…

PS: It looks better in real!! =)

I learned guitar on a really cheap acoustic guitar – it costed around 400 rupees(around 8 u.s. dollars). It sucked big time ’cause it didn’t sound well. But it was ok for a 11year old. Then, after my dad saw me playing at school, he was convinced that I CAN play and bought me a locally made electric guitar. It was before the time I had the knowledge to surf the net and look for what I want. And my friends were the same age as me(14) so they weren’t very helpful as they didn’t know nothing about ESP or BC Rich or Yamaha. And none of us were from a musical background. But later, something good happened to me in College. Me and a couple of my college friends formed a band =) and I started dreaming of a career in music.

This is me first time on stage :D I’m the clumsy one with the red guitar ;) hehe….

Well, being in the band was not a joy to begin with. Even though we all loved music, we had such diverse likes. And because of that we fought a lot. Musicians are a depressed group of people… trust me!! The girl who played keys for us could’ve reached the level of Janne Wirman(of COB) if she was as ambitious as I would have liked her to be. She was the only true musician in our band.  She plays classical piano insanely well. She was gifted. But then, it didn’t happen that way. And since we were in India and in a state called Kerala we didn’t have a lot of things that bands elsewhere used to get. Metal or even rock music was not appreciated except by people like us(we were in minority). We had no big exposure, gigs were rare and the sound mixing when we played on stage sucked almost always. But we fought through it =)

So, in second year of my college, influenced by the awesome guitars I saw around, I begged and begged and my parents got me an ESP AX 250 :D It’s such an awesome guitar… I love it. I originally wanted a flying V just like Alexi \m/ but that would’ve burned a hole in my parent’s  pocket. So I switched to a warlock, which was not available here in India, so I had to finally go with an ESP :) I just love her fretboard… just awesome!!

Isn’t she a beauty??? I call her RavenAx ;)

Later that year, I got a Yamaha!! The best acoustic guitar EVER!!!

Well, getting the guitar n’ all was awesome, but the band didn’t stay that way. We fought just too much. Our keys and lead guitarist left. So we had a major line-up change. The music wasn’t the same as before, we weren’t playing melodic metal anymore. But that didn’t stop us. We made 3 songs. And since we were in a place that we were in, we couldn’t record or get it on a cd. It was left just like that :( The only recording I got is a bad quality video of us performing on stage. And after four years of performing, we disbanded. Nobody wanted to play anymore… *sigh*

This is the last time we performed on stage.

Can you spot me??? ^_^

Well leave them, I don’t care what they do. But me, being so influenced by music and the creative arts and somebody who desired a career in music… what did I do????

I went and joined the ARMY!!! o.O

Patriotism was flowing through most of my veins that time ;)

Now what??? I want to be a graphic illustrator????

Well, I sure can try ;) hehe…

But I love the eye :D The only thing I’m good at drawing blindfolded is the eye and the best thing about it is, I can draw ONLY the left eye properly, the right eye never matches…. T.T And bad nose job as usual (ok! not enough practice on the head… I know I know… *sigh*) The lips looked better before I decided to overdo it :D hehe… blaaaahhh!!!

Heeheee…. I love the eye :D :D I’m so excited because it’s the first time I’m painting the eye and I didn’t mess it up even though the painting is pretty messed up ;)

Anyway, I’m practicing… :)

PS: I just remembered, I was thinking about Heath Ledger while painting… :(

err… drew it just like that!! :P

My favourite place – the beach! =D This was one of the best days there, it was sunny but it was rainy o.O (taken using an extremely old canon ixus).

Random monsoon sighting ;)

My cousin bro Unni(oun-nee) =)

It’s me it’s me!! =P

The luckiest dog ever =( my parents love her more =( *sniff* me jelly ;)

Clicked on an 8 hour power-cut day during the monsoons. Was not that bad. *lies*

@.@ the only plant which cares to bloom in my garden!

Watashi no kasa!! =D

I have been extremely busy these days. Never been so busy since college. Well, like I said before, 2012 gives me good vibes(about my future) =P so I’m bound to be busy. Finally I decided to ditch engineering(without my parents knowledge) and pursue what truly makes me happy =D – This is not applicable if I get rejected from the college I’m applying, so looking at alternatives too… ahem!! I’m applying for an M.S in Digital Media Technology offered at Nanyang Tech. University, Singapore. The course has got some rave reviews and is supposed to be awesome. The applicant’s might be awesome-r still so had to work really hard on getting those precious letters of recommendation from my university professors and prepare my own little statement of purpose. *sigh*

I wrote my IELTS exam on 7th and the results will be out tomorrow. I did well in everything else except  the speaking test :o I was never really good at extempore and I got a really stoooopid question :( –’Talk about your favorite nursery rhyme – what role did the person who taught you the rhyme play in your childhood? what do you like most about the rhyme?? why do you dislike most about the rhyme??‘ o.O I was like ‘whaaaa…???’ Irrespective of what my favorite rhyme was, the only rhyme that came to my mind was ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’. And instead of thinking about all those questions I thought about who composed the tune of the rhyme. I was almost sure it was Mozart, but then my time to cook up a good speech got over and I gave my extempore like this – ‘Umm… My favorite rhyme was Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. I forgot the teacher who taught me, so she might’ve been a completely oblivious factor in my childhood. What I like about the rhyme is the fact that it’s easy to remember and why I dislike it is because every other rhyme I know has the same tune. err… well that’s all I have to say’. I had two minutes to speak, I finished it in 30 secs. Talk about being precise. This is why engineers should never give an IELTS test. :P hehe… but anyway, it’s a requirement so had to give. =)

So then after that hurdle got crashed on, I moved on to the next one – getting some super awesome letters of recommendation. After procrastinating like… forever, I went to college day before yesterday to get them. A journey which usually takes about 2hrs took 4, blame the traffic! Anyway, my professors were really sweet(awww…) and considerate to write me two very inspiring letters that day itself =) (power of the alumini, well they don’t care about the students otherwise). It was a truly nostalgic journey =)

This is my college.

Inside the college – just a glimpse =)

The shortcut path always taken to go to the nearby food stall… =P

Stayed there long enough to see my juniors and chat on and on and on… so really didn’t get time to get those shots which I had planned of getting :( blaahh… there is always a next time! =)

And so, after all those stressful nail biting days(not really) I went to the beach =D such a good stress buster =)

This is my ma’s hometown. Beautiful isn’t it??? This bridge was build by the British around the 1890′s. Still standing with zero maintenance o.O

Everybody comes down here in the evening.

Some people pass time fishing… well… they don’t usually get any and they’re always half asleep =P

And what visit to the beach is complete without a sunset??

Ahh… now I’m fully refreshed and ready for the next round of applications =) bring it on =P

PS: All pictures were taken on my LG Optimus Net 3mp camera. Used Vignette for capturing and editing =)

Glimpses from the last days of the season. Finally the rains and cyclones have receded for good(hopefully).

The fruit captured is Bilimbi, locally it’s called Pulinjikka = Poo-lin-jee-kya =D it’s very sour and when dried and pickled it’s just awesome!!! =D slurrrpp….!!! Spring is definitely here, I’m waiting for the next wave of fruits =D