Log #5

2008.04.10 「HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SISCA!」

 

Probably the longest I've ever worked on a gift art. I'm seriously beat x__x. I did Suzaku and inking while Ferrum did Lelouch and toning. In the end, we posted it one day late OTL. My... My hand feels like it was just overcome by one week's worth of shading even though it may not look like much. In the process of bringing this to the finish line, we constantly corresponded on G-chat at ungodly hours for the amount of time an average person would spend going to work, having lunch, going home, having dinner and bathing. I don't remember how many times this went back and forth between us, but I'm glad we're finally done with this darn thing x___x.

WELCOME BACK, CODE GEASS!!! <3 <3 <3

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2008.04.08 「I... I can't draw Dino T___T」

I realise that, ever since Ferrum and I established EN-SYN, I haven't had time to do anymore "proper" inked art. I even neglected my doujin - wahhh! To make up for lost opportunities, I'm busying myself with one "proper" project. It's taking forever (I hate not being good at proportions) and finding the right fashion for each character is taking more time than necessary ---> is a perfectionist. I aim to get it out by Sunday but since I'm only up to spread 4 out of 9, I really don't know... T____T The "pairing" spreads are so darn hard (the poses!!!). A learning curve, I suppose.

Also, thanks to Ferrum's ideas, I think DinoFuuta might be my new fanon coupling. I know, I know. HibaKuro looks so canon next to DinoFuuta, right? XDDD But I like the aesthetics of it, soooo... And it doesn't help that Ferrum's webmanga for it is so darn sexy.

Um, and for your information, it's TYLDinoFuuta. Eep.

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2008.04.05 「Everywhere you see is chibi LOLOL」

Oh yeah... And above contains some pretty spoilerific spoilers. Did you get spoiled? I offer you a bow of apology *bowbow*. Also, a bonus Hibamochi as an answer to Sammie's comment:

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2008.03.31 「I have a new computer~」

Picture has nothing to do with entry, tee-hee. But I bet Hibari-san is bored waiting for SOMETHING INTERESTING to happen already.

It's the new Macbook Pro! <3 I'm installing Windows XP onto it tomorrow since Painter is strangely slow on OS X... Now I can go on with my 600-dpi projects~ Also, presently I haven't been able to stop listening to Jay-Z's American Gangster thanks to DA MAN magazine's recommendation (yes, I've picked up the habit of buying men's magazines - it's my suit fetish... Also, their recs are more to my tastes). In fact, it's the only sound I listen to whilst drawing the hopefully-edgy and Reservoir Dogs-inspired Uomini d'Onore bag illustration. Definitely helps with the ambience.

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2008.03.29 「I... I finally did it.」

As of THIS POST I am officially no longer a good, clean, at worst PG-13, fanartist.

To top it all off, my first non-doodle 1896 turned out to be...... 9618.

I guess I'm somewhat happy?

---> Here is the comm's banner LOLOL!

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2008.03.26 「What have I done for you lately, Ferrum?」

I was pondering over this. Considering my OTP is 1896, I don't really do much about it. I mean, SURE I'm working on this collab doujin to be put out at an event. Wow, I didn't dare dream to debut this way two months ago x___x. Anyway. I saw someone's comment on someone else's LJ about hoping I'd do more 1896 something or other, which made me realise I've never drawn it the way I did that 5927 or that LamPin or... I even dedicated TWO COMPLETE PROJECTS for TsunaKyoko o__o. Every other art I've done for my OTP has always been mere doodling. I wonder...

I asked Realms whether I HAVE been neglecting my ship and she told me (surprisingly): "But you've always been drawing them." I... I have? "Well, yes. You've made sure to include them in all your drawings. Well, not all." WHAT??? "Your supposedly gen drawings have pairing vibes in them." Even the ones where the guys and girls are separate????? "They're looking across to each other, aren't they? Then it has pairing vibes." OTL

And then, I had people asking me if the White Day comic had 1896 in it or if it was just their imagination (yes, it's your imagination OTLOTL). Or whether it was Hibari leaving Chrome's room in Shot In Sicily. Or whether- My conclusion? Apparently, my thoughts freaking show on my drawings *headdesk*. And, apparently, I draw them better than I do the others. Well, well, well. I guess it's no use trying to hide my ship (since it's like... hiding a goshdarned elephant with your 5'6'' tall person) so I suppose I better go all out now. However, I still can't get past this... PHASE wherein every pairingy art I make magically turns into suggestive gen in the end. I want to do NSFW, too, damnit!!! ;____;

The point of this post is............ to illustrate how my minor pairing stigma has tied me down so badly, that Ferrum who doesn't really like 1896 (as far as I can tell!) has beaten me to a pairingy 1896. TWICE... *thinks*. Actually, THRICE. Beat me with a self-esteem stick, please OTLLLLL. And to those of you who watch this blog and WANT TO SEE 1896 I'm going to pimp Ferrum's through this link here.

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2008.03.21 「EN-SYN = Ennui Syndicate <3」

Ferrum and I finally succumbed to the comm-making trend and started our own art-a-day journal OTL. Because we're BORED and CAPRICIOUS like that.

Okay, not really. We only wanted an excuse to put out half-arsed, crappy art every day without bothering our friends list. Would you like to check it out? Say "ENNUI"  <3.

...the name? Okay. Since I'm too lazy to summarise, here's how the conversation went. Roughly:

Ferrum: What should it be?

Rune: Festive Rune.

Ferrum: HELL NO.

Rune: What, too pairingy for you? Come to think of it, I don't think anyone has ever slashed LJ personas... How's FeRot? LOLLL

Ferrum: OTL.

Rune: Okay, what's your favourite food?

Ferrum: Cup noodles.

Rune: ...

Ferrum: Wrong answer? Then perfumes.

Rune: Lolita Lempicka.

Ferrum: Red Petal. Would that be "Red Lolita"?

Rune: Do our drawing styles scream RED LOLITA to you?

Ferrum: How about we turn it around and it becomes... Windesque.

And hence... "Ennui Syndicate". Yes, I cut a lot of the conversation. Yes, I'm a terrible storyteller. Your point? XDDD

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2008.03.20 「Hibari Household News #2」

No real update here, just... *dead* had this annoyance of a problem trying to figure out where on earth the ear goes on a profile. I hate drawing profiles - HATE it x___x. Luckily! Ferrum was kind enough to help me find Hibari's ear. Below is her discovery:

=DDDDDD

Please don't shoot me.

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2008.03.18 「Hibari Household News #1」

Yes - believe it or not, this Hibari Household thing is still happening >___> It's the only stress-relief project for me right now. No commitment, no angst, no deadline (well, maybe Natsucomi will be). Research remains a must, though, seeing how I'm playing with a foreign culture here ("Is this an appropriate roundness for the Japanese teapot?? Is this how you hold it?? Is lifting it by the base considered rude??"). SIGH, gaijin, SIGH.

Anyway.

Above is teaboy Kusakabe-san serving, er, tea at the reception. I've said it before and I'll say it again: 600dpi is GODSEND (provided that your computer's processor is also godsend). I haven't gotten to the part where I have to draw Hibari yet but I really worry about him looking silly with that... that pompom thing *killed by Japanophiles* grooms wear on their front. Because... it's HIBARI in a groom's kimono *dead*. I'll find a way to avoid silliness somehow x____x. For now, I'll just get this four-pager out on LJ first.

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2008.03.14 「Megane & Melon + Uomini d'Onore News #2」

...And above is a request I'd forgotten to put up here due to... forgetfulness. This was the thing that Demi prompted in exchange for my 1896 trilogy (LOL) - the same one I felt underwhelmed about after seeing just how brilliant Demi's fic is. Also, the reason I made that "Shot In Sicily" set at all. Uri was frikken hard to do... all that FUR x___x. Will never attempt animals again. Speaking of which...

Bwah, did I just update THREE days in a row? I must not have a life! Which is currently true, seeing how a) my friends are either studying/working abroad or back at school, b) the calendar project has seen progress and I gotta put myself back in gear!!! Not my progress, by the way; still, there is progress! So far we have two monthly spreads done by Suki and S-kun as well as the cover art by Mr. Li Julian. After this influx of updates, suddenly the Uomini d'Onore comm is again abuzz with activities after weeks of silence XDD.

No more aimless lingering on Painter, answering requests or embarking on my new collab with Demi until my part for the bag is at least half-done D=. Last I heard, Orrie, who's doing the reverse side, has only "5% to go". I couldn't NOT begin drawing furiously after I heard that from Suki. The result after I dunno how many hours? The above drawing of a still-disembodied TYL!Hibari OTL.

 

Seven more faces now *dead*. Meeting next Saturday *dead again*.

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2008.03.13 「Target 184」

*SNORE*

Wake me up when it's time for plot, please. Thank you.

Seriously, I don't remember anymore exciting KHR chapters since that night raid by Millefiore soldiers. The amount of fighting and snarking of the past chapters has escalated to ridiculousness. I was proud that this was the only shounen series in which no fight between two of the same parties lasted for more than 3 chapters, but look how it broke the tradition with the current Mosca-battling.

I wish something bad would happen to Tsuna already because at least then I'll have some form of entertainment. If we're still not seeing plot in 5 chapters and the old characters' return in 8 and a semblance of mafia lifestyle in 25, I'm considering out. I have been patient and defending you from skeptical readers but do realise that patience wears thin. Are you happy NOW, Mr. Editor? *fumes*

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2008.03.12 「Suzaku e Lelouch per DSquared2」

Time for a new log post. Thanks to Realms, my newly appointed consigliere (XD), I've gotten over my largely-self-made fandom issues. I don't know anyone more patient and sensible (not to mention agreeing LOL) than her, and so I decided to make her favourite boys the first of a long line of fashion ambassadors in my new collab with Demi. Uhh, I still don't know what the heck I'm going to get Demi to write based on this, but for now I'm happy to indulge myself with mental images of a fashionable KHR cast.

Also! I'm a new DSquared2 fan. I wish I were a guy JUST to be able to wear their awesome men's line. And this particular line has been named "Rule Britannia", can you believe? How could I resist? XDD ALSO I've taken some liberty with some details in the clothing since the references I worked with were teeny and I couldn't make out the little accessories if I squinted.