New Wallpapers~!

Wow, two wallpapers within a week! It’s something amazing. Seriously. O_o I’ve not made wallpapers in how long? And suddenly I made two? Yikes! I’m on a roll, so expect nothing from me for the next three years. *laughs*

They were both created with Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Illustrator CS4. They’re basically vectoring and painting practice pieces.

Kimi ni Todoke : Tulips and Skies

K-On! : An Ideal Sawako-sensei

Whooo…

I’m back! This time with several new siggies… I’m not exactly happy with the text, but I’m very pleased with the outcome nonetheless.

This semester, I’m taking several classes which will make me even busier. But as a result, I have time to make more graphics. Does that even make sense? Probably not.

Carnivorous Plants…and my terrible camera

I bought a Carnivorous Plant growing kit a few months ago. These little things require a lot of care and patience. So at first, I was a bit apprehensive, but after a while, my curiosity won over and I bought it.

These kits should NOT be labeled as toys. I have no idea why any company would do so. Children typically do not have the patience for plants that take forever to grow. It took almost months for seedlings to appear! And they’re very cute seedlings. I attempted to take pictures, but my camera’s terrible. Only fuzzy pictures came out. -_-;

The kit came with 11 North American species. It has a variety of sundews, pitcher plants, and the famous venus fly trap. So far, I see all the different kinds popping up. The sundews have been growing the fastest. One of the sundew seedlings are over an inch tall now. Meanwhile, the pitcher plants’ seedlings have just popped up. Yesterday, I didn’t see any leaves and today there are leaves! The venus fly trap seedlings are also beginning to break through the surface. Although I planted the venus fly traps’ seeds first, they took the longest to sprout. Meanwhile, the pitcher plant and sundew seeds had to go through stratification before being planted an entire month later.

Hopefully when they grow a bit larger, I can provide some pictures. ^^;

Story Revival: Obstacles of Love

It has a really lame name, I know, but that was my first story ever, and it was written in the year 2000. That’s nine years ago, nine! Imagine that. Nine years since I first started writing. Wow, time flies. I had intended for the story to just slowly die like how my passion for the Card Captor Sakura series died. However, a fan of the story “Sarah Zitter” e-mailed me earlier this month asking me if I would continue the story. I was hesitant for obvious reasons. One, my passion for the Card Captor Sakura series has dwindled. Two, I’m not very fond of Sakura the main character. Three, it’s an old story — I can’t really remember the plot of it anymore.  But after exchanging a few e-mails, I decided, why not? I’ll continue it and hopefully finish it. After all, it was my first story ever; my first step into the world of fanfiction. It at least deserves a revamp and a conclusion. I don’t know how this will affect my update schedule for my current fanfictions, but I can almost guarantee that updates will be fewer.

So anyway, I skimmed through the six chapters I had written all those eons ago, and boy was it disgusting. I mean, I don’t write extremely well now, but my gods did I suck back then! It was total garbage. So I told “Sarah Zitter” that I’d put up the revised chapters and future new chapters on Fanfiction.Net and to expect a complete overhaul in the writing and some plot improvements. This is gonna be some work.

And on a less stressful note, I’ve completed yet another sig for someone on VK Forum. The characters are from La Corda d’Oro the animated series. I also adore this series, so I was pretty happy working with these images. Len, Tsuchiura, and Kahoko! I think this one came out rather differently than my others, but it’s so…peaceful and warm. It makes me smile.

Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood

I just watched the first two episodes yesterday, and today I created a set featuring Edward Elric. I’ve missed FMA’s humor and action. I also completed a set for someone on Vampire Knight Forum again.

I’ve also updated the links in my writing page. I added the links to Chapter 14 of Mission Hogwarts and Chapter 4 of Bridal Deception. Sorry the chapter for BD took so damn long. It wasn’t my intention to leave that fic unattended for so long. Glad I’m not being flamed for the long wait.

On a Roll!

Been making a lot more graphics. Even made a new set for myself. Again.

more requests

Whoot, I’m on a roll. Spitting out requests one after another. Once again, they were requests from Vampire Knight Forum. Thankfully, it’s not as busy as the last time I was accepting requests.

Request by Alastrina

Alastrina from Vampire Knight Forum requested a signature from me yesterday, and after Photoshop crashed twice on me, I managed to finish it! I kept saving every few minutes in case Photoshop decided to crash on me again. >>; So in a sense, this is version 3. Well, here it is. I think it came out pretty nice. =)

Made something again! This time, it’s for a competition at Fansub TV. I’m not really good at vertical signatures though, so it came out a little awkwardly. =( No idea who the character is, but I’ve used this render before in a sig I made last year.

I like the effects in this sig. What I don’t like is how no matter where I place the text, it looks really weird. So, I just left the text as is. -_-; It’s terrible, I know.

Made a version 2 — better text (although not by much), blended the bottom where his foot is with some effects. I didn’t notice his foot stuck out so much. I also sort of toned down the brightness. Not really though.

After Epic Failures

My GFX making skills have been a little off kilter lately. I’ve been producing nothing but garbage for a bit. And finally–finally, I’ve produced something I’m proud of.

Here’s my newest creation. It’s Tomoyo from Cardcaptor Sakura.
Layers: 35

The one I made before Tomoyo is even better! It’s totally full of awesome.
Layers: 33

Version 01 (sharper):

Version 02 (less sharp):