Saturday, September 10, 2005

B.A.C. (Before Art Classes)



Fan art. Before the workshop. Am I scaring you yet? :)

The foliage on this one was actually more complicated, so I copped out and just drew some arbitrary unrealistic vines. K and K forever! Right Maan? This was copied from a tiny, almost-thumbnail-size drawing.



Do these scans look as bright on your screen as they do on mine?




This one was copied from one of the OST covers. Yes, the resemblance is kind of weak.


What is so fascinating about this character? Well, as one blogwriter put it, "The idea of a man with absolute power, who absolutely refuses to abuse that power, is compelling."


And that's why. Among other things. But I really need to do my homework now.


This is kind of addicting.

Debut

I didn't have one of those when I turned 18. Too expensive. But on that day, I woke up to my mother holding peach-gold roses to my face. They were wrapped in newspapers because they were from the palengke.

And I got the following short story from my younger sister and brother....
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"We were lucky we were able to pull together that fleet out there. I had to pull more than a few strings for that," Leia told Han nervously. She kept looking out of the window of the room.

"Don't worry about it sweetheart," Han said in an absent-minded though reassuring tone, "everything will turn out okay." He was punching in last minute instructions to the fighters outside. Chewie growled and barked something, and Artoo whistled an agreement.

"No, I checked out all those ships before I came in myself. They're all fine," Luke said confidently.

"I hope General Antilles was able to countercheck the loaded equipment. If any of the materials are left behind, oh, the mission will surely be compromised," Threepio moaned nervously.

Luke's com link buzzed and crackled. "Hey Luke, we're about ready to start."

Luke signalled to the others to start moving out of the room. "Okay Wedge, just wait for my go ahead."

Artoo was first to the door and everyone else followed. Out of the room, out of the building and past a little garden. Chewie led the way to a broad green field and roared at everyone to hurry up.

"I've always hated the running part," Threepio whined as he scurried along. Artoo just made some cheerful twittering comment in reply.

"Wedge better not botch this up," Han said very seriously.

"Go on Luke, give Wedge the signal," Leia said still a little breathless.

All of them stopped in the middle of the field and looked up at the sky. With a big smile on his face, Luke spoke into his com link. "All right Wedge, fire away..."

The screech of fighters filled the air and only seconds later bright explosions and lights in the sky---
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Birthday fireworks from the heroes of the Rebellion! Only the truly devoted (or the truly geek) would have loved it. And I, at 18, was one such creature.

I am still amazed at the amount of effort that must have gone into this. Considering that my sister is such a non-fan! There are so many details here that sit just right. The little ships were done by my brother. You can identify the models. :)

Peach-gold roses. And fireworks in a galaxy, far, far away....

It was a great way to wake up to a birthday!
(No, the picture below was not part of the present. Just felt like sticking it in.)

Memories



My sisters call photos, "memories." So I was leafing through some old 'memories' and came across this picture. I'm rappelling down a wall! (Yes, it's me the ropes are covering.) It wasn't a long way down, but it was vertical, and that alone kind of makes your head spin. But I made it down. And no, none of that Extra Challenge screaming. Although in fairness, we didn't scale a 2-digit storey-tall wall (ugh, what a bad rhyme). :)

Look at the angle this was shot. So anime!



This picture was taken in Tintern School, Melbourne, Australia. Nine years ago. They have rappelling for P.E.

I should do more things like this. Leap into new experiences, and savor every moment of the harrowing way down :)

Start-Up: Exciting and Heart-Fluttering

To me the following conversation best illustrates the nature of Dalmi's feelings for the penpal Dosan (i.e. HJP) and the present Dosan (...