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Saturday, September 17, 2005
One of my friends from HQ won a 6x8 Wacom Graphire3 tablet at a graphic arts expo...
and he decided to give it to MEEE!!! :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD~
I still can't believe it... T__T... thank you, Daniel Beach... you have no idea how much this means to me.
I've been having lots of fun getting used to drawing with this thing ^^ here are a few practice pics: photoshop painter
Also—I've decided to get started on this one manga idea that's been spinning in my head in the past few months. I'll be housing it in a MovableType blog at my buddy Steve's online HQ community. Here's the site: manga.candidhq.com. Not sure if I'll be able to really keep it up this semester, but I will definitely start it ^_^.
Not many other things to note, except that I've really been getting into this artistic groove lately (goes well with the tablet ^^). I've been drawing in my sketchbook more than ever and getting inspired left and right. CGTalk of course, but also my supervisor's introducing me to the Hudson River School artists (the paintings of which I got to see in person at the National Gallery of Art last month) and this Marines artist I met (friend of my grandpa's), who gave me all these random art tips and advice he had learned throughout his art life. Really made me want to go to art school like he did, and get formal training!
Brought my sketchbook to Michigan (for the HQ Northwoods retreat), here are a few of the pics:
The Council - MOOGLE MAN!! Hehe
Northwoods Lodge - Pic I show the kind of people who would probably be freaked out by the moogle man
Windy - Generic girls, bleh
Good times - Not so generic
Oh, COD has started; I'm taking Political Science and Film as Lit, both pretty good courses. My only complaint is having to watch old freaky films like Psycho in Film as Lit. I can take any amount of gore and violence, but I'm a total wimp when it comes to horror movies. Even a few non-horror ones have managed to freak me out, like Eternal Sunshine and Minority Report (both awesome movies btw, I just wouldn't want to watch them again ^^;;... ok?). Speaking of good movies... I loved Star Wars III! Pretty bad scriptwriter, and lame sequence of events around *spoiler*Mace Windu's death -- just seemed awkward that Anakin converted so quick o_O*end spoiler*, but other than that I think it was great. Or maybe this is just the SW fangirl within speaking, who knows :).
Tony, thanks for the offer of your php script =). I sure wish I had the skills to code my own blog software, but at this point I am still struggling with the basics of ruby (my first/only programming language :P). Actually... starting next week I'll be taking a ruby class at HQ; it may help ^^.
Weien, I'm lovin' your, um, observation regarding the Achievements XD. I really do hope that one of these days we all create amazing costumes and roam the streets of Naperville -- animanga freak show! Thanks for your suggestions for channeling my renewed obsession. And I would LOVE to master qing gong with you!
Tara, yeah I will have to keep up with karate. Some aspects, especially those one steps are so easy to forget -__-;;. I miss you! I was just thinking the other day, it would be really great to just go chill with Tara right now...
Cynthia, miss you too; hope you're doing well. I love your new layout!! So different from the usual xD.
Topher, nice to meet you ^^! About writing, I'll have to quote Pascal: "When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we find a person." I LOVE blog-surfing, because that is often where I see it :).
It's that time of year again, where I start dreading a certain event... will all my bdays be like this from now on? UGH.
