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Monday, May 26, 2008*

back again, just here to post a short one as its pretty late and i still have my personal things to do.... i had a great time in church today and cell meeting yesterday. God is full of grace and perfection, i'd love to know more of Him. i'll talk about this things more on my next post as i need to keep this post short =)

around last wednesday, i went with qiang ge to bugis street's QQ noodle shop to eat. on the way i saw this poor dead chick. i think it fell from the tree and died. its infested with flies.....

picture of dominic and nan ling. 'socialising' ... hmmmmmmm

i'm thankful that nan ling a chec classmate of mine shared with me about her teacher that has pursued an art career and other things related to art. i received 2 very interesting postcards that her teacher gave her in the past about the art exhibition. lovely paintings i must say...

finally here is the scan of the Anointment drawing lol. thanks Esther for helping me edit the image and removing the stupid middle line! :D

i prefer this version than the photogrpah version ^^

had fun at12:13 AM

Monday, May 19, 2008*

after a few weeks since my last blog post, i'm back blogging again. finally after sooo long, i chopped off my ridiculous fringe! whooohooo! i feel so irritated by the fringe, the fringe caused like 200% increase in pimples on my nose and around my nose area when in the past was not lol. so i'm glad i got a haircut. ( i hate 'long' fringe! ). heres the new haircut pic, a candid one - i smile like i am eating something .... -.-'''

was out with s25 on outreach activity at Bishan park. quite big a park for singapore. i've never cycled in like around 5years???!! but i did not have any difficulty whatsoever in cycling. just that i wasn't satisfied and ended up irritated cycling a 2-wheel bike with one of my cell member.. she just blames when its her fault. i find that really stubborn. someone should just grow up.... dunno how to ride bicycle then say la, why say forgot??? how ridiculous? i asked how long havent you been riding a bicycle she said 2 years. i for one did not cycle for around 5 years and had no trouble in cycling. i hate obvious liars. please be professional if you want to lie intentionally. you don't know how to ride its your buisiness. at least tiffany got courage to say she don't know how to ride...

hmmm ok i'll stop complaining about the cycling... i was glad God helped me at least invite a person. Corrine, tiff's friend came. super outgoing sia haiyo and i will remember the horrible aga aga she told me to hold LOL. yucks! the aga-aga was like leaking al over my bag flowing to my pants. sitcky sticky mess... tsk tsk. here the pic of corrine and tiff i took on the bus

finally here is my current drawing update. Memories so Real WIP 2. heres what i wrote about this drawing in the forum.
' hihi, i'm back with the 2nd wip of the drawing. i have been deciding to call it Memories so Real or Memories so Vivid - crazy how i crack my brains over this kind of stuff... lol... so i think i prefer the 1st choice title as it is simpler to understand and the title gives more attention to the drawing instead of the title itself.

i have already drawn her left eye almost finish - i just have the brow and lining of eye adjustments to complete. as you can see, i've extended the hairline of the upper ringe upwards to make it seem more normal. i've started adding subtle shades as a base to build up on the background. the drawing currently shows abit like a half-photo ( poppin out ) and half mirror concept ( more of a photo frame thats shaped like a mirror ). i will next shade up all the hair which is probably the simplest job for this drawingas not much intricate details is needed there. then i will shade her face to make it more realistic with light tones then i'll complete her mouth - that i've explained will be shown on the next update

maybe the next update or the update after the next one, i will show the full view of the drawing. its not as heavy a concept as my Anointment drawing as i wanted a simple concept this time. '

heres WIP 2:

i have to do my assignments soon. if not i'll be dead by tml! so thats all for now.

had fun at5:08 PM

Friday, May 02, 2008*

hihi i'm back to blog a fast one. i'm just here to post an update of my kinda completed drawing. i've copy and pasted what i wrotwe about the drawing from ZZ art forums.

Hi everyone, i have not been on here too much lately but finally i'm able to post the 'completed version of the Anointment drawing its not officially completed, but thats almost about it since there will not be too many changes left. before i post thie scanned update here and at DA, i will give a scan of this drawing at sch this coming tuesday.

so 1stly, let me describe my views about this drawing and its meaning.
i was talking to an artist friend of mine Lorah ( some of you may know her as Silentportrait on DA ) on windows messenger and she sent me some of her photos for me to choose which to draw. then i saw one that caught my eyes. i just saw her peaceful expression and i thought of half the concept of the drawing already.

i was stuck a point when i was wrecking my brains about the other half of the concept which is on the other half ( viewer's right half ) of the drawing. i was singing some praise songs in my room and sang the lyrics ,' you are my freedom, Jesus you're the reason........', and i received the concept like an almost immediate revelation for the concept of the drawing.

The technical stuff
i used a reference for the face in the drawing as well as the flowers. the hand (which isn't that well drawn ) i used my hand as a reference. i will fill in some shades more at the upper finger. the rest of the drawing i've done without reference.

the most rendered part of the drawing is the character's hair and face. the other areas of the drawing, the technics are just about a mess, but it did not destroy my aim for this drawing. i changed her hair from the reference making it longer with slight curls, i think it gives the character, the emotion some flow of feel. i am pretty happy at how the cage and its concept turned out. i took a long long time to figure on drawing the clouds and i love drawing the light.

i apologize that the dove can hardly be seen... i will think of ways to improve on it before the final scan.

The !st half concept explaination
the drawing has a religious meaning to it. i believe there is a God and He is the way to eternal happiness. The girl in the drawing is a person accepting God into her life thus at the same time is receiving salvation from God. God then gives her anointing throughout her journey of salvation to give her a direction in life, to bless her in all things she does. the hand above her head signifies God's blessings and empowerment and the the gas-like aura flows down likw river flowing like how i've always thought how the spirit of God flows. the flowers are drawn from starglazer ( or glacier i forgot ) lilies. star means light and light signifies life. i wanted this drawing to have peace as its primary expression. peace is an improtant factor to balance out the other side of our busy, and at times chaotic lives.

The other half of the concept explaination
i drew the trees to represent people on earth portrayed here as dead trees. the wooden cage is a more straightforward form of the dead trees. the cage has vines all over it, its means that people's life is held like a vice by satan. satan tir us down with his lies and temptations. the vines represents constraint.

when the girl ( used as an example of a person receiving salvation ), accepts God as her rightful Saviour and God, the glory of God shines upon the demons, spirits, satan and bondages in her life. satan and the spirits of temptation and bondages flee with fear of God's holiness and power.

the dove represents the girl that escaped from satan's wrath and goes back to God. its represents freedom and happiness.

here goes nothing :P...

The Saviour saves, He keeps our lives in bliss, protects us from evil

i dedicate this to Jesus whom i believe in and also fellow artist Lorah.
( drawing is very blurred as it is taken with a 2 mega pixel camera phone )

hope you guys like it and i do need some critques, thanks
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i'll update it with scanned and really completed version on tuesday :) whew my fastest blog update! :D

had fun at8:20 PM