Closing Curtains

WARNING: Image-heavy post ahead.

Yeahh so this is the final assignment I was talking about. A2 smooth paper, colour pencils. Phew. Almost killed me with its complexity - and up to this day my friends and I still can't stop evaluating buildings we see for their complexity and (im)possibility to recreate on paper. Lol.

One photo per day, accruing to a total of 7 (yes, I worked on it for a week. With almost no sleep for 3 days and none at all for the last. Woe is me!).

Let the torture proof be shown!

Not shown: Black-and-white sketch of the building. Time taken: one day.

Day 1:


Day 2:


Day 3:


Day 4:


Day 5:


Finally, day 6! *dies*




*is revived*

So ends trimester 2. I wonder what trimester 3 will bring? Hmm.

Oh yes before I forget, here's the cover of my studio journal - a compilation of all my practicals this trimester:



Ciao!

Realisation

Thinking back, it all started with something pretty mundane; childish, even. Most can claim to have favourite books or authors as a motivator to kickstart their writing passion. I don't have that. Instead what I can claim to have instilled that passion in me was, ironically, not original at all: fan fiction.

So yes, this means I played around with artificial universes and characters not of my own creation. Sometimes I wonder why I hardly dared venture out of this particular sandbox - perhaps apprehension, perhaps an unwillingness to chance the leap - but fan fiction was my main form of expression. It still is, in a way. Fan fiction has a special place in my heart.

Through it, I made many friends who helped me grow, talent-wise (if any smidgeon still exists) and otherwise. I could never thank them enough; because of them, and fan fiction, my writing has grown into what it is today: for once, something I can at least sometimes be proud of.

I will never regret writing.

And for that, I am sorry - sorry for abandoning the one site that was my platform to (somewhat) success. I abandoned FF.net for a myriad of reasons. Generic new fics. No fandom piqued my interest. Time constraints. Et cetera, et cetera.

Well, all that's over now. I'll be going back to revive it in the only way I can - I'll continue writing.

I'm a writer, and I'm proud of it. I should not forget that.

One day, to put my heart into writing...that is my dream - as a writer, an aspirant, a dreamer.

Take Two

My second take on A3 rough paper charcoal drawing of leaves and stones. As aforementioned, I redid it due to some complications with the first one that shaved off a lot of my marks - too much for me to close an eye. So here it is:

First a picture to show how lame my measurement skills (total: 0) are:



Sorry, I didn't manage to take any works-in-progress. Totally slipped my mind. The final piece:



I hope I improved but...is that too much to ask for? Considering I did this in three hours - till 4am. Waa.

Stairway to...Insomnia?

This time I present to you the second out of three assignments I have this trimester: a charcoal drawing on A2 rough-tooth paper.

It cost me a fair few days of precious sleep - and the entirety of the night preceding the deadline - and in the end it didn't even turn out like how I wanted it to be. So I'm fairly disappointed, yes. But what can I do? Deadlines are deadlines. Sigh.

Okay, you know the drill: WIPs till the final piece. Enjoy.


Yes, that weird orange reflection is of my hands holding my mobile phone :(





I'll upload more later; the last assignment and a remake of my first-ever charcoal drawing (due to some complications I lost many marks and felt I had to compensate somehow).

For now, ciao!

Bottle Ball

Whew. Been drowning in assignments and practicals lately! For this practical we had to draw and colour glass bottles, A3 size - with colour pencils. Gosh. Truly glass reflects more than its own colour...perhaps too much for its own good?

Works-in-progress, from sort-of-start to finish:







Will upload the others later; I don't want to clog up this post too much.

Signing out!

Birthday Gift

A pencil drawing requested by a friend for her birthday. I don't really know who this is, just picked him cuz he appeared quite often in her picture archives. I hope he's recognisable >.<

Two versions here; one's plain black and white, another toned brown via Overlay.





Enjoy =)