Second AFA Experience

(Update: Since my other blog will be down by next month, I’m copying the AFA post to here instead of only the pics…)

Last weekend I attended Anime Festival Asia, or AFA, held in Singapore. Or as my friends call it, “nijikon event”, though the event is not just like that (nijikon – people who feel ’2D’ figures are more attractive than real-life people). It’s actually a lot of fun, and I think this year’s event is much more crowded than last year.

There are lots of cool cosplay, not to mention there’s also the regional cosplay championship – in which Indonesia won third place, whee :) That contest was intense, all the finalists did an awesome job! There are also many stores with variety of merchandise, and great concert as well. This is the second time I went to AFA.

Cosplay

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2011
11/16
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Digital Artworks
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Drifting Round and Round

“When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
So she ran away in her sleep
And dreamed of paradise” 

Work in progress (hence the awkwardness of legs, arm, chest, etc.) but I’m not sure if I’m going to finish it, probably just fix things here and there :/ Made the sketch when listening to Astronaut by Simple Plan – the song is good, by the way, hehe :) I doodled so often that sometimes I forgot how to draw and color seriously… *smacks self*

Just one more exam to go for me :( Really can’t believe I’m getting so close to the end of high school. Time flies so fast, it all feels like a dream… It feels, like, really weird. Maybe you know what I mean…

Anyway, a few days ago I skimmed through my old work of pictures and stories. They suck, of course, but some have quite good ideas. One thing that struck my mind was “Wow, I used to be so productive!” and it made me feel embarrassed. During high school I spent more time going out with friends, reading, watching, and studying (y-yes, I do!), basically more to enjoying other people’s work rather than motivating myself to create. I miss writing (stories, not essays) and drawing (proper, completed stuff not doodles), so hopefully during the holiday I can pull up something nice. Hopefully. Hmm…

2011
11/05
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So This is GIMP?

Despite people saying they use their MacBooks for graphic design/drawing, personally I’ve always used Windows for those things. My tablet doesn’t work properly in Mac somehow, but last night I tried fixing things and it got better, though the pressure sensitivity is still not working. Hmm…

Testing out. They provide some peculiar brushes… *points to the cabbage thingy*

Also, I only had Photoshop, Flash, and other Adobe package for Windows while none for Mac – so I decided to install GIMP. I’m still not used to its user interface, with my hands automatically reaching for shortcuts I’m used to. Hopefully I can learn how to use it properly soon :>

2011
10/25
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