less than perfect

2009-02-19T10:32:04Z

Does anyone here tweet? :)

Wow.

2009-02-12T13:56:34Z

I'm not an expert on dancing, but damn if I didn't think it was awesome.

Wow.

"Ouch" doesn't even begin to cover it.

2009-01-28T12:18:07Z

I had my wisdom teeth removed this morning.

The doctor said the bleeding should stop in about an hour, it's been 7 hours now and my blood is still flowing like a freaking river. I can't rinse my mouth either because of the stitches. And then I ran out of the clean cottons used to clean the blood, most of my teeth are stained red, my mouth tastes awful, and it's starting to hurt since the anesthetic has worn off. I'm considering whining and be a drama queen later, since my mouth feels super uncomfortable and I need to ~~amuse~~ distract myself.

My pet dog was being super sweet though, she actually came up to my room just to greet me. Wagged her tail, nudged my leg, and then went back downstair. It was adorable. *squeezes*

What.

2009-01-17T13:51:37Z

Both of my grandmas are downstair watching a reality show.

About strip tease.

Right.

I've been found out.

2008-12-28T16:13:31Z

Below is a short conversation I had a while ago with one of my friends between classes.

Her: "Really, S, why are you so obsessed with Alphonse Mucha's works?"
Me: "Well... There's just something about his paintings, y'know? From the intricate decorations he used to the facial expressions of his subjects—the bedroom eyes, the secretive smile... Not to mention his signature twirling hair and detailed anatomy! And.. And..."
Her: "And you like half-naked pretty girls."
Me: "...Yeah, that too."

My friends know me so well. :D

Ow.

2008-12-24T09:16:51Z

My lower right wisdom tooth has finally decided to come out and play.

Normally, I wouldn't have any problem with it. The pain is agonizing, yes, but I've gone through this once and I barely felt the ache back then with the help of some medications from my dentist. But THIS, this little smugfuck decided to make its entrance TWO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, my usual dental clinic is closed for the holiday, which leaves me with no medication and a LOT of pain. Ow.

But what annoys me the most is the fact that the pain keeps keeping me up for the whole night and it seems to get worse when I'm lying down. I had only gotten two and three hours of sleep for the last two nights, respectively, and I can't even curl up on bed and be miserable and feel sorry for myself! Bugger.

So, I figured since Christmas is just around the corner, a letter to Santa seems to be the most elegant solution.

YES!

2008-12-18T04:50:52Z

It's finally time for to me catch up on all the fantastic fics I missed and then rot my brain in front of the TV, or something as equally productive.

What I'm trying to say is, finals are done. Finals are over. Finals have ended.

WOOO!

Ha. Ha.

2008-12-15T15:31:24Z

Under the cut is the final assignment for my Photography class this semester, posted here just so leon_squash can laugh at it.

This is the original picture.

Yep, that's my little furball. She's always so RIDICULOUSLY happy just being lazy on the front yard, smiling into the camera and panting "ha-ha-ha" the whole time. I have to rein in the urge to hurl a pebble at her every single time. That FACE, ugh.

Edited it into greyscale...

And this is the assignment. After we developed the second picture, we painted over it with some kind of paint (honestly, I still don't know what it's called, all I know is that it's REALLY hard to work with and the name printed on the front of the package is in Chinese, I can't do Chinese, ergo) and we had to apply some absurd colours. The more unatural the colours we used, the happier our professor become. Nutzo.

And so, the final product.

Yes, you may laugh now.

Finals are here!

2008-12-06T20:28:11Z

...And I'm SO tired. Our instructors were going crazy because of the shorter-than-usual term, they couldn't carry out the rest of the curriculum with so little time left so they decided to dump the rest of the assignments on us all at once and treat them as homeworks. And just to assure we'll all do them, they said this is one of the requirements needed to take the finals. In other words, we won't be graduating the class we didn't turn the assignment in to.

So far, I've only done my History of Indonesian Art 2 paper and the 30 sketches for my Figure Studies assignment. I did the 30 sketches thing just in one night, of course I took a picture as a memento.

Now all that's left are the assignments for Photography, Typography, and Illustration. Whoop-de-do.

Once upon a time...

2008-11-10T14:25:16Z

...I had the flat graphic assignment from my photography class. I had totally forgotten about it until leon_squash reminded me.

Actually, I'm still not sure if "flat graphics" is the official name for photos like these, shouldn't it be "texture photography" or something? Okay, not important. So, basically, we were told to take pictures of anything we like so long as the picture we took looked 3D. In short, we need to accentuate the object's dimension using shadows along with some other prescribed elements (lines, colors, and such).

To tell the truth, I didn't understand this assignment then. So when I turned these in, I didn't have any high hopes. But then I got a B. How confusing.

A fan.

Carpet. With a small portion of cleaning cloth thrown in as 'accent'.

Some smooth, white stones from my backyard. And a weird looking flower I plucked from my mom's plant. Please don't tell her.

On the other note, my final exam for this semester starts in less than a month and I'm not ready at all. Oh am gee.

My assignment, let me show you it.

2008-11-06T16:21:11Z

This time, it's letterform, in 3D. Right.

So, we were told to build an interesting shape using the alphabets. The shape must be composed of at least 3 letters, they are not allowed to form a word, each letter has to has 0.5 cm of thickness at the minimum, can be viewed from more than one side, and the composition plus the colours we use must give off a certain impression. We were free to choose the font as well as the materials, so I used styrofoam as the base for my letters and then wrapped them up with some stiff papers. An since I wanted to portray "natural", I used the autumn pallete and curvy letters--which I regretted later, since cutting them nearly killed me. So FRUSTATING. No wonder 99% of my class used blocky and straight letters.

This little assignment kept me up all night, and I spent the next day looking like a zombie at school. Though the praises my lecturer showered me ("simple, beautiful, elegant, sweet, very neat, and the dried leaves are a nice touch. Very nice.") made it kinda worth sporting baggy eyes for a day.

Anyway.

Close ups:

The amount of frustation I had when carving this letter is INDESCRIBABLE.

The T is really tiny, it makes me want to keep it close and coo to it.

And my friends actually call it "Oscar" because it resembles a trophy. That's how creative us design students are.

Ohh la la.

2008-11-01T16:54:27Z

On my way to the bakery this afternoon, I saw this...

...and my head went straight into the gutter.
I have two theories; either the owner of the salon did this on purpose or I have a very dirty brain, discuss.

Uh, no.

2008-10-23T16:07:09Z

I took "The Famous Artwork" quiz a while ago out of boredom,

and the result...

Your result for The Famous Artwork Test...

The Blank Canvas

Impressive! You scored 16 on Artistry!

The world is your easel, go crazy! You are "The Blank Canvas". This means that you were able to correctly answer at least 15 questions...you really know your art. I thought I could have thrown you for a loop with those art museums, but you persevered.

I recommend you go buy some art supplies and paint yourself. Just for laughs. Hell, it'd probably make a fantastic party game when everyone is completely tanked out of their minds. Then, afterwards, you can try and sell it to museums for mounds of cash! Hey, it worked for Picasso.**

Congratulations!

**Statement not backed up by any remotely credible sources.

*****The test creator is not responsible for any injuries you might sustain from actually getting drunk and painting yourself. He wasn't serious. Well, he might've been.*****

Take The Famous Artwork Test at HelloQuizzy

Despite what the result said, those art museums DID throw me for a loop. Big time. In fact, I think I only got one of the names right.

And to think I'm an art student. *shame*

Note to self; learn to love not only the artwork, but the museums too.

More dots.

2008-10-16T06:51:40Z

As promised to leon_squash, here is the bane of my existence. Mark two.

I used 0.1 and 0.3 Isograph for this, and I totally butchered their faces. So sorry.

Also, someone please remind me, why am I in college again? Because clearly I wasn't in my right mind when I made that decision, there's no way I would subject myself willingly to THIS. TWICE.

Kids, remember this, graphic design is an euphemism for Blood Thirsty Fiend, it will spank you, pull at your hair, do unspeakable things to you, then burn you and stomp on your ash. Do yourself a favor and pick other major when you get to college, 'kay?

My lecturer is a monster.

2008-10-13T17:01:45Z

...And two weeks ago, the monster gave us another monstrous assignment. Oh vey.

So we were to make something interesting out of a topless box using only a boxcutter, a ruler, a double-sided tape, and our imagination. We were allowed to cut parts of the box off but weren't allowed to add anything to the box, each side of the box must be asymmetrical, and did I mention we have to colour the box ourselves?

Five hours, a lot of frustation, a little blood, and countless curses later... this was born.

Left;

Right;

And up, which is probably my favourite angle. It looks so freaking ~dramatic~ from up here.

The birth of this dramatically asymmetrical pink box is not without casualty though, let me pay my respect to my freakishly pale right hand.

And let's take a closer look without the flash, because I'm masochist like that.

Okay, ow, but it's okay, what's important is I'm done with this confounded box and I'm not doing this again for THE REST OF MY LIFE. *shakes fist*

ohgodYES.

2008-10-07T14:12:19Z

Usually, this calls for keyboard-bashing and whooping, but I'm too busy freaking out to whoop or bash anything right now.

The Secret Life of Bees, which is one of my most favourite books EVER, has been adapted into a film? And it stars Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, and Sophie Okonedo? It will be released in less than two weeks and I've just found out eventhough the trailer has been available since two months ago? What the hell is wrong with me?
And where did my left sock go?

hey, kid.

2008-09-06T14:25:09Z

A 28-year-old man asked me out yesterday. While it's no secret I like older people, I haven't known him for that long nor I feel particularly attracted to him, so I turned him down by saying school is my priority right now and I don't want to be distracted, and nothing is more distracting than a brand new relationship. It's not 100% true, but it's not a complete lie either.

His response: "oh right, I forgot you're still in school. Yeah, it's okay, you should definitely concentrate on your school right now. Really, I understand, school is more important. You're thinking about your future."

I hate it when they do that. Almost every time an older person asks me out and I turn them down with that same excuse, they'll throw the word "school" back at me, promptly "remember" I'm still in school, and suddenly I'm a kid to them.

Don't make me out to be the kid when you're the one acting childishly just because I turned you down. Fuck you.

bye.

2008-06-29T07:57:15Z

I'm leaving for Singapore tomorrow morning and I can't say I'm thrilled. Boo.

I'm going to try and bring back the Merlion from Sentosa though. Wish me luck.

painting with light.

2008-06-23T13:32:38Z

Again, posting one of my school assignments because leon_squash asked me to.

This picture was the last project for my photography class this semester, and since it was The Big Bang, I went at it with gusto.

I totally stole that porcelain figurine from my dad's reading room. It was my mom's though, and apparently it is older than me. Good thing nothing happened to it, else my mom would have bitched my ears off. Sentimental value, y'know, dad bought it for her on their honeymoon. In Japan! I've never been to Japan before. Sheesh.

Anyway. I took this pic in my bedroom with all the lights off, the figurine on top of my bed (with black velvet cloth as the background), my camera on the tripod, and a very sloooowww shutter speed. Eight seconds if I'm not mistaken.

The lines were made with a flashlight and were meant to give a sense of "movement" to the figurine (she looks like she's dancing, after all), the dimmer lights behind her were made with the flashlight too, though with an addition of a crumpled plastic bag. I put the plastic bag in front of the flashlight and then waved it around. And the red thingies at the top of the picture is actually the shadow of my moving hand. Hee.

I kinda like how it turned out though, and apparently my prof do to, since it is now being put on display at my school as one of the best pictures.

Yes, I'm gloating. :]

Prettiness all around.

2008-06-09T12:29:47Z

Because Gemma Ward and Lily Donaldson are pretty ~~and studying is boring~~.

18x Gemma Ward
6x Gemma Ward & Lily Donaldson

[x] Please comment if you're taking.
[x] No hotlinking.
[x] Credit goes to queen_mcbitch.
[x] Enjoy. :)

1	2	3	4	5

6	7	8	9	10

11	12	13	14	15

16	17	18	19	20

21	22	23	24

Argh.

2008-06-08T12:04:15Z

This week had been crazy, and somehow, I made it through with less than 19 hours of sleep and only a little of my sanity intact.
My finals start tomorrow.
And I'm PMSing.

I just hope I survive the next two weeks.

*dies*

Say cheese.

2008-05-30T12:12:08Z

I brought my camera with me to school this morning for no particular reason at all. Caused by the lack of anything interesting to do while I was in the car, I took it out, and as the result, these were born.

Because the clouds were gorgeous and I couldn't resist. The sunlight hurt my eye though, damn Crepuscular rays.

Some windows, they reflected the buildings across the street. Kinda looks like there's a whole different world on the other side, doesn't it? The buildings are all crooked and funny. :)

Utility poles and electricity pylons. Or rather, their silhouettes. I cranked up both the shutter speed and the aperture value so that I can still have the blue sky, but the details on the poles are totally gone. I kinda like how the wires formed lines across the pictures though.

But out of all the pics I've taken, the one below has got to be my favourite.

A GIANT SPERMATOZOON IN THE SKY! :D *glee*

I was actually rather surprised with how sharp the images are eventhough I took all of them in a moving car (and at some part, the road was quite bumpy). Steady hands, yo.

(but on a second thought, I think this is the work of my lens' image stabilizer. Dang.)

O em ef jee.

2008-05-21T10:24:51Z

I did the majority of this thing in less than 48 hours. Now I'm going to amputate my right hand and sleep for a week. And I'm seriously going to slap someone if I didn't score at least a B+ on this one.

And while we're at it, I'd like say thank you to good music, a cup of coffee, snacks, the internet, and some good fanfics for keeping me company while I slaved over this project. Without them, none of this would be possible.

And I'd also like to say screw you to the French Neo-Impressionist dude who invented Pointillism. Because of him, I will always see dots as evil little things from now on.

Some close-ups:

Gemma Ward! She deserves a close-up of her own because ~~she's pretty and I'm biased~~ I spent more than half a day working on her. Her eyes and lips were a blast to work on.

I totally butchered the baby. I worked on him the last and I kinda lost my motivation. I'm sorry. :(

Art dump.

2008-05-10T18:24:19Z

I was browsing my HD a while ago when I found these, I had totally forgotten I had scanned them into my computer.

I drew these when I was in high school, and looking back now, they kind of suck. The colours I used are rather bland, the Wayangs look a little off, and I wasn't bold enough. The last one is not really my fault though, I was barely 17 when I drew them, I was kinda shy. Kinda.
But I'm almost 19 now, so bring on the nekkid ladies, I'd say. :]

(Ink and watercolours on paper, reference used for the Wayangs)

Oh vey.

2008-05-10T07:03:07Z

I'm sick, I'm stuck at home, and I'm bored.

Help.