Vegas! (Picture Heavy)

Just got back from a trip to Vegas and Los Angeles. It was a hectic week full of walking, eating, and sleeping, and I had absolutely no time to draw. So instead, I had to take loads of pictures. :S


Gonna post the piccies starting with...

Vegas!


There were loads of rocks


and funky statues,


saw the Grand Canyon, which wasn't quite exciting,


saw the world's largest projection screen, the world's largest gold nugget,


and the world's coolest feet.


Favourite place? Definitely the Venetian.


And can't forget McDonald's steak sandwich.


Piccies from Los Angeles will be posted... when I feel like it. :/

Update

Eheheh never knew I had a blog. :D



Been working on a sketchbook for portfolio, trying to fill up at least 2 pages (double sided) a day.
Other half of sketchbook are doodles of more realistic women, but they're ugly. :(


Other uninteresting things that have occupied my recent life:

Gave my baby a makeover,


met the love(s) of my life,


but he was taken :(,


so now I cry myself to sleep every night.

That is if I actually have the time to worry bout that. :/
School sucks.

ABCD

Got my eyes checked yesterday. Apparently there's something growing on the back of my eye that may eventually affect my vision. Ah well, at least my degree hasn't increased for the past 4 years, even though I camp in front of the computer/TV every second of my waking life. :)

Bugger

I'm not sure why, but I've been feeling really stressed out for the past few days. I haven't been able to sleep for 3 nights now, and these migraines are just insane. My dinner haven't been staying in my body real long either, I'm wondering if I just got infected with some deadly disease or the like.


My PSP arrived yesterday~~ No, the screen is perfectly scratch free, that streak is some weird reflection. It came with a few games that I'm planning to sell (>_>), and this HUGE 5lb PSP case. PSPs have really ugly cases. :/

It only took around 10min to mod, but appearantly it's currently impossible to run PSX games on my model. Bah. :( Oh well, can't play much anymore, school is just around the corner.

Alice

Blahblahblah

There's this 6 year old boy whom I've been trying to teach the alphabet to every morning for the past 2 months. It's quite frustrating that he still cannot identify any of the letters, or even sing the alphabet song. My mom warned me that he might have a learning disability, but I've been told to just keep trying. This non-progress thing really makes me feel useless, and I don't think the boy likes me much when I'm trying to drill all those letters through his head. :/

Yeah!

I think I am officially addicted to eBay... I just bought a brand new shiny PSP for $100!!! Just hoping and praying that it's not a scam, it sounded just too good to be true... especially since they're $190 after taxes around here. @__@;;

Edit: Bahaha I just found out that the $100 PSP turned out to be a copycat that plays NES/GBA/Genesis/other 32-bit stuff. I canceled my payment but found another one that comes with lotsa extra goodies for $140. :P

After looking through a list of PSP games, though, I really can't say that the wannabe is any bad. There's at least 50x more worthwhile games to play on that than Sony's thumb-killing machine. Oh well, I'll feel better when the new Metal Gear comes out. <3

Lilim

Today's daily excuse for failing at drawing is the heat. Gonna work on this one some more, she's too special to be left ugly like that. :(


Btw, these are the two crappy games Squeenix had been working on instead of FFXIII. Ok, so the gameplay(s)'s not bad, but the stories are so overdone that it's barfable, and Squeenix's QC department probably got abducted by aliens.

Shinies :D

So here are my new babies~! I got them on Tuesday, and I swear I almost hugged the delivery man (he was pretty hot xD;;)~!!! They're perfectly wrapped, and are gonna stay that way.

These games have been listed on eBay for $150+ (each!) for ages now, cause Atlus is known to never make more copies than the number of preorders. To my surprise, they decided to issue a REPRINT! So of course I stocked up right away~

Nocturne is definitely one of the BEST RPGs ever made, and it's not for the faint of heart. I've lost countless hours on this game; savepoints come BEFORE bosses, not AFTER! >_< But the atmosphere in this game is just incredible, kinda like Silent Hill but not really... @_@


More games arriving tomorrow (hopefully), though they're nowhere as exciting. :S

Fishies

Yeah... lacking crappy drawings again. I don't usually draw on weekends. :/

Went to Marineland today~! It was so much smaller than we expected, I was hoping for a swimming pool or something. But we did manage to get splashed by orcas, so it was all worth it. :D

Yay Zellers?

My order of games has finally been shipped! :D

Yes, I'm the kind who refreshes the shipping status page 10 times every hour. Too bad Monday's a holiday, though, I won't be getting my package till next Tuesday. :(


There is a videogame sale at Zellers this week, so I ran over and managed to find 2 old Tom Clancy <3 games. But seriously, Zellers still sells 10 year old games that are more common than chips for $50. Only old grannies shop at Zellers. o_o

Gargoyles

I started watching Gargoyles today. It's a more.. mature animated series done by Disney back in 94 and was later canceled in 97. I've never heard of it since I was still in China back then, but I recently found out that Titania and Oberon's relationship played a part in the storyline, and I'm a sucker for anything mythological. :)


I have to say, compared to all the amazingly crappy shows Disney coughs out nowadays, the animation in Gargoyles is just absolutely gorgeous. Even the secondary characters in the background are animated so fluidly, and the dramatic poses are so inspiring.


And if my memory servers me right... I do believe my painting teacher mentioned something bout painting several backgrounds for the show. :O

Lions!

(evil giraffe head)

(she draws better than me!)

We went to African Lion Safari today, which is a drive-through zoo that houses mostly endangered species. My dad was like "please don't touch my car" the entire time, since monkeys and deers were chasing down cars all over the place. I broke my back carrying my sketchbook around, but my dad was too busy scaring the animals and refused to keep the car still. So I just took a bazillion pictures. Thanks dad. =__=


We saw a parrot show near the end, and my mom got excited and suggested we get a cockatiel. I'm not crazy bout birds, but at least that confirms my mom's opinion on me buying another pet. :D

Ramen

My roomies all know that I absolutely refuse to eat instant noodle, even if I'm stuck on the edge of the world with nothing but a bowl of instant noodle. My mom on the other hand seem to think I thrive off of it, and buys it regularly. I try to make various ways to make it feel healthier, but it's still so greasy and gross. :/


That's her "I'm going to roll over right now and your hand better be scratching my tummy" look.

Camera

Went to BestBuy today and found this cute camera on sale for a really good price. It's literally the size (and thickness!) of a pack of gum yet the picture quality is excellent with a little help from Photoshop. My dad was hesitant cause he was eyeing a digital SLR, so the manager threw in a $40 leather case for free.


I can finally retire my cellphone camera, though that might not be such a good thing since the only reason I use my cellphone is to take pictures. :S

Doodies

I've been on a doodle run lately, though most of it has ended up in the garbage. I'm getting tired of my line quality, it's just so... meh. And the way I draw is still very much anime, which I really want to grow out of. :/

oCing (4)

(Not really happy with this one... Me left, Snowy right)


(Eh. Me left/brown, Snowy right/blue)

Yeah, I saw Transformers 2. Didn't have high expectations going in, so I guess I can't say it's bad. Watch this movie if you like loads of flashy CGI, cheezy storyline, and Megan Fox's cleavage (no complaints there).

oCing (1)

Picked up openCanvas again, and doodled with Snowy. Lotsa fun~ :D


There was a doggy festival downtown last weekend. Couldn't take many piccies of doggies cause there was SO MUCH PEOPLE. Taffy got lotsa free stuff though. :DD