Time

Don't we all wish we had more of it?

But this isn't some rant about how 24 hours isn't enough in a day,

(is it?)

but to show just how dusty this blog's been for ages since.

Partially because I've been too swamped up in favorite-ing others' works

on Deviantart and getting myself known there. 

Got some good friends there already!

So after my previous work that I've published here,

I've done 2 more but just didn't have the time to post them up.

Jack(left): I mean, don't you pass this sign *everyday*?

Squad Member no. 14765: ....Shuddup.

This my friends, is a commission work for an upcoming animation called

The Undertaking 

which is done by a group of people in Deviantart,

so they requested me to promote it.

=)

My first take on semi-realism.

Title: Orz.

Seriously, it's called Orz in my Deviantart page, 

because I had no idea what I was thinking when i did this.

I spent a few hours in this seemingly simple piece because I was trying a new way of

shading the facial features in semi-realism-ness.

(Got too lazy for some epic background. Ugh)

Good news is that the lineart didn't take as long. 

Guess JollyJack was right. 

"Experience gained can be more important than the final outcome."

Or something like that.

P.S.: Don't know what 'orz' means? Google it. It's a new emoticon. =)

Money Well Spent (Warning, High Content Post)

Which is what I can say for the definite highlight to this term break of mine.

Oh yes.

A year ago I watched their performances on Youtube and envied the Americans

for having something as awesome as this. 

And now here we are, experiencing this for ourselves!

I had Maine and Jas for company, and we all got the 2nd-class seats,

 so we were just in perfect distance from the stage itself. 

=)

pardon the soddy camera phone shots...

It was packed! I never thought that so many fellow gamers would turn up for this!

And yes, that's Jas on the lowest part of the shot. XD

From the beginning till the end, this entire orchestra never ceased to fulfill 

all our cravings for the best-of-the-best of video games.

They started off with a memorial for the late King of Pop by 

showcasing his character from the classic Moonwalker game into others

like Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Space Invaders and Tetris, to name a few.

It was one of the best and funniest montages ever!

Then ALL of the great classics came out that we used to play as kids, like:

Super Mario Bros.

Tetris

Space Invaders

Outrun!

Moto-Cross

Top Gun! 

Duck Hunt

Elevator Action!

They changed the arrangements and the games included,

but hey, that means every concert is varied!

It brought back so much memories!

Then right off the bat, the second piece to come up was:

Metal Gear Solid.

Me and Maine, we screamed like crazy at the mention,

and almost freaked out when Hideo Kojima made an introduction on the big screen.

There were other epics like

 God of War (almost the whole hall screamed, including myself!)

Shadow of The Collossus (Again, everyone went crazy)

Warcraft (Need I say it? We all screamed)

Kingdom Hearts (Yeah, everyone waited for this one, man)

Sonic the Hedgehog (So nostalgic =D)

Super Mario Series (We all sang along to it!)

Legend of Zelda (Maine and Jas went nuts XD)

The guitarist is Tommy Tallarico, video game song composer and producer of VGL,

the maestro is Jack Hall, video game song composer,

and the flute-player is Laura 'Flute Link' Intravia, 

who donned a dress to play vocals for the God of War piece.

One of my personal favourites was when the composer of the Metal Gear Solid series,

Noriko Hibino came out to bring out Snake Eater, the opening theme of MGS3,

and he was on the saxaphone!

(Maine swooned on this one, I'm sure.)

And there was one of my personal favourites,

HALO!

And Tommy was on the electric guitar for this one!

And the closing call for the whole this was,

to everyone's pleasure,

One Winged Angel!

(now, you don't need a Youtube video for this one, no?)

The encores (they were generous enough for 2!)

were Chrono Trigger (hardened fans loved this!)

and Castlevania (another hysteria-causer)

Afterward we had a meet-and-greet session that they were so gracious to have

for every single last person who stood in line,

(we waited for almost an hour and not one person in the line seemed to mind)

and I got myself this. =)

Autographs from (clockwise starting from the middle)

Jack Hall,

Noriko Hibino

Tommy Tallarico

and Laura Intravia

We were all so hyped-out about the autographs!

Especially Maine. Tommy winked at her. ;)

A stroll in the KLCC park and a Starbucks with the girls was our version of a nightcap.

Almost got lost trying to remember which floor I parked the car in.

Yes, I jotted down the pillar number,

but forgot which floor.

==

All in all a good experience.

I owe a very special girl thanks for convincing me

that I should treat myself to something like this every once in awhile. 

;)

Soothing Spring

So I have been a busy bee these past few days to complete this lil' something 

as a Kiriban (commerative art) for my Deviantart site, 

which hit its 1,111th page view marker recently.

This piece took me almost a full day in terms of accumulated hours to complete!

The lineart was exceptionally hard to do right since I was going for crisp,

non-fuzzy lines.

Orz.

Grass! I drew grass! 

XD

The weather's been rather soft and breezy these past few days,
so it sorta puts things into the right mood.


I can hear the trees rustling right now.
=)