merci la vie!

HAPPY BDAYYY end of summer..

2023-09-24 20:13

it's been such a fun summer.. and my birthday RULED.. I ate good hotpot and then went home to play ddr with family since my luv bought a dance pad recently ^ 3 ^

we have been SO invested in DDR lately......... and I don't see this ending anytime soon LOL in both cali and pennsylvania, we cannot stop playing...

a mall in my hometown is dying and DDR in particularly cheap to play.. I will be SO sad once it's gone kfdsjkfdsjk next year..

on another note, it's been really amazing to watch my nephew grow up.. TToTT he loves to play ddr and punch-out (like me, like his uncle ...).. and chao racing/karate :-) he has been seeing us play SA2's chao garden AHAHAHA

in sonic, we have sooo many chao.. the highlight so far for me is "EggBabie", which is an egg chao that is very rare LOL.. I am also trying to raise a hero swim/power chao.. I think the shape is like a chunky bunny's and it's cute!!

o ya I turned 28 this year!! I feel like I am at an age where I'm having a lot of fun learning different things.. I do look forward to when I can be as cool as my favorite artists and customizers are once I enter my 30s * 3 *

my mama inlaw is so kind thinking of strawberry flavor for me..

I need to keep learning new things in the meantime.. gotta prep my brain and keep practicing my current skills

Keyboard cleaning warrior.. (I will not say how long I haven't cleaned my own keyboard Kdfsjkjfkdsfsd my grody self)

IN OTHER NEWS there are quite a few exciting things I am very excited about.. LGTS releases next month and I've always looked forward to Halloween!

Cute cicada and beatmap creation.....

I'm juggling two desires at the moment HMM.. I am either considering:

participating in a horror game jam/make a teeny horror rpgmaker game.. honestly I don't think I'll have time KDSFKJFDS, but I do at least want to raincheck it for later

challenge myself to complete a halloween themed blythe custom before the month ends..

which will I do..?? WELP find out ^p^ I've been quite busy so my blog posts are always sparse but I'll try to update regarding this..

I never remember to take pix till we are in the car Lolz

I've been keeping busy with work, but I do have a few random art things to share!!

for jen EW

inspired by my friend roby's robo digital pet dogs.. I want to sculpt her someday..

ANYWAY till next time....

petit malison COMPLETE

2023-08-18 17:46

Baby Maliceson.. IS FINALLY COMPLETE!!! I think she turned out beyond sweet >_Q.. I think despite this being my second (finished) doll, I improved a LOT when it comes to 3D facial depth ^p^

she is a emo/scene child who doubles as a witch (meant to be a friend of my vampire child oc Raison)..

my favorite eyes are the brown and blue!! I used justin stickers for one of the chips..!! I want to use more miniSUPER stickers for diy :-D I am also pleased with her eyelid painting YAY

already plotting my next project.. really want to be more consistent with working on them

using resin, I made cute little locket keychains.. ^p^

SMFJ and Maliceson herself

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while I consider her to be a great success, I was taught a lesson about how finicky Mr. Super Clear is......... customizing dolls in mid-summer is a curing fail, east coast humidity xDDD Unavoidable..

general critique to self :

carve even more depth even tho it's risky lol.... specifically around eyelid/labial fold

careful with shading with too-desaturated/gray of colors for skin hmmmm.....

spray mr. super clear while holding plate directly in front of you instead of from above/downward so it lays evenly

be aware of accidentally carving a hole into the faceplate.. had to airbrush her because of this LMFAO

thank god for epoxy.. Saving my tail every tim..e.... o(-< I use "fixit sculpt" specifically!

I kept sitting her on my desk every evening to glance at and figure out what might be off with her face LOL

her red cheeks got a little lost..

I think in a few months time, I can retouch her blushies when it's closer to fall!!

I'm happy she looks good next to cottontail's popcorn ^ 3 ^

I had purchased a different wig for her initial design, but the quality of it ended up being cheap-looking .. wut shall I do with it now I wonder..

always luv fooling around with leftover acrylic in my airbrush .. Hampters

think I will feature SMFJ on faceplates from now on :-) *lazy*

Here is a final photo celebration!!

unrelated exciting news, but my friend Justin and Claire interviewed me! ^o^ very fun and revamped some old stickers~ I am so excited for future interviews LOL I love learning about artists personal interests..

sUmMeR DaYyYzz..... I am enjoying it :-)

PROJECT LOG #2 (ok for real this time..)

2023-06-23 10:31

BACK ALREADY long time no project log

so I've taken a slight detour and downloaded RPGMaker MV in order to take advantage of its ability to HTML5 browser export!! I have decided to use this as my dress-up game client for better longevity, responsiveness and accessibility ^o^

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in other words: didn't wanna wrestle with mobile vs desktop responsiveness webcode LMFAO work smarter not harder right..... O_O RIGHT

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so ya that being said I've been trying to refamiliarize myself through working away at a remaster of my old game Crystal Confines!! it was a 2017 self-challenge to complete a full rpgmaker narrative game and its assets in the span of about 2 weeks..

stole these screenshots from the russian translation page bc I'm lazy < / 3 tbh I'm kinda embarrassed it's translated into so many languages but thankful to translators who bothered to do that themselves ^_T

there's much more I wanted to do and say since the beginning, and my desire to rewrite it has grown especially due to irl events I've been going through; I want to enhance the themes with my own personal experiences..

the idea of logging progress in a zero-expectation unviewed place like this is relaxing~ the focus of this entry will be sharing characters redesigns-- feel like rambling away my inspirations

orphrey's design has always heavily drawn from SANAE♥chan KSDJKFSDJ ^Q^ but who can blame me.. she's the best (top 10 fave popn characters.. others r: milk, polepole, minit, smile, mary, gijiri, roki, boy & akemi-- bet there's someone missing.. )

satara's heavily inspired by klonoa2's king of sorrow and night on the galactic railroad's campanella .. he's wise and stoic, so I tried to mature his appearance a bit

I'm excited to explore albedo's childlike excitement via more expressive posing ~ 3 ~ I luv snot bubble characters idk, no doubt thanks to the windwaker child (remembers my old son shen too--)..

nimbus has a bit more plot involvement than being a tiny salute to my love for rpgmaker horror .. he's not really inspired by anything specific, just my longstanding intrigue at the contrast of carnivore vampire bats V/S herbivore fruit bats

lastly, a new edition to the cast; this is jenka, albedo's mother ^_^ loving, blunt & outspoken.. inspired by my grandma

Crystal Confines itself was a storyboarding assignment I made for my visual development class back in college! two medias fueled me:

Gabriel Garzón-Montano "Naeja"'s

lyrics..

As far as I can see
Air like water rippling heat
Praying for a breeze
For some water to rain on me
Reaching for a hand
Searching for my caravan
Thought I saw the man
Just my own footsteps in the sand
She rode a hummingbird
Blew a kiss of colored leaves
An unbelievable queen
From the depths of my fantasy
And beckoning to me
Scootched up and she made a seat
Take me to your stream
Show me the meaning of my dream

it alone inspired the sandy hourglass Galimatias lives in LOL.. Gabriel's lyrics have a biotic feeling to it and I've loved it since 2015 :-) "Moonless" and "Long Ears" are two other favorites from his discography

secondly is Mio Isayama's "Tsuki no Waltz"

being one of my favorite music videos and songs, the love story has such a transient nature to it.. p.s. pls nhk don't copyright strike this video like u did the others orz o(-<

FINALLY speaking of music, one of my close rl friends is kindly allowing me to use their old compositions for a revamped ost (luv u janglez) so nobody will have to experience the cursed fruits bore from my midimaker days LMAO

manifesting my deeprooted friendships into personal projects one gal at a time..

this janglez song will be amongst the tracklist..

tbh friends aside, there's so much music I want to pay homage to in projects of mine, especially after experiencing the greatness that is moon RPG's diverse OST-- the bar I want to set for myself when it comes to integrating old obscure musicians I enjoy into projects

I guess to end things for this log, I FINALLY played a game I've been meaning to for myself.. so I'd like to talk about it!

Idiot Maiden ... (which I implore the 2 ppl who check my blog to play).. it's so charming and the ending made me weirdly nostalgic of my teenage otome phase with jen KSDKJSDkjfdsjks

the portrait art and dialogue are simply gold..

"..First of all, it's vampire prince."

while I love the exploration of psyche/shock that's so common to see in games of this format, I think introspective dramas and playful, honest stories with something to say albeit how small remain inspirations for my own projects..

imo rana probably ranted her fake friend drama to her new Vampire Boyfriend while waiting for the bus..

the main character struck a chord with me because it reminded me of an even more naive and yes-man past version of myself Rofl X^D stuff I still struggle with but have come a long way from Thank Da Lord..

also: this chinese indie track is their theme song imo...... still luv this & "di da di"

I have my hands full with work but gonna try to my best to continue squeezing this and my dress-up prospects in some free time.. next project log will focus on that ^_^ UNTIL THEN

had a rare dream LOL so I will recall it here

I was on an elevator with a friend.. we reached our floor and she stepped off, but the elevator dropped as I was stepping off LMAO? and it cartoonishly dropped to the bottom and then went to the top and then went down again..

I got off and looked up to see a bunch of busy construction workers working on the elevator's infrastructure, so I had to find my way to the top via hard to find staircases (kinda reminded me of finding staircases in Gauntlet games). I had to stop and ask for help a lot and every stranger was friendly ^p^

I passed a flashy but abandoned arcade, a huge library divided into religious material and children's adventure books, a young man's runway show where the girls dressed like clouds and the boys dressed like stars.. I asked two teacher's where to go next and they were as clueless as I was and my dream ended shortly after--

it reminded me of the time me and my friend zach got lost in the huge new york macy's shopping center trying to buy towels.. 1932490 floors !!!

hmm.. I want go swimming..