En Avant! Pour un avenir meilleur!

Onward! To a better future!

Even though I cannot fulfill my New Year Resolutions (never did), I will still try my best in my chosen career field. And that I will continue to study on my own until I find someone who'd be able to teach me about music.

As for a side note: yeah, I'm going to eat a lot tonight!

Happy New Year!

=-=

That pen on the left hand really looks weird. At least the conductor's baton is alright.

Sad we didn't have kebab. But we do have barbecue.

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To make things fun listen to these:

Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D
Mozart Piano Sonata no. 11
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, 5th Mov.
Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue (Melodica Version)
Mozart Oboe Concerto (Allegro Aperto)

Misadventures

My face when I opened my cellphone again after updating the software.

Why?

The language defaulted to Hong Kong Chinese. And I can't read the damn characters.

All of the brain juices went out of my head as I tried to revert it back to English. Took me a good 30 minutes of panicking and whatnot.

But at least I managed to get it back to English.

After panicking that much, I laughed at myself and my stupidity of panicking yet still doing something to get it right that I had to rummage around the house to find my tablet and draw my expression when I opened it.

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To make things funnier, for some irrational reason I switched from Mozart's Violin Sonata no. 5 in A, 2nd Movement to Elgar's Violin Sonata in E Minor. And to put in some "sarcastic music" during my dilemma, I've let Mozart 11 to play while I struggle.

I really have no idea why I did those stuff.

Allegro Gioioso/Scherzando

Yeah, I had this splendid dream last night. About classical music and orchestras.

How it started is vague but I'm quite happy with it. I can even feel the smile on my face as I sleep.
But when I woke up, I was really edgy because a piece is stuck in my head.
I just had to open my laptop just to listen to Mozart Oboe Concerto 1st Movement (it was the piece that got stuck in my head when I was sleeping).

I remember back in Grade 1 that they pick certain students to lead/conduct the National Anthem per class and another song which I really can't remember. I was lucky that I got picked for both songs, and they taught us a little in the 4/4 measure (for the National Anthem; I can't remember the measure for the other one).

I'm more inclined to the playful pieces when it comes to classical, for some unknown reason.

Berlioz "Symphonie Fantastique" 5th Movement, Gershwin "Rhapsody in Blue" (Melodica Version), and Mozart "Twinkle, Twinkle" and Ravel "Water Song" are fun don't you think?

Oh yeah, there's nothing wrong with changing ones taste in music halfway in their life. Screw those who says "OMG, what a poser. S/He says s/he likes music so she'd be popular".

THERE'S NOTHING TOO LATE IN LIFE TO STUDY NEW THINGS.

Soulless Introvert

Yeah, that's how I'm feeling right now. =-= ;;

Despite of having skills, I'm nothing but a mass of useless skills that cannot be really that much use for work. Or if I do, I'm nothing compared to others. Of course, it'll be pretty useless if someone's a through-and-through introvert...

I know my problem is that I have set too high of a standard for myself...but I can't help it, not when I'm surrounded by people who has expectations on me too...


In any case, I do love those socks. =-= I still don't own a pair of that and someday, I'm going to have them...

And also on the bright side, I do have some personal commissions while I'm on bum mode...

Allegro di Famiglia II

The colored version of Allegro di Famiglia. It took me a lot longer to finish because there are lots of distraction around.

A short story for the picture (by character, bottom to top) :

Me: Aha~ Running is a good form of exercise~!!

Sora: What do you mean exercise?! If you want to exercise, go run by yourself! Don't drag us into your pranks!!

Sui: Kuma-chan looks like a little pissed....

Daisuke: Mother!! I'm starting to hate you!! Don't leave us behind!!

Kyoya: Why does this always happen..

Eri: Kyoya, you're quite a runner...

Dion: Kuma-chan-!!!! TTATT

Adalbert: Aha~ So fun~

Erhard: Just how far will you traitors and punks run? =-=

Namiki: Help me!!!

Maki: Damn it. I haven't even finished brushing my teeth....

Bunny-chan: Kuma-chan...? What happened?

Kuma-chan: ...

-End-

Allegro di Famiglia

I was suddenly struck with mischievousness so I drew this. Allegro is a music tempo that is fast, bright and quick.
From bottom to top:
 Me, Sora, Sui, Daisuke, Kyoya, Eri, Dion, Adalbert, Erhard, Namiki, Maki, Bunny-chan and Kuma-chan.

I've always wanted to draw a family picture with them so, yeah...
I'll upload the colored version sometime today or tomorrow.

=3=

My playlist, for the first time, doesn't have anything to do with my drawing. But they did help me get into the mischievous mood.

Playlist:

Allegro Cantabile by Suemitsu and the Suemith, Boon! by LM.C, Manazashi Daydream by Yuu Sakai, Hologram by Natsumi Kiyoura, It's a Wonderful Wonder World by LM.C

Monochrome sleep

Believe it or not, this was drawn without any theme in mind. I just sort of let my mind wander as I listened to random music and drew this on my sketchpad.
And feeling bored, I edited it a little in Photoshop.
Chalk and charcoal is my best buddy in effects. Especially on quick doodles like this.

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Those ochibis are my "children". Starting from the one closest to me is Sora (idiot hair up), Sui (idiot hair down), the one with her back to us is Eri and the one facing her is Kyoya.

Nodame infection

Just quick sketches made with a random ballpen I found earlier while listening to Manazashi Daydream.
I've finally started recovering a little from my depression because I can't draw something like this before, only those "ochibis".
Hurrah for Nodame.
Despite that, I still find it hard to draw males. OTL

Fourze dress up again

An improved version of Fourze dress up- JK and Kengo

I finished this two days ago and I was too lazy to upload it here.
I feel bad for not clearing up that they're wearing shoes and not socks. OTL
And those pink stuff are leg warmers....OTL
I really feel bad about it....

Cassis

Dunno why. But it seems like the past two days I'm high on love.
And on simple backgrounds.
=-=

"I'm afraid of losing you. Please don't let go of my hand."

Something's wrong with me but meh, as long as I'm somewhat back on my toes to draw...

Playlist:

Main Theme: Cassis by The Gazette
Other: Just a Kiss by Lady Antebellum ; Hoshi no Ame by ViViD ; Trail of Tears by ViViD ; Days [WFWH Mix] by LM.C ; Bokura no Mirai by LM.C

I've been listening to these songs for a very long time but this is the first time I was ever nudged to draw in their theme....=-=

Curious...

Fourze dress up- JK and Kengo

I finally have a valid reason not to comb my hair. XD

More Description: Fourze dressup : JK and Kengo

I had to rummage through my mp3 folders for quirky and really upbeat songs.

Playlist:

Main theme: Boon! by LM.C ; John by LM.C
Other: Edo Funk by LM.C ; No Fun, No Future by M.A.D. LM.C ; Punky <3 Heart by LM.C ; Paris Is Indeed Splendid by Onosaka Masaya ; The Delicious Tomato Song by Namikawa Daisuke ; Deutschland

I find it funny that there's one German song that found its way into the playlist. But hey, it's really funny and upbeat. XD

Precious Daydream

"Asleep or awake, I think of you. Always, I'm singing to reach you."

Some lines from two different songs that I merged...

I'm in some kind of a roll.
I've never felt this happy before. In fact, this is the first time I've ever felt happy while on super bum mode.

I must be high on LOVE~

Anyways.
My playlist's getting longer.
For Dear, I listened to three songs.
For this one, I listened to seven songs. SEVEN!!

Playlist:
Main Theme: Precious by ViViD ; Manazashi Daydream by Yuu Sakai
Other: Dear by ViViD (Official MV) ; Take-off by ViViD ; Mi-Title by Utaibito Hane ; Allegro Cantabile by Suemitsu & The Suesmith ; Hoshi no Ame by ViViD

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Dear

I was listening to three songs when I was doing this. The background is just an added touch-on since it looks so plain =-=.

Anyways.

"I want to walk down with you forever, dear, and this wall between us is not that high enough to keep us apart."

Yeah, I was suppose to draw a wall or something like that. But meh.

Main theme song: Dear by ViViD

Other songs: Take-off by ViViD

                   The Love Song by LM.C

Sorry, I can't find English subs for "The Love Song".

Witches

It's something I drew for Halloween. I was feeling really crappy when I did this so I didn't do a whole-body art.

=-=

dA link : Witch Pen

Feelin'

Yush, I'm feeling crappy...

Like I've contracted some kind of disease...

No, not disease. More like, some fatal artist block....

Ugh. =-= ;;

More description : Feelin' Crappy

Scribbles pt.1

Yeah. I was suppose to make something out of a Halloween theme but I ended up doing this:

another description can be found here : Scribbles_I'll find it pt.1

Babysitting

Yeah, been a long time since I drew something....

I easily get distracted and sidetracked, but at least I managed to finish this...

Description over here : Babysitting

Listen

Yeah, since I've finally realized (which is too late, I think) that my aim in life after all is to be in the Sound Department, despite the fact that I have no background in music.

Even though all I can do is listen, I don't think it's enough to land me a job in my desired department. There aren't a lot of openings for that position. Or if there are, majority is in a different country. And that, I'm not a very good listener...I tend to just enjoy it than to study it....
It's not really much that one only has listening skills...there are a lot of others who can do it and HAS musical background...

I plan on taking up music lessons (piano) as soon as I get a job, but yeah....I'm on the gloomy side right now. My morale and optimism is on the red and I don't know how to pull it up again.

The only thing that's keeping me sane and stop from breaking down is the hope of someday, I can work with the people from the Skywalker Sounds....

（ ´,_ゝ`) ~sigh


What a gloomy day....

Engelen

Haha, I think I just lied about putting up my Delusional Diary....
I mean, I'm too lazy to do it right now so I'll postpone that project, while collecting a lot of delusional stories.

Anyways, here's a concept art for my PROJECT.ENGELEN

Engelen

Tired

I know I shouldn't put in personal problems online, but for some reason I need to get it off my head....
I don't have anyone to talk to anyway....

It's just that, I'm tired of being told what to do in my life.
Throughout the 20 years I've been living, they all dictated what I should do.
The only time I got away with that is when I got into the course that I wanted so much. But I wasn't able to escape for long, because they started making paths yet again for me.
And because of that, I've lost all passion and ambitions, though there is still enough for me to continue on.......

Sorry if it's kind of depressing......>.> I'll put up my Delusional Diary up soon...

Comic

Ahahahaha
I finally made one.
Other description is here : http://sorienn.deviantart.com/#/d403ekv

=3=

A doodle I was doing a while ago....
I can't help it.

=3=

Bored

mini comic

I've been thinking lately...

Yeah, well...

Actually it was just a few seconds ago while I was browsing through Deviantart...

Should I put up a mini comic...?

You know, those one-shots mini comic people love (or so I think they do)...

But the problem is, I don't know what story to put up...

My vanity's getting into my nerves for some reason...

Oh well. Maybe I'll test it....

With myself as the main character.

I told you that vanity's getting into my head...

Illustrations

Most of my still works, or illustrations, can be found in http://sorienn.deviantart.com

I'd like to separate them so that I can manage them more or less easily.

I want to make some short animations too, but I'm currently not in the mood to make one.

Sarangola

A kid playing with a kite.
A collaborative work between me and Anna.

Sarangola (c) Batibot

Gatas

The protagonist is a carton of milk.
A collaborative work of me, Dianne and Anna.
Video starts at 0:42.

Gatas (c) Batibot

Change

The raw version of a short segment for Batibot.
The voice and script are mine.
And so is the animation.
Video starts at 1:52. I wasn't able to edit it properly...

Change (c) Batibot

Laruang Bus

A really short animation of how to construct a bus made out of a folder.
A work between me, Dianne and Anna.

Laruang Bus (c) Batibot

Kalaro

Another collaborative work between me, Dianne and Anna.

Kalaro (c) Batibot

Let's Boil Hot Water

SR (from our thesis) singing "Let's Boil Hot Water" by Namikawa Daisuke.
It's a character song for Italy Veneziano from the anime Axis Power Hetalia.
Let's Boil Hot Water (c) Hetalia
SR (c) Me

Baso

We just actually nicknamed it from the main prop we used for a segment in Batibot: a glass
A collaborative work of me, Dianne Pillos and Anna Tabalba.
Video starts at 1:20
Overall (c) Batibot

wheeeeeeeeee

FREEDOM!!
AT LAST!!
Whee

Yeah, I think I'll just post in cieux26.blog.com my static works.
But most of them goes into Deviantart...

Thesis

The Final Cut of our joint work. All of the SR (the tall blue penguin with hair and eyebrows) is mine...And oh, so is for the music arrangement. I know it's a bit off at some parts so sorry about that...My ears were a bit off too when I was doing it. Pressure probably did it. But hey, it worked out in the end. I think.

Transportation Man

A segment for Batibot.
Character design (c) Anna Tabalba
Animation by yours truly.
Overall (c) Batibot

Experimental Animation

Sewed together all of my experimental animation.

My other blog

Yeah, I have another blog where I post stuff before.
I just thought it'll be a waste if I won't even post it here.

I might continue posting there though. It's a bad habit.

Cieux26