クロムの誕生日 - Happy B'day, Chrome

Happy Birthday to Chrome (KHR)! :)

Drawing! - Chibi pt2

I've still been at it, trying to perfect my chibi drawing skills whenever I get a chance.
It seems like I'am improving but I've still got some ways to go.

I've still been using Hibari from KHR as a guinea pig.

This was a random one. Concept is motorcyclists with light riding gear.

These particular three portray me and some close friends from college. The original is drawn in one of the B'day cards I gave to one of my friends.

Can't wait to see how much more I've improved. : D

Drawing! - Chibi

Eversince the SMASH anime con, I've been motivated to draw and perfect a chibi drawing style.

Chibi ver. of Chrome is my fav so far.

I'm still trying but these are some examples I've come up with so far. I've sorta made Hibari the model.

バジルの誕生日 - Happy B'day, Basilicum

誕生日おめでとう、バジル！
Happy Birthday to Basil from KHR!   (23rd July)

I think his hair needs a bit more volume!

This is my B'day present to him! XD!

My First Anime Convention - SMASH!

 Alright, my first anime convention.

It was so much fun and I also made new friends along the way too.

The anime convention I went to was called SMASH (Sydney Manga and Anime show). I've sorta dodged them because A. they're expensive & B. too far away to go to. But some friends recommended it so thus I went.

It was gloomy but it brightened up during noon.

It was held along Darling habour.
Tickets were $25 if booked early and online otherwise $30 at the door.

The pass to say that I've paid. A very memoriable keepsake.

Anyways, many of us (me and friends) were fairly or very sleep deprived. This was because there were costumes being finalised in the last minute and due to the fact that some of us were holding a artist table or stall at the convention (I wasn't part), last minute organaizing was done too!

I had a costume already laid out and ready to go but I volenteered to stay up with them and to help them out. We all had to get up really early (like around 5.30 am) since we had to catch a train and then my friends had to go and set up. Most of us got to bed around 3.30am or later.

Oh, forgot to mention that I had left the wig for my cosplay in my luggage at a friends place. Bubble's place to be frank. The initial plan was to finish off the costumes at another friends place and then I would head back Bubble's (a friend I tagged along with) place with her to stay the night but we ended up staying at that friend place. Bubble's mom was kind enough to drop by with our luggage so we could grab what we would need for the night and for the day of the convention.
I just grabbed my cosplay costume, toothbrush, cleanser, makeup and some other small essentials. I could've taken my whole luggage but I didn't want to lug around with it to the conventions, hence it being dropped off at Bubble's place. I also forgot the wig because I was rushing to grab what I needed from my luggage.

Moving on, we get up and go! Exhausted, we managed to pull through the day. I sorta felt dizzy throughout the day since I had very little to eat throughtout the morning (when helping friends with their costumes), was somewhat sleep deprived and the fact that we caught a old rackety and bumpy train ride to Darling Harbour.

Kurimja, (who was holding a table) offered for us to leave our stuff at her table. She's sooooo nice. She even offered me her breakfast when she could tell that I wasn't feeling to good. Of course I had to buy her back her breakfast later, which was in the form of a late lunch.

Kurimja is very talented. How I envy her but I've also seen so many other talented people at this convention, so much so that its somehow inspiring me to try out C.G a bit more.

*Bubble and Kurimja are user names that some of my friends go by.

So talented. The second one, she's also a mangaka and had her own stall.


The convention was very spacious and there were other events taking place on the other floors of the convention. I sorta stuck on the level Kurimja was on since I wasn't feeling too well. I just sat around her table and went for walks around the area.

There was also a Gundam model exhibition. I read on the program guide that there were free gundam making classes and kits on another level of the convention.

There were sooooo many cosplayers there. Vocaloid, Hetalia Axis powers and Kuroshitsuji along with Naruto and bleach were popular.

Cosplayers cosplaying 'Karakuri Burst' (Vocaloid) (left) and my friend Bubble on the left.

Some of us were very excited having come across these cosplayers. They've become Bubble's friends on Facebook.

Bubble & Kurimja. They're cosplaying 'Canterella' from Vocaloid.

Some of my friends decided to cosplay 'Canterella'. I stayed up helping to fix up Bubble's jacket. I also helped a bit with the other friend (the one I spent the night over at) with her costume which was Miku's dress in 'Canterella'. It looked very pretty. I'm starting to envy my friends and the cosplaying abilities since most of their costumes are made from scratch. But its also encouraging.

Anyways, I also bought some stuff at the convention.

Pandora hearts. It looks soooo official.

Prints are fairly expensive to buy but I couldn't resist buying this one on Yugioh. Soooooo adorable.

Yugioh is what got me into anime and drawing manga in the first place.

FMA, Durarara & OHHC stcikers.

 Prints were a main type being sold. Mostly in the forms of posters up to A3 and some in the form of bookmarks and postcards. There were some in the form of stickers too. What's being sold at these tables are printed fanarts which are done very well.

Vocaloid & KHR keyrings (?).

While browsing around, I came across a few stores that sold keyrings and phone charms as a merchandise. These one's I bought for around $13 altogether but they were too cute to resist. Hibari is my fav and he also sold out quickly.

Vocaloid, Durarara & KHR.

Pandora Hearts 

Vocaloid and Mahou Shoujo Madoka. 

Badges weren't of interest to me for a long time but now I've really takken a liking to them (anime and manga realted ones). They're soooo cute. I could easily make them if I wanted too but I'm a bit lazy. These ones I bought go really well with this bag I bought from Kmart for like $9. Now I'm gonna be hunting for bags of this style, that way I can buy and stick more badges on.

Ahhhhhh..... soooo much typing. Your probably still wondering as to what I cosplayed as.

Here is your answer.

I cosplayed as Basil from KHR and it took me a week to make the props. All hand made except for the shoes, which I painted.

Man, I just had to forget the wig!!! But I still dressed up...as basil with black hair....but people still took pictures of meeeeeeeee.... yay! I was soooooo happy when they asked me for a picture.

These are my props:

I didn't take many pictures myself....feeling exhausted and all..... but next time I'm definately going and I'll be posing more than just saying 'Cheese' infront of the camera. I'm still thinking if I should cosplay again??? hmmm...

But I know that I'll be cosplaying again when I attend the Multi-cultural festival at my college and I'll be going as Basil again AND with the wig.

Anyways...... thanks for reading. : D

Vocaloid! - Yondere XD!

Here are a few more examples of the Vocaloid "Yandere" theme.

Luka Megurine & Miku Hatsune - Kagome Kagome
Vocaloid - Alice Human Sacrifice (no translation) (With eng sub)

Kagome Kagome

(A type of ring-around-a-rosie game played by Japanese Children.

Try reading the comments under the Kagome Kagome video.)

These are REALLY CREEPY!

Less creepy or not at all:
 Daughter of Evil - Rin Kagamine
Servent of Evil - Len Kagamine
Trick or Treat - Rin & Len Kagamine (KHR ver with Chrome & Mukuro) (Kyaaaa! XD)

Enjoy! :)

Hibird

May this make you guys smile whilst the thought of "What the.....???!!!!" pop up in your head!

Click the pic! : )

*I drew him!

お誕生日(たんじょうび)おめでとう雲雀恭弥(ひばりきょや)！- HAPPY BIRTHDAY HIBARI KYOYA!

YAY! Today is Hibari Kyoya's B'day! (5th of May!)

And here is My present for him!

Did this yesturday 'cause I was bored!

And this one is my official present to him!

Like my other drawings, email me if you would like a larger version. :)

Please don't bite me to death, Hibari!!!!

For those who don't know him, he's a popular character from Katekyou Hitman Reborn!

Enjoy!

KHR Fanart translation.

*too see a larger version, use the link provided.

http://www.zerochan.net/281491

If you KHR fans out there have seen this fanart around and cannot read the Kanji/Hirogana on it, it basically tranlates to how the characters would call Tsuna.

Examples:

• Next to Haru - Tsuna san
• Next to Kyoko - Tsuna Kun
• Next to Gokudera - Juudaime
• Next to Hibari - I'll bite you to death
• Next to Chrome - B,Boss
• Next to spanner - Vongola

.... and you guys can basically figure out the rest since you've watched it. :)

The Previous Vongola bosses!

I happen to come across this pic while I looking for KHR pics on zero chan!

I thought it was very intriguing and the artwork was good too, so I decided to visit the artist's link prvided on the drawing!

http://www.zerochan.net/518594

*note that the guy being pulverised is Mukuro!
(And I'm a Mukuro fan too! Damn it hurts me to see that! plus what's up with Vocaloid? (Love is war refers to a song sung by Vocaloid). How does it even fit in with the image?)

Thats when I came across this awsome comic on the site.

Artist: http://ghazghaz.deviantart.com/

LOL! I totally applaude the artist!

I've never come across the vongola bosses until now! The english is off though but it's still understandable.

Enjoy since I felt like sharing it!

Vocaloid! - Piko + Love is War & Magnet

I wasn't expecting to jump back into Vocaloid any time soon but the Piko part of Piko + Love is War will explain!

I'll start with Piko!

I've been listening to a song called "Wasurenagausa" by Piko. The song sounded really good so I decided to do a search on the artist. I first checked out the PV to the song, which was kinda boring. But when I looked over the comments on the song, they mentioned "he" which then got me all kinda confused when the voice and the figure singing in the clip was feminine. But as I took a closer look, especially around the chest (I AM NOT A PERV, I SWEAR), my jaw dropped.

NO WAY!

The week before, my best friend had sent me a video on a popular Visual Kei artist who dressed himself in gothic lolita dresses.

Name of artist is Kaya.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kznQfo5q_Mk&p=2D9A461FC480B7E0

Having found out that 'her' voice was 'his', was rather unforseen. But anyone one could easily make that mistake if it was a first time at listening to the artist.
Piko songs such as 'Sakurane' and 'Story' also have a feminine voice but I'll let the gender thing pass as Piko's songs are really really good!

Anyways....

What's with Vocaloid then? 

Good point!

Notice the image on the blog I posted on Vocaloid?

I recall seeing a tag on that image titled 'Love is War', which I thought was just the theme of the pic. But its deeper than that! It also relates to the song 'Love is War', which is sung by various characters of Vocaloid and I think Hatsune Miku was the first to sing it, seeing how popular she is.

This theme of 'Love is War' is depicted as having black monochrome shades + one or very few bright colours along with a planes, air craft and metal structures in the background along with a microphone (in some such as those in the Video clip to the characters singing 'Love is War').

http://www.zerochan.net/235032

(Durarara)

http://www.zerochan.net/340113

(Vocaloid - Len Kagamine)

http://www.zerochan.net/211884

(Bleach)

 It's very very similar to "Magnet", which is also a song and a design theme but it features a pair (regardless of gender) of characters wearing headphones with butterfly wings.

http://www.zerochan.net/77999

(Vocaloid - Kaito x Kaito)

http://www.zerochan.net/73403

(Katekyo Hitman Reborn - Hibari Kyoya x Ten years later Hibari Kyoya)

http://www.zerochan.net/163234

(Hakuoki - Saito Hajime x Saito Hajime)

 Example video of 'Magnet', which is also sung by various Vocaloid characters. This version is Kaito.

Here are some of those videos with different characters singing 'Love is War'.

Hatsune Miku - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWpi5a4vAdI
Kaito - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPT-T9mV-Ik
Meiko - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72DNXf85niA
Luka Megurine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH4gMnqu76E
Len Kagamine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ythRQVnKan0
Len + Rin Kagamine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Us2nzSt13k
Gakupo Kamui - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7kJDuksqtc
Gumi Megpoid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIcf4rtEBmw
Gumi + Gakupo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thss6wcDf8I
SF-A2 Miki - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0ApXJt74_4
Sonika - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjg-yIJoSxg
Akita Neru - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSfIuzGJWtg
Yowane Haku - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzTlfFeYA44
All - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPZxe7DnUuM

...and there plenty more on youtube....*Panting*

What about Piko + Love is war?

Oh yeah....

I just happend to find out that, besides the suprise with Piko's gender, that Piko and his voice is part of the Vocaloid 2 series and is the version that is apperently the fairly recent one released in December last year (2010). The character's name is Piko Utatane. The image on the pakaging definately reflects up the character's voice! :) Exciting!

After finding out that Piko was part of Vocaloid, I sorta did a search on that and I checked out this video first, which featured 'Love is War' sung by Piko.

Piko  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoaOa20oez4

You'll find that Piko uses his 'masculine' voice in this song.

Then there is this one which is done by Piko Utatane, which sounds sorta less masculine.

Piko Utatane - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyZfvxySfho

Upon listening to 'Love is War', I really liked the song, which then led me to discover the theme of 'Love is War' along with 'Magnet'. I also felt like sharing this new piece of info I found on Vocaloid, despite the fact I'm sorta just getting into Vocaloid, making me a newbe.

The part about Piko being part of the Vocaloid series is thanks to a fact from my best friend.

I think thats one reason as to why I did up this blog....hmmm...?

Lots of info but I hope it was of help or use.

Thanks for reading.

Into Korean pop? - wrong link

This is the right link to the music download: http://www.aimini.net/search/?q=big+bang&sca=

Apologies for that.......

...I'm kinda sleepy right now.             z
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Into Korean pop?

I Love J-pop, I do. But I sometimes I listen to other music such as Vietnamese and English and Chinese (Sometimes). Though I'd never thought I'd be getting into Korean pop until today and for the first time at that too!

And guess what inpired me to?

Answer: an AMV for KHR characters Chrome and Hibari with the song , which I'm really addicted to called Haru Haru by Big Bang.

Hibari X Chrome ~ Haru Haru ♥ 1896 ♥
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnWYef2thNw

...and so I went and downloaded it....

http://www.aimini.net/search/?q=big bang&crpl=1jr4-lfs8am-k&tot=x2&nxt=20 (just copy the entire link in pink and paste it into the browser)

I really do suggest listening to it and for those who have heard it already.................so what if I'm a late listener*!

* the song was released in 2008 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang_discography)

I did state I found it on an AMV.

Its really addictive! Enjoy! :)  
(I wonder what type of pop I'll be into next? hmmm.......mmmm?)

はじまりましょう (hajimari mashou) - lets start

My first informal post and I get to share something! YAY!

I've been into Katekyou Hitman Reborn lately and when I mean lately, I've only just started to take an interest despite the whole series has ended! There is a rumour though going around that there will be another season or series called generation X, so I'm lookin forward to that!

Anyway, I've been looking up pics to do with KHR (Katekyou Hitman Reborn) and I happen to come across these hillarious fanarts!

I laughed so hard! And I'm sure you will too!

*I applaude the creater!*

Taking the Windows XP theme and making something out of it!

 

                                                      http://www.zerochan.net/278154

http://www.zerochan.net/278155

Your coudld even use them as a desktop wallpaper if you wanted too!

Here ya go! I don't own them but the link provided will be proof enough! Credit goes to user or uploader.