ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
27 February 2030 @ 12:00 am
Parental_Advisory_label.svg ABOUT ME: June. Deeply caustic entity in her MID 20s, part writer and part professional lunatic.

ABOUT THIS JOURNAL: This journal is what insanity looks like, dissected lengthwise and spread out on a mounting board. Dig deep enough into its archives and you will observe fossilized strata of fandoms past.

Expect lame art. Posts about my pathetic life. Implied (and sometimes blatantly explicit) homoeroticism. Run-on sentences. Also: murder, mayhem, and all else we hold near and dear. SEMI FRIENDS-ONLY.
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
MUSE. Now, there's a band I can unapologetically stan for, because they are so fucking awesome that nothing can really detract from that, not even Stephenie fucking Meyer being a fan and claiming inspiration from them while writing Twilight and then actually getting their songs to turn up on the New Moon movie soundtrack. No ma'am, not even goddamn sparkling vampires can bring them down. They are the only band who made my "top songs of 2009" list twice (once for Undisclosed Desires, once for Sunburn). I love them that much.

So guess what I spent the last Wednesday night doing.


TWO HOURS OF ABSOLUTE KICKAWESOMENESS, LIVE


Yes, I went to a MUSE concert.

Like all hero arcs, it did not come without its share of challenges. )




It was madness, and lots of it. MUSE played for about 2 hours straight, a crazy show of  light-and-sound-and-fury that included 20-foot high LCD displays, lasers and giant confetti-filled balloons. I lost count of the number of songs they performed: a setlist spanned their career, with a lot more songs from their older albums than I had dared to hope for. I screamed and sang and jumped and danced on the spot until I was hoarse and aching all over. It was madness in the mosh pit; hell, even the people in the seated stands were on their feet jumping and hollering along to the anthemic, made-for-arena tunes off The Resistance album. Matt Bellamy said, "You guys are crazy." But it was the very best sort of crazy.

The very best.


THE GREATEST PARTS OF THE WHOLE DAMN THING, IN BULLET POINTS )

I took video, as much as I could without missing out on having fun. Technically, I could have shot video while jumping around at the same time, but the results would have looked like something out of a first-person horror movie overlaid with loud concert music. Here are some of my favorite clips, and you have to watch them because they are AWESOME.

(If the sound starts to get muffled, that means I'm changing hands and my right hand is accidentally blocking the speaker, a fact I only discovered after I'd gotten home and reviewed the videos on my camera.)


UPRISING

Lyrics like "THEY WILL NOT CONTROL US, WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS" being hollered by a massive, fist-pumping crowd of thousands, as they were intended to be.

STARLIGHT

CLAP. CLAP CLAP. CLAP. CLAP CLAP CLAP. So much energy. Also, LASERS.

PLUG-IN BABY

This one is for my Guitar-Hero-playing friends. Remember when we did this song, and I sang on the vocals? And y'all were "wow those were some crazy notes you hit"? Yeah well Matt Bellamy not only sings on this, he also plays guitar. While jumping around the stage. That's like simultaneously doing the guitar track on Expert mode while singing and playing DDR at the same time.

Actually, fuck that, the Guitar Hero version doesn't even have the fucking FORTY seconds of finger-melting arps he tacks on to the end of the song in this performance. That right there is GODLY SKILL.

...Also, GIANT CONFETTI FILLED BALLOONS!!!!!1ONE!!! 

MORE VIDEOS AND PHOTOS:
SUNBURN (full song): Complete with incoherent whooping c/o me. Live piano. Just add flames.
UNDISCLOSED DESIRES (full song): My favorite song off the Resistance album, now with more lasershow GN particles!
MAP OF THE PROBLEMATIQUE (full song): I just love this song. What up.
FLICKR SET! 14 photos demonstrating what happens when a short person tries to take photos of a jumping moving strobelit crowd mostly taller than she is.


After the concert, while I was out on the streets at midnight trying to catch a cab home, I ran into the two ladies who had been with the group we joined at the pre-concert queue. I asked them how they found the concert and one of them said without hesitation, "ORGASMIC."

I said, "Shit, that's the exact same word that crossed my mind so many times while I was in there."

We got to talking some more while waiting for the taxis. It turned out that since this was the only Muse concert slated to be in the region this year, they had actually come all the way from Jakarta, Indonesia just to catch it, and would be flying home the next morning.

When I asked if all the expense had been worth it, the answer was unanimous: EVERY. SINGLE. CENT.

I felt exactly the same way.


IN CONCLUSION: MATT BELLAMY IS A GOD, AND MUSE FUCKING DELIVERS.**


**WHAT FROM, I'M NOT YET CERTAIN, BUT I'LL SETTLE FOR "HAVING LIVED A LIFE WITHOUT EXPERIENCING THE AWESOMENESS THAT IS A MUSE CONCERT".
 
 
Current Mood: MY PLUG IN BABY CRUCIFIES MY ENEMIES
Current Music: Uprising - Hot Mess
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
03 February 2010 @ 12:46 pm
UP!  
Up


There is a traffic junction not far from where I work where all the green lights have been, inexplicably, replaced by arrows. Assuming this is just to clear up that "green light" = "it's okay to move forward", I find it mildly ridiculous, seeing how a) there are no lights for turning traffic at that junction and b) which driver doesn't know that "green light" = "it's okay to move forward"?

I prefer to interpret the light to mean "follow the direction in which the arrow is pointing", which would be STRAIGHT UP TOWARDS THE SKY.

It's a good thing I can't afford a car for myself.



P.S. There's still one more slot left in the art meme I posted earlier, if anyone's interested!
 
 
Current Mood: KEEP CLEAR BUSES TAKING OFF
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
31 January 2010 @ 11:18 pm
Yesterday, I was supposed to go watch The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus with a couple of friends. We planned to walk in and get a bunch of tickets for this newly-opened, well-acclaimed film in the heart of town on a Saturday evening: the perfect plan! What could go wrong?

We ended up watching Legion instead.

Now, I have seen many bad movies in my time. And while I wouldn't say that Legion is the absolute worst movie I've ever watched, I'd say it runs a strong contender for being the worst movie that I'll watch in theaters in 2010. The plot was weak, the pacing sluggish, the characters bland and the dialogue terrible. Now, I couldn't write good dialogue if my job depended on it (because it did, and I couldn't), so when I say that the dialogue is terrible, it is terrible.

You know, I love me some stories about angels. Fallen angels, Armageddon, the whole kit and caboodle. I thought, "You can't go wrong with a movie about angels fighting!" WELL APPARENTLY YOU CAN.

We should have watched Daybreakers instead. Fffghghghgh.

But. Speaking of legions. While we're on the topic: something way cooler. This is a video I shot last night as we walked down Orchard Road. There was a mini-parade, a preview of the upcoming Chingay parade, a lovely Singaporean tradition which consists of a procession of floats and performers that ties in to the Chinese New Year celebrations.

Except that there was something... unusual about this particular parade.

Watch. It starts maybe 10 seconds in.



I think they are from the local chapter of the 501st Legion. What they are doing in the parade? YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE.

Well, they have Danny Choo beat, at least.



And finally! A meme! Snagged from the amazing [info]kohda who made this Medicine Seller x Ichihara Yuuko sketch for me:

The first five people to comment with "MEME!" in this post get to request that I write a drabble or draw a doodle of any pairing/character of their choosing. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their ability level.


Caveat though: you'd probably be better off requesting stuff from series that I already know/am into, so that I actually know what the hell I'm doing. My profile has a pretty good list of what I dig.

(Although if you want an OC illustrated, I'm all game. No guarantees on the quality though. >_>)

Have at it!

(ETA: I want to add that it'll probably take me a while to finish all the pieces as I take longer to paint art pieces than James Cameron does to make movies. I have a weeklong swathe of holiday around the CNY period that I'm looking at, but that's a couple of weeks away. Patience, oversized Gundam that secretly turns into a girl, all that jazz.)


(p.s. A resounding HI THAR to all the [info]ontd_ai benches I finally got around to adding, what, two weeks after we had that meetup? I'm lame like that.)
 
 
Current Mood: I HAD BETTER NOT BE GETTING SICK BITCHES
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
30 January 2010 @ 12:09 am
Hoshi presentation layout final
Bigger on deviantART


I did this for the Otacool2 mascot design competition over on dannychoo.com. Not quite happy with the final product, but I absolutely refuse to put in any more time into this monster. Inking EVERYTHING with the Pen tool makes my eyes slowly bleed out of my head.

I had more alternate outfits sketched out but I drew the line at inking and coloring them in. Besides, one of them had her cosplaying as Lady GaGa
 
 
Current Mood: cynical
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)

Now, I'm not saying that Lady GaGa IS a Cylon. But don't you think it's strange how she's in the news all the time, yet nobody has ever found evidence that she isn't one? Her name is GaGa for goodness' sakes! Does that sound remotely like a human name to you? I DON'T THINK SO! I know, I know, my f-list is all "June, you sound like a crazy person", but I'm just trying to see a bigger pattern here. I'M JUST ASKING QUESTIONS!


Also, I searched YouTube for Six/Baltar videos set to Bad Romance and there was nothing. Nothing! INTERNET, I AM DISAPPOINT.


Yeah, I'm planning to pick up BSG where I left off in Season 1 this weekend. You could tell?


ETA!! Whoa whoa, hold the presses. Now, since the beginning of 2009 I have been keeping a diary of thoughts, scribbles and short fiction on my Moleskine Color-A-Month little daily planners.

I flipped back to the 2nd January entry. It reads:

Lady GaGa is a killer robot from the future. I don't know how I know this, but it's true. It's not about the way she dresses or the fake wigs or the manufactured pop persona. It's they eyes that do it for me. Something about the way the light reflects that says, "I was not created by the same forces that went into making you."

The rumors say every fifteenth person has the gene that makes them able to tell killer robots from the future from normal humans. Guess you're looking at one of them.


COINCIDENCE? OR PART OF SOMETHING... BIGGER?
 
 
Current Mood: JUST ASKING QUESTIONS
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
13 January 2010 @ 06:58 am
tyrannosaur bovis
Tyrannosaurus bovis


From my sketchbook.

Don't ask.
 
 
Current Mood: SCRIBBLE SCRIBBLE SCRIBBLE
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
10 January 2010 @ 11:08 pm
OH. MY. GOD.

OH. MY. FUCKING. GOD.

So, my dearest friendslist, I am happy to announce that thanks to the efforts of [info]rubyofkukundu, the world has been made an infinitely better place.

By the existence of THIS:


HAUS OF SCHENBERG


JUNE: I have no words.
[info]rubyofkukundu: Yes you do.
[info]rubyofkukundu: What about... sexy.
JUNE: What about...
JUNE: AEOLIA SCHENBERG IN HIS KNICKERS WHY GOD WHYYYY


This is undeniably epic. Dare I say even more epic than yesterday, when I went to a gay bar wearing the same stuff I usually wear to work, got nominated Best Dressed Female (apparently), and won after having to catwalk on stage to Bad Romance. I am not even making any of this shit up. Clearly I need to either a) stop dressing so outrageously, or b) take on the gauntlet and start wearing nothing but my knickers in public.

After all, if Aeolia frakkin Schenberg can rock the look, what's stopping me from doing the same?




**aside from indecency laws in Singapore likely to get me arrested, that is
 
 
Current Mood: IN THE REALM OF CANNOT UNSEE
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
07 January 2010 @ 10:28 pm
Here's a sketch I made of an idea that I want to turn into a painting at some point of time.

It's called "The Detonator".

the detonator


I know, I need to seek help. BUT MOOOOM DRAWING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IS FUUUUUUUUN :/ :/ :/
 
 
Current Mood: BWAA HA HA HA HA HA HA
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
05 January 2010 @ 10:00 pm
I did this for the background of the Christmas card that I emailed to my colleagues. It's based on a daytime shot I took of Sunshine-60 dori during last year's Japan trip, and by "based on" I mean "completely painted over because I have absolutely no idea how to draw buildings and backgrounds and still don't."

I wish I could post the completed card here, but it contains an SD version of my company's mascot character and I don't exactly have clearance to use it for my personal art portfolio. So it shall remain just a background, in which you may mentally insert a disgustingly cute chibi character in a Christmas hat and a red cheongsam, carrying a giant candy cane over one shoulder.

sunshine city at 0319 small


In other news, I have updated my LJ PROFILE and INTERESTS LIST! Which means it's meme time:

Go to my interests list and pick out one which interests/horrifies/completely and utterly baffles you. I will try to explain to the best of my ability. (Caveat: does not necessarily guarantee comprehension.)


Go nuts. [info]misshallelujah[info]misshallelujah[info]misshallelujah






...I WANT TO GO BACK TO JAPAAAAAAAAN ;___;
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
01 January 2010 @ 09:45 pm
I'm the sort of person who has obsessions and fads-- this much is clear. This propensity of mine extends to every aspect of my life, from TV shows to gadget use to stacking clothes hangers and sushi plates by color according to spectrum.

Music is not spared the madness. When I get hooked on a song, I can go at it for weeks on end, much to the dismay of friends, family, colleagues and random people on the bus.

I've compiled and uploaded a playlist of songs that I did not just merely like in 2009, but liked to the extent that they invaded my dreams and took over larynx unconsciously when I did the dishes. In case that isn't clear enough: I FUCKING LOVE THESE SONGS. And I'm here to share them!

The rundown!


01 SORRY SORRY by Super Junior

I have [info]shinrei_24 to thank for dumping this worm into my innocent, SuJu-free ears. I must have listened to the damn thing several hundred times over the course of the year, but guess what? I STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ANY OF THE SONG LYRICS ARE. Aside from "SORRY SORRY". And a lot of "dun dun dah dun"s. I don't care, I still want to dance anyway. I love this song.

02 Bad Romance by Lady GaGa
RA-RA-AH-AH-AH... There was a happy, blissful time in 2009 where I did not have the faintest inkling what any of Lady GaGa's songs sounded like. Then this annoying little iPhone app called Tap Tap Revenge got me determined to beat "Lovegame" on Extreme mode. The GaGa virus worked its magic on the addiction centers of my brain, and the rest is history. Bad Romance won me over with its anthemic dance epicness and its many textures. Also, its wonderful MV in which Lady G sets a man on fire. ♥!

03 Undisclosed Desires by Muse
Finding out that Muse had a new album releasing in 2009 made me a very happy fan indeed. Undisclosed Desires wins its spot as my favorite song from the album because it stood out from the rest, what with its hip-hop bassline fused with airy Muse synthesizers. And also because of its frightening appropriateness for making MVs for one of my favorite Mononoke arcs. (Read the lyrics and guess which one.)

04 Sure Fire Winners by Adam Lambert
Honestly, I had Adam's entire album on endless repeat for a couple of weeks after it dropped. But I very well couldn't populate this entire playlist with Adam Lambert songs, so I picked my favorite of the lot as a representative sample. For all its cheese and easy hooks, this one wins me over on sheer catchiness and singalongability. A word which my spellcheck assures me I just made up on the spot.

05 Autotune The News #6 by the Gregory Brothers

Words alone cannot describe the pure awesome this song is made of, so I embedded video. It speaks for itself. Conservative wingnuts have sounded hipper and catchier. (Sarah Palin, however, cannot be rescued from the pits of mindfuckingly bad cadence, even with Autotune). This song is also the source of the "you know it's unconstitutional to take away my god-given pharmaceuticals" line that makes up my journal subtitle.

06 Lucid Dreams by Franz Ferdinand

My absolute favorite song from their Tonight: Franz Ferdinand album! This 7-minute-long monster includes a three-minute segment of pure gooey synthesizer goodness in the middle, which I refer to fondly as "Franz Ferdinand makes electronica porn". If you could take a song and roll around naked in it, I would pick this one.

07 Today by Chantal Kreviazuk
This song cheated its way onto my list because I am sure I have not listened to it as much as the other songs that made the cut. However, I found myself singing it a lot. In the washroom, in the shower, doing the dishes. Catchy piano-pop hooks will do that to you.

08 手紙 ~拝啓 十五の君へ~ by Angela Aki
A gorgeous piano ballad written for fifteen year old middle school graduates in the vein of Five For Fighting's "Hundred Years": inspirational, life-affirming, and capable of making me break out in effin' goosebumps when I listen to it. This despite how drippingly cheesy the lyrics are once you strip them of the context of the song (the ship of dreams continues to sail towards tomorrow over the rough ocean waters of life? One word: LOLWUT). I don't take a shine to sappy piano ballads easily-- most of them make me want to set myself on fire-- but I like this one. (The tune is beautiful.)

09 Pistashio by Lisa Hannigan
She has absolutely haunting, whispery vocals, which elevate this gentle piano-driven song into the realm of the sun-drenched and ethereal. Which is a good thing, since I found the lyrics of the song to be eccentrically goofy at times. Lyrics like "when you feel like your flavor has gone the way of a pre-shelled pistashio". But she makes it work and turns it into a melancholy, regretful lament.

00 Sunburn by Muse BONUS TRACK!
Released in 2000, it is far from being a child of 2009, but I only discovered it this year after a colleague at my new workplace--a huge Muse fan-- kindly provided me with the parts of their discography that I lacked. Within five seconds of the opening I was hooked, and within five minutes I was madly trying to figure out the lonely, angry, desperate piano riff for myself.

THE DOWNLOAD!
PLAYLIST 2009! 73MB, zipped file http://www.sendspace.com/file/7j5u5y



Now that we're done with that, does anyone have links to downloads of Lady GaGa's MVs? I used to watch them on YouTube but now that this VEVO thing has taken over I'm experiencing difficulties watching the vids-- they load very slowly, skip when I play then, and
often stop halfway through and jump to the next song on the playlist. It's driving me nuts!

ETA: Oh yeah, should mention that I've just stepped down as a moderator on the [info]gundam00 community! I haven't done shit for the comm since I quit fandom as part of my 2008 New Years' resolution, so it's only right that I no longer be a mod. Had to strike while the fancy was still in me because I knew that if I didn't take action, I'd still be there by the time 2011 rolls around. orz

ETA 2: OH LORD THE MOOD THEME PICTURE FITS THE TEXT I RANDOMLY SLAPPED IN *PERFECTLY*, LOL
 
 
Current Mood: IT MUST BE THE GANJA, IT'S THE MARIJUANA
Current Music: Must Be The Ganja - Eminem
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
01 January 2010 @ 12:00 am
*waits patiently for the clock to tick past 12PM*


Aaaaand....


HAPPY NEW YEAR!



HAPPY NEW 2010


Sloppy painting is sloppy because I ran out of time on this I don't know why I ever thought it was a good idea to DRAW MECHA FREEHAND. Especially since I have a particular tendency to fail at a) perspective b) fiddly bits and c) painting metallic surfaces.

The sad thing is I had been planning to do an entire series of Gundam girls (and a boy-- Dynames is a boy). Suffice to say, after wading through the pain and suffering that was this piece, IT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN.

I should have just stuck to the injury-fetish America-kun with the "I can haz healthcare reform in 2010?" sign like I first thought of


I'll post a music mix of the songs that made my 2009 tomorrow-- look for it! ♥
 
 
Current Mood: FIREWORKS FIREWORKS
Current Music: My Mom - Eminem
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
30 December 2009 @ 10:22 am
As you may know, last Saturday I put on a bauble-encrusted little black dress, bling, patterned stockings and a white wig to go cosplay Lady GaGa at the end-of-year cosfest event.

Here are the photos.




Lady GaGa x Domo-kun Lady GaGa x Hunter IMG_3663 Lady GaGa x Goomba IMG_3687



GaGa Photoshoots )

Lady GaGa x Domo-kun, Death the Kid, Goomba etc. )

GaGa @ The Hangout )


As you may surmise, I had an absolute fabulous time, and I daresay all the time, effort and money I spent on the getup was absolutely worth it.

As usual, the complete set of photos I uploaded can be found on Flickr.
GaGa @ EOY Cosfest 2009 photoset
The Hangout photoset




(P.S. I KNOW I STILL OWE YOU GUYS PICTURES FROM AFA, BECAUSE I FAIL THAT MUCH. ANYONE STILL WANT TO SEE THOSE? I COULD POST SOME)
 
 
Current Mood: I WANT YOUR LOVING AND I WANT YOUR REVENGE
Current Music: For Your Entertainment - Adam Lambert
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
25 December 2009 @ 11:59 pm
I haven't updated since the 4th of December, and I've got 20 minutes before Christmas is officially over. BUT THERE IS STILL TIME TO WISH EVERYBODY A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! Hope everyone has been doing well and having a great time.

I wish I could have done Xmas gift/card exchanges on LJ this year, but time didn't permit it, alas. Nevertheless, I'd like to thank these FABULOUS folks for the v-gifts that were going around a bunch of weeks ago. [info]fyretoppaaa, [info]kyraensui, [info]izuro, [info]overshine, [info]candypyon, [info]jukebox_hero, [info]petit, [info]kanki_yamato, [info]nightcoffeebean, [info]honeycorrupts, [info]near_note, [info]pikacheeka, [info]tavella, [info]bishieobsessed, [info]dark_alone, [info]pigtail78, [info]kitsune_no_ame, [info]beamspamming, [info]o_melody_nelson, [info]cranberry_babe: THANK YOU ALL AND I ♥ YOU VERY MUCH.

As for me, I'm enjoying my new job and my life in general quite a bit. We had a kickass Christmas party in my office on Wednesday where I put a paper bag over my head, donned a labcoat and went as a reanimated mad research scientist. (There were a bunch of us who arranged to go with paper bags over our heads. It was awesome.)

What did I do for Christmas, myself? I cooked and cleaned. And then I headed over to [info]thurisaz83's place to make gingerbread cookies.

Unfortunately, because I was involved, they didn't actually turn out to be gingerbread men.

Gingerbread Zombies
GINGERBREAD ZOMBIES


Tomorrow, we're going to have our Christmas lunch after I attend the End-Of-Year CosFest (I'm wearing this dress that my sis and I spent half of yesterday sewing baubles to). [info]thurisaz83 will be giving out the gingerbread zombies.

My friends are absolutely going to love them. And by love them I mean reel in horror and yell "OMG WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU".




Yup, some things never change.
 
 
Current Mood: SHOW ME YOUR TEETH
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
04 December 2009 @ 11:23 pm
So, my sister and her friends have booked me for the end-of-year cosplay event, possibly as revenge for me inflicting Adam Lambert's For Your Entertainment album on her in the guise of a Christmas present, and thereby turning her into Glambert #(ridiculously large number here).

In a big MSN tradeoff of YouTube music videos with my sis yesterday, I jokingly said I might want to cosplay someone. Which I immediately dismissed as stupid the next instant because I realized that I would have to go out and get a wig and everything, the works. Too much bother.

This afternoon my darling sister rang me up from a costume store she and [info]menelvir were in and said, "I HAVE FOUND SOMETHING FOR YOU."

Therefore:

caught in a bad romance
OOH LA LA


Now the question is, what the hell am I going to wear with it?? Ohhhh, FML.




P.S. In an unrelated note: there once was a saying that I used to say, the way to tell when you've made it big is when Eminem disses you in a song. Congratulations, Adam! And only one week after his record dropped. Impressive.
P.P.S. I SHOULD TOTALLY GO SEEK OUT INNOVATOR COSPLAYERS AT THE EVENT BECAUSE BAD ROMANCE IS TOTALLY A RIBBONS/ALEJANDRO SONG, Y/Y?
 
 
Current Mood: I WANT YOUR LOVING AND I WANT YOUR REVENGE, YOU AND ME COULD WRITE A BAD ROMANCE
Current Music: Elevator - Eminem
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
25 November 2009 @ 10:56 pm
LOOKY HERE PLANNING SKETCHES FOR NEW ARTWORK

Adam FYE test sketches

GEE, I WONDER WHAT THE SUBJECT MATTER COULD BE?



As I said to [info]pigtail78: "Volcanic levels of hot, music's own Vesuvius!" He's fucking dancing with a golden pimp cane, every argument in the history of the universe is invalid. Plus, there's a snake. And blindfolds. And boygroping. UNF.

AFA picture/report post to come later-- I finally snagged some of the better pictures off one of my colleagues (including those with the Production I.G. folks). I need to find time to do in in between current awesome job and studying for the JLPT and trying to finish the damn project from the old not-so-awesome job. FML.
 
 
Current Mood: Can you handle what I’m about to do
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
After another one of my brief LJ hiatuses I am glad to report that I am still alive and still awesome. I bring you art, which I've put under a cut because it's terribly obscene. Not that you folks mind, I'm sure.

Girl ContrastsPREV

NO, SRSLY, THERE'S LIKE NAKED WOMEN AND SHIT )

I will be working over the weekend. Happily, this work consists of putting in 8 hours at the Storm Lion booth at The AFA '09. Basically, I get to go in FREE and soak it up in the name of doing work (yes, I actually get days off in lieu of this). Muuuuuuuuaa-hahahahahah.

Storm Lion's booth will be right next to the Production I.G. booth this time, because we're going to do an anime film together called Titan Rain. To say it's pretty exciting would be an understatement. They even managed to get the guy who scored BSG to work on it. Fun fact: I didn't know my boss did the English version of Yoshitaka Amano's Mateki book. Crazy stuff!
 
 
Current Mood: IT'S A NEW DAWN IT'S A NEW DAY IT'S A NEW LIFE
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
12 November 2009 @ 10:19 am
misshallelujah on Tegaki E


THIS TOOK ME FAR TOO LONG LET ME TELL YOU THAT

Also, I can't seem to edit the picture after it's been posted. I open the edit window and make changes, but none of them actually stick when I supposedly save the file. WHAT. @_@
 
 
Current Mood: TOO. MUCH. EFFORT.
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
10 November 2009 @ 04:33 pm
I wanted to practice my non-existent painting skills, so I brought my tablet to work. Unfortunately, my work computer doesn't have Photoshop on it. But I remembered that I started a Tegaki account, a year and an age ago.

And then I realized that painting in Tegaki is HARD. No layers? No pen control of opacity and brush thickness? No colorpicker tool? ARGH IT'S LIKE DRAWING WITH CRAYONS HOW DO PEOPLE ACTUALLY GET SHIT DONE.

The worst thing is looking at the featured entries and they are all mind-bogglingly awesome. How do people paint like that? Holy shit!


Lady in white linen


I tried painting her hair, but clearly gave up early and cheated, quite obviously.

Yes I know she has no eyebrows. I did that on purpose... honestly!

I should probably try painting from references the next time round, although I don't know how much that will help. THIS SHIT IS HARD, NO LIE. SHIIIIIIIIIT
 
 
Current Mood: FNNNFGFHFGHGHFGFHGFH
 
 
ミス☆ハレルヤ (JY Yang)
08 November 2009 @ 09:45 pm
I think I have rediscovered art of multitasking that I perfected while in college.

At the moment, I am blogging, surfing my friendslist and checking my email while doing my Japanese homework. It's been that kind of a weekend. Work from multiple sources, JLPT3 cram classes, plus I took my family out for lunch today to celebrate my first paycheck from my new workplace. (Fish & Co.-- delicious stuff.)

I've discovered, much to my chagrin, that I actually like being disgustingly busy. So much so that I am considering taking up hip-hop dance classes at the end of November.

I've been wanting to do so ever since [info]shinrei_24 tried to entice me into it earlier this year, but back then I was working crap hours in an office in the ass end of the country, which made dance classes hard to go to.

Now that my office is in town and work knocks off at 6, though, the only thing stopping me is the fear that I will break my spine and several wristbones trying to get my inflexible, motor-reflex-challenged and somewhat over-the-hill body to pull off some slick moves.

Still looks awfully tempting though. (I blame Adam Lambert for tweeting this video, honestly he should have known the effect it would have, that man!)

In the meantime... RANDOM ARTWORK.

The Custodians
I had a lot of fun with the font.... NOT.
 
 
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