Went to Pavilion today...

Random post is random, yes/yes? :D We ate at Ben's. Fff I love it there. The food is delicious!

I shouldn't slouch while taking pics. Makes me look horrid Dx

And I just realized that I need to cut my hair. I hate going to the hair dresser's :(

Went to check out sticky - totally not because I read about it on Xiaxue's blog and thought it sounded worth checking out, lalala.

Bought a jar of candy from sticky. I bought the mixed candy jar - only RM19.90! The single flavoured ones are RM14.50, I think. The packaging is so cute!

Can you believe that even the shapes in the middle of the candy are handmade? The candy tastes so good, too! It's hard on the outside, but the middle seems to melt in your mouth. Even though I'm not much for candy, I'm totally going to buy this again in the future. It'll take awhile for me to finish this, though. Taking too much candy would cut my tongue xD My favourite flavour is watermelon. (:

Ehh random post is random, but I don't have much to say at the moment. That, and because it's 2:30AM and Hannah is going to visit me soon at around 8AM, so here're some random pictures. Can't wait (:

Maid!Ulquiorra: Step-by-step

Remember this, from the previous post?


Well, I've finally finished it. Well, kinda. I'm only uploading the "clean" version here - clean, as in no letters and stuff. I only did very simple colouring, though, since I'm still an amateur at this :p The program I used was Adobe Photoshop 7.0 (so old~). Wanted to use Paint Tool SAI, but since I'm not used to it, and got impatient with trying to find the tools, I used PS instead. *barely even used SAI for 5 mins, gosh, wth, Mel?*

Anyway, I kinda changed the design of the outfit. See? No more hideous crisscross thingies (yes, I sound so intelligent lalala), no more hugeass ribbon, I corrected the tray, added the teapot and teacups, widened his body and I changed his fringe slightly. All done digitally, else I would cry drawing, cutting and gluing paper together >.<>

Looks better, doesn't it?

Pshh Ulqui looks slimmer, somehow, even though I widened his body. Must be the changes to the uniform LOL.

Right, after that, I Googled for a suitable background to use. I already had pink stripes in mind for the background - surprise, surprise, huh, so it was easy to find what I wanted. I set the drawing on "Multiply", then stuck the pink stripes picture under the drawing.

Then, being the awesome person I am, I created new layers on top of the pink striped picture and coloured oh-so-awesomely, as you can see below |D


After messing around with the colours, I cleaned them up by using the eraser. Even stuck an English rose pattern onto the tea set.

Tidier.

Last part. I did the shading. I hate this part the most. I had to mess around with the flow and opacity of the paintbrush and eraser, use smudge (which was a pain because PS lagged at one point) and blur, etc.


Total hours? I forgot. Maybe 3? XD I spent a heck of a lot of time editing out mistakes and adding details.

Not a very good explanation, but ehh... *goes to sleep*

Ulquiorra Cifer is owned by Tite Kubo.

... Hello.

An introduction.

Because everyone has to introduce themselves at some point, right?

Well, not really, but eh...

My name is Melissa Kartini. This must be like, what, my tenth blog on this site? But since I started using LiveJournal two years ago, I've been pretty dead here on Blogspot - and I'm still using LJ, it's just way too addictive for me to completely give up. I'm back here, though, since due to some problems, I had to resort to locking most of my posts on LJ. There has been a few changes since the last time I used this site, but not much...

Hm, anyway, I've just (grudgingly, mind you) turned twenty. There's not much to know about me. I'm a very quiet person, I like to keep to myself a lot, but I do like spending time with friends too, whenever I get the chance to, since university usually separates us due to clashes in our schedules and the amount of assignments (and exams, for my friends). I like anime/manga and writing fanfiction *heh, is a total nerd, lalala* but I'll try to keep those things to a bare minimum on this blog - I already spaz about them on my LJ. I have a slight obsession with the colour pink. I have two brothers, and two cats, named Mimi and Mamat. I'm horrible at expressing myself.

I'm studying for my Bachelor of Journalism, and I have about 2 and a half years left till I complete my course. Though I'm studying Journalism, it's not really my ambition to be a journalist. I've always wanted to be a novelist, but... you know, the income isn't very steady, so I opted for a safer (though still shaky) route.

What else?

Well, I do like drawing sometimes. I might post some of my random drawings here from time to time. I usually draw, surprise, surprise, anime/manga characters. Here's one of my drawings:

Yes, that is a guy. Yes, that is Ulquiorra Cifer from Bleach. Yes, I am so damaged. And yes, I like to amuse myself, rofl.

But, eh, ain't like this is the first time he has worn a dress.

The drawing isn't done, though. I'm currently editing it, adding more details and ridding it of some errors - notice the sad ass tray? Yeaaaah. Not done. Might post the finished version here some time. Maybe.

Ah, right, back to the introduction - see, I get totally carried away when it comes to anime/manga-related stuff - I despise people that don't respect someone else's beliefs or opinions. It is just plain rude. Everyone is allowed to have their own beliefs and opinions. Shoving your view down their throats is certainly not going to win you any friends, or supporters, mind you. Another thing I hate - drama. I despise drama in my life. I try to avoid it as much as possible. I also hate going out late, I prefer to stay at home - yeah, I'm so fun, hehe. I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't dance, I don't like talking about relationships and guys, I don't like parties, I don't like clubbing, oh yes, I'm a bundle of fun ;)

I don't usually talk about myself on the net, so don't expect many updates from me.

...

Till next time, then.