Saturday, February 26, 2011

Another GIMP Drawing

I've been experimenting a lot with the Smudge tool recently...I think it's cool.


-Vociferously yours, Vicky.

Don't take speeches too literally...

Around this time, all the classes in our schools start doing speeches.  It's a time of horror for many, but in my case, I actually rather enjoy public speaking.

The topic I chose was "The Mozart Effect".  It's a theory stating that listening to (classical) music can make you smarter.  In my speech, I provided examples such as music can help your spatial temporal ability, which is useful for doing mathematics.

I did my speech last Wednesday.  I got up, eloquently presented, then sat back down.  I did quite well, in my opinion.  I didn't think too much of my speech afterwards.  I just continued on with my life.

Then on Friday, a girl in my IT class said something that made me feel rather guilty.  "Hey, you know (name)?"

I stopped.  "Yeah, she's in my Humanities class."

"She listened to your speech, like, how music can help you do better in math, right?"

"Uh huh..."  I was starting to feel nervous, for some bizarre reason.

"Well, she took your advice and just listened to music all day and she didn't study for her Math test.  She didn't do too well..."

"Oh...But I said that you have to be studying music for a really long time for it to have such a strong effect.  And you're supposed to listen to music right before the test, and you still have to study!"

"Really?  Well, then I don't know.  Still, (name) didn't do too well on her test."

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Everyone, don't take other people's speeches too literally, and please please please study for your Math tests.  And also, if you are going to take someone's speech's advice, make sure you remember everything the presenter said...Okay?

The guilt I feel is terrible.

-Vociferously yours, Vicky.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

It's official...The Twilight craze is OVER!!

I am happy to declare that the Twilight craze is finally over.  No more Edward vs Jacob fangirl fights, no more Bella fanclubs, and no more vampire obsession.

Phew.  What can I say?

I guess that at the end, Twilight was only just another fad.  It couldn't top Harry Potter, and it turned out to be only a one-year thing.  Now, I wouldn't be surprised if someone came up to me and said, "Twilight?  What's Twilight?"

And with the previous movies failing greatly in the critical corner, will the final Breaking Dawn film attract as many viewers as it did before?  Will it be as successful?  I think not really.

Oh well, on with life.  :)  The next craze just so happens to be Justin Bieber...

-Vociferously yours, Vicky.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Almost Valentine's Day! (Simple Gift Ideas Too!)

Valentine's Day is next Monday...Only three more days until the 14th.

I hope you guys  have a great day, and don't mope if you won't be spending it with a significant other.  Just smile and know that one day, you'll find that person.  ;D

What bothers me about Valentine's Day is that it's so commercialized now.  Our school's been selling roses for three dollars each and everywhere, you see advertisements about how stores are selling great Valentine's Day gifts to give to other people.  Personally, I think it's better to make something yourself.  Not only will you save money, it'll also show that you truly care from the heart and that you took the time and effort, unlike others who would just run to the mall and come home with shopping bags galore.

These are some of my ideas for Feb 14 presents:

1.  Homemade cards with really sweet sayings can make a great impression.

2.  Bake some heart-shaped cookies and sprinkle them with a lot of love.  <3

3.  Flowers are great, but since they can cost a lot, try only getting a small number and wrapping them with ribbon and craft paper.  Add some personal touches and they'll make a great but simple bouquet.

4.  Candy with a small greeting card attached to it can look pretty and it is easy to assemble.

5.  Try making a collage full of photos of times spent together.  Also cut construction paper into little hearts and put them onto the collage.  Finish with glitter and sparkle.

But remember that no gift can ever compare to true feelings and consideration.  Let your special someone know how much you care for them this Valentine's Day.

If you like someone and you want to let that person know how you feel about them, Feb 14th is the perfect day to do it.  Find a nice quiet place and talk.  Who knows what will happen?

(And if you're single and proud of it like me, use Monday to cheer on your friends and wish them a beautiful day!  :D)

Good luck!

-Vociferously yours, Vicky.

Debuting my newest comic!

To those of you who can't tell already, even based on my drawing style, I'm an anime fan.  I'm not a SUPER MEGA anime fan, but I think it's cute and therefore I am only just a "fan".

My favourite anime and manga at the moment is BLEACH by Tite Kubo, and my favourite character is Ichimaru Gin.  Sadly, he died some months ago, so I have decided to make a comic about him and his ghost.

Title page:  Ichimaru's Ghost


Comic #1:  Arrancar Enclyclopedia


I will draw another one soon, but I'd like to hear what you guys think of this one first.  Email me or comment here, thanks.

-Vociferously yours, Vicky.

GIMP Art

I've been experimenting with GIMP recently and I've been improving my skills.  My latest work, a portrait of Sakura from the manga Naruto:

I can say that this one turned out much better than my last one.  The last one was just plain creepy.

Cheers!

-Vociferously yours, Vicky.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Cookies are more powerful than Science

What did you enjoy the most about this event?  We ate COOKIES!  Now, is that something you put on a Science survey?

Our school went to a Math competition today.  Our team got second place, I made top 10, yeah, it was all good.  But I am not here to discuss the competition right now.  I'll save that for another day.  I am here to discuss something else.

Supposedly, it's the "Year of Science" over here.  So the government decided to survey us innocent students about the event we were attending and our interest in Science.  But the thing was, we were attending a MATH competition, not a Science competition.  What we did had nothing to do with Science.  So our group sat down and picked up the survey, then stopped and stared strangely at each other.  These were two of the questions:  (Probably not exact wording)

After attending the event, has your interest in Science increased?  Uh, we attended a Math event.

After attending the event, have you discovered that Science has a greater importance in your life?  Science is important, but our event was about Math, not Science.  (Obvious?)

The last question was "What did you enjoy most about this event?".  I thought long and hard about it, and finally I came up with a most brilliant idea:  "Hey guys, how about we put this?  WE ATE COOKIES!"  Because truly, the cookies they served us at break time were top-class.  Chocolate chip heaven.  And honestly, we couldn't think of anything better to put down.  S'not our fault.  ^_^

Our group agreed, and we each put down the same answer.  When we were handing our survey forms back to the teacher, my friend asked, "Who is going to read these surveys?"

The man looked at her and replied, "The government."

After he left, my friend turned back to our group and said, "Then the government is going to think that we don't care about Science!  Ohh..."  But you know, we DO care about Science.  And we love Science.  But our love of cookies is stronger!

Cookies > Science.

(BTW, I asked around, and almost all the other groups wrote that same answer.  xD  COOKIE FANCLUB!)

-Vociferously yours, Vicky.