September 2012 Update

Hey everyone... whoops, two months since the last post already? OAO Well, I'm quite productive these days so I'll just post some of my new drawings XD

 

Also, on Anime Festival Asia, I finally met with my favorite Anime blogger, Danny Choo! I made a drawing of Mirai, an original character which is the mascot for his website.

And I also took a picture with him! \(^o^)/

Late July Update

Hello everyone, how is your days going? :D

I just realized I haven't submit anything for the past weeks. Got a lot of things in my mind right now. Works, college, and community projects filled my head with deadlines. And somehow I don't have any idea what to draw. I feel like my drawings are being repetitive in terms of theme. Well, actually it's OK but I want to do something different.

Moreover, my CPU is tripping balls. Ever since I changed my motherboard, my CPU usage is off the chart. I only played Minecraft (and I don't turn any other application on) and the usage went through the roof. I should probably change my Processor, or just re-install the OS.

Anyway, lots of things happening on my community project this month. We got featured in magazine, interviewed on local radio, and of course taking part on various event to promote our community. It really makes me happy, seeing the community expanding widely since the first time I joined.

So... probably I won't be submitting much drawing these weeks. But if I get a free time (and fixed my PC) I'll try to do some drawing.

See ya!

Late May Update : VOCALO.ID 2!

Hello everyone :D

It's May already! And my community's collaboration album VOCALO.ID is nearly finisthed. I've finished my song and the cover artwork, so I'm pretty much free right now. I haven't got a job for now, so I thought I should be more productive, but damn you Internet for giving me useless things that wastes all my time and I ended up doing nothing.

So right now, I'm trying to back into my favorite DAW Ableton, trying to do some composition. It's strange how inspiration can only came to us when we are in the bathroom. (-_-)a  I spend the last month trying to understand the composition of Dubstep. It's an eye-opening experience, because till then I haven't utilized all those tools for mixing. I simply balance the volume level, but now I know that sto much more can be done to make my music sounds better.

Anyway, now I finally have things to do, and I also will try to draw something so my skills won't rot away XD See you next time!

Vocaloid Workshop by VOCAPOST Community

Last week, our Vocaloid community  VOCAPOST held a workshop about Vocaloid. Being one of the producers, I became one of the speaker to do the presentation. We're explaining all about Vocaloid, the history, the cultural impacts and of course, the software itself.

I'm quite nervous when speaking in front of peoples, but I think I got it well. With the help from others I can overcome my nervousness and the workshop is quite a success, even though there's a couple of minor problem when tutoring the process of making sequence in Vocaloid Editor.

And we are going to do this again in May! So I have to be more prepared, and brush up my presentation skill. See you next time! xD

Late March Update

Hi there, a bit late update from me this month.

Recently I've been trying to get a work, so I was kind of busy. But I managed to spare some times for practices. This month I was trying to design a CD Case for my music album.

 

So that's what it looks like. I'm trying to keep it simple, it's my principle in every design of mine. And as you can see, I'll be giving out posters as well. But the realization for this project might be still a long time from now, because I need to focus on my community's compilation album.

February Update

Well, hello there!

It's been a while since my last post, sorry for that. Lots of things to do on January. But now I got a little bit of free time, so I'll be updating this blog before it gets swarmed by moss xD

So... since I've been busy on January, this will be my first drawing on 2012. A little warm-up in Photoshop, nothing special. But after making this I realized, I should make more full-body drawing for anatomy practice. Oh well, next time I'll do just that LOL.

Sonika & Nekomura Iroha

Hello~ everyone! A little update from me, a few more drawing of Vocaloids from Art Jam Event at DeviantArt.

Megurine Luka Speedpainting

Another try in speed-painting. This time Luka makes appearance! 8D
This is a drawing for an Art Jam event in one of my Groups in DeviantArt. Every week we should draw a different Vocaloid characters. Week 1 : Megurine Luka.

Next Week is Utatane Piko. I'm planning to do another speedpainting like this so i can get used to Photoshop, because i think i use SAI too often ^^;

Scanner is dead

...so i may not post some major drawing project for now. Just when i have tons of sketches to draw digitally, this happens. Why, oh why OAO

So anyway, i'm working on our community's next project to celebrate our country's anniversary day on August 17th. We remix our national songs with our style. Because Indonesia has a lot of them, well... we got a lot of song to choose xD.

So far the song is already completed, so now I'm working on the artwork. Just a simple & bright artwork, because i want to set the mood of this song to be happy, cheerful & fun.

 

That's all for now, see ya at the next post!

UPDATE : Artwork is finished, counting to teaser release! xD

VOCALO.ID will be released on June 5th!

Woohoo, i'm so excited, this is my first time collaborating in a compilation album.

So far our promotion friends in Malang City had printed the merchandises. It looks awesome!

 

The album will be net-released on June 5th!

Busy with Forum's Project

Hello everyone!

It's the end of the month already! This month is probably the busiest month i had with so much drawings to do. Right now i am designing promotional items for my forum's original vocaloid album, called VOCALO.ID. So far it's been good, lots of try & error, and then fix it again. I guess this is how the visual designer works in real life.

And also some drawings for contest winners on DeviantArt. I hope my drawings is legit enough to be a prize & can satisfy them xD.

Well, back to the real world, i also have to struggle to finish my college assignments which is... also promotional items. Kinda stressed because i had to make an educational TV commercial for this one, and lots of items such as posters, billboard design, stickers etc.

Well i gotta hang in there, real world would probably be more complicated than what i have now.

See you!

Little Update

How's everyone doing?

I've been busy with college, and making songs for two compilation album last month. Not to mention i gotta work a little for the artwork too. I never done this before, making two song at once. As a result, well... it hasn't finished yet OTL.

But it's cool, i can definitely finished it. Just need to spare some time, which i rarely have these days. But i still do those "doodles before bed" thing. It seems i can't erase this habit, hahaha.

See you!

Oh God, Tablet broke, Hiatus commenced...

Yes, my pen tablet broke. And sorry for not posting here for a friggin' long time. Because my pen tablet broke, i have to use traditional method to color my works, watercolor! I haven't touch this media for ages. let's see if i can use it well. Here's some of my first attempt.

Well, that wasn't so bad... i guess.

Oh, new song is up on my Youtube channel! Please listen if you have time to spare! xD

See you on the next post!

Posters

Good day, fellas.

Since the last time i composed a song, i'm beginning to realized something. Do my songs get monotone on the composition? Or is it a good sign of consistency? So i've been thinking, and i've decided, for my next song, i'll try a different genre. Still choosing between Techno or Easy-Listening type, but hell, i'll do both. I'll do the Techno first.

So... oh yeah, i haven't posted the poster for my last song here, so here it is.

And another 'teaser poster' for my next song... well, i already put it as my channel's background in YouTube but, hell, here it is.

See ya!

Megurine Luka - No More Lies

Oh hell, i'm too excited that i've finished my new song, i forgot that i got a blog ROFL. So here is my newly composed original song, titled 'No More Lies'. Took a while until this song is finished, because i'm confused myself about what theme should i bring up for the lyrics. But finally, it is done. Thanks or watching, and hope you like this.

#1 Western Vocaloid Ranking ( i ranked 20th and 17th!)

Wow, i didn't expect my songs can enter the rankings. I ranked 17th and 20th, though. But it's a start, so i'll do my best for the next songs.





After i listen to all of the songs in the ranking, i realized that not much producers that makes vocarock genre. That makes me think about what to do with my future project. I should focus in one specialization, one genre. Well, maybe i can add a little bit of other genre to it, as long as it doesn't change the main genre.

So i'll be focusing to Jam-Rock genre from now. Hope i can be better in the future.

A nice little update...

Hello there, just 1 more day till Ramadhan in my country.

Phew, these last 3-4 days i've been wandering around in YouTube, and accidentally found some other Western Vocaloid Producers. They're awesome, and even some of them are from the same country of mine, Indonesia! Somehow it makes me happy, knowing there are others in my country who do these things.

They even have their own forum for western Vocaloid producers. It's nice to see different style of music composed by others, somehow it gives you more view about music styles. Now, they are gathering songs from western producers to put it in weekly ranking.

You should check their forum, it's still new though.
Vocaloid Creativity Forum

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Now, moving to the next song project... i'm thinking to do some easy-listening style, see if i can pull it off.

Back from my cave of procrastination...

Hey there, it's been so long since my last post.

Now i'm working on my 5th song using VOCALOID2 and ACID Pro 7. I'm kinda... unsatisfied with this song. The problem i had with making songs is, i suck at writing lyrics. That's why the 3rd and the 4th song is written by my friends.

This song i'm working on now is titled 'Midnight Noise'. It's just about jamming with your band all night and let the feelings out. Kinda crappy, eh? That's why i said i suck at writing lyrics. Now i'm in the progress of making the video. Since the lyrics is not that much, is quite easy to make this one.

For now, enjoy the poster first.