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I like how i managed to capture the bug in the last angle. It’s quite hilarious. as if the bug’s looking down at me. I’m also quite proud of the fact that i managed to overcome all heebiejeebies to capture these pics…after all the bug does fly. And i’m not using zoom. Does it tell you how close I got to the bug? 
I was lying flat on the floor cm-s away from it 
My sister screeched at me. Not my fault. I like pretty bugs.
I dislike the many blurry pictures i got. These are the three i luckily captured clear and in ok angles. It’s very spontaneous and hard to control composition (esp since the bug moves ><)
I can improve on quick reaction and quick thinking to increase chances of taking good pictures, esp since so many good pictures last only for a second before it’s gone!
Chia and Minne - correction liquid
Paper cut cow
Oh the fun
Liquid paper art: Since Minne and I are sharing, there’s Minne, much taller than me XD With her fringe and straight hair XD As well as cow creation collaborated with Yuan Zhao
What I like : The creativity. The cow is hilarious. And recycled.
What I dislike: The cow is so post modern D: And ugly-ly cute. Remember beauty in the eye of beholder. and creator.
Improvement: Colour combi XD And length of legs makes cow even more retarded. I like my liquid paper drawing though XD
Chocolate
Chocolate!
What I like: Clarity and creaminess!
What I dislike: Flash D: So gross.
What I can improve on…: Get better lighting.
everyday one sentence: you’re the mull, im the muse. – by thia thia
note, not by chia chia. Cynthia’s a MULE! She’s more AMUSE-ing than a muse o.0 Anyway, she hijacked my blog for awhile.
Continuing: More photos! Of plants. Greenery.
water
green
pattern on water
plant ladder
plant with flash
shrooms
lonely log
twist
Hmm, I’ve played with lighting a little (see plant with flash). I realise that in some cases, using flash isn’t that bad. Sure, depth os compromised, but the plant looks less dull with flash. Use of lighting inspired by artist Tom Mackie, but he’s is tons nicer cos he’s lighting comes from behind the plant, making it glow without compromising the depth
Secondly, Can Jess or someone photoshop the photo with caption “green” ? It’s so…empty there. I quite like the emptiness, but I wonder how it feels to have some yong / jess style little beings occupying that space :3
Hmm, I’m really enjoying myself looking for patterns in nature. I find skies, plants and water particularly nice (they have so many forms!) Nature is a wonderful source of inspiration
signs off, nooboet.
lights
lines
Down the HDB flat
I so proud of these few pictures XD Noob is noob, but noob has its own happiness. (grammar corrected by thiathia)
The first one: I like the glowy lights! and how the lights sorta intersect. I’ve no real idea why it pleases me though. Just happened to notice that the picture is potentially good when i tried to “paparazzi” my own sister. “hmm, bg looks nice”. SNAP! *adjusts angle a little* SNAP! The thing I don’t like about it is … I didn’t plan much D: It’s such a … unplanned, just happen to find picture. If only I had more skills, maybe I can arrange it to be nicer D:
Second one: Very purposefully arranged. I find it quite…ok? The big tree on the right is quite random o.0
Third one: Oh my, I’ve lived in the HDB for 10 + years, and only found this scene recently? I’m quite proud of this one, esp since I’ve been taking a few pictures from this window, and to be able to find this composition…i *think* I have *improved*. Eeps.I like how the vertical lines are separated into horizontal bands of the clothes drying thing and the cars and the HDB flat too
What I Like: How the composition involves line. More interesting.
What I dislike: Heh, I KNOW there’s room for improvement! I’m just too dumb to find it!
Signs off, chia.
Can’t remember when I drew this. A3, poster paint. Yeah, me is noob and so is the art materials at home. Title? : Patriotic table cloth.
My art teacher says : when you draw apples, you can always add green! (Now doesn’t that remind you of Cezanne’s rotting fruits?)
I like: The colours on the metal can. Reflection in the milk thingum.
I dislike: The folds on the red cloth D: The dark blue parts are horrible. My signature using paintbrush is just as bad.
Title: Green and white table cloth (I’m so original). Other info: Same as above. That’s why these two appear in the same post.
Oh the reflection…mom framed it happily with some others (malaysia = cheaper than singapore!)
What I like: Hmm, it looks quite like the original that we were asked to mimic (assignment given by other art teacher)
what i dislike: w/o the art teacher it wouldn’t look like this D: I can’t paint folds in cloth properly ><
signs off, nooboet
Here’s stuff I drew…hee hee.
Skeleton scratches head - IH is puzzling
Monster eats bamboo.
Hmm, May ignore the first one with the skull. It’s called venting frustration in form of random doodle.
It’s the second one I’ve something to talk about:
Bamboo! Why do leaves NEED to cross? (I think Carol or someone raised this issue about bamboos) Somehow adults (in my case my uncle) insist that the leaves need to cross
This is my first time trying to draw bamboo in … pen.
Quite weird, cos if you draw with a mao bi, the bamboo pole would be done in a stroke, instead of two lines with a pen o.0
If you open the picture in a new tab you’ll probably see the bamboo done in two styles : The one on the left being a pen replica of the original mao bi kind, the right being the version that Jenny drew for her coursework. Hmm, makes me realise that one ended up fatter than the other. And thus monster is created to chew on fatter one, as if thinner one was already….gobbled up.
What I enjoy : It’s so evil and hilarious. I enjoyed drawing out both styles of bamboo It’s interesting to see how the chinese ink style varies with the one drawn “realistically”. (In this case, still from my imagination, or recollection of how Jenny’s looked like) The “realistic” one is much harder though, since the chinese ink style is somewhat simplified
What I dislike : Why do I end up putting in effort into doodle-ish stuff? I should have drawn this on a proper piece of paper (aka the sketch book we made.) I can redraw this…but inevitably the 2nd one loses the “feel” of the first D: I should bring a tiny sketchbook with me all the time D: Then when “inspiration” strikes, I can immediately draw on a better piece of paper…instead of one that has lines all over the place D:
What I can improve on: Draw on proper paper. Try diff mediums (i wonder how pastel bamboo looks like…pasty?)
signs off, nooboet.
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A little late to announce that, considering I’ve posted quite a few posts after horrible friday.
Anyway, here’s my boards:
mindmap.
My Ramblings and Thoughts after settling on topic FAMILY.
Now why family? See next:
Biennale artist as source of inspiration
Oh, sorry, not at actual reason yet. However, Rachel Goh, who created this series of photographs of her family in the likeness of a childhood family photo really inspired and encouraged me to pursue this topic further. She’s also the one who showed me that “perfect” poses can have twists! (It’s hilarious to see the father’s expression in the video as he puts on female clothing. Or the brother’s.)
Little women, where i got my topic (family) from
Ah, the topic giver. While watching it (not this rendition though…), I suddenly thought that I could pick out themes in the movie…and family was the first topic to strike me. After all the March family are indeed very close! (Go READ the book or WATCH the movie! I was upset when Beth died D: ) Oh, the movie I watched was very Jo centered (shoot, i wrote JoE in my prep board D:)
Research Study not used
While exploring the topic family, I went on to look at Shells (A home. Sheltered / protected / close. Family. However, if you enlarge the picture you might be able to see the reason why I did not use it in my final.) The Art room has an AWESOME collection of shells! Mine is so puny D: TT_TT *bawls* *wails*
Research study family n fren
Of course, what will family be if my family wasn’t in! There’s my dad, and there’s my sis…but why’s thiaboon and chihboon there? (There is a reason why most research studies are about food…but that’s for later) You see, I initially also decided that since I’m sec 4…it’ll be worthwhile to do something related to NYGH…after all, “school is our 2nd home” XD I spend much more waking hours at school than at home (due to CCAs and AEP ) and I couldn’t help but immediately find that NYGH is another “family” to me. (Look at the Apes! We’re a boonmily!) Took a long time to choose who to put in my painting…Here are some of the basic requirements:
1) In AEP, ‘cos these are the people I’ve known for 4 years.
2) Have pics of them eating (or if I manage to kope it / If they let me take pics of them eating)
By then, only a few were left. #2 took out most people. And thus, Me + 4 family members + 4 friends! (9 ppl, not 十全十美！)
research study Family fren n stuff
The rest of the studies of my Friends, Family, as well as what I group under “others” (not food nor people) Yeah, I did everyone that I drew great injustice. SORRY! But…you get to enjoy nice food in the painting! (Erm, except for Bro. He’s playing the violin XD)
research study setting and food
The study of Botanical Gardens…there’s a reason why it’s chosen…The last board gives the reason…
I took the pictures. Not from online sources Does any fellow OM Shanghai ppl remember the lovely plate of onion rings? <3
I tried to do water colour style for the tree at first…then gave up. I ended up treating water colour like poster paint o.0 Again.
research study food
Whee！ Food and food alone! To be honest I’m quite proud of the way some turned out to be…and upset how I ruined some too D: The pie pastry was nicer in ink only…then I applied water colour like poster paint and ruined the pastry D: However the sushi was a save! It started average after painting…then oolah! It was heavily coloured with colour pencils and gel markers to become edible!
Uh, why food? After deciding on FAMILY, I had to decide what they are doing…after listing some of the most common, yet significant and closest-to-the-heart activities, I felt that a meal (I was thinking along the lines of dinner) was something that can show how close a family is. (Imagine sitting at a table with strangers D: Even uber nice dish don’t taste as good!) Especially most families (fine, mine is like that) do not find many opportunities to eat together, despite food being a basic necessity. Therefore, VOILA! Food! Yum Yum.
composition 1 n 2
The original inspiration for composition one was by some painter…oops! Anyway, it was a very nice painting with various activity (and after looking at it I realized that I could put in my bro as a violinist XD That’s why he didn’t eat :3) This was a painting Mrs Tan found for me and we felt that it could be a good inspiration, for composition or style. However…there’s a lot a lot of people here! More than 9! It’s hard to arrange 9 ppl into the space D:
Composition 2 was very difficult to use. After awhile, I realised it probably won’t be chosen (too little ppl this time), and it doesn’t show a family as I want it…it’s too “perfect”, too “posed”, not natural and spontaneous like close family and friends would be when EATING. Nevertheless, I like the bg I gave it…It’s in NYGH! <3 Yes, i took the picture of the background for final of composition 2 myself XD
final composition
Final composition came from a photo in a vineyard…not appropriate for a family / friend dinner to be at, so I changed the setting.
Unfortunately, New Zealand sunset is pretty and pretty farfetched too. Got rejected. Too dramatic le.
Thus…BOTANICAL GARDEN! My family goes there on a weekly basis to exercise, so it’s a pretty good venue to eat at (I mean, it’s a very likely place to find us eating at!) It’s also a very nice (and green) place! Had to remove the road though, it was somewhat distracting. This is a local place, where we’d feel at ease eating! ^^ The dishes are also the finger food kind (imagine eating cooked fish or meat in the middle of Botanical garden as if you’re at home).
Overall, this is still an unlikely scene…my friends and my family eating together? Not going to happen anytime soon. So far, only cynt managed to eat at my home (Thanks for coming all the way from PASIR RIS!). On a birthday (spy birthday cake), it’s even less likely, cos my family prefers small birthday gatherings (have been so for ages). It’s almost…ack, a rather personal wish that my family and my friends will one day get to know each other until as close as portrayed in the final…PAINTING D:
gasp. the painting! eez horrigible. vegetable. carp. *flaps*
Inference from nonsense above: The artist herself is largely displeased with her final painting. Ah well. It’s over.
Signs off,
Nooboet.
Hey ppl
High heels are horrible. They HURT. My feet are still sore where my weight was crushing it ><
Go to Limelight concert! Though you’ll have to order from sistic directly.
Have doodled plenty over the past year (s). Scavenged for a while, manage to find some. Commence uploading of doodles. about 20 + pictures.
Oh, Went Mcritchie…and a monkey grabbed the water bottle of some guy practicing taichi or something. Was trying to get the bottle to open when another person saw it…so it climbed up a tree and disappeared from view. After having its fill of water…it gave an empty bottle back to the poor man XD
the elemens...doodled by chia
While waiting for the job talk to start.
Drawn with liquid paper on my file
Spot the 3 birds XD
liquid paper on my file, leaf falling
Her shawl is all wrong, but heck care 
apple - "inspired" (more like doodling from impressions) by Yong and Amanda
an apple a day keeps the devil away
Random round stuff makes superman
he’s flying…
popping eye etc. I love em.
soon to see more weird dolls
Susan (uncle's mad) is more like a sister to us <3
Susan is like … well, a playmate when we’re younger, an older sister now, and she cooks great stuff Cynt, be jealous. The food she makes is tons nicer than what you had at my place ;D
TV remote and susan's sister, uncle's place
Was bored…and the naughty twins are crawling all about.
Doodles with colourpencil
Ahah, i like scribbling trees. Coloured with the limited colour pencils i had with me in class.
She looks quite sad
Why is she so sad D:
Ragged doll is back, with his swamp pal. They are… strangely cute <3
pest, domo, whale
Hmmph. Let sleeping lizards lie. And domo kun and whale comes back!
The dog looks retarded. And my church mates thought I was weird to draw so much pests XD
apples are as red as cherries as red as rambutans. Pen.
Well, I only had red and blue pen…and even the ink is a little horrid.
Durians and mangosteens
The words and the drawing above it are by a church friend. My handwriting ain’t that neat.
demented doll, marker and doodles
My most recent demented doll, coloured with markers and radiating evil.
tree and garden bench, snoozing dog and owner
I think i like the sleeping dog more than anything else in this doodle.
dango, bamboo, baos...
I was hungry then…semi-influenced by YuanZhao’s baos.
domo and whale back
Domo kun and whale as children. Babies, computer addiction, and finally…got caught by mama.
poor whale
Whale became a demented doll too.
Pen and liquid paper.
Scrawled a tree out with liquid paper…proceeded to draw other stuff.
nike water bottle...supposed to be red and black, but i didn't have black pen to doodle with
Church friend’s bottle.
kitty the pirate. moon. house.
Heh. Evil kitty.
That’s all.
Nooboet.
Nooboet’s strange teacher (mentioned in a few posts ago) decided to expose sec 3 ‘08 AEP class to book binding. Included in the book are 20 hand drawings (that have not been scanned).
Here are sketches done…welcome Nike.
Goddess Nike. from a museum. Pencil o.0 2008.
The drawings in red ink were done by fellow ape Boonssica. The words are by nooboet though Drawn during an aep trip (where the teachers had the interesting experience of dressing up like ancient Greek Gods. The lighting was quite bad, could barely see what nooboet herself was drawing TT.TT
sec3 LSC designs...random
The leafy thing was inspired from a CD from childhood. Nooboet recalls the CD saying things such as ” Dangerous Creatures”, where upon double-clicking the program’s icon, the CD shows a leafy barrier, pushes it apart with the anonymous hands to show the activities. Quite fun. As can be observed, things are more related to … DOORS.
paths!
Since OBS entailed trekking and kayaking (or triyaking). Nooboet thought that she might as well create something to do with those main activities.
random
oh, boonssica’s pikachu and mudkip…nooboet had no part in that! Designs on this page are entirely random.
look! more interesting designs! as if.
Yep, here features Nooboet’s final designs…the map and the compass.
dangerous creatures + other designs
On A4 paper, not sketchbook. There’s that dangerous creature thing again, as well as some other designs and mind mapping.
the "Water" of the map was because of nooboet's textured file...
the map here is closer to the final! The door design is here again, but needs more tendrils to balance out…
final sec 3 logo design
there. the final – printed, submitted, and returned. (photoshopped) Teacher’s comments (however illegible) are included. let’s proceed.
space stitch (friend's) and stitch with toy (nooboet's)
Nooboet’s stitch is attached to her pencil case! <3 Her friend’s stitch was TINY!
film opaque as a result of chemical disaster
Else this would be nooboet’s film for the black and white photography mentioned many posts ago. Unfortunately, the frame became opaque, a series of accidents happened, and nooboet had to redo a few times. Anyway, she stuck the damaged film on my sketchbook, at the suggestion of teacher L. Oh, teacher L neglected to mention beforehand that the camera gives the view that is significantly higher than the one actually taken. Therefore many of the pictures turned out very different from what was planned…
yong, nooboet and n's sister at a museum
Yongboon was invited by a friend (from maple story, no less!) to attend his exhibition! The same exhibition (sorry, not museum) also featured the works of Japanese artist…ugh, nooboet was syre that she had her name card somewhere. More updates regarding this trip will be given when more information is found! This trip was informative since the artists were there! (cos it’s exhibition opening day!)
Back to designs…sec 4
graces logo design 2009
Had more difficulties designing this than the previous year’s. At least nooboet could keep designing doors and paths…she had no idea what to do for this year. She kept picturing the NYCD’s jacket…
graces II
so she churned out many graceful animals that she koped from online. there. Now on with…coursework. 1 only. don’t get too excited.
daddad! don't frown!
Xinboon is to be credited with the reason why daddad looks like daddad. Really. Her replicating skills are phenomenal!
nooboet has to go on with coursework now! Bye!
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