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From Shirobako.

Pumpkin's Palette: KanColle - KanMusu

I needed to release my feels from this week’s KanColle episode.

Please let my ships continue sailing. Don't let any of them sink.

I guess there were extra feels this week because I recently started playing the game and loved it.

Cute pantsu pencil case with a twist

Saw pictures of this cute pantsu pencil case floating around.

I want to get one of these!!!

[Pumpkin's Palette] Gugure stuff

After 2 months or so, this Gugure project is finally done.
I can go and stick these up on my wall.
Made them because I loved Gugure, and couldn't afford the official merch, so the next best option is to use handmade art.

Either way, I win.

[Life] Too old for happy meals?

Today, I got judged at McDonalds for buying a Happy Meal. But it was worth it because I got this adorable "Cut the Rope" Fruit bowl.

****Walks up to counter*
Me: Can I get one happy meal please.
<Awkward staring for 15 seconds>
Counter girl: A WHAT meal??
Me: A happy meal with cheese burger and vanilla shake please.
<More awkward staring for 20 seconds>

"Well, that's awkward."

TFW your best friend/mother catches you doing something that you really shouldn't be doing.

Pumpkin's Palette: Slaine sketch

I was feeling kinda edgy/anxious/unsettled tonight, so I thought I'd doodle a Slaine (from Aldnoah Zero) sketch to help ease my nerves.

Top pic reference taken from Pash magazine: http://t.co/ONmFSXGB52

Pumpkin's Palette: Beneath Cloudy Skies

Hello everyone!
It's been a while. I hope everyone is doing well.
Here is my latest work: A Donten ni Warau fanart.

"Beneath these cloudy skies, we will laugh, cry and grow stronger."

Tools used: MyPaint + Gimp.

Black and white version available on my pixiv: http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=48011522

Ps. You really should watch Donten ni Warau. It's a shounen fantasy action. There's an adorable love story in it as well.

Pumpkin's Palette: Akatsuki from Log Horizon

Heyo!
It has been a very very long time! I hope everyone has been well.
Have you been enjoying the Autumn season of anime? So sad that we're up to week 10/11 already, only 2-3 weeks to go!

My latest drawing is Akatsuki from Log Horizon, an extremely cute girl. I initially didn't like her character, but her personality grew on me after watching season 2.

This drawing took too long to complete, because my motivation fluctuated up and down.
I edited this using GIMP.

[Game] Spot the odd colour out!

Do you have a keen eye for colours? Do you like to play spot the difference?

Can you find the tile which has a different colour to the rest?

My friend introduced me to this rather addictive game: Spot the odd colour out! (http://game.ioxapp.com/color/#).
In this game you have to click on the tile which is of different colour to the rest of the tiles. The goal is to score as many points (with clearing one level giving you one point) as you can within one minute.
My highest level reached is 31. Your eyes and brain do get rather sore after a few rounds of this game.
Give it a try!

Pumpkin's Palette: Rin Matsuoka (Free!) + Aldnoah Zero

Hi readers,
It has been some time since I last dropped by.
Many things happened in life. Went through an emotional roller-coaster, and still riding it.
There are still many problems I need to sort out. Ha, what is life without problems?
Anyway, let's push away the ramblings.
I tried to cheer myself up with some drawing. Here's some sketches of characters from Aldnoah Zero and Rin from Free!. Enjoy~

Jibanyan (Yokai Watch) Model Kit

This was a quick and easy build. Done within 1 hour.
This little critter is absolutely adorable.
I find it hilarious how Yokai Watch is targeted to young children (on par with Pokemon and Digimon audience) and the anime mascot is some pervy cat creature - as demonstrated by Jibanyan loving to read some cat gravure magazine.
My only dilemma was choosing the stickers for his face for different expressions - There were so many stickers to choose from!!

It was really nice of Bandai to create a little stand to hold the extra pieces (left piece) - 2 faces and 1 extra set of arms.
This was definitely worth my money, in terms of product quality, the amount of build-able pieces and cuteness. If I ever come across the second model kit then I would buy it without hesitation!
The only downside of this model is that the collar is missing the blue colour.

[Life] De-stressing

Post-assessment block + Pre-prac de-stress, aka binge shopping.
I loved the first VVV kit I made last time so I went and bought another one, Hiasobi. Picked this one namely because it was purple 
And then I saw the Yokai Watch cat, and it was too adorable to not buy, so it joined my shopping basket.
Not pictured is an awesome red scarf I got for $2 (originally $15 - talk about bargains!!)

Pumpkin's Palette - Shimakaze from Kantai Collection

Requested by JH.
Never watched the anime myself, but the girl looks cute.

No mum, I don't want to go outside.

Pumpkin's Palette - Momotarou (Free!ES)

I needed to get my F(r)eels off my chest. 
Mikoshiba Momotarou from Free!Eternal Summer - voiced by my beloved SuzuKen.
It's been over 5 months since I drew? I miss the art side of me. If only I had more time!

Free! Eternal Summer - Episode 1 [v.P]

Let me let you in on a secret: There'll be even more hot bods, muscles and water in Free! Eternal Summer.

The highlight of my week, the return on my bishies.

You can't say no to Nagisa's cuteness.

And to create some angst and competition, there's a new guy in town, and he's hot!

You won't be able to hold your pedo-ness back.

Click below for more hot bods.

Shonen Hollywood + SAO II - Episode 1 [v.P]

It seems like everyone wants to jump onto the "bishounen, idol, sing and dance" bandwagon, hoping to scam money off desperate ladies given the success of UtaPri.
Shounen Hollywood is another series targeted at the ladies where they promote a group of 5 "hot" teen soon-to-be-idols.
Take my word: Do NOT watch this anime.
It sucks.
For an anime that focuses on music, the OP and ED songs are pathetic.
The art is not "pretty" at all.
While the seiyuus are decent, the plot is too cliche and predictable.
Essentially you will waste 6 hours of your life watching 5 pathetic males learn how to sing and dance and face an audience.
There were no character development what so ever in this first episode. Everyone feels so empty.

Now moving on to SAO II.

Did I have high hopes for this series? Nope, given that they screwed up ALO.
I was happy that the first voice I heard was HiroC's (the guy pictured below), I was sad to see him die within the first 6 minutes of the anime.
The CGI of the bullet shooting was cool, but that only lasted a minute or so.
It felt refreshing to see my OTP, Kirito and Asuna again.
The art is typical quality.
The OP/ED song was good. I still preferred the first set of songs.
I will keep watching for the sake of my loyalty to the series.

Bakumatsu Rock - Episode 1 [v.P]

The more I tell myself not to procrastinate, the more I actually do procrastinate.
Given that I have 5 assignments due within 3 weeks, I so ingeniously decided to watch anime instead.
Let's start off with the YowaPed wrap up.

I'm disappointed that they cut season 1 off without finishing the 2nd day of the interhigh race. I really want to know who wins! But now I've got to wait till October to find out.
There were many precious team moments in the last episode, especially the comradery between Imaizumi and Onoda.

To start off the new anime season I decided to watch Bakumatsu Rock.
Now I played the game, never really finished it, but I did enjoy it, especially the music/songs and seiyuus.
I was anticipating a poorly made adaptation of an otome game, as most otome anime adaptations go.
However, I was not disappointed.
The character introductions were fairly cliched but the funny moment made up for it.
The art is decent.
"So far so good".
We'll wait and see how hopeless it becomes as it develops throughout the season.