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So, mayu visited the Anime Festival Asia (AFA) for her first time.

Was pretty surprised by the crowd and the excitement but still, it was an experience that definitely swept mayu off her feet.
The cosplayers were eye-opening, and the Gakuen Royale Butler cafe was a memorable experience.
Will definitely be looking forward to the event again next year.

Anyway, more details of mayu's visit to the AFA on her livejournal.
Click here for post on the butler cafe and other interesting booths at AFA.
Click here for the photos of cosplays, posters and figures at the AFA.

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On a random note, was chatting on Msn with Sonia, mayu's best buddy for her 2 years in Hokkaido.
It's been more than a year since we last met in Hong Kong during mayu's last trip.
We've really missed each other.
Hope she'll visit Singapore soon and that both of us could follow where our dreams lead us to.

Been thinking of recoloring some of the earlier works because mayu has never really been satisfied with her coloring skills in the past...

So yeps, after taking the Foundation in Digital Painting and Concept Art Course, mayu has really come to decide that she should recolour a few of the previous works and apply what she had learnt from the course.

Works that most likely will be redone are the Gintama Silver Soul and Deathnote fanart.

Now, it's just a matter of working on which first... plus there are still a few WIP that mayu wants to complete.

Anyway, have come to realise that fanart are really more popular than original works. So, will probably be working on more anime fanart too while building my own original portfolio.

So yep, I'm completely guilty of not logging in except for the few days after I submit a particular artwork.

Because coming in to see the number of favs and page views jump gives me a superb sense of satisfaction, but when the rates start to drop, I just tune out and move off the my other hobbies like reading or watching dramas...lol

Anyway, added 3 new art to the gallery. All Gintama fandom because these were drawn for ExplodedToiletBowl. It's her birthday today and she loves HijiGin. SO even though mayu is more of a "Hijikata is an uke" type of person, mayu still drew them for her.

And well, gotta admit that it's very motivating to draw for other people. Who doesn't like to have people screaming "OMG i love you mayu, your art is beautiful?"

So maybe mayu should make it a point to draw more for other people... it's a really good practice. hahaha

mayu has also recently taken up a Concept Art and Digital Painting Course. The lessons have been great and mayu has learnt so much in the classes and applied them to her latest art. So, will definitely be posting up more works up here in the near future. XD

Finally got around to using the folders.
Yes, it has been years since they were introduced, but mayu had been too lazy to figure out how they are used.

So, nine different categories right now, but still with some art un-foldered because mayu deem them too few to have their own folders, for now.

And scrapebooked quite a few old works too. Even looking at them makes mayu go O_o... Gosh, time really flies.
But looking at them also makes mayu happy because it shows how much improvement mayu has made over the years.

mayu actually still has some more art in her portable drive... still thinking whether to put them up or not...

Happy 2012 everyone!

In this brand new year, mayu has come up with a few resolutions that she hopes she'll be able to see through.
One of them being - to draw more and to be more active in DA.

Yes, ever since going to Japan two years ago, mayu has pretty much stopped visiting DA except when she submits new art.
And even when she did that, it was just "submit" and bye...

From this year onwards, mayu is going to try her best to update the journal here, join more groups and participate more actively in DA's events.

Wish me luck~

新年明けましておめでとう！

＊sucks that DA doesn't support Japanese and Chinese encoding in the titles and subtitles....＊