Memory 27: Pieces From The Past

I was cleaning my room since we're planning to move out soon. Anyway, I found these pieces from my bed's "abandoned" drawer and was surprised that they're still here with me. I thought when we first moved in here, I lost them. I was relieved when I get my hands on them again.

These are my compositions, "Fate" and "In Our Hearts." They were the fruits of my Senior year in St. Bridget. No one never noticed me. It's because I was too shy to show what I can do before. I was the quiet one and barely talked in class. But when I'm with my friends, I'm the loudest. Hihi.

One day, the director of our musicale (our finals for music class) came to me and asked me to write a song. The other classes had original compositions while we only covered songs. I asked help from my friend Shane. She was in-charged of the music while I wrote the lyrics. So finally, we came up with FATE.

Supposedly the two main characters were to sing the song but since we ran out of time to teach them, I sang it live with Shane and Mara. I was really nervous because I'm singing my composition in a big crowd. I got compliments after show. It was really memorable for me.

Here are some pictures I compiled for the song I wrote. :)

Memory 21: My Artistic Frustration

I never had the skills to create an extraordinary drawing or painting. I only knew how to draw stick people and a bit on nature. I'm not good with lines and other techniques in drawing. I only had a vision with less skills of an artist. I have kept some drawings from my high school during free period or while having class. Hihi.

Here are some of my works; if ever they can be called works of art...

I always wanted to sport a short hair but since I'm plus size, I don't have much confidence yet. Anyway, I also like warrior-looking women. A perfect example would be the amazons. I remember I even collected Ragnarok online cards with lady warriors with their cool battle wardrobe and weaponry. I like to play with extremes -- cute and lady-like but has an inner warrior within themselves.

   

My greatest weaknesses are the hands, feet, and face especially the eyes. I just don't know how to draw the hands and feet to match the body and aura that I'm trying to achieve. Anyway, the solution I came up with was to hide the arms and just forget about the feet. About the eyes, you will notice that it's the same with all of my sketches above. Hahaha. Anime eyes.

I remember I asked one of my closest friends, Shane to teach me how to draw starting with the basics. Since we had a class about drawing, the special lessons I had with her helped me a lot. She's an artist and knows how to manipulate the techniques in drawing. So to cut the long story short, I came up with this with her help. Pass or fail?

I have a few more sketches on my archive but I'll just show them to you next time. Hit the comment box if you think I should try to draw again. Hehe.