matakyou
26 May 2017 @ 11:09 pm
I've been in the mood to draw my friends lately, for some reason. My friends making ugly faces specifically. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I've stopped questioning my weird bouts of inspiration at this point.

here's the outcome )

In unrelated news:
‌• recently watched NigeHaji and it was just as good as people made it out to be, it's right up there with my all-time fave dramas right now. 10/10

• also watched Okitegami Kyouko because I'm in an Aragaki hype right now. The first 2 or 3 eps didn't get to me all that much, BUT from then onwards it was so so good?? Once I got used to the concept it got pretty interesting. The cast is super cute and fluffy too, 10+ points for that. The chemistry between Okada Masaki and Gakki was really nice and his character was so wholesome??? I want me some more male characters like that, Japanese entertainment take notes. Note: bless whoever dresses Gakki in her recent dramas, the aesthetic is on point.

• Paramore's new album After Laughter is so good. It took me a couple of run-throughs to get used to the new music and fully appreciate the lyrics but now I'm all in. It's literally all I've been listening to for the past two weeks.

• Currently watching Kindaichi with Kamenashi playing the lead, and girl, let me tell you~ this is gotta be the worst rendition of Kindaichi to date. I've got nothing against Kame and I've been pretty excited about his new drama with Yamapi + Kaitou Yamaneko has been on my to-watch list for a while actually, but damn this is just cringy. The acting, the script, most of the cast, everything really. Ueno Juri is the only one I can appreciate, but then I'm super biased about her so.

• Last but not least, WE WON EUROVISION!!! You guys have no idea how happy this makes me, it's our first time ever winning this contest and we absolutely deserved it this year (for the first time lmao) + Salvador and Luísa Sobral (our contestant and composer respectively) got the highest score ever in Eurovision history, it was such a beautiful moment. Not to mention how proud I am that we sent a jazz musician to represent us, bless the introduction of the jury on our national selection. I can't remember ever liking a song we sent but this song was music art at its finest and the staging was a perfect fit (I've already talked about it in a previous post though so there won't be any rambling about it here woop). Oh, and I might be attending Salvador's concert in July with a couple of friends which is super cool.
 
 
Current Mood: calm
Current Location: Portugal
Current Music: Pools - Paramore
 
 
matakyou
11 April 2017 @ 12:40 am
Hi guys!

I'm just here to post a couple of doodles I did of Nino's face the other day because it seems like that's all I feel like drawing lately sorry not sorry.

click here for said doodles )

Also, regarding the whole Livejournal issue, I backed up my journal on Dreamwidth a while back just in case and now it seems like everyone's moving there so hmm you can add me at matakyou if you like. I'm not planning on leaving lj but I would hate to lose track of you guys and the fandom in general so move I must (meaning I'm going to start cross-posting lol). Oh, and if any of you use Tumblr, you can find me there as well!

Kisses (。・ω・。)ノ♡
 
 
Current Location: Portugal
Current Music: おーい兄ちゃん - カノエラナ
Current Mood: bouncy
 
 
matakyou
27 October 2016 @ 12:40 am
Hey guys :)

Quick update on my graphic journal progress:

Eikura Nana / 25.10.16 )

Since I've been watching 99.9 lately (and loving it lots, don't even get me started on Tachibana - I'm crushing so hard help) I turned to it for inspiration. More like marathoned half the drama - details, details - and ended up drawing a scene from the first ep. It looks surprisingly alright considering yesterday was pretty much a NO day for me
 
 
Current Location: Portugal
Current Music: AinoArika - Hey! Say! JUMP
Current Mood: anxious
 
 
matakyou
22 October 2016 @ 02:19 am
Hi guys!

This year I'm required to keep a visual journal for drawing class yay.
I've always wanted to work on one of those journals but have never gotten around to it. So this year, I finally have a reason to!

I finally got one and am having lots of fun with it + it's a good way to get me to draw regularly. As I'm interested in architecture, portraits and the like, but have 0 creativity regarding anything else, it'll most likely be filled with random sketches of cute people and buildings that catch my attention... none of that edgy/colorful stuff all the cool kids are doing sadly. Prepare to be bored to death.

Anyways, the other day I drew a couple pictures of Toda Erika from KagiHeya (cuz she's hella cute fight me) so I'll leave you with those ^^

click here yo )

Besides this journal affair, I'm working on a big (dimension-wise) anatomy project at the moment as my final for this unit. The theme is "quotidian life and the human body" and - of course - I managed to slip Arashi into it somehow, I can't that their my muses xP

What I'm donna do, basically, is using a picture of Nino (from More - he always looks so good on their photoshoots, like can he not), as a reference for an A2 page spread. I'll be working with charcoal and oil pastels, which I love to the moon and back. I was heavily influenced by Hope Gangloff during the whole planning process, do check her out she's really cool.

I don't have any photos of this one yet but this is the reference I'm using, it's one of my favorite photos of Nino ever - its sober, simple but the warm and homey atmosphere really appeals to me.

Well, that's all folks, I'll be posting updates on these projects whenever possible ^^.

kisses <3
 
 
Current Music: 真夜中のシャドーボーイ - Hey! Say! JUMP
Current Location: Portugal
Current Mood: pleased
 
 
matakyou
06 October 2016 @ 09:29 pm
Hey guys! How's everyone?

I'm sick atm so I decided to stay at home feeling sorry for myself and marathoning the first seasons of Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo. Aah~ I'd nearly forgotten how cute young Tsuyoshi was. Not that he isn't cute now, heck, Tsuyoshi is cute no matter what (shsh I have a soft spot for him sue me) but him playing Kindaichi does rly bad things to my heart.

kindaichi fangirling over here )

In unrelated news, as I've mentioned before, I'm really excited about drawing classes this year, we just got started on my favourite subject -Anatomy- and I'm having a blast!

We're currently taking turns posing for each other and doing quick 5-15 min sketches at a time and it's going really well for me, I feel like I've finally made some real progress since last year.
Our teacher is also so so nice and gives really good criticism and tips!

Anyways I'll leave you guys with a couple of sketches I drew these past few weeks in class, hope everyone has a nice weekend!

click here for said sketches )

kisses <3

PS: I still haven't got any news about my external disk drive and I don't know if that's good or bad...
 
 
Current Mood: sick
Current Music: Kiss Kara Hajimaru Mystery - KinKi Kids
Current Location: Portugal
 
 
matakyou
23 April 2016 @ 09:16 pm
Hey there people!
It's been a while since I posted anything, school's been keeping me pretty busy and so I haven't been doing much besides studying yay~
The other day I got started on this new portrait of Nino and it's not even finished yet but I wanted to post my progress so far anyways.

Opinions = love

kisses-

click here for pics ^^ )
 
 
Current Mood: lazy
Current Location: Portugal
Current Music: For You - Ieiri Leo