March 2016 – insertacat

Lore VI

Celebrations in Natura are rather grand in scale. Every race has their own celebration during certain days of the year.

race-exclusive

These race-exclusive festivals are mainly to worship their gods and thank them for the smooth-sailing year. Some of these celebrations would also include a mark or a date on an very important event in their history, and this celebration or day serves them as a reminder to this very day.

Although these celebrations are race-exclusive, they are still rather grand in scale and other races are also more than welcome to celebrate with them.

on the whole

Natura has a few standard (or default) days of celebration, mainly the founding day, harvest festival and the crowning day. These festivals are very large-scale and grand, and many people from other countries and cities are very welcome to join and celebrate with a huge feast. And of course the one with the heartiest feast would be harvest festival…. like of course there will be lots and lots and lots of food.. [OOC] that’s my favourite festival! [/OOC]

2D II (3/3) – POV

Final works

The beach at the point of view of a hipster would be “deep quotes”
A plant at the point of view of a hipster would be “Love?”
A DSLR/camera at the point of view of a hipter would be “Ego II”
A hearty meal at the point of view of a hipster would be “Aesthetics”
A white wall at the point of view of a hipster would be “#ootd?”
A iPhone at the point of view of a hipter would be “EGO”

Presentation Format

Like a typical Elaine, Elaine will choose the corner as her friends are too good and she would rather not shine under the spotlight. Additionally it is a powerful tool for this project, showing the juxtaposition in her works. Heh heh heh.

2D II (2/3) – TBE

2D II (1/3) – POV

This project is finally over!!! Oh how hard it is.. It is much deeper than anyone expect, it feels like i need to convey some message to everyone.

Despite all that, the style of my works stay light-hearted. Since this project encourages us to go into 2D format rather than a 3D format, I have decided to stick to digital illustration, something that i always did during my spare time.

ARTIST REFERENCES

My topic for this project would be about hipsters. Since i have limited knowledge about how they behave other than just being wannabes, I decided to intensify my research on them. Hence, i started with the easiest platform: Instagram because it was the trendiest app now.

Researching further had landed me into one of the instagram accounts of socalitybarbie. It was an account where the person mocks hipsters while dressing up her barbie doll with style.

Initially, i wanted to do a photography style, but due to time constraints, thus i stuck to digital illustration.

illustration-wise, i was inspired by an artist called Andy Rementer. His bold strokes and usage of bright colours drew me into his works. Presentation was inspired by juxtaposition posters we see all the time. (sketchbook)

4D II

something i did on the last minute while struggling to get back the time i lost during my rehearsal days for my hall’s production (whoops).

i re-did my entry as the piano was really… just too creepy ew it dominates everything and blows everything out of proportion.

initial

reminds me of my 3D ew kong kong kong kong kong

I then removed the piano sounds and recorded a few more (apart from the running into the woods and running sounds which i downloaded since i do not have the luxury of time (whoops again) to record, this is my second piece.

I only used a total of five layers as i was aiming for a more direct, straight-to-the-point narrative where the two main characters were exploring at the marketplace, then exiting the marketplace to the long road to the woods, ready to take on their mission/agenda to investigate ILU. For those whom had no idea what is ILU, look at chapter 2.

it was my first time using premiere since vegas kept crashing on me.

Ever since i was a young girl, i was always drawn to game soundtracks that never fail to bring me into a new environment. I have always relied on them to bring me into another dimension while I am studying to make studying a whole more ‘joyful’ process.

These soundtracks have a focus and a mood. They are simple and clear. Hence i wanted to achieve clarity through conveying a mood of nature that fits perfectly to the city of Natura. fine.

Chapter 2 – queen

“Welcome, cat, welcome to the heart of Natura!” the flight exclaimed while imitating the typical tour guide. “Here in the castle you can see the queen, and marvel at the beautiful sight of how Natura’s architecture blends in perfectly well with Mother Natureeeeeeeeee!”

Upon landing, Idrienne set down from the flight, and marvelled at the sight of the castle. It was a beautiful sight. It looked like a normal tree from far. However, upon looking closer, you can see that it is a castle that camouflaged well among the trees. It clearly reflected the nature of Natura: Natural and magical.

Just then, Idrienne felt a strong gust of wind.

A figure swooped down from the skies, and made a smooth landing.

A female flight landed smoothly gracefully, a few metres away from Idrienne and her new flight friend. She swept away the dust from her.

Idrienne looked at her and was about to hiss at her rudeness when she saw the bounty hunter badge hanging at the side of her waistband.

The letter summoning all new bounty hunters have not been called yet. Perhaps… is she here for the same reason as her??

The female flight turned around and saw Idrienne. She gave her a small smile.

“I am sorry for the ruckus just now. Let me introduce myself. My name is Kar, a fellow flight from the clan F L I G H T S. Are you perhaps from C A T E L I since you are a bounty hunter yourself?”

Idrienne was taken aback by her calmness and politeness. She proceeded to compose herself.

“What if i am? Why are you here?”

“Did you get a weird letter of summons from the Queen?” Kar asked.

Idrienne was shocked by the question. Finally, someone who was in the same situation as her! Heaving a sigh of relief, she nodded. Thank god she wasn’t the only one.

Kar smiled “Let’s go and meet the queen.”

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