Holidays have started, woohoo!

It's finally the holidays. It's not like I don't like to attend classes since they're fun, but it's also nice to get a break from it since it can really do your head in. -_-; So now I'm focusing my holidays on drawing lots of illustrations and drawing whatever the hell I like for once! xD ... And working on my manga I'm sending over to Japan to be put in a Hetalia anthology. And the deadline is looming so I'd like to complete it by the end of the holidays and then send it over in the post. Which is always exciting since it feels pretty good to send away a finished product but I always have the worry that it might not get there (lol). Every time I've sent one it has though. I usually send things by uploading it onto a private server since it's a lot easier and I complete my manga digitally, but there are occasions when you have to send things over. Not that I mind.
Anyway, enough about that, onto this week's raids.

Raid 20: New Illustration

OMG, the 20th raid!! That calls for celebration. So I bring you an illustration. A Denmark x Norway illustration! For some reason since the last holidays I've gotten a lot faster at drawing and before it took quite some hours to complete anything, but this one only took one morning. O.o And I slept in. I tried to do something different since I seem to do the same kind of thing each time so I added a checkered background and whatnot. The characters are in a slightly blue tinge as well. If you look closely. Can kinda see why it didn't take that long, considering the effects were pretty much done in seconds and minutes. It's about the execution though, right? :3
The idea for the illustration was slightly taken from the music video for Hatsune Miku's song 'Black Rock Shooter', which is going to be talked about in my next raid.
Well, hope you like! ^_^

Raid 21: Black Rock Shooter the ANIMATION!!

For those that love the song, love the video and love the Miku look-a-like to bits, there's going to be an animation made for her!! It's at first going to make a pilot which is set to be available in... October. I think. Which will be very exciting! Since it's a pilot, the animation quality will be top-notch. It will be interesting to see what it's about and what kind of characters are going to appear. Black Rock Shooter has a very nice aesthetic about it, with checkered backgrounds and the repetition of using blue and black as its main colours gives it a nice cool, mysterious look to it. For those that like huke-san's work should check out the website of the artist which can be found on the Supercell website.

That's all for today, and I'm not sure what the next raids will be about... But Muse has released a new album and Basshunter is about to release a new album as well so I'm looking forward to having as listen. Oh, and Rammstein is going to release a new album in October! Yeeesss...!!! Their new single 'Pussy' is out now. xD
Hasta luego~

'Maya' is so confusing.

Seriously, with all the buttons and whatnot everywhere, it's practically impossible to use everything. I just started using it today for class and we're having a tutorial on it, and it's actually pretty fun! I really want to make the ship I drew in illustration class for our project that's due in today. Now all that's left is the art history essay and our storyboards....-_-; Can't wait 'till everything is done so I can start drawing Hetalia characters again! >v<

Raid 19: Hetalia US x UK VIDEO!!
...Yeah, well, I'm starting to run out of things to talk about. But this video is really awesome. The drawings are so detailed and beautiful and goes very well with the song and is a great laugh, as well as it being so cute! It has elements of BL, so if you don't know the meaning of it or don't like it, don't watch. Flaming is very 20th century. So, enjoy! This isn't the subbed version but is available on Youtube somewhere.

CP: Hetalia -Amercia x England
Language: Japanese
Song Track: 'World is Mine' -Hatsune Miku

I'll leave it here, and next week I'll post some illustrations on Pixiv!! Hopefully.
Ciao ciao~ >v<

September!!

...It's on the second I'm posting this but I can't believe it's September already... I say it in practically every month since the days go past like a jetplane and I can't keep up. T_T
Although I hear that's the same for other people, especially people in the School of Art and Design like I am. Since we always have so many projects and there's never enough time to draw anything, the days go by in a flash and the next thing you know it's the end of term, end of the semester, etc. Which I'm finding now, since I have about 5 projects to go (finished about 2 previously) and there's only two more weeks until the 3rd term is over. In New Zealand we have 4 terms and 2 semesters, 2 terms in each semester dividing it in half.
But yeah, I've drabbled enough about myself now. Onto some raids!! >v<

Raid 18: CO2PENHAGEN

...Huh. It turned itself into a subscript. Anyway, CO2PENHAGEN is the world's first CO2 neutral festival!! ...Trust Denmark to do something like this. xD Which is great really. People who are conscious about the environment would be concerned about the amount of energy used up just to have a concert for a day (like myself, who is going to see Basshunter in New Zealand lol), but there's no need to worry for this event.
Held from September 4~6, it will feature art, culture, bands, and many more events. There will be people performing such as:
Dúné (yeeesss!!!)
Camille Jones
Rebound Rubies feat. Ida Aida & Lizzie
...just to name a few. And there's going to be a cycle parade! CYCLE PARADE!!! >v<

Why is Copenhagen made of such awesomeness? God I wanna live there so bad. Will be living there when I graduate, but until then must be patient...! Would also like to go to Roskilde, Køge, Århus, etc... Just jump around the islands. One day. But still love Zealand the best. It's kinda funny 'cos I live in New Zealand and am going to Zealand. It's a weird feeling.
Jeg elsker Sjælland!!

... So I'll leave it here until the next raid, which will probably be about Denmark again, 'cos nothing happens here. Seriously.