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~

Starting to feel the spring warmth.

Goddag! Looking outside on the fourth floor there's a blue sky with beautiful white clouds and scenes of parts of the city in construction and the views of the roofs of shopping centres. For some reason there are several surrounding my polytech. Makes it convenient though. :3
So, today I will prattle on about more Danish music, and the anime/manga series Hetalia!

Raid 9: Noto-sama Game on Himaruya-sensei's Website

I'm not saying it's actually on the site. It's about to be. The latest edition of the Noto-sama games being released by "Axis Powers Hetalia"'s creator Himaruya Hidekaz is about to be released in about 2 weeks (he said approximately 10 days since he found a good server for people to get it from). Currently a student of the Parsons School of Design in New York, he's a freakin' legend. For one he's one of the first famous Japanese artists to be successful worldwide without having to live in Japan, and he's very good at flash, photoshop, character design and game making just to name a few. And there was also a time when I got overexcited 'cos I finally clicked that when I was watching Project Runway the location was the Parsons School of Fashion. *V*
But yes, should be very exciting once the game comes out for download since apparently he's fixed the bugs that were in the previous game and is a nice edition after the April Fools game for Hetalia released last month (which I still have to play...). The link to Himaruya-sensei's site is in my bookmarks on the right as [Kitayume.].

Raid 10: Nephew Still Going Strong
The first Danish band I came across since near the middle of the first semester of this year (which is where my obsession with Denmark sprung forth), "Nephew" has been rocking the Danish charts.... Passively. xD They're the type of band that makes you either worship them or want to stab them with forks. Basically, either you love 'em or hate 'em. The band has got a grungy feel to them and use mostly blacks, grays and reds for their graphic design, typography and music videos. Their album cover is lovely as well, with a lion in the middle surrounded by those colours in a linear design. They've also done projects (that are put up on Youtube) for film makers to make a video based on the songs from their latest album "Danmark/Denmark". Which by the way, is a good album. "Va Fangool!" has a very addictive beat. ^^
Below I have embedded the music video for the track "007 is Also Gonna Die" by Nephew. This is a very good example of their visual aesthetic and creativity. Enjoy!!

That shall be all for today, looks like the average is 2 raids per day... A lot goes on in New Zealand (surprisingly) but am always stuck on things to be opinionated about (lol). Now to go read the Copenhagen Post...
Hej med dig!

First post!

The first post for Viking Raid online. Basically this will be a blog for posting anything and everything, from art and culture to news (from either Denmark or New Zealand) and world issues. The raids for today are:
Raid 1: H1N1 Virus
People all over the world are freaking about the H1N1 virus that's spread to the majority of England and other countries in a disturbingly short amount of time. Personally I'm really freaked and I constantly carry hand sanitiser with me and flinch every time somebody coughs. Been reading the news on Denmark.dk and they've closed a daycare because one child was said to have the virus and so far about 70~80 people have been reported to have had it. Honestly, Denmark is so lucky. Here in New Zealand, about 2000 are said to have been infected and about 10 people have already died. Our population is only one million smaller than Denmark! ...Seriously. But it's all about good personal hygiene, maintaining your immune system and making sure to stay warm and such, since it's winter here. It gets confused with the common flu and everyone gets real crapzy about it. Talk about bad timing. -_-;

Raid 2: Hetalia -Final Episode

Onto something more cheerful, the online anime series 'Axis Powers Hetalia' has released its 26th and final episode this Monday for the first season. The second season is going to follow. For all those England fans, this episode is worth a watch as you get to see him make fun of America, get drunk and cry. =3= He's so adorable. Was actually wondering what they would do since Lichetenstein's big brother diary had all been animated. It wouldn't been funny to see the manga where Hungary thinks she's a dude be animated. xD

The first raid will conclude here, until the next raid. Hej hej!
-Currently listening to: Rihanna feat. Jay-Z/Umbrella (Danish net radio -DR P5000)