Upcoming World Cultures Theme

I'm still here! Yes I am! :D Just that my public exams are over and maybe I can actually get on with focusing now...

I've taken a World Cultures theme a little while back, the Chinese section. I mean, I'm certainly no Yuya_ly and I certainly won't be able to match the outfit she did, but I'll do my best to make it the way I see it wherever I go. Warning though - it contains copious amounts of oriental collars. As in, copious amounts.

In any case, hopefully you'll stick around to take a look at what I'll be showing. No previews, sorry. Not yet, at least.

The Jury's In!

Well, the results of the Top 20 were put in today - by some miracle, one of them managed to make it! And yes, I am surprised, given that I made those two... right bang smack in the middle of my examinations :P But never mind, I'm pretty happy about one of them being in.

So, one's the semi-steampunkish-gone-wrong design that's up there for votes, and the other was... simpler. Like an oriental mage robe of some sort. So here I am, posting them both up, and you can form your own opinions about them.

... I think you can tell which is which, no? Love them? Hate them? Let me know, if you feel so inclined! :)

Sent my D49 outfits (April) off!

Whoop! Sent my outfits off, will see if I manage to even get into the Top 20. I've already seen some ridiculously gorgeous outfits in the Critique thread on Miss Bimbo, so... eep, feeling really nervous, it's like all the good editors are coming out from all corners of the forum!

Whatever happens, I'll post my outfits when the results are up, so you can all take a gander and... determine for yourselves.

A Quick Message

As you'll probably notice if you've been following my blog, I've been on hiatus from editing in Miss Bimbo (as you can tell - evidently), mainly due to my public exams that I'm going through at the moment, as well as a certain admin who likes to think that his sense of humour is oh-so-funny and his plots are the best thing since sliced bread. Well, E+ for effort, see me after class.

Anyhow, I'll be back full time two weeks later, but even then there's no guarantees! Maybe I'll go brush up on some editing skills and whatnot. Oh, and story writing. I miss my story-writing very very much. I've also taken up a fondness for post-apocalyptic worlds and zombie fighting. And blowing their minds. Literally. -coughs-

However, on the same note, I am entering this time's Design for Nine's again, and my outfits are (nearly) done, so keep an eye out for that later on when I post them here! I'm still figuring out what I'm missing and sharpening up the colours so that they don't look too dull on older screens - that's a problem I've been finding with my work lately, so with any luck I'll be able to make them look fresher and brighter.

Design for Nine's 3 [Cont'd] - Recolours

A continuation of the Design for Nine's contest - the recolours that have been made:

Shoes
Dress and gloves

I haven't included the earrings recolours, simply because they are the same with a different coloured interior.

For those closest to me, you should know my feelings about this. Maybe I'll be able to post more coherently after a while, but right now, I just... can't, so forgive me if I come off as uncaring, cold and curt regarding what's going on, as I'm trying not to explode unnecessarily at people.

Design for Nine's 3 Entry

Aaand I'm back! Editing still runs around in my blood like manic - it's a hard habit to kick, but one I thoroughly indulge in.

Anyhow - this year has another Design for Nine's, so I submitted two dresses: one from Summer in the City, and the other brand new original one taken from more romantic and classic inspirations. With a pair of gloves to go with it! But honestly, some entries are to die for - not to mention, one pool has two of my favourite designs in it. Decisions, decisions...

And the Summer in the City outfit... trust me, it looked better when I had jewelry and stuff on it. But as a dress alone, it's a tad bit plain.

BimboBin Christmas Pinup

This is generally what happens when an amateur attempts to take on the experts. Uhm, as you can see, it didn't turn out so well... But I had fun, especially the fur! I've been agonizing over it for ages, but I finally found a way where I could replicate it without having to outline the whole thing and bash my head at my computer at how neat it was turning out...

And yes, as you'll notice by now, I love using red too much. Red, black, purple and blue. Occasionally green. I really need to expand my colour range, no?

How Not to Make a Christmas Bauble

Okay, so if you've been noticing, I've entered the BimboBin Christmas Ornament Contest, and the theme I got was "Country". One hell of a toughie... and my editing skills aren't so mad that I can make some insanely awesome bauble. So I decided, why not keep it simple? And made a cupcake... that now looks like a Frankenstein'd patchwork thingymagij. If I can modify it, I promise I will, but I like to think the concept is cute... at least.... -coughs-

Coy in Red

Haven't done one of these in ages, thanks to my addiction to story-writing contests, but now that my tests are around the corner, I'm hoping I can finally get off them for a while until my public exams are over! This is for a contest that Ibelievenangel is hosting - I once used her pose for the September Mod Contest, but this is a fresh one :) Checking back, it's actually pretty similar to another one there (ahck), but there's no time to remake a new one, so here goes nothing...

Design for Nines 2!

So, if you've been keeping track of the announcements, you'll realize that - yes, I'm now in the Top 10 and getting my sorry butt kicked badly with my Arabian-esque dress. If anyone is interested, I actually submitted a second design for the contest, but I reckon that was probably plainer compared to my... belly dancer one. It has a pretty interesting story to it though, but it's not one I'll post here. So, here you go, the two entries I sent in...

And the Arabian dress... if you look at the comments for the first round of voting, you'll notice both Alvena and KawaiiPrincezz pointed out (quite rightly) that it should've been darker and more vibrant. And I did have it in that colour, originally, but I thought "Meh, everyone's going to do a darker colour anyway, so I'll send in a lighter colour..."

I think that registered my doom! >__< But for those who want to see what the darker coloured one looked like originally, you can see so here. Which one looks better, I'll leave it up to you to decide!