To be honest, I'm not sure what lies ahead. Internal crit is over, and so is external crit just a couple of days ago. Job hunting's been a drag... some friends are way ahead, but a majority is looking at a July kickstart... still, things need to be done, like typing up a cv and doing up the portfolio. For external crit, I shrunk my yr 4 panels into A3s, and got them printed on glossy art card. To my surprise they turn out looking quite good, with all the words still readable (only thing is i didn't bother to change the scale of the drawings, but I don't think i will be doing that). I would probably type up my resumé and do the shrinking after coming back from Redang!

Oh Redang! Yep, going to beach getaway. Gone through quite alot of trouble running to Golden Mile once and People's Park twice just to get this trip settled. And finally did. Now just got to pack and get us some ringgits... So I'll be gone just for the wkend!

Brought some toys over to Studio V for a photoshoot with Ervine. Had good fun and learnt some tricks to toy photography and photoshopping. We did G1 Megatron, Optimus for the mechas, and Metal Gear Solid Series 1 and Mecha-hulk for the action figures... It takes great patience and alot of trial and error, but it was certainly quite fun and interesting.

What lies ahead for toys...? Well I was really looking forward to TMNT. After their release, I shall be awaiting for the arrival of Kotobukiya The Dark Knight vinyl statue... It measures 35cm tall, and is super highly detailed. Check out the details, the action pose, the cape, the batsignal base.








OMG... this statue is to die for! I'm glad to have preordered it (at the cheapest place I could find), and I'm sure it will look pretty outstanding next to the comic version statue I have (as seen below).

So right now I have started thinking about doing up the resumé and portfolio. Portfolio, well... I was flipping through my A1s (after lugging the huge folder three floors up to my bedroom, I decided that A3s are the way to go), I was kinda disappointed by my previous works, which are pretty much well spread out throughout the 5 years (coincidentally for each year, there is 1 project that I like, and one that makes me wonder what I was doing there and then). Except for thesis year, I am quite happy with the outcome in retrospect, though it was a pain when it was being executed (thankfully my friends were there to support me).

2 people told me that it is only normal to feel that way (to not like ur previous works), as it only shows that you have improved. Then again, like Bobby once said that it gets more and more difficult to design; he was telling us how before getting into architecture sch he can fantasize and draw up towns and cities for people but as the years go by, wow... it sometimes gets painful to design...!

As for really joining the workforce. To be honest I am very intimidated. Not very confident that I can deliver whatever my future employer expects of me (which is something I wonder about too... what do firms expect from fresh grads). I'll try my best and take one step at a time...?

I do want to leave all these things to after Redang + a good thank-you-treat with my aki friends... Till then I guess...