Its kurisumasu once again ! Here's a recap of what i did 1 year back too.
Seems like POP was just a wink of an eye like yesterday. If you bothered to read last year's post of around this period of time, i was going to this particular somewhere to do this particular thing. At first, i thought oh shit, my life in the ahmi is gonna be so screwed, but hey, it didn't turn out as bad as i thought. So to those friends who just got your first real shave/haircut while wearing your green fatigues, don't think too much, "just do it".
Time sure passes fast when we got lots to do, keeping ourselves preoccupied with the usual work/life balance. This christmas weekend was a blast with 3 parties and loads to do to chill out during the off hours. I had the sudden idea to clean and pack up my room after so long. The architectural cutting boards and foam had been collecting dust for several months now, and i though of doing something cool with it. I also found some extra copper sheets lying around from one of the older projects i had back in 2007. A few ideas ran through my head.
I looked at the "raw" materials i laid out on the floor and quickly made this sketch.
The initial idea here was to make a hang-able christmas tree that dangles up and down, you know... like a baby mobile or something like that. But i figured that would be too common and further expanded on the idea.... and then... i drew a circle on top of the tree to let it grow a head, just for fun. And it struck me, the shape looked like a head, with heads, and wearing a dress. Ah.
I'll skip the design process of the clothes and hair blah blah blah. I originally intended to make male angels, but i needed the long hair for more glueing area to the body. Thus, i only made female angels.
And due to time constraints and a bad stomach, i could only make 3 of them out of the 6 intended. Oh shit, 4 more hours till daybreak, how how, 3 more undone. Something caught my eye, i was making another gift for another close friend when he comes back from overseas, a notebook with "fur" all over. That i will leave it for another post. I saw this.
An extra piece of architectural grass i cut out last week with my pen knife. I made something similar 2 years back too, and i remembered it was fast. CARDS. COOL LOOKING FURRY CARDS. My SgtMaj recently threw away his old 2008 calender with some pretty nice printing on its rear, i salvaged it when he wasn't looking and cut them all out, all 12 months. Here's a preview :
And of course, the nice reversed-side printing.
Mounting glue, some extra cardboard from my new PC's packaging boxes, old calender + grass + corny wordings = Very cool cards.
Here's what i did for the past 8 hours.
Another view :
I caught a few hours of sleep before meeting out with the usual gang for food and movie. I never had so much fun (and time) making things. Oh boy, i can't wait for school to start. Christmas came and go, so will ahmi.
Next project, 3D modelling using Styrofoam and hot wire.
