Doodle : In-Between Series & Work

How's your Raya, so far so good? 

I've accumulated a lot of mini pimple breakout since the 2nd day of Raya because I've been eating a lot of things without filtration. Not only on my face, also several spots on my body - God knows what I'm actually allergic to this time :F 

Anyway, I want to post the quick process video of my "13 Reasons Why" fan-art series that I did last week while resting from my travelogue work. 

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If you are not familiar with the series, well it is on Netflix. It is a story of a teenage-suicide, of a girl named Hannah, and the 13 reasons why she committed suicide. She recorded her story on 7 tapes and passed the tapes to the persons related to her story. It is quite a depressing and heavy story on teenage bullying, depression, and suicide. 

I doodled this on my sketch book while watching the series (when we first started the series) and I digitized it right after we finished the whole first season. 

Illustration : Makoto Kino

I called in sick today.
I am super sick and I'm sprawling on my bed waiting for everyone to come home T^T
I don't want to write and I can't do anything much but rest.
So I'll just share an illustration I did several days ago.

This is Makoto Kino or Sailor Jupiter from the Sailormoon series.

Update : Today is a public holiday ( Maal Hijrah ) and I spent the day moaning about the pain and preparing for Ma's birthday tomorrow :D Thank God I got another day to rest at home, I've never been this sick due to gas =,= This is the worst so far. 

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Other Sailor Soldiers :

Rei | Minako | Hotaru

Illustration : Minako Aino

Remember that I illustrated Hotaru Tomoe several months back? Being back in Japan gave me such an exciting rush to do more fan-arts. I never thought that the Sailormoon fever is still there after all these years! Should consider Cardcaptor Sakura and Oh! My Goddess for Wacom-tablet drawing practice as well.

In the process of illustrating the whole team member, here is Minako Aino or Sailor Venus illustration I made 2 nights ago. I also made Artemis next to her :

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I also found a nice paragraphs about fictional Venus in Wind, 1969 by Haruki Murakami while having nescafe kurang manis for breakfast in the mamak. It's a conversation between a man and a young Venusian *he claimed that he came from Venus :

The clouds that cover Venus turn its surface into a furnace. That and the humidity mean that most Venusians die young - reaching thirty brings one almost legendary status. It also means that everyone's heart is overflowing with love. Venusians all love each other; there are no exceptions. Nor is there any hatred, envy, or contempt. No one badmouths anyone else. There are no murders or fights. Love and caring reign.  

"Suppose someone were to die today - we wouldn't feel sad", the quiet young Venusian said. "We loved them with all our hearts while they are alive, so there's no need for regrets." 

"So you love in anticipation of death?". 

"Earthling words like that escape me," he said shaking his head. 

"Do things really worked out that way?", I asked.
"If they didn't", he replied, "Venus would be buried in sadness".

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