http://chibitaryn.net/ en Copyright 2008 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:02:18 +0930 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I like blogs. I like art blogs. But I don't think what I do is really... frequent enough to be a blog? This year, my domain should expire. I am trying to work out what I will do... there is likely another platform better suited to this... http://chibitaryn.net/2008/04/trying_to_work_out_what_to_do.html http://chibitaryn.net/2008/04/trying_to_work_out_what_to_do.html blog flickr gallery platform Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:02:18 +0930 A chibi picture of Aerith with her staff. Experiment with Adobe Photoshop.]]> http://chibitaryn.net/2007/08/staff.html http://chibitaryn.net/2007/08/staff.html Fan Art Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:55:50 +0930 Well... this took me bloody long enough. :) Over 230 hours of work. openCanvas, Painter and Adobe Photoshop. 7 months from start to finish (but with a lot of procrastination and computer problems during that time)]]> http://chibitaryn.net/2007/08/flowers.html http://chibitaryn.net/2007/08/flowers.html Fan Art Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:46:49 +0930 part of a new piece of artwork has been published as this month's banner for the Final Fantasy VII Citadel. It features Aerith Gainsborough. The full piece is on its way too, but I won't publish it till I am happier with it. :) It has more.. .flowers. :)]]> http://chibitaryn.net/2007/01/an_update_of_sorts.html http://chibitaryn.net/2007/01/an_update_of_sorts.html Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:19:50 +0930 Hello everyone, and (belated) Happy New Year! Just a quick note to... well.. apologise for the lack of activity here. The Christmas and New Year period has been busy, and so has things like work, so I haven't had much time for outside interests. There will be an update to this site around February. After that however, I am not sure. A new website project is in the works, which I hope to replace this current website with. I will let you know more about this as things go, but it will not be a MovableType based system -- I am learning PHP and will create everything from scratch. I'd also like to thank everyone who has written such nice comments on my blog, and apologise that it takes a while publishing them -- recently the blog has been hit very hard by some comment spammers selling "medicine" (har har) and "entertainment" (he he). I have now sorted a lot of these out and deleted them, so your comments are all published. I hope that my new system (when it is done) will help with this problem and your comments won't have to wait so long to be filtered out from the crap. Again, thanks for your patience and lovely comments, and hope you all have had a great New Year's! :) http://chibitaryn.net/2007/01/comment_spam_lack_of_updates.html http://chibitaryn.net/2007/01/comment_spam_lack_of_updates.html Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:15:35 +0930 this thread at Flyff earlier, where an unknown person has claimed three of my pieces of artwork as their own. For the record, due to hotlinking I am fairly unlikely to post much artwork to forums outside of a select few. The only two domains besides chibitaryn.net to be allowed are acmlm.org and ff7citadel.com. So pretty much... if it's somewhere else, question it. :) Thanks again to Jaq for pointing this one out. UPDATE: The thief has implied that *I* am the one that is an art thief. I am highly offended, and disgusted at this. I have posted an angry rant. I can prove that I drew/painted said pieces, but they can't.]]> http://chibitaryn.net/2006/10/art_thief.html http://chibitaryn.net/2006/10/art_thief.html Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:19:40 +0930 An experiment with color, and playing about with sky. I felt like working with lots of golden shades... Not exactly a highly "polished' piece of artwork. I like its roughness though. ]]> http://chibitaryn.net/2006/06/golden.html http://chibitaryn.net/2006/06/golden.html Original Artwork Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:19:24 +0930 Catharsis: 1 a) purification or purgation of the emotions (as pity and fear) primarily through art 1 b) a purification or purgation that brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension 2 elimination of a complex by bringing it to consciousness and affording it expression I have been having some difficult times again. Most the time I try to stay cheerful, but it is difficult sometimes. This picture allowed me to express some of the feelings I hide, and otherwise do not allow myself to feel. I feel much better for having "afforded it expression". ... that and the shopping spree at IKEA helped a bit :D]]> http://chibitaryn.net/2006/05/catharsis.html http://chibitaryn.net/2006/05/catharsis.html Original Artwork Tue, 23 May 2006 20:17:47 +0930 Red Wine grapes on the vine at the Skillogalee Winery in the Clare Valley (near Sevenhill). The grapes are a Cabernet Sauvignon. Available also in 1024 x 768.]]> http://chibitaryn.net/2006/03/red_wine_grapes.html http://chibitaryn.net/2006/03/red_wine_grapes.html Photography Wallpapers Fri, 03 Mar 2006 19:36:32 +0930 A bee collecting nectar from a flower. Taken at the Skillogalee Winery in the Clare Valley, near Sevenhill.]]> http://chibitaryn.net/2006/03/bee.html http://chibitaryn.net/2006/03/bee.html Photography Wallpapers Fri, 03 Mar 2006 19:32:41 +0930 Aeris picture. Sketched in openCanvas, but I wanted to do the shading in ballpoint, so I printed the sketch and did all the shading with a black ballpoint pen at work. I love ballpoint pen. Detail Picture Here]]> http://chibitaryn.net/2005/12/aeris_in_ballpoint.html http://chibitaryn.net/2005/12/aeris_in_ballpoint.html Fan-Art Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:19:13 +0930 My favorite musician :) I wanted to draw something all cute and chibi... so here's a chibi Ben Folds with his little piano :D Drawn in openCanvas (Windows) resized in Adobe Photoshop CS (Mac).]]> http://chibitaryn.net/2005/11/chibi_ben_folds.html http://chibitaryn.net/2005/11/chibi_ben_folds.html Fan Art Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:18:07 +0930 I wanted to work with bold lines and simple colors :) Drawn in openCanvas.]]> http://chibitaryn.net/2005/11/heart_dangling_from_string.html http://chibitaryn.net/2005/11/heart_dangling_from_string.html Original Artwork Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:11:52 +0930 I wasn't a big fan of FFX-2, but... I drew this anyways. It's Rikku from Final Fantasy X-2. This is a fairly rough linework and color job, in openCanvas.]]> http://chibitaryn.net/2005/09/rikku_ffx2.html http://chibitaryn.net/2005/09/rikku_ffx2.html Fan Art Sun, 25 Sep 2005 10:59:59 +0930
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Widescreen 1680 x 1050 A wallpaper based on my Haruko with Rickenbacker Bass fanart. Available in Widescreen and 1600x1200 versions, click the appropriate thumbnail to full view.]]> http://chibitaryn.net/2005/09/haruko_and_naota_wallpaper.html http://chibitaryn.net/2005/09/haruko_and_naota_wallpaper.html Wallpapers Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:54:46 +0930