I came out with a card after spending a long sun night, but it was a complete failure.. kaoz my art skills really "de-proved" , somehow my sis comment it looks like her p-skool art and craft.. bleah rubbish..
Rubbish design
Rubbish failure no.2 cardSo i then spend time to re-design the whole card again, this time, nothing complicated. But i need to do some drawing and coloring, which i thought i'm suppose to be very strong in. ahaha... It came out that, after 5-6 yrs of not practicing drawing anything, it as horrible as my art and craft.
Now i must thank my cousin(da man) for coming down to my house late at night to teach me coloring and shading. He was saying, i think this is the first time we actually talk so much and do things together haha. Ya true man, although we live in the same block we actually didnt have time or bother to get in touch. He's studying in TP multimedia, a course which i wanted to get in last time(better than ngee ann).
In the evening after work, I will go around the city looking for gifts, and materials that i can work with. I've been trying to find more unique stuff, not something they would see on the streets, but not something too expensive or too serious for them to accept. It just strikes me, since they like candy, y not chocolate, but more unique chocolates with a nice diy wrapping.
Late at night I was taught the basics of color shading with color pencils by my cousin again. I asked him for comments with my color choosing for the card and told him my idea of how i wanted it to be done. Literally burned my mon and tues night off(2hrs of sleep for 2days!), i've got soooo tired on wed morning, but looking very happily with what i've did. A DIY card and gifts for someone special. Of cause i wont let u see the words la! dont ask me about that!
The final mock up
The card and book mark done with color pencils.
The gifts diy wrapped by me myself! proud of it, looks niceYup, this is what i've done, hard work, but look simple. Although she might not be a friend, but still someone special for me. Maybe because i know she wont contact me again after this, thats y i treated this farewell very seriously, hope to at least get her contacts or msn back. She's the girl who brought me back to my sense, only hope she will re-consider me again, as a friend.
Oh and if u want to ask me what is that leaf thingy doing in the design, they are White clover, the Trifolium repens, which normally breeds 3 leaf clover, the 4th leaf is a rare one that can be found like 1/10000. It's believed that it will bring really good luck to it's bearer, for that the legend says a 4 leaf clover, 1st leaf represents faith, 2nd is hope, 3rd means love, and the 4th is luck. Been finding the original 4 leaf clover all over sg, and found it in one of the ulu shop in a ulu tower in the city.
The white-leaf clover aka shamrock, aka trifolium repens taken from sources.
The 4-leaf clover, shamrock i've brought in sg, wish i can pluck it myself.
To check if its original white clover, there's a white ring formed on the clover leaf itself. Now, i've researched alot for it aha, got the idea from the flash story below this post :)
I still remember yesterday, how i waited for hours and hours, the time seems so slow to move. Too humji("gut-less") to approach them, waited from morning till evening, then i say, ok thats it, just dont think about it and walk. I took my paper bag and walk towards them, a few colleagues saw me and asked whats with the bag, i told them, man on a secret mission, they laughs and give me the wicked smile. When i greet her and gave her the gifts, as well as her friends. I feel so good, its so natural, nothing hard, y am i scaring all the time haha.. Although i dont know if i sound natural to them.. u know me when i nervous, i will begin to say nonsense stuff. i wish them goodbye, wave at them, saw their smiling faces, i am so happy and walk back with a delighted mood. And then something strikes me, y i didnt take this opportunity to ask her back on msn or ask to be friend, kaoz. me and my nervousness again.. haha. But still, i am proud of myself :) it takes more than most people can imagine of me, to do this simple chore.
But anyway this is the final attempt, the rest will be all up to fate. Hope things will straighten up someday, that she will remember me as a friend :) Nothing sad, i am very happy to know of such a girl, a magical friend. Best wishes to her and her friends, and not to mention my little good sotsot de friend in their group aha! Hope you all will like the little gifts :)
And all my thanks to my great buddies, mr ck, mr jz and mr jimmy, my dearest cousins, the 2 miss Ds and miss joy! for giving me the support (by smsing me gossiping and giving me feedback) and da man cousin for being physically there to help me out! yea cousins and friends rox!
Wooohuuuuu finally a happy man, it feels great to accomplish things :)