Wonderful Memories

 YOUTUBE MAKEUP CONTENT

    This is one of the fun in doing cosplay. Actually I did not plan to make a video tutorial because I felt this makeup character is not too difficult, but eventually I still made the content of her (Platelet). The reason behind this cosplay is because I already had a similar wig as well as a white hat & the t-shirt I borrowed from my sister. Without further ado, please enjoy a selfie pack from me!

Platelet | NAMIEKA

T-shirt by Kung

 FASHION ILLUSTRATION

    Fashion illustration is a picture of a model being depicted using a clothing design; this illustration contains images of the front view and the back view. This illustration typically illustrate clothing on a figure with exaggreted 9-head or 10-head proportions. The fabric on the model will be depicted according to its original shape; thick-thin, patterned-unmothed; and the surface structure of the fabric.

DIGITAL DRAWING COMMISSION

    When I received my first digital commisssion, to be honest I was shocked because someone came to me and asked for help by facebook messenger to design a fashion illustration with narrow deadline. This is my first experience in digital commission, so I came with many shortcomings in terms & condition of my services. I realized that after discussing with fellow artists, so this is the cause of this blog entry with the aim of exchanging information, both in terms of the commissioner and from the party looking for an artist to create an image commission.

   So, initially an acquaintance on facebook messenger looking for people who can make some examples of fashion illustration, so she contacted me at first place by providing examples of design. At that time I mentioned the price of my services around 90 thousand Rupiah per one design (front-back with full body image type). Unfortunatelly, because of the limited budget by the commissioner so she asked me to help find another artist & because my fellow artist I know has a higher price so it won't fit the budget. I finally received this commission with second condition, where I was paid 80 thousand Rupiah per one illustration design (front-back with full body image type).

    I know I'm very stupid, she's looking for me first but why should I also bother looking for artists with prices according to her budget. Forgive my boredom, but because she's someone I know and I think I can still work on it by a deadline of about 14-15 days so I took this commission even at a fairly cheap price. I feel quite good with fashion illustration because my basic is fashion design. So, this is not too difficult especially with the condition of the image that only flat color without rendering, so it's not a big deal for me.

    I managed to complete all the commissions and unfortunately haven't been able to upload the work because the person who commissioned me hasn't gone through the exam, so I followed the rules she made. I was promised several times, such as in December 2020 and February 2021 (where they had finished the exam). 

    In March I finally asked again about that certainty, and unfortunately I should not upload on social media because the lecturer recognizes the rights of his student's work and they should not admit that it is theirs. I was quite surprised because this never happened to me in college, where lecturers took some work to be re-researched (?) and used as material for his work, so that students could not upload the exam work.

COMMISSION : THE PROBLEM

After a discussion with my fellow artist, I finally found out what I made:

• The first one : This fashion illustration that I made is included in the commercial work, "why?" because it will be used on many media, videos, book covers (included in exam assignments), merchandise and so on. The point is not only to be used as a wallpaper that is enjoyed by yourself but as a part that : "this is a work can represent the identity of the commissioner". Therefore it belongs to the commercial work.
• The second is term & condition when receiving an image commission. I felt the sample design given to me was quite easy, so I agreed with the price reduction proposed by the commissioner, but when starting the work, it turns out that the image given is quite difficult regarding painting on the skin (body painting) with details quite complicated and contain animals in accessories carried by the model. 

CONCLUSION : NEED TO RENEW TERMS & CONDITIONS SERVICE

SUMMARY : HALLOWEEN

    Last year on Halloween, I had a chance to make my own sugar skull makeup. At first I thought, this makeup is just one of the makeup options for Halloween. It turns out that I was wrong, this makeup is not just a simple makeup by taking the theme of the skull but is actually a cultural heritage owned by Mexicans to commemorate the Day of The Dead which is celebrated on November 1st (Halloween is on October 30th).

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS : FESTIVAL "DAY OF THE DEAD"

    "Assured that the dead would be insulted by mourning or sadness, Dia de los Muertos celebrates the lives of the deceased with food, drink, parties, and activities the dead enjoyed in life. Dia de los Muertos recognizes death as a natural part of the human experience, a continuum with birth, childhood, and growing up to become a contributing member of the community. On Dia de los Muertos, the dead are also a part of the community, awakened from their eternal sleep to share celebrations with their loved ones." (Source : Dia de los Muertos | National Geographic Society)

    After reading several articles about the Day of the Dead celebration as well as sugar skull makeup used during this celebration. This celebration is the multi-day holiday involves family and friends gathering to pray for and to remember friends and family members who have died. There is no creepy shape like blood that looks terrible like on Halloween because sugar skull is a form of celebration to remember the family that has been gone so that both of the colors and makeup motifs used are more beautiful for example flowers with vibrant colors.

The sugar skull makeup is known for its vibrant colors, where each one has a meaning:

• Yellow - Represents the sun and unity, because "under the sun, we're all the same."
• White - Using this color in decorations represents spirit, hope and purity.
• Red - Represents blood and life.
• Purple - Represents mourning, grief an suffering.
• Pink - Signinifies happiness.

Source :Day of the Dead: What is sugar skull makeup, why is it worn and when is the festival? | Express.co.uk

MY OWN SUGAR SKULL MAKEUP

    After doing small research for my own form of sugar skull makeup. Finally, I choose pink (happiness) and purple (mouning, grief & suffering) as my main color in this looks. I want to show that even in a state of mourning there is a happy thing, because both the living and the "dead" can still meet at the Dia de Los Muertos Festival.

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🌸 PERSONAL FB ACCOUNT

    I have been using facebook since 2009, at that time I was helped by my friends Lily and Devi to make this SNS. At first I forgot my password, so the next day I created a second account that I had used until April 2021. I really like this social media, because many friends in my timeline that come from diferrent background & I often get new knowledge through reading comment sessions. Even though I like it a lot, there are certainly a lot of things that bother me when I use this SNS.

🌸 THE REASON WHY I LEFT FB

    After a long time of thinking, finally on April 7, 2021, I decided to delete my personal fb account. Many things caused me to decide to delete forever rather than deactive account. One of the strong reasons is the sense of sadness that I can't bend. Yup, the day before the account deletion, my timeline was filled with sad news from a cosplayer who had cancer. I'm quite devastated by this news because honestly, since Covid-19, my life has declined considerably and I tend to close myself with friends that I usually contact. I wasn't strong enough to bear that emotional burden, especially since this isn't the first time my timeline has been filled with grief news, so I decided to end my presence in this SNS.

🌸 SECOND OPTION : DEACTIVE

    I've done deactive accounts in 2018, starting from April to the end of the year if I don't misremember. At that time I was very stressed with real life because I was undergoing a final-level exam in college. Not only facebook, I also deactive instagram account, so that people do not look for my whereabouts. To be honest, after all that had passed, I reactivated both accounts even though I finally realized that my cosplayer friend who used to be on my timeline had passed away of illness (when I was deactive). I wonder why she never showed up on the timeline and searched for her account name. I was so shocked to see the news of her death when I reached her SNS account.

    After exploring the options I had taken in 2018, I finally decided to delete my facebook account forever. I haven't had any plans to go back to using facebook in the meantime. I certainly have a second account, but this account is only intended as a voting tool for my kpop idol when the comeback. So, yes.. I don't want to make it an account that I actually use to socialize. I'm quite happy to be on instagram and twitter at the moment, in fact I interact more often with new people because it's pretty quiet when you no longer use facebook account to interact.

🌸 THE CONCLUSION FROM THIS ACT

    I'm pretty happy with being on instagram and twitter. I prefer to start something new like twitter to interact, because on fb I feel lonely and alone.. I don't know, I feel uncomfortable mainly because I don't have much activity at the moment, so I pretty much spend time at SNS. So, I think it's the right choice to start a peaceful life to my liking. Surely there is a price that I face by stopping using fb such as the lack of information about the development of cosplay today and not interacting too much with my friends.

    I still have a fb page to inform of my existence and as a means to share my cosplay work as well, so I feel quite happy even with only the existence of this fb page. We can still interact through the comment session, DM even I'm also quite open to answer questions that go through instagram (because I'm more here at the moment). Not much has changed with the way I socialize, I only limit one SNS but open up a lot of opportunities on other social media because using a lot of accounts is quite draining to take care of it.

WHAT YOU DOING ? 

    Sometimes I redo my cosplay for makeup practice, since I've been doing makeup content in my YouTube channel. It's common thing for me to do & here's my Yuki Nagato cosplay makeup tutorial that I want to share with you. As comparison, let me share my Yuki Nagato cosplay from 2015 & 2021. I don't feel like I'm making a big change in her makeup, but let me share it with you guys hehe.

MY FIRST YUKI NAGATO APPEREANCE

    I once cosplayed Yuki Nagato around 2015, precisely at an outdoor event in Kuta Beach Bali. Looks like I'm just going around and enjoying the event with my friends while doing a photoshoot. I was so shy at the event that by choosing a character like Yuki, I felt comfortable in doing outdoor cosplay. I'm not a person who always comes to the event but every now and then I want to feel the event even with a little courage hehe..

MY RECENT YUKI NAGATO COSPLAY

    I just started a YouTube channel last year and focus on makeup and crafting content (costume making and cosplay properties). Therefore, I made makeup content with a complete costume and wig that already have, like Yuki Nagato. I did her cosplay, which I hope can help you who want to start cosplay makeup. I've written the step by step for each part and added the photo as a comparator (the before and after eye part in the makeup) as seen in the video.

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THE STORY BEHIND THIS PROJECT

    So last year, we really liked doing a makeup project that could be done by three people. It's the most appropriate to do a makeup project that still has something to do with cosplay, since the three of us are cosplayers. Yep, we finally decided to play a female ninja character from Konoha Gakure.

YAMANAKA INO

    I thank Nana for lending me the wig! Finally I was able to play as one of the characters in NARUTO. I can finally look sexy hey! I've always had a hard time bringing in characters that look grown-up. Hopefully by playing Ino I can look like I meant before.

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 HOBBYIST ARTIST

    I finally realized that I'm a hobbyist artist, after loving my current digital drawing progress. Hopefully one day I will dare to perform this role professionally and therefore I will continue practice to achieve the ideal image for my artwork style. 

DIGITAL DRAWING LOG

    It's still mid-April 2021, but I can't wait to create this blog entry! I'm very happy that doing this hobby can be very much progressive with just more patient workmanship per one drawing. I've been told many times to be slow and enjoy every step of drawing progress. Initially, my digital drawing in 2020 was only took 2-4 hours for one picture, from sketch to coloring but since April is a bit different. I try to extend the working time of one image by maximizing the finished result, such as adding a background and also more detail per each image. So this one picture can be spent 6-12 hours. This applies to images with complex details and has a proportion from head to toe. In contrast to the 'waist up' or 'bust up' images, of course it will faster in the process.

SKETCH LOG

    Some unfinished sketchs. My laptop screen got into trouble earlier this month and caused it to turn pink and green. Luckly, I can still work in that condition.

NEW DRAWING TOOLS

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