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Kanade-Chizuru
Adz Alafriz
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Hello! Thank you for visiting my page, whether on your own accord or by accident.

I'm an Anime-style illustrator and graphic designer who loves to do photo-editing, vector art & logo design. Self-taught as well. I love drawing and it gives me this nice feeling, most of the time.

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Why do I love art, and why do I draw at all?
For killing time, or slowing it down in a time machine. Oh, I suggest preparing a cup of tea first!
I find that there is something special in a work of art that nothing else, not even a bestselling novel or an eloquent poem, can evoke. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but an artwork can capture the essence of beauty beyond words, and that is just one of the things it can ultimately express. To put it in analogy, if music is what feelings sound like, then art is what they look like. It can be quite difficult to grasp, but this abstraction is what inspires me to keep on drawing, painting, and illustrating artworks, and to share them with others.

Manga is the style of art that I decided to use. In ancient Japan, the days before any Anime ever existed, it means an "unrestricted and freely drawn picture", in this case a series of pictures that tells a story in that manner. However, it wasn't until the rise of Japanese Animation that Manga started to take shape into the lovely (and somewhat strange) thing we see today. Despite some of the stigma associated with it, I'm willing to use it as a major part of my repertoire, and I will push through to learn and master my own style of Manga.

How about you? Why do you love to draw?


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Interests
First of all, it ain't December yet! I know, but in my case, it's pretty damn obvious what will happen next month, which means there's a lot of eating, drinking, gaming, and whatnot.

Now then, to wrap up this year in terms of my artistic progress. It's pretty much OK in a sense that I improved quite a bit. To put it in another way, I DID improve in a significant way. How? I believe that I can do four times better than I was able to do last year (2013), and that, for me, is a monumental achievement *HELL YEAH.....in a very deep voice*

I have undergone 2 months of continuous practice during March towards the end of April. A short hiatus followed, but I was still able to draw consistently. In the months that followed, I actually started on a LOT of pieces, so much that my WIPs (works in progress) actually began to pile up!! Now that never happened to me before, but seriously, I've got a ton of drawings waiting to be completed. Don't worry, I'll complete them, and upload everything next year, surely within the first quarter of 2015!

I resumed my daily drawing practices just recently (this November), after a long period of Art Block, thanks to a particular artist I've met in person. I have to say that I won't plan on completing any of my pending WIPs for the rest of the year, and I will dedicate that time purely towards drawing practice and completion of the current university term.

I might actually whip up a few sketches and drawings, meaning that I can still upload at least some new stuff for this year before it ends. Hopefully I won't get myself too drunk this X-mas for me to do that.

As for my New Year's Resolution, well, I have none. I could say "to get better at drawing", but for me, that isn't a resolution, but rather, something that I've committed myself into practicing. That is my goal for all time, whether it's a New Year, a Chinese New Year, Tanabata Festival or your pet dog's birthday. The closest thing I have for an NYR, is an Anime List I've written: a list of 35+ anime series that I must complete for next year!!  (..if I can!)

And last but not the least, I owe my rekindled inspiration to draw, and get better at drawing, to :iconharumi-kyun: and her insanely cute artworks :3
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  • Listening to: Yanagi Nagi - mnemonic

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:iconimperialmaiden:
Imperialmaiden Featured By Owner Oct 14, 2014  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thanks for the watch! :3
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KCSteiner Featured By Owner Oct 14, 2014  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thanks for faving, haave a nice day!
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harumi-kyun Featured By Owner Oct 12, 2014  Student Digital Artist
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WATCH <3 Lovely Shoujo Emoji (Huggy Hug) [V2] 
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Kanade-Chizuru Featured By Owner Oct 12, 2014
 You're welcome! Panda Emoji-28 (Hello Hi) [V2] 

It seems we're both coming back from a long hiatus. I'm actually dying to finish all these WIPs I have right now, and get back into art. Yeah, gotta do it while the midterm exams are still far off XD
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harumi-kyun Featured By Owner Oct 12, 2014  Student Digital Artist
I have the same situation so I know that feel bro. Frozen - Elsa Crying Icon 
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NikHero Featured By Owner Jul 11, 2014  Hobbyist General Artist
:cake: Happy Birthnight! :party:
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:iconkanade-chizuru:
Kanade-Chizuru Featured By Owner Jul 12, 2014
Thank you very much!

I'm sorry about the contest though, stuff got in the way but at least I did have a blast today. If you're going to host another contest in the future, let me know :)
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NikHero Featured By Owner Jul 12, 2014  Hobbyist General Artist
I'm glad you had a great day! I will be having one that will start within a month. Be sure to keep an eye out. I really hope you participate in the next one!
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GFORCELEVEL1988 Featured By Owner Jul 11, 2014
Hi, Happy Birthday and hope you have a nice day as well :hug:
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Kanade-Chizuru Featured By Owner Jul 12, 2014
Thanks a lot!
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