Happy 2009, the year of the Ox!
First off, thank you very much to those who have been patiently waiting for my return. Your support is always appreciated and accepted with gratitude.
Initially, I had planned to re-launch the site in mid-January, but personal chaos coupled with a mysterious urge to build a new theme led to this long recuperation period. The new release of Wordpress 2.7 did not aid in speeding up the process as I was trying to absorb as much information about the terrific added features and PHP codes.
During my short winter break, I was also given the gift of time to continue pursuing my hobby in the exciting field of digital art, specifically painting in Photoshop. Skin remains the most difficult surface to paint realistically, but a pair of expressive eyes is the focus of attention. As the window to the world, they hold so much emotion and even betrayal of our true feelings. Since it’s been a long time I’ve shared artwork (insert non-TVB topic as space-holder), below are two different pairs of eyes cropped from separate paintings I’m still working on. In the first image, those are actually what I hope to resemble Tavia Yeung’s eyes (see, a connection to TVB!). What do you think? Unfortunately, it’ll be a while before the completion of either portrait. For now I”ll just leave the heads faceless or the eyes floating in midair – whichever option is less gruesome.
As for now, I have an Australian Open final (Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal once again!) and Super Bowl to get back to. TVB-related entries coming soon! Thank you again. Live long and prosper.
The new Wordpress theme is not completely finished, but I accidentally took the site off maintenance mode last night without realizing my mistake until today. No choice now, haha. And I’ve had it with trying to optimize for IE6, so I’m sorry for the site’s hideous appearance in that particular browser.
Anyway, I’m very glad to be back!
How is everyone?
Those are nice eyes. Having 1 pair on top of the other is a bit freaky. lol Tavia… hmmm I’m not sure…
The artwork is wonderful although I can’t tell its Tavia’s eyes. So you did that w/ photoshop?
I think those eyes are from a painting, not Tavia’s eyes.
Thanks for the feedback!
I wanted the eyes to hold resemblance to some degree.
@Kimmie – If you think that’s freaky, then you should (not) see my skin balls with little veins and scars. I find these things very interesting. :embarrassed: And thanks for helping to clarify.
@Liling – Yes, they were drawn and painted in Photoshop while saving our precious trees.
Unfortunately, I’m a slow worker on any medium, haha.
Hey! Happy Chinese New Year! glad to see that you’re back! can’t wait for you to start writing more again! the eyes are absolutely beautiful! i envy your talent, i can never do that on photoshop. you did an amazing job!
Happy New Year to you as well, rachel.
Trust me, a tablet helps tremendously. The thought of painting with just the mouse is horrific, lol.
Hmm.. Tavia’s eyes?
I’m fine! How are you!
Glad you are back!
I’m getting a lot of “uh” and “hmmm…” responses, haha. No worries, you all softened the blow.
j/k! I wasn’t sure what kind of result I was aiming for anyway. 
Thanks, vee! Glad to be back as well.