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Conceptualizing Ideas for HNU

It was around late of January when they said about this project and that it would be launched on their Foundation Day which was next month making it also a highlight for the founding of the university’s official basketball team.

At the same time, my grandfather/lolo passed and I had to work on the project at mama’s house. It was tough with all the people but I eventually made it possible. 

Eventually, I passed the idea with the black/ peregrine falcon to them. If you’re wondering why it’s green, they had to change the color and tweaked a little bit. Some say it looked like a parrot but haha that’s so not my fault ;) 

Too bad I couldn’t get a photo of Falco, there were too many people > <

Thank you to Holy Name University for making this happen!

Hopes & dreams,

-  花 <3

Went out and had a delicious banana shake to start the year. 🙈💕

Watercolor My Heart’s Content

Yay we are now at the end of the year with new paperssss lol.

I must say that the previous watercolor papers I’ve been using was a little bit of a bummer because they don’t hold that much water compared to other papers. It kinda led me into doubt that maybe I wasn’t meant to watercolor but it has resolved now after buying a new one after a year *BIG RELIEF*

So much trust in those papers, it said 190 g/m2 D:

Anyway, I’m back with goals and meaningful comebacks haha. As what I have said in my 2015 goal is to post EVERY month of my progress, aaand I let you down on that. But still, I've promised myself that watercolor will be my medium for this year so here it goes :)

First months:

I think I was using more color than water like acrylic hehe.

Hopelessness started around here. Read/looked up on various ways on watercoloring and they said that it uses less color and more water making it very light. So I tried it and it looked like a colorful puddle ;_; See how it doesn’t hold much water ;_;

I felt sad and all so I played watercolor a bit on regular paper (of course I had to paint an eye, I love eyes). I guess I was lucky that it turned out to be Elsa I was painting haha (on regular paper ;_;).

Again I tried and this time I used less water and less paint. It was hard but it turned out nice, but you could still see water-y parts though.

Then Inktober came and decided to join. It wasn’t fully watercolor.

School came along during the later months but I had to do something > <

It was not ‘til early December I replaced my watercolor paper since the only available one here is Pheonix (Berkeley and Canson is here now whyyy). I told someone to get a Canson/Berkely for me since she was in Manila that time.

Tried again, this time less paint and more water.

Seeee??? I was sooo satisfied ;_; I thought I was gone with painting for good, turns out it was the paper’s fault. The anxiety was gone for good. ;_;

What I Learned:

Watercolor need suuuper patience

Watercolor is soft, and subtle as clouds in the sky

Quality over quantity (especially materials *_*)

Don’t lose track of what’s important. :)

Today is the 30th of December 2015 (Rizal Day wohooo), a little bit windy but I’m looking forward to next year’s adventure. :)

Hopes & Dreams,

- Hana  花

I believe that 2016 is soooo going to be cute <3

PANTONE Color of the Year 2016

Made some minty lemon & cucumber and baked french bread topped with tomatoes, basil, and mozarella ♡

After all the harsh lighting (esp. at night), here’s my own attempt in this year’s Inktober!!! :DD

and horribly scored with 11 over 31 ink attempts  D:

Here Comes More Weird

Here’s to the weird and wonderful :)

Here comes more weeiiirrrd. (and the wonderful :)) )

I am proud to introduce these books of magic written by great senpais whom I really look up to. These books are the fruit of senpais’ sipag, tiyaga, dugo’t pawis and all other words that can say through their pusong mamon na pagsisikap. (lol im talking tagalog here im not even good with this) It’s nice to see that more passionate people near me have also the same love for this kind of art, and kawaii ;_; So note to self Justinne Hannah, you are not alone.

The Kawaii PH book was launched last June 17, 2015 and Abbey Sy’s book was launched last June 20, 2015 (my birthday huhu ;_;). Too bad I reaaallly couldn’t come to both events (why is this country an archipelago anyway). If were to come I’d definitely be in full support with you guys ;_;

“The Kawaii PH Book was created by the members and friends of the Kawaii Philippines team by compiling and sharing their stories, experiences, inspirations, blogs, and actions in order to help spread the meaning of kawaii and what makes every individual unique. The aim of the book is to enlighten people and educate the curious on what kawaii actually is, and what Kawaii PH does. “      - Kawaii PH

Proceeds of the book will go to www.kawaiifund.org

The Kawaii Fund is a fundraising campaign by Kawaii Philippines. One of Kawaii PH’s ways of making this happen is the book. They are also selling shirts and holding kawaii workshops like the upcoming dance workshop with cover group Seishun Kakumei. All of these will someday result to a kawaii dream for the community, Kawaii in Manila 3 / Kawaii in Asia. <3

So gambatte!! <3

THE ABCs OF HAND LETTERING by ABBEY SY

I was sooo happy they launched the book at the same time as my birthday (fangirling haha * *)

I just got this last week and after three months of searching and searching, it was finally available in my nearest NBS branch huhu. Turns out the book got sold out and I got the second printing (to be available in an isolated NBS branch) but still yaaay I got it the day before I proposed my thesis title (reality check lol)

Proposed my title and I can take a little relaxation and draw & paint again huhu it’s been a while ;_; More ahrt for meeee

Oh and also looking forward to to Reese’s first album soooon! MUST get a copy of her music * *

That’s probably it for now, ‘til next time!

- Hana  花 <3

Slept late and woke up early because of a book (again). The Little Prince is indeed a very beautiful story. If only I could have small volcanoes too lololol ♡ Also, hoorah a waterwork hihi. Someday I shall put my waterworks into one entry

Summer Days with my black pen

It’s a shame that I was with my improvised sketch pad and black pen for the past sixty days. In the end, I was in my parent’s room hiding from all the heat haze that has been happening all around the house. I couldn’t even do my ‘serious’ drawing and painting because of the summer heat. I wanted to be a little productive so I filled my hands only to my beloved laptop, stack of drawing paper I decided to book-bind and a black pen stolen from a cabinet upstairs (*pats self*). And so today, I am just gonna share what I had done for the past two months of heaaat ;_; 

(that photo above says: im learning french this year yaaaay :D )

right now I'm eating avocado ice cream while writing this hehehe

The state must be brought into harmony with the universe, and the musical instruments which could accomplish this must be integrated with the cosmic forces --- with the changing seasons, with wind, thunder, water and fire, with eternal space, and with all matter.

                                                                  - The Heritage of Music

Before my case of japanophilia, I use to have piano lessons at my grade school for a year. But I stopped the following year due to some expenses and other errands and ended up discontinuing the whole thing (tbh it really broke my heart ;_; ) I really loved playing the piano so I studied it myself. Got to learn the basics and with the help of Google-sensei and youtube tutorials (yes youtube tutorials omg) little by little I can read sheets and play beautiful pieces of sound on my 49-key keyboard. 

*gambatte*

- That haiku above was when I was finishing halfway through a simple but beautiful piece by Schumann. I FINALLY MASTERED IT. one summer goal checked haha

- Life goals: Play the Violin

- I still have shigatsu feeeeels aaaaah ;_; When I first watched Your Lie In April, my love for music grew even more :”) I will never forget this one.

Music has always been there for me. Even before my craaazy anime/pop/street fashion culture (obsession) passion 

and the rest are just complaints about my sad life

kidding. what a shameful entry huhu

My summer days was like this:

- Priscilla Ahn’s song from When Marnie Was There by Studio Ghibli <3

 no need to explain it. The song says everything.

- I’ve been looking up into lolita fashion lately. yaaaay lololol

- When your just streaming episodes on the internet but the connection suddenly stopped and gets back again seconds after.

- Finishing an 11-12 episode series at 2 am. It gets better.

- When the sun is lurking behind you while your just trying to be in your cute and innocent-and-trying-to-be-productive self. (you can’t even go outside and have fun it’s like the heat is forcing you to be with your phone or your laptop)

There’s nearly a week of summer vacation right now. In fact, the only way to describe this feeling is this

hope your reading this until the end of this post. Until next time!

truly yours,  花/ Hana :)

Little Discoveries

Hello internet

I was jam-packed with papers and exams and now that it’s all over, I’ll spend the rest of my days with my beloved laptop (without the guilt >:D). But but while I was busy with all those academic stuff, I stumbled upon a good book. A very very good book.

The Heritage Of Music by Katherine B. Shippen & Anca Seidlova with illustrations by Otto Van Eersel

Exploring the thoroughly shifting fashions and major periods of serious music. From the hymns, the classics, the romantics, to the compelling beats of modern jazz.

What I think:

Lovely. I love how it really tells the story of how the compositions were made of. I love how their music resonates to the life they had led and I think that their true feelings were expressed in the music. And yeah I really like it ^ ^

Oh and to think that Bach’s works were neglected and his sons turned away from his music. To think that it was rediscovered a hundred years later, and the world began to look at  his compositions in a whole different way today. (really, wow)

Used an old My Melody stationery as a bookmark <33

pretty illustrations *_* look at that harpsichord

Oh and

I also found an old music box and it plays Traumerei (Dreaming) from Kinderszenen Op.15 (Scenes from Childhood) by Schumann. Found it in an old photo album with little music boxes inside :3

Oh the little discoveries hihi

- 花

2015: Watercolor My Hearts Content

The very first thing I remember myself drawing was at my mother’s office 11 years ago. Then I got bored… until I saw my mother’s desk of colorful office supplies *_* It was paradise back then lol. I would grab highlighters, pens, glue, tape, sticky notes/ post-its….etc etc. I also used their leftover fancy papers *_* And so, I’ve been drawing and painting my life hihi.

(And up to this day, I’d visit mom’s office usually once/twice a week and still doodle on her little notepad! Sometimes I use her scanner for scanning my drawings and paintings >:D)

So I’ve recently started out this blog and I am really sorry for the hiatusss > *presses START buttton*

In the remaining days of late November 2014, I decided to double my savings to buy watercolor for my own christmas present. And I did! I bought it before Christmas. Hardwork really does pay off hihi

The stuff I did last month and this month:

An Innocent World Lolita dress

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And so far my best watercolor doodling

Queen Elsa

January 11, 2015 - 1 am in the morning - ordinary short bondpaper. yep. I was painting another piece that night, then I failed. So I doodled an eye on a normal paper, and then it suddenly turned out to be a familiar one, so I painted  out the other eye, nose, mouth… and BAM. I was shocked to see it was Elsa. I really didn’t know what happened so I just leave it as a mystery hihi.

Unfinished X)

I would like to try updating my waterworks monthly to achieve this goal. But I still can’t promise about hiatuses and avocados ;_; im sorry

Hopes and dreams to everyone

- 花 / Hana

Seifuku Shirt

How I made my last-minute seifuku shirt

I came up with a school girl costume bc i thought it would be a lot of fun to paint paint paint X)

I first started sketching what the shirt looked like and what colors should I use. I decided to go with purple because I want to pair it with my lavender skirt (◑‿◐)

I used a plain white shirt (my mom had an extra :3 ), some masking tape and Liquitex Acrylic Color or acrylic paint. Simple as that! :3

Thank you Erica for the blue paint! T T The other reason why I picked purple because I only had purple paint. im sorry

Imperfect white spaces suck so

Yay!

It turned out to be okay (i think). It had a little paint on the sleeves because of my clumsiness hehe ooops. The paint I used was permanent and water resistant so curse my clumsiness > < I tried bleaching it but it didn't work so I just accepted my fate.

It was a lot of fun. 'Til next time! (◑‿◐)

- 花

Chased away by time

Hi

I'm Hana and this is my blog. :)

My name is Justinne Hannah but you can call me Hana for short (◑‿◐)

I love art --- drawing, painting, photography, crafts, DIY, fashion, music, etc etc. I have this Nocturnal Mind where all my ideas pop up like in the middle of the night (I sometimes draw/paint at 2am). I am an idiot by day and a productive idiot by night. there's a difference

Yes, I have Japanophilia. As you can see I looove Studio Ghibli ^^ From an anime phase to Japanese street fashion, KAWAII, their language, their culture, and their music. To Japan with love someday :3

Photo by japanlover.me ^^

Also spreadin' kawaii love since I don't know when <3

In short, I am chased away by time ;)

Let's be friends!! <3