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My Week through Vsco #2

This week has all been about work, food and more work. Haven't really switched off this week and questioning many of my life choices, including this blog. On monday my housemate and I took some images for the blog (all on my little baby, the Canon 60D), focusing mostly on jumpers due to the Autumn Season so expect many outfit posts featuring jumpers in the upcoming weeks. We took a break and had a lovely meal at the Millenium Centre, Cardiff. I opted for the tuna wrap while Kat chose the guacamole wrap with sour cream on the side whilst devouring some houmos and pita too. I stuck with the usual beverage - a coke while Kat decided to take a walk on the wild side and chose Jamaican Hot Chocolate which includes a tiny bit of rum. An excellent and productive day all round. Wednesday came with a nice surprise - a little gift from my partner. He bought me a art book on how to draw manga and it's AMAZING!!! Incredibly detailed, it covers everything; from what the inside on the earlobe should look like and how to sell your work. It also has a chapter dedicated to how to use different mediums to create your manga art. I haven't drawn any this week because of work and the blog but hopefully next week I'll have new sketches to show you.
Thursday the parents came down and I was incredibly happy so see them. Why? Well the rents coming down means a lovely lunch, not my usual chicken and broccoli. We ventured to this tiny little cafe called 'Truffles' and it was glorious! I chose the brunch breakfast which included sausage, bacon, chips, egg and beans with two pieces of bread and butter. I devoured that meal and enjoyed every mouthful! We then decided to stroll through the Cardiff shopping arcades. It was refreshing to shop in unique little shops rather than the usual big brand stores on the high street. Found a gorgeous interior store selling cute trinkets and christmas decorations (yes, most shops in Cardiff have their christmas decorations, personally I think we should get Halloween and Guy Fawkes over and done with first). I only buy fir my parents and my friend Jenni only because the last time I bought for everyone (say 12 people) only three of them got their gifts. I either didn't see the other people or I ate their gifts, so lesson learned only Jenni and the rents, however this year I will have to buy for Dan so this shopping trip gave me great inspiration!!
Gym wise I've gone 4 times this week which I'm very proud of. Usually I do 45 min on the cross-trainer and then my sit-ups, but this week I'v tried to cover every stomach muscle and slowly starting to do squats and deadlifts again.
Next week will be a lot more fun and adventurous!! I cannot wait!

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My week through Vsco #1

A new weekly feature to my blog which shall be entitled 'My Week through Vsco'.

Why? Well, I've seen many bloggers doing articles such as 'My Week through Instagram' or 'Images from Tumblr' and since Vsco is the app I use most frequently I thought it was the best option.

What a lovely week it's been (except for the four days in work, especially with machines broken and what not, it was hell on high earth). I had the day off Monday so the parents came down and we had lunch at Pettigrews, a quaint little tea room at the edge of the Park in Cardiff. I treated my guy Dan to a meal there on the Saturday too and he thoroughly enjoyed. We then had a nice little stroll round the park and found ourselves a secluded area by the edge of the river so we could just lie and enjoy each others company, pure bliss.

I've also been practising my manga sketching here and there this week. I haven't sketched since secondary school so I'm a bit rusty but with every drawing I do improve. 

Went to the gym four times this week, quite pleased with that but I've also binged all this weekend, so I've maintained the same weight rather than lose any.

The highlight of my week was my first Dungeons and Dragons which I've been looking forward to all through summer! It was amazing! We were a team of five and we had to complete three encounters to save our friend Dorian. We encountered cyclops and cultists but we succeeded in our quest and Dorian is alive and safe.

And that's pretty much been my week. 

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Be happy readers xx

Anime + Photography

I love a good anime and I consider myself an avid follower of manga too. My absolute favourites being Togainu no Chi and Viewfinder. I've  also read a variety of Mangas,  ranging from violent mangas like Ichi the Killer to Yaoi mangas like Crystal Harem. I've also watched many animes such as Howls Moving Castle and also small series such as Junjou Romantica. However I have never seen the combination between anime and photography (which is my love, my passion) until these images popped up on my tumblr dashboard.

They're amazing images. Full of pretty and vivid colours, just like an anime. The images make you question what is happening and what you're seeing within the screen. Not only do you question the models pose within the images but you also question what is happening in the manga.
Lets you the top image as an example.
As you can see the model is posing and has been placed in a bending position. Because you cannot see the expression on her face, you don't really know why she's in the position she's in, so, as the viewer you accept that it's just a pose and that nothing will happen to her or that the pose suggests something will happen to her. Then you look at the TV screen and you see the young anime girl's face and because you see her expression, you as the viewer begin to question what's happening to her. Why is she crying? Is something bad about to happen to her? You do feel some form of sympathy and worry for the young anime girl within the image.

In terms of structure of the young model and the animated girl everything is lined pretty well. The photographer has succeeded well in lining  the models body along with that of the anime girl.

Here are the rest of the images from the series

Unfortunately I have no idea who the photographer (Once I find out I'll write his/her name on the post).
This project could be developed in many ways with more than one model, I would like to see a series where the model is wearing a similar outfit to the character. I think that would make an interesting piece. I would also like to see how the attitude towards the images would change if a male model was used instead of a female model.