[3DS] My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Insights

Yay! Another free picross game for the Nintendo 3DS...with a small catch to get it. By signing up for My Nintendo and Miitomo gave a large portion of points. As for the rest of the coins, all I had to do was daily or weekly missions. It took a little over a week (maybe two) to get enough Miitomo/Silver coins to get this game for free.

Fabric Roll Up Pen Case

Can fit quite a lot of items. Wonder if I should have made it smaller.

Recently, I started to learn calligraphy and I realized I needed a case for my water brushes. I also been using my water brushes on a coloring book. Since I color/write in a different locations, I kept having to transport my brushes back and forth so a case holding these brushes would be convenient.

Buying a pencil case that would fit the taller brushes was a bit expensive (about $18+). I never owned a roll up case and it seemed like a good choice so that was the design I went for. I figured I should make my own to save on costs.

Compact Game Card Travel Case (3DS, PS Vita, SD, Micro SD, Stylus)

Small compact case designed and created by me.

It is hard to find a case that can carry a few of each type of cards while keeping it small. When ever I travel, I like to bring a few games with me that I may play. I tend to bring my larger cases with games that are specific to the game console. Sometimes I will bring the old game case I made but I did not make that one to have specific slots to snugly fit each card. Also there was no stylus holder which was a requirement since I have a standard new 3DS with a tiny stylus.

[3DS] Pokemon Picross Insights

Pokemon Picross is a free to play eshop game. There are Pokemon elements which makes the puzzles easier to solve. Similar to other free to play Pokemon games, real money can be used to purchase in game currency. It is possible to beat without using any money, it would just take approximately a year or so. Lots of patience recommended if going the route without spending money.

[3DS] Animal Crossing - Happy Home Designer

A simulation game based off Nook's homes in Animal Crossing. The player gets to design houses for the animal clients. However, there is no challenge to designing the house to tailor the clients interest.

[Amiibo] Olimar & Pikmin

About

Olimar & Pikmin are from the Pikmin series. Olimar is from a planet named Hoctate and while travelling, his ship hit a meteor. This led him to crash landed into a unknown planet where Pikmin lived. Together with Pikmin, Olimar is able to fix his ship.

[PS Vita] Broken Age

A point and click adventure game which probably would have been much easier to play on a larger screen than the PS Vita.

[Wii U] Captain Toad

Captain Toad is MOSTLY a casual small puzzle game. I say mostly because the hardest part was in the Bonus book.

[Crochet] Colorful Star Mini Blanket

Final product. I quite like it.

Winter is almost here and when it gets close, I tend to want to knit/crochet something. This year I decided to crochet a mini blanket for the couch. I was finally able to use some of the yarn that I been hording for years (...and still brought some).

The easiest way to make a blanket is to make granny squares and attach them together. I wanted something that had stars and with the knowledge of regular granny squares, I modified it to look like stars. These are very small granny squares (a little less than 2" each).

KickBeat Overview

KickBeat is a rhythm game mixed with martial arts. There are 18 songs in the game with difficulty ranging from normal to master. It is easy to play but difficult to master.

Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX Overview

After spending the last month and a half casually playing on this game, it is very difficult to get all the stamps (achievements). The game is much more extensive than it first appeared. It can also be a grind fest.

Tokyo Jungle Overview

Where did mankind go? They all disappeared...but why?

Tokyo Jungle is a survival game as animals. Animals are either predators or grazers who have to survive as long as possible. 

[Amiibo] Ganondorf

About

The villain in some of The Legend of Zelda games. This version is from Twilight Princess. He tends to want to rule the world (Hyrule) and possesses the Triforce of Power.

IA/VT Colorful Overview

IA is a Vocaloid with her own rhythm game. Similar to the Project Diva series, it has a variety of songs and costumes to unlock.

[Painting] Totoro in Watercolor

2nd in the series. Probably my favorite among the rest.

Once again, I been challenging myself to one watercolor a day. I am amazed at the results after getting new brushes and cheap 140 lb paper. I am starting to understand which brushes I use more often and what techniques I can use. I realized some techniques will not work with the size of paper/brush I use. There is a ton of trial and error.

Instead of doing landscapes, I wanted to paint something with a character. Totoro seemed easy enough so I decided to try it. Plus I watched the movie again while doing this.

Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX Demo Overview

Originally, I was going to get a Japanese 3DS and buy the Project Mirai games until DX was announced for the west. I did not pay much attention to the mode differences since I thought buttons were better. Now that a demo has been released, the demo was very enjoyable (though small).

[Painting] New Watercolors, New Paintings

I decided to buy a block style watercolor set since many tutorials are shown using a few colors and mixing them for the desired effect. The set I brought was the Sakura Koi 24 Watercolor travel size set. The set was a good value and I wanted something portable in case I wanted to paint landscapes when I hiked.

I like this set better than my watercolor pencils set. I am able to mix colors much more easily and achieve different effects. Though I just recently learned, I could have taken a wet brush to the watercolor pencil and used it that way. Well, I thought the color would have dissolved faster but I was wrong. I also learned my Sakura Micron pens are waterproof and I could use them with watercolors.

Now I am wondering what else there is....

On to the paintings below:

Hometown Story Overview

A very simple simulation game where the player runs a store. Everything revolves around the store's improvement and there is not much to do after a while. While the game was fun and interesting, it ended up being boring after most of the events were seen. The events were the best part about the game since it felt like progression. The drawback was collecting pieces to the blue feather.

[Painting] A Watercolor a day

This week I challenged myself to learn how to use watercolor. About a year ago, I brought a watercolor pencil set and barely used it. It felt almost too precious to use but I finally broke through to use it without remorse (almost).

I been trying to inspire myself to use them over the past year. I really wanted to paint images in beautiful colors but I lack self confidence. I always feel that I can't do it but I want to break through that barrier. Hopefully, one day I can paint sites and landscapes. For now, I will have to learn through tutorials and images online.

Waterlily

 July 20, 2015 - Start
Watercolor waterlily tutorial I found on youtube. I could not make it as expansive as the tutorial showed since I was trying to save paper by cutting a 9" x 12" paper into 1/4. Watercolor paper is expensive after all. This 90 lb paper also curled so I would probably get thicker watercolor paper next time.

I can't say I am too proud of this work but it was a start. Using watercolor pencils was difficult when trying to imitate the techniques.

Learned: Can't mix the color I want as easily with watercolor pencils. Also less is more.

[Amiibo] Ness

About

Ness is from Earthbound. He has powers and uses them to fight aliens in order to protect the planet.