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"If even he, a shrinking violet, can step on stage and let his voice and soul be seen by others...
maybe, so can I."

The title is a lame pun, because like... minute? minuet?
They sound like each other if you say it badly enough.

Chronologically, this takes place after Chiharu's debut (prior to SIA sleepover), but before Nami's birth day - so an unspecified time in the last month of 2022.

Flo and I somewhat talked a bit about our kids' idol specialities and we decided that Chiharu and Nami somewhat shows each other their craft - Chiharu his singing and Nami her violin. Unfortunately, the first time Chiharu showed Nami his singing, their miscommunication plummeted his self-confidence, so RIP their relationship.
It doesn't stop Chiharu being in awe of a violin though, maybe he should pick one up too pfft—

After not playing the violin for like three years, Nami's fingers are unused to the violin. I was surprised too when I tried playing my viola after not playing it for like three years because wow, those strings are sharp! She starts off small by playing scales first and easy pieces to ease back into gripping the strings and sight reading. So I think for a novice, taking around two months is a good pace!

She's playing Bach's Minuet in G Major (linked video has a minor key change, but Nami didn't get that far). I am fairly confident to say that this is a song that most, if not everyone who listens to music, people have heard of. It's fairly easy too... I think. If I could play it by ear, I think Sazanami should be able to do it with a music sheet?

Funny story but when I searched it up I only said "Minuet in G" and it kept giving me Beethoven like... I know it was not Beethoven. Eventually I remembered it was Bach after a lot of frustrated scrolling for anything else that's not Beethoven... but they were adamant on giving me Beethoven.

Shading their hairs, I was surprised to see how different Sazanami's and Chiharu's hairs are. I always thought they were fairly similar, but nope! Chiharu's hair is a lot more saturated, more pink leaning, while Nami's is more grey. Very interesting since I had a HC where Nami and Chiharu would call their hair colour, that's supposedly the same, different colour.
Well. Jokes on me. They are different colours—

Speaking of shading... I shaded Nami's skin wrong. Her skin was supposed to be less rosy, this was a mistake that already started since her birthday piece , except I didn't notice it. Her skin was supposed to be less glowy, looks more dull sort of vibe. I have to remember that next time.

Personally I really like the rendering here! It's a bit sloppy and not very detailed-oriented, but I think it still looks nice! It's giving me major vibes from this piece I did back then , not sure why, maybe it's because I'm proud of the shading? Pfft-

Also the characters look a bit jarring with the BG that looks oddly texturised and real to me, but whatever. I wasn't sure what to put for the BG so I placed them in a random room. I was going to add some wall fixtures, but I got too lazy oops. I went with green walls because I think it's a pretty nice colour for interior walls!

The floor was supposed to be glazed? I didn't know how to make it look shiny though.
I want to try using models to build a BG next time, maybe it'll also help me envision how the characters occupy the space.

Also thank you Hilary Hahn for the great violin pose references because I don't trust stock photos.

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Affected Categories: [I]... [W]?

Items Drawn: 2 OCs
Approximate EXP Gain: 80 EXP

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Sazanami Yokomizu belongs to rainbow000pegasus
Kudo Chiharu belongs to FloDoodling

Art belongs to rainbow000pegasus
Favourites are thanked in advance.
Do not copy, steal or redistribute.

Materials:
Medibang Paint Pro, Wacom Intuos Comic

Description

Profile | Gallery

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"If even he, a shrinking violet, can step on stage and let his voice and soul be seen by others...
maybe, so can I."

The title is a lame pun, because like... minute? minuet?
They sound like each other if you say it badly enough.

Chronologically, this takes place after Chiharu's debut (prior to SIA sleepover), but before Nami's birth day - so an unspecified time in the last month of 2022.

Flo and I somewhat talked a bit about our kids' idol specialities and we decided that Chiharu and Nami somewhat shows each other their craft - Chiharu his singing and Nami her violin. Unfortunately, the first time Chiharu showed Nami his singing, their miscommunication plummeted his self-confidence, so RIP their relationship.
It doesn't stop Chiharu being in awe of a violin though, maybe he should pick one up too pfft—

After not playing the violin for like three years, Nami's fingers are unused to the violin. I was surprised too when I tried playing my viola after not playing it for like three years because wow, those strings are sharp! She starts off small by playing scales first and easy pieces to ease back into gripping the strings and sight reading. So I think for a novice, taking around two months is a good pace!

She's playing Bach's Minuet in G Major (linked video has a minor key change, but Nami didn't get that far). I am fairly confident to say that this is a song that most, if not everyone who listens to music, people have heard of. It's fairly easy too... I think. If I could play it by ear, I think Sazanami should be able to do it with a music sheet?

Funny story but when I searched it up I only said "Minuet in G" and it kept giving me Beethoven like... I know it was not Beethoven. Eventually I remembered it was Bach after a lot of frustrated scrolling for anything else that's not Beethoven... but they were adamant on giving me Beethoven.

Shading their hairs, I was surprised to see how different Sazanami's and Chiharu's hairs are. I always thought they were fairly similar, but nope! Chiharu's hair is a lot more saturated, more pink leaning, while Nami's is more grey. Very interesting since I had a HC where Nami and Chiharu would call their hair colour, that's supposedly the same, different colour.
Well. Jokes on me. They are different colours—

Speaking of shading... I shaded Nami's skin wrong. Her skin was supposed to be less rosy, this was a mistake that already started since her birthday piece , except I didn't notice it. Her skin was supposed to be less glowy, looks more dull sort of vibe. I have to remember that next time.

Personally I really like the rendering here! It's a bit sloppy and not very detailed-oriented, but I think it still looks nice! It's giving me major vibes from this piece I did back then , not sure why, maybe it's because I'm proud of the shading? Pfft-

Also the characters look a bit jarring with the BG that looks oddly texturised and real to me, but whatever. I wasn't sure what to put for the BG so I placed them in a random room. I was going to add some wall fixtures, but I got too lazy oops. I went with green walls because I think it's a pretty nice colour for interior walls!

The floor was supposed to be glazed? I didn't know how to make it look shiny though.
I want to try using models to build a BG next time, maybe it'll also help me envision how the characters occupy the space.

Also thank you Hilary Hahn for the great violin pose references because I don't trust stock photos.

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Affected Categories: [I]... [W]?

Items Drawn: 2 OCs
Approximate EXP Gain: 80 EXP

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Sazanami Yokomizu belongs to rainbow000pegasus
Kudo Chiharu belongs to FloDoodling

Art belongs to rainbow000pegasus
Favourites are thanked in advance.
Do not copy, steal or redistribute.

Materials:
Medibang Paint Pro, Wacom Intuos Comic