The Gender Tag Project (Ashley Wylde)

Ashley Wylde created the Gender Tag project and because June was Pride month, I was given the opportunity to go behind the scenes of San Francisco's Pride Parade to collaborate with some members for the Gender Tag!
My personal answers are below:

Fanime 2016 Con Report

I am finally happy to say this year was definitely more positive compared to my personal previous 2 years of Fanime. I will also update this post as I find more photos/videos.
Disclaimer to start off:
I will address the fact that many other people were not happy with #Linecon2016. Although I am not a head and therefore not authorized to speak on behalf of staff, as part of staff for the past 3 years and friends with many rovers for the past 6 years, 2016 was nothing compared to 2012 and 2013. The department heads has also been working on things related to disclosed policies, which may be part of all the registration changes.
Moving on!

Funky Hair Dyes for Dark Hair (Updated!)

Updated 2022.
This is my giant post all about hair bleaching, dying, and hair care. Accumulated from 10 years of dying my own hair at home, with lots of trial and error.

Old: How I used to dye my hair with Special Effects (but still some relevant tips).

So see below for lots and lots more detailed information.

(Youtube) Time Capsule 2015-2020

From now (2015) to 2020 is going to be a lot of time and a lot of things can happen. Well, since 2013, a lot as changed as well. So this is a clip based off from something I created back in 2013.

Gimscape (Inkscape x Gimp) - Cpeed Paint!

New speed paint video up... right after a new cover!

This was actually an art request by Nanako who wanted Woohyun x Sungyeol (of Infinite). And what better way to couple a kpop pairing... with a software pairing? Anyways- this is my first time completed a project with Inkscape (outside of practice). Inkscape is fairly self explanatory if you've used other softwares, but it's so... lacking in enough features that I almost prefer Illustrator (I wish I could try Paint Tool Sai one day... still looking for a good Mac program to drawing lineart).

RESA IN PUBLIC- Public Sketching on Muni 38L Bus

Now I'm going to start stalking people in public and drawing them. Yuups.
Music by The Sounds of Noisy Passengers.
I will upload a new one each week!
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UEA Norfolk Terrace Tour

So I'm living on the campus residence/dorm called Norfolk Terrace at UEA and I've finally finally finally made a small video giving a mini-tour of my flat!

This is the floorplan that I sorta drew out because UEA decided not to provide one for some reason.. To clear up the "L" and "zigzag" thing, basically, it looks like this:

Drawing not to scale!

     Basically, I took you around in this order- starting with the entrance at #1, going into the first hallway, or shorter end of the "L" at #2, kitchen at #3, second hallway or longer leg of the "L" at #4, the bathrooms at #5, and then I walked all the way back to the yellow dot with a red arrow where my room is.

     In case you're wondering what my room looks like, this is more information and the following floor plan:

I live in room B.

And that's it! I hope you enjoyed this video or found it useful.

Is America... Big?

I'm revamping regular-style Resa vlogs! And here is the first one, so forgive newbie wiggles. I'm also still searching for a new camera, so bear with these crummy webcam vlogs for the time being.

Snowing in Norwich, England!

So back in Norwich, it began snowing for realz in January. Goddamn was I excited!

Christmas Trip in Europe - Dec 2012 to Jan 2013

2012 to 2013 Vlogs from my trip to Italy, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, and Poland.
Apologies for not posting up a proper blog post about it yet, but for now these are some mini-vlogs that I made the trip.
Note: This was supposed to be a new channel specifically for my Resa videos and vlogs. It's a bit of a work in the progress as 'staff' is in a bit of a knot right now. (But go ahead and subscribe.)

Rome, Italy

Prague, CZ

Cesky Krumlov, CZ

Vienna, Austria

Budapest, Hungary

Krakow, Poland

Happy New Years!

My actual trip plan went like this: We flew from London to Milan, then took the train to Venice, and then Rome. Then we went on a tour that started off in Prague, and went by coach to Cesky Krumlov. Crossed the border and went to Vienna for Christmas (no snow). Then went on to Budapest for Boxing Day. The coach popped by Zakopane and then we arrived in Krakow for New Year's Eve. Other things happened of course, but I'm gonna need soem free time to update properly. 

T.S.AAV Anti-Creativity Block: Holidays

I am beginning to tax on my creative juices. So what do I do? I turn onto the last option I have- doing it myself to find out what it was like. And then talking it out to myself in hopes it works. So, this vlog series will be about me, talking about real life experiences that I can turn into raw material for stories or artwork, and you, can do it too. Or laugh.
Watch the blog here!

   When it comes to the phrase "The holidays" for a prompt, whats the first things you think of? (It's automatically "Winter" Holidays) Christmas. Hanukah. New Year's Eve. Perhaps Thanksgiving. And then what? Family. Friends. Santa. Presents. Shopping sprees. And the lots more. The holidays are a great season to get ideas from real life because it is practically like a *prompt* that's specific enough, yet broad enough to write from.

   So today, I'll be talking about how to use something interesting that happened during the Holidays.

T.S.AAV Anti-Creativity Block: Lost Handwritten Notes

I  am beginning to tax on my creative juices. So what do I do? I turn onto the last option I have- doing it myself to find out what it was like. And then talking it out to myself in hopes it works. So, this vlog series will be about me, talking about real life experiences that I can turn into raw material for stories or artwork, and you, can do it too. Or laugh.

Watch the vlog here!
One lesson writers and artists should pick up a habit of doing is noticing small things. I'm beginning to realize this is really helping me get ideas for concrete details.

Thus, today I'll be talking about looking out for handwritten notes in the middle of nowhere. You know how in a lot of popular mystery stories, there's often scraps of papers that have hidden codes written out and villain threat notices? Well, believe it or not, look out for those when you're walking around in public. It's hard to believe how many you can find, even if it's not mystery related. 

Last week, whilst in the mall, I suddenly decided to pick up this torn sheet of paper that I noticed I stepped on. It said:

Coincidentally, the next time I decided to actively look out for handwritten pieces of paper, I found a receipt whilst in a different mall that said:

There is no way I can appreciate how cool these anonymous notes can be. Because you don't know who originally wrote them, or who they're referring to, the mystery and the tension it makes is bound to make you curious, and thus, force you to imagine a backstory to it. 

The note on the receipt for exg. Starting off from that, I could easily generate an idea of writing why Erika wasn't with her friends/family to look for the tree, or a scene showing her friends looking at the tree. 

The 1st scrap of paper that talks about TM, 5 girls, and Sat night is more intriguing. Lemme read it to you again. [read] I'd kinda like to hear what you guys have to say and what you think it means? [pause] Know whats interesting? Just from the fact that we are trying to figure out what the note means is raw material! You can practically copy your footsteps of decoding this note into a couple of scenes, maybe an entire story or novel!

What's great about the first note as well, is that it's clear imagery for a 2-dimensional artwork. Even though it gives you the bare minimum of details, you can still picture "5 girls playing together" and piece it with "Sat Night LA" to paint/sketch an image of, obviously, 5 girls playing on a saturday night in la. or assortment of ideas that branch out from that, from a girls night out to saturday night live to saturday night football to who knows what else! 

As writers and artists, we kind of have to notice the small things in order to more realistically fill up a scene or painting. And, if you hunt for small things like random handwritten notes on the floor, you are bound to have a raw item to write from. It's a mystery, its the unknown. And that's what can start a story or artwork. It's so rewarding.

So! I think it'd like to assign my viewers something. Whether you're an artist, writer, or not, go scrounge around for lost handwritten notes. And comment your findings here! It'll be fun and a great bucket of ideas here.

Watch the vlog here.
I made a random continuation part 2 thing after I got some more weird notes here.

T.S.AAV Anti-Creativity Block: Public transportation

I  am beginning to tax on my creative juices. So what do I do? I turn onto the last option I have- doing it myself to find out what it was like. And then talking it out to myself in hopes it works. So, this vlog series will be about me, talking about real life experiences that I can turn into raw material for stories or artwork, and you, can do it too. Or laugh.

As a writer and artist who frequently has writers/artists' block, I thought it would be nice to create a weekly vlog where I talk about different ways to overcome creativity blocks with real life experiences. Not only will it help myself by talking it out, I hope it will help the gazillion other writers and artists out there.

So, today I'll be talking about public transportation and writing.

One really cool way to get out of creativity block is to ride public transportation. Here you will see a HUGE barrage of interaction or lack of interaction, both of which are greatly useful as source of raw material to see how real people interact. Also, you will save on gas. 

For example, one morning, I took a different bus route to school, one that was more crowded than the bus I usually take. Within a few blocks, a blonde girl got on and this middle aged guy suddenly noticed her combat shoes and began talking to her about them. He then went on explaining about the U.S. army's use of combat boots. And then. His experience as a medic in the Vietnam and Iraq War. And boy did he have a lot of information and opinions. *drink* The blonde combat boots girl eventually got off the bus.

What's even more cool and interesting was that the next time I decided to use that bus instead of my old one, guess who I saw waiting at the same bus stop? That medic veteran. Talk about coincidences. 

Now if an opportunity like this arises, any sort of coincidence, it's a sign to me, that its something that can be written about. You can turn him into a character by creating a backstory for him. Or you can have a scene where two strangers coincidentally meet at a bus or train stop. Or you can create a scene of what happens after the blond girl left the bus.

What's great is that you saw them in real life, you experienced the coincidence, and that makes it that much more easier for you to connect with the moment and write about it. 

So take public transportation for inspiration! 

Watch the vlog here.