Things I Find Interesting

Radiant Dreamer Featured on Animeblips

by radiantdreamer November 21, 2009 in Things I Find Interesting 29 comments tags: afa 09, anime blips, radiantdreamer

I never thought it would be possible, but Radiant Dreamer is now featured on Anime Blips! It was definitely an interesting experience. The interview questions asked were similar to what has been asked of other featured blogs, but Robyn tailored it more geared towards my specialty in photoshop. 🙂 Robyn was a very pleasant person to work with, and informed me that I was ranked at around 100 out of their 600 tracked sites, which was pretty surprising for me, and very flattering. It was an honor to be featured on Anime Blips, and also for having the opportunity to be interviewed by Robyn. If you don’t really know about Anime Blips, they’re a feature site similar to an anime version of Digg, with the ability for users to vote up and vote down interesting topics. This makes it very easy and relevant to anime news readers who want to catch the best quality topics voted by other anime fans of similar interest. Do go check it out, and do vote for me too! The biggest thanks I have to give is only to my readers. You guys are more than just “readers” to me. Being able to connect with […]

One Thousand Comments Reached

by radiantdreamer October 18, 2009 in Things I Find Interesting 18 comments tags: 1000 comments, radiantdreamer

Thank you to everyone who has commented on my site! I’ve reached one thousand comments since this blog’s creation! Thank you all for your continued support! I’m especially thankful that most of the comments have been of great quality and feedback from you all! I hope to continue sharing with you my thoughts, and the joys of my photoshop work! I guess this would be post #91! Nine more until post #100! 😀

Outings in October

by radiantdreamer October 09, 2009 in Things I Find Interesting 27 comments tags: 2010, Arnie Roth, celes, concert, distant worlds, final fantasy, Kotobukiya, Maria, mascot, motorcycle, Nobuo Uematsu, olympics, opera, orchestra, orpheum, Polystone, Resin, store, symphony, tifa, toy drive, Vancouver, yuffie

Sort of a conglomerated post of several outings, starting with my most recent one: Final Fantasy Distant Worlds concert, a motorcycle toy drive, and a tour of our new 2010 Olympics store! It’s very rare that I go out these days, being the shut-in that I am. So it’s a bit refreshing to actually step out of the house to go somewhere. Thanks to my wife, I actually get to breathe some outside air, and get some sunlight. More photos after the jump!

Coin Toss Challenge!

by radiantdreamer September 21, 2009 in Anime & Video Games, Things I Find Interesting 6 comments tags: app store, apple, apps, coin toss, coin toss challenge, iphone, ipod touch, itunes, trickshot games

Well, it’s been a long time coming, but after jumping through several Apple hoops, getting rejected once for an “irrelevant keyword”, our app is finally live. More info after the jump!

Endless Lillies

by radiantdreamer August 29, 2009 in Things I Find Interesting 2 comments tags: endless lillies, lightningsabre, yuri

So good I had to blog about it. https://neoprolacus.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns%2157110DB35573F2A8%214607.entry No idea what I’m talking about? https://melancholic-lily.blogspot.com/

Super Secret Project – Revealed and Underway!!

by radiantdreamer August 12, 2009 in Things I Find Interesting 14 comments tags: apple, development, iphone, starting a company, trickshot games

Many of you know that I’ve been hella busy on a Super Secret Project. It’s why I haven’t been posting anything lately, and why I have a backlog of events that never got posted. Well, I started a game company: Trickshot Games. After reading many of Danny Choo’s inspiring articles on life, and setting goals, I decided it was time to do something with my own life.

Moka Akashiya Arrives, bloggers disappearing?!

by radiantdreamer August 05, 2009 in Anime Figures, Things I Find Interesting 15 comments tags: 1:8 scale, anime, figure, moka akashiya, PVC, rosario vampire

So my Moka finally arrived today last Friday. Honestly, she was on the chopping block for my preorders, but I’m actually very glad that I decided to follow through with the purchase. This purchase was made on e2046. Their prices are reasonable, I never get charged duty, and they are slightly faster than HLJ.

Busy Busy Busy…

by radiantdreamer July 31, 2009 in Things I Find Interesting 3 comments tags: backlog, blog, news

I apologize for the complete dry lack of updates. Things have been very busy for me lately. A whole lot of stuff to sort out, and it's resulted in many MANY things dropping to much lower priority. I also apologize to my friends for not checking out their blogs recently. ;_;

Water Fight!!!

by radiantdreamer July 12, 2009 in Things I Find Interesting 35 comments tags: vancouver water fight

Ever been to a giant water fight? I’m most certainly happy to say that I have. It’s incredibly fun. During a hot summer day, getting completely soaked within 3 seconds is very refreshing. It’s even more fun when it’s with a whole group of random strangers who are there to have fun just like you. We have an annual water fight here, and it’s the third annual this time. I went on the first annual and had a blast. Pictured above is my wife. Not showing her face is 100% intentional. Sorry! 🙂

Birthday for me, Michael Jackson Dies.

by radiantdreamer June 25, 2009 in Things I Find Interesting 45 comments tags: birthday, michael jackson

Congratulations! I’m one more year closer to death. Time’s running out! Gotta go have fun!!! Mmm… McDonald’s and KFC… two of my favorite foods. Looks like I’m a lot closer to death than I think! You know you’re getting old when you have to refer back to your wordpress profile to remember how old you were… So how to celebrate? Well, for starters, my Raquel Gothic figure has come back from e2046. What a great present! And my wife is not working today too! I’m going out for dinner tonight with family to a fancy restaurant where I can eat Kobe beef! A rare occasion! (no pun intended) How do you celebrate your birthday? Update: I just heard Michael Jackson died. On my birthday too! Wow… Update2: pix of the birthday cake after the jump! Update3: been watching the news all day, and reading blog entries, and twitter feeds about Michael Jackson, and all the lives he’s touched. Hard to believe that one man’s death has moved every single person on the face of the planet in one way or another. Truly legendary. Many still troll about his alleged pedo-acts, and other controversial things, but more importantly was all the […]

Melody – Radiant Dreamer’s Mascot!

by radiantdreamer May 20, 2009 in Anime & Video Games, How To Draw Anime & Photoshop, Things I Find Interesting 8 comments tags: anime, ATH-ES7, audio technica, concept art, headphones, mascot, melody, moe, photoshop, radiantdreamer, tutorial

Another painting with photoshop diary! I haven’t painted anything anime in quite a while, and it’s something I’ve been wanting to do, but have been putting off for some time now. Getting back into it was difficult, and I gave up on a piece mid-way because it just was not what I wanted. Check out how this one was made after the jump!

Radiant’s Semi-Rant – 63k hits means what?

by radiantdreamer May 14, 2009 in Things I Find Interesting 11 comments tags: 60000 hits, rant

It’s another celebratory 10k worth of hits! I’m pretty happy that I am able to share my work with so many of you. At some point at the beginning of the year, some of you may have noticed a sudden change in the way I blogged, if I even blogged at all.

My Current Collection

by radiantdreamer March 18, 2009 in Anime Figures, Things I Find Interesting 22 comments tags: aerith, ah my goddess, Alter, Alvis Hamilton, aria, asuka, auron, ayane, ballistics, belldandy, black lagoon, cloud, evangelion, fate stay night, final fantasy, gemini sunrise, good smile company, gothic devil girl, gwendolyn, hardy daytona, human mage, ignis, jingai makyou, Kotobukiya, Last Exile, lineage II, masamune shirow, mei feng, melissa, mikuru, mishiro, motorcycle, my collection, needa, nendoroid, ninja gaiden, odin sphere, pia carrot, revy, rize, saber, sakura, seifer, shall, shana, shuraki, tifa, yuna

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted any of the recent figures I’ve purchased. Yet, I’ve been constantly complaining about my lack of space, and the figures I have been selling, I’m not actually getting rid of my entire collection – space or not. Many of my figures are packed and stored in my closet. Well, less than 30%, if I would have to make a guess… There are quite a few figures that I just can’t part with, even if they’re put away in the closet. I’m sure many of you have the same problem. My own personal solution? Cycle them ocassionally. I’ve done it once or twice already, and it’s always fun, and your shelves never look boring. I like re-arranging my figures so they have a theme, or some sort of cool looking composition, or maybe I feel like “featuring” one particular figure, and place her under the spotlight. As such, I’ve decided to document how my collection changes over time. This would be the second time I’ve taken photos of my own collection. More photos after the jump!

Kutiman – Thru-you.com

by radiantdreamer March 06, 2009 in Things I Find Interesting 5 comments tags: dj, electronica, kutiman, music, sampling, thru-you, youtube

Completely off topic, I know. But this is too amazing to pass up. A guy named Kutiman went though youtube and sampled all sorts of random clips of people playing instruments, and mixed them all into some absolutely amazing music. His site where the videos are hosted, thru-you.com, is currently down due to too much traffic. But I’ve gone and found them on youtube for your enjoyment. It’s some good stuff! 1. Mother of All Funk – a fun song featuring some sweet jazzy instruments and some awesome guitar solos. I’m guessing this is his first experimentation with this project. [pro-player]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tprMEs-zfQA[/pro-player] More after the jump! 2. This is What It Became – a pretty interesting reggae style song with some good mixes. [pro-player]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAvS0pc9NIw[/pro-player] 3. I’m New – this is definitely one of my favorites. The singer is beautiful, with a soft soothing voice. [pro-player]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsBfj6khrG4[/pro-player] 4. Babylon Band – awesome drummer in his own right, but Kutiman makes it better. A heavy track but sounds great! [pro-player]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JffZFRM3X6M[/pro-player] 5. Someday – the mother who sings in this is very good. A cool mellow jazzy song. [pro-player]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXulsZpu72E[/pro-player] 6. Wait For Me – very nice electronica R&B track. A lot of the people in […]

Pleinair Mug

by radiantdreamer February 27, 2009 in Things I Find Interesting 2 comments tags: Disgaea, Mug, Nippon Ichi, NIS, Pleinair

My Pleinair “Earlybird” Mug arrived today! I got it at RosenQueen for 9.99! They are having their 2nd Anniversary Sale. Pretty sweet deal! Pleinair ( ?????, Puren?ru) is a fictional character who has made appearances in several games in Nippon Ichi‘s tactical role-playing game series. She is something of a mascot character for the artist and character designer of these games, Takehito Harada. The name “Pleinair” is two French words put together; “plein” meaning “full,” and “air” as in English. Together, the phrase means “outdoor”. Due to her appearances in video games being little more than cameos, not much is known of Pleinair outside of her physical appearance. She is typically portrayed as a petite, blue-haired girl with red eyes, wearing a red ribbon, a white dress, white stockings, and sometimes glasses. She is often accompanied by a stuffed rabbit named “Usagi-san” and a stuffed shark named “Same-san.” A common motif in images of Pleinair is Usagi-san being eaten (or at least gnawed or bitten) by either Pleinair or Same-san. She appears as the receptionist in Disgaea, and is a playable character in the DS version (if you beat the game). She’s also part of a news crew in Disgaea […]

Radiant Dreamer reaches 50,000!

by radiantdreamer January 14, 2009 in Things I Find Interesting 11 comments tags: 50000 hits, anime, radiantdreamer

A hallmark milestone! Radiant Dreamer has reached over 50,000 hits! Thanks, everyone who helped make this possible! This site has definitely come a long way! Thanks for being there for my lows, and for celebrating the highs! This site exists because of YOU!

The Big Move – Current Collection 2011 January

January 12, 2011 50 comments

Do you have too many figures? Do you cycle them like I do? Every time I do this, it gets harder and harder. See how my collection has changed since the last time! Read more!

No Resolutions – 2011 Looking Forward

January 02, 2011 38 comments

Every year, people make ambitious resolutions, only to see them shattered come February when they realize they just can't change themselves to do it. Today, we look at 6 steps you can take to make it work. Read more!

Everyday Singapore

December 29, 2010 34 comments

In a way, it's like revisiting the past, because some things simply don't change about Singapore. In other ways, it's looking at how different things really are in one year. My stay in Singapore this year most certainly got me thinking about that. Today, we look at some of the things that really haven't changed all that much. Read more!