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Posted by: Blue fox on: June 28, 2009

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Cardcaptor Sakura

Posted by: Blue fox on: June 25, 2009

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Unfortunately, I couldn’t keep this one with me because one of my friends asked for it as her birthday gift ( I was planning for a gift for the whole month and I couldn’t come up with something, man… she saved me lots of time and thinking …..)

For this one, I used two pictures from the Internet because my friend wish that the drawings would be for sakura ( and I am not good at drawing her hair.. It just gives me hard times…)

for the credit, Clamp owns this character I just liked to draw it

Beginning steps:

Pencil ,white paper, these two pic, pencil colours, and a black ballpen

@drawing the colored part of the final one

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@ Now it is done

 

@This is the starting of the second shaded part of the final drawing

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The final results is posted on the beginning of this post

 

so as usual
EnJoY :dance:

 

 

Face-Friendly Foods

Posted by: Blue fox on: June 25, 2009

         I was surfing the internet and found this great article about face friendly foods and liked to share with you. People might vary in their face skin type, so if these tips didn’t work, you have to check your skin type. IF you have any useful techniques for keeping face’s skin as good as possible and makes it great just feel free to share in the comments section of this article.. Again, this article is brought to you by ” Women’s fitness”.. see the link below, and …… Enjoy :D

 

 

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 It is true that if you eat the right foods, you could be on your way to a healthier skin- a brighter complexion, smoother texture and fewer wrinkles. Dr Nicholas Perricone, dermatologist at Yale University School of Medicine recommends a three-day program full of fish, fruit, veggies and olive oil to quickly rejuvenate the complexion. Many a skin problems, like Acne can be corrected through diet modifications instead of prescribed drugs.

 

 

So, here comes the answer to what should you eat for a more beautiful complexion?

  

1. DARK LEAFY GREENS (Attack acne):

asset_upload_file399_113712richly colored leafy greens like methi, spinach, amaranth (chowli), drumstick leaves are full of antioxidants. Plus, they’re a great source of iron when eaten with vitamin C rich foods. (Women who don’t get enough iron are especially prone to dark circles under their eyes). Greens also contain zinc.

 

 

In one Swedish study, acne-prone patients who added a zinc supplement to their diets saw 85 per cent of zits clear up after three months. Zinc also helps break down damaged collagen, allowing new collagen to form.

 

2.VEGETABLE OIL (Defeats dryness):

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 Adequate fat intake is one key to smooth, supple skin. Dermatologists speculate that women with persistently dry, flaky skin may not be getting enough good fats found in poly and monounsaturated oils like sesame, mustard, peanut and olive in their diet. When they add them back, the condition usually clears up in a few weeks.

 Just a tablespoon daily may make a huge difference to dry skin. If clogged pores are a problem, dermatologists say experts; the essential fatty acids in these vegetable oils can help keep them clear by thinning the oils they secrete.

 

3.WATER (Boosts moisture):

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Dehydrated skin looks ashen and gray and hangs off the face. Water is the best dull-skin reviver. Hydrated skin looks moist and plump, which makes existing wrinkles less obvious. To see results, though, you need H2O every day. Make sure to down about nine 200 ml glasses daily – more if you work out.

 

  

  4.RIPE TOMATO (Keeps skin elastic):

ripe_tomato2400this skin-sensational food, packs high levels of the antioxidant vitamins A and C as well as skin cancer-fighting chemicals. Vitamin C helps keep skin elastic and prevents bruising. Vitamin A aids in healing acne from the inside out by boosting resisting to infection. Find these antioxidants in other dark red, orange and yellow fruits and veggies, too.

 

  

5.BERRIES (Fight wrinkles):

Mixed_BerriesBerries are a great source of polyphenols, antioxidants that are currently being studied for their anti-aging capabilities.

(The yummy fruits have already been shown to protect short-term memory and balance). Recent studies revealed, blueberries are packed with three times the antioxidant compared to a bunch of an orange.
A hefty handful of jamuns, strawberries or just 2 to 3 amlas has all the antioxidant vitamin C your body requires each day to reconstruct your collagen, the scaffolding that keeps skin from drooping.

 

6.SARDINE (Calms inflammation):

v_7_ill_842370_sardineThis fatty fish is teeming with face-friendly omega-3 fatty acids, which do everything from attack arid areas to help deflate inflamed zits. Also found in mackerel, shark, etc, essential fatty acids battle collagen-damaging free radicals and help smooth out fine lines.

Dermatologists recommend eating fish three times a week. If you can’t stand seafood, a fish-oil supplement may offer the same benefits. Or try adding flaxseed (alsi) oil and nuts to your diet. Fatty fish and nuts also contain zinc, which helps quell acne flare-ups and increase cell growth.

 

  

7.MELON (Foils flakiness):

melonThis colorful fruit is full of carotene-like compounds such as lycopene, which reduce the deep down collagen damage that promotes wrinkles. Dermatologists often prescribe musk melon to drab-skinned patients (recommend a few slices a day to promote a healthy glow.)

 The orange orb is also a great source of beta-carotene, which is converted to vitamin A. This nutrient prevents keratonic plugs, the rough patches that are often found on the backs of the arms.

 

  

8.SOY (Puts off pimples):

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Whether whole or in the form of tofu, this bean is a  skin saver. It’s full of chemicals that act like estrogen, and may help prevent acne, say dermatologists. Another soy bonus: It’s loaded with vitamin E, which boosts new cell growth and keeps skin moist. Try eating at least half a cup of soy (in the form of beans or tofu) 3 times a week.

 

 

 

9.CARROTS (Discourage wrinkling):

carrotsCrunch all you want- carrots are bursting with the beta-carotene your body turns into vitamin A, a key to keeping dry, flaky skin at bay. You’ll also find this nutrient in other orange fruits and vegetables, such as apricots, papaya, pumpkin, mango and sweet potatoes.

 

 

 

 

10.(Ousts toxins):

OatmealYou’ll get a dose of fiber that, once converted, helps filter toxins (and raises your clear-skin potential). If oatmeal’s too expensive, go for ragi or barley. These cereals are also rich in B vitamins, which aid new skin-cell growth.

 

 

 

 

 

Smart eating will help to ward off the skin problems like dryness, acne and have a bigger impact on keeping wrinkles at bay. Avoid over consumption of saturated fats and sugar for they may gum up the capillaries that whisk nutrients to the skin and make a mess with skin collagen, thereby contributing to saggy, inflexible skin and brown spots.

 

 

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A little Angle

Posted by: Blue fox on: December 5, 2008

Well, It’s not that good, but I enjoyed drawing the eyes )
This is my first time to draw a real person. I’ve been working on this one for a long time and couldn’t finish it till now and that can be shown form the incomplete shading … not quite impressed with the result but It has been a while since the last submittion, so I decided to share this one with you.

Actually, my Anatomy and Physiology Professor had so many comments on this one regarding the position of the eyes, the mouth, and the ear, but he said it was alright.
He is quite helpful and supportive, he gave me some useful advice for this drawing and I hope I can apply them soon…

Enjoy D

 

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One Piece:Luffy

Posted by: Blue fox on: August 31, 2008

 

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I find it really hard to describe this one because I have received soo many strange comments from my family and friends stating that this one doesn’t seem a drawing at all !!!
I didn’t understand what made them think like that. It’s funny to remember my little bro saying: “Wow, where did you get this from? meaning… he thought it was a printed one…..

It took forever to finish this one, that’s why I wasn’t submitting things lately in WP, sorry for that ). I didn’t enjoy it a lot because I had some problems with the black pen and the coloring pencils ( some of them were missing, especially the ones I need for this drawing and the ones I always depend on)
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I even borrowed my eldest sis’s Black marker to color the background ( that marker really stinks.. it was sooo smelly…)

hope you don’t notice the wierd smile though I tried to make it realistic but it insisted to seem fake….

I really adore his smile   D

For the credit, I took 2 pictures randomly from the Internet and drew them beside each other and then added the effects. Don’t know who really drew the original images but I hope saying this keeps their rights.
Links for the images:

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Some of you might think that I am soo free to do the effects or writing the name or even the whole coloring without using a program like Adobe Photoshop but I still don’t feel comfortable using such programs not now…. maybe later when I can master it ……

Hope you like it and sorry again for the quality but I couldn’t stand the smell of the marker ( sooo strong, I suffer a headache now…..)

I will post the drawing before coloring although I wanted to post previous stages but I thought of taking shots after it was too late hehe :D

 

@ After inking and coloring the smiling Luffy and part of the shirt of the other Luffy

 

 

@ Continuing with the red shirt and coloring the pants and the straw hat

 

 

@ using a black marker and a black coloring pencil to write luffy’s name and to color the background.

 

 

@ completing the background and shading the edges of the small luffy drawing.

               

 

@ The conclusion is the First one above.

 

Hope you like it

;)

 

 

Hoshikawa Subaru: Megaman Star Force

Posted by: Blue fox on: August 13, 2008

Tools used:

*pencil

*eraser

*a note book sheet ( we didn’t have papers then hehe :D )

 

 

A close friend of mine drew this one when we were in the Arts club at school.

It was her first attemption to draw and she turned up to be so good at it and this

is the prove.

I was so proud of here to the point that I wanted her permission to post it here in WP.

I like it so much because it reminds me of wonderful moments and funny situations.

 

Isn’t it a good start ?

Tifa in Final Fantasy 7 by a little girl

Posted by: Blue fox on: August 13, 2008

 

Tool used:
* Ordinary pencil ( pencils hehe :D )
Eraser
I suppose that this one will make you surprised for awhile. This drawing was
drawn by my little sister Zainab who is 12 years old .
I was surprised to know that my little sister was so talented like that.
I didn’t know that she can draw Tifa!!  I wouldn’t be able to draw it l
ike her.
She took the whole month to finish this one
( no wonder she kept on asking me for pencils ;) )
I had a hard time to convince her to let me post it here but I had my
ownways to convince a 12 year old girl hehe :D
Anyways, glad to know that I have a talented sister like her.
I loved this one sooo much and I am very proud of her :)

A Gift for a Friend

Posted by: Blue fox on: August 7, 2008

This one was drawn by me for this friend. She is a big fan of those two characters

 ” shadow the hedgehog ” and ” Rouge the bat”.

Talking about this drawing, It took me two days to draw and colour it although it might seem so simple to you but actually it was hard for me to draw because it was the first time for me to draw those characters.

I received some comments for friends of mine on this picture. Some of them thought that it wasn’t colored with color pencils because of the smoothness and others thought that it looks 3-D ( REALLY!!) ;)

I wanted to color it using adobe photo shop but I am so bad at that

( guess I need more practising and some useful tutorials to improve :D )

 so?

what do you think? ;)

Tools used:

*Pencil

*Colouring penciles

*Eraser

*Drawing notebook

 

Are Moisturizers Beneficial?

Posted by: Blue fox on: August 6, 2008

Moisturizers are useful for dry skin. The mechanism of action is to prevent the natural oils and water within the skin from escaping ; they do not put moisture into the skin. They give the skin a smooth, soft texture and, plumps up the fine wrinkles making them less obvious.

Chances are: you will require a moisturizer at one time or another. Unless you   have unusually dry skin, however, the use of a moisturizer should not necessarily become part of your daily routine. If moisturizers are used too often they can prevent the normal sloughing off of the top layer of dead skin cells. This gives the appearance of dryness and falsely induces the individual to use more moisturizer. This moisturizer induced dryness is called cosmetic seborrhea. If the problem persists, the skin becomes inflamed, and scaly patches form.

Choosing a Moisturizer

As within cleansers, the choice of moisturizers is a period decision and involves a certain amount of experimentation to find the right one for you.

There are three qualities to look for in a moisturizer:

 

•whether it helps control the dryness.

•whether it occludes the pores, which causes acne

•whether it irritates the skin.

 

Oil and water are the two basic ingredients of moisturizers. The difference between moisturizing products is the ration of these two ingredients in the products. Products labeled oil free may actually have oil in them but the ration of water to oil in more as compared to their counterparts in which the ration of water to oil is usually much greater. Oils are necessary to trap the natural moisture.

A moisturizer will smooth skin to make wrinkles less apparent, but only temporarily; unfortunately, moisturizing your skin will not have any long-term effect on wrinkles.

If you are unable to determine the ratio of oil to water in a moisturizer from its label, try the following tests before purchasing large amounts of the products.

•Put on some of the moisturizer. If the skin where you applied the moisturizer is warm, the moisturizer has a lot of oil in it. On the other hand, if the skin is cool; the moisturizer has a lot of water in it. The reason for this reaction is that the water evaporates from the skin and evaporation is a cooling mechanism. Oil, on the other hand, does not evaporate. It traps the heat in our bodies.

•Put a dab of moisturizer on a piece of tissue paper and hold it over a hot light bulb for several minutes. If there is a lot of oil in the moisturizer, it will melt around the dab of moisturizer. The wider the spread of oil into the tissue, the greater the oil content in the moisturizer.

.Lotions tend to have a greater water to oil ratio and will allow the skin to breathe (sweat and cool) more than ointments which are often petroleum – based and greasy. Creams fall somewhere In the middle of the oil-to-water ration.

Beyond the two ingredients of oil and water cosmetic companies try to differentiate their products from similar ones through creative packaging and by adding special ingredients for which they often make unsubstantiated claims.

Here is a realistic look at some of the more commonly added ingredients .

•Mineral oil and petroleum – based products are very good moisturizers because they effectively look in the moisture. In high concentrations however they may occlude the pores, preventing natural oil from surfacing, resulting in acne and milia. They also tend to feel sticky on the skin.

 

•Vegetable oils generally are not as effective for moisturizing as are animal fats and mineral oils. Fats, polyunsaturated oils, such as apricot kernel, olive and avocado oils are common occlusive ingredients used in moisturizers.

 

•Hormones and placental extracts attract can hold water, but can also cause allergic reactions. If these hormones are absorbed into the body, they may effect the internal organs. Other ingredients such as vitamin E, collagen, proteins and amino acids may encourage skin hydration They cannot however assist in rejuvenating aging skin because they do not pass through the top layer of the skin to the dermis where wrinkles originate. In addition, these ingredients can also cause allergic reactions.

•Vitamin A derivatives have been added to some products as anti-aging agents. Whether or not the enzymes in the skin actually convert these derivatives into Tretinoin, which is the rejuvenating factor in the anti-aging products Retin-A, Renova, and vitamin A acid, remains in question until they have been exposed to the cold light of scientific scrutiny. The doses are so slow that even if they do convert to tretinion in the skin they probably do not provide the hoped benefits. Examples of products containing vitamin a derivatives include Estee lauder’s future perfect micro- targeted skin gel, prescriptive extra firm and Avon bio advance.

 
•Chemical agents, such as urea ,glycolic acid and lactic acid, improve the moisture retaining ability of the moisturizer. Examples are, Reversa lotion, Neo strata cream, Lachydrin lotion, Lacticare lotion and Uremol lotion. These agents, often called chemically enhanced moisturizers, are frequently recommended for dry skin problems and are most effective when put on moist skin. If they are not put on moist skin or are put on skin with small, dry skin cracks, they tend to sting.

 
•Fragrance- Fragrances are used to mask the odor of formulation ingredients and to impart a pleasant fresh aroma. Fragrance is added to 65% of moisturizers. Fragrances are the most common sensitizers. They are the most likely irritating agents, especially in individuals who already have a preexisting dermatitis.

 
Tip: Before purchasing a moisturizer know your skin type. Is it dry, oily, normal or have a T zone. Also, You should always apply moisturizer while your skin is still slightly damp.

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Best Ways To Break Unhealthy Habits

Posted by: Blue fox on: August 5, 2008

I liked this article a lot because we face so much unhealthy habits. Reading this one can help us to determine furthersteps to change our unhealthy lifestyles and habits. You can find here some useful methods to break those habits.

By Allison Van Dusen

 

Admit it–you probably have at least one unhealthy habit you’d like to break.

Maybe you can’t stop pulling in to fast-food drive-thrust, you waste your allotted gym time surfing the Web or you’re still tanning. Whatever it is, it’s likely costing you time, energy and money. (With a new tax hike, a pack of cigarettes in New York City could soon cost more than $9.)

If you’re ready to take another stab at giving up your French fry habit, you might benefit from new research showing which methods are most effective and what’s been holding you back. Keeping your defiant attitude in check and attacking a couple of bad habits at once may work better than you’d expect.

Conventional wisdom and the spending habits of public health organizations around the globe seem to indicate that people persist with unhealthy behavior because they don’t realize just how much damage they’re doing to themselves.

But research from the University of Alberta, presented in 2006, has shown otherwise. In two surveys of 1,200 people in Alberta, conducted in 1994 and 2005, respondents ranked lifestyle habits such as smoking and tanning as more hazardous than chemical contamination and ozone depletion. That knowledge, however, wasn’t enough to motivate these people to change, says Cindy Jardine, an associate professor at the University of Alberta who specializes in environmental health risks and communication.

“People don’t need to be told that smoking is bad for them,” Jardine says. “They don’t need to know they’d be better off if they ate better. Everybody knows this. We should be putting our money into getting information on why they continue to do these things and helping them address some of these issues.”

 

Jardine’s research suggests social acceptance and defiance may play key roles in keeping us shackled to our bad habits. While smoking has recently become far less accepted–even France (known for its high incidence of cigarette smoking) has enacted a ban on smoking in public places–being a stressed-out workaholic is still seen as honorable in modern American society. Likewise, when you’re told by a doctor or the media to avoid an unhealthy habit, you may childishly start to rationalize your actions–telling yourself, for example, “Smoking helps me keep my weight in check.”

 

If you want to clean up your act, take a cue from science and break away from the norm. Stop using your bad habits as a way to fit in with coworkers or friends. Excuses that enable your behavior are also a no-no. Getting a “base tan,” for instance, may help prevent sunburn, but that doesn’t mean it’s any good for your skin.

 

 

While you may have heard that you’re most likely to be successful if you address one habit at a time, research out of the Baylor College of Medicine, published in the June Archives of Internal Medicine, as well as findings from a Northwestern University study released in September, suggests tackling multiple behaviors at once may be more effective

 

That’s because many bad behaviors are complementary. If, for instance, you watch too much TV and tend to snack as you tune in, cutting down on your TV time may make it easier to rid your diet of tortilla chips. Along those lines, starting a running program may help motivate you to quit smoking; or signing up for a yoga class may get you more active as well as help ease your stress.

“Some of these things go very naturally together,” says Dr. Robert Kushner, an expert on obesity and fitness and a professor of medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

 

 

The amount of flexibility you have at work also influences your ability to follow through with healthy lifestyle habits, confirms research from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine published in December in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. People who work the traditional 9-to-5 typically only have a few minutes of free time here and there, which makes it difficult to fit in workouts or take time for stress-reducing lunches away from the office.

Have you managed to kick an unhealthy habit? What was your secret to success? Add your thoughts in the Comments section below.

 

Having flexible hours, however, or the option of telecommuting, helps people carve out time for healthy habits, says Joseph Grzywacz, lead author of the study and associate professor in the Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

 

And don’t discount the impact of timing.

Findings from a study from the Peninsula Medical School in South West England released this spring show that retirement may be one of the most effective times to try to quit smoking.

 

 The study, which followed 1,712 smokers aged 50 and older over a six-year period, showed that 42% of those who had recently retired put an end to the habit, compared with 29% of those still working and 30% of those already retired.

 

 

Quitting a bad habit during a major life transition isn’t for everyone, though, Kushner cautions. Dealing with a divorce, a new child or retirement’s inherent lack or structure may overwhelm some people, sabotage their efforts and discourage them from trying again.

 That’s why it’s important, when picking a strategy, to consider what will work best for your personality and lifestyle.

 

These challenges “are surmountable,” Kushner says, “but you’ve got to be aware of them.”

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