Hello~ sharing a set of the GazettE RED icons that made by me~ This is the first time i do icons.. Well, please save it for personal use, do not redistribute them or claim them as yours. I hope you like them! ^^,
yuuhoooooo~ it's the last day of my industrial training! I will not be free until Sept6 because I need to rush my final report! Hopefully I will have time to spam some gazetalk here. xD
by the way,let's make this day Uruha-day. ^^ My favorite photo. (eh? did i posted this photo before? it seems familiar....)
hmm.... I've done 2 pieces of GazettE fan arts. sharing one of it: Uru's pants are missing~~ ♪(´ε｀ ) Dedicated to my darling~ Darling, don't be jealous ok~ blek!
Goooood morning! Are you missing my crazy gaze-talk?! I'm sorry~ I'm kind of busy lately.. Bringing you a piece of news from a gaze fans community, gazette_media.
For your information, there is a project for fans who can not attend the tour final at Tokyo Dome on 26 Dec but wished to show their love & support to the GazettE-
Please visit this link for more information: http://community.livejournal.com/gazette_media/2516269.html
yes yes, i'm IN! definitely IN! xD
aww, btw, i've made another piece of fan art.. It's Uruha this time! [ http://fav.me/d2vmtf1 ] I hope you like it~ xD
Well, i will continue making fanarts... (which means not much blog updates) By the time i settled my industrial training & its report (probably sept or oct) i will start selecting and compiling my fanarts for this project!!! xD *excited*
Good morning! Have you listend to SHIVER, Hesitating means Death and Naraku?! They are so great!!! Well, i'm sorry for not preparing interesting posts lately.. I am so into gazette fanart!. xD Sharing some fanarts by mE~
the calendar says so... WTF! imma bad girl~ poor gazette chibis!
Summer Ray 2010. They are my sunshine. x3
and lastly, for Ruki girls, for you and me. As Aoi said, he is so cute that I wanna eat him up! 'Shiver making of' raw images taken from hystric-honey@livejournal
Sharing Naraku[奈落] with ya before i end this post! xD I love it so much because it is so Distress and Coma!
Good Morning. I have no idea what to blog about... I had a restless night, so my brain is malfunctioning today. (it's empty inside!) Well, I have a piece of fanART to share with you. xD (dear DeviantART followers n Facebook contacts of mine, u can actually ignore this! :P)
http://charist-julz.deviantart.com/ This is my very first digital painting. I learnt the shading techniques from youtube~ of course, I could only done this with help of vectorized version. (i can't draw!) Okay, enough for craps.
A friendly reminder: It is July 20th 2010 today!!! xD By the way, Hesitating Means Death is available on youtube. Catch it now! (Good Luck.) and for those who are waiting for SHIVER / Film Bug/ Gaze Live Tour, GAMBATE-KUDASAI! hoho x3
Look!!! I just found this picture in my external hard disk~ Now SPOT RUKI! i stared at this picture for more than 10 seconds n yet I FAILED TO SPOT HIM! However, I was able to spot Kai~ =P
ohyaaaaaaaaa, i have something cute to share: Twitty Koron by JuL Click it if you love Koron-chan~ =D
by JuliEn! ^^ A good way to practice my skills in which i will never get bored of it. http://charist-julz.deviantart.com/
Kai This is for dear Claudia from Kai family~ Kai: I'm cute, am i??
Uruha UruruxHellion, for Mrs.Uruha, my darling~ I hope this will keep you companied.
Aoi This is for Nry Go. Sorry for taking so long! *blue lil birdy = twitter! ohh did u know that? Aoi has an official Twitter profile page, follow him now at http://twitter.com/Aoi_theGazettE !
Reita's is still in pending status .. =x about Ruki's.. i will do it when I am ready. xD
Lastly, thanks for following this blog. Take them as little gifts from JuliEn, i hope you like them. :D
Getting bored n emo of assignments... I took a first try for lyrics translation. :x Japanese to Chinese.
(Of course, with the help of existing English translated copy and Eng-Jap dictionary). So basically i'm translating based on my Eng-Chns knowledge and some Jap basics.
Note: words in [ ] are printed in booklet but not sung.
Disclaimer: I just translating for the sake of getting rid of my boredom~ i don't study Jap~ i don't study Chinese either~ So my translation might be wrong, or might even far drifted away from its original meaning! xD
Last bouquet (Ruki's version) ねぇ またそうやって 僕の顔色伺って 傷つけない様にって言葉探してるでしょ
This was the topic of my previous Public Speaking informative speech. It was said that this is an interesting topic that people do not know what Visual Kei is all about. Therefore, I would like to put this up here to share with more people.
What is Visual Kei? There are various literal translation for "Visual Kei", but "Visual Style" seems too be most suitable to decribe Visual Kei as most resources used Visual Style to define Visual Kei. It is a term usually related to Japanese Rock music. Often refers to bands whose primary point of interest for their fans is their costume and appearance. It can be said that Visual Kei is a sub-genre or sub-culture of Japanese Rock, much like how emotional music developed the "emo culture".
★History★ During 1980s, combining the growing influence of City Pop and Glam Rock from the United States. Bands like X Japan, D’erlanger and Color pioneered the use of fashion and colorful appearances to define the genre and develop a new style and subculture.
X Japan
During 1990s, Visual Kei became incredibly successful in Japan, with the album sales reaching record levels and often competing with major J-pop artists. Bands like Glay, Luna Sea, and L’Arc-en-Ciel grew out of the 1990s boom of Visual Kei and became incredibly successful.
At the end of 1990s, Visual Kei declined sharply due to the disbanding of Luna SEA and the death of Hideto Matsumoto of X Japan, who hung himself to death.
However, during 2006 & 2007, a new wave of Visual Kei bands have been arriving, driven by reunion tours from Luna Sea and X Japan as well as multiple tribute bands. Until today the culture of Visual Kei is still growing and continues its influence over the world.
★Characteristics★
Artists that fall under this category place great importance on their images, perhaps even more than their music. The image presented by Visual Kei artists normally elaborate and extreme with striking make up, bizarre hairstyle and flamboyant clothing leading to girly look. Cross-dressing is also a common occurence.
Many people who first exposed to Visual Kei artists mistake a male member as being female. (Most Visual Kei bands are all male members, some with one or two female members.) But why they would come out with this kind of image? Back to the history, when Visual Kei genre was first introduced, it was not accepted by the society, not even in Japan itself because the music were too odd for the local. Therefore instead of using music, Visual Kei artists used image to draw people's attention and to arouse their curiosity.
Their image often changing from album to album to create something new and interesting. Each band has a specific look that separates them from other VK bands. But within this, each member has their own style that still more is different to other members but does not compromise the bands overall trademark look and feel.
Some bands have a vibrant and colorful look with vividly highlighted hair and brightly coloured nail polish.
While some are more gothic, with dark make-up and heavy chains.
Cross-dressing.
★Genres★ Visual Kei encompasses a large variety of genres from heavy metal to punk rock to electronic pop. The band most often play J-rock and vocal based pop or light rock as these genres are much lighter and more acceptance than heavy metal. However, there are also bands who are playing or influenced by Anime theme music and Industrial.
Other than that, artists often, but not always, fuse different types of genres to create something that is new and unique. With little to no warning, songs can also easily jump from one genre to another with a rapid change of tempo, vocal style and rhythm.
Many genres are explored but most likely you will find that a band will have a characteristic sound or two that carries through a song no matter what genre. Taking genres as a wide sense, it would be said that Visual Kei bands are playing some kind of "rock music".
★Conclusion★ Visual Kei is a rich and exciting world with the outrageous looks presented by bands and the unique sounds produced, it truly is a feast for the senses as you can enjoy both sound and image at the same time.
It may seem as if these artists pulled off this crazy combination effortlessly, in fact a fair amount of work is put into both image and sound. As for sound, normally Visual Kei bands compose songs and lyrics on themselves. Sound is paid special attention to and if musicians have the necessary means, will even travel to other countries for the mastering of an album or single.
Concerning image, small things such as jewellery, accessories and even coloured contacts are often used and while as single items go generally go unnoticed, they add to the overall look. Sometimes they may even design their own accessories like rings, earrings, necklaces or bracelets.
━★Video example★━
Well, i will end my post at here. I hope by now you have a better understanding about Visual Kei. Thanks for reading. All comments are welcomed. =)
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゜・。・゜・▽Special Thanks To▽・。゜・゜・
Kny and Tian
for bringing Visual Kei into my world.
the GazettE
for inspiring me to do this topic.
Authors of former Visual Kei studies
as guidelines and resources for my topic.
Those who attended my speech and those who gave me comments!
