Graphite 2008
Hi guys. This is a competition for Singaporean artists (or those who think they are artists anyway), so if you are one of the 6 billion people who don’t live on this tiny island, then stop reading and go watch Macross Frontier 23.
As part of the previously-mentioned AFA08, NUS Comics Animation Society is organizing Graphite 2008, an illustration competition. There are two categories: Character Design (i.e. well-exposed moé girls or homoerotic bishounens), and Short Story Manga (i.e. complicated in-jokes that no one but the author and two other fan girls understand.)
Deadline is 28th September 2008. Refer to official website for more information.
Do you know that graphite carbon atoms are sp2 hybridized and are weakly bonded between layers of macromolecular covalent structures?
September 12th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
I’m gonna win this. Despite the fact I got 17 for Art.
September 12th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
DEADline. Not Dateline.
I can’t draw for nuts so I am going to skip this.
September 12th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Then of cause you would know that diamond is sp3 hybridized and is a giant molecule that is made up of only covalent bonds.
September 12th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Oh shoot, I forgot to post about this after promising jinya.
September 12th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
hybridization is just a theory!
but yeah =D
September 12th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
A “theory” in scientific terms refer to a different thing than layman usage. Gravity is just a theory.
September 13th, 2008 at 12:14 am
N(x)=f(e) X g(e)
Number of electrons in possible states
September 13th, 2008 at 4:48 am
I did know graphite is sp2 hybridized, which means that you have delocalization between the three branches of the C-C bonds. This leads to weak Van Der Waal’s intermolecular bonding between different layers of carbon. This explains why layers of graphite slide of each other with little force e.g. when you’re writing with a pencil, and why the lead is brittle. But due to the nature of the hybridized bonding graphite displays decent tensile strength because the sp2 hybrized covalent bonding can stretch!
Soz, I got a bit side tracked there, but I wanted to know where that Hatsune Miku picture is from.
September 14th, 2008 at 1:52 am
Seems like every chem paper I get a question on hybridization of carbon in graphite/diamond/buckyball. At least this reminded me to study for finals, lol.
September 15th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Damn you Chemistry!!!
Ok, after that, I think I will ask my brother to join that. I can’t even draw a piece of cloud with a gun on my head, so nah.
September 15th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
I hope they accept stickman
September 16th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
That’s pretty good isn’t it. Hey, awesome to see Ninjai on your front page.
October 7th, 2008 at 3:44 am
mmmmm, sexy girl with green hair, DO WANT. Om nom nom nom nom…