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Graphite 2008

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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.

Anime Festival Asia

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?

13 responses

  1. SnooSnoo Avatar
    SnooSnoo

    I’m gonna win this. Despite the fact I got 17 for Art.

  2. ryuko_hikaru Avatar
    ryuko_hikaru

    DEADline. Not Dateline.

    I can’t draw for nuts so I am going to skip this.

  3. ILM Avatar
    ILM

    Then of cause you would know that diamond is sp3 hybridized and is a giant molecule that is made up of only covalent bonds.

  4. Kurogane Avatar
    Kurogane

    Oh shoot, I forgot to post about this after promising jinya.

  5. nutcase23 Avatar
    nutcase23

    hybridization is just a theory!

    but yeah =D

  6. DarkMirage Avatar
    DarkMirage

    A “theory” in scientific terms refer to a different thing than layman usage. Gravity is just a theory.

  7. LianYL Avatar
    LianYL

    N(x)=f(e) X g(e)
    Number of electrons in possible states

  8. Fumika Avatar
    Fumika

    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.

  9. Yukarin Avatar
    Yukarin

    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.

  10. Heron Avatar
    Heron

    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.

  11. Ding Avatar
    Ding

    I hope they accept stickman

  12. Ninjai Gang Avatar
    Ninjai Gang

    That’s pretty good isn’t it. Hey, awesome to see Ninjai on your front page.

  13. Learning Spanish Like Crazy Review Avatar
    Learning Spanish Like Crazy Review

    mmmmm, sexy girl with green hair, DO WANT. Om nom nom nom nom…

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