Coffee Break

Experimenting with textured paper.

SAI

I've been struggling with line art.
I can't do it neatly! It depressed me.

My friend suggest me to use Paint SAI for line art. Yeah, it's easier but I still can't do it right

Flood and Blackout!

A few days ago, the city I live in got a terrible disaster.
Water everywhere and not just that, the flood was not getting decreased either. People got trapped in their own house. Even die because of drowning. It's really horrible.

I am fortunate enough to not get caught up by the flood. My neighbourhood is safe and dry, but because of the flood, our electricity was out for 4 days.

So, in those 4 days, I made these drawings.

 Recently, I got really caught up with vintage wedding dress. I really love the bohemian style dress and the juliette wedding veil.

Still about vintage wedding dress but with different style. I don't really like long wedding dress. Hey, I don't want to get tripped while walking at the aisle.
I really fond of laces and the details of vintage wedding dress.

Arabian dancers are really pretty! I got inspired by Morgiana from Ali Baba tale for this illustration. Morgiana is a brave woman who saved Ali Baba from the thief whom tried to kill him.

A fairy got trapped! I got inspired by the scene in Peter Pan where Tinkerbell, the fairy got caught by the pirates. It's been a while since I use water color. And I'm quite happy with this illustration.


Well, I did enjoy drawing these illustration while the electricity's out. But I hope it won't happen again and I pray for all  the victim that suffered because of this disaster.
I heard that there will be another flood in 29 January. Let's pray that it won't happen.

Snow White

I LOVE fairy tale. From Grimm to Andersen to 1001 nights, I just LOVE THEM!

But I gotta admit, the princess in those fairy tales are quite stupid. For example, Snow White. In the original version, the queen attempted to kill her THREE times. First suffocate her with ribbon, second with poisoned comb and last with poisoned apple.

The queen did those things with the same disguise as a poor old lady.
Even donkey won't fall into the same hole twice, but she fell for it THREE times! Just how stupid is she?

Well, I guess that's fairy tale for you, and I still love snow white. So, here we go, my Snow White Illustration

Psalm 23 :1

My friend told me about a wallpaper competition that's held by her work place (she's an intern there).
The first place got an ipod mini. I already own an ipod so, I was thinking if I can get the first place, I'm gonna sell it and use the money for my final assignment (it's gonna cost a lot).

Every contestant only allowed to sent 1 artwork and the theme is Bible verses. I made 2 and then ask my friends to choose which one is better. Now I reach a conclusion, so I post one of my artwork here. The other one has to wait until the contest is over

I use the verse from Psalm 23 : 1

The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

Foodism

So, yesterday was my day out with my friend/neighbour. We both loooove food! So, we did a bit of culinary conquest (well, not a bit actually, it was a terrible yet delicious sin we did on our diet...).

We were in the mood for sushi, so we went to my favourite japanese restaurant, Hachi Hachi. Apparently my friend also like that restaurant but never tried anything besides their sushi, which is really delicious by the way. So, I suggest her to try my favourite dish from that restaurant which is called bistro rice.

Bistro rice contained one portion of rice with three tempura shrimps, bulgogi, stir fried vegetables, three pieces of onion ring and two yakitori (meat on a skewer).  It's really delicious! And I guessed right, she absolutely love the dish!

In the evening, we stopped by at a little cafe called areli which I visited once long ago. I suggest her to go to that cafe because I love their apple pie and there's another reason that is not so pure...

The cafe owner is a really handsome guy!

My friend got really spirited after I told her that. And fortunately, the owner was there. We almost let our squeal out. But besides the handsome owner, the food is really good and the atmosphere is really nice. Such a cute little cafe. I really love it there.

Apparently my friend  fell in love with the apple pie too. She keeps on rambling about how she wants to eat it again.

Well, it was a good day. Now I must work hard to lose the fat I gained (sigh)

Love phone

There are some stuff that can't be spoken directly.
Some people are just shy to say I Love You to their beloved directly but for sure text message is not my favourite way to say I love you.

In these days when a 8 year old kid already got a cellphone and texting or even use the internet to communicate, I guess string phone is out of date. But still, it's my childhood toy and I think it's cute and can be a romantic way to express your feeling.

Can you imagine a shy boy with red face  trying to say I love You to the girl he loves?
 Isn't it cute and pure?

Fine... I made a mistake, the guy should place the telephone under his mouth, not his ear. I promise I will be more careful in the next illustrations

Okay, I'm gonna make a string phone. Then, I only need to find the right guy to play it with me. Hopefully, I'll find him this year.

2013 first post.

Happy New year all!!!

How do you spend new year?
I spend new year with the people from my neighbourhood, we have a little gathering and at midnight, we watch fireworks together.

It was fun and the fireworks are really beautiful.

Well, 2012 is over. Let's hope that 2013 will be a good year for all of us.

This is my first illustration in 2013