Stray Cat

Recently there's a stray cat who stay in my house.
My family do pity her, but after we lost our dog, we don't want to keep a pet anymore.

After our attempt to keep  the stray cat away (and we failed), my dad's driver finally took the cat with him.
Bye bye stray cat, I wish you well.

My Hair

I've been wanting to get a haircut lately. But my mom said to wait until my sister's wedding so the hairdresser could do my hair more creatively.

Well, what can I say?
Anyway, even  though I still want a haircut,  I  think it's a pity to cut it. I spent 2,5 years to grew it and now my hair has reached my waist.
So? What should I do?
Should I cut it short or should I let it grow until I become just like Rapunzel?

Happy B'day Abon

Yesterday was my best friend's birthday. The truth is, I want to post this yesterday, but I was so sick that I don't have the strenght to lift my pencil to draw.

Anyway, Happy belated birthday my friend!

My Favourite songs

 I've been listening to Koda Kumi's songs recently.

The first Kumi's song I've ever heard is Real Emotion. It's the soundtrack of Final Fantasy X-2.
After that, I've listened to many of her songs which made me a fan of hers.

Currently, my favourite songs are "Feel" and "Lies".

"Feel" is a ballad song with soothing and sexy melody, while "Lies" got more beat.
Otherwise, both songs are awesome!

I got the flu

Apart from got to eat in a expensive, all you can eat restaurant and finally got some days off from my internship, I'm not feeling really well this week.

I oftten sneeze, my nose is watery and my throat a little bit sore.
Yeah, I got the flu...

Tomorrow I need to get back to work. So, wish me well

FOOD!

Last Monday, my dad took me and my mom to a restaurant in a hotel.
It turned out that his friend from other city came to visit and he treat us all .
It's an all you can eat restaurant, so, I'm not ashamed to confess it, but I went a little out of control

Dream

A couple days ago I dreamt about being in an art exhibition. Pretty normal dream I guess... (I expect to go to Narnia in my dream, but noooo, I went to a normal, non magic, non futuristic art exhibition). Don't get me wrong, it's not like I hate exhibition, but, come on, it's a dream. I want to meet Aslan at least, or go to Mr Wonka's chocolate factory.

But I'm pretty glad. In my dream, I saw a beautiful painting. A painting of a lady holding a smoke pipe in her hand. She looked a little sad, but she's beautiful, from her get up, I guess she's a geisha.

When I woke up, I don't want to forget that painting so, I tried to 'reproduce' it, orrrr bring it to live? made it? Well, afterall it's my dream, so... I guess I'm the painter? Illustrator? creator?
Okay! Whatever. Here's the illustration from my dream :

I guess I'm failed.
The composition is right, but this illustration is not really resemble the one I saw in my dream. The colors are too dark compared to the real one (in my dream) and I can't remember the shape of the ornaments behind the lady.

Still, I spent 5 hours to did this with water color. The small parts were killing me! So I want to post it in this blog

The Butterfly Lovers

It's been a while since the last time I updated my blog.
Currently, I'm working as an intern at a publishing company.
I have to wake up early (not really my life style) and go to work. When I got home, I feel so tired that I don't have the energy to draw anything.

It's a non-paid job because I do it  to fulfill the condition my university set to graduate. But I'm pretty lucky to get a job that I like and fit me (I work as an illustrator at a children magazine) also, I get more knowledge from the people at work.

Since today is Sunday, I spent my spare time with drawing this illustration.

There's a story from China which resemble the story of Romeo and Juliet, It's called The Butterfly Lovers. It's a love story of Zhu Yingtai and Liang Shanbo. Here's the story from wikipedia :

Zhu Yingtai is a beautiful and intelligent young woman, the ninth child and only daughter of the wealthy Zhu family of Shangyu, Zhejiang. Although traditions of that era discourage females from going to school, Zhu manages to convince her father to allow her to attend classes in disguise as a young man. During her journey to Hangzhou, she meets Liang Shanbo, a scholar from Kuaiji (present-day Shaoxing). They chat and feel a strong affinity for each other at their first meeting. Hence, they gather some soil as incense and take an oath of fraternity in the pavilion of a thatched bridge.
They study together for the next three years in school and Zhu gradually falls in love with Liang. Although Liang equals Zhu in their studies, he is still a bookworm and fails to notice the feminine characteristics exhibited by his classmate.
One day, Zhu receives a letter from her father, asking her to return home as soon as possible. Zhu has no choice but to pack her belongings immediately and bid Liang farewell. However, in her heart, she has already confessed her love for Liang and is determined to be with him for all eternity. Before her departure, she reveals her true identity to the headmaster's wife and requests her to hand over a jade pendant to Liang as a betrothal gift.
Liang accompanies his "sworn brother" for 18 miles to see her off. During the journey, Zhu hints to Liang that she is actually a woman. For example, she compares them to a pair of mandarin ducks (a symbol of lovers in Chinese culture), but Liang does not catch her hints and does not even have the slightest suspicion that his companion is a woman in disguise. Zhu finally comes up with an idea and tells Liang that she will act as a matchmaker for him and his "sister". Before they part, Zhu reminds Liang to visit her residence later so he can propose to marry her "sister." Liang and Zhu reluctantly part ways at the Changting pavilion.
Months later, when Liang visits Zhu, he discovers that she is actually a woman. They are devoted to and passionate about each other and they make a vow of "till death do us part". The joy of their reunion is short-lived as Zhu's parents have already arranged for her to marry a man from a rich family called Ma Wencai. Liang is heartbroken when he hears the news and his health gradually deteriorates until he becomes critically ill. He dies in office later as a county magistrate.
On the day of Ma and Zhu's marriage, mysterious whirlwinds prevent the wedding procession from escorting the bride beyond Liang's grave, which lies along the journey. Zhu leaves the procession to pay her respects to Liang. She descends in bitter despair and begs for the grave to open up. Suddenly, the grave opens with a clap of thunder. Without further hesitation, Zhu throws herself into the grave to join Liang. Their spirits turn into a pair of beautiful butterflies and emerge from the grave. They fly away together as a pair of butterflies and are never to be separated again.

I don't really like a sad ending. So, to make it less sad, I drew the scene after their death. They get together and live happily ever after in the kingdom of heaven