Tile Department

So what do you do when you're:

- bored
- in a hardware store
- at the tile department
- seeing a handful of teeny little tiles unattended by staff?

You make this.






















I don't know what it is. But you make it. And you can just imagine them smiling when it's time to clean up!

Jourblog?

I was thinking that I should add some journal spirit to this blog. That way it is much more alive, right? So, I downloaded a Blogger app on my Android to blog on the go, which means I can blog some of my random doodles and you can peek at them.

Here is a doodle I made to commemorate this spontaniety! Sorry, it's a picture of a pissed-off ice cream. Bitch is cold! :)

Primitive Instincts in Yellow

Just an impulsive sketch to let you know I'm still here.
I did it on a yellow background.
Yellow is one of my favourite colours.

It's easy on the eyes, catches attention (and flying insects, if ever one is wearing a yellow coloured clothing -  trust me), emits a mixture of warmth, happiness and comfortability, and it sprinkles the ground in autumn, making it my favourite season. There can be no autumn without yellows and oranges.

I recently downloaded an online sketch application that had the ability to neighbour connecting points to shade and style. And it looks EPIC. This picture was made using Harmony. You can snag it from here.

Last Minute Ticket!

My friends got me tickets to see Usher and Trey Songz today!

It's gonna be once crazy fun-filled experience. Time for some sleep, need to line-up early!

Shirley and Tin, if you guys are reading this, thank you thank you so much, I appreciate it. Let's do this!

Cold Light

The colours of the good times will always shine through.


In physics, luminescence is light that is able to be emitted at cold temperatures, also called 'cold light'.

It seemed to fit snuggly as a metaphor for the light in within ourselves. Times we find ourselves in cold situations, it's up to us to choose, to see, or emit this light to liberate others into warmth.

Style: 

Wet on wet, Impasto - Possibly my favourite style of painting. It's spontaneous. Its essence captures a lot of in-the-moment creativity and cognitive state.

Medium:
Acrylic paint, gloss medium on canvas

Rock Concert Under a Stormy Sky

So it's finally here.

Some of us, when we see how dark our skies are getting, we seem to sulk indoors in gloom. Some of us fear the thunder and lightning more than we should.

Of course, a good reason to fear lightning is that, well... I think it can kill? But if you keep your wits about and are careful enough, it's radical to watch nature's spectacular lights display.

I used to fear lightning. And thunder. Until that time when I was small, and I saw it outside in the open sky. It looked magnificent. It illuminated the dull, grey sky into flashes of blue and white. The thunder just completes it. There's just something about bright flashes of light and a deep rumble working as a team within the clouds.

It reminded me so much of the rock concerts. I know it's impractical, but regardless, I always wanted to see Linkin Park in a huge stadium, under a rainy thunderous sky with lightning light shows. If it was safe, how awesome would that be?

I was inspired by a conversation between a friend and I. He was telling me about what he was going through at the time, and said his clouds were starting to look grey. I wanted to find something to say to show I care, and you know those moments when the words just come to you? I had one of those moments. Wanting to cheer him up a bit, I said what I said. It was originally longer, but I condensed it to the caption in my piece.

Here are some progression pictures. After 5 days of working on it, it's finally finished. I hope this entry inspires you somehow. Rock on.

This one is my hand-drawn version, my first and foremost concept for this piece. I did not take it too far though. I tried working on, but I needed more room for error at this stage, so I re-drew it, scanned it and painted it digitally.

Staring Woman

Just another concept practice.

You know when you travel in public and don't know where to stare? Well, here's one that I made where you know exactly where to stare without having to give away the whole picture. I did this by highlighting key features like the eyes.

I wanted to experiment on tone and a subtle textures on the face. I sketched a woman and got some basic shading and tone down after scanning it. I like capturing the eyes and mouth a lot. Something I must continuously improve.

After experimenting, I thought I'd give it a good use off white space to effectively make the woman the focal point of the picture. I was tempted to add patterns and other background images and colour. But here, simplicity is key.

Here is a couple of my progression pictures: