Rest.

I was down with a fever yesterday. A terrible headache and sore throat. Haven't felt so horrible in such a long time! Had a little scare what with the current flu virus pandemic... But with the help of some tablets and a nice warm soup (courtesy of my love:)) I'm feeling much better! I decided to dedicate this day for rest so I pretty much stayed in bed most of the hours. But after a lot of sleep I got bored and started drawing...

Please take care of your health *Note to self*

Drink lots and lots of water!

Take deep breaths...

...and have enough rest! =]

xOxO

p/s: please wear a flu mask when you're out in crowded places!

Of Bunnies & Rabbits.

Here's bits and pieces of that old doodle book I wanted to share (please don't mind the bad scanning!). As you can see it's from 2-3 years back! Earlier years of uni when life was filled with drama, but not short of rabbit doodles, tea and ice-cream. I've always loved doodling bunnies. As you can find in the pages of my doodle books there's a particular she-bunny I always draw whom I never gave a name to, only referring to her as the Purple Bunny.

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This was my experience flying back home with a dear friend of mine... :)

There's a lot more but I guess these will do for now. I need to get back to work! Have a lovely day ahead, peeps!

xOxO

Doodles,Tea & Egg Hatching

My eyes are strained. With the help of my red-rimmed computer glasses I sit here typing this post. It's been a long day. And with less hours of eye-shutter the night before I still seem to be going! What a Monday. Must be the tea. fused with loads of inspiration. Inspiration thats yet to materialize. lest I fall asleep that is.

Anyway, I was going through my old idea|observation book and got lost down memory lane for a while. Don't you find it delightful when you look back into your old sketch books and surprise yourself sometimes? Tee-hee. Well I'll be sharing some of those pages in the coming posts...

The weekend was spent going over ideas for our group project. During tea break I made these doodles: rough unkempt lines + a gal with a mission.

xOxO

Twinkle Through the Breeze.

Follow The White Rabbit.

It's already the middle of the week. Time flies. My digital post-its seem to be adding in length. It's pre-production time. These are the times I wish I were more decisive and less of a perfectionist. I wish I could just go with the flow and let myself go; not afraid to follow the white rabbit and plunge into that black hole of uncertainty, no?

Sea Temptress

Beware the beauty that's enticing

The Devil is in the details

. . .

Title Sequence

Lovely weather today! Windy with a little rain to enjoy a book in bed. Anyway here's a Title Seqeunce for my Typography assignment two sems back. I chose the movie The Usual Suspects as it was my film assignment for Film Appreciation class. It's short and simple, kan? I used only the basics in AE. It's been a while since touching that software but I'm hoping to get back to it cause it's a fun learning process! Although my first encounter with it was a bit confusing...thanks to a friend for the invaluable tips and trick! ;)

Time to get back to work.

xOxO

3D Environment

Here's another one... 3D environment. First attempt!

Musa 3D Model

Hey y'all! Here's a more recent project: 3D modelling! This was last term's work. Mind you, it was my first character modelling! Basically we had to chose an existing model or create one for approval but I decided to play it safe since I was still awkward with 3D... So I chose the character Musa from Winx Club. I've still so much to learn! Kudos*

xOxO

Paint My Heart.

A tiny card for my beau.

I just spread the watercolors out and the colors just bled through my punctus-tip brush.

And it seems my wish came true overnight: A collection of Paulo Coelho books!

**Thanks, love! I'm the happiest person on Planet Purple :)

Psychedelic Logic.

Hello, peeps. I know I've been away for a while now. Classes have begun and already we need to lock down on a story by the end of this week! I've been lost in my readings most of the time but after this week I think that's going to change a little... Btw, Paulo Coelho is magnifique :) I'm currently on The Pilgrimage. So far I've read three of his books--hoping still to fill my library with his entire collection!

Aaahh, well back to earth. I'm really looking forward to this term! We're to create a short 3D film as a group of four. *All the best to that!* >_<

Anyways, hope you all have a pleasant week! Here's a little treat: Meet Circus Girl (I know, very unimaginative -_-). She was one of my character development sketches for the Incongruity Project. Originally just a line art. One day she became my photoshop painting experiment and voila!

xOxO

Picking Up Stardust.

Here's a Vers Libre from my old blog. Lookin' back just a little. I doodled little Miss Dazed up there one day while waiting for a bus. Have a nice day, peeps!

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The days they only exist in moments we call 'now'

Yesterday was a dream, tomorrow is a vision

And yet the beauty of memories and dreams lives on.

I wish understanding were enough.

These moments are fragile

I wish i could hold onto them long enough

But tomorrow becomes today

And later becomes now

Yesterday is a distant; a memory.

Overlooking the view from raised grounds

I tap into a moment lost in time

Feelings came rushing in as though they never left

And it felt like just yesterday;

Embraced in good times

And security you wished never let go of you.

One by one, i cut these ties that bind me

Before it is too late

Before it becomes a part of me;

A liberating pain.

It's so easy to say things;

To tell someone what they need to do or should;

To say that this is right and that is wrong;

To condemn; to justify; to find fault;

But what comes next is more than breathing into the air;

Carve ye' thy words out of air?

Or breath ye' forgotten dust into the wind?

New faces fill the days as the moon slowly reveals itself by night

Early dawn when life is still,

The moonlight is a whisper in the breeze;

An eerie longing of a door that leads to a past;

And the shadows cast are nostalgic;

Secrets lie behind those shadows.

Life has been a misunderstood beau;

My muse has gone on vacation

And i stand alone with what's left of her nurturing.

She's smiling from an unmeasured distance

As i tremble for the words

And attempt to bridge meanings;

To look for inspiration in the foggy mirror of dawn;

Or dreams that have seeped into my pillow covers at night;

Or poems that are left by the stain of lip gloss on my early morning milk mug;

I search and I search,

And I am weary.

I'm still searching.

-25.09.07-

Nostalgia

I miss you.

I know it's been a while since my last post. I've been very busy attending to errands I initially unlisted off my holiday plans. Oh well. The only thing I'm bummed out about is my toothache :'(

My wisdom tooth is the culprit. Thought it would be alright in a few days (like it usually would be), unfortunately after close to a week I could barely eat anything required chewing... So, finally I went to the dentist yesterday and got me some med. Hohoho.

I've been feeling pretty nostalgic since hanging around home the past week. My room and all my stuff; the family affair; the cool breezes; the sound of water dripping on mossy pavements after it rains; the blue blue sky (!); the simplicity of the material reality laced with the complexity of the way we live our lives; old photographs; old desires that have seeped into the walls of this home, worn and faded; the dead tree of life; and life oh, life!

Nostalgia is the name of this little painting to the left. I was basically just looking for an inspiration for my Incongruity Project (see last post) so I took out my watercolors and started painting. It's actually inspired by a comic book I was reading. The analogous colors of cityscapes are nostalgic pieces of memory in my lil' head: peaceful, dreamy, empty and yet covered by an unknown (and almost fearful force)...

Bon Appettit! I need to unwind..

xOxO

Incongruity

It's been very laidback the past few days. Mostly I've been lazing around; waking up earlier than my usual after-the-sem waking hours and doing my Qi Gong; losing myself in my latest read, Outliers; and playing housekeeper :D

Well here's another past semester work which was for an experimental animation project. I was going for a fashion illustration style using the digital cut-out method. I simply love textures! Aren't they just wonderful? :)

Project Title:

It's basically about a character who tries to fit into a fashion-materialistic-mad world to get noticed but in irony when he stops trying he suddenly stands out from the crowd (although perhaps in a peculiar unconventional turn of event!)

A lot of my inspiration came from two of my favorite fashion illustrators, Pierre-Louis Mascia and Jason Brooks.

Below I've posted some stills from the project; some development sketches and some of the final characters. Oh, this first guy down here is the main charcter: Meet Aven :)

He's rather bland and simple. Friendly but naive more like it. "I still don't get it." --Aven

I've actually posted these two stills at my DA page. This is the final look for some of the extra characters.

Below are a few screenshots from the short. I haven't thought of posting up the final clip though... And frankly the animation wasn't that good. I do plan on re-working on it when I have the time (sadly, which is not anytime soon), and I might even have to redo some scenes from scratch as I lost the original files! Enjoy these still clips anyway :D

OK, so maybe being yourself doesn't require you to strip down bare and naked...at least not literally. But on the rare occasion... :D

Well guess that's all for now! That's that for this project. Those weeks and months of labor were stressful times but at the end of it I can't say that I didn't enjoy it :) If not for the support and help from my beloved peeps (you know who you are :)) I wouldn't have made it through!

Sunday, Sea & Smiles

I'm home : )

Miss the smell of the salty sea =]

Going off grocery shopping in a while! These are some characters from an old assignment: Pop-Out People. Enjoy!