preproduction

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there's something in the air, wo-ow!

hair extension

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holy freakin shit i've got intuos 4. after using intuos2 for 7 years.

intuos 2, you and i have had some really special days together.
but i am afraid it's time to move on.
i am now sexxin with your younger youthful brother, intuos4.
i hope we can still be friends.

bundle

pekka's window



hazleen fishing


freja doing math


ismail on set



coffee machine(s)



some from sketchbook that survived the camera.
arr sakit hati nak bayar nib intuos2 aku. lukisan tergendala.

WIP: jarhead

dessert

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my wacom is showing signs of old age.

burn lipstick

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nothing special but breaking out of rust.
and damn i don't dig CS4.
and... working on laptop sucks.

Update: Print sold to Iskandar Ismail

i have observed something silly:
sometimes a comment on a subject may very well be more profound, more life-changing, more significant than the subject itself.
bravo to writers.

sorry no drawing. got a few WIPs but i think ive been flooding those too much over here lately. let's take a break.

loud sight

sometimes you see things and you think they're trying to tell you something.
they're really not.
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turned out totally different. mmm. blame the posters of the fest'asia.
speaking of which i wanted to go the other night but the good film they had was something i just recently watched.

on another note,
am so proud of the band. finally got 3 songs somewhat down. too bad everyone's left for vacation, no jamming sessions for a while till late july. hmm.

WIP: loud

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raaaaaAAAAaaaant. my wacom does not want to make straight lines.
need. to. smash. should. not. smash. don't. smash. smash. no.

ps/ am addicted to soundtrack of californication. who knew i'd dig kill jill?

play that sexy music

i miss your music, white boy.

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WIP: playthatsexymusic

whiteboy.

photoshopCS3. oh i'm totally spamming with WIPs these days, just so that.. well, people notice i'm still alive.
am totally clueless how to go about with colours on this one.

what is this

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sketch.

pink rain

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it's too hot to do anything now.
and my pc is screwing up along with my tablet.
nothing's going too great.

WIP: pinkrain

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just a wip to bump the previous post.

finally done with studio stuff at school.
my wacom is acting up again, he's been serving me for 7 years now, i wonder if i've exhausted the charming lil old horse. god knows what kind weird substances it's concocted under the layer, with my record of spilling all sorts of things on top of it.

edit: WIP2.
progress is slow because my mind is occupied by useless things again. plus i picked up some unhealthy books.

Curvy!

So after a long battle with the post office, i finally got my package. remember that submission i did for that aussie magazine? yes it has flown several seas (or air borders) to get to me, and although it has reached my hands in a slightly tattered state (the package was already ripped open, prolly searching for the oh-so-outdated anthrax), the book looks a lot better than i expected.






i'm on page 123. i like the number yes i do.


got no idea where it's distributed since honestly dont think ive seen any previous editions of curvy around before.
then again i doubt romania gets many artbooks, so. meh.

i'm still sad that i didn't get to go to the gallery opening and launch though. the pictures they had on the YEN site look like they had a blast. ;_;

uh. oh and in the list there's another malaysian other than me! awesome =D

Background:
Your favourite annual ALL-GIRL art book, CURVY - created by the team behind YEN MAGAZINE - has been kicking up a creative storm since 2004 and with the sixth edition about to launch, CURVY remains an international favourite amongst lovers of art and supporters of female artists. Each year the book features 100 of the most exciting female graphic designers and illustrators from over 35 countries around the world. This year we've gone further with 120 artists featured.

CURVY is a must for anyone passionate about graphic design and illustration that wants to be inspired by a new generation of outstanding female creative talent. Produced by YEN magazine - CURVY kicks off again in April & consists of a cool limited edition book and a national event tour.

Featuring:
Alana Corra - Aus / Alana Skyring - Aus / Alex Tebb - Aus / Alice Jean Mckellar - Aus / Alicia Thomas - Us / Alison Richards - Aus / Amanda Mendiant - Sweden / Ameesha Earnshaw - Canada / Amy Alexander - Aus / Angela Bassichetti - Brazil / Ann Do - Aus / Anna Manolatos - Spain - Aus / Anna Pogossova - Aus / Ant Marie - Aus / Aramas Ridge - Aus / Bec Winnel - Aus / Bei Badgirl - Aus / Bel Johnstone - Aus / Caitlin Rigby - Aus / Candybird - France / Carla Zamora - Philippines / Caroline Mudge - Aus / Catherine Campbell - Aus / Catia Chien - Usa / Chelsey Freyta - Canada / Clarissa Monteiro - Brazil / Claire Cimbora - Aus / Courtney Brims - Aus / Cruz - Spain / D.U.R.A. - Malaysia / Dashenka Prochazka- Cz - Aus / Davina Purnama - Aus / Dianita - Mexico / Dominique Merven - Aus / Dora-Diamant Doury - France / Ellen Stapleton - Aus / Ellen Weinstein - Usa / Erika Coello - Ecuador / Evi O - Aus / Fanney Antonsdóttir - Norway / Fee Harding (Burntfeather) - Aus / Fernanda Guedes - Brazil / Flossy-P - Aus / Fumi Mini Nakamura - Usa / Gina Kiel - New Zealand / Giulia Balladore - Italy / Hendrika Stekhoven-Smith - Aus / Irene Feleo - Aus / Jennifer Thompson - Aus / Jenna Tink - Aus / Julia Gfrörer - Usa / Kaitlin Beckett - New Zealand / Kareena Zerefos - Aus / Karlee Mackie - Aus / Kassi Isaac - Aus / Kate Aimee Conrick - Aus / Kate Lightfoot - Aus / Katelyn James - Aus / Kelly Mckernan - Usa / Kelly Thompson - New Zealand / Kirbee Lawler - Aus / Kirsten Ewens - Aus / Kristin Fialko - Usa / Lara Allport - Aus / Lara Schubert - Aus / Laura Etheredge - Usa / Lauren Hernandez - Aus / Lila Theodoros - Aus / Lilly Piri - Germany / Lisa Falzon - Malta / Lisa Li - Nz / Lucy Wood - Aus / Maja Veselinovic - Serbia / Maria Eugenia Plate - Argentina / Maria Rapoport - Israel / Maria Vittoria Benatti - Italy / Maureen Gubia - Ecuador / Megan Yeo - Aus / Mel Baxter - Aus / Melani Olivia - Indonesia / Melissa Haslam - Aus / Melissa Murillo - France / Melyssa Anishnabie - Canada / Meredith Earls - Aus / Miao Long - Aus / Nancy Duong - Usa / The Angry Hedonist - Singapore / Natasha Serci - Aus / Nicole Tattersall - Aus / Nina Maskiell - Aus / Noferin - Aus / Patience Hodgson - Aus / Peemonster - Usa / Phresha Le Vandale - Aus / Pomme Chan - Uk / Pyhai - Netherlands / Rebecca Chalmers - Aus / Reem Khurshid - Pakistan / Roxanna Vizcarra - Usa / Ruth Wang - Canada / Sara Blake - Usa / Sarah Larnach - New Zealand / Sear - Aus / Shannon Graham - Aus / Shira Sela - Israel / Sofia Varano - Aus / Stephanie Laberis - Usa / Susan Burghart - Uk / Susannah Garden (Strafe)- Russia / Tanja Szekessy - Germany / Tiffany Muñoz - Canada / Tiffany Toland - Usa / Tuan Nini - Malaysia / Viet-My Bui - Aus / Yulia Yakushova - Russia / Yuki Nakano - Aus / Yvonne Zago - Aus / Zena Santos - Aus / Zoe Keogh - Aus / Zou Qing - China.

hey joe

hey joe,
i said where are you goin with that gun in your hand.
i'm goin down to shoot my old lady,
you know i caught her messin' round with another man.
that ain't too cool.

billy roberts-hey joe.

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couldn't sleep so..messin' round with texture overload.
purposely left the hard edges of texture squares.

WIP: spineless

all these fancy words for flaws,
and they label you fancy, freak.

with love

hey you,
i still look for the back of your head in the crowds.
perhaps you can hear me now.

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runumbrella

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i hate time.
it does things to you.
and within time, things happen.

fan

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ouch

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this time last year.

repeat story

may everything blur out.

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WIP: ouch

hide in pink

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WIP: hide & repeat story

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just to bump last post.
...i seem to be liking pink.

hate list

i began listing down the things i hate and i began to hate even more, quality and quantity. and i hate the fact that i know for a fact there are so many people that would be offended and deem me politically incorrect, or just incorrect in a general way. well suck it up because opinions can never be incorrect and i can say this - my opinion is that you're an asshole. i would love to go into detail to what kind of asshole you may be, but everyone of you is so special in their own assholic way that it's really unfair to describe A asshole as B asshole when A asshole might actually be a Z asshole. wait what? vicious cycle of assholes, you guys always get me.
as this post climbs down i'll probably actually update my list. so leave me be and let me hate the things i hate.

what about that? have a nice ******** day!
this city makes me sick.

let's play

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another t-shirt design for ismail. oh i forgot to mention previously that i'm doing the girls' t shirts. ^_^

box

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this and ''look up look down'' belong together, because my girls shouldnt be separated. =)

Update: Print sold to Christophe.

WIP: box away

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i felt bad drawing only one of the 2 girls so i wanted to make another one for the paperbag girl, like a mini series.

look up look down

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WIP: look up

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morning drawing

ronoroa zoro gets a kinky girlfriend

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just a funny lil sketch for a forum battle thingiemabob, first time participating. =D

dandenail

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ayanami rei

now who could ever forget her.
i had the urge to draw her smoking a cigarette.

i found a new way of colouring: it's called ''don't care''. feels good, really.

WIP: dandenail

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random commentary: here i thought that i could store my winter clothes away for good, and the evil evil dark clouds of cold are reigning again. >..<

amplified love

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a t-shirt design for Ismail.

bucharest project

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a little something i did for Dani sometime ago.

face

another one of those i don't know whom i was drawing.
photoshop CS no ref.

conversation

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oh spring is finally here.

someone

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oh i got in to the list of top100 in the australian YEN magazine thingamabob. the submission that managed the entry was afraid to jump . hurray!

if i were in malaysia i could probably catch the exhibition and launching and sydney, but alas, i am faaaar away.

pillowhead

good night.

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goodnight tv

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this was a real headache to finish, because there was a power trip in the middle of doing the work, and after losing a lot of work done to it, to get the mood and feel back to finish this was pretty much impossible. but i really liked this previously so i pushed to get something out of this.

on a side note, am feeling a lot better these days. took a 4 day trip to some snowy mountains and got some nice winter boots (too bad it's supposed to be getting warmer soon) as i couldn't take hiking on the snow with my stupid yet nice canvas shoes. also got a traditional film camera, the ones that bring back old nostalgic non digital times of life, and can't wait to see results of pictures taken the analogue way! (not being able to check if you looked like a stoner drunk in a picture that was taken until it's developed, GASP)

it was freaking cold, but the non-bucharest air was worth it.