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Friday, July 4, 2014

Long overdue

This was typed for posting on 31st May but it took a month long to get it posted:

Hmm so, i'm gonna post a brief summary of all that i've been doing so far. It's been so long.

Yday was my last day of teaching the kids, and i went to the airport to send them to New York off last night. Hmm, i guess the feeling of missing them hasn't kicked in yet but I'm really thankful to have ended my 5 months of work (my first job ever) on a good note. Reading the notes the kids wrote to me was heartening and at times reassuring. I can't be sure if I was a good teacher, but I tried my best. I really am thankful to have met such lovely kids and worked with such wonderful colleagues (hc art dept).

For farewell gifts, I made stamps for them!

I'll try to find images of the stamps I made for the teachers and have them uploaded soon!

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"I closed my eyes and pictured what my life could be. A tiny apartment walking distance from the school, late nights drinking tea and poring over art history texts, a huge studio to paint in. Instead of exercising in the dark little gym in my apartment complex, I could jog out to the beach at Carkeek park. Maybe I'd even learn to kayak."
- Why can't I be her, Alina Larkin

How i wish i could get my own studio apartment to do art too. This scene just seems so wonderful, really.

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

All in all,

Haven't been uploading these days but I've been trying to do art everyday as promised.

But my work seems to be degrading somehow it's frighteningly sad. I am not too sure how these two words can come together but yeah.

Spoke to zhenming previously about illustration and his perception towards it. And I started to question myself about what exactly is the fine line between illustration and art? Are they at all the same thing? And does my work qualify as a good illustration? I've never been confident about my works and I wonder if I will ever be. But yeah what makes a good illustration and how can I strive towards a good creation? Perhaps I should really sit down one day and set goals for my art making. Or maybe start working experimentally, exploring different things and make new discoveries.

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I've been working on a lot of things these days but I haven't found the time(or motivation) to post them up here.

1. I worked on nat's 21st birthday card. It's been a while since I've spent so long on making cards for people. I guess I never could find time to make these in the midst of study/training/homework.

(I will post this up once I get the image from nat haha)

2. Tried out lino cutting to make stamps for zhenming's "farewell/graduation" gift.
I forgot to take an image of the actual product but this is how it looks after it's stamped

3. Helped san design her wattpad novel book cover

The idea of trade came with the use of the term "bargain" so i decided to depict the image of a handshake which conveys the mutual agreement among both parties.

The division of red and white is supposed to indicate the two factions/parties. I wanted to do a vertical division with the dissecting line in the middle initially but the overall aesthetic outlook doesn't look as appealing as this one so yep.

Support san's book by reading it on wattpad!

4. I'm working on ko's 21st card as well

(I have no idea why I have so many friends who are 21 this year :/
I still have a 21st party to attend this coming Friday)

5. I participated in the Affordable Art Fair Fred Lives Here furniture design competition and I got selected! So the pink furniture got delivered to my place today, I'm supposed to work on it till 21 May for delivery to the fair venue. My chair design will be exhibited at the AAF! Please support by heading there. The fair's on from 23-25 May 2014.

Here's how the pink DSW chair looks like (image taken from the affordable art fair web)

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Wood

Day 9

I'm working on this baby tonight, am trying to create an organic abstract shape. But it might take a while, hopefully I will get it done by next week. My carving knives are so blunt, it's taxing on the fingers.

Monday, April 14, 2014

"UNTITLED"

Day 7

I was (am still) very interested in the overlaps and joints, somehow hmm.

Day 8

I hesitated whether I should upload unfinished works but I think this would be a good practice for me, to force myself to do my best for every piece I work on. I wonder if I'm lazy or just afraid to embark on longer projects for fear that I will end up disliking them/ not completing them well. So this time instead of working on my usual quick illustrations, I decided to try out something that might take a bit more time. Am gonna continue working on this tomz, wish me luck!

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Green, browns and blue.

"THEY"

Really wanted to meet up with the boys, but we are all busy :(

Day 6

I've been working on a birthday card for a childhood friend,

that will be up after it's done/ passed to her, haha.

It's a weird saturday. Hmm I get moody easily on saturdays, and idk why.

Picture's here!

Saturday, April 12, 2014

365

It's been a long while since I've been here. wow haha, time flies.

I'm revamping this blog. Oh yeah. I got some old sketches scanned tadah/ am so proud of myself

Currently I'm working on this 365 project now,

so I will be doing art everyday and hopefully keeping this blog up-to-date as well.

"WE ARE ALL ALIVE TOGETHER"

Liyi told me about this quote she really loved, and I thought about how I felt fortunate being aware of the different moments I should feel thankful for, even if they appeared to be mundane things/ lifestyle

Day 1

"everyone's gold, and i hope you know"

Day 2

A drawing I did based on the kids I had class today with;

they did a standing sculpture each based on certain restrictions I had for them and it was just fascinating to see how everyone's mind works differently (interestingly).