Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
$1 ice cream stall right in front of ION Orchard. i never really realized that these uncles have motorbikes attached to the carts and i had serious doubts before deciding to go ahead and draw this. but i'm glad i eventually did, it was good practice :)
courtesy of Mr. Alvin Yapp, on Saturday 14 April 2012, the Urban Sketchers Singapore were allowed to come over to The Intan at Joo Chiat Terrace to see his amazing collection of peranakan objects and, of course, sketch them! :)
both pieces were initially only pencil sketches but i touched up at home. i particularly like the second piece; the pretty slippers neatly lined in a row tucked under the handsomely carved wooden cabinet. it was simply beautiful, i just had to sketch it!
Mr. Alvin was a wonderful host, offering us kueh-kuehs and even playing the piano for us which as we were allowed to sit, squat, or stand in front of anything really and sketch ourselves silly trying to capture all the intricate details and wonderful shapes. it was a really great sketching atmosphere and i'm glad i got to be part of it. hope my sketches are improving with time. at least i can say that i'm a little bit more confident in using watercolours now :)
both pieces were initially only pencil sketches but i touched up at home. i particularly like the second piece; the pretty slippers neatly lined in a row tucked under the handsomely carved wooden cabinet. it was simply beautiful, i just had to sketch it!
Mr. Alvin was a wonderful host, offering us kueh-kuehs and even playing the piano for us which as we were allowed to sit, squat, or stand in front of anything really and sketch ourselves silly trying to capture all the intricate details and wonderful shapes. it was a really great sketching atmosphere and i'm glad i got to be part of it. hope my sketches are improving with time. at least i can say that i'm a little bit more confident in using watercolours now :)
Saturday, April 14, 2012
mini sketchwalk with a couple of friends. we picked Bugis because it's closeby.
we sketched the temple area and i did one of the flower seller's stall.
they actually started closing up before i managed to finish so i just drew what i remembered :p
we sketched the temple area and i did one of the flower seller's stall.
they actually started closing up before i managed to finish so i just drew what i remembered :p
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The Naive Nibblers
ini kejadiannya beberapa tahun lalu. anak-anak polos ini adalah teman-teman kosan saya pada waktu itu. kelanjutan dari cerita ini adalah waktu saya pulang, mereka nawarin saya makan juga namun berakhir dengan kekecewaan karena tentu saja saya yang bermata awas dan berhidung tajam ini langsung mengenali isinya sebagai sale pisang! ;p
Monday, April 2, 2012
got a My Neighbour Totoro art book from Basheer for 25 bucks — what a steal! :) it was on sale I think, as far as I remember, Studio Ghibli art books are usually around SGD 60-ish. I was looking for the Ponyo one but I think they ran out of stock, but I'm glad I found this one! such precious insights to the process of making the whole thing. hand-drawn storyboards, early character development/designs, still images from the actual movie and how it compared to the original concept art *sigh*! above are a few of my favourite pages. this book is forever gawk-worthy! :")
The James McAvoy Movie Role Illustrated Appreciation Post
ok obviously, I am crazy about this guy!
I was snooping around t-shirt designs from society6 and there was one with cute-ified illustrations of Jack Black in all of his movie role costumes, so I wanted to do something like that. my first pick, regarding how much fun all his wacky costumes would be to draw, was Johnny Depp, but he has done a bazillion movies and I'd never be able to finish. so instead, the ever so charming James McAvoy sounded like a good idea and I really do adore the man! the details are super simplified and some may not be 100% accurate, but this is my best try :) I skipped his animated characters so yeah, I ended up with 14 doodles in total.
these are just rough sketches okay, so not so harsh on the comments/critiques (if any hahah), eh? :) I'll trace them out digitally one by one and post them when I'm done. perhaps I'll try printing some on an actual t-shirt. we'll see how that'll look. I'll most likely do Mr. Tumnus first because that's the one that looks most like I imagined it in my head :)
which one do YOU like?
I was snooping around t-shirt designs from society6 and there was one with cute-ified illustrations of Jack Black in all of his movie role costumes, so I wanted to do something like that. my first pick, regarding how much fun all his wacky costumes would be to draw, was Johnny Depp, but he has done a bazillion movies and I'd never be able to finish. so instead, the ever so charming James McAvoy sounded like a good idea and I really do adore the man! the details are super simplified and some may not be 100% accurate, but this is my best try :) I skipped his animated characters so yeah, I ended up with 14 doodles in total.
these are just rough sketches okay, so not so harsh on the comments/critiques (if any hahah), eh? :) I'll trace them out digitally one by one and post them when I'm done. perhaps I'll try printing some on an actual t-shirt. we'll see how that'll look. I'll most likely do Mr. Tumnus first because that's the one that looks most like I imagined it in my head :)
which one do YOU like?
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