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I remember I was 7 the first time laid my eyes on the children's book Zip, Public Enemy Number 1. It was through that piece that I developed this fascination with illustrations for kids. I am exposed with only a few children's literature back then but I still fell in love with the art. Later on it became my dream to be a writer and illustrator for children. As I grew up though I got engaged with a lot of "serious" form of written works leading me to a different direction. Today, here I am nearing my 23th birthday, working on fulfilling the dreams of my 17 years old self but at the same time longing to work on my childhood dream. There are just things that we won't forget. This watercolor art is based on a photo from a friend . I've seen the photo years ago, when I was still in college. I am not into watercolor yet that time but I've always wanted to have a drawing based on it because it looks like a scene straight out of a story book. :) (Disclaimer: This ...

Last year I received a plain black book for my birthday. It used to have a hard cover which my best friend re-purposed into a gadget organizer. Little did I know that time that she gave me a book that would become one of my favorite pieces of literature. Actually, the book remained untouched on my desk for a few months. I just finished it last April. It highly influenced my fascination with Tigers which lead to the making of this artwork. "Seamlessly it melted into the tangled mangroves--without shaking its coat, without rustling a leaf, without bending a branch. Weightless and bulkless, invisible as breath, the tiger evaporated into the forest."- Sy Montgomery, Spell of the Tiger What I really wanted was to capture the Tiger's most important trait--the ability to conceal itself. Then mistakes happened, or perhaps I was simply impatient that time. I have this photo of a Tiger out in the open instead. I thought I failed. And then while I was reflecting on the essence of my...

I saw a pretty  cut out  on Instagram last month that inspired me to create one. I thought it would be easy until I started making the pine cone pattern. I almost gave up because my first few kept on turning out as pineapples. So when I finally had a pattern that slightly resembled a pine cone, I was frantic.    I wanted to use a glass frame but it would be too expensive for this simple d.i.y. project. Instead, I opted to glue the cut out on a cardboard I covered with sheets of paper from an old pocket book. I made this cut out for Clauiee and Jeff so to go with it I inked this quote form Cassandra Clare:  “We Shadowhunters, we put ourselves in danger, every hour, every day. I think sometimes we are reckless with our hearts the way we are with our lives. When we give them away, we give every piece. And if we do not get what we so desperately need, how do we live?” (Disclaimer: This blog was originally posted from my old blog in May 20, 2015) 〰〰 Thanks for stoppi...