Illustration: Godiva heiße Schokolade mit Fuß

2016/02/13

Bought myself a decent-sized sketchbook and here is a page from it:



The size of the sketchbook -- super handy.



And a closer look.



I think I found what I love to do best -- product illustrations.

One's overall mood greatly affects the quality of the work. There are days when I'm feeling forced to draw for the sake of practice and those always come out bad. Feeling forced or rushed to finish a work never works --in my case at least. I need to be calm, collected, focused.... and then there are those days when I have so much inspiration in me I feel like I can draw anything. But that doesn't happen often. :D


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Sketches :: Totoro x Spirited Away

Spent the weekend writing some cards to send, and decided to draw a Totoro on the back of the card to someone who likes Totoro.

and then later I decided to draw a similar illustration in a new watercolour journal I bought in the same week...







Here is how it looks with colour!



Totoro holding a Spirited Away (-another Ghibli movie) mask.

SKETCHES :: Milan in Watercolor

So over the weekend I thought I'd try to sketch one of the photos from my trip to Milan.



I know I said I was never good at watercolour, but I'm just really stubborn.

Last week while at the bookstore shopping for some art supplies, someone recommended a watercolour brand I've never used before. It was worth a try....:3



This was the inspiration:



Started in pencil like I always do.



Trying to capture as many details as possible, only to be altered and re-altered later. :D



Defining lines. Always with pigment ink. There are many kinds. Find one that works for you. This was a 0.5, other times I use 0.1 and 0.2 for smaller scale sketches in ink only.




Compare, add details.



Mixing and choosing the right colours.



Fill the colours in.



And this was the final outcome:



It was only when I posted and everything that I realized I forgot to write the street name. :P

Illustration : Gloomy Berlin

The inspiration for this illustration comes from Lonely Planet : La Revista de los Viajeros : Berlin.

What drew me to this picture was the cello in the middle.

The original piece is way nicer than this, I made a few changes:



It looks a little sloppy; I thought I'd challenge myself and complete this in 40mins! =_=

When I first started working with Watercolour

I rephrase - When I first started working seriously with Watercolour

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At the end of my year in secondary, my school decided to open an art club. Believe it or not, my school didn't have one before then. They pushed mathematics and science, not so much writing and the arts. So I desperately wanted to be in it. Luckily a friend and I passed the test (it involving having to draw two different works from scratch -- I drew one of the street view from my room window, and one of Van Gogh's work -- an image which sits vividly in my head).

The trainer (I say trainer because he was preparing us to enter a national competition) made us work with different mediums, testing our strengths. I was enjoying every other medium until this. To be honest I had trouble with watercolour and had to redo some most of the assigned works. T_T

Et voila!



I took watercolour seriously and this is how it pays me back! :S

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In the end I entered the competition with my trusty set-of-48 oil pastels, winning me a not-so-shiny piece of metal, .. er medal!

No thanks to aquarelle but seeing this reminds me to work even harder to become better even so. XD

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Have you ever strived to become better at something, a hobby, a school subject, or anything else that doesn't love you back?

Illustration: Images of Sol, Madrid

I spent some time on this, reviewing my photos and picking out the details. Although I already had an image of what I wanted in mind.



This was it, exactly.

I really love the iconic bear with the tree. XD Originally wanted the Sol Metro Sign in the background but thought it worked better as a frame.:P



Ended up placing the metro entrance and the post office behind it.



My mood board..



Watercolour is actually my least favourite medium, and is something I definitely need to improve on.XD



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I work best with chalk, and oil pastel. charcoal a little, but too messy for me. (Simply put, quite the opposite of this.XD)

I am quite satisfied with how this turned out in the end though...:3

Illustration: The Colosseum in Rome

A quick sketch of The Colosseum in Rome. :3



And here's one with the photo of it:



Not quite perfect...>_<

The two reference photos:



Here it is with colour...



and the final outcome...:P

Illustration: from the Berlin Wall

Spent the evening sketching. Have been meaning to since I came back from my trip but have not had time to.:3



This is from the Berlin Wall, thought I'd sketch something from each of the city I traveled to. :D



For this, I used the Colleen Watercolour Pencils I bought some time ago. The colour came out a bit lighter than I expected -- that meant I'd easily finish the lead if I worked with something of a larger scale. XD



So far I have used Derwent, Faber Castell, and Colleen. I quite liked how brilliantly the colour comes out with Faber Castell.



Not sure how much it resembles the original photo, but this is my version of it. XD



After filling in the colours I pick up my 0.1 pen for the outline.

Here you can see the stuff I used.... :D



This is how it looks with the lines filled in.



I omitted the vandalized parts.XD



Speaking of which, I have sinned for I have done so as well....XD



And my handwriting looks awful because my hands were freeeezing! ^~~~^



Until my next post. Have a lurvely weekend! =X

Sketches - 014

2009, in watercolour:

Sketches - 013

Back in 2009 or 2010, cannot remember.:D

When I was taking Japanese classes..



..done in watercolour.

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[Was trying a different handwriting at that time, ...is a little unreadable.]

Sketches - 012

Random doodle from 2008:



...Saw something similar on a Japanese Fashion magazine, modified it a little, is something I'd like to own.:P

Sketches - 010

Back when I often went to Singapore for short visits (years ago),

I drew something like this to remind myself of the things I need to bring.:D



Did not have a camera yet back then, so would bring 2 mobile phones to take photos with and another one as backup.:D

The green backpack I still bring with me everytime I travel.:P

Sketches - 009

Was still crazy about vampires and blackXred themes.

The chair in this photo is inspired by something I saw from Vampire Knight (anime), and the character, just some random one I came up with.:P



One of my failed attempts at watercolour [Have always been bad at watercolour...], not quite satisfied with how this turned out (the mistakes are so obvious), but I like the chair.:D