Approved!

This is an old pending work,
the earlier CorelDraw file had gone with my corrupted external HD,
so I redo it in Photoshop.

My client has approved the one with magician hat!
Yeeeehaaaaw!

One sack of burden,
off my shoulder!

Another Sketch in Photoshop

The real Aida lebih cantik :)
Bila tengok macam ni baru nampak perbezaan dan di mana silap lukisan ku ini.

Another quick practice session.
Though it may not look much like the actual person,
but I learn a lot in the process.

My goal is not to achieve a realistic result,
so after tracing is done I don't refer much to the actual details.
Just enjoying what I love most; coloring.

Actually I received a request for blog header from Aida Narina some while ago,
but I told her I wasn't equipped with proper software (and skills actually).
Though what she wanted is just a simple, cute illustration like

this one.
But this one is made in CorelPainter.
I don't have CorelPainter anymore.

I don't know if she still want to proceed with the blog header
and I don't know why,
I always tend to challenge and distract myself,
even when time is not a luxury.

Sorry Aida,
for using your photo without permission.

Itching Hands

I haven't been able to touch my tablet and photoshop for a week.
And today I learnt new things via a quick trial and error.
I traced and colored Putri's photo completely in PS.
It was a quick job, but the idea has been lingering in my mind for so long,
my hands were just itching for a real try-out.

For a Friend

Just to name
one of "other things" that I love is,
Papercutting.

But above image is not papercut,
it's just a test-print of something I drew in Photoshop.

A close friend happened to visit me that day,
so this idea came spontaneously.
I took my calligraphy marker and wrote
"Friendship Forever" (with noticeable mistakes :P),
took out my wedding photo from a frame,
and replaced it with this print.

I accidently cut myself with the sharp edged glass in the process,
and you can see some blood stain at the bottom.

I tried to rub the stain with eraser, :P
but it's unremoveable,
so I just seal it and present it to my friend.

Then I told her,
"It's okay if you don't want because it has blood stain on it, I cut myself with the glass",
then she replied,
"I should cut myself too and mix our blood, before you seal it".

Hahahaha...thank you my friend.
You're a sister indeed.

Here's another work,
printed as greeting card.

It's Rigger, my cat, and me.

No, I'm not pregnant, it's just some sort of a reminder for us,
being 29 and owner of bulging tummies.
Hahahaha.

Happy Birthday Lily!
Hopefully we'll be slimmer in our 30's.

Learning Photoshop

Handsketch

Tracing in Photoshop

Working out with the design - customer requested 1920's theme.

Added with some antique filter in Photoscape.
I still have a long way to go before I can translate the idea that I have in mind into something visual,
up to a stage where it is good enough for printing on large canvas or commisions.

Handsketched, scanned and contrast increased in Photoscape.

Redrawn in Photoshop

I'm so happy with the improvements!

I have tried using Photoshop and Illustrator in 2009
but I gave up because it is so difficult.
It's taking too much of my time.

I just reinstall Photoshop in my computer a couple of weeks ago,
and try again.
This time, to my suprise,
I'm doing it quite smoothly,
like I know what to click
when I want to perform certain action etc.

Alhamdulillah.

I believe when the time comes,
everything will happen naturally.
When Allah gives us the sense of Ting! in our brain,
suddenly we just happen to know what to do.

Like when me and hubby just get married,
I was trying hard to cook tasty meal for him,
but even the dishes that I know quite well,
turns out a failure.
After a while, with lots of practice and recipes reading,
suddenly my cooking skills got better,
like I said,
it happened naturally.

:)

Experimental

Still depending on Microsoft Publisher,
Photoscape and a little CorelDraw,
to create my digital artwork.

Bak kata pepatah; Tiada rotan akar pun berguna.

Sid's Logo

I designed the logo for a customer who happened to know me from Facebook. It was made since last April but I think the idea of sharing it in the blog is

PRETTY. DAMN. SCARY.

I afraid other people will ask me to do the same thing for them. Saya ada dua tangan saja, belum mampu jadi macam oktopus yang disuruh meramal pertandingan bola sepak itu. Hehe.

Well, I really LOVE this kind of job, but my skill is limited. Anyone out there willing to teach me graphic design (with fee of coz)? How to use corel or illustrator? Or recommend me a place to take a short course in Kota Kinabalu? Please, let me know.

Anyway, what do you think about Sid's logo?

p/s: The font I use for MANGOSTEENSKIN above is interesting right? The font name is foob. I think it looks like mangosteen. Round and chunky and weird and stylo.

:)

Digital ArtTempt

I turned the drawing into a digital form and tadaa!!

Self-taught is so slow... I got ideas but my skill is so limited. But it's okay, nothing to lose. Orang kata, pelan-pelan... Saya percaya Tuhan pasti tolong.

Saya ada banyak stamp yang perlu diukir dalam 2-3 hari ini. Mudah-mudahan saya mampu menyiapkannya walaupun sekarang saya rasa sangat nervous.