Self-taught

Actually a very simple one to do. I just scan my drawing and fill in the colors.

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I'm still in debt with many people...I mean work, services I promised them. If one day I die and fail to deliver them, please halalkan k. I also still owing email replies. Kerja-kerja pejabat pun banyak yang menunggu, kepada yang mempunyai perniagaan sendiri, mereka akan tahu apa yang perlu dibuat sebelum 31 Januari setiap tahun. I promised that I will arrange payment for zakat perniagaan, dan (baru teringat) lesen perniagaan perlu diperbaharui. I have mentioned to my boss, that I'm willing to cut 1/3 of my salary if he can provide an assistant for me in the office (so I can concentrate more on Mangosteenskin) but he said, "We'll see". Based on my experiences, that would most probably means, "No". Nevermind, I take it as a challenge to overcome my own weeknesses.

Maybe this year I need to create serious guidelines for myself and future customers. I need to come up with certain rules for Mangosteenskin, like restricting up to 10 orders only per month. Or, maybe 5 for a beginning. I want to reserve more time for reading, chores, religious-aspects and family....or maybe "family-planning". Haha. I have great experiences trading creative products and services in 2009, and hopefully this year I will be more mature when dealing with stuffs.

I made a drawing recently. It supposed to be for one of my customer but since she wants to put her order on hold, now my idea is, maybe I can use this drawing for other purpose. Not sure yet. I just hope I can do more drawing in 2010.

I had problem sleeping due to bad flu and cough few days ago. So I woke up and started carving. No mood to carve actually, but it's just something to distract my mind from discomfortness. I've prepared the eraser for carving earlier but I was so scared of the small wordings. Afterall, I can't go back to sleep so took the chance to continue my work. I love the silence and yeah, I really took all the time. When finished, I tested the stamp on paper and


They turned out quite well! It's a new achievement and I almost teary! You know, sometimes when I commit myself to a customer's request, I don't even know whether I can do it or not. But I like to give a shot first, before saying no.



Below are my other completed and progressing works.

Okay, that's all for now. Till next update.

The New Year

...is still so brand new.

Just my humble experiment with Coreldraw. I'm progressing so slow..

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Usahalah lagi!!

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For Muslims, I hope it's not too late to say Salam Maal Hijrah. May all the new days be better than the days before.


Thanks a zillion to friends, customers and visitors for your continuous support to Mangosteenskin. I had a great 2009!

Mr. T

Mr. T - watercolor pencil on paper (8 x10 cm).

I want to, but hardly have time to draw now.

Mr. T is made few months back, and only finished just before last year's Christmas. Dedicated to all children out there. I know you would want a teddy as huge as Mr. T, right!

Cosmos Garden

Pen + arcrylic on paper

This is ezooone and his girlfriend again! Haha! I asked ezooone for his permission to use this illustration for this week IF submission. But then, I think it doesn't suits the theme. The original version of this drawing is not monotone, but i love the look sooooo much after converted to black and white.

I have a long "to-do-list" this week but I will try to spare some time for this Illustration Friday's "Save".

Rescued Sistahs

I almost throw this sketch away while doing some tidy up, because it was done on the back of paper I used to test my watercolor mixture. But then, I think I better get it scanned and see what can be done with it digitally. I purposely leave the absorbed watercolor mark and add some background to the sketch.

If you like the background, you can download it (or other downloadable digital freebies) from scrapbooketc. If you love scrapbooking (or photography, or art!) , you may find this site very useful and fun. Enjoy!