Category: Inktober

I’m learning and trying to create depth here. The Little Cat is climbing a cliff and finally arrived at the top — I’m visioning this vast landscape displayed as the background. I’m still learning about perspective, so creating this one has been a pretty challenging process.

We are entering middle of the month which means it’s so easy to get confused what date it is and which prompt. I like little critters; and even though the official prompt of today is “Pressure”, my brain went, “is it possible for a porcupine to ride a bicycle?” Yes. Yes, it’s possible.

When you are watching a white rabbit running frantically holding a watch and yelling, “I’m late, I’m late, I’m late!”

In Malaysian/Malay/Indonesian folklores, there is a character named “Pak Belang” (Mister Stripes), or “Kakek Belang” (Grandpa Stripes) that usually live deep inside the forest with magical powers of granting wishes and feared by the villagers. I just found out, Pak Belang refers to Panthera tigris. The tiger. I find it endearing for folks to call…

When I was a kid, my late grandma always said, “excuse me…“ whenever we walked passed some abandoned gardens or some kind of forests. I asked her why; she answered — and apparently it’s really common among Javanese folks — that the forests or some abandoned places might have some invisible residents. We as humans…

I set brightness and exposure like crazy here since I took the pic in the evening (using indoor lighting) — and you know how it is with the shadows and all that. I’m starting to like the cat character. It’s like creating your own adventure; from sailing the sea full of stars (Day 4) to…

I can’t draw ship to save my life so I decided to “wing it” (get it get it? Heheheheheh) and make some kind of fantasy-themed drawing.

I want to draw Adrien Brody but it seems like the whole universe going, “okay, LOL, no. Here’s a super weird version of Timotheé Chalamet instead” I’m now conflicted whether I should follow Inktober’s prompt or draw whatever I have in my mind that day. Both are fun and have its own advantages. I think…