Category: Sketches

Scribbles, drawings, “heck yeah it looks great” then followed with “what is this” within 5 minutes, me questioning my skills, and no, no matter how good AI is, it will never give you the process of drawing and sketching. AI will never give you the satisfaction of watching someone draw some lines with their drawing pens.

  • Peachtober Day 5: Bow

    Peachtober Day 5: Bow

    I’m actually aiming the prompt “bow” in terms of gesture (bowing) which shown by the mouse, but just to be safe, I’m adding a bow (ribbon) on the present. This work is largely inspired by Beatrix Potter’s “The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin”

  • Peachtober Day 4: Tiger

    Peachtober Day 4: Tiger

    I wanted to draw a tiger who is dreaming of the moon.

  • Peachtober Day 3: Cowboy

    Peachtober Day 3: Cowboy

    Made this on my way back to Kuala Lumpur from Singapore. My favorite part is the highlight area.

  • Peachtober Day 2: Dandelion

    Peachtober Day 2: Dandelion

    I want to try super simple style, even closer to sketch-like. Dandelion has a delicate look, and I want to achieve that. And yes, of course, small critters. I love them.

  • Peachtober 2022 starts!

    Peachtober 2022 starts!

    I forgot it’s October and when I realized it, it’s October 2 already. This post is backdated, so apologies for weirdness going on.

  • Expressive Architecture Sketching with Colored Marker

    Expressive Architecture Sketching with Colored Marker

    The aftermath of “what and how is life after Automattic.” Ended up with a course on Domestika (and another one waiting on the list.)

  • Drawing practice: Puddle

    Drawing practice: Puddle

    I’m learning how to draw upside-down, and it’s actually pretty tempting to rotate the canvas (?) I tried to stick with the original canvas orientation and learned how to draw human figure when they are looking up. It’s definitely a difficult task. Also, water reflection and texture (to show it’s, well, “water” as in water…

  • Drawing practice: Bath time

    Drawing practice: Bath time

    A couple of days ago, I saw a Tiktok video by Yoshi Yoshitani, one of the artists I respect so very much. In the video, Yoshi discussed about values in color, and I got intrigued. So, yeah, here it is ? I started with the outline. Then, I added the layers with B/W/grayscale color to…

  • Drawing practice: Rainy Day

    Drawing practice: Rainy Day

    While June – August usually means sunny hot weather for Indonesia and Malaysia, recently we have been having rainy days here in KL.