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I’m SO happy with this drawing. This is one of the drawings that I go, “yep. THIS is exactly what I want.”

The prompt (“Moon”) made me super excited because it’s one of my favorite subjects: Sailor Moon? Batara Kala versus Batara Chandra? Apollo 17 astronauts singing “I was strolling on the Moon one day”? Dreamworks logo? Pixar Shorts “La Luna”? Chang’er?

I decided to draw Chang’er and I’m so happy with how it turned out. I love how I able to visualize Chang’er as the Moon with transitions to cloud covering the Moon. I also put space whale because IT’S SPACE WHALE OKAY.

When you finally at home with high-speed Internet connection.

I got a bit or art block on this, and I got slightly nervous for tomorrow’s to-do list (I have to do something about this anxiety of mine.) All in all, I’m quite happy with this and I’m learning depth on this drawing.

I always use flash/torchlight/flashlight whenever I take my drawings for clearer image but it seems like the black marker reflecting the light. Oh well.

I’m currently in a vacation (staycation) and we are literally in the middle of Malacca Strait and, well, the data connection is not super great.

Anyway! No Little Cat but still with little critters (part of the story, I guess?)

I really enjoy drawing the little mouse on the tub.

I don’t know if I should be proud or crying about this drawing.

The prompt is “Tick” and immediately I thought of clock tower (tick-tock.) Now, I never seen a clock tower in my life. Well, maybe I had, but never the ones you see in picture books — the ones you see on European-style rural village. Heck, I never been to Europe either.

Then, somehow I had this “genius” idea of “trying perspective drawing,” conveniently forgetting the fact that I’m struggling with it. I mean, I’m not even an art student or formally study art and architecture — and doing it feels like foreseeing me bundled up and crying the corner.

Midway drawing, I almost cried (“THE CLOCK FACE IS WRONG!”) — but I would be lying if I’m saying I’m not proud of this drawing.

I’m proud of it. I’m hella proud of it. I pushed myself by starting a, “hey, what if…” and decided to move forward.

Here’s for more learning and improvements on perspective drawing!