Tag: Inktober

I’m frustrated. I found myself having difficulties drawing Little Cat’s facial feature and expression. I’m not satisfied with this drawing, and I feel I can improve more on this (filing this under Redraw Series after Inktober.) My favorite part on this drawing is the frog, though.

The tree fairy is inspired from Walt Disney ‘Silly Symphony: Flowers and Trees’ (1932)

Once upon a time, Batara Kala looked at the Moon and thinking that the Moon looks so yummy and decided to take a bite out of it. Little did Batara Kala know, the Moon is actually a lemon and it’s really sour! Poor Batara Kala. Read more about Batara Kala and the myth of eclipse…

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…