I follow rivers

This has been an ongoing project. I just had to respond to this song. Its called 'I follow rivers' by Lykke Li. Its haunting, yet very beautiful. I love it. And I tried to illustrate it,

Used Biro, scanned and painted in Photoshop

  I had made several designs in Photoshop (about 15) before I was sort of happy with this one:

This is how I pictured the illustration to be, but I feel it doesn't work

Keeping it simple.

Lykke Li wasn't available to sit for the drawing, so I used a photograph by Daniel Jackson (can't access his website, but Google him)
Working on this illustration has somehow kept me sane for these past weeks. Its a personal project, but I'm happy to show it.

Saw the music video- directed by Tarik Saleh, for the first time today. Really good.  Somehow similar to how I imagined it.

weekend sketch

 A portrait sketch of a relative of mine. Taken from a family photo collection. This is very personal to me, but I decided to share this.

Observations from the bus

On my way home today I took a bus with some very stylish people.

She had the most gorgeous red shoes.

He had a striking scarf.

Using Flash

The animation I will pitch this December has an elephant character. Its going to be quite detailed, so I tried to check if my watercolor sketch could be copied in Flash. See what you think;

 Ink,watercolor drawing

Flash illustration

   

Jellyfish women

Continuation of the jellyfish/mermaids. Pure fantasy- trying out ink, watercolours and watercolour pencils.

 Never liked jellyfish- I used to jump around the sea trying to avoid the little buggers. And they weren't even the stinging ones. Yet I find the deadly types incredibly beautiful, like the box jelly-fish.

Elephant ink

The idea I have for the graduate animation pitch is about an elephant meeting a young boy. Its based on an encounter I had with an elephant eons ago on a family safari. 

This is an Asian elephant though. Ink and watercolor study.

musings

Waiting for things to happen. 

Hold on to your hearts little desires however small they seem at the moment.

ANTM

This is what happens when you start watching too much America's Next Top Model. You start drawing weirdly proportioned ladies . 

The man on the right has the same expression I had throughout last week. You will notice I draw a lot of neck and shoulders.

Hello

Its been a long time since I've used ink.

It has also been a long weekend, trying to get this blog running so here are several sketches.

And here is the smiling hula girl. She is the current face of the blog. Find the flat, 60-ish illustrations style, appealing- so I tried to recreate this.