Work Related : Vectober

Hey, hey, October ended fast! Did you promised yourself to create something everyday in October for Inktober? Well, here is my version instead of using inks, I used vector because that's what I'm creating everyday. I hardly use pen these days. I posted it up in my Behance here. * The Sailor Soldiers : * My everyday items : * Fitness, health, and random stuffs : * How...

Work Related : Hello Kitty Gourmet Cafe, Grand Launch

Last Monday was the Hello Kitty Gourmet Cafe's grand launch !  At last, after a while. The project started around 10 months ago and the soft launch was held a month back when I was in Tokiyo. So I couldn't make it during that time and I didn't go to visit the cafe since it was opened. I've been waiting for the grand launch. Partly because I want free gourmet foods, partly because I want the...

Work Related : Dribbble

All digital art enthusiasts and designers might have heard about Dribbble :  a community of designers answering that question each day. Web designers, graphic designers, illustrators, icon artists, typographers, logo designers, and other creative types share small screenshots (shots) that show their work, process, and current projects. I wanted to be a part of them. Although I have an account...

Work Related : I'm a Backpacker by Halian Azurin

Months and months ago, I got a freelance job to do illustrations for upcoming Travelogue Korea by Halian Azurin. As this would be my third time working for a book company but first time to be finally on print, I am super excited :F  The first one was with PTSone, but I only did the coloring part - they cancelled the whole finished illustrations due to the similarity of every characters...

Run : Gym and Haze

A week after we bought a Groupon's voucher to unlimited 1-month passes to a gym, we both got sick. It started with 4 days of AF resting and 5 more days of mine. It was awful and I couldn't do anything much other than watching series and movies.  Now we are both on track again, Tasy included - *because we mentioned to her about the special affordable offer. The haze's condition turned out...

Little Stories 209 : Phone Plans

I've been using Maxis since after school.  I didn't think much about the service, plan or charges because I'm hardly connected pun. So yesterday I went to the Maxis Center to pay my bill. While waiting for her to process my fees, I munched my secret cashew nut supply from my bag and looked at the pamphlets next to me. I saw a 'Lite' plan pamphlet for light user : RM 48 (1 GB internet, 100...

Tokiyo Trip 12.2 : Kichijyoji

Day 6 : Kichijoji ( Monday ) Part 2 After visiting Ghibli Museum, we walked towards the Inokashira Park right next to the museum. We picked a nice bench overlooking the park and set our lunch packs consisted of several onigiris and our random drink of the day. It was a nice cold breezy afternoon and we saw several young mothers strolling along with their young toddler - the nicest...

Illustration : Etsy, Big Stamp and New Stuffs

New things I ordered for items on my Etsy just arrived during the week I was sick :D  It was like early christmas presents.  I sold over 200 items in Etsy since I first open it in 2011, almost reached 500 admirers and 23k viewers all around the world. I never thought it would get that much hits :D The famous items sold in my Etsy are : my Vintage Camera Sticker Pack and Game...

Random : Update :(

I'm still sick, so I'll be churning words to write for another week. ...

Illustration : Makoto Kino

I called in sick today. I am super sick and I'm sprawling on my bed waiting for everyone to come home T^T I don't want to write and I can't do anything much but rest. So I'll just share an illustration I did several days ago. This is Makoto Kino or Sailor Jupiter from the Sailormoon series. Update : Today is a public holiday ( Maal Hijrah ) and I spent the day moaning about the pain and preparing...

Tokiyo Trip 12.1 : Ghibli Museum, Mitaka

Day 6 : Mitaka ( Monday ) Part 1 I mentioned in my previous post about how devastated I was when we couldn't buy the ticket to Ghibli Museum because it was sold out until October T^T Visiting Ghibli Museum was one of my must-do list. Tapi takde rejeki.. Anyhow, I wasn't over it so we decided to go to Mitaka anyway.  Early in the morning, we woke up like usual and prepared for a short...

Tokiyo Trip 11 : Ikebukuro

Day 5 : Ikebukuro ( Sunday ) We didn't really rest since the day we headed to the airport and our body was aching from extensive walking. It was Sunday and I checked the weather, it was supposed to be a rainy day in Asaka on that day. I was still paranoid with the flood news several days before, so I asked Af if we could just go to Ikebukuro that day and spend a slow day in the mall. He agreed,...

Little Things 208 : Stray Cats & Dogs

I always bring cat's biscuits in a small zip-seal plastic or fried fish left-overs in a plastic bag. Most cats around my apartment know me *some dogs do too. Every morning they wait in front of the apartment, the black-grey one always waits under the car *the rudest among all, the 2 orange-brown cats wait at the motorcycle's parking lot area. Those are the ones that I usually see. There are also...

Illustration : Rei Hino

Rei from what I remember, she is strict, conservative and serious, she works as a priestess - other than being a student in a private girl school :D She's the second Sailor Soldier recruited after Minako Aino. This is the original manga stroke by Naoko Takeuchi : * I wanted to draw Phobos and Deimos next to her as well, they both are her pet like Artemis to Minako. But I don't really know...

Run : Gym and Headache

I have another 3 months to complete my running goal (105/200km) It's been awhile since my last run. The haze's condition worsen since last month, and we can't do anything much outdoor. I wanted to run! So last week we searched for available gym in our area and I found a great Groupon voucher : RM58 per month, unlimited usage, no contract. That's much cheaper than most running events in the city...

Tokiyo Trip 10.2 : Shibuya

Day 4 (Saturday) - continuation : Hikarie Building : It was a bit too far for us to walk to Shibuya Station from Harajuku so we took the Metro.  We referred from Hello Sandwich's Tokyo Guide and found out about Hikarie Building at the station. It's on the first page of her book stated :  "When you first arrive in Shibuya, head on over  to the new Hikarie Building and up to it's...