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yes... I am still alive and kicking.

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Portrait-Caricature for A Team!

Thanks dear Marina for your order :).

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Cik Siti is Getting Married

In June, she was engaged... and there was a caricature and a bunting to go with the event which was made by me. You can see it HERE.

This month, the moment has almost arrived for her to experience and embrace the moment when the 'title' Miss will turn into Mrs!

My lovely Cik Siti made a last minute request to have a different Caricature for her Big Day. This time, she wanted the faces to look a bit more 'real'.

So, here it is...

Alongside with that, I have also designed her a couple of buntings and a photo booth backdrop.

Her request: A Sweet Looking bunting with Real Photos.

A Photo Booth backdrop complete with their common field/ interest = Construction!

So...last but not least, Barakallah ya Siti...

Hope everything will go on smoothly as planned for your wedding day, insyaAllah...

May Allah bless you and your family, always.

Thank you for ordering 

and

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A Flying Creature on a Card

My sweet niece is already 6 years old. How time flies...and she's getting sweeter as days go by. 

Last year I made her a cute mermaid B-day Card. This year... I was a bit busy with baby Zain, so I made her a last-minute simple hand-drawn one. 

I just love drawing this little creature who came out of no where to my little boy. Hehe..

I think I'll let Icha put some colors on this one.

But this fine morning after sahur... while baby Zain was sleeping, I had the chance to play with some colors in the photoshop. It kept me from falling asleep after the Subuh prayer :).

Enjoy!

From Painting to B-day Card

My younger brother has just turned 34... but he kept saying he's still 29 years old. Hah.


Well, coincidentally... I painted him as one of my series in recent exhibition by the Malaysian Watercolor Society (MWS) at NNGallery. You can read more about it at my other blog, Yartstik.

So... I thought, why don't I use it for his Birthday Card? A printed one, of course. Here's how it turned out to be (with the help of my good friend, photoshop) :

Translation: " NOOOOOO!!! I'm Still Young...!!"

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CED February_ Night...

" I'm wishing upon the stars that you'll be in my dream tonight..."

CED or Creative Every Day is a blog I enjoy visiting for some inspirations- be it for looking at others' creative works or creating something from the themed challenges every month.

As this month's theme is Night, I doodled a little something on a small piece of textured paper and inverted it in Photoshop just to see the contrasted image which is more suitable for the theme.

The Original Doodle

When it Rains..

My heart and prayer go to the blessed souls of the orphans who died in the landslide yesterday in Kampung Gahal, Ulu Langat. Many believed the rainfall has caused the landslide. Until today, people are still searching for the bodies. Made me think how fragile this borrowed life is..

At the same time, Illustration Friday theme this time is SOAKED. How appropriate.

Everything in life comes in pairs- good & bad, yin & yang, positive & negative, pros & cons.... etc. That's how God has made things. Depending on the situations.. rain can be either way too.

While the news above made me feel sad, the word SOAKED made me recall a wet kitten in the rain.  It's funny how a fluffy furry cat could be so very thin and tiny when it's wet.

I remember when I was small, I found a wet kitten in the rain. She was all dirty and thin. But guess what happened when she was all dried up? Yup, she was the biggest fur ball & cutest kitten ever :). 

Watercolor & Ink + Photoshop

Take care, everyone...

A Beginner..

A beginner is not afraid to step forward with a stride..

A beginner is determined to breeze through life and be free..

A beginner is embracing life with arms open wide..

A beginner is somewhere there within you and me.

                                                                          ~ ET2011~

A little inspiration from Illustration Friday's theme: "Beginner".

As the beginner of many people's working week, Monday sucks! :(

Yeah.. I understand. You've had a nice restful weekend.. woke up late on lazy Sunday... spent time doing what you love doing most- maybe being a couch potato and watching reruns on TV or just spending time with your loved ones and just doing nothing.

But I hope each one of you ( me too!) will face it anyway with an open heart because each and every day of our short life is very precious.. it's a blessing whether you're in a good or bad situation.

Yesterday was Mother's Day. Unfortunately, it was the day a neighbor of mine lost her Mom. Yeah, that was sad. Need I say more..?


Mom, I love you so much.

  

IF: Lesson

Sometimes, one may wonder what lessons can be learned from life..

Original piece- watercolor, ink & coffee stain

Sometimes, we can learn lessons of life readily and as it is..

Sometimes, we can learn lessons of life through darkness and hardships..

But have we really learned some lessons by now..?

Digitally enhanced piece- plus a beautiful Quote..

Hi everyone..

Illustration Friday's theme this week is "Lesson". I think the theme is very inspirational :)

Actually, I have drawn and painted the above illustration last week. When I saw the IF theme this week.. and then looked at my illustration.. hmm.. I thought they could somehow tie in to each other.

The golden winged fairy was sitting on a high branch... overlooking a forest.. with a silent dead mountain in a distance.. She looked as if wondering.. or perhaps waiting for something... or someone...
The little yellow winged friend with a short horn.. was staring at her.. perhaps feeling sorry for its friend.. hanging out alone on the blue branch... should it go near her... or just let her be..?


Another Lesson: A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.