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Kiwi fruit watercolor

"There's a North in us all, but my North can't hold me anymore." Oh man, what a day/week/month it's been. Today was the end of first semester, a bit hard to believe half the year is gone, a bit hard to believe we still have half of a year left. The past 24 hours have been nothing less than mental chaos (maybe my coach was foreshadowing all of this when he asked if I was ok last night...) Anyway, here I am, here we are. Llemette on the left (name credit to Josefina), February journal on the right.

She is a shop manager of a Chinese herbal clinic :)

I would have to say that my headphones are my constant companion. Music drives my working day.

I drew based on a photo. It became a little darker than the original. I drew as an exercise. Tools: Derwent graphite pencils ; Paper size: A3

Imagining a better future in the time of COVID isolation seems like a fevered dream. Bic4 Ballpoint Pen, Sanrio Novelty 10 Colour Ballpoint Pen on Archival 8.5" x 11" paper

The challenging thing with just using pen is that I can't paint over a mistake. I usually redo a face more than once. I didn't mean to make their face so stoic, it makes them look like a statue.

Exploring nature in self-isolated times

Before it was quite finished.

Ink on water color paper.

Sharpie pattern doodle in a Moleskine sketchbook.

Done first using pencil and then added color in Photoshop. Angel Ganev's challenge on Instagram.

My first try at dip pen art. Found that it's cheap and there's less of an environmental burden considering disposable fine liners.

Lulu in her city. At night. With pets.

A sketchbook spread where I played with positive negative space with a limited color palette

I doodled the cover of this sketchbook almost 2 years ago, and I'm dying to give it a second shot! To be continued...

The garden of the architect and houses of Kassel

A4 size (:

Ballpoint pen drawing on old book pages

Moleskine Doodle - September 2015

Small city doodle.

A happy little acrylic tree.

The lovely Leo. Drawn with 0.93 and 0.05 fineliners on smooth A4 cartridge.

Gorgeous little pug, another recent commission. Drawn using 0.03 and 0.05 black fineliners on medium cartridge paper.

Commission portrait. Gorgeous tabby cat. Drawn in black and white line using fineliner's.

The man with a vast red hat met a flower on the pad and asked, "Are you my dad?" The flower said, "No. I'm not the one, but I'll pretend I'm your dad if you'll pretend you're my sun."

Neil was the first author whose words I first fell in love with.

Some crazy Moleskine doodles for the day. I haven’t been doing enough of these and really need to kick my butt harder. Not sure why because it’s so dang enjoyable.