I did a couple of illustrations last October for Vivid Creative Media. These illustrations will be used for custom paper goods and gifts.
“Monster Haven” - Vector Work in Illustrator
“Cupcakes, anyone?” - Vector work in Illustrator
“Kokeshi Dolls” - Vector work in Illustrator
“Vintage Robot” - Vector work in Illustrator
Illustration Friday’s theme for this week is “Racing”. Running events are all around the country these days. It’s good that people now are more involved in healthy activities like running. I’ve tried joining one year ago, and I’m hoping to participate again in the future.
“Racing” - Vector work in Illustrator
There are only two seasons in a tropical country like the Philippines, the dry season and the wet season. I’m loving the cold weather lately. It’s a lot harder to wake up on days like these. The rainy season would be over soon, so I better enjoy it!
Dip pen holders, Pen nibs, India ink
By the way, I visited the art store last weekend and purchased dip pens and a bottle of India ink. I’m enjoying using them so far for my ink works. It’s quite difficult though to use them at first. Having these new tools makes me think of learning Calligraphy. I’ll find time for that. In the meantime, here’s what I’ve done for the week.
“Rainy Season 1” - ink, watercolor, watercolor paper
“Rainy Season 2” - ink, watercolor, watercolor paper
“Summer Season 1” - ink, watercolor, watercolor paper
“Summer Season 2” - ink, watercolor, marker pens, watercolor paper
Weekend’s here again. Time flies too fast, which means we should really make use of our time wisely. Anyway, I think it’s time to revamp the site a little bit. Check out the new header and the new background (This is actually just a monochrome version of my twitter background.). Here’s a little artwork too to close the week. Cheers!
“Fresh Grass” - 4.5” x 6” watercolor paper; marker pens; watercolor
Since people got a taste of technology, it has evolved into something extraordinary that the first humans on earth did not even imagine would happen. With the development of computers and loads of software, some artists have engaged themselves into doing art the digital way. Since I have been one of them for a couple of years already, I decided to start re-uniting with traditional art. Although I do sketch a lot, I would love to do something more than that.
I never enjoyed drawing using marker pens. My right hand is not too stable to create lines perfectly, the way I want them to look on my paper. Just this month, I gave it a try again and I think I have finally obtained some fondness for the medium I was never comfortable using. Well, it all boils down to the saying that practice makes perfect. Although my right hand is still not too stable for perfect lines, I have managed to draw something I’m satisfied with.
I found these really fantastic marker pens from Letraset called Tria markers. It has three tips, a fine point, chisel, and a brush tip. I specially love using the brush tip. It glides along the surface really smoothly and it provides high quality results. I also purchased Faber-Castell pens to play with.
Black marker pens, Letraset gray-hued Tria markers
Faber-Castell Colour Pens
Here are some of the artworks I made. I used ordinary black markers for the lines, the Tria markers for the gray hues, the colorful Faber-Castell pens, watercolor for some of the backgrounds, and watercolor paper.
Prang Watercolor
Thus, my marker pen fiasco ends. I am definitely doing more artworks of this kind.
Just Doodle 