HAPPY HOLIDAY

THANK YOU 2014!

Time flies... the end year 2014 is just around the corner. For me, it's been a crazy year, what a roller coaster! The greatest thing is i had big chances to explore myself and had 2 bug trips to Taiwan and France. I am grateful that God always give me chances to learn new things, meet me with new great people around the world, and exploring to see the beauty of this planet.

I am quite happy for my life so far, with its ups and downs. And i am happy to know that now i become an artist instead of just being a graphic designer at work.

The new year will come soon. I hope i can be a better person next year and more chances to learn many many new things! Happy new year!!!

LA MAISON DE LINA

Voila my very first digital illustration using a wacom pen and tablet. The strokes are not perfect enough but i really enjoyed this cool stuff anyway :) Many more flowery illustrations will come!

TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY

Christmas is coming soon!

It's fun to spend some times during working time to create some greeting cards and decorations. Will give them to some close friends and maybe sell some :)

BONJOUR FRANCE!

Bonjour France!

That was my second time traveling to Europe. And i decided to go to some places in France. It was amazing and sooo beautiful. I like Paris for its multicultural daily life, restaurants, streets, the fashionable people, and so many art museums. The weather was nice too, it was around 7 degrees in the morning, well it's cold for an Asian like me. Hehehehe...

France fascinated me for its street cafes. I like the exteriors and the ambience. I felt like...the things that i only saw on Pinterest are real! Hahahahahahah... And everything was just simply beautiful.

I went to Paris, Angers, and Quimper. Angers was the one i love the most! This small city is very pleasant to live in, not too crowded, and the people are nice too. The coffee shops are very cozy and comfortable, the price is cheaper too :)

Well, i can not wait for me to go back there again next time. Tu me manque beaucoup!

MY MOLESKINE ART JOURNAL

LITTLE INDIAN GIRL

Such a wonderful weekend! Hehehe...well it's actually just an ordinary weekend but i got an extra money from selling my illustrations. So i decided to go to the bookstore after my late lunch and grab a new Moleskine blocknote for my new illustration journal. I find this blocknote is quite good with its quality, but somehow not too friendly for pencil colors. The paper is too smooth, so i need extra effort to draw on it.

My first doodling today is a little indian girl with some geometric patterns and collage. I really enjoyed this evening :) Schoenes Wochenende!

TOKO SERBA ADA

TOKO SERBA ADA is an Indonesian terminology for supermarket. This is the new concept which i want to use in my next project. All the grocery stuffs in watercolors!

THE KNORR SERIES

WATERCOLOURLICIOUS

I had nothing to do at work today. So i grab my drawing stuffs and do some art works. This is actually my new experiment. Working on some packaging drawing that are already familiar, just a lil bit twist on colours here and there :)

THE ARTSY TAIPEI

Wall installation at the paper museum

Found a Cambodian book at a coffee shop

Making recycled papers

These are mine! LOL

Chinese calligraphy at Taipei Art Museum

Doodling at Xin Yi Road

Doodling at Taipei Main Station

Dooding at Jiantan Station

TAIPEI TRIP (PART 1)

Taipei 101 from Elephant Mountain

Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall

Daily life in Taipei

Local foods!

Public transportation in Taipei

Street markets

My favorite spot! Childrenbook store!

Tea house

I visited Taipei last March and stayed there for 10 days. It was out of prediction. Taipei is a well developed city but i still can see some old buildings and traditional markets. Staying for 10 days at a backpacker hostel was amazing, i met some travelers from Japan, China, and Russia. We shared stories and laughs at the coffee shop downstairs. The owner was good too, he gave me discounts everyday for breakfast! :) The sandwich and coffee are AMAZING!

I never known about Taipei before, a friend lend me a guide book and i found some good informations there. The 'best' part was when i found a place which i thought it was a backpacker hostel but it was actually a gay bar :)) Banaaaaanaaaaa :))

Taiwanese are nice people, i was helped by many people when i lost. That remains me of an old lady i met at a train station and we talked about many things. The guy at the coffee shop was kindhearted too. He served me coffees every morning, and i did not have to explain what kind of coffee i like because he already knew. Oh yea...i remember a police man at the downtown! He helped me to find a tiny bookstore at the small alley...he followed me by his motorcycle to make sure i get the right place. I really can't find that kind of person here in my country actually :p

The view from the Elephant Mountain was great, it was breeeeeezing and calm. The sunset looked so beautiful. But the stairs??? Nooooo waaaay! Hahahaha... Thank you for a friend who took me there! :)