The Process and Thanks

firstly, omgggg thanks everyone for the insane amount of support for my first commercial artwork!!!

i had initially printed 40 cards, thinking "well, at most i will stuff them into random mailboxes if they dont sell!"

but the same night it was all sold out and i had to go reprint them!

you guys have no idea how significant that felt to me.

to someone who has always been extremely unsatisfied and insecure with her artwork, this overwhelming support has been extremely stunning. i feel like crying. hahaha. but im a cold-hearted bitch, so no tears.

im however, really really grateful to all you guys for the love and support!

especially to Mr. Brother, who is a super supportive sibling. good job and Evil Brother Bank credits++ for convincing me to try selling my artwork, offering ideas and being sales person #1.

thanks for being so encouraging Mr. Brother & TP!

prototypes on my wall.

cutting the A3 pieces into A6! thankfully, my dad hoards tools. we have a paper cutter, laminating machine, soldering irons, woodcutting tools and almost every other shit at home. which is great, truly, cause i get to do all these shenanigans.

stamping the envelopes by hand from my handcrafted stamp!

drawing on the trunk and stars.

glitterfying and waiting for them to dry.

i will be making more random collections of my artwork soon, hope you guys will dig those too!

thanks for the loveee.

(￣▽￣)ノ♥ byebye

The Sunburnt Snippets

leaving on a plane back to singapore soon and it just occurred to me that my brief escape is coming to an end. it had been the most crazy roller coaster of experiences here and i feel so grateful for all the people here who made it so damn awesome.

never thought that i could fall in love with a place so much but cali definitely did that. in a mere space of two months. sigh. im not even on the plane, yet the depression of going back is already setting in.

i will miss going across the gorgeous bridge.

absorbing the rays on vibrant beaches with clear waters where everyone is just enjoying the sun.

stopping by random lakes.

feeling the magic at theme parks.

crazy road trips with friends.

awesome geek out moments at museums.

meals with alcatraz in view.

the bagel store owners who are so warm and friendly. also, sundried tomato bagels and cream cheese. (':

gorgeous architecture everywhere.

AND insane shopping. hehh.

(￣▽￣)ノ byebye

Habitat Coffee

school has been really hectic. all the crazy amount of assignments. i'm not even really studying. just doing assignments after assignments.

so this weekend i decided to take a break and go out with yun! got to a family dinner and then went habitat coffee. i was hoping habitat COFFEE would have great coffee. nope. not really.

waffles with salted caramel and rum&raisin ice cream. the waffles are not bad. but the ice cream was not awesome.

sharing amusing whatsapp messages from our moms. i went back to my old phone cover cause after breaking my previous one, i found out s2 was too old a model. every single shop was selling s3 or iphone 5 covers. wtf.

the too sweet ugh face from the ice cream.

super love her contacts!!! ヾ(´･ω･｀)

it's so girly but we telepathically wore the same colors!!! navy and white. hehh.

so glad we got to meet up after so long!

(￣▽￣)ノ byebye

When you find Something worth more

finally.

Happy Halloween

happy halloween. here's some cute girls in costume for you. have fun while i dredge through my deadlines. (T^T)/

(￣▽￣)ノ byebye

A Spring Romance

that's why i'm a Summer romance kind of person.

font credits to: http://www.dafont.com/traveling-typewriter.font

(￣▽￣)ノ byebye

The Coffee that I've Met

i drink a lot of coffee. at least a cup a day. mostly 2. and during busy times, an average of 5 cups. it's not great for my body but it is yummy.

(￣▽￣)ノ byebye

TUTORIAL: ASH AND PIKACHU CROSS STITCH

using a small scrap piece of cross stitch cloth, i was wondering if i can cannibalize any 8bit art into a piece of art for my growing wall deco. then i remembered my Pokemon Yellow and tadaaaa! ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ seeing pikachu follow me around makes me really happy for some reason. true bromance/love. hahahaha.

in progress. rusty cross stitch skills = took 4 hours odd to complete

here is the pattern i made from Excel. left the numbers at the side so its less of a bitch to count etc. quite a small piece. i color coded the Black as Grey squares so that the lines show up better. not too sure about the exact numbers for the colors i used though since most of my embroidery threads are random bundles. hehh.

basically, colors needed:

Deep red

Blue

Pale Peach

Ivory/White

Yellow

Brown

Black

Deep green

the current wall which my messy desk faces. hung my keys at the door so i hopefully won't miss them as much. i realized i've not drawn for quite some time. hrmmm...

perfect red wooden frame.

while i was starving at home today, help came and whipped up this god damn delicious yummy poscsvbesfnqaggg pasta for me. #luckyluckylucky the bacon, the chicken, the mushrooms, the garlic. ohmytian. i even ate greens!!! ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ thats HOW yummy it is.

(￣▽￣)ノ byebye