I designed some business cards for a friend of mine, Andrew Kelly who is a great photographer and lives in Melbourne.. well close enough.
He wanted them simple, bold and square and this was the result. 
They come in green and blue too. I have yet to actually see them. However, Andrew tells me they have been well received.
There is something about Hong Kong that I can't seem to leave. It's one of the most beautiful countries I've lived in.
I love how the ocean is never too far away and neither is a mountain top, how now, I live on top of a hill facing the legendary Amah rock. Every alley way and corner has it's own treasure of shops and eateries.
And more recently I went to my sister's university. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's campus is practically built on a small mountain and is facing the ocean full of Islands. On a foggy day you can't see 2 feet in front of you and if you look out at the ocean, it looks very much like a scene from Pirates of the Caribbean
This photograph isn't exactly my best photograph, but for some reason, I'm very attached to it.
The last few weeks have been more than tiring, it just has not been my weeks or months or something. There are so many menial tasks and errands to run, I spend most of my days wishing there were more than 24 hours in them.
So coming home from school today, I decided to screw every thing I was supposed to do, i.e clean the house, buy laundry detergent, organise files for school and sort out my bills and injected myself with creativity. Luckily I had my wonderful friend Sheeny around (who has an awesome blog by the way), dragged her home and dressed her up.
This is what I got. 
* Mood: Fatigued
* Listening to: Adele - chasing pavements
* Eating: What ever I can find
* Drinking: Chocolate milk
Ugh, things are in a mess, there is so much work that needs to be done, and yet.. *sigh* soon soon, I'll get to everything soon enough. In anycase, I should be heading to class not here blogging. 
Went to India and visited my cousins. Two of which have had babies. I got to meet my 1 year old niece and 3 month old nephew.
I particularly enjoy the 1 and - 3 year age, its when a child is coming to terms with their speech and movement, and everything is new.
I got to be 1 with her too.
Koshani. 
I finally got the lips right, Whoo hoo!! *dances around* I think I've spent about 3 - 4 hours on the lips alone, changing it every time that I'd start a new session on the painting.
80% done!
All I've left to do now, is the hair, eyebrows, jewelry and background!
Whooot!
Me thinks pretty decent for a person who is painting a portrait (completely) for the first time.
Scribbles from here and there.
=)
An old hand study... at some point, I'll study all the muscles but.. not yet.
I only have 3 more days to finish this.. and it still needs to have so much work done on it!
Human body drawings are the bane of my existence, I want to give it character and dynamics, give it a flow of movement, but there is always something that just isn't quite there yet.
And I'm getting much better and not getting it quite right.
Forms from superheroes in action.. 
My mother is not the easiest person to buy a present for, and she'd make it very difficult if my siblings and I try to do something nice for her on her birthday.
So, for her birthday I thought of painting a portrait of her.
Sadly enough, I have a few things going against me.
- I haven't painted a portrait in over a year
- When I do start, I rarely ever finish painting portraits
- I'm lazy and need a bit more than motivation
So you can see, this is a bit more than a monster of a challenge.
Here I document my progress.
An exercise in using colour and a different kind of brush rather than the hard round one I usually do.
Done in Photoshop.
