sweet celebration work in progress and I'm setting my goal!

I'm still working on Make Art That Sells part B class assignments. As I mentioned in the previous posts, week 1 assignment is to design a holiday card with candies and ornaments as keywords. Since I'm working on this on my own (the class already ended last year) and there is no deadline, I decided to do a set of design for each week's topic. I have done a couple of illustrations and this one above is the third. The overall design is not yet completely finished. I need to make the pieces look more cohesive.

My goal for this year is to create a new portfolio website containing works done from this MATS class. It's going to be a big step for me as I determine to improve my overall design work, make it more presentable and professional. My work so far has been mainly book deign. I want to expand my career to illustration field now. So, I think I'm going to have to set a specific timeframe for this whole class assignment. There are 5 weeks assignments and I hope... I think I should use stronger word now... I MUST complete all 5 week assignments by the end of June! And then doing the website will be next.

So there I said it! It's quite scary to say it out loud. I'm not even sure I can make it. Although I don't think people will care much if I'm going to make it or not, making it publicly may help pushing me forward.

My problem right now is thinking too much. There always seems to be something that doesn't look right and I just keep changing and moving things around. I have to constantly remind myself not to spend too much time trying to be perfect. It's never going to happen. Finish this and move on!

Work in progress : candies forest

Work in progress after a week of not working. I had a terrible headache for several days. I realized I'm getting old now, not so young anymore. My body needs good nutrition and regular exercise. Yoga seems to be the best choice but I have neglected it for so long...

Just as I said earlier that this year was going to be the year of being offline. I was not quite so sure that I could be away from Facebook and the internet in general. Now I guess I could make it :D The world seems more peaceful and I could concentrate more on reading and making art.

I think I like myself better :)

This drawing is part of Make Art That Sells part B 2013 homework. It's still in progress and I guess it would be some time before it's all complete. I will write about my design process then :)

MerryDay goes to school is back

MerryDay goes to school is back. If you can remember, I took an e-course called Make Art That Sells last year, both part A and B. I completed part A but couldn't make it for part B due to my work load. Now I have done all my work and been able to carve out time to do homework on my own. The first week's assignment is Holiday Card with Candy and Ornament as keywords. This is what I have so far :)

Today's drawing

Work in progress. Thinking about candies flowers and celebrations ;)

Playtime with little nieces

It's a week of babysitting of my little nieces. I'm not good at taking care of children. The only trick I have is to draw. Luckily, my nieces also love making art so we spent time drawing and painting. Drawing on tiny nutshells was fun and it's nice to pretend to be kid again ;)

ps. sorry for the lousy photos, I just took them with my old iphone :P

ATC swap : owl

My second ATC swap. The theme is OWL. I intended to make a simple brown owl with cut out wings. Then the idea of flowers decorative and lettering came in. I wanted to do the eyes with some buttons but drew the simple sleeping eyes instead. I had fun doing this. The next topic is TALL, wondering how I will come up with the idea :)

This week is a big holiday in Thailand. People are having fun and I'm having a great time drawing and being inspired by good books and great art on the net :)

The magic of drawing

I'm getting (very slowly) back to blogging and drawing. This short film is just the right film.
She is my Muse.