IF - Pioneer

Maybe this is a little of force-fitting into this week's Illustration Friday.

I had a number of things on my mind as I was doing this. An ATC in pen and ink.

Three Fav Combi

I clapped out loud after watching this - one of my fav singer, with a fav song and accompanied on a fav instrument played by a very talented musician.

Hope you like too.

When It is Too Good

An honest spam, an apparent oxymoron, that is most exciting to know about.

Yes, giving is glorious indeed.

Christmas Greetings

My Christmas eCard for this year.

Wishing all who pauses by this blog a very blessed and meaningful Christmas and also a wondeful year ahead!

Best Newcomer

What a very pleasant surprise to be given this year's Best Newcomer Award from Emergenetics Asia.

I have thoroughly enjoyed being able to share with many this wonderful tool for personal and organisational development, and getting this recognition is truly an added bonus to the joy.

Deeply thankful.

IF - Undone

Some things in life are hard to get undone - like a tangled mess of thread .. and failing eyesight.

For Illustration Friday.

IF - Hatched

For Illustration Friday.

Fluteboxing and Flight

Beatboxing on a flute - what a cool combination.

And Benja Harney works such wonders with paper.

Post-It Singapore

Post-it notes left to their fate in public places (mostly in Singapore). Wonderful stuff from Thingsweforget.

A*Live Dec 09

Wow! What a nice round-up ATC session for the year - a record number of 21 participants!


We tried out this twirly ruler together.


As always, we had a display of astounding creativity from everyone.


More photos on Flickr.

We meet again next month on 14 Jan. The theme will be Fabric.

Shall We Dance?

These dancers are so much fun. These are Kate's wonderful illo.

This Little Light

This print from Keep Calm Gallery.

Via SwissMiss.

KBCC Nov 09

It was fun sharing with this crafting group KBCC how to make my version of a hand-stitched matchbook notebook. As always, the set of creations is impressively colourful and personalised.

And my modest samples were really rather plain.


Most importantly, we had a great Saturday afternoon together. (And the kueh pie tee for teabreak was yummy!)

Common Tote

Delighted to share about this Singapore-based design site for tote bags called Common Tote. It's a cool thing.

And this robot design here is done by Sai Hoo from Singapore.

Here's to Design Singapore!

IF - Music

He wondered where he was suppose to plug into to hear the music of the sea.

For Illustration Friday.

Happy Doodler

Chris Piascik from Quarter Productions on Vimeo.

It is fun watching Chris Piascik in action.

IF - Unbalanced

No matter how many times he folded and refolded his sleeves, they just don't look balanced to him.

For Illustration Friday.

Moments

Balancing Act

Southern Ridges Stroll

We made an early start on a cloudy morning from Harbourfront MRT station for our walk on the Southern Ridges.

There were lovely flora and fauna as well as architectural beauty to take in along the way.


The two-hour walk ended with a hearty breakfast at nearby Alexnadra Village.


Fresh air, great sights and wonderful company - what a delightful way to spend the Saturday morning.

Awesome Dreams

Awesome Book Tour from Dallas Clayton on Vimeo.

Dallas Clayton is living his awesome dream having written an inspiring book and now making it possible for a child to get a book for every book he sells.

This reminds me of Toms Shoes' shoe for shoe.



What's your awesome dream?

Nature Trail

Care to go for a morning stroll at the Southern Ridges?

We are doing just that this Saturday, 14 Nov, starting from Harbourfront MRT station at 7 am and walking to HortPark. It is expected to take between 1.5 to 2 hours.

Join us at Exit B at 7 am.

A*Live Nov 09

We loved working with the textured base created with gesso and created quite a riot of colours and styles. This month, Peiling showed us how she works with gesso and very kindly prepared the base cards for us to work on.



There were some interesting ATCs and as always, we enjoy catching with each other and meeting new friends.



Next month, we meet on 10 Dec and the theme is "My Friend" for which we would use symbols and objects to represent our friends.

More photos on our flickr.

Lebanon in Sketches

Travel through Beirut, Lebanon with Tommy Kane.

Stereoview

Fascinating vintage 3D images called stereoviews of images from old Japan.

This one is from 1898.

Via Pink Tentacle.

Simply Licensed

Feels great to be featured as a new member at Simply Licensed. Here's hoping that a licensee would find my artwork suitable. Now, wouldn't that be so exciting!

IF - Skinny

Just being corny.

For Illustration Friday.

Gleesomely Green

Just listed for sale on etsy some of my handmade journals, notes and tags made from recycled and repurposed paper.

Hope they brighten someone's day and bring big broad smiles.

Go gleesomely green!

More variations can be seen on flickr.

IF - Fast

When is fast slow?

When it is fast asleep.

For Illustration Friday.

Sing Sang Sung

AIR MUSIC VIDEO SING SANG SUNG from MATHEMATIC SAS on Vimeo.

Delectable animation for a retro sounding tune.

IF - Frozen

Forgetful Felix would tell himself to leave the drink in the freezer for just a while so he gets a cold drink but he would forget.

For Illustration Friday.

I Am a Fan

Revolution-airy or not?

Drawing is Thinking

MILTON GLASER DRAWS & LECTURES from C. Coy on Vimeo.

Milton Glaser

Fluid Flow

valse statique-la théorie du combo from maxime bruneel on Vimeo.

IF - Flying

Flying - how do you see this? Flying free? A narrow escape? Blissfully oblivious of impending danger? Or ...

For Illustration Friday.

A*Live Oct 09

It is always such a joy to meet again to share our ATCs in our little "underground art get-together".


Ellen, who has created some fabulous ATCs that had her tatted work, presented a wonderful demo on tatting. And she generously made a bookmark as a giveaway for one lucky person.


Even though most of us thought that this month's theme, Self Portrait, might be a little challenging, we did see some very unique and pieces. And they each gave a glimpse into the creator too.


Here are some that I managed to receive, and these are the ATCs I made.



Join us at Bishan Library on 12 Nov. The theme - We are going to the movies!

Sabbatical

Pauseability Peranakan Press

Pauseability was mentioned in 2 printed materials recently.

One for our work with the seniors for the peranakan paper doll.


And another features our photo of GT Lye for the Sun Festival brochure.

One Man's Trash

Tim Noble and Sue Webster created this wonderful piece of art. A beautiful play on shadows and looking at and beyond what is right before your eyes (did you notice the seagulls?).

Via Junk Mail Gem.

IF - Pattern

Drew this today.

Pattern making with potato printing - would most of us have tried that at some point in our childhood?

For Illustration Friday.

Pop Up Card at KBCC

It was fun sharing with the group at KBCC how to make this pop-up card.

A little complicated but we persevered. And our creativity shone through.



Look at the riot of colours!

Another Try

F is for FAIL from Brent Barson on Vimeo.

Meow Meow

The cat duet is popular encore piece for sopranos.

Via animalarium

Tempting

Oh, The Temptation from Steve V on Vimeo.

Balloons

On Saturday, I tried my hands at balloon sculpting for the first time. Made a yellow sausage dog.

Then I came across this video about the awesome work of Jason Hackenwerth on SwissMiss.


Were you blown away?

King of Eight

Song Birds

Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.

Jarbas Agnelli looked at these birds and saw a beautiful melody.

IF - Welcome

When we welcome the start of a new day.

For Illustration Friday.

A*Live Sep 09

It is wonderful meeting everyone again for this month's ATC live trade session at Bishan Library.

Our theme was "A Way with Words" and there were very creative pieces.


These were created by Terence and inspired by Teochew and Indian sayings. Click on the photo to find out more.


We also had the pleasure of being guided by Jasper in trying out paper glazing.

Look at the gorgeous gleaming pieces we made.


Join us for the next ATC session on 8 Oct, 6.30 to 8.30 pm, Bishan Library. The theme is "Self Portrait".

No Kidding

It is so cool an idea to be inspired by the spontaneous creativity of children. See the many wonderful work at Chicken Nugget Lemon Tooty.

Ka-pa Ka-pa

I am waiting to learn how to play the ukulele.

Taking a Walk

The Longest Way 1.0 - one year walk/beard grow time lapse from Christoph Rehage on Vimeo.

IF - Magnify

Would a cell look like that - magnified .. by imagination.

For Illustration Friday.