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Back At It.
Not surprised at how things sort of drifted when life happens. I believe my last post was right before or after I got a job in Dubai around 2017, came back to California to prepare for the birth of, my son, Jakkou. In the midst of finding work and starting over again to what I needed in order to support our growing family, blogging fell off. My goal for this blog & future posts is to update from…
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13 of 31 "Teeming" What do pack for the Apocolypse? Everything... Knowing what happens in every Apocolyptic movie, John was too late to snag a motorcycle to be part of a biker gang. Instead, he settled with the vespa, making friends with vegan friendly survivors, wondering how to build a new, eco-friendly environment.... #inktober2017 #inktober #illustration #doodledrawing #inkdrawing #sketchbook #inkdrawingart #inkart #doodle #okayjt #drawing #sketchingart #pendrawings #apocolypse #vespa #negansbat #lucille #losangeles_la
11 of 31 "Underwater" Grown shark missing the simple things in life... #inktober #illustration #doodledrawing #inkdrawing #sketchbook #inkdrawingart #inkart #doodle #okayjt #drawing #sketchingart #pendrawings #deepsea #oceaneyes #sharkbirthday #greatwhiteshark #greatwhite #octopus #iliketurtles #littleturtle #turtle #crablegs #crab
Day 11 Run Tuesday runs in middle school.... Really lagging on this, but at least I'm still putting ink on paper! #inktober #illustration #doodledrawing #inkdrawing #sketchbook #inkdrawingart #inkart #doodle #okayjt #drawing #sketchingart #pendrawings #runners #marathon #roundisashape
To my Family...
To my Family…
What a time to be alive. I know we all live in different areas now, but who would have thought we’d still be this close dispute the distance? This is the second year where I haven’t celebrated your birthdays, or celebrated Holidays in your company. Just wanted to share that if I have been messaging, you already know, but if I haven’t I hope you’re doing well! To Kuya Jesse and Jeff, you have been…
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10 of 31 "Gigantic" One of my favorite scenes in Lilo & Stitch was when Stitch meticulously sets up the room as San Francisco only to have it destroyed. #inktober2017 #inktober #illustration #doodledrawing #inkdrawing #sketchbook #inkdrawingart #inkart #doodle #okayjt #drawing #sketchingart #pendrawings #liloandstitch #stitch
8 of 30 "Screech" My T-Rex bunny. Giants fluff ball of terror. #inktober2017 #inktober #illustration #doodledrawing #inkdrawing #sketchbook #inkdrawingart #inkart #doodle #okayjt #drawing #sketchingart #pendrawings #bunny #animalart #animalsketch
6 of 30 "Shy" In 2009, my brothers and I had moved out, so my parents decided to get a dog. When my dad told me he was getting a poodle, I thought, long legs, puffy afro hair on parts of the body... Oh great.... This kind of dog... Little did I know it was quite the opposite. Eva was incredibly shy, making adjustments to her new home with giants humans. Over the years of taking care of her, she has grown to be incredibly smart, friendly with kids, and never shedding. She's a tomboy at heart, never afraid to play around in the dirt, and always wanting to go for drives. #inktober2017 #inktober #illustration #doodledrawing #inkdrawing #sketchbook #inkdrawingart #inkart #doodle #okayjt #drawing #sketchingart #pendrawings #dogart #familydog #sketching #colormarker
5 of 30 "Sword" Some of you may know, I have an affinity for role playing video games (RPG genre) and their stories. One of the most important characters to me, asides the characters you venture with is the merchant! The merchant sets you up with your first gear when starting and frequently most visited character in the game. I am pretty satisfied the way this character came out. In looking forward how I am going to revise this look one day once my skills level up. #inktober2017 #inktober #illustration #inkdrawingart #inkart #doodle #okayjt #drawing #sketchingart #pendrawings #swordart #swords #videogamer #swordmerchant #merchant
5 of 30 "Long" Seeing chopper style bikes inspired me for this sketch. Had a reference photo that I fell in love with you used to compliment the subject. #inktober2017 #inktober #illustration #inkdrawingart #inkart #doodle #okayjt #drawing #sketchingart #pendrawings #choppers #bicycles #bicycleart
What I've learning during the process of participating in #inktober2017 was consistency. The painstakingly thoughts of re-learning techniques what should have been "easy" became a time of rewinds and basic training. Here's what I've been drawing so far. I know the event is long gone, but given the time I actually have to spare nowadays seems like a fight to get it done. The only difference from before is that its starting to become incredibly fun again. Shout out to @samuraiknight07 for starting our weekly art sessions!
October usually means so much to me and indicates the change in seasons. I think of the usual things such as horror movies, over abundant sweet treats to be shared/enjoyed, and dressing up as your favorite figure. Today will mark the second year of not being able to celebrate Halloween in its entirety. It was a bit odd to me not seeing children walk down the busy streets in their costumes, while accompanied by their proud parent. Although I didn’t actually see this in person, since my wife is a nursery teacher, her kids had all gone trick or treating. She did mention to me that she saw the results of their evening candy loot journey the next day due to their hyper active behavior to get the class in order…
What I’ve discovered in my venture in the world of social media, there have been trends of art related topics that a community would accomplish together of all skill levels just to take part in a movement. One of them is “Inktober“. I’ve seen this for a few years actually but never actually got around to finishing it. Why? Lazyness, plain and simple. Last year, I’ve only posted one because I was too focused on being “perfect”. It’s 2017, and reflecting over the years, my main issue was starting a project only to never finish it. As an artist, I would have great ideas, note them down, sketch about 20% of the idea, then frustrate myself because I would feel like something is off. The thought of “Well, I pictured it better in my imagination, but in actuality, it isn’t that great“. This mentality actually killed my progress to develop. It’s like going to the gym for the first day and expecting to see dramatic results, then giving up.
“Swift”
In the same way, creating a specific idea into life will take some work, and often times, I’m quite critical of myself. There are many projects that I wish to create that I still haven’t accomplished yet, but I made a conscious decision to go back to the basics first. I needed to fall in love with drawing again. I had evaluate, even investigate and ask myself:
Did I reject my love for creating art?
Do I have time to do this anymore?
Do I have it in me to do this again?
“Divided”
Since coming to Dubai, I had to ask myself that many times. It was a passion that kept burning in me, sadly, I set it aside due to lack of confidence in myself. Since starting my job, its a 9 to 5 job and the commute going home is about 2 hours. By the time I get home, I’m tired and I want to shut my mind off with anything else other than challenging myself to be creative.
“Poison” Legends say that the king of Abotinia cared a great deal for his people, even if it meant giving up his own life to save them. The sword he wielded was called “TOMADOR De VIDA”, aka ‘LIFE Taker’. Whoever uses the sword will have emense power, at the expense of the user’s life. The sword has claimed the lives of several legions….
Come September, I wanted to prepare For this Inktober that I’ve been so fond of, but this year was going to be different. Getting back into the groove of drawing consistently was my gym for creativity. The beauty of it was that I can take my creative gym anywhere I wanted to. My lunch breaks are the times to put down lead and ink onto paper. Everyday, I started making efforts to practice and fill up my creative bank with inspirations from my childhood. Much like in real life, to get more out something, I had to be invested.
“Underwater”
Sure, I watch cartoons, movies, and read comics, but what am I doing with all those creations? To me, they should be used to fuel my own creations. Realizing lunch time at work wasn’t enough to draw, I had to be proactive if I wanted to finish this project, but where can I find more time…? Well… I’ve always complained about how long my bus ride to work were, especially going home… (Queue lightbulb) That’s it! Since the ride is smooth on the highway, I can use those 3 hours (1 hour going to work, 2 hours coming back due to heavy traffic) everyday to draw something! Since its just a sketch, the lines do not have to be perfect, the refinement can come later during lunch time.
“Sword”
Although I haven’t finished Inktober completely, and its already November, I’m still determined to accomplish it. This has taught me to stop making excuses and to make more art instead. Much like my marriage, this is a passion I have to fight for everyday. It sure as heck won’t be perfect, but it’s awesome to be filling up my sketchbook again.
“Shy”. Eva when my parents first took in this amazing creature. I really miss her.
“Crooked”
“Screech”
“Gigantic”
Shout out to Apurv (Ah-pu-roov)! I created a sketch session on Reddit, and although several people said they were going, one showed up. Getting to know him is awesome. He’s from India, moved to Pasadena, California to pursue his Masters in computer science, graduated, then came back. Great guy all around and incredibly enthusiastic about getting back into his passion as well. Looking forward to our 3 week meeting!
Inktober 2017 October usually means so much to me and indicates the change in seasons. I think of the usual things such as horror movies, over abundant sweet treats to be shared/enjoyed, and dressing up as your favorite figure.
**New blog post is up, finally!** Work life, or rather, the lack of... Idle hands make a man hungry, they say. Some situations I go through finding work, obtaining residency, and how to make the most of out being mobile, overseas. To live life out of a few pieces of luggage and being completely content.
Getting Situated...
Getting Situated…
“Come to the Middle East, it’ll be fun they said…. ” One thing I’ve learned about being here in Dubai is that fun is What you make of it. Yes, it’s incredibly hot out here 8 months out of the year, but there are still things that can be done without breaking the bank. In a country where it is most known for not only for the incredibly diverse culture, but its technological advances, overall…
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Day 1 of #inktober2017 with my take on #swift Looking forward to this daily activity and actually finishing it.
There's a word that I began to have a major distaste for... It's called VISA. Not the credit card, I'm talking about travel visa. If you're a local, it doesnt affect you, but if you're on a visit visa, trying to make your stay here on a long term fix, then you might want to get familiar with what happens if your visiting days are up in the UAE... Questions you may have: Where do you need to go? How much are the fees? I got the connect because I've done it and maybe one day, this will help you. Link to the blog is on my bio!
Dreaming of who I wanted to be when I wanted to grow up didn't take much effort to romanticize about. After all, "you can be anyone you want to be if you put your mind to it" didn't really sit well with me because I just didn't understand at the time. As an artist, drawing never came naturally to me. I guess the only thing natural was my curiosity to discover it. I've always surrounded myself with creative people because I knew that they had something I could learn from them, or perhaps they can learn from me. From going to countless artshows, to late night drawing sessions, I wanted to make this post to open up my lessons from my younger days of what I used to draw and how it inspired me to keep pushing for refinement. The link to the blog is found in my bio!