I saw Norwegian Wood last weekend and thought it was nice enough material for me to pick up my pen to begin sketching again after ages of neglect in favour of positioning my mindset as a designer’s, but let’s not digress. My attempts at observational sketching are usually sloppy so I was hoping to do something about this.. Guess I just haven’t figured how to go about shading hair nor filling in the blanks realistically.
Don’t Matsuyama Kenichi and Kikuchi Rinko look just really cute together? <3 Making screen caps had made me realise, as I scroll through the different scenes, how this film is definitely growing on me; I'd just have to delve deeper, and start seeing.
Planning for another batch of sketches and perhaps add some colours. More later.
The Little Prince Limited Edition Moleskin
Moleskine pays tribute to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s magical story with a collection of limited edition notebooks. Two versions, in size and layout, display the image of the Little Prince debossed on the cover. Inside there are drawings and classic quotes from this story that has been translated into more than 100 languages. The pocket holds a special surprise, a paper reproduction to cut out, mount and stick on.
The Little Prince x Moleskin – it’s so precious! As though they understood, mine arrived in the mail a day after ordering :) On the covers of both versions are printed the simplest of quotes that sums up such profound complexity:
L’essential est invisible pour les yeux.
What is essential is invisible to the eye.
And I shall never forget that.
Because I watched it this week.
Black Swan put me on the edge of my seat for the entire duration of the film and plunged me further into its darkness as I followed the character arc. Here’s my impression of Natalie Portman as Nina from what I could remember, whom I think did a most wonderfully convincing job in not just her acting but the ballet scenes as well. She portrayed a perfect embodiment of innocence and, thereafter, evil that manifested from within.
While still reeling from the intensity, with the theme of Swan Lake resonating in my head, I had set this down on canvas the moment I got home and laid hands on my tablet. If you do notice, I’ve been into this raw, unruly drawing style lately, skipping the lineart to delve straight into filling out forms and shapes probably because I enjoy being undecided, changing things along the way.
I kind of like how it turns out, so I was thinking I might continue illustrating in this style for a while.
It must be painfully obvious for you to tell when I’m tremendously inspired and when I’m not. This was one of those rare instances that I felt would dissipate as rapidly as the imagery had formed had I not translated it into an actual illustration on the spot, the sort that absolutely has to be completed in one sitting to get it out of my system.
Red Wine, Whiskey and You (Natsunonamae @ LJ) tells the bittersweet story of “Jun and Sho, in the span of three years”; realistic, quiet and not overly dramatised. I love fics like these, where strong imagery builds up steadily as soon as the reader starts drinking in the words. Silverfa would probably love it too :)
Illuminated by the hazy lights at the bar, Sho and Jun settle at the familiar bar stools, with not a word passing between them. Simply lost in the moment.
Here’s a DIY compact mirror, a prop for used in the photoshoot for a project I am currently spearheading. And I’m giving it away. Let me know :)
