Due to the freelance workload over the past couple of weeks, I feel like I haven’t been drawing, or blogging, for at least 10 years. I certainly used to draw a lot more. The wacom pen is now right back in my hands, working its magic on a long awaited sketch once more. I am comforted, strangely, just by the lines and strokes that slowly form realistic faces and figures that are oh so familiar to me. <3 It's one of those relaxing times when I can truly produce something that is satisfactory.
If you’re not dying to see me, then I guess I really shouldn’t be dying to see you too.. Lemme just step back for a bit and feel the breeze :) 色んなことがまだまだだね。
And while sketching a picture for this post, my wacom bamboo pen was dropped and it stopped working. =( I had dropped it on several occasions in the past but I never knew it would ‘break’ so easily.. it must be that the drawing’s too hideous lol. Sources online state that wacom pens are fixable – the part of the mechanism that’s broken – if only you manage to pull it apart. I’m guessing it would need a machine to separate the pen, because honestly no matter how hard I tried it would NOT budge. Replacing or repairing the pen is not exactly cheap you know. Maybe I’ll manage it somehow if I keep trying then.
This is the 5th year, already. Time passes so quickly we’ve lost count of the number of sunsets that have flashed by. Sunsets, the most exquisite yet fleeting time of the day. I’m reminded of many many things that seem so near, yet so far. Dedicated to Leslie, all the fan friends whom I’ve shared memories with and everyone else who appreciates him.
3.5hours, Corel painter 3
Got my hands on a Wacom Bamboo Fun, small-size white version (thanks dad!) a few days back, it came very nicely packaged bundled with Corel and Ulead software. Above is an attempt on a completely different style from my past paintings. Key to this is: solid blocks of colours, and a ref picture of Leslie found in his photobook Leslie in China (2001). I think I’ll like digital painting very much from now on…
