Evolving Emotions: Love- Poetry

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Last Goodbye

She was evening nights sprinkled with fireflies. She was bouquets of every shade. She was long farewells, dandelion wishes, and key lime pie. Her heart beating atop my chest settled my breath into a steady patter every Sunday morning when the birds were chirping and her hands would hold mine, delicate and powerful, carrying me into the day with jittery excitement and beaming optimism and just when the world felt like it would fall into pieces I watched her wave with a smile plastered on her beautiful face knowing I was hers and she was mine from now until the end. She was warm embraces beneath a woven blanked. She was long road trips below a bright sun. She was mine and I was hers until our last goodbye.

Character Mock-ups

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(Left to Right: Simon, Hima, Lily, Yim, Enola)

These are some inked and colored concepts of my characters. I already want to change their designs. Maybe it’s something about seeing them presented as if their designs are finalized that is activating the art critic part of me. Simon’s coat could be more realistic, Hima’s pink could be a darker read, Lily’s coat could be blue, Yim could look more eldritch, and Enola could use a hoodie with sleeves. I guess that means more time sketching before the actual character sheets. A shame, but it’s good that I won’t be spending a ton of time on designs I personally feel need improvement.

Industrious Illustrating #32 – Risograph Printing

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Lately I’ve been playing around with different methods of design and printing, which has led me to make use of the risograph printer available at UMich Stamps. Risograph printing is a type of printing that uses a type of Japanese office printer that layers bright halftone dots of ink, creating a visual effect similar to a screenprint or a retro comic book.

Below are some examples of bicolor and tricolor risograph print designs I recently made or converted into risograph printing format:

Risograph printing is great for creating its signature pixellated texture and intense colors, as well as for mass-producing large print runs nearly instantly — a risograph printer can pump out dozens of identical prints in under a minute once the master copy of the print has been burned into the pigment rolls. The risograph can also print in fluorescent orange, fluorescent pink, and metallic gold — colors that I want to try out once I come up with some good ideas for them. I’m looking forward to bringing more risograph prints with me to conventions as well as for my own personal enjoyment in the future!

Fable Friday: Anthousai

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The Anthousai are the flower nymphs in Greek Mythology. I wanted to create my own modern take on these nature sprites. So, I made her clothes more reminiscent of modern-day clothing with sparkles, a short skirt, and boots. I gave her wings like a fairy since I thought they’d be a cute addition and kind of look like leaves!

Industrious Illustrating #31 – Sticker Designs

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Sorry for the late post — midterms week and the beginning of spring break were a bit chaotic for me. This week I have a few sticker designs to show that I made for the Hong Kong Student Association. I don’t do a lot of sticker or small designs, so trying my hand at them was interesting. I personally really like cute food-themed designs, and my favorite Hong Kong foods are egg waffles, shrimp dumplings (and dim sum in general), and egg tarts, so I made three designs inspired by them.

In the end, HKSA ended up selecting the first two designs, and the tshirt/sweater/sticker order form is currently open to club members! I’m glad that I took the chance to challenge myself by working with something different, and I’m going to consider making more dessert/food-themed designs in the future for my personal enjoyment in the future.