This is a continuation of my attempt at journalling my daily life in the form of comics, continuously for over a 2 months. And I did this in 2011. I started this with Book 1 and now, this is book 2 and 3 together. This book is …
Found this comic dairy entry I drew in an old sketchbook and decided to colour it up. Yes, I have my official monthly sketchbook and then there are old sketchbooks (store-bought) that are lying around. They are very old. And som…
This is 2 pages of a diary entry in last month. All of these panels were drawn from my imagination, but shortly after each event took place. How do I draw from imagination? I picture the image in my mind. Try to hold it there. A…
I've been planning the upcoming pen and ink drawing class in July. I've to decide on the tools the students will use. So many choices. There are fancy fountain pens, gel pens, ballpoints, dip pens, etc. What about just a …
Gosh, it's 10 years since by daughter was born. It's so quick. And it reminds me that I should spend more time playing with her, amidst attending to all my work, youtube and art and all, before another 10 years passes. Si…
I've to make a conscious effort to remember small events like these and drawing them out soon after. Wait too long and the interest fades because new events keep happening all the time. In this one, I drew it with a vintage M…
Back in 2011, I started making home-made sketchbooks. It's also when I started capturing my daily life in small comic panels in my sketchbook as I went about my day - something I still enjoy practicing years later. This sketc…
Just scanned this from my April 2024 sketchbook. It's been hot over here in Singapore. It's now the month of May and it's still rather crazy on some days. I drew this during a morning breakfast by myself. It's o…
For the last few months, I was serving as an adjunct lecturer at an art school in Singapore. One of the projects given to the illustration students was to create an autobiographical comic about transformation. It took 15 weeks f…
This is a recent random spontaneous comic page I did. What I did differently here is that I diluted the Platinum Carbon Black ink (waterproof) in my fude fountain pen. That made the ink become grey instead of black. With grey lin…
Sometimes, I think that all the responsibilities and things I need to do during the day get in the way of me doing art. And I just want to get it all completed so I can get to my desk, close the door, get my art tools out, and dr…
It does take a conscious effort. First thing in the mornings, there is a habit urge to check my phone for new messages. I've been practicing putting that off until I've journaled something from my life while my mind is st…
I felt that the flow of the journal comic I did during the workshop could be better. So I rearranged the panels and put related items next to each other. Sometimes that can make a big difference! I rearranged it digitally but one…
Here are photos and comics from the comics workshop during Young Writers Lab 2024. I was teaching participants the basics for contructing a daily life journal in comics form, like the ones I do in my sketchbooks. The workshop ran…