eyes that speak only of escape (ii)

part ii. 150 weeks later.

eyes that speak only of escape

A sunday morning watercolor therapy. It's been a while. I guess once you stopped, the hardest thing is to find the energy to restart, but once you've started it can feel so good.

It's not my original drawing btw. They say to start you might first copy to then later find your own. I'm not an illustrator and I can't draw something out of my head. So the story is actually I came across the drawing of Emilie Lindsten and thought, "oh I can do that", so I grabbed my pencil and start drawing, then later I added the watercolor inspired by the style of Conrad Roset which I just came across yesterday on instagram. Stina Persson is still my watercolor illustrator hero, which I will never be able to copy, but I will surely continue this kind of drawings, just because it feels good doing.

metaphorical state

Nujabes - Reflection Eternal

Random doodle on Sunday morning. Nothin' fancy, just felt like picking up my pen and doodle something inspired by some artworks from Nujabes' music and the music itself.

Not sure if I should explain this and I don't know whether people usually think of something when they draw something abstract, but I did imagine drawing mountains, trees, waves, the sun, flowers, clouds, and bird. Maybe it helps in interpreting.

ps. the embedded youtube player doesn't really work nice in chrome and other browsers but it looks okay in safari, so...

the great gatsby

the third in the series.

The Great Gatsby is actually the book that took me the longest time to buy because I was searching for a good cover. Well since it's a classic there are a lot of version of it and you can actually buy one quite easily. Just that a cover that looks nice is rare. I didn't get to buy the original classic cover one though.

As for the result, this one is the least I like so far, it looks silly. Haha. But the process I enjoyed the most in this one.

moby dick

The second on the series.

While my first, The Catcher in The Rye is one of my favorite book, I actually haven't read this one, and maybe never will, considering the thickness of the book. It's just that she mentioned it like a lot. Haha. And I like this classic version of cover by Rockwell Kent.

the catcher in the rye

Well, at least I tried.

added later:

The cover art is actually by Salinger’s friend E. Michael Mitchell. It depicts an angry red merry-go-round horse against a black-and-white cityscape — and it remains one of the most recognizable book covers of the 20th century: violent, visually arresting and beautiful.