Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!
And to all mothers who supported us all!

Our family have different tradition to celebrate Mother's Day where we also celebrate Father's Day too(But that's mainly because my dad doesn't care for Father's day celebration so I just combine the two).

My parents gave us lot of fun memories in our childhood. So this year, I wanted to give them our childhood memory they gave us in illustration form.

When we were kids, my mom made this jumbo sized stuffed rooster to play with. It was big enough to have my two little brothers and myself to sit on, sit comfortably to read books(manga), and sleep on too.
The head piece definitely didn't last that long. In the end, we spent time sitting on it headless and you can see the way my mom stuffed this rooster. That was lot of cottons and sponge to stuff!





I love IKEA's square shadow box frame! I've been wanting to illustrate something that involves with layering paper to paper to have little more depth with my illustration.





Here is wip shots of how I made this illustration.

Bloom

3rd series of Sun And Rain and Water Wave I worked on!
It's also referenced from a sketch I did for my Instagram.

Spring is finally here, I wanted to do nice flowy hair like the spring roots slowly creating its form into something.







Here is a quick tutorial on how I painted:

Gift Wrap Decoration 9: Gudetama

Gudetama is a very cute character.
He makes great expression that everyone feels on their bad day. But watching him, gives me a little smile for the day.

This is a little gift for a girl who currently likes Gudetama.
Happy Birthday Jessica!

2017 Sketches Part 4

More sketches!

2017 Sketches Part 1
2017 Sketches Part 2
2017 Sketches Part 3

Outfit Inspiration 23

You can never have too much boyfriend shirts.

LOFT: boyfriend denim shirt / Walmart: leggings / Puma: High rise sneakers

Happy Easter

Enjoy your long weekend!
I'm spending my weekend, cleaning, decorating my home and doing art.

How is your weekend?

Happy Easter.

Pikachu and Charmander Amigurumi

Here is a little adorable Pikachu and Charmander amigurumi.

Small as putting on your palm!






General Materials:
- Scissors
- Polyfil
- 3.5mm crochet hook
- Tapestry Needle
- Glue Gun or Fabric Glue

Credits:
-Pikachu and Charmender crochet pattern referenced from Loop Tee Loops
-Color swtich technique from Oomanoot




Abbreviations
sc = Single crochet
ch = Chain stitch
dec= Single crochet decrease one
inc = Single crochet increase one
sl st = Slip stitch
* = repeat


Pikachu:
- 2 matte black buttons
- 2 circles of red felt
- Black yarn
- Yellow yarn
- Orange or brown yarn
- Brown or black felt for back stripe

Head and Body:
Row 1: sc 8 in loop.
Row 2: inc* x 8 (16)
Row 3: sc, inc* x 8 (24)
Row 4-6: sc*
Row 7: sc 7, inc, sc 8, inc, sc 7 (26)
Row 8: sc* (26)
Row 9: sc 3, dec x 10, sc 3 (16), stuff head.
Row 10: sc 6, dec x 2, sc 6 (14)

Continue to the body.
Row 11: sc 2, inc, sc 3, inc, sc 3, inc, Sc 2, inc(18)
Row 12-16: sc, dec* to close with a sl st.

Arms x 2:
Row 1: ch x 5 in loop
Row 2-3: sc*

Legs x 2:
Row 1: ch 6 in loop
Row 2-3: sc*

Ears x 2:
Yellow Row 1: ch 6
Row 2: sc, inc* x 3
Black Row 3-6: sc*
Row 7: sc*
Row 8: sc, dec* x 3
Row 9: dec to close  with sl st.

Tail:
Brown Row 1: ch 3
Row 2: sc 2, turn.
Yellow Row 3: sc 2, turn.
Row 4: ch 3 turn, in starting in 2nd chain from hook, sc 3, turn
Row 5: sc 3
Row 6: ch 3 turn, in starting in 2nd chain from hook , sc 4, turn
Row 7: sc 4

Attach cheeks, back stripe and sew, arms, legs, and tail. Decide where you want the eyes and stitch together. This Pikachu is 5 stitches apart.







Charmander:
- 2 matte black buttons
- 1 white oval circle felt
- Orange yarn
- Tail: small portion of red, yellow, orange yarn

Head and Body Arms and Legs::
Follow Pikachu's head, body, arms and legs.

Tail:
Row 1: sc 3 in loop.
Row 2: sc, inc*
Row 3-5: sc*
Row 6-9: dec 1, sc

Flame:
Step 1: About 6cm strips of yellow, red, orange yarn, thread each through the tip of the tail.
Step 2: Unravel each strands of yarn and tangle each other so colors blends.
Step 3: Trim with scissors to shape it like a flame. 
Step 4: Pile them together and twist gently to give spiral effect.

Attach arms, legs, tail together and glue on white felt for stomach. Eye are sewed together with 5 stitches apart.