illustration

Monkeylisa…

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monkeylisa

Completion Date: 1999
Style: Mixture of Pointillism & Fine Lines
Technique: Poster Colour
Material: Art Board
Dimensions: 28 x 33cm

… this is a’lil bit of a self-portrait. Yeap, that’s my zodiac :). M.O.N.K.E.Y.

As you can see, there’s wood background (love the daring-colour combination) and leaves framing around. Nature and forest is mesmerizing. Paint brush and pencils; I love drawing and painting since 4. Yes I still do. Books, aha~ I like reading. Geometric, mm… I like math and science back in ol’school days. Can’t believe it huh? 😛 Uhh… Bananas, I can eat 6-8 bananas at a time. Not too much huh? And the look; cool-snobbish-gloomy-pout lips-arm crossed-cheeky?. You name it. That’s me. Haha.

It was fun painting this. I hope to paint more when I am on my sabbatical soon. 🙂

Grease mania…

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grease

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Completion Date: 2000
Style: Pointillism
Technique: Poster Colour
Material: Art Board
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm

… and you have no idea how many times I have watched this movie over and over again from the past 20 plus years. Ahem*

Grease, a strong and huge influence on me.

Elvis Presley…

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elvis

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Completion Date: 2000
Style: Pointillism
Technique: Poster Colour
Material: Art Board
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm

… We (my father and I) are huge fans of Elvis. LOL. Here’s another masterpiece of mine for my final assessment back in college. It was so enjoyable to paint these characters. Beatles, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe and more to come. Stay tuned!! ~ Melle

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beatles
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Completion Date: 2000
Style: Mixture of Pointillism
Technique: Poster Colour
Material: Art Board
Dimensions: 21 x 30cm

My father and I listen to the oldies all the time and we both enjoy it very much. Beatles is our all time favourite. This is one of the final assignments (illustrations) back in college, specially dedicated to my father. He really got me rolling with the oldies.

Thank you for the inspiration, father.
~Luv, Girl~ That’s my name at home.

Life is a Blessing – Dragonfly

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dragonfly

From my research, a dragonfly represents renewal, positive forces and power of life. In Japanese culture dragonfly represents courage, strength and happiness. A dragonfly lives a very short life and it tries to live to the fullest with what it has.

“Life is a blessing. Enjoy every moment of your journey in life!!”

And here’s my second painting collection of 2011 !! Am moving on to the third one. It’s all gonna be in a series – flora and fauna. Would like to experiment and practice more to improve my painting. – Melle

Ho-li-dei

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holiday

So I will only be able to complete the painting after my holiday, I reckon. *lips pouted like fish*
I am in a cafe doing some work still while waiting for dinner with Abner and bros. Bak Kut Teh that it is that we will be having. And I shall start packing tonight.

I will be away from work till Nov 9th. See y’all again soon !! xoxo