keikonnichiwa★

I want to talk about inktober. It is a lovely yearly artistic event that consists in the idea of making (at least) one drawing a day, with ink, during the month of October. This will be my third inktober year, and I'm so excited! It is my favourite art event, because it has saved me. Well you see, I was a puddle of apathy. But I'll get to it in a sec. These are the arts I made back in 2014 and 2015, respectively.  And finally, this year's: I first heard about inktober back in 2012 and although I wanted to participate real badly, I was in such a bad place - both emotional and physically speaking - that I couldn't bring myself to do anything after a long period of being sick. That really sucked!  I was unproductive so I felt like shit. I felt like shit, so I didn't feel like doing anything.  In the following year, I almost convinced myself to do it, but I felt like it was SO overwhelming! Finishing one drawing everyday?? Impossible! I...

Showing a bit of my creative process :) Music lyrics and books are my favourite source of inspiration as I enjoy creating a story for my drawings; they help me create an environment, a meaning, a direction. I believe that feelings and empathy are very important, not only for me as an artist, but for the viewer as well. So for this one drawing, I used a quote by Haruki Murakami, that says: Possibilities are like cancer. The more I think about them, the more they multiply, and there is no way to stop them. I'm out of control. (Dance, Dance, Dance) I roughly sketched and started with some watercolor stains all over, very intuitively to be honest, safe for her pink cheeks (I love pink cheeks! ahaha). I always draw/ paint these on my regular Canson sketchbook, nothing fancy, no watercolor paper. Drawing with friends always helps! At this point, I started inking with a cheap blue ink that I love. Closer up End~.

Yesterday (29/03), I was at the Museum of Image and Sound of São Paulo for Tim Burton's expo. It was actually my third visit to the expo and I simply adore his original artworks. I don't consider myself a big fan of Tim's, but I fell in love with everything being showcased, from his earliest works to the compositions, his ideas, play with words and concepts. Really worth the long lines, in my opinion. They don't allow pictures of the expo itself, but I made sure to draw lots each visit! The entrance My first visit was on February 16th, here are some pics: (it gets better, I promisse!)

Progress shots of watercolor study, reference used was a painting by Tom Hedderick :) I used my Canson One sketchbook for this painting, A4 size. I really like this sketchbook for paintings, it handles watercolor and ink very well although it's very different from painting on a 100% cotton paper, it's much better than other cellulose papers I've tried that claim to be made for watercolor (like Montval).

I have bought a Fabriano sketchbook a couple of weeks ago :) It's A5 size, its binding is beautiful! It was super affordable and I appreciate the landscape format. I'm not too fond of its pages though, the paper can't handle fountain pens, it holds ink okay with a brush though. I'm somewhat disappointed with the paper's quality to be honest. Watercolor is a big no, even a tgin layer is staining the back of the page, but I'll keep using this sketchbook till the end! I'm a sketchbook lover ❤

Okay so I've been having trouble with the mobile app for blogger and haven't posted cause I am lazy... :P So here's some pics I took with some friends at the cafe yesterday~ Go Carvalho wrote those on mine and Seiji's arms ❤ isnt his caligraphy awesome?? Carol took this pic and I really liked it :D And that's about it!