So, two of my bestfriends, Archamt and Tobu starting a new business together. Because they’re always have a huge passion while taking great photos, they decided to make a prewedding and wedding photography, named : Preludio.

They’re not full settle yet, still have to prepare lot of things, but already had their first client, and they also asked me to do a brand design for them. Including the logo, business card, website, packaging, concept, tagline, copywrite etc. So far, I’ve already done the logo, tagline and concept for them, and a  week ago, I helped them design their business card. They wanted something really unique and unusual for the card, something eye-catching, something simple yet different, classy approach, implying to the client that they’re producing photos without sounding like they’re being “hard selling”.

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Jadi, beberapa hari yang lalu saya mendapatkan kunjungan kebesaran dari sahabat saya K, seorang workaholic. Tipe2 yang kalo lagi nganggur, mellownya jijay berat (”gue gatau lagi mau apa, gue udah bingung banget, gue gak suka nganggur gini, gue mau ke swiss aja mau part time disana… gue putus asa…”), tapi kalo lagi sibuk, dia mamer :

*on the phone* “Napa Man? gue sibuk ni, mesti ke Bangkok buat seminar, terus abis itu lanjut ke Beijing buat ngupil, terus ke Singapore buat nungging. Apa? oleh2? mau apa lo? BACANG BABI? GA TAKUT DOSA? liat ntar ya. udah ya, nanti gue telpon lagi.” *sarcasm spotted, huahahaha*

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Yesterday, I had a heart-to-heart chat with my tweedledum *just watched that Alice in Wonderland in cinema with Darcil, Kalkun and Mat, they said that, me and Mat, we’re like Tweedledee and Tweedledum, because we’re always completing and repeating each other words, hm…. not bad, as long as he’s the one who’s called “tweedledum” :)) * we talked about lots of things, this and that, who and which, I almost cried between the talks *I cry easily, I’m that emotional*, but I managed to keep myself calm.

I can’t say what we were talking, too much to tell, just some 20-somethings stuff, revealing problems, expressing opinions, how the ‘real world’ has changed our point of view, and how we’re trying so hard to cope with life.

And at the end, we smiled wryly, agreed that growing up sucks. Super sucks, because, most of the time, when you’re growing up *mentally* you accepting things that you won’t usually accept, but you know, deep in heart, that you have to live with it, and that just how life works.

It’s kinda relieving, though :).

“The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise” ~ Alden Nowlan

3 phases, I’m struggling the 2nd phase.

“If your gonna screw up, do it while you’re young. Older you get, the harder it is to bounce back.” ~ Winston Groom

my point, exactly. :))

ganbatte kudasai, minna-san!

Manda.

Actually, I’m planning to make this drawing for valentine’s day, but… as it turns out, I didn’t follow my own plan, I’m not sure about the reason, I think I had something important to do at that time, but I don’t remember what. Oh well, better late than never :). In my opinion, when it comes about love, each person has his/her own interpretation, this is mine :

very 2D style and my tutor gonna laugh at me if he knew that I’m making such a ‘muggle’ drawing (he always said about making a good composition and blablabla, since I’m not having that kind of course yet, this is forgivable). Not mentioning the head size, it’s a girl, probably 8-10 years old girl, but still, the head still feels weird. And her dress’ print, omg, what i’ve been thinking T-T *regret*.

Anyway, did you get the message? ;). If you didn’t understand yet,  I’ll tell you, this piece called “Sunflower’s Affair”, in my interpretation, you’ll know you found love when you met someone that willing to leave his/her ordinary life, willing to accept some changes, so he/she can be with you. Just like a sunflower that ignoring his old sun, because he’s already found his new one, the girl.

*gombal ngepol yaa*

Have you found your sunflower yet?

Mandhut.

Yooossh!!! I just finished my first level at Acolyte School of Illustrator and Manga-ka, and now I’m a 2nd level student of professional class >.<

kyaa kyaaa. Finally, goodbye human’s anatomy! goodbye, goodbye!!. I had a sneak peek for this 2nd level, my tutor said that I’m gonna learn a lot about how to draw background properly. All about scenery, tree, road, pavement, mountain, rocks, etc. Wish me luck, people! :).

Actually, I still had one more homework to do (A3 drawing), and I only had 2 more days to finish the piece, but now, I’m in  the mood for making something else :D. something simpler, something that I always want to draw for a long time :). I decided to follow my heart, and this is the result :

Quite good for an amateur, huh? Love the cape, extremely craving the balloon sackdress, pardon the weird flower bouquet, though. Oh, I had a real reference for the umbrella, I don’t know why, I just fallen in love at the first place with the motive, a bit peculiar and sophisticated, but I guess it fits the mysterious girl’s dress. And… after I’ve done with the drawing, I took a second look and I realized that the girl on the picture kinda reminds me of Evita Nuh, the fashion-prodigy, are you thinking the same?

Well, can’t wait for the new drawing lessons tomorrow. once again : YAY!

Mandhut.

Haloooo teman2, gimana long weekend-nya? serukah?

Saya mau cerita ah soal long weekend saya kemaren. huhu. akhirnya setelah sekian lama mendamba, saya berhasil mengunjungi Jogja!. Tapi sayang sekali saya lupa bawa kamera, jadi ga bisa pamer2 bukti otentik T-T tapi gapapa, saya akan bercerita inti dari apa yang saya temukan disana.

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I have an interestingly weird story,

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Berikut adalah seklumit obrolan lanjutan dari postingan yang ini :). Ini kondisinya teman saya ini udah tanda tangan kontrak ama perusahaan X (perusahaan baru) ya, dan mulai kerjanya itu minggu depan, cuma dia baru mau ajuin surat resign.

Oh ya, sebelumnya, tulisan ini tidak bermaksud SARA, tapi cuma masalah preferences aja. So, don’t take this posting personally, ya *peluk*. Enjoy :).

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Saya memiliki beberapa blog favorit yang selalu saya kunjungi secara berkala selama 3 tahun saya menjadi blogger, dan meskipun saya tidak selalu meninggalkan jejak untuk setiap postingan yang saya baca, tapi hampir pasti saya selalu mengikuti perkembangan si mpunya blog tersebut *karena kadang benar2 tidak tahu mau komen apa ya, kalo asal komen macam “pertamaaaxx”, “sip gan”, “sundul, gan”, “sikut, gan” <-ada ga sih :)), dan teman2nya entah kenapa berasa kurang sopan - in my opinion loh ya*. Karena itulah, meski belum tentu pernah bertemu langsung, atau tak pernah ngobrol baik dunia nyata atau dunia maya, atau hanya bertemu setahun sekali di pesta blogger saja *belagu padahal datengnya 08 doang, yang 09 kelupaan, wkwkwk*, blogger2 ini sudah terasa sangat dekat di hati.

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Beberapa hari yang lalu, saya berkesempatan untuk mengobrol dengan seorang teman lama. Seorang teman yang beberapa tahun belakangan ini mulai menjadi jauh karena satu dan lain hal. Tapi ibarat reuni, malam itu, meski hanya lewat chatting seru di Yahoo messenger, entah kenapa saya merasa senang, ada sedikiit perasaan kangen dengan gaya bicara dan sifat orang ini *SEDIKIT LOH YA - gengsi parah* . Seiring waktu berjalan, amarah bisa mereda, tapi kenangan indah dan perbuatan baik memang akan selalu tertinggal di hati ya *berasa malu karena dangdut sendiri*. Akhirnya, kami bisa sedikit berbagi cerita dengan hati yang lebih ringan. Yah memang tidak seintens dulu, tapi jauh di dalam hati saya percaya bahwa saya akan selalu mengenal orang ini dengan baik, meski kami tidak menjalani hari bersama2 lagi :D.

Dari pembicaraan di Y!M itu juga, akhirnya saya mengetahui bahwa, sejak beberapa bulan yang lalu, dia memutuskan untuk berganti keyakinan :). Dan belakangan, dia terpaksa menghapus beberapa account networking-nya karena merasa risih dengan pertanyaan2 orang yang memberi komentar pada keputusannya itu, baik komentar netral, ataupun komentar yang menghakimi.

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Lately, I’ve been learning how to draw person using the “anatomy rules”. Starting fr the head size, how long the arms should I make, where’s the knee should exist, and all that kind of stuff. So every time I want to draw a human, I need to measure the body parts carefully, like, really really careful, in order to make a good-looking character. Well, in the future, I’m gonna learn about characterizing too, and when that time’s coming, I will draw a lot type of persons, not just the proportional one like what i’ve been doing today, I will be asked to draw a fat person (wide waist, no-neck), long-leg, big head, etc. But for now, since I’m still in basic level, proportional character is all I’m gonna think about.

Speaking of which, when it comes to proportional drawing, there are two artists that I’m envying so much for their astonishing pieces, Takenaka and Ravenskar. This is the second time I’m writing about Takenaka’s works, which is, just another proof for his unique and impressive style of art. And now I’m gonna introduce you to my another role model, Ravenskar :D.

Well, in this kind of matter, rambling around just won’t do, the works should show itself :D. enjoy.

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Seklumit obrolan dengan seorang teman via telpon. Catet ya, itu jam 7 pagi dan kondisi gue baru mau tidur karena semaleman begadang ngerjain tugas gambar (anatomi orang lari. omg.). Tapi karena saya terlalu sayang sama teman saya yang satu ini, dan dia sedang dalam mode SOS, saya rela bangun dan menyimak.

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