My Last Post

…for this 30-day writing challenge! I think in my case the name 30-post writing challenge suits better than 30-day writing challenge lol. Anyway, cheers!

I can’t say I love writing as lightly as I’d say I love drawing just yet, although I feel like my writing is slightly improved after those 29 posts I made. I said slightly, ’cause I know my writings still suck. But hey, look!

(This is one of many reasons to love Jake the Dog from Adventure Time.)

This challenge has been fun and I’m glad I did this. I cheated by skipping some days for whatever reasons, but I know I’ve done my best!

Here’s the list of what I’ve been writing this 1,5 month:

Post 1 – So I Started Art (again)
Post 2 – Cukup mulai dengan satu garis
Post 3 – Five-year comparison! (2014 vs 2019)
Post 4 – Animals’ supports! (1)
Post 5 – Animals’ Supports! (2)
Post 6 – Ramadhan datang!
Post 7 – Pen Review: Tombow Fudenosuke Soft Tip Vs. Hard Tip
Post 8 – Pen Review: Snowman Drawing Pen Vs. Sakura Pigma Micron
Post 9 – Brush Lettering 101: Memilih Kertas untuk Lettering
Post 10 – Animal’s Supports! (3)
Post 11 – Pen Review: Joyko Brush Pen
Post 12 – Hoarder? Collector?
Post 13 – You (Actually) Have Time.
Post 14 – Menulis tanpa Membaca, Susah!
Post 15 – Pen Review: Tombow ABT Dual Brush Pen Vs. Sakura Koi Coloring Brush Pen
Post 16 – Belanja Alat Gambar: Pilih Online atau Offline?
Post 17 – Menggambar, Untuk Apa?
Post 18 – Let’s do Zentangle!
Post 19 – Pensil Baru!
Post 20 – Brush Lettering 101: Tips Menjaga Brush Pen Agar Lebih Awet
Post 21 – Gambar Modal Seribu!
Post 22 – A cat doodle, just because.
Post 23 – “Gambarin Dong….”
Post 24 – I’m Attending Online Course: Procreate For Beginners!
Post 25 – Menghadapi Art Block!
Post 26 – Finished My ‘Procreate for Beginners’ Course!
Post 27 – Different Kind of Sunday.
Post 28 – Digital art is fun, but ink and paper are still the champions (for me).
Post 29 – Brush Lettering 101: Rekomendasi Brush Pen Terbaik untuk Pemula!
Post 30 – This last post 😀

Some posts are related because most ideas came from my former posts; means an idea is grown. The more I write, the more ideas I have. Just like the more I draw, the more I feel inspired to draw.

Soooo.. this won’t be the last time you see my writings! I want to try having my own domain or writing on other platforms like Medium, but let’s see. And I probably won’t post as many as I did before, but yes, there are more to come!! If you have any theme regarding art or anything else you’re curious about, just hit me up 😀

Thank you to everyone who’ve been reading my writings, I appreciate you a lot XOXO.

Brush Lettering 101: Rekomendasi Brush Pen Terbaik untuk Pemula!

(disclaimer: tulisan ini bersifat subjektif, berdasarkan pendapat dan pengalaman pribadi.)

“Brush pen favorit kamu apa?”

Ini pertanyaan yang lumayan sering ditanyakan oleh teman-teman yang ingin mulai belajar brush lettering, dan sejujurnya kalau diminta untuk pilih satu, rasanya sulit! Setiap pen tentunya punya kelebihan masing-masing. Brush pen favoritku pada dasarnya adalah yang paling gampang digunakan, karena aku pun termasuk beginner yang masih belajar 😀 Di sini aku rangkum tiga pen favoritku untuk lettering alias yang sekiranya paling cocok untuk pemula ya!

Beberapa koleksi brush pen-ku.

Digital art is fun, but ink and paper are still the champions (for me).

You know what’s the best thing about digital art? You can undo every stroke you made. No worries about those careless, unintended lines. You can redo it as many times as you want until you’re satisfied. But it’s also the one thing that makes me love traditional art more.

Drawing traditionally makes me more confident when I’m doing a stroke. Once the ink touches the paper, there’s no going back. If by any chances you make a mistake, you just gotta embrace it. None of my works are perfect and that’s perfectly okay.

Sure, digital art offers endless possibilities. But then again, so far, I think nothing beats that feeling when a pen tip reaches a paper. There’s a therapeutic feeling when seeing the ink flows through blank space. There’s a satisfying sensation hearing that squeaky noise of a pen hitting the paper. There’s a sense of belonging to each piece I made, somehow.

My hand’s now sore for I spent most of my Eid holiday drawing on the iPad, and I gotta admit, digital art is indeed addictive. Then yesterday, I finally back to ink and paper, and I was like, “Daymn, I miss this.”

I know it seems unfair comparing traditional art that I’ve been doing for the last five years to digital art that I’ve only started last month. But this is honestly how I feel right now. I don’t know if my opinion’s gonna change within years ahead, but let’s see!

Different Kind of Sunday.

Working in a company that has 24-hour work culture, you could say that I’m “always on”, even on Sunday. But not this Sunday.

The Eid holiday is here!

I’m hoping everyone’s having a good time with their loved ones❤

Made this earlier on my iPad. My Sunday isn’t usually chill like this.

 

Finished My ‘Procreate for Beginners’ Course!

I just finished my Procreate for Beginners course! I’m getting a bit familiar with everything after completing all four projects. I’ve written about the first and second project here, and now I continue!

Project 3 Reference.

Project 4 Reference.