THE BOTTLE CITY

It's been half a year since I started my first Bottle City. It came about during my last semester in school when my illustration lecturer gave us an assignment.
We had to choose three different elements from three different categories and create an illustration. I chose Bottle, Buildings and Land Transport.

I was thinking, instead of putting three different elements as of what it is together, which is often a headache issue, why not combine them instead? But it is only recently I realised the benefits of that assignment and I thought it could be a rather good way to create new ideas.

It might just be half a year difference but compare the change then and now..

WORKING IN PROGRESS - BOTTLE CITY

Here's a peek of what I'm working on lately. =)

SHARON MONTROSE'S PHOTOGRAPHY

I found this really interesting photographer named Sharon Montrose from Los Angeles. She shoot amazing studio pictures of animals and she worked with a huge range of animals, rabbits, cows, sheeps, deer, giraffe..! Check out her websites.

Website: www.sharonmontrose.com
Blog: www.sharonmontrose.blogspot.com
Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/SharonMontrose

POGOSHOP BY LAURA RAY

I went through the "This Handmade Life" Section in Etsy this morning and saw some pretty inspiring stories from a few Etstians. Life is so different here in my country where everything gets so restricted in the city but Laura Ray shared something about her life which made me think that getting a different life is possible!

"I wanted to lead children to experience and love the natural world. They might not live in the forest, but I wanted them to feel at home there. My hope was that someday, having loved the forest as children, they might not bulldoze it as adults." - Laura Ray

Laura is a retired first-grade teacher who believes that children should have their lessons in the nature and I had always imagine myself in those beautiful forest 'cause I know nothing about nature here in my country. All I know about nature here was moisture, creeky mosquitoes and humid weather, in fact I love nothing about nature here, but I believe children should get more contacts with the nature than having the habit of sitting at the computer most of the time (like what I'm always doing here.. *sad*).

Anyway, Laura is now working on her Etsy shop. She made little wooly toys called Pogos from upcycled materials to share with the children and I think they are really adorable!



(photo source from "A Visit to Pogo Forest" by Laura Ray)

THE BLACK AND WHITE BOOKS

Last night, I completed the rest of the books left undone last week. Life have been a busy one for me these weeks due to a freelance job and I was really tired, partly brain dead, but I will persevere for my Egham trip next year. =)







I'm all done with four of the Black & White Sketch Books Series and they will be on my Etsy shelves soon! The cover drawings were sketches I did for my daily school works and I thought it might look good on book covers. I've decided to put them in sets of four so I thought of doing a different packaging as of what I did to my Fabric Series Books..