Happy Thanksgiving!

I know I have been ignoring my blog, and I actually had not drawn anything for a while now. Being a homeowner, wow...it's not easy and it's robbing what little time I have left for myself to do art work.
It was the combination of flying back and visit my family in Malaysia(it was an awesome 3 weeks vacation for me and my wife, I think my wife would have enjoyed it more if she didn't get sick) and trying to find my routine again.
I am working on it and slowly getting back into it. I just want everyone to know that my blog is not dead, because I won't allow it. I may not be posting as much, but I will post something every once in a while.
Take care everyone, and have a great Thanksgiving! :)
Oh yeah, almost forgot. I am attaching this also, so that you could print it out and have kids to color them if you like.

Doodles 3

Been busy on weekends. Spending lots of time on the road, packing, get together with old friends, engagement party, forgot my sketchbook at work etc. :)

But I still have time for something random like these :-

I hope you like them. I will find the time to do something a little more serious next round. Thanks again for all your kind comments and encouragements. I really appreciate them. 

Ann

A friend of mine asked me to do a sketch of her niece. I held it back for a while now because so much had happened I couldn't find the time to do it. But I finally did it yesterday, and it took me about 90 minutes total(not too many details).

I don't really know much about her, except that her name is Ann, and the picture my friend gave me was taken when Ann was just 4, she's 7 years old now. I did however drew her older on purpose, but I am not too sure if it worked. I guess we'll see.

Pencil on Moleskine Sketchbook (5.5 x 3.5")

Thank you all for your comments, your kind thoughts, and your compassion. It'd be my cousin's 45th birthday today, so I'm wishing my cousin an awesome birthday in heaven :)

Update : Here's the latest photo of Ann taken by my friend(unfortunately she's not smiling). I think I was pretty close, what do you think?

PingSee

I knew it would take me a while before I could post again, but I never knew that it would take me this long. Apart from moving my wife from Mississippi to Texas, re-adjusting our lifestyles or living together, purchasing and building a new house... we thought that life could not get more exciting. I was so wrong.
In between, my wife's grandma got so sick for weeks she had to be admitted to the ICU, and we have learned that UTI(Urinary Tract Infection) affects elderly very differently than younger people. It's very dangerous so here's the link where you can read more about it and understand it better.

In parallel to that, my cousin was battling acute cancer in ICU 10,000 miles away. We later found out that she had been in pain for over 10-years but didn't really go for a thorough medical check-up and just toughened herself up and dealt with the pain. Just a few months ago she finally decided to get herself treated, only to find out later that her body was failing and shutting down. She battled the disease for about a month, and passed away a month before her 45th birthday.
Until today, I still see her face when I close my eyes. I hear her voice and laughter when I think of her. She's more like a sister to me, and probably the kindest and most hardworking person I've know. She's worked for the same company for over 20 years and had lived a modest lifestyle. She's caring and loving towards people around her and loved by people she surrounded herself with. She will forever be missed, and her absence forever felt,  the gap she had left in so many hearts will be filled only memories of her and the comfort of knowing that she's no longer in pain.

This is by far the hardest tribute sketch I had to do, and tears were rolling making it hard for me to see what I was doing. This is for PingSee, my beloved cousin.

Pencil on Moleskine Sketchbook (3.5x5.5")

Tiffany 2 - SNSD

Another post on the same day? Wow! ^____^
Actually I know that I wouldn't be able to post anything next week, or maybe even the week after that, so I just drew more this weekend.

Here's Tiffany again from SNSD, another Korean pop group. I did a compilation of her earlier, but they didn't show her smile, and that wasn't right of me because she's known for her smile. So there ya go.

 Moleskine Sketchbook (5.5 x 3.5")

Moleskine Sketchbook (5.5 x 3.5")

Thought I'd like to show how the spread looks.

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4Minute - HyunA

I've watching quite a bit of Korean movie on Netflix lately, so I felt like drawing some Korean pop stars again. =)
This is HyunA from a Korean pop group 4Minute. She also appeared on PSY's Gangnam Style music video.
I must say, it didn't turn out like I wanted, and it doesn't look like her, so I apologize. But if you're interested in knowing how she looks like, here's the link about her on Wikipedia.

Moleskine Sketchbook (5.5 x 3.5")

Thanks and Happy Mother's Day!

Ghost

I saw a very cool profile picture on DeviantArt, and then it reminded me of the promo poster for the up and coming Call of Duty:Ghost game which would be released on the next gen consoles(which I probably will be taking a long break from).

Anyway, here's a quick sketch of that picture with a minor twist, and here's the link to the original image.

Pencil on Moleskine Sketchbook (5.5x3.5")

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