Moving to wordpress

Hi everyone! I have move my blog to wordpress and will no longer post on this blog. Recently I have been wanting to revamp my blog and venture into different design style. You can find me here! http://merylharsadi.wordpress.com/

Project Sketchbook (2nd and 3rd page)

After cutting out the first dreaded page, I had to tackle on which character to appear. I decided to go with the heroine inspired from La Roux and cinnamon roll? I have been fascinated with the structure of hair styles especially after watching the documentary about Vidal Sassoon. I decided that all my heros and villians in my book will feature this structural hair style that appears to be really solid (as if they've put so much hair wax/gel that it just solidified!). I guess I'm also pulling elements from industrial design contour line drawings. In developing this first character, I had done a couple of rough sketches with the help of tracing paper. I really enjoyed refining her whipped hair and her overall look. Next I need to show her full character maybe a battle scene? who knows?

Project Sketchbook

I have been searching for some creative outlets for quite sometime. After a couple of freelance project being delayed, I decided to sign up for project sketchbook. It arrived yesterday and i was quite estatic yet anxious to start. I have an idea on doing more conceptual characters. I think maybe more stylized infusing fashion, anime, realism, patterns, sci-fi and etc... who knows it might be turn to cute again. Actually this is a fusion inspired from interning at goody and surface designing at C.R. Gibson. In a way it's a growth progression on my life and confidence in myself. I felt i need to push myself to do more realistic characters. I think i'm going back to my first inspiration watching anime and being inspired from my brother's drawing. I chose the heroes and villain theme maybe to have some fun and see where this is going. Before i start sketching I needed to get some practice with anatomy:

As with all sketchbook it's always intimidating when you start on your first page. Well.... i took a pattern i had been developing from my other side project. I trace it and cut it through to make a peep hole. We'll see where this goes!

Micro Scans Patternizer

Been quite a world wind couple of months. I haven't posted in awhile since I had landed a job and move to Nashville, TN. It's nice to have fulltime design job but it'd be nice to branch out and do some side projects of my own. Recently, I have been inspired by these micro scan patterns from the FEI gallery a friend has shown me. Micro scans themselves are quite unique and intriguing but in order to laser etch them I had to simplify them. Here is a glimpse of my process:






This hexagon pattern is etched onto an Amber Bamboo thanks to ponoko. I got two more patterns in the work. It will be a three piece panel of work. More later!

Fluidity Aggression

More photoshop rending posts… this time I'm going back to basics well just having fun doing more Industrial Design stuff. I had the urge to show my improved skills since I can't show my work from my freelance and internship work. I felt the need to do something that is much more aggressive yet fluid I'm a bit bored doing cute stuff but i'll be sure to get back into that. I learn it's fun doing something out of my comfort zone.

Smokin' Amber

Quick painting in 10 mins. Went for the burnt amber scheme.

Evening Gown

I decided to experiment around with fashion sketches, here's one of my first take on an evening gown. I'm mainly doing this to exercise digital painting on photoshop. I'll post more soon..

Flow..

Seeing Toulouse-Lactrec at the High Museum was very inspiring! I remember learning about the movement and looseness of Toulouse's style and the vibrant bohemian world of that era. I've been experimenting with Corel painter and made this not so quick painting of a ballerina.

Bunicyles

Hello again! It's been months since I've posted. I've decided to revamp one of my characters I've created about two years ago. I wanted to really develop Nora and Benji.


Nora was intended to be a little girl….


Instead of doing something too cute I went back to stylized the character and even do some fashion take on it. And letting Nora grow up into a teen wouldn't be so bad either….. I've always thought most girl toys aren't that exciting especially to those tomboyish gals. I figure making a fun super heroine girl who has a pet bunny that can turn into a motorcycle!





I had fun developing Benji's motorcycle form. It was fun integrating his bunny form into a motorcycle well I think he looks quite fast i'm still contemplating on his final form hmm…..

Fun with Tablet

I finally got around purchasing a bamboo tablet. It works quite well for me since I'm pretty much on a tight budget. I went back and sketch some crochet plush I have made and also sketch some new ones. Enjoy!

Victorian Mod Collection

I always wanted to play more with colors and have been in such a Victorian mood! I had fun extracting patterns from Victorian jewelry and keys while infusing them into hair comb and brushes design.



I also research some current trends from fashion magazines and was really intrigue by bold vibrant colors. I chose these colors to make it more modern and have a bold statement.

Sneak Preview...

I've got some sneak preview of some of my latest crochet works....


I finally got around to buying myself a bamboo tablet. I used the corel painter software it came with and it works quite well! I have to thank sketchatoy.com for their short tutorial on corel painter. I'm still getting use to the tablet I'll be sure to post more sketches soon!

Sweet Tooth

Anyone craving for some sweets? I always wanted to make some food characters for awhile. Thanks to my mom's home cake decorating business, I was really inspired by her cute cupcakes. I added some quirky elements to them and started to sketch a couple.



I ended up making four flavors which are Mustachio, Sherry, Beryl, and Whipples. If you like to purchase them you can find them on my etsy page!


I'll be making some more others and maybe move on to other types of sweets. I guess it's back to baking some more!

Jelly Pets anyone?

Introducing.... Jelly Pets. A friend of mine suggested I should do a jellyfish. I didn't want to just do an ordinary jellyfish. I was thinking about about a jelly cat or even a jelly pup? I made some quick doodles....


...then i scavenge some simple crochet patterns and played around with their legs. I alternate stripes and solid to make them pop out. I crochet the legs on one side tightly to give it that spiral effect.

Loucille plushie

Loucille was one of the challenging I've crochet. I used the illustration of her as a model and tried several fish patterns I could fine. I tweaked several times with her fins and tail. Instead of using felt I decided to just crochet and stitch her eyes to keep it that soft volume appearance.