9.16.2010

" The Lazy Dog Jumps Over The Quick Brown Fox Exhibition "

Hi creatures! this Saturday there will be an exhibition held in Bendungan Hilir, Jakarta Pusat and i'm one of the participant! hell yeah! so i hope ya'll comin' and have a look at my painting..
There's a lot of cool artist participate this awesome show, there will be Sheterror, Stereoflow, Pinkgirlgowild, Astronautboys, and more! so make sure you guys don't miss this fabulous show!

Smartagallery is fresh new contemporary gallery based in JL. Bendungan Hilir no.26, Jakarta Pusat. this gallery is an art division from PT.SmartaIndonesia, here's quote from Smarta gallery about their mission :

" Smarta gallery merupakan bagian dr PT. Smarta Indonesia, sebuah taman bermain yang didirikan oleh 5 individu sebagai temat bekerja dan berkarya dalam ranah fotografi (dan fotografi Virtual), desain grafis, arsitektur, desain interior, web desain, portal web dan beberapa hal yang berkaitan langsung dengan estetika dan proses kreasi
ruang galeri tidak hanya menjadi wadah utk memaparkan karya, tapi juga media interaksi dan sosialisasi bagi mereka yeng terlibat dalam aktivitas di dalamnya. "

So what are you waiting for? instead hangin out at 7-11, PIM, Plaza Senayan, or Citos, come to Smarta gallery and behold the beauty of 36 artworks from various local artist and get inspired!



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4.28.2010

" Lonesome Undead " on Suave magazine!

Graaaah!! Recently Suave magazine asked me and Sasa to put some artworks on their latest issue, Suave is a freemags with bunch of cool local culture news and local clothing catalogue, you can grab them freely at Aksara, Bloop Endorse, Nineonine House, etc.

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As for the artwork, i gave them the Lonesome Dead piece made in A5 sketch paper done with ink and pen.

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If you guys have read the magz, there's a bit mistake on the article, the description of my drawing is wrong!it's supposed to be the Wanderers description.

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When i sent the file, i gave them 2 different files, one is the Wanderers ( whice i will post it later ) and the other one is the Lonesome Dead piece, naaaah fuck it! it's becoming more complex man! LOL

Well, here' the real description :

" Somewhere in a distance, near the gate between Hell and Earth,there was a old town when humans are always beaten up by a vicious thug, murdered and kidnapped, it's like a cowboy century when bad people are everywhere and dwell in every corner of the street.
Among those bastards, there is one name that feared by all those who lives in town, they called him.." Grue, the Lonesome Undead ".
He is the oldest thug, never beaten up by anyone in that town, all villains bow to him, but he never had any friends, and he never smiled.
Some says, he once a very powerful labourer that worked near the bay area on the town, had a pretty wife and lucky life, his strength is like Hercules mixed with Achilles.He also always fight for justice.

One night, when the town is sleeping, Grue sense something odd, something fearful, when he walked outside the house to check around, a bunch of gang with their grin smiles set fires on his house, burned down until there's nothing left, no more sweetheart, no more smiles, Hell shimmers upon Grue's head, his heart blackened, and then, he got berserk.
Blood splatters and stained the moon, bones scattered around, Lucifer were so happy watching those deadly opera from his throne...

No one knows why the gang burned down Grue's house, after that tragedy, the town were engulfed by a sudden fog, a cold fog, comes from nowhere, some people said it's Grue's hatred aura.

Grue watch the town from the roof, hiding in the dark, counting days, waiting to die, to meet his beloved wife again.

So, for those folks out there reading Suave April issue, don't missed the showcase article of me and my girlfriend, and don't forget to check her blog HERE!

2.20.2010

" VENGEANCE "

It's been a long time folks! Many things happened while this blog was on hiatus, My dearest owl died, many pretty inspiration along the journey, so much i couldn't tell cause it's going to take the whole page LOL..
DREAMBIRDS ARTWEAR has released their first line (more like a test drive for me), it's a collaboration of DREAMBIRDS and VENDETTA, if you have already followed my works, i guess you have seen the advertisement on Facebook and on DREAMBIRDS ARTWEAR blog, there are two designs made by myself, as you guys can see below it's a friggin' zombie, a nasty old woman zombie, i start just like standard process, sketching, scribbling, blablabla, afterward i start inking the creepy granma', finally i put some blood on Photoshop and some splatters for more dramatic feel.
well i guess that's enough for now, please feel free to comment my shitty artworks, buy my merch, and enjoy this blog whatsoever!

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10.24.2009

" When She Plunged Into The Valley Of Monstery "

Hola friends and foes! it's been awhile since my last post about my bands...like i said before, i'm pretty busy doing so much stuff but guess what, i'm fully loaded with new drawings and i hope you're gonna like it, dude!

Have you watched Cloudy Meatballs? i fell in love with the film!! you MUST watch it for yourself if you don't believe me.The plot, the character they've built, and the rendering..aaaargghhh it was pretty rad!!
if you guys ask me what's the point that i liked the most in film, i would say, the colors.
They could make the movie doesn't have a cliche ending, and it makes me more loves the film, if i have a lot of money i would buy the original DVD, because it's an epic for me, after there's so many 3D movies lately, but this is the best for me as far as i'm concerned.
Yeah they've made a wonderful color combination in the whole movie, the foods the city, everything, it just so fresh and makes you dreaming about having a town like that, bay area, Tuna foods, nice & warm people, oh and the story i guess, i'm pretty sure when we were young we used to dream about big foods coming out from the sky, ice cream, hotdogs, mashed potatoes, and fell under our house lol

three days ago i was pimping my newest band myspace's, Vendetta. It was really fun doing all those codes and the background image, since Vendetta is very correlated with magenta and broken white colors, i picked only those two instead any colors available, but as you guys know i'm NOT a myspace editor, i just write down some code i needed on Google then i copy them, there's so many web like Pimp-My-Profile, Acelayout, Mygen.uk and many.

Later, i found some strange shit when i was putting the code for my background image, it still left some black space on the right side of the screen and it's so daaamn confusing at that time, since i don't know how to edit the HTML/CSS, i kept searching on the internet for the solution, and then somehow finally i figure it out lol
I think this page is my greatest myspace pimping so far ( even it's doesn't have a flash thing and stuff ), when i surf the web and search for bands with superior myspace page, it really makes my fuckin head swelling and confuse, because they can make it too damn good with precision and steadiness, maybe someday i could make as better as them lol

For the background, i drew a zombie with monstery worms all over her, and i did a digital coloring for more vibrant feel of the artwork, since i did some fucked up mistake because i draw vertically on an A3 paper, Sasa told me it's not long enough if i draw vertical to make a full image on myspace background.
So she came up with an idea to draw on the other paper and assembly one to another to make the actual size drawing, if you don't get it what i'm talking about, check the images below.

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i'm going to show you guys, how i colorize step by step the image from zero to final image, enjoy!

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at this point, i'm still doing manual process, sketching, inking, scanning to my laptop, 40% done..

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now, the raw material has been scanned to be colorized in photoshop, i DON'T use wacom, i just scribbling with my trackpad ( couldn't afford intuos..sigh*.. ), but that's fine, i still could do some good coloring, 50% done..

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i added some raining effect using some mixed up adjustments, for more detailed work, you could check out Vendetta myspace HERE!!

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"I'll swallow your soul, I'll swallow your soul, I'll.."
- Evil Dead

9.05.2009

" Sacrificus "

A few weeks ago, me and my beloved girl were drawing at Mcd Kemang, suddenly my artsy buddy Dias shouted on my YM, he asked me to do some collaborative drawing between me and my girl with him and his girlfriend, for a sec i thought it has nothing to do with my project which will be released on 2010, but i guess it's a good activity/act of art, especially for my girl progress.

But before i continue, let me tell you a brief story about the art chemistry between me and my bunny.

i've been with Sasa for about 6 months, and we're still in so much love until today (hihihi), everything i did, she always put her interest on it, so am i, when she played her instrument it feels like i am the luckiest dude ever lived on this planet (forgive me, if i am a bit euphoric, sigh*), so when i start to draw or do my daily art stuff, she always smiles and always asked me A LOT of questions about art world (sorry hunny, but you were so cute when you asked me a lot of things!lol) and gives me a lot of input which is amazingly useful.
Later, as the time keeps moving, she felt like she wanna do the same thing with me, she wanted to draw, to design,
and it makes me happy!!So, she started to research from A-Z about art and we spent our time to go to art store buying Copic and stuff, sometime she could stand for an hour just to see the color chart!
Well that's my girl and if i could give her a name or describes her with only one word, it would be "detailed"
I mean, she's always very detailed in her works, the line, the sketch, and to be honest i don't have that kinda ability, i usually just splatter things, throwing off some ink, i am a complete mass.

So here are my first ever collaboration with my beloved Sasa!!

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The story behind this artwork is all about sacrificing ourself to what we cared most within the cruel bloody world,
as you see the male bird on the left take off his other wing to in order to aid the female bird, and for the background, i draw a massive pile of worms.It means that in our filthy world when material are everything, will you stay the same for your mate, your soul mate, or perhaps, will you die for someone you love most?

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Check out Sasa's blog! CLICK HERE

"Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else."
Mitch Albom (The Five People You Meet in Heaven)

8.18.2009

" Vendetta X Dreambirds© "

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This is the first release from DREAMBIRDS© clothing company, in conjunction with Vendetta, a metal band from Indonesia.

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Printed on 100% cotton combed 30s, it's the first collection from DREAMBIRDS©, so if you love the band and love to wear killer shirt, then this t-shirt is your answer!!

best regards, DB©

8.07.2009

" Fast Delivery To Tartarus "

Commisioned flyer for FAST YOUTH RECORDS in 2008, an indie label from Jakarta, check this old piece out! this piece is one of my early commercial artwork.

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5.07.2009

" ARCK & NOSTOC @ JAMS TREELOGY, UI "

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Come, and hear the unheard music from dull world..

3.29.2009

" The Hue Of Shimmering Elegy "

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After me and my band passed those sweating, mind twisting recording session, finally we're able to present you all our work in EP's includes 3 songs and 1 bonus track.We haven't put them in stores yet, so you must order through our Myspace page.

You must be wondering why the title is so absurd, right?It all begin when i was thinking why "sad" is so sad, gloomy and so on, i was thinking, what is the color of people's deepest broken feelings? because "sad" feeling is as beautiful as "happy".
Then i started to wrote lyrics about people who couldn't get what they wanted, it became an elegy i guess, and this EP tells about broken feelings in other way, in my opinion, in my thought.GET EM' NOW !

3.11.2009

" A Call For Artist & Contributor by Sakit Kuning "

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It's a submission for www.sakitkuning.blogspot.com.
It tells about how we must stand up against the lack appreciation of an art in this country, because art is something that we must protect.
As always, be true and keep creating, mates!

1.21.2009

" Abinara X Torro Elmar "

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Mixed media on A4 paper 2009

This one is a bit special, it has a meaning..

"It's an ancient owl, created by the hand of the mighty Uluuka inside the dimension of Kurf.It brings despair and happiness on the same time, and this kind of owl usually hunts pregnant women wether you like or not, it feeds pregnant women because they need a pure and fresh soul so they could go even stronger.

You can find them near the Shambala entrance, but only at midnight, goodluck."

1.07.2009

" Abinara X Aiko Marckveratu "

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Mixed media on A4 paper 2009

First collaboration in 2009..enjoy!

12.19.2008

" Strive For Screwy Death Party Upcoming Show's Flyer "

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Hi!This is the second post about the process how i usually work on band's flyer.Yeah, still doing it with sum digital stuff.what a dickhead.

12.17.2008

" Abinara X Udadias "

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Me were having a chat with my pal, Dias.He was on a sad mode about so called "women" and me either so we came up with an idea to put our melancholy feelings on a paper,so we did a collaboration.Finally, some art collaboration with one of the most creative dude i've ever met..

i bet you all have been through this situation.

12.13.2008

" Abinara X Viole "

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My friend named Adit a.k.a SIRA's manager is making a clothing company called "VIOLE".They have made 4 or more designs and they're awesome!damn i forgot the link to their web address, i'll post it again as soon as i can,since he's one of my buddies,i've designed a tshirt for him and asked him if he would use it on VIOLE.Surprisingly,he loved it!then it settled, another tshirt collaboration.Im looking forward collaborating in other ways such as on canvas, wood, or even a bra!

11.27.2008

" Abinara X Sugar Skull X WDFL "

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After 2-3 color processing, here's the final one!

11.26.2008

" No Talent's EP "

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Heyya everybody!Finally after a long process of many stuff, No Talent has released their EP debut, why am i so excited?because i did the artwork for the cd package!it took me 1 week to finished the detail on it,its one of my favorite(since i only made 2 cd covers so far hehe).Well i'll show you three parts of the package.Enjoy!!

check them out : www.myspace.com/notalentnotalent

11.25.2008

" Mandor "

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An artwork compilation of young bloods from IKJ and im included in it!it'll be released on December.It featured my sketches from late 2007-now.These are the coming soon posters.Enjoy!

11.03.2008

" Sweet Seventeen Massacre Upcoming Show's Flyer "

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TA-DAA!