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Love is in the air

Dayna — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:38:27 +0000

Today is the “I’m going to love myself even more” day! 14 February is a day to shower the people around you with lots of love, not just your lover but also your family, friends and pets. Everyone deserve some additional love on this special day. So go on and tell someone you love them today.

Results of extreme boredom

Dayna — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 04:15:14 +0000

Chanced upon the Bamboo Paper for iPad in the stores yesterday and the best part is, it is free till 30 June 2011. Go get them guys! It’s good for random sketching and notes-taking¹. I draw like a 6 year old as well, I know. You can also easily save it to a PNG and share them. I think iCloud will be very useful for synchronising when it’s release in the near future. As least I know I don’t have to email the photos to myself to get them on my computer².

Presenting the results of a bored Dayna coupled with 10 minutes of swiping…

Back to School!

A Beautiful Day

Except the fact that my handwriting is horrible so I think I will stick to drawing instead
I have an intense dislike for connecting any devices to my computer via USB

The idea behind “A world with only pandas”

Dayna — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:57:55 +0000

I submitted an entry for a drawing contest, specifically the Pandas and Friends Contest held by #welovepandas on DeviantArt this afternoon. It’s the first time I’m entering a drawing contest and furthermore, it’s a topic I really love – Pandas. I thought I would share my inspiration behind this drawing.

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This was suppose to be a panda island and not the entire globe but somehow I feel that showing the whole universe in the drawing gives a stronger appeal than just an island. The globe was inspired by the illustration used in my previous post, fishing for designs kills all the creativity. The rest of the ideas came from the fictitious panda stories created by Chewy.

According to Chewy, there’s an island owned by the panda clan and on this not-so-little island lives all the pandas in the world. I kind of change the island to world in this case. While I was drawing, I am thinking what would a world with only pandas and no humans look like? Would it be the same as what we are looking at today? City? Cars? Computers? Or not? I remembered Chewy once told me that pandas are peaceful and quiet animals (though I’m not sure if that applies for the real ones). I’m pretty sure a place with pandas wouldn’t be too developed so no cars nor computers. A boat sounds like a good thing to have to visit the neighbours?

On this island, there are 4 main characters, the panda flying the kite who lives in the blue tower is Pete. His house reminds me of the Weasleys’ house in Harry Potter, he spends most of his time keeping the orange kite flying. He doesn’t really do anything. Pete lives with Farmer Fred, a gardener who enjoys spending his time in the fields. He doesn’t get tan though. Fred has a gluttonous brother (surprisingly, he’s not a pig) who spends 24/7 in the bamboo forest not far off from Pete’s island. We also have Mary (a very uncreative name, I know). Mary loves pink. She lives in the candy house and travels around via the boat. She doesn’t own the boat, it belongs to everyone. The pandas community is full of sharing, care and love. She is easily recognise by the big pink bow on her head. Lastly, the huge one doing the introduction is Gem (he’s a male).

The end. Have you felt asleep? I think I can start writing children story books in the future. :P Check out my entry at DeviantArt and if you love it, please favourite the entry and show your love! All comments, suggestions and favourites are very much appreciated. Thanks for reading this story!

My latest web design – Sunny Day

Dayna — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:22:33 +0000

I haven’t been designing much this year except the current layout at Amour Chaleur you are looking at and a few random cartoons and comics. I really like this candy house layout hence it’s going to stay till June when I’ve the time to put together a new one. So I’ve been spending some time during the past month to work on a customised layout for Diana at molemole.sg. She didn’t gave me a theme or anything so it’s just freestyle for me. I’ve only met her once or twice but she seems like a really happy, friendly and cheery person so the huge orange sun seems like a good idea to me.

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It’s a beach theme with a bit of woody feeling. It wasn’t the kind of design that I had on Amour Chaleur with splashes of colours all over. I thought it was something different from my usual colour schemes. I love taking on projects like these because every project is a learning experience for me. I get to draw new things I’ve not drawn before, like the coconut tree, slippers and seashells.

I seems to draw the weirdest thing. Bird with a black magician hat on the beach? Definitely not something realistic but then again, cartoons open the door to imagination and the unexplainable. Some may be slightly confused by the header because I have combined the sky, ocean and land together. I reckon if you are looking far away from a beach, you will somehow see the sky right above the sea too! Let’s also just say I’m kind of jealous of the layout because it looks nicer than my candy house. With that said, pop by to molemole.sg and check out the layout live!

Why teddy bears and balloons?

Dayna — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:39:14 +0000

Valentine’s Day falls on Chinese New Year this year and I’m pretty sure most Chinese will be celebrating the occasion early. Hence, I wish everyone an early Happy Valentine’s Day! I read from the Chinese newspapers that there wouldn’t be any flower delivery service on the 14^th of February since most shops will be closed during Chinese New Year. Chewy and I have no plans yet. We will most probably just have a simple dinner since he will only be free during the evenings¹.

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I made the wallpaper above during one of my study breaks. These wallpapers can be found in the resources section and if you want to send some love over during Valentine’s, you can buy the prints over at deviantART.

While working on the wallpaper yesterday, I was thinking of things associated with the occasion. Things and words like hearts, love, balloons, teddy bears and the colours red and pink. I cannot figure out the connections between teddy bears, balloons and love. Does everyone who is in love owns a teddy? Or maybe they always held on to balloons when visiting theme parks? The latter is always the case in Korean dramas. When the protagonist fall out of love, they will usually be shown letting go of the balloon and the poor balloon will fly away. It reminds me of a scene in Princess Hours.

I can understand balloons during Birthdays but why Valentine’s? Are balloons considered sweet things for ladies? Balloons are sometimes also used to signify freedom thus explaining the release of the balloon. Releasing a balloon may also meant that the protagonist is letting go of the relationship. Am I wrong to think that it’s an inverse relationship with love?

My teddy bear

Teddy bears again reminds me of scenes in Princess Hours whereby the male lead gave a teddy bear to the female lead or the bear is a representation of one of the leads and they fell in love. Why bears? Pandas are adorable as well and most robots are cute. However most of the time, bears especially teddy ones are used. Why do you think that’s the case? What makes teddy bears so special?

Chewy is in the army currently

Winners of the Site Glamour Contest

Dayna — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:43:57 +0000

I am pleased to announce the winners of the Site Glamour Contest held over the past few months and the most glamorous site from the list of contestants goes to Lisa of Auberginer. The first runner up goes to Charmaine of Oh-Doll.Net and the second runner up goes to Sy Yuan of Sylistic.Com. Congratulations to the winners! I have contacted you via emails with regards to your prizes.

Winners of the Site Glamour Contest

Auberginer

If you haven’t check out Lisa’s website, Auberginer.Org, you really should. She has some really gorgeous artworks which includes her drawings and pixels.

I really like her latest layout as well. The image links on her layout like the small buttons at the side and the home icon adds a special touch. I especially like the way her website’s name is designed. The entire layout is bright and cheery and of course creative in my opinion.

Once again, I would like to congratulate Lisa for being the winner of the Site Glamour Contest.

Here’s a sneak peek of the illustration for Lisa.

I would also like to express my thanks to all the contestants and sponsors of this contest: City in Surrender, Auberginer, Impatient Mind, TheOutlandish, Jefflion, Miruku no Uta, Kihugs, Rockwitch.net, Culture of Men, Sylistic.com, Oh-Doll.Net, Xivy.Org, Kandiberst.com, Thismemory.Net, Skipaheartbeat.Com, Bouncy-Bubbles.Net, Onemoreline.Net, Mystical Crush and Love Dares.

The contest would not be possible without your participation. Thank you!

I’m happy to spend my time drawing

Dayna — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:50:10 +0000

It’s been some time since I spend time drawing in Photoshop. I tried to “catch up” on my drawings by working on the current layout last week and also an illustration for Connie of Turtelina Kingdom. I was very interested in this project when Connie approached me regarding this particular illustration she had in mind. Personally I like drawing animals much more than humans. Turtles, books and iphones aren’t something I’ve worked on previously so it’s like a brand new challenge for me. The hardest part of this illustration is actually the iphone. I don’t own any myself so I did a goggle and tried to make it look as iphone like as possible without the menus. This is what I came up with; a new member of my portfolio.

Hitting the books again

New header? It’s the Bim Bim Remix

Dayna — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:20:48 +0000

I was playing with my Photoshop the entire afternoon experimenting with typography. I have never been too bothered about the use of fonts on my website. However, I was inspired to try out something new after seeing some fantastic examples of typographical illustrations by other web designers. The Bim Bim Remix is what I’ve come up with! I’ve only changed the header so the rest of the layout looks exactly the same. I put up a poll on twitter and it’s 9 votes for Bim Bim remix and 3 votes for the previous monster layout. Sorry to all the lovers of the monster layout. Bim Bim Remix wins this round!

I just sold my first illustration

Dayna — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:26:28 +0000

I put my first illustration of pandas up for sale 3 days ago and I’m glad to announce that it has been sold to dear Hannah. Thanks Hannah for bringing the pandas home. I’m looking forward to what you’ve planned out for them.

On an extremely random note, I applied for a transfer of class from Information System & Organisations to Management Mathematics yesterday. I made the decision during my ISO class. I have absolutely no idea what the lecturer was talking about. The tons of theories are just piling up and killing me. It was a quick process, I just filed up a white form, paid 20 bucks and I rolled right out of the class into another’s. I didn’t roll out literally of course. =p

Anyway, I’m still looking for more contestants for the Site Glamour Contest. If you’ve a website and are interested to know more friends and get your site recognised, please consider joining the contest. I’m also looking for more topics for the contest discussion, so feel free to drop your suggestions here.

Pandas for sale

Pandas for sale

Dayna — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:23:27 +0000

I drew this illustration today and it’s up for sale at USD 15. Most of my readers should know I’m a fan of pandas. The next one will be different, I promise! =D Hope someone is interested in this and brings them home. The original dimension for this is 800 x 400px without any watermark. The word “Pandas” on the signboard can be changed. The little square thing you see on the chest of the panda is actually a patch stitch, it’s not very obvious since this picture has been resized. Let me know if you are interested.

Pandas for sale - Original dimension is 800x400px