met's illustration journal

The Return of the King

2012-01-10T13:52:00.005+07:00

Hello folks, happy new year. Quite busy, lately. But today i spent a few hours to make a drawing of a special person. A drawing of a king. Thierry Daniel Henry, the king of Highbury.

A few days ago, Arsene Wenger has "borrowed" Henry from New York Red-bull for two months service. He will not be the number one person like before because we already have Robin van Persie. The departure of Henry was just a bonus in this hard season. He's a late Christmas present for all Gooners.

And sometime, the late present can turn out to be the sweetest one. In his debut last night, as a sub, he scored the only goal in that match. And he scored with his lovely iconic touch. He wore number 12 shirt (his 14 shirt is already belong to Theo Walcott). That was his 12th match against Leeds United and his only goal was his 12th goal to Leeds United.

Not a beautiful match played by our side, but a beautiful day for us to have you again, our king.

Victoria Concordia Crescit.

As a gift, i give you the wallpaper of him saluting the warm greeting of Emirates Stadium at the end of that game.

Ho Ho Ho...

2011-12-21T07:36:00.003+07:00

Dear my abandoned black blog and loyal friends, sorry for the long hiatus. Very occupied this year and i can't draw "big things" for this blog. with all respect, i am sorry.

Because of His love and grace, may you have a very bright, warm, soft and enlightened christmas this year. Be blessed :)

Pssst..

2011-11-23T01:44:00.003+07:00

Slamat ulang tahun, slamat ulang tahun, slamat ulang tahun, slamat ulang tahun *buang lilin, sikat pavlovanya* *burp*

It's Just, Prerfect!

2011-11-12T08:27:00.002+07:00

Yesterday, 10 PM, at my friend's carport. I accidentally looked to the sky. On one of the most polluted sky, i saw the most-rounded yet brightest moon. I was spelled and pretified. It was so beautiful. I can't believe i can see such thing in here.

It's just like "even in the darkest time, we still can get goodness and grace. If we want it". Thank you Lord for anything.

Lovely, it was.

Push On!

2011-10-15T07:43:00.002+07:00

Everyone should love Captain Hector Barbossa because he is nuts.

The Gaffer

2011-09-21T18:46:00.005+07:00

Our Gaffer, Arsene Wenger. Final artwork.

Arsene Wenger from scratch to final artwork.

The Gaffer - sketch

2011-09-20T17:40:00.004+07:00

This year will be a very hard season for Arsenal. For me, for all gooners all over the world, for the club, and for our gaffer, Mr. Arsene Wenger. Four points from five games on EPL, draw with Dortmund on Champions League. A very hard hard day for us.

But we are Arsenal. We are one of the biggest club in the world with a great history. We were champion. And we will reclaim that title. Bring silverware to our trophy room on the Emirates. We will. This season. And we will win, start from today. From Shrewsbury on the Carling Cup.

Victoria Concordia Crescit.

Kong is King

2011-09-18T11:02:00.003+07:00

I love big silverback gorilla. I love big apes. I love "the Rise of the Planet of the Apes".

Wingless Dragon

2011-09-05T10:04:00.005+07:00

He has four eyes for a better vision. Horns to protect the head and the neck. Big head and jaw to make him a very good predator. Gecko-like foot with membrane between the fingers for crawling, climbing and swimming. Ergonomic and light-shapeed body to give a good, fast and effective movement. Big short tail to big a good balance.

Oh yeah.. He is wingless. He don't like to fly. He prefer to swim. He is a shy dragon.

He is me (in a dragon prosthetic suit), haha..

A Yogi

2011-09-05T08:10:00.003+07:00

Totally random doodle.
*FF to the end of October*

Tribute to Mr. Bolland

2011-09-02T11:11:00.010+07:00

I got this beautiful image from my friend, Octa, two years ago. It's a (scanned) quick sketch by Briand Bolland. The artist beyond one of the greatest Batman saga, The Killing Joke. With the genius writer, Alan Moore (V for Vendetta, Watchmen, From Hell), Mr Bolland produced that marvelous tale ot the caped crusader and his greatest villain, The Joker.

Actually, i asked my friend to get the autograph and a little sketch from Mr Bolland at STGCC 09 at Singapore. But i wasn't lucky enough to get what i wanted. I only got this one. A scanned picture of the drawing. Damn!

And today, with that sketch, i made something different. I gave him color, dimension, depth, emotion and smile :)

#01 picture is the orginal sketch from mr. Bolland.
#02 picture is his original sketch with some additional shadow by me
#03 Basic color added
#04 the 3 hours speed painting is done. And i see the combination of Jack nicholson and Hugo weaving in him. Haha..

At the end, Smile :)

Anne

2011-08-31T09:29:00.002+07:00

My delicious morning doodle :)

Slender

2011-08-30T18:32:00.003+07:00

Another random doodle in this random Holiday.

Audrey

2011-08-29T12:25:00.004+07:00

In this critical (boring i mean) situation, i just can draw preety girl, hahaha...

Olla..

2011-08-13T11:22:00.004+07:00

Two things. I like Agyness. And i like Aurelie Neyret a.k.a. CLO's artwork. They are very very inspiring. Because of that, i made an artwork that related with them. I drew short black-haired
Agyness with CLO's gorgeous style.

Actually, i want to submit this picture as my first post at artflakes.com. Yes, they found me and ask me to join them. What a pleasent surprise, aye? but i got some advices from my back to aboard that mission (post this picture). They said "that's not YOU! Please sell your own style, don't follow others".

Agree! but i still love this picture. Simple, honest, and FYI, it's difficult to reproduce CLO's style. And when i can do it, i'll be very happy.

Here is the deal. It will never appear on artflakes.com, but have to be seen on my own blog.

Happy saturday, lads. Be blessed.

Litoria sp. nov.

2011-08-09T08:54:00.006+07:00

I found it at my old project's folder. Litoria sp. nov. a.k.a. Pinocchio's nose frog, a newly found species from the deep forest of Papua. I made it (with my partner company) last year for giant oil and mining company but (this picture was) rejected because they want to expose the beauty of papua's various birds. So be it. I made 12 birds from papua and the frog is mine.

Honestly, this is my favourite illustration from this project. Very detail and.. specular. Fyi, i like to draw specular objects such as eyes, bottle, water and frog. It's very exciting and challenging, you know? haha..

Hope i can get a kind of project like this in 2011. One project at least. Just for fun. just to stretch my hand and brain :)

Good day lads, Gb.

Agyness Deyn

2011-08-06T10:01:00.003+07:00

Pixie, slender, well-shaped structure. Perfect.

Perfect Stranger

2011-07-07T11:19:00.000+07:00

King of Asgard

2011-06-28T09:43:00.005+07:00

Wrinkles.. YAY!

A Series of Fortunate Events

2011-06-22T09:00:00.005+07:00

Few months ago, i liked The Cranberries fan page on facebook and write a wall "Come to Jakarta again, please". Last week, i heard they will come to Jakarta and play at Java Rockin' Land. Wow, that was a nice series of random events. And today, i'll buy my ticket. See you at Ancol, July 23rd, 2011.

PS: The picture above, it's not complete yet. Will post the final version, Soon :)

A Quick Update

2011-06-09T11:45:00.009+07:00

Will be printed, framed and used in voelkan's first interior project. I will give you another updates about this project very soon. Thank you :)

Envy

2011-06-06T20:39:00.004+07:00

Sorry for a long absence. Too much to do with my new job and my new comitment with my daily illustrated journal. They takes almost of my time. So, in this busy year, I have to take a big great getaway. And the destination is BALI :) I will be there on October.

And in this hectic day, a friend of mind send me a photo from her BB phone. She makes me smile and envy at the same time. It's a Silhouette of her profile, at a beach. Yes, a beach in Bali. Very pretty. An offer i can't resist. I drew her -_-

Have a nice final day, unyu. Please be my tour guide on October :)

Another Painting Exercise

2011-02-27T22:06:00.005+07:00

Too busy with my new project (pray for me and the company, please) and have very little time to paint. No practice is a very bad situation for an illustrator. So, in this tight schedule, I made this drawing.

My friend, a good child photographer has asked me to draw one of his client for a sample. I just think that was a challenge and an opportunity do some practice. And here it is, I present you, Mikaela, in a different approach (brush type). Enjoy :)

Superhero needs Supervillain

2011-02-07T05:29:00.003+07:00

Let me introduce you, our new supervillain, Criminal Cat aka Kucing Garong.
*inspired by our birthday girl, Oen :)

Website of Junia

2011-01-04T12:09:00.012+07:00

Noon lads. This is my antoher finished project. A website. Wow.. No, I don't do the scripts and programming. As you can guess, I did the logo, layout and the illustrations.

It was a fun project. The client is a promissing child photography named Junia. It was a collaboration project between me and a very good interactive and web boutique metalab. If you'd like to see more details on the illustration and how good the pictures they have captured, please visit their web. Thanks :)

Ranah 3 Warna

2011-01-04T09:03:00.004+07:00

The Second part of Negeri 5 Menara trilogy, written by Ahmad Fuadi, will be launched at 23 January 2011. Prepare your self for the new inspiring story.

Visual concept, design and illustration by: Me :)

Tons of Foolishness

2011-01-01T08:41:00.010+07:00

Hello, there! Back with me in different year :)

2010 was super duper great, aye? And 2011, it's gonna be much greater, I wish. One of my resolutions in 2011 is "to own an illlustrated self-daily stories". I mean, a real one. It will tell everything that happens on my humble life. Since I don't speak English very well, my new blog will be written in Bahasa Indonesia :)

It's an "aggressive expansion" (quoted from The Joker in The Dark Knight. I love that quote, by the way). This lazy boy should post anything, DAILY. Wow.. Very big task to do. But it's 2011 now, and we gotta make a bigger and better jump, aye? Wish me luck..

Anyway, Happy new year and good day lads, Gb :)

Quorra

2010-12-29T09:49:00.003+07:00

Big lovely eyes, messy short hair and perfect structure. Deeply in love with her...

Happy Christmas Laddie!

2010-12-23T18:54:00.004+07:00

Ahoy mates! Another Christmas for us, another year will be passed. I really have a good year at 2010. A very fast, hectic and restless year, but at the end, He gave me lots of presents beyond my imagination. Time to take a little rest now, and be ready for another challenge and gift from our mighty Lord.

Thank you so much Lord :)

Little Girl wih Her Red Hoddie

2010-12-11T21:41:00.004+07:00

One of the most exciting and delightful activity (for me) is making picture of her. A very relaxing job to finish this day. Good night for You, Gb :)

ps: I use my ex-boss, Lala's visual style (combined with mine of course) ini this post.

I walk the streets of Japan till I get lost - Audioslave

2010-12-11T21:13:00.006+07:00

These are very very big illustrations. I made them few months ago. You can meet them as a wallpaper at Takigawa Japanese Restaurant at Gandaria City, Jakarta.

Pixie of the Year

2010-12-05T16:30:00.003+07:00

Second attempt with my "own" pencil-like brush, and the result is much more better than the first one, hehe..

And as a bonus, I give you, one of the most valueable treasure from the Harry Potter legacy, Miss Emma Watson.

The Ugly

2010-12-04T08:57:00.005+07:00

A week ago, Oen has sent me a link. It's a photoshop tutorial. It tells lessons how to make and use traditional media such as graphit, conte, watercolor, etc. in digital media. In this case, photoshop. I read that tutorial and can't make anything like it tell, damn! Hehe..

But the tutorial makes me explore the brush editor far more than I did all this time. And I've got my own way to make a pencil-like brush. And here it is. The first trial with that brush, The ugliest creature in this galaxy. Will explore this thing farther, soon :)

30 Days Drawing Challenge #30

2010-11-30T06:42:00.001+07:00

It's done, finally. See you in another fun and challenging project :)

30 Days Drawing Challenge #29

2010-11-29T15:18:00.000+07:00

30 Days Drawing Challenge Day #28

2010-11-28T09:23:00.001+07:00

30 Days Drawing Challenge Day #27

2010-11-27T07:14:00.001+07:00

30 Days Drawing Challenge Day #26

2010-11-26T17:59:00.002+07:00

30 Days Drawing Challenge Day #25

2010-11-25T09:53:00.000+07:00

30 Days Drawing Challenge Day #24

2010-11-24T14:04:00.000+07:00

# 11

2010-11-24T07:49:00.000+07:00

#10

2010-11-24T07:48:00.000+07:00

30 Days Drawing Challenge Day #23

2010-11-23T22:20:00.000+07:00

30 Days Drawing Challenge Day #22

2010-11-22T23:24:00.004+07:00

30 Days Drawing Challenge Day #21

2010-11-21T09:55:00.001+07:00

30 Days Drawing Challenge Day #20

2010-11-20T10:29:00.001+07:00

30 Days Drawing Challenge Day #19

2010-11-19T18:11:00.001+07:00

30 Days Drawing Challenge Day #18

2010-11-18T05:34:00.000+07:00

30 Days Drawing Challenge Day #17

2010-11-17T07:41:00.000+07:00

30 Days Drawing Challenge Day #16

2010-11-16T18:38:00.000+07:00

30 Days Drawing Challenge Day #15

2010-11-15T19:36:00.002+07:00

Requested by Oen. She said I have to post this challenge daily.
So be it, ma'am. Satisfied? *kekh*

30 Days Drawing Challenge Week #02

2010-11-14T08:26:00.009+07:00

Off with His Head!!

2010-11-10T21:09:00.001+07:00

Just a doodle :)

30 Days Drawing Challenge Week #01

2010-11-07T09:27:00.017+07:00

Got This Challenge from my Ex-Boss. Really a hard (but fun) challenge. I hope can finish it well :)

She's a Godess

2010-10-30T12:45:00.006+07:00

I really love her. Lovely lady, Marion Cotillard.
*Just a stupid doodle on lazy saturday :)

Limited Giclee #001 Preview: Quid Pro Quo

2010-10-24T12:55:00.006+07:00

The artwork is finally done. And it will be produced as limited hand-numbered giclee and framed with custom treatment. Check this blog later for next updates of the final production. Thanks and God bless :)

Baby Chloe - Year One

2010-10-10T11:12:00.003+07:00

Happy Birthday to baby Chloe :)

Sir Anthony

2010-09-19T12:19:00.002+07:00

Work still in progress. Finish him ASAP I will. Happy Sunday :)

And finally, here I am

2010-09-12T08:22:00.003+07:00

A "speed painting" caricature of me. Done in 5 Hours (not fast enough, aye?), hehe...

Little Greedy Girl with a Giant Patty

2010-09-08T08:36:00.007+07:00

Tribute to the one of the greatest artist ever, Tim Burton and the most inspiring creature in my entire universe, Oen.

Happy Eid ul-Fitr, anyway. May you enjoy a blessed festival. Gb :)

The Raider

2010-09-02T13:03:00.002+07:00

Harrison Ford as Dr. Henry Jones Jr.

Cloudgirl Project #004

2010-06-02T15:54:00.000+07:00

Written by : Oen
Visualized by: me :)

Cloudgirl Project #003

2010-05-30T16:25:00.003+07:00

Written by : Oen
Visualized by: me :)

Sketchy Mindy

2010-05-28T09:24:00.004+07:00

I love Mindy Macready. Try to finish this drawing, I will :)

Cloudgirl Project #002

2010-05-22T13:42:00.005+07:00

Written by: Oen
Visualized by: me :)

Cloudgirl Project #001

2010-05-09T11:36:00.017+07:00

Finally, we (me and Oen) can run this project after being delayed from last year. This is an experiment project which each week I have to create an illustration of a short story written by Oen and post it on my blog. A very exciting project we have, aye?

And, here it is. The first part of Cloudgirl Project (just a code name because the author has not found the proper title yet, hehe) Enjoy...
Happy sunday lads, Gbu..

# 9

2010-04-29T16:25:00.003+07:00

Olla... Sorry for the long absence. I'm very busy lately. And for the "bribe", please enjoy this simple drawing. A drawing of my friend's boss as a commission project. I hope I can post another drawings soon.

Off from the Abyss

2010-03-12T17:55:00.003+07:00

Too much workload recently, with a lot of stupid things from outside. What a challenging days...

The Count

2010-03-07T18:10:00.007+07:00

It's a tribute to Sir Christopher Lee, one of the most famous and brilliant British actor. He usually portrays villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula, Saruman the White in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and Count Dooku in Star Wars saga. Hence, his big dedication for movie history and his country, he was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2009.

This is another speed painting i did. Done in 3 hours. Hope you like it :)

Book Cover # 2 Teaser

2010-03-01T07:29:00.003+07:00

My next book cover project from the same writer, A. Fuadi. It's the second chapter of Negeri 5 Menara trilogy. Prototype shown, final artwork may be slightly different.

# 8

2010-02-20T11:18:00.004+07:00

Congrats for the couple of the day, Andry and Jessica. Live long and prosper, Gbu.

# 7

2010-02-16T09:44:00.004+07:00

An artwork for the Hanara's new house.

# 6

2010-02-16T09:00:00.002+07:00

haum!

2010-02-14T07:44:00.002+07:00

Just having fun with chinese new year and valentine theme. Happy sunday lads, live long and prosper :)

Foofh!

2010-02-10T23:10:00.003+07:00

This is the first birthday of my blog. It's a great and pleasant year for me to run this blog and exploring lots of illustration style. Hope will be far more better in the second year. Thanks for your support, Gbu. Aylapyupul :)

The Creepy Birthday Girl

2010-02-07T17:12:00.005+07:00

Happy birthday to you... Happy birthday to you...
Happy birthday to Oen, Happy birthday to you.

Happy 26th birthday, dear, May His grace be wtih you :) Gbu.

2009 Scrappies

2010-01-24T20:00:00.013+07:00

Done with pen, watercolor and joy :) Happy sunday lads.

Evey Hammond

2010-01-16T14:57:00.006+07:00

First post on 2010. Drawn when i was got sick yesterday (not strong enough to do my daily works but doodling is a different matter, rite, hehe...). Such a great actress and a gorgeous woman, Natalie Portman.

Happy new year everyone. Hope 2010 will be a very good year for us :)

The Comedian

2009-12-26T13:42:00.003+07:00

I introduce you, the melancholy vigilante, Edward Morgan "The Comedian" Blake. My favourite character from the movie of the year (for me), Watchmen. Jeffrey Dean Morgan did a very good job on the screen. He's the real Comedian. And as a bonus, i give the steps behind this picture, below. Good day, lads :)

Soshanna Dreyfus

2009-12-20T12:32:00.003+07:00

Lovely Melanie Laurent as Soshanna Dreyfus in Inglourious Basterds.
Done in two and a half hours. Happy Sunday everyone :)

Santa is retired. Make your own joyful Christmas!

2009-12-18T08:54:00.007+07:00

A very nice big year. Year of struggle, joy and epiphany.
A year to remember, 2009.

Happy Christmas everyone. His grace be with you all, Gbu

# 5

2009-12-18T08:52:00.003+07:00

# 4

2009-12-18T08:50:00.003+07:00

By the Sea (final version)

2009-12-03T09:32:00.008+07:00

Remember my undone beach painting? I can add the main object there, finally.

This is the additional image. Thanks to C for being my model.

And, it's done. Hope u like it. Happy thursday :)

Cold Steel and Blood

2009-11-08T14:51:00.007+07:00

Still a rough sketch. Will be done, ASAP :)

Trick or Treat

2009-10-29T14:21:00.013+07:00

Give me your best smile, Dearie...

Blank pages to be drawn

2009-10-29T11:03:00.011+07:00

Got my own cool drawing book, finally. Richard and Yuli from noote&netoo, a lunatic couple which happened to be friends of mine made and gave me this as a gift. Thanks to both of you. I will use this perfectly crafted book as my personal graphic journal rather than an ordinary sketch book :)

By the Sea

2009-10-11T16:28:00.008+07:00

Image shown is not final. Anyer (not in its real condition, haha...), September 2009.

Short haired girl with tie dyed shirt

2009-09-28T10:02:00.006+07:00

A Girl Called "C"

2009-09-25T14:19:00.008+07:00

Stupid doodle

2009-09-07T16:10:00.003+07:00

Want this dog badly :(

Peeking

2009-08-24T10:57:00.005+07:00

Work in progress :)

Ms. Knightley

2009-08-23T13:24:00.005+07:00

My last vector artwork. Made 0n early 2007 and I will make her as my final vector experience, I think. Love her pose, outfit, facial expression and her short hair specially. This gorgeous girl will be a good ending, aye? :)

The Making of Negeri 5 Menara's Cover

2009-08-07T10:13:00.011+07:00

From the sketch to the final artwork. Hope you like it :)

The Book Cover of Negeri 5 Menara

2009-08-07T08:49:00.009+07:00

My first experience in book cover design, and it was extremely fun. I enjoyed in every phases of this task. Thanks to A. Fuadi, the author, who gave me a great challange to make an "eye-catching" visual for the cover of his first novel. I hope it will be a good start for his writing journey :)

Photo by: A. Fuadi
Visual concept, design and illustration by: Me :)

Ow, Bugger!

2009-07-20T19:27:00.010+07:00

Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow

# 3

2009-06-19T17:08:00.014+07:00

Pdt. Handoyo Santoso

The Death Dealer

2009-05-28T12:11:00.010+07:00

Bill Nighy as Viktor

The Half-Blood Prince

2009-05-18T13:00:00.006+07:00

Alan Rickman as Severus Snape

There's only one Dennis Bergkamp

2009-05-10T08:03:00.008+07:00

"Dennis is the best player I have ever played with as a partner. It is a dream for a striker to have him in the team with you." Thierry Henry

"He's the messiah. We told him to get us into Europe when he joined and that's exactly what he did." Ian Wright

Happy 40th Birthday to the Dutch Master, Arsenal living legend, DENNIS BERGKAMP.