Please help me decide
I am participating in the Sketchbook Project 2011 but while waiting for some payments to make their way into my Paypal account (to be able to register, I have to pay), I can’t seem to decide what theme to choose from given themes as below:
* Jackets, blankets, and sheets
* Things found on restaurant napkins
* It’s raining dogs and cats
* Revenge
* Trading forever
* Dirigibles and submersibles
* Capture the flag
* … you’d be home by now
* Make mine a double
* In 5 minutes…
* Adhere to me
* Coffee and cigarettes
* Boys and girls
* The greatest story ever told
* Science project gone wrong
* Down your street
* Secret codes
I am thinking of “In 5 minutes” and draw things within 5 minutes. Or maybe “Down your street” and draw things down my street. What say you?
I appreciate if you can leave a comment or two in my comment box. Thank you so much in advance!
I’ll be taking the option of USD45 of particapting fee (USD25) + digitizing the artworks (USD20) + shipping USD3 = USD48. I have to scrap out the t-shirt part (USD20) as I don’t think I will be able to make it to United States for the tour exhibition. But I am keeping the faith that I can go on sponsorship, maybe by MAS hahahha
Yes, that will be in my wildest dream only. I can dream, can’t I?
I hope to be able to get the sketchbook by November and complete all by December and beat the postmark date of January 15, 2011. The tour will start in March 2011.
43 Comments
diya
Hi Kak Emi!
Love your 1st theme choice.. “5 minutes”.. must be quite challenging to complete a draw within 5 minutes but I have no doubt if it’s you! 🙂
Perhaps you can consider “Boys and girls” theme.. akak selalu berjaya lukis cute boys and girls ilos..
Anyway, good luck kak.. Dream BIG, so you can get it! Insyaallah 🙂
tusen
Emila, it’s funny but before I got to the bottom of the list I thought it would be great to see your illustrations of “in 5 minutes” and then I read that you were thinking about it, too 🙂
Nurul
Hm… ‘the greatest story ever told’ sounds interesting. And yeah, boys and girls, too – i smell something fun (in playground/kids-ish way).
p/s: nice new layout! ^_^
CS
Emila,
Since you seems to be working with lot of boys and girls illustration “boys and girls” walking “down your street” in “five minutes” will be a good theme right?
CS
edi
i would suggest u go with the boys and girl theme.. since u have the knack of drawing really cute figurines of boys and girls.. 🙂
all the best!
Aja
yeps kak emi..cute boys and girls theme suit u best! draw cute kids in different kind of actions..but for whatever theme u choose, i wish u best of luck!;D
IHSAN
yes, boys and girls would be awesome! What a chance to show Malaysia’s multiethnic and multicultural background to the world! 😉
all the best ya!
mangosteenskin
before i read further below, i also thought “in 5 minutes” might be a good theme to suggest to you. because for a good illustrator like you, i think it will be an interesting challenge. I would love to see how you execute your idea within 5 mins.
i’ve thought of participating this sketchbook project also after reading it from Gennine’s blog. It sounds fun, and maybe a good challenge and experience too. But the fee is quite expensive as my paypal is empty and budget is quiet constrained at the moment. so i just pass!
Khemy
you go girl..you know who you are, and your capabilities (see i’m not helping at all here). Wish you all the best for the project.
sharkbytes
I think Down Your Street would tell something about the artist beyond just the sketches.
marvic
I agreed with Ihsan. Boys & Girls in Malaysian contexts – ethnicity, cultural & etc..Full of story and exciting adventure..
Nessa
i love cute illos… and yours are definitely cute so i’ll go with ‘Boys n Girls’ too 😀
Good luck! Dream big! ^-^
Thomas
ohoh…how bout…hmm…random things I draw on a restaurant napkin, then go around collecting napkins from various restaurants with their logos and start drawing 🙂
anny
just close your eyes and poke one.. then you’ll have fun with it 🙂
Iskandar aka DR Bubbles
Down your street!
Incik RestNrilekS
Salam kak Emi :
Kalau Rizal mungkin “Adhere to Me” – Bagus jugak sebab boleh lukis luas lagi konteks dia. I am sure you can do that 5 minutes but it will be interesting knowing that things “adhere to you” (fizikal @ spiritual @ falsafah), coming up to your mind in 5 minutes.
Kalau Rizal, rizal choose yang ni.. hehee sebab boleh main lukis2 tersurat dan tersirat.. janji “Adhere to me” lahhh Whoaho!! sebab i dont think i can do my drawings in 5 Minutes.. tee heee.. happy tuesday : )
Incik RestNrilekS
Opps silap.. maaf yer.. Happy Wednesday : )
izul
For me kan kak, in 5 minutes is quite broad and can present lots of things, like i remember ade satu video yg mengambarkan perang when it was made in 10 minutes, suggesting in 10 minutes a lot of things could happen.
Kalau “the greatest story ever told” would be a bit cliche’ and exaggerating kalau the story presented doesnt achieve the expected standard as the word “greatest” sendiri if read, akan memberikan level of expectation yg agk tinggi kepada pembaca yang nak start bace the sketchbook.
Anyway, personally I would prefer “It’s raining dogs and cats”, coz I always have fond memories during rainy days. Like more into instilling deep emotion to convey great message along the storyline.
But from yr previous art works, i would say it has some personal touch on humans which becomes yr trademark maybe “boys and girls” would suit u better.
Nevertheless, you could as well go on presenting the depth of yr abstract paintings and this would be greatly conveyed if u could have some theme which could show yr versatility in presenting emotions through lines, extensions, dimension and abstracts. For all these I would go for “It’s raining dogs and cats”.
Just my humble opinion 🙂 Saya tak pndai melukis! XD
nurul
kak, in my humble opinion, 1 prefer boys & girls or it’s raining dogs and cats.
sbb both theme macam sgt mesra dgn akk since akk slalu draw boys, girls & cats. =)
emila
ok thanks. ramai yang suruh buat boys and girls…i think i will opt for that theme.
emila
izul! thanks! kalau boleh semua akak nak buat. ramai yang suruh buat boys and girls, so i think i will opt for that one. it’s raining dogs and cats pun best tapi bab hujan ni, akak kureng sikit hehehe
emila
happy wednesday, rizal
emila
salam rizal. adhere to me pun best jugak boleh buat something abstract kan?
emila
thanks is! will consider the option
emila
hahaha ok i’ll poke! this reminds me masa exam zaman persekolahan….
emila
that is great idea, thomas….can make collage
emila
thanks nessa! dream can be so big sampai tak tercapai hahaha.
emila
ok , noted
emila
great idea, thanks sharkbytes
emila
thanks ida! i’ll try my best
emila
ok, mysara, thanks! maybe next year can join.
emila
a very good idea, ihsan! thanks much!
emila
ok, thank you aja
emila
ok, thanks edi
emila
thanks cs! hehehe that’ll be 3 themes in a sketchbook!
emila
thanks nurul! i love the new layout too, back to basic gitu
emila
great minds think alike, tusen! thank you for the suggestion.
emila
thanks diya! ok, considering boys and girls.
CS
Emila,
I meant option would be to draw boys girls (one theme) who walk down your street in a span of five minutes. Take photograph of people wallking down your street for five minutes and make a sketch the pictures of boys and girls : ).
CS
emila
oh ok, will do, cs!
Jiji
kak emi.. bukak poll!!!!
emila
lah…dah decide dah hehehe
izul
no worries kak! boys n girls seem to be more u, im sure the outcome would be good.byk suggestion bgus on that mcm multicultural n 3 themes in one. good good. looking forward for the sketchbook 😀