Liebster Award: Pass It On!

This is new for me: I've got a "Liebster Award" from one of my blogger friend.

She's Juriko Kosaka from Japan. You can see her simple yet amazing blog here. We even did an "artwork-barter" last year and I'm so happy I want to do some more! Haha. Check her artwork for me here and mine for her here.

I feel so honored to get this award for I rarely post anything because of my business! Duh! So thank you again Juri! As you mentioned in your post about this award, now I'm passing this award to 5 of my favorite illustration-bloggers that I make her/him my muse. :) Btw, this is a hard decision since I have so many blogger-idols but I have to choose only FIVE!

1
Constanze Von Kitzing
http://constanzevonkitzing.blogspot.com

She's an incredibly talented artist from Germany. Actually she's a pro and has done a lot of international illustration works. What I love is, she does a lot of children illustrations but the whimsical side is always emphasized. I really overjoyed seeing them.

2
Heidi Alamanda
http://heidilovespainting.blogspot.com/

An Indonesian born blogger but now she lives in US. She's really a PRO! I adore anyone who use oil-paint for their artworks because I myself couldn't use one and also never try it. Paint is really hard to handle and I love the way Mbak Heidi apply it to her artworks.

Nowness

Whew it's been months since I've done my last blog post! Actually I've been busy doing my job-training schedule. It's like  the days are just changed from morning to evening and the noon is always skipped.

Without further ado, here are some sketches that I've tried to make to compile my daily routine. And oh, did you know that I've been in Cepu (it's a town in Indonesia) for 4 weeks? There are so much to learn and it feels like my brain is going to burst! (Okay, it's lebay). Well then, sorry for the poor image quality. We've got no scanner here! Begin:

Cepu, a 2 month-length oil and gas intensive course - 50% in progress.

Looking Forward to Moving Forward

I'm in a serious need of help. It's just, well, I don't know. Every time I look down on my shoes, I see my steps and wonder if I've been in the right track all these times. Sometimes I feel like I keep walking and walking but in fact I'm not going nowhere. But hey, I have to believe that I'm in the middle of a progress. A long process, to be able to move forward. It's hard and sometimes, it's hurt. But I have to face it no matter what.

Well, this is another submission for illustration Friday this week. It's been months since the last time I've participated in the group. I hope this illustration is quite suitable for this week's theme. Apologize for the pathetic opening paragraph. It's just a narration! :)

Fashion Vs. Uniform

First thing that I was excited to experience when I graduated from my high school was, the fact that I didn't have to wear any uniform to go to campus. I was kind of sick using the same style of uniform everyday. White shirt, grey skirt and black shoes everyday. No exception. It's pretty boring.

Why do I hate uniform? You can say, well, I do love fashion. And fashion has so many kind of color, style, cut, you name it. That is why I hate wearing the same kind of outfit everyday. I even decided to not to have a job that oblige me to wear any kind of uniform-ish clothes. But in fact, I'm not that fashionable! Even if I was so happy for getting out of my 12 years life in a duty for wearing uniform to go to school, you could find me back then when I was a college-student, wearing the similar outfit everyday!

This is me when I was in college. Yeah, it's sort of uniform-ish outfit.

My mom used to buy me like millions of plaid shirts. Kind of silly, no? Uhm I don't know but well I like plaids. Even now I still love it. Plaid shirt is like grunge thing that reminds me about Kurt Cobain (I don't know much about his music but I think he's cool). Also, I love shirts. Seriously.

And guess what, for now I am here, during my job training, I have a duty to wear a white shirt plus dark-blue trousers, along with dark tie and veil. Everyday! You're right. It's uniform again! Tsk...I think I should make up my mind for not too much complaining about this uniform thing. Come to think about it. Wearing uniform is not that bad. It shows our loyalty and unity regarding being in the same company as employees. So I think I must stop minding this thing.

*By the way, I post a lot of complaining thing in my blog recently. Woops I shall stop doing this. Complaining isn't a good habit, I think.

What do you guys wear to your office or school? Tell me about it. :)