Cream

This was honestly a bit dark, even for me, but this time, with the vivid imagery I remembered that night, and the meager skills that I have, I want to paint an uncompromising message regarding common urban problems that we all can work together towards solving them ourselves.

The other side of the esplanade (Day 138)

Night windowed sky (Day 137)

(I intend to make this as a sort of series of drawings with a connected theme. I don't know how that's gonna work but let's see.)

Boat on night row (Day 136)

Some attempts to draw fundamentals (Day 135)

Later down the line though, I started drawing more characters. With each mindless stroke being a mistake, and me doubling back and drawing more which ironically made it even more of a mistake, I ended up with a cast that I wasn't even sure or confident about.

Call them The Randoms, I guess.

I heard that the Rust programming language is celebrating its 10th year in stability, so, given its popular mascot Ferris the Crab, I figured, why not draw them?

So I did.
Here is the source of all the Rusty mascot goodness (Corro the Unsafe Urchin included): rustacean.net

Ferris the Crab (feat. Corro and the Randoms) (Day 134)

A picture of Mayon Volcano, which is a popular mountain in the Philippines. Taken from Wikipedia.

My basis actually was Mt. Mayon. My drawing skills pale in comparison to its natural beauty. Come check it out for yourself if you can.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayon#/...

Mountain (Day 133)

Hall Along the Road (Day 132)

I BOTCHED THE LEGSSS!!!

Ironing (Day 131)

I am so sorry this picture is shot against the light, but I love how it looks.

Maybe one day I'll just learn how to draw different elements and put them together in a single work, and hopefully it sticks and it looks great together...

Thunderstorm (Day 130)

I've used a reference this time, but beyond that, I simply just want to draw what I love correctly and accurately. And maybe that's the first step into anything beautiful, especially when what I'm drawing is just that beautiful and meaningful for me.

Soon enough, it'll be the rain.

Illustration by Coton from Wikipedia which shows the different types of clouds in the sky. Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cloud_types#/media/File%3ACloud_types_en.svg

This is a personal favorite of mine. After all this time, I've always loved drawing clouds in the past 129 days that I've been drawing, and now I want to do it scientifically.

Clouds (Day 129)

Flowed Land (Day 128)

Unrelated, Random Sketches (Day 127)

Paper Bag Reactor G (Day 126)

Nothing in my time at the University, in all of its deliberate oldness and tradition, could replicate the value of the fleeting, natural novelty this situation brought to my eyes and my senses.

As the curtain closes on my time here, truly...

Thank you.

We're not in Japan, but I wasn't expecting something like that to actually happen.

It was deeply mesmerizing. A tranquil moment that quietly captured my mind even for just an instant.

A short, indifferent movement of nature brought about a moment as beautiful as this...

As if the heat became the least bothersome thing in that short moment, the wind carried forth a new serenity, both in the coolness it carried, but also the sight that it brought.

It's as if we had our own cherry blossoms blooming, but this time, it's orange leaves from the trees, blown by the wind.

6 long years.
Well, probably 3 or 4, granted that the pandemic happened.

But still, it has been a long time.

Nothing that I could ever have, in my current skill, could replicate the gentle sight I would see at noon, in windy days, when I go eat lunch at the "Main Campus".

A Sight That I'll Miss (Day 125)

It felt so forced at first yet with vigorous intensity it carried me until the end having been quite certain of the powerful experience washing over me. And so, even though I may be disappointed, I still spend today quite satisfied.

I was just out of ideas what to draw when I drew the crown of thorns but later on my mind just kicked in and decided to go the long mile and draw the clouded night sky, the stars and the moon, the grass, the hill, the tree, the swing and the leaves blown about by the wind.

It looked better in the darkness where I drew it. Now that I brought it into the light and saw what it actually looked like, I can't say I'm surprised, yet I'm still somewhat disappointed.

It didn't make the experience any less mesmerizing, however.