"The Two of Us" no.47

 

"...One More Punch To Graduate."

"The Two of Us" no.46

 

"Just Leave Me Here."

"The Two of Us" no.45

 

"Imagination Tastes Better Than Reality."

The Two of Us" no.44

 

"Class Time Is Nap Time."

"The Two of Us" no.43

 

"You Lose Because I Say So."

"The Two of Us" no.42

 

"This One Is Tasty. I Guarantee It!"

 

"The Two of Us" no.41

 

"Show Me The Money You Bring To Feed All The Cats Here."

This illustration is inspired by a cute cat video I saw on Instagram where a tourist visiting Turkey and there's a cat sitting inside the passport control station.

I can't wait to visit a cat country like Turkey and feed all the cats I encounter!

"The Two of Us" no.40

"Surfing Scares The Poop Out of Me!"

 

"The Two of Us" no.39

 

"Next Move Is Called Shaolin Cat Punch."

"The Two of Us" no.38

 

"...Only The Eating Scene Is Watchable."

"The Two of Us" no.37

 

"Best Seats In The House."

"The Two of Us" no.36

 

"Keep On Swimming."

"The Two of Us" no.35

 

"Take A Nap."

"The Two of Us" no.34

 

"I'll Stay To Guard The Food."

"The Two of Us" no.33

 

"How Do I Look?"

"The Two of Us" no.32

 

"You Need To Change Your Color Settings."

"The Two of Us" no.31

Kitties start their COLORful journey from no.31 and on!

"Black And White Universe? No Thank You."

"The Two of Us" no.26-30

No.30 is the last black-and-white drawing of this series, no.31 and on will be in COLOR!

No.30 "Trick Or Treat?"

No.29 "The Only Excercise We Do, Tongue Twisting To Eat More."

No.28 "Space Command Says No Chonks Allowed."

No.27 "Get Out Chicken! This Needs A Brave Space Cat!"

No.26 "I'm Too Cool For Space Missions."

"The Two of Us" no.21-25

 

No.25 "Wait! I Changed My Mind!"

No.24 "All You Can ASMR."

No.23 "My Favorite Roller Coaster Rides."

No.22 "Catwalk Tips: Don't Fall."

No.21 "Are You Hungry, too?"

"The Two of Us" no.16-20

 

No.20 "Your Inbox Is Full."

No.19 "Is This Perm Permanent?"

No.18 "I'm An Indoor Gardener For Hire."

No.17 "Oh Hell Paparazzi."

No.16 "Oh Hello Paparazzi!"

"The Two of Us" no.11-15

 

No.15 "Moew, Raraaahh! I Can Do Both Beauty and Beast."

No.14 "Sweet Dreams Till Someone Finds You."

No.13 "No More Mice On The Menu."

No.12 "Raraaahh Neighbor Lizards and Birds!"

No.11 "Greetings Neighbor Lizards and Birds!"

"The Two of Us" no.6-10

 

No.10 "I'll Be Back, Guard My Food."

No.9 "She Peed In The Tub."

No.8 "Hello Fabulous!"

No.7 "Technology For Relaxation."

No.6 "Acting Tips: Act Serious, Don't Blink, Intense Stare."

"The Two of Us" no.1-5

 

No.5 "I-I-I...Am Ready For Return."

No.4 "Keep The Toilet Seat Down!"

No.3 "I Accomplish A Lot In My Dreams."

No.2 "Modeling Tips: Act Aloof, Drop Your Jaw, Blank Stare."

No.1 "Mukbang For Motivation."

After I finished the comic strip for Copic Award as shown in the previous post, I felt more confident drawing animals. So I started this cat illustration series called "The Two of Us" on Sept. 1st and it's all about my two cats Lonie and Snuggle Puff, and them talking.

I'm very excited that I was able to to come up with daily illustration after a week, so I started an Instagram account to share them. And since here it seems too much to post just one per day, so here's the first 5. Tomorrow will post 6-10, and so on.

Illustrations are all done in Copic multiliner on A4 size cardstock. I re-use photos for Instagram here to make it easier to share since I haven't scanned anything.

Kit & Claw

I forgot to post this! I did this for Copic Award this year and submitted on August 28th. It took me a couple months to just think about what to draw, and I'm glad that I finished it all before deadline on Sept 15!

Because after my pencil sketch's done, I was afraid to ink directly on it for possible mistakes. So thank goodness my light pad's powerful light, it was able to project my very light pencil outline through such a thick 300series Bristol drawing paper! So I traced and inked on a new sheet. 

And then after successfully inking, I was afraid to make coloring mistakes directly on my ink sheet, too, so I pulled another new sheet again and color on top of the ink sheet through light pad. And of course I'm not experienced with coloring comic strips, so mistakes did come in and this whole process took...f o r e v e r.

Also this size is bigger than 11x16 inches, it wouldn't fit my scanner, so I can only take a picture.

Andrew Tweedy

This is the first time I drew someone I've never met in person, and I was shocked it came through without my usual process which is incubating the idea of drawing the person, looking through or asking for pictures to find what I like that'd work, and sleeping on the images working in my brain, and then looking at the picture and trying out on paper and pencil again and again. This process can take years even with someone I know, just like my previous post with Julia Parker.

 

And last night I humored myself by directly going to pencil and paper because I haven't drawn anybody in a year, but I want to draw Drew to give him as a thank-you gift for freely sharing tabs of ukulele for me to learn and always gotten back to me through email in a timely manner. So I paused one of Drew's youtube videos where I learned his rendition and I liked his funny expression, and there I started to sketch, and of course, the first try was funnily way off, so I erased until one eye left and restart. And voila, the face outline came through, I was ecstatic!

And continue on, I went to his most current (just the other week) instructional video of a song I was learning to draw his clothing because I liked the colors, and his current look with white beard and glasses. His funny expression's from a video 10 years ago. And then, went to another video of his which is the first video I learned from him last year, to draw the beer he had in the shot, as my memory of him. 

 

There, the outline's finished and I was eager to ink the outline to seal the look so I could sleep with happiness, and leaving the color for today. And just like my previous post with Julia, I wanted to do something new. So this morning I colored it with the unforgiving alcohol based COPIC ciao brush markers I bought last year. And since my paper is not marker paper, it's more deadly because you can't blend to smooth out mistakes. So I did few mistakes, but I started with fairly light colors and work my way in and the drawing's saved at the end.

Julia Parker

 

 

 

It was a miracle drawing Julia successfully on Jan. 14, 2021. I tried many times during past few years with referencing different photos of her and all failed, and I don't know why I bother again on Jan. 14, but I did. And I called it a miracle because I haven't drawn anybody for the entire 2020. Surprisingly from first pencil line down on her eyebrow, without erase or restart, I finished the outline easily as if I've practiced.

 

And also for some reason, I felt bold enough to experiment different way of coloring instead of my old way of following realistic direction when using color pencils. So I literally picked whatever color pencil that I saw through squinting my eyes slightly looking at her photo, which also meant that I didn't plan what color goes where. I was expecting ruining Julia's drawing, and I even warned her ahead of time and took a picture of the pencil outline as a memory, if I mess it up in the later process. Luckily it came together nicely, I can only think it's a miracle.

 

This drawing is done in pencil and color pencils.