IF: Toy

This is a very quick one. I felt like playing around with lines and squiggles this week. My toy of choice is the spinning top.

IF: Cultivate

Here is my entry for the topic "Cultivate". Really had a hard time thinking about what to illustrate, so I decided in the end to take the Typographic route, since it is something that I haven't posted on this blog yet. I combined two different fonts to illustrate the word.

IF: Stir - 2nd version

This is a different version of my submission. This one somehow may work better as an image.

IF: Stir

The topic for this week was "stir", but ever since the disasters hit Japan, it has been hard to think about anything else. The horrific events in Japan made me really think about how fragile and vulnerable our world truly is, especially when facing a natural disaster. Despite our advances in technology, with the help of which, we are able to control many aspects of our life, we are completely helpless when nature decides to revolt. My image is about the stirrings within the earth.

Let us all pray for Japan and its people and the many victims of this terrible tragedy.

Update: See Stir - Second version. It differs slightly but may work better as an image.

IF: Warning

This week's theme was "Warning". Had a bit of a creative block, but then decided just to go with whatever image came to mind first, associated with the theme. In this case, it was a wire fence with warning symbols of all sorts protecting a top secret venue.

IF: Swarm

I found this topic quite challenging because I thought the topic was quite limited to the theme of insects, and I don't like to be too literate in image making. So I decided to depict a "swarm" of people as my illustration subject for this week. The exercise was good for me, since it provided me with an opportunity to practice making patterns. I haven't really done any before and this week's topic allowed me to do that.

IF: Layers

This week's topic was "Layers". I've whipped this one up very quickly, as I already had an image of it in my mind. An onion is a fairly obvious thing that comes to mind in relation to the topic, but I figured it may be an interesting subject to depict. It has so many textures and the translucent golden skins seem to form new hues as they overlap one another. Fascinating! (Although onions make me cry!)