35th Birthday
Gave myself a day-off and visited the Studio Ghibli Layout Designs exhibition in the afternoon. It was amazing seeing the thousands of sketches from the many familiar animated films I had watched over the past, I can only imagine the time and effort it takes to produce a couple of hours of animation. Had dinner […]
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Soccer
Went to my alma mater in the afternoon to sit in on a meeting about a possible website project. While I was there, I checked about using their library service as an alumni, I really loved their cross university library system in which I can borrow books from any local university, but apparently, alumni can […]
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Creative Monday
Decided at the last minute to skip my painting class in the evening. Shouldn’t be a problem as I’m one class ahead, it might even be better now that I’ll be on the same page with everyone else again. I had a bit of fun with 3D printing today. I downloaded, edited, and then printed […]
tagged: 3D, balls, joy, spontaneity
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Non-Work Saturday
Finally broke my streak of working in the studio on Saturdays. Had been a little busy with a relatively big website revamp project over the week, so it felt especially refreshing to spend the day away from the computer. Played badminton with my friends in the afternoon, my ankles didn’t feel pain anymore, I think […]
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Career Plan
After ~10 years of post-secondary study, I’ve finally decided to frame and hang all the grad certificates in the studio. If what Einstein once said “imagination is more important than knowledge” is true, why have I spent so much time and money gaining knowledge? Not sure how to answer that, but I’m thankful for the […]
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Creative Monday
Went for my painting class slightly early in the evening, finished my painting in 2 classes instead of 3! Went back to my studio to finish up my 3rd cartoon character design after class. The comic strip Calvin has Hobbes, so I figured Beverley needed a good companion too. I smiled myself looking at the […]
tagged: animals, cartooning, joy, oil-painting, studio
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Creative Mondays?
Hardly did any work today. Got in the studio this morning thinking I’ll spend the day to design one last cartoon character before going over some website work. I was surprised that the 3D printer I ordered a few weeks ago got delivered. I’ve yet to finish the 2D products I’ve been designing for the […]
tagged: 3D, creative-mondays, joy, oil-painting, studio, thankful
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Sculpting the Living World
Was invited by my painting instructor to see an art exhibition showcasing works done by members of the HK Painting Society, enjoyed seeing a large variety of work done in different styles, at different levels (amateur and professional), and in different mediums (oil, acrylic, watercolor, chinese ink,…). Went to the nearby Museum of Art afterwards […]
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Saturday Classes
My semester of Saturday classes have finally come to a close today! Since the start of the year, almost all my Saturdays had been occupied by classes (2 painting classes and 1 rubber stamping class), that’s from 4pm till 9:30pm! As much as I enjoy oil painting, doing 2 back-to-back classes on the weekend seemed […]
tagged: continuous-learning, joy, oil-painting, thankful
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Badminton
It’s been months since I last played badminton, kinda miss it, almost forgot the joy of rallying the little birdie. My racquet seemed to be a little overjoyed too, its string finally broke. My ankles (first right then left) got hurt while playing soccer a few weeks ago, still not fully recovered. My injuries usually […]
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