October has been a great month so far for the boyfriend and I because two of our illustration jobs got published. We did drawings for Summit Media’s K-Zone October 2011 and Good Dog October 2011 (free and bundled with Good Housekeeping) issues. And look, ghosts!

The Holmes project we’re doing for K-Zone is hopefully an ongoing one. We already submitted the November illustrations some weeks ago and am just waiting to get the prompt for the December one. I wonder what version of Holmes I’ll get the chance to design next (each month features a different kind of Holmes, set in a different world).

It was so much fun designing the characters, drawing, coloring and painting these illustrations. I actually felt that I didn’t have the necessary skills to make it happen, especially because the more-experienced boyfriend was busy and could only do a few things at a time.

But I think these came out great and I’m really proud of myself. Hoping to get more of these kinds of illustration jobs in the future, definitely.

(Source: lorraelena)

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Wedding Illustration

I’m still very new at freelance illustration so when I get my works published in actual tangible form, I get all excited.

I did this wedding illustration for Asian Dragon Weddings a few months ago and it’s finally out! I was waiting for this since the end of May like a stalker. My parents were extra excited about this one, I think, because it’s a Chinese magazine with actual Chinese articles inside. Bilingual yo!

It’s kind of weird though that this came out now when I’m actually sort of stressing about this whole wedding business. People have been asking us non-stop about when the boyfriend and I are getting married and it’s been getting on my nerves. Just in the past 6 days, 5 different people who don’t know each other have asked.

We do want to get married but that’s not something people should rush into nor pressure other people about. It’s a personal matter.

Anyway, if you’re a Chinese couple thinking of getting married or non-Chinese but like the idea of Chinese beliefs and traditions, you might want to check this article out. It talks about auspicious days and compatible signs.

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1 year ago 29 notes & Comments