DAY 54

Uuugghh, today I got started on using Adobe Illustrator.

not sweet

DAY 53

Mmmmmh banana bread

cup of flour

DAY 52

me or how to associate melted coconut and climate change 😭

I'm so excited about this illustration HAHAHAHA I love it so much already!!

DAY 51

Well, all my plans have been shuffled, I am now actively applying for jobs. The first one I found sounds super exciting, and to show my deep motivation I gave a try to their exercise. Scribing about a talk given in a video. I was really excited about the theme of the talk cause this is something that I could easily incorporate in my personal work. So I'm feeling like the mindset of the company is similar to mine, and that's important.

I was a bit rusty, but I know the more I do it the more amazing they will look

DAY 50

I mean look at this banana unpeeling itself cause it's skin/pants is too ripped

I take my time, but I make quality, plus I just had a freaking better idea for the whole composition so thanks god I haven't rushed cause it wouldn't have been as great as is going to be in the near future lol. Everything happens for a reason right?

DAY 49

Yoooo it was so hard and slow to work today but I started to pencil the final illu so I'm on track. I keep pushing keep pushing. I don't even think that people will understand what the hell is happening in this but I love what I'm doing and that's the most important right?

Unsweetened Rice Milk

DAY 48

I'm not used doing that kind of composition, so I took it easy, this is only a draft, trying to make all the different elements working together, also make a bit of interaction. I had a laugh doing it lol.

size A3 of cooouuurse

DAY 47

it's a bit all over the place but I can see loads of potential 👀

Yay I'm so happy with my day! I've seen a friend and we worked on our separate project TOGETHER and I think this was the first time that happened outside uni and it was hard to start and even to keep going but I did it! Was nice to share this normally 'alone time' with a buddy. Also, I finished the page at home and because I had a pause between the two working session; fresh ideas came to me + it was easier. I would say it is not the most productive at the moment (working with someone else around) but I guess time to time it doesn't hurt and might get better with practice.

DAY 46

I started a new project! Illustrating recipes. I love food, I love drawing, so it's a nice way to combine the two. + homemade food is often healthier right? So today I documented the first recipe, can you guess what is it from the pictures? I've done it plenty of times in the past. 🍌

I took loads of pictures to draw from, I still need to figure out how to apply my style to it, I don't really want to draw little faces everywhere... Or maybe... Well, I'll throw up some ideas tomorrow.

pretty mess

Oh hi

a bowl and a bee - be bol(d)

These are not what I wanted to do but it will come next 😁

Let's say it was a warm-up.

Day 44

I had a little break from my productive life this week, except tonight I started to work on the animation, and it's going well. It's really long though cause there are a lot of different moving elements.

POWERPUFF GIRLS POWA

Day 43

The website is finally updated!! And also the editor of the magazine Thisguise loves my illustrations so they will definitely be featured !!!! I'M EXCITED.

ayamtulum.cool

Day 42

hello lil fella

 I created more visuals using elements from THE illustrations. Was very fun to do (sometimes very long I have to say). Everything or so will be shared on Instagram so make sure to follow me @ayamtulum.

Day 41 - SURPRISE -

I had a duty in North London today but still, I had time this morning to animate an illustration I made at the end of August! It hasn't been shared on social media yet, so this is an exclusive content for you guys my beloved loyal blog readers 💗

I believe that the Universe is balanced

Day 40

YAY I finished them aaalllll !!! Now I'm gonna have fun and explore other formats, animation, clay sculpture, and also share everything, bits by bits, on Instagram !! And of course, put them on the website and start to send my portfolio to agencies !!!!

exciting times

Day 39

Working on those illustrations makes me so happy 😻🌼✿🌻❁🍀

rise and thrive

Day 38

Today was a productive day, woke up late but all I did was working on those two illustrations, both are nearly finished. It is very different to work with them compared to the previous not alone/neurotoxin ones, simply because I started them using water-colour.

I love using 'dissolve' for the highlight now it gives a nice texture

Day 37

it was long

Day 36

Today was more like a rest day. Still I have done a lil bit more on this one.

I'm becoming an expert on drawing crouching positions lmoa

Day 35

I refined those two water-colour paintings. The illus weirdly reflect what I'm going through these days. Not sure what influence what but it's painful.

find/grow your inner peace dudes

Day 34

I struggled to start the illu for Thisguise mag the whole afternoon. I ended up doing some quick watercolour drafts. It's been a while I haven't touch this medium, feels great.

messy mind messy art

Day 33

I did it, I scanned all the images I'll use for my animation. It was long, I had to deal with a few jams, but I did it. And that was the easiest part.

oh hi

Day 32

flower, path, growth, human, dark, light, inner journey

I started to sketch ideas for the Thisguise magazine's submission. I fell ill yesterday so I couldn't do much. I'm really excited about the outcome though, the theme fits my style very well.

Day 31

find the 7 differences between the 2 images

I have been drawing only for others today. I did a quick doodle for a friend's birthday, and a quite realist pencil sketch for another friend who just asked me to draw her. I accepted cause it's been a very long time I haven't done a portrait like that and it's a good exercise to do once in a while.

Day 29-30

I had to re-do some parts of the pencil sketch, so it took me a while because then I had to re-clean the files and finally I had to align everything together which was annoying but yeah. I'm glad I've done it, look way more sophisticated and refined. Today (and yesterday) was a good day of work.

do you feel the despair

Day 28

Moving slowly but surely.

grumpy

DAY 27

A couple of bits need to be corrected though

I didn't have much time to work on it today but at least I cleaned the scanned files and now it is fully ready to be coloured! Also, I gave away my first business card today and it was a success! I might get published in a rad magazine.

I'm excited about the future.

Day 26

scary shit

I finished the pencil sketch! Looks fab. Next step scanning and colourisation.

Day 25

I'm really excited about this outcome, I'm going to finish the pencil sketch tomorrow then try my brand new ass A3 scanner and finally start to colourized it. I struggled to find a way to incorporate the neurotoxin elements because this time the 'invader' is not part of the organism's harmony but it is attacking it. I found a solution (not shown here) so stay tuned for the next post where I'll surely write about it ;D

" cause you don't see with your eyes, you perceive with your mind " - Godzilla, Clint Eastwood

Day 24

Very enjoyable.

idc this is lit

Day 23

I'm going complex here, almost there.

dat ass though

Day 22

" The Chinese Restaurant Syndrome "

I decided for the next illustration to change the theme from Microbiome to Neurotoxin. There will still be this sense of body invasion, with non-human elements merging with it. I want to bring a sense of illness/despair in it.
I also have in mind a series of half-opened heads, with one of the 5 principal neurotoxins (see image on the left) filling the cranial cavity.

Day 21

Every day I'm shufflin'

too many choices

Day 20

Another day, another struggle.

too fade but not bad

Day 19

I GOT IT !!! I really made a break-through on this one. I won't post the full version in here you will have to wait for it to be on the main website. Yesterday was a good day of work (I didn't go out even if the weather was crying for it. I told myself "there will be a lot of warm days ahead of us anyway -climate change etc"). Hopefully, the second one will be easier, which I know it will be. Nonetheless, I'm a bit worried about the number of illustrations I've done at the end. The aim was to produce one per week, and for now, I've only been able to produce the pencil art. Also, I started an animation but I won't be able to work on it until I deal with my scanner issue. I have to make another one better faster stronger.

bwaaah

Day 18 extra

To be honest, my favourites are the darker one and the original one lol. The green/zombie-like one is quite funny as well.

Suck On This

Day 18

I think the red is not working, strong colour on a strong figure; overwhelming

I'm struggling big time. I want the colours to be similar as the Late Night Awareness poster, but maybe it's too much and I should think more graphically effective, just a few spots of colours here and there to highlight certain elements. I want to stick with the CMYK palette because I want it to be part of my style, BUT I NEED TO MAKE IT WORK. I'll find a way, maybe it's a good time to search for inspiration.

Day 17

I scanned and put together these two bad boyz. The quality is much nicer. LET'S GET COLOURFUL.


                                          

Day 15-16

I got sick :/ but still, I finished to sketch-up the different part of my animation project. Tomorrow will be the Xth attempt to scan my artworks properly. *fingercross*

Can't wait to put everything together!

Day 14

I started an animation inspired by the Powerpuff Girls' opening. I'm finally using the animation paper I bought years ago. This is going to be great.

my childhood

Day 13

The one on the left looks like he's dancing now :)

I'M EXCITED, today was a good one, I've been busy doing diverse things including scanning the 2 babies! THEY LOOK AMAZING. Except that the scan quality is crap because my local print service shop is old and dirty and not meant for artwork to be dealt with. So I am a bit pissed off by this neighbourhood, I mean yesterday I had to go all the way to Angel to get lead refills (also maybe because I have standards). To come back to the illustrations, the colours would probably not stay like that, it's just a test trying to match the Late Night poster. It's not too bad.

Day 12

Can't keep running away..

I finished the inside bits and finally added the hair. Now time to scan everything and start a new drawing. The 3rd one has to be clever and quick to make cause I need to make sure I have time to edit all of them.

oh hi

Day 11

I spent the weekend working on another project.

I re-did the profile because an artist friend of mine mentioned that it was looking weird, and to be honest I wasn't super happy about it, not because I thought it was looking weird but because the features were not 'bold' enough. I wanted to finish the drawing tonight but I ran out of 2B leads and using another medium will just make everything look messy. I'm starting to run behind my objectives a bit too much I need to do a sprint tomorrow. (The weather was too beautiful today too stay at home oops 😟)

I CAN DO THIS

I WANT TO DO THIS

Still need to work on that profile. + I wanna add hair

Day 10

Yesterday was a day off.

Today I made a digital draft of the inside bits. I've been surprised by the sections' size, I expected them to be much smaller. Looks cool anyway. I'm thinking about adding hair to the main head to reinforce the similarity between the human body and the 'human cells'.

still need to re-do the left hand ok

Day 9

I'm thinking about adding some hair

I went to CSM and I had my appointment and all but every library seem to have the same problem with the photocopiers' system.. Also it doesn't seem to be a priority for them to fix it asap. So I guess I'll go to a local print service and pay the price. I really enjoyed drawing the part I did, everything happened smoothly, I was totally in control.
It's quite a delicate thing to fill only 1cm in the body.

Day 8

Today I haven't touched the newly started illustration at all. I am completely behind my schedule but at the same time, I feel confident about finishing it on time. I've been way more solicited socially this week than the last one, so that explains that. So today I went to the MA degree show at Chelsea College of Art as a friend of mine is exhibiting there. It's always interesting to see degree shows, student art is the best.

this fits my blog's background lol total coincidence

Day 7

I'm struggling with the top hand, not enough space..

I started a second drawing, illustrating the fact that we are composed of only 43% human cells. The difficulty is to create 100 sections.