i could be wrong i could be right, vol.05

I wouldn't want to wait until some fucking doctor tells me I only got seven more days to live before I start living. So get moving, dear ass.

*playing: There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths

coffee, quatre

Illustration: Eko Bintang.

i could be wrong i could be right, vol.04

These days, and some more again,
are so mind-shattering and heart-slicing.



But eventually, and some more last days again, I know I'll be damn bright again.

*playing: Obladi Oblada - The Beatles

suddenly hantu indonesia; anak sima & takau.

Project from Suddenly, illustrating local ghost tales for Indonesia's independence anniversary. Made a hand-drawn version that did not turn out as wanted in portraying the story. Hope this one also works better for Suddenly's demon lovers. The pose is adapted from a painting of Mother Mary and baby Jesus. The series is published by Suddenly today. Go there to see the rest of their local hauntings in t-shirts and tank tops!

Anak Sima & Takau
Origin: South Kalimantan
Anak Sima ("Anak" means "Child") is actually a baby born out of wedlock, who is abandoned in the forest by its mother. The newborn baby keeps on crying in the middle of the forest until the cry is heard by a Takau (a ghost from South Kalimantan folklore). The hungry Takau approaches the baby for prey, but eventually falls charmed after seeing the baby smiles when she touches it. The baby is then taken as a child by Takau and named Anak Sima.

Since then, a cry of a child is often heard in the forest. Enchanted, you will go seek where it comes from, until later find a beautiful looking child. Being approached, the child will call out "Uma" ("Mother"), stealing your pity and compassion. The child will ask to be carried on the back to go home with you. But along the way, you will start to feel enormous pain on your back, despite the light weight of the child. When you look behind, then you will realize, the child is eating the flesh of your back until it holes through your chest. The child is Anak Sima, whose favorite meal is a human heart.

|  illustrator + photoshop  |

ear candy, volume 09.

/// from Design Darling

...right words for an unright moment... :)

ear candy, volume 08.

/// from 12 Stone Hollow Way

"of how she gave me life. of how she made it end."

*playing: Some Velvet Morning - Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra

|  pencil + watercolor + photoshop  |

mutter

*playing: Pagan Poetry - Bjork

|  pencil + photoshop  | 

ear candy, volume 06.

/// from On The Edge of Darkness

"In this dark world where he now dwelt, ugly things and surprising things and once in a long while a tiny wondrous thing spilled out at him constantly; he could count on nothing." - Philip K. Dick.

and i live beneath the wave...

...in my { finally yellow } yellow submarine!


{ based on George Dunning's Yellow Submarine, design and tattoo work and photo by the amazing Mulie Addlecoat, Thinking Tree Tattoo. }

And there goes getting it done, bitch!