The Climate Project Asia Pacific Summit 2011: Scribbles

Sketches I made during the training sessions of the summit. As usual: to remind myself of the contents.

SEVEN 2010

SEVEN: Draw Your Days 2010

Halo semuanya! Tak terasa sudah satu tahun berlalu sejak kita bersama-sama meramaikan acara SEVEN: Draw Your Days, di mana kita merekam keseharian kita dalam gambar selama tujuh hari berturut-turut, dan mengunggahnya di situs masing-masing (daftar tautan ke situs-situs tersebut masih tersimpan di bukucurhat.net). Kita juga sempat mencetak dan memamerkan beberapa karya tersebut di Galeri Soemardja, FSRD ITB, sambil mengadakan acara ngobrol-ngobrol bersama. Hasilnya memang menjadi kejutan yang menyenangkan. Ternyata yang dibuat dari hari ke hari tersebut sangat beragam medianya: gambar, komik, foto, bahkan kolase dan puisi, yang datang bukan hanya dari Indonesia, tapi juga dari Amerika, Jerman dan Belanda.

SEVEN: Draw Your Days ini diadakan dalam rangka hari jadi CAB, sehingga akan kita adakan setiap tahun pada tanggal yang sama. Tahun ini, mari mulai merekam hari-hari kita sejak tanggal 7 November 2010 ini, berlanjut hingga hari ke-7, yaitu tanggal 13 November 2010. Yuk!

 

 

Hi all! It’s been one year since we had fun with SEVEN: Draw Your Days event, where we recorded our daily lives in images for seven consecutive days, and uploaded them on our websites (a list of links to those sites are available at bukucurhat.net). We have also printed and exhibited a lot of those works at Galeri Soemardja, FSRD ITB, while having a talk session. The result was indeed pleasantly surprising. The works that were produced day-by-day came in different medias: drawings, comics, photographs, even collages and poems, which came not only from Indonesia but also from the United States, Germany and The Netherlands.

SEVEN: Draw Your Days is held to celebrate the anniversary of CAB, so we do it each year on the same dates. This year, let’s draw our days since 7 November 2010 onward to the seventh day, 13 November 2010. Let’s go!

 

 

[about SEVEN, from http://bukucurhat.net/]



WHAT IS "SEVEN"?

An event held by CAB, a publisher who concentrates on graphic diary, where everyone can participate. It's where everyone can draw his or her days, one page each day, for seven consecutive days.

 

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

Basically anyone. You don't have to be an artist or someone who's good at drawing. As long as you are eager to tell your stories in words as well as pictures, you're in!

 

IS THERE ANY THEME?

The drawings can be day-to-day happenings during the week, dreams, desires, or whatever comes to mind when your pen hits the paper (or the tablet).

 

WHEN?

All participants are to start their drawings on Nov 7. One page for one day, until Nov 13. In total, everyone will have 7 pages of drawings. Afterward we'll gather for a small exhibition and an informal discussion session.

 

WHERE?

All works will be displayed online, so there's no 'real' place. But you are most welcome to arrange the event in your own communities or cities.

 

HOW?

If you'd like to participate, you are encouraged to upload your drawings on your own Blogs, which will be linked to CAB website. Alternately, you can also send your drawings to CAB drawyourdays@gmail.com, to be uploaded on CAB website.

Sketches from the Climate Change Action Training

How did I spend the day of Bandung's the 200th anniversary? By participating in a Climate Change Action Training, initiated by The Climate Project Indonesia and the Environmental Engineering Dept. of ITB. Here are my doodles during the presentations, which I did to help me memorize everything better.

[klipping] Sketsa Curhat di Pikiran Rakyat, edisi ultah Bandung

Sedikit kata2 ada di sini: http://esduren.multiply.com/journal/item/299/Sketsa_Curhat_ttg_Bandung_di_PR

dalam rangka ultah jalansutra

ada tiga gambar bertema kelakuan anak2 jalansutra (permintaan harnaz). yang pertama soal motret makanan sebelum disantap (apa pun makanannya), yang kedua perkara pindah2 tempat makan (minimal 3-4 tempat makan sekali jalan), yang ketiga tentang betapa jagonya anak js nemu tempat2 paling terpencil pun demi makanan.

gambar2 ini di-print perbesar dan disertakan dalam acara "mudik nasional" jalansutra tgl 18 agustus lalu di pondok indah, jakarta.

Pawon for Mahanagari

Sketches made for Mahanagari's new T-shirt package (read about the new Mahanagari packages here (in Indonesian): Wadah Kaos Baru Mahanagari). These Pawon sketches have gone through some modifications when applied to the cardboard pack, but still bearing the same message.

Related posts:
- A story about our Pawon Trip: http://esduren.multiply.com/journal/item/238/Pawon_Trip
- Sketches from our Pawon Trip: http://esduren.multiply.com/photos/album/105/Pawon_Sketches

jesse and shawn

album ini hanya terbuka utk adi dan tiyas. adi, kenalkan tiyas adikku yang menggarap warna dan lay-out (peletakan teks dan gambar) buku jesse and shawn. tiyas, ini adi yang menulis script buku ini sebagai bagian dari disertasinya.

The Day I Met Neil

Perhaps it's the fever of Comic-Con that made me want to reminisce this event, nevermind all my pressing deadlines at the moment (or, then again, this might be a good quick distraction that keeps me working again.. haha what an excuse). No, really, this is due to my reading of Neil's blog this morning (dated July 24th), about how he is at that conference. That he's working, not on a vacation or such, therefore his time is limited from one venue to another, fitting into a tight schedule. So, as a consequence, he won't be able to entertain every single fan who comes and greets him.

Reading that entry, I feel lucky to have met him in a much quieter ambiance. The date was April 25th, 2003. I was about 4 months pregnant with Lindri. And if you know a saying, it is best if a pregnant woman could quench her yearnings, you'll see how important this opportunity was for me. I read in his blog (yes, the same one) about his plan to do a reading and signing session at Donner in Rotterdam, about three weeks before the actual date. Rotterdam is about one and a half hour train ride from Amsterdam, where we lived. The program was going to start at 19.00 and I didn't know how long it would take, so I had to ask for a permission from Syb rather guiltily, because our boy Dhanu was only a wee toddler by then. But Syb didn't look he mind and I was very grateful for that; Go and enjoy yourself, he said.
Now, next problem: what oh what was I to bring! He normally allows three items to sign and I would love to have three scribbles instead of one (*greedy*). One was surely a copy of my sister Tiyas' Sandman series (I forgot which volume.. The Kindly Ones?). Another is my (then) new copy of Coraline, of course, because it's a Coraline tour. The last one.. hmm.. shall I dare myself to make sketches for him to see? I thought what the hey and I did: the most popular siblings in The Sandman series, Death and Dream, wearing Indonesian batik, in pencil.
The D-Day. I arrived a bit early at Donner and asked an attendant where the signing would be. It was at the lower ground, where seats and a low stage were being arranged. A desk at the front was full of copies of Coraline and American Gods (in Dutch and English). The space fitted perhaps 100 people but no more. The space started to fill up slowly when I was spending my time browsing books, so I got to sit at the very back, not on a seat but on a high bench. The audience was composed of mostly young adults in various styles. Neil came walking from behind the rows of audience, then took the seat at the podium.
He first read a chapter from Coraline; even sang the mice song. He said adults often forget how nice it is to have stories read to you, as when you were kids, and he was right. How long has it been since my last (bed-time) stories? Or since my last exposure to "sanggar cerita", or the audio stories? ("Audio books" weren't so widely known then). It was indeed a pleasant sensation. Not to mention that the story was read by its own creator!

Then came the question-and-answer session. Don't look at me - I'm actually very bashful at this. My English (or any other language) would fall apart and I would loose my train of thoughts in a forum like this; that's for sure. So I just sat back and enjoyed the show. Points I remember at the moment are:

• Someone wondered if Neil has a thing with cats, and if he considers himself a 'cat person', since he hardly features any dog in his book. Neil said it's not that he doesn't like dogs. It's just dogs are too eager (Out? "Yah! Yah! Let's go out let's go out!") and almost like a 'yes man' ('yes dog'?) to their masters. While cats seem to have their own thoughts and do whatever they please. He told an example of how one of his cats came and saw him typing, stared and then left with a bored expression, as if saying, "you missed a coma there".
• Another question was why Neil chose Scandinavian gods for American Gods. Neil said he kinda likes gods who don't go out there only to make heavenly promises and to save humankind. Or perfect gods who punish us when we don't do what we're told. No, he likes gods that can also screw up both themselves and humankind. With a sense of humor and a tendency to be nasty sometimes.

Other questions are not recorded in my mind. Might be about how old Coraline is, or about Neverwhere. All of a sudden it's signing time. Being at the very back, I stood as almost the last person in line. Everyone was so patient, friendly and cheerful. The girls in front of me were also a bit nervous, but at least they have friends to be nervous with. One was reading a chapter from American Gods so she could have something to ask when her turn came.
I brought a camera (an old pocket version - no digital yet), and asked a boy standing in front of me to take picture of me up there with Neil. The two photos you saw here are the only result of his work. Queueing, my head filled up with rehearsed questions and remarks. I naturally wanted to make a good impression and to be remembered. But what for?!, I thought later, so I just decided to at least NOT embarrass myself by being a dimwit up there. OK, take a deep breath, compose yourself, because the tall Indian-looking boy who was talking so seriously to Neil is saying goodbye.. giving handshakes.. and I'm on!

N: Hello..
T (nervous, placed my books on the desk in front of him and blurted out words as if I wanted to get it over with as quick as I could): Hello. Um. Could you sign these, please.
He looked so relaxed, easy and friendly, which calmed me down a bit..
N (picking up The Kindly Ones): Who is this for?
T: My younger sister. She lives faraway, in my home country. I'm now studying here in The Netherlands so I'm glad I can get this one signed for her.
N: And where is "faraway"?
T: Indonesia.
Neil wrote "To Tiyas: Sweet Dreams", then took my Coraline. He copied my name from a piece of paper (where people wrote down their names so he didn't misspell), and wrote it above his drawing of a mouse. Now, my sketchbook-diary. Heart beating fast..T: Would you please validate my drawings with your signature? ("validate"?! what am I saying?!)
N (looking at Death and Dream): Wow, did you draw this yourself? This is really good
T: Thank you (blushing profusely)
N: It's great.. Are you an artist? (continues flipping previous pages)
T: No, I'm just a.. designer..
N: A graphic designer? Illustrator?
T: No, industrial designer. This is my sketchbook, er, diary.. where I draw my daily happenings and sketches
N: (I forgot what he actually said while still flipping pages, but it's surely flattering, then he signed the Death and Dream page)
T: Thank you very much. May I have a picture taken with you?
N: Of course, that's what I'm here for.

Some posing, snapshots, then I shook hands and said bye. I was still shaking and perhaps floating a bit when I removed myself from the podium. I wanted to stay longer only to enjoy being in the same room with him, but it's getting late and my thoughts were going to little Dhanu at home.
I left when the crowds were still gathering, with thoughts in my head. Stuff I should have said. Other things I should have drawn. I kept smiling to myself during the train ride back to Amsterdam, ignoring a group of loud, cheeky teenagers that usually irritates the freak out of me. I noted down the events in my sketchbook page, and more. I realized that my Death and Dream are out of proportions so I drew them criticizing the drawing in the next page. But oh boy what a memory.

Crazy Cretins

These sketches were made during a rainy, lazy afternoon. Using a pack of coloring pencils and a page of A-4 drawing book.

Aozora entry 2005

An entry for Aozora picture book competition. I didn't win and these drawings were sent back, but working on it was a lot of fun (it was during a sunny summer holiday). The first eight pages are my entry, three extras are unused pages (and the monkeys are entirely out of theme; seems like I have a 'thing' with drawing monkeys among green leaves). The last two images are: the front cover of the winning book and the last two pages of that book.

Who Wants Cards?

Yesterday (Saturday 8 Dec) I participated in a Kerstmarkt at AHC, selling these hand-drawn greeting cards. I have a lot of the 12 series left (square with colourful background, colour-copies); 4 of the snowman series and 15 of the riendeer series left (the snowman and reindeer series are hand-drawn on thick art paper - so no two are identical - and are actually postcards).

I put them up here in a festive mood and am willing to send you one of your choice at no charge (just pm me your postal address). The snowman and reindeer cards are unique, so I'll give them away on the first-come-first-served basis. Hope you like them :)

p.s. I'm taking requests this week only and will start sending them out Monday Dec 18th.
p.p.s. Drawings of the 12 series are sticked on papers/cards with different colours, so what comes to you might have different background colour from what you see in this album.

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NOTE: The postcards series, snowman and reindeer, are no longer available. You can only choose from the first twelve cards with colourful background.

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Inside my Nomad (an old story)

I hope the backpack at the background is visible

This album is connected to this journal. I finally got all the films in my old pocket camera used, had them processed, printed and scanned.

MirrorMask (the movie): a graphic review

Picking up my reserved ticket, bragging it to people at Lambiek :D, leaving for the show, being there.

Finally, the movie I've been waiting for, was shown in big screen in Amsterdam. It was the opening film for the 22nd Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, and is going to be shown again on Sunday afternoon, But of course I couldn't wait anymore and 'had' to go this first night! :)

My venture started in the afternoon, when I had to pick up my reserved ticket (the ticket counter, which also serves reservations, opens only after 16:00). I heard the seat for that night was sold out, and when I came back in the evening there's a long queue of people who tried to get 'leftover' tickets.

The event was held at Filmmuseum Cinerama, an old theater nearby Leidseplein. It had just the appropriate ambience for this festival, which specializes in fantasy & horror movies. I'll post an entry in the Review section once I have more spare time. For now, please view these graphic version.


Related entries:
- Review: Scriptbook (in Indonesian)
- Journal: interviews with Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean (in English)
- Review: children's book edition (in Indonesian)

Outside links:
- Review at Moviemachine.nl (in Dutch)

Upsetting Thoughts (my home country, nowadays..)

Drawing sometimes functions as a therapy to me: I have the urge to pour my emotions on a piece of paper, to relieve my mind from disturbing thoughts. These drawings are done spontaneously, also the texts, therefore they're a bit messy, but at least it calms me down.

ps. I thought these series end today. But I just read on the news that our parliament members are raising their income again(!). *speechless*

This and That

A present to Beng & Lulu for their wedding (22 January 2006).

Allright, my "weekly" is a bit neglected recently. However, I've made bits of drawings for various purposes (mostly as greeting 'cards'). Here are some of them.

Kids!

What happens when kids are too quiet, part 1.

Here are some pages out of my sketchbook-diary: the parts that record kids and their doings.

Slaap Kindje Slaap...

At home, Amsterdam. He still liked to suck his thumb, then.

The easiest moment to make sketches of the kids is when they are sleeping. So here are some that I did.