Looking For A Distraction || WEEKEND-ENGAGEMENT #81

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In this post, I choose option one:

Create an artwork using pencils, paints, digital, charcoal, pen and ink or any other media of your choice, take a photo and post about it - Tell us why you created it, what inspired you or what story does your artwork tell. You can also use one of your existing pieces.

Thanks to @galenkp that make me collect my artwork and showing it here.

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I can’t drawing.

Both hand drawn or digital drawing. I can’t. Even though I want to.

I have my masterpiece in my high school. It was my final year and my art teacher asked us to draw with oil pastel crayon. He said, “You can draw anything you want, but don’t forget to use a great technique that I teach you.”

Hm, I thought many times about what drawing I should make. I can't draw but I have to. To be honest, I can only replicate the image, but not with my own imagination and creativity. So, I don't know what I want to do at that time.

I did some research on Google, and found some inspiration. And, voila! I got it. A picture, a rose picture as my inspiration for my assignment. I could draw the rose too. So, I started to draw it with my pencil and colored it with gradient colors with oil pastel crayon.

But, it doesn't stop there. I was confused about how to color it well. So, I asked my junior grade, who I know was an expert in art, to help me do this. She advised me to color layer by layer from the bold color to the light color.

I drew it for two days and this is the result. I got 90 points from my teacher and it was my masterpiece because I didn’t draw anymore until this time.

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The Bad Old Days

I improve something outside my habits.

Some heartbreak makes someone stronger and doing something to relieve their sadness and their trauma. I have one too. My heartbreak phase ruined my life. Feeling messed up, broken, and sad every single time. I couldn’t run away from this. Healing is the only option for that time. And I chose to make something that I never made before.

I called it “Tiwi's looking for a distraction”. I asked everyone on my instagram to send me their self picture or any photos they want and I will create it as a 2D animation or like a digital picture that I draw with smartphone apps.

I hope that by drawing digitally, my bad thoughts can be diverted properly. Because every time I daydream, all I can think about is feeling too sad and feeling suicidal. I certainly don't want that thought to be in my brain forever.

Getting a good response from several people, of course, made me excited. Whenever a bad thought popped up, I would immediately open the drawing app on my phone and make a picture from the photos they sent me. So that the time I have is not wasted thinking about the painful past.

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Before I made an announcement on Instagram, I tried several times to make #cartoonoutfit on Twitter using photos of actors, singers, or YouTubers that I like. I took some from their Instagram account and turned them into cartoons on the clothes. This had become a trend on social media and made me want to try it too, because I saw that editing photos like this wasn't too difficult. It just takes skill and persistence.

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And for the last, I challenge myself to join another trend on Instagram. Using hashtag #toonme, I draw half myself as a cartoon and half again as a real human.

I know, drawing is my hidden talent. I can do better in this skill if I’m into it. But, again, I just create what I want, for hobbies and for my spare time. I did it to heal myself and I enjoyed it. Doing something outside my routine is interesting. And I will do this next time, but I can’t promise.

So, would you tell me which picture that you love from my artwork?

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