Better Late than Never

Yes, I do realize I should've made this one earlier. But you know the old saying, it's better late than never. So here I am, officially joining the instakingdom. @_ayundya, at your service.

Got not much to say. You've probably heard me saying sorry a couple times for not updating this blog, and here I am, leaving this blog with no posts (again!) for 4 months. Been busy working (as usual). Believe me, working can steal your life away from you, so choose the one you enjoy most. Oh and by the way, I now sing for this band.

Check our soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/aggi_pop. I sing as a backing vocal, at some songs I play tambourine. And above is our EP with two of our songs inside. For the cover we have our guitarist, Mas Yanu with his new girlfriend *aw.

And I started reading manga again. I started with a Luscifer's Hand and I Am Hero. Great ones.

Been thinking of posting my works from my office, I should have more urge in sharing my works *my bad. I'll try to collect the photos. Oh, and I have been avoiding social media for a couple weeks ago and I haven't signed in to my Facebook account for like two or three months. Yes, it's a bit of a big deal to me because it's the only thing that can keep me in touch with my friends. I don't have a Twitter account, nor Instagram, my Path account came from my officemates who force me to make one. It does feel good though at first, it feels like you don't have to really care with what everyone is doing. I've been "acting too anti-social" my friend once said and I kinda regret it now. Leaving me with wondering how everyone is doing.

Many things has happened and I'm sure if you are one of my best friends, you'd known what are that things. So hello again and here I am, keeping writing to you. Dear everyone, I miss you.

Slackers (1991)

And yes, before there was Before Sunrise, there was this movie about those quarter-age-years-old-who-keep-questioning-things people.

Dear People, How Are You [2]

1. Been thinking about changing the template and the header, I don't think colors suit me well.

2. Been busy working. Drawing before bed has become a way of getting revenge out of my 'stolen' hours. Sometimes my hands were too weak to draw and I still forced myself to draw. It feels like mumbling on your last minutes before you fell asleep, it feels nice.

3. Is this what they called as quarter life crisis? Or is it just a typical phase every young Jakartan has to pass? You know, the type of oh-how-other-people-life-is-much-better-than-me phase.

4. Hideaki Anno collapsed into a 4 years depression before he made Evangelion. I'm not sure if this is depression, but I do feel a reduction of self esteem.

5. Luckily, 2014 is coming this way.

Dear People, How Are You?

Not much to tell. Just got into a new office, new working hours (12 hours a day, sometimes more). Been having best friends (yes, friend's', not just one) leaving abroad. Been feeling like missing everyone = having the need to talk to people = you might find words more in my blog now, I beg your pardon. Here's a mini slide show of some things that I might accidentally hide from you, dear readers. In a reverse order.

I cut my hair. Again. The third time in these past 5 months.

My works for JAMS. Were continued as another set for an upcoming exhibition.

One of my sweet achievement this year: our dear exhibition. We even got featured on Kompas and Tempo! "Feels like we're the coolest girl gang in town," one of us told me. Amazing moment.

Last but not least: Did I tell you that I lived in Melbourne for 2 months? This was before I got in my current job. In short: quitting my old job and hoping to find enlightenment by applying some courses overboard. Successfully worked as a volunteer at two galleries. Watched Trail of Dead and Local Natives. Missed King Tuff's show. Two weeks after I left, Boris came to Melbourne *though luck. Feeling like missing those days now. Those feels-like-a-really-long-dream days.

And there you go. My 6 months recap in one post. Pardon me for this big urge of talking I'm having. So then, how are you?

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And when I thought my blog can make me more productive; two months left unupdated. And an entire month passed without making any drawings. Someone scold me, please.

Mencoba Affandi

Me in attempting to recreate one of Affandi's self portraits (yup, the title says it all). Mixed media on paper. More info will follow ♥

Alon Alon Asal Kelakon

My work for Kopi Keliling vol. 07. Alon-Alon Asal Kelakon is an old saying from Javanese, which can be translated as: 'slow but sure'.

A drawing collage with markers as the coloring. I (well..we) cut the objects and paste them above each other, so they would look (somehow) layered. Please don't hesitate to take a closer look. Anyway, big thanks for all the help to make this possible to finish on time!

Liem, Richard, Agung, and Lisa

Liem Swi King, Richard Sambrera, Suryo Agung Wibowo, and Lisa Rumbewas. A set of (supposed to be) portraits for one of my upcoming exhibition. Colored papers with markers ink.

Sneak Peek(s)

I hope late updating hasn't become my new hobby. These last two months are probably one of the busy moment of my late office. For short, in the last two months I have been; finishing some (a lot) works from my last office before I finally resigned, preparing some things for studying aboard, arranging a group exhibition, reading books and buying new ones without finishing the old ones, and listening to some great bands who keep me wishing to be born years earlier. And so, for the two months late update, here are some sneak peeks from some of my new works.

This post will end with my favorite closing line: Hoping to see you at my future exhibitions. Ciao!

Invertebrated#3

My third collaboration with Asha, made another work for our Invertebrated series. We made them last year - somewhere in November or December - and my bad for posting them long after that *maaf ya, Asha :P Ps. If you haven't got a clue with this series, do click here and here ;)

Featured on Motiff Living

Me and my friend, Astrid, were asked to contribute some works for Motiff Living. As nature was picked as the theme, I decided to draw one of my favorite things from the ocean; sea corals.

Together with Taju, the three of us will be having our works sold on their website. They're also having an exhibition this week at Pondok Indah Mall. Do click here for more info on the event, and don't forget to come if you have a chance *today will be their last day, by the way! The photos below were taken from the first day.

Thank you, Motiff Living for this chance! Hope we can work together again, sometime soon ;)