So where do we start?...
I'll be honest with you guys...I've never done anything like this before. The idea of a person who usually doesn't part with his money has been shattered over the past few months, while a new idea emerged from within the same person....
So now, where do we start? How bout the reason why I decided to set this whole venture up!
Many months back, as I was strolling through an art shop in Kuala Lumpur, I recalled a friend of mine who keeps a sketchbook with him whenever he goes out, even for drinks at a pub! He mentioned that any ideas that flow at the moment can be drawn before they fade in an alcoholic euphoria. So I decided to buy a sketchbook to draw out my ideas.
Unlike my friend however, I decided to make a slight change in rules for this book: No work related sketches. No product design. Just random art or cars....
I started my first page with this:
This thought had a positive response on facebook. So now, let's take it up a notch..... a trial at drawing Mayan alphabets and eventual loss of patience led to this:
Now, someone wanted me to make some T-shirt designs based on this style of icon-ish drawings! I named my price, and got no reply. While waiting for the person's reply, I decided to take a jab at these icons again, but with a theme....I decided to go with 'Kerala'. This was the result:
The page is only A6 in size, so these are tiny, tiny drawings. I'll admit i got stuck half-way through as I ran out of ideas. After some suggestions by my family, I was able to think up of enough icons to fill the page! This is where we start.... (to be continued)