Laksa

The types of Laksa vary per region in Malaysia. They have more coconut milk in the north, less in the central, and about half in the south.

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More old photos from my inkbook in 2015.

This was a doodle of ingredients found in Laksa, a spicy, Malaysian noodle stew with bok choy, peppers, bean sprouts, cilantro and seafood. Drawing this made it easy to remember when we had the lecture related to it back in college.

This old photo was in sepia filter if I remember correctly. Like the last photo of Thai cuisine, this one also discolored over time and became like this:

#nofilter

Doesn't seem to have changed much compared to the last one but I prefer this new one nonetheless.

Thai Cuisine

Influenced mainly by the Chinese and the Indians, Thai cuisine is known for its wide range of fresh and exotic ingredients. The Thais also hold rice in high regard, to the point where they hold festivals in honor of their rice goddess, hoping that she will bless their fields with a bountiful harvest.

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Another old photo from my old black inkbook back in 2015.

This is actually an old photo I had fished up from my old Facebook albums, which I edited so that it looks sharper and brighter since it was a photo from my old 4S. When I opened the inkbook again recently I saw that the colors had either faded or changed over time, particularly the brown areas, which have turned into shades of dark olive green:

Brought to you by iPhone 8.

It's not too noticeable though, so you might have to squint.

Formalities

Was digging through some of my old things and I saw this little comic I drew of Viresco back in 2016 (thus explaining the old, straight-haired me). How time flies! Still hoping to find my old red inkbook somewhere, but so far I haven't been successful...

Each-Uisge

The Each-uisge, also known as the Scottish water horse.

I took inspiration from the picture featured on Wikipedia, and added my own personal touches. Instead of just a generic horse-head on a man's body, I gave it some fish-like characteristics. If I was to draw its lower-half, I'd be conflicted about giving it a merman's tail, a pair of horse legs, or webbed feet.

Must say I certainly enjoyed drawing his arm.

01/17 Dominator Sketch Dump

I'm frequently on GTA Online these days when I'm not reading up on my Japanese grammar nor drawing stuff. At first I was honestly apprehensive of giving it a try because of all the rumors of how terrible online can be in this game. However, despite the game's reputation for modders and hackers fucking everyone over, I do admit my 360 hours and counting of playtime I have does stand as a testimony of how I just love the game in general. You'd have to be lucky to find some actual people to play heists or stuff with though.

What I especially love about the game though is their ever-expanding collection of cars online. Admittedly as a kid I loved collecting small toy cars, and despite the teasing I received for being a tomboy then I couldn't care less about it; I thought they were really cool. Playing this game and seeing the cars over on their in-game online stores always feels like an absolute throwback to that time. And I especially love the fact that I could collect and drive any car I wanted and drive it all around the scenic locations of Los Santos and Blaine County. But that's assuming I was more than willing to grind or shell out the IRL ka-ching just to buy the cars I wanted in-game. Not that I mind grinding the hours away. Besides, racing was and still is an awesome way to earn money; I love the thrill of coming in first and leaving dirty fucking racers in the dust.

12/19 Sketch Dump

Hey, everyone! So after some months stuck in an art block, Japanese studies, and recent frustration about the lack of content in my blog, I'm finally going to post something for once. My classes also just ended for the term and I've been recently motivated to do some digital doodling, with the use of (LE GASP) Photoshop CS6 instead of Pixelmator. My new MSI doesn't support Pixelmator (sadly) so, since yesterday, I've dived into an attempt to master Photoshop's seemingly complicated interface and figuring everything out on my own: