mangosteenskin

Illustrated Recipes

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:56:00 +0000

I enjoy both cooking and drawing, so I thought... why not sometimes do both of them? These are from my recipe notebook, I scanned and colored them using Photoscape. Just a quick and rough work :)

Hand-drawn Cork Coaster

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:03:00 +0000

Another hand-drawn cork coaster.

Blog Header, Logo, Watermark and Hand-drawn Fridge Magnet

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:36:00 +0000

Blog Header untuk Chocville

Sticker Design untuk Chocville

Logo dan Watermark Design untuk Lin Handmade Greetings Card

Watermark untuk Azkiah Tahir

Hand-drawn Fridge Magnet untuk Sham Isma sekeluarga (watercolor on cork coaster)

Eksperimen dengan Tekstur

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:11:00 +0000

Acrylic on board (9" x 9")

Ini adalah sebuah lukisan ekspres dan santai.
Saya ikut saja gerak tangan tanpa banyak berfikir,
tak peduli tentang ketepatan detail...yang penting siap cepat.

Sebenarnya cuba bereksperimen dengan texture.
Boardnya adalah papan kek terpakai, disapu dengan gesso primer, kemudian di tampal dengan tisu,
sebelum dilukis.
Disudahi dengan sapuan matte coating.

Kad Raya untuk Blog

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:15:00 +0000

Yang background kuning ni adalah proposal...

Yang background hijau ni, final.

Ilustrasi untuk posting raya di blog ummiakid.

Watermark untuk Foto Anda

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 05:56:00 +0000

Amacam OK tak?

Hehehe satu lagi watermark yang saya buat untuk kawan.

Melayu's Cookies ni adalah homebased business yang berpengkalan di New York dan Florida. Jadi kalau ada saudara-mara atau sahabat handai yang berperantauan di United States bolehlah membuat tempahan biskut raya, kek lapis dan juga kudapan-kudapan yang sewaktu dengannya di Melayu's Cookies. Modus operandi mereka adalah tempahan secara online dan kiriman melalui pos.

Ini page mereka dalam Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Melayus-Cookies/221045294580141

Page ni baru lagi, dari semasa ke semasa mungkin mereka akan kemaskini dengan menambah produk baru.

Note: Gambar cookie di atas tu adalah cookie yang saya buat bukan Melayu's punya...sekadar dijadikan sample untuk watermark tu.

Kalau ada yang berminat untuk tempah watermark dari saya rasanya boleh juga. Untuk kegunaan blog dan facebook atau apa-apa sajalah yang memerlukan anda menerbitkan gambar anda di internet kan? Harga RM25 setiap satu design...saya akan sediakan dua watermark, hitam dan putih. Sila emailkan saya di mangosteenskin(at)yahoo(dot)com.

Tempahan dibuka terhad kepada design watermark sahaja k, sila jangan tanya saya tentang logo, blog header dan lain-lain.

Selamat Menyambut Bulan Ramadhan 1433

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:37:00 +0000

Seperti juga tahun lepas gambar ini saya lukis menggunakan aplikasi Graffiti di FB.

Klik di sini untuk lihat ulang tayang graffiti ini.

Jika ada sesiapa yang suka saya izinkan copy gambar ini dan paste di blog masing2 ataupun simpan kat hp boleh digunakan untuk MMS keluarga dan sahabat taulan. Sama-samalah kita saling mengingatkan tentang kedatangan Ramadhan bulan yang mulia ini ya.

Di kesempatan ini, saya juga ingin menyusun 10 jari memohon kemaafan pada semua. Selamat Berpuasa!

Dunia Terus Berputar

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:11:00 +0000

Tahu tak lagu ni?

Sekian waktu dunia saya telah berhenti berputar di sini.
Tapi anda semua tetap terus berkarya,
dan terus berkembang dengan dunia kreatif masing2.
Syabas saya ucapkan.

Sekali-sekala saya melawat blog anda,
dan saya tumpang gembira,
ada yang sudah menapak semakin jauh,
mendaki semakin tinggi :)
Tahniah ya kawan2!

Kadang-kadang saya rindu juga,
Saat-saat manis sebagai pengukir stamp dulu, hihihii.
Kesibukan menyemak, membalas email, menyiapkan design, mengukir, memotong kayu malam2... :)
Sekarang semuanya sudah terperosok jauh di dalam stor, bertemankan habuk dan sarang labah2.
Kadang-kadang saya terfikir juga, ada lagikah orang baca blog ini?
Hahahaha.

Banyak perkara yang mencetuskan inspirasi,
hanya keutamaan sahaja yang sudah jadi berbeza.

Rindu hendak menggores sesuatu,
Macam dulu-dulu...hihihi.
Sayapun keluarkan tablet, dan buat design freehand,
untuk seorang kawan.

Catch Me If I Fall

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:20:00 +0000

There's a piece of half-folded A4 paper and B6 pencil on my working desk... Starting from a rough sketch, I began shading...bit by bit just to kill the time waiting for a page to load, thinking or talking on the phone.

Fishing

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Sat, 19 May 2012 18:04:00 +0000

I don't know, I never draw on big canvas. but I must try. This sketches was done last night, a friend wants to commission me for a painting. It's a wrong one, They want to see bright colorful fishes.

I Don't Draw Much, but I know I Love Drawing

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:45:00 +0000

Above are sketches I made for DBP, for one of the book entitled Putri Solusir (Sabah Folk Stories). Still waiting for news from the publisher.

Just a simple black & white line work, proposed for a Malay classic novel entitled Badang, inverted from the original sketch. Also no news yet from the publisher.

Something I sketched some while ago as an event souvernirs for SEDCO.. just a proposal.

Drawing on cakes also count, right? :)

Terjumpa Diri Sendiri

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:17:00 +0000

Bila saya meng-google sesuatu,
saya suka memulakan pencarian dengan meng-google image (terutama sekali resepi).

Tahun lepas, saya meng-google sesuatu yang mempunyai perkataan "petua",
dan terjumpa imej di atas.

Masak

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:13:00 +0000

Selepas berhenti daripada mengambil tempahan mengukir stamp,
masa-masa lapang saya banyak digunakan untuk;

Cari resepi.

Shopping bahan masak.

Masak.

Makan.

Dan ulang.

I can see that my family is happier than when I was busy carving.

Hampir saja saya buka satu blog masakan.

Honey and Milk Bread

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:54:00 +0000

I like cooking because it is an art too.
But it is a little more special, because you can eat your artwork :)

The previous banana bread requires no kneading (more like a cake),
but this time I really want to try kneading.
Rupanya tak sesusah yang dibayangkan :)
Tak sempat keluar peluh pun.

Never in my whole life,
I had ever imagine I can bake my own bread.
I surprised myself success at the first time.
So I guess making bread isn't that hard anyway,
we just need to give some time for the yeast to do their job.

With the rising concern in the halal status of food products in the market,
maybe we can try doing it our own.
Ditanggung halal!

Senang saja,
jom cuba resipi ini :)

*Recipe*

Mantanani Island

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:45:00 +0000

It was a two days work trip to Mantanani Island.

I'm back with nasty sunburns.

It was such a precious experience for me,
but I wish my job is more than just preparing meal, observing, passing stuffs and holding the camera.
We wished we can go for some snorkeling and swimming,
but all the time spent for work.

The place is so beautiful and peaceful.
Sometimes I feel like I was so far away from home, but actually it was only 37km from our house,
plus another 1 hour boat trip.
If given a chance, I would love to live there for 3 months.
Yeah, why not?
(but of course not alone, hehe).

Cookies...or Cakes?

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:43:00 +0000

Neither!

I am still not over yet with my excitement of having a new toy for the kitchen.
:)

Sometimes I found myself fallen asleep while drooling over the photos in the cooking magazine. Not only that they look delicious, but they are also inspirational.

I've been longing to bake some bread, and finally!
My first bread.

Sugarless Banana Bread ~ use dates to substitute sugar.

Pineapple Muffin.

Last but not least, a picture of stamp that I completed 3 days ago
(sedang berusaha menghabiskan sisa-sisa tempahan).

I met an old friend whom I haven't met for 10 years (except in Facebook), and he asked me how's my cake/cookie business doing? Hahahahaa...that's funny!...Really? Those stamps look like cookies and cakes?!

Lack of Confidence

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:40:00 +0000

I think I can almost hear myself whispering,
that I regret saying YES
for the book illustration job.

I only touched brushes (larger than size 0 and 2) few times in my life
(because I used to draw on ATC only).
I don't know where on earth the courage came from.

Because of the illustration job,
I invested in some new brushes and the biggest (and most expensive) ever watercolor paper,
I had so far.
Never worked with acrylic paint before,
so I bought a box of acrylic paint (because a friend suggested I should try acrylic),
and this is it.
This is where I force myself to get use to brush handling and
understand the acrylic paint character.
No time to practice before the real thing.

I only have 7 days to finish another 11 illustrations.
And oh boy! I am unsure about almost everything I've done so far.
Will the color pallet and drawing suit children's taste?

I hope this will only means,
Every first time is just as difficult as any other first time for anyone.
I hope everything going to be all
right.

Approved!

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:07:00 +0000

This is an old pending work,
the earlier CorelDraw file had gone with my corrupted external HD,
so I redo it in Photoshop.

My client has approved the one with magician hat!
Yeeeehaaaaw!

One sack of burden,
off my shoulder!

It Is but It Is Not

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:50:00 +0000

Today I was browsing the internet and found this image.

It looks familiar but not from the work of artist whom I have been following for almost 6 years.

Today the world had become small,
and distances won't feel that far anymore.
We can even feel like knowing somebody their whole life,
knew every member of their families, maybe every corner of their houses,
every single piece of their work,
eventhough we never even met them,
and they don't even know us!

My point is,
people can differentiate between inspirations and imitations.
Sometimes we see something and eventhough it reminds us to somebody or some other work we've seen before,
it's undeniably an original piece of work.

Sometimes,
All we see is just...copies!

Personalized Stamp Order No Longer Available

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:13:00 +0000

Yes, it's official.

I will still be carving,
but I will no longer accept orders for personalized handcarved stamps.

I've been considering and reconsidering it for quite some time,
it's a sad decision
but it's getting clearer that it's the best option now.

To all those who emailed me,
I want to thank you all.
Million of thanks to everybody,
I can never repay you.
Please forgive me for all the unreplied emails, delays and wrongdoings.

Everything that begins must have an end,
I pray to God that it is ending for something new,
and better.

I hope Mangosteenskin will continue having your support.
Off my hat and I'm taking my bow...

THANK YOU!!!!!

My Pastry Experiments

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:21:00 +0000

Only a few months left before I reach 30's.
And this is the first time I got the chance to own an oven.

To think back,
Sometimes I feel...(it's not sad but I don't know what it is)
30 years is quite a very long period (I don't know what have I done with that lot of time).

But ofcoz I feel so grateful whatever it is (we are always more fortunate than some people).

My pastry experiments; Lemon Meringue Cupcakes (made from Mom's homegrown lemons), mini cinnamon rolls (served with cream cheese frosting), pizza (I found one easy and sure-jadi dough recipe by Jamie Oliver~ and I'm still experimenting with different toppings, the list seems endless), and last but not least, moist chocolate cakes/cupcakes. For the time being I just use Nona Cake Mix for the batter because it is economical and quick :) HAHAHAHA. The only thing that is prepared from scratch was the chocolate ganache.

I still remember when we were young,
my dad got a pie dish as free gift for buying a tin of formula milk for my baby brother.
The dish was decorated with an illustrated lemon meringue pie recipe.
I always wonder how it would taste.
Thinking,
when I grow up, lemon meringue pie is one of the recipe I want to try.

Hehe, not yet a pie lah~
but I'm still feeling so content for these humble achievements :)

Happy!!!
... and chubbier :)

Home to Myself

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:33:00 +0000

Click photo to view graffiti replay.

I wake up and see
The light of the day
Shining on me
Make my own time
It's mine to spend
Think to myself
My own best friend
It's not so bad all alone
Comin' home to myself again
Now I understand
Whatever I feel is whoever I am
Watching my life and how its grown
Looking on back to friends I've known
Its not so bad all alone
Coming home to myself again
It's not so bad to get lost in my tears
And to laugh and to cry for the years gone by
Oh my, oh my,

Now somehow I know
I've come a long way
Got a long way to go
But something inside
Keeps making me strong
And in the bad times
I‘ll get along
'Cause it's not so bad all alone
Comin' home to myself again
I'm Comin' home

Graffiti Graffiti Graffiti

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 02:40:00 +0000

I'm using Graffiti apps in FB to practice

using my wacom tablet
creating a story in one single picture
brushing my skill of presenting ideas into something visual
cheering people (i hope it will make the graffiti receiver's day!)

I try to copy the html code from older graffiti and change the ID with new ones,
but the replay engine is not working for graffiti made later than 2010.
I learn from the Facebook Graffiti Knowledge Base that the apps developer had changed the replay engine (that's why the embed/sharing button is not available anymore).

If you want to view the replay
you can just click on the photo
and it will take you to the direct link of each specific graffiti.

Thanks for your time and I hope you will enjoy watching them :)

Selamat Hari Raya

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:27:00 +0000

Masjid Negeri Sabah.

Lukisan di atas ini sebenarnya dibuat menggunakan
aplikasi Graffiti di dalam Facebook.

Malangnya saya tak jumpa embed code.

Kepada kawan-kawan FB saya,
bolehlah klik gambar di atas
kalau ada masa terluang nak tengok REPLAY.

Kalau nak copy paste gambar tersebut
untuk buat ucapan di blog masing-masing pun boleh :)

Saya ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk mengucapkan
SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI
Maaf Zahir & Batin!

Featured in NUR Ogos 2011

noreply@blogger.com (mangosteenskin) — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:05:00 +0000

Hi everybody :)

Saya ingin mengucapkan Selamat Berpuasa
kepada semua muslimin dan muslimat.
Selain bulan yang penuh rahmat
(bonus round untuk mengutip markah ke syurga),
bulan puasa ini juga adalah bulan yang paling afdal untuk kita memperbaiki diri
dalam apa-apa aspek sekalipun.
Dalam pada ramai orang berlumba-lumba untuk menggandakan bisnes pada bulan ini,
saya pula bercadang hendak berehat (atau berhenti?) sepenuhnya dari membuat stamp.
Tapi, tak boleh jugak.
Masih ada stamp yang perlu disiapkan sebelum Aidilfitri menjelang.
Green light pun sudah kelihatan,
menandakan proses melukis ilustrasi buku harus dimulakan dengan segera
(target disiapkan bulan Ogos ini juga).
Ini adalah kali pertama saya terlibat dalam menghasilkan ilustrasi buku,
tanpa apa-apa pendedahan awal...memang terketar-ketar lah jugak.

Saya ingin mengucapkan
terima kasih yang tidak terhingga kepada
semua yang setia mengikuti perkembangan dan
memberi sokongan padu kepada
Mangosteenskin si Penoreh Getah.

Akhir-akhir ini sebenarnya saya bukan setakat slow down,
sejujurnya hampir-hampir berhenti menghasilkan stamp.
Namun begitu saya amat terharu kerana
kunjungan email-email yang bertanyakan tentang stamp
tidak pernah putus.
*terharu sungguh.

Segan sebenarnya hendak menghebahkan tentang featuring kali ini,
tapi sekiranya anda ingin mengenali kami (saya dan stamp) dengan lebih dekat (sedikit),
bolehlah mengklik gambar di atas.
Terima kasih kepada waratawan NUR~ Noraznina Ismail.

Entri kali ini saya sudahi dengan sekian terima kasih.
Dari jauh,
kupohon maaf.