Festival Dongeng Internasional Indonesia 5-6 Nov 2016

Me, wearing "Folktale on Scarf" titled "Batara Kala"

The event means Indonesian Folktale International Festival, held in Museum Nasional, Jakarta, on November 5-6, 2016. This time Kelir participated in the Children Illustration Exhibition and a workshop for children (writing and illustrating a story book).
And this time I introduced my newest creation, collaboration with Museum Batik Yogyakarta, "Folktale on Scarf". It's a folktale that printed on a scarf. We can use it either as scarf or a tool for telling a story. For the first series we have two Javanese folktales design: "Batara Kala" and "Timun Mas". Here are some photos from the event:

My illustration for "The Smelly Little Orangutan"

With my dear illustrator friends from Kelir

"Folktale on Scarf" titled "Batara Kala"

"Folktale in Scarf" titled "Timun Mas"

Three Little Gnomes and One-bite Mystery Online Book Launch

Last August 17th, Rhonda Paglia, the author of  "Three Little Gnomes and One-bite Mystery" made an on line book launch by her FB page. And here's another song trailer, Nibbles McGibbles Marching Song, sung by her and guitar by her son, Tony Paglia.

Three Little Gnomes and the One Bite Mystery trailer

Sneak Peek : Three Little Gnomes & The One-Bite Mystery

These are some sketches for "Three Little Gnomes & The One-Bite Mystery":

This is the cover sketch.
















The final cover:

It will be release on August 17, 2016.

IF: Childhood

Taken from free e-book Aku (Tidak) Suka Tetanggaku

Kelir Monthly Theme Feb 2016: Surprised

Taken from free ebook http://serusetiapsaat.com/ebook/aku-tidak-suka-tetanggaku/

Free e-book on January 2016: "Aku (TIdak) Suka Tetanggaku"

This e-book was written by my good fellow, author Ary Nilandari. The title means "I (Don't) Like My Neighbour". It's a funny and witty story that comes from her childhood and her imagination.
Feel free to read & download here.

Free e-book on January 2016: "Lingkaran Kuning Yang Bahagia)"

This is my story about shapes that was translated in Bahasa Indonesia by a good friend of mine, Gita Lovusa. It is translated for all of Indonesian fellows and their kids.
Feel free to read and/or download here.

The Happy Yellow Circle (Basic Shapes Introduction through Simple Story)

Fundamentals of Graphic Design : The Last Assignment

These are posters for 3 new albums by three new bands that I made for Coursera's course "Fundamentals of Graphic Design" last assignment last month. I named each band with "The Something Bottle". Each poster shows different music genre as shown below.

Fundamentals of Graphic Design from Coursera

Graphic Design is something that I really want to know about. As a children's book illustrator, surely this subject will enrich me in such a way. Thankfully Coursera offers this free online course this month and I join it undoubtedly.

And this is one of my assignment for week 3, about "Repeating Pattern":

It tells about a harvest time in Southeast Asian countries, where the farmers are busy processing the rice and their chicken get scattered rice abundantly on the ground.

Below were my design for week 1 about "Making Images, Making Meaning".

Here I choose bottle as my daily household object, and I gave them connotative meaning. 

If I put a tag "Drink Me" on the bottle  and the blue gown with white apron on it  was there, you'll get the message that it was Alice's bottle from Alice in Wonderland.

If I put a wine glass under a pouring bottle with something red flowing down, you'll see that it was a celebration.

And when you saw a paper inside a bottle floating on the sea, you will see that it was a drifted message from faraway place.

Indonesian Folktales 2015

To celebrate Indonesia being chosen as the honourable guest at the Frankfurt Book fair 2015, Forum Penulis Bacaan Anak/FPBA (Children Literature Writer Forum) proudly launches INDONESIAN FOLKTALES website. All of the stories and beautiful arts in this website is a collaborative work among its members.

And this is my illustration for one of the folktales, "The Dazzling Enau":

You can read the story here.

Free e-book on August 2015: "Teman Baru"

I'm joining Coursera's online course "Writing for Young Readers" right now. My submission of "Genre, Form and Audience" (2nd week) is shared here. The title is "Teman Baru", originated from "A New Fiend". Feel free to read and download. It's a wordless picture book.

Free e-book on November 2014: "Naga Ungu di Mulutku"

It's about a boy who didn't like to brush his teeth :D It's funny and witty. The title itself means "Purple Dragon in My Mouth". Feel free to read and/or download here.

My Portfolio in Issuu.com

My illustrations for children

Free e-book on September 2014, every ending is a new beginning

I wrote this e-book based on my real life. I often get a baby snail in the lettuce I bought, and we (my youngest daughter & I) always release them in our tiny garden. I tried to put myself into the snail, and  I saw adventures!

For me, there shouldn't be 'the end' in a children's book, for every ending is a new beginning. It should ignite our imagination.

Feel free to read and/or download here.

And here is a sneak peek for you:

A real adventure!

Free e-book on July 2014 (Special Ramadhan with Kids)

Celebrating Ramadhan this month,  www.serusetiapsaat.com provides special e-book edition to download. I illustrated two of them. They are:
"Kartu Lebaran Sedekah", it's about making Happy Id cards for charity,

and "Kucing-kucingan di Bulan Ramadan", it's about playing hide and seek before breaking the fast.

Free e-book on April 2014

This free e-book was written in poetic style, about bedtime stories from a loving mother to her daughter. You can down load the story here.

Kelir Monthly Theme Sept 2014: Rhinoceros

"How is your day, Mr Rhino?"