#Stayathome part Two and What Picture Are You Drawing?

This is the second diorama. "What picture Are You Drawing?"

What picture are drawing? I want to draw my cat.

It has triangle ears and striped body

Look!

Now it's time for painting.

My orange tabby cat.

Tiny things for the dioramas.

#Stayathome part One and What Book Are You Reading?

The Covid19 pandemic spreads all around the world, makes most of us stay at home these days including the children.
Thinking of them, I made some dioramas to cheer them up and hopefully ignite their imagination. They can make theirs with anything available at home. Stay at home would be a fun thing to do.

The first one is here :
"What book are you reading?"

I'm reading "What Rabbit Eats?"

Grass.

Vegetables

Carrot

What book are you reading? Please tell me...

A New Anthropomorphic Illustrations

This year started with a not so good news, Covid 19 pandemic. To reduce the spread, Indonesian government asks us to make a social distance, by work from home, school from home and worship from home.
As a freelance children's book author/illustrator, it's not a big deal. I used to work from home, and my kids are homeschoolers too. But sometimes I still can feel the negative energy pressure surround me. People panic buying, hoax and rumours spreads. I can't find any ethanol, 70% alcohol nor hand sanitiser in shops around my house. Some vitamins like multivitamin, vitamin C and vitamin E are also gone.
I mostly avoid reading & opening news from social medias, except some trustable resources. We all need positive vibes.

This time I want to share some of my illustrations of an anthropomorphic (my favourite subject!) story. Hopefully my happiness and love in these illustrations  spread to all of you!

Christmas Illustrations 2019

This year is coming to an end, time really flies. Below I share some of my Christmas illustrations. Enjoy!

This is one of the illustrations I made for a Dental Clinic desk calendar.

You can get the print version of this picture here.

I wish you a very merry Christmas Dec 25 2019 and a happy New Year 2020! My best wishes to all of you!

Free e-book on June 201: "Ambilkan Bulan"

Free ebook to read/download, a sweet bedtime story, the fourth title of Little Mouse series "Ambilkan Bulan" ("Fetch Me the Moon"). This story based on a children song with the same title by AT Mahmud.
Feel free to read/or download here.

Free e-book on March 2019: "Huruf yang Berbicara"

This Imaginative story is written by Olivia when she was just 5 years old, illustration and lay outing by me. "Huruf yang Berbicara" (The Talking Alphabets) is about the first five alphabets that accidentally got the magic potion and they came alive. The could talk and walk. What happened then?  Feel free to read and/or down load here

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Very Late Post: Little Witch's Book Launch

Clavis Publishing and I made a book launch party in Bandung and Jakarta last September. *Face palm, this is a very very late post. Well, better late than never :D

Here are some photos from Bandung and Jakarta event:





In both places I share some of my behind the scenes (the idea, the hidden message, the process) and also retell the Little Witch story.

The invitations:


I prepared some handmade souvenirs for the events:

story stones

finger puppet

For now, this Little Witch available in 3 languages (Dutch, Bahasa Indonesia, English), and soon will come the 4th language (Chinese) ^^

This Little Witch and her cat, named Wendy and Presto for English and Bahasa Indonesia edition. She & her cat becomes Hannelore and Pilatus in Dutch version. Wondering, who they'll be in Chinese? ^^