quirky love songs

Happy belated Valentine's Day! I hope your day was filled with love and warm fuzzy feelings. For many parts of the world, (including where I live) it was a day visited by a crazy snow storm! Although it was cold, it looked kind of romantic!

In Japan, the custom for V-Day was for women to give chocolates to the guys they like or guy friends as "manner" chocolate. Strangely, I got lots of chocolate from the ladies...although I am a lady myself!

Anyway, for V-Day I decided to illustrate some simple pieces inspired by lines from songs I like. They are quirky and short love song lyrics that I think would be fun for quick drawings!

Thanks Arctic Monkeys, Singto Numchok and Weezer for the cute songs, let me borrow some lines for my illustrations!

Oh...l'amour

With a little help from some of my French friends, this illustration is completed.

Merci!

Love-Frenzy

I'm not particularly big on celebrating Valentine's Day but I do love making illustrations about love. Since Feb 14th is around the corner, there are many ideas to illustrate for the love fest!

My first pre-V Day illustration is Interlude. There are many things I adore in this piece. Cool shoes, funky socks, coffee, a pair of faded jeans and cheesy love. For me, this is my idea of a fun date. What about yours?

I will post more love theme illustrations until Valentine's Day. Please stay tuned for more!

HAPPY L♡VE DAY

HAPPY L♡VE DAY to everybody! I hope you are all having a love filled day, but not only on this specific day...but everyday, of course!

When I attended elementary school in Thailand, we would celebrate Valentine's Day by sticking heart-shaped stickers on everyone!! It was so much fun and very joyful to come home with your entire school uniform covered in hearts ♡ I get nostalgic and warm feelings every time I think about it!

Here is my contribution to Valentine's Day! Hope you enjoy it!! ♡♡♡

p.s.- It's also my doggy's birthday! Happy Birthday bebe ♡ , love you!! 

If Ever You Knew Love ♥

If Ever You Knew Love is a pre-Valentine's Day group show I am a part of! My fellow OCAD Illustration friends Miki Sato and Alex Davey are also a part of this show (plus a bunch of other great artists and illustrators)

If you are in Toronto, love art and would just love to come out of your nook this winter...please come to our group show happening at Sadie's Diner on Tuesday, February 7th 2012, from 6.30 pm - 9.30 pm! Bring your date! Your friends! Anyone! See paintings about love! Surely, your love will be happy indeedy!!! (Especially if you buy my paintings!! ^_^)

For the facebook event page of If Ever You Knew Love, click here!

Sadie's Diner is at 504 Adelaide Street West!

Happy Early Valentine's Day ♥ Hope to see you there!!

Enamoured

Enamoured is the second illustration for my Valentine's Day submission.
The theme for this piece is "A girl in love".
I wanted to keep it simple with a muted palette.
Pink is quite suitable for a girl in love, do you think so too?

You, me, and our lively adventure

Hello there :)

Here is the first illustration of 2012. It's a happy and colorful piece!

I was asked to participate in the submission for a Valentine's Day show (Wish me luck!) and here's what I came up with!


Since the theme is love, I wanted paint something fun, lively, and positive. I used acrylic, pencil, and colored pencil in this piece (sans sandpaper in a long time)

2012 is looking up! ♥

New Illustration for Valentines's Day!!

Valentine's Day is coming up! I've had a chance to make a new illustration for a Valentine's Day show at Sadie's Diner called "It Had to do With Love". Please check out my work if you have a chance, Sadie's Diner is at 504 Adelaide St. West at Adelaide and Portland in Toronto. This piece is called "Irasshaimase" and the theme is Maneki Neko, or Japanese beckoning cat welcoming love! I really enjoyed working on it! Last Tuesday Feb 9th was the opening, Thank you to everyone who came out to see my work :) I really appreciate it, you're all so sweet! Also, big thanks to Lisa Vanin, Al and Katie for allowing me to create a fun work! And...Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!!! I hope you all will have a fun day full of love, I know I will! ^_^