Finger Sketches - Men's Collection

I did not choose who I wanted to draw based on their sex. Normally I just look around and spotted the interesting person. These few days I tried to focus on men's posture. Men like putting their hands in pockets whereas their female counterpart seldom does this. Of course, this may be due to the design of men's clothes. Men's clothes usually have more pockets than women's and that is probably why ladies like carry a handbag. =D

Afternoon tea

I went to these two places to have afternoon tea recently. I always left my coffee and cookies on the side and started my finger drawing on my iPad. I do not usually erase what I drew although it is much easier to erase lines on iPad than on tradition paper. I tried to catch the best shape when I drew out each and every line.

Of course, as most photographers and artists do, I will think which orientation of my iPad I wish to use before drawing. Portrait or landscape? It is really depends on what I want to draw in my picture. Sometimes landscape serves better whereas sometimes portrait does!

Money Money Money

Money changers are everywhere around the island. But some money changers will have a long queue due to the good rate they offer. Here is one located at Chinatown. It was really crowded when I was there. I used my finger to draft out the picture on my iPad when I was queuing. And the colouring and wording were done when I got back home.

After drawing the money changer, I thought it will be fun to draw a real money. I placed one piece of S$10 note on my table. And I really studied its every details and found there were indeed many things I have never noticed before though I am using it everyday.

For example, there is a few words under the number 10 and above 'ten dollars'. Do you remember what they are? I am sure you need to get a note to answer this question.

Finger Figure ( China people)

I drew two waitresses when I was waiting to be served. The picture was done within 5 minutes. And both of them and their manager were pleased by my drawing. As I was using my index finger to draw on my iPad and the app does not support zoom-in function, I could not work on their face.

However, after this one, I started sketching people on my iPad in public. I focused on their body posture and picked up some interesting ones to draw. I was really using my iPad as a sketchbook. :)

I kept drawing when I was on the train, at the airport, at the restaurant and even on the airplane.

Finger Drawing ( Snapshots at Beijing )

When I visited Beijing in June, I drew some pictures about the shopping mall, cafe, and restaurant over there. Most pictures were done when I was eating for someone to come. I did not wish to focus on the details. I just wish to take a snapshot of how the place looks like.

I did try different types of brushes and combined them into one picture. Please note the crystal hanging bubble lights in one of these pictures. I tried to outline each lights initially. However the picture looked very messy. Thus, I decided to colour the background first and use marker pen to dot on the pastel background colour. It looks much better than outlining all the lights.

Finger Animals 21-26

Another 6 animals. I wish I can continue this series in future.

Finger Animal 11-20

Here are another 10 cute animals. Please feel free to like them. LOL.

Finger Animal 1-10

I completed a series of pictures of animal when I was on my way back from Chicago to Seoul. First of all, I saw the giraffe in a kid's colouring book given by Korea air. I quickly copied down the giraffe within 2 minutes. I was inspired by its eyes of different sizes. However, i do not really like some of other characters provided in the colouring book. Thus, I decide to do my own big-eye-and-small-eye animals. I spent lot of time drawing my own creations during the entire 12-hour flight. All pictures were done by my index finger.

For all pictures, I just drew out one big eye and one small eye first and sketched the animal. Sometimes I tried a few times as it was not easy to draw out different kinds of animals in a same posture. I had to make some modification here and there. And I had to ensure other people can tell what animal it is at the first glance. Last but not least, I colored my drawings with water colour brush.

My friends all told me they found my drawing of those animals are very cute. What do you think?