Mother knows best

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I made this card for my mom the other night after my vacation just in time for mothers day. I had tried a new fountain pen that I received from one of my good SpentPencil friends.  It was definitely a fun drawing to do as I haven’t done anything more than a few lines with the pens before so i’m still pretty new at the whole process. I finished it up with some orange, red and blue water colour which i’m also getting familiar with as well. It’s always great to try new media as it opens up my eyes in the different textures, feeling, colour, etc.

I can’t write enough about how much my mother means to me. She has truly been such an inspirational figure in my life and is honestly the most ‘chill’ mother one can ever wish for. I’m so lucky to have someone like her in my life to teach me great lessons and being there for me when I don’t even realize I needed it. She has gone through so much in her life and really deserves the best. She’s someone I can truly proudly look up to and learn from.. I only wish for the best for her and hope her journeys will inspire others as well as I know it has.

SO, here’s to all the wonderful mothers out there that look out for their kids and believe in them no matter what they choose to do. Stay happy and keep fit mates :)

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Queue the music… QUEUE THE MUSIC!

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How I feel when my earphones stop working on one side..

Sitting on the subway on my way to gym and all of a sudden I hear a crackling in the left side of my earphones which only means one thing..it’s happening. I adjust it and move it a little and eventually it just was on the point of static every 2 seconds. The thing is, I was only angry because I was already on the way to my training so it’s not that I could go back home and grab my other pair. Not to mention, it’s so hard to workout without your own music and having no choice but to listen to the same 10 songs they play on the radio.

Ah, this is what I get for not having the best quality earphones. But! Having said that I had some fun with my pen drawing this. So in a way I guess I turned this negative into a positive! I break my ear buds but i get this wicked drawing out of it. Walking dead influence is strong on this one.

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BMW Z4M – 3D wip model

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I haven’t posted a lot of my 3D work in a very long while so it’s nice to be updating with something new for a change.

I started this a few months ago but never got around to working on it till now. This is about less than a week of a few hours a day or less of work.

I’ve also been screen capturing some work flow videos too but I didn’t think about capturing until most of the base was done. In other words, I don’t have too much on the videos. But I will record whatever is remaining for the model..which is quite a lot.

Still have some cleaning up to do, triangles, edge flow, mesh, etc.

Will be updating more on this model mid May, if not sooner since i’ll be on vacation for a few weeks. Sweet, sweet sunny California here I come!

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Bill

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Here’s a caricature of a stranger I did today. He was quite the distance away so I couldn’t see the fine details but I was quite happy with how it turned out! I don’t often do cartoon style in my drawings as it shows in my previous posts but, I felt this man had a good character to build off of. I decided to give him the drawing when I finished, I haven’t done this before so my hand was shaking from the thought of it (hence the blurry photo) But I knew it would hopefully make someone’s day happy.

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I sat down beside him and said ‘Hi, I drew you. Can I take a photo?’ Haha but he was very at ease with it and seemed quite happy that he could keep the drawing so that’s good. My stop was coming up, so Bill and I had a quick friendly conversation.

Sometimes, seeing someone else’s smile will just make your day.

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I had mustered up this Venom drawing in time for Toronto’s Comicon. Ever since childhood, he’s been my favorite marvel character, so I couldn’t think of anybody better to draw than him.

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Quite a lot has happened this path month. I joined an amazing group of artists called Spent Pencils (ill provide the link bellow to the facebook page). I had previously already met a few of the very talented members including of course, my boss, who was the one that offered me to join. It was a very warm and heart felt welcoming that I was so happy to be apart of. Everybody was extremely nice and welcoming. I love that everybody in the group is very passionate for art and well..just very down to earth with no cocky attitudes.  Just bunch of people who have a passion for art.

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It was my first time behind the table and it was an awesome experience! To see people looking at my drawings and buying prints of them was an amazing feeling. The venom prints sold out and a few of my designs were bought as well. At the time, I was happier to see people picking up the drawing and smiling at it more so than the money. It was a great first experience and i’m looking forward to FanExpo, which ill be prepared for this time!

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Windy days

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There’s always something so enchanting when watching a movie with a beautiful woman and having the camera focus on her. Her moment, her world, just her and the silent thoughts of endless moments in time. What’s more enchanting is the pleasing feeling of recreating that one moment in a drawing. To me, it’s the journey of the drawing rather than the final result of it that really captures my satisfaction and emotions. I only wish, that most of you will have that same experience and journey with what it is you are going through.

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Ocean Road

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As the subway ride home was coming to and end, I placed my sketch book in my bag. During this drawing I ran into many ‘I shouldn’t have made that line’ or ‘I could have done it better this way but now it’s too late’. But, sometimes we have no choice but to accept our mistakes and learn from them.  As I sat there waiting for my stop I started to think about how drawing in pen is connected to how we approach life.

You have one tool, your pen. If you make a line you cannot go back but, instead move forward with it. Sometime’s we’ll over think the process and put too many lines without thinking. If we stop and we ponder upon our mistake and get frustrated we wont move forward. Sometimes we can fix them and sometimes we can’t.

I’m sitting on the bus. I open up the drawing and look at it one more time. I thought I was being too critical at the little mistakes, that I had forgotten to move back from it and look at it as a whole. Sometime it’s okay to make mistakes. However, we must remember that there’s no point in being frustrated with it. We must take it as a lesson and learn from it. That’s not to say that I wont ever make the same mistake but merely a self discipline in moving on and trying harder next time. There’s no room for dancing around childish emotions.

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