Unusual New Year Post

"Lord, teach me, that I must have an end

and my life has purpose,

and I must accept this."

"For all flesh is as grass and the glory of man like flowers,

the grass withers and the flower falls."

"Blessed are the dead 

that die in the Lord.

"Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted,

They who sow in tears shall reap in joy."

"The righteous souls are in God's hand

and no torment shall stir them."

"Then shall be fulfilled The word that is written:

Death is swallowed up in victory.

O Death, where is thy sting?

O Hell, where is thy victory?"

"You now have sorrow, 

but I shall see you again

and your heart shall rejoice."

For Indonesia, this new year is far from festive. News on TV is still filled with updates on the AirAsia plane crash. There is inevitable sorrow among the nation. For us who are up to this moment, still breathing, we might have one unbearable question in our head, How if our time suddenly came to an end?

Nobody is sure when or where he or she is going to die. One thing that is sure is, we all will die someday, and there's no way for us to predict when that day will come.

And here comes another question that is more vital, when that day come, are we ready?

Are we ready to be responsible for all things that we had done on earth?

Does human's good deeds alone can save one from God's justice?

If not, how can we be ready to face our God? For we know, He is God of love and also, God of justice?

Think about this carefully, as you didn't always get the chance to ask yourself and ponder about this.

*The text right below the illustration is taken from Bible verses which Brahms later used as part of his requiem.* 

Seek the Future

This was an unplanned piece. At that time, I can hardly think of a subject that interested me enough, but still want to push myself to produce an artwork. So, I decided to rely solely to the mood of the song I was listening to.

The music at the background was Brahms German Requiem and to think that a mourning song could motivate you to do an artwork is strangely interesting. The German line above is taken from the sixth movement (classical music piece is often divided into several parts called "movements") of the music which means "for we have no continuing city, but we seek the future". Somehow, I feel relieved.

Sincerity

First of all, Have an "Eid mubarak" to our Muslim friends! May the celebration motivates everyone to forgive each other and to be sincere.

Speaking of which, I once was given a project of an illustration strips for a short story about goodwill. I thought it'll be an inspiring one to share, so, here it goes:

One day, there was a poor kid outside a ice cream shop, stopping by just to check on his favorite ice cream. With a small amount of money in his pocket, he got in to the shop. 

When he got to choose which flavor he wanted, he took quite a time to decide it. Thus, leaving the rest of the queue, especially the shop assistant peeved. 

Even though he could opt for the pricier type of ice cream with the money he had, he finally chose the cheaper one instead. He rushed to a nearby table and enjoyed his ice cream, leaving the shop assistant still in anger.

He went away as soon as he finished his last spoonful of ice cream. The shop assistant was about to clean his table when she found some money tip left on the table. She eventually realized the reason why the boy insisted to get the cheaper ice cream while he could easily spend the money on the pricey one was to share with her some of his happiness. 

It always got me thinking that today, we are so overloaded with whatever the media could feed us, especially with the rising number of any sort of crime reported on the news. As a result, subconsciously, we might start to lose our faith on believing in someone's goodwill. There's nothing wrong with being watchful though, just keep in mind that we have to learn how to appreciate every benevolence in the first place :)

Post-Hiatus...(part 2?)

Well, because I just realized I already had a post titled just the same. Only God knows when the last time I remembered I have a blog to be updated.

Sorry for not posting anything on this blog for awhile! I've been pretty busy with everything in life but I'm enjoying every seconds of it! :D This time I didn't come empty-handed because I've got some artworks to be shared with the world! *drum rolls*

This is a cropped version of what happened to be an artwork gift for Rebecca, a person who first I knew as a mentor in music and later, become a person I always looked up to in every other thing. She's heading back to the US tomorrow to pursue a PhD in conducting (yes, conducting orchestra, like how cool is that?) and she is one of very few people I considered a true role model, simply because her integrity, passion, and that kind of strive-for-excellence attitude she always brings with herself. All of that qualities combined with a spiritual belief that everything she has is blessing from Thy Lord. 

This illustration actually was given to her last two years in the form of a messy drawing. I was planning on polishing it into a decent illustration while she suddenly asked me if I still had that messy drawing sketch with me. Just in time!

Check out the full version of this artwork here http://febepe.carbonmade.com/projects/4237616#7 and feel free to browse through the gallery :)

Oh and one thing, who's dying for BBC's Sherlock season 4 here?

Updated Reel

2013 Animation Reel from Febe Perm on Vimeo.

Here's my updated reel featuring two short scenes from my thesis film. Apparently, I've sent this reel for a chance of serving as an intern. Hope everything is in time. 

Current Project

Here's the expression sheet of Ned, the character of my thesis film. Still got tons of things to be done before the approaching deadline, which is terrifying. However, I decided not to make this film the center of my struggle, but the story of it. I really want this film to be able to remind us of a thing that we, human, often miss in our life.

I'll keep you guys updated with everything every time I got the chance. Stay tuned! 

Silence

Themed Sketches

Hi, peeps! Being so overwhelmed w/ thesis film .... (yeah, excuses no. 152 from Ways to Abandon Your Blog). Anyway, I had some themed sketches challenge going with a good friend of mine weeks ago in hopes of practicing our spontaneity of sketching towards any random words. Basically, we determined who's gonna throw the word by rock, scissors, paper. It was really fun!

Respond to the word "pancakes" - pen on paper

Respond to the word "Stripes" - pen on paper

 
Will post more often! Stay tuned! :)

P.s. : this post is dedicated to Jessica Xu of Weirdo in Pink. You know that feeling when you're poor at something yet there still few people who appreciate what you did? Well, I just found out that Jessica had linked my blog with hers. It's such an honor, really. :D

You can discover her dreamy doodles, unique personal style, and stand-out crafts at www.weirdoinpink.blogspot.com

Post-Hiatus

Above the Bundaran HI - digital

Have been so overwhelmed by all take-home projects for finals in 2 weeks and now, I can scream it out loud,  SAYA BEBAS!! (I'm free!). I can't wait for holiday trip, daily brainstorming of 7th semester final project and much moreeee. You know, it feels really great to take a deep breath and really plan on exciting stuffs to do next :)

Above is a piece that I did for the Wacom-Kreavi online speed painting competition, unfortunately, I failed to finish it on time (the given time is three hours, I could only manage to start painting at the last one hour *sigh, need to learn more about time management, I guess* The theme of the competition that day was "sky". I'm personally a sucker for a starry night sky, so there you go, haha :)

Awhile

Lately, I've been so occupied by school projects and weekly rehearsal until one particular point when I felt so worn out. I didn't feel like fixing rough animation or practicing another piece of music for upcoming course. I was searching any other activities that would keep me away from finishing all my homework, and suddenly, my mind suggested myself. "How about drawing?"

Then, I realized I haven't drawn anything on my sketchbook for a long time. A REALLY LONG TIME.  Like, how on earth did I abandon myself from drawing? It has been something that I've always done throughout my childhood times, my teenage years, all without being asked or forced. Something that encouraged me to pursue animation as a long life career.

I grabbed my pencil and start drowning myself with gesture drawings. Believe it or not, it felt terribly great to be back 'home'. Drawing on papers, it's very humane. It's not something you can achieve through clicks of buttons. It's personal.

Later, it also got me thinking of how great God is. He designs how body moves and functions. All those super complicated mechanism are hard enough just to be drawn on papers.

It's so supra-logical  to think how Almighty God creates every single one of us with distinctive features. Moreover, how He made us to be able to pour our mind through art, be it music or paintings. Even with the modern technology, people can't even generate a single thing that exactly works and feels the way we, humans, did.

Overall, it has been a truly relieving moment for me. Praise the Lord!

animmARGH

Animation blocking done in 3DS Max. 3D model of Achilles (yellow-haired) courtesy of  M. Raswan Orizka

These are screenshots from my team's short film "Achilles". As you see, it's still a (very) rough look of the film and I'm responsible for half of the animation done in this film (gosh). Since the submission deadline for the rough animation has now passed, I really need to focus and bring out all of my energy to fix some weak silhouettes here and there, and at the same time, learn how to (properly) animate. Please kindly pray for me, peeps!

How I'm feeling right now?

GRAAAAAH!!!

I'm really looking forward to the mid-term test since our group has to finish rough animation for our final term short movie (have to force myself to do a lot of animation) but at the same time, I'm feeling so worn out with all the jumbled schedule and deadlines! Gonna watch The Croods tomorrow w/ friends, hope that it'll fix my scribbled mind. 

Stop and Stare

Owl - pencil on paper

An old work from first/s second year drawing class.

That Lerman Guy

This was taken from 4th semester's assignment of Digital Painting studies. Oh, how I really missed those days when all assignments were emphasizing more on hand-drawn stuff rather than computer thing. 

Flash

These guys are characters from my flash game project titled "Finding Ferdinand". In this mini game, you got to find Ferdinand (the right patient) to give him the right treatment. The game still suffered from script errors, though.

Here's some screenshots:

Sydney, December 9

One of the most memorable project I've done so far.is working for my special client, my lovely cousin,  Laurinda! Both my cousin and her husband are a fan of outdoor activities, especially water sports. So, they requested for an illustration with that theme which will be printed in their wedding invitation.

The concept story was originally my cousin's while I suggested some rough sketches to her:

The initial sketch. Lol.

Here's the final look:

The experience of working for someone to generate their ideas into illustration was priceless. I feel really blessed to have them as 'clients' (and the fact that I could be with them on the D-day, on their special moment, it's all His blessings).

P.s. : I still had another illustration made for her wedding, will post it anytime soon!

Farewell

Some of my high school friends are leaving for Germany tonight. In fact, one of them was my best friend in high school and our friendship continues until now. So, I decided to draw something for them this morning.

What I don't remember was speed-painting is totally not my forte and this results in a painting with messy lines everywhere that you're seeing at the moment (I should have begun doing it yesterday). Nevertheless, I did try to communicate how I'm happy for them (hope they could feel it too!)

Enjoy your time there, Ivany Vaputri! 

New header

I'm currently brewing up ideas for a nice blog header, so for now, let my celebrity crush greets you every time you're around! :)

Hello, world!

Hi, I'm Febe! Blogging has never been an easy thing to maintain for me ( I failed most of the time when it comes to being committed to blogging routine), but I'd like to give myself a last shot of being able to post things regularly, and since it's all about artworks that I did, I hope it'll be far from boring. Enjoy!