Happy New Year!

Here's to another wonderful year :). Happy 2013 my friends!

xoxo
Jane

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The Elektrics

Let's admit that besides Pinterest, Tumblr is also an incredibly inspiring place. Some creative minds even choose Tumblr to release their work exclusively. It's such a nice feeling (also a bit jealous) to discover that there are so many amazing artists on this platform. The Elektrics is one of them, at least in my humble opinion. I can't tell you much about this one because he or she seems to be a person of few words. Maybe this artist wants these drawings talks for him or her. I DO love every single thing on this Tumblr. Really! Especially those black and white illustrations!

Wonder how I "stumbled upon" this artist? The reason is this song.

Lovely hand lettering too!

All images by The Elektrics

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Happy birthday to me!

So yesterday I turned 19.

When I entered middle school, I thought about accomplishing many big things. Now I'm in my last year as a teenager and there're still many things unfinished. That to-do-before-I-die list of mine is longer and longer every year. Guess I need to step out of my comfort zone more often.

Although I don't quite celebrate my birthdays, it's nice to receive birthday messages from friends and family :). Thank you so much everyone! That means a lot <3

And here's to a brand new week! Happy Monday everybody!

xoxo

Jane

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Day Will Come

Have you ever taken an "internet break"? Because this is what I do in my "break": keeping up with hand lettering practice ;). The more I think about it, the more I appreciate Amada's idea of this pin board (check it out! There're tons of wonderful works!). It basically gives me a healthy kick to draw and to be creative with other stuffs too. Brilliant!

I love the image these lyrics create in my mind. I've always wanted to do something about it ever since I heard the song for the first time (no I didn't attend the concert. I listened to the live recording on Youtube instead because it hadn't been released then). The full lyrics should be "We dream hard. We shoot high. Sometimes our fingers graze the sky but we can't hold on."

Also, I'm going back to university this Friday (by the way it means I'll be a sophomore yay!). It has been a long summer for me and I've truly enjoyed it though sometimes I wish I could just come back to school already. Hopefully there'll be more interesting things to talk about at university.

Have a nice day

xoxo

Jane

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A birthday note

I think I should share this birthday card with you guys :). As you can tell, I love Keane's music and the band members very much (I believe a lot of you guys are very familiar with their all-time favourite song Somewhere Only We Know, right?). They've worked hard and made amazing music which really touches my heart and soul. They're also four nice men with great personalities. I've learnt a lot from them.

Today is Jesse Quin's birthday and I made the above card to submit to a birthday video for him by fans all around the world. He's the bass player, but he also provides backing vocals and other stuffs. Jesse is Keane's newest member who's played bass for the band since 2007 and become an official member in early 2011. Though he's a bassist, he writes songs and sings too. If anyone would like to hear this man's voice, don't look for Keane catalogue. Instead, search for an alt-country band named Mt. Desolation which is Tim (the main Keane songwriter and pianist)'s side project with Jesse. I highly recommend songs such as "Platform 7", "State Of Our Affairs", or "Annie Ford". 

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Hand lettering love

So I doodled a little the day before yesterday. At about 1 a.m I think...

My first love was neat and clean typography with heavy fonts. Then I fell in love with handwriting style. And now I want to practice my hand lettering. I was inspired by this post by Amanda (she's really lovely!). She's also created a board for everyone to post their own hand lettering practice, which is a brilliant idea! I've just bought some fine liners for practice as well.

Do you love hand lettering? Which type of pens do you often use?

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Love/Hate

Hello everybody!

I've been back from final exams, which were frightening :O! So the first thing I made after the exam was this spontaneous photo though it was quite irrelevant :P. About the quote, it was from Design Milk's pin board (which is brilliant I tell you). I think the sentence has explained itself completely, so, people, let's be kind. There's no reason to hate something so much.

Hope that everyone's gonna have a nice day wherever you are :) (it's 3 am. here)
xoxo
Mita

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