Belated Sketchcrawl Post - Part 2

Ooh. Nothing like vaccuuming and cleaning the apartment after a hard day at work. It's so invigorating....not. I still fantasize of the day I am able to train my cat to do the housework in return for me making sure that she does not starve!

Ok,  onto the sketchcrawl. 
We were still in the ..uh...fish tunnel at this point, joined by the hilarious and talented duo of Aimee and Julius.


After infecting some school kids on a field trip, and a good amount of tourists and possible out of towners with flu in the enclosed fish tunnel, I let my good friends lead me back to the  entrance of Aquaria to make our way down the whole  place properly and do some kick-ass sketchin' (that is, my pals be doing kick-ass sketchin' whileI was trying not to drip all over my sketchbook)

Anyway, that snapping turtle up there. Gamera, anyone? It's so awesome.


The Mexican Smiling Walking Fish Which is Not Really a Fish was shy and wouldn't smile for us that day.The crabs are hilarious. They lounged around in this cool-whaddaya-looking-at manner, and there's this pattern on their body that made them look like they're grinning. Very insidious. 


Everyone loved this chameleon because it stayed so freaking still and thus, easy to sketch. Tart.


A fish and a terrapin were huddling together under some foliage, conspiring perhaps to elope and quit the show business forever.


I am positively enamoured by this iguana. What a regal creature he is.



This turtle is a freaking cute fella who wouldn't keep still! Always scampering up and down. What a brat. But a cute brat, nonetheless.


At this point I'm super tired and my drawings had gone to pots. Not that it wasn't kind of potsy to begin with. 



The Nautilus is a wondrous creature that had to be seen to believed. I kinda wished it was bigger though. Like whale-size, Captain Nemo holy jeebus kinda big. That was would be so awesome. Someone was wondering what it would taste like. Tsk tsk tsk.  Some people can be so barbaric ;)

Thus concludes Sketchcrawl 2009 from my end! There're some other sketches but they were too blobby or too drippy to be worth the space. More stuff from other sketchcrawlers can be seen here.

Woo! I'm finally done! Time to catch Henry Cavill's uncovered regal behind in The Tudors. I understand that it has much historical significance.

Belated Sketchcrawl Post - Part 1

Two weeks ago I went for a Sketchcrawl event with a bunch of my pals. Venue, Aquaria, KLCC. Stuff to draw? Fish, and.. more fish. One of my friends actually drew a babboon (he said it was from a poster or did he actually caught his reflection in the aquarium glass? One wonders).

Anyway, it was great fun despite the raging flu I had that day because I woke up too early (I am unfortunately not a morning person. The surest way for a person to die is to be extra cheerful and chirpy in close vicinity to me in the early morning). By the time Sketchcrawl ended, I'm pretty sure I've infected at least a few hundred people in the Aquaria with my drippy nose and mucus expulsion. It's quite an empowering thought.

Here is proof I severely need to brush up on life-drawing, or any kind of drawing in general. My first attempt of sketching that morning yielded these sad blobs

Ok, so I'm terribly rusty. It should get better after that right?


..right???

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I still fail at sharks, per se. But there will be other times!

No fishies in this page. If I remember right we ended up going straight for the tunnels which held sharks, turtles, rays, turtles and a bunch of small sea fishes.

I wished I had brought my portable watercolour to try out during this sketchcrawl. Some of the fish were really colourful and it would be nice to be able to render them out.

That odd pufferfish.. is really fascinatingly ugly and manic looking. Like a crazy clown. Or something.


My poor rendition of a gorgeous cylindrical tank with a whole tree trunk in it. It was surrounded by lots of fish swimming around it like the inside on a washing machine spin cycle. They were silver in colour with red tips at the tail and fins and watching them go round and round in flashes of silver and red were pretty amazing.

These are at the petting section. You can reach in and fondle them as you like. Poor bamboo shark and starfish must be cranky. I would to, if people keep reaching in and touching me without permission.


This (manta?) ray is a magnificent beast! It covered the whole top of the tunnel as it glided by gracefully.

Part 2 to come soon...