My Own Wedding Invitation

So... yeah.. I'm married now, entitled to be Mrs. Greymendra. Wow.

Anyway, like any insane designer do, I designed my own wedding invitation, especially since I work in that field full-time now. Me and my man love all things simple, so it's natural we also want a simple invitation, unlike common wedding invitation here that speak glamour and glitz.

I chose white, pink, and gold as my theme color, and I tried to incorporate them in here. The set only has 1 main card, printed both sides in black ink and rose gold foil with emboss and a bit of rose gold ink as accent. A smaller card was map, printed in black ink, and the verses 21 of Ar Rum from Holy Quran on the other side. It had cute pink ribbon attach to it to make sure people notice it.

I draw the illustration my self, using his and my photo as references. I actually made 2 sketches, the casual one and the wedding-version one. My parents suggested that I use the casual one since it reflect me and him more. And they were right, like always :).

Anyway, here's the original casual sketches :

I edited it a bit for the invitation, although our friends and comrade still said I'm too thin in pic. Hahaha.. 

and here is us in our wedding outfit :

Yeah, I used Suntiang (a heavy skyrocketed, 9 tiered head pieces made from metals) from the reception, though a modern-modified now, since my husband come from Minang culture. And the wedding outfit sketches absolutely too fancy to be put in the invitation, and it also ruin the surprise element of the dress.

And btw, I wear PINK kebaya for the reception, and my poor husband had no choice but put gold-pink beskap (Indonesian traditional groom dress), to match my kebaya ^^.

Working my own wedding invitiation was a bless and curse at the same time It was fun.. but gave me headache with the printing techniques required. But after all, I truly enjoy it.

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All artworks and images above are (c) Mira Tazkia, 2012.

Please do not use or edit it in any form.

Thank you.

M + G

To you,
who bring me spring,
who color my days brighter,
And turn them amazing..

I love you.

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In case anyone wondering where on earth I've been gone all this time, blame real life. 

Workloads, family affairs, friends, and this one special guy, who make me busy preparing something big, a (hopefully) once-in-a-lifetime event. ^^

My life had been turned upside-down this year, but I never forget to thank God, for I'm engaged to a wonderful man.

The Emperor and His Empress

The Emperor was a product of my frustration while waiting the bus to go home one day. I just wanted to draw a fierce looking male, but it went on and on and on. And thus... somehow, The Emperor was born.

His Empress born when I was bored during work, and need some distraction. Both of them abusing my pen it almost dried out! :|



Anyway..
So, I've been practicing manual sketching, and experimenting with some style.. and somehow, I think I've finally found one that I could proudly call my own. Though it won't stop me to continue practicing and developing and taste another style.
^^

Edit and put them together in Photoshop CS3.
At first I wanted to color them or to put them in interesting layout. However, I think the simplest one is (if it's not always) the best.


But, really.. nothing beats manual drawing for me.
The emotion, man! The emotion! XDD



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(c) Mira Tazkia, 2009.
Do not use this picture without my written permission.
Thank you <3

Sorceress ID

HAPPY NEW YEAAAARRR!!! XDDD *Ohmy.. it's already 2011! Time sure fly very fast. GAH, I feel old! >.< Anyway, here's my ID for my office 'Create Your Own Avatar Profile' festival. Lame idea for an ID, I know. So 'alay'. But I don't care, I like it. :P


(c)Mira Tazkia, 2011
Do not use or edit this pic without my written premission.
Thank you ;)

Wedding Bliss

This non-commissioned pic is for one of my close friendwho is getting married.. She asks several of us to make an illustration of her and the groom-to-be in our own preferred style. I kinda enjoy doing this. I tried my best to draw them in my style, though, it's hard. Hahaha..

I think.. I want to illustrating my own wedding invitation someday. It think it'll look good (hope so ^^).

Anyway, congrats to Yuli and Irfan...
Selamat Menempuh Hidup Baru! :D
May you be a blessful family and live happily ever after! XDD
Amin!



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(c) Mira Tazkia, 2010.
Do not use this image without my written permission.
Thank you <3

Ash Like Snow

For the Merapi eruption's victims. Also Mentawai and Wasior tsunami survivals.
My God ease our pain. Amin.


Nov 2010,
Mira Tazkia.





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#prayforindonesia project.
Title borrowed from The Brilliant Green song.

Forget Me Not

Me + realism = sucks. Need MOAR practice, I know..
Rusty skill is rusty. Blah.
(-__-)a {...)



Finally I am able to finish a piece. It took more than a month between sketching, coloring, and finishing. I feel old already.. Done in SAI, finishing touch in Photoshop.


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Copyrights by Mira Tazkia
Do not use this image without my written permission.
Thank you

Veggie Illustrations Commission

These were commissions I did a couple months back for Healthy Choice, a restaurant located in Kelapa Gading specializing in organic food. They wanted some sketchy-styled illustrations of vegetables and their benefits to be hanged on the restaurant wall. It was my first ever time to make illustration for interior decor purpose, so I'm excited to do it.

It was simple illustrations. However, due the size dimension and my stupid-slower-than-snail macbook, it took lots of efforts to get it done. Just to open the each files took almost 1 hour, saving it cost even more times. My once-beloved-laptop finally stressed me out, really. But I enjoyed it. I think it was worth all the wasting sleep-time effort when I saw the three of them decorating the green-themed restaurant's wall.

:)



Many thanks for Tessa who was very patient working with me, and Andina who introducing this chance :D

Code : Black and White

Traces of Love

(c) Mira Tazkia, 2010.

Some doodle I did to boost my mood after work, and to practicing my rusted skill.

Cliche title I know.. but actually the inspiration was coming from my current condition. My eyes got infected by some virus, so it was red and bloating all over, especially my right eye. I must wear sunglasses to hide it and to prevent it spreading to my office mates (and they tease me a lot for it T^T). It's getting better, but it hurts and so ugly I wish I could live-photoshoped my eyes to make it go. T^T

Suit2903

(c) Mira Tazkia, 2010.

KPop is getting me! X3

It was the hot items in my office, and it spreading like virus! Though mostly just SNSD hahaha.. We are proud SoNE! :D :D :D

But this pic was inspired by Super Junior's image in Sorry Sorry MV they made in 2009. I was late, I know.. but really.. the song was catchy and brainwashing, awesome video concept, and 13 hot guys in SUIT. Oh God.. I am not irresistible to the temptation.

Well, the style was inspired by the awesome tknk@deviantart. Her gallery will tear your eyes away.. T^T (I'm soooooo jealouuuuss.....).

Spring Child

(c) Mira Tazkia, 2010.

I haven't updated this blog for sometime, pardon me.. I am getting a full-time job as 2D artist in an animation studio in Jakarta, so it was so rarely that I have a spare time. However, my work-schedule had been put on easy flow now, so I can make something again :)

Here's a piece I made to join Wacom contest, with theme anything anime/manga.

I was running of ideas or inspiration, so I began with something that I like.. hands. FYI, I have some fetish to hands (not that kind of fetish, mind you.. I just like to draw human hands. I think they are so beautiful), so I was thinking to make something that could be hold by hand. So there it is : the spring love-child that you can grab! :P

I'm not sure that I'll win the contest, since I think the color could have been better, but well.. que sera-sera, whatever will be, will be. Wish me luck! ^^





EDIT :

I GOT THE 2ND PLACE!!! XD
And now I have my own Wacom Intuos 4 Medium with me.. YAY! XD

Kotak Musik Gita

The flip-flop cover :)

Kotak Musik Gita (English translated : Gita's Musical Box) is a mini biography and career achievement of teen singer Gita Gutawa, done in pop style. This is my big project I've done with Gagasmedia team, with author Andanari Yogaswari (who I use to call Mbak Riri).

Side A

This book has a flip-flop concept, to represent the two side of Gita Gutawa. Side A deal with Gita as a regular girl and Side B tell about Gita as a profesional singer. Side A adopting the style used most in popular teenage magz, with journal-look and collage for layout theme. I use more vibrant and cheerful color, and more messy arrangement for photo's and picture's placement. I picked casual typeface, the main text use san-sherif one, and some handwriting scripted-typeface. The illustration done in more sloppy, teenage fashion style.

Side B

Side B has more elegant theme for layout. I got big help from Mbak Nisa, Gagasmedia's creative director for the whole finishing look. It is inspired by the vintage classic fairy tale book, but has modern touch. I picked pastel colors and subtle tones for more girly look, and more tidy arrangement for pics and photos. For typo, I used more classic, everlasting sherif typeface, and picked the ornamental one for accent and decoration. I made a classic fairytale-like illustration for more vintage effect ^^.

This book was launched the day before Ramadhan start, at September 20th at Depok Town Square Mall. I was there also, but only to watch the whole event, and get a photograph with Gita :D (for show off, of course.. khehehe...).

GIta and me at the after-launching event ^^.

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If any of you want to have a copy of this book, you can buy it in many bookstore in big city in Indonesia :)

Sasa and Triple Billies

(c) Mira Tazkia, 2009

This is my (not so) old lineart, which was about to be forgotten.. But I think this piece is a nice exercise to bring back my mood to create some artwork ^^

I got the inspiration from my (once) a pet, a gold fish I named Billie. He was a very very cute fish, and he loved to play dead in his mini aquarium. But my cutie little Billie was dead now T^T..

.. I miss him.

Sasa is my beloved little cousin, 11 years younger than me, who has a thick, long black very curly hair. She loves anything princess, and recently she got addicted to anime and manga (ok, I was the one to blame) ^__^;. I still love to cuddling and kissing her even now when she is bigger than me now. She's just too cute! X3

I want this pic to give a happy feeling to people who see it..

Because, Sasa and Billie give happiness to me :D

It's Ramadhan!

I forgot to say a Mubarak Ramadhan to all of my muslim bros and sis.

Happy fasting, and may you have a blessed Ramadhan :D