I literally had to stop. My body was sending me plenty of hints. Yet I ignored all the signs. I have too much to do, I’d tell myself every morning. From the minute I open my eyes to, to the second I close them, it’s all systems go. Darting through daily tasks, juggling between work [...]
I attended a lecture on the signs of selflessness. It was a women's only event, so naturally, some brought their children with them. I sat next to a mother and daughter duo. To keep her daughter busy for the next hour or so, the mother took an A4 children’s colouring book out of her bag, [...]
On a warm Saturday morning, with no plans for the day, I picked up my camera and caught a direct bus to London Bridge. Getting off at the final stop of route 48. I turned left, leaving the station behind me and crossed the street opposite The Grind; my favourite place for creamy hot chocolate. [...]
Day 12, I really am counting the days. It’s been 12 days since I quit eating refined sugar. For a chocoholic, you can understand how hard this may be. This isn't the first time I’ve gone cold-turkey on sugar, and it certainly won't be the last. I’m celebrating each day as it comes. In fact, [...]
Like every other designer, I have a favourite tool that I always turn to when I’m drawing. It's like owning a dozen pencils, while most have hardly been touched, one presents itself as being over-sharpened and overused. My overworked digital medium is Photoshop's pen tool. I've mentioned this tool numerous times in previous posts. Today, [...]
Missing the intricacy of finely detailed mandalas, I sat down with my trusted tool "the mouse" and got Photoshop up and running. Ready to begin hours of working, drinking hot chocolate and web browsing. Adding my template and guidelines to a blank page, I set the path layer and highlighted the pen tool. Zooming in [...]
