Ever since I started sharing my work online, I've always made sure to make a point of my versatility and multidisciplinarity when it came to discussing the type of work I did. Still very much stand by that sentiment in terms of the mediums I incorporate into my practice. However, when it comes to the actual "bodies" of work produced, I fear there are a few major holes that, as a self-proclaimed illustrator, I should really get around to filling. My biggest Achilles' heel as a creative has got to be publications.. I have got not a single finished book, magazine, zine, short story/comic column, illustrated article, or anything else of that sort; not one that I would be actually satisfied with anyway. It's a bit bizarre, especially when that's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of "illustration". I have definitely attempted and "finished" some pieces that could technically, in a way, be considered publications, but they're s...

I initially created this illustration in early 2025, when I was first heavily remodelling my portfolio website and wanted some whimsical assets. At first, I had imagined it to be the image that would pop up when one would get a 404 error page on my website, however, during its development, I figured it's a rather backwards-way-of-thinking. Therefore, I repurposed it to have a more meaningful role - as the header image of my work catalog page. That page sat dormant and untouched for well over a year - a bit ridiculous in hindsight, but that has actually been a recurring trend throughout every single itteration of my creative website in history.. ever.. For whatever reason, I have always gone around taking care of every other aspect like the layout, the template, the tabs, the pages, the hyperlinks, literally anything and everything else before I would even start to think of putting any substantial effort into showcasing my work. However, I am incredibly ecstatic to share that I have...

For whatever reason, I find it so difficult to wrap my head around the presentation of my work on a professional level. It's not really a case of me not understanding what it is that I'm capable of, or how to categorise the work I've made so far, it's more so the struggle of displaying it in a cohesive, comprehensible manner, but in a way where it would not kill the personality or integrity behind the work.  I've poured so much time and energy into figuring out what I want the base of my branding to look, and my art style has evolved quite a bit alongside this development. So, on paper, it shouldn't be that difficult to put the two together and have an effective portfolio website that I could share and represent myself with, however, for some strange reason, that's just not the case. Over the course of the past 3 years or so, I've been on a journey to get my website up and running, and, for the most part, I'm very satisfied with the stage of developm...

I've come to realise that I've been really terrible with upkeeping a consistent social media presence these past couple of years, almost to an extent where I believe that it might just not be for me. I adore the prospect of sharing anything and everything online, but the scene has evolved so much that it feels borderline impossible to find motivation to stick around on platforms that are mainstream nowadays. So much so that I've resorted to independent blogging again, something I haven't done properly since I started high school (emphasis on the word properly). I started this blog during my studies back in 2020; we were encouraged to do so ahead of starting the course, and I used it as a means to get back into blogging. However, the approach I took was so overly serious and sort of uncanny that I at one point had to scrap everything and start over.  These posts read very much like a poor attempt at a script for a short YouTube video; they all had an intro, an outro, dir...