SEVEN Day 4: The Dentist

We have appointment with the dentist today, kids. Brace yourself!
Let's make our teeth healthy & strong!

SEVEN Day 3: The Tapdance

One two three.
One two three.
Today is the day for tapdance lesson!

SEVEN Day 2: The Drawing

Kids are busy with their comic project. Done with their breakfast, they are opening their pencil case & start drawing & making story.

SEVEN Day 1: The Wait

Joining 2013 SEVEN event: Draw Your Days in seven days.

For a start: The Wait.
Someone is waiting for hours in a clinic. Patiently.



Hardware: Samsung Galaxy Note 3.

Our Children with Their Polaroid Barbie

We're continuing our experiment with analog photography. This time we gave our children a Polaroid Barbie.








Kids were amazed. They were watching the film developed within 30 minutes. "Is it done yet?"
When it's done they yelled "It's magical! It looks like we're capturing our life in papers!"





Seems the kids enjoying the experiment & 8 exposures per pack is not enough for them. Though the result is good, they want to explore more with another activities, light and colors.
"Can we have another pack for our Polaroid?"

One pack at a time, kids :D

Food Photography With Polaroid: The Analog Experience

We're doing it not for good result. But merely for an experience.
The experience when we're unplugged from digital mega pixels, digital filters - that mimics vintage look - and digital instant result.

 
Left: analog. Right: digital.

The experience of capturing the other reality, not 'real' reality or what-you-see-is-what-you-get reality.
The experience of process.
The experience of failure.

 
Left: analog. Right: digital.

The experience when we watch the light & chemical developed before our eyes.
And the experience of the little celebration when we see the unique interesting result.

Photo by: Dita Wistarini.
Camera: Polaroid SX-70 (and iPhone 4).
Film: PX 680.

Arwen & Leia's Mural 2

Back in 2009, we allowed Arwen & Leia to draw on the wall, only in a specific space near their bed.



Years later, after we moved to another apartment, they seem want to do the same rebelious art activity. Though we never give permission for drawing on the wall, they keep doing it in a small space near their bed in bedroom wall. Then the space gets bigger & larger.



Though we never stop give them papers, it doesn't stop them to drag their markers to the wall. "Wall is bigger than paper," they say.

We amazed. We're no longer see toddler's doodles. We see the real art development of our children. Their skills are growing & more advanced.



Seems we have to make a new rule for them. They can keep drawing on their wall, as long as it's beautiful and well drawn :)

Vine Playground for Brands

People keep asking me, are you now a professional Viner? To be honest, I don't know how to answer that. Somehow, I want to stay 'amateur', with freedom doing experiments & error, adding another level of experiences.



Vine is always be my endless creative process, nurture my passion stamina. When brands contact me, fortunately they understand this. They even come, join & having fun together in the playground. Suddenly, we're all becoming children, doing something awesomely fun.






All I know is, being professional requires the joyful of childhood. And passion.

More:
- Virgin Mobile
- Morris the Cat
- BBC Children in Need

Our Children Create Their First Animation Project On Vine

They have been watching their dad doing some animation & stop-motion on Vine & examining on how doing a frame-by-frame animation. Suddenly they realized that they can create their own cartoon movie. So my older daughter drew 6 frames of animation & recorded it on Vine.



We created a private Vine account for her & get some selected/filtered followers to avoid online trolls or rude negative comments. Her Vine account is 'Arwen Shaula'. Let me know if you want to follow her Vine :)

Vine: Capturing Moments of London with Sketches

If you have days for London trip, what will you do?
Taking picture with your digital camera? Snap shot & go?

Try sketching the city with paper & pencil (or digital tablet). Take a sit, relax & enjoy the view for a moment. That's what I did for capturing the moment of London.

Here are some of the Vine videos.


Regent's canal


Great Portland Street


Regent's Park Cafe


Regent's Park Orchestra


London Tower Bridge


Windsor Castle


This day I forgot to bring my sketchbook. So a digital tablet would do :)