01/02/2010 • 2:03 PM 2
The much needed break, finally!!
For those of you who have been asking where I will be missing to for the next two weeks, please make no more wild guesses 
Will be traveling alone, as usual.
Hope to make some good friends along the way, though. Wish me all the best, folks!
26/01/2010 • 11:29 PM 1
Finally I got the first test roll of film loaded into this Pentax since last November. I realised that I have not been shooting much for the past few months. Here you go, one of my favourite shots from this roll – my self portrait with the camera itself.
Pentax SV, Super Takumar 55mm f/1.8, Agfa Vista 400 (Expired)
Filed under: Photography , Classic Camera, Film Photography, Myself, Pentax SV, Self-Portrait
11/01/2010 • 2:21 AM 0
Another birthday girl’s caricature! I am posting this a bit earlier than her actual birthday date which falls on the 13th January. Better be early than late.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAUN !!!
Forever you will be 25 !
Filed under: Cartoon Illustration, Illustration, Sketch , Birthday Girl, Caricature, Illustration, Market Pen
07/01/2010 • 12:51 AM 0
Last minute idea I got of what to give to the Boss on her birthday. Took at least 4 hours to complete this piece of 200mm x 400mm 300g/m2 caricature on Daler Rowney Aquafine Watercolour Aquarelle paper (what a mouthful!) in colour. Biggest caricature drawing I have ever done!! Woohooo! Medium I used were Derwent Inktense watersoluble pencils and Staedtler Karat Aquarell watercolour pencils.
Here’s the work in progress of the caricature drawing.
How happy is the birthday girl!
Happy (Belated) Birthday Boss !!
Filed under: Cartoon Illustration, Illustration , Birthday Girl, Boss, Caricature, Illustration, January 2010, Mandy Chen
03/01/2010 • 10:32 PM 6
The first sketch of the new year.
Totally unplanned for it until I browsed around an art stationery store with a friend who was inspired to start on an illustrative journal after seeing my 2009 Moleskine Planner, and so I decded on the spot to get myself an A4-size Daler Rowley Sketchbook.
Live sketch I did at Coffee Bean in The Gardens, Kuala Lumpur. The process was done straight with fountain pen and colour rendering with watercolour pencils. It took about one and a half hours to complete this piece.
Ink : Noodler’s American Eel
Colour : Staedtler Luna Watercolour Pencils
Filed under: Illustration, Sketch, Urban Sketches , 2010, Coffee Bean, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mid Valley City, Sketches, The Gardens, Urban Sketcher, Urban Sketches
01/01/2010 • 2:54 AM 0
Download PDF here.
Filed under: Art + Design, Cartoon Illustration, Illustration, Message , 2010. Calendar, A4 / A3 Size
31/12/2009 • 7:11 PM 0
Filed under: Art + Design, Cartoon Illustration, Illustration, Message , 2010, Design, Greetings, Illustration, New Year
22/12/2009 • 11:30 PM 0
Find me on Facebook. Click this link to my Fan Page. See you there! 
Filed under: Art + Design, Cartoon Illustration, News, Personal , Facebook, Fan Page, Liyin the Designer-in-Pajamas
10/12/2009 • 11:50 PM 3
Retracting the Missing Cat poster…
The hospital vet called me up this evening and told me they found my cat, ALIVE!!! Not too sure how they found her and where until I go visit her tomorrow morning. I am so excited!!!
Thanks to all your supports and prayers for the past few days. I am truly grateful to all of you who has helped me through this whole thing because of my cat, in every way great or small, your word of encouragement via SMS, calls, FB, emotional supports, publicising the missing cat poster on blogs, Twitter and whatever, and the two friends who went out with me today to put up posters and hand out flyers to strangers under the hot sun, those who responded and made themselves available to do the same thing for the next few days (glad you guys don’t have to now!)… it means a lot to me and I THANK YOU ALL!!!!
Filed under: Message, News, Personal , Bebe, Cat, Lost & Found, Tuxedo Cat
08/12/2009 • 11:24 PM 4
Today I went back to the vet hospital again to try looking for her but with no success. The hospital could not do much as they had also tried looking for her after I left yesterday. It was suspected that she might be still in the hospital building but there might also a chance that she could have sneaked out of the building. I am totally depressed right now for what had happened.
HELP!!!
I need YOUR help friends. If you happen to be around Gasing Indah in Petaling Jaya area where the Gasing Veterinary Hospital in located please be on the look out for this cat.
If you’re a blogger…
please, please help me spread the word – copy this poster (download from this link : farm3.static.flickr.com/2600/4169371248_85b259d1e5_b.jpg ) and copy-and-paste the text below onto your blog :
MISSING CAT
CAT’S NAME IS BEBE, A TUXEDO CAT WITH A DISTINCTIVE BLACK MARKING ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF HER MOUTH, WEARING A PINK COLLAR WITH BELL. LAST SEEN ON 7 DEC 2009 @ GASING VETERINARY HOSPITAL, GASING INDAH, PJ, WITH A WOUND ON HER FACE BETWEEN THE NOSE & RIGHT EYE.
IF YOU SEE THIS CAT PLEASE CALL
012-911-5420
IMMEDIATELY!!
I can also be reached via email at liyin_yeo [at] yahoo [dot] com
Your little act of kindness will be greatly appreciated.
Filed under: Art + Design, Message, Personal , Bebe, Gasing Veterinary Hospital, Malaysia, Missing Cat, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Tuxedo Cat, Wounded Cat
04/12/2009 • 11:50 AM 5
A series of web link share banners for KL Photo Awards 2010 I did with the logo incorporated into the camera image which was firstly hand drawn on paper with pencil to black ink and lastly converted into digital image for editing in Photoshop. Each one has a slogan or tagline that is subtly embedded on the camera image. How long did it take for me to complete this series of banners you may ask? One night. I am quite impressed with myself for being able to finish the task in just one night! FUN!
These are the five camera images in the banner series, only four of them were selected to be used on the KL Photo Awards 2010 website as link share banners. Which one would be your favourite? Or rather which kind of shooter are you
FILM RULES : OLD SCHOOL SHOOTER
I HEART PIXELS
I PREFER DIGITAL
I SHOOT PEOPLE
PIXEL PEEPER
Special thanks to Steven Lee for his initial ideas.
Filed under: Contest, Illustration, Photography , Camera, Digital Camera, Film Camera, Hand Drawn Illustration, Illustration, KL Photo Awards 2010
22/11/2009 • 3:31 PM 3
Thanks to my two good gearhead friends for loaning their precious gears to me! I feel like I am an alien touching and playing those with digital toys since I shoot with film cameras most of the time.
Yea, I know I am vain… which photographer isn’t anyway?
But I would be much prouder to see myself holding a classic film camera. 
Filed under: Personal, Photography , Digital Photography, Me, Mirror Reflection, Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 AF, Nikon D300, SB-900
11/11/2009 • 7:23 PM 19
Some sleep on cold concrete bed.
Some on slightly higher ground. It keeps them away from curious stray dogs and cats.
Some on a bedsheet in front of the shops.
Some have their heads rest on bag pillow and a bike to keep them company.
Others on three-wheel mobile cushioned bed the al fresco style.
And some fortunate ones have the luxury of sleeping in their shop while their workers toil away.
Sleep well.
Cameras used for the shots are Olympus XA and Olympus 35DC on various types of film. If you are interested to find out the film type for each photo just click on them and they will link you to the details on my flickr.
For more of Penang photos from this trip check out the photo set here.
Filed under: Photography, Travel , Film Photography, Penang, People, Sleeping, Street
• 5:41 PM 2
I wish I had a flatbed scanner of an A1 size to scan all the beautifully patterned tiles on walls and floors!
Cameras used for the shots are Olympus XA and Olympus 35DC on various types of film. If you are interested to find out the film type for each photo just click on them and they will link you to the details on my flickr.
For more of Penang photos from this trip check out the photo set here.
Filed under: Photography, Travel , Film Photography, Penang, Tile, Travel
• 4:25 PM 8
Scenes of everyday life people, with different poses, at different places and at different time doing different things.
A man having his breakfast at a local coffeeshop. He saw me taking his picture.
Folks playing chess by the sidewalk. How comfortable it is to sit both legs opened wide apart like a peace sign.
A beca man pinching his pimple? I am not too sure.
An old lady and grandson at their home at Chiew Jetty. Notice her fair face? She had powder all over her face.
Some half naked man sitting on a bike talking on the phone. He was wearing shorts, by the way.
A lady at work in a mechanic store.
Men doing welding works.
A man at his rattan shop.
A petite Indian man in sarong. Looking kind of sexy.
Butcher resting his arms on the chopping board. Are you not ready to chop some meat?
Cameras used for the shots are Olympus XA and Olympus 35DC on various types of film. If you are interested to find out the film type for each photo just click on them and they will link you to the details on my flickr.
For more of Penang photos from this trip check out the photo set here.
Filed under: Photography, Travel , Film Photography, Penang, People, Travel
• 3:21 PM 2
Any better reason why should you not visit Penang if it is not for this one? Penang is placed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage list.
The architecture, the colours, the patterns, the oldness, the rusticity of olden day buildings that still stand pridefully are the subjects of admiration to most photo enthusiasts of today.
Filed under: Photography, Travel , Film Photography, Heritage Buildings, Penang, Travel, UNESCO’s World Heritage
• 4:12 AM 0
Can you spot the man?
The morning thing to do – cup of coffee and daily news – to start off the day.
Chowrasta morning market.
The king of fruits – durian! Wherever the durians are there will you find the people crowd around.
Filed under: Photography, Travel , Film Photography, Market, Penang, Travel
• 12:23 AM 4
Penang is a place that spells F-O-O-D.
I won’t blog much in detail about the famous local food but I will just let some of the photos I took tell the story. Do google to find out more about Penang food if you want to know more.
Penang char kuey tiaw (sometimes spelled as char kway teow). Til today I still cannot really tell the distinctive difference between those in Penang and the ones in KL, but this one I had tasted really favourful.
Deep fried food – lobak, which are meat or seafood fritters.
This hawker stall uncle frying oyster omelette (or or chien in Hokkien dialect) with a style – look at his stylo googles! Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Food, Photography, Travel , Film Photography, Food, Food Heaven, Hawker Stall, Malaysian Food, Penang, Travel
10/11/2009 • 10:37 PM 2
BLUE.
It is not my favourite colour. It is not the colour I would wear. It is not the colour we would normally find in food. But it is the colour I love to see in the sky.
After coming back to KL yesterday the one thing I do miss the most is the clear blue skies in my hometown Miri. However, here are some of the blue photos from my Penang trip in June.
Are not the blue skies lovely?
The bridge you cannot miss when you are crossing from the mainland to the island – the Penang Bridge! Shot this photo with my eye off the viewfinder. The car was going too fast for me to even focus n my little Olympus XA anyway.
Some simplistic blue sky pictures of buildings.
Filed under: Photography, Travel , Blue Sky, Film Camera, Film Photography, Penang, Rangefinder, Travel
06/11/2009 • 11:00 PM 0
Some notes I made when I was reading the book by John C. Maxwell – Failing Forward while waiting for boarding at the KLIA.
Filed under: Cartoon Illustration, Journal, Message , Airport, Book, Cartoon Illustration, Failing Forward, John C Maxwell, Journal, Lamy Fountain Pen, Message, Moleskine, Noodler's Ink, Notes, Polar Black, Sketch
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