Illo: Yoga Girls for Yani

Sometime before Christmas last year, Yani asked me to draw her and yoga friends. I wanted to do a scene with the characters scattered around but interacting with each other, plus some props here and there. But this week she mentioned trying the Metro mag cover pose, and I thought that was hilarious and clever that I went with it.

Hola!

Drew this string of santan flowers using only my fingers on my laptop's trackpad heh.

These were the ultimate 80s/90s kid thing: getting the santan flowers one by one, sucking the nectar out of them, then stringing them together to form bracelets, anklets, necklaces.

I don't see them a lot anymore. Landscaping probably has trends, too, that I'm not aware of. Santan is probably the succulents of those decades.

Anyway, I've decided to revive this blog to share my journey pursuing illustration, graphic design, and art in general. It's not exactly jumping from a whole 'nother career path from fashion design/marketing/merchandising (which I took), but it's a scary leap nonetheless. If, before, Palette Pursuit was the brand under which I marketed my hand-made jewelry; now, Palette Pursuit feels more apt for the type of work I want to do onwards.

I've a sizeable body of design work I wish I could share but I wasn't meticulous in keeping record; I never did think I'd take graphic design seriously. Those bad Photoshops would have at least given me a good laugh (and motivation) when I needed them today.

I'm taking baby steps towards my new goals, and this blog I shall keep as a (mostly) visual diary. I'm excited.