Showing posts with label Inspiring People. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inspiring People. Show all posts

Friday, December 6, 2013

Artist Review: Hikari Shimoda

one of my favorite artist from Japan named Hikari Shimoda, i knew her from a friend of mine. she shows me her works over deviant art, and at that moment. im in love with her. not so long afterwards i found her instagram and surprisingly she post her daily updates there, which made me love her even more.

her pastel color on a little child in a pink hair really got me. i dont know why but the softness of the artworks harmonize all in together into a perfect piece of work.

a little child with round eyes with stars in their eyes is her thing. although her artworks mostly looked the same cause the kid poses the same thing on her most works but they amazed me, every one of them.

the thing that i found unique is her paintings with a look a like stickers all over it. i dont know if it's a sticker or not but somehow they fit into the painting! most of people they "tried" to combine something yet they dont really look good but amazingly she does!!










cheers,
Dosky

Artist Review: Diela Maharanie

Diela Maharanie, one of my favorite artist of all time. Her combination of colors and patterns caught my heart.

her paintings contain bright colors that somehow they were harmonize to each one and other.

tribal culture is her thing. Deer horns, Feathers, and women is her thing.

but surprisingly she never really attends a formal art school, but attending accounting major in college.



she never really do formal studies of art
she just regularly producing drawings everyday to increases her skill. it was a good idea to do and a good exercise  too.
 you have to get used to it to increase more than what you are now. that's what i got from her interview in one of a local tv show.

she may not travel the world that much but her artworks are well known in world-wide, this encourage me to do more in art. i mean if we really want to achieve it, we must committed to our decision.


   so be yourself and do something that you love and be passionate about it! and dont forget to always be committed to your choice of life then when you do you could rule the world!














have an owlsome day everyone! GBU always 0:3

cheers,
Dosky

Monday, May 20, 2013

Bapak S.Sujojono

Hey there, I'm going to use bahasa for this post.
there are some personal reasons why, but please do enjoy this post.



Bapak S.Sjojono, siapa kah beliau ini?

saya yakin hanya segelintir orang yang mengenal beliau, atau anda sedang membuka google sekarang bertanya-tanya siapakah sosok beliau ini. Saya tidak heran dengan itu, jangankan anda. Saya saja awalnya tidak tahu siapa beliau ini. Sudah tidak lazim lagi untuk bangsa ini melupakan sosok penting dalam sejarah Indonesia. Apalagi dengan remaja muda sekarang lebih fanatik akan negara besar dibanding mengagungkan negaranya sendiri. Iya bukan?

Sebelum kita bahas tentang personal beliau, saya ingin bertanya kepada kalian. Saya yakin ada beberapa dari kalian yang cinta akan seni, namun apakah cinta kalian itu hanya sekedar mencintai alat-alat yang digunakan untuk berkarya? Apakah anda peka akan hilangnya sosok-sosok yang menghidupkan kesenian Indonesia? Siapa peseni yang anda tahu? tahu Erica? Affendi? Jangan google dulu, tapi jawab pertanyaan tersebut tanpa si mbah google itu.

Bapak S.Sujojono

Kembali ke Bapak S.Sudjojono, apa maksud dari post saya ini? Ya, saya hanya ingin memperkenalkan beliau dengan kalian semua. Beliau ini penting dalam sejarah seni Indonesia. Seni Indonesia pernah mengalami yang namanya Mooi Indie, atau lukisan-lukisan yang mengambarkan suatu keindahan pemandangan. Seperti; pantai, sawah, dll. Namun pastinya pada masa itu pada realitanya kita sedang mengalami hal tidak seindah lukisan tersebut. Namun bapak S.Sudjojono ini tidak ingin mengikuti trend tersebut, beliau lebih memilih melukis realita. Kehidupan sehari-hari ataupun issue yang sedang dialami Indonesia.

Namun, sekarang ini karya-karya beliau sudah tidak begitu lagi dikenang oleh masyarakat Indonesia, bahkan lukisan agung beliau saja sudah tidak terawat dengan baik. Tau kan lukisan besar yang berada dekat pintu masuk Museum Fatalilah itu? iya itu karya beliau.

Pertempuran Sultan Agung
pada hari Selasa tanggal 6 April kemarin, sekolah saya mengundang kami pergi ke diskusi seni yang sedang berlangsung di Museum Fatahilah. Yang kebetulan sekali teman saya adalah cucu dari beliau, jadi kami diundang langsung dari S.Sudjojono Center. Acara tersebut dihadiri orang-orang penting, seperti media parner dari Jakarta Post, mahasiswa dari IKJ, bahkan ada yang dari Nanyang University Singapore. Saya pun sempat takut. Jelas takut, saya sendiri tidak tahu siapa beliau ini. Apakah akan ada pesan yang nyangkut, apakah saya akan membawa pulang sebuah informasi, apakah saya pantas disini, apakah saya akan mengikuti baik acara ini.

Begitu banyak pertanyaan di otak saya ini, namun saya mengikuti acara itu dengan baik. Sayapun sempat melontarkan pertanyaan yang sempat membawa feedback balik dari beberapa pihak.

Kami dijelaskan bagaimana karya agung beliau itu yang sudah sangat menyedihkan, dengan menunjukan beberapa sudut yang sudah keropos dimakan rayap. warna yang sudah pudar. Padahal benda tersebut sudah menjadi saksi sebuah sejarah. Namun di pajang seakan-akan setara dengan sebuah tembok. Yang tidak terurus, sehingga harus memanggil orang dari Singapore untuk membetulkannya kembali. Ya sangat memakan dana tidak sedikit untuk itu. Dan lagi, lukisan itu sudah dicemarin hasil tangan orang lagi, tidak seutuhnya hasil beliau.

Sangat disayangkan hal ini tidak hanya terjadi pada karya beliau namun benda-benda museum lainnya. Apakah kita akan terus-terusan seperti ini? Apakah kita akan terus membiarkan sebuah benda hancur lebur untuk menyadari bertapa pentingnya sebuah sejarah tersebut?

Disini saya sebagai Duta dari acara tersebut, ingin mengajak kalian dan menyadarkan akan pentingnya hal-hal kecil yang terkadang di sepelekan atau dilewatkan oleh segenap masyarakat karna menurut mereka hal ini membosankan atau hanya untuk materi pembelajaran saja. Sangat disayangkan remaja Indonesia yang begitu gencar akan hal-hal berbau Korea, Western atau gosip yang kadang tidak beredukasi namun tidak peduli akan negaranya sendiri :)

Sekarang tinggal anda ambil sikap, apakah anda akan lebih sayang dengan negara sendiri atau negara tetangga lain? Saya tahu, beberapa dari kalian sehabis membaca ini, hanya berkaya "oooh" lalu membuangnya saja dari otak kalian. Atau baru baca saja sudah bosan. Tak apa memang begitulah bangsa ini, membuang hal yang penting untuk bangsanya namun menyimpan yang membodohkan diri.

sekian dari saya, saya tutup post ini dengan beberapa karya beliau yang lainnya. kalau ingin bertanya silahkan :D




cheers,
Dosky

Sunday, March 3, 2013

The Trees And The Wild

first of all, i wanna thank Sky Battle 2013 (@SkyBattle2013) for their hard work and yes for bringing Soulvibe and The Trees And The Wild to their school event. Oh for your information, Sky Battle is a school event held by Labschool Kebayoran or people called it Labsky. And last night me my beloved boyfriend and also my amazing friends Maisha and Nia (thank you for inviting me) we all went and watched the show.



LUCKLY my friend Nia won a meet and greet and we got the chance to meet TTATW (The Trees And The Wild) IN PERSON! yesh IN PERSON. Actually the one who've won the quiz thingy was Nia. But their event crew were nice enough to let all of us joined her ;)

oh if you dont know them, please do check their music on youtube or google. their are an indie band so maybe most of you dont really like their music, but their lyrics were amazing. Yes some of it is in Indonesian some in English. And filled with meanings not only about love and some mainstream shit that some Indonesians now days songs. And my favorite songs are Berlin, Irish Girl, Our Roots and Fight The Future. Check their live performance videos by their amazing videographer Dimas Wisnu

Last night was like another life goal unlocked. Watched their live performance and YESH had a conversation with them. I was super excited cause first of all they know my name, i got their autographs and we talked a lot and they were being super nice, like we're just their friends. Can you imagine talking to someone you want to meet for so long? and they stood next to you and smiled at you the best part was talking to them! (ha ha omg i mentioned that a lot didnt i)



We did asked a lot about their new album and their new concept. And yes they still waited for the right time to finally publish their new album, which maybe around September. But they dont know yet so for some fans out there, please do show some patience haha :P

and here their live performance photos, taken by my dear friend Nia. And yes everything was taken by my iPhone camera so the result wasnt that good. And i edited with vsco cam application.





And everything went just what i wanted to be :)
Thank you so much @TTATW for their time, @rmaisha @nsrt_ for inviting me and my beloved boyfriend for driving us home @_KuroKai :D
that's all i wanna share to you guys ;) hope you liked it! have a nice day all, GBU :D

cheers, dosky.

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Evita Nuh

another drawing that i've made to someone who's inspire many people in their life.
in this post, you'll see a young fashion blogger, Evita Nuh. despite of her young age, her blog has inspire many people not only in Indonesia, but world wide.


Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Diela Maharani

morning called my name. The sounds of rain drops rings through my ears. Comfy bed pulled me back to sleep, yet the yelling of my mom awakes me. I thought I wont be able to handle the warm blanket embraced me, but I did. I woke up and realised it's 5.25 and I might be late for today.

it wasnt a good start in the morning, I accidentally broke a woman's rearview mirror. and yes it was both side's fault. I thought "it was a bad start of the day." then due to the heavy rain in the morning, many students were late that morning. and I was alone for sastra class "another bad start for the day." I thought.