Live in the sunshine.

First of the 'Live In The Sunshine' series. More to come! :)

Real Deal 2014

New illustrations for Real Deal 2014, January and February issue.

Real Deal.

The sketch of my Assemblage art for Real Deal January, The Case of the Unavailable Asset.

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Lately my body is not reliable. It has been too busy staring at pages and pages of books and computer screens. I haven't finished a single artwork as well and I don't really know where I'm going with this painting. My mood is not just there, It keeps on shifting. For a moment, I'm tired of not being able to talk to the one who used to know a way through the maze of my insides. 

It's probably just my sprained foot. I guess I'm not Frida Kahlo after all :p

Anyway, I have a secret Pinterest. It's funny how I get so inspired by putting pictures altogether.

Here and there

1. Enjoying the weather
2. Kitchen
3.Cacti.
4. Yoga session
5. Paul Theroux. A travel novel about the islands of Oceania.
6. The new boss in my apartment. Her name's Aloha.
7. Unfinished sketches.
8. Fun waves in Rayong
9. My new favorite, Alan Watts- Am I free of just a puppet?

Blue Moon in Aquarius

 

Tonight's a Full moon and It says that your enthusiasm and creativity could be at an all-time high. You could be bursting with new ideas. You could have sudden insights. You can move from breakdown to breakthrough. You are experiencing a transformation in consciousness.

& here's my full moon playlist.

 Enjoy the Full Moon Blue Moon tonight!

The Little Secrets: Venus

Finishing things before I head off to Vientiane tonight. I'm gonna have to deal with this long day, and my pre-coffee face. Tomorrow's going to be the show! Catch an all girl art exhibit tomorrow, 6pm at this very cute travel cafe called, A Little Piece of Sky Cafe.

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Ready for the show?

The first few days in the past two weeks I've been eating granola with milk and salad (the best one I've discovered at an organic store down my apartment), drank tea (a substitute for my coffee addiction), read Haruki Murakami and watched The Endless Summer over and over to put me to sleep. The city is raging around me but I found a cave where I cultivate my silence.

Graphite.

Oh the things you do all by yourself.

Untitled.

Adrienne Lane

Welcome to Bangkok!

Jewelers Do It With Couples.

©Karla Durangparang

We are a family of Spirit, a planetary family.

Like Krishnamurti said : 

“What you are the world is. 

 And without your transformation there can be no transformation of the world.”

 © Karla Durangparang

In between days.

Done within the day. I feel so productive today, though I haven't finished a lot of covers and picture book initials. Sometimes I want to draw all day (well, just today). Just a trip.

...and this is Kateri.

Then again, it's the template:)

 

In the Footseps of Ancestors.  

2012

Now it’s 2012 but please, before you end the world, let me post an entry first.

The challenge with minimalist layouts lies in the mystery of making something beautiful with basic design elements —and with as few of them as possible.

//k

Catastrophic!

Cover instruction was like a manuscript of a novel! Too detailed photo manipulation.

Book cover: Backpacking beyond boundaries

 

© Karla Durangparang 

This is a story about the travels of a young man who puts his career on hold in search of adventure and the discovery of his inner being. 

 

New Cover: Journey of Faith

 

© Karla Durangparang

One of my books I stole from Trafford. I kinda have my own imaginary template, same style, same border but different background and typography. Easy to work on when you're chasing quotas! Darn.