Kpop Demon Hunters Unique Costumes

  After I watched this movie back then, somehow I couldn't help but notice that the characters' outfits or costumes were pretty interesting. Especially for Huntrix. I like Rumi's leather-like yellow jacket which complimented by the short pants and white shirt. The embroidered and stitched color combination details in it was good. The other characters also wore a nice combination which would be a perfect match with harmonious color tones.  

 

Another costumes also looking luxurious with shiny gold details on black and white colors. As for daily wears, with just hoodie, loose t-shirt, floral jacket, hats and pants were also look casual on them.  

 

As for the Saja boys, somehow the costumes were softer and girlish with more pink tones and light and brighter colors for either daily costumes or while performing in front of the audiences.

 

The pictures are solely for references only and not mine but belong to the rightful owner of this movie. I only draw the fan art. 

 

 

From Sketch to Digital Drawing for a School Task

One day, a few years ago, I got a special request from a dad. He wanted me to make digital drawing versions of his daughter's 2 sketches. And so I did and these were the results.

He told me that these were for her school task which she would presented in front of her classmates. He was so happy after seeing the results and he said he can't wait to show it to her. 

These were actually truly fun and special for me, especially the part of helping a dad to make his daughter happy and helped her in anyway he can.   

Feel free to contact me for any special commission or project of any custom illustration you need through my e-mail: thedreamernoodlemie@gmail.com 

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS illustration concept

Mental health awareness themed illustration. 

This was an initial concept for an illustration related to mental health (depression, anxiety, heartbroken and imprisoned in our own mind). I was thinking what would it look like, and then, this idea showed up in my mind. They said it should have been much simpler but I thought it was all about taste and preference.

Feel free to contact me for any illustration project through my email: thedreamernoodlemie@gmail.com 

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SQUID GAME 3: CONCLUSION

I know this is far late for an opinion about this series, however, I think I still need to write it down anyway. What can I say? To be honest I just read the review and short explanation of each episodes without watching it. 

Since I also dropped it at season 2 after a few episodes. I knew it when I watched the beginning of season 2, it won't be as great as the original season 1. The new characters somehow were not memorable enough, the main character stayed stupid, the police guy stayed naive, all other things were pretty much similar to previous season but maybe only the games were different. With all that mentioned above, which meant, element of surprise was close to nothing. 

The villain stayed the smartest of them all. And I could predicted that season 2 and 3 were only continuation to each other and not a whole new season of their own. The mission to let the world know of traditional Korean games is succeeded but the whole point of story did not inspire people of goodness, but only showing the bad still win although there might be a little hope. 

I think in the end, my expectation is not to see the villain win, why? In real world there are already too much of it. At least in fiction we can count on the good guy but my wish was not come true in this one. Based on reality? Yes, almost all of it and too much. Therefore, if you look for a warmhearted entertainment? I don't think it is worth your time. 

The point which related to fashion is maybe about the uniform of the contestants in the drama and also the notable pink soldiers. Other than that, I don't see anything worth to notice. 

Book Cover design Concepts - Between illustration or Photo editing

These were a throwback of some of my book cover concepts throughout the years for different purposes and themes.

Most of them were illustrations and the rest were mixed of photo editing. However, no matter how good I did it or put the best effort on it, in the end, it was all based on the client's taste. 

Feel free to contact me for any illustration project because I prefer illustration for its originality and creativity over photo editing.

e-mail: thedreamernoodlemie@gmail.com 
 

When Your Idea was Stolen In front Of your Eyes But You Can't Do Anything

There was a contest with Xmas reindeer theme a couple of months ago and some people participated in it including myself. However, it felt like I gave away my idea for free without proper recognition when the contest holder told other contestants to copy it or rather, "steal" it by making it similar and they got away with the award. I can't do pretty much anything but just wish somehow people like them will not be living in peace as long as doing what they are doing towards other.

Hopefully, I get a good karma afterwards because of this. After AI has made a massive destructive impact in threatening our job, these so called copycats have been there like forever doing much worst. 

 

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Artist VS AI: A Rant of Trying to Survive

 

With emerging AI technology spreads faster than wildfire, the struggles become tougher and more challenging for artists to keep on their feet or simply stay afloat. 

All artworks are savagely and without mercy being copied, used, refurbished, manipulated, recreated and reformed as needed by some people with simply writing a mere prompt. 

There is less and less appreciation for real talents, creativity, originality, authenticity and real human-made creations. It has not been easy lately even for me to deal with it for these past few years. 

Nonetheless, I still believe there are some people who would still seek and appreciate the real art. No matter how advanced it is, AI will not defeat the human brain. 

*3.5 hours drawing

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One of those days in a Designer's life

 

With more than enough experiences working in graphic design, there are always some days during those times when I often dealt with some challenges and struggled in fulfilling the requests related to a custom design/illustration which in the end, no matter what, should be able to meet with customer's expectation and satisfaction for the final result. It was not always easy and sometimes it felt like forever but the efforts must be made all the time with positivity in mind. 

 

These cases were perhaps 20 to 30% out of total order I've received throughout the years. In some cases, I might as well gave up when the customer didn't exactly like the result after several attempts for options. After all, we, as designers are not super magician who could always guess correctly what they truly want. However, I have in mind that patience is a virtue to work things out as long as they would explained exactly what they're looking for.

     

 *Human's true handmade art will forever be the real from the heart genuine art compared to those copycat-generated AI images which the source came from millions of human handmade arts itself. 

PSYCHEDELIC MUSHROOM: The trouble with communication in design

I've been in this field for more than a decade and dealt with many different types of clients. Graphic design and illustration, especially in custom order is always a challenge when it comes to providing the best result and fulfilling the client's expectation. The good part would be when I can achieve the goal smoothly after providing and presenting my idea to them. However, that's not always the case with the happy ending. I sometimes bump into a tricky part in doing the work and the end would be less than expected.

This was one of the rare case. The psychedelic mushroom theme for a product. The communication played a crucial part in learning and moving in steps to finish the work but it was not as easy as it seemed. Whether it was out of hesitation to comment or rather gave a silent treatment or they just chose to do whatever they want without considering the time and the effort on the design itself. Sometimes I wonder what was so hard to just honestly tell what they had in mind and I will accept it fairly. In the end I preferred to stop rather than torturing myself with providing several options and overthinking everything about it after some times and considered it as a lesson that life is not always going my way. 

Who knows one day I would find a suitable person who can accept my idea the way it is, since it luckily happened a few times before. The AI also has become the bigger threat lately with how easy and accessible it is for anyone to 'make' something. 

APT and MAMUSHI songs in Fashion Sense & Fun Drawings

 

Last year, there were some popular songs which I've heard so often that I need to put it into drawings. These two drawings are the example of how much I like the songs that time. 

The first one is APT from Blackpink's Rose in her solo album. This song was such a banger as the first time I heard it, it was directly stuck in my head until I got the urge to draw something for it. I drew the singers as cartoon character-like but the colors referred to the original music video. I like the black rocker-like leather jackets they both wore in it with plain white shirt, short stylish skirts and short pants added with red black checkers, black hat, etc. All in the sense of black and white combination with pink background in a cartoony slight-retro vibe. I like how simple yet so interesting to watch til the song ended. 

As for the 2nd song, Mamushi by Megan Thee stallion and Yuki Chiba, I like the classic Yakuza vibe in the music video. The fashion itself more like a fusion of Japanese clothes and hairstyle in modern fashion twist for the girl although it was too 'open' for my taste. As for the guy with black hoodie and baggy pants like any regular rapper would wear. Somehow it was well-matched in the overall theme of the video itself. The CGI effect, the costumes, the dance and the color tones are somehow darker compared to the simple song but I still like it a lot.

I also realized one more thing that was interesting about some similarities shared in these two songs with the singers' skin color and heritage background. Rose and Yuki with their East Asian (Korean, Japan) typical appearance and Megan (African) and Bruno (Latin) descents. I love both of these songs and drew these fan art drawing as a fun tribute for it. 

   

 

 

Once a Fashion Designer turned into Graphic Designer (part4)

 To be honest, I had to struggle more for my fashion lesson and learning English was not an easy task either. I'm the type of person who would do things willingly if I could find joy in doing it. Although drawing is my hobby but fashion is another thing rather than just drawing. I had to also know why I drew it the way it did. The clothes needed to be rational and made-able and not just a mere design. I had my share of confusion and stressful moments because I knew nothing about pattern and sewing to understand this kind of thing, especially when I didn't have any interest in the subject.   

Early months of learning these 2 subjects at the same time really dried my energy and I had a lot of things going on in my mind of why should I get through this for my life. On the other hand, I had to admit that my drawing skill and English were getting better in time. My introvert character also had influence a lot in getting in the way to achieve everything better since sometimes it was a torture to communicate better with people. The lessons were not getting any easier at that moment and I had to race with time to finish each target on schedule within a few months. I will continue more when I am in mood for it.

TIKTOK logo in SURREALISM art

Social media + art. This was a concept of social media logo in surrealism themed illustration which heavily inspired by Joan Miro style. No AI used in it. I drew it for a surrealism art appreciation event last year.

As any other social medias I've been into, the use of it (Tiktok) is merely as a hobby or showcasing some portfolios without delving too deep by scrolling the mixed contents in it and spending too much time without any beneficial gain. This illustration was for portfolio purpose only. Any use/copy/share/re-post of this illustration is not allowed.

SQUID GAME 2 (2024): Short Review, Actors' Controversy & Was it Inspired by True Story?

 

SQUID GAME 2 is South Korean dystopian survival thriller television series Squid Game season2, created by Korean television producer and writer Hwang Dong-hyuk. It was released on Netflix on December 26, 2024 with a total 7 episodes. It is a sequel from its original series in 2021.

It is set three years after Seong Gi-hun won the Squid Game in season 1. A little flashback to season 1, squid game or ojingeo game which was released on September 2021 with total 9 episodes, tells a story about Seong Gi-Hun (Lee Jung-Jae) gets fired from his job. His life is miserable. Seong Gi-Hun was offered by a stranger in a train station about a secret survival game, with a 45.6 billion won prize for the winner. He decides to take part in the game. Meanwhile, Cho Sang-Woo (Park Hae-Soo) is Gi hun's best friend which is like a brother to Seong Gi-Hun and vice versa. They grew up in the same neighborhood. Despite his poor family background, Cho Sang-Woo graduated from a prestigious university and found a good job. He now faces a crisis, due to embezzlement of company funds that he did. He decides to join the secret survival game with Seong Gi-Hun. The ending is tragic when you have to sacrifice everything just for money. 

Back to the 2nd season, Seong Gi Hun is finally canceled his plan on going to the United States  to see his daughter and instead returning to the games with the intention of stopping them once and for all. He once again dives into the mysterious survival game, starting another life-or-death game with new participants gathered to win the prize of ₩45.6 billion. Unknown to him, his plan won't be easy to be done no matter how meticulous his plan was. The third and final season, which was filmed back-to-back with the second season, will be released this year in 2025.

As successful as it is, squid game also has its own Controversies surrounding the actors and story. Some actors are allegedly related to criminal cases such as sexual misconduct, marijuana, prostitution, DUI, etc. and inspiration for its story was said to be the case of Brothers' Home: South Korea's 1980s 'concentration camp'. As quoted from BBC; According to testimonies and evidence gathered from the site, detainees say they were used as slave labor at construction sites, farms, and factories during the 1970s and 80s. They were also allegedly tortured and raped, with hundreds dying under the inhumane conditions.The facility at Hyungje Bokjiwon has been compared to a concentration camp, but its story is not widely known, and nobody - to this day - has been held accountable for the atrocities that reportedly happened within its walls. Although it was not officially confirmed by the producer. 

 

As for personal review, this series is definitely not suitable for minor or below +18 and quite a good watch but somehow made me uncomfortable with gory and adult scenes. And I also have to say that the previous season was far more superior than this 2nd season. The thrill to what's next on the game, how they're going to be eliminated in the game and the prominent characters are not so intriguing as the first one. This is my fan art for the drama based on its poster. The iconic part from this series perhaps related to the simple green with white combination jumpsuit costume for the game participants, the pink soldiers costume and also the simple front man black leather coat. 

 

FASHION IN MANHUA (CHINESE COMIC): Zheng Shuyi's outfit in Accidental Love/ Only For Love manhua

I happened to read it randomly a couple of months ago on website for this interesting Manhua named Accidental Love /Only for love. Unfortunately, I didn't know how to pronounce the original title in Chinese language. 

It was released since last year in 2024 by author Qiao Yao with genre a mixed of romance, comedy, office, drama, and josei. This manhua is an adaptation from the novel which previously already adapted into live action drama played by Bai Lu and Dylan Wang in 2023. However, some people said the manhua has a bit different approach in storytelling. 

 

I was instantly hooked since the first time I read it in English version. Starting from the art, the story, and most of all the fashion wore by the female lead character, Zheng Shuyi. I would give the art a French kiss of 9.5 out 10, simply awesome. As for the story, although it might be a little cliche or cringe office - rich handsome young guy vs ordinary but pretty girl -slow burn romance, I still love it. The thing that I admire the most is the fashion. It seems like the author does really take her time in doing it to be able to show some great office attire examples for the characters, most of all the main girl. It ranges from coats, dress, blazers, casual clothes, hoodies, bags, etc.

 

I put some of the reference pictures from the original Manhua which belong to the rightful owner and not mine.

MOVING - The Superheroes Disguised as Ordinary People (Korean Drama 2023)

 

    Moving is a 2023 Korean drama which aired on August 9 - September 20. The story is about Kim Bong-Seok, Jang Hui-Soo and Lee Gang-Hoon who attend the same high school.    

   They look like ordinary students, but actually they have special abilities that they inherited from their parents. Kim Bong-Seok has the ability to fly with sharp senses. Jang Hui-Soo has excellent athletic abilities and she is able to rapidly recover from injuries, like being shot or stabbed. Lee Gang-Hoon has uncanny power and speed.

    These three students try to hide their special abilities from other people, while their parents struggle to protect them from being used by other and it is related to their past with secret government agency. 

    Based on webcomic "Moving ” by Kang Pool (published from February 2 to September 21, 2015 via Daum). I decided to watch it after I noticed the drama and the actors got a lot of awards in several occasions. I was pretty curious of what it had to offer in the story and It was indeed one of a great and out of the box Korean drama although I can't say if the theme or the idea of super power people is something new or original. It kind of reminded me a lot of marvel X-men mutant superheroes even some of the background story, school and such. The only thing different would be in this drama there is no flashy and colorful superhero costumes. Just special people with normal appearances.

   

    I give it 8.5 to 8.9 out of 10 and highly recommended to watch for adult. Beware the gory and bloody parts that might not be uncomfortable to watch. And the moral value would be: be kind no matter what. This is my fan art drawing based on one of the official poster.