Tribal designs?

When I visited my parent's hometown, I met up with an uncle and a cousin of mine and of course, I told them of my current venture. My uncle is a tattoo fan so he asked me to get something tribal like with an arabic influence yet not feminine. 

Behold. The outcome. I don't know what was running through my mind then. Now it seems a little odd. Haha. Total randomness. Nevertheless, something out of the ordinary to share with all of you.

This is a special request from my cousin. I'm trying to work out different designs and patterns everytime there is a request. At least I do my best to cook out something different from my earlier works.

More scribbles and doodles - those that I missed out

One of my all time favourites. A fusion of a little Indian and Arabic influence maybe?

Some of the common designs I always come up with. A little Arabic flair - my personal preference.

 

Here, I was trying out some traditional Indian design. I totally love them but I still need lots of practise to grasp the concept. It's not that hard, but the fact is, using repetitive motifs actually needs a lot of mind work and attention to details. Gosh, I really admire those artists out there - I seen some really amazing works! Never mind, keep up the good work, I'll get there one day *consoling myself* 

Here is another piece. Halfway done and I was distracted. Had other chores coming in. I quite like this piece, if only I completed the whole piece then... hmmmph. Should come up with more peacocks designs. Maybe another phoenix...

A simple one to 'remind' myself how to draw after a six month break?

Some doodles and scribbles - simple designs

After months of procrastination, finally here are some of the photos of my previous works. I will be posting them up on batches. Too many. It's time to suffer to consequences of my laziness. Here are some of the simple designs. I hope I did not accidentally repost some old works. I got them mixed up in the same folder. *silly me*

Here's different design for each finger.

I love my bangle. Practising cross over lines. It gets quite addictive. At least it is to me...

More henna on Kenchara Wesak Day Celebration!

Had an amazing fund raising at the Kenchara Wesak Day celebration! This is my first event since I came back to Malaysia half a year ago. Haven't had much time to practise henna painting since I was really caught up with work but this is totally refreshing (even when I had to get all my designs and preparation done only the night before the event). We started at about 4.30pm all the way to 8 plus at night. Thanks to my amazing friend Ling Yok. She's a natural when it comes to managing the crowd's expectation. Love you loads and you're the best! It would have been a total mess.

fun, charity and henna for Wesak!

Finally, up and about again. Just made a fresh batch of henna paste earlier. 

Here are some pictures I owed from the previous Kenchara Wesak Day charity event.

It's really simple designs that I can replicate quickly.

Kenchara Wesak Day Celebration 2012

Oh gosh. Almost 3 quarters of the year's gone and I have not even updated this blog yet! Dozens of pictures lie idle in My Document folder waiting to be uploaded. Anticipating loads of clicking and spring cleaning over the next few weeks. Thanks to everyone who follows the blog and I will start uploading more artwork this weekend. It might take some time to catch up with all the pictures.

Here's another fund raising event I will be participating. My inaugral henna painting event in Malaysia. Never done any event of such here before but I'm looking forward to more to come in the future. All the proceeds from this event will go to the Kenchara Foundation for them to help with their charity work. I can't wait! But it's time to start practising. Wheee.

Kenchara Wesak Day Celebration 2012

Date: Sat 28 April 2012
Time: 4.00pm to 9.00pm
Venue: Sunwaymas Commercial Centre, Playground (opposite Aman Suria, Petaling Jaya), Selangor, Malaysia.

Here's the directions and map.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.kechara.com/kechara-house/events/kechara-wesak-day-celebrations-2012/

Do come and support this fund raising and auspicious event and I hope to see you there!

Spring/Summer 2011 Henna Design Collection (Part 1)

Some of the henna designs that I've drawn the past few weeks - when there are more time at my disposal.

Here are some of the designs I've done - more to come when I'm back from Cardiff.

This season, I seem to get attracted to squarish petals with spiral cores.

Design 1

Design 2

This is a more common and traditional indian pattern with small fillers in the leaves. However, I usually prefer my designs to have a sense of continuous flow. In this case a blob of design would not be ideal for me, so I choose a string like one.

More patterns

Last week I receive a really unique request to do henna freckles for a really lovely Australian girl. Since the henna paste is placed on the face, I had to change the component of my henna paste mixture so that it does not irritate the facial skin.

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I'm quite busy these days juggling a few responsibilities, so hence, there is less participation this summer.

More pattern updates.

I'm very fond of henna tattoos on the legs. Simple patterns (i.e. combination of flowers and leaves) can leave an amazing outcome.

Summer bridal henna promotion starting from £45!

Simple bridal henna for hands from £45!

Applicable for both hands (back and palms) to about 5cm above the wrist. Simple designs - customized to suit. Affordable and economical, now you can spend more on everything else.

This package does not include transportation costs. Feel free to contact me for more information.

I usually charge £50 for a basic bridal henna.

CS & Bjorn's

CS wanted something sentimental. This calls for Georgia Tech's mascot, Stinger. So I tried to recreate the mascot logo into a tattoo for him.

Bjorn wanted a simple and small design. So we've gotten the simple tribal like design on the arm.