What a Great Day.

Got the message from client of Jonker Walk at 8.25 am today:

"Berita harian 2day pg 8 ruangan tengah, keluar our jonker walk kopitiam 1 full page. Tahniah semua. tq very very much.

Abdul halim alias

What a day to start... receiving such compliments. I deserve to be proud because this job like a baby to me, despite of 1001 issues, this piece of art is something that I really proud of and by looking at it every time I took a domestic flight at KLIA, it make me grin from ear to ear... YES PEOPLE I'VE DESIGNED THIS.

This is indeed a  really personal piece that using my instinct, my personal interpretation of the place that really close to my heart. Call me sentimental designer but really I am...how can I splash a colour without feeling of connectivity?

If ever so many thing can be fixed, with better finishing, materials...but I have to be sensible and practical, looking at constraint of time and budget.

A few thing that I want to make it better:

.....if ever the pillar that full of pix snap (picture gallery) at Jonker walk to be replace with actual picture...instead of inkjet printing. 

......if ever the finishing of illustration on table is silk screen effect with varnish or something like what starbuck have in their cafe.

......if ever uniform is a baba nyonya kebaya with pant like my first proposal instead of apron and polo shirt.

....if ever the mural and the out put printing is finer... and the the list is never ending...on and on

As a designer  I always want my design to look perfect, exactly like what I imagine but with 1001 issues need to be dealt with, this is STILL piece of art that I proud of and I am sure that all the people that has been contributed; the contractor, Kunang-kunang, designer cum photographer and not forgetting our dedicated marketing guy, Hasrul.

When you accept everything is just another learning process, you tend to appreciate your life better, and seems "if ever" quote that feel like a burden will be much lighter, and what more can you ask when client has a courtesy to sms at 8.25am...

I really feel this is a great day... thanks Allah.

Small Card / TQ tag

Designed on behalf of Maya Puri Creations for Mary Zain Cupcakes. She selected the green based background  but need to get rid of the butterflies. Hope she likes the output...

Salmon Grilled

"Mixes black pepper sauce, with hints of lemon juice, crushed garlic, butter, chopped yellow onion & a generous sprinkle of whole grain wheat are the perfect tasty complement to salmon fillets. It is so easy to prepare. Just rub it all over the salmon. Grilled it in oven for 15 minutes...and it is done..ready to serve. Eat with salad or boiled veges...

Mmmmm......Scrumptious!"

Kak Ngah Wedding Card & TQ card

Theme: Garden

Colour: Deep Green/Hijau Lumut

Status : in progress

Starting with an illustration of Magnolia Flower as subject matter. 

going to use  2 colours which is deep green & black to match the wedding colour theme.

Artwork ready for printing:)

Say NO to Polystyrene

I've been avoiding using polystyrene for quite a while... To be a Malaysian sometimes it was something unavoidable, especially when ask a favors from friend to 'tapow". I'll make sure I have container in my car or rather lunch out.  

REASONS WHY POLYSTYRENE FOAM IS BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH.

1. Toxic chemicals leach out of these products into the food that they contain. These chemicals threaten human health and reproductive systems.

2. These products are made with petroleum, a non-sustainable, heavily polluting and disappearing commodity.

3. The product does not biodegrade. It crumbles into fragments that have no expiration date.

3. A certain percentage of product will be dumped in the environment, persisting on land indefinitely as litter and breaking up into pieces that choke and clog animal digestive systems in waterways.

4. The product takes up more space in landfills than does paper and eventually will re-enter the environment when landfills are breached by water or mechanical forces.

5. Foam recycling is a public relations stunt, promoted by the chemical industries that manufacture it. This is done in highly centralized, distant facilities using complex chemical processes and expends far more energy than is ever saved by recycling the material.

Packaging, Brochure & Bookmark

One thing that I like working with entrepreneur  is the fact I am be able to push and tune myself with exploration of varies design style but the sad part was the budget is always a challenge. At the end of the day some of the job just hanging like that...

Final Execution of Jonker Walk