https://leafbear.com/tags/illustration/ Recent content in Illustration on Leafbear Studio Hugo -- gohugo.io en © 2026 April Yip · Leafbear Studio Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/may-and-jun-wallpaper-rewards/ Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/may-and-jun-wallpaper-rewards/ Every month, I created a new digital wallpaper that features my original character Leafbear for all supporters on Ko-fi. Previous rewards are available for everyone on my Ko-fi Shop.This year, I’ve been adapting a flower theme and painted daffodils, cherry blossom and peonies so far. For May, the featured flower is Carnation, the flower for the Mother’s day! I also wanted to paint a MerMay challenge for May so I combined the two and came up with this underwater scene. I’m happy how this turned out :) Get this wallpaper set here: https://ko-fi.com/s/e02cb8d25e https://leafbear.com/blog/tommy-the-angel-cat/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/tommy-the-angel-cat/ Watch on YouTube Tommy had left us a month ago and became an angel cat. We miss him a lot~I hope he’s doing well up there ~ T_T https://leafbear.com/blog/november-2018-date-stickers/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/november-2018-date-stickers/ Hello, how’s everyone doing? I’ll be moving (again!) at the end of this month. I’ve been running around preparing for the move past two weeks and didn’t manage to paint as much as I’d like. I still have a lot of packing to do, but decided to spend some time to work on this month’s date sheet this evening. It’s done now and you can head over to the freegift page to download it for your personal use. https://leafbear.com/blog/sketch-your-desk/ Tue, 18 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/sketch-your-desk/ I received an email from #mymoleskine a few days ago, telling me that someone is following my work on their web site. I got curious and went to check it out; and was pleasantly surprised that an old drawing of mine that I submitted for the #sketchyourdesk challenge is now used as the feature image of the challenge! The drawing was done in 2014, more than 4 years ago, on my Moleskien Watercolor Sketchbook! Well, I’ve now moved to a new place, but I’m still using the same desk and the same iMac! It was a fun challenge, I might do another one if I could find some time this week :) https://leafbear.com/blog/september-sticker-datesheet/ Wed, 12 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/september-sticker-datesheet/ It has been a busy week and I’ve only managed to work out the September sticker date sheet for you now! I decided to re-use some of the Leafbear’s Stationary Line Stickers in this month’s date sheet because September is #backtoschool time and buy new #stationary time! :) https://leafbear.com/blog/august-date-sticker-sheet/ Thu, 02 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/august-date-sticker-sheet/ I’ve created this August date sheet This time the theme is about summer and I hope you’ll enjoy it! If you’ve downloaded it, please leave a comment here or tag me with #leafbearfreestickers on social media so that I know :) Don’t be shy to show me how you make use of these little stickers! https://leafbear.com/portfolio/illustrations/bears-a-to-z/ Sat, 19 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/portfolio/illustrations/bears-a-to-z/ Alphabet illustrations with a transportation theme featuring the white bear. Complete work can be found here. https://leafbear.com/portfolio/illustrations/cute-cartoon-avatars/ Sat, 19 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/portfolio/illustrations/cute-cartoon-avatars/ https://leafbear.com/portfolio/publications/excursion-to-hortpark/ Sat, 19 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/portfolio/publications/excursion-to-hortpark/ Selected watercolor illustrations for the book “EXCURSION TO HORTPARK”, written by Jocelyn Lau and published by Kucinta Books in Singapore. The book is now available on Naiise: https://naiise.com/products/excursion-to-hortpark-illustrated-book https://leafbear.com/portfolio/illustrations/fairy-tales-and-mazes/ Sat, 19 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/portfolio/illustrations/fairy-tales-and-mazes/ https://leafbear.com/portfolio/illustrations/girl-and-cat/ Sat, 19 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/portfolio/illustrations/girl-and-cat/ This series of watercolor postcards features a girl and her cat. Painted on 140 lbs/ 300 gsm cold pressed watercolor postcards 6 x 4″ | 15.2 x 10.2 cm [Available for sale] https://leafbear.com/portfolio/illustrations/snowman-town/ Sat, 19 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/portfolio/illustrations/snowman-town/ https://leafbear.com/portfolio/publications/tales-of-two-cities/ Sat, 19 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/portfolio/publications/tales-of-two-cities/ Selected illustrations for the book《觀城記》, written by 天航 TinHong and published by 格子盒作室gezi workstation in July 2013 in Hong Kong. The book consists of 15 short stories about life in two cities – Hong Kong and Taipei. I’ve created 22 black and white line drawings for the project. The book… https://leafbear.com/portfolio/illustrations/the-tower-series/ Sat, 19 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/portfolio/illustrations/the-tower-series/ https://leafbear.com/blog/may-update/ Mon, 30 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/may-update/ When I thought that April was a tough month, May is even worse… and I can’t imagine what June’d be like… Well, at least I’ve continued to make art… I’ve decided to be more focused when working on the ACEO projects, and tried to work with some themes. I’ve worked on is the “Girls in the Universe” series (shown above). I had fun randomly applying colors onto the paper, and then worked out the details using negative painting techniques. https://leafbear.com/blog/mini-book/ Sat, 19 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/mini-book/ I made a mini book with drawings of Tommy the Tiger! Watch on YouTube https://leafbear.com/blog/february-artworks/ Mon, 07 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/february-artworks/ Here’s a collection of my ACEOs done in February. Thanks to my friend who brought me some new watercolors and gouache paints, I got to play and experiment with the new paints :) always fun to play with new art materials. https://leafbear.com/blog/keep-on-painting/ Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/keep-on-painting/ 2016 is the year for ACEO! I’m going to keep on painting, keep on experimenting, and hopefully keep improving… :) https://leafbear.com/blog/original-watercolor-postcards-for-sales/ Wed, 09 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/original-watercolor-postcards-for-sales/ I’ve just set up my bigcartel shop, go check it out: leafbear.bigcartel.com These original watercolor postcards are now up for grab! https://leafbear.com/blog/pameran-poskad-2015/ Fri, 20 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/pameran-poskad-2015/ Thanks to the encouragements of my friends, I’ve decided to join this year’s Pameran Poskad 2015, a postcard show that features works from artists around the world. This year, a total of 502 artists are included, and more than 5000 postcards are on the show and for sales! https://leafbear.com/blog/a-watercolor-doodle-demo-video/ Sun, 11 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/a-watercolor-doodle-demo-video/ I’ve posted my first watercolor video on youtube! Go check it out! Watch on YouTube https://leafbear.com/blog/if-sleep/ Wed, 18 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-sleep/ For this week’s Illustration Friday: sleep #sleep #sheep #rainbow #girl #dream #pajama #night #star #sky #blue #watercolor #illustration #illustrationfriday #ifri #sketch #childrensart #sketchbook #art #水彩 #手繪 #插畫 A photo posted by WHY (@awhyip) on Feb 14, 2015 at 7:46am PST https://leafbear.com/blog/if-nefarious/ Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-nefarious/ This bunny is thinking of taking over the world using the power of the carrot… https://leafbear.com/blog/if-invention/ Thu, 08 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-invention/ WOW, 2015 is here already!! One of my 2015 resolutions is to keep up with the Illustration Friday challenge, so here it is for the first one in 2015 – Invention: https://leafbear.com/blog/hitommy/ Sat, 25 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/hitommy/ This is Tommy the Cat… Please say Hi! ^__^ Tommy says Hi https://leafbear.com/blog/mushrooms/ Sat, 05 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/mushrooms/ Hello! Anyone here? I’m still alive! Ya, I know, I’ve been ignoring this blog for too long that it has been growing mushrooms…. https://leafbear.com/blog/happy-new-year-2/ Thu, 02 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/happy-new-year-2/ Wish you all a happy 2014! Keep on dreaming! Keep on dreaming… https://leafbear.com/blog/busy-busy/ Sat, 19 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/busy-busy/ Too busy to update this blog lately, I think I’ll only have time after Nov… Follow my instagram to see what i’m up to… https://leafbear.com/blog/bookillustration/ Mon, 22 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/bookillustration/ Earlier in June, I was busy working on 20+ illustrations for this book called《觀城記－－做個有情有義的香港人》, written by 天航 and published by {格子盒作室 | gezi workstation}. The book is now published and is available at the HK Book Fair; it should be available at book stores such as The Commercial Press after the book fair too. https://leafbear.com/blog/new-watercolors/ Tue, 09 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/new-watercolors/ Got some new watercolor to play with – M. Graham Cobalt Mix 5-Color Set Beautiful colors :) blues mixed with Holbein’s Arizona Red: https://leafbear.com/blog/little-blue-bird-and-the-magic-feather/ Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/little-blue-bird-and-the-magic-feather/ Little Blue Bird and The Magic Feather is a story about a little young bird who loves to sing, but is very shy and anxious to sing in front of others. The story is written for pre- school children of age 3 to 5. I wrote this last month as part of my course assignment.. https://leafbear.com/blog/hug-the-world/ Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/hug-the-world/ (hugs) hug the world https://leafbear.com/blog/if-identical/ Sun, 02 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-identical/ We are identical… Identical https://leafbear.com/blog/if-freeze/ Sun, 26 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-freeze/ finally managed to upload this illustration… in response to last week’s IF prompt ‘freeze’. freeze https://leafbear.com/blog/newadventure/ Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/newadventure/ i’m going back to school… again… :) wish me luck! new adventure https://leafbear.com/blog/if-carry/ Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-carry/ carried away by the big bird… carry https://leafbear.com/blog/if-suspend/ Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-suspend/ I see sheep clouds suspended in the sky…. sheep clouds https://leafbear.com/blog/bears-a-to-z-career/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/bears-a-to-z-career/ Whee! Finally got around to color this… Bear’s A to Z Career! Now it’s time to redrew these individually in photoshop and post them on my A Bear A Day blog on tumblr! Stay tuned! https://leafbear.com/blog/if-refresh/ Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-refresh/ enjoy the refreshing rain… throw your umbrella away… refresh https://leafbear.com/blog/if-space/ Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-space/ space rabbits floating around in space… Space https://leafbear.com/blog/if-secret/ Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-secret/ Here’s my interpretation for last week’s Illustration Friday’s topic *– secret. * [ ](secret)secret https://leafbear.com/blog/if-hurry/ Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-hurry/ This week’s Illustration Friday’s topic is ‘Hurry!’. The first thing that pop up in my mind is the white rabbit in Alice in wonderland. “Hurry! Hurry!” said the white rabbit, “Time is running out! I must run against time!” https://leafbear.com/blog/if-faded/ Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-faded/ The following is my interpretation for last week’s Illustration Friday topic “faded”. I drew a simple girl figure in Photoshop, added layers of texture and played with different custom brushes. Love the postcard texture from bittbox. https://leafbear.com/blog/if-sight/ Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-sight/ i see a bear… sight https://leafbear.com/blog/if-kernel/ Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-kernel/ kernel… kernel https://leafbear.com/blog/food-around-the-world/ Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/food-around-the-world/ Japanese sushi, Chinese noodles, French crepe, Mexico taco, USA hotdog, Indian curry, Swedish meatball, English fish and chips… which one is your favorite? https://leafbear.com/blog/happy-mothers-day/ Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/happy-mothers-day/ A little drawing for my dear Mom, wish you happy and healthy everyday. I drew the bear with a hand-made twig pen on rice paper, and then add the background and words in photoshop. https://leafbear.com/blog/if-hitched/ Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-hitched/ this week’s IF… hitched https://leafbear.com/blog/if-swamp/ Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-swamp/ a quick one for this week’s IF… all done in photoshop swamp https://leafbear.com/blog/inspire-and-pixlr-o-matic/ Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/inspire-and-pixlr-o-matic/ Been playing with the new iPad, and was having fun with this painting app Inspire and the photo effects app Pixlr-o-matic.*** *** Inspire is quite easy to use, and I really like how the colors can be blended together beautifully. However, the canvas size is too small for the free version, and the image looks kinda blur when you view it on the computer. https://leafbear.com/blog/if-intention/ Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-intention/ she intended to catch a falling star~ Catch a falling star and an old drawing with similar idea… https://leafbear.com/blog/painting-on-a-leaf/ Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/painting-on-a-leaf/ Went for a walk at the Botanic Gardens last weekend and picked up a leaf from the ground to bring home. I did a small painting on it the next day, it looked great when I just finished, but it ‘shrink’ and wrinkle up the next day! I tried to press it down with my sketchbooks but it seems too late, does anyone know how to fix it?? https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-58-bartender-bear/ Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-58-bartender-bear/ Bartender Bear Bartender Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-artist-bear/ Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-artist-bear/ Going to post a bear a day again… this time, with the career theme. Please meet the Artist Bear! Artist Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/houses-2/ Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/houses-2/ watercolor on 9*20cm sketchbook, finishing the last page… houses https://leafbear.com/blog/if-capable/ Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-capable/ SuperBunny is capable of anything! SuperBunny https://leafbear.com/blog/seashells/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/seashells/ I was at Bintan, the Indonesia island that is just around an hour’s ferry ride from Singapore, with my family for a very relaxing holiday trip last month. While we were there, we picked a lot of seashells from the beach. I miss that place, so I did a drawing of some of the seashells we picked. https://leafbear.com/blog/teardrop/ Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/teardrop/ added some texture to an old doodle : teardrop https://leafbear.com/blog/the-ark/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/the-ark/ draw on printed paper with marker and Faber-Castell jumbo magic pens, then edited in photoshop. animal ark https://leafbear.com/blog/watercolor-texture/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/watercolor-texture/ I’ve been playing with watercolor texture recently. First, I painted some random watercolor my sketchbook, a Daler Rowney 4*6″ 100 g/m cream color one. Then I scanned the images in and adjusted them in Photoshop to create my own watercolor brushes. https://leafbear.com/blog/drinks-2/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/drinks-2/ drinks, anyone? drinks? https://leafbear.com/blog/keep-warm-2/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/keep-warm-2/ Happy Yuen Siu Festival (aka Letern Festival, Chinese Valentines’ day). Remember to keep warm! keep warm https://leafbear.com/blog/if-suspense/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-suspense/ suspense https://leafbear.com/blog/mushroom/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/mushroom/ I’ve been very busy with all the visitors in town since Xmas, and haven’t got much time to update this blog. Can’t believe it’s Feb already! Now it’s time to clear all the mushrooms that have been growing here :) https://leafbear.com/blog/happy-dragon-year/ Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/happy-dragon-year/ wish you all a happy dragon year! happy dragon year 2012 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-grounded/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-grounded/ grounded https://leafbear.com/blog/resolutions2012/ Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/resolutions2012/ Hello world! 2012 is here already! Hows everyone doing? I’ve been quite busy with all the visitors in town the past few weeks and haven’t got much time to update this blog or to draw. Anyways, here’s a little doodle I did about resolutions with Pilot G-2 05 gel pens, wish you all a great 2012! This also starts my 6th years of blogging, how time flies. https://leafbear.com/blog/if-messenger/ Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-messenger/ Messenger Bear has a mail for you! Messenger Bear In the old days, you need to train your own birdies to send message. https://leafbear.com/blog/pancake/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/pancake/ what a great way to start the morning – with the smell of chocolate pancakes :) pancakes https://leafbear.com/blog/angry-bunny/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/angry-bunny/ Don’t mess with an angry bunny! angry bunny https://leafbear.com/blog/if-round/ Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-round/ there are too many round things to draw… i came up with three: merry-go-round, bubbles, and donut. merry-go-round https://leafbear.com/blog/if-vanity/ Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-vanity/ bunny acting vain~ IF: vanity https://leafbear.com/blog/rainforest/ Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/rainforest/ I’m thinking of writing a story about rainforest… Rainforest https://leafbear.com/blog/if-silent/ Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-silent/ the bear was shut up by the rabbit :X silent https://leafbear.com/blog/bunnybear/ Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/bunnybear/ I’ve been drawing buildings and street scenes on location too often the past few months that I almost forgot what I like most is to paint these little characters. Thanks to Illustration Friday, I’m back in painting them! More to come, so stay tuned! https://leafbear.com/blog/striped-clothes/ Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/striped-clothes/ After I painted the bear in striped pajamas, I couldn’t stop and painted a few more bears in striped clothes. So, which one is your favorite? Rugby jersey, Zebra costume, Tiger costume, or swimsuit? ** https://leafbear.com/blog/if-stripes/ Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-stripes/ bear in his striped pajamas… bear in striped pajamas https://leafbear.com/blog/if-scary/ Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-scary/ watch out – scary rabbit is here! scary rabbit https://leafbear.com/blog/if-fuel/ Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-fuel/ little tin man adding fuel to himself fuel https://leafbear.com/blog/if-hibernate/ Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-hibernate/ bear hibernating in the snow bear hibrenating in the snow https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-alphabet-bears/ Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-alphabet-bears/ Whee~ finally finished all the alphabet bears (transportation and vehicle theme)! Alphabet Bears https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-56-zeppelin-bear/ Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-56-zeppelin-bear/ Z for Zeppelin. Zeppelin Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/if-boundaries/ Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-boundaries/ Imagination has no boundaries. Imagination has no boundaries https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-55-yacht-bear/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-55-yacht-bear/ yacht bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-45-xebec-bea/ Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-45-xebec-bea/ X for Xebec. xebec bear https://leafbear.com/blog/if-mysterious/ Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-mysterious/ soft pastel on a black paper mysterious https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-53-wheelbarrow-bear/ Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-53-wheelbarrow-bear/ Sorry I haven’t been posting much recently, but I have been drawing! Will be posting the rest of the A to Z Bear in the next few days! Also planning to start on a few things, September is going to be really busy! https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-52-van-bear/ Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-52-van-bear/ V for Van. Van Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/if-imperfect/ Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-imperfect/ we usually feel imperfect when we compare ourselves to others… but remember, we are not imperfect, we are just unique. imperfect teru https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-51-unicycle-bear/ Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-51-unicycle-bear/ U for Unicycle. Unicycle Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-50-tram-bear/ Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-50-tram-bear/ T for Tram. Tram Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-49-sledge-bear/ Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-49-sledge-bear/ S for Sledge. Sledge Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-48-rickshaw-bear/ Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-48-rickshaw-bear/ R for Rickshaw. Rickshaw Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-46-paddlewheeler-bear/ Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-46-paddlewheeler-bear/ I took a week’s break from the ABAD project, and now I’m back! P is for Paddlewheeler. Paddlewheeler Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-47-quad-bike-bear/ Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-47-quad-bike-bear/ Q for Quad Bike. Quad Bike https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-45-outrigger-canoe-bear/ Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-45-outrigger-canoe-bear/ O for outrigger canoe. outrigger canoe bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-44-narrowboat-bear/ Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-44-narrowboat-bear/ N for Narrowboat. Narrowboat Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-43-moped-bear/ Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-43-moped-bear/ M for Moped. Moped Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/if-gesture/ Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-gesture/ finger-crossed bunny finger-crossed bunny https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-42-limo-bear/ Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-42-limo-bear/ L for Limousine. Limousine Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/if-stay/ Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-stay/ Did a quick one in AI for this week’s Illustration Friday topic** – stay.** “Please stay~” https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-40-jalopy-bear/ Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-40-jalopy-bear/ J for Jalopy. Jalopy Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-41-kayak-bear/ Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-41-kayak-bear/ K for Kayak. Kayak Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-39-iceboat-bear/ Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-39-iceboat-bear/ I for Iceboat. Iceboat Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-38-helicopter-bear/ Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-38-helicopter-bear/ H for Helicopter. Helicopter Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-36-flatback-truck-bear/ Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-36-flatback-truck-bear/ F for Flatback Truck. Flat-back Truck Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-37-gondola-bear/ Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-37-gondola-bear/ G for Gondola. Gondola Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/if-remedy/ Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-remedy/ the remedy is about to ready… IF: remedy https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-34-dinghy-bear/ Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-34-dinghy-bear/ D for Dinghy. Dinghy Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-35-earthmover-bear/ Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-35-earthmover-bear/ E for Earth-mover. Earth-mover Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-33-cable-car-bear/ Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-33-cable-car-bear/ C for Cable Car. Cable Car Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-31-airplane-bear/ Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-31-airplane-bear/ Continuing with the ABAD project, July’s theme is Bear’s A to Z! A for airplane. Airplane Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-32-bus-bear/ Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-32-bus-bear/ B for bus. Bus Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-june-2011-summary/ Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-june-2011-summary/ I started this A Bear A Day project in June, hoping to brush up on my computer drawing skills. As Makoto Nagasawa said in his book 《線條速寫上達術》， “when you continue to draw, you can discover your own style after you’ve finished 30 or 50 drawings”, I am hoping to explore a new style. This past month, I mainly focused on using Photoshop – playing with different brushes and textures to make it more interesting. There are still a lot to learn and to try out, I think I shall continue the project in July and see how things go.. https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-29-starry-bear/ Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-29-starry-bear/ bear catching a star~ Starry Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-30-sailing-bear/ Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-30-sailing-bear/ sail sail sail bear is sailing away~ Sailing Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-28-ballet-bear/ Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-28-ballet-bear/ dance dance dance bear the ballet dancer~ Ballet Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-27-bagbear/ Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-27-bagbear/ bear wearing her new bag~ Bag Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-25-carpet-bear/ Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-25-carpet-bear/ bear going for a magic carpet ride~ Carpet Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-26-tv-bear/ Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-26-tv-bear/ turning into couch potato~ TV Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-24-bear-train/ Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-24-bear-train/ “If you miss the train I’m on, You will know that I am gone. You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles…” ~ 500 miles, The Carpenters Bear Train https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-23-texting-bear/ Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-23-texting-bear/ txt txt txt bear is busy texting away… Texting Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-22-noodle-bear/ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-22-noodle-bear/ slurp slurp slurp Bear loves noodles Noodle Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-21-swing-bear/ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-21-swing-bear/ Swing Swing Swing Bear on a swing~ Swing Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/2525/ Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/2525/ pot pot pot bear in a pot Pottery Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-19-bored-bear/ Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-19-bored-bear/ bored bored bored bear is super bored Bored Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-18-mexican-bear/ Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-18-mexican-bear/ hola hola hola bear in mexican Mexican Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-17-superhero-bear/ Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-17-superhero-bear/ super super super here comes superbero~ Superhero Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/if-launch/ Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-launch/ ready to launch the rocket~ launch rocket~ https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-15-bear-cloud/ Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-15-bear-cloud/ Bear fishing on a cloud~ Bear Cloud https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-16-bear-duck/ Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-16-bear-duck/ swim swim swim Bear enjoying a duck tour Bear’s Duck Tour https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-13-tiger-bear/ Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-13-tiger-bear/ Roar Roar Roar~ Here comes tiger bear~ Tiger Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-14-flying-bear/ Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-14-flying-bear/ fly fly fly fly me to the sky Flying Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/if-swept/ Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-swept/ rabbits flew into the sky from nowhere when teru is sweeping the ground~ swept https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-12-baking-bear/ Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-12-baking-bear/ bake bake bake baking bear in the kitchen~ Baking Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-10-hikin-bear/ Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-10-hikin-bear/ on a hot hot hot day in the middle of a mysterious forest he forgot his hiking boot and water bottle… Hiking Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-11-jumping-bear/ Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-11-jumping-bear/ Jump Jump Jump Jumping in pouring rain Jumping Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-9-music-bear/ Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-9-music-bear/ la la la la la music in the air~ Music Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-8-mushroom-bear/ Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-8-mushroom-bear/ moo moo moo the bear is growing mushroom~ Mushroom Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/if-shadows/ Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-shadows/ shadows can be so much fun~ shadows https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-4-rainy-bear/ Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/abad-day-4-rainy-bear/ rain rain rain petals down the drain~ Rainy Bear https://leafbear.com/blog/if-asleep/ Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-asleep/ All birds stop singing, hiding in their nest The stars are sparkling in the deeply sky* *~ Lullaby for Lucas, by Standfast ** https://leafbear.com/blog/if-beginner/ Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-beginner/ polar bear’s joining the swimming lesson for beginners… https://leafbear.com/blog/if-lesson/ Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-lesson/ the bears are having a cooking lesson https://leafbear.com/blog/if-bicycle/ Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-bicycle/ bunny going for a bike ride with giraffe… https://leafbear.com/blog/calm-cool-confident/ Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/calm-cool-confident/ a poster design for bunny’s cubicle… https://leafbear.com/blog/if-journey/ Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-journey/ the bear is following the yellow brick road, there is a long long journey ahead… https://leafbear.com/blog/if-bottled/ Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-bottled/ a bear in a beer bottle clouds in bottles https://leafbear.com/blog/butterflies/ Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/butterflies/ for my friend, who has butterflies in the stomach.. https://leafbear.com/blog/if-duet/ Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-duet/ “Why do birds suddenly appear. Every time, you are near? Just like me, they long to be, close to you.” ~ Close to you by the Carpenters https://leafbear.com/blog/if-winter/ Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-winter/ happy new year! https://leafbear.com/blog/if-caged/ Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-caged/ drawing on NOKIA using PaintPad… https://leafbear.com/blog/happy-food/ Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/happy-food/ cupcakes, cheesecakes, ice-cream cones… https://leafbear.com/blog/tv-junkie/ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/tv-junkie/ been watching too much tv lately…. https://leafbear.com/blog/card-black-bear-xmas-card/ Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/card-black-bear-xmas-card/ I’ve created a holiday card based on the same character – little black bear… you can order the card on zazzle (50% off Greeting Cards!Use code ZAZZLECARD50 at checkout), or download and print it yourself… https://leafbear.com/blog/zazzle-card-swining-in-the-sky/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/zazzle-card-swining-in-the-sky/ a new card available on zazzle..swinging in the sky bywhya https://leafbear.com/blog/if-foggy/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-foggy/ big bear is drinking his favorite beer. Just half a bottle is enough to make him foggy… https://leafbear.com/blog/if-100/ Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/if-100/ https://leafbear.com/blog/raindrops/ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/raindrops/ keep falling on my head… https://leafbear.com/blog/when-it-rains/ Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/when-it-rains/ thank you for being there… https://leafbear.com/blog/flip/ Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/flip/ put some old drawings on this pretty cool online scrapbook tool…. check it out.. wings whya if i have wings…… https://leafbear.com/blog/stars-2/ Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/stars-2/ https://leafbear.com/blog/the-zero42-project/ Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/the-zero42-project/ It’s finally finished. John made a tabblo of the progress and it’s really neat. Please check it out! And thanks John for asking me to do it! :) I also put its variations on Bountee and it’s available here.. https://leafbear.com/blog/secret/ Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://leafbear.com/blog/secret/ inspired by CY’s poem “secret”