October Playlist 2019

Sixth year in a row of October Playlist! For previous years: 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018. Probably the most steady year of the playlist (managed to finish closely on-time). These can all be found on my Instagram:

Left to right:

A Dark Machine - ShockOne, Reija Lee

Illusions - Droptek, Holly Drummond

Gravity - Metrik

You Rise - Xilent

Hella Sideways - Posij

Dark Artifact - G Jones

Untitled Horn - SpectraSoul

Muskoka - Bensley

DISORDER - The Upbeats

Beast - Culprate

Radiant - KOAN Sound

Inner Beauty - Hybrid Minds

Drone Warfare - Eprom

Violence - Eptic

Work - Bossfight

Time Stood Still - Excision, Dion Timmer

Lurker - Truth

UhaveNoIdea - LEViTATE

Near Shimmer - Proxima

When The Light Fades - Tinlicker

Untitled Forever - No Mana, EDDIE

Ghost Train [Muzzy Remix] - Knife Party, Muzzy

Dare Me - Memtrix

Renaissance - Culture Shock

Heute Nacht - Misanthrop

Spooked - Alix Perez

Monsterfy - Chee

Altered States - The Upbeats

Look to the Skies - Calyx & Teebee

Flower Veil - IMANU, HEZEN

Hotline - Ivy Lab, Two Fingers

You can listen to this playlist here:

HUGE shoutout to all of the music artists and to everyone who followed and supported me this year! <3

3 Years of Ink

Outside of digital art, I really enjoy pen and ink drawing. I usually make October Playlist official posts on this blog, so here are some of my favourite non-October pieces from 2016 - 2018:

2016

Left to right:
To Be Alive - Puppet
4ware - deadmau5
Tis the Season to be AUGHFHFHHFHFFF - Spor, Kill the Noise

Drawing in ink everyday was so fun in October that I attempted it again for December, only this time focusing on using colour. I only got to day 13... :'D

2017

Inspiration

(Inspired by the Juxtapoz x Superflat exhibit at the Vancouver Art Gallery)

I drew this shortly after seeing a Black Sun Empire x The Upbeats show at The Red Room. Favourite Vancouver venue with two of my favourite dnb artists made one heck of memorable night. 

Viewpoint - Mystic State, Lucy Kitchen
Under the Sunshine - Bensley
Thirsty - Ivy Lab

Under the Sunshine took almost a week to complete. I almost scrapped the piece multiple times because the infrared-like shading was causing my brain to explode but after a couple days the piece started to come together. The inspiration came from me feeling sassy walking on my way to work while listening to the tune.

2018

Medallion - Chee
Blowfish - Culprate, Skope
Full Hearts - Pegboard Nerds, Knife Party, Dion Timmer, (Monstercat)

Creating human characters with musical influences became a passion project of this year. I wanted to explore fashion takes on some of my favourite tunes:

Smog - Droptek, Vorso
Bandit - KUURO
Punks - The Upbeats

"The Bandit Girl", as the gray hoodie female character is nicknamed, first appeared on KUURO's single "Bandit". Since then I've drawn her a few more times:

Her monstrous hair is fun to draw :P Not sure if she'll ever get an official name...

The Punks boi, however, did get an official name because I ended up loving how his design turned out:

His name is Fangs. So far, all I know about him is that he loves dad jokes and puns.

Visor - Holly, Former
Death Don't Always Taste Good - Ivy Lab

Visor and the Ivy Lab girl (officially named Amber) are Fangs' close friends. Visor's dry sense of humour, incredible poker face, and intense preference for drinking beverages with silly straws go hand-in-hand with Fangs' jocular nature. The two of them together are a maelstrom of terrible jokes and obnoxious, nonsensical conversations.

Amber is the polar opposite of Fangs and Visor, being the serious, silent type. Fangs puts Amber's patience to the test but she actually finds him and Visor amusing enough to stick around and listen to. She's probably the only reason people take Fangs and Visor seriously.

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My brother, his fiancee, her sister, and I traveled to Japan at the end of August. The trip was incredible and filled with inspiration left and right!! One evening I decided to hang out in the lobby of our hotel and draw a few characters. This was the result.

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I wonder what kind of ideas will fill my sketchbook in 2019? :)