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8.7.06

Where's the SKYLINE?

Illustration Friday: Skyline


This week’s theme at Illustration Friday is SKYLINE. Interesting. I projected the theme to my experience.

I live in a dense housing close to downtown of Jakarta. I preferred the location for traffic reason but.. living here, I miss something. The skyline! I hardly enjoyed skyline. I could enjoy sky, but not the line – the juncture between the sky and earth.

The view from my balcony is building, building and building. The good and ugly. Mixed design. Mixed culture. Modern new building. Warm building with little garden attached to the building. Colorful building. Messy building. Traditional low building. Tree is rare. It can only be seen near lower building. But definitely no.. skyline.

13 comments:

turquoise cro said...

Love your art for skyline! Chico is sooooo cute! Wish you had a skyline!

turquoise cro said...

Chiko! Sorry!

Belinha Fernandes said...

My balcony's view is light.Buldings have no more than 6 floors.I had a sight of a tiny bit of the sea but another building came and took it!Loved the previous collage about balck...I was born on the 1st Februrary, missed January for just four hours!Why do you ask?

claudine hellmuth said...

very inventive and original! I like your twist on the theme :)

Teri said...

It is wonderful! Your skyline may be a lot prettier than the normal one!

Jana Bouc said...

Cool take on the theme...very creative. Thanks for telling about your view, too. Sounds intense!

Belinha Fernandes said...

Hello!I'm horse of fire!My brother in law is chinese and told me that horse of fire are difficult people, troubled.Chinese families did not want babies to be born horse of fire!I don't know if that's true!:-) Tell me: is it common to eat small snails in Indonesia?!!I like it a lot and my friends find it horrible!I boiled it with certain herbes and seasoning.And then I eat it with cold beer...This has nothing to do with collage...

hemelsgroen said...

Very original and funny. I like both idea and composition!

dodo said...

Hi,
Your blog is so much fun, i like this work of yours! Keep on going!

dodo said...

Hi,
back to say thanx for stepping by!
Currently i only use the PAINT of Windows' Accessories. My blog started more as a joke but then it became challenging to find out how much one can do with this program. (I normally use pencils and inks).

I 'll be back for more of yours.

murphy girl said...

creative! i keep finding new stuff in there!

Unknown said...

this is incredibly creative & unique. great work here!!

Anonymous said...

great collage of a sky line in your imagination (maybe in your apartment).