Just like the title of the post, I seriously think that 2017 is my best and the worst year.

Why, you asked.

I called it the best year because this year, I got 3 major masterpieces, met new models, I even worked together with famous people. But why the worst year, if you had that many great experiences?
It was because I got a major breakdown during the year and I ended up breaking my own mental health. That, my friend, is a really big issue for me this year and I hope it's only this year.

Anyway, like the previous year, I would like to recap all the things that happened this year, including showing you some major artworks and also great moments in 2017.

First, I would like to update my model's list that I've been working with in 2017.

Rachel (USA)

Michelle (Japan)

Nicole - on the left (Denmark)

Not as many as last year, to be honest, I didn't really shoot a lot this year. I'm more focused on my full-time work and it's too tiring to work again on the weekends. However, I created 3 big masterpieces. Here are the 3 artworks:

Big Fish and Begonia (Collaboration with Evan Raditya)

Fille Française

卷珠帘

2 Chinese-themed artworks and 1 French-themed, as you may see, my tones are gradually changing from the blurry film-like tones (you can see it on the works I did last year) into more solid contrast tones. I have to give myself a tick on my checklist for having that great collaboration with my best friend, Evan Raditya.

Cheri (Korean Fashion Influencer & Blogger)

Chen Yung Hua a.k.a yourddoris (Taiwanese Fashion Photographer)

McKay Kim (K-pop Star 2 singer)

Nicky Park (K-pop singer) - his first single album

Yutaki (Singaporean Fashion Influencer & Blogger) - taken back in 2016

it's DAY6!

Heyyy everybody! How's your days?
I'm graduating already and now i'm on my way to pursue the next thing in life, that's MAKING MONEY! oh my God, my head.

So, I haven't introduce this guy formally here but I think I've mentioned about him in my previous posts. One of my best friends, Evan a.k.a Papercaptain, is doing his personal project nowadays. Honestly, I really want to do something together with him, collaborating or something but I don't think it's possible since Evan is really a busy person. Then I asked him for a special request, draw something for me. HAHAHA. Well, I had this song in my mind since a long time ago but I haven't had a chance to do something about it.

Hymn to Hope, composed by Secret Garden, a really famous new age artist. I've been in love with these guys and I found a vocal version (in Korean) of that song, sung by Youngok Shin. This song gives you hope, literally. After I translated the lyrics myself to English, I was kind of sad. The song was supposed to be give me hope to live but then I realized that the meaning is too tragic for me.

"난 돌아왔죠.. 세상의 끝에서..." (I'm coming back.. When the world ends..)

 "때론 지치고.. 힘들고 서글퍼도..." (Sometimes it's tiring, difficult and troubled..)

It seems like it's about the END. I don't know why but I'm dropping tears when I listening to this song. OK. Back to the story. Then, I asked Evan to draw something from this song. Based on this song. He asked me which part of the lyrics I liked the best. There's this lyric,

"세상의 모든 꿈.." (All the dreams of the world)

 This particular part, when I first heard it, I felt.. peace. The dreams of the world? It's so beautiful, isn't it?

And finally, this is what Evan came up with.



He combined it with Japanese art style and also its folklore, Kaguya. I was so surprised when I found out that Kaguya have red black ombré hair!
Looks like the fashion sense of our Papercaptain is finally come out eh?
Well, it's a wraaapp!

To check out more of Evan the Papercaptain's works, click here
and to listen Hymn to Hope vocal version, click here