Yo Yo Dieting Cats from the Mischief Champions

Have you ever read the Mischief Champions? (check it out, believe me, you'll like it)
there are a lot of odd drawings to make you happy , as it said for the site's tag line.
it's one of my must-see-weekly web, and sometimes I read it 3 times a week :p
Months ago, Katrin Hagen, the head behind the Mischief, commissioned me to transform one of her drawings into crocheted toy.
as you see, her realistic drawing style is totally different than mine (I never really made a realistic drawings!)
She kindly chose the Yo-yo dieting , which is the most simple drawing, to be transformed to crocheted toy.

there was some sketching and prototyping process, and finally it's done :)

of course, the umbrellas were only used for the photo session, the sun here was very strong :p
it was a really fun work, maybe next time I will make another toy based on her drawings too as a fan craft.

so, do you want to have your own customized crocheted toys too?
just send me e-mail :)

Frankenstein

October means Halloween!
the bad news is, there's no Halloween in Indonesia
well there are some places having private Halloween Party but there's no trick or treat in the neighborhood.
So, I made this frankenstein as a Halloween decor at my desk.

the sitting pose was based on Bali sitting statue, same like the purple ninja
I always wanted to make something gore but cute.
So prepare your guts :P

don't worry, parents, I'll keep this blog rated as PG

Pink Nurita

Octopus in Bahasa Indonesia is Gurita
My friend who asked me to make the blue octopus is Nurita
so let's call the knitted octopus as Nurita collection.

Since I was in the mood for knitting, I made another Nurita in pink.

Cute isn't it?

And you may have your own Nurita in your favorite colors for Rp30.000,00 (shipping cost not included)
I would need a week to make one octopus, and every octopus size is about 4-5cm

Mau?

Special offers!!

I know, it's not December yet
there's no special day, no Christmas, not even my birthday.
Just in case you don't get it, my name, Dessy, because I was born in December.

it's too early for making Christmas and Birthday wishes, but I can't wait any longer.

I want a Flickr Pro Account.

I need a Flickr Pro Account.

If I could, I would buy it by myself, but I can't :((

I write this, just in case there is anybody care to help me buy me a Flickr Pro
pretty please ;;)
it's okay if there isn't, I'll wait till December

so here's the deal for anyone who buy me a Flickr Pro account, I would make you an orangutan dolls.
You may choose the color, you want a black Orangutan? go ahead, it's up to you, I'll make it for you (even tough it's not my favorite color)

By spending 24-25 USD, you will get:

1. a flickr pro account for me :)
2. a customized orangutan dolls
3. free shipping cost
4. helping the real orangutan (I would save 5 USD for the orangutanku project)
5. free pouch made by my Mom :)

feel free to ask me about this special offers.
Basically, I would need about 7-10 days to make you an orangutan doll, and the shipment would take about 2-4 weeks, depends on the destination.

and.. if you prefer to have any other dolls, just ask me, I might be able to make it for you.

THANKS a lot for reading :)

PS: it's totally cool if you just like to read this blog, I really appreciate it.
even tough I don't have a flickr Pro yet, I would uploading some pictures through another image hosting

Knitted Octopus

My friend requested a small octopus doll.
She gave me a picture for the reference, a crocheted octopus doll,
and she asked for a baby blue octopus.
Blame it on my PMS, I was in the mood of using knitting needles, and somehow I don't feel like making crochet doll.
And instead grabbing a baby blue yarns I took another blue yarns.
at the time I began to knit, I was thinking of knitting something else.
but in the end I made a knitted octopus.

I took 2 days to finish it, a very much longer time than making a crocheted baby octopus, because of the small legs.
obviously, this octopus is not my friend's request, but if you like it you can have it, Gita! ;)

I'm not sure with my next weekly dolls, since I will be back to my animation project till November.
And now I'm having problem upgrading my flickr account, since  the octopus is officially the 200th picture, I can't upload new pictures for a while :(


see you soon.. hopefully sooner than November :)

Flying Fox

Were I a fox, I wouldn't jump over the lazy dog, I would fly over the dogs :) 

FLYING FOX!

WOO HOO!

the fox design was made a few months ago, but I just got time to realized it this week.
I don't know about the other place, you could find flying foxes almost everywhere in Indonesia.
at the forest (outbound trip), at tourist spots, and in some malls.
umm.. I'm not talking about the flying animal, it's something like this
Do people really like it?  is it really fun?
my only adrenalin sport is watching horrors, I hate scaring my self to death by something which involves higher places.


By the way, at the same time I was making this fox, the next studio where I am working for was designing a fox, a mascot for a community.
Just in case my fellow friend from that studio read this blog.  This fox is unfortunately not based nor inspired from your design.  It's purely coincidence, cool isn't it?

Orangutanku #8: Sekar

I just went back from my fun vacation to Bali.
There's a lot of places I haven't go to in Indonesia, but Bali is definitely my favorite.
I could write a loooooong story about my vacation but not in this blog :)

Before went to Bali, I made this special orangutan.
Since Bali is famous for the exotic sunny beach, I made Sekar, the shocking pink orangutan.
Sekar is a nice traveling friend :)
Put her on your bag  and she won't complain, as long as you take her to interesting places. 

Sekar waiting for the delayed plane

Kuta Beach, the perfect place to get tanned :)

Sekar prefers hanging at the Kambojas Tree, than hanging out at the club

The beaches are cool, but I don't mind swimming at the lotus pool

Sekar available for adoption for 170000 IDR
15% gained from the adoption will be saved for the OrangUtanku Project
(Updated December 22, 2011 : Sekar now staying with my niece, Kiko)

PS: interested to have another orangutan doll with different color variation? just tell me :)