restless mayumi haryoto

I know Indonesia contains a lot of young talents, but seeing this Jakarta-based illustrator’s work really really made me proud. I first know Mayumi Haryoto through her Multiply (already deleted now), apparently she’s a friend of my friend, I met her randomly several times but I never got the chance to sit and talk with her. Her illustrations are cynical yet soft, well-crafted by not putting too much detail but exquisite. Her color choices are so faraway from our well-known standard RGB and CMYK, which make it a bliss.

These are her works for JEUNE Magazine, a collaboration with Christina Phan, a talented photographer friend of mine.

More to see on her Behance Network profile.

patrick tsai: harsh, deep & sweet

Sounds like a good sex, eh? Well, he might be is.

Patrick Tsai, an currently Tokyo-based American who is also a former part-photographer of his own love story, My Little Dead Dick (Restricted only to Flickr user), has never ever ever cease to inspire me. His photos are intimate, quirky and always give me this certain emotion of how people surrounding you, in every place you go, are part of this gigantic collaboration called: life. He’s simply brilliant.

Patrick Tsai’s PingMag interview

Hello Olympic!

Breathtaking photos. Give me shivers.
2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony.

good morning, night. good night, love.

I just got back from Phi Phi, Thailand. Again. I was traveling alone. Really spending great time there. I’m suppose to be broken-hearted, cause, you know. Yeah. But apparently no, I’m in love.

hey stranger, let’s runaway

An implusive trip to Pulau Seribu, with couple of strangers, who turn out to be the most loveliest travel company model ever!
I must admit that these are one of my favorite serie of holiday pictures. Earth was collaborating with everything in it, altered into something gorgeously captivating, when we visit the islands. The water, weather, underwater visibility, current, nights with gazillions bright white stars, yes - 4 falling stars somewhere in the sky, the talk, the long distance call, the food, the company. Everything was perfect.