Friday, July 31, 2015

"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." -- Vincent Van Gogh

"Small cells form my multi-functional body.
Beautiful and breathtaking display of monitors is the works of small pixels.
Small dots express an art and an idea." -- Jared Lim


Material Used: ink pen
Art Technique: pointillism
Topic: small things
Date Created: July 2015



Material Used: pencil
Art Technique: segmented
Topic: living things
Date Created: April 2012

I frequently encounter the concept of building blocks in every aspect of life. We no longer put emphasis on apparent phenomena; we focus on the fundamentals of process and attain a complete understanding from smaller components.

Sunday, July 26, 2015

"Before speaking her name she had been nothing but a gesture. When I spoke her name, she came to me and became a flower." -- Kim Chunsu

"The meaning of existence blossomed like a flower when I desired it." -- Jared Lim



Material Used:brush, pastel color
Art Technique: watercolor, pastel
Topic: flower
Date Created: July 2015 // May 2012

Flowers generally stand for beauty and love, but I put more values into their nature. Their existence explains how and why we are created.

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

"Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works." -- Steve Jobs

"I will design the world. I will design the future." -- Jared Lim





Material Used: pencil
Art Technique: chiaroscuro, 3-D art
Topic: Steve Jobs
Date Created: December 2011


"I miss you."

Material Used: rubber stamp, ink
Art Technique: rubber stamp carving
Topic: Steve Jobs
Date Created: December 2011

Occasionally I think about where we would be technologically without him.


Wednesday, July 1, 2015

"Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken." -- M. F. K. Fisher

"That's why life and birth are so exciting.
My heart flutters when I see the endless possibilities in a newborn baby." -- Jared Lim


"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg." -- Samuel Butler

"That's so complicated process for a cell.
Were I an egg, I would rather go through mitosis." -- Jared Lim


Material Used: pencil // brush
Art Technique: chiaroscuro // watercolor
Topic: life and birth... or chicken and egg
Date Created: June 2015 // October 2013

My mom just cracked two eggs from the refrigerator. I hope that was two chicks breaking their shells.