HK is magnetic

Hong Kong is so rich in details and keeps many layers of information I’d like to unveil with time. Fascinating place. 

I didn’t plan to stay for many days. In my dreams I would like to spend months there, writing high above in a quiet studio in one of those skyscrapers, but in the higher floors, not in a second floor or so (How inelegant that would be!). But that's is a task for my future self.

In The Mood For Love and Hong Kong

This detail from In The Mood For Love (2000) represents the essence of HK as I imagine it. The realty is slightly different but somehow it keeps the feeling.

So many layers to learn about Hong Kong.

Primate coding

Primates use high tech in many ways. Sometimes enjoying devices music because it makes them tickling in their ears.

Homemade rubber stamps

Today I made a few new rubber stamps.

 I love how imperfectly aesthetic they are. Usually I need 2 o 3 tries to have something acceptable. Charm +10 points! Useful, unique and feel alive.

The diamond one is an older piece. I’m amazed at the patience (and eyesight!) my past self had when he made it.

The gouge I used is quite big and not too sharp. I’ve discovered the tip of a mechanical pencil does lines great, and then polishing it a little bit with a knife.

Little mystery in the first try is exciting and the whole process is super fun.

My current mechanical pencils

These are the tools I'm using these days for drawings with pencil. 

I don't think softer than 4B is needed in this paper. And for the hardest, 2H in 0.3 size is great. It needs time to control but I love the feeling in its lines.

Recently I'm adding more mechanical pencils to my collection. Did I say collection? It was not my intention, but it's happening.

Vans

Vans gives you joviality +5 and aesthetic +10.