"Where curves of steel in silence meet,
To kiss the sky above the street.
The sunset paints the quiet bay,
While a life-ring watches end of day."
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A comission I have done initially as a toned traditional drawing (pen and markers on 11"×17" comi book paper) and then colored digitally in photoshop watercolor style after the client went back to me and requested for it to be colored.
THE STORY BEHIND
I saw my neighbor’s son standing in the green beside the pavilion where I was sitting. What caught my attention was not merely the child himself, but the quiet fascination written across his face as he stared upward at the shafts of sunlight filtering through the branches and leaves above him. There was something pure and unguarded in the way he observed the world. The kind of curiosity adults often lose without realizing it.
The late afternoon light drifted through the canopy in broken beams, touching the grass in fragments of gold while the leaves moved gently with the breeze. For a moment, the scene felt almost suspended in time. A small and ordinary moment made beautiful simply because someone was truly seeing it.
I happened to have my Leica X2 with me, and instinctively I raised it to capture the scene. Rather than photograph him directly and plainly, I framed the shot through the pavilion’s decorative baluster, letting its shape become part of the composition. It created a subtle sense of distance and intimacy at the same time, as though I were quietly observing a fleeting memory unfold rather than merely taking a photograph.
Installarion Meeting of Phoenix Daylight Lodge #10069 E.C., Singapore where I was elevared from South to West.
Caught this boy, probably just off from school. Fascinated with the sun beams that are filtered through the trees. I was in the pavilion near this and shoot this through the open decorative block walls using my old Leica X2.
Marina Bay view opposite... Front and back. Gold and Blue. Night and Day. Present and before.
Above the pulse of Singapore’s endless light,
Glass rivers shimmer through the velvet night.
The city breathes beneath the clouds so high,
A skyline floating softly in the sky.
They look at you like they already understand the world.
There’s a quiet weight in their eyes, something learned too early,
something they carry without knowing how to name.
And yet—
their laughter comes easily.
Not because life is gentle,
but because they choose the moment anyway.
They play, they run, they smile at small things.
As if joy doesn’t need permission.
As if it simply finds a way.
You notice the struggle.
They notice the day.
"The sky holds its breath. There is a distinct weight to the air right before the weather turns—a quiet tension between bruised clouds and completely still water. Down below, the rhythm remains unchanged, his gaze laid below... Anchored in the tide."
A fisherman in Bohol island, Philippines...
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Done using Procreate on iPad pro, including the 'ink' sketch.