My Merlion-Kaiju & Merlion-Merman for #5x53sg #draw53sg

So in the midst of prepping for my own contributions to #draw53sg (A Doodle project to celebrate Singapore's 53rd Birthday, as featured on my TOYSREVIL-blog on August 9th), I - of course being the usual "wannabe" - had wanted to do a "side project", essentially titled "#5x53sg" - where I had wanted to draw five things specific to Singapore and my interactions with Singapore, one of whom was the "Merlion" (the half-lion half-fish" icon /mascot for SG), which I had hoped to do a "KAIJU" version of (!) ... the result of which was THIS:

Not exactly the #Merlion #kaiju I imagined but... my doodling skills wanting, it probably would’ve made better sense if it got up the Bay and threaten the Esplanade lol My #5x53sg attempt (for #draw53sg) celebrating Singapore’s 53rd Birthday with reinterpretating a National icon #hengdraw #toysrevilart

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Hardly what I had imagined (and trust me, I "imagine" pretty grand hahahaha), and alas a mutated sliver of a shadow of what I had intended! Would've made more sense to draw a dioramic background, with the giant kaiju Merlion appearing up from the water-front, and starring down the miniature statue at One Fullerton ... but my skills were not up to par (*might still give it a try one day :p)...

A quick peek at my 2nd #draw53sg attempt (& 2nd of my own #5x53sg doodles) with my interpretation of our nation’s #Merlion as a humanoid Mer-man-slash-lion!i was initially going for a #kaiju version, but sidetracked myself somewhat :p ... will do better next attempt! LOL Thank you for your indulgence :) #hengdraw #toysrevilart #needsatrongerwhites #notcourtesylion

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Slightly earlier on in the day, I'd actually sketched a Merlion/Mer-man concept (above) ... and while I liked and enjoyed the doodle (Not shy to admit :p), I was not wholly sold by the idea and put it aside in lieu of Merlion-Kaiju ... but not for long! LOL

Hard to focus on the blog, much less trying to doodle, with cable movie channels now free to preview (until Sunday)... Films on TV is my kryptonite hahaha #hengdraw

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While watching a film (or two) on the telly (*National Day specials where all cable channels are free to watch WHOO-HOO!), I struggled my interpretation of a Merlion-Merman ... on its belly (because I couldn't draw him coming out of the ocean lying on rocks :p) ...

Everything was pencil base, with brush marker and cool+warm grey markers ... and me resizing I have him a "longer" snout, which made him look more like a "werewolf" than a "lion" ~ *facepalm*

My Merlion-mer-man for #5x53sg, as part of my personal #draw53sg “spin-off” (cant think of a better words for now :p)... updating a iconic fictional creature to an alternate reality lol #hengdraw #toysrevilart ... actually looking at it now, it’s more “wolf” than “lion” oh maaaan... #isuck

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At least there's a sole realisation: That I really disliked drawing in a sketchbook, and miss doodling on individual white cards, which I really need to restock on soon... :)