Introducing myself

in introduceyourself •  7 years ago  (edited)

Hi guys, My name is Muhammad Akmal Bin Bastamam Holik. For my username, I choose akmalbastamam. I don't have ideas for my username and Akmal was the name chosen by my late father and I'm proud of it. My lecturer also told me that I must be proud of my name because I used to pick usernames that related to anime kinds of stuff. I'm really embarrassed when I think of it.profile pic.jpg

I love drawing. I think I got it from my late father. My late father loved Dato Lat work. He used to buy us VCDs of Kampung Boy and Books of Kampung Boy. I used to draw on our house's wall but my parents did not scold me. They were very supportive and I'm grateful for that. Later I will tell about my high school lives, where I started to drawing more seriously.( well I need to find my old sketchbooks and papers )

Well, I suppose that all for now. For the introduction, I choose these drawings because they are my first digital art. Back in the days (2014), I used Photoshop and Illustrator ( although I have no idea how to use them ). I enjoyed them and I felt that I can be improved more.drawing_anime__first_try__by_mikumiku95-d7eoepo.png My line art was so shaky. There is a colorless part there on her back.hatsunemiku_sleep_by_mikumiku95-d7eolq1.png See, the line.cute_anime_girl__adobe_illustrator_1st_try__by_mikumiku95-d7et6ap.png OMG, I felt so embarrassed. This, when I try to use Illustratorillustrator artwork.jpg I started to color my drawing in Illustrator.

After a while, I prefer Illustrator than Photoshop. The line a more smooth and the coloring are easy. Then I started to trace my artworks. First I drew them on paper then scan them and trace them on Illustrator. It all new experience for me and I love it. I learned new things and skills.
anime_doodle_by_mikumiku95-d7f9cfg.png Notice 'Henshin' word there, that's when I was still in 'Weeaboo' phase. I love to draw anime especially girls.
anime_doodle_colouring_by_mikumiku95-d7fdgc4.png The colored version.
After a while, I started to find and used other software like Manga Studio and Paint Tool SAI. I looked at youtube tutorials and watch 'How to Draw' videos. I felt so excited and eager to test it. At first, I struggled to use them because of their interface. It takes a while to adept.
dragomon hunter hopplong contest.jpg This was an artwork for a contest that I joined back then. ( It for a game )
Lol Lunar Contest test coloring.jpg
This was also for a game contest ( League of Legends ) These two drawings were created using Manga Studio.

4 Brothers_subjct.jpg
This is the picture of me and my brothers when I was in high school. I was the one that wearing spectecles. So, on my birthday, I decided to create my brothers in RPG kind of character style.4 Brothers_Sketch.jpg
Sketching process.
4 Brothers_Lineart.jpg
Line art.
4 Brothers_flat.jpg
Base colour.
4Brothers_edit.jpg
Final and edit some weird stuff on it. My brothers loved it and I'm happy because I was able to make them something. These drawings were created using Paint Tool SAI. It is easy to use and fun.

Then, I started to use Photoshop again. My friends told me that why don't I tried to study it. So, I take sometimes learning Photoshop. They teach me many things that I don't even know it was there, they explained the used of tools and even gave me brushes set. I felt so happy and very thankful for them. They were my friends and teachers.

From here until now ( 2017 ), I used Photoshop to created my artworks. I loved playing League of Legends game and I make fanarts of the characters in the game. Sometimes, I do fanarts of anime characters and I would love to make my own characters. It has been 3 years since I started to do digital arts. I know that I can learn more things and the journey was just only started. I wanted to improve more and learn new things.

These were my current skills in created artworks and I hope you guys like it. Have a nice day. ( These were characters from League of Legends game )

sion_leagueoflegend.jpg

Yasuo.jpg

Olaf_Thick Line.jpg

kennen.jpg

lol_shen.jpg

That it for now, see you guys later.
p/s : My lecture told me about steemit and ask me to join it. Thank you @sireh and forgive me for my bad english.

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Thank you, I'll keep it in mind

Welcome to Steemit and Team Malaysia. Glad to see so many cartoonist and artist here. I am Charles from Kuching and I am following you now.

Thank you, I'll do my best and nice to meet you.

Wow this is impressive work! Welcome to the platform. I can’t wait to see more.

Thank you, I'll try my best.

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Followed. Resteemed. Upvoted. U gonna blow up if i have snything to ssy aboit it.

Thank you. I really appreciate it and I'll do my best to contribute to @steemit

https://discord.gg/Rp4dfD Come to this place n meet folks that u can build a community with! Also message me limabeing2123 i have a request.:)

this give me some inspiration thought. Good post akmal!

Thank you @deduku Let's do our best.

I love how you showed your improvement! Good work!

Thank you, I really appreciate it and I hope I can improve my drawing and coloring technique

The Henshin still remains. Your stuff is awesome. Keep up, dude! owob

Ayy thank you. You too, I hope I can learn from you because you are my senior ^^. Lets do our best.

Welcome Akmal... from time to time you'll find the journey will be rewarding... keep on posting good content and make us proud... cheers!
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Thank you sir, I'll try my best

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Yes. and thank you, sir.

I think we are a part of something truly special here, and I welcome you! Another early adopter to this amazing technology.

Thank you, I'll try my best!

hey ! @akmalbastamam welcome to the world of steemit and #teammalaysia ... great to have you onboard

oh hey there, thank you. I'll do my best

Very cool.. Oh i love it 😍😍

Thank you, I really appreciate it.

Youre welcome 😁

Hello and welcome to Steemit! Glad that you went to the talk and took the initiative to tryout steemit :) Hope you'll have fun knowing more people here and to share your great artwork!

Thank you, I hope I'll get to gain new experience and become a good contributor to @steemit. I'll try my best.

Nice work akmal. Welcome to steemit and have fun (^^;)

thank you, I'll do my best!

welcome to steemit @akmalbastamam. your #introduceyourself post was nicely to read, I see a new young talent here and I wish you all the best. keep it up.

Thank you, I really appreciate it. Sorry for my bad English. I'll do my best!

Hi friend @akmalbastamam , welcome to @steemit, I can help you to explain a little about steemit. because I believe that you can be the best blogger and contributor on this site. So I'll follow you and you follow me ^. ^

@johntor

Thank you, friend. Yeah, I really need some helps to understand the interface and of course about steemit. I'll do my best to contribute here.

nice art @akmalbastamam you have a talent welcome to steemit bro ..

Thank you, I'll do my best.

Welcome to Steemit! Your artwork is very nice! I've always admired the anime style of illustration! 😊

Ayyy, it's you, thank you. I'll really appreciate it.