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Just another shy awkward INFP 👦
☕️ @cafesketcherssg
📱 Galaxy S26U & TabS11U
I eat, draw, & make reels.

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Come exhibition day, rather than just view displayed art, you’ll have the privilege of seeing NEW ART CREATED LIVE! 🤩

Let our guest portraitists/caricaturists put your face onto paper for a nominal fee 🙌🏼 And bring back a memorable keepsake from the exhibition 💖

#singaporesketchersexhibition2026

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Make it yours!
CBTL 63 years Celebration at Causeway Point outlet.
* 18 Sunday with @james.ek at Jems outlet.

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Doodling away at a cafe all day today 💛

@benedicttyh @glucosebar @james.ek

#헤이즈야물러가라 #goawayhaze #cafesketch #doodle #drawingpeople

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Okay! Before the FANDOM comes for me… I’m saying this as a Street Fighter fan; had such a fun time with the movie and it really felt like it respected the game! Can’t wait to watch it AGAIN with my Super family! 💥🦵🏽

I went to the Street Fighter premiere as Chun-Li and somehow the night turned into a whole side quest. 😂

First, M. Bison @fendnomenal dropped by Krafers’ Paradise, saw the live sketch session… and obviously decided to crash it. 😌

The artworks were SO GOOD, I was totally jealous! @james.ek and we got picked for Best Dressed, Fendi casually took FIRST PLACE as M. Bison, and all five of us walked away with exclusive merch. ☺️🔥still grateful for that little boy who shouted CHUN LI so confidently!

And yes… that gym bag contain hand wraps. So I guess there’s only one thing left to do: Will Callina Liang train me? 🫣

And thank you @uipsingapore @paramountpics.sg for this opportunity 😀

#StreetFighter #ChunLiCosplay #StreetFighterCosplay #uipsingspore #shawtheatres

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왕년에 오락실 좀 다녔던 저의 최애 게임은 《스트리트 파이터》였습니다~ 🎮

아도겐! 오류겐! 🤜💥ㅎㅎ

저의 픽은 단연 류와 춘리였죠! 🥋
여러분의 최애 캐릭터는 누구였나요?

Krasfers Paradise에서 제가 좋아하는 캐릭터들을 라이브 드로잉으로 그려볼 기회가 있었어요

오랜만에 큼지막한 종이 위에 마음껏 신나게 그렸습니다~

멋진 기회를 마련해 준 내 친구 제임스와 Krasfers Paradise 그리고 두 시간 동안 멋진 모델이 되어주신 분들께 진심으로 감사드립니다🙏❤️

Back in my arcade days, my all-time favourite game was definitely Street Fighter! 🎮

Hadoken! Shoryuken! 🤜💥

My favourite characters were definitely Ryu and Chun-Li! 🥋
Who were your favourite characters? 😆

I had the chance to do a live drawing of my favourite characters at Krafers Paradise

It was so much fun getting to draw freely on such a big sheet of paper again after so long

A big thank you to @krafersparadise @james.ek for making this opportunity possible and to the amazing models @9kekz @charshabao_ who posed for two whole hours! ❤️🫶🏻

#livedrawing #streetfighter #라이브드로잉 #charcol #스트리트파이터

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We are ready to FIGHT 🥊

We had so much fun hosting the local @streetfightermovie premiere for you all ❤️ Probably the silliest hosting I've done and I loved every moment of it 🤣 The movie is out in cinemas now!!

A huge shoutout to our stunt performers, my supercat team, @ccmcostume for the epic costumes and thank you @uipsingapore for supporting our crazy ideas 🤍

📸 @keyopang

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Breakfast, ball or me? 🥣⚽️🧕🏼

I must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed, because I suddenly didn’t feel like joining the @usk.sg / @cafesketcherssg ijioyou sketchwalk today, having looked forward to it all week… Haze? Hormones? 🤷🏻‍♀️

But glad I made it, coz not only did I get to paint, I also got to play ball with a cutie patootie who happened to be taking a morning walk outside @jimmymonkeycafe with his dad. If only he knew how much his little smile cheered me up 🥹 So, of course I had to immortalise him in today’s painting ❤️

Thank you, @james.ek , for today 🙏🏽

Painted with Daniel Smith and Holbein watercolours on 31 by 41 cm Baohong cold pressed cotton paper 🎨 75 mins pencils + 55 mins watercolours on location; didn’t watch the clock finishing this at home

Pre-homework

Pencils

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Evidence

Jimmy, boy and ball

Ferns

Spot the sketcher

Throwdown

Host

Comrades

Flowers from a stranger in the train otw home

Matchy-matchy with my ootd

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Today’s play sketches. Jioed and organized by @james.ek. Thank you very much.

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Today’s @usk.sg #ijy x @cafesketcherssg sketch session at @jimmymonkeycafe !! Ordered the shakshuka and it defo passed the sketch test, still tasting good despite us eating it 2 hours later 😅 the cafe is located within a revamped colonial-era building, they’ve preserved the old 🚽 and toilet paper holder that British soldiers used to use (swip to pic4). Also nice exploring the Buona Vista area otw to the sketchsesh! Thanks @james.ek for hosting and bringing us here! And thank you @higgledypiggledyy for letting me use the first piece of your perfect-sized sketch pad!
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#glosketches
#jimmymonkeycafe

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Our first sketch in Incheon

I had imagined sketching
with the sea breeze on our faces
but thanks to @usk_neighbor @sketcher219
we found a comfortable spot
on the second floor of Incheon Coastal Passenger Terminal

Looking out through the expansive windows
at the beautiful, open sea,
I finally felt
that we had truly arrived in Incheon 😌

인천에서의 첫 번째 스케치

바닷바람을 맞으며
스케치하게 될 줄 알았는데
이웃님과 일구 덕분에
연안여객터미널 2층에서
아주 편안하게 그릴 수 있었다

통창 너머로
시원하게 펼쳐진
바다 풍경을 바라보니
비로소
인천에 왔다는 실감이 났다!

#incheon #sketchingtrip #스케치여행 #연안부두 #penandwatercolor

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Baedari Secondhand Bookstore Alley, Incheon

Spent some time wandering through Baedari Secondhand Book Alley, a historic stretch of bookshops in Incheon. The alley grew in the years following the Korean War and reached its peak in the 1970s, when more than 40 shops sold secondhand textbooks, reference books and other literature.

@usk_neighbor shared that the alley is now home to just five surviving bookstores, selling books on every topic you can imagine. Being a maximalist, I couldn’t resist attempting to draw all five bookstores lining the alley. @cha_book (차북카페) provided the perfect vantage point for my attempt. The café itself was one of my favourites from the trip, bringing together music, books, coffee and a cosy atmosphere.

#usksg #urbansketchers #illustratingincheon

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Colours of My Community Competition 🇸🇬🇲🇾

And that’s a wrap! 🎨✨

A huge thank you to our amazing judges for sharing their thoughts, insights and perspectives throughout the competition. 💛 To everyone who participated, shared their creativity and brought their stories to life through art, thank you for being part of this journey! 🫶

Stay tuned as we announce the final winners on 5th October 🏆🎨

#arrtx #acrylicmarkers #alcoholmarkers #artists #creatives

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