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Kamisketsa, Coretan Kuliner Jogja


I am Kamisketsa and I come from Kotagede, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. My username “kamisketsa” is from two words: “kamis” which means Thursday and “sketsa” which means sketch. I use that name because I did my first sketch on a Thursday morning. Since that day, I have always uploaded a sketch on my Facebook page every Thursday. I also upload photos of places that I sketch.





My culinary sketches started from my morning routines in August 2015. Every morning, I biked around 1 kilometer to throw away some household litter. One day on my way back home I bought a meal to eat. On the next morning, I sketched while waiting for the food to be ready.

Then, it wasn’t only in the morning that I sketched. I sketched whenever I bought food, noon and night, especially traditional food. Day after day, I think that sketching is fun and I like my local culture. By the way, Kotagede (my hometown) was an old town before it was a huge palace in my wide country. So we can find a whole lot of traditional food sellers at many places in Kotagede.



Long before my culinary sketches, my sketching started about a year before, after I read Tokyo on Foot by Florent Chavouet. For my sketching, I bought a 12 color Koi watercolor pocket sketch box and drawing pens (0.1, 0.4 and 0.6). I used these for my first journey sketches of Chiang Mai. Now, I often use 0.05 Pigma Micron for outline and B.B. Pigma brush pen for headline text.



I start with a rough sketch using a mechanical pencil, just to make sure objects are in the right proportion. Then I adjust outlines and detail. After I feel it’s enough, I start coloring with my watercolor. Lastly, I add a headline with my brush pen.

The first time I used watercolor for my artwork was 2010, when I studied visual communication design at Indonesia Institute of Arts, Yogyakarta. Now, I work as a graphic designer and illustrator. I love vector art. I love movies, traveling, culinary arts, local culture and bunnies. My artwork is centered on those things. You can see more of my artwork and design on my other Instagram feed (@imamzack).

For me, sketching is a lovely activity that makes me relax in the middle of my work activities. Thanks for reading!

Kamisketsa


Selamat pagi! Ada hobi baru yang menarik belakangan ini. Tulisan di atas adalah artikel di web seorang sketcher bernama Charlie, yang mengumpulkan cerita di balik para sketcher di instagram. Cek cerita para sketcher di doodlewash.com .

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