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Bearing Witness, an autobiographical comic written by Vinita (@saptamatrika ), illustrated by me, and published by @differenceenginesg , is out! You can purchase it on Difference Engine's site. Very honoured to have been trusted with this story. 🏵️ You can also join our upcoming book launch as part of Singapore Writer's Festival on 20 Nov, 4-5PM, at the Arts House! We hope to open more conversations about pregnancy and miscarriage, and the richness of Southeast Asian stories in comic form. Synopsis from DE's site: "Suffering from postpartum depression after the birth of her first child, a 42-year-old musters up the courage to try for another baby. Struggling through two trimesters of nausea, exhaustion, and recurrent, intense dreams, she hopes to hit the 20-week milestone and see the light at the end of the tunnel, only to discover during a routine ultrasound scan that her baby has passed away in the womb. And so begins a surreal life on the other side of loss, where grief and ecstasy are often bedfellows, tears come from nowhere, other people’s babies become the objects of intense affection, and where the baby that never came to be shows up in stars, stones, seeds, and her toddler’s imagination." - #BearingWitness #IndieComics #AutobiographicalComics

From last year: backgrounds for "Rising Above Together: Mun Hoe's Story" video, produced by @findingpictures and directed by @jerroldchong . If you're in SG you might have seen it around. First few images were the full background illustrations, and the later images are some final stills! Animation is by the talented folks at FP. (They recently also had a cool cartoon Puberteens, check it out) I keep forgetting or being indecisive about posting work art stuff, trying to be better at that lol #BackgroundArt #ConceptArt #Illustration #AnimationArt #ArtistsOnInsta

kucumbu tubuh indahku i wanted to draw this particular scene that struck me, like a moment of recognition or acceptance for juno, in the midst of trauma and uncertainty. this film means a lot to me and i've always wanted to do an illustration project for it, like a series of posters and studies...but i just haven't had the time since last year :') maybe someday. this will have to do for now. -- #KucumbuTubuhIndahku #IndonesianFilm #QueerCinema

(2/2) Social media illustrations for Following the Fumes, Earth Journalism Network (@earthjournalism )'s new collaborative special report on air pollution in Asia, each representing the one story in the report. Thank you Sam Schramski for the opportunity 🙏 #EditorialIllustration

(1/2) Header and footer illustrations for Following the Fumes, Earth Journalism Network (@earthjournalism )'s new collaborative special report on air pollution in Asia. You can read 6 articles under it on their main website. A topic that has been relevant and felt for as long as I can remember. I'm glad to be able to contribute and learn about it from different perspectives. Thank you Sam Schramski for the opportunity 🙏 #EditorialIllustration

Illustrations for BARC Labs' (@barc.labs ) The Art Detective, a workshop where participants got to investigate a damaged artwork through an unfolding casefile! This was a lovely experience, and as a mystery fiction fan I had a lot of fun drawing these. I learned a lot about art conservation through the storyline and reference photos. Thank you for the opportunity :) #Illustration #ArtConservation

Header and footer illustrations for Dark Side of the Boom, Earth Journalism Network (@earthjournalism )'s new collaborative special report on resource-intensive digital technologies in Asia. You can read 11 articles under it on their main website. An issue I don't understand nearly enough but have been trying to grapple with, so I'm glad to be able to contribute and learn about various aspects of it in one place. Thank you Sam Schramski for the opportunity 🙏 #EditorialIllustration

Come watch us play!! 𝐏𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧: 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬, 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Forest, Sea, and Rather Destructive Heroes: Three Javanese Shadow Puppet Plays 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭. Forests fall. Seas boil. Animals are slaughtered. An epidemic is unleashed. Such are the deeds of cherished heroes in these performances of Javanese shadow puppet theatre (𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘵)—reimaginings of the Mahabharata and Ramayana that unravel the deep entanglements between human ambition, civilisation, and the natural world. Recognized by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage, 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘵 blends storytelling, visual imagery, and gamelan music into a multi-sensory performance. 🐗 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐢 (Clearing the Mertani Forest). Dalang: Jan Mrázek. 10 October 2025, Friday, 7pm. 📍 NUS Central Library Forum. 🪁 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐍𝐠𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧 (Sena Flies a Kite). Wayang Cinema. 11 October 2025, Saturday, 4pm. 📍ACM River Room. 🌉 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐤 (Rama builds a Causeway). Dalang: Ki Aneng Kiswantoro. 11 October, 2025, Saturday, 7pm. 📍ACM River Room. Singa Nglaras Gamelan Ensemble, with special guests Ki Aneng Kiswantoro, Fani Rickyansyah, and Wibowo. NUS Department of Southeast Asian Studies, SUSS College of Interdisciplinary and Experiential Learning, Asian Civilisations Museum, SKALA, CROP, and Gamelan Asmarandana.

It took 4 years for the @elsewherecinemaclub crew to meet in person — but we made it! In 2022, in the midst of a pandemic and PhD despair, @krtan_2022 @erikaa.swr @jackfruitchips_ and I decided to set up an online screening club dedicated to independent films by and about women and queer folk in Southeast Asia. We met so many wonderful filmmakers along the way: @babyruthv who documented the lives of OFWs in Hong Kong, @pamstrr who made a catholic gothic film on a toy camera, @samsimtak who made a dramedy with/about her mom, @laminoodles who chronicled the loving family life of a queer couple and their adopted son in Myanmar (and dialed in during the early days of the coup), @leejessica23 who made a haunting true crime documentary with Netflix, @aiess who made one of the first films to feature the Cebuano language, and @sarntolstice and @thuytr.ng whose semi-autobiographic films tell stories of the queer Asian diaspora. Bonus last photo: Us, in 2025, at the inaugural Association of Programmers and Curators of Asian Cinema (ACPAC) conference speaking about the rise of DIY film clubs in Southeast Asia. 📸 : Kiong Wei Zhong @spiderkats c/o Asian Film Archive @asianfilmarchive

Illustration for "Defending Climate with Care: Five Critical Lessons on Resourcing Environment and Climate Justice", an article by Vinita Sahasranaman on Urgent Action Fund, Asia & Pacific ( @uaf_anp )'s blog. This was from June earlier this year, but still relevant even now. Thank you UAF A&P and Twisha Mehta for the opportunity! - #EditorialIllustration #Illustration #ClimateJustice

Part 3/4: "The Remis Shields" Had the honour of illustrating comics for @erc.earth as part of Beneath the Sands, a global investigation project on sand mining published in April. Journalists from 12 countries expose how a weakly regulated industry overlooks the environmental destruction and human toll of the highly lucrative and low-risk business of sand mining. This is the second comic in the collection, which focuses on Indonesia. The images are awkwardly cropped here, you can see the full thing on beneaththesands.earth ! Credits: Coordinator: Richa Syal Reporters: Sharon Atieno (Kenya), Febriana Firdaus (Indonesia), Tharushi Pitigala (Sri Lanka), Teng Yalirozy (Cambodia), Lay Sopheavotey (Cambodia), Shamsheer Yousaf (India), Monica Jha (India) Introduction from the Beneath the Sands website ( beneaththesands.earth ): "In this series, the Environmental Reporting Collective highlights examples from Cambodia, India, Kenya and Indonesia in which sand mining projects have hindered women’s rights, resulting in increased gender inequality and the further marginalization and abuse of women. We also share stories of women on the frontlines of sand mining, showcasing how they are playing an active role in the resistance against mining activities. Our hope in sharing these lived experiences is to contribute to a broader perspective on environmental justice." - #Comics #EnvironmentalJustice #ComicJournalism #Illustration #BeneathTheSands

Part 3/4: "The Harvesting Site" Had the honour of illustrating comics for @erc.earth as part of Beneath the Sands, a global investigation project on sand mining published in April. Journalists from 12 countries expose how a weakly regulated industry overlooks the environmental destruction and human toll of the highly lucrative and low-risk business of sand mining. This is the second comic in the collection, which focuses on Kenya. The images are awkwardly cropped here, you can see the full thing on beneaththesands.earth ! Credits: Coordinator: Richa Syal Reporters: Sharon Atieno (Kenya), Febriana Firdaus (Indonesia), Tharushi Pitigala (Sri Lanka), Teng Yalirozy (Cambodia), Lay Sopheavotey (Cambodia), Shamsheer Yousaf (India), Monica Jha (India) Introduction from the Beneath the Sands website ( beneaththesands.earth ): "In this series, the Environmental Reporting Collective highlights examples from Cambodia, India, Kenya and Indonesia in which sand mining projects have hindered women’s rights, resulting in increased gender inequality and the further marginalization and abuse of women. We also share stories of women on the frontlines of sand mining, showcasing how they are playing an active role in the resistance against mining activities. Our hope in sharing these lived experiences is to contribute to a broader perspective on environmental justice." - #Comics #EnvironmentalJustice #ComicJournalism #Illustration #BeneathTheSands