Make

a mess

Play is my sketchbook — where I experiment freely.
Here you’ll find visual work, illustrations, photos, and creative side projects that may never fit in a portfolio but reveal how ideas begin.

Some explorations succeed, others don’t, but all of them leave traces of discovery.

This space is for trial and curiosity — where I let intuition lead before logic takes over.

It’s where design becomes movement again — light, spontaneous, and alive.

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Exploring Stylized Typography in SketchUp

1

Typed letter A using the 3D Text tool in Impact font in SketchUp. Turned on shadows. Initially, I made it stand up, but Enscape doesn’t render grass on vertical surfaces 😅
Realistic but annoying!.

2

Downloaded a nice grass texture from SketchUp Texture Club (free version). Imported it into SketchUp.

3

In Enscape, changed material from generic → grass, adjusted height.

Corners and edges weren’t perfect, but we’ll fix that later.

4

Found a ball and rusted watering can from the 3D Warehouse and placed them on the letter. Adds realism & story.

5

Added soil texture from Texture Club to the background and letter edges.
Adjusted saturation a bit.

6

Took it into Photoshop for small edge fixes. Using the Stamp Tool. Also used the Burn tool to add a bit more depth.

7

Not perfect, but good enough
for the experiment.

Momentoons

Momentoons was — and still is — a big part of my life. I started drawing these little illustrations while writing my master’s thesis. It was my way of coping, and that’s how Momentoons was born.

Eventually, I stopped. But to this day, friends and people close to me still tell me they miss them. It’s amazing how something so simple can create such a genuine connection.
I truly loved making them, but somewhere along the way, social media got to me. The dark side of Instagram took over the bright side. I became fixated on likes, worried about comments — and it completely burnt me out.

Still, these little characters are never far from me. Ironically, I drew myself as a male character. I wanted to create something universal — human — without worrying about gender. But of course, he ended up having very feminine feelings (well, duh, because it’s me). And I loved that. I wanted people to just see a person.

So, meet Andy Hart — he has a big, bright red heart that changes color when he’s scared, worried, or ashamed. He loves deeply. He cares deeply. About friendship, love, and the simple things in life.
Who knows — maybe I’ll be hanging out with Andy again sometime soon.

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