Coba Lagi.. Coba lagi... (Book- The Boy Who Can Not Tie His Shoes)

Grraaah!  I like my new shoes but why it's so hard to tie it!

It's a book about process,
a determination and a story about
a young boy who have a new shoes but don't have any idea how to tie one.

First time I read the script, it gives me a wide smile,

I can picture  every single expression this little dude will be; happy, determined, stress, tired, relieved.











And I do wish that everyone who read this to their young, will express it while they read it, every single expression, and watch how the listener will also change their own expression, that will be fun!

Make this book as a fun one, make them learn about patience, process, and result, at last :).

Don't you agree?


Just contact the publisher to get the book : aksaberama@gmail.com

Happy belated Christmas!

The last year Christmas cards I did for the card company, they want something modern and  simple so here they are :)

The village of little people, and snow, and ice skating, and snow, again.


















:: and this is the real look of the little people, they have no mouth and nose!

 In the land of pine tree and deer.
We don't have snow here, so that's why we are crazy about the idea of white Christmas *sigh :D

 :: another little people and little deer that are 'big'

My artwork PoD online shop

It's the day when my friend from Printerous approach me and said,' Hey, do you want to sell your artwork online?" It's like setting up a bunch of local artist , and give them chance to show their work printed on some stuff, Print on Demand stuff. I'm kinda apathetic in the concept of artwork  translated into a printed thing, usually because of the quality in Indonesia, and the form that not suitable to my expectation.

but then, I looked and looked and see the end result, well, amazingly it's suitable to what I've expected, so here it is, my online artwork shop, gotta buy one for myself , I'm really impressed and of course , happy, that finally we have something like this in here, it will help all the local talent and get them enough place to expose their work.

So if you interested in my art, welcome to my shop, take a look around and let me know what you think :)

click! click!
 printerous.com/id-id/duamatasaya

Just click click to see :)  printerous.com/id-id/duamatasaya

Valentine's Project 2015- Gift wrap

 Pattern, I love pattern.. :D
*Gift wrap Valentine's Project 2015

Christmas Cards part 1

Been working for a Christmas cards project, this time I collaborate my design with Mika doodles, to add  an original children perspective of Christmas and style, and it turns out great.. what do you think :D?!

Sketches- cookie monsta'

Sketch of the Day - Whole

Just get well after a week sickness.. how I realize that health is important..
Stay healthy people, mind and body! :)

After the AFCC I really want to get in to Haiku, a simple, deep , personal poem that very straight and personal.. so this is the first one..

Children Book : Cap Go Meh & From Rock to Rock Open Order

Open Order :)
Cap Go Meh Book:  Singtel Asian Picture Book Nominee 2013. A book about multicultural relation between Nisa a moslem girl and Lili- a Chinese Indonesian . Rp. 89.000.

From Rock to Rock: A story about A frog and his family who lose his home and place where they used to dance, an environmental issue about how to preserve our ecosystem and our world. Rp. 89.000.



Because this book is a print on demand book, it will printed after it reach certain quota :) 

Just email me here: eugeniagina at yahoo dot com, with the info about which book do you want to buy and your address.

Children Illustration - Dahlan serial on Singapore AFCC

Dream Shoes Dahlan is chosen as one of many beautiful illustration in The Book Illustration Gallery. 

What is BIG? The Book Illustrators Gallery (BIG) aims to showcase the works of local and regional illustrators and artists – across genres and borders – and promote them to a wider audience.

Indonesia is one of many countries that sending its children book artist to this gallery, and it still open from  

22 May - 15 June 2014, 10am – 9pm, at NLB Central Library (B1)

This is the art from Evelyn Ghozalli, my fellow Indonesian artist :)

:: The NLB Library, isn't it just cuteee... It's a book heaven...!

The Legend of the Golden Cucumber Princess

My latest drawing, water color  and pencil.
It's an Indonesian children story about a girl, who born inside a cucumber.
I know this story since I was a little girl, and here is a part of the story:

"Run Timun Mas. Save your life!" said the mother. The giant was angry. He knew the farmers wanted to break their promise. He chased Timun Mas away. The giant was getting closer and closer.

Timun Mas then opened the bag and threw a handful of salt. It became a sea. The giant had to swim to cross the sea. Later, Timun Mas threw some chilli. It became a jungle with trees. The trees had sharp thorns so they hurt the giant.

However, the giant was still able to chase Timun Mas. Timun Mas took her third magic stuff. It was cucumber seeds. She threw them and became cucumber field.

But the giant still could escape from the field. Then it was the last magic stuff she had in the bag. It was a shrimp paste, terasi. She threw it and became a big swamp.

You can read the whole story here:

Taken From: Indonesian Folklore

:: Make a book from these piece maybe..?
Gotta find a publisher first :)

Sketches 2

“life has a funny way of testing you to see if you really want, what you say you want.” 
― Turcois Ominek

:: trying to make an interpretation of Elsa from Frozen
it's  long time since I sketched a princess or a girl figure, a little bit awkward on the eyes I think :)

Oh where are you mr. sunshine..

I really miss bright Mr.  Sunshine nowaday, but we cannot just sit and do nothin, right?!
So I make a little doodle just to brighten up a little bit..
































:: Little miss mouse want something very bad, she cannot forget about it for just one second!

:: Waiting the weather getting better with a bunch of books, what a good company!

The frog who lost his home

Still working on this project, it's about a frog who lost his stone where he used to singing and dancing with his  friends, because of the city development.  Got enough time to work on this project, so I do hope the quality is much much better.. :)

Book: Cap Go Meh

Finally done! Been doing this 15 spread books illustration in 2 weeks, errgg I'm so tired and so overwhelmed at the same time! I really love the story line because it really take a lot of courage to lift the topic of different religion and race in Indonesia, I hope this book could give a positive mind set for those who read it, that all religion is good, it is us, as human being, who have to learn a lot more about humanity and tolerance, no matter what race are we, what religion are we...

So.. enjoy.. :)







Cap Go Meh

By Sofie Dewayani and Eugenia Gina

Nisa, a Muslim girl, and Lili, a Chinese-Indonesian, debate over whether lontong Cap Go Meh is the genuine icon of Eid Al-Fitr tradition or Chinese New Year celebration. After sharing the excitement of experiencing each celebration, both end up discovering what is more essential; that a dish is able to bridge diversity. 

Lontong Cap Go Meh represents the Indonesian melting pot. Consisting of rice cake, chicken curry, along with several other side dishes, it characterizes the interwoven of Chinese, Malay, and the local Javanese cultural tapestry.

The Wizard Cat

Doodling in the morning.. :)

Illustrating an I-Phone Games

I've been making this turtle character for an I-Phone games called 'The Hungry Turtle", this little guy have to be a smart, lazy but cute turtle that wondering into tons of challenge on each level, he's got to find his way to the apple and eat it. There are a lot of levels with different background, and I love the process of making each background.. :)

Making an illustration for games is fun, and the people I worked with is great and very cooperative. Glad I have this chance!

:: Clockwise: The canyon, castle, cave, and factory

A little bit of Tintinism :)

:: My recent entry for Kelir, this month topic is about 'Tintin' :) just click the picture to see it bigger
and Djamboel means 'top knot' in Indonesia..

There's a little bit euphoria about 'Tintin' in my house recently, I've been a fans of  Herge since I'm in elementary school, my dad was a huge fans of Tintin too, there's always a quarrel between us, there's 6 of us, about who's gonna read it first...

Now it is a little bit melancholic for me, it's more than an ordinary piece of a comic book, the way it make my daughter laugh, the way it 'still' and 'used to' make me laugh, there's something classical inside it..

and I'm glad the movies captured my expectation of the character quite well, but still, I love the books more :)

Fairies sketches and final

Illustration for Erlangga for Kids Publishing.

Calendar 2012 project

Almost 2012! :), calendar project for a client, representing the month of the year in Indonesia.. :)

my fairy :)

This is my on going project, it's about a little fairy who like to observe everything ..
Water color and pencil on paper :)