BKK Unzine Issue 12

Theme: Loving Travel

Published: 1st August 2021

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Welcome to BKK UNZINE art magazine, home to unseen independent artists from around the world.

There it was, planned as usual for this period of the year, but we can’t do it. What will happen? Will people be as creative as our artists? I doubt it. But we need hope and guidance because art is something that asks of us to move forward. Moving forward… Maybe that’s the travel we all need whether it’s here and now or in the uncertain future. Art and artists will always be there to take you on a trip.

If you haven’t guessed yet, the theme for the vessel (issue) #11 you’re about to take is TRAVEL.


If you are an artist and you want to get featured, the next theme for the August issue #12 will be Travel, you can submit your artwork at this link:

Artists in this issue

Daniel Profile

Daniel Romano

Ban Rak Sun

Ban Rak Sun

Jocelyn Profile

Jocelyn

JJ Scott Profile

JJ Scott

Piya

Marc Kuegle

Piya

Venky

Avatar-Moe-J

Moe J

Ymir Profile

Ymir

Stefan Profile

Anna

Piya

Chartlajam

Boris

Boris

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Jezel

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Christian Profile

Christian

Jaya Profile

Jaya

Quick Lunch

Quick lunch Daniel Romano
50×60 cm Acrylic on Canvas

Random Bangkok food cart. I really love finding beauty in something people walk by without noticing.

Daniel Romano

Life is Travel!

Ban Life is Travel!
Painted with fountain pen and watercolor

If you want to change yourself, spend your time in a different way, meet new people, and change your location of daily life, Travel is the way. When you travel, you become braver and learn to observe new things with love. This is the reason that one could be changed after traveling to some new places.

I was born and spent most of my life in Korea. During my life, I had several chances to live in abroad such as Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Thailand. From Korea to Thailand, I was exposed to nature, culture, history, and people. After living and traveling to those countries, I have been changed in terms of the way I see the world.

During this journey, I tried to have two objectives in mind “love each moment, every person you’ve met and places you’ve been” and “be brave to try something new”. My travel journey hasn’t finished yet and will continue. I want to hold two important things such as love and courage in my hands for the journey ahead of me.

Ban Rak Sun

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A Journey to Heaven

Elizabeth A Journey to Heaven
Digital: Krita

I dedicate this piece to my grandfather who passed away on 11 July 2021 from covid. The piece represents a couple of things.

  1. What I imagine he is doing in heaven, he used to love airplanes. And
  2. his journey to heaven.

During this past year, I lost both my grandfathers, but I feel blessed to have known them for as long as I did.

Elizabeth

Analog Travel

Jocelyn Analog Travel
Gouache on fine grained pure cotton watercolour paper

My ideal experience of travel, apart from the excitement and fun of visiting places, embracing new cultures and sampling new cuisines would also to be able to document my experiences by taking photographs of people and places using my favourite analog camera. I enjoy the buzz I get when I get my negatives back from the scanners after a lengthy wait.

Jocelyn

A Short Journey Page 1

Digital: CLIP STUDIO PAINT

A short autobio comic about my journey into Bangkok. This journey allowed me to live with my partner and I’m thankful for it.

JJ Scott Illustration

Endless Blues

Endless Blues Marc
Digital : Photoshop – Camera: Canon 750D

This was image was taken/created in April/May of 2021. Koh Lipe has quickly became one of my favourite places I have travelled to. The people, music, reefs, restaurants, scenery etc. If you get a chance, I would highly recommend visiting here.

Marc

El Colectivo

Moe El Colectivo
Uni pin fine line on sketchbook paper adjusted in Photoshop

Traveling within Peru, it’s very common for the locals to take the colectivo – a mini van that stops randomly (or so it seems for the untrained eye of a foreign traveller (myself)).

This is a drawing of my first solo attempt at working the colectivo system in Cusco. In a colectivo there’s always room, as long as one is willing to dispose of one’s own boundaries.

Moe J

Morning Beach

Venky STAR WARS
Digital: Pro Create on iPad Pro

I have visited the south of Thailand, Ranong for the first time during the bad COVID situation. I got stunned by the view in front of me. Stunning enough to grab my IPad and painted this out. So one of my dreams now is to have a seaside house.

Anna

Jomtien Beach

Christian Jomtien Beach
Acrylic on Canvas, 100 x 140 (2020)

“TRAVEL”? Seriously? A surprising theme, now that leaving home is already too far of a journey. Travelling for pleasure is basically suspended. Hotels along the beach are closed and everything around on hold.

I am visualizing how stuff is locked away. By the palm tree, a boat and a couple of Sea-Doos are decaying slowly, waiting for better moments to come. The same happening to our feelings. All held off…..for a little while longer.

The painting is depicting these current circumstances and sentiments. A few effects resemble old paper photos carrying our faint joyful “TRAVEL” memories.

Christian Fielitz

Universe of the Mind

Jezel Universe of the Mind
Acrylic on 60 x 40 cm Black Canvas

It’s fascinating to realize how the resemblance of the human network of neurons in our brains and the cosmic web of galaxies is more uncanny than we think. Its not surprising how one would want to have a go around the galaxy and experience its totality and vastness to happen right before one’s very eyes. Its beautiful, plenty and empty at the same time. The mind is such an incredible thing to explore. It holds a tiny space in our bodies, yet capable of taking us where we are today. Every single one of us, who are more likely just a tiny dot in this vast observable universe, possess our own tiny galaxies to explore, and to share to the world. Now that we are pretty much restricted to physically go out and travel because of the current situation, let’s spend more time discovering more about ourselves, and appreciate more of what we are, than what we are not.

Jezel

Where Should I Go Now?

Ymir Where should I go now?
Digital: Procreate on iPad Pro

This artwork is dedicated to refugees around the world who lost their families and homes, forced to leave and face an uncertain future because of war.

War is a crime and innocent people pay for it.

Ymir

Meet Our New Artists

Let’s hear from the new artists featured in this issue…

Daniel Romano

Hello! I’m A painter from Chicago, USA. Living in Bangkok for the last 3 years. Mainly acrylic and spray paint on canvas and walls.

Moe J

Hmmm… I used to photograph a lot while traveling, spending time, and sometimes effort, to take the right photo. Portraits of people interested me the most. Then I stopped because I didn’t feel as comfortable taking photos. I felt uneasy, and it also took me away from being present amongst people and landscapes. And so I turned into sketching my travel journals.

Jezel Avendano

A traditional artist based in Bangkok. My mediums are watercolor and acrylic. I don’t paint in a certain specific style so my portfolio shows variety in each piece. I’m still experimenting with different styles, which helps me in being versatile when it comes to working on my commissions.

Untitled

Jaya Untitled
Gel pens on paper

We travel through our senses looking at the world with that same lens creating myriad memories.

Jaya

If you have missed our previous issues, you can read them here:

A Quick Sketch for a Friend – Japan

Venky Quick Sketch Japan
Digital : Autodesk Sketchbook

This is a quick impression of my friend’s visit to Japan. I tried to sketch this digitally from a Film photograph she took in her first visit to Japan. From the City – Yufuin which looked pretty cute. This submission is in gratitude towards her taking the effort to send postcards from her travel destinations. If you look at it from a distance, it sure looks good. Don’t pixel peep. haha

Venky

Isolated Staycation

Chartlajam Fantasy Thai Self
Warning! Covid complaining content alert (in case you sick of it): I’m lucky enough to have a long balcony in my apartment so that I can have small garden and sip my ice-cream. Yes sip it, as it melts so fast under the Bangkok heat. People here can actually travel if they are vaccinated and have their personal cars.

Unfortunately I’m not even close to my first jab yet due to the messy work of the unqualified Thai government that keeps postponing my appointment so here I am, trying to enjoy myself in a bikini.

Chartlajam

Time Travel

Boris Time Travel
Ink tools (brush pen, nib pen, gel pen) on copy paper

I had this image of a frog sitting on a tiled road, it’s difficult to describe in words and I had to draw it, but instead of drawing a random scenery, I decided to organize around the avatar I use in my comic strips. And yes I could sleep after I drew this.

Boris

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Artists in this issue

Daniel Profile

Daniel Romano

Ban Rak Sun

Ban Rak Sun

Jocelyn Profile

Jocelyn

JJ Scott Profile

JJ Scott

Piya

Marc Kuegle

Piya

Venky

Avatar-Moe-J

Moe J

Ymir Profile

Ymir

Stefan Profile

Anna

Piya

Chartlajam

Boris

Boris

artworm-logo

Jezel

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Christian Profile

Christian

Jaya Profile

Jaya