Artist Info

This site "Art.Music.Cat" is belong to a girl named Azah Skaliskala, a history teacher who used to be graphic designer. A freelance doodler artist and illustrator.
About Me at About.me

Early Life
Azah was born in Kota Tinggi, Johor on October 21, 1987, and raised in Tangkak and Kanchong Darat. She began her drawing hobby since she was five years old and her first doodle was Sailormoon, Usagi character. Like other children, Azah draw a stickman with polka dot eyes, straight nose and curve lip. She grew up as quite painter who draw pretty girls with big head. She has problem in drawing male character in her early drawing carrier. At 18, she ultimately tries to draw her first male character after she discovered her first love. She have lot of sketch books at home. Every time she have new best friends, she gave it to them.

She attended Sultan Idris University of education in 2007, where every days she learned to be history teacher in lecture rooms and every nights she performed as photographer, designer, and video clip maker in college. She sold her first doodles to her college event "Friendship Days" which is doodle on hundred cups. In 2011 she graduated with honor. While waiting for a call from teaching school, Azah worked as graphic designer, where she learned how to draw using Adobe Illustrator and tablet pen. In 2012, she resigned her job as designer.

Inspirations
Azah have no formal education in art and have no diploma or degree in art. Azah described herself as a self-learner. In 2008, she learned Adobe Photoshop on Youtube. All her drawings was inspired through her life time, her small family and friends, travels, books, and any stuffs connected to her life routines. In 2010, she makes her history books as inspiration to her to create arts.

Doodle Works

Her artworks are acrylic paints and black ink painted on wooden surfaces, textiles, and papers. Her doodles has been described as historic texture of bricks and leaves and cute chibi characters. In 2010, she officially sale her artworks to random people. Her most large amount of doodle artworks are 200 wedding boxes and all of them are hand-painted.

Techniques and Methods
Azah works with both art methods, mixed with traditional and digital to provide a doodle illustration. In purpose to uphold the genuineness of drawing hand but looked urban with digital colors.

Guitar Beginner
Azah loves music since she was little, she dreams to play guitar and piano one day. Azah began playing guitar in 2009, she learned to play the basic chords from her best friends and youtube. She posted her videos on youtube.

Load Failed Pictures
Azah chose to hide her face in every photos she posted on her blog due her nature of shyness and low profile. She remains silent but she want to produce arts with so much heart. Maybe some day on the right time, she soon appear herself and ready to shine.


Thank you for reading and visiting my blog, with so much heart,
Azah Skaliskala.