giving the finger to abstract shapes and surreal landscapes

drawings made on my phone, all were drawn by finger back when i only had the sony sketch app (rip) on my phone and not a tablet. in a way, those were simpler days!

scenes

a collection of images that accompanied some movie ideas i had a decade ago, while the other 2 really focused on reflections

finger-drawn black and white illustration of an abandoned rainy chinatown street with chinese and japanese signage, closed restaurants and karaoke bars receding to a vanishing point
finger-drawn black and white illustration of a cinematic alien desert, a blue sand dune framing a cheetah-inspired creature, a fata morgana mirage above, twin suns and dust devils
finger-drawn black and white illustration of an idyllic chinese river village with traditional houses and trees receding to a vanishing point, a swirling distorted reflection in the river below
red lanterns hanging over chinatown on a dark and rainy night
a couple standing at the end of a long dock, looking over calm water under a starry night sky in a minimalist composition
highway stretching toward an isolated domed city on a rocky planet under the vastness of space

shapes

the idea was to draw a shape with one continuous stroke and then add details on top of it. some are definitely not like that, but who’s counting?

finger-drawn black and white illustration of angsty surreal human faces — one with slot machines for eyes and mouth, a face disintegrating into puzzle pieces, and a figure unraveling into emptiness
finger-drawn black and white illustration of chinese temple under fireworks, rice paddies, mountains, and skyscrapers growing inside a geode, intertwined in a diagonal escalator-like structure
finger-drawn black and white illustration of a surreal pelican, bubbles detaching from its pouch — a spaceship, astronaut, and flowers drifting within
finger-drawn illustration of a tiny planet split between black and white, nature and urban life, with two rivers encircling it, raft-bound cities floating downstream, and a dreamlike duck with a machine gun
finger-drawn black and white illustration of extraterrestrial wildlife — a four-winged bird, serpent, and antlered cheetah-inspired creature in an alien environment
finger-drawn black and white illustration of an octopus, mantis shrimp, and shrimp floating above a bowl of ramen with noodles and egg
finger-drawn black and white illustration of a bubble-formed toucan blowing bird bubbles through a smoking pipe, among a flamingo, barn owl, and cock of the rock
finger-drawn colorful illustration of three birds with fruit heads and human expressions — an angry purple eggplant, a crying orange carrot, and a meh pink peach
finger-drawn black and white illustration of a giraffe jellyfish hybrid exhaling chinese-style clouds in a triangular composition
finger-drawn black and white illustration of three marine life bubbles floating above a planet, sharks, manta rays and dolphins within, a sunken ship and octopus below
finger-drawn black and white illustration of a chinese junk, trees, and turtles with city snow globes on their shells, connected by a swirling vortex
finger-drawn black and white illustration of five fish in a swirling formation, including an anglerfish and koi, surrounded by a scuba diver and mermaid
finger-drawn black and white illustration of three petal-shaped forms containing waves, geometric shapes, and floating mountains, connected by a heart, with a winged rabbit within
finger-drawn black and white illustration of a clover-shaped composition containing mountains, a chinese temple with a buried dinosaur skeleton, and two koi circling a rock
finger-drawn black and white illustration of a surreal abstract form containing human faces, a central lizard eye, and a pyramid enclosed in glass
finger-drawn black and white illustration of a treble clef filled with geometric patterns and lines, a tree growing from within with two silhouettes swinging from its branches
finger-drawn black and white illustration of a burning tree falling through atmosphere above a desert, apocalyptic and surreal
finger-drawn black and white illustration of cracked glass containers suspended in a looping string structure, one containing a mountain, a decorative flag rope featuring a red chinese flag
finger-drawn black and white illustration of a godzilla-like dinosaur breathing fire above a deer with floral antlers and a giant rat head, in a triangular composition
finger-drawn black and white illustration of an organic abstract shape filled with geometric patterns, with trees and chinese-inspired clouds erupting from within
delicate monochrome finger-drawn illustration of a surreal rose-shaped kite drifting in an open sky, a small silhouette of a man looking up below