Daylight Breakfast Art

Self-taught Digital Artist.
Painting fantasy and surreal environments.
based in NA | 🇵🇭

Daylight Breakfast Art

Self taught Asian-American digital artist with a fascination with esoteric, dreamlike, fantasy environments.Started drawing as a hobby with pen and a sketchbook then transitioned to digital art for the past decade.A life involving art and creativity is my goal.Inspired by high fantasy and sci-fi concepts that relate to the philosophy of the human condition.

Tools:
Ipad Air M4, Procreate, Huion Kamvas 16 (2021), Krita, GIMP

Art Philosphy:
I always want to be telling a story. I want to inspire questions on the format and context.
I enjoy establishing interest with blends of saturated colors that create stark contrasts between highlights and shadows. My paintings incorporate soft glow and dreamlike elements.
I want my art to feel sentimental.

Pseudonyms:
JMMB, Breakfast!, solarpup

Contact:
For business only: [email protected]
Refer to here for commission info.

Portfolio Gallery

Select personal works from 2021 onward.

"If you keep holding on to what we've lost
You're gonna drag down the road behind us"

Quote is from an Anthony Green song, Slowing Down (Long Time Coming).
At first was a fire on the ridge, but then an impact from the sky came to mind.

"You even got how her blue eye is blurry!"

Portrait of one of my childhood cats, Buchou!
Over a decade ago my little sister found her in our front yard and we ended up keeping her.
She is very skittish, cute, soft, and has heterochromia.

"I can never escape me."

Self Portrait.
Always feel the need to paint the concepts that are hard to explain.
When I look within myself I feel royal blue and chipped paint. I feel an intimate inviting space with dark hallways and bright green gardens.
Heavy intention on textures.

"This is a gift, you know.
I won't forget it."

A digital painting of my beloved first Baldur's Gate 3 character, Adonai.
He did questionable things to get on Astarion's good side, was besties with Jaheira, wasn't afraid of brain worms etc, etc, standard fare.

"Peace- at a cost."

As the iterations went on she took on more of a relaxed, albeit still dangerous, goddess.
She is more likely to be mischievous than spiteful- at least for this century.
Does she seem like a threat to you?

"I long for a peaceful fall day."

I don't know what's in me to depict myself as a planet on fire, but I dig it!
First try with using Procreate!
Getting used to the program, tried a new style.

"Sometimes, doesn't time just... dragon."

Inspired by ethereal forms and the shape of an ampersand (&).

"Thai tea cheesecake, roasted banana caramel, marcona almonds, coconut marshmallow, lime."

Went to this wonderful speakeasy and simply adored this dessert!
Quoted is the ingredients for the dessert listed on their menu.

"... I'd burn a thousand more bridges in order to feel this way again..."

An interpretation of a dragoon queen, intent on laying waste to quench her thirst for the thrills of battle.
This piece is more of a study of using different tools and brushes then what I usually use.
Focused more on having more of a "looser" and rough feel than my other published works.

"Even the unseen can weigh one down."

My inspiration was a shower thought, about the creeping feeling of despair even during times of wonder.
Drawing this gives me a cautious feeling, about legends and tales of forbidden hovels nested in the corner of the forest.
Of what you can encounter when you wander off the beaten path.

"Saying goodbye, for now."

Inspired by the bright and dewy dawns and the solemn and beautiful dusks.
A renewal of a drawing I made in a sketchbook over about a decade ago in 2015.
It's refreshing to see how my style has evolved over the years.

"... and so, they were fast friends."

A re-imagining of a sketch I drew about a decade ago in 2014!
Always appreciated the concept of that drawing, and wanted to bring it to life!

"On the way home."

Inspired by my still small (in cactus size) cactus, Paul.
The figure I imagine is a little forest spirit.

"When trouble comes, and unholy destruction awaits,
will you stay and fight?"

Drawn for the submission to the Gray Sentinels Guild February Art Contest 2021 in reference to the upcoming MMO Ashes of Creation.
Theme: Honor and Courage.

"Fragile roses, pulled to the heart- or by fate?"

Retouched and updated version from my 2020 Valentine's Day drafts.
Symbolizes the delicate passion and longing of the heart.

Concepts and Drafts

A collection of ideas that- for whatever reason, aren't as fleshed out as my usual releases are.
Legacy work, fanart, studies, and drafts of various genres that I might revive in the future.

Commissions

Consider portfolio for digital art style reference.

Commission Status:
Closed.

When I am certain I have the time, I will open commissions and more information will be available.When open, please submit a commission request via the form that will appear on this page.Thank you for your consideration.

Willing To Do

  • Digital paintings
    - colored, greyscale

  • Original Characters Portraits
    - bust with props, simple background

  • Food
    - meals, dessert, drinks

  • Mild violence and horror
    - battle motions, blood

  • Landscapes
    - forest, town, from reference images

  • Creatures
    - real life or fantasy

  • Fanart from video games

  • Personal use artwork
    - not for resale

Won't Do

  • Only a Sketch

  • 3+ characters in one scene

  • NSFW/18+ (Gore, sexual content)

  • Hateful themes

  • Chibi

  • Mecha

  • Photo-realism

  • Artwork made for resale

  • Anything AI or crypto related

DB Spreadsheet Planners

Yearly Google Spreadsheet Journals I set up for friends and the public to use.

Description

Custom built module focused spreadsheet to track multiple aspects of your daily life.
I've made these to help organize my thoughts and log events for reference later.
Sheets are set up to work out of the box for common uses.
I hope they are of use to you!

Features

  • Compact monthly calendars

  • Highlighting to bookmark events

  • Mood tracker (1-5)

  • Sleep amount tracker (hrs)

  • Habit tracker (yes/no)

  • Year and monthly dynamic charts with averages

  • Lists tab

  • Budget tab with graphs to track income, expenses, totals

How to Use

Open Spreadsheet > File > Make a Copy

Daylight Breakfast Music

Self-taught amateur composer.
Experimenting using production tools and broadening my palette.

✧ Tools: FLstudio

Inspirations:
Napa Valley Moonlight Serenade
by Louise P. Canepa

Philosophy

I envisioned a song about taking a walk while it was sprinkling, maybe through an overgrown yard with hip length plants.
As the song developed it reminds me of a sunrise, with the feeling of waking up and blearily looking out your window to the morning light peaking through the trees.

Process

Worked on this song on and off for a few months. It has brought me great joy and a lot of lessons on how FLstudio and production in general works. I have a great passion for music and am glad I am learning how to share how it sounds in my head.

Somehow I made this work. Hopefully the next project will make more sense.
I think I started with the wrong logic on patterns but was too deep in and decided to roll with it.
My goal next project is to be concise, consistent, and learn deeper systems.
Thank you youtube guide makers.

Dayspring - Daylight Breakfast

✧ Tools: FLstudio
✧ Version: Version 1_16.

Hosted on Google Drive.

First time in the finishing stages of a song, very happy with how it turned out so far.
It is "done" as far as I can get myself to stop opening the project and tweaking knobs.