“Hi there. I'm Sof. I’m a Malaysian artist that’s a doodler, illustrator, painter, animator and storyteller. I doodle comics about my life experiences and feelings in hopes that it will help others feel less alone in their feelings.”
— SofsDoodles
Here’s some places I’ve been featured. I’m always touched when someone takes the time to value my story.
THE STAR - A Time to Reconnect - By Rouwen Lin - March 08, 2022
THE EDGE - Creative Income: When the going gets tough - By Kuek Ser Kwang Zhe - April 09, 2021
THE UBYSSEY - It's okay to not be okay: Sofia Shamsunahar's message through doodles - By Hilary Leung - February 27, 2019
NEW STRAITS TIMES - Artist Returns Home to Malaysia in Search of Her Roots and Comes Up With a Book of Doodles Documenting Her Journey! - By Elena Koshy - November 28, 2021
TATLER MALAYSIA - Valentine's Day 2021: Phil's Pizza Offers Heart-Shaped Pizzas And Hand-Drawn Cards - By Samantha Lim February - 05, 2021
WHIMSIGIRL - SofsDoodles featured on Whimsigirl, Gingham '21 and Raya '21 Collection - 2021
THE STAR - 12 selected for virtual art residency - By Sharon Ling - March 04, 2021
THE MONTHLY - Young Leaders Aspiring for Change - April 23, 2021 I was asked to give a talk in the "Inspired Virtual Student Leadership Conference 2021". "Inspired" is a chain of schools that has over 70 schools spread throughout the 5 continents. These schools were all attending the conference, which had the theme "Sustainability and Leadership". My talk was "The Realities About Conservation My Gap year in South East Asia Taught Me", where I talked about the truths of sustainability that I discovered in my gap year work in Ocean Conservation Projects. I illustrated my learnings and presented them to over a hundred students at The Student Leadership conference.
THE BRITISH SCHOOL OF BAHRAIN - Young Leaders Aspiring for Change - April 23, 2021 I was asked to give a talk in the "Inspired Virtual Student Leadership Conference 2021". "Inspired" is a chain of schools that has over 70 schools spread throughout the 5 continents. These schools were all attending the conference, which had the theme "Sustainability and Leadership". My talk was "The Realities About Conservation My Gap year in South East Asia Taught Me", where I talked about the truths of sustainability that I discovered in my gap year work in Ocean Conservation Projects. I illustrated my learnings and presented them to over a hundred students at The Student Leadership conference.
UBC SUSTAINABILITY - Q&A: Beautify My Bike Cage - October 21, 2016
THE RIGHTS COLLECTIVE - Brown Bodies Zine - April, 2021 Funded to contribute a comic to the UK-based Brown Bodies Zine, a zine created to explore Brown Bodies in their multitudes.
A MUSING - Sofia Shamsunahar Doodle Artist - By Bradley Fung - June 23, 2020