Bye Bye Blogspot

I won't be updating this blog anymore.
My thoughts will be drawn instead and they'll be updated in my sketchbook: http://mohammadyazid.tumblr.com

See you!

R.I.P Graphire4 (2004-2011)

You have endured infinite battle damages beyond durability and you will always be remembered. We did so much kicking ass while it lasted. What kept this warrior together was the 3M adhesive tape. As you can see,the rubber grip is long gone nowhere to be found, and so was the double click button:

Now the new wife :)

OMG EVERYTHING IS SO SMOOTH AND SEXXXY WE GON HAF FUN TIMEZ 2GETHURRRRRR HUR HUR HURRRR INTO US, INTUOS 4!

The Journey Of A Fanboy

Decades ago, I would save every day from school - particularly lunch money - just to collect The Devil's Reign crossovers and Weapon Zero series. I was such a fan boy spending all my dough on Top Cow titles.

Today, I received a cheque for a new 5-issue mini series project I'm working on (I won't disclose it just yet) from the same company.

Call it as a return of investment, but it's one of those childhood dreams that came true :)

MyPaper Singapore media coverage

Out Friday December 10th, 2010. Many thanks to O.I.C Singapore, Animax and Fourskin for the opportunity. Click on the image for larger resolution :)

Preview: Kalkitos + OICsingapore featuring FULL MOON RESCUE by Zid

Debuting at Singapore Toys, Games & Comic Convention this weekend!

K-Fantasy: FULL MOON RESCUE by Zid
The lovely damsels are in distress and our heroes are out to save them while seeking hidden treasures. Watch out for monsters lurking around, trying to thwart your mission!

KALKITOS is a collection of rub-down transfer activity games that was hugely popular back in the 1970s. Players are given sheets of blank scenery which they can fill up wherever they like with transfer images of people, animals, objects, vehicles to create their own unique stories.

To know more, go to: http://www.kalkitos.sg/categories/k-ollaborate/
See other titles here: http://www.oicsingapore.com/wordpress/tag/kalkitos-oicsingapore/

Source: O.I.C Singapore

Manga & Anime! Japan Contest

Photo courtesy of www.toysrevil.net

Vote for your favourite OIC Vs. Animax illustration on Animax Asia's website and stand a chance to win a trip to Japan! Supporting your favourite artists has never been this rewarding - so what are you waiting for? Vote now and Nihon e ikimasu!

Of course I'd say vote for me but I ain't getting those tickets so - DO THE RIGHT THING!

Link: http://animax-asia.com/manga-and-anime-Japan/

Bandcamp

I've moved my music from Purevolume to Bandcamp. No more issues with player not loading this time, hopefully. And they support free downloads! Now I can even include lyrics for each song.



I integrated the look to match my website (linked under 'music' from the navigation bar) but you can also view it on its own too, at http://mohammadyazid.bandcamp.com

MANGA & ANIME! JAPAN

A Journey from the History to Modern Day Inspirations

OIC has been very privileged to be given the opportunity to work with Animax, Japan Creative Centre and Fourskin.
My Bleach illustration will be exhibited together with other OIC illustrators' entries.



Full event details can be found here: Japan Creative Centre

Dates
16 Oct to 12 Nov (Closed on Mon & Sun & Deepavali on 5 Nov)

Venue
Japan Creative Centre
4 Nassim Road S(258372)

Co-organisers
Japan Creative Centre
Kyoto International Manga Museum
Animax
Japan Foundation

Co-sponsors
Japan Airlines
Kinokuniya Bookstore of Singapore

White Frames Exhibition at MAAD Market

Repost from www.oicsingapore.com

OIC is proud to unveil the artworks from all our dear friends/ supporters who have come together to celebrate OIC’s 4th anniversary with drawings and paintings.

All artworks are very compact, affordable, handdrawn, handpainted and are for sale.

Prices range from S$40 – $400, A4 size and smaller

Come and view early and reserve your favourites tomorrow from 1pm onwards! First come first serve!

White Frames is one of the many collaborations OICsingapore have initiated to celebrate its 4th year of making drawing FUN in Singapore.

Formspring

Yeah my friends made me do it. Got a question but too lazy to email me? Ask me here!

Intipati Pg. 8 (W.I.P)

Ever since the Storm Lion shut down stunt, I've been sending out my portfolio to almost everywhere - no replies from anyone yet. I guess they're all busy with Comic Con. In the mean time I'm gonna continue my Intipati project - I hope I can finish it before December.

I'm planning to self-publish this as a one-shot book, to get an ISBN and to make it available for online purchase. Also will hopefully be able to launch it at Comic Fiesta 2010. Fingers crossed.

I understand that self-publishing will be expensive and the price will be a bit higher than normal comics out there since it will be a print on demand thing, but even if I only have 5 people buying it I'm happy.

Final Fantasy Battle Overture

Direct link to mp3: Battle Overture I (Final Fantasy I Battle Medley) (7:15)

The day I have been waiting for so long has come - I am no longer held back or limited by technology and resources. As a kid I've always wanted to pay tribute to music behind the video games I loved so much. One of which is Final Fantasy. Nobuo Uematsu's music played a pivotal part in bringing the world alive.

Final Fantasy Battle Overture is my pet project, a labour of love I am committing myself to until the end of the year perhaps, where I will be recording my own rendition of all Final Fantasy battle music in the form of a medley.

Launching first is the battle tracks from FF I. The tracks are:
- Battle Scene (default battle)
- Inside a Boss Battle (mid boss)
- Boss Battle (A+B variation)
- Last Battle (with Chaos)

The only original track from FF I for the NES is Battle Scene (the only battle music when it first came out). The rest are taken from the FF I Anniversary re-release for the PSP.

I'm not wasting anymore time to begin arranging the beats for FF II. I honestly can't wait for FF IV (my favourite FF of all time). Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed working on it :)

UPDATE: It's live on Youtube!

Blacklight: Tango Down

Blacklight: Tango Down (One Shot)
Story by Jason Dean Hall & Eric Lieb
Written by Jared Gerritzen & Ian Stephens
Pencils & cover art by Zid
Interior colours by Puppeteer

My first comic with Storm Lion will be out by Sand Diego Comic Con, hopefully. Based on the sci-fi shooter video game from Ignition Entertainment and Zombie Studios, Blacklight: Tango Down one shot (Not to be confused with my online comic based on Tsuburaya's celestial sentinels) follows an elite cover ops team as they fight off zombies while trying to rescue an officer from behind enemy lines.

Interior previews:







You can check out the official game site here at playtangodown.com

Interview on Jazma Online

I have an interview up on Jazma Online here:

http://forums.jazmaonline.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1531

Of Music and Mayhem (Reprise)

Somehow Of Music and Mayhem was spotted online and is featured at Bleeding Cool Comic Book News!

I am in the process of organizing a sub-section for my website with photographs from the exhibition very soon. Perhaps might be able to open the art for sale, should there be of any interest.

Company Christmas Party

I've never been this lucky.
Out of 50++ staff I won the grand prize in the event finale lucky draw:

A GIBSON FLYING V




It makes sweeeeet sounds to my ears X)
Gonna record new stuff with it sooon!!!!!

OH NO YOU DON'T!

In other news, Radical sues Radical! *gasp*
To Quote Heidi MacDonald:

THR has a copy of the complaint, and the most interesting thing is this:

“Blatant’s management failed to have any of its employees sign work-for-hire agreements and/or assignments of copyrights, thereby clouding title to all of Blatant’s projects, and making it impossible for Blatant to provide proper chain of title documents and guarantees to investors, production companies, studios, and insurers, to the detriment of its shareholders.”


Mmm hmm.. we were there. The news is so proliferated. Read all about it here:

- The Beat
- THR, Esq.
- Blog@Newsarama (with City of Dust cover, whoo hoo!)

Pekomikon 2009

I will be attending as a panel in Pekomikon 2009 at PWTC KL this Saturday, April 25th (tomorrow) and will be giving a talk on my experience working outside Malaysia, and how I springboard my career in comics internationally.

I'm bringing some work in progress stuff and behind the scene materials exclusively for the presentation. My session starts at 11:30 AM to noon.

Hope to see you there.

ONLINE COMICS ONLINE

Retrojak is now online, and it's in English! Now you can read the series including issue #2 that was not published in 2005.



Intipati has it's own site now, too! I hope you'll find these comics if not that great, at least amusing to read :)

KL Design Week 2009

28th March - 4th April 2009
CAPSQUARE KL
10am - 10pm
Free admission

More info:
http://kldesignweek.com/

I will be exhibiting my recent digital works at KL Design Week 2009 together with fellow Digital Malaya Project artists, especially Muid Latif - the backbone of DMP.

I had to re-layout Demi Kala and two Intipati pages to make them fit the landscape format required for the show. I quite like the revisit, particularly Demi Kala:


Demi Kala


Intipati (Pages 3, 5)

We are very fortunate to have Canon sponsoring us for the prints. Thank you Canon!

See you guys on the opening day :D