O.I.C x Noise Singapore = NOICE!

I missed out on the previous Noise session with Fleecircus due to Eid celebration in KL last week. Today, I attended rockstar Ben Qwek's character design jam and instead of doing his assignment, I drew these guys instead. From left: Our lovely Twisstii, Mindflyer being serious, and the MASTER himself!

The original sketch:

Art Block (Reprise)

It seems like it's a consistent cycle that an art slump blocks my creative flow. I have a lot to voice out (and express) but I suppose I'm not as gifted as my [fine art] contemporaries in projecting those mental images into visual composition.

Perhaps it's because I've been consistently working in the commercial side, answering to art directors and suits that I've gotten rusty to tap into that.. "zone".

In a meek attempt to unclog, I took a break from all commercial works today and screwed around with some collage. It's nothing to be proud of. In fact, I feel that I'm even more at lost with whatever it is that's going on.

Anyway, they are uploaded as means to document my process of, for lack of a smarter word, searching.

Formspring

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

Oni-giri!

The two final designs submitted, with the 2nd (below) image being pushed for approval. As expected, it was too demonic for Animax so it looks like the 1st (top) one will make it to the t-shirt, folks.

I don't read Bleach

Working with Animax for a History of Manga exhibition. Selected artists are assigned to come up with their own rendition of characters from the anime. The artwork will also be printed on t-shirts sold during the show. These are the suggested sketches:





It's really a hurdle to nail a design that can work on its own as well as on an apparel. Out of the three suggestions, they picked the 1st. I was kind of hoping they'd pick either of the last two, but I'll work a way to blend the elements to merge into one.

Lovely Machine!

Totally digging this track right now ~

Room Post

3rd room (2009 - Present)

Ever since I set foot on the island of Singapore, I've been in 3 different houses each year. My 1st was a flat by the beach near the East Coast Park. Very windy, and a nostalgic place:


1st room (2007-2008)

After the new year, my then colleagues convinced me to move in with them in the haunted 4 story terrace (which I eventually had to move out of after changing my job - the property was owned by the company):


2nd room (2008-2009)

I'm happy where I am now at a quiet side in the east.