OIC PORTRAIT DAY, 2nd January 2010, 2 TO 7PM

Happy New Year!! Don't miss the 1st OIC Portrait session of 2010 at MAAD! Polish your drawing skills & catch up with your OIC buddies at the same time. OIC's modus operandi if you don't know already- Everyone gets 20 minutes to draw the "patron/ sitter" at the same time. You get $10 for each drawing sold . Make it COLOURFUL, all skill levels welcomed. You don't have to be an OIC member to join but you have to register here and please read the FAQ. Come and draw, make friends and spread good drawing vibes. (Poster illustration by Ben Quek/ Mr B)


*Posting your work is a sign of appreciation to the patron/sitter/ poser, DON'T sign up if you do not wish to post your work for view/ sale.

All participants to pay S$10 each from now on. 
Newbies- Use this registration form if you are NEW to OIC!
OIC regulars just add your names as usual via comments.

Have a blessed Christmas!!

Here wishing you a happy and blasted Christmas!! Enjoy the food!!

more links

And here are some links with some very inspiring works.

Firstly, Joao Ruas. He is the one that took over drawing Fables covers from James Jean. I'll leave it to you guys to see what's similar and what's different in their drawing styles. Also check out his blog.

Secondly, Jun Tsunoda. You'd probably classify her work as fine art. But I'm sure there are lots we illustrators can learn from her use colours, balance and shapes. From giving it a try, I think abstract paintings aren't as easy to create as they look.

doodlers anonymous

a couple of interesting, inspiring links i've been trawling:

www.doodlersanonymous.com
www.booooooom.com

Results of SketchWalk on Dec 12

Results from Sketch Walk Dec 12, 2009!! It was really fun driving around in a van. Drew's driving was awesome!!


Scrap metal yard.


Cement factory.


Drew!!


Lunch:: what's left.




These were done after the SketchWalk when Kat & myself went to hangout at Orchard to see what Ion looks like.

kranji sketchwalk-results

Abandoned exhaust pipes and machines.

Drewscape and Tia

Sketches from the sketchwalk

Tia, Don, Kat, Seiji and me explored the kranji factories. There were scrapped cars, engines, cranes and a road littered with splattered eggs fallen from a truck. Here are some sketches from this morning's sketchwalk. (ballpoint, ink and some photoshop colour adjustments)

Girls, Guts and Glory!

The Diary of Amos Lee: Girls, Guts and Glory!
Hot on the shelves, 2nd of the series, following the successful "I sit, I write, I flush!” (Top 10 of Straits Times, Bestseller's List).

Written by Adeline Foo, “Girls, Guts and Glory!”, is packed with more full scene illustrations as compared to the first book, including "photographs" taken by Amos with his Polaroid camera (Sneeky, sneeky). This Project took about 3mths to complete including layout and cover. Although I would have liked more time to improve on a few things, I reckon it’s pretty decent work and a step up from the previous book.

Latest news, we have ran outta copies and bringing in more for the bookfest at Suntec. It is nice to see that hard work with heart thrown in is appreciated. So a word of thanks to everyone and yeahhhh... I've got my social life back. – Enjoy :D

Sketchwalk on Sat-12/12/09

Hi all,

Drewscape and I are organising a sketchwalk at Yew Tee this sat. We picked Yew Tee as that's where lotsa old factories nearby might be interesting. Please sign up in comments section if you are interested to join us.

Advice: wear decent shoes as there may be wild dogs guarding the factories as we walk around there.

Location : Yew Tee MRT station control
Time : 8.30am
Person in charge : Drewscape(91070735) -please contact him for any queries etc
Thanks

Caricatures

Some caricatures I did of some personalities for a microsite. The characters' limbs were done in layers so that they can be animated. Some of them look a little stiff here.

OIC Portrait Day Dec pixs

Thanks to all those for took part in our OIC Portrait Day on Dec 5th and all those other months in 2009. We hope to c u soon in January 2010. We wish everyone a Peaceful and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

See more pixs here.

Eating "You Tiao"

Here’s another comic illustration of myself eating a fritter. However, in this case, it is not entirely a fritter. This local delicacy is named “You Tiao” (in romanized Chinese). You may read the following cut n paste from Wikipedia:

“You tiao,[1] you char kway,[2] or yau ja gwai,[3] sometimes known in English as Chinese cruller fried bread stick or Chinese doughnut, is a long, golden-brown, deep fried strip of dough in Chinese cuisine and other East and Southeast Asian cuisines and is usually eaten for breakfast. Conventionally, youtiao are lightly salted and made so they can be torn lengthwise in two. Youtiao are normally eaten as an accompaniment for rice congee or soy milk.”

I love to eat it dipped in coffee for breakfast!!

OIC PORTRAIT DAY, 5TH DECEMBER 2009, 2 TO 7PM

Its the holiday season ! Don't miss the last OIC Portrait session of 2009 at MAAD! Polish your drawing skills & catch up with your OIC buddies at the same time. OIC's modus operandi if you don't know already- Everyone gets 15 minutes to draw the "patron" at the same time. You get $8 for each drawing sold . Make it COLOURFUL, all skill levels welcomed. You don't have to be an OIC member to join but please read the FAQ. Come and draw, network and trade tips. (Poster illustration by Fleecircus)

*Posting your work is a sign of appreciation to the patron/seater/ poser, DON'T sign up if you do not wish to post your work for view/ sale.

Use this registration form! ( Do not post in comments )

This form is working very well. I will update the confirmed name list every 6-12hrs. Thanks for cooperating

wonderland painted

painted version of the wonderland cover for the french edition plus some sort of auction/exhibition... oil on canvas, 30x40 inches.. was interesting to see if the digital stuff could be replicated, but also a little constricting having a ready reference to copy :p

Sketches from japan

See the whole series here. enjoy!

NYJC OPEN HOUSE 2010 POSTER

What I've been up to... Not completely happy with the layout, but fairly satisfied with the illustration.Oh well, was trying an ambitious layout so there's a bit of a good and bad in it heh! Live and learn! :)

Also, added some visuals of my initial proposal sketches for this job.

Silkscreen the Caveman

Here is something that I tried out on my caveman silkscreen design using my PC. If you like this, bring down your tee and try print it during our December OIC day. Have fun!

IMPORTANT NOTICE- please take note

Hi everybody- if you are approached directly by some people for some projects- please think about how much fees you will be paid and for what cost. Please double check with myself or Fleecircus if you are not sure.


The recent one is for some hand painted laptops ( 20 pieces- to be used as prizes in a contest ) which we have negotiated and rejected because the fee is too low.
The laptop cost - S$1.8k + your hand-painted work- it should cost more than S$2.5k in value ). Please do not be greedy and spoil the market by doing it at anything less than S$1.5k per piece. If the client can afford to GIVE as a prize a 1.8K laptop- they should be able to pay the artists MORE.
Please take note. Don't spoil OUR market.

Food!!

Since coming back, I have been running around looking for good hawkers' centers food. So far I have tasted prawn noodle, Chuey Kuey, fried Hokkien noodle, dim sum, fried carrot cake, Hainan chicken rice and etc... Dim Sum at Red Star Restaurant (Chin Swee Rd) sucks!! Hainan chicken rice opposite Bugis Junction along Bras Basah Rd serves too little chicken!! But its Laksa was terrific!! Henceforth this fun drawing to remember that special moment!!

Shit do Happens!

Shit do happens, so lets live with it. We can go through together. Cheers!

Awesome weather

Hello guys from OIC... I am back. Not very sure whether it is back for good, but it is good to be back after say about 3.5 years. No plans yet for now just lazing around catching up with friends and eating all the local delicacies. I missed Singapore coffee and Chuey Kuey the most, so the second day I was back, I had to have them. By the way I am really thankful for the weather to be so kind to us since last week, even though it is still extremely humid. I am literally swimming in my own perspirations and have to carry a big towel whenever I go. Well, if anyone of you guys do feel like having coffee do feel free to call me whenever. LOL :P I have nothing better to do for the moment.

Exhibition: In An Absolut World

Our talented friends Kuanth, Sokkuan, fFurious, YT & Hanson Ho (H55) and Kult will be exhibiting their art installation piece as part of the ABSOLUT's campaign “IN AN ABSOLUT WORLD, Doing Things Differently Leads to Something Exceptional."


Don't miss it- 
20-30th Nov at ION Orchard, Atrium Level 1.


Short promo clip of the show's origin.

weddings!

a fun drawing for a friend's wedding - the theme is TRAVEL.
pencil, then scanned, colored and textured in photoshop.

Hopefully this link will help inspires.(Click on the image for the link to the site. Do let me know if the link doesn't work. :P)Good stuff. Chiu Stream. It's a blog set up by Bobby Chiu and once in a while he'll get some famous artist to be interviewed. I quite enjoy most of them. Cheers.

Question

Hi everyone, I need some advice on enlarging illustration and yet maintaining high picture resolution. I don't work in vectors and I ink my drawings and paint them in Photoshop or the traditional way. My working size is usually within a4 to a3 size. If I wanted to enlarge my work to a1 and bigger (sticker for wall mural/standee size?) how should I go about it? Please advise! :)

super scratchy

wonder how a person would land like a cat?

quick pen and watercolour sketches.

OIC PORTRAIT DAY 7TH NOV , SATURDAY, RED DOT MUSEUM, 2 TO 6PM

Its November!! Don't miss the last 2nd OIC Portrait session of 2009 at MAAD! Polish your drawing skills & catch up with your OIC buddies at the same time. OIC's modus operandi if you don't know already- Everyone gets 15 minutes to draw the "patron" at the same time. You get $8 for each drawing sold . Make it COLOURFUL, all skill levels welcomed. You don't have to be an OIC member to join but please read the FAQ. Come and draw, network and trade tips. Hang out dinner at a not too expensive place after the event. Call 96806572 for more info. Sign up quick @ comments section now! (Poster illustration by Zid )

*Posting your work is a sign of appreciation to the patron/seater/ poser, DON'T sign up if you do not wish to post your work for view/ sale.

Use this registration form! ( Do not post in comments )

This form is working very well. I will update the confirmed name list every 6-12hrs. Thanks for cooperating

introduce a little anarchy

my first 3D character model done in max.
started from july on and off and finished it on the last week of october.
2 weeks to unwrap. 1 week to paint.
in between freelance and other gigs.

more renders here

thanks to dave, edwin, andrew, dom and everyone from CG protege.
you guys are all stars.

"Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money.
They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with.
Some men just want to watch the world burn."

A snake ate a dog

Scrawl studios hiring

Hi all, please help to spread the words around. Thanks

We are going to work on an international long format pre-school cartoon series and looking for people to join us. full time or contract basis only. no freelance for now. sorry

1 X location designer (draws all the backgrounds , different views etc, based on the script requirement) : Requirement: able to draw well and a good sense of perspective. knowledge of flash preferred

1 X production designer Lead( manages all the art assets for animation, from size relationship of characters to location and prepare them ready for animation)-supervise and ensure production designer meet schedule and do QC on the designer's work.

1 X production designer (same as above-minus the supervision role)

14 X animators>> able to animate in flash and ideally knowledge in toon boom software.
Requirement : love animation and can animate well.

Project will start between mid dec and early jan.Interested party, please email my colleague at
peihui@scrawlstudios.com

drawn while sitting on a library seat

brush and ink on paper + photoshop.

yongtaufoo

an encounter on the train with a yong tau foo seller.

Painting Demo: Liche Priest

http://www.youtube.com/user/daarken#p/u/12/I8tn6oMcr3Q

A tutorial that i came across which i think it's pretty useful for anyone who is interested. *Click on the image for the link* It's a 8 part demo which basically demonstrate one of the technique concept artist use when they start their concept work. Created by artist, Daarken. Enjoy. :)

Illustration for interactive game

An illustration I did for an interactive game some time ago. The user is supposed to search for items within the pic when a description appears below. Thanks to Flee for the referral..

Mother and Baby

This was done for Mother and Baby Magazine's October issue. :)

silence

There are construction sounds above my office and outside my windows. Here is a comic derived from suffering from the noise. pen on paper + photoshop.

Breast(PG)

Just for fun

Lone Wolf

The title is so emo it's cool. Anyway this is a rejected piece for OIC Portrait Day poster LOL - kidding, chairman!!! Ink and markers again. Some people like Ben prefer the W.I.P version BWARGH!

Many thanks to Flee's and Danny's 5 Sec Faces for providing the human face for reference. Welfare fo laif!

Book launch for the First time writers and illustrators publishing initiative

NBDC and SPH are launching 9 new locally created picture books this saturday at The Arts House 6.15-745pm. Among the 9, there is 1 book illustrated by me (drewscape) and another by Kristal Melson. You will be able to purchase these new books and get them signed by their creators at the end of the event.

If you are interested in attending, please RSVP jade(at)bookcouncil.sg by 21 oct.