dark hadou

been busy. did this to warm-up. boom.

tentacles!!!

product designin'

A while back, i was asked to partake in a project to design and develop some funky new kettles. They were intended for mass production, but due to the shitty economy at the time (and to an extent, even now) the factory/production side were not ready to take a chance on something so 'different' and I was given a few existing samples to 'take inspiration from' (read: copy but change slightly). Being one who takes great pride in designing in his own image, of course, i refused. So everything came to a grinding halt, and the project has become stagnant, so now i can show you some of the sketches i came up with.

randoms from the sketchbook

random characters

woah...s'been over a month since my last post.
And i can't say i've been particularly busy or anything. Just been in an artist's rut lately where i aim to do lots, but run out of momentum when i put pen to paper.
Been sitting on a few semi-finished character sketches, so thought i'd gather em together and make a post out of it. Maybe it'll inspire me to do more.

another one...

starting to get the hang of this animation biz.
its supposed to link onto the end of the previous one.
think the actions flow more smoothly in this one.
and i realised that you cannot take shortcuts if you want the clip to look good.....well, better.

animation!!!

it was pretty cool working on this
its not that its particularly hard, or any different to what i usually draw in terms of what i put down on paper, but the process is very long and really tests your patience.

I've always loved animation and admire those in the field, but actually doing it gave me a new level of respect for animators.

world record

just watched animatrix, and World Record has got to be one of the finest animes ever.
And to pack so much energy in such a short time just makes it all the more impressive.
So i did a piece based on it....hope i did it justice.

Solid Snake

just a quickie

Trying for a more...i dunno....dramatic rendering style.

kuta

Another vid!!!
I find that recording the process spurs you on to finish the piece, which means less procrastination. So i'll definitely be doing more.
This one took around 1 hour (getting there), but the quality and details in the piece aren't quite up to scratch. More to learn, clearly.
Don't really know too much about the character (hence the costume isn't quite right), but love the look of him.



And here's the pic:

demon

really enjoying creating these types of digi-paintings at the moment...and continiously trying to streamline the process - rather than going over the same areas again and again - just adds to the challenge.

Did this in about 1.5-2 hours.

video time!!!

just a quickie to test out the screen recording program.

cupsssss

Progress!!

more turtles

rarrrggghhh.

attempt

recently watched the losers movie and re-read the comics series, and having always been a Jock fan, i thought i'd try and have a go at some Jock-style art.
i still have much to learn, as you can see.

new girl on campus

been busy for the past month or so, so only quick sketches for now...

monkey king

need more practise, but liking this one nonetheless.

bamboos

watched a program about chinese watercolours, and more specifically, bamboo paintings, so decided to give it a go....even though its in photoshop.
i realise some parts look shit (like the stalks), but at least some of the leaves look pretty good.
next step - to do it with ink and brushes.



EDIT: well, after a night's sleep, and re-seeing this, i've concluded that it is indeed shit. oh well, all part of the learning curve.

Fishicus Venomus

imaginary folklore

titled after the Nujabes song that inspired this piece.
just a complete contrast to the bad-assery in the previous post.

the song:


the pic:

bring it...

shinais and flip flops vs. rockets....you know this dude's gonna be fucking some shit up.

...or he's just gonna get blown up by the next rocket that comes within 10-metres of him.

...

tonal batman

liking this simple and gritty style.
will definitely do more of it.

versatility!

top row are the original photos.

zangief!!!

RAARRRGGHHH!

yep...it's 1:49am now on a school night.
really need to sleep.

photo time

just a pic of me...

girly poses

wallpaper

more sketchbook doodles...

turtles!

getting there...

blob

Trying for the cel-shaded with texture look that seems to be so popular these days. Obviously didn't quite turn out the way i intended it to. That white highlight part is absolutely grotesque!
Or maybe its the colour palette thats affecting the whole piece?

Of course, i could just look-up some tutorials, but where's the fun in that?









EDIT:
The highlighted part bugged me too mch. Had to go back and change it.

happy new year!

happy chinese new year to all you oriental brothers & sisters.
during the holidays, i went to stay over a friend's house (who i'm doing the cups business with) and went to see their factory while i was at it.
here are some of the samples i brought back. seeing the samples (and the quality of them) spurted quite a bit of enthusiasm and life back into those of us involved. So lets hope this vibe keeps up.

i call this piece....ego.

going back to my architecture roots here.
had the idea floating around my head for ages...my design, for my house, which is based on the look of my sig. nothing new or fancy, but did try to limit myself to within a 30x30m area. (Didn't wanna over-do it, eh?) Colour version coming (possibly) soon.

fishy

a bit more polished than my recent stuff...



mainly focusing on textures.

misc

just a collection of random doodles that i drood.

keeping it going...

wow, 3 posts in as many days...lets hope i can keep this going.





as an added bonus, a t-shirt design i submitted to www.dookaz.com
so go there, register, and vote for it if you want it to see production. and of course buy one when it does.
cheers!