Sunday, 25 November 2012

I will be discontinuing this blog!

I know i haven't really been active but anyway, and i am sure nobody will read this, but yeah.... i have decided to discontinue this blog :(

This isn't actually a bad news at all though :o
I will be working on my portfolio website and a brand new blog during this winter.

This blog has served me well for the past years when i was a student, but since i will be graduating soon, i need more professional means of displaying my artworks.

However, I won't be deleting these posts. i want something funny to read after 30 years lol

thank you so much for those who visited my blog!
See you all again soon :)

Au Revoir~ +_+/

Monday, 9 April 2012

UFO






Linework: Pen & photoshop
Colour: Photoshop
Moon/Star : Illustrator

This is my lil illustration of the UFO museum in Turkey...
I cropped this panel and uploaded it because it is my favourite out of all my project.

I came up with those squid-like aliens during my high school years
when i was writing stories about 'The Space Commander'
(LOL)

Since it seemed like most of us chose UFO museum for one of 6 panels,
I thought it would be too boring to use the generic alien 
(the one with upside down waterdrop shaped head & giant almond eyes)
and i seriously didn't give a shit when my prof told me it looked like ameba 
because nobody knows what aliens look like!!!

I might begin a new series using this specific type of aliens
just because i really enjoyed illustrating this...
it brings me back my gooooood old memories when i truly really loved to draw.








My In Class assignments....


 These are my In Class Assignments...
We are only given approximately 3 hours to finish everything,
and it has to be illustrated digitally.
I was originally planning on uploading this only on facebook
but whenever i post my digital illustrations on facebook, the colours go really bright...
(i would really appreciate it if anyone let me know how to fix this,,,)

So i'm putting them on my blog where my colours are displayed correctly.


This is my first project,
I didn't have time to finish up the flowers and the shadow for my lil doll
but i'm pretty happy with this :)




This is my third project,
Obviously i didn't have enough time (no shoes on some legs)
but it looks weird and i like it o_O



The second project is probably one of the worst shit i've ever done in this class
so i'm not putting it up lol





Friday, 23 March 2012

The Virgin Suicide back cover illustration


The Virgin Suicide Back Cover..
Watercolour & Ink on Stonehenge paper + digital manipulation

First of all, i loved working with watercolour on stonehenge paper...

i was inspired by Jessie M. King for this piece (<3<3<3)
I really wanted to use her worn out colours for this project 
but when i painted this it at first, the colours were too saturated 
despite my effort to tone them down
so i had to do some adjustments on photoshop to achieve this.

I also did front cover and spine for this book as well 
however i didn't feel like putting those up..............

I am scared to show this to my prof since she doesn't seem to like anything i do (T_T)
but i thought this image itself was 'okay' to look at (apart from concept)

The front cover is an illustration of floral hanging rope(?)
so it is kind of related to this image where the girl is pulling floral rope.
My peers suggested the rope should be tight
but i just made it loose and flowy(?) just for the look of this.
and i am scared that everyone might say crap about it T_T

but then i thought
Who would actually give a shit about concept of a book 'cover' -_-
I never think about what the 'cover' means when i buy a book!
It's all good as long as the cover looks attractive no matter what it is about...


actually, this is my honest opinion on most of illustrations..
people will read the article instead of trying to figure out what the illustration means.
pretty illustrations draw people's attention more than crappy ones with good concept.
sadly, most people aren't smart enough to get the idea behind things...
or maybe they just don't bother thinking about it at all.
(except for us...)

honestly when it comes to concept, i have completely lost confidence
(in illustration 4 course only)
i used to talk my profs into approving my favourite ideas
but in this class i am extremely terrified of my prof and i can't even talk properly...

Anyway...
If anyone says shit about my work tomorrow, i really want to tell them
'don't judge a book by its cover'
LOL



Sunday, 11 March 2012

The Happening Custom DVD Cover


The Happening DVD Cover
Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator CS5
13cm x 18.4cm

M. Night Shyamalan has always been my favourite movie director since 'The Sixth Sense'.
Since my prof banned students from doing Star Wars, His movies were my first choice.
I actually struggled between 'Signs' and 'The Happening',
but finally decided to go with the latter 
because of a striking scene i remembered from the movie.

i have mixed feelings about this piece,
I do think this cover is a bit too cute for the content of this movie..lol
The scene i chose to illustrate was, as i mentioned above, striking
however this cover looks somewhat peaceful....

and i wish i had used my original analog line work for the ladders and people,
sadly, i was confused with my last year's media studio class 
 i thought i wasn't allowed to use anything hand drawn.....
(i found out that we can use analog drawing for lineworks after i finished.)

I like the colour scheme
The hand drawn lettering turned out better than i thought as well.
(usually, my handwriting looks horrible)

I still i think i could have done so much better if i wasn't restricted to working digitally...


Friday, 2 March 2012

Royal(?!) Plates +_+


Royal(?!) Plate Series :)

These are series of plates I designed for my illustration class.
I illustrated portraits of 4 English Queens, 
I also incorporated some weird facts about these ladies into my designs.


Plate 1. Queen 'Bloody' Mary I suffered from phantom pregnancy.



Plate 2. Queen Elizabeth I had black teeth due to overconsumption of sugar.


Plate 3. Queen Victoria only wore black dress after her husband's death.
(although not really a black dress in this design....)

Plate 4. Queen Elizabeth II...seems like she's never going to pass away .......
(that's why she looks like a doll-like figure in here)



These are ALL done digitally. 
The initial sketches are hand drawn but i did all the line works again on photoshop.

I am not entirely confident with my concept since I missed a class
and my prof didn't bother replying to my email that i had sent for some feedback.

Like always... I hate these...
but this time, except for the Queen Elizabeth I plate.
Surprisingly i am quiet happy with how it turned out.
I spent more time illustrating her than any other queens.
(started last week...)
I wish i had invested more time on each one of these instead of trying to finish
3 of the 4 plates in like 8 hours T_T
The other reason why Queen Elizabeth I plate seems more successful than others is 
because I did a brief colour study before I went into actual colouring.

The thing I hate the most is the baby that Mary I is holding.
Sadly, I just couldn't figure out how to illustrate it.

However, Although I hated this project (because i hate this course),
I learned a great deal about doing line works on computer 
which I think was totally worthwhile.

Also I realized I can actually produce something I like if I spend more time on stuff...LOL


Anywayz.............
It's like 5:40 am right now,
 and my eyeballs are about to pop out 
after working for about 20 hours straight (thanks to my laziness T_T)
But I have to get ready for school in an hour :) :) :) :) :)

Life is gooooood +_+



Wednesday, 15 February 2012

#021612


#021612
400 x 600 (pixel)
Adobe Photoshop CS5


From now on... (i know i said this many times in the past T_T)

I swear i will try to post something on my blog regularly...

So far, i have only uploaded finished artworks 
but i decided to post my sketches and simple photoshop doodles as well.
However, i'm not planning on posting process work of any kind. 
(like anybody gives a shit lol)

Also, i decided not to act so serious and professional in this blog,
i was originally hoping to use this blog as part of self-promotion 
but i realized that i won't even have a client for a while
and i'm probably the only one who visit this blog
so i'm just going to shamelessly post whatever i want to show off. 

when i think i am ready, i am planning to use a website instead of a blog.


Anyway,
This mini digital doodle i did is called #021612
and it doesn't mean anything lol


I will post some more meaningless doodles and sketches i did in the past.
(hopefully....)