Happy Deepavali

Well, nothing interesting to blog about nowadays. Since i'm online now, just take this chance to wish every Hindu and anyone else who celebrating a Happy Deepavali :D

Halloween Post

Firstly a Halloween greeting to those zombie, witch and ghoul wannabes out there celebrating. Wow, it marks a begining of the year's end already. Time sure flies...

Anyway, it's been some time since i last posted. Ever since my bro brought my own PC back from my last residence during Raya, i been spending an awful lot of time in front of it. Not playing games, mind you, but honing my digital illustration skill. Still, the process is slow and painsaking (not to mention using a, only available, faulty mouse) but it's sure worth it. This month alone, i've finished 3 artworks. Do view them at my Deviantart page :) The pic featured here is one of them :D

Unfortunately my eyes still 've not get used to staring at the monitor screen for a long period, like it used to (a feat during my collage years). Must' ve been getting old.. lol. Anyway i spent the alternate time sketching and well, watching TV. My mum already complaining i spent too much time on the pc, resulting higher electrical bill- not that i seen this month's bill yet... At least it's better that watching TV all day.

Jobwise, i try not to think and dwell about it to much. Better spent the time and energy doing more positive and productive work- more artworks. I beginning to think myself as a poor artist spending much of his time alone painting in his studio.. lol. If my works is good enough, good offers will surely come. Till then, i ought to improve myself more and try to get more exposure.

My 3D Animation DemoReel

This is my demo reel. Not bad huh..? It is a video montage of my various animation clips. I was trying testing the new video upload and might as well to have a demo reel online, in case I need to show it to any of my prospective employer. The background music is from Ragnarok Online 2 anime trailer. Do comment a bit. Heh.

DeviantArt Fever

I've been busy logging on and off my deviantArt account these past few days, doing some artworks and uploading them. Apart from the endless cycle of sending resume and waiting pointlessly for the reply (sigh~), it's better to focus on something else and be a bit productive.

For those who dunno what is DeviantArt, it an online art gallery where you can have your own space to show off ur work to other budding artists. Great place to jump start if you are into this path for career like me :) And meet new like-minded friends too.

Since this blog was not really suited for an online gallery, it's better to upload my work there. Be sure to visit it, here and if you are a member, do drop some comment.

DiGi Girl: I Will Follow You

I really like those DiGi ad on TV these days. Simple, creative and funny - the way an ad should be. Especially those yellow suit guys. Nice character by the way. "lol"
Obviously, i myself is a DiGi subscriber and been one for 5 year or so. As a tribute, i made this simple original artwork. For those yellow guys, let me present you the DiGi girl :)

Follow up yo.

Two Weeks More

Sigh~ 2 weeks more and thats the end of April. Given my current situation, i not sure i can survive another month without a job.


Gaaargh!!


Anyway, i still lookin forward to May cos the result of my Spiderman character design will be publish in Gempak 1st of May edition. By the way here's my design.

I called him- Spiderman Ghost. The custom he's wearing is a bio armour capable of camouflage and producing bio-electric webbing (rather familiar with some other char :P).

Too bad i didnt colour it but i afraid i might ruin it. Hope for the best :)

End of March 07

It's been a while. I've been meaning to update a post during the past days when i get online but at the same time i dont feel like posting anything. Well, stupid excuses aside, there also a bit a of a problem accesing my account in the cyber cafe i usually go to. Sigh~

So what to update.. since i've been MIA for weeks :P
For starter, i still unemployed. Dunno why i still picky with the jobs these days. Maybe a part of me hate those graphic designer kinda jobs. Mostly long working hours with little pay. Still, i not sure what else i can do for a living. Sigh~

I recently sent an artwork for a local comic magazine, Gempak. It was actually a character design competition in conjunction of the Spiderman 3 movie. So obviously i have to create my own version of Spiderman. The grand prize is Sony Erricson handphone (forgot the model type) while the 2nd place's prize a PSP. Not too keen 'bout the third though- a 3 months free gym workout *sweats*
I dun have the drawing with me now but i'll be sure to load it up here soon. Wish me luck :D

On another related topic , I plan to join a major comic drawing contest (also by Gempak) in the coming months. Still, i have trouble drawing anything... Always end up erasing watever on the paper. Guess i loosing my touch here *cries*

Till next time then.

Happy Chinese New Year 2007

So here is the time again. Time sure run fast considered i still remember clearly the same time last year. Yeap, another reason to spent money after Christmas after a couple of months of saving and celebrate (not that i have any *sob*) So, in less than 2 weeks from now, we will celebrate Chinese New Year, again. But still i may have to go back hometown 2morrow hence this early post.

Forgive me for not in a joyful mood. For me, Chinese New Year had lost its appeal as i grow older and when things changed. Plus i dun fancy people parade in from of me in their new clothes when i still wearing the same t shirt/jeans for years. Hey, dun get me wrong, i like to wear unfashionable old clothes and i rather spent the money on something else (like a new motherboard or camera). Unless i have a family of my own, CNY will be just the same like any other holiday as well. And yeah, dun even get me started on all those CNY songs blaring from everywhere. They even more annoying than listening My Heart Will Go On a thousand times straight...

But then again, it a special occasion nonetheless, and i made a resolution to do an artwork for every big celebration especially CNY. Hey, there's something to look to after all.

Rendered in Photoshop CS

Anyway dun let my problem damp the mood. To everyone else who's celebrating CNY, enjoy it to the fullest. Maybe i will too. Gong Xi Fatt Choy~

Fun Activities to Start the Year

Yo, it been days since i last update the blog. Kinda inconvenient to blog these days. Spent most of the time doing some thing else. As you can see, i have customized the whole layout design of my blog.. more like put on a new skin.. lol. Anyway, rather satisfied with the outcome :)

Okay, some recap of what i been doing the past days:
As you all know, i went back to hometown for a quick refresh of the year. I came back to PJ a few days later, bringing my youngest brother, Chee Keit for his first visit to Klang Valley in many years. So, basically we have a siblings bonding of sorts, lol.

Last Saturday, we (except my 2nd bro, he's working) went 1 Utama to catch a movie, Erogorn. It was an okay movie story-wise but the special effect alone worth the ticket price. Before that, we went for a little sight seeing around the shopping center. Well, sight seeing has an alternate meaning for my late teen little bro... lol. Almost missed the movie btw...

The following day, the four of us went Sungai Wang Plaza, KL for some shopping. Actually, my little bro was the one who have a shopping spree that day. Manage the spent almost RM 300 worth of clothing on that day alone *sweats* Well, he the vainest of the family, by the looks of his appearance. As for me, an otaku, i only spent RM 30 on a couple of collectible anime figurines (i'll will post some pics later) We cut short of our plan to walk around Times Square since my bro spent too much time shopping.

On Monday evening, we went to a weekly night market at SS2 nearby. Well, it been ages since i last walk through a nite market. Lots of people especially young adults like us, since there are a few colleges and university around. Had our dinner there too.

Alas, Chee Keit had to get back to Pontian on Tuesday morning especially he skipped school for the past few days (new school term started on the 3rd Jan.) lol.

So there. And not to mention i played Ragnarok Online during the guild war yesterday. Heh. Oh ya, looking forward this Saturday for a gathering of my online friends. Plans to watch a movie together. I'll will update on that then.

And if you have any comments on the design, pls do. I'll appreciated it :)

Art Galore

Even I currently working, I still allocated some time to do some artworks of my own. Yeah, one of the only things that that bring satisfaction in myself. Here are some of my recent ones.

My most recent digital art- A portrait of a thief character from the Ragnarok Online game. Scanned and fully rendered in Adobe Photoshop.

This is a rough work of my own designed character, also made in Photoshop.

This also based on character from Ragnarok Online. Also scanned in and rendered in Photoshop.