GY's Art Dump

MIA...

2011-06-25T23:52:00.007+08:00

It's been donkey years since i posted anything on my blog. Finally posting stuffs i did while i was MIA...HUGE dump!

More landscapes...

2010-09-30T17:54:00.005+08:00

Here are some landscape practices referenced from photos, 1 piece each day. The purpose of this exercise is.. I think... to train your eyes to capture colours information, and putting these information onto canvas using big brush strokes. Details are secondary, cause if you look at things from a distance, you cant really see details except for blocks of colours. Creating mood is the key here. So each piece aren't meant to take very long to be considered done.. however, i always find myself zooming in and starting to render details, thus spending more time on these then i really should. Gotta look at the big picture... gotta be more discipline.

Updates

2010-09-26T23:42:00.007+08:00

Been too busy to update, but finally here are some stuffs...

Self advertisement...

2010-08-03T23:15:00.005+08:00

I been missing for quite while. Finally... here's some updates. Recently I was commissioned to draw some portraits of a client, with few different expressions. But I'm only allowed to show one of them, so to do abit of shameless self advertisement... who knows it can bloom into a business... here it is.So, if you want, or if you know of anyone know of anyone, be it your family, relatives, friends, friend's friend and so on, who wants to get his/her portrait drawn, you know who to look for! I do full color portraits too, at a reasonably cheap price!

And here's a couple of pieces I did for the bi-weekly activities over at CGHub...

The NeverEnding Story Cover design and...

Yoda drawing competition with a twist. I did a young version of him, kinda weak and lame....
That's all folks! Till the next post!

another post...

2010-06-29T18:16:00.004+08:00

Heres more done during 'free' time at work...Done for weekly challenge at cghub.

another practice at work...

2010-06-29T18:06:00.003+08:00

In my 'free' time...edit: I was very inspired by this guy here http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=187831, and being very weak at doing enviros, i tried to 'copy' from one of his work... just for practice.

My work attire...

2010-06-04T01:15:00.004+08:00

This is what I was wearing this morning to work. A t-shirt, shorts, and a pair of flip flops. Those who know me well enough would know that this is how I dress to work 99% of the working days. Those who don't know what I work as would probably think I'm working odd jobs, or probably still studying, or probably just jobless and slacking around. 'What kind of company would allow their staff to come to work in that sloppy attire huh?', they would think, 'Hmmm, maybe he works in a comic shop as cashier or something. Aiya, must be some low paying odd job la.' But you know what? The freedom to wear whatever I feel like wearing is 1 of the reason why I love what I'm doing. Who needs pants and shirts and ties, and uniforms, in this hot singapore weather. I like to dress like I'm going out to chill with friends. I wouldn't change that, not even if I was offered a salary 100 times higher than what I'm getting now, to go work in a corporate company, or become a sales person. However, if it's only for a week, I might consider....IF IT'S 100 TIMES MY CURRENT PAY. Yep, I'm not working odd jobs. I got a full time job, a working professional.

Small dump

2010-06-03T02:01:00.005+08:00

Finally decided to post some stuffs...Did these 2 during work hrs on separate occasion... because i was getting bored with the work i was doing. I'm quite a punk...

I'm a big fan of kakashi... so i couldn't resist doing abit of fan art of this guy. Even though the story of naruto is going downhill...

Secret project MBD2010

2010-05-16T23:01:00.003+08:00

Alright, I went missing for quite awhile, but thats because i was a secret project, MBD2010. I present to you...

Yep, happy Birthday! :D

Dailies!

2010-04-15T23:53:00.003+08:00

Titled 'A strange encounter'...hmmm....

Dailies...

2010-04-14T02:41:00.004+08:00

This took longer then expected. I went abit obsessed with creating the details...experimenting with different customed brush to get the details i want. Again, thanks to samsonsreaper's brushset i downloaded from conceptart.

Here's the photo i took reference from

Dailies

2010-04-08T22:54:00.004+08:00

Today's!

Cloudy mountains

2010-04-07T23:36:00.003+08:00

As promised!

Studies + another storyteller piece

2010-04-07T00:39:00.006+08:00

I must improve... so I will paint at least 1 hour everyday. Mostly studies. So heres 2 from yesterday and today, environment paintings referenced from photos. I don't know if doing this
will help me improve....we shall see. 1 piece a day!

And another piece for CGhub's storyteller competition. John Carter of Mars.

Gothic romance + Wedding portraits + enviro sketch

2010-03-04T23:46:00.006+08:00

This one I did for a bi-weeklymini challenge over at cghub.com. Its called the Story tellers, where they give you a title of a novel (existing or otherwise), usually of sci-fi/fantasy genre, and you have to design a cover for it. The title for that round was 'A Gothic Romance'. Font sucks i know... but thats not the point of this competition...

Next, did this as a gift for a good friend's wedding. Most people will think i'm 'uglifying them'... to me drawing caricatures is not about drawing realistic pictures and making people look pretty. Its about capturing the essence of the subject's features and exaggerating it. You can immediately recognise the subject but its not quite them... with a touch humor in it. Oh well, at least they liked it...i hope.

And the last one, I was feeling bored in the office. So i downloaded a set of brush from this guy called samsonsreaper on conceptart.org... and had fun playing around with those cool brushes. This is the result of it... not that good. But it was fun.

Some kinda elf dood..

2010-01-25T21:15:00.005+08:00

Did this one sometime back. It started out as a personal sketch I did in the Studio. Decided to work on it more at home. Didn't turn out as interesting as I hope it would..

The final...

The sketch...

Long holidays...enviro practice

2009-12-29T17:23:00.004+08:00

It's so nice to be on a long holiday because it means i'm able to work on personal works... please don't let the holidays end so soon!

The Old Blademaster

2009-12-28T22:38:00.003+08:00

I completed this a while back.. like 1 month ago. But did not had the time to post it up. So here it is. The expression could be more...expressive ( Thanks to my colleagues who pointed it out). Didn't what i wanted when started out, but quite like the end result.

Guan Yu

2009-11-17T00:58:00.004+08:00

I lost count on the number of hrs I spent on this one. Spent way too much time on this, to the point where it's no longer enjoyable working on it anymore. So when I thought the character was already detailed enough, I quickly slapped in a background and call it done. Finishing it for the sake of finishing it. Lots of things I don't like about it, the boring composition, boring pose, and of course the sloppy background And one of my colleague pointed out, that he is holding his big sword (I don't know it's called in english) too near the head. It was so obvious... but it will have to do, cus I'm not going back to it anymore. I started focusing on the details on him too early I guess. By the way, he is Guan Yu (关羽) of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. On to the next!

odosketch

2009-10-08T17:01:00.002+08:00

My friend sent me this link to this cool online sketch website http://sketch.odopod.com/ . It captures your sketching process. So i did a couple of doodles. Fun!

gestures

2009-10-01T16:36:00.002+08:00

Something i did when was very free in the studio... for practice.

doodles..

2009-09-30T18:53:00.003+08:00

More doodles from awhile back....

Giant

2009-09-28T20:02:00.004+08:00

All right... this blog ain't dead yet! I finally managed to find some time and motivation to work on something for my portfolio. Its the most finished looking piece I have ever done to date... i think (I know the shield looks like a last minute job) . Spent a few nights after work and some time over the weekend working on this, around 10hrs or so, trying to get it looking as polished as GY-possible... apparently it still doesn't quite hit the mark (got some feedbacks from several people). There are some other stuffs about this piece which i'm not quite happy about like the composition, design of the big guy etc... all because I did not explore any ideas, just jumping right into colour after doing a rough sketch. But it's ok, this is just a warm up. There will be more to come and it will be better than before. Also posted the process.

More free time...

2009-06-25T14:29:00.003+08:00

So i have more free time in the studio. Not wanting to slack, i painted this as a practice. Very much inspired by Mr M@'s work...

The jester

2009-06-19T16:41:00.003+08:00

This jester started out looking quite different from how it looks now. It started as a sketch which my friend said he liked, the face to be precised. So he ask if i can make a jester out of the sketch because he wanted to model it. And so he told me his idea...and..this is the end result. And i'm sad to say it didn really turn out to be what he wanted. But its ok. He went ahead and started modelling it anyway...and its good practice for me.

edited: Did a little tweak and posted the wip.

When i slack in the studio...

2009-06-18T15:01:00.013+08:00

These are what i did in my little free time i have in the studio... I dont really slack. I draw... And now i'm using my free time in the studio to post these on my blog. Dont ask me if its legal to do that during work hrs...

Card design and contest entries (wip)

2009-05-17T21:10:00.013+08:00

No this blog is not dead yet. Been too caught up with other stuffs to be doing personal works to post regularly (usual excuse). I still try to post whenever I can get some work done. So here are some stuffs I been spending time on. A card... you know for who, and some sketches I did for a CG contest called dominance war. I started out really motivated and i told myself i will get this 1 done before the deadline, but usually, tats not the case. It stopped at the WIP stage...and the deadline is up...sigh. I guess I'm just not diciplined enough to push myself...Well, I tell myself i will finish this in my own time...hopefully...
And lastly, something I did for Maggie on her 22nd birthday.... :)
Lets pray we don't have to wait too long for the next post!

My Sweet Valentines

2009-03-08T21:05:00.003+08:00

Its been so long since I posted anything. Heres something I did a while back. Printed this onto a jigsaw puzzle as a gift on valentines. Cliche i know, but hey, its a an illustration I did myself :).
Took some photos of the sketches in my sketch book. Hmmm, need to sketch alot more...

2009-02-09T23:08:00.003+08:00

Feeling sad....very sad. Because of the things i shld have done but never did.... and being such a self centered idiot... and probably causing someone's grief. Maybe i'm thinking too much or over reacting, but.. I just feel bad about what happened.

This is suppose to be an art blog, but there's no art for this post. Just a reminder for me to be more mindful of the feelings of the ppl around me, or risk hurting the ones i care for...

Town....and chick

2009-02-01T23:38:00.005+08:00

The girl in the pic is called Pepper, a fictional character created by Artgerm. It was created for The Pepper Project, an artbook project organized by IFS, Imaginery Friend Studio. Chosen entries will have their art pieces published in an artbook by them..and yes....mine wasnt chosen. Anyways, did some tweaks to the face before posting it up here. The 2nd piece is inspired by something i saw on the net. Khang Le, another great artist! :D

2009-01-22T13:34:00.002+08:00

I know I shldn be doing this during work hrs....but its just a 15mins doodle. Because i suddenly got this strong urge to send her my thoughts. A bit mushy...but heck, no one visits my blog. To my Maggie with <3. :D

Island castle

2009-01-18T14:30:00.002+08:00

Painting exercise heavily referenced from a photo. Chinese new year is coming soon and i'm off to help in more cookies making! :D

A post!

2009-01-17T15:18:00.003+08:00

Finally.... a post long due...

Fortress

2009-01-03T23:23:00.003+08:00

I've been slacking.... Holiday will be over soon, and I need to buck up again. Happy 2009.

It's been a while!

2008-11-23T16:16:00.003+08:00

Being in the army for 2 weeks, I was kinda not in the mood to do any drawings in my own time(theres hardly any). And when I get to book out on the weekend, I would rather do other stuff rather than draw. And when the my reservist ended, I suddenly forgot how to draw. My mind was a blank of thoughts when i'm back in the studio, trying to do concepts. I have to slowly get that creative juices flowing again. Luckily, I can feel it coming again. With drive! So I'm gonna start drawing more and post again! Heres 2 for the weekend.

One more for the week...

2008-10-12T13:39:00.001+08:00

2 pieces of crap...Argh!

2008-10-11T16:00:00.001+08:00

Desert slump

2008-10-04T23:54:00.003+08:00

Some kind of structure in some sort of barren land...

Comic!... and a random environment sketch....

2008-10-03T00:27:00.017+08:00

Haven't been posting for quite a while. Not because i'm slacking away. I've been busy with a comic project. Its my first go at doing a comic, and its a very short one. Its actually something i did for someone (obviously for a girl because of the subject matter). Think i was too ambitous in trying to render every single panel to achieve the painterly look. Had to cut down on the length of the story as i almost running out of time...so it ended up being a very short comic...4 pages(not including 2 cover pages). Ah well, it was fun nonetheless, and i think there will be more personal comic projects to come in the future. Hope she really likes it :). And lastly, a random environment sketch under approx. 1hr.

Landscape!

2008-09-16T23:41:00.003+08:00

Its another another landscape! I prefer to do landscape when doing personal paintings...think its because i'm already spending 8hrs doing characters at work. Anways, i'm really inspired by this guy, Mathias Verhasselt (m@.), a concept artist working at Blizzard now. His works never fail to make my jaw drop. Especially his enviros. For those who has seen his works before, you may see some resemblance of his work in mine...oh well. All for the sake of practice. Thank you Mr m@! :D

What should I paint...

2008-09-06T23:27:00.003+08:00

A painting and some gestures....

Cliffs

2008-09-05T01:47:00.003+08:00

Another landscape painting...under 2hrs...

The Widest, Biggest smile...

2008-09-04T00:10:00.004+08:00

Finally found some time to complete this and post it. A portrait of my secondary school mate! And she has the biggest smile i've seen so far... I think it looks even bigger in the photo. And its

the teeth that i spent most of the time working on. Well, think this piece is a failure when it comes to likeness accuracy, but a good practice nonethelss. Hope she likes it...she should, cos i drew her prettier than she actually is. Wahaha!

A lovely girl....

2008-08-28T00:50:00.004+08:00

Another go at it...this time with photo reference. Think its far from being accurate... Oh well, i'll do better the next time. Hope she likes it. :)

A long way to go....

2008-08-27T19:57:00.007+08:00

Saw this china guy's post on conceptart... his works are just awe inspiring, especially his portraits. Makes me wanna do something like that too. And so i did....and the conclusion is, what he is capable of achieving with a few simple, well-placed brush strokes ... i just cant pull that off. Mine's all messed. Still got a long way to go for me.....

Punk Jedi

2008-08-25T13:58:00.003+08:00

A random painting of a face without reference. Did this when I'm suppose to be working :P... And don't ask me why I made him put on a jedi costume...

Snowy landscape again...

2008-08-24T23:31:00.002+08:00

Another landscape painting. Was watching the trailer for World of Warcraft's new expansion, The Wrath of Lich King, and the beautifully rendered snowy landscape got me inspired. In fact, what I did looks quite similar to a particular shot in that trailer...hmm. Ah well, its all for the sake of practice right? Took me around 4hrs this time round. Something seems to be missing in this piece... I just can't seem to tell what. The colours? The composition? Gah! Gonna just call it done for now.

My first post!

2008-08-22T23:20:00.007+08:00

Yay! The first art post....a landscape. Took me approximately 2hrs. Hmmm...lots of room for imrpovement on this 1, but i was too anxious to do something for my title image.

Here goes nothing...

2008-08-21T16:43:00.002+08:00

So...Its time for me to buck up on my drawing, if I want to get better. Been thinking of setting up an art blog for a while now, so this blog is to remind and motivate myself to keep practicing and drawing. Hopefully i get to update this blog with stuffs weekly....no... I WILL update this blog weekly. DRAW DRAW DRAW!