g is for gambit

evidence of what i've been doing during the summer over in the Singapore-MIT Game Lab in Cambridge, MA. the team i was with ended up making 2 games, quite a challenge but it was amazing all the same.




some random character sketches.. we ended up with a weird purple horned dude in a rubber ducky.







concepts for the backgrounds for one of the games






logos and poster designs




SSFIV had just came out so.. i might have gone a little crazy and did some fanart mashing SSFIV style with some of the games' characters.

my team's games are called Seer and Yet One Word, just click to check them out on the Gambit site! check out the other team's games too, pretty cool stuff as well.
all these wouldn't have been possible without the awesome people in my team, and the very cool folks at the Singapore-MIT Gambit lab. thanks everyone, for making what could be the best summer of my life yet.

say goodnight and go

digital study of Angelica Kauffman's self-portrait.
original here


been super long since i painted, getting rusty again. decided to start up with a study of neoclassical portraits, might be just what i need to get back on track.

milkshakes

i just had to. /stifles laughter

スカイ·クロラ

well it's been a long time since i updated!
was in the States for 9 weeks to intern at the MIT Gambit Lab, basically doing my part in making some cool stuff which will be up real soon!
just got back from a vacation in Hokkaido as well, breathtaking countryside scenery. and the ramen! *A*

i finally managed to get through The Sky Crawlers as well, forgive me Mamoru Oshii fans. i can't exactly appreciate slow-paced animations, haha. here's the opening sequence for The Sky Crawlers though. absolutely loved the music and backgrounds, maybe because i'm such a sucker for skyscapes.
also, Kenji Kawai is amazing.

kitty

this is the awesome cat that lives in the next block. i can die from its adorable fluffiness every time i meet it.

the queen and her carp.

this started as an inside joke.. i don't know if i'll ever finish this without grinning stupidly every time i work on it.

a friend just informed me that looks like a piece of toast floating above her head! toast crowns ftw yall.



in other news, i'm going to be in Boston for 2 months! :D

pixar and forks

a post without any artwork!
finally got a chance to go down to the Pixar: 20 Years of Animation exhibition at the local Science Centre.
pretty amazing stuff, it's one thing seeing all these work in a published book, and another thing to actually see them on the scraps of paper or canvases they were originally created on.
and the Toy Story zoetrope! it's like magic! but actually science. haha.




ramen fork, designed by Takahashi Masami for Sugakiya, a Ramen-ya in Nagoya, Japan, for their 60th anniversary.

is this like the coolest thing ever or what?! i want one! .. despite the fact i use chopsticks to eat noodles.. and i don't really drink the soup.. but whatever.

バット

trying starting out with pure color instead of grayscale like i'm used to.
inspired and influenced by the ever-awesome work of loish.

nice people suck.

apparently so.
just some weird crap. have i mentioned how stuck i get when i'm doing landscapes?
maybe i should do more.

目を呪わ

he's actually fictional, so i don't know if crossing over to the realistic-ish side was a good idea. i think i made him look like a fag little girl. owell. .____.

he's the most tragic protagonist/antagonist i've seen. >:

they're back!

if you remember this and this that i did a while back.. well i got around to making s'more.




enjoy!

penne with basil pesto

that must be the most realistic looking pair of glasses i've ever painted [and i want them in real life too!]

aghast

holyshtz it's a boy! (and a cute one at that)

but i probably scrambidismorgified his face. the horror. D:

coolness

70 Million by Hold Your Horses ! from L'Ogre on Vimeo.

oic3410

it was a slow day, maybe because of the rain. from top, guy who involuntarily posed because he wanted to sketch everyone else who was facing in his direction, Pomeranian with really huge eyes and her owner, and a rare Dalmatian sighting.

boston here we go

another face. stole from my cousin's blog, so i guess this goes out to him. thanks for the free tea the other time. :D

therapy please.

portrait for kicks, done between turns during online monopoly hahaha. had to do this over once because the power to my notebook got cut before i saved. /rant
would anyone know of good brush settings for unruly curls like hers?

naming a dolphin Flipper is like naming your kid Limb.

oic6310

i'm kind of glad i got to keep this, because i really like it. couple of showdogs that sat for their portraits but wouldnt stop fidgeting. haha. GOLDEN RETRIEVER!

yes, i really really like dogs. and i wish i had one. nice big and furry.
a Night Fury like Toothless would be nice too.

unearthing.. what?

when i was doing this i had to keep reminding myself NOT to make it look like Sakura a la Street Fighter. must have been the school uniform.
most of the time was spent on figuring out a square layout. haha.

the sun will shine like never before

for the two best october girls i know. thank you for being awesome.
mushiness will not be repeated here haha.
oh and bonus! a psuedo cover i made for kicks. 8D

portal

and that was the last thing anyone ever heard Bob say before he abruptly vanished at the entrance of his bathroom.


yay more speedpaintz with Randize and crew.
theme was portal. couldave been more epic but owell other priorities are a-calling >:

2359 hung

XIII postcards and SFIV stickers for an event.
inspired by the wonderful punching bag silhouette.
Noctis's costume is severely disappointing :[

ninjas vs cowboys

a sneak preview.
her face was a happy accident.. i have never been so proud of happy accidents before!
now let's hope i can muster my willpower and determination and the rest of the piece will turn out the way i want.. rargh

stained

old stuff from 09. just for practice rargh
yes, she looks familiar doesn't she? ;D

blargh

another (pho'shopped) portrait from oic.. i don't know but i keenda like this one. heh.

oic612

the most adorable little girl sat for us today.
this one got sold! ./glee

mmmmraargh.

was working a booth shift at Sitex. how can you resist when you're surrounded by Cintiqs and new Bamboos and Intuos4s?!

30 days, 30 nights in beijing

October was spent in Beijing. which explains the lack of update for that month eh. :D
a bunch of us headed up to CUC [Communication University of China] to collab with their animation students to produce a short animated clip, approx. 1 min. of course, we being the epic ones, blew up over there. the first week spent sightseeing and soaking up culture, the second week discussing and developing our story concept, the third and fourth weeks spent machine-gunning production to make this work.



extra character design, done in like 5 min, haha. this little guy has the cutest walk ever. i'll upload the walk cycle someday.





various backgrounds for the 2d animashun portion in our animation short. colors by me, lineart by Nigel.







various costume designs for the fashion shoot portion. the character is a 3d render, we just slapped 2d clothes and texturespam on him. colors by me, lineart by Nigel, post-processing by Evelyn the PingPong Queen. hey that rhymes!


this trip wouldn't have been possible without the help of the 2 lecturers with us, Mr Chris and Zihao. REALLY. SERIOUSLY. i think we would have kinda.. spontaneously combusted or something without their miraculous lifesaving abilities.
i think this is one of the best overseas trips i've ever been on, everything was great; the food was great, the people were great, the weather was AWESOME. we saw snow! wallowed in snow! built snowmen [lumps, more like]! had snowball fights!

..excuse me while i squeal in the corner for a bit.

of course, not like it was my first time experiencing snowfall, but it's really.. wow. i don't think it ever fails to amaze, especially if you've been living practically on the equator your whole life.

well, but now i guess it's back to reality.. with 30 days of wonderful memory. :3

moving mountains

1.5 hours, i'm slowing down D<

Clint Mansell's Death Is The Road To Awe and Lux Aeterna on repeat.

referenced from random mountain search on dA.
yes, mountain-painting with fZng, wow.

sanctuary

the composition should be largely familiar.
more schoolwork, cuz i'm too lazy currently to upload personal stuff, haah.


because in that place where there is both darkness and light,
the stuff of nightmares can't get to me.
i feel safe.
and i will stay safe,
no matter what it takes.
even if it means the walls will never break.