v3

kamen rider one of my favourite heroes of the 80's!
here's a fan art of the upcoming v3.
kamen rider the next!
can't wait!
(btw the quote above is by Friedrich Nietzsche)

my favourite masked rider is still black
and when i was a kid i used to watch it
on the malaysian channel it was dubbed in malay
"ksatria baja hitam!"
and next i'll do a black version!
woo!

here are the WIPs and references alil' bit of how i work...

大魔王与悟饭

a big fan of dragonball z so here's a fan art.
i remember as a kid i would anticipate
with excitement every issue of the comic especially
when the z warriors were fighting cell and when magin bu
first came out we had such a good laugh
only to realise how powerful tt lard bucket was.

hope you know who the bird symbolise.
this image was inspired by
1 of the paintings of the great jeff jones.

experimenting with colors.
for piccolo the highlights i used orange and the shadows blue.
as we all know piccolo is green.
hope i didn't fucked up this piece tho.
C.C welcome as usual.

i wish to learn.
: )

vader

final repaint


halfway there...


the initial sketch ...like about a year ago.


"there is still good in him..."
1 of those nights when you just can't get to sleep.
you salvage a sketch from your dumps.

goodbye america

started with something like this.
i pretty liked this one more.

a more painted and obvious version.


"they killed him cos he sold out.
he sold out cos they killed him."

they killed america.

pins vs pink repaint

another repaint to beef up my portfolio.
here's the original upload.
you chalk my cue i pot your pink.

predator vs samurais, jar jar pins feat. jedi master muki black hunter remix

i was doin a repaint of an old sketch
trying to salvage it from the dumps one night.
and thankfully had some guidance and butt kicking from a friend.
time and again i've been told to practice from the fundamentals
and time and again it dint get into my thick skull
cos i dint know where to start
so this is where i started thanks to him.
drawing shapes and form.


and as i was doing so my friend did a repaint of what i sent him for a crit.
so i would like to use this opportunity to introduce this friend of mine
who happen to be a movie kaki and mentor.
drum roll for the kaiman if you dont already know.
ukitakumuki.
and a great honour for me that he did a repaint on my version.
looks different. looks wicked. looks better!
(in a brief moment of 3 hours
when i was still figuring out how to light a cube!)
niceblackkkj.

n here's where you could see my old sketches of the predator idea.

vagabond

did a repaint after getting some valuable comments.
thanks lots guys!



bought issue 1 to 25 of vagabond
and i have been enjoying every single page of it.
the art is amazing.
couldn't help being inspired and doing something about it...
so i did this before my trip to phuket
and now i'm back i've decided to finish it.
well just a random doodle. not too much detail
and learning to get the values right.

could you help me out here?

open season

did a new version lately...
threw in some dummy jap text
which says
"where is my home?"
it's written wrongly so i hope someone can comment
and tell me how to write it correctly.



here's the black n white version.
(my own lil way of learning about values...i know so little.)



a story i had in mind about 3 samurais
who were abducted by the alien predator tribe
and trained under the predator warrior code.
having survived and extinguishing their abductors
they try to find solace from where they came.
equipped with alien technology and skills far more
advanced and superior to this modern world
they can't help but feel alienated and remotely out of place
event though they have returned to a refuge that was once called home.

hmmm started this on a sunday evening
after a great dinner with friends.
couldn't get to sleep so decided to do some personal work.
something which i have not had a great luxury to do for a very long time.
gota start working on my portfolio soon. sighz...

bunny helmet- watch TV anywhere.

did a repaint so yeah...



a study of craig mullins concept girl.

here's my version of it called
"bunny helmet-watch tv anywhere."
here's how it works the helmet she is holding
is actually a portable T.V. helmet thingy.
this way she would not miss any of her favourite tv shows.
the tall hat acts as a stool when she takes it off
and puts on her bunny helmet.



a rather bad doodle on studying craig mullin's concept girl.
but here's how it all started...
bad doodles.



and some WIP screen shots.
you can see the reference i used from craig mullins.
but most imptly the final should not look too much from the original.

havent been posting much finished work.
got lots of sketches and ideas in my lil sketch book
so stay tuned!

luv,
p

ronin

another repaint...


here's the old one

practice of the day.
freelance and masterless just like me.

bumblebee

somehow still preferred the old one.
here's the repaint.




practice of the day!
bumblebee gets hit by the balls!
Happy CNY!!!

did some changes hehe...
this was the initial one...

vikings from valhall

a project i did for a company
that wants to promote floorball in singapore.
a male viking and a female viking.
the venue where this sport is played is called the valhall.

this was the initial sketch for the client to see.



here's his girlfriend


the initial one was much sexier but was rejected.
looks like the wind could blow off her G-string...


here's where you can see it online.
LOOK.
HERE.

snake eyes at the war front

repaint repain




practice of the day.
okie was abt 3 nights a few hours each...
very very unhappy with the outcome...
so many mistakes on the anatomy...
but i've stared at it too long and need a break...

sighzzz....

sergeant love

repaint repain


did a repaint after some comments.
looks even worse...
020507



here's the initial sketch



sketch practice of the day.
a bunch of rebel militias.
one of em' has got a hidden agenda...

jungle boy lost...

repaint repain




another one of those sketch practice...
the more i look at it the more displeased i am...
sighz...
but i feel that drawing and painting really makes me happy.
no matter if i'm good or bad...

becos' i love you.

this was done for my cousin's wedding
a last page of a slide show during the dinner.
i like the title "becos i love you."
cos u can run away from any tricky situation
from your loved ones with this line.
"why did you forget my bdae?"
-becos i love you.
"why did you buy me tt ugly action figure as a gift?"
-becos i love you.
"why did you eat my cat?"
becos i love you.
i miss the times when i got tt line as a sms.

hmmm an early valentine's gift to everyone cos
i'm always not in time for the festivities.
life is full of love.
pins can draw lovey dovey cute stuff too other than the
usual warriors and samurais.
inspired by mitsuru adachi of "touch"

warrior in the rain.

repaint repain



a repaint of my first post on blogger.
this was the first sketch i've done
and now i've decided to do a repaint!
experimented with colors and texture
cos i've never really done something with a green tone before.

the banquet knight repaint.

repaint repain





haven't been posting much stuff lately,
been working on a viking project and
hopefully when it's completed i can post it up.
but here's a repaint i did recently.
you can see the black and white version HERE.

i miss you

i figured that the loneliest guy
in the world would be an astronaut.
he has just visited planet "paddle-pop"
thus the color of his astronaut costume...
besides it looks almost like a slightly more cheerful
prison outfit u noe, black and white stripes...
like he's imprisoned in space.

here's the sketch by the way that started it all.



dedicated to all the people we miss...

pins vs pink

urmmm hi, this is not really a tutorial but
jus a sharing of ideas and techniques.

first of i start with a sketch.



then i throw in a simple bkgrd color and start to "painting with photoshopping."
the sketch is on a separate bkgrd with multiply as the setting.
i've never used pink in my work before so i've decided to give it a try...



now i paint over the layer of the sketch to cover up my messy lines haha
i've been told by many great artists to keep my lines clean
but to their dismay and horror i jus find it difficult to do so.
i like tidiness but when it comes to drawing i'm very messy...
i mus change...



i told myself ... "hey the john abruzzi hair has got to go..."
so goodbye long hair to mr pink warrior guy bye bye and hair no more...
the power of photoshopping.
now i need to enhance the bkgrd with a tint of blue.



almost there but mr itchy fingers pins have decided to add some little highlights
and lines to define the outline??? urmmm a small difference but hope you can see
hehe...



and it's almost done and i've decided to stop because the more
i stare at it the more mistakes i see...
so good bye for now or i'll never stop painting this dude...
work can never be finished...

need to go home and watch prison break!!!
wait... it's monday!!!
'DOH!