Gallery

I’ve done a few colour works, out of fun or sometimes necessity, but I can’t say I’m interested in doing pin-ups or illustrations. My interests lie in writing and story-telling, and my feelings towards doing pretty colour pin-up pictures can be summed up in one word – meh. For that reason, my colouring skills are pretty non-existent, and the times when I’ve been required to produce colour art has been a struggle. It still is.

Link and Din

A very early fanpic I did of Link and Din from The Legend of Zelda. It's got the Calvin and Hobbes boogie vibe to it, and I still love it a lot for that reason.

Tilia

A pic I did of Tilia from Keeper of the Soul. It was when I first installed Corel Painter, and one that I had no idea to colour properly. I didn't know how to use Painter properly, and still don't.

Opera Singer Duo

I was asked to do a few pin-ups for an Otakulture exhibition of art... and I came up with this. Once again, I don't know how to use Corel Painter to colour properly. I was drawing Chinese Opera Singers a lot for a certain period of time, and this called for two people in the picture.

Chinese Opera Singer

Another Chinese Opera Singer pic.

Chinese Opera Singer 2

Yet another Chinese Opera Singer pin-up.

Chinese Opera Singer 3

I went through this phase where I drew a few Chinese Opera Singers. The details were a great deal of fun, though I can't say that I'm particularly fond of the final results.

Link with a Sword

More Legend of Zelda fan art - this one is more interesting because of the thick black borders and lines, which I believe makes it look quite good. Should consider using those thick lines in the future for colour art.

Block 6 - 2007 Calendar

This was for a calendar for Wirepop.com, a site where I was serialising a horror story called Block 6. It has been since taken down since I can't work on it with my schedule, but here's the pic I did of the two main characters, Annalise and Benjamin.

Dragon Tamer

Cute picture of an elf girl and her dragon, done for Ultra Pro. At least this sort of thing is more appropriate for the target audience.

Warrior

A picture I was asked to do by Ultra Pro, which was hyper-weird because their audience is largely male. What reason would they have for doing a warrior guy when they had something like Valkyrie girl? I was specifically asked to make him "dreamy"... which was super weird, considering the audience. *sigh*

Valkyrie Girl

A picture of a female warrior that I did for a company called Ultra Pro. They take illustrated fantasy pictures and makes card holders and folders, etc for gaming companies, and this was made into some such products, etc. Fair enough.

Graphic Design

After I graduated with my Information Systems degree, and before I became a comic book artist, there was a short period of time where I did some work as a freelance graphic designer. The only thing I learned from the experience was that (a) it’s incredibly difficult to make a living as a freelance graphic designer, largely because (b) getting jobs is hard, but getting paid for finished work is even harder. It’s actually much easier to work in a company than it is to strike it out on your own, unless you already have a long list of regular clients. After I started drawing comics professionally though, I still do logo designs, etc, but nowadays people actually offer to pay me, whereas before they pulled the hoary chestnut “This is not paid, but it will look good on your resume!” bullcrap. Progress.

Flyer

This was a flyer made for a bargain shopping guide. Did it years ago and was barely paid for it... and wow, did I learn that if you're a free-lancer donating your time, people will take full advantage of it and make as many changes as they can think of. And then take forever to pay the hundred bucks they owe you afterwards.

Cartoons

A bunch of cartoons for a bankruptcy information website. I was asked to take this on because the original cartoonist drew some cartoons that were "too depressing". So I drew something bright and cheery. Don't even know if these cartoons were ever used - don't remember if I got paid either.

Liquid

I actually quite like this design. I was asked by a friend to design a logo and mascot for his store, called "Liquid". It's super-cute, but too cute for him, and I don't think it ever got used. Sad but true. But I betcha I'll use it some day.

Liquid - mascot

The mascot for my friend's store, "Liquid". He never used it, but it's too cute to abandon. You'll see it around someday... Liquid and his friends! Once again, free work with no pay!

Baseball Batter

An advertising firm wanting to use manga imagery in its advertising contacted me to do this. I did a few rough copies, and never heard from them again - it seems they decided against using manga imagery in their campaign after all. Ofcourse I never got paid for this, and I learned a useful fact about graphic design for big advertising companies - if they don't pay you for doing drafts, don't take on the job. You'll end up doing drafts for them, which they'll thank you for, and then if they don't use it, you'll never hear from them again, and you'll have wasted your time. The bigger the advertising firm, the more likely they'll want something for nothing - not to mention that a lot of drafts are never turned into actual campaigns. If they're asking for drafts, they're at the "idea-tossing" stage, and I would say 95% of the stuff they toss will never come to fruition.

Divine Creative Jewellery

I'm a comic book artist and I tell everyone that, but people will come to you for all kinds of irrelevent requests, such as for (free) logo designs. This one I did for my sister, so it's free. Naturally.

Fluegal

This was for a business card of a fluegal-player. He actually offered to pay me! How nice! But I just did it for free because it didn't take long. Before I was a comic book artist, it was impossible to get people to pay anything decent for logos and the such. After I became and comic book artist and no longer cared, suddenly you start doing it for free.

Caricature

I did some cute caricatures for a friend's wedding. They loved it. Free work!

Bella Pets

A logo design for a friend's store, to sell organic and environmentally-safe pet products. My friend offered to pay, but I just did it for free.