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Art Request: Pegasus Stippling

January 24, 2010 at 5:27 pm | In Animals, Pen | 3 Comments

After the carnival, I got a request to make a larger-scale stippling work similar to my previous three “Arctic Animal” series. The artwork was to be given to a colleague of my friends’ to put in her daughter’s room. So there wasn’t much of a theme or criteria for me; I was pretty much free to come up with an image of my choice. In the end, I decided to paint my good friend the Pegasus in a dreamy moonlit night. Here is the result:

Pegasus (White opaque marker pen stippling on black poster painted canvas)

Needless to say I am very, very proud of this work. It took me about a day to finish, including the time spent surfing, facebooking and watching drama online. I hope the owner is happy with it! :]

NUH Art Canival Works

January 24, 2010 at 5:20 pm | In Animals, Pen | 1 Comment

Here are some works I managed to create in time for the NUH Charity Carnival on 23 November 2009. Thanks to fellow Peachers Wei Rong, Kae Yuan, Sam and Zhang Quan for coming to help! <3

Snowy Owl

Arctic Hare

Arctic Fox

All three were made using white opaque pen marker on canvas painted over with waterproof black poster colour. It was done with my favourite technique, stippling, and took me hours to complete each. But it was well worth the effort, and I sold all three at the carnival!

ILP 2: She Dreams in Technicolour

October 3, 2009 at 6:25 pm | In Animals, Papercraft, Papercutting, Photographs | Leave a Comment

To all you reading this blog: I’m finally back!! Sorry for the uber-long hiatus; been rather busy with school. So here’s a series of four papercut photos to be submitted for ILP 2:

Homage to Muybridge

So Fly Away

Last Respects

Untitled

I also want to give a big SHOUT OUT to everyone who gave your comments on this blog. Thanks for all your comments! And to those who requested for drawings etc, could you email me by clicking here? I’ll try to get to you as soon as possible after my exams are over. Good luck for mugging everyone! (:

TERM 2 ILP Submission: Papercut

May 27, 2009 at 9:49 pm | In Animals, Designs, Development, Papercraft, Papercutting | Leave a Comment

Presenting my submission for Term 2’s ILP submission:

This is the final papercut made from white cardstock and painstakingly handcut by XY! (: The draft is now being exhibited in its own little corner in the Inner Plaza. I named the draft “Polar Lights” out of sheer desperation. I don’t think I’ll name this piece yet. Because the design was made through pure spontaneity and random mumbo jumbo. Can you find all the animals?

ILP Misc Papercrafts

April 28, 2009 at 8:22 pm | In Papercraft, Papercutting | Leave a Comment

More random papercrafts done during ILP today. Here’s the bovine skull from the previous pencil sketch and some flora. The flower was inspired by Peter Callesen! (But of course it’s no where near his work!)

2-D Deer Papercut

April 27, 2009 at 11:30 pm | In Animals, Paper Relief, Papercutting | Leave a Comment

I decided to try something new for ILP, and here’s the result.

I improvised as I did this, so I didn’t really plan for it or anything. I like the grass; it was made from single sheet folded in two! Haha. (:

Winged Fox (or Wolf?) Papercut

April 21, 2009 at 9:11 pm | In Animals, Papercutting | Leave a Comment

Here it is! I just finished it today. I remembered Mr G saying something about Cornelia Parker, so we tried out some shadow effects at the Photo and Film room during ILP today.

I’ve gotten a little tired of drawing these stuffs. I want something more expressive, more dynamic, more me… :/

p.s. if you noticed the weird pattern on the neck, it’s because I accidentally cut it so I glued it back but it’s not in the right position…

Random Sketches.:: [Confrontation] ::.

April 17, 2009 at 9:39 pm | In Animals, Doodles, Drawings, Ink, Sketches | Leave a Comment

Finally less realistic drawings and more random doodles. This is something that came up in my mind yesterday. Firey pheonixes have always been a motif in my work. I’m recently introducing fawns and deers now. Love the idea, don’t like the lousy penart. :/

Bowhead Whale, Stippled

April 15, 2009 at 9:52 pm | In Animals, Drawings, Ink, Pen | Leave a Comment

I realised I hardly draw marine mammals, so here’s a Bowhead Whale for a change! And I’m using one of my favourite techniques… STIPPLING! The proportion was really tricky because I tend to make him look a little fatter.. XP