Goodbye 2011

Seriously I still don't understand how time works - it just went by so quickly! 2011 has been really a great year for me; so many ups and downs and shit happened, but hey life goes on! When you hit rock bottom, the only way to go is up. Hopefully this is what will happen in 2012. Looking back 2011 it has to be a year for my studies. I had a big comeback (woot woot!) on my grades since it went downhill after PMR. LOL. Not to mention I effing nailed all my classes to a point people nicknamed me as the Maya (3D program) God. HAHAHA. Here's hoping I will maintain the drive for studies and keep improving and have better artworks to share with everyone. I wish everyone stays healthy for the upcoming year nevertheless. Goodbye 2011 and hello 2012!! Partayyy and work hard bitches! When life gives you lemon, just sell it and buy yourself a drink!

This is my last artwork of 2011: guess the portrait? 

I tried to approach the same drawing style back in March. Clearly a failure

Sunday Portrait

I just don't feel like doing any academic-related work today - So I did this. Guess the sketch?

2D Hand Drawing

Like it but don't love it. Can be better

Random Update

Howdy everyone! Not sure if you are aware but I deactivated my facebook account recently. Reason? None. Just feel like detoxing from facebook addiction I guess. Two screenings coming this week but I can only attend one because both take place same date with only an hour gap. Ugh. Currently reworking on my blue valentine painting and this is a glimpse of what I achieved after 4 hours.

So many mistakes in my original painting! Gosling face was flat and weird hair/neck/mouth. I feel so much better with this one. Will upload the 'finish' painting once I'm satisfied. You know what they say, an artwork is always unfinished because there's always room for improvement. Guess I figured that by now.

UPDATE:

SO MANY MISTAKES!!!!!

200th Post - Blue Valentine

I'm getting good.. This is 3 hours. LOL

Totally didn't save the working file for the one with the background.. So I touch up abit the headshot

Extra sketch : Keanu Reeves

I gave up my tickets for Cowboys & Aliens today to go for another movie - 50/50. I made the rightest decision of the day! It was so so so good. The girls and uncle next to me literally can't stop crying and that made me kinda had teary eyes too. Awrghh. JGL can do no wrong, just like Gosling.

Shoutout to Chunn Hoo : Happy Birthday!

One Day

Another day another painting. This is yet to be done but I'm just kinda upset everytime when mum calls, her first question will be like, 'what are you doing now? Sleeping?" Not cool mum. Not cool. I woke up everyday 9 in the morning tops. No afternoon nap.

half an hour progress

3 hours

3 and a half (close to 4 actually LOL)

I think I am getting faster with this one.

Captain America

There are two ways (generally) I get inspired to do a drawing: either I am extremely upset or I watched a movie that leave real deep impact on me. So this is me doing Captain America, literally. Still in progress because it takes the patient of god to do a painting like this. Wonder how others able to do it within 2 hours. FML

2 hours

5 hours

7 hours

Seriously I don't remember I can paint like this. Gosh. Talk about improvement

UPDATE: Done in 10 hours! Not that bad actually

Sean Preston

One of my recent sketch/drawing of Sean Preston aka Britney Spear's son. So adorable!

Sean Preston

Step by Step Guide To Do An Illustrator Drawing

1. Draw a rough pose

2. Correct the pose (stabilized the weight)

3. Put in some details - Apply clothes/ features

4. more details (*correct the structure if necessary)

5. refine the lines and get rid of extras edges

6. start to outline the drawing in illustrator.

7 & 8: Scale and put in basic colors (*keeps checking the outlines.  Changes are inevitable)

9. Details: Shadows : By this stage all structures should be in a satisfaction level

10. Apply background. Composite.

EggTarts

You might not believe this but San Francisco has no egg tarts. What?! I know. That's because I don't visit Chinatown it's too far and dirty and no munfa.. So I decided to bake myself egg tarts. And I did it!

Fresh from oven

It's a bit out of shape but I think it's really not that bad for first timer. Plus, the taste was really good. Like a tart.

Cinematic Storytelling

Time flies! (If you are my regular readers you'll realized how often I say that) I am on my finals already. WTF! So many things I wanna do but this time, I actually have a lot of time to make'em happen unlike back in... Long story short - I have 2 animations due for final, a short movie/clip and etc. I'm so excited! I'm most excited about the cinematic storytelling class final project because I love to shoot video and its fun. I have yet to come up with an idea of what to do but I'm sure I'll figure out soon. Below are some pictures from my homework - we need to recreate a scene from a movie of our choice. Mine is, of course, 500 Days of Summer.

If you know that movie enough you will realize the photos above look nothing like the original. Haha. That's because its not. These are some random shots I took for fun. Enjoy.

(p/s: I can't thank Leo and Chelsea enough to help me out on this one. My life savers!)

My Favorite Part of My New Room Is..

... the closet. Like I never felt as organized as this with my clothes before.

And yes, I don't remember me bringing that much of clothes too. But I did. I felt so happy they are finally all out from the luggages and breath the fresh air out here. Poor thing they were all stuck in the box previously due to some space restriction reasons. I felt like bitching about it now but I'm just gonna go to sleep. TIRED.

Lipsync Project

I took hours to get this done. Not to mention the redo part. So please enjoy it.

Gray

San Francisco has finally started to rain. Bitter. Each photos represent different feelings of mine now. Figure it out if you bother to.

I'm Not Dead (Yet)

Quick updates for whatever is happening.. I'm rendering the damn turn table for my characters and so I took some time to make an announcement here: I'm not dead!

I will upload a few of my works by next week.. aww... can't wait to share with u all what I was working for in months! Right now heres a teaser..


Credits to Ah Mok and Eddie CheongCheong for the title.. haha

Foldees~

Huurraaayyyy!!
Words can't describe how happy I am right now. Foldees is like my second home. Awww.. I will continue to be on the site until they ask me to stop joining. LOL. (Please don't do this to me...hehe)

Cool Stuff

My profile on Foldees. Check this out.
Zac Youth

Internal Haunt

First Look

Here is your first look of my current project - Angel and Demon

Hope can finish it by today.. hehe

And lil' ZacYouth gets a makeover.. (new hairdos and heavier eye-bags..LOL)


Back to work!

Alien Attacks!

Run!