the war journalist

even though we were tasked to do designs
for props and equipment for a war journalist
and finally a vehicle, i felt it was very necessary
to come out with a character first who was going to use them.
in this case for a war journalist
i referenced different actual war journalists but settled
on a fashion photographer by the name of terry richardson.
i've liked his work ever since
i took fashion photography in my first design school.
terry's crazy, awesome and totally wicked!
i also wanted a character that could fit into the whole district 09 universe.

design 01 project finals

design 01 finals. i picked a war journalist theme
to do some designs for a vehicle that a war journalist would use,
in my mind i wanted to do it in such a way that it would fit
the art direction of what "district 09" would use.
greg broadmore was definitely a huge influence on this.
kobayashi is a homage to the film "the usual suspects."
and KNN ... well u know what it means...

perspective class finals

perspective finals of chinatown and a train interior.
thanks to kai
for some valuable tips and guidance.

production sketching finals

production sketching finals.
decided to do what i couldn't do best.
bi-planes, and guess what,
i've liked planes ever since that day,
studio 16 teaches you to conquer your fears.
pilots were referenced.

mechanical animals

from production sketching to digital renders.

digital painting finals

digital painting finals.
some characters i was inspired by popular culture.
trying to inject some ashley wood magic to one of em.

film studies 03

round 3. this time half an hour per study.
not exactly the easiest task as it forces
you to see value n not too anal ball about details..

film studies 02

round 02 for the film studies,
pushing the details to a much higher detail.
no prizes for guessing what film.
one of the most visually stunning films i've ever seen.

film studies 01

first round of film studies
based on screenshots and imagination
from a collection of some of my favourite films.
this was a preparation for our production painting for term 02

digital painting test

at around week 08 of our delta force training
we were given a test to do some renders from
line work provided by skan ( a pretty cool guy btw.)
5hrs of work to reflect what we've learnt.
pardon the pun.

prime centre

hey look this is where i hang.

bi-planes from production sketching to render

production sketching of bi-planes to rendering stage,
looks simple but because i was
such a greenhorn to hardsurface materials.
it took me 4.5 hrs to plot and foreshorten each bi-plane.
it was hard lesson learnt. swallow it kiddo.

vehicles from production sketching

production sketching on simple vehicles.
much harder than it looks.

fundamentals 04

material and surface studies of household items.

fundamentals 03

chrome ball studies

fundamentals 02

sphere studies under different lighting.

fundamentals 01

fundamentals are important
so don't you forget em!