Ranting meme style

Tools
Hastily drawn and inked. Then integrated together of PS CS5.1
Logos from Google
meme faces from alltheragefaces.com

About
Just ranting my encounter at the gas station with meme comic style.

Year
October 2012

eXpressions
I was suppose to be able to purchase a limited edition Lego figures with every $50 of Shell V-Power grade fuel. V-power is very premium and expensive fuel which I almost never use. But since I want the toy badly I bite the bullet....only to find out the offer was sold out.
Imagine my frustration...


All meme templates and logos are copyrights of their respective owners

Transformers: Brothers in Arms

Tools
Pencils and traditional inking, scanned and painted in PS CS5.1 with Wacom intuos 4

About
Brother's in Arms! Bumblebee Sport and Cliffjumper Version R

Year
Apr 2012

eXpressions
As known, I'm a huge fan of Transformers! Not the Micheal Bay movie version but the G1 version we all loved when we were young.

Bumblebee was my favorite then, a small sized Autobot who rely more on stealth and skills than strength. Cliffjumper wasn't really my favorite Autobot, he's brave and charges into battle, but more often he gets himself into trouble due to his impulsiveness.

Anyway both Bumblebee and Cliffjumper belong to the subgroup of Autobots called the minibots, hence it's quite known that they are brothers. Moreover the toy of bumblebee is often repainted and renamed as "Cliffjumper"...

I always wanted to do an Autobot based on my Colt Version R, Cliffjumper, being red, fits the bill. Also, Suzuki just released a photo of their Swift Concept S so I know I just have to update my bumblebee from the previous model to the current model.

The outcome is pretty edgy. I planned to put it on T-shirt. Stay tuned for more...

“Transformers”, it’s characters and likeness are registered tradesmarks of Hasbro Inc.
“"Swift” and it’s likeness are trademarks of Suzuki Motor Corporation.  All Rights Reserved.
“Colt” and it’s likeness are trademarks of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Speed Drawing

Tools
Speed drawing with Wacom intuos 4 and PS CS5.1.

First pic: Total time taken: 12 mins
Second Pic: Total time Taken: 30 mins (including 2 crashes & PC restarts and 1 full redraw. Final crash force me to take the pic from the monitor before I press the "reset" button. Original artwork is gone)

About
First pic: Fuck My Life!
Second pic: Carebears "Revenge Bear" to the rescue!!

Year
Jan 2012

eXpressions
Wife's still in office overtime. She's stressed out. The first pic probably explains her stress level that that point of time. The 2nd pic is a gift for her to motivate her using her favorite "Carebear".

Hitting a slump.lately and I'm too lazy to draw on the paper and scan, so I just whacked from the tablet. When I was drawing the "Revenge Bear" pic, My PC crashed during coloring phase. I wasted some time rebooting and redrawing again as I forgot to save my work during coloring. I gave up after the 2nd crash and took a pic from my cellphone while the PC hunged on me. It's not really complete but I don't think I want to continue a speed drawing artwork, the momentum is already gone.

The crash on my PC is resulting from TDR timeout exceeded from PC CS with my Nvidia GPU. I tweaked some regedit settings and hope the problem will go away.


"Carebears" is a trademark of American Greetings Corporation, Inc.. The "Revenge Bear" is a self-created non-profit likeness and parody of the "carebear" and is in no way representing the original "Carebears" franchise.

Happy New Year of the Dragon 2012

Tools
Pencil and inked, scanned at 200DPI , then digitally painted with a Wacom Intuos 4 tablet. Chinese Calligraphy written by my wife!
Software used Photoshop CS 5.1

About
Ushering the Year of the Dragon, 2021, the "Charlie" way. Here, Charlie St. Arthur creates an imagine of a baby oriental dragon using her runic spell.

Year
Jan 2012

eXpressions
I've been hitting sort of a slump lately can haven't been able to produce any artwork to my "standard". As the Chinese new year drews closer, I decided to create a "greeting card" intended for my friends in Facebook and WhatsApp.

I did 3 drafts before finally settling for this version. Using the traditional way of drawn and inking, followed by coloring with the tablet, this is my 2nd practice in colored art. Still pretty rusty but I hoped I'll get the hand of it in future artworks.

It's a 5 to 6 hours effort spanning 4 days, but alas I didn't manage to get it to WhatsApp on time since I just changed my phone and haven't updated my contacts then. In the end this piece reach limited friends and only seen by those who regulate in Facebook

pocus: The ethics of life...

ToolsPencil Drawn, scanned, then digitally painted with a Wacom Intuos 4 tablet.

Software used Photoshop 6.0 before switching temporary to Photoshop Elements 6 for minor touch ups.

About
pocus: The ethics of life...

Year
Sept 2011

eXpressionsI took pretty short time to draw the picture, but a hell lot of time to paint it. I think I took like 3 days some hours each in total.

Completed quite early but I failed my first critique. My wife commented not of the technical skill, but of the color combination. She doesn't like the brown top. She suggested brighter colors but that will conflict with Pocus' character and style. In the end I played with the colors abit and gave her a slightly reddish top.

I redid the paint a few times to get some of the colors right. The lighting were dull white initially and I gave it a yellowish tone to it. Overall, not my proudest work but it's one of my most technically enlightened work. Here I know my limitation and places to improve.

This is my sandbox colored artwork after so many years... Hope to do more of such stuff in the future, at a shorter time too.

Team ES1 - Polo Tee (Final Design)

Tools
Pencils and colors with Photoshop 6.0.

About
Team ES1 Polo Tee (Final)

Year
Aug 2011

eXpressions
The final design for our team Polo Tee. Done up with colors..
Off to printing soon...

Run for Life!

Tools
Digitally Drawn with Photoshop 6.0 using Wacom Intuos 4.

About
RUN FOR LIFE!

Year
Sept 2011

eXpressions
After my wife saw my new mast header, she requested me to do a similar pic of her with the Intuos, how can I reject? Since my wife as crazy in running as I'm crazy in drawing, I decided to do a "RUN OF LIFE" lineart for her!

My second artwork using the Intuos 4, the funny thing is I bought the tablet more for coloring but end up doing sketches, something that is quite difficult to do in the Graphire.

Hope to get the hang of the Intuos soon.

eXpressing In My Room

Tools
Digitally Drawn with Photoshop 6.0 using Wacom Intuos 4.

About
Makeover time! "Room of eXpressions" new Mast Header!! eXpressing myself in my room...

Year
Sept 2011

eXpressions
As I was uploading stuff earlier, I realised the copyright notice was from 2009 to 2010! Hence it was time for me to update the header.

I have 2 choice, (1) edit and update the current header or (2) redesign a new header. I finally decide to combine both to create a hyrid header that looks like the current one yet with new stuff.

I decided to ditch the lamp as it has no meaning to it, so I decided to include someone in my likeness drawing, expressing himself. As I've no mood to pencil it down so I decided to draw it from my newly purchased Wacom Intuos 4! (My Wacom Graphire was destroyed during the move)

Turns out pretty well so I decided to keep as our header. Yup that's me, expressing myself though artwork, in my room...

Team ES1 Insignia

Tools
Digitally Drawn with Photoshop 6.0

About
Insignia for Special Force Team ES1 for HRMS Project.

Year
Aug 2011

eXpressions
The Insignia of our Team ES1 for HRMS project.

The Badge holds many meaning:

At the top:
- The green color symbolise new pasture, new ground
- The computer represents the users we work with
- The "1" represents our team number, "1" for ES"1". It also represent our commitment to the project

At the bottom:
- White color symbolise Integrity
- All objects represents our core competency.
- Servers
- Network
- SAP symbol for SAP expertise.

The Lightning at the center:
- we combine all basic components to form a working system and integrate them as a collective system for usages for multiple users.

The "Fighting Spirit" Tag:
- Our core attitude towards the project and how we overcome all odds to complete the project without delays or penalties.

Team ES1 - Detail individuals

Tools
Pencils

About
Special Force Basis Team ES1 for HRMS Project. We survived.

Year
July 2011

eXpressions
Detailed art of each colleague I've worked with based on their strengths are traits.

Commander: Our Fearless team leader and healer, Lyonel
Sniper: The cool and calm Specialist, Alvin
Signal: The outspoken and team rep, Cheng
Anti-Tank: The quick and aggresive, Lee Shi
MG Gunner: The blanket fire support, Me