Finally got down to coloring this piece. This illustration was originally one of the three drawings I submitted for the OIC White Frames mini exhibition waaaay back a year ago.
It's a slightly surreal take on All Souls' Day when the dead come back to Earth to visit. Here they are being ferried by a giant mechanical construct, each soul housed in a red lantern, as they are taken through town in the middle of a festival parade.
This was an entry for the OIC White Frames mini exhibition months back which I rejected because I didn't think it was good enough. But I've recently brought it out again and developed a renewed love for it :)
It's now resurrected as a tee shirt print... crossing fingers that it will turn out okay but it's okay if it doesn't as I'm using it as an experiment to see how far high-end tee printing can be pushed heh.
Update: The print came out great and ironically, the other design which I sent that I thought would be the safe entry turned out risky heh. I've attached the two designs as laid out on tees.
It is always fun to dream hee... Maybe someday I can do a real cover for one of the big 3 :)Anyhow, been shelving coloring this, nice to finally be able to complete it!
Somehow, it makes sense to me to have these 3 together in the same world heh heh... This is a slightly overdue drawing that I wanted to do but have been putting off.
I dreamed up this story when I was imagining seriously what I would do if I developed a super power. And I don't just mean a healing factor or shooting laser blasts from my hands. I mean a SERIOUSLY KICK ASS super power. It would be an awesome attempt to make the world a better place...
Was an amazing (and stressful!) project to work on. Understandably, there was a lot of red tape involved that prevented me from including this in my blog earlier. But hopefully that has passed with time. Worked so damn hard on these illustrations heh! Much appreciation goes to everyone who helped out in facilitating my requirements for this project, especially Ivan Heng who directed the opening and closing ceremonies, who understood my vision and allowed me almost free reign and creativity. :D
I've been working with an author Martha Keswick on her original new series based on the mythical Giant Pangu. The series comprises of 3 books aimed at making learning Chinese enjoyable for older kids :) Here are excerpts from the first book. Published by P3.