"'Ohana"

It's nice being the youngest in the family :D

Pink Dot 2014

This is what you get when you skype with someone in a different timezone hahaha

Sia - Chandelier

Well, it's been rough but we'll be just fine
We'll work it out, yeah, we'll survive
You mustn't let a few bad times dictate

Raign - don't let me go

Happy Mother's Day!!

Lana Del Rey - West Coast

And you got the music, you got the music in you, don't you?

:D

Stan skyping from Seattle!! :D

see you in 3 months!!!

It is all too late, there is nothing i can do but to accept things the way they are now..

Hoof It

Hoof It
from Seth Boyden on Vimeo.

Clarity

Final Lap

Our last watercolor painting class!!

with only a week left before Year 3 semester 2 is finally over
can't believe how time flies...
alrighties back to work!
need to focus

That feeling of helplessness when you know something bad is going to happen 
but you have no rights to interfere and all you can do is pray.

sketches for watercolor class

THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS - Up In The Air

crazy beautiful music video, view in HD!

My second Zbrush model is complete!! :D

X-Men : Days of Future Past

How to train your dragon 2

Coming out in June!! Can't wait to watch it!! :D
but you'll be in the US by then :/

Say Something - A Great Big World cover

handsome face, heavenly voice. need me say more?
and here's the original! :D

Back to Basics

went to get a haircut recently as the weather was just unbearably hot
and i felt it was too much of a hassle to style my hair everyday.
the barber asked me multiple times just to be sure that i wanted to shave my head
"you sure ah, No.2 very short one leh"
i hate how it always curls when its long,
perhaps BMT hairstyle is still the best hahaha

pardon the hairy legs of mine

Anyway my sister's wedding is coming soon
i'm trying to loose weight so that i won't look horrible in photos
shall hit the pool soon! :D
for now, its the mundane jogging time

Wings of Valor!

I'm such a sucker when it comes to wings

MY VERY FIRST ZBRUSH MODEL!!! :D

Anatomy Study

you've no idea how long i spent modeling this
urghhhh

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - The Crusader Arrives

Woohoo!! Can't wait :D

Zbrush~

First time using Zbrush to sculpt!
started off with just a sphere
and from there I sculpted and sculpted
freaking tedious but really fun to use :D
still have a long way to go though :/

Gardens by the Bay!

More to come! :D

Chinatown

Had a watercolor painting session this morning at Chinatown.
It was rather interesting painting outdoors, shall do it more often! :)

Currently staying at Toa Payoh as my house is being renovated.
There's no internet connection at the place im staying now!! :(
Anyway this month has been one of the suckiest month ever.

...

Bastille - Pompeii

But if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
Nothing changed at all?

Peter Gabriel - Heroes

ending song for Lone Survivor, super touching song =')

Chill time with Stan :)
The cheesecake was really yummy!

Lorde - Tennis Court

Can't wait for this and Lego Movie to be out in cinemas!!!

HUAT AH

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!

Lana Del Rey - Once Upon A Dream

We did it :'D

January is coming to an end already?!

Ah.. the second week of school has ended,
here's a little update on the courses that i'm taking this semester!

1. 3D Character Animation II (freaking nightmare for me, i hate Maya)
2. Animation Development and Preproduction
3. 3D Modeling
4. Digital Compositing (struggling as well)
5. Watercolor Landscape Painting 

All of these courses are so time consuming!!

but on the bright side, i'd not be having any examinations this semester

plus they are all arts related, no more irrelevant courses WOOHOO!!

oh oh Chinese New Year is just around the corner!!

that means new clothes, good food and most importantly....

$$$$$$$$$
Thinking of doing some commissioned work as well
gonna be graduating soon and need a decent job
really hope to travel the world someday!
but all these need money, money money money
as much as i hate to put a price on my works
but this is reality, le sigh...

shall end off here with a clip of my school assignment (please don't judge)

Eyes forever glued to his phone hahaha

Perhaps it'd be better if I was never in the picture.

Passenger - Let Her Go

Hello 2014~

Hey guys! I'M BACK with the first post of 2014!
Anyway in case you're wondering why i've been gone for so long,
well... i blame it on Guild Wars 2, it's so addictive!

This MMORPG has alot of things to do,
from Dungeons,Crafting,Player vs Player to World vs World battles
but what I love about this game is the aesthetics, everything in there looks so awesome!
For others the gameplay might be the most important factor but my goal in the game is just to customize my characters so that they look good (superficial but yeah), it brings me such joy hahahaha
I could spend hours and hours previewing every single possible armor piece,
mixing and matching till i get my desired look heehee
Here's what my main character looks like in the game!


Got to meet up with Stan during the holidays! :D
We played GW2 together and watched several movies
The ones that i enjoyed the most were The Hobbits: Desolation of Smaug and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (surprisingly nice movie! went in without any idea what to expect)
It's nice that he was having his holidays as well!
you should check out the workload they have at Digipen, gosh it's a killer.
Everytime when i complain to him about my school's workload,
he'd give me the "are you fucking kidding me?" look hahahaha
poor fella, and i was the one who encouraged him to go Digipen back then, oh dear.

snapshot also so hansum, how unfair.

Besides that, the highlight of my holidays was to pass my driving test!!!
After months of driving lessons, it finally paid off!
It was quite annoying to keep thinking about it all the time,
i'm so glad it's over... but we all know that the real test is from our parents
wonder how long it'd take before my dad would entrust me with the car.

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!

Oh yes and last but not least,
Shane is finally back from exchange!!
gosh it's been 5months since I last saw him.
while he was in Stuttgart,
we played this first person shooter game called Borderlands2 (as Steam was having sales then)
Didn't regret the decision to buy it :)
The voice acting and the characters in the game are really funny!
and there's always something new to entertain us.
Let me introduce to you, Ellie
fuck hahahaha it was hilarious

Oh my it's 5am! shall end off my post here!
shall try to update more often :)
see ya!

Merry Christmas!

Lana Del Rey - Tropico

I See Fire - Ed Sheeran

Lily Allen - Somewhere only we know

John Mayer - Who you love

If it’s who you love then it’s who you love

Daughter - Get Lucky

Coldplay - Atlas

ahh finally holidays are here!! heehee

Painting class is done!

woohoo another mod down!! left with one paper on thursday and FREEDOM!!!
but for now... time to mug

The Unsullied

Things don't always go according to plan but it's okay, everything happens for a reason.
Just don't lose sight of your goal!

Painted this back in 2010, never did i imagine that 3 years later 
i'd finally be able to give this painting to Katy Perry herself, feels so so so surreal.
Life is full of surprises :')

Of Monsters and Men - Silhouettes

Wherever there is you, I will be there too,

Katy Perry - Unconditionally

The Bear & The Hare

Katy Perry Interview In Tokyo

Shes holding on to my painting!!!
WOOOOOHOOOOO hahaha so happy to finally be able to give it to her!!
really grateful for this wonderful opportunity :)))
 heehee its the painting in my blog's background!

Here's the full interview!

Disney's Maleficent Official Teaser Trailer

"Inside the volcano" : Daily Spitpaint by NeoArtCore

this is so awesome! hope i can paint like that someday!

LORDE - Royals

woots can't wait!!

Nuance: Dancing with Light

Nuance from Marc-Antoine Locatelli on Vimeo.

3:50 am.

I feel like an idiot.
but remember this feeling,
only then you'll learn.

Posing with our paintings! :D

Katy Perry - Unconditionally

So come just as you are to me 
Don't need apologies 
Know that you are all worthy 
I'll take your bad days with your good 
Walk through the storm 
I would I do it all because I love you 
I love you

Memories

Kim
Oil on canvas board

Went back to ADM on tuesday for painting class
while we were taking a break,
Kim came over and had a look at my painting
"well done!" he said,
and I acknowledged that with a smile
then he went on and asked me what major and year was I in,
and i said: "Animation Year 3"

"ah how time flies"

 yes indeed, it felt like yesterday when we had our first live drawing session
i could still remember how we were told by our foundation drawing teacher, Don Low,
not to chat amongst ourselves as that might appear rude for the model.
we were all so serious as we barely knew our classmates
but it didn't take long for us to know one another.
lessons were much more enjoyable back then
so much joy and laughter

With a blink of an eye
we are now year 3 students
it feels so surreal.
Sometimes when i enter the foundation room to wash my brushes
my heart sank as i remembered the times we spent in here
working till the wee hours of the morning
but we had the company of one another.
i really miss that feeling :'/

Let's Go!

feels awesome to see your own works on display ^^
thanks M.O.D.A!!

Ah yes...
been rather busy with the painting that was meant for M.O.D.A's first anniversary party
now that its finally over, time to get back on track with my other school work
which i've been neglecting all these while >_<
thankfully the painting I did could be used to submit for my painting class
so it won't be in vain!

having doubts whether or not animation is really my passion
but oh wells its not really the time to think about such stuff
so much work to do and catch up!!

Ugh and on top of all that would be my practical driving test as well as IPPT
both due in december..got to train up!!
one at a time yaokhuan, one at a time
you can do it!

Goodbye little one

hahaha isn't it sad to look like shit, literally

Was watering my plants one day 

when i noticed this bird-shit looking caterpillar appear on my lime plant,

I left it alone cause i was curious as to what kind of butterfly/moth it will become.

just two days later, it grew so much

and it even changed it's appearance!!

Kinda resemble the Pokemon 'Caterpie' doesn't it?

After which i went to google "Lime Butterfly" as it was on a lime plant hahaha

and to my surprise it is the caterpillar of the Lime Swallowtail!

I wanted to protect it from any predators thus i went to buy a mesh bag

snipped out the inner lining and stitched them together using wires

soon after, the caterpillar finished my entire plant 

hahahaha what a big appetite it has

safe and sheltered!

It then climbed to the top of the mesh and started to spin some sort of silk

which indicates its gonna become a Chrysalis!

i always had this idea that they spun silk around themselves hahaha

but that's what moths do, and its called a cocoon

oh oh and i read that during Metamorphosis

the caterpillar's body actually 'melts' down into imaginal cells

which then puts themselves together to form a completely new structure!

isn't that amazing? i always thought tiny wings sprout out from the caterpillar.

Anyway it is now in the Chrysalis stage

gonna have to wait for 2 weeks or so

before it emerges as a butterfly!

till then! :D

Real life Metapod!

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Update: two weeks later...
it emerged into a gorgeous butterfly!!
so amazing :D

"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly"

-R. Buckminster Fuller

Animation work in progress!

To Do List : October

okay so here are the things i have to complete for this month, more to come!

1. Animation Seminar : Refine and Start on final production
2. Illustration for Designers : Need to show him something ASAP
3. 3D Character Rigging : Character doing sports due October 14
4. Human Resource Management : Read up on notes
5. Painting : Self Portrait Due October 15
6. M.O.D.A : Painting Due October 11

second time!

my idol 'liked' another one of my posts!
WOOHOO hahaha this totally made my day :'D
he's so inspiring

Birdy - Wings (Official Video)

Oh lights go down
In the moment we're lost and found
I just wanna be by your side
If these wings could fly

The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug

Zedd - Stay The Night ft. Hayley Williams

New Hairstyle!

Managed to squeeze out some time earlier today to have my hair done

went over to U-One Hair Salon at Orchard Plaza after my driving lesson

my hair was getting really long and it was very hair to style due to its curly nature

thus i decided to go for Soft Rebonding

the process took around 2 whole hours

amazing how they can iron my hair when its so short hahaha,skills.

weeee so happy :D i finally have straight hair

update!

Ah yes, and so we finally had our very first ooVoo convo!
after one whole month hahaha
it was nice catching up with them
really miss hanging out together!! :')
and yay we all wore black,
friendship telepathy heehee

our very first ooVoo convo!!! :D

oh and im currently back to working on this painting,
got to finish by Sunday!! im soooo screwed

sian

I'm feeling really really really crappy right now, there's so much work yet to be done and so many issues that keeps coming up. I'm so so tired.. to whom ever it may concern: if you wanna contact me just give me a call or leave me a message on whatsapp, i won't be checking up on my social media any time soon cause i really have to sort all these shit out first. that's all for me now, i really hate Septembers.

Procrastinators

Perfectly illustrates the situation i'm in right now hahahahaha

Sappy September

Hello readers!!
Ah it's been such a long time since i typed out a proper blog post
been rather lazy due to the other social media such as Instagram
and ugh all the school work are starting to pile up!
but nevertheless i feel that I should make it a point to update my blog

so here's what has happened in my life
first of all, our dear Shane has finally flew to Germany!
(that was 16 days ago actually hahaha)

It was such a bittersweet feeling
for one i'm happy that he is going to somewhere new and fun
and yet the other side of me i just can't bear to see him leave
it's just too saddening for me i guess, i really hate goodbyes :'(
but then again, it's just for 5 months
i'm sure it'd pass by real fast

A little farewell gift :D

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School work is really quite taxing
as i'm really out of my comfort zone working with 3D Maya rigging
as well as animating using photoshop
oh speaking of which I've been working on a character named Bruce!

concept art sketches

colour testing

It is really quite taxing as i've such little experience with animation
and now i have to animate a 4-legged animal
which is not easy at all
i'm struggling so badly with it.. urghhhh
i feel that my foundation is really weak
as i didn't really learn much about animation in year 2
which is why now i'm making so many mistakes now
really hope things will work out in the end!

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Oh and i took oil painting class this semester as well!
i'm much more comfortable painting with acrylic and watercolour
but i really wanted to learn oil painting
as i've seen many amazing works done in oil which i really which to achieve as well!
anyway here's one piece that im quite pleased with
more to come!

on top of all that,
i have an upcoming collaboration for M.O.D.A's anniversary
have to complete another rather large painting before 29th september
ahhh so much work to do and i'm way behind schedule
gonna need a miracle, wish me luck!

and of course, a selfie :p

yupyup,that's all for now!
cheers ;)

How Long Will I Love You

Naughty Boy - La La La

I'm covering my ears like a kid
When your words mean nothing, I go la la la
I'm turning up the volume when you speak
Cause if my heart can't stop it, I find a way to block it

Ellie Goulding - Explosions (Cover By Jasmine Thompson)

I'm so in love with her voice!!!