Happy Halloween!

I don't normally do a halloween image, but this year I though it would be fun to do one. So here you go :)


Will be back with more art for the red croc story soon :)

Some more Crocs...

PART 03

Ok, so.. let me introduce you to Kyle (name will change later I think).. the Red Crocodile. He's Grumpy and not happy..

I think I get to the point where I have to move on to other characters.. I'll come back to him later and decide where I wanna go with the design. I'm quite happy with the stumpy shape so far. Will have to explore a bit more though.

I'm still planning to do my usual pencil drawing for the final illustrations, but it's always good to let myself free in the beginning of the process :)

some silhouettes:

and some more pencil, pen & ink sketches:



I hope you enjoy. I'll post another character soon - promise it won't be a croc. :)

More Crocs...

PART 02

I hope you don't mind seeing lots of crocodile sketches.. more to come later. Currently still in the experimentation phase..


I'm just wondering.. should I spill the whole story straight away or should I uncover it bit by bit? Still deciding what'll be better. What do you think?

Crocs...

PART 01

Hi all,
I've decided to start a personal project and document the 'journey' here. The plan is to have somekind of a children book at the end of this process. I have no experience in creating a proper children book before, so any suggestions in the process will be greatly appreciated.

I'll try to post most of my progress here.. so you'll get to see -some that I considered- successful and also some crap drawings/design. :) I'll have the basic story ready and brew it further as I post more.

First.. let's drop my first design experimentation on the first character - let's call him Mr.Croc for now (I'll drop the proper name later). These are really quick sketches to explore and get the feeling of the character - still not happy with any of these.. I will try some other styles and see what works best for the story.

A Boy & A Girl - and some prints for sale :)

Hi all,
The awesome Jerrod Maruyama was really kind to inviting me to submit a contribution piece for the Pixar Times blog. I had this idea for something else before but I think it fit right into the topic :) I hope you like it.

My usual curiosity.. what do you think the story is about? :)

Title: A Boy and A Girl
Medium: Pencil & Digital

the original pencil drawing:

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Also, some of you might already know about this but I'll mention this again.. I finally have my first prints for sale! They're limited to 25 prints and the prints will only be online until the 1st December 2010.

A big thank you goes to Imaginism Studios and Sketchoholic for hosting and producing these prints. The profit will go towards supporting the sketchoholic community and of course.. me :)


You can find the prints here. There are 7 prints in total.

Really excited about this. Hope you like them. :)

Best,
Charles

A Tribute...

Hi all,
Here's a humble tribute to one of the greatest comic strip/story ever - Calvin & Hobbes! I really love Calvin and Hobbes.. to me, the characters and story are just pure genius! Would love to hear your opinion about it :) What do you like about Calvin and Hobbes?

This image was also done for a contest at Superpunch blog - eventhough I'm not actually eligible for it (only for US citizen).. but couldn't pass a reason for drawing these 2 characters. In the end, the guy at superpunch was kind enough to post it on the blog. Thanks, John!


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Regarding my interview & contest at sketchoholic... I was having such a great time. Bobby Chiu was an awesome interviewer - Thanks, Bobby! I have to admit that everything was a bit blurry after I finished haha. Can't seems to remember what I talked about on the interview. I just hope I wasn't blabbering too much about non-related stuff.

Congrats to Peter Chan (for winning the pencil drawing) and Greig Rapson (for winning the Corel Painter 11)! Really awesome job!


Peter Chan's entry


Greig Rapson's entry

Also, thank you so much for those who've submitted your entries. Lots of really really awesome and creative works. 96 beautiful entries in total! What more can I asked for. :) woah!