Posted: June 20th, 2011 | Author: Andy Yang | Filed under: portfolio, workflow | Tags: Andy Yang, illustration work, oicsingapore, ORGANISATION OF ILLUSTRATORS COUNCIL, organisationofillustratorscouncil, painting, singapore illustration, singapore illustrator | 2 Comments »
Client: Sunlight
Agency: LOWE Singapore
Creative Directors: Clinton Manson, Dominic Stallard
Art Directors: Luke Tay, Loh Seow Khian
Copywriter: Joy Chen
Photographer: Teo (Teo Studio)
Illustrator: Andy Yang
Classic glazing technique
Posted: January 10th, 2011 | Author: Andy Yang | Filed under: event, exhibition | Tags: Andy Yang, oicsingapore, ORGANISATION OF ILLUSTRATORS COUNCIL, organisationofillustratorscouncil, singapore illustration, singapore illustrator, the observatory | Comments Off
Anitya I
An experimental performance by The Observatory
featuring Artist-Illustrator Andy Yang
Earl Lu Gallery
Lasalle College of the Arts
1 McNally Street
24th January – 7:30pm
25th January – 1pm
Performance – 50 minutes
Free Admission
Borrowing from the Buddhist mandala ritual, Singapore art-rock band The Observatory presents Anitya, a performance series exploring the relationship between music and a non-musical art form.
In the first instalment, The Observatory and artist Andy Yang enact this ritual with sound and painting. From start to end, the musicians and the artist search for inter-connectedness and synchronicity. There is no script, no rehearsal, and no grand design. Everything is created instantaneously and destroyed as soon as the point of completion is reached.
Observe how music and art interact. The work of Yang is dynamic and subtle, produced in a manner that places emphasis on the physical act of painting as it connects intuitively with sound. Anitya is about the process, a reflection of the temporal nature of life and art. Experience this mutability in the sounds of The Observatory, arising from a wordless dialogue with the collaborating Artist.
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Andy Yang is an artist and professional illustrator who has fervently experimented with mixed media since 2000. He is recognised internationally for his work on advertising campaigns, his latest for the Breast Cancer Foundation causing quite a stir. Andy has shown solo twice in Singapore. Recent exhibitions include well-received tribute shows Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep 2010 and A Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy 2010.
Local band The Observatory has always positioned itself at the vanguard of tearing down barriers between indie rock and high art. From debut album Time of Rebirth (2004) to their latest release Dark Folke (2009), the group has explored different sonic terrains in rock, metal, folk, jazz and electronic music. Known for their atmospheric live performances, The Observatory has had a busy schedule in 2009-2010 performing internationally and locally.
Posted: September 10th, 2010 | Author: Andy Yang | Filed under: Work-In-Progress | 4 Comments »
Excerpts from my latest painting evolution. Mixed media on canvas for now. Working on 4 paintings at one go. It’s going to be loud with loads of glitter, gold and iridescent colours.
Posted: August 25th, 2010 | Author: Andy Yang | Filed under: inspiring, portfolio | 21 Comments »
Breast Cancer Foundation (BCF) Ads
Medium: Kryolan grease paint on skin. Daler Rowney Expression Angle Brushes and Sponge.
Interesting project I was involved in recently. Painting on a LIVE MODEL, graphic style! Interesting paint that doesn’t dry but the challenge is to paint on contoured body skin. It’s tricky but once you get the hang of it, it’s ok. Sketch and idea was confirmed on paper with the creative team. 3 day schedule locked down at Republic Studios because each piece took about half day to complete which includes touch ups on the body paint and photography. This job was really smooth sailing because the creative team really knew what they wanted. Special thanks to the team at DDB Singapore, Republic Studios and the model. This is one of those jobs that you need a team to pull off.
Do email me if you need to know more about the paint and technique. Will try to acquire the process in detail to share with you guys. 
Agency: DDB Worldwide, Singapore
Executive Creative Director: Joji Jacob
Creative Director: Thomas Yang
Copywriter: Khairul Mondzi/ Joji Jacob
Art Director: Andrea Kuo/ Thomas Yang
Photographer: Allan Ng (Republic Studios)
Digital Imaging: Agnes Teo
Illustrator: Andy Yang Soo Kit
Account Director: Rowena Bhagchandani
Account Executive: Ng Ling Kai
Posted: July 16th, 2010 | Author: Andy Yang | Filed under: workflow | Tags: Andy Yang, OIC singapore, process, singapore illustration, singapore illustrator, sketches | 5 Comments »
Alright guys, some analog stuff. Behind the scenes and process for a very interesting project with good friends which were from TBWA Singapore then, Pei Pei, Ng, Merlin Kwan and David Chan. Another piece was crafted by our OiC darling, Sokkuan. An amazing illustrator in her own right.
1) Straight forward agency brief complete with idea and sketch.
2) Counter sketch from my side to enchance idea. Execution style is discussed and agreed upon with the creative team. In this case. Heavy body and soft body acrylic style.
3) Preliminary colour proposals done in photoshop.For analog or natural media work, this stage is very crucial because there is not much room for amendments when it gets to the real thing.
4) Final stages of colour, look and feel approved by agency creatives and client. Canvas and paints are prepared and halfway through the completion of illustration, art director steps in for minimal final touch ups and amendments.
5) Voila! Final touch ups and off to the photographer to do his magic lighting. Crucial stage as well because photographing paintings need another set of skills.
Posted: May 27th, 2010 | Author: Andy Yang | Filed under: portfolio | Comments Off
Interesting project with Hock from Lights & Shadows. Done circa 2006 – 07. The idea was to have a lino cut illustration style to give it an African Safari treatment to the whole reel.
Supersports Golf circa 2006 – 07
Posted: April 7th, 2010 | Author: Andy Yang | Filed under: portfolio, workflow | 3 Comments »
Hello! Hello! again, OiCeers! Apologies for the sudden removal of the last post. Will upload the post as soon as I get approval. Hmmm… Where was I? Oh, Yes! Work opportunities with advertising agencies. Here are some completed works for the Levi’s 501 campaign with BBH some 2 years back i pulled out just for example. There are a lot of creative ideas we illustrators can learn from working with ad agencies. Quite a number of us in OIC were really fortunate to work with them. Hey, some of these guys have actually become our close friends. In fact, we have a couple of them on board the OIC friends/ advisors/ patrons.
Firstly, we get to work on major brands.
Second, we get to exchange ideas with the creative/ art directors and copywriters etc..
Third, we also get to work with other creative people like photographers, digital imaging artists, stylist and the list goes on. Most important thing is we just have to respect each other’s views and be open to ideas. Alright, I am not kidding. There will be hits and misses and there might be some guys out there who is unwilling to share or are just plain nasty, but if shit hits the fan just say “thank you!”, move on and learn from the experience.
Okay, back to the process of the of the 501 ads. Brief was to create elements to portray individual characters that the agency and clients came up with. When the agency came to me, they already had visuals showing roughly what they wanted to achieve. Cost and budget is discussed and agreed. So next up, pre production meeting which involves the agency creatives, traffic, photographer and myself. Idea is discussed and schedule is set. Photography session on models and items commences while I work on the elements and background. Selected photos are shared with clients, retouched and etched out.
Files get to me, I create the layout and bring the photo and illustrations together. Sends to creatives at the agency which will then be shared with the client. This process will go on for numerous times before I send all the hi res files to the retouching studio. From there, the retoucher and art director will do the final tweaks before it is finally uploaded to the clients for approval and released through the media. Wohoo! That’s a lot of work! The more you get into the business of commercial illustration the more I understood that my work is really part of a bigger campaign to make things look great.
Guys! Get your portfolios ready, call the creatives at the ad agencies to share your work. Promote your work and most important, go with an open mind. Finally, these are just my personal experiences so there really is no right or wrong way to go about it. I hope that it will help you guys one way or another in your creative work. Till then!
Happy drawing!
Posted: February 3rd, 2010 | Author: Andy Yang | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Uncategorized | Comments Off
Apologies for the earlier posts. Picture got too huge. Still a bit of an idiot with WordPress. Will learn. Here we go… Browsing Copy exhibition at Asylum. This is a wonderful project curated by Roy from Beautiful. He got this idea to give new lives to browsing copies from bookshops by selected artists, designers design collectives and illustrators worldwide to rework the books in their own distinctive styles. It’s a travelling exhibition which first debut at the recent Singapore Design Festival 09. Artists include Kate Gibb(UK), Sam Hisey(USA), Phunk Studio(SG), myself and many more.
Check out the beautifully designed website by Kilo Studios for more info. Enjoy!
http://www.browsingcopy.com/#/home
Andy
Posted: May 28th, 2009 | Author: Andy Yang | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Uncategorized | 10 Comments »
Here is how my studio looks like now.
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