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StarHub’s “Art Hub It” illustration by Mindflyer

Newspaper ad illustration for Singapore Repertory Theatre and StarHub’s “Art Hub It” program. Thanks to the wonderful team at DDB for commissioning me to work on this.

I love to draw surrealistic, colourful and intricate fantasy scenes and this collab project was just perfect and very fun. I have to pull myself away and stop adding details due to the tight dateline if not I can keep on drawing!

Intitial sketches were done using paper, iPad and cleaned up in Photoshop. Final artwork was created using Photoshop.

stage 01 – 2 ideas were proposed.

stage 02 – Selected idea was refined and more ideas added to ensure drawing looks suitably intricate.

stage03 – Final drawing completed in Photoshop. Would love to draw the final lines using a proper dip pen but dateline was too short.

You can view more work at: http://www.mindflyer.com / https://www.facebook.com/mindflyer.xiaofeiren / http://web.stagram.com/tag/mindflyer/?vm=grid

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11
Dec 12

OIC Singapore featured in UNDERSCORE’s “Creative Cultures: The Singapore Showcase”

We are most delighted to be featured in this new book curated and published by the uber cool Underscore magazine about Singapore’s creative scene!

Thanks to all our participants, followers and supporters of our projects and portrait events- we have a good 6 year track record behind us and a massive collection of work and photos to show for it!

Though predominantly a volume about interesting design firms and designers it also featured many illustrators like – Andy Yang, Drewscape, Koh Hong Teng, Mighty Yellow, Jason Siew, Ben Qwek, Fleecircus, Imaginary Friends ( IFS ), Sokkuan, Twisstii, Kristal Melson, Zixi, Eeshaun, Speak Cryptic, Mindflyer and many more. Do check it out!

Creative Cultures ( www.creative-cultures.com )

The Singapore Showcase is an Underscore special edition platform showcasing the works of Singapore’s creative disciplines through mediums of publication, film, website and exhibition, designed by Hjgher and curated by esteemed Japanese curator, Yoichi Nakamuta.

The publication features more than 100 Singaporean creatives, ranging from fields of art, design, music and photography, including architecture, interior, product, graphic, illustration, interactive, animation, fashion, art, photography and music.

The theme, Uncover was established for Singapore, describing the beginning of a creative culture that has grown over the years with little history, but a freedom and hunger for experimentation. The focus is on the future, rather than its history, that defines Singaporeʼs design culture as a work in progress, inviting greater things to come. Says editor-in-chief, Justin Long, “We have the freedom to be who we want to be. We hold the power to decide our own future, not only for ourselves, but for future generations to come.”

With an irreversible scratch-and-see gold hardcover, Underscore invites the reader to scratch and uncover an original curation of Singapore’s creative culture, with over 280 pages of visuals and interviews.

Creative Cultures: The Singapore Showcase publication is printed by Dominie Press and officially distributed in Singapore by BooksActually.

Underscore Magazine

Underscore is an independent magazine with thematic content attuned to a simple rhythm; quality of life. Conceived and designed by award winning studio Hjgher and published by H/Publishing, Underscore is a platform derived to underline or highlight simple values that are important but neglected in our everyday lives.

Held by the common intrinsic values of Authenticity, Quality, Integrity and Honesty, Underscore was developed specifically for the audience in mind, addressing media channels of traditional publishing, online media, product design and placement, and event exhibitions to communicate through all senses of the audience for a complete and fulfilling experience.

Another definition of underscore is background music. A carefully selected soundtrack accompanies each issue to complete the entire experience, and is available on the website for download.

www.underscoremagazine.com

Where to buy the book? At BooksActually ( and selected bookshops in Singapore) and on line at http://underscoremagazine.com/creative-cultures.html

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10
Apr 12

PORTRAITS AFTER DARK -13th Apr 2012, 7.30PM

This is ONE big MAAAAAAD Draw fest you don’t want to miss because we are celebrating Goodstuph’s 2nd Anniversary!! ( http://www.goodstuph.org )
20 illustrators/ doodlers/ artists will be drawing live, freestyle concurrently during our portrait event!

Hope everyone is game to try something new for this session! New technique, new colours, new pen , new brush- Have fun and make crazy colourful art at PORTRAITS AFTER DARK people with the OIC crew! Let’s make it fun bring a friend/ soul mate/ family member/ pets and share this edition of “PORTRAITS AFTER DARK” with us! This is where you can meet the most interesting illustrators in Singapore and get your portraits drawn on a Friday night!

Twit and spread the word- @oicsingapore PORTRAITS AFTER DARK – http://bit.ly/oicdark08

Registration for ARTIST – Register here! ( Click Link )

Are you an Artist / Illustrator or Doodler!? Come draw with us! Polish your drawing skills & catch up with your OIC buddies at the same time. Everyone gets 20 minutes to draw the “patron/ sitter” at the same time. You get $10 for each drawing sold . Make it PLAYFUL and COLOURFUL, all skill levels welcomed. OIC Portrait Day is about artists having fun and experimenting with new ways to capture an interesting image and making new friends.?You don’t have to be an OIC member to take part but you have to register and please read the FAQ. Come and draw, make friends and spread good drawing vibes.

Artists Registration is S$10/- each ( with 1 complimentary yummy cupcake per registered artist from www.cupcakes.com.sg /* )

Posting your work for view & sale (compulsory ) is a sign of appreciation to the patron/sitter/ poser .

Registration for SITTERS/ POSERS:

You want your Portraits drawn? Pose for us!! We will love to draw YOU!! Register here: http://bit.ly/xV5NrL

Posing is FREE, each artwork is S$10 available for purchase- all proceeds goes to the artists.

Poster illustration contributed by Wai Hong ( See more of his work here: http://www.thecreativefinder.com/whho21 )

Cup Cakes kindly provided by

To order more yummy cupcakes : “Click here”

* while stocks last, 1st come 1st serve basis.

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22
Mar 12

Lilian Lee X OIC human 360º camera zoetrope

As part of OIC’s challenge to its Portrait After Dark participants to have fun and to draw and think “different” – Lilian suggested that we can organise a special session to get enough drawings to make an illustrated zoetrope. A total of 26 artists participated and many wonderful portraits from very angle were produced.

Lilian kindly enlisted her friends to help her record the process via video and photographs and also to “stitched” all the collected drawings together.

Here is the final video

Here is the “making-of” video

See the photos of the event here on our FaceBook page. ( Do remember to “LIKE” us )

Special thanks to:

Lillian Lee – for the conducting the “experiment” with us and for buying all the drawings too!
( see her other fun side projects here: http://axemarksthespot.blogspot.com/ & http://whomovedmyfckinwords.tumblr.com/ )

Her friends who helped to make this experiment a success – Neal (video) , Fee ( image )

And not forgetting our 26 sporting participating artists!
Can’t wait for the next “experiment”!
If you have any new ideas or suggestions do write or speak to us asap! (email info(at)oicsingapore.com/ subject: “IDEA: “

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13
Mar 12

Portraits of children and their aspirations

Late last year, we were commissioned by a charity to produce some portraits for the Trans Centre (a non-profit organisation for children from broken homes.)

The aim of the project was to help the children envision what they would like to be in future and drawing a portrait of them in their “dream role” to motivate them. The portraits were then presented to the children as small part of an aid package.

This is the 1st time we produce so many portraits based on photos and some verbal description of the kid’s personalities. We prefer to draw from life and in person.
Mindflyer was in charge of liaison and co-ordination ( esp since there are 5 of us involved- we have to set a size and format template to ensure consistency )

Those who participated also include- AnnGee, Shyam, SanSan and Twisstii.
Special thanks to Wei Wei Yeo ( The National Art Gallery, Singapore ) for the introduction and recommendation .

You can see more of the artists/ illustrators work here:

AnnGee
http://anngee.sg/

San San

http://www.shinesanshine.blogspot.com/

Shyam

http://shyamshriram.wordpress.com/

Twisstii

http://twisstii.com/

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11
Mar 12

OIC’s Illustrators at work- featuring Twisstii

Click to view video - Twisstii at Woods in the Books

This is a new series we are working on to feature the illustrators who work very hard to keep OICsingapore and the illustrating community vibrant and happening! More to come!

Twisstii aka Minqi Li is an illustrator based in Singapore. She has been helping out in OIC since the beginning at our events or behind the scene. Its a joy to see her growing as an illustrator, getting more commissioned work and building up her folio.
You can see more of her work here: http://twisstii.com

Music:

http://www.gutevolk.com/

“the door to everywhere” from the album – “tiny people singing over the rainbow”

Space:
Special thanks to Woods in the Books! http://www.woodsinthebooks.sg/

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21
Aug 11

STGCC 2011 – Singapore Toy Games Comic Convention

Hello! Today I went to check out the new OIC X Kalkitos series at STGCC.
Glad to meet many familiar faces in STGCC 2011!

Zull & Ai Wei and the Kalkitos crew, Ray Toh, Nana Roomism & Soloist , Stanley Lau & Kendrick Lim of IFS and Sonny Liew!

Hope you manage to pick up some good stuff from there and show some love for our local talents.

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20
Aug 11

Launching at STGCC: Kalkitos + OICsingapore featuring BURGER BONANZA by Fei

K-Dayout: BURGER BONANZA by Fei

All the kids have found their way to the newest fast food joint in town! Help them decide what to order from the menu and who gets to eat the giant burger!

View more Fei’s work here : http://havesomefei.com

Don’t miss our 2 new Artist Series titles launching at STGCC 20 – 21th Aug 2011! Plus exclusive STGCC specials!

KALKITOS is a collection of rub-down transfer activity games that was hugely popular back in the 1970s. Players are given sheets of blank scenery which they can fill up wherever they like with transfer images of people, animals, objects, vehicles to create their own unique stories.

To know more, go to : http://www.kalkitos.sg/categories/k-day-out/

See other titles here : http://www.oicsingapore.com/wordpress/tag/kalkitos-oicsingapore/

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20
Aug 11

Launching at STGCC: Kalkitos + OICsingapore featuring FAIRYTALES IN THE WOODS by AnnGee

K-Fantasy: FAIRYTALES IN THE WOODS by AnnGee

It’s the perfect time of the year for a magical picnic. Join your favourite fairytale characters and playful creatures on a fantasy romp in the woods!

View more AnnGee’s work here : http://cargocollective.com/anngee

Don’t miss our 2 new Artist Series titles launching at STGCC 20 – 21th Aug 2011! Plus exclusive STGCC specials!

To know more, go to : http://www.kalkitos.sg/categories/k-fantasy/

See other titles here : http://www.oicsingapore.com/wordpress/tag/kalkitos-oicsingapore/

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03
Aug 11

OIC @ Singapore Cable Car’s “Sky Art Gallery”

OIC is very honoured to be invited and given free-play creatively by Singapore Cable Car ( Mount Faber Leisure Group ) to create 10 illustrations for their new project, the world’s 1st “Sky Art Gallery”. This is part of the special program by this icon of Singapore to celebrate the state’s 46th National Day with a splash. The illustrators include AnnGee, Ben Qwek/ MrB, Brick/ Brian Chia, Eeshaun,Fleecircus, Mindflyer, Miun/ Noreen Loh, Shawna Chan, Twisstii and WantonDoodle.