PORTRAITS AFTER DARK -13th Jan 2012, 7.30PM

Happy New Year everyone!! Join us for the very FIRST session of 2012- The Lucky Chinese New Year Session!! 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/oicdark05

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!! Email us and book the time slots you want.

email “info [at] oicsingapore.com”

subject: “I want some portraits!”.

State name/ mobile number/ email address/ couple or 3-some/ your preferred timing ( 7.30pm, 8pm, 8.30pm, 9pm, 9.30pm )

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

Poster illustration contributed by myself, hope that we will see more experimentation of techniques by the participating artists  for 2012 . ( See more of my work here: http://mindflyer.com/ )

Cupcakes kindly provided by

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

Mindflyer for Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific / TLC WorldRiderZ

This is an animated titling work for Discovery Channel’s TLC program about ” WorldRiderZ ” together with Chris Leow from Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific and a production team from Frameworks.

WorldRiderZ is a production that rides around the world to raise awareness & prevention against children Chronic Kidney Disease and organ transplant. You can read the info here and like the FB page here ( https://www.facebook.com/worldriderz )

The brief required a very child-like look and feel to the character drawings with readable titles.

This is the completed title after final compositing work by the Discovery and Framework team. Click and view on youtube.

1) I started the project by understanding the brief and looking at the footage and understanding what is required.

2) Next I whip out some sketches and propose some design ideas on how simple the characters can be. While doing so- in the back of my mind, I am always thinking about how they can be animated.

3) I started sketching with markers on paper but when I got the gist of how to make it happen- I switch to Photoshop and tune a crayon brush to get the look I want.

4) After the sketches have been approved- I do some test animation and get some feed backs. All the test animations are small b/w files I output as animated gifs.

5) Once approved- I start started to render all the animation. All final files were delivered as layered Photoshop/ PSD format.

I hope to do more animation work in future especially those with my original character designs.

You can view more of Mindflyer’s work here: http://mindflyer.com/ or on.fb.me/mindflyer

Mindflyer’s iForum illustration for &Larry

Had the privilege to work with the &Larry’s team for a new year end promo at Takashimaya’s iForum. Super fun job illustrating my imaginary super fun playground. This is a variation of my earlier work- “Children’s World” but at a more crazy level! Don’t ask me what I eat, I just DRAW !

My folio is here: http://mindflyer.com/

Do join my FaceBook page here: http://on.fb.me/mindflyer

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.

You can see more pcturess here : http://on.fb.me/qRyUWA ( Pictures by Twisstii )

Mindflyer’s “Razor Blade Glider” for Kult Magazine

My contribution for a new series by Kult magazine on strange facts about animals. The fact I have chosen is “A snail can even go over a razor blade without getting hurt!”
The snail is a fascinating creature to me, the way it moves , the strange antennae and the mobile home on its back! For this piece- I want to make the snail like some nocturnal alien from space, showing off its magic over a razor. Thanks to Kult magazine crew! You can see more of my work at www.mindflyer.com.

The finalised pencil sketch

Mindflyer’s “RUN, RUN” T-shirt illustration for Adidas’s All24

This is my new illustration to be printed on T-shirts for runners who are participating at the Adidas’s All24 event ( http://www.adidasall24.com/ )

Process

01 – My initial sketch to get approval for the composition. I was aiming for an Escher-ist kind of effect of an triple infinity loop filled with crazy runners.

02 – I have to make sure my key elements stay in the shaded area and make sure my illustration is not too busy under the headline

03-  Colour Test – the brief dictates that the illustration must have a dorminant red colour feel to it. To avoid over doing the red- I used some benday dots to supplement the effect.

Mindflyer’s “SCENT” at IDOLISM: OIC X A CURIOUS TEEPEE

Had the privilege to participate in IDOLISM and to work on some pieces to fill a big wall at Curious Teepee with Miun/ Noreen Loh (http://miun.sg/).

We set some base ideas and develop our own directions from there:

1. Same material to work on unprimed cotton or Calico

2. The theme is to draw inspiration from Iconic perfume bottles we love

3. Size of the art work is approx 1.2 m by 1.4 m

My concept –  Scent is just another form of “flight” packed, given a “shape” , a fashionably iconic bottle – so you know what you worship. ( material Acrylic on Calico )

Almost all artworks are for sale- do check it out! On till Sunday 22nd May at A Curious Teepee, 12pm to 9pm daily. ( Map is here )

Info on the IDOLISM exhibition –  http://bit.ly/lUUdT9

Gap x O.I.C collab “Gap’s 0% Plastic Bags” for Earth Day 2011

This is the 3rd year running of the special eco-friendly tote bag produced by Gap to mark Earth Day. The 0% Plastic Bag initiative was started in 2009 to support the global green movement by encouraging customers to use this cotton tote bag in place of disposable plastic bags.

OICsingapore is very proud to be part of this new series for 2011 and to work with the Gap’s Singapore team on this special iconic bag.

There are five new designs this year  by illustrators – Anngee Neo, Fleecircus, Gwee Yin Fei, Mindflyer and Miun. Each illustrator was invited to reinterpret the original design of the bag while maintaining the “0% Plastic” tagline. In addition there is a special store window display designed by MrB aka Ben Qwek ( www.benqwek.com ) to compliment this new collection at the major outlets like Wisma and Vivocity.

This limited edition collection will be launched on Earth Day -22 April- in all Gap stores. Each bag is available at S$5 with purchase of any GAP merchandise.

This project is another effort by OICsingapore to partner with good brands and showcase/ promote the usage of interesting illustrators and illustration.

Tweet about this and help us spread the word- http://bit.ly/gpixzD

anngee ( http://cargocollective.com/anngee )

fei ( http://cargocollective.com/havesomefei )

fleecircus ( http://fleecircus.com/ )

mindflyer / michael ng ( http://mindflyer.com/ )

miun/ noreen loh ( http://miun.sg/ )

Tags: gap clothing, gap tote bag, 0% plastics bag, oicsingapore, ben qwek, mrb, fleecircus, miun, norren loh, anngee, fei, havesomefei, mindflyer, singapore illustration, singapore illustrators, gap singapore

Art Affair Weekend Yamaguchi / Mojoko

Singa-Planet @ JCC Singapore Inspired Art Pieces

Twissti and AnnGee playing with da installation piece.

Hokusai edo period inspired.

OIC Fanboys with Yamaguchi-san

Amazing details. So much to see within the frame.

Yamaguchi Akira Solo Exhibition
“SINGA-PLANET”

The man himself, Steve. The shot's epic too

Juxtaposition romantic prints from 1920s.

Awesome, especially the manga girls!

Zid, MrB, Eeshaun on MyPaper about Animax + OIC collab

Thanks to Animax for getting all the media coverage- our boys Ben Quek ( MrB ) , Eeshaun and Zid getting some press love for the Animax+OIC collab T-shirts and for OICsingapore.