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.
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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”
A new exhibition at Japan Creative Centre featuring Yamaguchi Akira’s solo exhibtion “Singa-Planet”. Mr Yamaguchi, one of the leading and most popular contemporary artists in Japan, will present his new artworks inspired by the lifestyles of Singaporeans living in the multi ethnic city state namely the Chinese, Malay and Indian ethnicities. Besides the new installations, selections from previous collections wiill also be exhibited. This exhibition is held as a parallel event of the Singapore Biennale 2011.
Venue: Japan Creative Centre, 4 Nassim Road, S(258372)
Kindly RSVP to Japan Creative Centre (Fax: 6735 3602 or Email jcc@sn.mofa.go.jp) by the 10th March 2011. For more information, please contact Mr. Adriane Lee of JCC at 67370434.
OIC crew met one of the current of Master Artist in Japan: Yamaguchi San. Look @ our happy faces! I was not only blown away by his technical skills but how humble he was. You can catch his stuff @ JCC (Japanese Creative Center @ Nassim Rd). My hard felt condolences to the victims of the Japan’s quake on Friday…Stay strong and pray hard.
The man himself, Steve. The shot's epic too
Juxtaposition romantic prints from 1920s.
Awesome, especially the manga girls!
After Yamaguchi san’s show we headed down to pue vuree for Steve’s show, love the space, love the art and Steve when the next group show?! peace, B
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.
Animax collaborates with Organisation Illustrators Council of Singapore (OIC) to bring you 8 exclusive, original anime-inspired t-shirts featuring top anime shows like Inuyasha, Fairy Tail, Bleach and many more. You have seen the posters being exhibited- now you can own the t-shirts!
All original illustrations by illustrators from OICsingapore featuring Anngee, Annie Tan, Ben Quek, Eeshaun, Mindflyer, Ray Toh, ZeropointFive and Zid.
Super limited edition (only 100 pieces per design in Singapore and Malaysia) t shirts will be sold for SGD39.90 each while stocks last.
Grab them fast before they are sold out at the Fourskin stores from Nov 18:
Singapore (The Hereen & Marina Square)
Malaysia (One Utama)
They will be perfect as Christmas presents or gifts for your loved ones.
In a perfect world, animals roam freely and every one plays in harmony. See how the children of Kiddy Wonderland are doing their part to make the world a safer and better place!
Intricately illustrated by Mindflyer, you can see more of Mindflyer’s work here: http://mindflyer.com/
Don’t miss our 4 new Artist Series titles launching at STGCC 10 – 12th Dec 2010! 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.
Dawn Tan, Don Low, James Tan ( Seiji ), Koh Hong Teng and Mindflyer participated in Shiok! A gastronomy of Singapore Design. We saw a successful opening on the 29th October. The exhibition will run through till the 11th of December 2010 at the Center of Creative Communication, Shizouka, Japan. Special Thanks to Black Design’s Jackson Tan and Tanny Wong for the invitation and for putting the show together.
It’s been a privilege again to work with the wonderful team at Work Advertising for Tangs.
I was asked to draw Christmas ornaments and write lots of text in a blotchy ink style. After some testing- I managed to get the desired look. Most of the ink work were done by hand and “lovingly smudged” and cleaned up in Photoshop.
What the team at Work did was wonderful. I love how they added colours and texture to it and bring it to life!
( Paperbag and mailer photos taken by Beatriz Ng )
This is my new game illustration for Tangs Christmas Hunt. Had the opportunity to work on another game with Kevin of Spoon for Tangs. Basically the brief is pretty open- make it Christmassy and it should look really busy visually. We explored some direction before settling on an Alice in Wonderland inspired fantasy city.
I am one of those mad people that love challenges like this. Had a real good time doing this illustration even though the timing was shorter than I would have preferred.
Do try and play the game and win the prizes. Link is here.
This is my original approved concept idea sketch. Its inspired by Alice in Wonderland in a crazy maze city filled with sofas and furniture and Christmas decors.
After the idea was approved – I worked on the various components to make an interesting fantasy city for hiding the objects filled with details
At the same time I was also working on a detail sketch of the city, setting the scale and how the city will look like and highlights the important areas to make the theme stronger. Planning is very important to make the work go smoothly. As usage a copy of the detailed sketch was given to the programmer to work on the game backend/ programming and to test it on a dummy interface to ensure that the illustration can work properly in the game.
Once I am sure the illustration is all sorted and heading the right direction based on my detail sketch, I start planning how much Christmas decor I need to convince the client on the Christmas look of the game which is important for the festive mood of the campaign already active.
Having gotten’s client’s approval, I proceed to fill up the city with all my components. Changes were made along the way to ensure the pieces fit well.
Notice that I do have a basic isometric grid (light blue tiles) to guide me along under my sketch
After all the pieces were filled in colour, the final step is to hide all the required objects in the correct number in a separate layer.
All hidden component’s position were then shown to and approved by the client before the final illustration is exported and used in the game.
Here are some illustrations extending the same vibe as the Tang’s anniversary stuff I did in 2002. It’s for the upcoming exhibiton in Japan – “Shiok! A Gastronomy of Singapore Design” by Black Design.
The images are of some of my favourite Nonya kuehs with some crazy colourful settings based on my childhood memories.
I don’t use a colour wheel – I just paint by feel and mood.
Thanks to Jackson, Tanny and the team at Black Design.
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