PIPIT and Animation Lecture at UniKL

Made my way to Central Market last Saturday evening to attend the PIPIT 1st Anniversary celebration. Didn't know exactly what to expect except that it's an artist gathering's excuse to chill out,enjoy art and mingle around with other like minded art junkies. There was a cool band drumming away in the open air right in from of the market hall. Rendered a nice atmosphere in the bustling area.

Think I had most fun going 'round the shops to look out for some neat stuff to
purchase. Found some worthy items which I purchased along the way. A Ratatouille poster, a piggy keychain...artistic postcard....etc.

Anyways, got to the venue at Annexxe just directly behind the hall,outside. Artists were listening to some contemporary tunes being drummed out by a solitary musician at the keyboard while the rest perused around the place looking at the streaks of artworks strewn all over the walls and ceilings. I handed in my rough cardboard artpiece, as requested for each Pipit attendee to hand in at the counter. Think you guys can spot which one is mine?

There it is! The one with the big Pitpit word scribbled onnit, 2nd from left on the floor.







Enjoyed perusing thru' the elephant art gallery located directly below from where the event was held. Some really cool stuff,only I don't have that much moolah to throw around to get me one of those pieces.

Also attended a Malaysian animation history lecture by Grandfather at UniKL yesterday morning.He said to attend to brush up on my history knowledge again...glad I didn't miss it in a way. Got to meet up with some ol' familiar faces there too.


Grandfather talking on some of the stop-motion animation works done by Mr. Wong Pak Ting @ TGV studios in Cheras. Good stuff! Didn't get to stay long enough to watch the animation shorts and for the Q & A session,was in a rush to get back to cyberville but nvm,there's always a next time.

Ghiblies

Search for the Ghiblies ( by Studio Ghibli *duh* in 2002) in YouTube for more animation goodness. I especially love the dance sequence towards the end of this episode. Watch it! Dangit, now I'm hankering for some curry with rice too!

I Heart Russian Animation

Their stylistic and different types of medium approaches is a breath of fresh air for me to view. Apparently there's a good bunch of Russian animated segments found in YouTube which I'm very happy to announce. These 2 are my favorite by far. Enjoy,folks!

Sherlock Holmes
Animation cut-outs? Timing and personalities in each of the characters is thoroughly enjoyable to watch. Top notch in pacing,humor and overall execution of this animated series. Lovely!

Vinni Puh
Piglet is absolutely adorable to watch,as goes for Vinni Puh and Rabbit. I absolutely adore the designs done for this animated series. Wonderful!

For Grant

A long due art piece for Grant I've been delaying for more than a year now. So very sorry for that,Grant. Hope you like it anyways.

At the IFS in Singapore during Independence Day

A few of us from MnU finally paid a long anticipated trip to visit the Imaginary Friends Studio crew in Singapore during our Independence Day celebration. I fell ill along the way but managed to cross the border,meet up with everyone,having a blast there before heading back to KL on that very same day.

Sketches from the crew at IFS in my sketchjournal,WOO!Works done by Stanley, Kendrick,Ray and Chester.




I was not in the best of health to do any drawing at all for this particular trip so I ended up doing a quikey color scribble at one of the many art kiosk for kids at Changi Airport.



Next time,I'll pay a longer visit def. Thank you so much,everyone at IFS, for all the warmth, hospitality and gifts!Stay cool and keep on churning out those awesomely inspiring works that's got all our mouths drooling for more.

More stuff from my sketchbook

Kevin Eastman and Joe Pearson Talk at KL Hilton

But first, a couple of pics of the ComicWorld Convention that took place at the Cineleisure Mall earlier this month at Bandra Utama. Bleeehhhhh....:P Weirdos,geeks,addicts,junkies,...all turned out for this great excuse to mingle with fellow enthusiasts and just to have a really good time.

The guys manning their comic booth.
Hanie lost her hand there!
Joy! Aimo sketching in my sketchjournal. Booyah!
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TALK BY KEVIN AND JOE AT KL HILTON

Another fun and memorable event where all the industry heads,professionals,old friends and colleagues gather together in one building to attend the much anticipated Kevin Eastman and Joe Pearson talk on their work and experiences in both the animation and comic industry.
Thoroughly enjoyed Kevin's humorous take on his life working on odd and ends before ending up giving birth to TMNT with his partner,Simon, and the endless inspiring works that followed suite after the comic came out. Various insights on Heavy Metal was also eye-opening. Now, another goal in life would be to get one of my artworks into one or so of those coveted pages. If only........
From left to right,..Grey,Edward,Joe,Me and Muid.
Joe doing a sketch for Grey.
I love this pic of Mr. Sang Young-Hwan from Sun Min Image Pictures enthusiastically posing for a photo with Joe. Both very down-to-earth individuals who are always open to ideas and doesn't put one down like the over-eagerly pleasing gob of smut one is.
Especially learnt a lot from Joe on his talk on working attitudes, how not to expect but to give everything your best cause by the end of each day, it's your works that makes out who you are and not what one claims oneself to be without any evidence to back up.
Certainly a very special day to have the pleasure of meeting these inspiring individuals and old friends and colleagues there.
Can't hardly wait for the next event.

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ADAM'S BIRTHDAY

In other news, got to celebrate my nephew,Adam's birthday a week earlier what with everyone's hectic schedule and difficulty of getting everyone at the same place at the same time.

Will be having another celebration tonight,officially Adam's birthday date. HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY,NEPHEW!

ANIMATION VID CLIPS I GREW UP WITH.....:)

And finally, a Rod Stewart music vid I grew up with as a kid eager for anything animated. Anything.

Also not forgetting this music clip of Paula with MC Skat Cat. Love the animation done here. Really inspired me when I saw it as a kid.


All of the photos are here,folks! Enjoy!
My Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/81755819@N00/

From my Sketchbook pt 2

Some Old Stuff I Should Update Here

Japanese Classics

1933


1943

Out to Sea

ComicWorld this weekend

At the Curve at Bandar Utama. See ya all there!

From my Sketchbook pt 1

Simple animal designs which I love. Enjoy folks!


I love this monkey. Am actually pretty pleased with the results.

MDeC Animation and Comic Pitch 2007 Awards

Well, I've been away for sooo long I totally forgot about the Pitch awards happening this month. Good thing my colleagues were discussing about going there that very morning before the event started. Didn't take a bunch of horses to drag me there. I was on it like a bee towards a tentalising flower.
Could see a whole bunch of stellar works being ptiched on that day. But sadly, one of my favaroo animation pitches didn't win the awards. Boo! Here's a peek of the designs for that animation pitch I was talking about. Imaginatively Ivy by Passion Fruit Studios. Cute isn't it? I would so love to've seen them winning the grant and bringing that product to life.

Me taking a swipe at Hassan's picture in that book about the animation industry in Asia.
Steve Bristow,Vernon Fernandez and Hassan Muthalib.
Before the awards ceremony, a company profile and recruitment drive talk given by UBISOFT.

My Flickr page link to see the rest of the images : http://www.flickr.com/photos/81755819@N00/

Sheng Haw's demo reel

My pal Lim Sheng Haw have just completed his demo reel while completing his studies at Toronto. Here's a peek at it.

"My Studio" - Official Launch

I was invited by Jessie Lim to attend her art school's official opening in ss2 last month. What caught me was the amount of creativity and imaginative energy that vibrates from both the adults and kids as they show off their passion for the medium in each of their works. This is definitely a start of something really exciting. This chap down here specializes in teaching kids how to form clay characters and objects.
My favorite's gotta be the hippo.
And below is Jessie's sister teaching and looking after the kids during the paint session.

And finally, Jessie, as pleased and as proud as can be.


Congratulations on the big opening, Jessie and all! All the best and definitely hope to see more great things coming from your new school.