Semester 1 Level 2 Pencil and Pen Sketching

[ Dealing with future characteristics

of which some has already been a part of

me presently]

Lakeside Dining Mural

[Dining Area]

[Cabinet Top]

It has been a warm experience

With such memorable hospitality
Thank you Ann and family
and not forgetting my dearest friend,Shihui

Bedroom Disney Character

My cousins' bedroom

Was splashing new colours on the wall

and somehow I managed

to make use of the colours that we had

and paint these cute disney characters

This was in 2008

Without memory Time dont exist

1."...the present is undefined, that the future has no other

reality than as present hope, that past is no more than present memory..."

-Curent memory consists of what has passed ,

Future memory consists of the indefinite present

-Time has always been constant..

It is Memory that is able to leap back and forth limitlessly.

2."I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses(puts an end to) idle details, just as our memory does."

-If Night is responsible for putting an end to suburban idleism throughout the day..

then knowing the relation of Time and memory from the previous phrase...

-thus, I feel that Memory has contributed in giving life to Time

Old Supreme High Court [ august 2009 ]

Oil based painting of the old Singapore Supreme High Court

A project done for a good friend's lawyer firm

Singapore Airforce Mural(In progress)

This is a small sample

for the Singapore Airforce Mural.

The client wanted the background simplified

in order to focus more

on the five fighter jets

3 Storey Mural - Gelenggang Road

Life Drawing,Printmaking

[top left,bottom middle]

Life drawing with chinese ink and pastels.

to be continued after the term break

[bottom left,bottom right]

printmaking cool and warm colour

respectively

Second Home

I never truly understand how people who appreciate art could shed a tear over an artpiece
Until i felt myself that very attachment To a particular masterpiece
A classmate of mine did
And yes I nearly cried, ragingly bombarding words
after knowing the artpiece was going
to be restructured
I was fuming the fact the artpiece
was being condemned
when the actual fact is
I found perfection in them
I had to voice out and when I did
I was trembling
My heart beats so fast
tears felt pressured to surface
Surprised as they were with my response
Everyone fell in love with the artwork
After hearing my plights
I swear I could hear the art piece crying for help
And the pain i felt was like
seeing a child waiting to be slaughter
Now I know why one could cry
for the sake of art

anyway

here's a glimpse
of my current works

Observational Drawing

Currently im working on objects

And No dont ask me why of all this object

Im not technology freak

or a computer addict

In fact im a nerd at that

Oh wells

Lasalle

After a year of soul searching
rock climbing
up and down my life
im back in school
to finish what Ive started

Fuchun Primary Mural

I must admit it was among the assignments that i love
i love painting..
And murals are total Love..

Fairy Fairy

Year 2 Semester 1

Cityscapes'Define Endings'
Oil Paint on Canvas
1oo cm by 1oo cm

Self Portrait
Oil Paint on Canvas
46cm by 61cm

Caricature
Oil Paint on Canvas
46cm by 61cm

Still Life 1
Oil Paint on Canvas
46cm by 61cm

Still Life 2
Oil Paint on Canvas
46cm by 61cm

[The 2 Still life portrays the life i formerly had as an academic student,and later on as a painting student]

New assignment
city scapes
these are a few
great shots i took

Life Drawing

Life drawing of a bangla model
In real life he looks like Mr Bean
But in my drawing he looks young and macho
i used compressed charcoal
instead of willow charcoal
next up
Naked drawings of china woman
till then

Painting of Sungei Buloh

Its been a while
the long four months vacation
the new job
the new school
the new me???
well finally ive chosen to major in PAINTING
minoring in printmaking
and life drawing as complementary subject
The new assignment start out at Sungei Buloh
Here's some of my recent works
Heard me?just some

My first few dishes looks like acrylic paint
Well,just so u dunno
its Oil paint
I suppose i was too comfortable with
acrylic paint

So this are the results
After stepping out of my comfort zone
I started with the background
Slowly building the picture
Not good enough?
Its okay
afterall i painted with my left foot
dont believe me?
well u better do.

And of all
I think this is my best
As mention by my frens
'look so china'
does it?
well next up..life drawing..

First touch on oil paint

Having the materials ready for painting

I just could not wait

And finally the day came

the touch of the new brush

the strong smell of turpentine

squeezing colours onto my pallet

my heart racing with excitement

my first time with oil paint

It was harder compared to acrylic

but the result is magnificent

[pardon me for the imperfection,its my first try]

Life drawing

Having a model sit in front of u

while u draw them takes full concentration.

checking out of negative space

measuring the distance betweena feature to another.

As Luis say,I tend to draw BIG head.

At times,we start drawing from the head

and didnt even bother to check if we have space for the whole body.

We tend to take the luxury of an eraser for granted.

Thus erasing like there's 9293823913 erasers waiting in spare.[really]

I understand the reason y Luis ask us to avoid too much erasing

cos if keep erasing,we are bound

to repeat the mistake over again!

Therefore,there's a large room of improvement

waiting for me in Life Drawing.

till then~

God answered my 'phonecalls'

I remembered those times

when I had to blog at school

how it kylls to wait for the pictures to load

and when it dun

i had to run along for work

The number of trips to tampines

with heavy half-opened eyes

to borrow my fren's cam

To take pictures of my artwork

time constraint I had to face

deadlines i didnt get to meet

the stress that piled up

testing my every patience

I struggled thru

and here i am

at the comfort of my home

doing my work

And with a new cam

my bro got in a lucky draw

I feel like an angel is watching me

With attention and support

from my beloved parents

thanking God

for answering my

'phonecalls'

My hippobee final

My personalised Hippo-Bee
Was exhibit in the gallery
along with some other
drawings of mine..

I really enjoyed sculpturing

The feeling of making something

come to life

I think im meant for it

Am i?

Could i?

Should i?

hmmm...

-stay tune-

Illustrator:Seeing nature thru digital eyes

I shall start with this.

Like all my other classmates,

i too have 24 hours

to work,sleep,school,projects etc.

my daily schedule:-

9 to 4(school)5 to 10(work)

I'll reach home at 11.

And thats when I either sleep or do my assignments.

A basic view of my life yet there's so much
sound so simple yet so complicated

Im not complaining here

I dun need any sympathy

Just some understanding for me to feed on

Im strong in the inside(I know)

I push my evry living cells everyday

Be it surviving everyday's emotional pressures

Or carrying those piles of rice

daily dosage of penknife cuts on my fingers

Perhaps some of u know how it

feels to live this way

Perhaps some of u never even

taste hardship

Well to whoever u are reading this

It comes back to the same

Rich or poor

Able or Disabled

Nothing comes easy

Where there is hardwork,there is success

So back to my artpiece

After not sleeping for a night

though barely slept enuf the day before

I did my illustrations

Pardon me.It aint perfect

Did it like im half awake

So thanks for viewing! !

"Are u my fantasy?"

The illustrated me

The power of Adobe Illustrator...Woohoo...lemme tell ya..there's so much more to it..
Basically i did this within 4 hours..hey..dun blame me for the 'cacat' look!i missed the whole of Matt's lesson.and i did this with the help of steven tellin me to use the pencil and fill the colours.thats all.and i was on my own.will do a better one soon!jus u watch out!

Self portrait

Like me?nahhhh...

namecard

this is my namecard.so..call me*winks*
This is my logo.Spot the word 'zak'!well i came out with this design by reusing my signature as it is a form of identity of oneself.Hence,i rotate my signature towards the right and add two eyes,making it look like a figure,thus,representing ME!

artist citation

3d blue foam

It started out fine.Supposedly it was to be a cow with a bumble bee body but...No one ever did guess it.Some thought it was a pig,some say 'What a cute bear!!!"..but i'll settle down with my boss reaction.."oh..i know whats that..a hippo."So yeah,a hippo with a bee body it shall be..
p.s:it aint yoda yeah.

Media-Namecard

This is done using Adobe Illustrator CS2.Just basically trying out different layout as a practice.

Papparazzi

Mural proposal

this is one of my mural proposal for fuchun primary school.though it wasnt selected,Im glad i learn to paint small pictures because as you know my last entry i am not good at painting.

One of my colour schemes.

more latest artworks

THIS is among the artworks that i love.This is my hard earned masterpiece.Luis gave us a picture of an old man and i had to dot his face out.I use 0.1 technical pen to do this.Well,honestly i do it almost evrywhere i go-on the bus,mrt,in between lunch and lots more u would not want to know.There was an apek who said he love it!

Charcoal drawing of my bear that i kept in my locker for quite some time.This i have to admit is a last minute work-done on the day of submission.*giggles*

Learning how to use adobe photoshop.I will post more photo edits that i do with adobe photoshops

Umbrellas

I drew this during drawing class.I have to work on my speed of drawing.

My hari raya tortoise

My claywork is a tortoise that wear a 'songkok'.Well,i did it when during the fasting month.

Printmaking

Printmaking
Oil base paint
2006

This printmaking techinique is called 'Induction'.I also learnt another technique called 'monoprint' but i didnt post it beacuse to me its not good enough.I'll try to do better next time.

2D

Still life Painting was my weakness but i overcame it after much practice of painting mugs on A5 size papers.After much practice,I handled with painting my classroom corridor.I play along with the colours and came out with the painting of the corridor that look like its from a memory as it looks old.

papercut

'firdaus'
papercut
2004

I use colour paper and layer them and cut out the pictures.i use aluminium as the base.
I am proud of this because it was something worth learning.

Down memory lane

'o' Level paper 1 and 2 preparatory sketches

My passion

Art is my passion since youth.
Daily life works as as inspiration for me,
be it relationship,family,work and school.
I like to portray feelings deep within me and
the things that I go through in life.
I discover that I prefer to sketch out realisitic images
compared to doing abstract art.
I find the joy in just holding a pencil and crafting
beautiful images out of the its led.

My current interest is edging towards
native and ethnic art.
I recently studied the Malay craftmanship-
its nature of using particular elements
from nature itself like flowers
leaves,trees and how they put these elements into their
work for example, carving of furnitures etc.
I am looking forward to upholding these unique style,
in a way i can develop them to
blend into this modern arena.
I am proud of my own culture,
and not forgetting other cultures too.
I believe the past is full of originallities.

i tried to look ahead yet i wonder..

tryin to search whats the meanin of my life...whats stated in the books of fate..or shud i not search?n pretend that life is given for free?