What is up with Faizal??!!!

Quick blog update. Juuuuuusssttt finished my 3d stuff. Literally.. Like 10 minutes ago. After postponing doing it for the past few weeks. (Yes.. I am a lazy ass) But I can't post it now. I need to submit it in first. I'll probably post the video after 15th March.

Drawing wise, there are NO NEW DRAWINGS!! I is teh suxxors!! Long work hours really take a chunk out of me. It's not really long as it is arduous. (Bitch bitch bitch.. moan moan moan) It'll come to me though. Inspiration has not left me yet. Cross thy fingers.

Next post will probly be the t-shirt-thing-i-wanted-to-post-about-but-never-did. On a side note, i might take up sewing. What???!! Recently found this book about upcycling old raggity t-shirts. Seems simple and interesting enuff. And since all the young'ns are the scenester-diy type, this could probably be a way to make some decent change. So sewing..yes!!

I guess that's it for now. No-crapinus-unum!!!

Its a Chicken.. Its a Pigeon.. Im not sure!!

Embarrassingly this is my first attempt at 3d modeling. This was done for my 3d course assignment. We had to create/model a simple character and animate it for roughly 15 secs. As you can see, the chicken/pigeon/bird thing is simply done using basic shapes (spheres, cones, cylinders, etc). I suppose in the finished scene i'm just just gonna let 'im runaround like a crazed bird thing. But the assignment needed the character to interact with something/have other objects in the scene. So i'll probably get to that later. But this will be only a simple animation though. Admitedly i just do it to the filled requirements. I'll probablyl post more 3d stuff after i mastered 3d studio max. Here's hoping!!

Tool of choice: Anim8or v o.9.0
Timeline: Modeling - 3 hours learning + 1 hour modeling
Animating - ongoing

I lied...

Ok i lied.. exams were over ages ago. Heck I already started a new semester. But at least I post something new at last. They're just a compilation of sketches, but at least it's a good start.

1. Emo Punk dude
2. Future war (Future soldies+Machine Ghost Hybrid+Dragon Beast+Some chick dissolving)
3. An attempt in the fantasy genre - Dragon Knight
4. Master of Puppets - yes.. i did this after listening to Metallica
5. Shrek Smash!!!
6. Wukong.. in bling.. i mean chains..
7. Gully Smash.. ok.. Aramus' gloves are wrong.. but in my defense, i did this without reffering to the comic.
8. Birthday girl.. some cute stuff to avoid being typecasted.. :D
   

Flarghapafh!!

Yeah.. the title has nothing to do with anything I'm writing about.. Just an update for those who follow this blog (hello..hello..hello.. *cue cricket noises*). For the past few months I have been trudging away with work and school stuff. So I hadn't got a chance to update the blog. I do have a few sketches lined up from those few free times that I had. I'll start posting again once exams are over with. Colored pieces are..well.. not existent at the moment. But i WILL get those done!! Plus a few pics on t-shirt designs. And coming soon.. a very..i mean VERY amature animation clip. So stay tuned!

By the by, there's a new post on Mari Mari Mental (my ego blog) and probably a few more post on there in November since I'll be making a quick trip over to our neighboring country Indonesia. Bandung to be specific! Quick question.. do Bandung people (bandungites? bandungese?) refer to mee bandung and sirap bandung as just mee and sirap??

More from the sketchbook

Here's summore artwork from my sketchbook.. Its filling up like wildfire boy!!

First one's a fan art for a character created by mr.bohrtaag from pergh.com. I have no idea what has become of the character, but since i read about her in the pergh forums, i had to a fanart. this is almost finished sketch, hence the watermark.

Second piece is a normal sketchbook piece. Alot of doodles and such. I never really commit to an idea. I just do random stuff. Hopefully i'll see something i like, then i'll re-do it Photoshop.

The last piece was done during the not so recent one academy digital artwork exhibition at mid valley. this was drawn during on of their figure drawing classes. It was done in a public style (open air), so people kept looking over my shoulder when i was drawing. it was a little embarassing since it was my first time with charcoal.

From Thy Sketchbook

Some stuff from my sketchbook. These are mostly figure tests. Will be awhile from full out illustrations.

On Call:- Dr. Octopussy

Today's artwork was provided by the letter "P" for "Pergh.Com Character Redesign Battle". The battle was last week, so sorry for the delayed post. The purpose of the CRDB was to take a well known character, and then put your own spin on it, hence redesigning it (well..duh).

The last battle was to redesign Marvel's Dr.Octopus. Clearly I redesigned Doc Ock more than a person would expect. I thought I'd go for a more humouristic battle artwork. Whether I win or not..well..thats another story.

I'd cite Marvel for ownership for Doc Ock, but this resembles nothing like him. But for legal purposes I'll cite em anyway..

Dr.Octopus is owned by Marvel Comics

Medium: Wacom Graphire, PhotoShop CS
Duration: 1.5 hours