Blog and Artwork updates of Singapore caricaturist, portrait artist and illustrator - Jit

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Caricature theme - Bob the Builder + Winnie the Pooh + Barbie + Hello Kitty


The client's has his son's caricature done by me before, but I can't find it on my blog.
Think should be quite some time back.
This time these caricatures are for his nieces who loves Winnie the Pooh, Hello Kitty! and Barbie dolls.
His son likes Bob the Builder.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Caricature theme - Sexy Sue


Another sexy theme.
Client's brief:-
'Design:
At the top of design the word 'Sexy Sue'
Body- seated, wearing a black dress [sleeveless, tight dress, knee length, slit at the front]
holding a book that has a title 'SS'"
The client and her friend were laughing away when they came to pick it up.
They said the caricature looked so much like her...... sexy or not at all (i.e. so different from her usual self)?!!! Hahaha....

Caricature theme - hunk & sexy babe


The client wanted herself as a 'very' sexy babe, and her boyfriend to be a hunk.
Hope I have drawn her sexy enough.


Feedback from her:-
'Hi Jit,
It's very nicely drawn and we like it a lot. Thank you!
Definitely we will look for you sometime later again.'

Family caricatures in colour

Order from California.






Client's feedback:-
"You did an outstanding worked, it was very impressive the way you created the pictures of my family. It puts a smile on our faces looking at it. I am sure that once I mounted them and hanged it in the family room it will provide laughter and smile to us before we start our day. Thank much. I will get in touch with you in the future. By the way you are a man of your words, you said it will be ready on Oct 31 and it is, you are prompt in your worked, I do appreciate doing business with you. "

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Price adjustments

Spent few hours adjusting the prices of my portrait, caricature services and products etc.
Main reason is to cut down my workload. Mentally and physically can't take it anymore.
Working more than 12 hours everyday. Even weekends were burnt off.
The only way I can think of right now is to adjust my rates.
Hope it works and maintain the income I need to support my family and shop expenses etc.

Took out the Paypal buttons to avoid any confusions.
Some of my oversea (even local) clients paid without making any enquiries.
They missed the delivery time part, thinking they can get it in less than 2 weeks without any surcharge. Another part is the postage/shipping fee. Hence, I think it is better for them to email me to enquire before making any payments.

Found some repetitions on my website - on the services page. Amended some but not all.
Will do so when I have the time.....

Caricature for Lion Befrienders


The client's initial idea was to make a 3D caricature dolly for this gentleman, but subsequently decided on a 2D caricature for him, probably due to the price factor.
This gentleman has been doing emcee for them.
Thus, this caricature is meant as a 'thank you' gift to him.

Google PageRank 3 for my blog!!!

Yippee!!!....... after nearly 6 months of hardwork, though not very updated lately.
However, the posts are saved as drafts. They will be up, whenever I have time to post them up.
Trying hard to keep up-to-date, but just too much things on hand to be cleared.
See when it will catch up with my website PageRank of 4. Hopefully another 6 months time......
Just noticed last week that the icon of my website changed to the flower/sun instead of the 'e' icon all along. Looks good to me, but no idea of how it appeared.

Caricature in colour


Another under-exposed photo provided.
This one was worse, as the client told me she had double eyelids, but I can't see it even after I enlarged it.
His initial idea was to have a portrait of her, but the photo quality was just too bad for it.
Hence, he chose the caricature in colour.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Lady portrait in pencil


Quite a bad photo provided - under-exposed.
I tried not to put in too much shades on the shadow and the hair parts.

Caricature live sketching for Phillips Aloha Dinner & Dance

Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm. (Reggie, the other caricaturist which I have asked to come along with, sketched from 6pm - 7pm)
#The client needed 2 caricaturists for this event.
Venue: Sapphire Hall, Siloso Beach, Sentosa.
Nice setting and good timing (at sunset).
The photos turned out to have the Hawaii Aloha feel, with the costumes.






Miscommunication here. They told me both of them need to be done.
I thought they were couple, but in fact not.
After sketching halfway, the guy (see below) wanted to have 2 individual caricatures.
Thus, there was a space on the right of her caricature. She may have to cut the empty part.
Anyway, her unique features were shown when she smiled.
So capturing her essence at A5 wasn't a problem.


I like his caricature especially. Nice and fun to sketch.


This one not bad too.
She closed her eyes when I snapped the photo.
Copied her face with eyes open from another photo (but drawing was held slanting backward) and pasted in here.

Couple portraits in pencil


I like the overall feel of the intimacy of this couple, and especially on the sculptural shading part of the guy's facial muscles.

Friday, October 26, 2007

Caricature live sketching for SPC Magical Nyte 2007

An hour event at Amara Sanctuary Resort Sentosa for SPC Magical Nyte Annual D&D 2007.






Really enjoyed sketching her caricature. The bunny teeth + her features gave me a comical feel.



Coming back to Sentosa to sketch for another event tomorrow.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Caricature theme - Elektra


She (who ordered a caricature for her boss) saw a caricature of her friend (bottom left 1st guy in the caricatures) in the latter's email.
She got my contact, and requesting for a caricature of herself, to be used in her email, as a icon of herself.
Didn't have a clear idea of the theme she wanted, and settled on this theme after browsing my website, blog and online.
The girl in the Elektra was more like a puppet, and arms and jaws (in pieces) were joined by strings. Thought she wanted the same initially, after looking at the attachment she sent me. Hahaha..... Of course it won't look that good.
Anyway, this posture, colour scheme and design made her looked sexy and pretty, I think.
I like it too.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Caricature theme - golf



A belated gift for the client's boss for the Bosses' Day, who loves to play golf.
He has a big tummy, which she asked me to emphasize it.

Caricatures of Rain and Se7en

Caricature orders from the fans to these 2 Korean Superstar - Rain and Se7en.
They will be bring these caricatures to Korea and Japan (where they will be holding their concerts) to present to them. The Singapore landmarks were to represent the country where the fans came from. Every fans were supposed to bring in something representing their country.
Thus, they opted for caricatures as the gift. Think maybe it was the fans club idea.

The 'thumb' (that's what they told me) icon on the hat was specially requested to be included. Maybe that's the Fans Club icon?


Not familiar with his look, but heard his name before.
The client provided a few photos which he looked quite different.
Thus, I did some search online, to confirm his 'usual' look.
The bra and pantie were what he has shown in his concert, and the client wanted me to include too. The green '7" fluorescent sticks were what they hold in the concerts.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Caricatures for SITF



More order from SITF. Maybe left out in the last few orders.

Caricature theme - wedding



Wedding peak season when it comes to every year end.
The bridal gown reference was provided by the bride.
At least a different design. Hahaha.... very bad at fashion design.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Caricature theme - working on PC


A gift for her boyfriend who's always working in front of his PC.
Maybe just want to accompany him while he's working.

Caricature theme - wedding on bumble bee


The bride's idea of them on a bumble bee. Inspiration from 'The Bee Movie"? But the bee was not from there.
Below them is CHIJMES and the crowd waving to them.

Caricature theme - outdoor beach wedding



The bride's idea of having a beach wedding theme, with the groom's favourite car - vintage Volkswagen Beetle next to them.
As the photo reference by her was a bright white sand coastline, I coloured in the blue sky to enhance the effect of calmness. And the overall effect turned out quite well.
Feedback from the client:-
"Dear Jit,
Just wish to express my heartfelt appreciation for your effort in doing up a beautiful caricature for us.
My finance loves it, and a big thank you from us!
Cheers,
Sabrina & Chew Seng"

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Caricature theme - golf + birthday


This client browses through my gallery on my website and chooses this design which I have done long ago. I am not drawing this theme anymore. Just don't have the urge to do it.
She likes the idea of the bird being hit by the golf ball, with a birthday cake in the air.

Caricature live sketching for KK Hospital D&D 2007

An hour event at Raffles Ballroom, Swissotel.
The 9 available slots (I can sketch in an hour) were taken up fast.





My favourite 3 caricatures done for this event. The above and the following 2 caricatures.



Friday, October 19, 2007

Jit, Share your Artwork in our Gallery Artecomunicarte. It´s free !!!

A very long email:-

"Dear, Jit:

Visit our website "artecomunicarte" at http://www.artecomunicarte.com/, where you can show your artwork worldwide.
The main purpose of this website is to promote art as a non-profit organization , including disciplines such as painting, sculpting, literature, music, engraving, photography and dancing.
Artecomunicarte broadens the possibilities of creativity, training and expression offered to the artistic and intellectual community, including children, youth and adults in terms of cultural diversity of all different countries.
There is a dedicated link where artists and visitors to this website may interact by giving or receiving information about artwork, the artists' development, personal comments, and inquiries.
We would like to make clear that Artecomunicarte was created with the sole purpose of promoting artists and their work with no monetary benefits for the organization. Come and share your artwork with us!

Sincerely,

Artecomunicarte A.C.


If you are interested with our website Gallery, I can take your information of your website. If you give me your authorization You can do your register. We have an english version or please send me a email with the next requirements.


We need the next requirements.
PERSONAL DATA:
Full Name.
Age.
Direction, City and Country.
Telephones of contact
E-mail.
Biography or Curriculum (optional).
Picture (optional).
DATA OF PAINTERS :
Representative photography's of works to expose (the artist will have to send images of good quality by electronic mail in format JPG) and specifications for each one of works:
Title.
Technique.
Stile.
Size.
Year of creation .
Commentary on its work (optional ).

All the material and documentation will be sent by electronic mail properly presented/displayed. The images must have a resolution of 72 píxeles.


DATA OF SCULPTURE:
A maximum of 4 representative photographies of its works (the artist will have to send images of good quality by electronic mail) and specifications of each one of works:
Title.
Material of sculpture.
Size:
Height
Wide
Length
Year of creation .
Commentary on its work.

All the material and documentation will be sent by electronic mail properly presented/displayed. The images must have a resolution of 72 píxeles.

DATA OF PHOTOGRAPHY:
A maximum of 4 representative photographies of its works (the artist will have to send images of good quality by electronic mail) and specifications of each one of works:
Title.
Technique.
Size.
Year of creation .
Commentary on its work.

All the material and documentation will be sent by electronic mail properly presented/displayed. The images must have a resolution of 72 píxeles.

DATA OF DANCE:
A maximum of 4 representative photographies of its works (the artist will have to send images of good quality by electronic mail) and specifications of each one of works:
Title.
Dance or Dance in which it participates.
Year of the event .
Commentary on its work.

All the material and documentation will be sent by electronic mail properly presented/displayed. The images must have a resolution of 72 píxeles.


DATA O F LITERARY WRITERS:
A maximum of 4 of its works (the artist will have to send writings to expose in Word document by electronic mail) and specifications of each one of works:
Title.
Type of literature.
Year of creation.
Commentary on its work.

DATA OF ENGRAVING:
A maximum of 4 representative photographies of its works (the artist will have to send images of good quality by electronic mail) and specifications of each one of works:
Title.
Technique.
Size.
Year of creation.
Commentary on its work.

All the material and documentation will be sent by electronic mail properly presented/displayed. The images must have a resolution of 72 píxeles.


DATA OF SONGS:
A maximum of 4 of songs (the artist will have to send to the songs in format mp3 by electronic mail) and specifications of each one of the songs:

Name of the song.
Type of music.
Year of creation.
Commentary of Letter .
DATA OF MUSIC AUTHOR
Full Name or Group Name.
Rank of ages in which it participates:
Children.
Teens.
Adults.
Direction, City and Country.
Telephones of contact.
E-mail.
Biography or Curriculum.
Pictures (optional):
Note: If the interpreter is not the music author, contributed single with the data that know to the author.

DATA OF THE LETTER AUTHOR
Full name or Group name.
Rank of ages in which it participates.
Children.
Teens.
Adults.
Direction, City and Country.
Telephones of contact.
E-mail.
Biography or Curriculum.
Picture (optional).
Note: If the interpreter is not the letter author, contributed single with the data that know to the author.
DATA OF THE LETTER AUTHOR.
Full name or Group name.
Rank of ages in which it participates:
Children.
Teens.
Adults.
Direction, City and Country.
Telephones of contact.
E-mail.
Biography or Curriculum.
Picture (optional).
Note: If the interpreter is not the music composer, contributed with the data that know to the author. "

Allowed them to take informations from my website, but I have no time submitting other informations yet, and don't know which artwork to submit also. Too many things to do on hand currently, not only drawings........

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Caricature theme - roller blading


He loves KFC and roller blading.
Thus, this client came out a wild idea of him blading after KFC.
May not look that good if I used that KFC old man.
So I chose the KFC Chicky, changing the expression and posture, based on the reference I found on Google Images.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Caricature theme - Ratatouille


This caricature turned out quite good. Looked quite close to the Ratatouille Nintendo DS game poster provided, especially when I coloured in the background.

Caricature theme - IT


A gift from the client to her brother who is an IT (programmer?) guy, always working in front of his computer.
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