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

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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Family caricatures in colour

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Last job for 2008.

"Oh!!! It's nice!"
The feeling is good to hear that from the client.

Master Futures Trading poster

Master Futures Trading with Robin Ho
Done up this poster for Robin's Futures trading course - Master Futures Trading with Robin Ho, coming in February 2009.
This will be used for the book cover, flyer, advertisement on papers, blog, forum and website.
No drawing was done here.
I used (Robin's) photos, screen captures of the trading platform, charts etc, and did everything in Photoshop. Main concept here was to show what he will see (charts, markets, forex etc) when he trades Futures. All these are co-related and affect one another.
All these was reflected in the shadow area of his portrait, with some bar charts in his smiling eyes too. This reflects how he sees and trades the markets with confidence.
Spent a few hours to play around with all the layers, distortion etc, and to be frank, I like the final outcome a lot.

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Caricature live sketching for Marina Square - Day 2

Today was a four hour event - 3pm - 5pm and 6pm - 8pm.
This should be my last event for 2008.

Maybe Wilfred thinks that I was too bored in last Saturday event at Marina Square, he brought his kids here way before my event. He said cthey ame here to 捧场. Hahaha...

The management put a signage (free caricature etc) at the front of the Activity Corner today.
But, I think the non-stop flow of the people was due to the start-rolling of the ball by Wilfred's kids. Right after I started sketching them, these people started to crowd around.
The queue list was filled up quickly.
I literally drawing non-stop for these 4 hours, excluding the 1 hour break in between.


These were the photos taken by Wilfred, using his handphone.


I took them from his blog.

You can see his post here .




Told him his Youtube video title will get me 'shot' by people.




Now, it was changed, but became his blog post title.
You can ignore that.

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His 2 rascals (Justin and Jaslynn), which he always called them. Hahaha.....
Justin holding a gun, and Jaslynn holding a bouquet of flowers..... with a bomb beneath, as requested by her parents. Must be always quarelling with her brother.

Caricature live sketching for Marina Square Day 2 - 2a
Then he went around snapping photos using my Nikon D80.
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Caricature live sketching for Marina Square Day 2 - 2d
Saw the 2 signages prepared by the management, on the columns?
Caricature live sketching for Marina Square Day 2 - 2f
Oh, the managemenr lady was behind me. No worries. She's a nice person.
(You may not be able to tell which one was her?)
And I was working hard too. Hahaha....
Caricature live sketching for Marina Square Day 2 - 2g
Caricature live sketching for Marina Square Day 2 - 2i
He was not frowning:)))
That's the way his eyebrows looked like.

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Done.

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Caricature live sketching for Marina Square Day 2 - 4a
Wilfred came back and snapped somemore photos for me, after her wife wondered off with the 2 kids.
Caricature live sketching for Marina Square Day 2 - 4b
He told me that this kid looked cute.


Video taken with his handphone.
He emailed me which I uploaded it to Youtube.
Not very sharp, but better than nothing.
You seldom see my live sketching videos on my blog, as I usually attend events alone.
Caricature live sketching for Marina Square Day 2 - 4
He likes cars, as what his mum told me.
Drew him playing with a cartoon car.
Looked quite good to me.

Caricature live sketching for Marina Square Day 2 - 5a
Too many people in the queue. I cut down on the theme of each drawing.

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Caricature live sketching for Marina Square Day 2 - 7
This is Wilfred.
His wife Jacqueline disappeared. Camera shy. No choice.
Problem of knowing your friend for 22 years.
Never looked at his features closely. My impression of him and his actiual features of him differs. I can't find out the reason at the time when I was sketching him.
Looking at the photo now, I can see that his nose needs to be bigger and rounder, face longer.
That should capture his essence better.
His wife thinks that her mouth was too big. Her eyes were big too ma. Why never complain? Hahaha....

By the way, I have drawn their caricatures about 11 -12 years ago, when Wilfred was in United States. He asked me to deliver the framed artwork to his girlfriend (at that time), if I remembered correctly.
This drawing is still hanging in their house.
Looking at it again, that drawing looks pretty 'bad' now.
My drawing techniques looked quite raw.
Maybe 12 years later, I think all these drawings done currently, also very bad.

That should be a good thing for an artist.
At least, I have improved over the years.
Just like the drawings I put up on my website.
Some of them were done many years back.
Compare them with those drawings (which are more recent) on this blog, you should be able to tell the difference.

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This was quite close, I think.

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This family was from Kuala Lumpur.
They will be going back after their drawings were done.
Nice to see people from my country.
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Caricature live sketching for Marina Square Day 2 - 11
Last one, before the break.

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These 2 younger sisters were not so lucky.
They waited another hour more to get their caricatures drawn.
My camera was accidentally switched to manual focus, and I didn't realise it.
The drawing was out of focus.
Was looking at the subject when I snapped.
Subsequent photos look blur.
I thought I drew too much till my vision turned out of focus.Caricature live sketching for Marina Square Day 2 - 13
I used the manual focus ring and now it backed in focus.
Still thinking must be something wrong with my lens already.
I only realised it after a few drawings were done.

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Good girl.
Holding her smile through out the whole sketching process.

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She looks like (especially the pointed eyes) a daughter of one of my friends who used to work in Clarke Quay.

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Very active before her turn.
Grouchy when it was her turn.
Smiling when I snapping her photo.

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Caricature live sketching for Marina Square Day 2 - 20
He was shocked when he saw that I drew his mouth so big and lips so thick, but his mum was giggling away.

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This couple was watching enthusiastically and waiting patiently for their turn.
I can feel it.
They even requested to snapped a photo with me with tehir caricatures.
Looked like tourists to me.
Reminded me of those days when I was drawing in Clarke Quay and busking in Orchard Road.I drew tourists almost everyday, until I moved to China Square.Now, I work from my home office.The only time I draw foreigners was when I have oversea orders via emails.
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Saw the 2 kids in the background?
My wife brought them here, to give me a surprise.
Before that, my instinct told me that they might come.:)))

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Last one, and job done.

Hard work for the day. Time to get some nice food.
Brought my wife and kids to the Hokkaido restaurant on Level 1 for dinner, and I have to say - their Ramen was fantastic, though not cheap. Very close to the Ramen in Japan, which I have eaten 4 years ago.
Jiale and Jiaxi have their Hokkaido ice cream (green tea and milk tea flavours - their favourites)after waiting anxiously for us to finish our dinner.

Caricature in colour

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To be frank, I like this rendering a lot.
I can 'feel' his facial muscle looking at this drawing.
Can't help looking at it again and again. Hahaha....
I think his features, expression and photos helped me in rendering the shades well.
If it is a plain face with no distinctive features, I won't get such result.

My sister-in-law said this gentleman looks familiar to her.
Looks like one of the big shots in MOE. Is it?
Not idea.

Friday, December 26, 2008

Caricature theme - "Stylo-Milo"

Last brief:-
"Name of person: Mharlon
Theme: Can you draw him like he is a “stylo-milo” person posing with lots and lots of cameras (in background) taking pictures of him?

Words to be on caricature: You’ll be missed!"

Caricature of a stylo-milo guy

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Caricature theme - Baker

Second brief:-
"Name of person: Kai Ling
Theme: Can you draw her as a baker standing in front of a bakery named “Five Leaves”?

Words to be on caricature: Make your dream come true!"
Caricature of a Baker at Five Leaves Bakery

Caricature theme - Supermodel on catwalk

A series of (3) caricature orders from the same client.
Meant as farewell gift.
First brief:-
"Name of person: Salinah
Theme: Can you draw her as a supermodel with a sexy pose on catwalk or frontpage of some big magazine?

Words to be on caricature: It won’t be the same without you here!"
Caricature of a SuperModel catwalk
ELLE should be one of the big magazine. Am I right?
This dress was't anyhow whack one.
I saw it online - a dress on a catwalk model. :)))

Caricature live sketching for Singapore Art Museum

Caricature live sketching at Singapore Art Museum Christmas Open House - a
A 2-hour event (1pm-3pm) at Singapore Art Museum (SAM), Glass Hall.
Initial booking was from 2pm - 4pm.
The management decided to start my session 1 hour earlier few days ago.
Good too. I can go home earlier, to get ready for the Christmas dinner at home later.
Caricature live sketching at Singapore Art Museum Christmas Open House - e
The title of this event is Christmas Open House.
Usually they won't open the Glass Hall (or SAM?) to the public, except public holidays (just like the Istana). That was what the management told me.

The last time I sketched in Singaproe Art Museum was for their SAM 5th Anniversary Bash. Can't remember how many years back, and that was about 6 hours per day, and 2-3 days in a row. I still have that T-shirt the event organiser gave me.:)))
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In fact, I only saw this program list when I was about to leave.
Didn't notice that there were 2 sessions of Xin Yao (新谣) performance.
Those songs like 細水長流, 戀之憩, 秋心赋, 水的话, 讓夜輕輕落下, 你的倒影 brought back many teenage memories (yes, almost 20 years back), though not sung by the original artistes. My drawing speed was slightly slowed down because of these nice songs. So much memories flashing in my mind suddenly.

Caricature live sketching at Singapore Art Museum Christmas Open House - b
The venue - Glass Hall.
My table was on the left side, not setup yet though.
Caricature live sketching at Singapore Art Museum Christmas Open House - c
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One of the highlights - Finger print art.

Caricature live sketching at Singapore Art Museum Christmas Open House - 1
Before I finished sketching this boy, the queue list was filled up.
That was fast!
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If you do notice, I am back to sketching in ink.
More comfortable with it, though I didn't bring my caricature samples in ink again. Hahaha....
Don't think they mind or whether they notice the difference in medium in the first place.
(I displayed caricature samples in pencil, instead of in ink )
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Caricature live sketching at Singapore Art Museum Christmas Open House - 4
Caricature live sketching at Singapore Art Museum Christmas Open House - 5
I enjoyed sketching her features. Pretty distinct!

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Caricature live sketching at Singapore Art Museum Christmas Open House - 9
He's easy to sketch.

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This lady too.

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The nice songs made these caricatures turned out good. Or was it that my mood was good because of the songs. Could be.
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Caricature live sketching at Singapore Art Museum Christmas Open House - 17
The last one for the day.
Should be a good ending, if not for a woman making a fuss.
She complained that I shouldn't let them write down their names in the queue, if I cannot take in so many. I told her I have written down on the queue list that it 'ends at 3pm', and I have told those people who wrote down their names subsequently. If I have time, I will draw more, but it was not confirmed that they will get their caricatures drawn.
In addition, my job today was to sketch , and not to manage the queue. I can't be telling everyone that, when I need to concentrate on my drawing.
She complained to the management eventually, but thank goodness, the latter ignored her.

The management (lady) later apologised to me for the fuss.
Wah! Not her fault in the first place.
Told her it was not the first time. I have seen so many such people in my 14 years of doing live sketching for events. There will always be the last one. The following one either disappointed, asked me to draw more, or kicked up a fuss like that woman. There has to be an end somewhere. Best cut-off time is to end at the time when I am engaged till.

She told me that she didn't expect the response was so overwhelming.
Previously, their Open House events were quite quiet.
If she expected of such response, she would engaged 2 caricaturists, as proposed by me initially.

Caricature live sketching at Singapore Art Museum Christmas Open House - d
Finally, I have a glimpse of the 2 Xin Yao singers, whom brought back my long neglected teenage memories.

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Nice encounter at SAM.
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