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

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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Caricature live sketching for NTU Alumni Club

An hour gig (6:30pm - 7:30pm).
Venue : NTU Alumni Club – Yunan Restaurant Ballroom
Theme : Halloween
I saw a Chinese "vampire"here. Really hilarious...lol!
Too bad that I didn't manage to take a photo of him.
Caricature live sketching for NTU Alumni Club - a
Caricature live sketching for NTU Alumni Club - b
Caricature live sketching for NTU Alumni Club - 1
This guy is easy to caricature.
Caricature live sketching for NTU Alumni Club - 2
I have a good warm-up this evening, with these easy and unique faces .
Caricature live sketching for NTU Alumni Club - 3
Caricature live sketching for NTU Alumni Club - 4
This lady is a challenging one. She requested for her 'normal' look.
Do I have X-Ray eyes? Lol....
Caricature live sketching for NTU Alumni Club - 5
Caricature live sketching for NTU Alumni Club - 6
Caricature live sketching for NTU Alumni Club - 7
Caricature live sketching for NTU Alumni Club - 8
This lady was one of my students (arha! Another one!) in one of the Caricature Workshop for AIA. She showed me her Lydia Shum caricature (stored in her iPhone) she has drawn during the workshop.

And this evening was a record for me... 13 caricatures drawn in an hour!

Friday, October 29, 2010

Caricature theme - Happy Birthday

Client's brief:-
"Theme : As a birthday card theme (similar to yr wedding card, except it's as a birthday card....I would like it as a card
something like http://www.caricature.com.sg/2007/06/wedding-invitation-card.html
but NOT as a wedding card, but birthday card theme
with the words "Hey Junie, Blessed Birthday", inside is blank.....also, in the picture can you include junie holding a stalk of sunflower"

Happy Birthday caricature A3
I don't do printing on card.
I get this caricature scanned into softcopy.
The client printed it out in a smaller version for the birthday card.

His feedback:-
"Ar... great!"

Sunday, October 24, 2010

My caricature by Amir Taqi

My caricature by Amir Taqi
A nicely painted caricature of me by a caricaturist friend on Facebook. Still waiting for a larger size (or original size) from him. He's just too busy to email me.....

digital caricature sketch of Andrew Nicholls

digital caricature of Andrew Nicholls
A sketch of my caricaturist friends (on Facebook) from United Kingdom.
He's the artist who told me where to get nice Photoshop brushes online.:)

Saturday, October 23, 2010

digital caricature of Marcelo Guerra

digital caricature of Marcelo Guerra - sketch
A loose sketch of this caricaturist with really unique drawing style (which I love very much) from Argentina.
digital caricature of Marcelo Guerra
Painted version.

A short video of this sketch.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Caricature for Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)

Client's brief:-
"Hi,
I would like to order a caricature of the attached pics.
The end product of the caricature would be a combination of the 2 pics ie. a pic of the person in front of the military vehicle (background).
I would like to request the caricature in ink (b/w)...."

Caricature for Singapore Armed Forces 221010

Schoolism Assignment 8 - Illustration Part 2

Schoolism assignment 8 - digital sketch of Joel
Citizen sketches - Joel....

Schoolism assignment 8 - digital sketch of Dan
and Dan.

Another part of the assignment - celebrity caricature with full body posture.
digital caricature sketch of furious Bruce Lee - 2 watermark
I discarded the Lady Gaga caricature (not knowing that this subject will be used for the last 3 assignments of this course initially), and worked on this Bruce Lee caricature.
Anyway, I don't have much more to work on the former too.
It was a lot more fun here. This expression was challenging. It doesn't have the usual look (the features, especially his eyes) of Bruce Lee. You can tell from the sketch above. It doesn't really showed his likeness, until I painted in the details.
digital caricature sketch of furious Bruce Lee - 5 watermark
digital caricature of furious Bruce Lee (WIP) watermark
This is still work-in-progress, waiting for Jason's critique, before I work on it further.
Will update this in a later post.:)

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Digital caricature for ANZ

Client's brief:-
".....- theme: person is Australian. He has worked in Asia for about 10 yrs mostly in Vietnam and Singapore. I was thinking of showing him as a mixed bag --- in his favorite sport (Australian football or golf) and showing some Vietnamese and Singaporean touches.
It's our group send off gift since he's leaving Singapore....
- digital caricature with theme in colour. Also need softcopy
- no need to see previews
- delivery by Friday morning, 22 Oct
- pls frame it.
BACKGROUND OF PERSON:
- male, Australian, 40 yrs old
- he has worked in Asia for about 10 yrs mostly in Vietnam and Singapore, and is moving back to Australia
- we want to show his time in Vietnam and Singapore


THEME:
- mixed with humour
- he is on surfboard since he loves surfing
- he's using jersey of his favorite Australian football team (will send picture separately)
- he's holding a baby shark on one hand (color of shark is normal grey colour)
- he's holding a golf driver on the other hand
- beside him is a golf bag and these things are coming out of the bag:
- credit card with ANZ logo
- call centre agent, female, with headset
- ATM with ANZ logo
- mobile phone
- internet banking
- background is Marina Bay Sands, merlion, and something about Ho Chi Minh city and Hanoi"

digital caricature for ANZ - 1
A crazy deadline. From the time the client made a deposit as confirmation of order, till the delivery date, I have about 1.5 days to work on the sketch, painting, send for printing, framing and delivery. These include the daily errands and routines. It is a good challenge to me, and see if I can complete thi sin time with quality. Usually I need at least 10 hours for such job. This means that I will be glued to my chair for long hours today......
digital caricature for ANZ - 2
digital caricature for ANZ - 3
The face - the most important part. It has to be done properly, no matter what....
digital caricature for ANZ - A3
Completed it within schedule....Phew.

A video of the drawing process.

Client's response, upon receiving this framed artwork:-
"Oh, cool!"

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

digital portrait illustration for Pico Art International - Michael Grenville Gray

digital portrait illustration of Michael Grenville Gray (revised) watermark
Another portrait illustration for this gentleman, as the client wanted him tolook younger and with less frown.
They sent me another reference photo for this.

Caricature theme - Formula One (F1) at Intergrated Resorts (IRs)

Client's brief:-
"Hi Mr Chong...


I had email you my gf 's pic together with the SAMPLE that I had chosen.....the 2 IRs and she holding e beer... hmm.. Are you able to draw the F1 ticket she holding too ?

Formula One caricature with MBS and Tiger Beer

lady portrait in pencil

lady portrait in pencil 20102010

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

lady portrait in pencil

lady portrait in pencil 19102010

another illustration sold.....

Client's brief:-
"I am interested in buying the attached caricature as an image suitable for a one off slide presentation; I would need a jpeg image of approx 1 MB in size.
http://www.caricature.com.sg/2009/08/illustration-sold-online.html"

Comic strip illustration - Roller Coaster watermark
Similar piece sold again, but to British Petroleum (United Kingdom) this time.

Couple caricatures Wedding @ Goodwood Park Hotel and caricatures for parents

Client's brief:-
"Hi Jit,

My fiancee,Valerie, and I love your caricatures, and would love to get ours, along with both our parents' done for our wedding on 20 November 2010!

Our plan is to have one for each of our parents (i.e., 4 individual caricatures) and another for ourselves (i.e. a couple caricature). Our requirement is as follow -
4 individual caricatures (his dad, his mum, her dad, her mum)....
1 couple caricature (us in one caricature)

"Descriptions of caricature themes:
"Benjamin & Valerie
  • Theme: Bride in off-shoulder wedding gown, Groom in Suit.Backdrop featuring Goodwood Park Hotel. Day-time look.
  • Preferably less stiff looking caricatures of us, more "interactive" type of emotions/look between us."


wedding couple caricatures @ Goodwood Park - A3

His Dad
  • Theme: Dad as a Chef.
  • Possibly holding a frying pan/ spatula on one hand, and another hand holding his Sony Ericsson Hazel mobile phone; because he will always text us the menu for the day"
chef caricature
"His Mother
  • Theme: Mom is one who's generous and always giving, has a very big heart
  • Possibly with a big handbag that's opened (she loves her bags!), and from within she reaches into the bag and dishes out hearts with both hands"
caring caricature
"Her Daddy
  • Theme: Daddy as a Handyman/Mr Fix-it.
  • Possibly holding a toolbox, or working on something in the house; because Daddy's able to do anything and everything, from fixing electrical stuffs, to gardening, to sewing, to plumbing, to cooking etc etc."
multi-tasking caricature
"Her Mummy
  • Theme: Mummy as a Perfect Homemaker, keeping all things in order in the house
  • Possibly cooking, keeping the home in pristine order. Aligning bed linen to hotel standards, packing books, clothes etc away neatly and in order."
housewife caricature
Upon their collection, I heard what the bride-to-be told her fiancé:-
"My mum looks like my mum... Your dad looks like your dad! .....My dad looks like my dad...... So cute! So beautiful!"

They dropped me an email for another 2 orders, with a feedback:-
"Hi Jit,


Thanks for the caricatures of our parents and also of us, it's really well drawn! We love your interpretation, looking at the caricatures makes us smile :)...."

They made my day.:)

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D

Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - g
An hour and a half (5:30pm - 7pm) gig at Ritz Carlton Hotel.
The client requested for 2 caricaturists.
I got Reggie to partner me for this gig.
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - c
Met my friends, Ivan and Lee (too shy to appear in this photo) doing wired art in this gig too.
Check out their blog. Ivan is a talented guy, who does painting, airbrush tattoo etc!
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - d
Arha... this nail-painting artist is one of my students - Krist. She told me that she attended my Caricature Workshop for AIA at Alexandra branch.
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - 1
The guests started to flow in. Time to kick start.
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - 2
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - 3
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - 4
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - 5
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - 6
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - 7
This is a cute one!
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - k
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - l
Lee caught me and Reggie in action.....
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - n
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - 8
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - 9
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - 10
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - 11
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - 12
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - 13
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - 14
I like these 2 caricatures especially.
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - 15
Caricature live sketching for Great Eastern D&D - 16
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