Entries from white space, white noise tagged with 'art'
Our culture
Kill or be Killed Photoshop CS3 February 2008 (Click to expand) Formed of a culmination of thoughts, emotions and experiences from two years of mandatory national service spent in the country's armed forces, this piece of work seeks to...
Years ago
When I was sixteen I created what was probably my first true piece of art with something to say. I wasn't very good with titles so I termed it as best as I could, Popularity. That was the word that...
Contesting notions
Harbor Raid Photoshop CS2 (Click to expand) Popularity contests aren't the type of things I'm most comfortable taking part in, partly because they require a certain manner of shameless self-promoting which I have never been good at, and also...
Exit, unobserved
And We March On Photoshop CS2 (Click to expand) If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?...
Why you'd want to live here
Respite (Click to expand)...
Soon is a long time
Godwin's Space Photoshop CS2 (Click to expand) There's a complete domain redesign in the works right now, every page will get a new look (which you can preview in the above presentation), and everything is expected to go live...
Futility
Futility Photoshop CS2 (Click to expand) There is a certain futility in work one eventually observes on the ground. In a conscripted armed force, people from all walks of life come into play, but not everyone will do their...
No use telling people won't buy it
Quarteryear (Click to enlarge) All except the first are sketches made in the past quarter year or so. The last one consists of people from a magazine and the rest were drawn from life. Yes even the Peak one,...
It's a good Friday
At its Dawn (Detail Crops) Photoshop CS2 (Click any to expand) I haven't worked on anything this detailed for a very long time and coming to think of it, it's almost been two years since I worked on my...
And I think so too
Victory Photoshop CS2 Dawn of Victory concept illustrations (Click to expand) Painted these over the weekend for the Dawn of Victory mod, pretty fun to do, and I'm quite pleased with how my speed works are beginning to not...
Future undecided
Checked out the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts' open house over weekend, from what I gathered I'm leaning ever more away from this choice. My largest consideration has got to be environment, that'd mean first and foremost my peers, -...
Might as well
Hard Fall Photoshop CS2 (Click to expand) It might as well have happened this way; take away the living part of life and just throw us the uniforms, pep talks, and high flung intentions at birth. Might as well...
A pictorial travelogue, part 1
When I woke up this morning, a thought occured to me that everyday could and should be Christmas, because I believe in a living God, and that meant that the greatest miracle wasn't to be remembered just one day in...
Too early to say goodnight
Foreign (Click to expand) Sameness (Click to expand) Just a backlog of stuff from my sketchbook documenting life: familiar things turning foreign and each day exuding a painful sameness, vice versa. Few words left to say these days, well...
Catch for us the foxes
mewithoutYou has absolutely got to be the best band I have heard for a very long time. Sure I've heard of them before, but I never did bother to look into it or even take a listen to their songs,...
Blip
Weird (Click to enlarge) What's That!? (Click to enlarge) From Friday at NJC where they were having this year's coursework exhibition. Gotta agree with William that it felt quite underwhelming, which makes it a total opposite from last year's...
In Soviet Russia planes fly you!
Crimson Haze Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) Painted this last weekend for Dawn of Victory, a mod for Star Wars Empire at War. It basically places World War II factions and an alien race in a science fiction setting,...
A picture's worth
Off on a Monday from my weekend guard duty, I've decided to upload some of the (more presentable) things that have gone into my sketchbook in the past month and a bit more. Figurines (Click to expand) Self-explanatory, exactly what...
With plastic hearts and smiles
Happy People Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) You could draw links to the "four million smiles campaign", but that was not at all my original intention. The existence of said campaign though serves well as a transparent showcase of...
Connect
Threaded Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) Person to person wired up. The connections we make hang by threads. Speech by bytes. Tension but no feeling. Do they carry any life? Are we getting any closer? It is easy to...
Typical
Untitled, In Progress Photoshop 7 I'll finish the above and write something for it when I have the time, it's an image that's been lingering in my mind for a while and I intend to bring it to fruition....
Lapse
Lapse How much does your world change in two hours?...
Call us out
They're Building Hate Today Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) Drew some direct reference from Manet's Execution of Maximilian, but as to what the work means, I'll leave it up to interpretation. Actually I didn't catch the Parade at all...
Round up
Protection Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) Who decides what we read, hear, and see? Who decides what we can or cannot do and say? Who are we answerable to? Who are you answerable to?...
Run
Breaking Ranks Photoshop 7 (Click to enlarge) Not sure exactly what it's supposed to mean, if I had to I'd say it's the search for identity and dignity, and the struggle with being. Life's been fine so far....
What's that you said?
Art - meant to inspire? Or a display of inspiration? Inspiration - invalid if non-conforming? Just a couple of days back, I was told by someone that real good art inspires the viewer. This critic, a man probably into his...
Random
Been doing some random jobs in the past few weeks. Actually "job" may be a misleading word to some, because I'm not getting paid for any of this; but it's fun, I get to help a friend, and it counts...
Revisit
Challenge to growth Photoshop 7 (Click to enlarge) Revisiting the theme of man's decadent progression in his addiction to materiality....
Forging ahead
Forging Ahead Photoshop 7 (Click to expand for 1280x1024 wallpaper) Also available in 1024x768 and 1280x960. So it's back to stay-in-camp life for me, goodbye....
Stutter step to those slammin' grooves
The Cat Empire (Click to expand) The Cat Empire is awesome. I simply can't think of another word to describe this band, they play a really really cool mix of jazz, funk, reggae, world music plus a great touch...
The limit of subjectivity
Because I Look Like an Artist Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) The appreciation of art is most certainly a subjective process, but I believe there are certain basic visual and/or conceptual qualities which must be present before something can...
Get up and move it
Kill or be Killed Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) At the end of the day, all we are meant to be are killing machines. Afterall, the universal rule from the infantryman to the tanker to the pilot is to...
Mirror paradox
Supply Chain, Part 2 Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) You're sold to it, but so is he, her, and everybody else. You'd fight to get your slice; but competition is just a word; we're all after the same things...
Shop
Supply Chain, Part 1 Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) It's like shopping at a supermarket. Do you want it or need it? If it's not this one, it's the other, but they're all the same so you're sold to...
Duty
Dutybound Citizen Soldier Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) It was so hard to imagine what it'd be like before we went in. But now that we're in, it's hard even to remember what life used to be like....
Down the line
Game of Life Photoshop 7 (Click to expand)...
Let them speak
Boh Tea Farm Pen and marker on paper Outside Bunk Five Pen on paper Non-routine Pen on paper Photoshop 7 paintover (Click each to enlarge)...
Wordless
Untitled Photoshop 7 (Click to enlarge)...
Silhouette
Citylines Coloured pencil, pen, and marker on paper (Click to enlarge) So what's been up in my life? Went to check out the briefings for A level students at Lasalle on Friday, definitely made me understand better the distinction...
A beginning or an end
Bunk Coloured pencil and marker on paper (Click to expand) So it's been 12 weeks, only one more to go to POP (Passing Out Parade). Sure there were tough times, there were times I just totally felt like giving...
Standing on the edge
Load Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) This is what it's like to be on a speeding tonner with a drizzle outside....
Same
Dusk Coloured pencil on paper (Click to enlarge) It's the same sky, the same sea, the same sun, the same scene, the same scent, the same stink, It's the same old shit. Everything, everyday....
Line of best fit
Range Pen, pencil and marker on paper Digitally recomposited and recoloured (Click to expand)...
Overdue
This is the A Level coursework prep I never showed, so I finally got pics, they're not the best, but it'll suffice for now. Trinity (Click to enlarge) Going Up (Click to enlarge) Man and Machine (Click to enlarge) Power...
Different names for the same thing
So maybe I lied when I said you won't hear of it again, but I got a pleasant surprise when I checked my email today: (Click for link) A part of me feels great for the achievement, yet another part...
They say that in the army
I was supposed to update on army life two days ago but procrastination and Battlefield 2 got the better of me. But anyways, like I mentioned before, it was fine, then again the real BMT hasn't exactly begun yet, so...
24 hours without sleep
I went without sleep for over 24 hours just so that my Drawing and Painting paper would turn out alright, and it did, in my opinion anyway. I liked how the final piece turned out, it seemed like I was...
The end is nigh
Constructivist Deconstruction Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) 13 hours and 25 minutes to be exact....
To be
To question the assumptions When you see a still image of an action, how can you be sure of what is happening if you never saw that presumed action taking place? Certainly there will be visual clues that guide you...
Cornered
Darts Painter IX & Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) Sometimes it's best to just shut up, then less words will come back to haunt you. I don't know, I feel depression setting in again. But anyways, the picture has...
Beach
Bintan Painter IX with reference (Click to enlarge) Good times, heh don't even know when we can or will meet again. Next time, let's go further away....
Practice
Out of Bounds Acrylic on canvas (Click to enlarge) For a 3 hour piece I think it wasn't too bad, but of course more practice is needed, I left my paints in school though, they're too darn bulky....
In the light
Out of Bounds Photoshop 7 Quick photo-manip composition for tomorrow's P2 practice, images came from militaryphotos.net. I'm quite happy anyway with what I managed to come up with, there's quite a bit of meaning in there if you want...
Let's start simple
Are We There Yet? Painter IX (Click to enlarge)...
Exposure
Tonight was great. Exposure is NJ AEP's coursework exhibition which I checked out this evening, and what can I say other than that it's awesome? At first it left me feeling rather defeated - if I could use such a...
Infinity is nothing
Decadent Progression Photoshop 7 & CS2 GCE "A" Level Art Coursework (Click to enlarge) In his endless pursuit of progress, man has built around him a Machine. It is a construction of utmost magnificence, but though man is its...
A statement
In his endless pursuit of progress, man has built around him a machine, it is a magnificent construction, but even though man is its operator, subsistence, and champion, he relishes in the success of his own creation and becomes a...
Kaleidoscope
Coursework, Progress Shots Photoshop 7 (Right frame on top, left below. Click to expand)...
Paint an army
Scatter Conformation Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) I'm posting this on Monday the 26th so that yesterday doesn't look so empty heh. I think this is where one of the greatest advantages of working digitally really shines through, no...
Plan of attack III
Concept 0740 Photoshop 7 Time flies. People wake up and go about their business, there's no rest. But for now, I need some rest....
Plan of attack II
Concept 0650 Photoshop 7 The sun rose from under a storm this morning. The rain's still falling, and as day breaks, the background noise gets louder, it's Sunday but the world's getting ready to work....
Plan of attack I
Concept 0530 Photoshop 7 I hear the first buses coming in at the stop, it's quite surreal really, skipping sleep. The funny thing is that this probably won't even end up as prep to be handed in. Well, it's...
Fitter happier
Expansion Photoshop 7 (Click to expand)...
Productivity
River Taxi Photoshop 7 (Click to enlarge) I spent most of the day reading - a mixture of websites, notes and wikis - as a continuation of last night's activity (did take a short nap though), whether I've really...
Ten years
Orca Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) Made for a community wallpaper contest in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Command & Conquer (that's 4 links by the way), and also because the Orca is cool. [Updated 8 September]...
Dare you to move
Pastel Cut Photoshop 7 I'm bored....
Consider it done
Coursework Diptych, Untitled Photoshop 7 & CS2 (Click to view in gallery)...
Final stretch
Taking a break from painting (digitally that is). I'm not planning on sleeping tonight, it's fine since I don't have school tomorrow, just gotta head down to campus to hand the teachers the psd for print. This is what it...
Crunch time
I plan to finish it all by the latest August 25. Note that the following cropped previews are from my most complete panel, and I have two more, one which I haven't started on. That's right, always set impossible targets....
We'll experience some turbulence and then explode
Whiskey Corridor Work in Progress for AC:DT mod Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) WIP, off to bed....
Revolution solution
Coursework, Untitled, Frame 2, cropped Work in Progress Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) I'm behind schedule. Not that there's really one in my own mind, but this is taking way longer than I expected, perhaps I really have to...
Where to?
Out Photoshop 7 Why yes I did go out today, but more specifically I went to the HYPE gallery at The Arts House (old parliament building) to submit a piece of work. If you'd like to buy it, click...
Into oblivion
You Fall Photoshop 7...
Noise?
Baybeats 2005 Photoshop 7 (Click for 1024x768 wallpaper, 1200x900 version available here) Baybeats was cool, I was there the entire evening yesterday and checked out some 10 bands. Some were good, some bad, and some inbetween. Lunarin was definitely...
So I don't have a scanner
From the Sketchbook Sketches (Click to enlarge) Also an exercise in colour and design and stuff, whatever. I think the above presentation looks better than what they're linked to heh. Anyways, today was a rather uneventful day, most productive...
It never seemed so strange
Charge Photoshop 7 (Click to enlarge) There's some history behind this piece, it's based on concept from AR2, which is mentioned in the "about" section of this site. Perhaps we did spend too much time than worthwhile on a...
Deadlines are evil
Coursework, Untitled, Frame 3, cropped Work in Progress Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) I'm not going to finish it by tomorrow, but I don't care. There's no way you can expect me to not be angry about it. The...
Shoot an apple off my head
William Tell Photoshop 7 with reference (Click to enlarge) Practice done for this thread at Sijun.com, do go view if you are free, although it's just practice, some have made some rather interesting interpretations....
Flight of time
Coursework Triptych, Coloured Sketch Work in Progress Photoshop 7 Coursework, Untitled, Frame 3 Work in Progress Photoshop 7 (Click for detail)...
Touchdown
Dragonfly Photoshop 7 (Click to enlarge) Just practice... created a nice set of brushes in the process....
Another view
The People's Car Photoshop 7 with reference (Click to enlarge) This was rather fun, took a little long, but who cares. Attended my cousin Hong Swee's wedding today, saw this beetle there, as well as a VW microbus, all...
View of the world, 2
Speed Study 2 Photoshop 7 Almost an hour to do this crap, I still suck......
View of the world
Speed Study 1 Photoshop 7 (Click to enlarge) With my 3 compositions just about done, I was bored and glanced to my left and started painting. Note that I was in school, working with a mouse and an 800x600...
Not so cold
The Oppression Photoshop 7 (Click to expand) Concept illustration for Iron Grip. If you're interested in seeing the progress of this piece of work, just change the number 12, it starts from 01....
Eversmann
Man Down Photoshop 7 with reference (Click to enlarge) Old piece of work to fill in the space. Quite apt too since I've been reading Blackhawk Down (which story is quite different from what the movie depicted). War is...
And we will become silhouettes
Orange Photoshop 7 with reference It doesn't even look like her =P Well at least I got closer with the second try. Must draw more humans! Oh well Tiff, hope you don't mind (also that I removed the ROXY...
You are here, here, and here
The Chart, Version 1 For coursework, text and contents subject to change Photoshop 7 (Click to enlarge) Yea yea the words don't make sense, up to interpretation, but I'd like to hear what people think. Forgot to mention, I...
Sounds
Ta Phrom, Cambodia Photoshop 7 with reference (Click to enlarge) Speedpaint practice, kinda like how it turned out. So now I understand what they mean when they say work big. Anyways, been listening to some new music... I've actually...
Barcode
The Face of Man Photoshop 7 (Click to enlarge) Open to interpretation. But I guess it's obvious enough....
Because I felt like it
Blonde (crop) Photoshop 7 with reference (Click to enlarge) For practice, I know the hair sucks, gotta find out how to paint hair properly in photoshop. On another note, totally wasted the weekend again, especially considering it was a...
Three days left
Heat, Revised (crop) Painter 7 & Photoshop 7 with no reference (Click to enlarge) The above picture will be used in Iron Curtain (mod for Generals ZH), which we've been working on in secret for the past year and...
Pain is temporary
Went to the doctor's today and fixed up my toe; hope it heals fine. For those who don't know, I got an ingrown toenail (for almost a year...), on both sides of my right toe. Yes ouch, it was rather...
Watercolour is cool
Study, Iraqi Soldier Watercolour on paper (Click for detail) Was reading this art book Timeless Jiangnan, and the watercolour paintings inspired me to do something. Yes yes I know its nothing much, but this is like, my second time...
First of March
In days of yore; from Western shores Oldham dauntless hero came and planted a Beacon of Truth and Light in this island of the Main here may it stand from year to year emblem of grand endeavour the regions...
Nineteenth
Cold War Crisis (crop) Photoshop 7 photo manipulation So I got the package today; finally after almost two months of waiting. Most of you guys may not know that I entered a desktop wallpaper-making contest hosted by the Cold...
Eighteenth
Pink Painter 7 with reference And I don't even know who she is. (click for larger view)...
Sixteenth
Heat Painter 7 with no reference Promotional artwork for an unannounced mod project. (click for larger view)...
Twelfth
Crappy no. 1 Painter 7 & Photoshop 7 with reference I dunno, I was bored, the magazine was just lying around....
Eleventh
Move Like You've Got a Purpose Painter 7 with no reference Painted and posted this just so people know that this - and not people, daily life, or scenery - is what I'm used to painting most. I don't...
Eighth
Unsound Silence Oil on Canvas, 180x82cm Somewhere in the NYJC storeroom Last year's entry to the UOB Painting of the Year competition. I'm showing off? Heh, whatever....
Sixth
Ride Painter 7 with photographic reference Bad composition I know, but I don't care because I'm having a headache right now. Someone rested his full weight upon my right foot today it as the bus screeched to a sudden...
Fifth
Gaze Painter 7 with photographic reference Blame it upon a rush of blood to the head. Some of you may have seen this before, decided to completely repaint it because the PS version, on hindsight, looked like crap. Guess...
Fourth
KAMAZ, Somewhere in Cambodia Painter 7 with photographic reference from my trip last November. Some people have told me that I have too much time, well, I think I just use my time on things other than school work....
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