i blame myself for playing this game too much. now i blame myself for drawing based on this game. lol.

a pen illustration honouring a mighty Alliance in a mmo game that i am currently playing. promised a friend that i will draw this for them one day. might do a digital edit and add on some watercolours splotches if i am feeling hardworking one day. TDL OI OI  ((:

for unto us a child is born.

emmanuel! (:

have a jolly merry christmas and a blessed new year! and lets welcome 2014 with a whole new cheer!

A project of agency, Experience Matters, for Credit Suisse's corporate event booklet. illustrations of speakers and VIPs who participated in their speaker's convention; sketched, hand-drawn realistic style is used for the portrait illustrations, with splashes of subtle pastel colours.

Illustrated for Havaianas again but the next following year. This year the illustration was for beach ball which would be produced for their event. The brief was to draw the creative and enegetic vibe of Havaianas with a touch of the beach and music. A project of TBWA\Singapore.

wedding invite for a pair of good friends who loves daisies and warm happy colors! blessed marriage cixian and soonkheng! xoxo.

an illustration for one of the most awesome and wonderful bunch of friends and comrades that I have made whilst playing an online MMO game. been wanting to draw this was the longest time. didn't have the time to. even when my clan leader was ill, and I wanted to draw it before he leaves, didn't managed to do it. but well... it's done now!! the Blood Ravens, here's to many more fires, more battles and more madness (: and may Legend's legacy remain, ell, xoxo.

a floral-themed card with splashes of watercolour. both physical invite and digital eDM. blessed marriage janie (: xoxo.

​this is an FYP Degree project that tackles with themes about Nature and its visual rhythm, it is illustrative, moving and alive with a special focus on Singapore's local flora and fauna.

​the deliverables of the project includes artist notebooks, postcards, pop-up illustrations and a motion graphics piece.

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This is a project with NUHS and nuskids, designing collaterals for their exhibition, Dreamcatchers. The concept involves fusing medicine and art as the exhibition showcases artworks done by chronic patients and how they used art to convey messages of strength, hope and pain. I was personally inspired by their artworks.​

​Deliverables for this project includes postcards, brochure, banner, poster and an exhibition catalogue.

​A follow-up from the NUH Dreamcatcher's project. Designed their monthly catalogue since it was about the exhibition, decided to go and extend the look-and-feel into this magazine.

poster for Crowbar Awards Show 2011. Earthtone won Silver for Design Illustration category.

​a new series of 18 bookmarks illustrated for Graceland International, 9 designs targeted for male names and 9 for female names. the style is illustrative, with inspirations from nature. it was interesting seeing and classifying things in terms of how "masculine" or "feminine" they are. Bookmarks are available for sales at most Christian stationery and gift stores.

An artist notebook done up for a friend as a gift to her sister who loves parrots and macaws.

Cover illustrations for North West CDC, A project with People's Association, showing the hustle and bustling community at the North West.​

​elloostrate with the final canvas artwork during the launch party. it was done in two hours but we were sure glad to have churned it all out within the timeframe and we had a ball of a time there! may the drawing vibe live on. A project headed by TBWA\Singapore and Havaianas.

​a wedding invite illustration for two of my closest friends. together with my well wishes is this invite, that derives from the story of how they both met: while on the quest to find the best teh in town and savouring tea together.

​for fred & hannah, they wanted a wedding theme inspired by the fruits of the spirit, therefore we came up with a garden theme, that is vibrant, filled with their favorite colours, and really fruity yet romantic.

An illustration for an articles in the upcoming 11/12 issue on Ogilvy&Mather's DO.com website. The work had to echo the article, bringing out the importance of good leadership and creative mix in business success. A project of cum. http://ogilvydo.com/

A project with Ogilvy & Mather, cards illustrations for wedding couples. The illustration is directed to be hand-drawn typographic, conveying messages of love, a little quirky on the side. It is still a work-in-progress.

Posters for beer brand, Jungle Beer, that ties in with their corporate identity that exudes energy, vibrance and a tropical jungle-y vibe that is also modern, which relates strongly to their tropical-flavoured beer. went for the vector graphics, layered paper-cut effect.

the second poster mainly conveys the message of the non-carbonated quality in their beer, and a subtle 'environmental' message that almost says that if you drink the beer, you're also saving the environment. subtle humor.

Grab a bottle next time. it's yummy (:​

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​illustration postcard design for AidforJapan through Design about raising above the storm. 

second illustration postcard design about not quitting when the going gets tough. GO JAPAN!

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T-shirt design for ADM's FOC camp that had a theme that was slightly gory, and slightly biological and medical with veins and blood and organs hellyeah.

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​A postcard illustrated for Noise's recent showcase 2012 and it resonates with one of the biggest things that I believe:

"ideas are infinite on a blank space"

so never forget the paper and pencil!! the illustration process was also sponteneously drawn out, covered with random doodles, completed while sitting at a coffeshop. this process literally echoes the quote i suppose.

The only time when you can draw on walls and get away with it! SalHappySalads is my good friend's start-up business in SMU, and with a new branch opening on the admin side, its shop walls were too empty for comfort. so I had fun with it! :D go visit it and dine there too!!

​one illustration assignment to make a storybook, so i illustrated the biblical story about creation, to glorify what God has done in the beginning. He's the true artist of all who painted the universe and He holds my creativity and drive as well!

​a project where we used the cultures from a particular country to influence our illustrations and mine for Thailand, which i went on to illustrate for a Thai jewellery store, gems gallery.

illustration inspired and titled by an instrumental by Yiruma, part of visual explorations between illustration, music and visual movement.

​christmas card design of 2013. emmanuel — God with us. something that personally touched me that christmas, in knowing that Christ came down, and His spirit stays with us till today.

​here's to a year of madness working at cum.m+d! decided to do a medieval twist to the company logo which is a jackalope, a creative of mischief. well, looking forward to many more moments of fun and good design.

​because it really is. but we still work our asses over, every single day.

An illustration done to remember the greatest act of love in man's history on Good Friday. thankyou Lord!

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a series of namecards design for the upcoming graduation show. namecards are shaped like my favorite drawing instruments

when a good friend says something that immediately gives you an illustration idea in your head that you just had to draw out!

​an illustration that i've done up for a very special senior who just got married. a wedding gift that holds an important message about love, the quote is from the verses from corinthians that says all that it takes to love the right way

A poem about the real reason behind the season. a christmas illustration for 2012, printed into postcards for friends and family.

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​"If I rise on the wings of dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, over there, your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast" from Psalm 139.

​one of my illustration entries submitted for OIC's rollcall early august! these works were produced and belong solely to OIC (Organisation of Illustrators Council) submissions. just a sudden thought that led to this piece!

another illustration entry submitted for OIC's rollcall, works were produced and belong solely to OIC (Organisation of Illustrators Council) submissions. this one speaks of one of my most cherished quote and belief!

HAPPY NEW YEAR. 2013, mayan calendar and beyond!​

​ADM's Gradbash 2012 was held at J'Dee Thai Disco, and it has a theme of essentially Thai, with the idea of being promiscuous, naughty and "playboy" so I came up with an elephant illustration with my style, inspired by Si Scott, adding on to the feel of Thai and Disco. and controversially this poster received quite a big hype of it being obscene, and well, slightly erotic if you see it from a certain angle. one of my first controversial illustrations, which well you can say, fit to the theme.

​this illustration is a nostalgic one because it was the first one i doodled after figuring out the name, ellustrate.

​inspired by a really rainy day!

​it's not like any other day when you get two celebrations at one go. happy birthday to me and selamat hari raya dear friends (:

​pen-rendered illustration that says it all, simply the medium as the message.

​an illustration i did for Noise Singapore '09 and it is titled "snow leopard – we all saw it coming"

​beautiful things usually come with a price.

this was my first official illustration, in my life. it draws upon the idea that design is only possible with the hand, the pencil where ideas all begin.​

​the moment when i found out i have a big fat nose :(

Logo Design for NTU ADM's Freshman Orientation Camp title, "the Exhibition" that followed the storyline and style of famous game, Left4Dead, that had a more creepy, violent and bloody edge.

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a school project.​

​this project was to come up with a list of words that defines you as an individual like a dictionary. i involved 104 of my friends and family to come up with the words for me and decided to create a self-defining space that reflects my character. 

a self-defining space that reflects my character of being very dynamic, loud, energetic and bombastic, packing up energy in the form of illustrations into a small space.

the space took 3–4 full days to complete, the illustration is quite spontaneous and improvised along the way. As the audience comes into the space, they are allowed to have fun, blowing bubbles, eating and laughing and getting infected with joyous feelings.

​A school project.

The project brief encompasses a study and research into a particular system in life. my exploration was with stellar system and constellation map and then constructing my own internal universe. how it worked was to write everyone in my life.

385 stars,

25 constellations,

25 illustrations,

4 star clusters,

1 universe.

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how it worked was to write everyone in my life, relating them to a certain star type and then plotting them out in a system whereby I'm on the pivotal center in relation to them according to emotional proximity. from there, to group them up into smaller groups which i later termed as "star clusters" and then forming constellations.

The booklets was a brief description of the specific constellation or "star cluster" of my life. After naming them, I attached an illustration to each constellation, based on symbolic meanings and significance. Due to the deadline, did not manage to fully develop and finish the work but would love to revisit it some time in the future.

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A school project.​

In this project, we had to address a certain issue that we are concerned about in a society and to then propose a campaign in reaction to it. hence we planned a campaign in the context of Singlish, as the identity of Singapore. Using Singlish as part of our visual outlook, we produced posters, books, accessories, fabric products out of recycled and waste products. 

The items would be produced as part of the campaign, and sold in a "pasam malam" style which Singaporeans can identify to.

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A school project on physical typography.​

Poster for one our typography assignment on physical type. "Mai Buang" is an installation where we went around the HDBs in Singapore to collect unwanted furniture disposed by people. 

The actual physical type that was made out of unwanted furniture disposed at void decks. it spells "O! LIFE" reflecting on the wasted life of these unwanted yet still functional furniture.

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A school project.​

a graphic design campaign on reviving the fading tradition of chinese wedding in singapore. "a gift for two" strives to bring forward the values from chinese weddings, where relationships are revisited and very personal.

The two posters are aimed at two sets of audience, one modern one (left) for the locals and the traditional one (right) for foreigners that features the "shuang xi" or 囍, the chinese symbol used for marriage.

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​A school project

a typographic poster from a type assignment for an event. ive used the type as image to trace out the lines of a "gui ling" or the mountains and ridges. type used are the description of the event itself.

​A school project.

posters and postcards from a graphic design exercise about using a 5dollar project and using it to push a new graphic campaign. i used Playdoh and moulded out famous historical art pieces to show how everyday mandane objects all have the possibility to be used to create art, opening up art as a medium to the public.