End of year new art dump!

I can't believe its the end of 2007. This year went by so fast! I went through many changes in life as well as moving to a new phase too! Moving to Las Vegas, new job at Petroglyph, first video game title being released, personal life wise-my wedding and soon becoming a parent!!! Talk about life moving forward at full speed!

Anyway, end of year means its time to update my portfolios as well. Major dump at my website. I added new stuff for character design from Project Shinyu, Terris and also Daymoon concept art. Painting wise, there are some from Terris and one from UAW pitch. I also added all the UI and art from Brom's Plucker DS game prototype. They turned out really nice, unfortunately the game never see the light of day. Also new are Hurricane Hunters UI design and some fun characters that I designed.

Character animation section is next, I will have major dump here too, from Universe at War:Earth Assault. Hope to show them soon! Also I was going through my sketch book and realised I should start scanning some of them in and dump em on the web. I hate all this tedious labor. But I know its important. This way I can see and analyst my own progression. Make sure I didn't goof off all this time, :)

If you happen to be reading this, the one person in the world, hehe, please send me a note regarding what you think. I love feedback!

Universe at War has begun!

It's officially out guys! You can get it at any retailers now. Amazon link is here. I am still waiting for my copy from Sega. I don't think my home pc will run it properly though, sigh. In the meantime, I can still play some Ace Combat 6.

Meanwhile, I managed to catch the preview screening of I am Legend at the Palms here on Monday night. I enjoyed the movie but what really spoils it for me is the CG work. They are pretty bad, i mean like Van Helsing quality. They would have been better off using life actors to portray the monsters. I know they are doing some impossible body proportions but its not that extreme. And please, no more mouth stretching fx! However Will smith is cool and there are some good moments in it. I still prefer the 28 Days series over this.

LA, Gnomon Workshop, UAW and more!

This will be a big post, to make up for last few months...

Fuh, I attended this Gnomon Workshop last weekend in Hollywood and boy it was intense. Among the artists that presented are Jay Hawkins(Gears of War, UT3), Charlie Wen(God of War games), ILM artists and more! It was definitely inspiring and helped me pursue new techniques in my art and design. I am looking forward to more of this. Massive Black is also hosting a workshop up in Seattle next month. I won't get to-sucks! My colleague Kevin Prangley will be there-lucky bastard! :)

Oh yes, I survived the ridiculous 90+mph LA traffic again, yeh!

I am currently looking for more opportunity to attend classes/workshops in the LA area since its nearby to Vegas. I remember back in Seattle, I always wish to attend stuff in the California. Here are my chance now. Just hope the events don't move to Seattle!


Btw, did you know that there is The Art and Flair of Mary Blair Show up in San Francisco?!!!

"One of the first women to work as a concept artist for Disney, Blair (1911-1978) was responsible for the look of some of the key Disney films of the 1940s and 1950s, including Cinderella and Peter Pan. Her colorful, charming geometric designs, synonymous with 1950s style, appeared in advertisements and children's books."

I hope to go catch it before the show ends on March 18, 2008. There is also a book on her work as well that you can buy from Amazon.


And Yes, Universe at War, the game that I have been working on all of 2007 is shipping this Tues, Dec 11, 2007! Everybody go and buy it! Its a real fun RTS game. Really.

My Malaysian buddy from Dallas, Kit Loong and his wife Rowena came to visit me the other weekend. It was really great to see him again. We hung out, played Gears of War(which he helped me Co-op to finally killed Raam!), and also managed to go see Beowulf in Imax 3D. Boy, it sure is a pretty neat experience. The story was good, and the animation is so much better this time. Sometime, I still feel like staring at a puppet-especially the Queen. Beowulf and Grendel is great though! I think it just upped the 3D character standard set by Gollum!


Speaking of film, me and Ariel managed to catch The Mist in LA last weekend and we really enjoyed it. The trailer doesn't show much of the monsters in the mist though. The story is more about human fear and survival than the monster. So definitely go see it!

Another monster flick that I am really looking forward to is Cloverfield! Its coming out in January 2008! Make sure u check out all the viral marketing that is going on the web, like wacky Slusho ads!

And oh yes, the founder of Wizkids and FASA, Jordan Weisman, whom I have the honor to work for, was in the news regarding his new company, Smith and Tinker. Sounds like there will be some fun new stuff soon! Can't wait to hear more of them.

oh some personal update, Ariel is visiting Malaysia right now. She left last Thursday right before the storm hits San Francisco, and arrived safely on Saturday. She and our 'parasite' made it through the 20+ hours flight great! I was really worried about them throughout her journey.

So that leave me some free time these coming weeks. I have some of my personal projects going on-anatomy study, story book, speed painting practices and also updating my website. So they will occupy me until she return home here. Also I will get to play more 360 games, hehe ;)