Aural Score

An aural score is a written or drawn interpretation of a piece of music that cannot be noted in normal musical notation. This is a score I did as an assignment in a class, and the piece that this score corresponds to is definitely not your usual pitched music. It begins and ends with the sound of doors opening and shutting, noting the movements in the piece.

Each segment is a soundscape that depicts a scene - the 1st minute or so that you see in the score is actually the sound of a clattering carriage, which suddenly morphs into the sound of a city street in the dead of the night, with rain and soft traffic sounds.

Does music need notes and rhythm to be beautiful? I don't think so. Perhaps it's the little sounds that remind of you of a special place, the voice of someone, the comfort of the hum of your PC - things like these that become the music of life.

Japanese Assassin in Full Fuschia

Some friends commented that I had this cutesy style that's quite recognisable so I decided to have a bit of fun and go out of my comfort zone in doing this one... Not much to say about this, except that: if I were to design a CD cover for background electronic music played during Japanese Cosplay events....this would be it I guess. Not that I really think there's a market for that kind of music...

On hindsight, when I'm free I'll probably do the following things to this:
1. make the stuff behind her more symmetrical
2. clean the lines up by re-drawing the whole assassin digitally
3. reduce the flowery stuff a little

But oh well... probably won't do it in the end....

Planar Burrows

This is an idea that I will be working on in the near future, which may actually materialize into a physical product. Just to give you a hint of what this is about, it's a mix between ideas from a book called Flatland, a colourful PSP game called LocoRoco and some of the creatures I have created so far....

Will keep you all updated on the progress of this! Watch this space.

Loss, Isolation, Perversion, Hopelessness and Frustration

In the light of current events... here's something more negative to darken up your day - a 5-panel abstract piece featuring 5 dark emotions.

Enjoy yourself figuring out which is which.