On-site live caricature drawing service.

Event: Barclays Singapore Open.
Date of event: 15 Nov 2008 Saturday.
Venue: Sentosa Island,Singapore.
Duration: 3 hours (11.00am to 12.30pm/ 1.30pm to 3.00pm).
Average drawing speed: 6 minutes per head.
Event theme: Golf.

My caricaturist friend Jit sought my service to do this special event for Dell. He was engaged by the event organiser but he couldn't do it due to other commitments so I did it on his behalf. We've been working together since 2002. The event consists of 2 sessions. The first was in the late morning & the second was after lunch. The interesting part was that I got to see part of the action live from the balcony of the temporary building, which was erected for this event.

The entrance to the golf course.

The staircase leading to the venue.

The session begins...

My working station.

The atmosphere during the session.

The viewing balcony.

The scoreboard.

The spectators during the game.

One of the players in action.

Another player in action.

Photography- Malay Cultural Perfomance.

On the Sunday night of 26th Oct 2008, I went for a photo taking session with my photography kaki, Henry, around the padang. With our cameras in hand, we were hunting for something interesting to shoot when we reached the premises of the Esplanade. While walking along the path, we heard some music that came from the open stage. When we approached it, what we saw was a performance with colourful costumes. Immediately, we sat in front of the stage & started shooting happily. The stage lighting was very strong & we could freeze the motion of the dancers with a shutter speed of 1/250 without using the flash light. It was 11.30pm then & we spent almost an hour there before moving to another area.

The beautiful & colourful costumes of the dancers

The boys' turn to perform.


The dancers kept turning & waving their skirts profusely.

The lead actor cum singer was entertaining the audience the whole night.


An act with his co-actor.


Another shot of the costumes.

Camera used: Sony DSLR Alfa 700.

Family caricature.

A3 size caricature of a family of three done from photographs.
Medium used: Colour-pencil on white paper.
Type: Face with cartoon body.
Client's purpose: Personal gift.

Individual caricature.

A3 size caricature Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs.
Medium used: Colour-pencil on white paper.
Type: Face with cartoon body & background.
Client's purpose: Birthday gift.

Group caricature.

A3 size caricature of a group of friends.
Medium used: Black ink pen on white paper.
Category: Black & White (outline).
Type: Face only.
Client's purpose: Personal gift.

The client did this caricature for the memory of their friendship.It was done from a photograph they'd submitted. Apart from this original artwork,they ordered from me a total of 6 more mini pictures so that everybody could have one to keep. What I did was I used the original artwork to scan & develop it into 4R sized pictures for an additional fee.

Speedy live caricature drawing event.

Event: Panasonic PRDS 35th Anniversary Dinner & Dance.
Date of event: 8 Nov 2008 Saturday.
Venue: Suntec City,Singapore.
Duration: 1 hour (6.00pm to 7.00pm).
Average drawing speed: 3 minutes per head.
Event theme: World Of Sport.

I was engaged as the caricaturist for this grand pre dinner & dance event which was held at hall 602, Suntec City Convention Hall. Everybody was in sportswear except me simply b'cos I was not told about the theme of this event earlier. The guests, who were also the staff, were mostly young & energetic people from around this region. A long queue was form as soon as the session started. By looking at the situation, I had to activate the speedy mode in order to draw more. I managed to capture 20 faces within an hour. Apart from caricature & face painting, there were some other activities & games for entertainment before the actual event started with stage performances.

The Suntec City towers as seen from ground zero.


The huge lobby area of Suntec.


The escalator that led to hall 602. On the way up, I enjoyed looking at the hightech architecture of this building.




















The session begins...

































Full concentration on my subject.


The queue at my counter.


Yasmeen,the face painting artist was located next to me.


MotorGP race was one of the activities. Cute right?


The stage performance started immediately after my session.


A close-up shot of the drummers.


Another stage performance by some sexy girls.




















The atmosphere during the event.


A last shot of the huge hall 602.

Credit to Henry for helping me with some of the photographs.

Dollar note illustration.

A4 size illustration of Singapore Dollar Note.
Medium used: Colour marker on white paper.
Type: Face with background.
Client's purpose: Gift.

The client did this drawing as a gift to her colleague for the fun of it. Hope the authority won't come after me for producing this counterfeit (laugh...).

Individual caricature done from photograph.

A2 size caricature for Siemens Singapore.
Medium used: Colour-marker on white paper.
Type: Face with cartoon body & background.
Client's purpose: Farewell gift for the subject.

The building in the background is the Siemens' Building in Singapore.

Photographs of Esplanade-Part 1.

This set of photographs were taken in mid July at 10pm using my Sony semi-pro DSC-H7 camera.That was before I bought my DSLR camera. As this was not shot using a DSLR camera, the quality of the images was surprisingly very good. The sharpness impressed me the most.I've seen many images of this icon on postcards,magazines,etc & that had inspired me to try shooting it myself. Satisfaction guaranteed :))

The overall view of the building.


A shot from a distance. The weather wasn't good, that's why the sky colour was greyish.


Close-up of the dome shaped roof.


The overall view.


Getting closer.


A vertical shot.




















Camera used: Sony DSC-H7.

Individual caricature done from photograph.

A4 size caricature depicts the sexiest man alive.
Medium used: Gray marker on white paper.
Type: Face with cartoon body & background.
Client's purpose: Farewell gift.

One of my customers saw this caricature being displayed in my shop & commented that it looked like a James Bond poster XD...

On-site caricature drawing service.

Event: Kids' birthday party.
Date of event: 26 Oct 2008 Sunday.
Venue: Rivervale Condo,Sengkang, Singapore.
Duration: 2 hours (11.30am to 1.30pm).
Average drawing speed: 8 minutes per head.

The client Michelle found my contact thru the internet & called me for a booking just a few days before the event. She requested me to draw all the kids at her 2-year old daughter's birthday party.There were more than 10 toddlers who came with their parents. Through my experience, kids are extremely difficult to capture simply b'cos they can't sit still so I suggested to take pictures of them & draw from my laptop screen instead. To take photos of toddlers was a challenge b'cos in order to get them to look at my camera, it wasted some time. After the session, I realised that drawing using images takes a longer time to complete compared to the sit & pose method. I was regretting a little by suggesting to draw them this way as I'd to spend about half an hour extra on the job including taking pictures of every one of them without extra fee. No choice lor, what to do...but what they got were better quality drawings.
The event was held at the function hall beside the swimming pool. I was alone then & didn't have enough time to take photos of those artworks I did, too bad. However I only managed to snap some pictures of the atmosphere as well as the surroundings during the event.


The main entrance of the condo.


A worm's eye view of the block I was directed to.


The function hall.


This is the birthday girl.


I was drawing at the corner with no disturbance.


The atmosphere during the party.

Couple caricature.

A4 size caricature of a couple in the jungle done from photographs.
Medium used: Colour-pencil on white paper.
Type: Face with cartoon body & background.
Client's purpose: Birthday gift.

The client saw this design from my collection of previous works & wanted the same for this birthday gift to her boyfriend.

Group caricature.

A4 size caricature of a group on roller coaster ride.
Medium used: Colour-pencil on white paper.
Client's purpose: Illustration.

The client was from an advertising firm that wanted this artwork for an illustration work which they were doing for their client. I did not know their actual purpose of doing this as I've not seen their finished artwork. This caricature was of a different type as the resemblance of the subjects was not important. I was required to fabricate their expressions which was quite a difficult task. A few drafts were sent to them for comments & approval before the final work was executed.I supposed my drawing was quite ok as they accepted it without complaints.