THE CRUSTACEAN INVASION

It's no secret that i was made to dress up in a rather uncustomary suit recently for a commercial shoot whom an industry friend suggested i "try out".

heads will roll. and so they did.

Considering my very limited TVC experience, I eventually got the role. did the deed. and the completed commercial recently went on air.

And i must say i look particularly awkward to say the least.

Dunno why u all say its funny lor. i didnt laugh. u all laugh so loud for wat?
(must be one of those "when u see urself on camera u're just too selfconsious to find it LOLable" situations. )

Oh well. i still think everyone did an amazing job on set though.
Helpers helped.
Lighters lit.
Shooters shot.
Directors forced us retake each scene again and again and again until our costumes were drenched in our salty bodily residue.

Hear ye hear ye.
And behold thee, the making of an orange seabug.

We managed to wrap by 7pm++.

Which is downright early in my experience. 

in this shot, chairs. and TV.

Funstuff.
Sweat like mad.
Good workout.
I swear i felt 10kgs lighter by the end of the day.
(which i have no doubt gained back by now la. sob.)

So there you have it people

i am officially 

a local prawnstar.

 Oh baby.

Nah. feast your eyes on the prawnography.

FIELD TRIP USA: YEAR 2 PRESS CONFERENCE

ARGH looks like another long drought of MIA from blogging.

CANNOT CANNOT. tat's no way to treat a blog i've kept alive for so many years.

Therefore, a quick update:

work has been pretty good.

Just completed the graphics for Field Trip USA: Year 2 on 8TV and we were invited to the press conference at Pavilion few days ago.

Entrance gate. like stepping into my old workplace liddat.

glam cast of the show.

Watching these younglings at the Press Conference really reminded me of how i was when i was (urgh. here it comes..) their age.
u know.. noob dude attending events like this with a bunch of friends you just came to acquaint with.
Laughing extra loud at random bits of inside jokes when ur friends' get coverage on the show.
Basking in butterflies while enjoying your time in the spotlight when asked to go on stage to share ur experience.

the little little things like that.

our artwork on the small screen

so damn #PROUD

these projects really make me feel like our newly established company could actually be going places. i stress on the "COULD".

The uncertainty of work every month still freaks me to the bone but i really stand firm that i made the right decision in life by leaving the dictatorship of a multimilliondolar company.

Fingers crossed for an awesomer month.

US @ THE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES PRESS CONFERRENCE

with the WOBO crew.

The pinks

The blues

The combo.

Petrinanana is like the eventbirthchild of both TsuAnn and me.
if we did happen to shag it on. and got knocked up. for this event.
i shall bestow her "Petrina Palette" for her colours.

Wednesdays, 9:30pm, 8TV, ppl.

watch it cuz we bloody hell worked hard on it!!

..please?

STILL ALIVE AND KICKING

Long absence from blogging again.

Argh.

Just havent got the time to sit myself down and write on impulse cause everytime i stare at a blank document a million things flash tru my insides and i end up not ever knowing where to start.

okokok. will attempt to compose and enunciate:

Firstly,

I have finally set up a partnership with the (in)famously voluptuous Tsu Ann.

thats her nagging the helpless counter kakak not to waste our time
and get it done now or else.

i am indeed honoured and overwhelmed that this feisty young lady would agree to take this leap of faith with me.

details of our company will be proudly proclaimed soon!

It's something that we've always wanted to start and by taking the step away from our office jobs, we have directly thrown ourselves into the deep end of the sharkpool.

I pray we eventually develop anti-shark Adamantium claws.

Also, I hope she shows me her boobs soon.

With that came our 1st official job.

and with this, the pics do the talking.

its for a new 8TV show

we love 8TV

and we luv Henry Golding.

so whats not to be joyous and drunk about?

see?

someone's celebrating early.

DIRTY DEEDS OF MINE

Oh the wonders a night of insomnia(ma) can do to your stagnant list of to-dos can sometimes be so friggin satisfying.

I was tossing and turning in bed and when the lids refused to transport my mind to slumberville, so I decide to hop back up and actually started paving my online portfolio - which by the way - i have been begging and hammering and urrrrg(h)ing my procrastinatively stubborn conscience to do since the pre-dates of dates.

One thing led to another and it sorta became a lil obsession of mine for a certain time frame of 3am - 5am. u know... like how your heart beats fast and your palm turns sweaty and your leg can't stop taping and waging like you're high on something at 4am? Ya. It's like that. i managed to get some forced shuteye after 5. Then yanked the lids open and jumped straight into it again from 9am - 2pm.

before i knew it, it was done!
kinda.
sorta.

Still trying to figure out some minor details (ok maybe not so minor cuz i bloody hell want it to be perfect and cant stop OCDing about it) like how to canggihfy the header; how to add in segments so there's a more systematic navigation going on; how to add in a link to my contact details somewhere and how to infect other cooler, awesomer portfolio sites with virus - BUT overall it doesnt make me wanna puke at my own shit. So it's passable. I leeched off tumblr's free themes so i dont have full reign over the layout. (And also because i know shit about html.)

Go take a look at my baby HERE.

Go see. Go see.

Pains me to say this but....
Thank you, insomnia.

Urgh.

VOICE OVER TALENT I AM !

i attended a Voice Over Recording open audition for MediaPrima staff some time ago and did the whatnots and shindigs required for the open-call and had my whinny gibberish voice tested if it could actually be conceived by the human ear.

And then i left and continued with my daily crap as usual.

And then yesterday i actually got called back for an official recording for a client.

So voila.

This here is my 1st ever official VO Recording for a radio commercial. (paired with Salina from ntv7.) to be aired on FlyFm. i think.

Simple and nothing massively mindblowing but... heh.

considering my financial status and state of mind, i'll take what i can get.

WORKDOWN2011

hellyea more work more work!

MORE!

MORE UNTIL I DIE!

I SAID MORE!!!, you foul smelling maggot of a maggot!!! *whip slash* *whip slash*

i want you to churn out those promos like the diarrhea you experience during diarrhea!

*WHIP SLASH!*

i like the illustration bits.

and the small 2D bending movements at the end.

(this version was rejected btw.

they acquired an odd sounding VO and a slight alteration in the script)

DESPERATE HOUSEWORK

work i recently completed.

i like the flying slowmosummersault apple at the end.

and the part where NEWsance magically morphs to NUIsance.

gedit gedit?

you're smart.

i know you gedit.

SHOTS FROM SHOOTS

More shots of pain from work hell.

checkout my director-face mode.
donts i look diabolically professional?

Stress.
But fun.

Could not have done it without the very experienced people around coaxing me to pay attention to the minor annoying details that one shouldnt miss-out.
i am nothing la really. Would be an epic fail without these people around me.

The completed promo should be on air by now.
if you actually watch normal free earthling TV la i mean.

btw.
thank you Jeremy.
Hope u had tonz of funz. (despite the waiting and re-taking and makeuping and waking up so damn friggin early and more waiting)
Nah. this is for you.

hehe.

THE WHORELIDAYS ARE HERE

And obviously i am not in a position to enjoy em.

So rather than sulk in self pity of the whatnots and wherebys that i would not be able to indulge in, here is this month's Newbies which i completed in... err....3 days?

i think.

The timeline gets so screwed up sometimes i lose track of what im suppose to do.

was experimenting with fast cuts graphics instead of super smooth ones

that fly in and fly off like we usually do.

PROPAGANDA PUKE

Some shizz from work.

(i likey this one)

(This was eventually rejected btw.
The final outcome of this was too barfable for the human eye to behold.
would rather not post it. Bleurgh.)

Tickets to the event.

i must say. the tickets turned out rather nicely.

HAPPY HALLOWS

8TV townhall rollerblade lunch @ BSC

Guess which is me.

thank u Nizo for the mask.

i miss rollerblading.

MOTH MAN

I experimented with moths in my latest work project.

Did u see the the lil winged wankers flappin their melancholic colours of depression and lost hope?

Did you see the shredded wings descend down like empty promises at "darkness"?

Yar.
i like those.

JAB ME HARD

Uncle David came over and threw me a random conversation the other day.

"eh. October Newbies 是你做的吗?"

"是."

"Design这么美,为什么animation这么难看??"

" har........ "

i felt the jab.

It was icicle cold and unbeataround-the-bush-ish.
Very inyerface.

And so. so. true.

Sigh.

Rushed projects suck.

I suck.

I wish i was like uncle David with such amazing animation skills that work so effortlessly with the swift lift of his right index finger and the shortcut keys of his lightning speed left hand.

i like his hands.

Anyhoots, here's the masterpiece.

i used to dig this song until the gym kept playing it on loop the other day.
Now i associate actions like drenching in sweat, gasping for air
and cursing my whimpering weak body, to this song.

sigh.

what a way to run a perfectly good song to the ground.

SHOUT FOR HELP

workshit.







constructed for the SHOUT Awards promo campaign.

WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS

hell hath no fury like the month of september.

been crazy shitty rushing for datelines the past few weeks and was constantly self chanting and bosanova-listening to calm the impending stressplosion within. (geddit? stress + explosion. geddit?) u know, the mantra of how reminding one's self of counting one's blessings and be thankful for the little little things in one's life. Must. Chant. Must. Smile. Must. Breathe.

I now understand the full extend of how ironic things can be sometimes.

One moment you're running through ur breeze of downloads planning what to watch and when. and the next you're face down on ur office desk at 2am cursing the mudpile of psd and mpegs u need to send out to whomever for whatever.

A month ago TheOneAcademy (helloooo figures) approached us and asked if we wanted to be guest speakers for their 360 Starlites week. Naturally, we were hesitant. i just didnt feel comfortable (or worthy) speaking to students about work that i am usually not satisfied with myself. It's weird. But being the responsible gile glamour ppl we were, we eventually agreed.

that was a month ago.

Fast forward to present day and voila - no surprise that work-swamp and proactive-procrastination hath' prevented us from touching on any sort of preparation for it. (typical). therefore. we panic and plonk together a cincai load of work and slap on our smiliest smiles to young fresh curious meat in the TOA auditorium.

amateur celebrities.

Students were an enjoyable crowd.

Managed to layan most of our syoksendiriness.

OK so that's that.

Back to work i go.