Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Stairway to Heaven




This is made for an artist friend of mine whose favourite tagline is 'Love hurts' but 'somewhere' there is a 'stairway to heaven'.

Model is her own photo
Statuettes from my Bali Collection
Moon is from sxc.hu
Others from various sources
Cloud,mist and hair are digitally painted.

FULL VIEW please.
Thank you for watching.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Quantums of joy



If giant jellyfish have souls, here's how their prophecy of rapture might read:

At the sound of the thunder, the dead shall rise first from the seabed. Then we who are alive shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet our Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with our Lord. And the humans shall be our witnesses.

These creatures have emotions too like humans. The woman, being very close to them, tried to guide them as they struggled out of the water for the first time with mixed feelings of ecstasy, fear and bewilderment,as they leave their world to meet their Maker.

The seascape and lighthouse is taken from my earlier work posted here.

I also use jellyfish images as reference, taken from sxc.hu

Thanks for viewing!

Thursday, November 13, 2008

The Whisper of a Single Verse





Their final moments.....

The breathless whisper of a single verse
And loneliness blossoms within my heart
The shimmer of a single dream
And my world is undone
The memory of a single tenderness
And the sting of love reignites my wounds
In the moment when a single tear falls
All hatred becomes a distant blur
I can love you with all that I am
But even this cannot return you to me
From now on I will live as a shadow
Forever in the past…..

(Lyrics for Only for Love)sung by Jane Zhang, themesong from the movie 'The Banquet'

Dedicated to the Apple of My Eye ;-)

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

In solidarity we stand


This one's made for the people of Myanmar and for the loss, the grief and the silence that they have endured all thru the years.

Some facts about Myanmar, one of the poorest countries in the world:
*23 percent of the population had incomes that placed them below the poverty line.
*Many poor people are forced to send their children to work.
*The number of street children has also increased, and malnutrition among children is widespread.
*Large outlays of money have been spent on the military, while only meager funds have gone to education and health issues.
*The recent Nargis Cyclone have caused deadly flooding with loss of lives reaching 100,000.

All temples used in this work are located within Myanmar.
Temple1, Temple2, Temple3, Temple4

Clouds are digitally painted, freehand.

I'm a born-again free thinker. My only true religion is human rights. You can say that I'm a humanist who doesn't exclude animal rights as well. Praise Dog for that! I strongly believe in free inquiry and the freedom to choose. This post is about the evil of human oppression. Down with child labour!

Music for inspiration: Greatest love of all, sung by Whitney Houston




Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Far between us


You gave me a vision of Earth
It happened all too suddenly
We are of different worlds
Separated by empty space
Sadly now I must part from you
Holding onto treasured memory

If my words sound too depressing, please let me know!

Credit:
Floating island by rokatesh
Cherry blossoms by capetan
Roots by pakelius
Castle
Building lights by CraigPJ

Clouds, hair extension, tall grass, sticks and twigs are painted digitally.
Distant mountain is part of my oil painting.

This whole piece has taken up more than 500MB of my HD drive!

I realised I have not been posting for awhile! Hopefully this work will make up for lost time. This work received quite a favourable response when I posted this to an online digital art community. So, I hope you will enjoy this as much as I do working on it! ;-)

Model Ref: Jessica Trusscott

Song for inspiration: 'This is my now' by Jordin Sparks




Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Complicated









Avril Lavigne was recently in KL for the launch of her Asian tour.
Apparently some bigoted group tried to complicate things and spoil the party, but everything went on smoothly despite the 'tension'.
Malaysia again was in the news, this time entertainment news, for the wrong reason!
Title was a song track from this sweet Canadian pop singer!

Friday, September 05, 2008

Buttercup Reedweb




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Mr Thimbletack of Spiderwick Chronicles, one of the best children fantasy story that made it to the big screen since Narnia.
Character is referenced and painted from scratch.

Your fairy is called Buttercup Reedweb
She is a panpipe player and enchantment singer.
She lives in clover fields where fairy rings grow.
She is only seen in the mist of an early morning.
She wears bright clover green. She has gentle green butterfly wings.