The Making of "Kong Junior" Model

Recently I've attended a short 3-day claymation course. The story idea was on the baby of King Kong (a.k.a. Kong Junior) who also carried this girl around while escaping from people. I was in charge of modelling Kong Junior.

Here are some images on the development of the Kong Junior plasticine model:
Applying of plasticine mass onto the model to give it some muscular structures first. There's actually a wire structure inside the model to give it support. It allows the model to have different poses when the arms/legs are bent. You can see a little of that wire sticking out of his arms because the hands have not been added yet.

I did a very quick sketch of the size and proportion that I need for Kong Junior. I had to sketch out how the wire structure should look like in the model first before creating the both the actual wire structure itself and the model.

This is how the first draft of Kong Junior looks like. Each box of plasticine contained several small pieces of plasticines of different colours, so after using these pieces of plasticines for his muscular structure, he turned out to be extremely colourful. Ha.

The back view of the first draft.

I had to skin Kong Junior with the correct colour by applying a layer of black/brown plasticine over the muscular structure. I also had to add details to the face to make it look nice. This picture shows the process of making the teeth. I had to insert a thin roll of white plasticine into his upper and lower parts of his mouth and use a pencil to press onto those plasticines to make teeth for him.

This is the version of Kong Junior which is almost done. I gave it a really angry and ferocious look so that his father would be proud of him (duh). Added a tattoo on his left arm as well. The headband that he is wearing is a spoof of the "Journey to the West" story.

The back view of the almost-done Kong Junior.

Ok, this is the real Kong Junior that my group actually had in mind when we discussed about the image that he was going to have. They wanted him to be in diapers, so there you go...

Kong Junior in action! We had to pose him frame by frame using a webcam (yes yes, low budget settings...)

This is how it looked like in the computer.

Overall, I think the model itself took me about 4-5 hours to complete. There were still some parts that I felt I could improve on (e.g. the hands and the feet) but we had to start filming already, so I had to make do with what I had then.

If you all are expecting to see the film, well, I'm not showing it, sorry. The final production wasn't very well done I think, so I'm not showing it. This blog is just about the Kong Junior model that I've modelled.

Hope you guys enjoyed the making of Kong Junior model.

skeelogy:SPLASH series

Recently I've came up with a skeelogy:SPLASH series of design. There are two designs in the series now, namely [red:SPLASH] and [blue:SPLASH].



The background consists of vector shapes with smooth edges while the foreground elements consist of more irregular and rough strokes for a sharp contrast. Overall, the shape is made rather irregular and looks like paint splatters/splash, thus the name [red:SPLASH] or [blue:SPLASH].

I've setup online stores in CafePress to sell t-shirts/apparels/gifts which has these designs on them. Do check out the [red:SPLASH] or [blue:SPLASH] stores.

Here are some sample items that you can purchase with the [red:SPLASH] design on them:

(see more [red:SPLASH] items)

Here are some sample items that you can purchase with the [blue:SPLASH] design on them:

(see more [blue:SPLASH] items)

Personally, I feel the items look rather nice and I'll be getting some of the items for myself too. Why not get some of these items for your loved ones as Xmas or New Year's gifts?

Abstract Digital Art

Over the past couple of weeks, I've been developing some abstract digital art for my deviantART website.

[ Get Wallpaper ] [ Buy This ] [ view more Abstract Art works ]

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All the above images are available as desktop wallpapers. Get them from my deviantArt website. If you really like my works so much that you would like to get hold of it physically, you might want to visit my deviantArt Print Shop where my works are available as print on posters, photos, mousepads, mugs, coasters, jigsaw puzzles, magnets & postcards.

Personally, I like "Dancing Hair" and "Ice Arrow" the most. Which are the ones that you like most? Let me know. =)

Psychic Inc Name Card

Just did a new name card recently for Psychic Inc. Used a crystal ball with mystical electric current flowing as the main theme.

[ view more Name Card works ]

Version 1.7 up

Version 1.7 is now up.

Basically added the new logo into the overall layout. There's also a page that lists the clients that I have worked with thus far. Didn't realise that I've done work for quite a number of clients already.

There's also a new link to my deviantArt gallery. Did some digital abstract art. Do view them and give me your comments about those works!

Favicon for SKEELOGY!

SKEELOGY now has a favicon!

What this basically means is that as you are surfing SKEELOGY, my logo will appear at the address bar as a small icon. See example below.

However, there are some small differences in the way browsers display favicons. If you are a firefox/mozilla user, you will see the favicon in the address bar all the time. If you an Internet Explorer user, well, you have to add the page to your Favorites list first, then load that favorite before the favicon will appear.

Try it now!

SKEELOGY Logo!

Finally, the official logo for SKEELOGY!

[ view more Logo works ]

I've been wanting to create a logo for SKEELOGY for a long time already, just that i didn't had the time to sit down and brainstorm for one. Been busy with freelancing works.

Anyway, let me briefly explain what the logo represents.

1) It looks like the symbol @ but with a S in the middle instead. This is to represent SKEELOGY's internet presence and this is the main concept behind the logo. Over the years, SKEELOGY has tried its best to reach out to the internet community, thus i think the logo should reflect this fact. Next stop will be deviantART. Watch out for a post on my deviant works soon.

2) The S in the middle is nicely and regularly shaped while the other parts have inconsistent line width. This is to show that while the works get done eventually, the works will still be bounded by my "chaotic art" concept (well, at least for my personal works, they do have some chaotic sense in them. More chaotic works coming to you soon!)

3) Used green as it is the main colour for SKEELOGY ever since the website was set up. It is a very pleasant and soothing colour.

Let me know what you think of the logo.

SKEELOGY is 2!

SKEELOGY is 2 years old! Thanks to the support given by clients and the internet community over the past 2 years. Hope that SKEELOGY will continue to prosper in the new year to come.

There will be a little shift in focus in the works produced but I assure that the quality of works will not drop.

Stay tuned!