Art Of ApOgEE

Pergh Character Redesign Battle - Sephiroth

2011-04-11T23:29:00.001+08:00

I'm planning to enter this week battle at Pergh. Every week, there will be Character Redesign Battle at Pergh.com. And the title for this week is Sephiroth, which is one of the antagonist Final Fantasy character. So, here is a sneak peek of my work in progress:

~~I hope I can finish it soon.~~

Update:
Today is final day, and I'm not really satisfied with my resulting artwork... arkh!!

Copying Masterpieces - My Progressive Learning

2011-04-11T08:45:00.009+08:00

Yesterday, I redraw a cartoon of female blogger artwork which I found on iStockPhoto. My attempt of copying other artist's masterpieces is another way to learn and get the feeling of how the original artist drawing it. Like a copy ninja, I use my Sharingan technique to copy the artwork. Hehehe... And today, I updated the same artwork, progressively add more details to follow the original masterpiece. Even thou this is not an oil painting masterpiece, I can still feel on how the artists draw it on vector graphic software like Inkscape.

This drawing is still unfinished, but enough for today. Because I'm already tired to continue. Maybe later. If you want to know more about Copying Masterpiece technique, there is a book about it. You can grab it from the link below.

Copying Masterpieces - by Jose Maria Parramon

Every student of art has been encouraged to copy works by renowned masters to better understand the skill and spirit that inform a great artist's vision. This book provides the opportunity to copy two paintings in the Musee d'Orsay in Paris - "Entrance to the Small Village" by the French impressionist Camille Pissarro and "The Blue Vase" by Paul Cezanne, both reproduced here as large gatefolds. Following an overview of various painting styles including impressionism and realism, the lives and artistic styles of Pissarro and Cezanne are closely examined. General rules for copying works in museums are outlined...
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Redraw To Learn

2011-04-10T12:51:00.000+08:00

Sometimes, we can learn something when we redraw someone else's artwork. I do learn from it too. As I feel so bored today, I redraw this female blogger artwork for fun. It is unfinished, but enough for me to have fun today. I found the original image on istockphoto via google image search.

I did it in Inkscape and GIMP.

Logo Design: Xventour

2011-03-16T06:14:00.002+08:00

Xventour is a brand for extreme sports & outdoor activity group in Malaysia which is founded in year 2000. It begins with a bunch of crews from Outdoor & Recreational Club of UiTM Machang, Kelantan who loved this kind of sports activity somewhere around year 1997. Since then, this group of people have been actively doing private hiking, kayaking, wall & rock climbing, white water rafting, snorkeling, camping, mountain bike and so on. Just tell them which mountain of Malaysia you wanna go, they are the experts who you can rely on.

Last week, the chief of this team asked me to re-design this brand logo. I feel honored to design their brand logo. So, after several design works, this is my first proposal. I hope they will love it.

In this design, I'm highlighting the X as the brand icon and embed a mountain shape at the bottom of the X. Even thou this team are expert in mountain hiking, the same mountain symbolism in this logo would give a lot of meanings like their courage and teamwork. Climbing up a mountain or other height often indicates spiritual or mental "rising" or improvement.

I hope we can see this logo being used as their big brand soon. For those who would like to ask me to design your logo, you can email me asking for quotations at apogee@apogeek.com . Until then, have fun!

Cross Hatching Practice: Maher Zain

2011-02-22T19:23:00.001+08:00

I'm not feeling very well today. I got MC, staying at home and tuning to Malaysian radio station which couldn't stop playing Maher Zain songs. Perhaps, I may have also been infected by Maher Zain fever around Malaysia. Therefore, I took my pen and draw this for all Maher Zain fans...

This drawing is done using ballpoint pen and my sketchbook paper. Hope you enjoy it!

OSDC.my Logo Design

2011-02-08T21:33:00.001+08:00

Back in 2009, I've designed OSDC.my Logo and it is until now being use as the official Open Source Developer Club Malaysia (OSDC.my) logo. As usual, I will share the Inkscape source file where you can download and use it in your flyers, website or any promotional media, as long as it is for promoting OSDC.my as is.

You can download the Inkscape source file here: OSDC.my Logo by ApOgEE

If you want to share the source file, please make a link to this page. Thank you!

Sketch Practice: Sumardi

2011-02-06T10:47:00.001+08:00

I haven't practice my drawing and sketching for more than a year maybe due to my busy daily life. So, I started back to play around with my pencil sketch. This time, I draw Sumardi from my photo stocks.

Bad result this time, seems like my hand & eye need some alignment check. I couldn't match what I see to what I draw...

For those who didn't follow this blog much, Sumardi is one of my friend who love FOSS and a PHP expert.

Malaysia Open Source Conference 2011 Artwork Part 2

2011-02-06T09:27:00.002+08:00

This is another artwork made by me for MOSC2011 event.

Download Inkscape source file here: MOSC2011 Artwork by ApOgEE

Artwork for MOSC 2011

2011-02-04T23:02:00.002+08:00

While waiting for the upcoming MOSC2011 event which is planned to be held on 3, 4, 5 and 6 July 2011, I created this artwork as my contribution to the community. MOSC2011 stands for Malaysian Opensource Conference 2011 which is Open Source Software conference organize by Malaysia Open Source Community. MOSC2011 is a conference for sharing knowledge in ICT thats related to Open Source Software (OSS) and OSS communities.

You can download the Inkscape source of this artwork here: MOSC2011 Artwork by ApOgEE

That's all for now... enjoy!

KOSTEM Logo Design Finalized

2010-12-27T14:12:00.001+08:00

I didn't follow KOSTEM Mailing List much since I was so busy working offline on sites. So, I heard that they finally decided to use my logo design as the official KOSTEM logo. So, as promised, here is the Inkscape source file for the logo.

Download KOSTEM Logo Inkscape Source

Hope you like it. For those who would like to use my Logo & Branding Design Service, please comment here and leave your contact information. I will contact you as soon as I receive your message.

Bunny With A Mission

2010-12-08T00:35:00.000+08:00

I don't feel so good because I couldn't join the Meeting Of Style at Sungai Kelang, LRT Pasar Seni on 4-5 Dec 2010. I heard that they are doing graffiti there. Talking about graffiti, I love to see graffiti art by Banksy. I did this artwork using Inkscape and it was inspired from Banksy's rat stencil masterpieces...

Actually, I have another mission for this bunnies artwork... hopefully, not a wall bomb a.k.a graffiti stencil coz I'm not into it... yet

KOSTEM Logo Design

2010-12-06T18:08:00.000+08:00

KOSTEM stands for Koperasi Sumber Terbuka Malaysia Berhad which will be the first cooperative organization that supports open source movement in Malaysia. This is my first suggestion for KOSTEM logo:

The idea originates from Open Source logo which is green and look like a disc. I'm adding hands to that original open source logo which make it looks like human body with raised hands. The image of human with raised hands means freedom. Then, I align the logo to look like Malaysian official flower, The Hibiscus to put Malaysian sense to the logo. And finally, an open padlock in the middle which means, we are an open community.

The original Open Source Logo

If you like it, please vote for it to be the first KOSTEM logo. If you have any other opinions, feel free to leave your comment here.

Got Idea?

2010-11-21T18:24:00.003+08:00

After digging my old blog post, I decided to play around with halftones and screentones effect today.

All done using Inkscape and GIMP . This is why I like having this blog to keep my arts and resources. Because when I don't have any idea what to do, I can dig my old arts and search for my previous ideas. Heheh...

When a Mug meet Stapler

2010-11-20T19:55:00.002+08:00

My imagination today... Oh, yes... how do you see my new blog layout?

GIMP Practice: Ya Habibi Ali Baba

2010-11-13T15:07:00.002+08:00

I'm trying to practice my drawing skill again today. So, I clean up my old wacom tablet and do a quick sketch of P.Ramlee being the 40 Thief's Leader in Ali Baba Bujang Lapok movies. It is an old school movies. But still, it is more popular than the latest movies.

I plug my wacom on my Ubuntu PC and draw this using GIMP. I found the background on my downloaded stocks and tweak it to this drawing so it looks grungy. Hope you like it

I'm thinking about changing this blog layout too... maybe later.

Ubuntu Hams Malaysia

2010-07-16T19:27:00.000+08:00

Designed for Malaysian Ubuntu Ham Radio Operator Community.

Ubuntu Malaysia Community

2010-06-30T11:26:00.004+08:00

New Ubuntu Malaysia Community

Vector Graphics - Bombskare - Fistful Of Dynamite

2010-04-11T12:02:00.002+08:00

Tuning into Bombskare's Fistful Of Dynamite, I redraw their album cover in Inkscape.

Edinburghs heaviest export - A 10 man ska machine thundering out a new kind of noise to skank to. Spotted across Scotland and beyond since the turn of the century, this band are causing widespread dancing and structural damage like no other.

BAND MEMBERS:
Andy- Vocals/harmonica
Scott- Guitars/vocals
Murray- Guitars/vocals
Joe- Bass guitar
Matt- Keys/hammond organ
Sam- Drums
Tom- Sax
Jay- Sax
Colin- Trumpet
Mike- Trombone

www.bombskare.com
www.myspace.com/bombskare

You can download my Inkscape Scalable Vector Graphics file: Download SVG

Vector Graphics - The Real Reggae Boys

2010-04-10T08:10:00.004+08:00

Done in Inkscape... The Real Reggae Boys. The original image is found on google image. I redraw it in Inkscape so you can use it for any design you like. You may interested to make your own DIY t-shirt, or even your reggae gig flyers. Just take it. And if you put it on your blog or myspace, please put a link back to this blog.

You can download my Inkscape Scalable Vector Graphic source here: Download SVG

Vector Graphics - Gangster - Come See, Come SKA

2010-04-09T11:08:00.000+08:00

Busy with my daily routine work. I don't have enough time to play around with art stuff... This is a quick rework of Gangster Come See Come SKA album cover in Inkscape. Hope you like it.

You can download my Inkscape Scalable Vector Graphic file here: Download SVG

Ubuntu Malaysia Lucid Lynx Release Party Cake Design

2010-04-07T14:17:00.001+08:00

This is my quick design for Ubuntu Malaysia Lucid Lynx Release Party Cake.

This is not the final design yet. I would glad to hear your comments. You can comment here or in Ubuntu-my Mailing List - Lucid Party is gearing up.

Vector Graphics - SKA Dance Couple

2010-04-07T09:19:00.000+08:00

I'm a bit busy lately but I won't let you down. So, here is my latest Inkscape practice artwork, the SKA Dance Couple vector graphic.

You can download the Inkscape Scalable Vector Graphics here: Download SVG

Floral Vector - Kerawang Bunga Delapan

2010-04-06T08:18:00.000+08:00

Another quick Inkscape practice. I have no idea where I got this name... This design maybe good for your next Hari Raya greeting card . Just enjoy it.

You can download my Inkscape Scalable Vector Graphic here: Download SVG

Vector Graphics - Muay Thai - The Art Of Fighting

2010-04-05T07:30:00.001+08:00

I'm still in the mood of martial arts today. So, I made this vector graphics for another practice of Inkscape.

“He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.” - Sun Tzu

Download my Inkscape Scalable Vector Graphics here: Download SVG

Vector Graphics - Muay Thai

2010-04-04T07:27:00.001+08:00

Martial Arts is another part of my artistic world. And this time, I'm thinking about Muay Thai, also known as Tomoi in Malaysia.

The word Muay derives from the Sanskrit 'mavya' and Thai comes from the word Tai. Muay Thai is referred to as the "Art of Eight Limbs" or the "Science Of Eight Limbs" because it makes use of punches, kicks, elbows and knee strikes, thus using eight "points of contact", as opposed to "two points" (fists) in Western boxing and "four points" (hands and feet) used in sport-oriented martial arts. A practitioner of Muay Thai is known as a nak muay. Western practitioners are sometimes called nak muay farang meaning foreign boxer.

Refering from a picture found on google image, I redraw this in Inkscape. Kickboxer fans may like to use this vector for their DIY t-shirt design or maybe stickers for their club. Just download my Inkscape Scalable Vector Graphic here: Download SVG

Hope you like it. . Don't forget to subscribe this blog for more free SVG downloads.

Floral Vector - Kerawang Bunga Andana

2010-04-03T11:13:00.000+08:00

Companions of my previous vector graphic design, the Kerawang Bunga Andani. Here is my Kerawang Bunga Andana. This vector is done in Inkscape.

You can download the Inkscape Scalable Vector Graphic file: Download SVG

Kerawang Bunga Andani

2010-04-02T08:13:00.001+08:00

This is another floral vector in my Kerawang Collections from my Inkscape practice. The Bunga Andani name was taken from Malaysian traditional 'wayang kulit' or puppet theater character. In that episode, King Serama asked his servants to find the princess Bunga Andani and princess Bunga Andana. Because I like the story, I simply dedicate this floral vector to her name.

You can download my Inkscape Scalable Vector Graphic file here: Download SVG

Hope you enjoy it

Kerawang Bunga Tujuh Petala

2010-04-01T07:13:00.001+08:00

This floral vector is called Kerawang Bunga Tujuh Petala. I'm adding this into my Inkscape practice of Kerawang Collections. Some of you may ask, what is 'Kerawang'? Kerawang is Malaysian word for floral vector arts.

This vector art is done in Inkscape. You can download my Inkscape Scalable Vector Graphics file: Download SVG

You may also like to checkout this great book of Victorian Vector Designs (Dover Pictura Vector Designs). This book is lavishly detailed and embellished with floral motifs, interlocking vines, or mythical figures, this selection of authentic Victorian-era illustrations offers 200 Vector-based designs featuring a marvelous mix of banners, borders, scrollwork, frames, and more. Accompanied by a gallery of inspiring ideas and step-by-step tutorials, these royalty-free designs will stay crisp even when enlarged. You can redraw the floral motif in Inkscape and use it on your artworks too.

SKA Brass

2010-03-31T07:28:00.002+08:00

Brass Instruments such as trombone, trumpet and saxophone are common instruments used in SKA music. It is like a trend to all SKA band to feature this instruments to drive the song’s melody alongside bass and drum beats.

The original image is found somewhere on internet. I just redraw it again in Inkscape to practice my skill. You can download my Inkscape Scalable Vector Graphic here: Download SVG

Hope you enjoy this ska artwork. Happy skankin!

Rudies Couple Riding Scooter

2010-03-30T08:08:00.004+08:00

Rude Boys and Rude Girls is the name that we use to describe fans of SKA music genre. This term have been used since late 1970s, started by the revival of two-tone SKA.

In 1960s, the first rude boys were associated with the poorer sections of Kingston, Jamaica, where ska, then rocksteady were the most popular forms of music. They dressed in the latest fashions at dancehalls and on the streets. Many of these rude boys started wearing sharp suits, thin ties, and pork pie or Trilby hats; inspired by United States gangster movies, jazz musicians and soul music artists. In that time period, disaffected unemployed Jamaican youths sometimes found temporary employment from sound system operators to disrupt competitors' dances (leading to the term dancehall crasher). This — and other street violence — became an integral part of the rude boy lifestyle, and gave rise to a culture of political gang violence in Jamaica. As the Jamaican diaspora grew in the United Kingdom during the 1960s, rude boy music and fashion, as well as the gang mentality, became a strong influence on the skinhead subculture.

The original photo is found on 2Tone SKA Dance Craze poster. I draw it again in Inkscape so we can reprint at any size we like without looking at the unwanted blur pixels. You can download the Inkscape Scalable Vector Graphic here: Download SVG

Hope you enjoy it!

1Malaysia Logo - Vector Graphic

2010-03-29T07:40:00.001+08:00

For those who are searching for high resolution version of 1Malaysia logo, you can use this scalable vector graphic. Resize it to whatever size you like and the quality will always maintain as is.

1Malaysia is an on-going campaign announced by Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on September 16, 2008, calling for the cabinet, government agencies, and civil servants to more strongly emphasize ethnic harmony, national unity, and efficient governance.

1Malaysia strongly emphasizes national unity, ethnic tolerance, and government efficiency. The eight values of 1Malaysia as articulated by Najib Razak are perseverance, a culture of excellence, acceptance, loyalty, education, humility, integrity, and meritocracy.

This vector graphic is done in Inkscape. You can download the Inkscape scalable vector graphic: Download SVG

Hope you enjoy it

Simple Tux in Vector

2010-03-28T07:22:00.004+08:00

I create this simple tux logo in vector using Inkscape. The idea is to simplify and reduce the color of the original image. DIY t-shirt geeks can simply grab this logo and make the silkscreen.

You can download the Inkscape scalable vector graphic here: Download SVG

Bunga Segi

2010-03-27T08:03:00.001+08:00

This is part of my Kerawang Collection. Kerawang is Malaysian word for floral vector arts. This floral vector is normally used by wedding photographers to decorate their wedding storybook. I took the original design from internet which is a little rough and redesign it in Inkscape.

So, here is my Inkscape Scalable vector graphic version of this floral vector which I call it 'Bunga Segi': Download SVG

Hope you enjoy it . Don't forget to subscribe this blog for more kerawang collections.

Shout SKA

2010-03-26T08:19:00.000+08:00

The original hand-drawn image is found in google image. I don't know the artist who draw it. I'm still practicing my Inkscape skill. While tuning in 'Do SKA' song by Polemic, I redraw the hand-drawn image to vector in Inkscape.

You can download the Inkscape vector source here: Download SVG

Two Tone Rude Boy Disc

2010-03-25T08:39:00.000+08:00

I got the original image from SKA brushes by DusterAmaranth and create my vector art version in Inkscape.

You can download the Inkscape vector graphic source: Download SVG

Hope you enjoy it.

SKA Saxophonist

2010-03-24T08:06:00.002+08:00

Another SKA Vector artworks done in Inkscape. The original artists for this artworks is also unknown. I just redraw it again in Inkscape to practice my Inkscape skill.

As usual, for those who like the Inkscape vector graphic source can download it: Download SVG

Hope you enjoy it . Thanks for your support, Happy Skankin!

SKA is Back In Town

2010-03-23T06:44:00.007+08:00

I took the original image of this drawing somewhere from internet and I don't know who is the original artists who made this. I like SKA and I redraw this using Inkscape.

Here is the Inkscape Vector graphic of this drawing. Download SVG

Reverspective - Patrick Hughes

2010-03-05T15:01:00.012+08:00

Patrick Hughes is a great artist who creates amazing artworks with optical illusions where you can see the perspective changing while moving across his masterpieces. Born in Birmingham, England in October 1939. His first exhibition was in 1961 and his first reverspective was made in 1964. He has been exhibiting with Angela Flowers Gallery (now Flowers Galleries) since 1970. He has written and collated five books on visual and verbal rhetoric.

Hughes' work is full of irony. By creating a world solidified into perspective he makes pictures that come alive before our eyes. In the myth of the sculptor Pygmalion makes a stone woman, whom Aphrodite brings to life as Galatea. Hughes makes wooden lumps of space and you bring them to life by looking at them. It is sculpted painting, solid space.

Check out more about Patrick Hughes on his Reverspective Website.

The Beauty Of Root Reggae

2010-02-23T09:26:00.003+08:00

Play I some music: (dis a) reggae music!
Play I some music: (dis a) reggae music!
Roots, rock, reggae: dis a reggae music!
Roots, rock, reggae: dis a reggae music!

Hey, Mister Music, sure sounds good to me!
I can't refuse it: what to be got to be.
Feel like dancing, dance 'cause we are free;
Feel like dancing, come dance with me!

Roots, rock, reggae: dis a reggae music!
Roots, rock, reggae, yeah! Dis a reggae music!
Play I some music: dis a reggae music!
Play I some music: dis a reggae music!

More Reggae Music on Reggae And SKA

SD card icon

2010-02-13T13:56:00.003+08:00

This is an SD card icon. Taken from gnome-dev-media-sdmmc icon. I like this icon because it relates to my work as I wrote a lot of SD card for my TS-7260 boards.

You can download the icon in SVG format here: gnome-dev-media-sdmmc.svg

This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

Facebook Graffiti Wall: Azlan And His Catch

2009-11-20T23:21:00.006+08:00

Azlan a.k.a LamCha is my old best friend who love fishing and outdoor activity. I really missed the time we went out for hiking, camping and climbing. Today, I steal one of his facebook photo and draw it on Facebook Graffiti Wall. I need more practice on this . Here's the result... enjoy...

And this is why I like this Graffiti Wall... because you can replay...

That's all for today... see you later...

Another Sketch

2009-11-19T23:15:00.002+08:00

Due to my failed attempt to draw Nasha Aziz on pencil. I'm trying to practice again... This time, I sketch with my wacom on GIMP...

Don't ask me, I also have no idea why I like to sketch an eye... maybe there is something in my eyes

Nasha Aziz sketch part two

2009-11-17T22:27:00.004+08:00

Nothing much improvement of the previous Nasha Aziz sketch... touching up here and there before going to sleep... Owh.. I'm moving in slow-mo now...

I think I'm missing something. But I couldn't find it yet... I just couldn't see this drawing looks like the real actress. Or maybe you can tell me which part of it...

Hopefully, I can finish this drawing soon.. hopefully... if I'm still in the mood and have some time to do it

Nasha Aziz sketch part one

2009-11-16T08:26:00.005+08:00

After some busy months, I just got the opportunity to do another sketch yesterday. To avoid my pencil sketch skill getting rusty, I tried to draw Nasha Aziz, referred from a magazine cover found on my book shelf.

And the result show, my skill already got rusted. Simply because I couldn't even finish the drawing in a day. The first attempt got lot's of mistakes make me shy to show you that sketch . I really need more practice to polish my drawing skill.

Here's the unfinished drawing of Nasha Aziz, one of the famous actress in Malaysia:

Not done yet for my pencil on paper drawing. This sketch didn't satisfy me much. I can feel my sketch is far away from the output image in my brain processor... Maybe, my hand printer need to be re-aligned, serviced or need some 'clean ink head' procedure...

Ubuntu LoCo Bunting Design

2009-05-27T03:27:00.006+08:00

I've been asked by Ubuntu Malaysia Local Community to work on a bunting artwork for the upcoming Ubuntu Release Party event at Berjaya Time Square.

So, here it is.

:: Created in Inkscape + GIMP ::

This design is forked from Spreadubuntu - Highway to Freedom which is licensed under creative commons 3.0 share alike

You can download the high resolution artwork for printing here.

Hope you like it

Ubuntu-my t-shirt printing - The Community have decided.

2009-05-20T11:49:00.012+08:00

Two days ago I've started my Ubuntu Malaysia community t-shirt design and it have gone through several changes and updates. Last night, I'm having a quick discussion with Ubuntu Malaysia LoCo team members on #ubuntu-my IRC channel which you can read the log here, some of community member bring up the issue on:

Why monochrome Sleeve Logo?
Why No embroidery?
could we cut the price?
t-shirt & print quality.

Previously, I've told you that I only found one printer who can print it on time. I couldn't spend much time to search for other printers due to my busy schedule which mean I don't have much choices. So, I leave it to them to find and select other printers that suit their requirement.

As the result of that discussion, the final specification for printing is:

Dark Brown t-shirt - 100% cotton, with sleeve grip and collar (Polo)
Colored Embroidery logo - on sleeve (and pocket side if possible). Actual size is 6x6 cm.
Silkscreen print on back, and pocket side (if couldn't do embroidery on pocket side). Back design actual size is A4 Landscape.
Price remain RM50 (they will try to reduce this) and those who ordered have to pay A.S.A.P. which is handled by wanfahmi (itiknila). This is because we don't have any community fund to pay it to printer and we are not getting any profit from that amount.

So, the order form is still open and you can still make your t-shirt order until they close it. I'm also leaving this handled by them.

And here is the final to be printed design:

~ Back Design ( A4 Size - Landscape )~

~ Pocket Side and Sleeve ( 6cm x 6cm ) ~

~ t-shirt Preview ~

:: Designed in Inkscape + GIMP ::

Click HERE to Order Now!!!

If you like to print them yourself, I've make the source openly available under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 License. You can download the Artwork Source and print or play with it. I use Inkscape version 0.46 before you ask.

For those who love this design and is kind enough to buy the t-shirt for me, feel free to do so. Thanks for being supportive. You can buy the t-shirt for me by clicking on this button:
Thanks Again!!

OK, that's all I think. I'm off now. Any further questions can be asked on Ubuntu Malaysia Community Mailing List or Ubuntu Malaysia official IRC channel. Cheers!!

Ubuntu-my Community t-shirt Final Design

2009-05-19T22:56:00.009+08:00

Due to limited time we have for printing, please note that the design have changed to meet printer restrictions in order to get this t-shirt printed before 31st May 2009 and be ready for MSC Open Source Conference 2009.

Update!! This is NOT the final design. Check the Final Design Here!!!

So, this is the ~~final~~ design:

~ Pocket Side ~

~ Sleeve ~

~ Back ~

~ ~~Final~~ t-shirt preview ~

:: Designed in Inkscape + GIMP ::

The price is RM50 per t-shirt (I wish I could get it cheaper but I can only find this printer and we are in hurry). You can still do your pre-order now using this form ~~before 20/5/2009 8:00AM (Malaysian Time)~~. Hurry up guys!!

Update!! This is NOT the final design. Check the Final Design Here!!!

Ubuntu t-shirt design Updated

2009-05-19T10:35:00.011+08:00

Updated Version of my Ubuntu Community t-shirt design.

Update!! This is not the final design!!. Final design to be printed is HERE

~ Back ~

~ Chest & sleeve ~

~ Design Preview ~

:: Designed in Inkscape + GIMP ::

OK, that's for now... I'm gonna print this. So, you can pre-order...

Update!! You can do pre-order now!! Just Fill up and submit your pre-order Now!!..

Be quick!!

Update!! This is not the final design!!. Final design to be printed is HERE

Ubuntu-My 2009 t-shirt design

2009-05-18T00:58:00.006+08:00

hot from the oven...

Designed using Inkscape + GIMP

Update!! This is not the final design!!. Final design to be printed is HERE

OSDC.my Logo V3

2009-04-07T12:29:00.004+08:00

The previous OSDC.my Logo Draft is actually version 2. So, here's v3...

this is the same version without background...

Feel free to leave your comments...

OSDC.my Logo Draft

2009-04-04T01:20:00.009+08:00

I was asked to design logo for osdc.my. OSDC.my is Open Source Developers’ Conference which is a conference designed for developers, by developers. It covers numerous programming languages across a range of operating systems. Talks vary from introductory pieces through to the deeply technical. With three talks on at any time, spanning over three days; there is bound to be something of interest to any developers.

Here's some draft...

the first logo won the vote but I feel like it is too simple. So, I'm playing with other new design...

and this one with different eye color (mouse deer head)...

I'm still trying to get some more design out of my head.

** Logo design using Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor and GIMP.

Facebook Graffiti Wall: Adawiyah

2008-12-20T14:07:00.004+08:00

Did you remember my sketch of my sister's daughter, Adawiyah on my very first post of this blog? This is another sketch of Adawiyah, and this time it is on Facebook Graffiti Wall.

and as usual.. let's replay.. heheh

I'm tired to finish the details. It's already 4 AM... I can't save and continue the drawing because Facebook Graffiti Wall haven't had that features. So, this is all I can do for 2 hours...

Facebook Graffiti Wall: Nona Manis

2008-12-09T14:48:00.001+08:00

I'm trying to do another drawing using the Facebook GrafFiti Wall again just after the Got Root drawing. I don't know why I'm getting inspired to improve my drawing using this tool. Thanks to Facebook Graffiti wall because I can learn and enjoy others painting to...

Here's my latest graffiti... I call it "Nona Manis"

And here's the how i draw it... I really enjoy the show.

Hope you enjoy it too!

Facebook Graffiti Wall: Thanks Intel

2008-12-08T08:16:00.001+08:00

I would like to thanks Intel for being the sponsor of this superb graffiti wall on facebook.

now, lets play it...

I'm getting crazy with this Graffiti Wall... hehehe

Realistic Graffiti Drawing by Minh Hoang

2008-12-07T08:03:00.002+08:00

Do you believe that this photo is one of the Facebook Graffiti Wall drawing?

I'm really amazed on how realistic and how Minh Hoang draw it. You can see it yourself by playing this graffiti drawing...

Damn real right?

Facebook Graffiti Wall: Got Root?

2008-12-06T01:54:00.007+08:00

Previously, I register my facebook account just because I like to try the Graffiti Wall. So I draw REDD brings bread for GRIN for Emila.

I'm playing with my graffiti wall on my facebook again today... maybe this is the beginning of my real facebook graffiti journey...

The Facebook Graffiti Wall is really useful for those who wanna learn drawing and coloring because we can review our drawing and also see how other people draw from beginning to the final artwork. I can see there are lots of superb artists and learn how they work on their drawing. Pretty amazing... here's mine, check it out...

Feel free to add me on facebook, and put "artofapogee" on the message so i know you're coming from here. Hope you enjoy it!!

Not an oil pastel portrait yet

2008-11-26T08:30:00.000+08:00

I'm still trying to develop my oil pastel rendering skill... it is really hard. I can't even achieve the color I want yet... I don't know what to say anymore... I'm just not satisfied with it...

"Another oil pastel rendering practice"

Yesterday evening, I bought some cotton buds. I hope it can helps improving my Buncho oil pastel rendering.

I wish I could draw better...

An Apple A Day

2008-11-25T08:13:00.001+08:00

I'm trying to use Buncho Oil Pastel color which is typically hard oil pastel, but it is cheaper. The way of coloring and blending is also different from the softer oil pastel like the one that art students use. in order to get used with this oil pastels, I did some oil pastel coloring practice... and here's another practice stuff...

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Apple in the morning - Doctor's warning
Roast apple at night - starves the doctor outright
Eat an apple going to bed - knock the doctor on the head
Three each day, seven days a week - ruddy apple, ruddy cheek"

Rendering Oil Pastel Practice

2008-11-24T09:58:00.000+08:00

Inspired by my friend, surface... I've started back to play with oil pastel. Quite hard to blend my 24 Colors Buncho Oil Pastels to meet what's in my mind. I just can't synchronize my fingers, my eyes and my brain yet...

"The First Crayon Attempt"

"The Next Crayon Practice"

I'm going to test this new oil pastel blending skill on a portrait drawing... Soon...

Pencil Rendering Practice

2008-11-21T09:34:00.003+08:00

"Just My Pencil Rendering Practice"

SamTriggy - Rising Force on Oud

2008-09-19T11:32:00.003+08:00

Sorry for no update in this blog due to my heavy workload lately. But today, I can't resist to post this video. I've been following Samtriggy news for years. He is a Malay guy who can play 3 Guitar simultaneously using his Guitar Tapping technique. Seriously, he is one of my motivation to practice guitar by myself in my free time. But I'm still at beginner level... heheh

In this awesome video, he is playing Oud or Gambus in Malay. And this song called, Rising Force... Enjoy!!

Hope to see more from him soon...

Mabok Kepayang CD Artworks

2008-05-29T10:00:00.007+08:00

Previously, I did an initial sketch of the Mabok Kepayang art. Then I work on it digitally using my Wacom Tablet and GIMP. The digital painting at first, looks realistic where it is not what Zoy expect. He just expecting me to do a simple pencil sketch. I did the digital painting because of some comments on my previous initial sketch where they wanna see it coloured. After some fixes, to reduce the realism in the digital painting and position the art on the right location, here is the final output of the Dewangga Sakti - Mabok Kepayang CD artwork. All works are done using my Ubuntu Hardy Heron Laptop, GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program and Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor.

Thanks to Dewangga Sakti for honoring me to design their CD inlay, tray card and overlay. . By the way, here is the digital painting output before it is placed on the CD layout.

Great Drawing Tutorial Collection by EclecticAsylum - Part IX

2008-05-29T08:13:00.001+08:00

This is the continuation of Great Drawing Tutorial Collection by EclecticAsylum - Part VIII

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.6N Measuring

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.6o Measuring

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.6P Measuring

That's it... all videos posted. Thanks for being patient and following this blog posts.

Great Drawing Tutorial Collection by EclecticAsylum - Part VIII

2008-05-28T08:13:00.001+08:00

This is the continuation of Great Drawing Tutorial Collection by EclecticAsylum - Part VII

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.6K Measuring

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.6L Measuring

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.6M Measuring

I will continue adding the other parts tomorrow... so, stay tune!

Great Drawing Tutorial Collection by EclecticAsylum - Part VII

2008-05-27T07:13:00.001+08:00

This is the continuation of Great Drawing Tutorial Collection by EclecticAsylum - Part VI

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.6H Measuring

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.6i Measuring

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.6J Measuring

I will continue adding the other parts tomorrow... so, stay tune!

update: I have to remove and split the tutorial to 3 videos per post due to limitation of some browser which cannot load all the videos. Sorry for the inconvenient. Just stay tune and you'll get all videos here

Great Drawing Tutorial Collection by EclecticAsylum - Part VI

2008-05-26T08:16:00.001+08:00

This is the continuation of Great Drawing Tutorial Collection by EclecticAsylum - Part V

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.6E Measuring

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.6F Measuring

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.6G Measuring

I will continue adding the other parts tomorrow... so, stay tune!

update: I have to remove and split the tutorial to 3 videos per post due to limitation of some browser which cannot load all the videos. Sorry for the inconvenient. Just stay tune and you'll get all videos here

Great Drawing Tutorial Collection by EclecticAsylum - Part V

2008-05-25T07:13:00.002+08:00

This is the continuation of Great Drawing Tutorial Collection by EclecticAsylum - Part IV

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.6B Measuring

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.6C Measuring

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.6D Measuring

I will continue adding the other parts tomorrow... so, stay tune!

update: I have to remove and split the tutorial to 3 videos per post due to limitation of some browser which cannot load all the videos. Sorry for the inconvenient. Just stay tune and you'll get all videos here

Great Drawing Tutorial Collection by EclecticAsylum - Part IV

2008-05-24T08:13:00.001+08:00

This is the continuation of Great Drawing Tutorial Collection by EclecticAsylum - Part III

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.5C Value Shapes

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.5D Value Shapes

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.6A Measuring

I will continue adding the other parts tomorrow... so, stay tune!

update: I have to remove and split the tutorial to 3 videos per post due to limitation of some browser which cannot load all the videos. Sorry for the inconvenient. Just stay tune and you'll get all videos here

Great Drawing Tutorial Collection by EclecticAsylum - Part III

2008-05-23T07:21:00.004+08:00

This is the continuation of Great Drawing Tutorial Collection by EclecticAsylum - Part II. If you follow the videos from the beginning of this tutorial video collection, you will understand about the math and science of drawing portraits. Jason will tell you about Sketching and Value Shapes in the following videos.

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.4B Sketching

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.5A Value Shapes

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.5B Value Shapes

I will continue adding the other parts tomorrow... so, stay tune!

update: I have to remove and split the tutorial to 3 videos per post due to limitation of some browser which cannot load all the videos. Sorry for the inconvenient. Just stay tune and you'll get all videos here

Great Drawing Tutorial Collection by EclecticAsylum - Part II

2008-05-22T08:13:00.009+08:00

This is the continuation of Great Drawing Tutorial Collection by EclecticAsylum - Part I. In these episodes, Jason will teach you about the drawing tools to draw portraits and the basic knowledge to know.

This Episode covers graphite drawing pencils and the kneaded eraser. Jason have prepared some exercise for you to start learning to draw portraits. Get the practice exercises here...
http://www.EclecticAsylum.com/ltdp/ep3.html

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.3A Graphite & Eraser

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.3B Graphite & Eraser

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.4A Sketching

I will continue adding the other parts tomorrow... so, stay tune!

update: I have to remove and split the tutorial to 3 videos per post due to limitation of some browser which cannot load all the videos. Sorry for the inconvenient. Just stay tune and you'll get all videos here

Great Drawing Tutorial Collection by EclecticAsylum - Part I

2008-05-21T11:45:00.006+08:00

While still working on my painting for Dewangga Sakti album cover, I surf around the web sphere to pickup some ideas and inspirations from others. I then bumped to this great collection of video tutorial by EclecticAsylum on How to draw portraits. For those who didn't know much about EclecticAsylum, his real name is Jason. This great artists have been demonstrating his art skills for years in youtube and have been posting a lot of his art videos.

I'm inspired by his technique... In hope by learning from this videos will improve my skills as well, I'm sharing the channel with you...

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.1 Introduction

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.2A Value & Contrast

Learn to Draw Portraits - Ep.2B Value & Contrast

Hope you enjoy it too!!... I will continue adding the other parts soon... so, stay tune!

update: I have to remove and split the tutorial to 3 videos per post due to limitation of some browser which cannot load all the videos. Sorry for the inconvenient. Just stay tune and you'll get all videos here

Mabok Kepayang Initial sketch

2008-05-14T10:38:00.003+08:00

Arlong of DewanggaSakti ask me for an artwork for his Mabok Kepayang album cover... I did an initial sketch of it... as what I understand about Mabok Kepayang, I'm thinking about love and somehow drunken in love...

comment please...
the pic isn't so clear because I took it using my brand new Sony Ericsson k660i... heheh

My Skinhead Art on YouTube?

2008-04-15T23:27:00.004+08:00

I got a message from my friend, AsriBotak today... He said, He found my art published on a Video. Just because, he have seen the real sketch on my sketchbook... As I've already published the drawing for all skinhead fans and friends out there... I won't charge anybody who use it.

Here's the video...

As far as I remember, the song is once played in a skinhead legend movies called Romper Stomper. That's the first, Russell Crowe movie that I've ever seen on 1992. He act as Hando, the leader of an Anti Fascist Skinhead crowd in Australia. After that, I started to see more movies of him like Gladiator and so on. A great artist I thought.... Owh, before I forget, here's my skinhead drawing in the video...

I'm glad there is somebody out there who value my humble drawings... hehehe...

Where to get Free TTF Fonts?

2008-04-12T13:51:00.003+08:00

Fonts would be another useful resources for graphic designer. Most graphic designer have collections of beautiful fonts that we can use in our arts. I'm going to share my bookmark of some sites that offer Free TrueType Fonts for easy preview and download...

Feel free to leave additional downloadable TTF font links in the comment area if I missed out any good links.

GIMP - The Best Free Photoshop

2008-03-31T02:19:00.005+08:00

For those who remember about my post on Ubuntu, the best art of operating system crafted... you should remember that I do mention about GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program.

GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.

GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.

GIMP is written and developed under X11 on UNIX platforms. But basically the same code also runs on MS Windows and Mac OS X.

You can read more on Official GIMP Website...

For me, it is the best replacement for Adobe Photoshop and it's free!! Take a look here on how this guy enjoy painting using GIMP.

You have choice now, if you are using those licensed Adobe Photoshop, yes it's also good but if you don't have any licensed photo retouching or painting tool, grab gimp now. And start producing your art in GIMP... Enjoy!!

REDD brings bread for GRIN

2008-03-06T10:03:00.005+08:00

Passing by my blogger friends blogs.. I found Grin, Emila's new pet. Grin is Hungry... so, I decided to let Grin meet new friend called REDD... Here we come!

I draw this on Emila's Grafitti wall on facebook... just got my facebook too... heheh

New MyBloglog Layout

2008-03-05T09:23:00.005+08:00

I'm subscribing to google news about "Art Of ApOgEE" to know what is happening over the net about the art of apogee keyword. And today, I notice a link to my ApOgEE MyBlogLog home page on the news line. As I get curious, I click on the link and BOOM!! the New MyBloglog layout for my home page. Seems, like MyBloglog have done a big layout modification and there is new widget for my blogs too.

I've been one of MyBloglog loyal fan since I start blogging... feel free to add me as your friends, and join my Art Of ApOgEE Community. Come on, It's free!!

Sketch Of the Boredom

2008-02-26T11:47:00.002+08:00

I haven't had enough time to sit down and sketch. I did sketch to fill my rest time but none of them are good sketch for any purpose... I may call em sketches of boredom... I don't even know what am I sketching about. Just point the tip of the pen or pencil on the paper and let it go... anything from my mind will come out... Here's one of the result.

Actually, there is more... some of them were sketched over a newspaper's white space... could be anywhere... But, not at the wall or any space that isn't mine... I'm not into grafitti yet...

CEREAL KILLER on Sketch Blogstars

2008-02-22T10:38:00.006+08:00

It's been a quite long time I didn't sketch and draw things... also, I didn't post anything here. I'm getting busy and really busy. I hope I will have more time and can continue to post things in this blog.

CEREAL KILLER is one of the artists in Sketch Blogstars. I like his arts. Clean and fascinating. Here's some of them...

Medusa Quick Sketch
Lady Acrylic

Check out more arts from him and more artists like him on Sketch Blogstars...

What is Scalable Vector Graphics or SVG?

2007-12-24T08:56:00.000+08:00

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an open file format for vector graphics based on XML. Thanks to the work of a research group created in 1998 by the W3_Consortium: the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). SVG enables Web developers and designers to create dynamically generated, high-quality graphics from real-time data with precise structural and visual control.

This format based on other public standards (XML, CSS, HTML) which allows for the creation of vectorial images which are re-scaleable, perfect to save bandwidth, to optimise layout and to allow zooming without losing the quality of the image. Graphics created in SVG can be dynamic or interactive, can group, transform, create graphic objects within other objects and be given style attributes.

With this powerful new technology, SVG developers can create a new generation of Web applications based on data-driven, interactive, and personalized graphics.

The good things about using this open format is you can easily transfer and edit them in any platform. I think, most vector designing softwares nowadays like Adobe Illustrator, Xara Extreme and Corel Draw support this format. So, you don't have to worry about some proprietary file format like .ai or .cdr where you can't open them on other software when you transfer the file to another computer that don't have the proprietary software to open it.

Ubuntu - the best art of operating system crafted

2007-12-17T13:37:00.001+08:00

I've been busy with my daily routine, nearly to forget this blog. Thank god, I didn't forget this very blog. Well, as my blog readers know, I'm working in IT related, system development field and not officially into art and design field. However, my interest still goes deep into art and craft.

Lately, I've been playing a lot with this Ubuntu, a linux based operating system. Believe it or not, linux have gone far beyond the art of operating system. I would love to nominate Linux as the best operating system ever crafted. Why? because it was crafted by developers around the world without aiming for "money" in the first place. They build it to for the sake of having a flexible operating system for themselves to use. And what's good about linux is, they are sharing it for free around the earth globe.

As I've used to do my works in this OS, I'm starting to love it. If someone ask my recommendation whether to use Microsoft Vista or XP?, I'll surely say, "you better use Ubuntu!!". I'm not getting any sponsorship from Ubuntu for promoting them. I'm just sharing something great that I've tried.

For designer and artists, there is a lot you can do in Ubuntu. And for god sake you can even add or request more features you would like to have in it. Isn't it great? Photo editing can simply be done in Ubuntu using the free Gimp and Logo or vector design can be productively accomplished using Xara Extreme. You can get all of them for free!! yes!! for free!!

To prove my words, you may have a look on these software that is freely available for Ubuntu users who love arts and designs.

Photo Management...
Picasa for Ubuntu - Google's photo managing software.
F-Spot - a full-featured personal photo management application for the GNOME desktop.
DigiKam - a free, opensource advanced digital photo management application for linux.
JBrout - a photo manager, written in python/pygtk under the GPL licence. It's cross-platform, and has been tested on GNU/linux and windows XP/2k.

Raster Graphics/Photography/RAW Tools...
GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
UFRaw - The Unidentified Flying Raw (UFRaw) is a utility to read and manipulate raw images from digital cameras. It can be used on its own or as a Gimp plug-in.
MetaPixel - a program for generating photomosaics.
GimpShop - Fork of The Gimp, shortcuts and menus like in photoshop, but otherwise it's the same old Gimp.
Hugin - an easy to use cross-platform panoramic imaging toolchain based on Panorama Tools.

Vector Graphics
InkScape - An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
Xara Xtreme - A winner. It really is a good substitute for Illustrator.

Graphic designer who is already used to use Mac will see this operating system as the new Mac OSX because we can have mac experiences in Ubuntu. Check out the Ubuntu Official site for more info.

Creative Sense In Photography by Chema Madoz

2007-11-21T11:09:00.001+08:00

While surfing over the web sphere, I found this cool Photos by Chema Madoz. It is true that Picture worth thousands words. And when you see all the photos by Chema Madoz, you will feel like traveling in the picture with thousands of meanings. Take a look at these photos...

I'm a bit busy right now. Can't write any longer. Feel free to check Chema Madoz website for more. Enjoy...

Logo Design Company Reviews and Resource Portal

2007-10-22T08:54:00.000+08:00

Successful branding starts with the right logo. As I'm dealing with lots of Graphic Design jobs, knowledge on creating logo that's professional, memorable, and adaptable is essential. I recently notice one blog with good articles about Logo Design. Its a blog that worth reading for Graphic Designer who's dealing with logos and branding.

Logo Blog is dedicated to giving you unbiased, reliable and independent user based reviews and advice about Logos, and Logo Design Companies.

I like their commitment to provide up-to-the-minute news and articles about the logo design industry. They encourage every one to participate and have discussion about the various logo design companies, logo design skills, logo design styles and the new customized typefaces and design ideas. Logo Blog also conducts interviews of logo designers, which will help you in understanding some logo design technicalities in laymen terminology.

Logo Blog also provides free logo design review services for small businesses along with a free monthly marketing and branding newsletter. Concisely, Logo Blog is concerned with the excellence of the logo design services provided by the logo design companies to their customers.

Their Logo Company Ranking can be a good start for those who are searching for Logo Company to design their Company Logo. The reviews about these Logo and Branding Companies can really help you choosing the best that suits your branding needs. Check out the Logo Design Blog for more articles on Logo Design. Hope you enjoy this too...

The Art of Programming

2007-10-20T23:55:00.001+08:00

Apart from being an art hobbyist and freelance graphic designer, I'm currently working as Software Engineer for a Wireless Broadband company here in Kuala Lumpur. Seems like I'm in a different field but I really love programming since I hear about it back in 1996. I still remember the day that my friend told me that I have to have at least a mainframe to do programming while I only have an old Windows 3.1 PC.
I then started my journey to know more about programming, learn the Assembly Language and Turbo Pascal by reading cheap Second Hand books since it's hard to find internet cafe at that time. Those memories makes me laugh and I'll surely knock my friend's head (the guy who lie about the Mainframe) because I do programming using a simple Win95 PC and not a mainframe or any super computer.

For me, Programming have its own artistic value. The science and art of programming is really wonderful. I draw this cartoon during my early years of assembly language programming journey. Most of the examples on assembly language code I read that time is for cracking and hacking... Owh please, don't stare at me like that. I don't crack softwares and sell it. I just do some reverse engineering for my learning purpose. If you are interested about The Art Of programming, then check out this long Art Of Programming article on PaulGraham.com

Guido Daniele - Multimedia Artists And Body Painter

2007-10-18T00:57:00.001+08:00

While surfing around the net, I found this great body painter website. I really enjoy his hand painting masterpiece. These hand paintings was so cool and realistic. Honestly, this kind of art works really inspires me. Maybe sounds like I'm in a day dreaming, but I really hope that I can be as good as this too . Anyway, Guido Daniele is a Multimedia Artist and Body Painter who lives and works in Milan, Italy. He was born in Soverato (CZ - Italy). Since 1964 until 1968 he attended Brera artistic High School and he graduated from Brera School of Arts (major in sculpturing) in 1972. He lived in India since 1972 to 1974 where he attended the Tankas school in Dharamsala.

Guido Daniele has worked as a hyper-realistic illustrator, co-operating with editing and advertising companies, innovating with airbrush and testing out various painting techniques. Since 1986 he has been working and improving his personal usage of airbrush. He has painted backcloths up to 400 sq metres in size. He has also painted trompe l'oeil images for private houses and public buildings. In 1990 he developed a body painting technique, and his work has been used in advertising images and commercials, as well as fashion events and exhibitions. His personal artistic research has recently led him to the combination of the two traditional portrait techniques, which are photography and oil painting, laied on photographic support in the same way as Jan Saudek. His "master" of photographic shooting and manual print in darkroom has always been the famous photographer Francesco Radino. Its search started in 2000 about "Handimals" which was made with the method of body painting has a great international interest.

Check out his website at Guido Daniele for more informations.

Old Sketch 12: Wardina Safiyyah

2007-09-25T09:01:00.000+08:00

Wardina Safiyyah is a Malaysian's Popular Celebrity who started the new Islamic style among artists where she refuse to take off her headscarf like other celebrities even for a shampoo tv commercials. Do you want to know how glamor she is with headscarf? When you walk by headscarves shops around Kuala Lumpur or everywhere in Malaysia, you can see headscarves named by her name. They call it "Tudung Wardina" which means "Wardina's Headscarf". She have also started a new style of wearing those headscarves and they call it Wardina's Headscarf Fashion.

This sketch is done with pencil on paper. I didn't like it much because I noticed there is something wrong with the proportion of the nose and face . Anyway, if you want to know more about her, you can check out Wardina Safiyyah's Friendster Pages for news about her.

Old Sketch 11: Skinhead II

2007-09-23T08:19:00.000+08:00

Being a Skinhead in the early 1994 till the end of 2001 here in Malaysia have influenced my lifestyle with the Skinhead culture and ideology. Skinheads was named for their shaven or close-cropped heads. They are a working-class subculture that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1960s. This subculture then spread to other parts of the world.

Back to the beginning, the first skinheads were greatly influenced by West Indian rude boys and British mods, in terms of fashion, music and lifestyle. Originally, the skinhead subculture was primarily based on those elements, not politics or race. Since then, however, skinhead aligned themselves with attitudes toward race and politics. The political spectrum within the skinhead scene ranges from the far right to the far left, although many skinheads remain apolitical. Fashion-wise, skinheads range from a clean-cut 1960s mod-influenced style to less-strict punk- and hardcore-influenced styles.

This pencil sketch was made in the middle of the years I've been with the Skinhead lifestyle with my friends, Skinheads all over Malaysia. We listen to Oi!, Reggae and SKA music at gigs. I don't know what happened to the Skinheads in Malaysia today as I can see the culture is not with the working-class people but followed by students who pretend that they are the working-class and then protest for something that they don't even experienced yet.

Today, I love my life and family. I love my works and my company I worked for. I have nothing to protest because we can really solve problems through discussions. There are no more capitalists who keep the pressure to workers and gain the money because if I'm with them, I can just leave and find another good paid job. Even blogging can make me money. Skinhead for me have gone back to just music and fashion where I can change my fashion whenever I feel to change. My hair have grow longer than Mods cut and I like to change my hairstyles when I get bored with one. You may call me poser, and I don't really care about it anymore . Check out my Reggae And SKA blog to hear musics that I'm tuned to.

Jimmy Hendrix Set On Fire by Phil Hansen

2007-08-13T12:09:00.000+08:00

I'm one of Phil Hansen's fan and I do love and inspired by all of his creative arts since I firstly found him on YouTube doing his Bruce Lee High Speed Painting. He recently emailed me about his latest art work. The special things about Phil Hansen's Latest Artwork is he burned or destroyed them upon completion. This kind of method reminds me to the sand castles which I've made on the beach where I'll then bulldozed them after finish building the castles. The different is, I didn't take the video.

This art piece is called Jimmy Hendrix where he create a Jimmy Hendrix image by arranging colored match sticks. There is Red Tipped, Black Tipped and White Tipped Matchsticks and the size of the finished piece is 15" by 17". Check out this video for the full artwork in progress and then get burned.

Actually, Phil Hansen have started his new art blog called Goodbye Art and he will be posting different art pieces with different theme every week. That's why he created the Jimmy Hendrix piece and set it on fire for this week theme called 'Fire'. Hope you'll Enjoy them too.

You may also love to read:

Bruce Lee - High Speed Painting by Phil Hansen

Cameron Diaz on pencil

2007-08-01T08:47:00.005+08:00

This time, I'm still with my pencil sketch practice. But with a little more serious because I want to check my improvement in pencil drawings. I have done some BCD (Blind Contour Drawing) and CD (Contour Drawing) to improve my skill. Thanks to Takara for his advice on BCD and CD. However, I'm not going to post my BCD and CD sketch because I don't like how they look... but here is my Cameron Diaz sketch.

Cameron Diaz is one of my favorite popular celebrity. I refer this sketch from one of her celebrity pictures collection available on the internet. I don't remember the link because I found it already in my archive.

I choose the reference picture because of her hairstyles. I want to challenge myself for details of her hair and also with the water elements. If you noticed the water in this sketch, then I can say that was some improvement on me because it's real hard for me to draw realistic water surfaces. Another bonus this time is the making of Cameron Diaz sketch photos.

Hope you like it. And before I'm closing, feel free to check out Cameron Diaz DVD on Amazon here. And hope you enjoy them too because I do...

Thats all for now. Feel free to leave your comments here because I love to hear all your voice out there about my amateur drawing and hope that I can improve with more support from all of you, the fellow readers of ArtOfApOgEE blog.

Where to get Free Photoshop Brushes, Vector Graphics and Textures

2007-07-26T11:55:00.000+08:00

I got some queries from friends about where did I get those free Adobe Photoshop Brushes, royalty free vector graphics and textures since my last post about Royalty Free Vector Graphics, Photoshop Brushes and Textures. Well my friend, I'm stick why my best answer for this... Just google it and you will find tons of those royalty free vectors, brushes and textures. It's true! I'm not joking about it. All you have to do is browse through the result and you'll find a lot of those valuable resources. You will find most of them are free and ready to be downloaded.

For those who are new with vector graphic, it is also called geometric modeling or object-oriented graphics. Vector Graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and polygons, which are all based upon mathematical equations to represent images in computer graphics. It is used in contrast to the term raster graphics, which is the representation of images as a collection of pixels. There are various format of vector graphic you can download. The most common format available is EPS, PDF, WMF and SVG. Don't be sad if you see the size is so small because this type of graphic is scalable. You can open, resize and edit this type of vector art file in most vector graphics editor such as CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator or Xara Extreme.

However, I'm glad to share my list of selected free vector graphics, Adobe Photoshop Brushes and textures as my appreciation to you... the loyal visitor of this blog. Feel free to bookmark this post as I will update the list when I found other worthy links.

Brusheezy Brushes :: Collection of free Adobe Photoshop Brushes
Brusheezy Patterns :: Collection of free cool patterns
Vectorvault :: Royalty free vector graphics samples (come on, it's free too!)
FreeVectors.com :: All free vector art
Bittbox :: Free Vector Glass Header Designs - Fancy
Bittbox :: 72 Free Vector Glass Buttons and Bars
Bittbox :: Free Vector Swooshes, and Fancy Corner Designs.
Monkey Vector Pack :: Collection of monkey Vector Pack
Fura Vector Pack Set 1 :: Royalty free Vector pack by furaworld
2D Valley :: Free Adobe Photoshop Brushes
Vecteezy :: an index of Free Vectors available for download by some of the best designers around the world. (updated every day!)
Gabriele Magurno :: 106 Free custom vector shapes
Spoon Graphics :: Free Vector Resources
Komodo Media Goodie Pack :: Collection of leaves in illustrator ai format.
Free Photoshop Shapes :: Large collection of free photoshop shapes.
Webpage Elements :: collection of vector webpage elements in ai and eps format.
FreeVectors.Net :: large gallery of vector graphics.

Royalty Free Vector Graphics, Photoshop Brushes and Textures

2007-07-11T16:32:00.000+08:00

As a busy Graphic Designer with tight schedule, ready made vector graphics, Photoshop brushes and textures will really helps you to be more productive with your graphic design work. So, it is a must for every graphic designer too keep the stock or collection of them.

You can create your own vector graphics, Photoshop brushes and textures for your stock when you have time or just doing a simple practice on it. I do made some when I'm practicing since I believe 'Practice Makes Perfect' plus, I can add these materials into my stocks. However, it took years to have a collection of thousand vector graphics, brushes and textures all by myself.

Come on my friend, worry no more! Because there are peoples around us who generously share their pre-made vector graphics, Photoshop brushes and textures. And they didn't claim any royalty on it. Isn't that great?... Royalty free vector illustrations, brushes and textures could save hours of design time normally spent sourcing and creating design elements for use within your work.

You can grab them for totally free or pay one time only (for their effort to compile the collection for you) and then use them as much as you like without worrying about royalty fees and other unnecessary fees.

Now, you've got the idea on how to build your own stock of these royalty free stuff right? you can start today by googling the web sphere for Royalty free vector graphics, brushes and textures and grab them.

Here's one of that kewl stuff. I recently found that Go Media is giving away some samples of their royalty free vector graphic stocks. Don't wait, get em now!

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Where to get Free Photoshop Brushes, Vector Graphics and Textures

Happy Girl

2007-06-29T10:36:00.001+08:00

I'm quite busy lately so I don't have time to sketch even my hand vibrates to took the pencil and make a new sketch. Anyway, I have one more sketch to share with you. The model is refered from a magazine called Readers Digest... Enjoy...

Nicolas Cage

2007-06-22T22:08:00.002+08:00

Also found the photo in Readers Digest. Just playing around with the tone and don't want to draw the full face... Is it look like Nicolas Cage?

Another Practice Sketch

2007-06-22T21:58:00.001+08:00

Another practice... this sketch done with pencil on paper. Refered from an advertisement on Readers Digest... Just enjoy...

Listen to music

2007-06-22T21:52:00.001+08:00

Just my practice sketch... i hope my skill will improve. Done with pencil on paper. The picture is dark coz there is not enough light in the room and I'm lazy to retake the photo at the brighter location... LOL

Smile... Oil Pastel

2007-06-22T21:45:00.001+08:00

I'm trying to draw and color using oil pastel. So, here is the result then.

Done using Bunco oil pastel on my sketchbook. Not so good... But I think it's okay for a start.

MyList Update

2007-06-22T21:32:00.000+08:00

OK guys... this is my My List Update...

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Deanna Yusoff on my sketchbook

2007-06-06T08:50:00.002+08:00

Deanna Yusoff is one of popular Malaysian actress, singer, model and host. She have won the The Best Women Film Actor Award on the 10th Malaysia Film Festival via a film called Selubung (1991). I referred this sketch from Jelita magazine's cover issue April 2005. Anyway, this is just my practice on pencil sketch. Enjoy...

Amy Search on Soft Pastel

2007-06-03T11:37:00.001+08:00

This is my second attempt to draw using Soft Pastel. I'm still experimenting with the colors and blending. So, I draw Amy face. The singer of Malaysian rock band called Search. His band is so popular in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and even Brunei.

The drawing was created about 8 years ago and about a week after my first Soft Pastel drawing done. Still, I'm not really satisfied with it. Maybe I have to refer to some tutorials to find my mistakes.

Roshatika

2007-05-27T19:19:00.002+08:00

Hmm... This is my latest sketch. Still hot from the oven. I got this request from a blogger friend called Roshatika to draw her picture and I think she have been waiting for this for month since I got too busy to do so. Let me call her Kak Ros since she is older than me Ngeheheh! (Oh yeh! I feel younger.. hihihih). This sketch is done with 6B pencil in my sketch book. I referred this sketch from her photo taken on 1989. She have been announced as Ratu Cantik Pesta Port Dickson (Beautiful Queen of Port Dickson Feast... some kind of Miss Universe for Port Dickson) on 1989.

Hey, feel free to check out her nice blog at Diari Roshatika. She is so pretty isn't she? And here's a bonus from me... The making of Roshaika. Hope you enjoy it.