Awards: Philips Award 2009 Crowbar Awards 2009 (Interactive: Gold)		REALise
			Aug-Oct 2009
		School project turned commercial project Full Flash | 10 pages + animation | Size: 5.5mb USP: Animated storytelling, illustrations { www.Childrensociety.org.sg/fundraising } "Hope is Realised when impossibilities are made Real." REALise is an integrated campaign, which consists of print work as well as an interactive awareness and fund-raising website that promotes to the target audience, youths and young working adults, through unique storytelling, the organisation Singapore Children's Society. Besides the website, there were also two public roadshows held and merchandise for this campaign.

		Portfolio 2008
			Oct 07, Jun 08
		Full Flash | 8 pages | Size: 800kb USP: Choose to navigate using the mouse or arrow keys { Launch Website } This portfolio website was first produced in October 2007 for a school module, and subsequently modified in June 2008 - a short time before internship - to become a real online portfolio which showcases my resume and 3 categories of work, namely: Web & Interactive, Design & Illustrations and Misc (photography, sketches).

Award: Crowbar Awards 2008 (Interactive: Silver)		Weird Haven
			Feb-Mar 2008
		Full Flash | 9 pages | Size: 1.8mb USP: Unconventional navigation { Launch Website } The concept is to introduce the idea of insect-eating (entomophagy) in Singapore by proposing a cafe and a full flash tie-in website that provides information and markets it. Bold and unique, it is targeted at the open-minded, daring and adventurous. The themed cafe is located in a popular shopping area and is the first of its kind locally as well as a new hangout for youths to have fun and for experience. "Have a taste of Peculiar."

		Miracle Moments @ Elim
			November 2009
		A5 booklet, English and Chinese articles The inaugural issue of the newsletter for Elim Church documenting testimonies contributed by various members. For internal circulation only.

		MY! Studies - Flyers
			Apr-May 2009
		Series of 3 Original logo design, company identity "MY! Studies aims to be the leader in providing premier tuition services in Singapore." Founded by WJ and DaEn. I designed various publicity materials online and offline, for example the website, EDM and flyers, which include the main promotional flyer, price plan and recruitment information sheet.

		Discovering Social Innovation
			April 2009
		Logo designs A request by SinEn and Jolene, whom I met during internship, for their university project module.

		Guerlain Desktop Widget
			Sep-Oct 2008
		AKQA Shanghai internship Client: Guerlain Widget and interface design for the new client, Guerlain, as a part of their 180th anniversary publicity activities. The widget, along with minor changes in the design, was further developed into a working one, available for download from their official Chinese website.

		LG Secret Blog Widget
			Sep 2008
		AKQA Shanghai internship Client: LG | Draft, unused design A widget simulating the real phone model LG Secret to be placed in the sidebar of blogs. Interface design for funtions and features such as the clock, note, calendar, daily horroscope and weather forecast.

		Ichabot's Secret
			Oct 2006
		Photomanipulation using pictures of household objects Postcard designs front + back based on the theme Robots. Featuring the quirky and bizarre - yet intelligent - humanized neighbourhood jester named Ichabot (think Sleepy Hollow and Edward Scissorhands :D) "They say he's confused, out of his mind, and this flabbergasted expression he wears like a stubborn adhesive mask. But as long as Ichabot remains a humanoid with a free will, nothing can be very predictable. Till we discover his secret, ..."

		“借りてたビデオ無くしちゃった”
			7,10 Feb 2010
		Lined with ink, coloured digitally A couple of observational sketches from Arashi's variety show Arashi no Shukudai-kun episode 169.

		Right Back to You
			Dec, Jan 2010
		Digital illustration Fanart; an alternate universe where Sakurai Sho is a vampire and he victimises Matsumoto Jun. A first attempt on this theme; it did turn out as dark as I had intended. Caution for viewers: violence

		いってらっしゃい
			18-29 Dec 2009
		Digital illustration Fanart featuring Aiba Masaki as Kazama Masamune and his little girl Koharu from the drama「My Girl」.

		Death of the DS
			18-23 Dec 2009
		Digital illustration Ninomiya mourning his broken D.s, a fanart based the ingenious prompt “broken DS” and “that’s the only time he can be sad”. Super Mario characters and elements © Nintendo.

		The Artist in his Art
			26 Nov 2009
		Digital illustration Based on Ohno Satoshi's figurine idea from his FREESTYLE art exhibition series. Looking through his artbook, inspiration hit and at the spur of a moment, I turned Ohno into one of his figurines.

		Satofishi
			4 July 2009
		Digital illustration Fanart inspired by Ohno Satoshi :3 “ この瞬間あなたの瞳 繋がってるね Face to face Nothing to say, but わかってるよ 今の気持ちは Feel alright! いつも I ‘fish’ to be with you ぼくのそばに ” 〜 Top Secret

Award: Crowbar Awards 2009 (Illustration: Silver)		REALise - The Story
			Jan-Feb 2009
		Series of 20 illustrations Lined with ink, coloured digitally Part of the proposed integrated awareness and fund-raising campaign for Singapore Children's Society. "Hope is Realised when impossibilities are made Real." A short story about two young children from a poor and dysfunctional family, who cannot get the help that they need. With the help from Singapore Children's Society, all hope is not lost.

		Truth (WIP)
			Dec 2008
		Digital illustration from inked lineart, unreferenced Work in progress Wholly inspired by Ohno Satoshi's Maou「魔王」, the first drama in which he is a leading actor, while「Truth」by Arashi is used as the theme song. Rain; lilies; harmonica; red envelopes; tarot cards; revelation; revenge...

		Girl and Lemons
			16 Oct 2008
		Lined with ink, coloured digitally Originally a sketch done for a Lipton proposal during internship but it wasn't used, so it eventually turned into my personal namecard design. When life throws you lemons, all at once, make a hell lot of lemon tea.

		Arashi: Summer Festival
			Dec 2007
		Illustrated in ink Effects and textures added digitally First attempt at manga-styled fan art. I referenced the figures from a picture of Arashi wearing yukatas (the kimono for summer) taken way back in 2002/3, I think.

		Song to the Sun
			30 Nov 2007
		Diluted acrylic paint on semi watercolour paper Size: 25.5 x 18cm This piece is, in a way, a self-portraiture full of nostalgic emotions. I was particularly inspired while listening to a soundtrack while watching my blue curtains fly in the December wind. A tribute to a favourite film,「タイヨウのうた」(Midnight Sun) and its wonderfully bittersweet music.

		2007 Calendar
			Dec 2006
		Vector based illustrations Size: 10 x 14cm / page A simple series of calendar pages featuring random objects and quotes for every month, printed and compiled into booklets that I gave away as Christmas and New Year gifts to my friends.

Shortlisted; Top 10		Garden Fairy
			12-16 Dec 2006
		Vector illustration Referenced from various images (face: Lee Da Hae) For the Manzana mug design competition based on our own interpretation of the theme "Garden Fairy".

		secret. (秘密)
			Oct 2009
		Digital drawing Ohmiya = Kazu and Satoshi 今、目の前で君が口ずさんだメロデイ ♪ 気づいてないかもしれないけど僕は感じる 前とは違う　近づけば自然に伝わる 僕らにしか見えない秘密の架け橋が出来た 〜 秘密

		Audrey Hepburn Etiquette Booklet
			21 Aug 2008
		AKQA Shanghai internship Client: LG | Unused illustrations "I'm Audrey Hepburn. I'm Secret." A series of drawings in the likeness of Audrey Hepburn for the social etiquette booklet proposal, integrating the image of the LG Secret phone into some of the illustrated scenarios.

		Silkscreen: Japan
			June 2008
		Inked lineart Referenced from various images Tradition Japanese elements in print. Designed for a textiles module for school. The final design was processed and silkscreen printed onto a brown t-shirt with golden paint.

		Arashi Faces
			May 2008
		Pencil on paper Sakurai Sho, Aiba Masaki, Matsumoto Jun, Ninomiya Kazunari & Ohno Satoshi. Because we almost always never have enough of them. =D

		Matsujun's look
			21 Feb 2008
		Pencil on paper Instead of a normal greyscale scan, it was scanned in black and white, hence the grainy effect. Matsujun from Arashi during the Bambino! photoshoot.

		Nino - relax
			13 Feb 2008
		Pencil on paper Ninomiya Kazunari. His pose reminds me that I have got to relax.

		Sho's sideway glance
			14 Jan 2008
		Pen on paper It started off as a quick sketch in the bus on my way home and was touched up later. Here's Sakurai Sho from Arashi, looking very nice and natural.

		Nino with a guitar
			9 Dec 2007
		Black ink on paper, tinted in photoshop I still think Nino is the most charming when playing a guitar and singing.

		Man and Goose
			27 Feb 2007
		Black ink on paper Referenced style (man: Albert Enstein) Assigned by a lecturer to try for the cover of a book of design for the aged that my school was publishing. It had to be pop art style, showing a man that resembles Albert Enstein and a goose that lays golden eggs which represent "ideas".

		Ideation for Wabbitt
			8 May 2006
		One of the first assignments in design school; I sure had fun! The objective was to create a character with 3 specific features (everyone picked different attributes) - box, spikes, and it has to be a rabbit. Finally,... Fig.1 - There is no telling which way is right side up or upside down. Fig.2 - However friendly a side Wabbitt has, there is always the grouchy face. Fig.3 - Both its ears, similar to antennaes, are detachable, hence to show its flexibility.

		Guerlain: Grow Orchids
			Sep-Oct 2008
		AKQA Shanghai internship Client: Guerlain | Size: 760kb { Launch Animation } One of the unique features of the Guerlain desktop widget I was assigned to design and animate. Just like a game, it involves interactivity which requires the user to water and sun the orchids through 10 stages. The process of growing the orchids was entirely and manually animated using 2D images (the leaves, petals, stalks etc.).

		Black Illusion
			Jun-Jul 2008
		Vector based 2D animation | 6:50mins | Size: 8.5mb { Launch Animation } Schizophrenia: It’s all in his head. What’s in yours? Edward is a teenager who is suffers from Schizophrenia. The illness has a great impact on him because of his delusions, neglected hygiene and withdrawn personality, he is incapable of forming normal relationships. Paranoid, he hallucinates visually and auditorially, and has an inaccurate perception of reality and the people he interacts with. The main objectives of this animation is to allow the audience to dive into the world of a Schizo and experience some of the thought processes that go through Edward's head. Ultimately, it puts the audience in the shoes of not only Edward, but some of the people around him, revealing some of the general misconceptions the public has of a Schizo.