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Perspective vector car
Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009 5:10AM / Members only
First time I had to make a car from such an perspective but was pretty intersting to do. This was actually a small project where I had to make this illustration of a car draw with vectors. I pretty much learned that there are not really that much photo's or images of a bottom of cars. Luckly I have acces to press photo's of racing event and found few usefull pictures of the underside of those cards, but totally could not use them as back to draw the vector over. I basically only use the picture as reference and had to calculate or use my eye to get the shapes and sizes correct.Heres is a view of all the vector lines that was drawn that makes out the illustrations you could see the wheels and underside use allot of line to make them realistic as possible. Also all the shines are loose oval. Basically all the skills from making hundreds of logo's were used to make this car realistic as possible and also make it gloss realistic as possible. What is great to have a vector is that I can easily change the car color and also resize it to tremendous sizes without loosing details. This illustration is made for Spotz Media Group.
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Dreaming my death
Friday, Oct 30, 2009 11:25PM / Members only
This morning I dreamed of my death, the dream was short as many of my predictive dreams which might happen. It was daytime on a roof terrace that I never have seen before, I sat there looking at buildings (which has a feeling that is was in America). All sudden someone say don't look over there and I did look. It was a old man in an apartment, standing behind the window. All sudden I saw some people rushing toward the terrace from that building and I started talking with a girl doing as if I was looking at and talking with this girl and not at the guy. But then a black guy walked to me and pointed his gun at me I turned my head away and he shot me in my ear and I fell down and closed my eyes and everything went black. And when I opened my eyes, I just woke up in my own apartment.
It is a myth that if you die in your dream you would really die. As I have died countless of times cause most dreams which are long dreams I have control over, when ever I realize that is it just a dream I want to wake up ASAP, I have a trick to do that just think of and cliff and just off of it. However this was the second time I was shot in my dreams, but this one was different from the first one which I knew the person holding the gun and also the surroundings.
However a dream of death alternative meaning is not death at all. Cause most dream explanation, is that death is meaning a new begin or a new life. Most things in dreams are opposites of life.
The girl who said don't look have short black hair but did not saw the face. The whole dream were no other Chinese people in it, except me and also there were no 3rd person view of myself which often happen in odd dreams. The second girl who I talked with got dark red hair which is bit curly and remembered the face for quite a while but forgot it now.
So either I have to avoid places like that or just go with the flow if destined it shall happen, if not then not.
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Dai Fu Lou X Cotton Candy
Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 9:00PM / Members only
Dai Fu Lou x CottonCandy Plush!!! This plush is not for sale but is made to be printed on a tshirt, which will be showed on October 28th from 8pm @ Prologue on Cameron Rd 8, Tsim Tsa Tsui MTR exit B2.
I have been experimenting around with learning how to sew stuff and actually done quite allot making different things. I actually wanted to learn sewing stuff for a quite while cause I thought there might be something in it, cause I have been using allot of materials making packagings but sewing fabriques I might find new kinds of packaging. However sewing stuff also help making fashion, but also toys like plushes.I am experimenting with plushes first cause these think often have difficult shapes which I can learn allot from. The matter of sewing things and how the fabrics reacts and bends and twist is quite interesting. However I still need to learn allot.
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Halloween poster concept
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 12:59AM / Members only
I am pretty pleased with this poster design showing all expects of halloween party while not portraying as a Horror movie poster or showing too much of a party animal. The poster had a kind of chiqueness to it so that the club or party does not looks like it was made by a cheap company but more on a profesional level.
From a distant you when you look at the poster you would see a green glowing Halloween pumpkin but while you come close you would see all the details and illustrations that make up this pumpkin. The illustrations with in the pumpkin shows what the party is all about showing several famous characters of horror movies like Dracula or most used costumes like PB bunny or MJ, but also few party elements as the turntable and more.
The background has a skull pattern which also give you an impression of that it is a wall or wallpaper and by addding blood stains the blood looks like it flew onto that wall. Giving a slight feel of horror, while overall view does not look like a horror movie.
I actually drew all this, the whole poster in Illustrator, so it could be resize or edited in any way compared to Photoshop. However I did use some brushed to help me out putting the blood stains on the background. I only used special Halloween typeface for the title which is important to look special, but kept a clean and most clear readable type face for the rest, so everything is readable. And to keep the special prize and also the free make up kind hidden if you look at the poster far away it is bit hidden by the blood stains, while will be clear when you walk up closer to it.
It frustates me a bit that the party organizer did not use my poster but gone for a very ugly design and I mean very ugly poster possible did by a student designer. Which lacks with graphics and compositions and design and might even be made by a non designer, but someone who just learned the program.
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Dai Fu Lou Toon exhibit
Friday, Oct 16, 2009 4:12AM / Members only
From 14th till 20th at Prologue on Cameron Rd 8 in Tsim Tsa Tsui, is an exhibition by Dai Fu Lou showing an impressive book designed by Jona Lam. This book includes a special design so you can see animated images inside the book, with out it using lenticulars or even electricity. The book contain a collection of Dai Fu Lou animations with a set about a stinky underpants that get washed dried and ironed. Also inside the book are information about the technique used to make this animation and explained how you can also design it yourself, to inspire designers to make use of this technique. The books are for sale and get them before they are gone, it is a truly special book to get inspired by or just to see the funny animations.After this exhibition will be all about Toys with Dai Fu Lou again, all new toys from Dai Fu Lou which are hand made by Jona Lam and truly limited. Will show all plush toys of the characters of Dai Fu Lou which will be used later for stopmotion animations in the future.
Night before the opening I made this around 3 am and next day in the morning it was already gone the people pasted exactly the same posters back but then over my piece of artwork.
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- Chung Dha is a designer based in Hong Kong / the Netherlands...
- Occupation: Graphic Designer , Graphic Designer , Cinematographer
- Age: 24
- Gender: Male
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