XL XPLOR

It's about time for an updated post!

We went to Jakarta for the launch of XL XPLOR Xperience Center at Central Park last week. Our office, e2 created the experience, including customer journey, in-branch graphics, interior design and brand guideline.

Old School Delights

It all started last night.
Shysi and I went to Old School Delights for dinner and I saw this huge chalkboard wall they have inside this cozy eatery. I want to do something with it. Draw on it, write on it, something...

Thought I should write them. So I did! Olivia, the owner, wrote back almost immediately. I'm glad she's on board with the idea of me drawing on her wall. Tonight I came back there, met Olivia and went straight to work! Starting with a small signage board in front of the store, I definitely found a new hobby! Olivia even treat me dinner: a big plate of yummy mee siam and fresh lime juice - One of the best client ever... :)

I will definitely come back for more writings, bigger board hopefully.
Here are some of the detailed pictures.

Shu Uemura @ ION

A fun assignment to create the LED wall at ION, Orchard for Shu Uemura. After nights and nights of coming in at midnight to do the test-run, it was finally up in November.

Here's a video to share

Lauryn's Sunshine

Another awesome collaboration!

Lauryn (a superb photographer friend - check out her portfolio) and I worked together to create her new set of namecards. So then to make things more interesting, they were done in letterpress! She wanted simple design and if you did what I told you and check her website, you can see lots of beautiful colors in her works, especially yellow. Plus, yellow is her favorite. There you go, yellow painted on each side of the cards. So excited.. And here they are.


Check out the complete story by Emily the letterpress artist, she's GREAT!

Here Comes Santa!

Christmas comes early!

Spinelli Coffee has launched their scrumptious Holiday cookies with my doodles on the label.

Get one today for your most favorite person - Write them a personal note at the back of the label.

One Holiday cookie a day, makes Christmas come sooner :)

Toad in the Hole!

My recipe is up on www.theydrawandcook.com!
It's a super awesome site of illustration and the yummiest recipes.

Ch-ch-check it out!

Sneak Peek

Very very excited!! New project involving kids, monsters, and tongue twisters. Coming out at the end of the year.

Chicken Dinner

The Fun Machine got Honorable Mention at this year's Creativity Award (http://www.creativityawards.com)

Very excited...

Spinelli Sandwiches

Chomp chomp!

We are doing a lot of things for Spinelli Coffee, slow but steadily awesome.

Check out the adorable labels for their yummy sandwiches! I put lots of tiny little illustrations on them. Customized for every sandwich.

Go nowww, grab your grub!

Super Teachers!

This was from the last teacher's day. Full page Straits Times!!

I need a lot of catching up!!

Double O

About a month ago, I and a bunch of other wall painters stormed down to Double O.

Thanks to Francesca Liam, we got the chance to collaborate for their new spot at Queen St.

OneTwoDelta, ClogTwo and Dhiya were amongst the group. I am really really excited to be working with them.

Anyhoo,

I got to paint the toilets!!

My first toilet! Hey, it's the best lit spot in a club and people are ALWAYS lining up. There you go, my murals will definitely have its crowd. I had a lot of fun working on it, as always... And check out the glass door stickers. The printer did a GREAT job printing and installing them.

So, anytime you visit Singapore, come to Double O la... Drink drink can, check out my toilet also caaaan :)

ILUMA AIR PROJECT

Holaaa....

I know... I haven't been here for a while. bad bad bad...

Anyhoo,

Been working on some murals for kid rooms! But I can't show them just yet. Patient is a virtue. I will spill later. BUT, last week was a lot of fun, and this I can share with y'all...

6 of us, local artists are engaged in Iluma AIR Project. Iluma is a shopping center in Bugis area. Their mission is all about art and youth. Every week there will be a flea market and one artist will paint a big piece of art right there at the entrance. Kind of like a live art performance...

The theme is Creative Consumerism, just in time for GSS. I came up with a conclusion that whatever involves shopping, your wallet will never big enough. You've got (more like... I've got) more eyeballs than dollars. There you go, I made bunch of eyeballs and finish it with golden glitters. Yum.

Thanks Lizzy, for keeping me company, you're the sweetest :)

Meet Jasper Tea

What happens when you're a pink dragon,
but your parents are... Teapot and Cup.

Meet Jasper Tea.

He was a pink dragon and looked nothing like his parents,
but he loved them all the same and so did his parents.

Sneak Peek

So yes people...
Back to reality from HP Space.
Wait, did I tell you about HP Space?
Ok, check this out and we'll talk later...
www.hpspace.com

Anyhoo,
here is a sneak peek of a new book I'm working on.
Working together with the talented Mr. Oh.
Will spill all about it. Very soon.

You Look Lovely

Wheeee...!!

Dear all,
please check this new online portal,
LovelyToday.com

Some very special portal I've been involved in for the past few months.
All those morning meetings with endless overpriced Starbucks tea, Saturday meetings and running around between one mall to another is finally paid off!

We still have a lot to do. Monday was our soft launch. More things to be added, so check often...!

Let me know what you think and what YOU want to be featured in it.

Coucou!

A work in progress.

Another mural at the corner of an office

More pictures coming soon :)

Good Morning Class!

Weeee....!

Another mural. In the same month that I'm back in town!

Yay.

Murkin and Murkin back in business and yes,

"We're soo professional!"

Here is a sneak peek of a mural that Sanchia and I have done for a T Shirt shop at Plaza Indonesia, T-Lab.

Awesome concept where you can make T shirt by selecting the shirt, the image you want to be added on it and bosch bosch bosch... ta daaaa! A brand new T-shirt just for you.

What we did is, we put our thinking cap for a week, grab some chalks and we calculate all the possible equations needed to make a great mural, and... wait, this is s great mural! We left it on the wall.

So, hear hear people...

The store is softly opened on Wednesday, the 6th

Go there, get your T-shirt and try to finish the equations we had there.

[All-around image from the making-of]

Back in homeland

People,

I'm back in Jakarta.

Sorry for being M.I.A so suddenly. I packed all my stuff and left it at Mita's.

Yes. A delivery of 5 boxes to Mita's apartment in Shanghai.

Anyhoo,

it's been a month since I'm back. Did a few projects.

This is one that is online from blahbloh.com

Find my comic of Nationalism here and please please let me know what you think.

Is it a Yay or Nay?

Legalize It

The New Factory at Xikang Road holds a Legal Graffiti event every Saturday. They provide a big white wall with all the markers you need.

Join them next Saturday May 16th with a bunch of kids from the Shanghai French School.

I did mine yesterday, a teeny weeny fish in the corner.

English Class on a Saturday Morning

My neighbour, Leslie, invited me to volunteer teaching a few classes in a migrant school in Pudong, Shanghai this weekend. Their school is not fancy, but I would say it is in a very good condition for the students to get good educations.

I've always enjoyed teaching, so of course I won't miss this chance.

We review with the what they already learned from class during the week, and add a few extra lessons of singing, games, and vocabulary.

I had a very good time with them. They're very very smart!

They know a lot of the words in the textbook and they are very eager to learn more.

Of course, some of the are too shy but I give them extra points for waking up early on a Saturday morning to learn English.