Michael Jackson Tribute

You dunno how glad I was that I kept my illustration portrait of him. Indeed, it was a shocking & sad news. When I woke up on Friday morning, he has already passed away. Even though the news was everywhere, it took me 2 days to feel that he was gone for good.

This portrait was actually an assignment during my foundation (2005), combining both Illustration & History of Art subject. The topic of the assignment was to illustrate a painting in. During the Baroque period, most of the paintings are portraits of royalty (with dark backgrounds). However, my lecturers wanted the illustration to be a contemporary figure that has a royal title. My group decided to choose as our theme. Each of us must illustrate one contemporary figure based on the theme using only. I immediately decided on Michael Jackson, not because he was the 'King of Pop' but also my very first music idol.

Why I chose Michael Jackson?

• He was the first music artist that I was introduced when I was around 6 years old. (I can still remember that I refused to believe he was a man - due to his long hair & feminine body! XP)
  
• His song 'Black & White' was my first favorite song, followed later with 'Heal the World'.
• It was him who got me into Pop musics & of course dancing! (I absolutely love his Moon Walk)
  
• His music influenced many pop, hip-hop & R&B artists. (My favourite genre music)

This illustration is a tribute to you Michael! Thank you for bringing music into my life! I'm really happy that I chose you to be my first portrait painting on canvas. This painting will always remained with me as a remembrance of you, the Greatest Entertainer of All Time...

"Rest In Peace Michael Jackson"

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F.B.I Boss

I can still remember doing this illustration last minute before my Graduation Showcase 2008. At that time, I was quite panicked because I ran out of ideas & I'm running out of time. So I decided to just HENTAM only! Die, die also, I must finish! To my surprised it came out better than I expected. Heh, it became one of my booth display board, my portfolio cover & my name card.

Many people said that I illustrated my own portrait. The truth is I never even thought about it (since I hentam only). In my mind, all I wanted was this cool hip hop girl wearing my furballs own designer clothes. My name on the jeans was just to indicate that this is my work (in case someone dares to steal it). But since everyone declared the girl is me, I finally considered her as my own self portrait, the F.B.I Boss.

My very own name card design

Can you believe that I forgot my name card for our exhibition? Well, I did.I only realized it on the morning itself of the exhibition day. Without delaying a single second, I quickly hentam one design in 10 minutes before rushing off to print. I swear that I almost gone crazy that morning!

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F.B.I Members Introduction

The 5 furballs (above) are my beloved babies. They are created based on my personality & characteristics. I simply split my personality into each of them & that was how they are born. The more you get to know them, the more you get to know me.

• Noob: He represents my dumb & careless side. Extremely bold & daring. Always wanting to learn.
• Pip: He represents my artistic & creative side. A perfectionist. Everything must be done nicely.
• Rey: He represents my outgoing & active side. Super Gung-ho. Die-die also must get the work done!
• Kit: She represents my feminine & rational side. Emotional at times. Very honest with one's feelings.
• Al: He represents my serious & intelligent side. Quite bossy. Easily angered when things doesn't get done!

F.B.I is a short form of 'Furballs.Inc.' It's actually a company created by me & it's meant to sell myself to the public. These cute furballs are the ones who run the company while I boss them around (Muahahaha!)

Why furballs if you ask? Because I Luv round & fluffy things, plus I'm a bloody sap for cute stuff. ^^

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