Hong Kong (the less crowded version)

MacLehose Trail, Sai Kung

Lantau Island

Mask

No mask can hide the (lack of) enthusiasm for the role.

Might

It's hard to imagine how my mom coped, with half a dozen children and no help at all with the housework and making sure the kids are up to no mischief. One daunting task must have been that of 'marketing', and during the 70s all we have are crowded, stinky, very slippery wet-markets. I remember vividly my mom's instructions to grab her skirt tight when she brought me along for her daily trips to the market ... and I tagged along for an ulterior motive, that is, to bug her to buy me a toy from the corner stall. Slipping and getting lost are very real risks in that market, and mom has both her hands full to keep a grip on us. It must've been real tough ... here's to you, mighty mom.

My pig

Nothing meaningful to post ... so, here's a pig!

Stars n Pimps

Another practice on Illustrator. This is inspired by a certain pop star ...

Clear II!

Getting used to getting things done in Illustrator ... amazing to see it all in vector, I guess the extra effort is worth it for flexible scaling.

Clear ... and fuzzy about Illustrator CS

I've been trying to figure out Illustrator CS, but still have not figured out how to apply shading in an efficient manner. The Illustrator help and tutorials didn't help, or I must've missed it somewhere. Do I have to path out every single shaded part and avoid overlapping of paths throughout? It is an extremely tedious process ... isn't there an easy way out like Freehand's 'paste inside'? (where I can etch out a general area of a darker shade and paste it into the confines of a lighter shade?) If you happen to have a solution to this, please, please let me know!

Took another piece of old work to do a Live Trace in Illustrator, it's a really useful feature. Again, I don't know how to go about shading it ...

Smoke

I'm not even sure what kind of 'style' I'm trying to achieve ... it's been difficult to draw lately. Anyway, since I've got it done, here it is, a post-Halloween smoking ghost.

Wind 風

Remembering a character from 風雲, a popular comic series from Hong Kong in the 90s. 聶風 is his name, and he moves like the wind．

Ghost

Having to pee in the wee of the night
After watching a movie specializing in fright
Can truly be quite a plight
(And no ... that's not my sister asking me to hurry up with the can)

Halloween

My entry to Penelope's "Black & Orange" Halloween contest!

The Perils of Love

A crude comic 'story' done more than 10 years ago (!). I think it fits somewhat with IF's theme this week -- 'Smitten'.

Trouble

The world ... is in trouble.

Girl

Girl is back ... in color!
The original sketch ...

Unplugged

Phobia

The Wrong Pants

Guess whose underpants are those?!

Farm

Ode to the Bolster

I think one of my earliest sense of security comes associated with the bolster. Over the years, I have 'upgraded' my bolster from a teeny, poorly stuffed one to one that is big, fat and mighty!

A good night's sleep must come complemented with a nice, huggable bolster. Some like it warm and some like it cool (I have heard stories of kids putting their bolsters in the fridge in preparation for hot summer nights); some like it small and some like it BIG; some barricade their beds with bolsters, especially after watching a scary movie; while some just like to wrap their arms and legs around it, like a koala hugs a tree...

Thank you bolsters of the world, for keeping us safe for generations!

Run

Match

When a 'match' is the last thing you expected ...

Play

Mascots

Pirate

So you think you can prance?

'Captured' in motion? Hope this passes :)

Capture

Clean

Buy this IPO, it'll be the new Google, or rather, go-OGLE.

Opposites

Opposites attract! I thought the negative version looks quite cool, I somehow prefer it to the original.