林俊杰 | JJ Lin - Digital Speed Painting

Hey there!

This is a digital speed painting of my idol! Talented Singaporean singer-songwriter JJ Lin (林俊杰) Lin Jun Jie!

Always wanted to paint JJ Lin (林俊杰) but I started this series with Jay Chou (周杰伦) because I'm afraid I might not do a good job with with it. Looking at the result, I think I'm quite satisfied except that I spent too much time on it, took me about 5 hours for this piece!!

In terms of resemblance, I think I did a better job with JJ Lin because there was feedback that the eyes of my Jay Chou painting looked like those of Gary Cao's!

In any case, I hope JJ won't get mad if he sees that this painting doesn't resemble him very much! XP

In fact, compared to the Jay Chou (周杰伦) painting, this painting is of much higher dimensions. That's probably why I took about 3 times longer!

I plan to a series of such videos of celebrities because I think it's super cool to watch the painting process! :D
I'm kind of addicted to making such videos! Hahahaha!

JJ Lin Painting Full view:


JJ Lin Painting Close Up:


I'm open to suggestions to who to paint, so please leave a comment! :D

Next up: Open to suggestions. Jackie Chan, maybe? Or Lee Hom?
Note: JJ Lin Digital Painting Added to Portfolio (still)

周杰伦 | Jay Chou - Digital Speed Painting

Hello!

This is a digital 'speed' painting of talented taiwanese singer-songwriter Jay Chou (周杰伦) !
I plan to do a series of such videos of celebrities because it's so cool to watch the painting process! :D
I'm kind of addicted to making such videos! Hahaha!

Actually, I wanted to do a JJ Lin one first because he is my idol and I really like his music. However, I was afraid I might not do a good job so I started with Jay Chou first :P

I'm open to suggestions to who to paint, so do leave a comment! :D

The final result:


Next up: JJ Lin Jun Jie (林俊杰)
Note: Jay Chou Digital Painting Added to Portfolio (still)

Vintage Pin Up

Another digital painting practice :)
It's really quite interesting to study light!
Almost hitting 2 hours for this piece, slightly longer than I expected.

Hope you'll like it! :D

*Note: Vintage Pin Up Girl added to portfolio (stills)

Pulcinello, Waltz of Joy and Story of I wins Crowbar Awards!

I'm SO SUPER happy for Pulcinello, Waltz of Joy and Story of I team!!
They swept away numerous awards at the Crowbar Awards 2009!!
Congratulations guys! We had a celebration dinner last Saturday and it was an awesome get-together and catching-up opportunity. Hope we'll have another outing soon! :D

Awards are as follows:

BEST OF FILM
Category Film - 3D Animation
Title of Entry Pulcinello
Student(s) Gabriella Mesenas, Hong Kai Wei, Lee Yong Yi, Sheetha
Lakshmanan, Tan Jing Hua, Tan Tai Chi, Tan Zhi Chao, Vanessa
Yeap Min Rong
School Nanyang Polytechnic

Awards Gold
Category Film - Film Craft: Art Direction
Title of Entry Story of I
Student(s) Syarah Mahmood, Jinky Gilbert, Phang Ni Zhen, Rosalind Sam,
Stella Ng, Theodora Hui, Wei Linfang
School Nanyang Polytechnic

Awards Gold
Category Film - 3D Animation
Title of Entry Ronen-Waltz of Joy
Student(s) Anastasia Christina Mas', Jacqueline Chow Pei Qi, Carol Lee, Oh
Han Wee, Edwin Liew Wen Jun, Tan Yong Gang
School Nanyang Polytechnic

Awards Gold
Category Film - 3D Animation
Title of Entry Pulcinello
Student(s) Gabriella Mesenas, Hong Kai Wei, Lee Yong Yi, Sheetha
Lakshmanan, Tan Jing Hua, Tan Tai Chi, Tan Zhi Chao, Vanessa
Yeap Min Rong
School Nanyang Polytechnic

Sassy - Digital Painting Practice

Hey :)

I love to paint and so here's my latest digital painting practice. I also recorded my slow and full-of-mistakes painting process so that I can spot my mistakes and I hope it benefits you too!

You can actually see that I had proportion problems at the beginning when blocking. Hahaha! I'm still trying very hard to learn to paint digitally! :D

I kinda like the result of this piece because I can finally get more form in my painting particularly in this piece. The final color scheme is also very close to what I was looking for.
Took me about an hour to complete this painting from scratch.

It's a fun and nice exercise and I'll improve along the way and hope you'll like this video demonstration!



On a side note, I will be serving my National Service from mid-September 2009 till about a couple of years later. Probably less updates during this time, but do check back because I'm planning for a surprise in this website!

Hint: Digiron will strike back with his new-found weapon!
Update - 17 May 2011: The Easter Egg on this website has been removed since version 6.0

cheers!

Got Something - 11 Second Club August 2009

Latest Update (6 September 2009): Ronald Fong's 11 Second Club August Entry Finished 60 of 188 entries! That's about top 32% and I'm happy about that! I will strive to bring this percentage down in my next entries. :D

Here is my entry for the 11 Second Club August 2009 Competition! :D
I had some difficulty uploading my clip to the competition earlier, hope it gets through! This is my first submitted entry to the 11 Second Club!

I learnt from this exercise that I have to keep my poses simple and "stupid". I had some poses which were much more difficult to read that what I have now, but I discarded them after generous critiques from my friends. If I find time, I'll pose a compilation of my work in progress before I arrived at this final. I am aware these poses can be greatly improved and I have some unusual acting choices here, but nevertheless and most importantly, I can feel that I'm improving!

Critiques and comments are most welcomed!

Title: Spooky Spooky

Description:
2 buddies landed themselves in a spooky environment.
One of them, Charlie, gets duped into scouting the eerie passage! ><

Time Taken: Approximately 35 hours

Transcript:
"I'm not sure what we've got here Charlie... but if we've got what I think we've got, we've got something! There's one way to find out..."

Software: Maya, After Effects

Skills showcased: Character Animation, Compositing, Lighting and Rendering

Channelbox Official Logo Design

Recently, I re-designed the Channelbox Official Logo with the help from my buddies at Channelbox.

Channelbox is coming up with a new short film (yet to be named) which is scheduled to finish preproduction work August 2010. It is currently in the process of refining the story and visual exploration.

The Official Website of Channelbox is scheduled to be up on the 30th of September 2009. I hope you guys are as excited as I am about the official website launch! :D

Lucasfilm Animation Singapore Jedi Academy Summer Internship

Hello! :D

As part of receiving the Lucasfilm Animation Singapore Outstanding Project Work Award [Animation], I had a 3-month internship opportunity to be part of the Lucasfilm family for Summer 2009. I was so excited to be part of one of Singapore's largest animation production studios!!

This internship program, known as Jedi Academy Singapore, has just ended last week. During my stay at Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, I have made many fantastic new friends and learned a lot of new things.

As an animation trainee, I discovered a whole new perspective towards character animation and I feel that my character animation skill has improved a great deal.
I hope to be able to put these newly acquired skills to good use in my personal projects and future animation work.

Once again, thank you Lucasfilm Animation Singapore! It has been an awesome summer!
I'm off to catch the all-important National Day Rally 2009 Live on television! :D

"Much to learn, I have!"

Nanyang Polytechnic NewsBytes Newsletter

Hi! :D

I came across the Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) NewsBytes Newsletter Page the other day.
I found myself featured in the 12 June 2009 NYP NewsBytes Article! Thanks to the Desmond, NYP Communications and the NYP NewsBytes team!

The article is a special edition for NYP Graduation 2009, covering the highlights of the memorable occasion and interviews with some of the special graduates.
The section "Glad to have graduated!" covers how "Ronald bounced back after a major operation" and some other interesting stories about my learning journey in Nanyang Polytechnic.

Enjoy! Click here for the article.

Happy 44th Birthday Singapore

Ronald Fong wishes Singapore a Happy 44th Birthday!
Singapore is doing well in so many areas in recent years, including the digital media industry. I am very excited to be part of this growing industry in Singapore and hopefully Singapore will be a digital media hub in the coming years! Majulah Singapura!!