Kumang Sarawak Folklore Character Design

Kumang I.

Sarawak Folklore Series (2013).

This character series is one of my earliest works when I was in Sarawak. At that time, Sarawak Folklore is new to me, and I find the characters are unique and interesting, hence why I decided to illustrate these characters based on my readings (mostly from Heidi Munan's books).

Here is Kumang, one of the most well-known legends in Iban folktales. She is described as the most beautiful of all Iban females, graceful, and a very skilled Pua weaver. Together with her husband Keling, they are role models to the Iban people in many generations.

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Jalak Character Design

Animation character design of Jalak and his friends.

Illustration Friday - Talisman

Hang Tuah with his “Taming Sari” Keris/kriss practicing silat. It is said that with this keris, Hang Tuah became invulnerable or invincible, and he defeated all opponents with this keris in his hand. This Majapahit originated Keris have long been considered a talisman; used more as a charm than as a weapon.

There are some glowing mantra appeared, written in Jawi. Jawi is a form of Malay language script which adapting Arabic alphabet.

Painted in Photoshop CS. -This is my first 100% digital illustration. Arggh~

+Music : Wings -Nur Nilam Sari

Illustration Friday - Legendary

Raja Bersiong (The Fanged King). A popular Malaysian legendary character taken from Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa. The king was known as Raja Ong Maha Perita Deria who lived during ancient Kedah kingdom. He has a very unique culinary appetite-craved for human blood. One day, his cook accidentally cut his finger while preparing for the king's meal but later, the king found the dish to be very tasty. He used force upon the cook to find out about the secret to the tasty meal. The cook was not left with a choice but to reveal that the secret ingredient was the drip of blood from his finger that fall into the dish. From thereon, the king sacrificed his subjects in order to get the human blood to be added to his meal. But later he was hunted down for his atrocity.

Colored in Photoshop CS.

Illustration Friday - Flawed

A boy trying to fix up his 'flawed' cyborg girl. The cyborg is inspired from a Kate Micucci pic, which she's wearing a wolf on her head. Besides to put the same animal theme, I chose to use bunny instead of wolf as her headgear. Albeit weird, but the idea to put animal on your head is quite inspiring and cool~. Something kind of self character-expression I think.

Forgive me for the sketchy and unfinished look as am too lazy to finish anything lately. The topic is 'flawed' anyway... so I assume it just do the work. Hoho.. how escapist I am. Still, I'm still weak in colouring, thus I'm convincing myself that I'll do many colouring exercises in the future..(sigh, yeah really...).

Technical pencil + A4 paper
Coloured in Photoshop

'Jamilah the Nurse'- Character Design

Character design for short animation entitled 'Jamilah-Untuk Jururawat', collabo with enche' Firdaus aka enche' Player.

DBP children comic

Hastily done. This 1-page comic pilot/prototype and character designs is for one of upcoming DBP children comic. Actually the project is offered to Ryda and Anno in May, which they are already heavily engaged with their final degree show project. In a sudden of time, I've been asked to give them a hand in this project...and why not?

It's quite fun for me to play around with those multi-racial characters such as Samy(Indian) and Chong (Chinese). Through the character making process, I try to squeeeeezed in some of common appearance and characteristics (I think) of each races respectively.

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