Liquid City Volume 2 Discussion Forum

Please post your

1. Name
2. short bio (less than 75 words)
3. website link (if any)
4. country of origin/residence

thanks!

Edited by Sonny on Thursday, 18 Feb 2010, 8:12pm.

1. Muhamad Azhar Abdullah
2. First foray in Malaysia Comic scene with self publish comic called 'Urban Comics for 2 years (2001-2002). Then becoming freelance illustrator/lecturer and comic artist. Now a full time comic artist/concept artist for an animation studio and a doing comic as a part-time basis. After winning a grand from local government supported body (MSC)in 2006 he published his first graphic novel 'League of Warrior'in 2008. Now completing his second graphic Novel due on March 2010.
3. link: http://azharsketch.blogspot.com/
http://azharmaa.deviantart.com/
4. Malaysia

1. Patipat Asavasena (Asuka111)

2. I worked as a concept artist at VIRUS Studio during 2006-2007 and 2d-artist in animation film project at The Monk Studio. Now, I’ve become a full-time freelance illustrator. Providing a service for illustrate, painting and concept design. My works are influenced a lot by Japanese anime and Manga.

3. web: http://asuka111.net
dA: http://asuka111.deviantart.com

4. Thailand.

1. Name

Adrian Ngin

2. short bio (less than 75 words)

Adrian Ngin graduated with a diploma in Fine Arts Painting in 2005. Right now, he is in his Third year majoring in Visual Communication at Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media. He is new to the comic industry and therefore Liquid City Vol 2 will be his first published short comic.

3. website link (if any)

www.adrianngin.com

4. country of origin/residence

Singapore

1. Chin Yew

2. Chin Yew, the co-creator of the blog, www.30dayartist.com; every month, a new artist takes up the same challenge he had first embarked on in August 2005 when he locked himself in a room to paint 40 paintings consecutively for 30 days. This led to the publication of his picture book, 'The Boy Who Loved Clouds', a solo exhibition and his graphic novel, 'I See So Many Butterflies'. Chin Yew also writes and directs TV shows.

3. www.30dayartist.com

4. Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

1. Mervin Chee

2. Mervin Chee graduated from Temasesk Polytechnic with a diploma in Interactive Media Design, with animation as his major. He is currently working as a lead flash animator in a local animation studio. Most of his work is influenced by a wide variety of stuff, ranging from UPA styled designs, Japanese anime, European comics and many more. This individual is also a great fan of coffee, electric basses and old school British comedies.

3. http://mervster.deviantart.com/
http://animationcoffeebass.wordpress.com/

4. Singapore

1. Troy Chin

2. Troy Chin was born in Singapore. After almost a decade in America, he returned home to try his hand at drawing comics. Since then, he has been chronicling his life in the ongoing autobiographical comic book series The Resident Tourist. He is currently also working on Loti, a four-panel daily strip about a group of eight year old school children and their everyday adventures in and around their school.

3. www.drearyweary.com

4. Singapore

1. Zeropointfive / Elvin

2. Elvin freelances as a graphic designer / storyboard artist in Singapore. This is the first time a comic story of his is professionally published and he is thrilled to be included alongside such amazing talents in Liquid City Vol. 2. He hopes to pursue more comic-related work in the near future and bring his personal vision of comics to life. He likes reading bios. Writing them? Not so much.

3. http://theworkofzeropointfive.blogspot.com

4. Singapore

1. Ye Zhen

2. Ye Zhen came back from the USA after studying comics as a degree and has just

recently published 4 volumes of his 'Singapore Horror Hip-hop' comic books. He is

currently finishing his 5th volume of the same comic book. They are all sold in

Takashimiya's Kinokuniya right now.

3. www.comicspace.com/yezhen
http://bractulunatis.deviantart.com

4. Singapore

1. Name: JC Wong

2. short bio: A concept artist in a research project in ADM@Nanyang Technological University. Previous work includes animation pre-production, comics & illustration as well as art lecturer in The One Academy, 2 self published graphic novels in Chinese language, also some comics published in Malaysia, Hong Kong & USA.

3. website: www.jcwong.net

4. country of origin: Penang, Malaysia.
residence: Singapore.

Edited by JC Wong on Saturday, 20 Feb 2010, 11:36pm.
Edited by JC Wong on Saturday, 20 Feb 2010, 11:48pm.

1. Dave Chua
2. Dave Chua is a fiction writer based in Singapore. He currently does freelance writing to earn his keep and is working with Koh Hong Teng on an illustrated version of his novel Gone Case. He can't draw for nuts, but may do so for eggplants.
3. N/a
4. Born in Malaysia but working in Singapore.

1. Miel


2. Miel is an internationally syndicated cartoonist. His works for The Straits Times(Singapore) have also been published in Asiaweek, Newsweek,The New York Times, Washington Post, The International Herald Tribune, Foreign Affairs, Japan Times, etc. He won the prestigious National Cartoonists' Society's (NCS) Reuben Award for Newspaper Illustration in 2002. Miel graduated from the UNSW with a Master's degree in Design.


3. http://www.cartoonweb.com,
http://www.caglecartoons.com

4. Singapore

1. Jingxuan Hu/Pinkjellyo

2. My debut manga 'Lament' was published in July 2009 by Chuangyi Publishing with support from MDA. It's now sold in Singapore bookstores and online. My manga was included in Liquid City one. Currently, I'm completing my BFA in School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I want to create in my art a surreal nightmarish dream realm. A worlds like an entangling spider web, where everything is crawling with pseudo‐organic ornamentation and decaying roses.

3. http://pinkjellyo.deviantart.com/

4. China/Singapore

James Tan

James did a 2 years stint in Tokyo , doing mobile game design and is currently working in an animation studio in Singapore.He likes to draw.

http://akaidotto.blogspot.com

Singapore

1. John Weeks

2. short bio: John is a comic artist/editor based in Cambodia. His scratchy scribblings appear in print & online under the rubric ‘QuickDraw’. He’s worked for comics publishers Eclipse and Dark Horse in the USA, and currently is Managing Editor of Our Books in Phnom Penh. He also curates global comics portal Comics Lifestyle, and is currently researching Khmer/Southeast Asian comics history.

3. http://www.jweeks.net

4. USA

1. Koh Hong Teng

2. Hong Teng was the illustrator for the graphic novel, titled 01321. Self-published in 1996, the page one of 01321 won the gold award in digital art category at the inaugural Siggraph Asia Pacific Animation and Digital Art Competition 2001. Besides contributing short graphic stories for publications like Liquid City, he spends most of his time creating full-length graphic novels and paintings.

3. NA

4. Singapore

1. Ivan Song

2. Ivan Song makes comics to share his stories with as many readers as possible. One of his short story comics won a competition in the International Manga and Anime Festival (UK) 2006 and another was published in the Best New Manga Volume 2 anthology. Ivan strives to create comics with interesting stories and captivating storytelling that are entertaining for the reader. He is currently working on his first graphic novel.

3. www.mangada.net

4. Malaysia

1. Kenneth Loh

2. Kenneth Loh is a freelance Digital artist. He loves working on comic projects.
He’s a fan of great artists like Joe Madureira, Yoji Shinkawa, Marc Silvestri and Greg Capullo where he gets inspiration through their works most of the time.
He is currently working on a upcoming graphic novel called “Killing Machine” by Writer and Creator Scott Milam and Daniel Alter for Arcana comics.

3. http://scabrouspencil.deviantart.com/gallery/

4. Singapore

1. Drewscape

2. Andrew Tan is a freelance illustrator based in singapore. Formerly an advertising art director, he now does illustration and draws TVC storyboards for advertising agencies. He enjoys discovering new illustration styles, new drawing tools, and indie graphic novels from around the world. (Which explains why he usually can't resist walking into a bookstore or stationary shop whenever he sees one). He is presently working on creating more comics and picture books.

3. http://www.drewscape.net

4. Singapore

1 - Mohd Adnan aka Nanzo
2 - Have been in a related field for more than 18 years
Have been struggle in a comic scene like forever.
My work have been published in some magazine but somehow it didn't reach to
ppl
I was in Anak anak Sidek , KLP and Keluangman comic team.
My interest in comic almost gone until I won an IPCC contest.
Now I m working on my winning title and hopefully published my debut comic
this June.
I m a full time freelancer
3 - www.nanzoworks.com
www.neosantara.blogspot.com
www.nanzotaro.deviantart.com
4 - Malaysia

1. Name: Lefty

2. Short Bio (less than 75 words):
Since the last Liquid City vol 1, Lefty has co-edited Malaysia's comic art magazine "Popcorn", worked as an editor for a Singapore/US based publisher, took part in various conventions including San Diego Comic Con. Lefty is now a full time comic book artist. When Liquid City vol 2 is released, Lefty should have completed more Major Zombie comics and also various merchandises with his Gilamon Studio partners Chin Sau Lim and Michael Chuah.

3. Website Link (if any): gilamon.com

4. Country of Origin/Residence: Malaysia

Edited by Lefty on Monday, 15 Mar 2010, 11:35pm.

1. Li Dan is doing freelance as illustrator and designer in Singapore. She obtained a Masters Degree in illustration from Edinburgh College of Art in the UK in 2005. She can adept at different illustration styles, and uses many different medias depending on the subject and purpose. She set up her own studio, LiDan Illustration & Design studio in 2009.Her images now appear in major publications, books, magazines and advertising.

2. http://danleee.blogspot.com
www.danleee.com

3. LiDan Illustration & Design Studio

4. Singapore

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