Background of EnchantingTwilight

City view of Enchanting Twilight

An Enchanting Twilight Website

An Enchanting Twilight Animation

Characters from 'Breath of Life' are further developed into an animation. ‘An Enchanting Twilight’ is the first three animated pilot episodes of a twelve part series. The story explores issues of an aging population and the societal effects of the young people in the not too distant future. While the aging population is an increasingly important issue in many nations of the world, the story aims to address the social concern of the disparity between the young and older generation with a light hearted narrative. It also presents that making life meaningful begins at all ages.

A grant is awarded by Media Development Authority Initiative for the animation.

'Breath of Life' illustration exhibited at Kudos Gallery, Sydney 2005

'Breath of Life' illustration was printed on canvas digitally in Sydney. The illustration won the Emerging Artist Award.

2004 Post Card Series

12 post cards at SS12.00 with packaging.
Printed on Mabel White 250gsm paper.

The first illustration series of 'Life in the Orient' in 2003

The illustration was presented as a flash calendar.

The birth of this calendar did not happened overnight. Neither was the illustrations drawn for a calendar intentionally. The beginning of this calendar flew back to my trip to Shanghai in 2001. Like any other big city, Shanghai is flooded with human traffic, billboards, skyscrapers, etc. You can find people enjoying the finest luxuries in life at one corner and a group of homeless and locals selling stuff on the street trying to make a living. Everyday, masses of people from the villages rush into the city having the disillusion that the city would bring them fortune. They ended idling themselves aimlessly on the street shattered by their dreams. I started capturing and illustrating these people and their moments of life.

The early 1990s was the beginning of invitation of capitalist business investment from foreign investor. And as the city prospers with international investments, Shanghai is still a city of contradiction as poverty is still prevalent.