I drew Mr. President!

Waaahh! Received the photo from the official photographer Mr Sam Yeo from i2i Photography while I did a drawing for Mr. President last month at Singapore Flyer! After almost 18 years, event artist life, finally I am having a chance to take a picture with Mr. President of Singapore, President S.R. Nathan! Every artist got chance taking photo with the president of course, but to me, it was a really great experience and memory in my whole life!

Caricature for Sony Event

It happened that I have a chance doing a roaming caricature for Sony’s gala dinner at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. It was a very high class and a formal event; I had been asked to dress in costume accordingly!See! My colleagues also in serious attired!There was a great belly dancer, Belinda performance a solid belly dance session!The best thing was met my acrobatic friends also performing there! Yeh!Seriously, they are my friends, not anyhow say one ok!I got not much hair now! Ops! But I got friends to enjoy dinner with me! No friends to have dinner with you? Pity you, go some kinds of “lorong” also can’t have real fun men!

Opening a new Portrait + Caricature Shop at FAR EAST PLAZA

I had been asked many times recently by a very enthusiastic friend that just back from Tokyo to became one of his partner for his portrait + caricature chain shop in one of his branch at FAR EAST PLAZA!

I wondering are you sure this industry really so good? Because every artists have their own style, no way to cover by other artist, because art piece was very unique thing, can’t get other people to draw for you and then you just sign your name, client could found that the artwork was not done by you! He keep mentioned that there’s a way……Ok, let me wait for his opinion to see what will happen and what I can do.

In my view, doing art was not easy in Singapore, because usually local people was more appreciate overseas artist’s art.

I ever heard one senior art event manager’s complaining: “Lots local artists was too stubborn, foreign artists was much creative and talented!”

I think, most artist here was emphasized their personal benefit, an I agreed the art was very personal thing, so it was not easy to form some sort of organization like caricature.org like the state.

Birthday Party

Did a children birthday party at east coast road, The Bay shore Condo. I am not first time doing caricature for children party in my 18 years’ event artist life, not first time doing event in condo, so I would not taking too much photos, only first timer and un-experience caricaturist will taking lots photo while doing event.In this show I met balloonist and face painter, all my old friends there; that was a happy job for me.

Two hands

Am I the only ambidextrous artist in Singapore for the time being? Yup, I am the only ambidextrous caricaturist, the person who using both hands to draw in Singapore so far.
I am not the only ambidextrous who doing art in Singapore, see this guy, he is a Singaporean, I know him few years ago. He uses two hands to do his calligraphy as well!
I am not the only “Jumper”, there are someone else, hope won’t meet Samuel L.Jackson who like to kill the Jumper in the “Jumper” movie, haahaa!

Roaming Event Artist

In some event, some artist required roaming or mobile around to do their performance to entertain the guest, caricaturist and silhouette artist wan unable to avoid it! I even did a roaming palm reading as a fortune teller in an event before!

In my 14 years event artist experiences, I realized one the number 101 thing must be do it nicely, which is the posture while you doing the drawing or silhouette cutting or reading the fortune of the guests: You must be always standing in a nice way, do not hunch your back especially, do not believe you are so great that everyone always give way to you; like if you are in the restaurants, sometimes some people just passing by between you the guests you being entertained; worst still, some waiter/waitress might even accidentally hit you and pour the drinks on you shirt!

Hence, being a roaming entertainer, you might need to always taking care the surrounding environment while you doing your job. That’s not easy, and it needs to spend more energy to pay some attention on it.

I would say, not much caricaturist or silhouette artist willing to roam around to entertain the guests; because it was quiet difficult to handle the environment while you spent your energy and time in the drawing or cutting the silhouette, hence, it could be quiet tiresome; moreover, it could be reduced your quality of drawing or performance it you re not use to it.

Met Superheroes

Did an Animax event at Vivocity today, met some Superheroes!
Met Spiderman! He is the guy I mentioned about in my previous post.Wow!Wish she is my girfriend! She's superheros' girlfriend unfortunately.Spiderman &m mini Spiderman!Mai-yaheee..mai-yahooo..Balloonist Lulu.Starwar guys!