Artist Alley

Myths by Jerome Moo & Didier 'Jaba' Mathieu (SIN)
www.jeromoo.com | www.jabaone.com

Jerome Moo
I am Jerome Moo Wen Han, a Digital Artist for ILM Singapore. I have been with the studio since September 2006, and have had the chance to work on various film, TV and game projects such as Iron Man, Star Trek, Star Wars The Clone Wars and Star Wars The Force Unleashed.
 Prior to joining Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, I previously worked as a game artist, and then as a freelance artist for Imaginary Friends studio in Malaysia, where I’m originally from.

Didier Mathieu
I’m a conceptual illustrator/graffiti artist who joined Lucasfilm Animation Singapore in January 2007. Since then, I have been working on a lot of very interesting movies – creating vfx shots for blockbuster films such as Iron Man and Star Trek.
 My career as an artist has brought me to different parts of the world: from Colombia and Belgium – where I was born and raised; to other countries in Europe, North and South America, and now in Singapore. I’m a fan of so many things – arts, science, nature, magic and history – all of which influence my artistic style.

• Digital artist Jerome and conceptual illustrator/graffiti artist Didier will be exhibiting and selling high quality prints of their personal works as well as specially-designed t-shirts.

CyanParade (MAS)
kidchan.deviantart.com

kiDChan aka Beatrice Tan is a freelance artist who loves to listen to music, viewing the society and be inspired. In 2005 she won second prize for Peraduan Bakat Baru Komik Malaysia in illustration open category. In 2008 she was invited to be the guest artist for SMASH!, an Australian anime convention. A part time tutor in The One Academy conducting Manga Drawing class, her works including designing fashion bag illustration for The Kissing Cat, comic submissions for various comic magazines, designing illustrations for local comic event Comic Fiesta, various workshops and an artbook entitled "Muted Colours". various prints eco-bag badges artbooks, indie comic books stationery goods

Psychedelicmind & MonsterLittle (SIN)
psychedelicmind.deviantart.com
www.monsterlittle.com

Lindy Lou
I graduated from Digital Media Design, NYP (2002), studied animation in RMIT, Melbourne (2003), worked for 3 years in an IT education company and am now working in Eggstory Creative Productions as an Illustrator.

I am fascinated by dreams, animals, Batman and Transformers. Dreams make up a good part of my life. I remembered and recorded many over the years. Animals are beautiful and are a joy to be with. If I was not an artist, I would work in the zoo. Batman and Transformers are intriguing to me because of who they are. It is not just about the flashy gadgets and explosions, but about the people behind the heroes.

I hope to bring my characters, Ohm, Squid, Franque and Pandachan to life in a comic or animation one day. They have been with me for ages and are more my friends than anything.

Wu Ziqi
Goh Jit Hee, commonly known as Ziqi, is a freelance character designer. His passion started during his university days and since then, he can’t stop creating and drawing characters.
 
His works are influenced by anything and everything, from animations, graphic designs, anime to anything like nature, people and objects.
 
During these few years, he was involved with a number projects like “The Essence of Rabbit” (Pictoplasma), GimmeShelter, Wallspankers, Sketchel (Jeremyville), iMYGRATE project (Anteism), Artism - Art for Autism, “StartDrawing in Green” and many more. One of his characters even got published in Pictoplasma’s “The Character Encyclopaedia”.
 
Currently, he is working on a personal project called MonsterLittle, where all his monster creations come to life!

• Psychedelicmind presents the Flux Studios Dream Agents: Sleep In Peace.
• There is a MonsterLittle in everyone - Ziqi

Local Horror Hip-Hop Comic (SIN)
www.comicspace.com/yezhen

Ye Zhen
I've been drawing comics since i was 16. Heavily influenced by Japanese comics and American comics-writing. Participated in some comic competions before. Decided to seriously pursue the craft after enrolling in an American college specialising in comics as a bachelors degree. Started to have a Singaporean style at this point. After graduating from college and coming back to Singapore with a dozen comics drawn, my comic style has morphed into a local, arty, hip-hop, horror kind of comic recently specialising in action.

• Original titles like Singapore Sling, Warbaby, and Strawberry Shortcake will be on sale.

Qoobee Agapi & Friends (SIN)
www.qoobee.com

A comic, animation, design and art enthusiast, Lu Peng has received awards in design and animation, as well as bagged the title of top Final Year Student during his major in Animation in Temasek Polytechnic in 2001.
Being part of the team that produced Singapore’s first ever animated feature film “Sing To The Dawn”, Lu Peng has amassed valuable skills in cinematographic film, apart from 3D and 2D animation, visual design, web-programming and character design.
Lu Peng was a key member in design and developing the world first automated cell animation software system “CACANI” in Nanyang Technological University of Singapore under the supervision of Prof Seah Hock Soon.
Lu Peng’s heritage in Chinese culture and art, coupled with the Western and Japanese influences he has garnered throughout his work experience enables him to deliver works with a unique fusion identity, while at the same time being able to switch between styles. His animated work titled “Chinese Opera Masks” was thus selected by MTV Asia for its TVC broadcast.

• Free balloons daily at at 11am & 3pm (while stocks last).
• Also stand a chance to win a set of the Qoobee Agapi Zodiac magnet Series.

Happy Slave Studio (IDN)
henryz.deviantart.com | feel-ix.blogspot.com

Henryca Citra
I like to draw since I was young, when I was in kindergarten class, I always saw my brother draw street fighter, Megaloman, etc as an object, so I also try to draw my favourite characters such as Donald Duck, n Mickey, until I reached teenage, Hong Kong comic illustration tend to be my favourite style, and I try to follow their painting, n drawing, I also take a painting courses, after a few years pass, and I feel like want to study more in the art field, n I decided taking graphic design courses majoring in illustration, I graduated from Limkokwing University Creativity n Technology, Malaysia, at the end of 2005.

Felix Lim
Art is my passion. I have an insatiable hunger for sketching. My mind wanders to places during my waking hours.
I tie art and philosophy often.
I believe Mankind are hopeless pursuers of beauty.
Building a good relationship is in many ways similar to creating good art.
We start with a sketch, something that is loose and non-committal.
Searching, with a childlike exuberance and excitement for the shapes, rhythm, balance and colors that has been concealed in our hearts since our birth.
Then you start to see it, your eyes and your heart are delighted by what is unfolding before your eyes.
Art is philosophical; it probes deep into your soul when you play with it.

• Freelance artists Henryca and Felix will be selling prints and art books.

ALFI ZACHKYELLE & ERICK BANDUNG (IDN)
www.erickbandung.com | darklycan.deviantart.com

Born in Jarkarta, September 22nd 1977, this comic hobbyist studied in communication design in Jakarta Institute of Art.

Since 1994, Alfi Zachkyelle has been active in making comics, performing exhibitions, and teaching comic in art universities and schools around Indonesia. He also founded comic communities such as Graveyardshift Studios, United Kingdom of Dragon and SEKTE KOMIK. He also works as a professional illustrator, art director, character designer and visual consultant for several corporates, NGOs, and advertising institutions such as Mc Cann, Y&R Wundermann, FCB, TBWA, DAVID OGILVY, Octovate, Infinity Framework Studios, Bank of Indonesia, Help ev and many more.

He has completed more than 30 titles of comics including Graphic Novel, outgoing Series, Anthology and Strip comic. Some of the titles are: Dua Warna, Vienetta feat. Stupid Aliens (publisher: M&C Gramedia), Mantra Prawitra (publisher: Terrant Books), AARGH Anthology (publisher: ANALPABETH BOOKS), GO HOME Anthology (Asia Europe Comic Project), 7 Anthology (CAB Press) etc.

In 2009, Alfi and two of his friends founded ALFI ZACHKYELLE & Friends, focusing on comic concept and production, animation, music and self character toys. And now he's teaching comic and raising siberian husky dogs and many exotic animals in a small village in Yogyakarta.

Erick Sulaiman
I’m a tutor in the Faculty of Visual Arts & Design at National Institute of Technology (ITENAS). Besides tutoring, I also work as a freelance illustrator and part time in Kumata Animation Studio. Comic is also my field of interest. Since 2007 I have been drawing comic strips in my website and blog. Some of them have been published in printing under the title “Perpustakaan Sketsa” and “From Bandung with Laugh”. Both of them received many positive comments from critics.

Other than above, I also participate in the local comic community in my town and their events such as 24 hour comic day and comic market, whereas I sell T-Shirts based from my comic characters. For now, I’m working on a graphic novel entitled “Binatang Jatuh” due to published in December, followed by a children’s storybook entitled “Bella Karla Drakula” due to be published in June 2010.

• Be treated to a sneak peak at the work-in-progress of their upcoming comics.
• Also catch their live art demonstrations, Book and Art signings, and buy T-shirts, posters and stickers.

Ario Anindito & Arif P (IDN)
lighterheaven.deviantart.com | mazjojo.deviantart.com


Ario Anindito
Drawing and sketching since the age of 6, comic is always something personal for me. One of my visions is to make Indonesian local comic arise again, just like the Indonesian movies that finally has earned their place back among the Indonesian people. For me, comic is universal, and I really want to relate myself with my surroundings and the world through my comic.

My architectural study background contributes discipline and systematic behaviour, while my personal interests on European, American and Japanese comics built the character of my drawings. They both are two valuable assets in the development of my comic.

I use pencil (mostly 4B and higher) on paper to make my rough sketch, I never ink them and I color them in Adobe Photoshop. According to many people, my artwork style is a mix between American and manga.

My favourite comic genre is Action, superheroes groups n things.. I also have a deep interests in thriller, psychological and drama. I love working on female as a main character due to woman’s complexity in feelings and their mostly misinterpreted weakness.

Arief Prasojo is an illustrator from Indonesia whose pen-name "MazJojo" has enjoyed some degree of celebrity-ness among Indonesia's Deviantartists. This 24 years old artist, who adopts anime, manga dan semi realism (Square Enix Style) style in his art, is really into fantasy. He said fantasy lets him draw without any boundries. His other interest is DJ and playing games.

Checkout his deviantart  for more info regarding MazJojo and his on-progress work "4Her0" (will be published by m&c! comics Indonesia later this year). Also, checkout 4Her0's sneak peak, anime trailer there! 

• Buy books, merchandise and original art of their comic characters.
• They will also make artwork at your request.
• Also catch a slide show of their works!

Azisa Noor & Is Yuniarto (IDN)
scarlet-dragonchild.deviantart.com | www.windriderstudio.com

Azisa Noor

Is Yuniarto was born in Semarang, Indonesia. He began to draw and create comic since his childhood, with his classmates as his first loyal reader. After graduated from local university, He got his debut on 2005, One shot comic, entitled ‘Wind Rider’ by the local leading manga publisher. A year after, He decided to run his own independent studio and publishing from his room, mainly to create and self publish his own trilogy work: ‘Knights of Apocalypse’. Knowing local manga industry not well maintained, He try to endorse his comic book with papercraft of the characters from the comic book itself, battle card game, original PC game, and short anime trailer he created independently.

• Buy books, merchandise and original art of their comic characters.
• They will also make artwork at your request.
• Also catch a slide show of their works.
• If you’re a card game lover, they will be doing a demo of their own card battle game.

Daydreamerz (SIN)
mandachan.deviantart.com | knightcat.deviantart.com

Carol Lee / Manda
Drawing manga has been a passion for me since young. Started out with just pencil and eraser and then into digital works. Did freelance comic and illustrations for various companies. Participated in local and Malaysian conventions selling fan-made merchandises and prints since 2004.

Krysta Lau / knightcat
Anime, manga and drawing has been part of knightcat's life since her childhood days. Manga is her favourite style and she mainly draw digitally with her tablet. She has offered her art services for VIZ and Alias Comics, and enjoy doing commissions for members of the DeviantART community. Having been actively involved in local and Malaysia conventions since 2004, you can always spot her selling her artworks and fan-made merchandise at the events. Exhibitions participated include Anime Evolution (Canada), Anime Festival Asia (Singapore), Comic Fiesta (Malaysia) and Kaleidoscope (Singapore).

• Carol and Krysta will be selling their prints of artworks, books and merchandises from anime/manga series.

Wanton Doodle (SIN)
www.wantondoodle.com

Mas Shafreen
Corporate cog managing communications by day, vigilante compulsive doodler by night (with the dark eye circles to prove it). It all started when I would write tasks for my staff on post its and paste them in their cubicles. Needless to say, they were not amused when greeted every morning with bright yellow to-do lists. So I decided to alleviate their misery by adding little doodles on the post its. It helped, especially those with some semblance of cruelty. Since then, I've been on a one-man doodle deliverance mission at work, leaving no blank spaces void, supplementing dossiers with doodles and explaining to my bosses the benefits of doodleology (and why I don't need clinical assessment).

• Get your favourite wanton doodle merchandise here in the form of t-shirts, mugs, bags, custom skateboard decks, custom vinyl toys, custom sneakers and homeware!

"Has a Tim Burton feeling, which I like, but different."
- Stefan G. Bucher, the Daily Monster

• Asuka will be selling miniature clays like bento boxes, wagashi (Japanese sweets), cakes and bottled mini tofus; as well as prints of her illustrations on posters & postcards, glass tile necklaces/keychains and books  (in order form).

Before earning his license in Architecture, Otto Björnik worked as an industrious student assistant, a construction worker and a graphic designer turned art director. He also had an odd job as an air conditioner installer during his stay in Japan.

Otto Björnik left his budding career in architecture for the fine arts. Known for his unique style, he started sketching with pen & ink 6 years ago for a UNESCO project and attracted quite an attention with his first series. This year, he’s back with a new set of works that captivated the children’s heart in everyone. After 2 months, he was invited to collaborate with Yahoo! SEA in an ongoing special initiative called Project Purple.

Last June 12, 2009, he was notified that he is one of Wacom and deviantArt’s Bring Your Vision to Life contest winners with his entry “The Dichotomy of Man”.

• Björnik will be selling prints and complete sets of postcards of his Pen & Ink series entitled Shah Mat++. Keep a look out for accessories, never seen before commissions and maybe a sculpture!

Wen's World / D.Fam Art (SIN)
www.wensworld.com | www.dominiquefam.com

Favian is an illustrator and cartoonist based in Singapore. He has been freelancing in design and illustration for several years, and has produced his own line of products under the brand Wen’s World Christian Comics, which are being sold in bookstores locally and is known internationally. He was a participant of the International Christian Comics Competition 2 and his comics were published in the competition’s final compilation book. For his freelance work, he has illustrated caricatures, designed corporate folders, brochures and namecards, and even logos and mascots for brands such as Citrusox and government bodies such as HDB. He has recently completed a 2 year diploma course in animation with Egg Story Digital Arts School, and aspires to be a concept and storyboard artist, character designer, compositor and matte painter, even as he works towards the dream of being a comic artist.

• Favian will be selling Wen's World Christian Comics products at the booth. On sale will also be a comic book, notebooks, postcards, bookmarks on sale, and more!

Dominique Fam is a freelance illustrator based in Singapore and he specializes in hyper realistic digital paintings. He has done illustrations for ad agencies, publications, design houses and commissions. His work has been featured on covers, ads, websites and other materials in Asia and the UK. His areas of interest include comic book/toy characters, portraits, fantasy, sci-fi and concept art.

• Freelance illustrator Dominique will be selling art prints of his illustrations.

Audran & Jin (SIN/MAS)
audranguerard.blogspot.com

Audran is a Canadian artist living in Singapore, currently working as an Art Director at Ubisoft Singapore. His spare time is spent doing watercolors, figures, portraits or outdoor. He thrives for simplicity and expressive gestures. His aspirations are heavily influenced by the late 19th century painters, such as John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer or Cézanne.

Jin is from Malaysia, now working in Ubisoft Singapore as a senior artist. Heavily inspired by any artist out there from the like of Erte or Francesco Clemente to Mike Mignola and Yoji Shinkawa, his main goal is to have as much fun as he can before the boat sinks!

• Audran & Jin will be displaying their artwork and also bring a folio which people could browse and buy original pieces if they are interested.
• They will also issue certificates of authenticity to buyers.

Munkao (MAS)
www.munkao.com

Starting his career as a choirboy, munkao soon started raising wolves in a bid to act on his regret on not being able to have been raised by wolves, therefore, he is selling zines, postcards, shirts and his semi good looks at his booth.

“Not” (IDN)
www.iamdanot.blogspot.com

My name is Dhanny Sanjaya. I live in Indonesia. I was born in June 1985. I studied Graphic Design at Universitas Pelita Harapan and graduated in 2007. After I graduate, I work at One-Comm Agency as an art director. My clients are Oreo, Kraft, Durex, and Aqua. After I resign from One-Comm, I work at KMK Global Sport as a designer on Nike Division. Beside my routine work, I also work as freelance designer. Most of my artwork is based on line-drawing but I don’t want to stuck with that style. I keep practicing to develop my style and my ability. My inspiration comes from everything I see, hear, and feel, but my biggest motivation is living creature. I used both computer and hands to make an artwork. Recently I participated in exhibition called “We’re All Millionaires” which was held by C+C Project in Jakarta. In this event, I exhibit my painting made by acrylic on canvas. My other achievement is when one of my artwork is chosen by Graniph T-Shirt to collaborate. I also just started my clothing line (“NOT”) and sometimes another clothing line asked me to design for their T-Shirt.

• Dhanny will be giving out free stickers, selling T-Shirts, showcasing paintings, posters & sketches and displaying original dolls.

Roomism (SIN)
www.roomism.net

Nana Pong. Toy artist, Illustrator. Basic trained in art since high school. Graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Art- Diploma of Interior Design. 2006, created Roomism. Designed series are “Big Foot series”,” Kelu” , “box’s toy “, “DJ” & etc. All the creatures are created & sewn by herself.

• Roomism specializes in character design and we have created series of limited handmade soft toy the name “Big Foot” series and little bat “Kelu”. This time we specially introduce our new creation “Lucky box” series. Cute, colourful soft toy will bring you good luck and make your day. Beside soft toys, merchandise base on the toy series will also be introduced such as quality handmade mini pouch, tote bags and more.

brick X davidlee (SIN)
www.brianchia.com | www.davidlee.sg

Brian Chia
Working under the moniker Brick, Brian is a comic lover, aspiring illustrator and staunch believer of the existence of mermaids. A graduate from Middlesex University of London in MA Design for Interactive Media, his works have garnered numerous wins including the 2003 Crowbar Awards and 2007 D&AD student Global Awards. Both Brian's interactive and illustration works have seen exhibited in several London and Singapore events, such as the Association of Illustrators's Images 32, Singapore Creative Network UK art show, A Nice Set Singapore, underground art show Hypercolour, numerous online platform such as Italian TVN Planet Project, creative network Culturepush and Creative [SIN]ergy and publications such as trends magazine, The, Images 32 etc. Brian also takes active participation in collaborative projects such as Tiger translate and the Crossville Ghostboy project.

David Lee
David loves photography, dance and all things aesthetically pleasing. He hung up his dancing shoes six years ago and left Singapore to pursue his interest in graphic design in London. After graduating from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design with a BA in graphic design, he spent a year and a half exploring future trends as art editor at The Future Laboratory, Europe’s leading trend forecasting company, where he worked on projects for clients such as Nokia, Gap, Investec, Lamborghini and MySpace. He was also art editor for Viewpoint magazine.
Winner of Singapore’s Young Designers’ Award in 1997 and 1998, David also received a DesignSingapore scholarship in 2005. David is currently the Associate Artist for Cake Theatrical Productions and has recently graduated with distinction from the Master of Arts in Graphic Design course at the London College of Communication.

• Illustrator Brick (aka. Brian Chia) and graphic designer David Lee reminisce about their almost-forgotten childhood and weave together a tapestry of kaleidoscopic splendour inspired by 1930s Shanghai posters, oriental papercut motifs and the traditional sihouettes of wayang kulit.

Wirehead the works of Wahid (SIN)
megahead5.blogspot.com

 Wahid, not your mainstream kind of artist as he is he has put many of his unorthodox methods of thought into his daily working life as a production designer, character artist and storyboard work thus creating things that he hopes many will love.
In this Toy convention he will be selling his original prints and sketches and T-shirts and spreading the love of ART itself.

Zylostudio & studioaiko (THA)
www.zylostudio.com | www.studioaiko.com

Zylostudio is a man who has a passion for “Characters” and “Graphic” design. A Thai designer who create the innovative design of characters to be the “Missing Link” between Kids who love the cute cartoon characters and Adult who like the collectable design toys with style & creative. These characters are for new generation who has style, creative and design in their life and seeking for their own unique identity.

Studioaiko is a Character Design and Illustration studio based in Bangkok. Established by Sikan Techakaruha (Ai) in 2006, Studioaiko has been creating custom graphics for clients from Singapore, U.K. and USA etc. Studioaiko provides character, web, illustration, and animation. Sikan is a part-time professor of Fine and applied art faculty at Bangkok University.

• Showcase of character design artworks (in print)
• Short animation show reel
• Free premium for visitor ex. postcard, badge/
  (Limited quantity/ day)
• Sale character design Merchandise ex. Dolls, T‐shirt, Stationary, Accessories etc.

MA Studio (Beijing-Hondarribia) by Judas Arrieta (CHN/SPN)
www.mastudiobj.com

Judas Arrieta is a known Spanish Contemporary Artist, he created his Manga art studio in China 5 years ago. MA Studio try to produce art pieces directly related with new ways to understand the art. One of the newest projects of the MA Studio, is ART Z project, which wants people approach to the art in a ludic and joyful way using Toy Art pieces. Judas Arrieta´s art-works are widely showed around the world, such as Spain, Germany, Finland, Japan, Korea, China, and so on.
Judas Arrieta’s works are effected by Japanese cartoon art, Asian oriental culture and European way to understand the contemporary art. He makes all of them together and uses his unique art language to produce many kind of different art works , which are worthy to be collected. He won the first prize of international young artist contest hold by Madrid Bank (Spain) in 2006. His art works are collected by Museums, enterprises and banks, like Guggenheim museum, Asia House of Barcelona, Spanish embassy in Japan, Madrid bank, etc.

Judas Arrieta is a multidisciplinary artist, he does paintings, drawings, sculpture, wallpaints, video art and installations. He also does TV programs in Spain about manga, anime and Asian cultures. His last dream comes true last year 2008 when he produced his first limited edition of a toy in PVC called JUDASZ. JUDAS-Z is a mix of three characters: Mazinger Z , a panda and the artist himself. The story of the character is that he wants to become a legend, a hero and
go beyond two dimensions–thus the JUDAS-Z toy is born.

• Judas will be painting one toy each day. He will also do drawings for visitors. Get a free postcard with a drawing every day from 5-6pm!

Products
1. Toys--- Judas Z toy 9 different models available special price for the Convention 70 euro each piece.
2. Mixed media drawings
3. Acrylic on canvas
4. T-shirts and more!

Miel / Sir Fong (SIN)
sirfong.blogspot.com

Miel is a cartoonist-designer with The Straits Times. He is the 2002 recipient of the prestigious Reuben Award in Newspaper Illustration.

He is syndicated widely by the New York Times Syndicate and by the Professional Cartoonists’ Index. His cartoons have been published in the International Herald Tribune, Newsweek, Japan Times, Asiaweek, World Press Review and The Washington Post, among other global publications.

Miel graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Master’s degree in Design.

• Miel will be selling/signing his book "Singatoons" and will be promoting another book (to be out in October 2009) which is currently in the works. He will also be offering signed limited copies of his "SceneGapore"(copyright2009) posters to collectors.

Otto Fong
In 1998, Otto created his first comic book, “Buddy Buddy”, one of the earliest Singaporean-created comic books published in China. In 1999, Otto won both first and third prize in a national comic competition. A teacher in Singapore’s premiere school, Raffles Institution, for eight years, Otto used comics to thrill and motivate his students about Science. In 2005, Otto created “Sir Fong” and “Sir Fong 2”. The humourous stories of local teacher and student interactions sold well in the local bookstores. Otto is using the Sir Fong characters in a new science comic series “Sir Fong’s Adventures in Science”.

• Catch the launch of Book 2 of “Sir Fong’s Adventures in Science”. Otto Fong will autograph each book sold personally.

Zemotion & Noah (SIN/CHN)
www.zemotion.net

Zhang Jingna, well known as zemotion online, is a photographer from Singapore. At 21, after picking up photography for only 3 years, she has worked with companies and publications such as Mercedes Benz, Ogilvy & Mather, Architecture International, Wacom, Harper's Bazaar, L'Officiel and Female. Her works are described as ethereal, romantic and sensuous, with a quiet but definite confidence and maturity belying her age.

In September 2008, Jingna held her first solo exhibition at The Arts House in Singapore, and also launched her first photobook, Something Beautiful, at the exhibition.

A featured artist in Wacom Intuos 4's global campaign, Jingna's works can also been seen featured across numerous regional and international magazines such as Digital Photo, Silkwinds, Female and Vision.

Kuang Hong is an art director at Tencent Inc in Shanghai, China. Known for his unique style and intricately painted illustrations, Hong has been featured in various publications such as Spectrum, Fantasy Art Now, EXPOSÉ, EXOTIQUE, ImagineFX, Advanced Photoshop Magazine and Kikan-S. His clients include Sony Online Entertainment, ImagineFX, Sabertooth Games and Tenacious Games. Hong also a featured artist in Wacom Intuos 4's global campaign.

• New works from both Zemotion and Noah will debut for sale at STGCC.
• Noah will be illustrating live at intervals during the event across 3 days.
• Art prints of works by both artists are available as well the limited edition copies of zemotion's photobook "Something Beautiful".

30dayartist.com (MAS)

Chin Yew
When Chin Yew was 24, he quit his mundane-salesman job, took out all his savings and locked himself in a small room to paint 40 large paintings consecutively for 30 days, updating-daily via a blog he co-created, www.30dayartist.com. Every month since, a new artist from around the world, partakes the same challenge he had first taken on August 2005, which gained him some media recognition, publication of his picture book; ‘The Boy Who Loved Clouds’, a solo exhibition and a developing 600+pages graphic novel, ‘I See So Many Butterflies’. When not doing art annually on Augusts at 30dayartist, he writes and directs TV shows. His ultimate dream is to direct at least one personal-auteur 35mm feature before he dies and to be the first Malaysian to win Best Foreign Picture at the Oscars. He believes his highly-good-sensitive, unique-vision of taste and emotion in storytelling, is bringing the trophy home.

I-Ming
Ming is the author and creator of 'Fantasy Story webcomic' http://www.fantasystorycomic.com. Fantasy Story is a pulp fantasy comic strip that aims to rekindle the nostalgia of 1980's and 90's fantasy games, game books, comics and TV, a kind of "pre internet fantasy, for the internet". While Ming is the author and artist of the comic, he frequently engages his audience via twitter to contribute ideas and themes to the story. Ming is commissioned by many international clients. His cartoons have also appeared in Going Places, the Malaysian Airlines in-flight magazine. Ming's love for comics are not limited to the page and screen, but also find their way onto the artist's canvas. Ming held his fist solo art exhibition in 2005, using comic themes and conventions on his canvas. Ming lives in a beach house in Penang Island, Malaysia.

• Chin Yew and i-Ming will be selling their self-published graphic novels:
• A picture book - The Boy Who Loved Clouds
• A 328 B&W graphic novel - I See So Many Butterflies”

Wrecker Tike (SIN)
http://wreckertike.blogspot.com/

Rick Treweek is a character designer currently based in Singapore. He works mainly in the mobile space creating games and content. He has always doodled strange monsters and have no idea where they come from.

• Rick will be showing characters created from clay (10cm – BIG) as well as mini prints. He will be selling various merchandise items such as stickers and prints of characters. Also, catch live art demonstrations on the clay and wood medium!

Race Made This (SIN)
http://racemadethis.blogspot.com/

On display will be various original artworks and prints. Be engaged in chit-chat as Race Krehel flips open his sketchbook and uses a number of small wood blocks to do live art creation in his booth – you can request for custom artwork too!

Thunderpanda X Eightyfourcube (IDN/MAS)
www.thunderpanda.com | www.eightyfourcube.com

Eric Wirjanata (Thunderpanda)
Currently based as a graphic designer for the established French Cultural Center in Indonesia, and actively pursuing in creating new works with varied mediums.  Also as creator of a big hit character - "Lemi the Space Wanderer" and series of “Zombiemize” papertoys.  Eric is also known as a high-profile drawing artist that has avidly organized and also participated in various exhibitions held over the years.  

With a unique distinction to ‘line work’, and enormous drawing of dogs, bears, birds , robots and apples, he creates a new imaginary world where his friends and family are free to visit, and enjoy (apparently, sometimes though).

Najib Tumiran @ Art:Tech (Eightyfourcube)
Najib Tumiran or more familiarly known as Art:Tech, is a self-taught artist/ designer/ photographer from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. As one of the founder and pioneer members of Eightyfourcube collective which has been established since 2003 - has ever since been actively contributing to the local arts scene and also commercial works.

Heavily influenced from his favorite movie, Back to the Future, Art:Tech draw imaginary visuals that are most inventive and a vision of his future for all. He loves fine details, wires, robots, weird characters and portrait photography. His works has been featured in numerous local and international publications, design blogs, and websites.

To date, Art: Tech was featured by Digital Malaya as one of the 'Notable Young Malaysian Illustrators' alongside many other great Malaysian artists and also a feature of the prestigious KL Design Week 09 under the ‘Young Tiger’ category.

• Only with the basis of pure love for eccentric creativity, Eric (Thunderpanda / Indonesia) with his specialty for paper-toy craft and Art:Tech (Eightyfourcube / Malaysia) with his skills at custom designs and  illustrations – have decided to team up and do an artwork / papertoy first-time crossover specially themed for STGCC.
• Paper Toy Demo - Fri (5pm), Sat (1pm & 3pm), Sun (1pm & 5pm)
• Custom Design - Fri (4pm & 8pm), Sat (4pm & 8pm),
• They will also be selling merchandise and giving out free stickers! (While stocks last).

4metersquare (SIN)
linlilian.deviantart.com | alexiussana.deviantart.com

AlexiusSana (Jessica Yong)
Drawing under the artist alias of alexiusSana for some time now, Jessica is a comic enthusiast who is most interested in the world of self-published comics also known as Dōjinshi (同人誌). Asian comic art largely targeted at a female audience best describes her style of art. Exhibitions and events attended include Kaleidoscope Singapore, Anime Festival Asia, Comics Fiesta Malaysia and the inaugural Daicon in Cyberjaya, Malaysia.

Lian (Lim Lee Lian)
Lee Lian started as an online artist back in 2000. For the past few years, she has been active in various online art communities as well as local conventions. She favours drawing in the anime style and enjoys digitally drawing and colouring her artworks. This will be her first time taking part in the Singapore Toy Games and Comics Convention. Other exhibitions that she has participated in include Anime Evolution 2009, Anime Festival Asia 2008, Kaleidoscope Singapore, Comics Fiesta Malaysia and Asia in Comics 2004.

• Drop by and witness the diversity of the Asian comic style! Catering for both male and female fans, 4metersquare would like to bring you the Japanese "doujinshi" culture of self-published material in the form of can badges, comics, and other merchandise! Artworks consist of a mixture of both personal concepts as well as fanworks. Hopefully within this 4meterssquare of space you will find a vast plain of imagination and inspiration. We'll be glad if you would like to just drop by to say hi as well :)

Just Another Booth (SIN/MAS)
www.sonnyliew.com | http://gilamon.blogspot.com


Sonny Liew is a Eisner-nominated comic artist and illustrator whose works include titles for DC Vertigo, Marvel, SLG and Disney, along with the Xeric-awarded Malinky Robot.

Gilamon Studio
Gilamon is an independent studio that specializes in both storytelling - using comic books as a medium - and design. It is co-founded by three comic book artists - namely Lefty, Michael Chuah, and Chi Sau Lim. Gilamon is releasing its first graphic novel and a new series of T-shirts for the second STGCC it is participating in.

Gilamon has participated in various events in Tokyo, San Diego, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. It is also one of the winners of Malaysia Multimedia Development Corporation (MDec)'s intellectual Property Grant. Please visit comic.com.my for more information.

• Liquid City" artists Sonny Liew and Lefty will be at hand to promote various books, including the Southeast Asian Anthology "Liquid City" published by Image comics, "Wonderland" from Disney Press, titles from Gilamon Studio, as well as original art, prints and other items.

INKBLOT (THA)
http://vic-mon.deviantart.com

VIC-MON is a 23 year-old professional freelance artist in Thailand. His well-known illustration works include novel covers by Jamsai Publishing, comic works include storm (Thailand’s singer comic, zheza.com), Candy (12 chapters in CANDY14 , a monthly magazine), featured works in digital painting book vol.1-2 / Let’s comics 1. He has also worked as an event organizer for Thailand’s Jump event 1-2 , and comic expo 2007-2008; as well as a special instructor in Digital Painting subject at University (Rangsit-Srinakarinwirot-Silpakorn) and a Concept Artist at VIRUS studio, 2007.

• "INKBLOT" full color original comic
• "Mirage" Original comic book
• "TYPE4" vol.1 Original comic book
• Illustration prints

DREARY WEARY (SIN)
www.drearyweary.com

In 2006, Troy Chin left the music industry in New York for Singapore to try his hand at drawing comics. Since then, he has been chronicling his life in the ongoing autobiographical series The Resident Tourist. With increasing readership, what began as an online comic has now expanded into three volumes of books and it is showing no signs of stopping just yet. He is currently also working on his new series, Loti, a four-panel daily strip about a group of rather precocious Primary 2 kids and their everyday adventures in and around their school.

• Loti Volume 1 will be launched exclusively at STGCC. It collects strips 1 to 300, features new artwork and includes 2 new chapters. Stop by the Dreary Weary booth to pick up your copy!

Allen Rosa (BRA)
www.allenrosa.com

Allen Rosa is a self-taught artist based on Brazilian South.
That, during a whole life has designed your mind in different ways of art. Becoming to build a sweet and Distorted world, expressing his art and music between the human senses.
The motivation is distort the reality or just picture an image from the deepest/creepy fantasy of imagination.
 
In his childhood he was influenced by early computers and 8bits video games. Now, he is creating artworks that have vibrant primary colors that are cut by the strong brush strokes, clear and flattened as computer graphics.

• Allen will be selling his original paintings, limited prints, exclusive T-shirts, sculptures and more!