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about Lee Hou Yeung

2009-12-21T01:01:00.000-08:00

Hello! I'm Lee Hou Yeung. Here are some of my works that i would like to share with you. I've attended Singapore's Nanyang Polytechnic's Digital Media Design Course in 2008. I specialised in the Animation, and finished with 'Diploma with Merit' Certificate.

After my National Service in Singapore (till 09 May 2010), i am interested to further study in Hong Kong City University's Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Creative Media to pursue my dream as a film director. As I'm very interested in film making, i see this course can provide the lessons that i need to learn to become a better film maker for both live action film and animation. I'm also fond of doing concept art, storyboarding, illustrations, and writing my own original stories.

If there is any questions that you wish to ask, feel free to email me at xelex_03@hotmail.com

This video was done during my Polytechnic years. It's an animation competition held by Ministry of Manpower, and my team of 3 won 1st prize. I came out with the animation idea, storyboarding and part of the 2D animation.

Cheers,
Lee Hou Yeung

Love . Paris

2009-01-26T07:47:00.000-08:00

Update! i finally hav some time to sit in front of my com and doodle! yeap, becos its Chinese New Year! CNY = one and a half day holidays for the serviceman!

this is my latest work :)

i randomly sketched the guy in the front...then i sketched a loving couple...then i drew a 'Paris-ish' Street for these characters. I didn't plan for this..and so, the composition is really bad here. I totally enjoy painting digitally without anything fixed in mind, but my works start to look plain and repetitive...Sigh. (needa plan my drawings!!!)

Aniwae, i like sketching with opacity at 100%. Cos i can see my art style coming out really quickly when i'm putting hard-edged lines on the canvas. will explore this area more!

it's all inside.

2008-12-21T01:25:00.000-08:00

Arshhh....

i've not use my right hand to draw for a long time. these works were digitally sketched in Photoshop a few weeks ago... No intention to finish them...so i shall jus post them.

recently, i'm more into developing story ideas. My creative mind is almost working 24/7. I love fantasizing in my own world...haha! its a wonderful place...and i must realize(work out) this world and share it to my frens and other people :)

btw, i'm just had a little breakthrough regarding on my own philosophy about Life! Hooray! haha!
Sometimes I would say that i'm more of a philosopher than an artist. i draw my philosophy. therefore, philosophy becomes the priority. and yea, it's true for my case. and i'm gonna 'dig' more about life for life is truly my inspiration. the more i know about it, the more creative or artistic vision i will have...

got the clue about how my art comes about?

hope u like my sharing.

tata.

I'll Find You

2008-11-09T02:26:00.000-08:00

okay, i kinda pissed off right now.

i'll explain why...

i finally got an idea of what to draw! maze...me...finding a gal...we're "linked" by a wire thingy.
I can see some room for visual explorations for this piece...walala...i'm ready to go...i seriously needa update this blog.

then, i realise i needa bk in later tonite....it makes my rush my work.

this piece ain't what i want it to be...it should be much better. i'll redraw this piece next time.

but at least, i've moved my pencil and posted this one. not bad...

shall give a pad on my shoulder...

yes, the chinese words say, " I'll find you."

gtg. damn it.

The river of Armour

2008-10-05T02:05:00.000-07:00

yeah, this is the river of armour. i drew this because i'm like armour stuff! so yeah, took some time and patience to finish this one, lots of lines there...haha!

Literal translation for the chinese words appear on the drawings.

'Everything will stop eventually, rewinds and goes back to mother nature.'

in other words...let it flow.

missing you!

2008-09-21T09:16:00.001-07:00

yeah, i'm missing you!

i hav this idea in mind for quite sometime already. it's a valentine's day card, haha!

oh, its september now...

so?

New Soul

2008-09-17T11:21:00.000-07:00

finally. i'm back to this blog. i so wana update this blog...filled it up with many many paintings and drawings...but i failed to do so. haizzzzzzz....

this image just came to my mind...it sent chills down my spine.... hence, i decided to paint it out...at the same time, i'm trying to find out what my unconscious mind is trying to tell me.

a rebirth perhaps...devil unleashed perhaps. i dun noe. and i dun want to know...haha!

will draw or paint at least one more before i go back to the army. i need more time!

inspired not....

2008-07-07T11:28:00.000-07:00

i'm basically forcing myself to churn out some drawings. nothing really sparks my brain to motivate/inspire me to draw. but...theres one thing that pushes me...self-discipline. its like..."You have to draw today. Just draw something! biatch!"...then i sit my ass on my comfy armchair, picked up my pencils...and just draw!

maybe that can be my motto. JUST DRAW!

the result is more than satisfying for me.

this is the War Song. it's not a song, more like a poem maybe. it started out as me doodling myself. then i wana point a big third finger. then, got inspired to use this pose to express my thoughts and feelings about war. i won't get to do this piece if i didn't move my pencil.

then i tried to force myself to draw again the next day. this time, i only have one objective- free my mind. no specific topic to draw...then i just let my pencil run freely...i'm playing with my lines...and realised i'm generating something organic...so i started to complete it by drawing a creature out of it. (I started from the head of this creature.) named it FYMA, derived from "free your mind art". well, this creature is strangely beautiful to me. haha! (used PSCS2's filter)

the next day after i did FYMA, i forced myself to draw again. i'm not interested to copy any reference material...cos its not very fun. therefore, i jus told myself...draw something "lovely".
during the drawing process, i'm trying to have fun with lines...attempts to interact with the lines while i draw....kk, getting abstract already.

lesson learnt: free your mind and just draw. it's just magic for me. haha!

lastly, i took part in THINKOUT! a drawing event held by the Artheletes gang.
the topic is "Penguin's solution to flight."
the idea is not unique...but i'm glad that i took part in the event. i guess i failed to explore the topic enuff...and just go ahead to render this piece. my bad...

creative ideas propels artist to generate art works.
it also means that...generating art works propels creative ideas.

u noe wat i'm trying to say?

just draw, baby :)

2008-06-30T01:33:00.000-07:00

here i am. for another update. finally. haha.

Done this during my 3 weeks Hong Kong trip. Got inspired by some Chinese comic artist.

Another one.

Return back to Singapore, decided to further explore my drawing style.

futuristic soldier.

Manga style...lol. Titled: Embrace Love.

Black and white digi sketch.

Used Fliter- Chrome in PS.CS2.

Photo referenced. Scanned and coloured it in Photoshop.

I'm going to serve the army on 10th July 2008. Feeling quite calm right now. I realised that i didn't fulfil some of my short term goals b4 entering NS(National Service)....for example, write a script, draw at least a page of comic etc.
Now, i'm still at the stage of exploring my art style and learning more techniques...so i guess i shall jus focus on drawing and painting for the time being. Personal content creation shall begin next year? LOL...we'll see about it.

Hope that i can post one more b4 i enter NS...

conquering girls in the world of art.

2008-05-28T09:21:00.000-07:00

oh yea, here's my practise on drawing and painting females. it's extra difficult for me to draw and paint girls...will overcome this obstacle slowly :)

i wana add on.... i got the drive to draw and paint girls becos i want to start doing my own comic/illustration book asap....hence, i gotta nail down this part or my 'lead actress' will look like a man...hahaha!~

photo referenced....

photo referenced...took 90mins..looks nicer when it's smaller haha.

used Zhang Zi Yi's photo for this one.
traced her feature and still end up very diff from the photo.

Pierzo

2008-05-19T21:56:00.000-07:00

xelex presents PIERZO! the city's big hero!

yeah, i always wanted to do some robot running ard the city...and now i sorta did one for myself. wasn't able to achieve e way i picture this painting...i wana more 'Hong Kong' feel actually...with sign boards all ard...but becos i didn't plan this pic b4 doing it...i failed to put in stuff tat i wana be there. e killer is the error in perspective...i wana kill myself for that...

i sorta design this robot as i paint...'construct' the city as i paint...And that is a pain in the ass...wasted a lot of time....i guess i need to get some line work b4 i go 4 a more detailed pic like this one the next time....

the first pic is e final one...while e second pic is achieved thru minor tweaking in Hue/Saturation.

ya, i used textures to paint those buildings at the back...i jus hate painting them...lol!

Don't go.

2008-04-04T12:18:00.000-07:00

There is no future...

...if you are not going to fight...

..this one last war.

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Xelex Reporting!

Here's an illustration abt soldiers in war. You will never know when is your last battle. You just have to keep on fighting. Sometimes you just want to turn away and leave everything behind.

War sux! but painting them is so damn fun! hahaha!

Over!

Koozula

2008-03-26T09:17:00.000-07:00

haha! another random work using Photoshop.

http://koozula.deviantart.com/
tat's my deviantart site! i tink its neccessary to post e link here as well.

Koozula studio sounds nice to me..haha!

here's something i wana share...

Art is about life time dedication....mind over body....passion over money....u against yourself....u against the world...the world against u...

well, it sounds 'tough' for one to go through it all....but if u think and act a step at a time...u may realise tat u've actually gone through things that u never thought u can do.

never under estimate yourself.

never.

abstract art

2008-03-19T10:09:00.000-07:00

Title: Confession

the chinese words mean, Loving You Till Eternity.

obviously, this is an abstract piece...i focus on capturing the emotions and tried my best to free my mind so that something more genuine can come through.

this picture is about a guy confessing to his true love on a bridge...and the glasses may represent the 'wall' between the guy and the gal is shattered into pieces after the guy confessed. the colours are all over the place, randomly bouncing off one another...as i'm trying to portray the 'magical' moment as well as the mixed feelings in both of them.

yea, i love doing abstract art :)

Starcraft fan art

2008-03-13T11:50:00.000-07:00

Hydralisk: Dinner time! Marine: Eat my bullets!

this is my first digital fan art for Starcraft. no reference used...so i probably drew a different hydralisk....and ya, this one is much bigger than a normal hydralisk. i'm a zerg fan btw XD

(oh yeah, the background is screwed up....lol!)

random works

2008-03-05T09:11:00.001-08:00

i love to mess ard with photoshop...its a fun software...and here are some random stuff :)

silly doodle....with the word 'technology' in mind.

ref from a photo....

a happy accident while trying to 'copy paint' a bballer. i like this 'effect'...hence i leaved it like tat...haha

copied some artist's work... :P

the beginning of infinity.

2008-03-05T09:11:00.000-08:00

Here are some digital paintings that i've done in the past. i'll try my best to keep this blog constantly updated. So remember to visit this blog often! haha!