something ABSOLUT. coming soon.

In conjunction with Singapore Design Festival 2009, a design installation competition will be called among five invited designers (fFurious, H55, Kuanth, Kult and Sokkuan) to create a word art installation that captures the ABSOLUT’s brand’s anthem, "IN AN ABSOLUT WORLD, Doing Things Differently Leads to Something Exceptional."
Exhibition venue: ION
Date: 20 – 30 NOV 2009

Royal Caribbean International: build your dreamship.

Build your dreamship here.
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Agency: XM Asia & Kilo Studio

HP: your campus, your canvas.

final version:

rejected version:

Art Director: Karl Ng
Agency: Publicis

Sophie Black X Steelcase Think Chair

Sophie Black joined other eleven of the country’s top fashion, interiors and graphic designers, architects and artists to collaborate with Steelcase to rethink, redesign and customise the award-winning Think chair. Steelcase, the global leader in the design and manufacture of inspired office furniture products and workspaces, that improve efficiency with a minimum impact on the environment.

Whisper: have a happy period!

My favourite emoticons expressing "happy it's here". Please visit the website to see lovely cute animation of these emoticons. (' u ')




Here are the rest. Please click on the image to enlarge.

Illustrator's version of backgrounds.


Art Director: Yenyen Yeo
Agency: Arc Worldwide

一緒に座ろう。

SophieBlack is going to sit down and think for Steelcase.
coming soon.

Essential: カワイイはつくれる！

illustrator's version:




Snapshots from actual sites:

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Agency: Hakuhodo Singapore
Art Director: Patrick Ng

Just for you.

Sophie Black is happy to be featured in this lovely book with the title "Just for you - designs from the heart". This was submitted last year and it's finally out! (' u ')
Publisher: www.indexbook.com
Editor: Pablo Correa

Characters for Listerine campaign.

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Agency: JWT Singapore
Art Director: Elisa Tan

Hypercolor.

Despite the extreme pain suffered from that firework blast, lucky Sophie Black saw wonderful hypercolor when she was down in a deep well of hell. That precious colour painted by family & friends with love.

happiness~*

“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you” ~Nathaniel Hawthorne~

Preview of hypercolor in Sophie's eyes.

Find out what Sophie Black saw when she was in extreme pain.
HYPERCOLOR is an exhibition designed to stimulate eyeballs. See 10 Singapore illustrators (twisstii, eeshaun, brick, random sunday, mindflyer, kuanth, mojoko, kittozutto, sheryo, and sokkuan) freak out with hypercolor at Loft & Public, 16A Haji Lane. Please feel free join us at the opening party that is starting at 7pm on 25 June. (' u ')

Sony Ericsson W508.

Agency: Iris Singapore
Art Director: Jimmy Lee

Global Warming.

close up:



see the big picture:



Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi
Art Director: Eddie Wong

White Tottori Desert Cockroach.

Artwork contributed to The Institute of Critical Zoologists who is presenting “If a tree falls in the forest”, with the aim to question common views of and relationships with animals, and challenge these pre-conceived ideas by making subversive changes to the way we observe them. “If a tree falls in the forest” is made up of three parts: a live performance titled “Before the flood”, “Kings” an exhibition of rare animals never before seen in Singapore and “Soon Bo’s Cold Room and Shelves”, an exhibition of photographs. 2 - 20 May, 11am to 8pm daily at The Substation Gallery. Admission free.

sophie black & roses.

a surprise to me that sophie black looks good in this glass frame and totally perfect with pink roses! (' u ')

Styling & design for animation characters.

Thanks so much Linli and Karen! ('u')
Collaborated with Kuanth.
Agency: Peach Blossom Media

Sophie Black X Sybil Domond

Sybil Domond, a fashion designer from New York requested Sophie Black to pose for her namecard. Thanks so much Sybil! ('u')

Sophie Black X Tiger Beer

Canceled job.

Sokkuan is not available to provide illustration service until April 2009. Thanks so much for your support! ('u')

Random.

Levi's Kids are tough.

3 mischievous little pigs





tough Jack





wicked miss muffet





invincible humpty dumpty




Agency: BBH Singapore
Art Director: Eirma Webster

Sophie Black is in the garden of eye candy

Book published by PageOne, produced by BigBros Workshop & Basheer Graphic Books.
Thanks to SiJuan for inviting!

Happy Niu Year from StarHub

Agency: DDB Singapore
Art Director: Francis Tan, Trevor Lim.

mini preview

This project has been taking the longest time, I really like these work. Can't wait for these to be out, I guess a mini preview should be fine. :-p

pi.pi.picasso...

rejected work but i like.

Happy Halloween!

I didn't know Einstein did act cute too. Peace~ ('u')

Some sections from Coke internal fact book

Agency: Ogilvy & Mather Singapore
Art Director: Felicia Chan

A friendly interview by ThunderChunky.co.uk

I enjoyed the questions prepared by Stephan Chan (which himself is a great illustrator/graphic designer too, based in liverpool). Really appreciate his effort of doing research about my background before throwing me those funny questions. This interview helped me understand myself better. (Yup yup it made me THINK, once in a blue moon...)

Bling-bling for OIC 2nd Birthday!

Contributed this simple stamp design for OIC 2nd Anniversary. There are many other designs contributed by many artists for this special event as well. Check it out here. ('u')

Original drawings for The Days

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Some motion graphic clips from The Days

Somehow these turn out very small and low quality, I have no idea how to make the viewing quality better. Sorry about that. :-p

The Days

Big thanks to Boi Kwong, director of 歲月 (The Days), for offering me a rare chance to create some very masculine illustrations which I have never done before, collaborating with Josef Lee who does all the amazing motions. The movie will be screened in September. Let's support local film!
(Will post complete set of illustrations soon)

Canon is cute is me (^.^)

Agency: Dentsu Singapore
Art Director: Eunice Hee

Mitsubishi: a Colt to suit your personality

Agency: Batey
Art Director: Derrick Kuah

Orient Love

Some character-designs put together with photos taken from my trip...





more to come.

Sophie Black X ION Shopping Mall

Outdoor display at the hoarding of ION shopping mall together with Andy Yang, Drewscape, Eeshaun, Fleecircus, Speakcryptic, Xin etc.
Thanks to Fleecircus for the photos!
Agency: DDB
Gallery: Night & Day

Yahoo! Vietnam Y-pod game

online game targeting students to promote Yahoo! in Vietnam.
collaboration with kuanth.
Agency: OgilvyOne Singapore
Art Director: Xavier Teo

which type are you?

Agency: Ogilvy & Mather Singapore
Art Director: Melvyn Lim

Long awaited Sophie Black X Kyurii tote!

Finally! Our eco-friendly shopping bag is out. Check it out from kyurii!

you are shaped by your travels

Agency: McCann Erickson
Art Director: Goh Wee Kim
Creative Director: Farrokh Madon

magic moments at HP office

Please click on image to enlarge.
Agency: Publicis
Art Director: Karl Ng

HSBC's triple treats

Illustrator's version.
Agency: JWT Singapore
Art Director: Sin (sineng.blogspot.com)

wine label

Agency: Timothy Harris Design, San Francisco
Art Director: Tim & Jeanette

A friendly town done for EzyCash

Please click on image for bigger view.

Agency: Ogilvy & Mather
Art Director: KaiEn & YingZhi

Sophie Black X Home Club

rejected leaves

Sophie Black's going onto tote!

I'm so excited about this. But I can only reveal a lil bit of this new illo as they haven't launched it yet (but soon, on earth day, 22 april!). Thanks so much to kyurii for inviting me to this collaboration!

random doodles

i quite like the octopus headgear in this rough sketch which was for The Karl Maka CD cover/poster. ('u')

Singapore Airlines - Stopover Holiday

Agency: TBWA
Art Director: Jae Soh
Collaborated with Kuanth

Sophie Black Doll

Had fun styling and shooting her with the great help by RenJie Teo and Hayashida Ken. Thank you very much!

Sophie Black drawn on mannequin

for a special old friend. ('u')

season's greetings from Beckham, Motorola

This is illustrator's version. The project is done for Ogilvy, Beijing. Lovely team (Chai, Carol Chen & Charles Cao) to work with! ('u')
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The Karl Maka's

cover for Karl Maka's first demo

unfolded to poster

for GLAM fashion magazine january issue

oh...another year.

a messy room for Nokia N81

play the game here.
this is illustrator's version. a collaboration with Kuanth.

Agency: XM Asia
Art Director: MunHoe Tung

for GLAM fashion magazine december issue

see you in the dark :: Sophie Black's 13 treasured documentation

#1. “This picture was taken when I first met Black Hair. We clicked immediately. I invited her to climb on my head and keep me company. Luckily for both of us, she agreed.”



#2. “This is the first time Black Hair and I went for Hanami (sakura viewing) together. Not a surprise that she loves sakura...because I love it too!”



#3. “Kuma Chan is my friend. She looks slutty but in fact she’s a shy baby... Uhumm... well... like me.”



#4. “Ms. Karasu is such a diva. I only befriended her because we both think that black is the coolest colour there is.”



#5. “Ms. Kurokuro hates it when I stick straws into her territory. I just like seeing her panic like a mad fish. But I have to admit that the way she sways in the water is very stylish.”



#6. “Ms. Fukurou is my kaki with whom I watch the moon and the stars. Judging from her expression in this picture, I bet she has never seen a dandelion before although she denies it.”



#7. “In this picture, Black Hair and I are trying to imitate an ice-cream. It’s the perfect hiding place on a hot summer’s day, don’t you agree?”



#8.“Black Hair and I drank a little too much. We were smashed, but not so smashed that we forgot to do our leg lifts... they help keep our body in perfect physical shape.”


#9.“I find it hard to fart while wearing a thong. All you girls out there, don’t you think so too?”



#10.“I know everyone is attracted to me, but I HATE it when flies hover around me. Can you just tell them to f*** off!”



#11. “I met Mr. Daruma in a heavy downpour. I didn’t know he was made for making wishes. Errm... Mr. Daruma, my apologies for being so rude. Will you please grant me a wish?”



#12. “Whenever Teru Bozu fails to bring me sunshine, she lets me hide inside of her so that I may admire the beauty of raindrops.”



#13. “I hate it when I cry over silly things...I just can’t help it. This is the ugliest picture of me, and I promise there won’t be a second one.”

saw you in the dark

Big thanks to all of you who came to support! And thanks to Kelley Cheng and Randy Chan from Night&Day for making this beautiful stage for us! ('u')

for GLAM fashion magazine november issue

see you in the dark

Mischievous, strange, bewitching and evil looking is what Sophie Black appears to be. But when one tells her this she laughs like a child with glee.

Friends she loves a few: Ms. Crow (they both agree that black is the coolest), Ms Owl (they both love watching moon and stars), Ms Blackfish (they both like swaying in the water), Ms Bear (they both are shy) and The Black Hair (who understands her weirdest thoughts) which sits on top of her head.

For the first time ever, Sophie invites you to view her 13 treasured documentation of her world.

"Seeing me in the dark is seeing yourself in the dark" - Sophie Black

where:
Night & Day – Bar + Gallery + Friends, a new hybrid space consisting of a chillout bar and an art gallery, located at 139a/c, selegie road.

when:
Launch Party 21 sept, from 7pm
22 sept - 20 oct 2007

There, you will also meet Kuanth's dark world.

some portraits done for Prudential Malaysia

client likes Marcus Oakley's style very much, so these portraits are done along that direction.

for GLAM fashion magazine october issue

found in old work folder #3 :: TigerTranslate

Rejected visual proposal for TigerTranslate:




NO, NO!! Too Japanese. X


NO, NO, NO!! Too feminine. X

found in old work folder #2 :: comic proposal

found in old work folder #1 :: fun Fanta!

Some quirky bottle characters sketches done long time ago. For visual purposal only. But thanks to Adrian Chan, i had fun creating these funny characters! ('u')

do you see beyond the obvious?

for DBS bank.
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Agency: Ogilvy David
Art Director: Maurice Wee

for Glam fashion magazine September issue

media: colour pencil, brush, brown paper, photoshop.

Caring for Cambodia's Children

This long illustration is done for www.caringforcambodia.org formed by a group of kind voluteers, with a vision to provide Cambodia's children opportunities to learn in safe, modern, technologically equipped schools. Please visit the site, make a donation and give colours to Cambodia's children. ('u')
Please click on image to enlarge view.





Agency: OgilvyOne Worldwide Singapore
Art Director: Robert Davies

i love hirata machine!!

you never forget a SilkAir holiday

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• romance:




• culture:




• adventure:




Agency: Ogilvy & Mather
Art Director: Ashidiq Ghazali

for GLAM fashion magazine August issue

for GLAM fashion magazine July issue

Pepsi Avatars

this is my 100% girl with a kitsune mask.

what's your choice? (click on image for bigger view)

or you can create yours at www.pepsisingapore.com
this job is collaborated with kuanth. check out the guys he has illustrated there!

Singapore Navy Open House

big thanks to Ari and Thalia! thru this collaboration, i have finally learnt how to do pixel art! it's fun but not when there are too many to pixelise! anyway, it's a pleasant collaboration! ('u')





Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi
Art Director: Lilian Lee

let go.

diamond in my pocket

for a lovely novel. please click on image for bigger view.




Agency: Equus Design
Art Director: Ying Ser

for GLAM fashion magazine June issue

spring blink

for editorial.

sensation stay

found this old work which was done few years back. i quite like it. ('u')

Sophie black's hair wanna play with her mascara

her hair is not evil, only curious.

living in a shell

恋を僕に移して。

* please click on image for bigger view. ('u')

just do it for nike

• typography for t-shirt, outdoor media etc.

• rendering of 3D opponents on photography



• ghost players

*please click on image for details.
Agency: Fallon
Art Director: Tobias

Nokia L'amour Refresher

see more work for the same series at www.kuanth.com
Agency: Bates Singapore
Art Director: Sling Ng

Nokia L'amour Global Campaign

see more of L'amour artwork from www.kuanth.com
Agency: Bates Singapore
Art Director: Sling Ng

illustration friday ~ RED

comments are welcome! ('u')

rise of black force

this time, sophie black's having fun with her rising evil hair.
*please click for bigger image.

雨・花踊り

mix media: pencil, fabric, photoshop

if the world's a happy circus

a project that died halfway, supposed to be simple animation projected on wall...

sophie black for One Dot Zero

sophie black was done in weird 3D form for ODZ exhibition.
i have to say she's NOT evil.

for sagitarius, Her World magazine

...oh no! it's end of the year AGAIN!

the listeners

some weird listeners i did for Prudential Malaysia Diary & Calendar. ('u')
pls click for bigger view.

rejected rough visual for Nokia L'amour Phase II

but i like....;-p

healthy diet from....

pop & hiphop for Nokia Music

IDA, the new journey

feel good to do pencil sketching again!

IDA, the next frontier.

please click on image for bigger view





collaboration with www.kuanth.com

Nokia Music

Motorola Bluetooth site

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the Coke side of life

Heineken Town

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enjoy draught beer everywhere!! collaboration with www.kuanth.com.

M1 xmas 2005 promotion

collaboration with www.kuanth.com

Motorola Indonesia site

some frames from the animations at the site. collaboration with www.kuanth.com.

trial illo for a toy museum

sophie black's tree

and here's the buttons...

彼女達

彼女のセカイ

chics in SEVENTEEN magazine

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girls for star signs in HERWOLRD magazine - 2

girls for star signs in HERWOLRD magazine

some cutie girls for SEVENTEEN magazine

made the badges:

for her world magazine

horoscope illos in her world magazine

はじめまして、 行くぞ！

start with one of my favourite. done for herworld magazine's horoscope, scorpio.