Melvin Chong Art

Horned Beast

2010-07-06T12:31:00.000-07:00

A rough sketch of a horned beast while doodling with a friend at Starbucks last Saturday.
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Elf Concept Design III

2010-07-06T12:16:00.000-07:00

Character No.6: Elf Horse Archer.
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Character No.7: Elf Scout
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Character No.8: Elf Beast-Rider
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Elf Concept Design II

2010-07-02T11:15:00.000-07:00

The fourth character: Elf Warlock

Inspired by the Elf Warlock from Warhammer, here's my rendition of it. Click here for larger image.

The next character is the elf skirmisher. Click here for larger image.

Elf concept design

2010-06-27T14:34:00.000-07:00

Here's a concept design for a series of elves planned for a game. Sketched on paper, scanned and inked in Photoshop.

The first character is the elf archer. Click here for full-size image.

The second character is the elf shaman. Click here for full-size image.

The third character is the elf guard. Click here for full-size image.

More to come later.

Imperial Guard Zombie

2010-05-11T10:37:00.000-07:00

Inspired by the movie 14-Blades (锦衣卫), this is my impression of an imperial royal guard who has returned from his grave to complete his unfulfilled mission.

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Manga Character

2010-04-20T09:49:00.000-07:00

Just finished this female Manga character for a local website that focuses on J-Pop. Sketched on paper and inked in Photoshop.

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Yoda Sketch

2010-04-10T01:02:00.000-07:00

Just finished this sketch of Yoda in the wee morning hours. Completed in 42 minutes using Autodesk Sketchbook Pro's pencil tool.

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Yet another female warrior.

2010-03-24T12:41:00.000-07:00

This sketch was done during the recent PC show at Wacom booth. Hopefully will find time to ink and color later on.

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Another Female Warrior

2010-03-23T11:53:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the lack of updares lately.

Here's a new ink sketch of a female warrior ready for battle.

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Female Warrior

2009-12-15T19:18:00.000-08:00

A scanned drawing of a female warrior. Click on image to view larger size.

Female Warrior

2009-09-15T07:14:00.000-07:00

Drawn in Comic Studio Pro using Wacom Intuous 4 during the recent Comdex show at the Wacom booth.

Yuuzhan Vong Priest

2009-09-10T11:40:00.000-07:00

This is an impression of an Yuuzhan Vong priest. For those not in the know, the Yuuzhan Vong are the nemesis in the new Star Wars novel "Vector Prime".

Female Assassin 2

2009-08-13T11:56:00.000-07:00

Here's another female assassin in a post-apocalypse setting. Sketch and ink entirely in Sketchbook Pro.

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Quick sketches of characters and creatures.

2009-08-10T11:23:00.000-07:00

Here's some quick sketches I did a while ago to test my drawing speed as well as my ability to come up with for new characters.

This mouth-within-a-mouth creature is a homage to Giger's Alien and the Predator. The bladed tail, armour scales and six legs adds to the menace.

This creature is probably inspired by some religious relic I guess.

Since all orcs look similar one way or another I'll just let him carry a burden for differentiation sake.

This is my rendition of a telepathic sorcerer from some planet. The feelers on his forehead says it all.

Babe in color

2009-08-10T08:08:00.000-07:00

My first attempt in inking from Photoshop.

Spend the entire day inking this hot babe with Photoshop CS4. Drawn in Sketchbook Pro and exported to Photoshop via PSD export. In my opinion Sketchbook Pro gives me the best feel and response when pencilling.

Really need to work on the ear. Despite doodling for donkey years. I'm still having difficulty drawing and inking it. A terrible shame I know....

Pretty Women

2009-08-08T12:04:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the lack of updates. Been doing some research on human anatomy and getting inspiration from many different concept art sites. Also been watching videos of artists such as Jason Chan on how he inks his illustrations (which is what I'm really weak at).

Here's another impromptu sketch of two pretty women. Done in about 30 minutes each with Sketchbook Pro. This is one of those few rare moments where I got it right the first time.

Vampire Creature

2009-07-24T04:27:00.000-07:00

This is an impression of a vampiric creature with snake-like tongues. Might draw a full body version later. Hope you like it.

Yoda again

2009-07-23T12:06:00.000-07:00

Another sketch of Yoda done in Sketchbook Pro. Was having a mental block and couldn't come up with any new creature so randomly just doodle till the thought of drawing another Yoda surfaced.

Superman pencilling

2009-07-07T14:26:00.001-07:00

Impromptu sketch

2009-07-07T13:32:00.000-07:00

Female Assassin

2009-07-07T12:52:00.000-07:00

Here's a new sketch I did today. My rendition of a female assassin. Done with Sketchbook Pro in about three hours.

Icthyocentaur

2009-07-06T10:04:00.000-07:00

“The Icthyocentaur has the torso, arms and head of a human, the tail of a dolphin and the forelegs of a horse or lion. This is the aquatic version of a centaur“.

I've came up with this creature for the "Creature Feature of February" in Wetcanvas.

What do you think of it ?

Yoda

2009-07-06T09:41:00.000-07:00

My favourite little green friend from a galaxy far, far away. I love this character so much and I drew him regularly during my secondary school days. Here I drew him without any reference to pictures because Yoda is simply so deeply entrenched in my head.

And a speed drawing

About Me.

2009-07-05T14:13:00.000-07:00

Hi, and welcome to my blog.

I have been a desktop video engineer for a better part of my working life till I was unceremoniously laid off while having a holiday late last year. Since then, I have been hoping to land myself back in the creative circle and hopefully this blog will meet that objective.

I have been doodling from young and while my skill are above average in my humble opinion, it has turned really rusty due to lack of practice. This is partly because of my work which is technical in nature, which give me precious little time to finesse my creativity. Hopefully, those nifty fingers of mine will once again work in sync with my puny little brain.

My interest lies in character and creature design and that's where I will be focusing in this blog. I also have the unique love for drawing women with weapons. I draw my inspiration greatly from renowned artists such as Ralph MacQuarrie, Adam Hughes, Jason Chan and Alex Ross.

I hope you will enjoy my illustrations as much as I enjoy creating them.