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June 29th, 2008
12:08 am - Michael Turner
It's no big secret, I'm not a Michael Turner fan and yeah, I don't really like his work, but that doesn't mean I can be all mean and not acknowledge him as an artist. I do, he is and artist and he will be missed in the community, whether or not you're a fan. So, I'm just here to just say that... rest in peace, Michael Turner. You fought the good fight and in a sense, considering the phenomenal state of fame you were in, it was a well fought fight.
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June 26th, 2008
09:49 pm - Marry Me
Marry Me, an online comic I did with Bobby Crosby, has finally reached it's end. Or rather, it's end to it's main storyline. We'll still have future storylines down the pipe, but it'll just be extra side stories of the characters.
Now, the real news. The news is that this book will be turned into a Graphic Novel, mainly to be sold at San Diego Comic Con at the Blatant Booth, #1328. But if you can't make it to SDCC like me, you Pre-order it online!
I actually had a lot of fun doing the comic though there were some sloppy pages where I was either too busy to really put an effort on it or the page just doesn't grip me. In any case, I still had a lot of fun drawing these characters and they're finally done.
Now... on to my baby...
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June 22nd, 2008
12:54 am - Because I'm bored...
...and haven't posted anything for weeks...
You know how sometimes people on your friend's list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when are they working THERE? Since when are they dating HIM/HER? since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you *should* already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.
Please copy mine below, erase my answers putting yours in their place then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration! One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out :)
1. First Name: Saiful
2. Age: 29
3. Location: Malaysia
4. Occupation: Production Artist
5. Partner?: Nope
6. Kids: None
7. Brothers/Sisters: 2nd of 5 sibs
8. Pets: Nada
9. List the 3-5 biggest things going on in your life:
- Gonna have 2 graphic novels out soon
- The job I'm currently doing is a pretty damn big thing
- Great artists I admire knows me (whoo)
10. Parents: Mom, dad died.
11. Who are some of your closest friends?
- My two partners in crime of going to my job whom I hang out with a lot and most diligently and my friend who works hard and.... uhhh... diligently... in Singapore and my chatting gal pal who yells "Boo!" to me... uhh... diligently... I have diligent friends?
I wanted to keep mine short and simple... cos... well... I'm lazy... diligently...
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May 28th, 2008
10:18 am - Tokyopop's new Manga Pilot contract
I dunno what's the big hullabaloo's about? I think the contract is great...
IF YOU DON'T VALUE YOUR CREATIONS!!!
People who has an inkling of wanting to get published and thinking that this is one of the best way to do it, I beg of thee, don't go near such a deal... Moral Rights is one of the most important thing in a creator's... uhhh... creation, so when they say wave that away, I say Nay! Kids who thinks that the exposure this will bring is important, don't be fooled by such frivolous words... whilst exposure is not a bad thing, but when you work on your tokyopop book and not being able to work on anything else because of it, then what's the point of said exposure? I say thee be smart...
Now, for a fuller details on why this contract is horrible for your health, please proceed to creator of Scott Pilgrim, a comic he has moral rights and IP (I'm assuming so anyway, please don't quote me on this) for... Bryan Lee O'Malley's journal on the whole ordeal.
I'm just posting this on my LJ for those who read my LJ and doesn't know about this whole thing... you are in the world of comics now, creators... BE WARY!!!
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May 19th, 2008
April 29th, 2008
12:46 am - Marvel Masterpieces 2 sketchcards: 2/2
Last batch of cards, approved and sent out. The quality's not as good as the first batch, but that's my fault cos I was practically rushing these (especially the last 60 cards, I think) to meet the deadline... that'll teach me to procrastinate...
Also, I made it a goal for myself to go through all 350 cards WITHOUT drawing Wolverine (not cos I hate the guy, cos I don't, I love wolverine, but I figure everyone else will be drawing him anyway, so missing from one artist won't be so bad), but in the end, I buckled as you can see in my last card. Oh well! Ha ha ha ha. Still, enjoy peeps.
First off, favourite card of this batch:
( And now, the rest of them: )
And now it's all done. I've seen some great other cards done by other people like ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) jodycody, dryponder, Skottie Young and all the likes and there are some REALLY great cards in this MM2 set... I'm so honoured to be amongst them.
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April 23rd, 2008
08:20 am - Marvel Masterpieces 2 sketchcards: 1/2
I'm doing a Marvel Masterpieces II Sketchcards work and I just got my first batch ALL approved, so here it is, in one LOOOOOONG collected form. 180 sketchcards, soon to be available inside boxes of Marvel Masterpieces II trading cards. Only ONE card per box in a random pack inside said box. I'm doing 350 cards and I'm well on my way to putting in the finishing it all... soon... real soon...
Anyways, here's a BIG sample:
( Follow the cut to see ALL my approved 180 cards )
I have 125 to go and I have to finish it before April 28th at least so I can send it off on that day and have it arrive at Upper Deck by April 30th. Whoooo!
Also, any suggestions on what Marvel characters to put in are welcome... well, I've actually done a whole bunch after this 180, but just in case your suggestions isn't drawn yet, then I wouldn't mind drawing it, ha ha ha ha.
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March 15th, 2008
10:05 am - Me and Toonboom
More testing of Toonboom... I think I'm getting the hang of it now... maybe I can finally do a lengthy short animation soon... hopefully...
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07:57 am - To Malaysians: Komikoo #2 is out in the magazine stands/shops!
The cover is actually done by my friend and colleague Popiaman, a damn prolific artist and he has his debut comic in the issue too.
Oh, also, my comic's in it as well. It's called KLitas 2062, but I didn't come up with the script or title. An in-house scripter did, I just drew the thing.
Sample of my comic that can be found in there.
 
Go get your copy today!
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March 7th, 2008
07:29 am - Ha ha ha ha, Japanese Name Generator...
My authentic japanese name is 佐藤 Saitou (helpful wisteria) 一真 Kazuma (one reality).
Take your real japanese name generator! today!
Created with Rum and Monkey's Name Generator Generator.
This is pretty cool, actually... that's my Japanese name that's generated from my real name. I tried Saiful Remy Mokhtar and this comes out and I tried Saiful Remy and STILL this comes out. I guess it is my Japanese name, kah kah kah kah.
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February 29th, 2008
11:08 am - Trying out ToonBoom 4
Extremely short animation of a random scene that has no bearing whatsoever. Somehow though, the quality that is put out on youtube is horrible... I dunno why... it looks fine as a .avi in my hdd.
Edit: Okay, here's a Photobucket version
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February 27th, 2008
February 16th, 2008
11:15 pm - Local (Malaysian) manga artists...
My friend Roy, publisher of Komikoo, is looking for manga artists for a manga special Komikoo issue, so if anyone's interested, please e-mail them and tell them you're interested. You'd probably have to send some sample of your artwork as well, to show them what you can do.
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January 26th, 2008
11:30 am - More sexy toys!
Boy, I realise now that I sure did pre-order A LOT of toys back in December... well, that stops for now as I'm saving my money for San Diego this coming July. Anyways, who cares about that, time to get it on a la PICTURES!!
A preview of what's in the cut.
( sexy sexy sexy )
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January 23rd, 2008
08:50 am - WHAT?!?!
Wow... I am in shock... Heath Ledger is found dead? I was just talking about what a great actor he is... or was... a couple of days ago to my friends... good lord...
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/actor-heath-ledger-is-found-dead/
Rest in Peace, Heath...
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January 22nd, 2008
07:36 pm - Stupidity: On TV!!
So, I came to work, turn on a computer and goes to my usual net spots, which includes the place where I get ALL my gaming news, Kotaku. And one of the gaming news that I got? Stupidity of Mainstream News Television... FOX News...
Okay, yeah, people have always said that Fox News is just not a credible piece of news network as they get facts wrong and/or they don't get any kind of facts at all, but man, the annoyance level... it'll always be there, yanno? This time, they were talking about this really superb game, Mass Effect.
Basically, Mass Effect has this part in the game where you can have sexual relations with a partner of your choosing between 2 characters, depending on what gender you play. But to get to this sex-scene, so to say, you have to go through 20++ hours of gameplay before arriving to said scene which, from what I heard, is near the end of the game and to get it, you have to work hard for it, choosing the right thing to say and the right thing to do. Heck, you might not even get it from what I heard if you do things wrong.
Yes, you see me type from what I heard mainly because, for lack of a console, I haven't really played this game. I mean, I'm playing it, but on my friend's console and I'm playing like, 1-2 hours a time and so far, I only played it for 3 times. That's beside the point.
Fox News is saying that Mass Effect is a horrible influence to children because it depicts "full nudity and sexual intercourse where you can do whatever you want" if I quote the anchorbi... I mean, woman, correctly. This is totally unfounded and untrue. From what I know, there is no nudity, the scene was tastefully done and all you get is a 2 minute cut scene of the sexual intercourse in progress. And out of a 30++ hours of gameplay? What is 2 minutes? But apparently, this is the issue that's being spotlighted on Fox News and how the game is a bad influence because of it, even though the game's main storyline does not even revolve around that scene. They got this debate thing that went on for less than 5 minutes between Geoff Keighley, someone from EGM I think and an "expert psychologist" who says that the game objectifies women and is played by children despite having a Mature rating (which is 17-18 and above) and the annoying part is how the "expert psychologist" and the anchorbi... I mean, woman, keeps on interrupting Keighley when he tried to set the record straight about Mass Effect. And when Geoff finally gets his time to say something, the anchorbi... I mean, woman, interrupted him and said, "Oh, we're out of time" and then they went to a bunch of stupid people panelist who complains about the game that they never played (Keighley asked the "expert psychologist" if she played Mass Effect and she scoffed and said, "No") and one of the panelist said that it's unfortunate that parents have to work harder now to keep tabs on their kids. Why is that unfortunate? You wanna go party the whole night and leave your kids alone if their responsible enough to take care of themselves? It's unfortunate cos kids bog your life down or something? That's a horrible thing to say.
I just find this whole thing so annoying and stupid, so out of the advice of a friend, I decided to blog about it and let it out.
For full story, click this link to Kotaku's article of the matter.
Dumb anchorbitch.
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January 20th, 2008
11:10 pm - New sketches!
(Cross posting with my blog... well, except these are under a cut...)
( Haven't posted sketches for so long... )
Haven't done fanarts for so long... so long...
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January 19th, 2008
10:42 pm - Kos-Mos and a Cowgirl...
Got some new figures sent to me from Hobbylink Japan recently. Here's a preview:
( More under here )
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January 13th, 2008
03:13 pm - New toys
Too lazy to use facebook for now, will upload these onto facebook some other time, for now, ta daaa...
My favourite female wrestler from Rumble Roses, Miss Spencer. Short skirt, good, glasses, good, can kick serious ass, oh so good... can be a dominatrix... uhhmmm...
( More Miss Spencer and... )
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January 12th, 2008
10:47 am - Mwah ha hah!
New icon pimping! Badass!!
Oh, might as well post something too...
( My latest comic I drew recently for an upcoming issue of Komikoo )
This comic will appear in Komikoo #2, so you Malaysians don't forget to get that! Also, Komikoo #1 is out and personally, I think it looks pretty awesome. Support the growing industry!
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