Benjamin Chee: Animator / Story Artist

Feb 16, 2012

Jeremiah Joanna: A 20.11.2011 Wedding

I drew this as a comic journal as an experiment of sorts, just trying to note down the people, what they say, on location. Trying to see how different, or how similar I might approach the event from my friend, who's the wedding photographer.
Pencil roughs on the spot, Hero pen to ink back at home and some photoshop tones.

Dec 20, 2011

tigerrr

Something I started but never finished earlier in the year.

Nov 14, 2011

No More Nations

Experimenting how I might approach a coloured comic, taking cues from Ashley Wood and Pascal Campion.

Pencils rough while sitting in a McDonalds' one night after watching Real Steel. I was hoping to draw some robot action, then "You have meddled with the primal forces of nature!" (movie quote - Network, 1976) sort of rang out in the background from nowhere. Then this came out. haha.

musketeer

an action sequence study. pencil roughs on paper, then inked over with Hero pen, then photoshopped tones.

comics from life

Like JF said, 24 hours comics tend to have its effects.. Going through withdrawal and starts drawing panels whenever I can.

Oct 5, 2011

24 Hours Comics 2011

Open publication

And Why Would You

created in 24 Hours Comics Day 2011 in Singapore, Goodman Arts Centre. 10.00am - 05.55am

Pen and ink on A5 paper / Photoshop tones

It was a great avenue to do something I wouldn't have normally done. While thinking of an idea, I came up with a guy whose response to everything is to question "And why would you?". I just ran with it, and made some fourth wall jokes on the way. Incredibly interesting experience. Can't wait for next year.

I did not plan extensively at first, I drew straight ahead while trying to come up with the story about 2 pages at a time. So I've had about 6 pages inked by dinnertime. After dinner, I decided to just simply rough out the whole thing directly on paper - thankfully. Because by the time I'm inking page 16 - this was way past midnight - my brain had shut itself down, and only my hand kept itself moving. If I still have to think about the story by then, it would have been disastrous.