Kingman Cheng's online portfolio

"You were thinking. It's annoying."
All done in Photoshop. Started it last night, just spent tonight tweaking it.
I told myself not to be such a geek.


_{I failed.}

Annoying someone powerful must always bode well for you...right?

Also I haven't abandoned the next animation I was going to do but I felt like the idea needed refining first. :P

I have to say, although I have never made a 'major animation' in Photoshop other than emoticon and gif animation work, this video has opened my mind on what can be achieved with Photoshop alone.

I've been experimenting with the general working method a bit myself, this gives me an idea for an animation!

Will be done in time for Valentines Day (at least that's the aim!).

Ok so I sort of lied a bit, I said I would post screenshots or something before with my work in progress. However I got focused with making the animation that I just ended up finishing it!

Hope you guys like it! 

Title - Chase

Art & Animation - Kingman Cheng

Texture - lostandtaken.com

Music - Letter From Dublin 
From: Music4YourVids.co.uk
http://Music4YourVids.co.uk

Currently working on an animation in Flash, but also been really busy with day job work so things have been a little quiet around here recently. I will post some screenshots and related stuff in the near future!

In the meantime if anyone knows Junior Animator jobs or similar (entry level) about, do let me know!

Here's a new one to start 2012 off, I bought the Tin Tin Collection box set after Christmas as a treat to myself. As I've been saying this is truly 'childhood in a box'. The intro and music feels just as great as it used to. I have yet to watch the new CG movie that's out.

I finished this piece last week but only had the time to upload it today!

As you can see I've been a bit obsessed with Skyward Sword recently.

I have a range of images for you guys for todays update. Firstly I did some sketches in Hong Kong when I went to a local island, 3 pages worth of sketches that I've put together into one. I loved the different shapes and sizes of the boats there. (Check out my illustration gallery for a bigger size)

Then here's something I started in Google Sketchup which I've been growing to love recently, and finished in Photoshop.

And finally some sketches I did whilst on a train journey, and I just slapped a bit of tone on in Photoshop later when I got back.

Originally I wasn't going to finish this and I was going to leave it at a sketch, but a lot of people asked me to finish it so there you go! Coloured!

A piece I did to celebrate DeviantART's 11th birthday, if you're a member of DeviantART check out the various events we got going on there!

I repeat this is not a drill!

Just a random idea I had a little while back which I finally gotten around to, having a bit of fun really!

This is a piece for the Character Book project I mentioned in my last entry. Just a quick piece and it is one character out of a possible 50 to choose from. More to come later!

I am currently working on some drawings for a little project a friend of mine is doing. She is looking for people to submit artwork to her for this book! This is a great opportunity for everyone I believe, she is looking for artists, illustrators, crafters, paper engineers, toy designers, painters, digital artists and traditional artists. So any artist who is reading this right now is likely to fit into one of those categories at least!

There is a list of 50 categories to choose from. So for more information click the following link. It'll be a good fun exercise for everyone I am sure!

Character Book 2011 Brief

Also here is her beautiful blog, take a look at her amazing work!

Creature Kebab

Yes this is version 3 of my portfolio site, and first and foremost I have to thank my friend Alex who is now hosting my site. Glad to have moved away from Streamline.net.

He is an absolute legend and this site currently wouldn't be here without  him. You can find him at http://narfmaster.deviantart.com/ or http://www.am0.co.uk/.

Will have some new drawings up in no time but new animation work will have to wait a while because I'm a bit work overloaded at this second in time. I have an animation I have been meaning to work on since quite a while ago, using a song by Christopher Tin. He did the theme music for Civilization IV and I think his music is fantastic. I recommend checking out his homepage if you get the chance! http://www.christophertin.com/

He granted me permission to use a song a while ago so when I'm more free it'll be about time to move on with that.

So keep your eyes peeled for more artwork, more to come soon. :)