Not doing my usual style and liking it
A recently completed commissioned project, this was done for the Business Times by Singapore Press Holdings. (Published here with permission) It was done using Illustrator CS and is vector art. And if you're familiar with my personal style of drawing, this looks very different. But the client requested art style and I saw it as a learning opportunity, and that actually made me more excited to do it more. Sure, being asked to do a style I'm already familiar with is fun. But stepping into unknown territory adds that extra excitement. (But within reasonable limits! If I think it's a style that I think is way too challenging, it becomes scary. Not fun or exciting anymore!) Learning something new expands my knowledge on how to achieve a wider variety of looks. It helps me become more capable in tailor-making art styles to suit a wider range of subject matters or stories out there. Some stories may be more playful and whimsical, which would match a looser style, and some more se
