Cover Girls

Last night I remade some old drawing I did some years ago to a new form...as fashion magazine covers. Wishing one day it may come true...I hope.

Experimental series: Beauty in different forms

This experimental series is a very fun and interesting personal project I did last year, which try using different styles and forms to create some new contemporary portraits. This actually allows me to change my illustration direction a lot. Well, I'm still exploring a few more different portraits, hopefully will share it with you soon.
Medium: Watercolour on Saunders Waterford watercolour paper.

Goodbye 2015

2015 has been an amazing year, filled with love, friendships and adventures. Here's my best nine of 2015 on instagram (@jasonsiew), thanks so much for all the support and following my journey. Looking forwards to create more new art in 2016!

Smoky Girls

Another new watercolour series "Smoky Girls", created in April this year. 

Watercolour on Arches HP paper.

Synaesthesia Magazine: Thunder Lightning

Again, thank you Annabelle Carvell, the editor of Synaesthesia Magazine and the team for feature my illustration in your magazine again, feel grateful.

Please check out this issue here.

Image Journal Russia vol.7

It's a great honour to be featured in this cool Russia magazine...that's not what I ever expected. A special thank you to Ms. Masha Smirnova, the journalist of this magazine, who found me on Instagram and wrote an article about me and my art. There's no word can describe how excited I am on this, it makes me keep on believing in my dream and I will continue it.

Below is the short interview for the article:

So, Jason, there are various artists of different art directions in the world today, how have you understood that illustrating is your passion?

Well I love drawing since I was a little, it's a gift from God. But after I graduated from art school, I started my first job as a designer and then an art director. Yes...it's working purely on designing with your computer and drawing basically is just for fun or just a hobby of mine at that time. And then after years of working in the industry, I started to input some illustrating into my design works (also featured in other people’s projects), and surprisingly people started get to know me from those projects. So in 2010, I make a decision, to make illustrating as my second career. And recently I do taking more time to focus on that, try to explore more different styles and see how far I can go.

Do you remember your first commercial project? How did everything go? Was it successful?

Actually I can’t really remember my first commercial project, but I do remember some projects I did before are really really fun and interesting, but it’s also a very stressful and painful experiences (working overnight, non-stop brainstorming, rushing crazy deadlines and no time for meal). But trust me, when you seen the end result with some good reviews...all the paint and stress will just disappear immediately...worth it!

It’s so wonderful that you’ve created a blog where you ask different people for their opinion and advice. It means that you are an open-hearted person whose work is not only earning money, but also a lifestyle. What do you usually discuss in your blog? And in generally, what is it created for? Can anyone join it, including our citizens and chat with you?

Originally I created the blog as my online portfolio (is only open to selected party). Sooner and later I started to share it to everyone, thinking of making some friends from this industry and also hope that we could share opinion and get to know what they think about my art, because this could help me to improved my illustrating. But after a few years, I realized there are good and bad...the bad part is actually not much people will really write to you but the good one is I received more emails for illustration request. And right now, I think Instagram is another great platform to share my art and picture. You can immediately see their (Instagramer) reaction once you posted something, whether they like it or hate it, they tell all!

And now about your illustrations. How come it’s possible that every picture of yours is like a short skit, a completed story? What helps you to bring them into life?

I think it mostly comes from my lifestyle, experiences and my dreams. Every people got their own stories to tell, the only different is they express themselves in their own way. For me, I did it on drawing...I draw when I was happy or I wanna to tell something, and I also draw when I'm angry or sad...just to calm down.

Do you paint and draw what you want or you do have special targets, like agenda, commercial projects, orders etc.?

Basically there are 2 different types. One is commercial work, I paint/illustrate for what they're requested to promote their products with my illustration and style; and the other one is my personal work, I paint/illustrate when I got some special feeling or inspiration, or I got something to tell and I presented it on my drawing.

Do you have your own on-line shop?  Do you present your works in real stores?

No planning on this yet. Most of my illustrations are commissioned work for commercial and editorial usage. But I think I will plan to sell my work when I think I'm ready and good enough to do that.

Can you tell us about your regular work-day?

In the daytime, I’m a designer/art director working in advertising agency. At night, I’m an illustrator working from home...at my little workspace.

What is the main idea of your creations?Creation is to convert thinking into a visual. It can be from your dreams, your stories or your experiences...and then you make it into a visual, a real one by your own way...is originally from you:)

Saturday Night Dreamgirls

New watercolour series I did from March & April. One of the drawing "Fabulous A ~ Amanda" (the green-yellow dreamgirl) will be featured exhibits at Pride Art Exhibition at Artotel, Surabaya Indonesia.

They also posted on my Instagram @jasonsiew. Follow me if you like my art:)

Medium: Watercolour on watercolour paper

Art on Instagram 6 (Christmas version)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...God bless you:) via Instagram

Art on Instagram 5

This is something I wanna do...keep drawing when I got some free time, not just to make "Girl on Fire" series endless, it also a good way to practise my watercolour study...life is to short to be better! Via Instagram

Art on Instagram 4

After so many round of girl drawings, I decided to paint some guys here and I realized that it actually much harder and it take much longer time to complete. Via Instagram.

Art on Instagram 3

Here's the "Girl on Fire" Blue-Purple series, guess will be the last series. Well...will plan to paint something new next round. Via Instagram

Art on Instagram 2

Just completed the Blue-Green series. It always feel good to draw something you like after the long and non-stop works in the office or home...such a huge blessing. From Instagram. 

Art on Instagram 1

I had did some new drawings recently, but I posted most of them on Instagram (cause is the easiest and fastest way to post). Right now, I just wanna share some of them here, because it's been awhile I didn't update my blog here. It was the watercolour studies, just for fun or to explore something new.

Goddess

Goddess 1: Volcano Rise

 Goddess 2: Ocean Deep

Goddess 3: Amazon Fever

Goddess 4: Sahara Dream

"Goddess Compact" is an illustration proposal for a local fashion magazine.

Medium: Watercolour on watercolour paper + Adobe Photoshop

Great Big Book Of Fashion Illustration

I posted this is because I feel really honored to be one of the many illustrators published in "Great Big Book Of Fashion Illustration" by Martin Dawber. This book is featuring many cool and unique fashion illustrators from around the world, including my friends Sokkuan Tye and Twisstii from Singapore.

Thanks Martin and the team.

I'm Not Rock Star vol.2

Third painting for the series (updated 15 Jan 2012)

Medium: Gouache + watercolour on watercolour paper (36x54cm)

Second painting for the series.

Medium: Gouache + watercolour on watercolour paper (36x28cm)

I'm Not Rock Star vol.1

Medium: Gouache + watercolour on watercolour paper (36x54cm)