Dark Beauty vol.1

When Chinese ink brush stroke meet watercolour. This is the first series I created in January early this year. Chinese ink and watercolour on Fabriano Artistico 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.

Synaesthesia Magazine: What Rose Wanted

So grateful to see work being featured in magazine, thank you Annabelle Carvell, the editor of Synaesthesia Magazine for having me in your lovely magazine, can't wait to have the copy. Feeling blessed.

View online version here.

Goddess

Some watercolour drawings I did few months back...to be continued.
Follow me on Instagram: @jasonsiew
Medium: Watercolour on Saunders Waterford paper

Sembcorp Annual Report

Commissioned graphic illustration for Sembcorp annual report 2014.
Publisher: Epigram Singapore
Client: Sembcorp Singapore
Designer: Caslyn Ong

Mix 98.2 Radio Network

This is the commissioned illustration work I did for the Mix98.2 launch campaign in Auckland, new Zealand. It was a great and fun experience working with the team members from The Radio Network. Will looking forward to the next batch of celebrities to paint!
Client: The Radio Network (Auckland, NZ)
Creative+marketing: John Galliers, Tracey Fox
Medium: Watercolour + Photoshop

SK-II Heritage Advertorial

New watercolour illustration work for the SK-II Heritage advertorial.

Agency: Leo Burnett Singapore

Creative: Zoe Ong

Medium: Watercolour + Photoshop

Tribute to Paul Walker

Just did a fast but emotional tribute to mr Paul Walker, may your soul rest in peace.

Art on Instagram 7 (Dirty-hand series)

It's been quite long period I didn't draw stuff with charcoal and chalk because drawing with this material is hard to keep my drawing clean. Well, after a few tries, I learned how to keep it clean and simple...the process is fun and I fall in love with this dirty stuff again. Via my Instagram.

Epigram: NUHS Corporate Brochure 2013

This is the second commissioned illustration project for The National University Health System corporate brochure for 2013: A Picture of Health.

Publisher: Epigram Singapore

Client: NUHS, Singapore

Designer: Caslyn Ong

Illustrations and handwriting: Jason Siew

Visa Mobile Prepaid DM

Digital rendering of mobile phone I did for Visa Mobile Prepaid DM. It just launched early this month.
Agency: TBWA Singapore/Integer
Creative: Jeslin Ong and Jasmine Tan

AIA Vitality

AIA Vitality Icons

The graphic illustration (with watercolour effect) icons design I did for AIA Vitality months ago, it finally launched early this month. I'm glad to see them moving and appearing in every corner in the island.
Agency: TBWA Singapore
Creative: Roger Tan and Jasmine Tan

Turning 6

I can't believe that this blog just turned 6 today, time flies and I realized that I actually didn't update my blog that much in the past. Well, if you like what i paint and what i create and shoot, please follow me on Instagram @jasonsiew. There are quite a lot of my latest painting, sketches and doodle which I didn't post on this blog.

Portrait of a singer: Sophia Mendoza

It was a great pleasure and fun working with this lady, a singer/songwriter from Norway...ms Sophia Mendoza. I'm greatly honoured to have been asked to illustrate a portrait for her website and her upcoming concert poster. You can find out more about her, her voice and her show from her website and facebook.

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

Happy Ice Illustration Logo

A commissioned logo and illustration design for Happy Ice. A brand new ice-cream stall in Singapore, which will officially open in 1st May.

JobsDB

Rebranding illustration work for JobsDB Asia, just launched in March.
Agency: TBWA Singapore
Creative: KC Chong, Cat Chia
Software: Illustrator + Photoshop

Women In Rock

First time adding the "Silver" as main colour on this series and surprisingly it ended up got the special effect like the pencil drawing feel. This is the series I been working really really hard, just wanted to get their face features right.

Medium: Silver (gouache), black and blue watercolour on watercolour paper

Sony SRS-BTV4 Speaker Poster

Commissioned illustration work for the new Sony SRS-BTV5 speaker outdoor poster, this campaign just launched in January early this year. 

Agency: Frontage Asia

Creative: Takeshi Oketani

Producer: Karen Bay 

Art on Instagram 6 (Christmas version)

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

Underscore magazine's "Creative Cultures: The Singapore Showcase"

I feel so honored to be featured in this new and special edition book "Creative Cultures: The Singapore Showcases" published by Underscore magazine. This publication features more than 100 Singapore creatives from the different fields of art, design, photography, fashion and music. This book also featured many illustrator friends of mine, like Mindflyer, Fleecircus, Twisstii, Drewscape, Mr B, Sokkuan and many more...I'm glad can be part of them! For more information about this book, please click here. This book is officially distributed in Singapore by BooksActually.

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

Tabbah: Scarab Collection Ads

This is the forth series commissioned watercolour work for Tabbah's Scarab collection ads campaign, which is launched in November.

Work commissioned by This is ABCD, London (http://thisisabcd.com)

Client: Tabbah (www.tabbah.com)

Creative: Sian Tichar, Winnie Lee

Medium: Watercolour + Photoshop CS

OIC Portrait After Dark December poster

Portrait After Dark is a monthly event hold by OIC Singapore (Organisation of Illustrators Council) at MAAD (Market of Artists And Designers). This is a drawing event, is open to those who love to draw and being draw (as the model), you can try something new, something crazy, something that represent you, also to polish your drawing skills and meet some new friends here. So please come and draw with us this Friday (7 December). For more details, please click HERE.