SPIDERMAN

got some colours back from the talented james offredi who again makes my linework pop out. here are colours from issue 146.









also just finished some lineart work for issue 147 where not one, not two, but five superheroes make their cameos. maaan, my hand ached after finishing this issue...









...especially after this double page spread! BLAMM!

KA MATE, KA MATE

this piece has been a long time coming. about eleven years in fact. i was introduced to the world of rugby union and the ALL BLACKS by my partner, paula, whose a kiwi so naturally a staunch supporter for the new zealand all blacks. love the game. but as much as i love to see the intensity, tackles and tries, first and foremost i love the haka, to sum up in layperson's terms, a maori battle cry/dance ritual performed by the all blacks just after the national anthems and before the game's kick off. it's tradition. and it's the best amalgamation of culture and sports i have ever come across. it's inspiring to say the least.

i also do like their uniform. lol. best uniform in sports, i reckon. love the simplicity of it's design. black. easy for the supporters to wear the colours too. heh.

so i thought i'd share this piece with former captain tana umaga leading the haka. no disrespect to richie mccaw's current all blacks line up, but i loved the reign of umaga as captain. followed his 8 year career from no.11 all the way to a successful captaincy campaign and then retirement from international test rugby. ok, so i'm not that good at caricartures, but u get the idea. :D

so yes, u may say it, i haven't got an ounce of patriotism in my body. i'm a malaysian born australian, who would rather live in united kingdom but supports new zealand sports. ahh diversity. love it.

to find out more about rugby union, all blacks or the haka, click the all blacks logo below.

BOW DOWN TO JPR

jeremy roberts is king hue! 'nuff said. from sketch to paint. i did a head to sketch shot of wolvie back in may bristol convention 2006. received the paint version back from artist extraordinare jeremy roberts and ...damn...was floored. and it's not even finished

NEXT SHOW BIRMINGHAM

oh yea, i should announce this now, i suppose. i seem to always announce late appearances. but i just confirmed last week that i will be attending the comic show in birmingham on dec 9 and 10. click the link above to hit the official website and find out more. there'll be heaps of talent there from UK, US and europe. so hope to catch u there! i will re-announce this closer to the date too.

POST EXPO

thanks everyone for another great show. for all those that attended and were patiently waiting for the sketches. apologies for all those that i missed out on sketching for as i was swamped pretty much both days. hopefully i'll get the chance to sketch at the next expo. thanks for putting up with my husky voice as i was nursing a slight flu and i pretty much lost my voice earlier on saturday.

thanks heaps to the expo organisers and all their great hard work. i had a fabulous spot just in front of the new ultimate marvel game which landed me right on the side of their life size spidey prop which obviously worked really really well. so, no, i didn't bring the spidey from home to set up and it's not from my garden. heh. thanks heaps to markosia, blink twice studio, pulp theatre, tozzer, john, lee, henry, alison, adam, brian, jamie, joe from desperado for making it a great show for me even tho some meetings were brief as it was. thanks to my editor, ed for popping in and doing an interview with me. helped take the pressure off. haha. thanks ryan for popping in mate. good to catch up. thanks to my sweetie, paula for popping in too, to take care of some photos i couldn't otherwise get. thanks to some great folks that came back to get multiple sketches from me and made the challenges great. paul, danny, winston, everyone, u know who u are! ultra doubly thanks.

thanks for all those that interviewed me and made me feel like a celebrity for the weekend. haha. now back down from cloud 9. for all those uni students doing their thesis, reports, whateva, hope the interviews help get u the A u deserve. hehe.

here's some sketches from that weekend, with a couple of shots of me signing and the life size spidey statue! YAY!