When I was 19, I was approached by one of my church member for help, to help his company illustrate some drawings for a brochure. This assignment was for the Singapore Busker's Festival 1999. I think it's already discontinued a long time ago...Back then, if I remember correctly, computer was only just beginning to warm up to the consumers. I was still using paintbrush and watercolor (My favorite material)
Out of sheer curiosity and excitement, I took it up and it was good money! S$500 ~ S$700 a piece! For a young & amateur lad like me, it was like a huge bonus.
So, I took the brief & drew for the cover & the interior of the brochure for them. Can't remember the company, I just have a blurr image of commuting to Chinatown almost every week to show them my art work.
It was my first and my last job as a free lancer. I was a stone-head 19 years old lass whom almost blew when the boss used a red pen & drew over my painter, to indicate where he wanted the changes to be made. Boy that was infuriating. But because I had made a promise to deliver, I completed the work nevertheless.
I love the cover. I actually hated clowns. I thought clowns were devious characters. (Due to the influence of the show 'The Puppet Master') But I did my research on how to draw them and I thought the output was quite satisfactory to me. I love the rich colors (I love rich colors then) This A3 painting was drawn with a mixture of poster color as well as watercolor pencils! Can you believe that! I actually did another A3 piece for the cover but this was chosen. Back then I did not have a digital camera, nor did I bother to take a shot of it. I can't even remember the look of the second piece I did.
The rest were really amateur drawings of the map of Singapore, but they also fetched good money for me.
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