FAQ
-Wanted
to know more? below are some of the questions people ask me.
Why is this site called Jade Illustrations?
I wish to use my name for my Art Gallery, because an art gallery
represents the artist, But Pek-Leng is not an easy name to remember,
and I wish to find a word that represents my name, my passion and
myself, therefore I have chosen “Jade”. Pek-Leng stands
for Royal/Green Jade, and Jade also represents our oriental culture
which I am very proud of. (Of course I love jade too +wink+)
What
Medium/Media you use?
I am able to use a couple of mediums, starting with pencils, inks,
markers, acrylics, gouache, watercolour, Colour pencils, sometimes
I use pastels, and of course my forte is Digital art, such as Photoshop
painted, Vector graphics with Corel or freehand.
What
programmes do you use to paint your work?
Adobe Photoshop! No doubt…
What
programmes do you use for Vector Works?
Corel draw and Freehand
Where
do you get your ideas from?
Well the list is endless, I get inspirations from many places, whether
it be real life, stories, games, books, songs… All I can say
is exposures gives me more ideas and build up my character in my
works, and Internet is my best buddy to achieve that.
What
is really your style?
Hmm…. You got me there? I am fickle with my style, Highly
flexible eager to try new things as long as it brings out the best
in the picture I create. But if you want to know what others say
of my personal art, elegant, feminine, soft, gentle, magical, new
age, vibrant, shiny…
Can
you design a tattoo for me?
Sorry I cannot do it, though I got nothing against body art, in
fact I like tattoo art and designs, but I cannot bring myself to
encourage it. You may use artworks that I have created, for your
tattoos. Just remember Tattoo is permanent, I dun wish to be the
cause of your regrets in future.
Can I use your works on my site?
As long as it is a non profit site, with no commercial value, it
is fine with me, though you are required to state on your site,
credits of the picture and links to me. Do have the courtesy of
dropping me a mail, as experience tells me that people might use
it on “certain” sites which I dun wish to see my work
there. +shudder+ Of course I do wish to know you too.
Who on earth are you?
I am a designer from Singapore. Due to my profession, I am trained
in rendering, and have some of the good mediums and materials, at
my disposal. +grin+
Have always been working on designs to please people, so thought
of doing art/illustrations that pleases me, and for all I know,
I am drawing to please others too. hee hee
Nothing glamour about me accept I love art and design since my high
school days, curious and eager to learn all forms of art and design,
reading and studying art and design, doing little experiments with
different mediums and styles.
A person on endless pursue of knowledge, as knowledge helps in her
life, her works and her thirst hee hee, frequent the net, and search
engines are my best companions in my quest for knowledge. +wink+
How
do you create these illustrations?
Well something this is a short list I did for some of the nice people
who e-mailed me.
Step
1: Getting inspired, deciding what I wish to draw, which helps compose
a simple composition in mine.
Step 2: Drawing the elements, a good way to improve is to see other
artist work, or just getting expose to many photos or pictures of
your liking, these observations serves you very well, in drawing,
eg. I saw this pretty necklace, some nice poses from stock photos,
maybe a nice dress I saw in a Greek painting, putting them together
or just draw inspirations from them I could use them to dress up
my characters in my drawings.
Step 3: Colouring, you can see that I use a couple of different
mediums in my art, some are colour pencils, some are Digital ,Watercolour,
gouache and the list goes on... expensive hobby fortunately enough
I always have these material in hand due to my profession ( designer).
Looking at the picture I decides which medium best brings out the
"feel" I wish to achieve, or I just use what is handy.
How do you work with Colour pencils?
Maybe I do a little of explaining on colour pencils since I do not
intend to create a tutorial for that soon. I too am new to this
medium, I use it as I wish when I deemed fit, so my methods might
not be right. Of for a start I will work on a simple sketch with
pencil, after which I start shading and gently shadow areas to help
me define the figure in 3D, with a shadow colour (tough to explain
you got to know the principles of light to choose the right colour,
but in short a darker shade of colour of the item. shade in the
light colours, then slowly adding darker tone till you reach the
darkest part of the shadow area.
Colour pencil unlike others are made of waxy substance, which prevents
other colours to be applied onto the same area, if you filled it
up completely is best if you can decide before hand what colours
goes where and how to blend them. I blend colours like the way i
blend my paints, (check the colour wheel concept there much to learn
there too)
What other things do I have to learn for illustrations?
The studies involve is endless, but I do recommend reading books
of "colour wheel ." and study some "principle of
lights" is also good so you will know where to shade what colour
to create the 3d effect; and also look at other artworks, some are
not that keen about these colour wheels and principles of light,
yet they look great too, it all depends on what is it that you wish
to achieve. I love light, that's why I am trying hard to understand
that, and I am still learning. OBSERVATION ... OBSERVATION ... that
is vital.
You
like Anime?
Sure!
Are
you inspired by anime?
Hmm… most of my past works are… though occasionally
I still draw anime inspired pictures now.
Can
you work on a commission for me?
Send me a mail with descriptions of what you wish to do and I will
get back to you ASAP.
How
do you get to way you are now?
I got off from bed, climb to my computer and start replying to these
mails?!
Just kidding. Hmm… all I can say is a keen interest, perseverance,
and never stop learning.
Are
you fashion designer?
No!!! I hardly know how to sew a dress. I just like to design costumes
for some of my characters.
Do
you do designs too?/ Do you design Websites too?
Yes I do you can visit my Design Portfolio, for samples. Jade
Studios.
