Charlene Chua, illustration news

This was done for an art book collecting various artists’ impressions of their favorite video game. My piece is derived from Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne (or Lucifer’s Call as it was known in the UK). The premise of the game is that the world has ended and the sole survivors, a group of teens, are left to deal with the demons that now walk the Earth.  Your main character, one of the teens who himself has inherited some esoteric power, wades through the confusion of the game, battling and collecting monsters as he goes. It’s a bit like Pokemon as interpreted by Lars von Trier…

Happy New Year! I found some time to play with some really old gouache paint over the new year. It was a lot of fun, though I’m not very familiar with the medium. Hoping to get more colors and make more paintings!

Happy holidays!

This started off as a sketch I did some time back when watching an episode of Blue Planet (I love that series, and Planet Earth). I was just doodling the various animals that were featured on the episode – gotta love those marine iguanas. Finally had the time to finish coloring it. Thought the cross in the background added a little more meaning to the piece.

This is probably my favorite piece of work this year. A fullpage and spot for Penthouse, for their erotic fiction section. The piece was about a lady who enjoys diddling herself on planes. She gets found out by her hunky seat-neighbor, who proceeds to literally give her a helping hand. Perhaps not the most intelligent of stories, but certainly one of the more entertaining things for an illustrator to work on!

I will be away from 24 Nov – 6 Dec on a trip back to Asia to visit relatives and friends in Singapore and Hong Kong. I am also attending the Business of Design Week conference in Hong Kong.

I will be checking my email periodically while I am away, though my internet access may be sporadic. Please allow extra time for replies! Thanks!

An illustration of a couple of noisy orcas or killer whales for Seattle Metropolitan. Fun as the pic was, the article was highlighting some serious problems about noise pollution that are affecting the whales. You can read the article here.

These were done earlier in the year for Acco Brands. A bunch of illustrators were asked to create designs for laptop skins, and these were the two I made. I’m not sure if they are available for sale yet, but if they are I’ll make an announcement!

I’m Altpick’s latest ’spotlight’ feature! Check it out here – http://altpick.com/spot/charlene_chua/

The interview is a summarized version from this other one I did for this here website.

13 ghosts of halloween

I love Halloween, and this year I set a set of goofy ghosts called the ‘13 Ghosts of Halloween’ as a client promotional. Each ghost is based off an actual client of mine. It was a lot of work but ultimately very fun to do! I hope the clients liked them!

Check out all 13 Ghosts and their ghastly stories here!