http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com Paul Chin ★ Culturecraft Gallery Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:17:53 +0000 http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com en http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/The-First-Mile-Undergrad-Thesis http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/following/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/The-First-Mile-Undergrad-Thesis Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:17:53 +0000 Paul Chin ★ Culturecraft Gallery 3157275 <img src="http://payload42.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/3157275/1---Air-Jordan-1-Revised.jpg" width="500" height="391" width_o="500" height_o="391" src_o="http://payload42.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/3157275/1---Air-Jordan-1-Revised_o.jpg" data-mid="16207563" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload42.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/3157275/2---Adidas-Superstar-Revised.jpg" width="500" height="321" width_o="500" height_o="321" src_o="http://payload42.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/3157275/2---Adidas-Superstar-Revised_o.jpg" data-mid="16219394" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload42.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/3157275/3---Nike-Air-Yeezy-Revised.jpg" width="500" height="727" width_o="500" height_o="727" src_o="http://payload42.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/3157275/3---Nike-Air-Yeezy-Revised_o.jpg" data-mid="16137693" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload42.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/3157275/4---TOMS-Revised.jpg" width="500" height="368" width_o="500" height_o="368" src_o="http://payload42.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/3157275/4---TOMS-Revised_o.jpg" data-mid="16158745" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload42.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/3157275/7---Adidas-Jeremy-Scott-Wings.jpg" width="500" height="714" width_o="500" height_o="714" src_o="http://payload42.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/3157275/7---Adidas-Jeremy-Scott-Wings_o.jpg" data-mid="16152769" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload42.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/3157275/9---Adidas-Stan-Smith-Revised.jpg" width="500" height="667" width_o="500" height_o="667" src_o="http://payload42.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/3157275/9---Adidas-Stan-Smith-Revised_o.jpg" data-mid="16151793" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload42.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/3157275/10---Converse-All-Stars-Revised.jpg" width="500" height="324" width_o="500" height_o="324" src_o="http://payload42.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/3157275/10---Converse-All-Stars-Revised_o.jpg" data-mid="16219953" border="0" align="left"/>For my undergraduate illustration thesis, I did a project on the origin stories of iconic sneakers throughout the 20th and 21st centuries (basically, as long as sneakers have been around). The project originally consisted of 12 pieces but through the course of the year, I found that certain pairs were less "presentable" than others. Certain problems I ran into included: narrowing it down to 12 sneakers, certain stories or concepts not translating well to a single illustration, and my advisor being, in addition to incredibly difficult to deal with at times, probably the least qualified person on earth to advise a thesis on popular sneaker culture (she told me she owns one pair of Airwalks). When it was all said and done, however, I settled on these select few. • Nike Air Jordan 1 • Adidas Superstar • Nike Air Yeezy • TOMS • Adidas x Jeremy Scott Wings • Adidas Stan Smith • Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars Software used: Adobe Photoshop Client: Illustration Grad Project http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/Lobo-Script-Work-In-Progress http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/following/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/Lobo-Script-Work-In-Progress Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:08:01 +0000 Paul Chin ★ Culturecraft Gallery 2878132 <img src="http://payload28.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/2878132/Screen Shot 2012-02-24 at 6.31.52 PM_868.png" width="868" height="487" width_o="1404" height_o="789" src_o="http://payload28.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/2878132/Screen Shot 2012-02-24 at 6.31.52 PM_o.png" data-mid="14630428" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload28.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/2878132/Screen Shot 2012-02-24 at 6.34.07 PM_868.png" width="868" height="622" width_o="1183" height_o="848" src_o="http://payload28.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/2878132/Screen Shot 2012-02-24 at 6.34.07 PM_o.png" data-mid="14630438" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload28.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/2878132/Screen Shot 2012-02-24 at 6.30.47 PM_868.png" width="868" height="487" width_o="1404" height_o="789" src_o="http://payload28.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/2878132/Screen Shot 2012-02-24 at 6.30.47 PM_o.png" data-mid="14630431" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload28.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/2878132/Screen Shot 2012-02-24 at 6.32.53 PM_868.png" width="868" height="488" width_o="1403" height_o="789" src_o="http://payload28.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/2878132/Screen Shot 2012-02-24 at 6.32.53 PM_o.png" data-mid="14630433" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload28.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/2878132/Screen Shot 2012-02-24 at 6.35.54 PM_868.png" width="868" height="487" width_o="1404" height_o="789" src_o="http://payload28.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/2878132/Screen Shot 2012-02-24 at 6.35.54 PM_o.png" data-mid="14630442" border="0" align="left"/> Last semester, I took a type design class. The semester-long project was to design a typeface from scratch. I, ambitiously (foolishly), chose to work on a script face named after my house (The Wolf Den). The most challenging thing about designing a script face is systemising letters that are supposed to mimic handwriting, which is non-systematic. Ultimately, I finished designing all the letters but still have to tweak them so that the kerning is right, all the way through, and the lowercase cursive letters connect. I started with hand drawn sketches of each letter, which I vectorised in Illustrator and finished in Glyphs. Glyphs is an AMAZING type design program which utilises vectors on a 1000x1000 point grid and is far more intuitive in aspects like pulling beziers and recalculating trajectories when you delete points. Software used: Adobe Illustrator, Glyphs Client: Assignment/Personal http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/MERDEKA-Group-Online http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/following/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/MERDEKA-Group-Online Thu, 26 May 2011 23:39:38 +0000 Paul Chin ★ Culturecraft Gallery 1455406 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1455406/MERDEKA GROUP 3_868.png" width="868" height="1196" width_o="1084" height_o="1494" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1455406/MERDEKA GROUP 3_o.png" data-mid="7353535" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1455406/Album Artwork - MERDEKA GROUP_868.png" width="868" height="857" width_o="1030" height_o="1017" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1455406/Album Artwork - MERDEKA GROUP_o.png" data-mid="7353622" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1455406/MTL-GIF_small.gif" width="670" height="377" width_o="670" height_o="377" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1455406/MTL-GIF_small_o.gif" data-mid="7096879" border="0" align="left"/>I was hired to work on a portfolio for Masia One and her creative collective, MERDEKA Group so, obviously, I went with the hometeam; Cargo. Because she just needed something good looking and quick, it was a pretty easy job since Cargo did most of the heavy lifting. After curating the best of their work and organising it, I appropriated the graphics and finally created a an image map banner and a splash animation for the front page, sourced from Masia's video Montreal In The Fall. Software used: Adobe Photoshop, Cargo Collective Client: Masia One/MERDEKA Group http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/Wuxiafest-2011 http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/following/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/Wuxiafest-2011 Thu, 12 May 2011 07:08:13 +0000 Paul Chin ★ Culturecraft Gallery 1434121 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1434121/Wuxiafest-Poster-2011_o.jpeg" width="670" height="992" width_o="1944" height_o="2880" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1434121/Wuxiafest-Poster-2011_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="15116490" border="0" align="left"/>For my birthday, I'm hosting a 2-day Kung Fu Film Festival. The idea came about, last Christmas break, while watching House of Flying Daggers; one of my favourite films ever. I decided I wanted to curate some of the best Wuxia films and have some friends over to watch them over two days. I designed this mock festival poster for the Facebook event and may possibly print it at A2 size. Software used: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator Client: Personal http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/Indian-Ruby-Chai http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/following/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/Indian-Ruby-Chai Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:12:57 +0000 Paul Chin ★ Culturecraft Gallery 1269356 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1269356/Ruby Chai_o_868.jpeg" width="868" height="453" width_o="2048" height_o="1070" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1269356/Ruby Chai_o_o.jpeg" data-mid="6616080" border="0" align="left"/> For my final project in my core class, I had to do a packaging illustration for a Harrods tea. We had a number of options in terms of flavour and I opted to go with the Indian Ruby Chai. The illustration flows around three sides; the lovely couple being in the center panel (4x4 inches). I created a seamless paisley pattern to fill the bottom, played with the theme of Indian trains and filled a lot of the compositional space with layers of steam. All in all, I'd say this was the first school piece I've done in a long time and really had fun with it. Software used: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator Client: Assignment http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/Janet-Son-Moleskine http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/following/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/Janet-Son-Moleskine Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:45:52 +0000 Paul Chin ★ Culturecraft Gallery 1191548 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1191548/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin-1.jpeg" width="500" height="669" width_o="500" height_o="669" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1191548/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin-1_o.jpeg" data-mid="6625986" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1191548/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.jpeg" width="500" height="669" width_o="500" height_o="669" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1191548/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin_o.jpeg" data-mid="6625989" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1191548/Janet Son Moleskine Design.jpg" width="360" height="594" width_o="360" height_o="594" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1191548/Janet Son Moleskine Design_o.jpg" data-mid="5744939" border="0" align="left"/>For my dear friend Janet's birthday, I wanted to get her something special. I remembered having a conversation with her, a while back, where she mentioned she'd never had a Moleskine notebook before (which was just preposterous, since she's such an excellent writer) so I decided to get her one. I then decided to spice it up by creating a personal design for her that I would apply directly to the cover. I created some hand-lettered type for her name then illustrated a single colour graphic portrait of her face to go with it then screenprinted it to the front. Software used: Adobe Illustrator Client: Janet Son http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/Saudade http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/following/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/Saudade Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:12:07 +0000 Paul Chin ★ Culturecraft Gallery 1165822 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1165822/Saudade.jpeg" width="500" height="647" width_o="500" height_o="647" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1165822/Saudade_o.jpeg" data-mid="6617060" border="0" align="left"/>For another Jacqui Oakley assignment, I was tasked with selecting a word from another language that could not be directly translated to English and doing an illustration (with Illustrated type) to convey the vibe of the word. Saudade is a Portuguese language word difficult to translate adequately, which describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for something or someone that one was fond of and which is lost. It often carries a fatalist tone and a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might really never return. - Wikipedia Software used: Adobe Photoshop Client: Assignment http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/Age-of-Atlas-Art-Direction http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/following/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/Age-of-Atlas-Art-Direction Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:41:20 +0000 Paul Chin ★ Culturecraft Gallery 1030518 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1030518/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin-2.jpeg" width="670" height="670" width_o="670" height_o="670" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1030518/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin-2_o.jpeg" data-mid="15116814" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1030518/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.jpeg" width="670" height="711" width_o="670" height_o="711" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1030518/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin_o.jpeg" data-mid="15116819" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1030518/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin-3.jpeg" width="670" height="670" width_o="670" height_o="670" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1030518/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin-3_o.jpeg" data-mid="15116841" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1030518/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin-4.jpeg" width="612" height="792" width_o="612" height_o="792" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1030518/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin-4_o.jpeg" data-mid="15116874" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1030518/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin-1.jpeg" width="670" height="711" width_o="670" height_o="711" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/1030518/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin-1_o.jpeg" data-mid="15116901" border="0" align="left"/> I'm currently in the process of recording my debut album, Age of Atlas, and I'm more than halfway into it so I've decided to start working on the art and design aspect of it. I'll be keeping an ongoing process book of all the single covers; promo pieces; posters and, ultimately, the final album cover. Toying with essentialist illustration and design has been fun for me. It's an interesting method; breaking down objects into their most basic forms and this is super convenient for screen printing. Pieces (in order): • Heartbeat (Valentine's Day) single art • Heartbeat (Valentine's Day) t-shirt • Sick Days & All Nighters album art • Paul Chin Spins gig poster • ohyeahpaulchin x Starving Artist collaboration t-shirt Software used: Adobe Illustrator Clients: Personal/Commercial/Charity http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/BB-P-Christmas-Greeting-2010 http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/following/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/BB-P-Christmas-Greeting-2010 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:40:38 +0000 Paul Chin ★ Culturecraft Gallery 953857 Over the Christmas break, I interned at BB&P Ad Agency. The project they gave me was to come up with and produce their annual Christmas promo greeting for clients and to be as over-the-top as possible in showcasing them as a fun and creative agency. My idea was to choreograph a music video to a design studio-centric version of Jingle Bells and get everyone in the office involved (from the Art Director's kids to his dog)! I produced the instrumental, rewrote the lyrics then took it to a couple friends of mine to sing vocals and engineer the mix. Finally, I brought my cinematographer, Rhian, in to shoot and colour, and thus the first Nautilus Media Group corporate collaboration! Software Used: Apple Logic Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro Client: BB&P http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/The-Lifeguard-Tees http://gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/following/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.com/The-Lifeguard-Tees Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:15:58 +0000 Paul Chin ★ Culturecraft Gallery 911250 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/911250/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin.png" width="500" height="773" width_o="500" height_o="773" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/911250/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin_o.png" data-mid="6626047" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/911250/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin-1.png" width="500" height="773" width_o="500" height_o="773" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/15763/911250/gallery.ohyeahpaulchin-1_o.png" data-mid="6626048" border="0" align="left"/>A series of t-shirts I designed for my personal line, She & the Sea. I wanted to design a shirt that was relevant to my music while in keeping with the nautical theme so I did this one for a track called Lifeguard from the album I'm working on. A limited quantity of shirts will be produced and will be on sale at gigs and from my webstore. Software used: Adobe Illustrator Client: She & the Sea