Sunday, June 24, 2007

WWW.LYKAN.COM is now live!


About 2 weeks ago, we have finally moved the Lykan content to its official URL, www.lykan.com. The site is now live!

Lykan is a new gaming keyboard by the folks who brought you the Wolf Claw Gaming Keyboards. And we folks at PD Design Studio are responsible for their product microsite.

We look forward to the product appearing in the market!

Friday, June 22, 2007

On a Train...


Typical thoughts when a person's on a train if they are idling. This song is penned between 19th - 21th june,partly inspired by music and lyrics' theme song sang by Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant - "Way Back Into Love" that became the company anthem for the past few days. It's been a while since i busked at the Orchard Tunnel so it was quite hard to sing along while strumming my guitar but nevertheless, i manage to record a raw demo version after a few hours. Anyway, this is almost the final cut of the music and lyrics of the song with only some minor errors,if any, to amend. Hope i don't sound too bad. Gotta record it with a proper guitar arrangment when my fingernails grow back.Hehe...


On a Train…

On a train I sat there wondering
Where my life would take me to
Hoping I would cross dream avenue
If I kept on dreaming too
Maybe lovers’ lane would’ve have come my way
If I waited in line too
But these Monday mornings on a train
They lead nowhere near a truce

Chorus:
(Can)Between my reality and (be)the way I want it to
Be my fantasy where my hopes and dreams come through
Would I be able to
Find my way into a dream come through

As I sat there staring at my shoes
And my mind’s searching for a clue
As to why I am stuck in angry Ville
Hating what I cannot feel
But I believe life have its good news
For those who face its truth
With this thought in my head on the morning train
For my heart to affirm my will

Repeat chorus

Bridge:
Waiting for the next
Destination of my faith
hoping there will be a gal
Who would hop on to this train
I would sing my songs
All those that belong
To her heart and hope that it
Would make her sing along

Chorus 2:
She would be my reality my hopes and dreams come through
Would I be able to love her deep and true
Would I be able to
Find my way into a love that’s true.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Collaboration

Can't resist but to pose this for fun.

Not sure if it will materialize. We are now hoping to combine the 2 projects into 1. It was never the intention, but now we see the possibilities... heh.

A Tribute to the new members of the T.E.A.M...

For satisfying our cravings for coffee, toast and pancakes...we salute u!
T.E.A.M = Together Everyone Achieve More

A Friend's Song...

Written by my friend Daozhi when he was around 17 years old, re-arranged and recorded around 2 years ago during my NS days. It remained one of my favourite songs till this day.

My Thoughts .Your Hopes

There are times when doing isn't everything
When confusion & doubts start setting in
And in my corner of darkness.
I have asked
What in life is worth living for?

There are times my weathered soul cries
Seeking for the wings to fly,
Up into the clear blue sky
Hoping I can see your light
Like tears falling from my eyes
Sadness shall be driven away
And in your word I shall find
For the peace and joy in due time....

There are times my hopes and dreams just can’t find
A Love that forgives and gives me peace
And in my heart I have prayed to you
I have asked
What is love when my life’s yours?


Download the song: http://pddesignstudio.com/blog/my_thoughts.your_hopes.mp3

Old compositions...

Alcohol, you are my best friend

Songs have the magic of encapsulating melancholic and elusive thoughts and feelings into a definite form to be reflected a upon. There are moments in life that trigger certain strong emotions good or bad that we find hard to let go. This song was inspired by my long time secondary school friend jiarong, lyrics taken from thoughts reflected in his blog entry. A simple song that was written to encapsulate his sadness, to be left behind so that he would be a much happier person.

Lyrics:

Night after night
when all is down
and the world is so dark
at this unearthly hour...
noone to call...
noone to talk to
i turn to my best friend...you

not because I love you but becoz you make me
forget who I am
living in this world
only numbness
reminds me of
how lonely we are inside

even for the night
I forget I am in pain
I Just need your warmth inside
To last me through the night


Download this song: http://www.pddesignstudio.com/blog/u_r_my_best_friend.mp3


Just a glimpse of his current blog: http://jr-at-sweden.blogspot.com/

Monday, June 18, 2007

全民恐怖份子(Civil Terrorism)


Unlike the previous 2 , this is a COMPLETED artwork -muahaha >;P
Enjoy~!

Building

Work-In-Progress of a building in an attempt to refresh my 3d related skills. Starting with something very simple in order to learn how to do uvw unwrap. 40% unwrapped...hopefully, it will be fully textured by the end of next week.

As of 9th July. Almost done...did a test render to compare the different between scanline and brazil.

Monday, June 11, 2007

Chopper

In an attempt to update our miserable blog, I have decided to showcase a Work-In-Progress which seriously have no tentative date of completion in sight.

Base loosely on a model kit which I tried to built. I only found some hi-res photos at a very late stage.

Lots of details will probably need to come in during the texturing portion. I hope this model will soon be finish.....











Texturing in progress as of 26th June... slow slow. Unwrapping this model is a bitch, that's all I can say...



More slight updates as of 28th June... Several people complained about the lack of dirt and scratches. I guess these will come in later. Scratches will definitely be in, as for dirt, I don't know how dirty I want it to be...

Anyway, still lots to add, bump maps are still incomplete, specular maps have to be done more accurately...