PD Design Studio

Christmas Lunch + SG Flyer

2011-12-31T16:05:00.001+08:00

What’s a better way to end off the year than a big lunch at Shangri la, The Line. No one ate any breakfast that day in preparation of the buffet, as far as I know.

We also found time to go up the SG Flyer before we call it a day.

See you next year!

In-game Art: Environment

2011-11-30T22:54:00.001+08:00

Some in-game environmental art in our game. You see a western town above, a bar and a forested setting. Again, more to come in due course, so stay tune!

Concept Art: Environments

2011-11-18T23:59:00.001+08:00

Some environmental concepts on the game that we are working on. More to come in due course, so stay tune!

One for Da Man!

2011-08-31T00:21:00.001+08:00

This is for Nigel, by his mentor, Dezi. Nice one and I think it really shows the essence of Nigel.

All the best in NS!

Interns

2011-08-02T23:46:00.001+08:00

Gifts and Thank You Card from Celine Farewell Pic for Nao (Drawn by Chew Min)

We had quite a few interns the past 1/2 year. Some from schools requiring them to do their industrial attachments. But we also had a couple of interesting ones. 1 is a Singaporean who lived most of her life in UK and another is an ‘A’ Levels student who didn’t go through “professional” training as an artist/designer.

The fact is that we are honored that these talented artists seek us out, looking for a place for voluntary internship positions. And we are very happy to have them with us for the past months and lending their talents to our projects.

We wish them all the best in their next phase of life and we hope that we’ll meet again.

Arena Invaders

2011-07-05T23:20:00.001+08:00

While we are having fun in the office (refer to past few posts), we are also working hard. I’m showing some non-revealing screens of a project we are working on.

Arena Invaders is a arcade style shooting game with a twist. Well, as for what’s exactly the twist, that will be revealed in the coming weeks when we are ready to show more.

Arena Invaders is in the final phase of development, ie, tweaks, balancing, polish, etc. But as we all know, the final phase is the real killer. We are hoping to show you more once we can. So do check back often!

Studio Day Out @ Universal Studios Singapore

2011-06-03T23:57:00.001+08:00

The studio took a day off on the 9th of May and we hit the rollercoasters at USS. IT WAS FUN!!!!

Fun@Work

2011-04-29T00:11:00.001+08:00

Nowadays, the office really comes to life after 6.30pm. In the room, we’ll have guys playing the guitars and singing. At the recreation spot, we have people pitting their Street Fighter and MVC skills against one another. Or on other days, being pseudo rock stars. Not to mention the evening runs that 1/2 the company take part in now.

Hiring Game Programmer

2011-02-17T22:52:00.001+08:00

Game Programmer

Responsibilities:
- Implementation of gameplay elements (character controls, AI, UI, SFX, etc)
- Debugging, Optimization and Deployment

Requirements:
- Possess at least a Diploma or Higher in relevant fields
- Proficient in C++
- Able to work in a modular manner
- Good practice of code optimization
- Able to work independently
- Passionate in Game Development

Good to have
- Experience with Torque Engine
- Experience developing of iPlatforms
- Experience with Tortoise SVN

Only citizens and PR need apply. Pls send in your resume, portfolio, expected pay, last drawn pay and availability date to kj@pddesignstudio.com

We are Hiring!

2011-02-08T13:09:00.001+08:00

We are still on the lookout for talented 2D artist to join our team. You can refer to HERE for more details.

2D Game Artist/Animator

Requirements:
- Strong illustration skills
- Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Flash/ Illustrator
- Able to work independently, passionate in games development
- Fresh graduates/Entry level applicants are encouraged to apply.

Job Responsibilities:
- Produce vector artworks of characters
- Develop key poses of characters
- Create animation of characters and props
- Develop and build on existing character designs
- Develop story cut scenes from storyboard to final cut

Good to have:
- Experience with animation in Flash

Enquiries are welcome. Interested parties, please email your
resume and portfolio to kj@pddesignstudio.com

Veda Arts

2011-01-21T22:31:00.002+08:00

We have just completed designing a website together with logo, name cards and letterhead for Veda Arts Gallery. Included in the project is also a fully functional CMS for updating the Flash website.

Virtual Pharmacy E-Learning: Mock ups

2010-11-16T22:36:00.002+08:00

This was a quick mock-up done within 3 days or so a few months back. It’s a mock-up on an E-learning site. Users get to go through various sections to familiarize themselves with the relevant duties.

Various design and technical considerations had to be made during the process, such as the logic, flow and updatability in terms on the content. Unfortunately, this remains as just a mock-up.

The Visionary Residences

2010-11-15T23:25:00.001+08:00

Another one of the recent projects, Visionary is a simple Flash site with a built-in CMS to update its gallery.

Interactive Guide to Bunkering in Singapore

2010-10-31T15:47:00.002+08:00

We have just wrapped up a project for the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). The project is an interactive guide to bunkering in Singapore, targeted towards industry use.

Plenty of 3D images had to be rendered and plenty of content had to be organized. Other than the usual informational content, there is a step-by-step guide to bunkering and a quiz on that too.

On top of the interactive, we had to do up DVD cover, a large format banner and handle the production of the 1500 DVDs and banner. An opening video for the event itself had to be done too.

Dusty’s Revenge (We’re Hiring!)

2010-09-14T00:19:00.003+08:00

For the past couple of months, the few of us in PD Design has been working on a project, on and off. Dusty’s Revenge is a new game idea we have come up with and are currently in pre-production stage.

Paul has been working hard on the visuals and they have gone through a few iterations. Ken is working on the story element and TH is testing out some programming elements.

We are looking forward to work on this when actual production kicks in. But meanwhile we are looking at hiring for this awesome project. If you think you fit the bill, like what you see below and love to be a part of production, do write in.

Water Wally E-Games

2010-08-06T11:04:00.002+08:00

We have finally completed the Water Wally E-Games. The project consists of 2 Flash Games and 1 gift redemption system where players can accumulate points to redeem Water Wally gifts.

Water saving and water conservation tips are spread out over the games, telling players what-to-do and what-not-to-do.

Water Wally Neighborhood Patrol sees Water Wally visiting his friends’ houses and help them with saving water. This is essentially a rhythm game.

Water Wally Kayaking Adventure sees Water Wally helping to clean up our reservoirs.

Million Destiniz: Neo Trading Card

2010-05-31T11:53:00.004+08:00

This is one of our recently wrapped-up projects. Website, Application and Trailer for a new trading card game, Million Destiniz. Some screenshots below.

The website consists of an animated comics introduction to the premise of the game and also an animated tutorial that goes through step-by-step to guide new players on the finer details of the game.

Play card artworks provided by client, of course.

Head over HERE to view the website.

Happy Lunar New Year 2010!!!

2010-02-13T13:56:00.002+08:00

A very Happy Lunar New Year to all of you!!!

PD Design Studio Website: Version 2.0

2010-01-08T22:23:00.002+08:00

It’s been more than 3 years since the PD Design Studio’s site been up. We have received compliments when the site was launched, but we have also received a fair bit of complaints about the site every now and then, particularly about the navigation and how hard it’s to locate the portfolios.

Well, wait no more as we are currently working on the version 2.0. In fact, right now it’s being hosted here. Do take a look at the current work-in-progress and leave us some comments. Do note that the write-ups on the projects are temporary.

We’ll be launching a no-frills site, with all necessary functions, without any bells and whistles very soon. Hopefully, we’ll find time soon enough to update it with more interactive elements. But for now, this is it.

>>PD Design Studio Version 2.0<<

Post-Processing

2009-12-17T12:46:00.001+08:00

I have recently stumbled on some Flickr photos that looks amazing (at least to me). They look even more amazing when I saw the original straight-out-of-camera (sooc) shots. Some of the SOOC, if I took them, I would delete them upon reviewing on my DSLR ‘cos they do look like exposed wrongly. But these photographers had the visions to know what the end product would be like after post-processing. Seeing that, I was determined to at least give it a shot.

I took a couple of my photos and worked on them, trying out new ways of processing and see if anything would come out of it. I quite like the end results, and I am sharing the before and after images.

Singapory: An Adventure into the Singapore Story

2009-12-10T17:15:00.001+08:00

We have just completed production of Singapory. Singapory is an interactive boardgame based on the history of Singapore. It brings the players through 5 different time zones.

Singapory is an interactive CD-rom. Players get to play together in groups of up to 5. Their score and ranking will be recorded and a certificate will be awarded to them based on how well they fare.

Zone 1: The Beginning, primarily talks about the founding of Singapore by Sir Stamford Raffles. You would also be able to spot Sang Nila Utama in the picture as it was an integral part of our history.

Zone 2: Building of New Nation is about the hardships and toils of the early immigrants.

Zone 3: A Nation at War revolves around 1 of the darkest period of our history, the Japanese Occupation. And expect to land on lots of Penalty tiles as it was indeed a tough period.

Zone 4: The Rise of a Nation sees the period when Singapore was separated from Malaysia and the forming of our government. Needless to say, MM Lee was portrayed here.

Zone 5: The Future is all about the exciting times where Singapore is transformed into a metropolitan city with the numerous iconic developments.

Some additional screen shots of the game.

Credits goes to Ken for the illustrations and designs. Sonia and Sze Thing for animation and sfx. And of course Chris for all the interactivity!

Operation M.A.C.E – Event

2009-11-26T18:12:00.003+08:00

Here are some photos of the event where M.A.C.E was launched. The “Clean and Green Singapore – Schools’ Carnival” was hosted at Anchor Green Primary for a duration of 3 days from 10 – 12th November.

Booth Setup

GUY and Sypher was spotted at the event!

The M.A.C.E game booth was quite the crowd pullers during the event.

The students were good players!! Made it to stage 3 at the event!

The event do look quite fun with the game booths being so crowded. M.A.C.E Agents, Guy and Sypher even made an appearance to recruit new agents for M.A.C.E. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend the event myself as I was out of the country. Photos were provided by NEA.

OPERATION M.A.C.E

2009-11-18T23:31:00.003+08:00

For the past 3 months, the team was busy with the production of OPERATION M.A.C.E, a Flash website with 3 Flash games.

The project is finally completed and was launched by Dr. Amy Khor at the “Clean and Green Singapore – Schools’ Carnival” at Anchor Green Primary School on the 10th Nov 2009.

Operation M.A.C.E builds upon a story that is set in a futuristic Singapore that has been invaded by a race of aliens resembling Aedes mosquitoes. Known as Mosqueros, they invade planets for food and breeding sources. To deal with this threat, a M.A.C.E agency is set up where M.A.C.E agents are sent out to eliminate the monsters by depriving them of food sources and sweeping out all possible breeding grounds.

Here are some screenshots of the website. The website is modeled after some blueprint of what the M.A.C.E HQ will look like.

Game 1 is a Top View Shooter. Weapon upgrades can be picked up along the way to equip the players with laser beams and a wider shooting range.

Game 2 is a platformer. You pick up weapon upgrades, health packs and grenades along the way to help you fight the mosquitoes. The weapons includes a machine gun type, shot gun, etc.

Game 3 is a shooter game where you need to lock down certain doorways to prevent the enemies from spawning indefinitely. Players are also able to select the weapons they want to use on the fly, with of course the dodge and reload.

Do try out the website and games and leave us your comments. We know the production ain’t perfect and we want to hear how we can make a better project the next time!

We Have Moved!

2009-10-14T18:18:00.002+08:00

We officially moved into our new office on 1st October 2009. Prior to that was lots of frantic packing and moving. I knew we had tonnes of rubbish in office, but seriously, I didn’t know we had that much!! Anyway, after a whole week of intensive throwing, packing and moving, we managed to move our stuff here. But sadly, I am still living out of boxes, only searching for what is needed when they are needed. Well. at least everyone seem to be happily settled in as it’s a much more convenient place.

Our new office is not really ready for any photos, so I am only posting one image of the stairways leading up to our workplace. Hopefully, in the near future, we’ll tidy up well enough to post more pictures.

Go Smoke -Free

2009-09-02T14:52:00.001+08:00

Go Smoke-Free was an unsuccessful pitch, sadly. I spent close to a week on churning out the graphics and coming out with the game design and flow at the fastest speed possible. Admittedly, the basic idea was shamelessly borrowed from a very prominent website, but I still like what was produced. I am sharing some of the images here with everyone. Hopefully, one day, we’ll get to do a game that is similiar to what had been proposed cos’ I do think it will be fun and exciting to work on such a project.

SHIFT: Characters

2009-08-19T23:22:00.002+08:00

All the 4 characters are finally done! Modeled, textured and rigged for animation. Although we won’t be seeing much of them in such hi-res glory on the game, we are thrilled to have them completed.

We are now working on the re-vamping of the environment (Actually, it’s just Paul doing most of it.. :P). Be sure to check back every now and then as we will be posting work-in-progress and updates whenever appropriate.

We are also targeting the release of a demo version in November, so do keep a lookout!

Docomo Intertouch Website

2009-08-19T15:17:00.002+08:00

About Us – The lighting of the scene changes with the time of the day. Solutions & Services – This section contains several video and interactive demos.

One of the several video demos about their Solutions & Services. One of the several interactive demos about their Solutions & Services.

This project involves plenty of conceptualizing and designing from ground up. The scope of work includes designing, 3D modeling, texturing, animation,rendering, Flash animation, actionscripting, php, etc.

The website features different 3D environments which flies in and out as the users transit to other sections.

Credits goes to Paul, Sonia and Sze Thing who were involved in the project.

SHIFT Character: Dwarf

2009-07-30T14:27:00.009+08:00

A series of images detailing the work progress up to the final image.Pls leave a comment if you have any thoughts on what to improve on, or at least fuel our egos at PD Design Studio with a "Waoh! great stuff guys!"...or something along that line

Poll Time: Final Round!!

2009-07-23T14:43:00.005+08:00

This will be the final round of poll(unless all the votes are equally divided). I have finally narrowed down to 1 design, but with variations. It was tough to come to a decision especially the voters had a different favourite. But all things considered, this is it!

As per previous polls, you are welcomed to leave your comments to help us even better.

Thanks!

PLAYDOGS is a company dealing with video games. Which logo do you like best?(survey software)

Poll Time: Round 2 (Please leave your comments so that we can incorporate them if possible for the final round of polling)

2009-07-09T19:11:00.004+08:00

PLAYDOGS is a company dealing with video games. Which logo do you like best? Please leave your comments so that we can incorporate them if possible for the final round of polling.(opinion)

Poll Time: Round 1

2009-07-07T18:34:00.002+08:00

Which logo do you like best? PLAYDOGS is a company dealing with video games(opinion)

SHIFT: Beauty Shot

2009-06-18T21:59:00.008+08:00

UPDATED: The staff has been changed, lighting slightly tweaked.

This is just a beauty shot done for SHIFT. I am going to change the Mage's staff and perhaps the color of the light. And oh yah, the expressions. And that should be it for this image.

Let me know any comments you might have. :)

Shift Town: Textures in Progress

2009-05-22T17:02:00.004+08:00

Some texturing work in progress. Let me know if you like what you see. I am just afraid that I could be going in totally the wrong direction.

Will be working to make the colors of the other houses different from the main house in the foreground.

SHIFT: The town they live in.....

2009-05-20T00:07:00.004+08:00

This is something I was working on for the past 2 days. A semi-fun project based on Paul's early concept art. I thought the design is really nice and it would be such a waste to just leave it. So I went ahead and modeled them out.

Well, seriously, I still don't know what this is going to be, but I am sure it will be put into good use, perhaps one of the maps, or some other purposes.

The modeling is actually the easy part, the UVW unwrapping and texturing will be the nightmare. So let's just say that it will take a while to be completed.....

International Friendship Day 2009

2009-04-29T00:00:00.010+08:00

The project has 2 components, 1 of which is an interactive educational section and the other is a game show type Flash Game.

We finished this project about a month ago or so. Ken was both the creative and the art lead for this project. Sonia and Sze Thing were in charged of bulk of the graphics. There were tonnes of illustrations done for this project, from the designs of the 10 mascots, the landmarks and places of interest for the 10 countries to the game graphics; all were painstakingly done in vector format.

This website is created for all the primary, secondary schools and the junior colleges in Singapore. Many people have seen the site, and you can see it too at HERE.

Stereoscopic/ Anaglyph/ 4D Image

2009-04-20T21:14:00.004+08:00

I received a call a few months ago asking about 4D movies. The person didn't elaborate and I wasn't sure as it could quite a few things.

I received another call from a friend who asked me if I know how to make them. This piqued my curiosity and I went to find out how to do them, and here it is. If you managed to get hold of a red and a blue transparency, you will be able to see the effect. Otherwise, this is meaningless.

If time permits, I may re-render this clip in stereoscopic and post again. I myself is quite curious to see it animated in stereoscopic mode.

Mantis - W.I.P.

2009-03-27T23:39:00.018+08:00

I created the model close to a year ago, I think, with the intention of making a short and simple clip. The model was never completed to my satisfaction, and much less the rendering. So I left it at its incomplete state.

But I have finally decided to just finish it. I did not improve on the modeling nor the rendering. I did try to tweak the lights and all, but it was still unsatisfactory. So I used back the same old file and continued to do this short clip, using After Effects to touch up the look and feel of it.

It's about 1/2 done now, I think. And I hope to finish this up in soon.

Mage

2009-03-24T00:04:00.007+08:00

Edited the color of the iris to be brownish. I do think it looks better.

This is the 2nd character of the 4.

Admittedly, I don't like this character as much as the Shifter. But I cannot pinpoint what is it that I don't like as much..... But, overall, I still like it!! HAHA

Shifter

2009-03-19T18:47:00.003+08:00

This is the 3D model of the Shifter in its full glory. Now fully rigged, skinned, textured with morphers. Done by Paul :)

SHIFT

2009-03-03T21:06:00.009+08:00

This is what and why me and Paul has been staying until 9+ almost every night for the past 2 weeks.

The 4 humans were modeled, rigged and skinned by Paul, the 2D paint over for the landscapes were done by him too. I modeled the 4 creatures, model the environment, did all the animations and UI designs. Of course, all these artwork would have been meaningless if not for our programmer, Chris.

A lot of work went in compared to about 9 days ago when we had to show the old build to some people. But of course, the work is far from over. We'll still be improving the graphics and programming.

All 4 Characters

2009-02-22T11:39:00.002+08:00

As mentioned in the earlier post, the other 2 models are done. I did a quick posed for them and rendered them all in 1 group shot.

Characters

2009-02-11T23:26:00.005+08:00

These are the 2 characters Paul had design, modeled, rigged and skinned. Not textured yet.... 2 more to go, but they should be ready soon.

National Myopia Prevention Programme

2009-02-03T20:48:00.007+08:00

This is one of our recent projects. A 3-levelled Flash game, wallpapers, screensavers and widgets all done for the Health Promotion Board as part of the National Myopia Prevention Programme. It's a little ironic that we are using computer games to educate myopia prevention though....

Anyway, designs, illustations and animations are done by Sonia. I like what she has done, I hope you too will find it nice. :)

Wishing You A Happy And Prosperous Chinese New Year

2009-01-13T12:20:00.006+08:00

With so many holidays going on this period, we have decided to do up a simpler eCard for the Lunar New Year. A still image with lots of red should do the trick for this Chinese New Year eCard.

Happy Chinese New Year and HUAT AH!!!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

2008-12-18T20:41:00.013+08:00

PD Design Studio wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

The eCard is finally done.

It is actually a mini Flash Game where by you collect musical items to help the Quarter-Note Faery remember her tunes so that she can spread the songs of joy this festive season.

Graphics mainly done by Paul, some help from Sonia with the lovely animals and background. Programming solely done by Paul and music too is composed by Paul.

Feel free to forward it to a friend.

Thanks to Ray for reminding.

CLICK TO PLAY

Bus 3D

2008-12-16T12:06:00.003+08:00

I spent like close to a day sometime 2 weeks ago doing this up. It was a pitch for a project, which we had just found out, we were not awarded. Sigh... unfortunately.

I know what you must be thinking. CARS!!! I copied CARS! Well, that is really because that was the brief. Anyway, it was fun while it lasted.

Xmas'08: e-Greeting Card

2008-12-10T15:24:00.004+08:00

Paul, with some assistance from Sonia, spent the past few days doing up our company's eCard. Just abit more to go and it will be done.

So here is the preview. The link on the card is not live yet, but will be ready in a couple of days time.

More update.

2008-12-02T12:32:00.002+08:00

A rather dumb looking creature....

Update: W.I.P

2008-11-20T13:07:00.003+08:00

Some updates on the previous W.I.P.

A bit of the environment here. Can't wait to show Paul's 3D characters when he is don

Creatures 2

2008-11-14T22:32:00.005+08:00

As per previous post, new model added to the collection. We are targeting at 3 creatures, though Paul did drew like 30 + of them. Well, we may add 1 or 2 more to the collection, but no promises. We'll have to see how we cope with the current workload.

Anyway, this creature here may be going under some surgery for the lower body and some minor refinements.

And a group shot, just for fun.

Creatures

2008-11-13T22:47:00.005+08:00

Some 3D models I have been working on, probably around 4 days of work. Modeled, rigged and skinned but not textured. There's even some test animation. But for now, just 1 image.

Credits to Paul for the excellent character designs.

SHIFT: Concept Art

2008-09-17T22:06:00.005+08:00

Not too long ago, the few of us at PD Design spent about 3.5 days or so doing up a game concept proposal with quite some concept artwork, 3d demo video. Our efforts paid off, and we were selected for MDA's Invigorate for 2008.

I won't be able to share the game's concept and the demo video we have come up with. But I will be sharing the concept artwork Paul has done. I really like what he had done, especially considering the short time frame he had. These are just some of the artwork he has done, there are more. But these are my favourite and I am sharing them.

The bad news.... we might be doing very drastic changes in our art direction....

Mantis - Quick Update

2008-07-10T09:34:00.004+08:00

The lighting and materials are sort of driving me nuts..... A quick update again.... Lost lost....

Here's an update to this project.

The scene will probably look like this. Some more details will be added, after that will mainly be materials and lighting. And I will probably call this done.

Mechanical Praying Mantis - WIP

2008-05-08T18:54:00.005+08:00

Another quick update. A quick texturing tryout here.

I forgot to do the feelers!!

A quick update for this model. Getting a bit lazy with the details... so this is quite final. Perhaps some tweaks here and there, if I were to do any.

Finally, another WIP. Legs, lower body and head are still very much in early stage of detailing.
Maybe, I will do some modifications to the foremost blades as well.

Comments are welcome!

Not another month without a post again!!! CUBICAN!!!

2008-03-31T21:44:00.005+08:00

Nope, it's not going to happen!! Well, at least not this time.

Here is the website for CUBICAN. A project by PD Design Studio. It was under Media Development Authority's initiative, Invigorate for PC Casual Games.

At the moment, it's still a prototype. We have set up this site to offer some sneak peeks. There are some information about the game, a trailer and some artworks. There is also a forum (very empty right now...) that has a link to the Prototype download. You can download the game and offer some suggestions and feedback.

So do drop by the site, give us some comments.

T-W-O

2008-01-12T01:36:00.000+08:00

Holding back his urge to laugh, KJ grinned uncontrollably as he spoke of his little cousin during one of his visits to his house. It was about a number and it came with a tune.

“Did ya know there’s a song for the number 2?” The cheeky five years old announced proudly, as he stood there oblivious to the fact that his cousin is a human encyclopedia of sorts.
“No, why don’t you sing it for me.” KJ encouraged playfully.
Motivated by his cousin’s seemingly genuine curiosity, the boy uttered loudly, “T-W-O! T-W-O! ”
And so laughter stuck the words and tune to the back of my head.

On You Tube, there was a clip of Norah Jones with Elmo on Sesame Street singing an alternative of Don’t know why. It was sung Don’t know Y instead. It sounded cute.
So I thought, “Why not a song for a number instead?”
I peered into my mind for a spark and decided in a flash to rip off the cheeky boy’s idea instead. I had to. I would be damn if he knew about the copyright law and demanded royalties, but the boy left me no choice. It was either going to be about a number or an awkward guy who likes to write songs about a barista who failed terribly at an attempt to make small talk with him. Or perhaps it was the other way round.
“God damn Starbucks’ code of conduct! Why can’t they just keep quiet and make the damn mocha!”

I pondered over the two choices. Option two meant inevitable topic of the month with no career prospect whatsoever except when it reach the point where I couldn’t take the constant ribbing anymore and started crying, they would stuff food into my mouth to pacify me. Very tempting,but I had to go with the first after watching Rove interview Elmo. He was so cute I wanted to bite off his head in an Elmo frenzy. And so, I settled down and started penning the lyrics while humming a tune in my head.

The song was written and recorded last year in October while the guys here at PD Design were busy with a video project. Though inspired by KJ’s cheeky cousin, I found the composition reflecting on my thoughts yet again.

Verse1:
T-W-O
T-W-O
A child sings a song for the number 2
In a year or two
He would be in primary school
To learn about other numbers too

He would have a clue
To what the numbers do
If he learns to add and
Subtracts them too
He don’t have to be blue
Or feel like a fool
When his friends laugh when he don’t have a clue

Chorus:
Coz he still has
A song for a number to belong
And all his sadness would be gone
when he smiles and sing along to his song.

Verse2:
T-W-O
T-W-O
A song to remember when his grows old
In a life that’s full of
Things we can’t undo
A tune would find him a way to feel

the things we shouldn’t lose
the love that holds us through
the times our heart drop a tear or two
he don’t have to do
what people tell him to
to find his way with a heart that’s true

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

Tropical Christmas

2007-12-09T19:48:00.000+08:00

Hi all silent readers of the PDDS blog,
we have been awfully quiet for the past few weeks now... I am sure everyone has been eagerly waiting for our new updates.

Well, fret not. The silence's broken.

Here's the first(a total of three) Christmas 2008 E-greeting card from PDDS.
Enjoy!

And here's a little update of part 2

And the final :)

Seahawk. SH-60

2007-10-16T00:59:00.000+08:00

Well, this is what is rendered for now. The textures are actually incomplete, but for this specific angle and style of rendering, I think it can scrap through.

I don't know when I can find time to finish it up properly, so for now, I think I want a partial closure. Let's hope I will find time in the near future to give this model a proper finish..... but meanwhile this is it.

PS: It's a A2 sized render.

Architecture modelling

2007-10-15T12:18:00.000+08:00

It's finally done, phew...

A Hearty Meal

2007-10-14T12:58:00.000+08:00

In celebration of the birthdays of 2 of our colleagues and our company itself, we had lunch at The Line at Shangri-la Hotel.

A hearty meal I would say, but really, the photos speak for itself. You can see some of our company fiercest eaters in action!

当我们同在一起

2007-10-08T00:57:00.000+08:00

四季虽不曾更换时光又为谁人停下
日月反复如习惯幸好还有各位作伴
飞黄腾达不梦幻只靠我们双手创办

一年了。
时间总叫人无法计算
超出想象，时快又时慢
不知不觉到叫人震撼

震撼曾经静的让我心惊胆战
震撼绝境逢生让我更加勇敢
震撼老妈和大哥至今任不相信我也是老板！！！

一年了...
谢谢各位听我废话... 听者...听者...一年了。

Excellence

2007-10-01T20:45:00.000+08:00

Its been an excellent year. I have learnt lots. I have learnt that its not easy to grow a beard that more than bore a resemblance to a used kiwi brush, someone in our company somehow manages to do just that. I have learnt that Tony Leung can look pretty bad after a fatal incident (we have a self proclaimed Tony Leung lookalike in our company, who also happen to have a fetish for Kiwi Brushes). I have learnt that "Twenty-Four" is not all that is to my miserable leisure time, there is always "Prison Break". And if that is not enough, break them into seasons 1-100. I have learnt that the Starbucks next to Wheelock Place along Orchard Road is a heart break cafe (when some chick tries to pick up a conversation with you while you are ordering your regular mocha, you don't say "NO." and end it there). Apparently some chap in our company simply like to take NO for an answer. I have also learnt that PD Design Studio sometimes operate as PD Hospital, but more frequently converts to PD Cafe. I have learnt that you do not do more than Two Hundred and Four situps at one go, otherwise you get chaffeured via PD Ambulance to PD Hospital for 2 days 1 night stay.

All these are thanks to our fellow colleagues in PD Design Studio.

They have enriched my lifelong learning journey, and made it more meaningful. I swear to god I would have made it to the LifeLong Learner Awards as a finalist would it not be the fact that I am too young to qualify. (I have also learnt that term 'finalist' is for 'near bronze people')

But really, PD Design Studio consists of 5 young chaps who will give our blood and sweat to prove ourselves as worthy and able people. The studio is now a year old. The reason that it is still around and standing tall is simply because of the dedication of our people, the hardwork they put in, the many Sundays and Saturdays burned without complains, and the friendship that has bonded since.

Few days ago on 28th September marked our Studio's 1st year anniversary. It would not have been possible without you guys : my brother KJ, my wife May, our Tony lookalike Raymond and Heartbreak Paul.

I will just like to take this opportunity to say : Thank you for the Excellent Job done, and may we enjoy the fruits of our hardwork in time to come, as I am positive of yet another fantastic year ahead!

To commemorate our 1st year anniversary, here are the Limited Edition PD Design Studio Watches for your viewing pleasure.

A Coffee Love Song

2007-09-17T00:30:00.000+08:00

Written between 11th July-16th July, inspired by a pretty barista at my favourite Starbucks...Side effects of working in a Shaolin Temple. Please kindly post your honest opinion on the song...

咖啡厅的恋曲

Verse 1:
你让我陶醉在
你那沉默的身影
在乌节路的咖啡厅勾起情绪
就象满天乌云的天气
被你容光抹去
在那一刻灰色心情被你夺去

Verse 2:
你那陌生的眼睛
写出你我的默契
也许咖啡能拉近这段距离
唱出我寂寞的心灵
让你深深灵听
这首咖啡厅的恋曲唱出我心

Chorus:
在幽幽的夜里
心事刺痛我心
深在我脑海里不想寂寞的孤行
就让你打开我的心
的声音

Verse3:
你那温柔的背影
我深深被你吸引
喝着浓浓的咖啡就想起你
把你塞在我脑海里的一段旋律
这首咖啡厅的恋曲温软我心

Download This Song:
http://www.pddesignstudio.com/blog/a_coffee_love_song.mp3

Happy Mid Autumn Festival

2007-09-06T18:52:00.000+08:00

Happy Mid Autumn Festival.

Paul and Raymond takes credit for bringing this e-greeting card to you.

View from hotel room (Barcelona)

2007-07-17T23:47:00.000+08:00

This is the view from my hotel room in Barcelona. Again, another panorama, this time stitched up from 5 photos.

Below is the map view. The GPS data taken was recorded with the Sony GPS thingy... It's quite accurate, really. You can see for yourself by comparing the photo and the map view.

Toledo Panorama

2007-07-16T01:03:00.000+08:00

Was going through my photos folder and found an un-stitched panorama. Must have missed this amongst the hundreds of photos I took then.

So here it is, Toledo, Spain from another view.

Love Autopsy

2007-07-14T02:59:00.000+08:00

On a few occasions, Raymond and I brought up how much we loved the song Love Autopsy in the movie Music And Lyrics and thought that it was a waste that they didn't write a full version for the soundtrack version. So I thought, why not i try to do it for them just for kicks. Was humming it half way through bathing and then i decided to sit down and finish it before i turn in.Wahaha, hope those you guys who like the movie wouldn't kick me in the nuts for this.

Love Autopsy

Figuring out you and me is
Like doing a love autopsy
They could operate all day long and
Never figure what went wrong
Even if you open my heart and
Sew it back up
You wouldn’t figure out
What love is all about

Figuring out love is like
Breaking my heart and fixing it up
You could search a lifetime and might
Still end up where you start
But if you find a way to
Ease my lonely heart
You would have figure out
What love is all about

Love autopsy
For you and me
Love autopsy
Love…
What went wrong

Download the song: http://www.pddesignstudio.com/blog/love_autopsy.mp3

WWW.LYKAN.COM is now live!

2007-06-24T00:50:00.000+08:00

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!

On a Train...

2007-06-22T02:16:00.000+08:00

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.

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

Collaboration

2007-06-20T18:23:00.001+08:00

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...

2007-06-20T08:24:00.000+08:00

For satisfying our cravings for coffee, toast and pancakes...we salute u!

T.E.A.M = Together Everyone Achieve More

A Friend's Song...

2007-06-20T08:06:00.000+08:00

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...

2007-06-20T07:35:00.000+08:00

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/

全民恐怖份子(Civil Terrorism)

2007-06-18T17:32:00.000+08:00

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

Building

2007-06-18T14:11:00.000+08:00

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.

Chopper

2007-06-11T15:06:00.000+08:00

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...

初恋

2007-05-02T10:42:00.000+08:00

The first draft was written on 17 April Tuesday, between 3:15 - 4:55AM. After not being able to fall asleep, i switched on my com and doodled around with Ling Zhi Xuan's version of "Li Ren" playing in the background. Started to recall the conversations on the night when Raymond, Chris and I went for coffee after watching Sunshine at the picture house. So i started to pen down the lyrics with the help of a dictionary and some good song lyrics as reference as i continued to listen to Li Ren and recall what those conversations were about.

初恋

无法挂念的孤单
情舍的心在惆怅
感动和深情的滋味
远在别处人心房

是否爱会象诗一样美
何时才有思念的机会
才能在感动人的心上
找到我影子的纠缠

初恋舍我在路口孤单等待
你的笑容是否难以忘怀
我的心可否情还存在

初恋以不知去向遥远未来
何时迎接我的期待
别让我的心苦苦等待

http://www.pddesignstudio.com/blog/chulian_demo.mp3

New members of the PD Design Studio

2007-04-17T17:30:00.000+08:00

Hermit Crabs.

After researching for some time, I finally got the crabs from a pet shop at $10 each. Spent the days that followed worrying whether they will die on me, which prompted endless searches on the internet for the dos and don'ts.

Bought a tank as well, but it turned out to be too small for the 3 of them. I will probably get a bigger tank this weekend, if time permits. Right now, the tank is too damn plain, watch out in this blog for updates as we decorate and upgrade to a bigger tank!!

More Avatars...

2007-04-05T17:48:00.000+08:00

Please let us know if you like them.

posted by Paul

A Post Dedicated to Our Design Studio By Ken

2007-03-21T23:28:00.000+08:00

You know you are in need of some serious help if you repeat the same jokes for more than 3 weeks. You probably belong to the category of "No-Life Sad Twats" if you never seem to get out of the same discussion topics for months. The fact that your company is merely a 5 man operation of "24" American TV series addicts is almost disastrous.

Your lunch topic, "24". Your lame jokes "24". Your creative ideas, "24". Your maximum capability for mathematical plus and subtraction, bloody "24".

You are in deep shit.

PD Design Studio blog has been around for a month. Someone's got to write about "it". About what you asked? Bloody "TWENTY-FOUR" of course. True, May might have spilled out the fact that David Palmer was assasinated before Raymond get to Season 5. Paul might have more spoilers up his sleeves than our client's usual changes of moving the text blurb 5mm to the right. KJ might have mixed up Jack Scoffield with Michael Bauer. Raymond might have already close his brower for fear of spoilers ahead. But someone's gotta do it. And that heavy responsibilty lies on my shoulder.

I am burnt out with the recent dealings with the clients and projects. But I thought I could do something for our little blog corner. (remember, someone's gotta do it). Oh, don't you worry about spoilers, I aint got the energy to spilled out Philip Bauer is actually Jack Bauer's old man.. oops Raymond.

What I am doing is simple, just cut and paste a "24" article I wrote from my personal blog here. Easy task, some rediting, re-mastering, you get one full article feature on yet again, your favourite TWENTYFOUR!!

The recent atmosphere in the office of regular burning nights and hectic schedule long needed a break. I thought this blog post might bring you guys some smiles. So sit back and relax, here goes my written article about T......F... I don't have to spell it out.

(The below article is a write up from my personal blog entitled "Before I Knew It I was Hooked")

Enjoy.

Before I Knew It I was Hooked"

"The following takes place between 7am and 8am".

By the time it goes : "The following takes place between 6am and 7am", which is day 2, Jack Bauer would have already save the world under 24 hours yet again. Inevitably.

Its the same regime, expected outcome where the good prevails and the villians eliminated. The golden globe award winning TV series "24" stars Kiefer Sutherland, in reel life a CTU (Counter Terrorist Unit) agent dedicating his whole life for his country. Its not hard to imagine how successful the show is. Sutherland, who grabbed the emmy awards for his role in "24" signed a 3 year US$40million contract, repriving his role as Jack Bauer again.

Barely six months ago, when "24" season one landed on the sofa in my room (compliments of my younger brother who got everyone in the office discussing "24" during every god damn lunch), I left it sitting there for another 2 months.

Last night, I finished Season five.

For someone who does not worship TV and who would rather past his time hitting golf balls at the range, "24" has definitely twisted some of my leisure habits, drastically. I am now victimised. Great god of media have me hooked on high budget TV serials such as "Prison Break" and "24".

It is not surprising for me to get hook on serial dvds. But 4 years ago, something astonishing happened.

My good old dad is an extreme workaholic. He wakes up at 6.30am every morning, works 7 days a week, comes home late from work, and when the Asian Financial Crisis hits, he works 10 tens harder to fight back his construction empire. He went to China, set up his new plant, worked his ass out, and took his poor old lad (Myself) along to carry out his sadistic mission of torturing oneself at work.

One fine day, he cut short his work hours and dissappear from his office before lunch. I later learned that he has dedicated the rest of his days watching TV serials while his son is working his ass out in the sick China factory in Qing Pu, a southern back dated town away from Shanghai towards Suzhou. And it went on for a couple of weeks.

Of course this was for a very short period of time, before long he felt an itch in his backside and he's off to Totureville again. This is my good old man, whom I respect as father, a true businessman and a not to mention a devoted sadist at work.

Such is the lure of good TV serials. Don't get me wrong, I am not all ready to jump into the bandwagon of screaming housewives and aunties oogling at Korean men starring in Korean soap operas (May? You there?). But TV shows with budget matching that of Hollywood's movies does turn me on, very.

"24" season 6 have already premiered in the US. And the counter terrorist bug has already hit me. "Hands UP! CTU!! Put your hands over your head and slowly lower you weapon..." I am beginning to hear this in my head now....

Avatars. Very cute avatars

2007-03-21T23:07:00.000+08:00

10 avatars you can use for your MSN or anything else. Would be nice if anyone ask where you got these cute little things and you let them know about us.

Anyway, sketches by Raymond and painted by Paul.

Soundtracks...

2007-03-14T19:39:00.000+08:00

A Soundtrack that was composed 5-6 years ago and re-arranged 1 or 2 years back: http://www.pddesignstudio.com/blog/Sinking.wma

A soundtrack composed for KJ's wedding slideshow: http://www.pddesignstudio.com/blog/The_Wedding.mp3

A soundtrack composed for one of our current projects: http://www.pddesignstudio.com/blog/The_Chase.mp3
PD Design Studio Pte Ltd. Copyright © 2007

As I didn't think of any names when constructing these soundtracks so the names given now are a representation of the kind of feeling that they give the listener.
Posted by Paul
All compositions are properties of PD Design Studio Pte Ltd. Copyright © 2007.All Rights Reserved

Sketches : Mortal Kombat

2007-03-08T18:21:00.000+08:00

Tribute to the Midway classic "Mortal Kombat".
Redesign of "The Ninjas","The Good Guys" and "The Underworld"

Enjoy!

Nice Toilet Signs

2007-02-21T21:54:00.000+08:00

By far, one of the most designer looking toilet signs I have seen. These are found in Spain. I took these photos at this location (see map below), on route to Granada.

Posted by KJ

CG Illustration :: The Legend of Canton (WIP)

2007-02-16T13:15:00.000+08:00

Illustration inspired by early 1990s Hong Kong movie,
"The Tigers: The Legend of Canton"

Festive Season

2007-02-16T12:51:00.000+08:00

Links and images of our e-greeting cards for christmas and chinese new year

2006 X'mas Greeting :: view with the latest flash player
Chinese New Year :: Year of the Pig

Artwork illustrated by Paul Chen

Welcome

2007-02-15T16:47:00.001+08:00

Welcome to the blog of PD Design studio.

A casual platform for folks here at PD Design Studio to showcase our works from conceptualization, to design and production... and also the interesting things in our lives.