Wednesday 15 December 2010

Old Man & Pink Cat 老人與紅貓


This illustration was started many years ago but I'd never finished it until now. The original idea didn't put the pink cat there but a short dark skin brother under the pale man. It was inspired by an Chinese tale ‘Qi Ye Ba Ye'. Well, it ended up with this version.

Saturday 11 December 2010

Merry Christmas & Happy 2011


Merry Christmas & Happy 2011!

I thought about doing this illustration last night and finished it within few hours after not drawing for such a long time. May all of you have a wonderful new year!

Monday 29 November 2010

Caged Bird by Comma Sprout 籠中鳥-李子話畫


This drawing was done few years ago. Somehow, I still feel what I felt each time when I look at it. Free will sometimes is a luxury for most people. The scariest thing is that after being suppressed for a period of time, we end up like caged birds, lost the faith of free will...

Friday 5 November 2010

Red Cat Warrior by Commasprout-白衣女的紅貓戰士-李子話畫


This work was finished about a month ago. I was inspired by the name of recent famous novel series - Warriors. I spent some time to fix the color management between Photoshop and Painter. I'm glad it was fixed finally.

雖然沒看過最近風靡的貓戰士系列的書,但它的書名,約在一個月前面啓發我畫這張作品。這兩天花了不少時間處理介於Painter和Photoshop間的色彩管理,終於處理好了,真高興!

Sunday 31 October 2010

Trick or Treat! Halloween Mask - by Comma Sprout 不給糖就搗蛋-萬聖節面具-李子話畫


This mask was an sample work for kid to do their own Halloween mask last year. Well, I do not arrange this lesson this year. So, I hope you like this 'old' work!

這是我去年給小朋友的萬聖節面具樣本,今年沒有排這課程。希望你們喜歡這件'舊'作品!

Saturday 2 October 2010

Gold Fish Exercise by Comma Sprout 金魚習作-李子話畫


Another exercise of gold fish. This time I chose colour pens to do it. After uploading this post, I'm going to drive some plants back from a friend's garden. I'm excited about it.

另一幅金魚習作,這次使用的是彩色筆。等會兒把這篇圖文上傳後,要去朋友的花園載些植物回來,期待!

Tuesday 28 September 2010

Gold Fish Collage by Comma Sprout 李子話畫圖文創作-拼貼金魚


This gold fish collage work was a sample for kids, though their topic wasn't gold fish but giraffe. I took a photo of it and edited it in Photoshop and Painter. It was fun to do it!

這張圖是上課時做給孩子看的範本,但孩子們做的是長頸鹿跟這題目沒相干,做完後拍張照再用計算機編修過就成了這幅圖,拼貼還真是件好玩的事!

Tuesday 21 September 2010

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節快樂

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Tomorrow will be this year's mid-autumn festival (Chinese calendar date: the 15th day of every years' eighth month). For many people, their family members or close friends will gather together at this special night. Therefore, foods and drinks are the must! Happy mid-autumn festival whether you are meeting your families or friends.

明天農曆八月十五日,一年一度的中秋節。對許多人來說,這晚他們會跟親愛的家人和朋友一起聚會慶祝。佳餚是必備的。不論明晚有無安排節目跟家人或朋友共度,中秋快樂!

Saturday 11 September 2010

Entry or Exit by Comma Sprout 出口、入口 - 李子話畫


We often make a movement to get away of the unsatisfied current situation, but often, we start feeling being trapped again after novelties become familiar. It is funny the meaning of situation is given by people. People took things differently, the worst happenings for some can be turning points for some others. Are we stepping into another trap or just out of current one for good?

因位不滿意現狀,我們通常會個採取一項重大的改變來脫離它。但是當新鮮的事物不再新鮮,那受困的感覺往往會在回來。有趣的是事件本身不具意義,是人們去詮釋給與意義。我們用不同的角度去看待同樣的事情,對某些人而言,別人眼中最遭的狀況可能是全新的轉機。你我現在是走入另一個困境還是永遠的走出現有的呢?

Friday 10 September 2010

Helpless by Comma Sprout 何奈-李子話畫


It's not necessary to explain ourselves to others. However, life isn't easy for most of us when there are too much noise of being misunderstood. We are often forced to give up our principles so that we can go through those difficult time in our lives.

Nonexistence of Perfection by Comma Sprout 不存在的完美-李子話畫





People chase things that were considered valuable to their lives to match others' philosophy of life but not theirs. In the end, we all need to deal the fragile parts deep inside our spirits. In the sociality of big-feet bird, a male bird with large feet is considered handsome. Therefore, many male bird tries hard to enlarge their feet to reach the standard of perfection. Sadly, there is no perfection of any physical things. The idea of chasing perfection is doom to fail from the beginning.

人們老是再追尋所謂對他們人生“重要的東西”,這些東西往往都是為了要符合別人的價值觀,好讓自己能在他人面前抬頭挺胸。即使如此,到了最後人們還是得獨自面對自己靈魂深處脆弱的部份。在大爪鳥的社會裡,一隻擁有巨大腳爪的公鳥是英俊的
。因此,許多的公鳥都想盡辦法增大自己的爪子,讓它們達到“完美”的境地。可惜完美不存在外在的事物上。追尋完美註定無法實現。

Wednesday 8 September 2010

Rapper Owl Pen Cap by CommaSprout-饒舌歌手貓頭鷹筆蓋-李子話畫

Here are another rapper owl pen cap and birdies Magnet! They were done few weeks ago
幾個禮拜前做好的饒舌歌手貓頭鷹筆蓋和鳥中鳥磁鐵!



Thursday 2 September 2010

Light-Clay-Gecko Magnets By CommaSprout 輕黏土壁虎磁鐵-李子話畫

Light clay classes were funny for kids and me. I had peaceful and quiet time while they were doing it! Therefore, I made few more Gecko Magnets with different themes. One went dizzy, and the other one went dead (X).

對小朋友和我來說,上黏土課很有趣。這幾堂課非常的"平和安靜"。我也因此多做了幾個不同主題的壁虎磁鐵。一個是走暈路線,另一個則走X(陣亡)路線。

Dizzy Gecko:


X-Gecko:


Here is the one more that I made it long time ago... Alien-Gecko
下面這個是我很久以前做的...外星壁虎

Alien-Gecko:


Friday 20 August 2010

Fluorescent Gecko (Light Clay) - by CommaSprout 螢光壁虎-輕黏土-李子話畫


This one is my second clay gecko. It's fluorescent. I used pink, orange, green and white acrylic paints to embellish it. I may add a magnet at its belly later.

這是我第二隻黏土做的壁虎。我用螢光粉紅色、綠色、橘色和白色裝飾它。也許以後會在它的肚子上加個磁鐵。

Friday 13 August 2010

Double-Side Owl Pen/Pencil Cap by CommaSprout 雙面貓頭鷹筆蓋-李子話畫


This Wednesday, during a class, I made another double-side owl pen cap as a sample for students. Recently I like leaving my work rough, cross-grained and hand-made veins on their  surfaces. This one was coloured by bright contrasting paints.

這個週三利用上課實做一個示範的雙面貓頭鷹筆蓋給學生當參考。最近喜歡在作品上留下粗糙不規則的手工紋理。這個作品以明亮高對比的方式上色。





Monday 9 August 2010

Caterpillar Pen/Pencil Cap by CommaSprout 毛毛蟲筆蓋-李子話畫


李子其實還蠻喜歡玩黏土的,但是不爭氣的雞爪手太敏感了,容易對膠啊什麼東東的隨便過敏,所以就不常給自己機會去玩這黏土。這次整理教室,把一位好朋友的好朋友給的輕黏土翻了出來,還沒乾掉,就拿來玩玩,想到要做個簡單的東西,揉啊揉的就做出幾個小圓圈,毛毛蟲就誕生了,這次做的是醜版的可愛毛毛蟲筆蓋。不曉得為什麼,李子對醜又可愛的東西感到很有興趣!連今天示範給小朋友的安全帽彩繪都畫的很欠揍,改天在貼圖上來!

Playing with clay is always fun for me. The reason that I don't do it often is because my hands are too sensitive to many things. They aren't "handy" sometimes. Few days ago, I found 2 bags of light clay from a good friend's good friend, hmm... I played with it without thinking too much. After a while, there were few spheres to be put together to make an ugly but a little bit cute caterpillar pen cap. I've been always interested in those things that are  fairly called ugly but cute in my eyes. Today, I even drew something like this on the sample for my helmet painting class. I should upload their photos sometimes later.





Thursday 15 April 2010

Park Chair in Stag-beetle Form (by Comma Sprout) [台中國美館旁-鍬形蟲椅子] 李子話畫


In Taichung, there are few places that I like very much. In this photo, the chair was located in a small park next to National Art Museum in Taichung. It was taken on my way back to my ‘Toyota’ after returning some browed illustrated books. I’d been there few times but I couldn’t recall when this chair in stag beetle form was built there. I’m wondering if there are few more interesting chairs in Taichung…

台中有好幾個地方是我喜歡的,舉例來說,美術館就是其中之一。這張鍬形蟲的椅子是在美術館旁的小公園旁拍的。就在我還完插畫書回我的TOYOTA的路上,拍了這張照。不知道這張好玩的椅子是甚麼開始在那裏的。也許以後可以在台中發現更多這種有趣的椅子!

Thursday 25 March 2010

A Drawing of Mermaid (by Comma Sprout) [人魚] 李子話畫

這張是幾年前畫的一張人魚的圖,
圖中長相無辜娃娃臉的人魚,
它的本性卻未必與外表一致,
其實我們往往都被自己主觀的認知給蒙蔽了。


Few years ago, I drew this picture of Mermaid.
Its face is innocent alike.
However, the inside character of it might be cruel.
We are too often to be deceived by our own thoughts or beliefs.

Thursday 25 February 2010

An Illustration of the Year of Tiger (by Comma Sprout) 李子話畫 [福虎迎春]




My Chinese-New-Year illustration.The Year of Tiger.
Wish you all the best! Gong Xi Fa Cai!
今年過年畫的插圖!福虎迎春!恭喜發財!

Friday 15 January 2010

Sleeping Santa (by Comma Sprout) 李子話畫 沉睡的聖誕老人


I did this one as a course work while I was a fresh college student. Time flies so fast and this story book is still not yet completed...

Sunday 3 January 2010

Loneliness of The Two (by Comma Sprout) 李子話畫 一個人的孤獨 v.s 兩個人的寂寞....心靈的伴侶真的存在嗎?


有些事情我們可以跟同事、朋友、家人、男女朋友分享,
但也有很多事情得自己面對,沒辦法跟人分享;探索自己的內心世界就是這麼一回事。

面對最親近的另一半,多數人都不會只因對方外在肉體條件符合我們的標準感到滿足,
也希望這個人是自己的心靈的伴侶。但真的有與我們心意相通,完全契合的獨立個體存在嗎?
你有沒有過一種經驗,就是有時我們自願出席某些場合,
在人群的環繞下,無法投入,心中只想逃離。
有時在最關愛的人或最關愛我們的人身旁,因意見不同,有了對方"不懂我"的想法,
身在人群就不會感到寂寞?有了兩個人的世界,就不再寂寞?

個體獨特的性格帶來人性之所以有趣、複雜、到令人厭倦的面向。
先前,雲門舞集創辦人提倡一個人流浪世界各地自助旅行,希望年輕人在預算拮据的狀態下,
到掌控力極低的陌生環境,發掘、省思自己的內心世界,
一個人自助旅行的過程,隨時都會出現環境、語言、人際溝通、文化、資金、健康等等變化帶來的壓力,
這一切幾乎都得一個人面對,其中的喜怒哀樂也是一個人。
這樣的過程,少了熟悉人群的支持或干擾,
多數的人能夠也得赤裸裸的去面對自己的內心世界。

其實,孤寂一直存在著,只要是身為'一'個人。
一個人的世界並不是那麼的可怕,它讓我們可以專注的處理事情、看清自己、面對自己,但也會傷害自己。
一個人的時候,它能讓我們了解、珍惜珍惜家人、另一半、下午茶伴、車友、寵物...
儘管有人的支持,當自己或關愛的人離開這世界的那一刻來臨時,
我們最終都得一個人面對自己的內心世界,

孤單並不可怕,從小我們就被教育以負面的態度去註解它。
人本來就各個不同,我們最好的心靈伴侶也許早已存在我們心中,
只要我們懂得人的一生有太多一個人的時候。
它只是人生裡必要且無可避免的一部分的時刻。

Saturday 2 January 2010

Colourful Life - Water Colour & Kids (by Comma Sprout) 李子話畫 - 孩子的彩色人生!水彩的遊戲!

生活在這個顏色千變萬化的世界,從起床睜開眼睛的那一剎那開始,我們幾乎每分每秒都在跟色彩的資訊交流互動,這樣的互動從我們是小嬰兒的時候就開始。孩子們對色彩的回應通常比大人來的強烈,原因可能是因為大人腦袋裡有太多處理中或等待處理的資訊。大多數的人都同意小孩子應盡可能的給予刺激,色彩刺激上當然也不例外。有研究報告指出,少了肢體碰觸的嬰兒,在長大後通常都伴隨著人際的問題。色彩認知上,當然也有類似的論調,多數的學者專家都同意在'合理'的範圍內,多讓嬰幼兒暴露在多元光影色彩組合的環境,接受視覺上的刺激,未來孩子在色彩的感受力上會比較敏銳,更加的豐富他們的人生體驗。

所謂多元色彩組合的環境,就是希望孩子尚未發育完全的視覺和色彩認知,能夠在不同明亮度的環境下,接收多種色彩的刺激。所謂的'不合理'的範圍就是,長時間讓任何一個人處在過度明亮或黑暗的地方沒人會聯想到是件好事,環境的色彩也是。有些人認為,嬰幼兒在開始認知色彩的階段,所看到的色彩是以成人眼中顏色的"補色"方式呈現(請看附圖)。這一派的學者認為:比較躁動的孩子,適合花較多得時間待在紅橙色的環境裡(補色為綠藍色,較沉穩冷靜,是孩子所感受到的顏色),比較散漫的孩子可以設計藍綠色的環境裡活動(補色為澄紅色,較熱情活潑)。這樣的做法對學齡的孩子就不適合,因為學齡的孩子,經過逐漸累積色彩認知經驗,對色彩感受已經接近成人,這麼做,可能會帶來反效果。

每個人喜愛的色彩不同,對色彩的感受也都不同。李子認為,也許色彩的偏好有很大一部分是天生的,但多數人成年後對色彩的認知也深受環境社會化的影響。色彩認知的經驗多數都伴隨著其他種的感官經驗,一起成為我們記憶的一部分。它常伴隨著如:香氣、臭氣(味覺),形狀、大小(視覺),軟、硬(觸覺),吵雜、悅耳(聽覺)等;再來,就是也會受到親友、家人、老師、同儕以及居住文化環境下多數人的認知、喜好等影響。這些經驗儲存在我們的記憶中,在往後的日子裡面,大腦會在不同的狀況下,帶出這些經驗,左右當下我們對色彩的認知和感受。

跟孩子在顏色的互動上,大人除了可以單純顏色的日常物品跟孩子介紹顏色,如果想跟孩子有更進一步的色彩互動經驗,水彩是一項很好的選擇,稀釋後的水彩有透明的特性、多種色彩在水的媒介下能快速的混合流動,孩子通常會很'驚奇興奮'的態度觀察水彩在紙張上的變化,從流動、渲染、混合到乾掉等等。過程間還會使用語言去輔助表達他的想法和意圖。建議大人在旁安靜的觀察傾聽,享受孩子們自己在水彩實驗遊戲中發覺、體會、表達跟色彩、水份、和紙張的變化互動。在學齡前的階段,不必太過擔心所謂的'正確性'。如果孩子以綠色畫出一顆'紅'蘋果,紫色畫出一根'黃'香蕉其實都沒甚麼關係!當然我們還是要在往後的日子裡,多觀察孩子是否認知上有更進一步的成長還是停留。

說了這麼多,接著就來實際操作,每個人都可以帶著孩子一起進行水彩的遊戲。大人小孩都要告訴自己'弄髒是正常的'!下面提供一些個人準備材料、步驟和注意事項,可以依照每個人的需求自行搭配變化:

1.) 所有人都要參與準備與善後工做,特別是主角小朋友!
2.) 購買通過認證的水彩顏料,最好是可讓嬰幼兒使用的,一般安全性要求較高,如:手指膏顏料!重點是要能用水來調配濃淡的。
3.) 洗筆的容器(可多準備幾個,水容易髒,這樣一來,就不用一直換水了)。藉機教育孩子水彩筆在沾其他顏料前,要洗乾淨並先做確認(在多準備的廢紙上試畫看是否乾淨,或在乾淨抹布上吸一下水,就可以確認)。洗筆完後的動作也很重要,千萬不要用敲的把水分敲乾,水珠會噴濺到作品上,而是輕輕的在洗筆器的邊緣刮一下筆毛。讓多餘的水分流入洗筆器中)。
4.) 保潔墊,塑膠類的可以重複使用,鋪報紙容易破,加上報紙有油墨。
5.) 水彩筆,依大中小、圓頭平頭、可多準備幾種,長柄的適合小朋友握拿。
6.) 小碟子或盤子,盡量少用太小的調色盤,怕孩子在狹小的範圍內加水調色,用髒在旁邊的顏料,過程產生挫折感!
7.) 白色紙張(準備厚的、吸水性高紙數張,厚的紙張可避免在重複塗抹的過程破掉),白色紙比有顏色紙張更適合色彩的練習!
8.) 抹布(可以在過程中清理用、吸收水彩筆上過多的水分,或是萬一洗筆容器翻倒了,可以馬上做處理。如果發生意外,請耐住性子,千萬不要發脾氣。狀況如果不是意外,而是孩子故意的,請家長理性針對情形處理)
9.) 噴水器、海綿。打濕畫紙用(也可直接以大支水彩筆沾水將紙打濕)

準備好這些材料後,在孩子動手畫之前,家長要事先的教育介紹是很重要的。可從擠出顏料顏色介紹開始。再來就是加水稀釋,解釋水量多寡和濃淡的差異,旁邊準備一張多餘的紙試畫。接著示範在乾的紙上以色塊的方式上色(直接以單一色向前後左右塗抹開來,盡可能不要畫框線後再填色,這種畫法會讓孩子少了顏色在邊界與其他色塊混合的觀察),或是把紙張整張打濕(可使用噴水器、海綿或水彩筆),之後再上水彩,讓顏色在紙張上面渲染流動,多準備幾張紙,可讓孩子體驗濕度不同的狀態下,顏色的流動混合的差異性。接下來,可以示範在乾掉或未乾的色塊上,再加上一層顏色,強調觀察顏色重疊的變化。這個初級的色彩遊戲,我們帶入的東西已經夠多,在調色盤上混色的遊戲,可斟酌挪到下次再玩。

最後再強調一次,這次色彩遊戲的重點:
1.) 顏色與水分多寡的濃淡調配。
2.) 顏色畫在乾的或濕的畫面上變化的差異
3.) 不同濃淡顏色邊界混合的變化
4.) 第一層顏色在乾掉或沒乾掉的時候,加上另一種顏色的變化
5.) 換色時筆要洗乾淨
6.) 事前的準備和事後的收尾。孩子參與和責任感的培養
7.) 開心的完成!