malaysian artists at asia now

malaysian artists at asia now

comic illustrations by contemporary malaysian character designers and illustrators were 
on show, amongst a variety of furniture objects in designboom's 'asia now' exhibition
at dwell on design  in los angeles.



'hoverhogs air force' by actiontintoy studio

actiontintoy studio is a 10 year old character design group based in kuala lumpur.
the studio is involved in international design collaboration campaigns to aid in
promoting and increasing awareness of the malaysian design industry.

'hoverhogs air force' depicts the fun adventures and battles of talking farm animals,
featuring action-packed aerial combat sequences with elements of the world war 2 era.



a collage of various works by actiontintoy studio



image © designboom



graphic panels illustrated the current production of art, architecture, crafts and design in malaysia.



'octupus' and 'monk key' by kenji chai
images © kenji chai


works by street artist and illustrator kenji chai.



'heaven&hell' and 'monkey2' by kenji chai
images © kenji chai




'crash bang zombie' and 'bela vs urban creature' by sau lim a.k.a. slaium



exhibition panel
image © designboom




detail
image © designboom




'twisted mind' and 'migration' by 1000tentacles™


for over 20 years artists leong wankok and khor pheikhoy of 1000tentacles™  have been
producing commercial illustrations, prints, comics, character designs, toy sculptures
and 3D art.



'wonder woman at the city' and 'do you remember me' by troublexy kelseyz


illustrations by multimedia designer troublexy kelseyz.



'fighting monster' by troublexy kelseyz



'sky wonderland' by troublexy kelseyz



'group characters' by michael chuah


michael chuah (a.k.a c2v) plays the role of a character designer and comic book artist.
in 2003 michael and his two friends lefty and chi sau founded the gilamon studio which
specializes in graphic storytelling, character design and graphic design.



'major zombie. jr.' by michael chuah

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