Tim Lai Visual Diary

One of my favorite HK graphic designers - Siuhak




Siuhak is an amazing HK designer.
His awesome works include comics, advertisments and illustrations and he is getting famous recently. Above is one of his advertisments.
His visual style is watercolor, leaving blanks, irregular and abstract.
I like his works, because reading his works always make me smile and thinking.

New popular HK cartoonist - Tak Yeung

HK teens nowadays usually like Japan comics more than local comics.
Tak Yeung is a new, popular, and incredible HK cartoonist.
His comics visual style usually are childlike, funny and sharp.
Above is amazing Tak Yeung Comics and Animations. 1:06-1:42, 2:02-3:00, 4:05-4:42
It is sad that it only have cantonese version.

Special HK cartoonist, Lai tat tat wing





Most HK local comics are about violence. Lai tat tat wing starts a new tread of providing alternative local comics.
In his comics, plots and characters are usually funny, amazing and special.
As for his visual style, her comics are a bit abstract but meaningful.

Incredible local designer - Stella So










Stella So is an amazing HK designer.
Her work certainly represent and convey cool unit HK culture. From her works, we can see HK unit culture, such as old buildings, HK public transports, which can not be seen in the remaining world.
Her work is a bit abstract and funky but understandable.
Interestingly, there are some blanks in her paintings. It may probably let the readers fill in color in their mind.
http://www.smstella.com/

Paper Mountain


This awesome Paper mountain is creative.
It is hard to come up with such an amazing idea to use papers. It is obvious that the creator put a lot of efforts into it.
It inspires me that there are many possibility of using papers, and remind me that in visual, there are not only 2-Dimenional but also 3-Dimenional.
Besides, it really likes a mountain and therefore convey effective visual communication.
http://www.medesignmag.com/graphics/1112/paper-mountain/

Elaborate Dreaming








This arts is really amazing and make me thinking.
The graphic is complicated and abstract. There are surreal animals, birds and parts of body.
Amazingly, with all these elements together, it really likes a dream.
http://www.medesignmag.com/graphics/1696/elaborate-dreaming/

The most memorable commercial i saw in 2009

This one must be one of the most memorable commercials ever.
This is memorable as the children facial expression are really unexpected. Audiences must be impressed by it amazing facial expression and cool background music.
However, i think the messages and communication behind the advertisment are not clear and not easy to understand.